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LITERATURE. lITSTURY:OP SCOTLAND, BY SIR W. SCOTT. VOL, 1. —LONDON, 1829. Poet--Novelist--Reviewer—Historian—Bi ngraPher - --Diam atist —Editor— Essayist—now a write r on Statistics, and now on Landscape Gar dening ; how u nr i va ll e d i n i ts ver s a tility is the Intelle c t of Sir Walter Scott ! Nothing comes amiss to him. He shines in every department of the h uman mind. From romance to reality, fro m P rose to poetry, from criticism to bio- Proy, he turns with the practised facility of a heus. Scarcely has he astonished the world in o ne capacity, than he is ready to electrify it in another. He is not one, but Legion. On the Present occasion he comes forward as the his torian of his country, and from the full urn of his i ntellectual resources pours forth a copious, aappar en tly ex h aust l ess stream o f e l oquence the learning. Had he writt en no thi ng but t " e Present volume, he would have ranked 414 P4 the . first historians of the day. It.• • - . 4 14 so spirited, SO- easy, so full of sound, moral ~,m ' ee gon, so correct, and at the same time so im partial i n i ts d eta il s , t h at we scarce ly k now mere to look for its equal. Passing by the ethnbrous and lengthened traditions of the old !! nt tisli chroniclers, Sir Walter carefully sifts `4lares from the wheat of their histories, and e ? lne4 b l himself with a simple, natural, and un blared Collection of their truths. From the ki his glan ce we h ave yet b een a bl e t o cas t over i pre sent volume, we should pronounce it to 4 decidedly the most authentic history we have Ye , ee eil of Scotl an d. The doubtful portions are J ust dwelt on at sufficient length, while the te ,,, ; °l*e , i : n iVorrant parts, in which national charac --4tics stand broadly and prominently forward, acre pointed out to the reader ' s particular atten ti". Reflection here steps in to the aid of his torYo'..,.-an,d- in Sir Walter's hands the union of i w ' e n qualities is, -we need scarcely add, triresistible. Nor does the work bear traces of l e t slovenly indifference which was at times so e e nes Picuo us in the , i Life of Napoleon." In prom parts it has been elaborated with the most and care, weighed in the balance of a sound 1 : 1 q 1 scrupulous good sense. Among these, care d 7 digested passages, we may enumerate the w e h tn s of the decisive battle of Bannockburn; an(i ll 4 re given w ith an an i ma ti o n, a boldness, kdh an elo quence, surpassed only by their rigid ,_ erence to f acts. Th e same zea l ous sp i r i t of i:liquiry ; 0 „ ' 3 manif es t i n the account of the inva wh—; a Scotland, by Edward the First ; in t a L ch t he author ' satisfactorily explains the (131 ,7. ''' ) E his coun t r y men ' s abject and un- N utn. -16° Aal surrender to the English despot.— wh - - - . l ‘ Q ua othe r i ns t an ces might be adduced the id' ersin 0., Sir Walter has embellished history by w ac es of a , l o fty, generous, and tolerant us on '' 9m, hilt unhappily our limits will not permit th •()revert to them, which we the less regret, as ~,ey dill doubtless soon be in the hands of the be lt of our readers. We must not, however, l C it to add, that the present volume forms but t e n ;T s t.of a Cabinet Cyclopxdia, edited by Dr, pa —44 Y, which is' to embrace almost every de s, Men t or usef u l k now l e d g e. From the pro ki•ect ush ieh we a dduce, it will be seen that this bo iseella n y come s out under the highest auspices, 4tid t h as regards its publisherscand contributors, Ni ll scar ce ly f a il th ere f o re of securing a cir -1 ell, P a r tioll adequate to its deserts. , a he foll ow i ng is the Prospectus ,i n t h e Edi .01.,8 " I ' words • ~ 1 , 1,6 w 4 wh at ,,, i 'r , 6 intended to form a popular compendium t ietle o f h : 4l4 eful, instructive, and interesting, .in . the rod w on ' ma n knwledge . A novel plan of publication e lliar & i gen* " will be adopted, which will present pe t"' of thl nta geL Without fully detailing the method, a " ta i 7 a dvantages may be mentioned. te rr , eq v olume will contain one or more subjects unin tor,. NO and unbroken, and will be accompanied by the tili t elNi lding platen or other appropriate illustrations. Fa -4011 \ bet ref erence will b e o bt a i n ed without fettering the ot t ib er r a continual alphabetical arrangement. 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The kliotetio yclopedia' will thus be in a state of continual()ye keatoinn, keeping pace with the never-ceasing . impr to Isar Plawkdge, drawing within its circle from . year bi e - whatever is new, and casting off whatever is o.b !eat' 4° 'LI to form a constantly modernized Cyclopredia.. %re t 4 lave of the advantages which the proprietors 'elv es 4 1 "er . 0 the public, and which they pledge them '` T . " 7 4112 e• 1 ' 1 414 re . a ",aes on subjects which are technical and proles 4ttill w ill be adapted, not so much to those who desire to h.,... a. practical 6.-. as to those who seek that 'goo of itoeto information respecting such matters which is IPestj h ezliected f rom well-educate d persons . A n in- Nil o , - 'l' be imparted to what is abstract by copious illus tkatials, : 4 1, d the sciences will be rendered attractive, by 4 tal o o ; " 41 :° With reference to the most familiar objects 1 Ur ren - C The 0 ,,, g 4 htr u ,„ , 11 .nwieldy bulk of Encyclopaedias , not less than the Vi e d ;,`thleussions which they contain, has hitherto con toreptt'eln to the !ibrary, as works of only occasional Sal ar ee :„ The present work, from its portable form and 1,7 1 146 '"Yier will claim a place in the drawing.room and ',._‘ ett eos . i F ormin g in itself a Complete Library, .affording ` 41 4.2e and infinitely varied store of instructionan a d a g enre presenting just so d m i u n ch it on every are subject t L itt eiletive in Y fo engage l g nt is illu i stL e ti o o n n v s e , ni a e n n d t il l, it - 'O l 7 O ate in expense , the ea ' Cabinet Cyclopzedia' el_ tt ery lnetf: P'd, be r, fo . m u l e : t an ,at ot t jectof paramount interest f ' " 4 6 - ti w i l Y' qicl k elo the pages of the ' Cabinet Cy lop li . 03 t he or ,' ree ra. lee To enforce the cultivation of religion tie vievrdertalte to inform the public mind; but with t, eti e co ri e'e explained, the conductor of this work feels Ili a r t oo. puearrations more especially pressed upon his at-. :61:: .. t i li ted . s..... y tan ea: of yeenhecooessle necessary d to all places . of public .. ecl ie u , ca a - , rho - eo eto trust 1 this work will particularly maim' —". 2 scarcely add, that nothing will be can h a , h tr,P r iv e e most remote tendency to offend public I' whor . 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The Cabinet of Arts. —The Fine Arts—the Useful Arts--Manufactures, &c. 10 Vol 4. 3. The Cabinet of Natural History.—Zoology—Bo tany—Alineralogy—Geology. 14 Vols. "4. The Cabinet of Geography.—The History of Geographical Discovery—Descriptive Geography—Phy sical Geography. 6 Vols. " 5. The Cabinet of Philosophy.—Political and Mo ral—Religion—Education, &c. 6 Vols "6. The Cabinet of Literature.—Language—Belies Letters—Histories of Literature. 6 Vols. "7. The Cabinet of History.—Histories of various Countries—Antiquities—Manners and Customs—Myths logy—Chronology, &c. 22 Vols. " 8. The Cabinet of Biography.—Political, Military, Naval, Religious, Scientific, Poetical, Classical, &c. 20 Vols. " 9. The Cabinet Dictionary of Literature, Science, and Art. 6 Vols. " The extent here assigned to the work may be con sidered on the whole as one which it will not surpass, although it may be found expedient in some of the depart ments to abridge, and in others to extend, the assigned limits. Facility of reference will be obtained by annexing to each volume a copious Index ; and the Ninth Division will form in itself a compact Cyclopmdia, in which every name and term of Art will be alphabetically arranged, and accompanied by a short notice or explanation, together with a reference to that volume of the work in which a more detailed account may be found. f‘ Since the plan of the work does not render a particular order of publication necessary, the volumes will not suc ceed each other according to the above scheme ; such sub jects will appear from time to time as will sustain an inte rest by variety during the period of publication." THE KEEPSAKE. No annual boasts a more aristocratic list of contributors than the Keepsake. Lords, M.P.'s, and Right lions., are sown thick as mushrooms in its pages. The time, however, is gone by, when a Coronet was sufficient to shield a poem from insignificance. "No exalted stanza" now " teems with thought," merely because a "Lord" penned " the happy lines." The case is alto gether reversed. The fact of a " Lord" indit ing a book, is nearly, if not quite enough, to justify a supposition that it must be a dull one, We should be unjust to the Peerage, were we to assert that the majority of those who figure in the Keepsake, do not keep up their old or thodox character for insipidity. With the ex ceptions of Lord Morpeth—who is a highly gifted young man—of Lord Holland—who is to be respected, not so much because he is a Lord, as because he is an accom plished scholar, a gentleman, and a man of the world—of the Hon. Mr. Liddell, whose stately " Ode to an Eagle" has something of Pindaric grandeur about it—with the excep tion of these three intelligent writers, the Peer age cuts but a sorry figure in the " Keepsake." Nor does the House of Commons show off to much better advantage. R. Bernal, M. P., and the Right Hon. Agar Ellis, another M. P., and the Right Hon. Charles Phipps, a third M. P., contribute a certain portion of versa and prose which is anything but " useful or ornamental?' The former gentleman, in his tale of the " De lusion of Three Days," has presented us with a tame " various reading" of an anecdote which we remember to have perused some years since, in a little daily periodical, entitled the " De jeune," where an enthusiastic young man was represented to have fallen. in love with a young lady,. whom he was, only pre vented from espousing by the timely disco very that she had a—wooden leg. Mr. Ber nal, however, has given her a cork one, which is the only difference between the two tales. Of the Right Hon. Charles Phipps's verses, " On looking on the Sea," we h'av - e merely to state that the author looks on this inspiring element with as much apparent indifference as if he were look ing on a horse-end ; and Mr. Agar Ellis's " Stanzas" we must dispatch with the remark that they differ only from prose, in the circum stance of the last syllable of the first line, jing ling with the last syllable of the secowl, and so on. Not, however, in this spirit, must we speak of Lord Byron's " Letters to Several Friends," which are replete with whim, sarcasm, liveliness, and sagacity, expressed in pointed language, and with a fearless generous candour that charac terised all that this magnificent author ever did or said. Sir W. Scott's Tragedy too, though not worthy of him, is still to be mentioned with re spect, as being the earliest production of one of the most versatile genuises the world ever saw. Among the untitled contributors to the " Keepsake," we find the names of Theodore Hook, the Author of " Anastasius," the Au. thoress of " Frankenstein," and the Editor of the " Literary Gazette." The last of these writers has contributed a Poem, entitled " The Time that was and is ;" which is chaste, elegant,. and tender. Mr. Hope's metaphysical Essay, on " Self-love, Selfishness:, '&e.," is worthy the author of that matchless tale, " Anastasius ;" and Mrs. Shelley's prose story, illustrative of Virginia Water, is full of high-toned romantic sensibility. .Of the embellishments we have be fore spoken at length, and in the terms of admi ration that they deserve. QUARTERLY 11.EVIEW, No. LXXXII. LONDON, 1829. With the exception of the Finance' Com mittee—which we have already alluded to in various departments of our Paper—there are few articles of any novelty or, moment in the present number. The analysis of the " Life and Ser vices of Captain Philip Beaver"—a book with which the public are by this time sufficiently familiar—is interesting and well written, but sadly too long. " Remains of Lucretia David son," a young American girl, who from an early period evinced infinite genius, equalled only by the instinctiveness and hazardous delicacy of her frame, is a delightful article, though the im pression it leaves on the mind is somewhat painful. " The Memoirs of Miss Davidson," by an American gentleman, named Morse, are fit companions for those of Kirke White, to whom Southey has long since clone ample jus tice. Both these interesting young people evinced the most decided marks of a high, if not the highest, order of talent, coupled, how ever, with restless enthusiasm for learning, and an unbounded sensitiveness of character, which proved equally their destruction. Though the review of Lucretia Davidson's Memoirs occupies only a few pages, yet it is filled with traits of nature highly creditable to the lady's heart and head. Her piety was only equalled by her ge nius, and ber genius by the affection and gra titude for her friends and relations. her foul ness for writing poetry by sun-set, to the wild breathings of an Eolian harp, which she would place in her window, and to which she would listen for hours, are highly interesting and cha racteristic traits. We have no space to dwell on the remaining articles, which we the less re gret as the subjects on which they treat have for the most part been long familiar to the public. THE BIJOU. The embellishments of this Annual are, the major part of them, eminently beautiful, That, especially, entitled " Milton composing Paradise Lost," is replete with an ease and unstudied elegance of manner that we do not often witness. The appearance of the blind old bard, who seems in the act of listening with entranced attention to the melodies of the seraphims who are pouring forth their inspiring strains above his head, toge ther with that of his two daughters, who, seated by his side, are acting the part of amanuenses, while he is dictating to them—as we should sur mise from the breathless interest with which they hang on his every word—the beautiful episode of the first approach of Eve to her astonished husband, these three individual characters are each delined with the utmost skill and grace, and notwithstanding the difficulty of the subject, fully answer expectation. " The Blue Bell "is a charming little portrait of some remarkably pretty young girl. Though it consist but of this one figure, it is surprizing how ably every vacan niche and space of this picture is filled, by what we should call the bye-play of the painter, from whom the engraver has of course taken it. The distant landscape, with the small streamlet wind ing, like a silver thread, among its meadows— the colonnade in front, and the full and fragrant rose by the side, as also the aspect of the half concealed garden-bench close by which the child stands reclining, these two or three minor objects, simple as they are in themselves, give a great relief and variety to the picture. " Lady Jane Grey" is not so much to our taste. There is a coldness—a stiffness—a formality about it, which is any thing but nature. " The Bagpiper" is a spirited copy from the original painting by Wilkie, the strongly-defined character of which is faithfully preserved. With regard to the lite rary communications, though none of them be of first-rate water o even approaching to it, yet, nevertheless they are creditable to the taste and fancy of their authors. The best among them is the poetical address to Ada, the daughter of the late Lord Byron, whose likeness, by-the-bye, to which we should have alluded in our notice of the embellishments, is very beautifully executed. ' LA BELLE ASSEMBLER. We cannot too much applaud the spirited and tasty manner in which this elegant miscel lany is:carried on. In the style and quality of its embellishments it is absolutely unequalled, while its literary communications are not very far be hind hand. The present number possesses two capital plates ; one of which, a portrait of the Countess of Cavan, is as exquisitely engraved as any thing we have seen for a long time. It is alone worth the price of the Number. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. The motto of this periodical should be " - battle, murder, and sudden death," as it is full of accounts of perilous sieges and encounters, both by sea and land, told in a spirited, stirring, and professional manner. The best paper in the whole number is the account of the battle of Vittoria, which brings the bloody scene before us in all its horrors. It is eviTently the produc tion of a person who was an eye-witness of all that he describes, and whose recollections are of the most forcible and impressive nature. We have no doubt it will be generally read and ad mired at the Naval and Military Club, where we learn this Magazine is a great favourite. COURT AND CAMP OF BUONAPARTE. LONDON, 1829. We anticipate a prodigious circulation for this attractive volume. It is drawn up with consummate ability,—by the writer apparently of the Memoirs of Napoleon—and, from the judicious and condensed style of its writing, forms an appropriate sequel to that excellent spe cimen of biography. Indeed we have seldom perused a work more uniformly entertaining in its details. It presents us with a bird's-eye view of the character of the old republican war riors, the heroes of the army of Italy and of the Rhine, as well as of those astute and wary Statesmen who so long shed splendour on the :Empire, and supported the authority of Napo. leon. Talleyrand—Bernadotte—the i inosC for tun* of the exile of Saint Helena',S Generals —Ney, the " bravest of the brave,"—Joachim Murat, the modern Paladin, in whom the cour teous chivalry of the old knight of romance, was strangely blended with the coarse and reek ' less vehemence of the plebeian soldier—Fouche, the wily, jesuitical, unprincipled cruel Fouche, one of the most sanguinary of the revo lutionists, and subsequently the most de- voted of Buonaparte's adherents—Augereau, faithless to all parties, and equally detested by all- v -Massena, second only to the Emperor in military sagacity and decision—Pauline, the most beautiful and profligate of his sisters, and. Lucien the most ambitious of his brothers. — These various characters, together with numerous others " Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks of Vallombrosa," crowd the pages of this varied and instructive volume. To those who wish to glean a competent knowledge of Napo leon and his times, we would cordially recom mend its perusal. It will satisfy, without weary ing their attention, so consummate is the art with which it has been compiled, so authentic and satisfactory its numerous sources of intelli gence. To complete its attractions, it is accom panied by excellent steel engravings of Talley rand, Soult, and Murat. Of its style of com position we adduce the following sample " On the eve of the expedition to St. Domingo, liuo naparte resolved that his brother-in-law Lecler c (the bus , baud of Pauline) should comma nd it. Ile summoned the General to his cabinet , and ma de kno wn his will. 1 should be happy,' be answered, , to serve France agniPp • ut, Citizen CJ neul, ti sacred duty retains me here.' Your love for ? She shall go with you. The sir of Paris is fit only for coquetry : sh 4 shall go with you, I repeat it.' Assuirlly I should be concerned t o leave her ; but this reason alone could not suffice to make me refuse an honourable conunand. My wife would he surrounded by relatives who love her, and I should have no anxiety on her account : it is the situation of my be loved sister, which forces me to decline what I should otherwise embrace with eagerness. She is pretty, young; her education is not quite finished : I have no dowry for her; can I leave her unprotected, when my absence may be long, perhaps eternal? My brothers are not here ; must remain where I am. I appeal to your own heart who are so devoted to your family : General, can I do otherwise than remain ?" Very well ; but we must marry her without loss of time,—to-morrow, for example, and then you can set out.' I repeat, I have no dowry to give her, and—" And am not I here to serve you ? Go, my good fellow, and commence your preparations. To-morrow your sister shall be married—to , whom I can not tell just now; but no m Ater ; she shall be married, and well too.' But—" I have spoken so as to be understood, I believe ; say no more.' The General, like his comrades, accustomed to obey, left the cabinet without another word of remonstrance. " In a few minutes, Davoust entered to acquaint the First Consul with his intended marriage—' With Made moiselle Leclerc ? I very much approve your choice.' No, General, with Madame—' With Mademoiselle Leclerc,' interrupted Napoleon (laying a strong emphasis on the name)—' Not only do I think the match a suitable one, but it shall take place immediately.' I have long loved Madame ; she is now at liberty, and nothing shall make me sacrifice her.' Except my will !' replied the First Consul, fixing his eagle eye on the other. ' You will immediately go to Madame Courasan's, at St. Ger mains : you will inquire for your future wife; she will be introduced to you by her brother, General Leclerc, who is now with my wife ; he will accompany you thither. The young lady will come to Paris this very night. You will have the disposal of her portion, which, as I shall give her away, must be something ; leave the dowry, &c. to me ; the ceremony shall be performed as soon as legal formalities permit ; I shall take care to shorten them. You understand me—obedience!' Having pronounced these words in the absolute tone peculiar to himself, Napoleon rang the bell, and ordered some one to fetch General Le clerc. When the latter arrived—' Was I wrong? (said he). Here is your sister's husband. Off, both of you, to St. Germaine ! let me see neither until every thing is arranged ; I hate interested discussions !' Both Generals were equally astonished, but both obeyed." REFUSAL of the lIIGH SHERIFF & ,LIN COLNSHIRE to CALL a COUNTY MEETING. , (Frum the Stamford News of this day Mr. Collett requests Mr. Drakard will maken to the Gentlemen who have signed the Requisition to the Sheriff, requesting him to call io _s i ounty Meeting to consider of the propriety of petitiVtV the Legislature on the subject of the Malt and. Beer Taxes, that he (Mr. Collett) yesterday, the Ist' December, received the fol lowing letter from the Sheriff. It is for them to deter mine if they will submit to this refusal, or take other means of calling a Meeting. The reasons given for re fusing to call the Meeting,—the Requisition for which was more respectably signed than any one ever pn4ented to any Sheriff,—appear most unsatisfactory and incorrect; inas much as the "severe pressure under which all classes in the kingdom are now labouring," is misunderstood ; the Fundholders and Annuitants having actually a benefit, being themselves untaxed, and the Landowner overwhelmed. The Jungle, Dec. 2, 1829. COPY OF TILE LETTER OF THE SHERIFF ADDRESSED TO S. R. COLLET, DATED WEELSBY HOUSE, NOV. 28, 1829. " have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, accompanying the Requisition for a County Meeting, to consider the propriety of petitioning the Legis lature on the subject of the Malt and Beer Taxes. " I am as fully alive as any of the gentlemen who have signed the Requisitions:can be, to the severe pressure under which all classes in the kingdom are now labouring, and I have a decided opinion, that the weight of Taxation falls with more than an average pressure on the Agricultural Classes, and I strongly feel the necessity of some measure for their relief: •At the same time I am convinced, that the exigencies of the country must, during this recess of Parliament, have irresistibly drawn the attention of his Majesty's Government to the state of the kingdom in all its classes, and I feel averse to any measure which has a tendency to embarrass them by claiming any particular description of relief until the coun try shall have been made acquainted with the result of the deliberations of those who may be considered as having the whole connected subject before them. "For the above reasons, I must beg to decline naming a day for a County Meeting as requested, and have the honour to remain, Sir, yours, most obedient, (Signed) " RICHARD THOROLD, " Sheriff for the County of Lincoln." SPORTING INTEI,LIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. From the general desire manifested to back Brunswicker for the Derby, and the eagerness with which the odds are' offered against the Major, we are entitled to infer that the former has turned out the best, and that the Majd may not be expected in the south. It ie not yet known when Mr. Petre's lot will be sent to Newmarket, but we have heard that besides the Derby nag, it is intended to send Laura for the Oaks ; and Ruwton for the Ascot and Goodwood Cups. Lord Queensberry's Sister to Emma, rises daily, and there is not much doubt that she will be come the favourite for the Oaks ; indeed she is now so close with Mouche, that it would be difficult to say which has the call. The following were the general prices at the close of the room : DERBY. ri to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's The Mummer 12 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker (13 to 1 taken) 12 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's Cetus 17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 16 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt 18 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Sall colt 18 to 1 agst Mi. Thornhill's Wat .Tyler 20 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Mouse colt 22 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur 25 to 1 agst Mr.'Petre's The Major 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Red Rover 30 to 1 agst Lord Tavistock's Custari (taken) OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Monehe 7 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry , 6 Sister to EmFaa 9 to 1 ngst Mr. Stonebewer's Leeway filly TIIE NEW FOREST.—Although this recent production of Mr. IfoRAcE Satins has naturally attracted extraordinary attention in the county of Hampshire, yet its interest is of so general a nature, that it promises to be more universally read than any of the former works of this popular author. The tale is one of the present day ; and so great a variety of scene, character, and incident, has rarely been included in one• story. Purse-proud city merchants, worldly and obsequious clergymen, modern utilitarians, pretenders to science, iniquitous magistrates, dandies, ladies of birth and fashion, scheming women of the middle classes, Yankee improvers of our mother tongue, country squires, &c. &c., will find themselves more clearly mirrored bx our popular novelist than they have yet been ; and should they not be benefited by a view of the picture the rest of the world undoubtedly will be much amused by it. The main defect in the covered parts of Far ringdon•market appears to be a want of light, which might, we should suppose, be obviated by the introduction of more sky-lights into the red. ADELPIII THEATRE.—The elephant and Mr. KEAN have made their appearance pretty much about the same time in public. Both have been vociferously ap plauded, but the elephant is incomparably the greater actor of the two. Last night she made her first appear ance at the Adelphi, in a, thing called a melodramatic spectacle, put together lb? the occasion, and went through her part with surprising intelligence. A house crowded to the slips received her with open arms, which at the close of the piece she acknowledged by a graceful bow, and a grunt more remarkable for gratitude than harmony. What with the Siamese twins and the Siamese elephants, the country of Siam stands fair chance just •now of be coming fashionable. Probably we shall have a history, or a novel in three vols., on the subject out in a day or two. TILE PRIZE RING.—The match for JO/. a side, which was made some time since between York shire ROBINSON, who resides in this city, and Scotch ROBINSON, who' lives in Glasgow, was decided yesterday near West Craigs. The day being as favourable as could he expected at this season, a great concourse of spectators attended. The Yorkshire pugilist beat his opponent in forty minutes, and escaped with very little punish ment,—Scotsman. MEETING OF BANK DIRECTORS. At the meeting of Bank Directors, which took place yesterday, some measures have been adopted calculated to exercise an important influence on the transactions in noney. The play of lending on Exchequer-bills (luring the shutting of the books in Consols has been considerably !xtetnled, and Money may now be obtained for a limited period, not only on Exchequer-bills, but India bonds, India bills, and bills of exchange. Such transactions are, however, confined to a space of time between the sth of December and the 15th of January next. The loans may be for the whole period, but not fur less than ten days, nor for a smaller sum than 2,000/. The interest charged will tle at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. This accom •nodation is not, as in the discount of commercial bills, to )0 confined to individuals who have accounts open with he Bank, but will be accessible to the public generally, the Directors regulating the proportion of the advances to the amount of securities tendered, or refusing them alto 4-ether, according to their judgment of their validity. The other measure resolved on is that of making ad vances at the rate of two per cent. only, on deposits of bullion, also for periods not shorter than ten days, but without any limit as to the duration of the loan. This refers, however, to gold bullion only, and not to silver, aid is understood to have been resorted to by the Bank Directors in consequence of the state of busi ness at the Mint, where matters have been suffered to fall back into the old and inconvenient regulations so often complained of. It will be recollected, that some time back Mr. Herries was induced, at the urgent solici tation of Mr. Rothschild, to allow nearly the whole of the amount of gold bullion sent for coinage to be paid ;imme diately, and the arrangement was at that time considered by the Ministry to be so /Oneficial, that a sum of 150,000/. was furnished from the Treasury to the Mint, in order to cover the loss likely to be sustained by it, being of opinion that this loss was more than counterbalanced by the facilities given for the increase of the gold circulation of the country, and the inconvenience of the public generally. Means were afterwards found, to be sure, to neutralize a part of its effect, by introducing a rule that no less a cam than 10,0001. should be received, so that the great capitalist who promoted the measure was almost the only person who derived any advantage from it. St'll the circulation of the gold currency was materially aided. Now it appears, however, that the sum set apart to cover the loss by the arrangement is exhausted, and Ministers refuse to give any more, so that the old regulation is re turned to, by which any person offering gold at the Mint to be coined, cannot receive the proceeds for 90 days, and consequently incurs the loss of the interest on his capital during that period. The Bank measure now brought for ward seems to have the effect only of giving accommoda tion to the holders of liullion, but will not necessarily lead to the coinage of a single additional sovereign. Though the rate of interest charged s extremely low, there will be a considerable advantage, in all probability, derived to the Bank from the measure, because interest will be obtained on a commodity which the Directors are bound to keep by them for their own security to a certain extent, and which usually lies in a wholly unproductive state in their coffers. This at present is all that,c,an be collected in the city on this subject, but new facts, and probably new views of the question, may transpire hereafter.—Morning Paper. LORD HILL'S LEVEE. Lord Hill, as General Commanding- in -Chief, held a Levee at the Horse Guards, yesterday morning, which was attended by Colonel Macdonnel, Admiral Sir R. King, Lieut.-Colonel Correquer, General Eden, Sir Thomas Hay, Lieut.-Col. Chichester, Lieut.-Col. Barrington, Capt. R. B. Edwards, Lieut.-Colonel Mills, Lieut.-Colonel C. Hawker, Major John M‘Mahon, Captain Harper, Messrs. Drummond, Atkinson, Magennis, Blake, and Losack. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Headfort, at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn.street, from Ireland; Viscount Clifden, in Hanover-square, from his seat in Northamptonshire; the Earl of Ossory, at Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, from Oxford ; the Earl and Countess Gower, at their seat in Shropshire, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Peploe, at their seat, Geanstone, Hereford, from the Earl of Dartmouth's seat, Sandwell, Staffordshire; Sir Law rence and Lady Palk, in Bruton-street. Berkeley-square, from, their seat, Renne House, Devonshire ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Monck, in Wimpole-street, from the Continent ; Lord Saltoun, at his seat in Scotland, from a tour; Captain and Mrs. Hall, in Pall. mall, from Cheltenham ; Mrs. Bury and J. Bury, Esq. at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from Waltham Abbey; the Rev. Mr. Bell and Mrs. Bell, at ditto, from Dublin ; G. C. Thornton, Esq. at ditto, from his reat, Hertford; G. Lewin, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton ; J. W. Hearne, Esq. at ditto, from the Ridge, Herts. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Rutland, from South Audley-street, for Stanten Wood-house, Derbyshire; Viscount Anson, from Staffordshire, for his seat in Leicestershire; Mrs. Bigg and family, from War ren's Hotel, Regent-street, for their seat In Hampshire; James Crosby, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Drake, from Albemarle-street, for Bath; Wm. Meyer, Esq. from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Oxford; Captain Percy, from ditto, for Brighton ; Lord J. Thynne, for Longleat, Wilts ; Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, from Brook-street, for their seat in Herts ; Sir G. Crewe, Bart. and Lady Crewe, from the Beruers Hotel, Ber. ners.street, for Shooter's-bill, Kent. . SPARRING AT THE TENNIS COURT. Yesterday the Court was opened for the benefit of Ned O'Neal. The interest that the affair of Tuesday excited in the public mind, the simply curious as well as the deeply interested, had the effect of bringing together as large a company as we ever remember to have witnessed within the walls of the Court. The tattle of the knots in every direction was curious enough, and party feeling was to be heard in whispers, or in foaming vehemence, according to circumstances, all around ; indeed it was evident that the sparring occupied only a minor portion of the attention of the audience. Harry Jones said he was ready to fight Bishop Sharpe for 100/. a-side. Phil Sampson was ready to fight Big Brown for 3001. a-fide, if Brown would coma to within a stone of Phil's weight; or if Brown would give 3001. to 200/. Phil should fight him, and Brown might come to the scratch as heavy as he chose. The prime feature of the day was reserved for the ap pearance of Ned O'Neal. Tom Spring was the first to drop his bow, and then the combustion of party feeling, which had hitherto been smothered, broke cover, and burst out into groaning and hissing. Ned O'Neal was no better received—the same feeling was expressed towards him by a portion of the audience; but the friends of Spring and O'Neal were hearty in their support, and the groaning and signs ofdisapprobation were perhaps mingled in about equal proportion with cheering and cries of " Bravo!" Ned O'Neal addressed the audience. He said, he regretted very much that the fight of Tuesday last should have been interrupted. And, as it was well known to the pnblic, that he had been bound over under 2001., and two sure ties in 1001. each, he could not now fight in England for one year ; but to show that he meant fighting, and nothing else, he was willing to put 3001. to the present battle mo ney, if Sam would do the same, and go to France, and fight for the money. Sam mounted the stage, and was received with general acclamations. He briefly alluded to the battle-money having been given against him, in the match with him and Sharpe, when on that occasion he (Sam) was talcen from the ring by a warrant. O'Neal had submitted to be taken without a warrant. Sam added, that he had appeared in the ring, fulfilled all his engagements, and, unless the battle money was given up to him, he should consider that he was robbed of it. He said, when he had won battle money fairly, he was unfortunate enough not to receive it; and when he sought an oppottunity of retriev ing-his bad luck then, lie was now baulked by a fresh manoeuvre. He was not averse to fight again for double the sum, but he meant to insist on his legitimate claim to the stakes as they now stood. He lad, expended at least 60/. in training for the battle, Ned O'Neal replied that Sam had made a merit in his claim, by stating his expense of training at 60/. ; but be, Ned O'Neal, had been so desirous to obtain a chance of re paying the loss of his last fight, that he stood in this match 150/. of the baige-money, and had been at the sole expense of his own - training. Sam replied, in terms of sarcasm and sevetity, on the part of the officers not being armed w;th a warrant, and asserted that a Magistrate in the town of Guilford had, in the most unequivocal terms, told O'Neal that the officers had no right whatever to take him ; that if OA: offieers had been assaulted in the attempt, they could net have ob tained redress. The same Magistrate told Ned to "Go and fight, and the officers at theie peril might attempt to stop his departure," But," said Sam, turning round to O'Neal, " had the officers run away, you would have fol lowed V em—they did not need a warrant to talce you away." red O'Neal rejoined that Hall, the o4icer of Union hall, had distinctly declared that the information was given anl the interruptioe planned•by, the friends of Sam. During the speech-making, there were continual interlitie ations of hissing and cheering by the parties opl- 4 useil to one another; but when O'Neal made this tissertion, it was received .with tremendous disapprobatioe. It is useless to enuppeiatc: all that passed between the ren, or the annoyance that was offered to ti a speakers. )'Neal said that if any one could prove that he or his fiends were the instruments of the interruption, be would sabmit to the money being given to Sam; and if the set could be traced to Sam, or his party, he, Ned, considered that he should have the money. But the matter remained altogether precisely the same. A young gentleman who had been talking from the body of the Court, that 5001. could be had for O'Neal to go to Newmarket and fight, was persuaded to mount the stage and to inform O'Neal personally of the offer. The gentlemen had just uttered the introduction of his subject, and named the sum (we thought lOW. in earnest of the offer), when Tom spring, who hid lost his temper, and had been employed in altercation with one or two of Sam's most active friends, instantly laid held of the stranger, who appeared not more than nine stone, and seemed to intend bundling him off the stage. The exe crations of the crowd were then unmeasured ; the stage was immediately covered with the partisans of both parties. Sam rushed forward, and took the stranger from the grasp of Spring—Sampson was in the Insirt of the clump, and Ned O'Neal stepped in between S..ni and Spring. The confusion that ensued ..precludes the possi bility of relating what was said by any one ; all that we can infer is, that the actions of several seemed to imply menaces. Something very serious was expected ; and had so dense a mob as surrounded the stage given way to the war►nth of feeling that seemed ready to break out, we might have had to detiil tie report of a transa, tier' awful in its circumstances, and unparalleled in its consequences. The whole strength of the police and constables present hurried to the spot, and order was with difficulty re stored, and Spring and O'Neal began their set-to, both evidently labouring under extreme agitation. During their wind-up they were made the butt of ail manner of taunts and jeering; but we shall not repeat what inuendos were thrown out, and other aggravating measures that were adopted by the audience that imme diately surrounded the platform. O'Neal, at the close, said a few words of thanks, and ex pressed a hope of the continuance of public support. A brother scribe had the misfortune to have his pocket turned inside-out: and of course the contents purloined. THE YOUNG PHENOMENON AED NED O'NEAL.—The noise of yesterday at the Coa► t, regarding this affair, was terminated in the evening at Tom Spring's with as stormy, boisterous, and fearful a meeting as ever it was our lot to be present at. The avowed object of the meeting was for the purpose of corning to a final conclusion, as to the dis position of the battle money, but whatever was the avowed purpose of the meeting it would " puzzle a conjuror" to tell what it was. The discussion at first proceeded with quietness, while the-stakeholder and chairman nag rated the incidents of the matter, all of which, we have already pre sented to our readers; but as the subject got in advance, decorum decreased, and gradually a scene of the most com plete confusion, noise, and actually apparent danger en sued. We never wish to witness another scene of the same kind ; the excited feelings of the parties seemed to know no bounds, and every thing alarming was to be dreaded. The stakeholder concluded his introductory statement with a declaration that the magisterial interfer, nee that had been exercised against O'Neal was a sufficient reason why the money should not be given up to Sam. Sam, in reply, urged his claim likewise on poi:As which we have already mentioned, and in no very gnarled terms declared that the interruption hud been managed by the friends of O'Neal. Two friends of Sam afterwards answered portions of the statements by putting questions, the bearings of which were that when the match was first made, it was con tended by O'Neal's party, to have it at the greate,t pos,ib!e distance from London; and that when O'Neal .:brained, by toss, the choice of the place of fighting, he r.fused to go to go to several places where money had been uffered to take the battle on a road, and had fixed on a rou e so as to be within the jurisdiction of Union-Hall, where lie might have the use at convenience of some of the officers, who were ready to do as he might require them. W e n ee d not mention that it was repeated a hundred times that Ned O'Neal was very well aware that he never was in custody, and that he bad no right to obey the order of Hall and Peple, the officers, particularly after what the Magistrates at Guildford bad informed him, that the officers were doing an illegal i oct. No instance was on record of a man having been taken berm e without a warrant. The opinions were not delivered in metaphor, but in unqualified terms, broadly stated that the friends of Ned had done the thing after they found that Sane was not to be bought. In the course of this the matter was denounced a rank robbery; and one person, in direct terms, taxed Tom Spring with being a person who knew of it, and had taken a part in the proceedings. Tour got upon the table and challenged the asserter to a repetition of the charge—the charge was repeated, and twenty others made by a mob of people, all speaking at once, and literally the company became ungovernable. Discussion here ended, and gave place to uproar ; countless were the imputa lions that were hurled out, and many were the names im plicated ; bat under circumstances where men were sa ungovernably excited it would be improper either to quote names or sayings. Spring seeing that there was no chance of expostulation, left the affair to its fate and the noise to take its chance; the chair was vacated, and Ow meeting became a chaos in form, but a thunderstorm in disturbance. Ned O'Neal, in the early part of rite evening, entered the room, and at one time got up, as was supposed, with the intention of speaking ; but a noise followed, and be fore quietness could be restored Ned had left the room.— Ned had been at dinner, and bad indulged beyond Ilia pability in the pleasures of the table. He was tipsy, Th e Sam party made use of that circumstance, and said it was done from design. It would be impossible to give even a skeleton of all that was said—it would 611 a paper—and at the late hour that we got disengaged our opportunity was much curtailed.. It was asserted by a posse of the established ring supporters that henceforth not another fight should take place in England, as they should stop every one proposed ; and the only thing like an arrangement was, that a kind of agreement was countenanced in a kind of way that an in terview between Sam and O'Neal should determine whe, ther the point should be decided by the Fair Play Club a' by Gulley, Jackson, and Cribb. We cannot at present venture to recapitulate the mass of insinuations and bold assertions, eriwinatory, that were expressed—they would make even a villain's hairs stand on end. These we pass over, as assertion is not proof, and noise is no argument, and it was only through these mediums that we heard of them. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, PLYalouni, DEC. 4. --The Antelo cutter, Lieutenant Loveless, tender to the Ramifies, frAiled on Sun lay, to re turn to the Downs. The Arrow cutter, 10, Lieutenant Thrackston, sailed on Sunday, to return to the Portsmouth titAtion. In Ilamosze—St. Vincent, Kent, Druid, P)lailes, Hya cinth, Leveret, Royalist, Raven, Starling, cud Meteor steamer, At the Island—Bramble. APPOINTMENTS, &c.—Commander C. It. Drink-water, of his Majesty's ship Espiegle, IS, at Jamaica, has been promoted to the rank of Captain, and appointed to the Magnificent (rieeiving ship) at Jamaica. Lieut. R. El liott, of the Espiegle, has been promoted to the rank of Commander, and appointed to that ship, vice Drink water ; Commander Robert Deane, and Lient. G. G. M'Doaald, are appointed to his Majesty's sloop Childers, ordered to be re-commissioned :at Chatham, and employed under Vice-Admiral the Bon. Sir 11, Blackwood ; Lieut." A. J. Douglas, of his Majesty's ship Briton, is, promoted to the rank of Commander ; Mr. A. G. Balaiugton is pro moted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to tho Briton, vice PAuglas. Mr. 11. Sydney Smith, of t} Royal Ge;-.rge yacht, is promoted to the rank of Lieut. Mr. Alexander Blythe is appointed Assistant-Surgeon to the Chatham Division of the Royal Marines, vice Mr. John Al'Arthur, deceased ; Second Lieutenant F. Brown. has been removed from the Plymouth to the Woolwich Division of the Royal Alariues a vice J. T. Brown, pro moted. Dr. Robert Lynn Hurower is appointed Assistant-Sur geon of the B,c. Vincent, in the room of Mr. Jas. Lowry, removed to Bermuda Hospital. The Ocean, Carter, of this port, arrived at Dover, from Guernsey, on the 23d ult., and on the 24th, during heavy gale at E.N.E. she broke adrift, drove against the quay, and sustained some damage. The Atornanthea, Bartlett, of this port, arrived at G a l. way on the 19th Nov., after 44 dad a' passage from Que bec; they experienctd very bad weather, lost boats and billwarks, and obliged to throw their deck load over board. The Franeh brig L'Alexan3rine, from the Re, for Dieppe, and the Danish schooner St. Thomas, from Copenhagen, for Malta, put into this port on Tuesday, to repair da mages, having been in contact with , each other on Monday night, both with lows store, and the latter also lost her bowsprit. Opposition to the butchers' monopoly secrrs to be getting the order of the any iq most puts of the country. We have rece i ve d l etters from Bristol, Lewea; . end other places, aunouncing a fall in prices. One gen tleman has enclosed a butcher's account for prime parts of ' excellent mutton, 'A 40. per pound."-aimes. G ~ r