The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-18 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Earl of Cork and AR RIVALS. ry, at his seat, Marsden House, near Frome, Somersetshire, from a tour ; the Hon. Colonel and , Lady Eleanor Lowther, at the Earl of Lowniale's seat, Cot. teinnore, Rutlandshire, from a tour; Captain and Mrs. Murray, in Wimpole-street, from Brighton; the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire and Lady Mary Hill, at Thomas's Motel, Berke ley-square, from Brighton ; J. Blake, Esq. and Mrs. Blake, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, from Ireland; Le Cornpte Alopeus, at ditto, from Paris; Le Chevalier Sawra. tin, at ditto, from Lisbon; Lady Mary Keith, at ditto, from Berkshire; Mr. and Mrs. Tunno, at their house in Upper Brook street, from Taplow Court, Berkshire; Captain and Mrs. Parsons, in Burlington-street, from the Continent; Captain, Mrs. and Miss Griffiths, at their house in Welbeck-street, from Cheltenham; Sir Robert and Lady Wigram, at Connaught place, from a tour. Lady Stuart de DEPARTURES. Rothsay, accompanied 'by her two daughters, to join Lord Stuart, the Ambassador at Paris; the Marquis of Camden, from Arlington street, for his seat, the Wilderness, Rent; Lord and Lady Brudenell, from their house in Hereford- S treet, for Melton Mowbrav • Lady Kintore, from Nivart's Hotel, L ower Brook and D ' avies-streets, for Ramsgate • H. 'Arundel? Esq. fr om di tto, for Lifton Park, Devonshire; Wm. . Lu mley, Esq. from ditto, for Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. Heath, from the British Hotel, Jennyn-street, for their seat in Leices tershire;,C!ipt. King, from ditto, for Brighton. - The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, llecontpanied by Prince GEORGE, arrived at their resi• :deuce in the King's Palace, St. James's, yesterday morn mg, from Kew. On their way to town their Royal High beetles stopped at the King's Palace, at Kensington, to pay 11 'visit to the Duchess of KENT and the Princess Vie •ToaLt. The Duke and Duchess visited the Princess S6 RIA:ItIATILDA, at her residence in Curzon-street, and Partook of a dejeune with her Royal Highness. Their Royal Highnesses left town about six o'clock on their return to Kew. The Duke of WELLINGTON left town yes. .terday morning for the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, on a visit to th e K ING. Hi s Grace had a long audience of his 11.a.res-rv, and afterwards returned to town, where he ar rived about five o'clock. The Spanish and American Ministers had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign Office. .V IB COUnt STRANGFORD transacted bus iness i tlit erdar at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign A ffair": The f o ll ow i ng gent l emen were yester d ay ca ll e d to the degree of Barrister-at. Law, by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-inn WILKINSON WASNEY, ;:?;.WIL:44OT PARKER, Egg. ; CHARLE S S AU ND E RS, 9 E • ; FEEDERIC K W ILLIAM H ALFPENNY , E sq . ; 44•14 ANTHONY Cor.tnis, Esq.; JOHN GREGSON, jun., and THOMAS NETHERTON HARWARD, Esq. The posthumous son of Baron de STAEL, ,the ly . heir to that titl e , di e d on S aturday last, i n P ar i s, Nthe age of twenty-three months, after a long illness. ' Pia' body will he carried to Coppett, near Geneva, where to be placed in the tomb erected by the illustrious nes* de STAEL to her father, M. NECKER, and in and he her own as h es repose. The Duchess de BROGLIO . children, and a son by the second marriage of fRt Mada me de STAEL with M. Roc A , are a ll th a t rema i n o f t bia aily. • 'A very valuable addition is now making to twiteria medics by the foreign chemists, though we be wve that it has not yet found its way to England. It -t434 „, lists in the use o f var i o l ar i a as a su b st i tute f or qu i n i ne. hin species of lichen grows in abundance on the bark of ,retn.,beee. knee in mountainous districts; and, from experi- A t % We believe, first tried by M. CASSEBEER, it is tnhave the same febrifuge qualities as the Peruvian "%nr .7 • lu ar ' —' l7erday was settling-day in the Foreign k .., a nd:with the exception of the defalcation of the sa i eler an extensive speculator, every thing went off e „ - T u tY, The man, it appears, has been doing a little " ,1 5 own account in short, has tendered himself me ray reslionsible, if report speaks truly, to the amount of He is not, however, forthcoming. • The Album de la Crease rel a tes, th a t on th e " D e of All S a i nt ' s D ay , a man stoppe d at a petty i nn at ' rQ tnental, in the department of Haute Vienne, to take All°llle refreshment, and tied an ass which he rode at the 'm at ° "--•Th ee animal having got loose, walked quietly into . g i , c i llu ck and drank up all the holy water that was in s ",i i ni tier• The owner of the ass was severely repri '7-4.7' for his negligence by the Rector and the Mayor. • w.,......V11134/CELY SPECULATION. —The , time is — 7 -7 4 ‘ileti . ..th e price of was considered the true e t ;; ' e te e r it n o ' r tbe only accurate measure of national prospoity, hide , fall of that political barometer has long been e l i :r`noclat of influence from the state of commerce, agri ,e„-",e, or the eneral condition of the people. When the '"uue debt was g under two hundred millions, it was beyond the reeCh 'of individual or combined . controul : we have, lived to see the marketable price of a debt exceed inaAtflilthundred millions obedient to the guidance of an " d ttale in combination with the powerful party he ?°4l74altds. In J anuar y, 1827, the leadin g ca pit a li s t t oo k 'n42_444 Paid fo r , 2,900,000/. Consols, a t 97i ; f rom w hi c h Z i r s itet the advance in price has been 14 per cent. ! To a t eitent that immense amount may, occasionally, have Wren d, cannot be known; doubtless advantage has ' .I, e e e '° "en of the fluctuations of the market, but the po . the' e' thelast two years has been, uniformly, to increase 'n ei a ke• . Undaunted by the aspect of affairs which me "o th e tranquillity of Europe, the great capitalist per "heer . :elria i n buying; whil e the mo n i e d p u bli c —b a nk ers an d Atiri fors - eater —withdrew their capitals fro the w Funds.— but this, it might have been doubtfulhether his •ttilektenarces, immense as they were, could have carried hint 1 ,, , k . u 1gh such it career, triumphant, as he has been, in his object. Such was the torpor of demand for td—Pdtd, that th ose w h o h a d ret i re d from the Funds eagerly t trea tail t'ed Money, on a pledge of Stock, even at the low in 'lB ° f.two per cent.—the funds at that very time yield mterest of thne and a half ! Thus, for two Years t ent ' w as the capitalist furnished with money, at two per •,,; while the Stock successively bought and pledged was . I,; 2 "'°& an interest, from dividends, of nearly 34- per cent. ; , While immense profit has accrued, from interest only, e the Principal has advanced 14 per cent. Such, un deniably,utir has been the course pursued by this profound 'nth!! oPeration s in the Funds towards this and every • r °aver possessing credit.--Morning Chronicle. Tf r "e ,are happy i n b e i ng a bl e to announce , • b i? 4l l Priv a t e l etters , tliat the celebrated and accom ;;l„%4lndian scholar (Ram Montle RAY) is likely to . 1 1 -- . 4 our country ere long in the capacity of Ambassador, sand, to this Court, from one of the Princes of ilin 'ee,"°,9l• Meat of our readers conversant in the cu rre nt 1aC, 1 , - or India w ill b e f am ili ar w ith th e name , if not •4 0 ; - 'the writings and merits,• of this extraordinary per- Pst e , e. , Like his•eountrymen, excluded from all partici , '4 the more l ucrat i ve , hi g h , an d h onouro bl e situa ' tr ee Ztri th e St a t e , an d d epen d ent on tbe accumulation of cant,--,:`?lciy for their rise and consequenc e i n soc i e ty, we Bi nd oo surprised to find that the early education of the 'suffi . s°Blll otild be confined - to what may be considered ti ena c ' e nt for obtaining that object in the subordinate situa- Ar ed - ,,, °f ° ffice. Under these disadvantages, however, the .I . tsi e btr Y and subserviency of a Babooh's career were hut • it_ stimulant to the mind and talents of such a man. el e Z t .A tired.inte private many years ago, and has since , th ew s','Y Indulg e d in his favourite literary pursuits. In 1144 steal - discu ss i ons h e p ar ti ru l ar l y delights, having . • wh ich our sacred witings his principal study, to effect G rp h e has a cqu i re d a per f ect k now l e d ge- o f H e b rew, • ean, k "Arabi ; and Latin. H e writ e s E ng li s h grammati `44r4u7deloqurntly, as his publications attest, and is con -44, an d intelligent on mos t subjects. He is a remark ' Middl e ne- lOoking man, about 50 years of age, above the 6 .ote e stout, with open pleasing countenance, fair 'lna e l b . e '"°o, like most Minims of caste; mild, gentle 'lhtte.n.'' and unassuming in his manners; slow in delivery, bee_ outline ,of the Aleter.""tiasive, forcible, and pointed in argument. Such distinguished native of Bengal, who has we u ar r e all e a t om his far-distant retirement, to represent, ' l •With ot :'". the illustrious house of Timor at St. James's. Aity of ble),°‘!er, wealth, or connections i n th e i m p er i a l -41on t , n th ., the c h aracter , t a l ents , an d l earn i ng o f R AM the 11: 4 :". have pointed him out as the fittest object f or . obj ect an important mission.—Whatever may be its a rid 1 . 1 . toe nomination does great credit to the discernment ° tie or t t i i talit Y of the Snail and his adviseri. There is no Pe et a e Present day from whom we have a right to ex -lal ° just an extensive information respecting the in varttaa,;ale of . British and we doubt not that ad. stneri;,:ill he taken of this enlightened patriot's residence hal ge ; f u , a to übtai n as much useful and general know itinhe a . people and country in that quarter of the tik D T; HAy facilitate the discussions that are likely to jl err --ce i, du rink- the ensuing Session of Parliament. —. ins .74s p er . • The D 1v411 4 filbert is a corruption from the .eri...uglish name of this nut, full beard, which was en to the 41 th e .., •arge and hinged husk; to distinguish it "° B er coverin g of the c ommon hazel FINE ARTS. We have just been favoured with a sight of the Illdstrailinis of the Keepsake. These, as might be expected, are of various excellence, but all eminently worthy encouragement. Indeed, to such perfection has engraving, within the last twenty or thirty years, attained, that it is scarcely possible to meet with a favourable specimen of the art that does not rival the master-pieces of the elders among our English artists. The paintings of the Italian and Flemish schools are now no longer mysteries ; no longer are their surpassing excellencies of character and expres sion confined to the galleries of wealthy mono polists ; no longer are the sylvan witcheries of Claude, the social and homely familiarities of Teniers, the wild romance of Salvator Rosa, the expression of Corregio, the unrivalled com pleteness of Raphael, the magical light and shade of Rembrandt—no longer are these, things to dream of but not to see ; the en graver's art, like that of printing, has diffused them over the world, multiplied copy upon copy of their excellencies, each advancing a degree in ability beyond its predecessor, and placed them within the reach of almost every individual who has spirit and discernment enough to appreciate them. With the works of our modern painters the case is precisely similar. Does Laurence de light us with a new portrait in which the grace shall only be equalled by the transparent richness of the colouring ? does Turner revel in the strange fantastic but eminently poetical prodiga lity of his tints ? does Martin deepen the gloom of Avernus, and lend appropriate sublimity to scripture history ; or Wilkie in his accurate knowledge of life and character, " rival all but Shakspeare's name below ?"—do these superior artists present us with a new specimen of their powers? the engraver's art is again brought into requisition. For instance, in the exquisite prints before us, the rich landscape scenery of Turner illustrative of Virginia Water--a place which at present, from the studied secresy which envelopes it, excites a more than ordinary share of public interest—is multiplied in a worthy spirit by Mr. Wallis, and thrown open wire, servedly to the world. 'lle excellence of this engraving is such as cannot fail to give satisfac tion to the painter, whether we regard its elabo rate finish or the transparent delicacy that per vades its waters. " Costandi" is another de lightful specimen of art, and is particularly happy in its contrasts. The shrinking, timid, slender figure of the female is well relieved by the stern, dignified appearance of the man who sup ports her. Their hands and feet, too, placed no doubt for effect, in immediate juxta-position, greatly enhance the interest of the engraving. " Josephine" is a model of ease and grace. The arms of this lovely girl, who is reclining on a pillow, possess that novel excellence—a perfect freedom from stiffness or formality. The undu lations of the couch slightly yielding to her almost infantine, Camilla-like pressure, are such as none but an engraver of very eminent abilities could have achieved. " Princess Doria and the Pilgrims" is light and tasteful ; but as the origi nal, compared with Wilkie's earlier paintings, is nearly, if not quite, devoid of character—at least of character decided enough to stamp it on the recollection of the spectator—it cannot be expected that Mr. Charles Heath should supply the deficiency. " Zella" is worked up with much skill, with the exception of the billow, which plunges to the shore in too massive, or rather stiff and solid a body. Its' curled head, too, has too formal an appearance for reality. " The Bride" is graceful and interesting, as all brides are or should be, though we regret to per ceive that her hair is out of curl. " Venice" is a very superb and imposing work of art ; clear, distinct, and forcible, even to the minutest points. The characters, in particular, are admirably dis posed, and give infinite life and vivacity to the engraving. " The Faithful Servant" displays much power; in its line it is fully equal to the original, by Cooper, who is too apt to exaggerate and " overstep the modesty of nature." In the hands of Mr. Goodyear, however, his concep tion is reduced to its proper level. " Francis the First and his Sister" is very faithfully and tastefully rendered from a painting of the same nature by the late Bonnington—a promising young artist who died ere yet his genius had reached its meridian. The countenance of the chivalrous Monarch, the friend of our Eighth Harry, the hero of the field of the cloth of gold, and the rival of Charles V., is full of arch and spirited expression. Such is an impartial estimate of the majority of the Illustrations to the " Keepsake," a superb and costly annual, the success of which speaks not less highly for the generous spirit of the age that encourages it, than for the taste of the artists under whose superintendence its engrav ings have been brought to such perfection. It has been mentioned to us, on what we deem to be most competent authority, that one of the first measures which it is intended to submit to Parliament, in the first days of the Session, is a proposal of an arrange ment whereby his MAJESTY may be relieved from the toil and trouble of signing official documents of various kinds, and many of them of no political or national im portance, to which he is at present subjected, and which, as may readily be guessed, is accompanied with consider able fatigue. His MAJESTY, in fact, if we are truly in formed, dues not enjoy that otium cum dignitate fur which he gets credit with the public generally ; but, on the contrary, is frequently engaged during the greater part of the in perusing, and afterwards affixing his signature, to various papei*, a mere glance at the bulk of which would terrify many of those who consider them selves men of business. The impaired vision of one of his MAJESTY'S eyes, and the appprehenson of a similar calamity to the other, is, we believe, the real cause of the arrangement to which we have alluded having been thought of; and we are given to understand that in the event of its taking place, his MAJESTY will undergo the operation of couching, which has hitherto been delayed in consequence of the interruption which it would cause to public business, and his MAJESTY'S anxiety to sacrifice his private ease to the public service. We have much pleasure at the same time in informing our readers that the KING'S general health was never better than at pre sent. He walks with more firmness and agility than he did some time ago, and his cheerfulness and gaiety are un interrupted.—Morning Advertiser. A gentleman who has just arrived from India states that a steam-boat will leave Bombay by Suez about the middle of the present month, and it is expected that by this conveyance letters and passengers will reAch England in eight weets. THE POOR LA"'°. (Circular.) Pollee, thee; Imi•hetii-s:reet, Noy. 14 . GENTLEMEN,—A t borough roorietioi , , from hers,, experience, of the irnpolicy, cin d hy, and tendency of the Poor Laws, and art -earnest desire, by a strict administration, to facilitate their aboli tion, induce me to suggest to you the expediency of taking measures •to ensure such reitsondble trtelid ance at your woi khouse, as may remove any pretext for paupers applying at the private residence of the overseers. You are well aware that, besides the continual annoyance to the overseers, the present practice greatly tends to encourage idleness and im position, and, consequently, to increase pauperism. On being satisfied of the adoption of such an ar rangement as above, I shall always refuse to listen to any paupers who knowingly shall not attend to it; or, after being informed, shall persevere in their application, and the course I pursue I shall recom mend to my colleagues. I also wish to impress upon you the expediency of clearing your workhouse of all able-bodied persons of both sexes, with as little delay as a just discretion will permit; being persuaded, that to allow such persons to be inmates is ruinous to the best interests of the individuals themselves, is an evil example to others of the same class, and is unjustly burdensome to the contribu tors to the rates. I have further to recommend to you on no account to afford relief, however slight, to any applicants, merely for the purpose of getting quit of them, but in all cases, except in those of actual necessity, wholly and peremptorily to refuse; and I have no doubt that a rigid observance of this rule will be the means of turning very many indivi duals from a debasing dependence on the parish to a wholesome reliance on their own exertions. To practical men, like you, it is unnecessary to go into these topics more at length. I am, Gentlemen, Your sincere well-wisher and faithful servant, THOMAS WALKER. To the Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of St. Anne, Liniehouse. The late Pope was hated most cordially—the present one is as much loved. DELLA GENOA disliked the English, and was soured with the world. In his old age he became as ascetic as the generality of debauchees, and forbade his presence those to whose fascinations in early life he had fallen a victim. Though generally misaa thropical, however, there was one family to whom he was particularly kind. This was the family, or rather the reputed family, of PEzzorri, a small farmer of Sasso- Ferrato, within a abort distance of Della-Genga, a town from which the Pope's ancestors had taken their name.— PEZZOTTI, the husband, was a small, ungainly, and ill favoured personage, while his wife displayed one of the finest order of fair forms. At the period of their marriage DELLA-GENOA was Curate of Sasso-Ferrato, and the chosen Confessor of La Signora PEZZOTTI. The Priest was a frequent guest at the farmer's, and as the family in creased all the world remarked the more than ordinary conformity of visage between the children and DELLA GENOA. Three fine boys were the fruit of this union, and they were all born before the future Pope quitted his small curacy to enter on more important labours. Years rolled on, and the three children grew apace. Soon they were the tallest and finest-looking fellows within their dis trict. Each of them measured more than six feet, and their commanding stature was not a little set off by the finest black eyes, and a profusion of long, dark, glossy hair. As they passed through the village of a morning, the neighbours would cry ou', with a knowing shrug, " What a fine family has little PEzzorrz gotten I" Meantime PIZZOTTI died in indigent circumstances, and in a year after DELLA-GENOA, the little Curate of Sasso-Ferrato, was elected Pope. The three brothers were forthwith ordered to Rome. The eldest was presented with a large house at Civita Castellana; money sufficient to furnish it as an inn, and also the "right, title, and inheritance" to farm the post. The second obtained a tract of land suffi cient to graze and breed horses ; while the third was made a postillion between Borghetto and Civita Castellana. I had seen DELLA-GENOA often, and was always struck by something particularly commanding, though not un pleasing, in his countenance. On stopping a few nights ago at the inn (la Posta) at Civita Castellana, I could not divest myself of the idea that the old Pope was again be fore me in the person of the landlord, though grown some twenty years younger. On mentioning this to one of the waiters, I learned from him the account which I havejust written ; " and there," said he, pointing to a man in the court-yard, " is the second brother, while the large pos tillion who drove you in from Borghetto was the third."— Still, notwithstanding the great resemblance, I was in credulous; but when I reached Rome I found the whole matter was as notorious as the sun at noon-day. The present Pope (Plus VIII.), I should observe, has taken the farming of the post out of the bands of the elder PEz- ZOTTI, who is certainly the "living image," as the I r i s h say, of his predecessor on the throne of St. PETER. Is it fitting that such a system should be? Better a thousand times to have the iron hoof and black eagle of Austria with all their horrors. MORALITY OF THE SACRED COLLEGE OF CAnnrxAts.—There is an odd story going round the cir cles here (Rome), and of the truth of which I am not permitted to doubt, for I have had it from the hero of the tale. Cardinal ***** is the most pious and worthy of men. His devotions are quite exemplary, and often ecstatic. There is no one genuflects himself with more oneiion, and he chants the Miserere with a grace almost divine. Those who see beyond the surface of things, however, can dis cern a certain " laughing devil" in the eye of his Emi nence, which often says more than words can speak. But enough by way of preface. My ft iend A_, who is an Hibernian, had been particularly struck with the Signora F— —, who lives not a hundred miles from the Via Con dotti. A— is not one of those persons who stands on the "pour parler" system, and being, by the divine will, bold, and by force of birth impudent, he proposed to sup with the Signora on the evening of Sunday, the 25th October. His proposal was assented to ; but the covers were hardly removed when he of the red stockings--the Cardinal-Saint of the morning, but the man at night—ar rived. Instant confusion was the consequence; but finally arms were obliged to yield to stockings, and his Eminence triumphed. A., however, was in an " enzbarras." Exit there was none, excepting at the door by which his Emi nence was to enter ; and A. was therefore obliged to re main in a position ill at sorts with his dignity, till sleep had weighed down the lids of the Cardinal, and " steeped his senses in forgetfulness." On Monday his Eminence and Excellence said his Mass with " good emphasis," and as discreetly as though he had " lived cleanly" the night before, as all Cardinals ought to do. A Doctor of Divinity and a Justice of the Peace met upon the road, the former well mounted and the latter on foot ; " Doctor," says the pedestrian, " your great Master had the humility to ride upon an ass, and one would think that an ass might have served your turn." Alas, alas ! Sir," says the Doctor, " the asses, they say, are all made Justices, and there are none to be gotten." A very lamentable circumstance occurred on Saturday last on board the Kent, Gravesend steam packet, by which a most resl•ectable family have been thrown into the most poignant grief. Amongst the pas sengers on board the packet on leaving Gravesend for London, on Saturday afternoon, was Mr. GIBBON, the professional singer, many years attached to Drury-lane establishment ; and; upon that gentleman going into the cabin, midway between Gravesend and Erith, he observed a gentleman amongst the company who appeared to en deavour to avoid recognition by shifting himself about and pulling his hat over his eyes. His singular conduct ex cited some suspicion in Mr. GIBBON'S mind, and he men tioned this circumstance to Captain HALL; but still a thought was never entertained that the gentleman intended laying violent hands on himself. At his request some paper, pen, and ink, were brought, and he wrote a letter. Upon the vessel reaching Erith, the same individual went upon deck, and proceeded into the water-closet, and, almost immediately after, the passengers were alarmed at hearing a heavy splash in the water, and, upon looking over the side, they perceived the unfortunate man strug gling in the current, which was running very strong at the time. The vessel was immediately stopped, and the boat put out to his asssistance; but all attempts to save him were useless, and he sunk to rise no more. Upon reaching the water-closet, the coat, waistcoat, and hat, of the unhappy man were found ; also a razor, and a letter directed to Mr. Gssaow, of whom he had some knowledge, enclosing one to his wife, atrributing the rash act to pecuniary embarassment, which he in his letter re quested Mr. GIBBON to deliver to her. The unfortunate man turned out to be Mr. Titosras Marruxivs, the poulterer, who has for many years kept the house at the corner of Leg-alley, in Long-acre ; and when the melan choly intelligence reached the ear of Mrs. M. nothing could exceed her grief, and the shock produced such an effect upon her mind that she has kept her bed ever since The unhappy man has left three children'to deplore his loss. The body has nut yet been found. REpR-'-.-N:TATION OF LANCASHIRE. It will I,e -advertisement in. another pa 2c, that Mr. who has represented thi= county in the 11: it-e of Commons during the long period of fooy. five ytar=, announced his intention of withdrawing f,orn 'et vice of his constituents at the next do.olti' ion of liatnent. Who is likely to sneeeed the lion , q;ral.le Gent). man in the repre- sentation of this great Will ,pident county . will give rise to considerable speculation. We have heard that Sir Thomas D. Ilesketh, Bart., has long enter tained an intention of offering himself as a candidate, whenever a vacancy should occur. Whether the worthy Baronet will now come publicly forward, and solicit the honour at the hands of the freeholders, will be known in a few days. It will be remem bered, that, at a dinner given, a few months ago, in the Town-hall, by the late Mayor, to Mr. Huskisson and other gentlemen, the Hon. E. 0. Stanley an nounced, in the course of a speech which he deli vered on that occasion, that his highest ambition was to represent his native county in Parliament, and that it was his intention to offer himself as a candidate on the first fitting opportunity. Mr. Stanley is, un doubtedly, one of the most promising young states men of the day, and bids fair to act a prominent part in public affairs. We question, however, whether the freeholders would be willing to see the representa tion of the county monopolized by two members of the House of Derby. Lord Stanley, the member for Preston's father, has for several years enjoyed the high honour to which his son Row aspires; and we are pretty certain, powerful as the Derby interest is iu this county, that father and son would not be per mitted to engross the whole representation in their own hands. Of the two candidates whose names we have mentioned, we are inclined to think that Sir Thomas Hesketh will have the best chance of suc cess when the period of election shall arrive. It is probable, however, that Mr. Nowell or LW. Hulton may compete with the worthy Baronet for the post of honour, and that a contest for the representation of the county may take place at the next general election. On whomsoever the choice of the freeholders may ultimately fall, it is evident, that the commercial and the manufacturing classes ought to support the can didate who, by talent, bv experience, and commercial knowledge, is best qualified to represent the most important manufacturing and mercantile county in the kingdom. A mere country gentleman is not fit to fill so responsible a situation in the present en lightened age. One of the representatives of Lan cashire should belong either to the manufacturing or to the commercial interest, especially as Manchester, the greatest manufacturing town in the world, does not, by one of those strange anomalies in our anoma lous representative system, enjoy the privilege of having a representative of her own. We trust, therefore, that the merchants of Liverpool and the manufacturers of Manchester will not lose any time before they fix their eyes on a candidate whose zeal, business, habits, and commercial and economical knowledge may qualify him to discharge the duties of the high station to which they have the power of elevating him with honour to himself and satisfaction to his constituents.—Liverpool ANDERDON v. BURROWS. COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR. WELLS, OF SUDBURY (IN SUFFOLK), ADDRESSED TO THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT PEEL, M, P., CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF LUNA- TIC ASYLUMS. Sudbury, Nov. 11, 1829. . - Stn,—After all, is it come to this? After all the extraordinary " evidences" which have been given before " the Select Committee of the House of Com mons in 1827," is it come to this ? After all the mass of " minutes" which were taken before " the Select Committee of the House of Lords in 1828," is it come to this ? After all the pleasing expec• tancy of amendment and amelioration in " law lunacy," in the enlightened era of 1829, is it come to this,' that a man styling himself an M.D., a self interested mad doctor and physician, is to, and do sign a " certificate of lunacy," of, concerning, or relating to a person of high respectability, whom he (the M.D.) has himself actually not seen, but upon the bare report of another, or the mere repre sentations of others, has done this deed of monstrous cruelty, of hellish inhumanity ! Question upon question will suggest itself, to the breast of every feeling man, on this cruel case; but this interrogation receives a ready solution, from the most ignorant or illiterate,—" What is, or, wherein does, lay the difference, between a Lettre de Cachet,' and a Certificate of Lunacy ?' " None, verily none, as. they both are, in this case, alike in its dreadful effect, or in their diabolical consequences. This case is somewhat similar to the one of poor Mr. Grindall's, which at that time excited such an extraordinary sensation. I call upon you, Sir, in the name of God !—in the name of humanity—and in the name of the honour of this country—to search into this case, and to such like abuses, as in so doing you will serve those whom, in many hasty and heartless instances, are unable to serve themselves. Interim, I am, Sir, &c. JAMES WELLS. " Nunquam dorinio, sed semper miserix vivo." Postscript.—Conimon sense, common reason, and common understanding, in conjunction with com mon feeling, dictates this vital and virtuous truth : —" Private mad-houses arc a vile stigma upon the honour and humanity of England, and upon the English character; and ought at once, by a prompt act of the Legislature, to be done away with." For they are altogether, in a greater or less degree, no other than earthly hells—or English Bastiles! J. W. COPY OF A LETTER TRANSMITTED FROM THE SECRE- TARS' OF STATE'S OFFICE TO MR. WELLS, OF SUD BURY, IN REPLY TO ONE FROM THAT GENTLEMAN ON THE SURJECT 01' DR. BURROWS ' S CERTIFICATE OF LUNACY, Whitehall, Nov. 12. SIR S lam directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th inst., on the subject of the Certificate of Lunacy recently signed by Dr. Burrows in the case of Mr. Anderdon. And lam to inform yob, that Mr. Peel has forwarded your letter to the Metropolitan Com missions of Lunacy, who, he has no doubt, will direct their attention to the subject to which it re fers. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, THOMAS PIJILLIPS. To Mr. James Wells, Sudbury. FORGED NOTES.--A man, calling himself JAMES STEWA RT, who appears to be a wholesale dealer in forged country bank notes, is now in the custody of our police for further examination. He was apprehended un der the following circumstances :—A female, named ELI ZABETH EA MSDEN, was apprehended in June last, and detained some time in custody, for passing forged five pound notes of the Rochdale Bank. She said that a man, who had taken a liking to her, got her to procure him change for two or three notes, and wished her to travel with him to Birmingham. which she declined ; he then gave her four 51. notes to keep her until his return to Li verpool, which he said would be in about three months. When he was gone she changed the notes as she had occa sion. There appeared to be no reason to doubt her state inept, and, when she was discharged, she promised that, if she saw the man again, she would give notice to the police. Last Tuesday evening she saw him again, in Daw son-street, where she lives, and asked him if he remem bered giving her the notes. He said he did, but desired her not to speak of it before company. She told her landlady of the circumstance. and they sent for a con, stable ; but the man, suspecting something of the sort, pushed her down and ran out of the house. She followed him, and met Sock Err, who, after some search in and about Williamson-square, apprehended him in the Theatre Tavern. He said lie had arrived from Belfast that day, he did not know by what packet, and had not Wien tidy lodging. Next morning, howsver, it was discovered that on Monday he had taken up his lodgings at a house in Red cross-street, where a trunk was delivered to SOCIFTT as belonging to hint, and a key, which opened it, was found in his pocket. In the trunk were found two parcels con taining 93 Rochdale Bank cotes fur 51., and 3;25 Leeds and Pontefract Bank notes for 5/.,which had been recently worked off front the plates, and were not signed or filled up.—Liverpool Albion of Monday. THE ARMY. General Lord Hill, G.O B. and G.C. .11., Command ing-in -Chief, will hold a Levee on Thursday, the 19th lost , at two o'c'oel, at hi% 1.0r.1 , 1) . V1 Office in the Horse Guard& Major-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.8., as Ali li!ary cretary !o Gen , ral Lord iiill, Commanding.in- Chief; went thr,mgh his List to•d.y, at his Office in the Horse Guards. A few Generals, and about twenty other Officers, transacted military business with his Lordship. The depot of the 65th (2d York North Riding) Regi ment of Foot, has marched from Fermoy to Spike Island. The depot of the '73d Regiment of Infintry has marched from Spike Island to Charlesfort. The depot of the 99th Regiment of Foot has moved from Charlesfort to Spike island. A detachment belonging to the 47th (Lancashire) Re giment of Infantry arrived in town this morning, from the hle ~f Wight, on route to Scotland. (From the Limerick Chronicle, Nov. 14•.) A detachment of the 25th Regiment, consisting of Capt. Priestley, Lieutenants Phibbs and Ilderton, and En sign Thomson, with upwards of 100 men, embarked on Thursday at Gravesend, on board the Calebangus freight ship for Barbadoes, in order to join the service companies of the regiment stationed at Demerara. A detachment of the 93d Highlanders embarked at the same time on board the same ship, consisting of Captains Hart and Smith, Lieut. Wilson, and Ensign Grant, with 50 men, for the purpose of joining their regiment at Antigua. The Countess of Harcourt, Cairnes, and Sylvia transports, which took out the 24th Regiment, are now on return home to Ireland with the 68th, and may be daily expected at Cork. Parties from the depot of the 98th Regiment, at Clare Castle, are to be stationed at Cerofin and Ennistymon. The 53d and 65th Regiments have got additional As sistant-Surgeons for foreign service. Tuesday the two half-brigades of Artillery at Clonmel, under the command of Major Clibborn, were inspected in the Review Field, near Clonmel, by Major-General Sir Edward. Blakeney, K.C.B. They were manoeuvred in excellent style, and fired several rounds; and their entire discipline and economy in quarters met with well-merited approbation. On their moving from the field, Captain Copeland's troop of the Queen's Bays, stationed in Clon mel, marched in and took up the ground, and were in spected in marching order by the Major-General, who expressed himself highly gratified with the soldier-like ap pearance of both the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men—their movements in the field, as also the good condition of the horses. General Blakeney next proceeded to the square of the barrack, where he inspected the depot of the '77th Regiment, which he found effective and in perfect discipline. Extract of a letter received at our office from Oughte rard, county Galway, dated Nov. 12 :—" In consequence of the promotion of Major Barrington to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, unattached, himself and Mrs. Barrington, this morning, took their leave of the two flank companies of the sth Regiment. Their conduct bad so completely gained them the best wishes of all at Oughterard, that the soldiers took the horses from their carriage, awl, having attached ropes to it, pulled them a considerable distance on the road to Galway, followed by the women of the companies and many of the inhabitants, scarcely any one of whom had not either for herself child, or children, re ceived articles of warm and comfortable clothing ; and a simple but feeling acknowledgment of their thanks, with their several signatures, was presented to them, at the moment of their departure, accompanied with three times three from all present, with expressions of gratitude and hearty good wishes for their health, happiness, and pleasant journey to England." The death of Quartermaster Dickson, Enniskillen Dra goons, at Dundalk, last week, is now said to have been purely accidental. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PRESENT WERE. The Doxford Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Liiburn ; and Friday at Akeld—at Nine. York City Harriers, on Friday, at Acaster—at Half past Ten. The Borougbbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Rooker Hill —at Half-past Ten. The Morpeth Harriers, on Thursday, at Horton Grange; and Saturday, at Cottingwood—at Ten. The Ridgutont Harriers, on Thursday, at Green Barn gate; and Saturday, at Shaw Place. Sir T. Sykes's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Lobster House; and Friday, at Rudston—at Ten. The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Pickhill ; Friday, at Snape ; and Saturday, at Brough —at Eleven. The York and Ainsty Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Red House; and Saturday, at Whixley —at Half-past Ten. The Holderness Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Wass; and Saturday, at Walkington—at Eleven. The Lambtou Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Little Staiuton ; and Saturday, at Fishburn—at Eleven. The Cleveland Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Dale House—at Ten. The Hurworth Fox Hound!, on Faddy, at Neasham —at Ten. The Sinnington Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Rical Bridge—at Nine. The Northumberland Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Six Mile-bridge, on the Morpeth-road ; and Friday, at Bolam —at Ten. The Haydon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Alton Side Banks ; and Saturday, at West Banks—at Nine. Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Saturday, at Corfe Hills. The Vine Hounds, on Wednesday, at Ashe Warren Farm ; and Saturday, at Bramley—at Ten. The Hambledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at West End Telegraph; and Friday, at NVestmeon Hut—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Horlock's Hounds, on Wednesday, at the. George Inn, Sandi-lane; and Friday, at Hunter's Hall, Cold borne—at Eleven. THE FANCY. BROWS.; AND DOBELL. —The final deposit for this fight was made good last night, at the Black Bull, in St. John street, without objection ; and upon " tossing for the place of fighting," the toss was wen by Dobell. Very little bet ting took place, but Brown was the favourite at 6 to 4. The fight will take place on Tuesday next, within 50 miles of London. CANNON AND TISDALE.—A match was made last night, at the Castle Tavern, Holborn, for 1001. a-side, to come off on Tuesday, the 21st January next, between these men. The men are both " publicans aed sinners," and the match arose out of some gross ill treatment which it is said Tisdale received in Cannon's house, the Castle, in Jermyn-street. NED NEAL AND You NC DUTCH SAM.-The last deposit between these men will be posted on Friday evening, at Torn Gaynor's, the Queen's Head, Duke's -court, Bow street, when the place of fighting will be tossed for. A great quantity of fine fish were c a ught in the Ouse this week, the water being drawn off for naviga tion repairs near St. Neots.—Heris Mercury. Information of the following daring outrage and robbery was given at the different police offices yes terday:—On Saturday morning between one and two o'clock, GEoncE SMITH, the toll-collector at the Whale bone turnpike-gate, near Rumford, heard a voice call " gate." Upon going out lie was seized by two men, who struck him a violent blow on the mouth and knocked him down. He cried " murder," upon which they threat, ened to shoot him, and took off his cap, and held it over his mouth, while they rifled his pockets of about 255. In the mean time a third man entered the toll-house, and broke open the cupboard and till, from whence he took about Si. in money. One of the ruffians was about five feet six inches in height, thin and active, and had on a black coat and dark trousers. Another was tall. Three crown pieces and one battered sixpence were among the money stolen ; and some memorandums of accounts of collec tions and expenses—the latter upon a red stamp office ticket—were taken away. MELANCHOLY AcclD EN T,--,l'esterclay after noon, about four o'clock, az, the brig Vine, of Dublin, it as dodging up against the tide, when she got opposite the north end of the Prince's Dock, her boat, in an attempt ti, lower it Item tl.e stern, by some means ovet;zet, with two men in it. One of the men clung 4'4 the tack!, and was saved, the other was precipitated into the water, mad it was remarked that' tut person on board the brig made aey effort to save him. The poor fellow appeared to be a goat swimmer, and made towards a boat a good distance a stern of the brig, The boys in the boat, four in number, used their utmost exertions to save him, act] one had h=„4 iof his blue frock, but it gave way, end he lost b a i.; hold. A rope was then thrown to him, of vh,;,eh hg get hold, but had by that time become 4c 4 weak, or so benumbed with the cold, that 1:p could not, keep it. The crew of anethee boat also attempted to save bun; hut, alibi:4llli the 'worn fellow floated nearly to the third buoy rom the Vrince's. pie!, every effort was in vain : he sank to rise no tu9re,..,. Liverpool Albion of Mends', t SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our attention has been recalled to the sub ject of the deplorably defective state of the laws and their administration in our trans-Atlantic possessions, by the intelligence received by the last Jamaica packet, that the Kings of France and of the Netherlands were busily employed - in introducing into their respective colonies amend ed laws, and an improved judicial system. The proceedings referred to in the French West India colonies we suppose to be (what it is sur prising has not been done before) the substitu tion of the simplicity of the Code Napoleon for the old, and in many respects objectionable, code in force there. Holland, we believe, at all times supported a standing commission of ten members, delegated to inquire into and report upon all kinds of colonial abuses. Our colo nies are far more extensive, and, we fear, not less subject to mal-administration. It is not surprising, therefore, to find the island jour nahsts expressing their fears that England may be encouraged by the above example to intetfere in like manner in forcing improvements upon her colonies. And we must say, for the conso lation of our brother journalists, that in such expectation (not apprehension) we most assu redly participate, We are of opinion that it will not be possible for England long to neglect so grave a duty. We have received many letters from correspondents on the unpleasant sub jects—of the exposure of the traffic for the principal judicial situation in Barbadoes,—of the suspension of the Chief JUstice of Grenada, — of the close and alarming . sympathy between the Legislature and the judicial functionaries in Antigua, manifested in the extraordinary vote of a sum of public money to defray the ex penses of the Judges, in supporting what is alleged to be an extra-judicial opinion, and, apart from the peculiar case of Mr. Osborn, which is still judicially pending, upon the frightful power claimed by the colonial courts of disbarring, and thus effectually silencing, by de priving of their means of livelihood, all inde pendent and upright advocates ; of all which particular facts, at a distance so remote, we cannot of course procure the authentic informa tion necessary to guide us in forming an opinion. But, as a general result of all we have heard a►►d read, we arc satisfied that amongst the subjects demanding the attention of the Legislature at an early period, an amelioration of the system of laws and judicature in our colonies stands justly prominent. But it is surprising to what extent public atttention requires to be kept alive (by the instrumentality of an honest public press) to abuses in these distant possessions. What is the ordinary result of inquiries instituted into such abuses ? Complaints are made ;at first but faintly heard from a distance, and long unheeded ; they become loud as well as deep, and the occasions of them are such as can no longer be defended, or even palliated. A com mission is therefore granted ; in the course of years reports are made, and remedies suggested ; the subject is canvassed for a time with-anima tion, if the topic be exciting to a party, then it sinks into silence and oblivion. Thus in a majority of cases, the proceeding terminates with enquiry. The Commissioners may have dis charged their important duties with zeal and intrepidity, but, their usefill labours at an end, what has been done, and what remains to bb accomplished ? The country has only been surveyed, not levelled ; the com►nunicatioiis planned, not opened ; the roads marked out, not made ; the heavy task of clearing and grubbing the woods, of subduing and 'pulver ising the soil, of enclosing, and tilling,: arid planting—all necessary before we can look - for fruits of increase—yet remain to be done, withltti one willing td undertake them. Thus— " * - Enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, - And lose the name of action." We would usefully remind our readers, that, in consequence of numerous complaints and representations of judicial abuses in the West Indies, Lord Nugent brought the subject of the administration of justice in those colonies under the consideration of Parliament in the course of the Session of 1822. Mr. Wilmot Horton, then Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, consented to the appointment of a legal com mission, and moved an address to his Majesty for that purpose. One equity and one common law practitioner were properly selected for t h e appointments, Henry Maddock and Forcunatus Dwarris, Esqrs., both gentlemen of considerable literary and professional acquirements. Mr. Maddock died abroad, and Mr. Henry, for merly President of the Courts at Demerara, who was particularly .versed in foreign colonial law, and whose judgment in the case of " Odwin and Forbes" has always procured him the re spcet of all lawyers, was appointed Senior Com missioner. The Commissioners visited and have reported upon nearly all our West Indian and South American colonies. The objects of the commission were to ascertain whether the charges of uncertainty, delay, and expense, were well or ill-founded ; whether there was any thinr , in thr; system, or the proceedings of the Counts, e; in the constitution of the Courts themsff ives , fa vourable to the growth of these or other evils ; in short, fully and carefully to review and ana lyze all the Colonial Court:„ supreme an d sum mary, legal and equitahe, civil and criminal, or dinary and extraordinary. Our limits will not allow us to outer into the objects of the com mission more fully at present. In a future article we shall show the results of their extend ed inquiry, and the necessity of adopting some efficient measures foundod upon the reports.— Times. It appears from the feelings expressed in the Irish newspapers, and in such letters as have reached our hands, that the fate of the tnen who had been convicted at the first of the Cork trials, and left for execution by Baron Penuefather, con tinues to be the object of extraordinary interest and solicitude. As nothing can involve a more serious responsibility, so nothing can present a more delicate subject of animadrersion, than the exercise of that, great prerogative, by which the Crow„ interposes, or declines to interpose, .ween the sentence c,i . the Judge upon a r, a pi ta l convict, and its execution by the Sheri. Ny e shall not he suspected of treating lis'otly the au thorities with whom that sacred sower is lodged, so far as regards the administration of justice in Ireland. But remembering that the Lord Lieu tenant and his Secretary we b yt less reluct ace in . that tie must and lain q,( ears o.f the Crown in n on presumedact under the ad~kc received beltlhe jttii ikilia)gt : eliorg tm t e o :: conjuring deeplyif link atieutly and final. counsel ti: fnis. \c stake the ee t tii;o:ies yl)es representative on which that hi`h i vary might feel 14Q ts ''' ( n a d t I t e o : . ,over the people of the SQuthern province. - Remote from the et e, and perhaps inco)•, p l, ?te l y ' i n f ormed, i t impossibl e for ii London, - journalist to assume