The Sun. — London, England, 1829-12-10 00:00:00

LITERATURE. • THE FOREIGN REVIEW, No. IX. " Jean Paul Frederick Richter"—whose memoirs form the first article in the present Number of this Revietv—in his private cha racter, not less than in the hardships to which from want of money he was for many years sub jected, bears a considerable resemblance to our own immortal writer, Dr. Johnson. Both were - Men of mean extraction, both bore up against the attacks of poverty in a bold uncompromia • log spirit of independence, both preserved high moral characters to the last, both lived to sec themselves almost idolized by their coun !,tYmen, and both in the outset of their literary career suffered from the same ludicrous misfortune ; Johnson from the want of a pair of shoes, and Richter from the want of money to pay for the soleing of his brother Sam's boots. At this point, however, th e parallel stops. The sufferings of his youth and manhood, combined with an hereditary scor tie• affection, left on Johnson's mind a gloomy sardonic hyp oc h o nd r iasm that no thin g short of death could efface. On the more elas tic mind of Richter adversity made no such im pression. In the lowest depth of his distress he was always cheerful, always sanguine, always Sustained by that best of all human faiths, the f ; -si th in himself. Surrounded by poverty f n it s. most squalid shape, a rude un e°urtlY scholar, unacquainted with man, b ut through the medium of books—those Most plausible and convincing of all deceivers— lifted with no powers of address, he yet plod ded along his Weary road, every step of which wa s u p hill, in the firm conviction that he must ere _ long, succeed. His earliest works were pen hain a cottage, cons i s ti n g of one room and l l a window, to the music of his mother's spinning -wheel, an d th e u p roar i ous d ema nds of .his little brother for that agreeable novelty, din ner. Yet, despite these disadvantages, the Works in question showed indications of Profo un d re fl ect i on, regulated indeed, and tin g e d with a ff ec t a ti on — w hi c h some whole sale admirers o f G erman i n t e ll ec t w ill dou btless pro nounce gen i us— b u t rep l e t e w ith energy' and everywhere exhibiting traces of a nu nd that l ove d to t hi n k an d act f or i tse lf . F ew authors,h whether professed or otherwise, would 7 e borne f up against half the calamities that • f e l l up Richt er ' s l ot. Hi s ear li es t wor k was d 'am pdi - re second was nearly in the same aine nt---and his third was successful only far as it enabled him to pay for the soleing of his brother Sam's boots. Still no wise discou aged) he p ersevere d , an d a f ter ma ki ng a l uc k y l W ith a novel, entitled Hesperus, he found Unself raised to the dignity of one of the first authors of his country. From this period 1111 Went prosperously with Richter. What ever he published was read, and in part understood, hut nevertheless invariably ad .taired; In the earlier period of his career he I s, dined somewhat to heterodoxy, or rather seep ' ie: ism—a very common failing with young men of ar dent temperaments, until a ripened judgment 1 . 144 acquaintance with mankind have taught them the folly of such opinions—but as he ad ',anted in li fe, doubt changed into conviction, and e becam e, to his credit, a warm, honourable, a nd t conscienti ous su pporter of Christianity. to I n Mrs Carlyle's elaborate analysis, he appears 1 ,,,° g r eat advant age b o th a s a writer and as a n , , an • Perhaps h e i s a littl e too warmly eulo- Z 444, but thi s i s a t r i v i a l f au lt, an d o n the right of him, characteristic anecdotes are related ui m, one of which exhibits his boldness and u, °lle of independence in a very humorous light, he entered the Leipsic University, where " read multitudes of books and wrote down t h ole volumes of excerpts and private specula tens," he took a fancy to dress after what he styled the English fashion. Unluckily hiS dress . as at v ar i ance with the taste of his countrymen ; bare nec k , too— f or h e wore hi s s hi rt col a'. ° Pen as some of our rising young London poets d o at present, in order to convince the world that their genius is unquestionably origi ilaksgave universal offence, so much so that he actually looked o n hi mse lf as a sor t of martyr to the feyr ac es, and persisted in wearing his " costume" and jfull !even ye a r s , t o th e no little astonishment I " i ndignation of the Breotians of Leipsic. On another occasion he was required, as a school ex ercise, to d e f en d some h etero d ox po i n t i n re gi", which he did with such earnestness and ' ingenoit-y, that he not only a b o li s h e d—t o borrow •l a P°li te phrase f ro m the Fancy—his antagonist, nUt ev en the Professor who rushed in open inouthed t o ass i st h i m. A s i m il ar anec d ote i s recorded of Dr. Watson, at Cambridge. Mr. ,t='arlyle thus eloquently sums up ltichter's intel- LeetUal character N owhere,' observes Richter on another occasion po t You collect the stress-memorials and siege-medals of g! r tr More pleasantly and phil os ophi ca lly th an a t Col e; the A ca d em i c b urg h er ex hibi ts to us how many th.... morist s an d Diogeneses Germany has in it. Travelling ie 'agb this parched Sahara, with nothing round him but lo t ,Z a ndy solitude, and no land-mark on earth, but only t o Cars in the Heaven, Richter does not anywhere appear I~t f a r falter e d i n hi s progress ; f or a moment to have W'o t, or even to h ave lost goo d humour.The man n o sh e ars not d ea th,' sa y s th e G ree k p oe t, ' ' will start at And f ad "rs,' Paul had looked desperation full in the face, pr that for him she was not desperate. Sorely ' h ot ro on from without, his inward energy, his strength 'ic t ~l f of thought and resolve did but increase, and establish staido, a surer and surer foundation ; he stood like a rock ' , c row tue beating of c ont i nual tempests. Nay, a rock or fl ed with foliag e ; an d i n its clefts, nourishing flowershi4)'"vettest perfume. For there was a passionate fire in • th e ; as well as a stoical calmness ; tenderest love was and devout rev eren ce ; and a deep genial humour • whol e warm sunshin e , so fte n ing the whole, blending the tri a l s 'otu light sportful harmony. In these its hard ou t ', Wh atever was noisiest in his nature cause leuro„a l° still purer clearness. It was here i that he p eei‘4 to disti ngu i s h w h a t i s perennial and m- s 41)ie in ma n , from what is transient and earthly ; " to Pa Prize th e l a tt er , were it King's crowns and ti lu e epee triumphal chariots, but as the wrappage ; we might say, as the finer or coulser pape A r lof t ,„ h the heroic Poem of Life is to be written k . os_ aeuleindestructible faith in the dignity of man too p t• he „,` :4 him, and a disbelief in all other dignities; and {t o m * f u 'gar world, and what it could give him, or wiz's ' hitti h "Rn him, was, in his eyes, but a small matter.. Nay, h in ! out found a voice for these things ; which, though t If 4 11 1 could listen to it, he felt to be a true one, and that fo rth t e k oo !one of it could be altogether lost. Preaching, thy h ", e wisdom, which in the dark deep wells of advtr °ad drawn up, he felt himself strong, Fiurageous, Y• He had an internal world wherewith to fence himself against the frosts an heats of the external.' Studying, wrtiing, in this moot, though grim scarcity looked in on him through the windows, be ever looked out again on that fiend with n quiet, half satirical eye. Surely, we should find it ha►d to wish any generous natur e such fortune ; yet is one such man, nursed Into manhood, amid these stern, truth-telling influences, worth a thousand popular ballad-mongers, an sle-k literary gentlemen, kept in perpetual boyhood by influences that always lie." " Phu,ler's History of the Diamond," displays research, on a point however, more curious than " The French Cabinet" is a tem perate remonstrance with the great European Powers for their neglect of Turkey during the late memorable struggle between that kingdom and Russia. In the course of his remarks, the Reviewer observes that " Prussia will one clay be the Princedom dominant of Europe," an asser tion which is best answered by a reference to her geographical position. The observations that " second-rate men" make generally the " best Ministers," with the reasoning on and explanation of this opinion, is neatly and spi ritedly put forth. " Animal Magnetism" is a scientific history of a science, or rather quackery, once popular but now exploded. " Montaigne's Essays" is from the pen of a writer manifestly well acquainted with his subject. He is far from being an enthusiast in praise of " old Mon taigne"—as Pope, for no reason that we can discover, calls him—which is somewhat singular, inasmuch as the admirers of the French philo sopher, like those of Wordsworth, are un bounded in the expression of their admiration, Montaigne, indeed, mixes up simplicity with shrewdness, ignorance with learning, shallow ness—this will startle same of his devotees--with profundity, decision with vacillation, and energy with feebleness, iu so extraordinary, so unnacount able a fashion, that those who enter into the spirit of his eccentricities naturally account him a pheno menon. Though an egotist, he is the most de lightful of speculative writers. Singularly free in his fancies, a great and original thinker, he either carries the reader, heart and soul, along with him, or disgusts him at the very threshold of his reflections. He has no exclusive theory of morals or mental physiology, but here de fends, and there impugns, a system, upon grounds intelligible only to those deeply versed in the style and spirit of his writings. His intellect is not of a continuous character ; it is unequal to long and sustained exertions, but gains the empyreum by a succession of quick and active flights, rather than by one pains-taking, protracted struggle. On his road to fame he perpetually halts to refresh himself. His egotism is not like Rousseau's, selfish, cheerless, and all-engrossing ; it is healthy, volatile, and re plete with " the quips and right-merrie conceits" of a sound but fantastic benevolence. He feels instructive. that there are other resplendent intellects in the world besides his own, whereas the misanthropist of the Hermitage imagined that he only was worthy of nature, which to all but himself was a sealed book. We need only add, that the pre sent analysis of Montaigne's mind is ably though somewhat feebly written, by a gentleman of good sense rather than of fancy or ingenuity. The remaining articles in the number, to which we have not space to advert, are of the usual calibre. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Dunally, at the Burlington Hotel, from the Continent ; Lord Doneraile, at the London Hotel, Albemarle street, from the Earl of Shannon's seat, Downham Hall, Bran. don, Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. George Byng, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Wrotham Park; Lady Church, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, from W. Horton's, Esq. M.P., seat, Sudbury; George Lane Fox, Esq. jun. at ditto, from Eton ; - Carrel, Esq. at ditto, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. John Fullerton, at their house in Great Stanhope street, May-fair, from the Continent ; Lord Farnborough, at his house, Whitehall-gardens, from his seat, Bromley Hill, Kent ; Robert Gordon, Esq. M.P. at his seat, Kemble House, Glou cestershire, from Lewston House. Dorsetshire ; Captain and Mrs. Cobb, in Grosvenor-street, from Brussels; the Rev. Henry, Mrs. and the Misses Uhthoff;at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Suffolk; - Tindal, Esq. at ditto, from Bucks; Mr. Banner, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton and family. at their house in Great Stanhope-street, from the Continent. DEPA RTURES. Lord Melbourne, for his seat, Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire; Lord Carrington, from his house, Whitehall-yard, for his seat, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks; Mr. and Mrs. Garret, from Haw kins's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets, for Brighton • W. J. Leigh, Esq . from the British Hotel, Jermyn_street , for dxford ; H. C. Lefevre, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; Colonel Russell, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Norris, from Dover-street, for their seat in Norfolk ; W. Holmes, Esq. from Kirkham's Hotel, Brook street, for Chatham; Captain Nichol!, from ditto, for Brighton; Jellinger C. Symons, Esq. from the Colonnade Hotel, Charles street, St. James's-square, for Torquay, Devonshire ; the Hon. Mr. Stourton and Thomas Wild, Esq. from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for Hants; E. Grimshawe, Esq. from ditto, on a tour; the Rev. Dr. Young, from ditto, for Sussex; - Hall s Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; the Rev. G. Price , from ditto, for Surrey; ; - Knyfton, Esq. on a tour. The Duke of CUMBERLAND dined and spent the evening with his MAJESTY, at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor-park, on Tuesday evening, and afterwards re turned to his residence at Kew. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND entertained some of the members of the Royal Family, and a select party to dine er yesterday, at their residence at Kew. The Duchess of CUMBERLAND dined with the Duchess of KENT on Monday, at her residence in the King's Palace at Kensington. It is generally rumoured that MICHAEL ANGELO TAYLOR, Esq., M.P., will shortly resign his seat for the city of Durham, in consequence of ill health. —Tyne Mercury. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LITE.—On the 7th inst. was married, by special licence, at St. Patrick's Ca thedral, Dublin, the Hon. ROBERT KING, M.P. for the county of Roscommon, and eldest son of the Viscount LORTON, to the lovely and accomplished Miss ANNE BOOTH GORX, only sister of Sir ROBERT BOOTH GORE, Bart., of Lissadell, county of Sligo. FATAL TRICK OF A CONJUROR.—A dread ful accident occurred at Arnstadt on the 10th September. On that day LINSKY, the celebrated legerdemain per former, gave, in the presence of the family of Prince SCHWA RTZBURGII-SONDERSHAUSER, a grand exhibition, in which he wished to distinguish himself by an extraor dinary display of his art. Six soldiers from the garrison were introduced to fire with ball cartridges at Madame LINSKY, the young wife of the conjuror. They were, however, instructed in biting the cartridge to bite off the ball and keep it in the mouth, as they had been shown how to do ou a rehearsal. Madame LINSKY, who bail recently lost a child, and, besides, was pregnant, was for a long time unwilling to perform the part allotted to her in this trick ; but, by the persuasion of her husband, she was induced to consent. The sol diers, who were drawn up before the company, took aim at Madame LINSKY and fired. For a moment after the firing she remained standing upright, but the next moment she sunk down, saying, •` Dear husband, I am shot." One of the musket-balls, which had not been bit ten off, passed quite through her abdomen. The unfortu nate woman never spoke another word, and died on the second day after she received the wound. Many of the spectators fainted, and the horror of the scene has given a shock to the reason of LiNsx v. It Was indeed a spectacle which might well have unmanned the most firm. It is to be hoped that this event will serve as a warning to all con jurors, as will as tile spectators of their tricks, who usually show too inconsiderate a confidence in the art of the per former, not only with respect to cases of risk of life, but to other practices of a dangerous nature. —Austrian Observer. TO THE EDITOR OF T; sUN. Stß,—ln an article which app aced in The Sun of the 30th ultimo, in reference to the propo;ed change of the Welsh Jurisdiction, I'm ehttrgC the inhabitants of the Princ'pality with " stupid preju dice," for their repugnance to the improvements about to be introduced into the system of Weld' Judicature. You say that they are ncit awate what those improvements are. This is the very founda tion on which our " repugnance" to the change is grounded. We have had the Law Commissioners' Report, and hat e read it; but so far from promising any improvements, it does not propose any thing equal to what we now enjoy. if you know more of the secret than what is contained in the Report we should be exceedingly happy to learn it; and should it be a better system than what we have already, depend upon it we shall not continut our repugnance. You think that " the division of Wales into two or three districts" would be an improve ment. The Commissioners propose that it should be:divided into "four." But how is this tobe effected, when it militates against the interest and inclination of the inhabitants ? Would the people of Rutland shire and Huntingdonshire submit to have the as sizes removed from their county towns to the ad joining counties ? And yet they are far less in ex tent and population than Cardiganshire or Pem. brokeshire. Will you be kind enough to, consider the loss which a county sustains in being deprived of the assizes being held twice in the year, and give us the result of such consideration? You state that the " cause lists of Shropshire and Herefordshire are burthened constantly with Welsh issues." This is not the fact. The Welsh issues tried in English counties are not any thing equal in number, consi dering a proportionate reference to the two coun tries, to the venues changed from one county to an other in England. As to the few causes tried in those shires, a sufficient reason could be easily as signed. Indeed, issues cannot be tried in English counties where the cause of action arises in the Principality, unless the debt amounts to 501., or the freehold come in question. You say that the Welsh are "proverbially litigious." Are they more so than their neighbours ? Examine the number of causes tried in England and Wales in counties where the population is equal, or nearly so, and you will find the balance of litigation in favour of the former. Again, you say that " education and intercourse with their neighbours (the English) have to a great extent removed the nationality of the higher classes, but there are few countries in Europe where the labours of the schoolmaster are more needed than in Wales." That there remains work enough for him among the ancient Britons, as well as the rest of the kingdom, will not be denied. However, he has been more active here than is generally thought. Let any one who has visited Wales, who is ac quainted with the inhabitants, and who is capable of forming a judgment on the subject, say wl ether ou r peasantry are not very far in advance of those of England in learning, intelligence, and morality. You insinuate that because " Wales has been an nexed to England since Edward the First, and that the English language should be so partially diffused, speaks but little for the degree of civilization to which we have arrived." We really were not aware before that civilization was identified with speaking the English language. In Wales, those who are of immoral principles, and who have made any proficiency in that language, use it for the pur pose of cursing, swearing, -and every kind of blas phemy. From such civilization may God deliver my countrymen. On the other hand, those of them who are acquainted with them both, uniformly choose their native tongue for their devotional exer cises. Probably you were not aware that there are few persons in Wales who cannot read and write, and it is considered a stigma on their character if they are unable to do so. As to the rising genera tion, such has been the success of the schoolmaster, that I can venture to assert, that from the east to the west, and from the north to the south of the Principality, few will be found who cannot read their Bibles. I perfectly agree with you that the " ju risdiction of every country should be adapted to the state of society it is intended to govern." It is on this very principle we act in opposing the abolition of our Courts. In a country where small sums form the principal part of commercial dealings, the administration of law should he ex peditious, and the expences cheap. These two advantages we enjoy in a higher degree than in England. Until then the administration of the law is more expeditious, and law expences arc cheaper than under our present jurisdiction, I am sure, from the candour and liberality of your political principles, that you will not again con demn my countrymen for not consenting to change a system which they consider far preferable to the one proposed in lieu of it. As this is a subject of vast importance to the Principality, and which will, most likely, occupy much of the time of the Lon don Press until the next meeting of Parliament, I may have occasion again to trespass on your co lumns. Let it be shown that it is intended to give us a better system of jurisprudence than we have at present, and our " repugnance" to the intended change will instantly cease. CYMRO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As an Englishman, a father of a family, for many years engaged in business, I did by industry, and the blessings of a kind Providence, save a little surplus capital, and which, though I laid it out with a mind determined not to be hurt if it all was lost, its natural to think of it. I look at a Spanish bond for 1701., twelve divi dends due on it, 511., contracted, as there stated, by the full powers of King Ferdinand. I then look at a 2501. Portuguese bond, three dividends due, 181. 1.55., contracted as there stated, 1, Don John, by the grace of God, King of the united kingdom of Portugal, the Brazils, and Algarves—on this and the other side of the seas ; in Africa, King of Guinea, and of the conquest, navigation, and commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, India, &c., my general bond for myself, my heirs, and successors, to all whom it may concern. I then look at a Colombian 1001. bond, seven dividends due, 211., contracted as there stated, by Manual Antonio Arrubla, and Fran cisco Montoya, Commissioners of the Government, authorized by the Executive Power, the good faith and honour of the nation pledged and bound in the most solemn and authentic manner. I then look at a 1001. mortgage Peruvian bond, eight dividends due, 241., contracted, as there stated, by John Parish Robertson, as agent, with full powers, ratified and confirmed by the President and constituent Congress of the Peruvian Republic. I then look at a Greek bond for 1004, with six dividends due, 151., obligation issued by virtue of decrees of the Legislature, appro priating all the revenues of Greece for its security. If these small sums of surplus capital had by me been laid out in merchandize, ' and shipped to some foreign port—had the vessel cont a i n i ng i t , w ith the L British flaJ "S' , -1, been molested by a Spanish, a 'ortuguese, Poruvian, or Grecian man-of-; war, plundered of my goods as an Englishman, would not t h e o,,vernirent of thi: country, in such a rage have iusisted Upon r dre:Ss l and seen die remunerated for all losses ? If one Englishman swindles itrititlitr I out of his property; the laws protect him—shall fu ieigners then do it with imptiniiy ? If an insolvent refuse to =tie out a stliedt.le Of his koodi and Chat tels, or makes out an unfair one, the laws VrOteet his creditors from imposition, by punishing the in solvent—shall the mistress of the seas let her sons be robbed by foreign insolvents, and require no ache_ dole of things available ? A bankrupt in England is prevented from pursuing business withont a certia ficate from his creditors—the Spanish, the Brazilian, the Colombian Ambassodors, transact business with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and even have the assurance to attend the levees of our most Gracious Sovereign King George the Fourth. If'the golden chain of justice, as in Agra, in the time.of the Emperor Jehanger, was suspended from the apartments of the King at Windsor Castle, I, for one, would not forget to shake it, and rep'csent the case of these Jewish transactions. I see no difference in lending money, whether I lend it to a countryman, or a foreigner whose Government is recognised by my own, and on friendly terms. Were it not for the Usury Laws, a greater interest would be often given in:this country than in many of these foreign transactions ; it is by commercial put , uits England prospers, and I call lending money com mercial—your interest is your profit—the Usury Laws did not affect the operation of Consols when below fifty. The Directors of the fatal South Sea scheme were severely fined, some to the loss of nearly all their property ; surely then where the bonds are so plain and clear, the public ought to be protected from foreign sophistry. I should be sorry to see the blood-hounds of war let loose, but I look up to my Government as a Briton to see myself righted, with thousands of my fellow-countrymen, from the injustice of Foreign Powers, to whom I have lent money on terms as agreed, having pur chased in Scrip, and paid by instalments, thinking it to the advantage of my children, when they arrived at years to want it. If there were no effects application would be useless ; but there are, and plenty; let our Noble Duke at the head of affairs but just remonstrate on our behalf with those concerned, and those millions which have been taken from the industrious English will flow back with interest for the good of the country, arid proVe something to assist the exigencies of the times. Trade being dull, and I having at present but just enough capital to keep my present situation in life, and having two sons nearly fit to commence, the 8491. 15s. divided between them, would enable them to begin business in a small way, with comfort to themselves. I can only say, Mr. Editor, lam a plain straight-forward sort of a man, not in poverty, nor in opulence, but comfortably situated, and though I have written this, take my word I am not uncomfortable on account of these Foreign Bonds, which hold an interest; as when I speculate, it is when I can spare a little without injury to my trade ; and like looking at any article in my shop or ware house that stands upon hand, I look at these Bonds, think of them, and wish to see the scales of justice properly suspended with respect to the same, and if you have a spare corner, and no objection, just give these remarks to the readers of your very valua ble Paper; perhaps they may make an impression in a useful quarter, where power may lay, to see the Eng lish public righted, and among the rest, your humble servant, A FOREIGN BONDHOLDER. DUBLIN, DEC. 7. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT OF A MORNING PAPER.) I have received a letter from a gentleman of Wa terford. He describes this county as being in a most dreadful and distracted state with regard to the approaching election. It has been in this state particularly since Mr. Henry Winston Barron has intimated his intention of resigning. Mr. I'ierse George Barron, a relative of his, has been called on, by what is called the Independent interest, to op pose the Beresfords. Mr. Barron has written to Mr. Stuart and to Mr. John MtP-grave, soliciting their interests, and upon their answers will depend his de termination to oppose the Beresfords. Mr. H. W. Barron offers to subscribe .500/. to support any " in dependent" candidate. The dispute between Mr. Thos. Wyse and his lady, Madame Buonaparte Wyse, has long been a matter of notoriety. Upon Friday last Mrs. Wyse, accompanied by her aunt, the Ex-Queen of Naples, arrived in Waterford, with the hope, it is said, of being reconciled to Mr. Wyse. When she reached his house, she found that he had left Waterford for Dublin. She then asked to see her children, but they would not be shown to her. She and her dis tinguished relative, took up their residence at the Hotel upon the Quay, and never was public sym pathy so strongly manifested in favour of any lady as in her's. Not a day has passed since her arrival that the Quay of Waterford has not been lined by the carriages of the neighbouring gentry, who were anxious to pay their respects to her. The hope of a reconciliation between her and her husband will, however, I fear, prove futile. The present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is said to have made it a condition, at the time of his ap pointment, that his Viceregal reign should last but one year. Lord JERSEY is now spoken of as the most pro bable! successor to his Grace. It is conjectured that the health of the present RECORDER so frequently interrupting his public duties, and especially preventing his attendance on the KING in Council, must necessarily lead to his very soon retiring from office, in which we aro happy to hear Mr. DENMAN will certainly be his successor. A correspondent says that he hopes the state ment of a brother of MuNDEN, the actor, who is very rich, having applied for parochial assistance, is incorrect : we hope so too.—Morning Paper. Our fashionable circles are engaged in discuss ing an elopement which took place on Monday. The gentleman, Mr. W. LOCKE, who, according to report, is thirty years old, and not possessed of a superabundance of worldly means, arrived early in the morning ; at two o'clock he returned, taking the road to London, accompa nied by Miss SELINA. TOLLEMACUE, of the tender age of 17, daughter of the Admiral of that name, now residing here. The flight tieing discovered, Lord GEORGE LEN NOX set off in pursuit of the fugitives, upon whom he alighted in London, and where, it is said, he persuaded them to enter into the holy bands of matrimony, instead of flying farther North for the same purpose. If the rumour as to the state of the gentleman's funds be correct, his Lordship's advice was beneficial in more than one point of view.—Brighton Guardian. In returning to this place, (Brighton), in a chaise and four, on Saturday se'nnight, the LORD CHAN CELLOR bad reached the entrance of the town, not far from the Hare and Hounds pubic-house, when, owing to the darkness, a thick haze rendering the lamps compara tively useless, the postilions missed the line of road, and after some ineffectual attempts to recover it, found them selves bewildered about the downs leading to the race course. Fortunately no serious accident occurred, though the carriage is stated to have narrowly escaped an overturn in one or two instances, and of placing his Lord ship in a most unpleasant situation—that of Master of the Rolls. Eleven o'clock had arrived before the carriage could be brought to 16, Marine-square, where Lady LYNDHURST was most anxiously awaiting his Lordship's approach, baying suffered alarm at his absence.—Brighton Guardian. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. ATPOINTMENTS FOR THE ?RESENT WYLIE. Mr. O'Kelly's Hounds, at Knowle ; Wednesday, at the Kennel, Penlmry ; and Friday, at 131 indford Race-course. The *ark ato r i Ainsty Fox Hounds, nn Thursday, a' bti !gel add Saturday, at Orrea-Hammerton—at 1e,7; Sir 'F. Sykes's tut Hotind4, on W,dnestla, Half-way between Stamford-bridge and Oath fh1:614; and Friday; at Torrington—at Ten. The Marquis. of Cleveland's Fox Hounds, on Wednesda, ac eettful ; Friday, at Ctaterick Lime-kiln ; and Satur day, at Alabrougli—:ai Fle*ea. The Cleveland Fox Hounds, on 1 .4 . - i. 4 _nede'v. at Ruseherry —at Ten. The Ilaydon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Benkley Bank ; and Saturday, at Langley Castle—at Nine. 'the Morpeth Harriers, on Thursday, at Stannington ; and Saturday, tit the kennel—at Ten. The Hoiderness Vox Hounds on Thursday, at Wands ford-bridge ; and Saturday, at 1114 e..-tot tietern York City Hari lets, on Friday, near Shelter= alt Half past Tem The Lanaluon fox Hotincis, on Thastlity,.at Holdforth bridge ; and Saturday, at Etribletoti-zat The Doxford Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at bradtord Whin—at Ten. The Northumberland Foi Hounds, on Friday, at Mat fen—at Ten. _ The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Norton-le- Clay—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Berkeley's Hounds, on Tuesday, at &els= -turn pike ; Thursday, at Paxton-hall ; and Saturday, at the Kennel—at Half-past Ten. The Blackmoot Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stock= hou.S; and Friday, at Corthorn•hill, near Sandford. The Somersetshire Subseriptioir Fox Hounds, on Tues day, at Slowley Wood ; and Friday, at Raleigh's Cross. The H. H., on Tuesday, at the Four taties, Beau worth ; Thursday, at Abbotsdon Down; and Saturday, it Chilton Old-house—at Ten. Mr. Drake's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Barton-common ; Thursday, at Souldern-gate ; and Saturday, at Horton common—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Bulteel's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Newtm downs ; and Friday, at Shaugh-wood--at Ten. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Froosne house ; and Friday, at the Green Dragon, Corse Lawn— at Half-past Ten. The Doddington Harriers, on Tuesday, at Cavalry Barns; and Friday, at Fendike. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Chishill Mill ; and Thursday, at Kneesworth Tollbar—at Ha f--past Ten. Mr. R'ick•ted's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Bridge mere Guide-post ; and Friday, at Stoke Heath—at Half past Ten. The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Kirby Guide-post ; Thursday, at Skellow Grange ; and Satur day, at Acton Village—at Half-past Ten. The Montgomeryshire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at the New Bridges, near Llanymynech; and Friday, et the Cock, Forden—at Tea. The Hambledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Hill Pound ; and Friday, at Owselbury Down—at Half-past Ten. SURREY SESSIONS, DEC. 9. James Browne was indicted with being a com mon utterer of counterfeit coin. The prisoner pleaded " guilty," and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and hard labour at Brixton, and at the expiration to enter into sureties for his good behaviour. William Booker was indicted for robbing Lot Bennett, on the 3d of November, of Si. 2s. 6d. Verdict—Guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Thomas Young was indicted for stealing from John Chandler, at Croydon, a watch and a pair of trousers, his property, on the 11th of November. The prosecutor identified the property. Verdict—Guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Two lads, named Taylor and Leary, well-known characters, were convicted of robbing the shop-win dow of Thomas Powell Special (one of the Society of Friends), of three combs and other articles his property, and sentenced to be transported for life. George Roach was indicted upon three separate charges, with meeting children, and, under pretext, getting them to carry letters promising them 6d. for their trouble, and persuading them to leave their bundles in his charge. The children go to the houses pointed out, where no such person as the in dividual addressed is known. On their return, they find the prisoner and the parcels gone. He was ac quitted upon two indictments ; but upon the third, wherein Mr. Franks, of Stamford -street, was the prosecutor, it was clearly proved, and he was found Guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. The Grand Jury having gone through the bills presented to them, presented the gaol, &c., all well, but complained of the dreadfully immoral scenes that were continually acted in Newington, especially the Elephant and Castle, the Rockingham Arms, and in front of the Fishmongers' Alms-houses, and other parts of Newington, caused by the assemblage of a number of idle and disorderly persons, particularly on Sundays during divine service and after dusk. The CHAIRMAN thanked the Grand Jury for their services, and said that the parish and place so pre sented were governed by a local Act of Parliament; but it was the determined intention of the parishes to put down so great a nuisance and crying evil. The Grand Jury then retired. The Austrian Ambassador had interviews yesterday and also on Tuesday with the Earl of ABERDEEN. The Duchesses of WELLINGTON and BUCK INGHAM remain at Strathfieldsay and Avington, gladden ing the hearts of the poor at this inclement season, and are not expected to join the festivities at Stowe. STORIES OF WATERLOO.—The interest excited by this production, at the present (lay, seems to be as great as it could possibly have been had it appeared im mediately after the grand event which it so powerfully illustrates. Yet this ought not perhaps to excite surprise, when it is considered that there is scarcely a family in the kingdom that was not more or less affected by that ex traordinary conflict. What signal changes in worldly affairs, what agonies of heart, what heroism, were con densed in the few days between the hurried breaking-up of the ball at Brussels and the retreat of NAPOLEON ! We are pleased to find that Mr. LE BRE- Triox has published a new edition of his " French Gram mar and Exercises." Certainly there never has been so successful an attempt to form a perfect grammatical ma nual in any language, nor any in which so much inge nuity has been exerted to make the reader, as he proceeds step by step, perfect in what it is his object to learn. This is the very book for all who desire to learn the lan guage without a teacher, or where the teacher is only par tially experienced. THE LOST JEWELS.—The Court Journal of Saturday next, will, it appears, in addition to its numer ous other attractions, be accompanied with engraved FAC • SIMILES, on a separate sheet, of all the Princess of ORANGE'S Lost Jewels. The ladies will now have an op portunity of forming some idea of the value, beauty, and splendour of these treasures which have of late excited so much curiosity and speculation. The son of Mr. ANTILL, fruit salesman in the Borough Market, and who is 21 years of age, swal lowed some oxalic acid on Tuesday, in consequence of hav ing been slighted by a female to whom he was paying his addresses. He was taken to Guy's Hospital soon after he had swallowed the poison, and it was removed from his stomach, but he remains in a precarious state. CONTRIVANCE OF THE MOLE TO GUARD AGAINST MOISTURE.-Though the moles are partial to fields within the reach of water, they like to have their gal leries in dry banks, or the more elevated parts of dry fields, where they are nut in danger of being flooded. An instance in proof of this fell under our observation last winter. In the woods adjoining Shooter's Hill there are considerable patches of swampy ground, which are partially flooded in rainy weather. On passing near one ofthese swamps, we were struck with the unusual size of a mole-hill, which we at first imagined to be an ant's nest. It was, indeed, rather a singular locality fur a node-hill, moles being sel dom found in woods, and much seldomer in swamps ; but though it was as large as six ordinary mole-hills, there could be no doubt that it was one. Upon removing a portion of the upper layer of the mould, the reason of its extraordinary elevation was at, once explained; a circular gallery having been constructed on the highest part of the mound, and covered only by about two inches depth of mould. As this gallery was at least two feet above the level of the swamp, it was out of the reach of any com mon inundation.— Companion to the Almanack. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A correspondent of ours, who appears by Ms plain speaking to have worried Mr. Daniel O'Connell in nt , trifling degree, leaves it to the Times to deal as it thinks proper with entain calumnies which the Learned Agitator, in pure t•pantonness, has been pleased to put forth against this Journal. The Times will deal with the calumny as it will with the Cdluttiniatof, that is _to say, ‘v ill have no dealings with . either; it feels su preme contempt for both. Mr. O'Con nell is likelly to succeed as well in proving that the rinirs is venal, and has been bribed by the Beresfords ! of nil people in the world,—as in in persuading the respectable Irish Catholics to join his stupid outcry against the Union, or the electors of the county of Waterford, that he has riot !mitered" for a fee from the Beresfords, whom he now rails against like pickpockets. We must observe, however, that Nlr.O'Connell has no eaSon to be so very positive in his charges against this POW: We never were on terms of friend ship or acqtidititance with the learned gentleman ; lie therefore know; none of our secrets ; if he had, indeed, he would doubtless have disclosed them long ago. We r sought to render rim' from that m a t greataly personal cause, or r pri s v e a r t ‘ e ice 6e s o:vti:ces'apart which f h o a e gained us no trifling abuse from 00e party, and equal applauses from another ; if we had, we might long ago have expected some proots.. 4 the learned gentleman's ingratitude. There is, any has been, therefore, no relation between the con ductors of this Paper and Mr. O'Connell, from which that learned personage could extract ma terials wherewith to just* the indulgence of his favourite and characteristic Modes of speech. We finally submit to the learned ce.itator, when next he volunteers a stigma so grave as that of bribery against a member of the English ", 1 . :vie, that he need not employ so many tawdry ads jectives by way of adding emphasis to the incurpation. Let him put off his jack-pudding tone and fustian phrases ; and say, in plain words, when, where, and wild was the bribe. Unless we are very much mistaken, this poor blustering booby has nearly had his day.—Times. The noise that was made in Ireland on ac count of the departure of the Solicitor-General from the usual practice, by examining Dr. Heiss at the portis-o'Kane trials, must be yet fresh in the recollection of most of our readers. Dr. Heiss gave evidence highly favourable ih the pri soners ; and it was loudly cohtswled that bis business, as Counsel for the prosecution, being to exert himself to the utmost to hang the pti, soners, and having conducted the pieparatovi; investigations, and being consequently aware that the evidence of Dr. Heirs would be such as we have stated, he ought to have abstained from calling him. Whether or not the Solicitor-Ge neral would have felt any repugnance to the keeping back evidence calculated to prove the innocence of men in whose fate the authorities of the country were not interested, is a point which was agitated during the discussions on some subsequent trials. We have at present, however, no concern with the Irish Solicitoi- General, and therefore we leave this question where we found it. We were led to it by a letter, which our readers will find in ano ther column, from Mr. Whitmore, surgeon, on the case of Edwin Harris, a lad, who was brought up to receive sentence at Hicks's Hall, on Saturday last, for au improper assault, of which he had been con victed a few days before. The statement of Mr. Whitmore, which is confirmed by a cer tificate from Dr. Gordon Smith, speaks volumes as to the dreadful immorality of tl►e practices which all must follow who earn their money at the Bar in this country. Mr. Whitmore, un easy under the imputation to which his conduct apparently exposed him, of his allowing a young man, of whose innocence lie was assured, to be deprived of the benefit of his evidence on the trial, and postponing his exertions till a time when they were no longer available to the pri soner, comes now forward with this simple and moving explanation, " Allow me (he says) to explain my apparent disregard to what I con sider the extreme hardship of this unfortunate youth's situation, by stating that I attended in Court the whole of the day of his trial, by virtue of a subpoena on behalf of the prosecution, hav ing been called on by the sitting Magistrates at I latton-garden to give my opinion on the case when this offence was first said to have been committed, and when I expressed my firmest conviction that the offence laid to the prisoner's charge had not, in the remotest degree, been committed by him or any one else, but, above all, certainly not by him, for reasons which ad mit of easy explanation, which opinion I took care to have strengthened by the enclosed certi ficate of Dr. Gordon Smith. This being known to all parties to have been my opinion at that time, of course you cannot be surprised that the Counsel for the prosecution had no inducement to place me in the witness box ; the Counsel for the prisoner, knowing that I had been sub pcenaed on the other side, and knowing, also, that my name was on the back of the bill of in dictment, it should seem, was suspicious that my evidence might not be of the most propi tious kind for his client ; and thus the prisoner was altogether deprived of my evidence ; in the absence of which, that the Jury should return the verdict they did is not much to be wondered at, and the punishment awarded by the Court (six months' imprisonment) cannot be thought excessive for any wretch guilty of such an abo minable offence." The Counsel for the prose cution, knowing that the evidence of Mr. Whit more would go to establish the innocence of the prisoner, takes care not to examine him, and, as it is his business to exert all his ingenuity to obtain a conviction, by subpoenaing Mr. Whit more he produces an impression on the pri soner's Counsel, that that witness is on the side of the prosecution. The Counsel for the pro secution does no more than what any other Counsel would do in a similar case. Were a Counsel to neglect any ruse, by which evidence to establish innocence could possibly be kept back, and thus fail to obtain a conviction, he would lay himself open to the reproach of not having made the most of his case. He has nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of the party against whom he exerts himself—his busi ness is to obtain a conviction whether the party be guilty or innocent : and as it is always reckoned a greater merit in a COunsel to procure the ac•. quittal of a guilty than the acquittal of an inno cent man, in like manner it is far more merito rious to convict innocence , than to convict guilt. It is, therefore, in a professional.. sense, no re proach, but, on the contrary, a matter of tri umph, that the Counsel in this case earned his fee by obtaining, through•his management,. tho conviction of an innocent'youth of a 'foul 'crime. We have often thought an autobioirip-hy`'of, a Barrister o f ex t ens i ve pr ac lice..-in Jro Courts, drawn up with na i ve fidd4for the in