The Sun. — London, England, 1829-06-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. rORTSMOUTU, JUNE 27.—The North Star, 28, Captain Arabia, and the. Lord Wellington trans port, commissioned as a man•of--war, by Captain it J. G. Sinclair, Bart., late of the .Doris frigate, Were at Rio de Janeiro on the 26th of April last, and would shortly sail for England. Lord Strang ford returns to England in the North Sear. The Seringapatam, 46 guns, Hon. Captain Walde . - grave, will sail on Tuesday for the South American station. She will call in at Brest to take on board Mr. Pennell and family, which gentleman is ap pointed to the Consulate. for this country at the Brazils. Mr. I.)rummond Hay, who is appointed British Consul General and Government Agent, in the Empire of Morocco, and family, go out in the Favourite, 18, Commander Joseph Harrison. The Southampton' frigate was passed on the Ist inst., within eight degrees of the Line. The Trinculo, 18, was paid off at Plymouth, on Tuesday, and was recommissioned on Wednesday, by Commodore Samuel Prier,for Channel service.-- Lent. W. Webber, and Mr. Wm. Barrett, purser, are appointed to her. 'Commander Thomas Dickinson is appointed to t'm Lightning, 18, recently launched at his Majesly's Dock-yard, Pembroke. She has been this week commissioned at Plymouth, by Lieutenant Delafons, and is ordered to fit for a foreign station. Mr. Harvey Morris, Extra Hospital Mate of his M.ijesty's Royal Naval Hospital, at Hadar, is ap pointed Assitant-Surgeon of his Majesty's Naval Establishment, at the Island of Ascension. The Reynard brig, is ordered to be brought for- Ward forthwith for the packet service, Lieut. Duns lord being appointed to command her. The Speedy and Sylvia cutters arrived on Sun day front Guernsey. The Sparrow cutter sailed on Monday,_ and the Snipe cutter on Tuesday, on it cruise. The latter returned yesterday. At Spithead—Briton, Seringapatam, and Pallas. In the Harbour, Victory, Melville, Athol, Favorite. The brig Ocean, Lock, from Sierra Leone, ar rived here on Moodily. This vessel touched at Ter ceira, and was there charged with a mail bag for England, of which she was robbed on the day she quitted the island by a frigate under Portuguese colours, when the bag was opened and the Portu guese letters taken out. The English letters were returned. We regret an English man-of-war was not present at the moment to avenge this unparal leled insult to the British flag. The cutter John and Mary, of Jersey, foundered off Corunna on the 14th instant. Her crew was landed here on Wednesday. The following Indiamen have passed by for the River during the week :—On Thursday the Atlas, Hunt, from Calcutta 25th January; the Thalia, Bider, from Calcutta 3d March ; liarretti, Junior, from Madras. Yesterday the Hackney, from Bom bay, landed her passengers here; as did also the Malcolm, from Madras. To-day passed by the Lady Blackwood, from ew South Wales. By letters from Foule Point, Madagascar, of the 3d March, it appears since the death of Radar»a, King of that Island, and instantly after the arrange- Merit of mourr.ing, and settling its ceremony, the Queen assembled all the Chiefs of the various ex tensive provinces at the capital : and those that were known to have expressed a wish, on the death of th e late King, for his relations to succeed to the Throne, were put to death, as well as a long list of Princes and Princesses of the blood of Radama. The whole island was in a state of commotion; the Arabs and Madagasse of the beautiful and fertile kingdom of Betnhatooka, had declared for their old King, subdued by Radama's troops, Ivlten his Ma jesty's ship Andromache was off Majtmga, in Bern batooka Bay, with a squadron. The Queen had ordered the English Government Agent from the capital, and the Missionaries expected orders to . ytint momentarily. She had also expressed her de testation of the British nation, and only the wife of Mr. Harty, the late Government Agent, recently returned, after the death of her husband, at Port Louis, Mauritius, was permitted to remain, and.she w a s :greatly in her confidence. Iler sole adviser was the son of the Madagascar ‘vho was some little time ago beheaded at the Mauritius, for attempting to raise an insurrection when at Port Louis. The Queen having declared her intention to reject the annual gift of dollars for the suppression of the Slave Trade, it was expected that the island would retrograde to its wonted state of barbarity and slave traffic. Not one Prince or Princess of the bloo lof Radarna is left to lay claim to the sovereignty of the island. The Colombia, one of the line of packets between this port and New York, arrived this morning, in 21 days, from Sandy Hook. Our packet of New York Daily Advertisers, which reach to the Ist inst., convey little information of interest. It appears from these that the public monies of our Trans -Atlantic brethren are equally liable with those of this country, notwithstanding the free access to in quiry which prevails in the United States, to Mis appropriation. It seems that the Corporation of the city of New York expends annually upwards of a million of dollars—an excess, for the explanation of Avhich an inquiry was on the point of being insti tuted. A true bill had been found against Miller, Oates, and Williams, the three individuals at Sa• vannah who had illegally arrested and detained Mr. Rowland Stephenson. Mr. Maddison, the late Pre• sident of the United States, we regret to learn, was dangerously ill at his seat, Orange, in Virginia. — 'the Americans complain greatly of the \Vest India trade both with our islands and with St. Domingo, the number of •vessels trading having completely glutted the market. The Haytian Government had also imposed an additional duty of 10 per cent. on cargoes brought in American vessels, in retaliation for a want of liberal feeling in America toward ves sels of that sable Government ; and this would even be rendered still worse, the President of Hayti hav ing recently signed a Treaty with the French Go %%Tim-lent, by which French cargoes were to be ad mitted at half duty. We rejoice to find that several pirates have been captured ; a desperate fellow, of the name of Ameida, who was signally of use to the Ameticans, in the late war with England, had been executed at Porto Rico, and five others had been bung at the Havannah. As a proof that the Ame ricans begin to indulge in luxuries, we observe that green peas were sold in Philadelphia market at six dollars the bushel. According to the census just presented to the American Congress, the population of the United States is 13,000,000. The Constel lation, of 44 guns, had been ordered to be fitted for sea. Several District Banks had been obliged to stop payment. Some extensive manufactories for forging the Local Batik Notes have lately been de tected. Viscount Melville and Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir H. Hotham arrived here on Sunday evening on an official visit, and dined with the Commander-in- Chi e f, Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, X.C.B. On Monday morning his Lordship arid Sir Henry Hotham visited Earl Spencer at Ryde, and afterwards inspected the buildings in progress con bected with the new Victualling Establishment at \Yeovil. On the following day be attended the half-yearly examination of the Students at the Royal Naval College, and dined in the evening with Com. missioner Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., K.C.8., at his residence in the Dock-yard. On Wednesday morning his Lordship embarked in the barge of the Commander-in-Chief, and repaired, attended by the "boats of the several Naval Captains, which moved procession to his Majesty's ship Victory (flag- S hip), where he was received with the ship's crew at quarters. On the Admiralty flag being hoisted, 'the usual general salute was gi% en from the men of mar at the port. After his Lordship had inspected 'the Victory, he landed, and having p waken of re freshment with the Commander-in-Chief, returned, With Sir H. Hotham, to the Admiralty. His Grace the Archbishop of York and family, t present sojourning ‘‘ith tl eir N. ble relative, '"rd Vernon, at St. Clair, near Ryde, paid a visit 'to this port on Wednesday. Lis Grace came,.over in the Lightning steamer, and viewed the Dock-yard and the Victmy h'p. • DEVONPORT, Jt Mjcst ) 's sloop Lightning, IS, was «ynaii,sioaiql I , r foreign ser vice on Vint sd,v, by Lieut. 11. P. 1.. D, lafons ; :lad Lieut. Janie, S. Jahn took command of the Lyra brig, fitting for the packet service. On Thursday, the thitomarr, 10, went out cf harbour to the Sound, and will proceed in a few days to her station in the North Sea. A PPOINTMENTS.—To the Helicon, 10, Comman der Charles Talbot ; Licuts. A. D. Fordyce, and 11. F. ML's; Mr. Alexander Comber, Master ; Mr. Alexander Laughlin, Surgeon ; Mr. J. W. I..ne, Assistant Surgeon ; Mr. Robert Lewer, Purser. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The Anniversary Breakfast of this Society was given on Saturday ; and although it forms one of the principal attractions of the fashionable season, and is looked forwar,l to with more anxiety than any other fete, either public or pirate, we are sorry to ray that on this, as on many former occasions, the Directors have been exceedingly unfortunate in their selection of the day. We are well aware of the I necessity of appointing a time when there is the' greatest probability of procuring a good show of • those fruits upon the culture and improvement of which the Society most prides itself, and for which it was indeed originally constituted ; and we tlere fore admit that it is necessary to fix die time fi►r the annual fete, or we ought rather to say " the spew," when those fruits are in the greatest perfection; but we still are inclined to think, in common with many of the sinferers of Saturday, that the Directors should retain the power of postponing this exhibi tion, on those occasions, when there seems to be no fair probability of that enjoyment which the visitors are enttled to expect. For this reason we of to the constant nomination of Saturday for the an nual banquet ; because, from the perishable nature of the luxuties provided for the entertainment, it is im possible to postpone it over Sunday unt.l Monday, although the delay of a single day :night not be productive of the slightest inconvenience. This, we believe, was the predominant feeling of the greater number of the three thousand persons who were on Saturday subjected to the inching of one of the most pitiless storms of our English summer. The night had been stormy, the morning was un propitious, and notwithstanding a slight gleam of sunshine, about one o'clock there was every appear ance of what our neighbours beyond the Tweed call a " drawky day"—most truly did it prove so ; but as there appeared no announcement on the part of the Directors to put off the day of expected plea sure, a vast number of respectable equipages began about two o'clock' to crowd the road towards Chis wick. At three o'clock, notwithstanding the very unfavourable appearance of the atmosphere, there were, probably, three thousand persons of the first respectability assembled in the gardens, all enjoying the delightful promenades which it affords, and not a few waiting with some anxiety for the opening of the refreshment booths, which was announced to take place at half-past three. At that hour a num ber of persons assembled before the entrance, but in consequence of some disappointment in the arrange ments (we believe arising from the non-arrival of the Duke of Sussex), the breaVast was not attainable until four o'clock; an hour at which the greater portion of the company had been compelled to seek shelter from the heavy rain inn the more dis tant tents provided for their accommodation. The consequence was, that,the ladies, adorned in silks of all the hues of the raintow, and treading in shoes fitted for those quadrilles to which Weippea's band was intended to form a stimulant, were compelled, after hours of patient endurance, to tread their way to the refreshment tents through oceans of mud, and under the pelting of cue of the heaviest rains of the season. We, however, do Messrs. Gunter the jus tice to say, that when the pilgrimage ended, enough was provided for the enjoyment of the lovers of good eating and drinking at the shrine which they sought. Evety substantial eatable of the season, united with many of its delicacies and varieties, were to be furor] in profusion; and wines of all kinds, from humble port to claret, hock, and champagne, were distributed with a liberality to which the spirits of some of the gentlemen, notwithstanding the un propitious state of the weather, bore ample testi mony. It etas said of Louis the Fourteenth, that he must be counted among the gluttons of his age, be cause he ate two or three plates of soup, a pheasant, a partridge, a plate of salad, a plate of mutton dressed with gravy and garlic, two slices of ham, and a plate of pastry, at a single sitting. If, how ever, those who considered the Grand Monarque a great feeder, had witnessed the exertions of some of those who were collected round the tables on Saturday, they must have either restrained their censure, or been satisfied that the vice of gormandizing was not confined to the House of Bourbon. Dishes of fowl and of veal pies and salads, disappeared almost magically. One gentle man, who had complained much of the delay of what he called his lunch, actually devoured, while we stood near him, a whole pie, a dish of veal and ham, another of lobster salad, another of jelly, arid so many strawberries, that we dare not pretend to calculate the quantity. Of the wine he drank we take no count, because it was gently blended with the eatables, and formed, we presume, but a prelude to the excesses of the evening. It was well indeed for Mr. Gunter that this gentleman cannot be pre sented as a specimen of the company, although we have no doubt, from what came under our immediate vision, that there were very many of the same species collected to do justice to his exertions us a caterer. We cannot say much of the exhibition of the fruits on this occasion. We happened to be among those unhappy persons who were prevented from enjoying their distribution ; butt, as far as eve could see, on the cursory examination of the morn ing, there was nothing among the strawberry speci mens to be compared with the established favourites —Wiltnot's Superb and Knyvett's Pine. Some of Kean"s seedlings, exhibited on this occasion, though not remarkable for size, possessed, however, a very exquisite flavour. In grapes, the Muscat of Alexandria sum passed all others in size and appearance. Of pine apples there was a respectable show, but, alto ' pater, we. think the .4xhibition of this year (whe ther from the lsackwaTilness of the season, or from other causes, we know not) much inferior to the last. The gardens were fitted up with tents and marquees, with the usual elegant and picturesque arrangement, precisely, indeed, as they appeared last year; and the Messrs. Gunter did every thing in their power, by the aid of boards and baskets, to obviate those' complaints'against the impassibility of the walks which we heard last year. It was out of their power, however, to contend against the satu rating rain which fell in the course of the day, and the walks became, therefore, not so much from their original softness as from the constant induration of clogs and shoes, a terror to tell passengers. The Tyrolese Minstrels and Les Trois Troubadours were engaged to perform in the course of the evening, on a stage prepared for their reception, but the unfa vourable state of the weather prevented these, like all other amusements, from being presented to the company. We recognised many persons of distinc tion among the throng; and we believe we give ut terance to the general feeling, when we say that no thing but the unpropitious state of the weather de prived them of the utmost enjoyment which they an ticipated. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. This affair took place on Saturday, and a very foul affair it was, as all those who were at it well know, and will not easily forget. But as there are many worthy people who were not there, we will endeavour to describe it, for their edification and future government in such matters. The weather, as everybody within twenty miles of London well knows, was as bad as weather well could be for any such out-of-door doings. The ba rometer stood at " Rain;" the welkin was wofully overcast, and every thing betokened a regular soak jug day; but all this could not prevent the " Ga tliering"---ina-stritieh as the had been viid for, and there was a c!m.nce tli.it the weather might be kiml enough to ( lear up, which it certainly ought to lifrve. done—if it had kid any gallart:ry or kind ness in it—for the ladies came forth in their best and lightest fair-weather hire mudins and satin ,andal., tratil,irunt eossnmer I.ats, stir mounted by noddile 4 bompiets, finer thAti any of Nature's makiag in Hie conserva!ory. and woe are we ! to have seen what there we saw —many a fair starched muslin skirt of six yards cir cumference reluved to a solvethiw: like a mere clese-clipping dreadfully-damp chemise, in less than one short hour ; and many 4 , crisped, snaky lock., that made such t%atiton gambols in the wind," con vened in as short a time to heavy dangling rats'- tails ! Your rain is a mortally relaxing enemy to stan] and stiffening of all sorts. With respect to the - number of personages, per sons, awl people, present and subjected to this; tentwing °rest:, we cannot estinuee th em . w e did hear that. seven thousand tickets were issued— (tno thousand of them in One day at the. advanced price"—two guineas each)—and, juilgitig from the multitude of carriages outside, and the crowded con dition of those extet.sive gardens (tmards of ninety acres), we should suppose every ticket was brought in. The delights prepared for this crowd of gay and gallant intellectuals were, its usual, a breayitst at four o'clock in the afternoon—a dejeune rt la four chette as the learned call it ; a superlatively beautiful prornenoir (for such a young one); a dance on the green sward (if agreeable): and a sort of 'ion con certo concert, vocal and instrumental, cis il and mili tary. The operators engaged to supply these va riot's delights were, first, for the breakfast, Mr. Gunter—than whom no man knows better how l 0 break a fast, "and, knowing, dares rrforw." Sec mdly, for the dance, Wieppert's band ; and Litolff 's ditto. Thirdly, for the concert 71072 con certo, Messieurs the bands of the Life Guards, the Foot Guards and the Royal Artillery,—one band of each denomination ; les Troubadours, and the Rainers—the announcement of Mach latter might possibly be considered by some folks as ominous of the evreme raininess of the day. Thirdly, the pro »ienoir,- by the Horticulturals themselves;—smooth shaven lawns and bowers and borders of all rare plants, and gay marquees ; and many other very pleasant appliances :—though we cannot say we much admired the flowery device over the principal gateway, nor the jets Wean on the Lilliputian lakes, with which their lawns are beautified. The device was pretty, and apt enough—a bee-hive surmount ed by a cornucopia, and the cornucopia surmounted by a Royal crown, and the whole was very ingeni ously formed of closely woven roses and other flowers ;—though there were some folks among the company who likened the cornucopia to a pottle of strawberries—oudgre the fire little bunches of grapes which might plainly be seen in the mouth of it. But the jets d'cau ! Oh, the fates deliver us from such jets d'eau ! with their tiay-soused-gur net-looking cast-iron dolphins, in bright brass col- 1 lars, inscribed " W. 11. Rowley, patentrc!" And now for the eatables and the drinkables.— These matters are always the most interesting Putt of the business in affairs of this kind ; and the Com mittee of ;Management being now well aware of that fact, had not only made ample preparations for the " feeding," but they took especial care to point out the scene of intended action by hoisting a number of and ensigns, among which the Royal Standard of England floated majestically above the rest. In an open space, of nearly an acre in extent, and I newly gravelled, the tables for the d(jeune a la Jim' , ebelie were laid out in squares, and quadrangles, and. paralellograms, beneath white awnings fes tooned with green ; and those almost interminable tables were abundantly covered with cold chicken an 1 hams, spiced meats, and lobster salads, and pies, jellies, Mane mange, and all other cold nourishment of the best and most fashionable reputation; with pot t, sherry, hock, claret, champagne, and many other wines of excellent quali y and in _unbounded, quantity ; but the whole was fenced in and guarded by divers constables and artillerymen, so that those for whom it was prepared could not get at it until the proper feedingtime—half-past three o'clock p.m. Close to this area was another, of less extent, but large enough to contain two tables of sixty yards in length, the one covered with the choicest fruits, the other with preparations for tea, coffee, and ices, and both covered with white awnings, festooned with bright green. To this area the company were freely admitted until three o'clock, in order that they might see the exhibition of fruit before it was cut up, mid a very beautiful exhibition it was. Fifty-seven noble pines of every variety, interspersed alternately with growing vines in full bearing, graced the middle of the tal.le in long perspective ; and heaps of melons, strawberries, cherries, shaddocks, grapes, in endless variety, and of the finest growth, many of them the contributions of noble and gentle horticulturists in different parts of the kingdom, were set forth on every side in the most lavish abundance. So much for thefixd; and now for the feeding:— Half--past three p.m. was the time stipulated for throwing open the gates of the feeding places ; but, for more than an hour before that time, the gates were surrounded, five hundred deep, by the gaily attired but hungry multitude, gazing over the fence, with water in their mouths and mud at their feet, beneath seven acres of umbrellaa—for during all that time it rained incessantly. Great was the grumbling of gizzards and of tongues at the delay; and dreary were the drippings:of the umbrellas and parasols upon the frills, furbelows, and frippery below ; whilst ever' and anon, now here, and now in the distance, you might hear small shrill voices demanding—" Why don't they open the gates ?—Good Heavens ! why don't they open the gates ?" Alack and well-a-day! --the Heaven did open its gates more and more every minute; and the rain descended therefrom more and more heavily every minute; butt the keepers of the feeding Lanier were inexorable, and stood dry and comfortable behind their counters, looking upon the dripping multitude with the most provok ing apathy. At length, two very stout gentlemen, the foremost of the crowd, could bear it no longer; —whether their bowels yearted for lobster salad— whether they were impelled by hunger, anger, or gallantry, or by all those motives of action com bined—we know not; but so it was that, rushing forward through the broad border of rose trees which surrounded the barrier, they seized upon the barrier itself, and by dint. of much desperate tug ging and great loss of wind, they speedily effected a bleach therein, and tumbled through it, amidst th , e , " bravos!" of the crowd without, and the " shame! of the waiters and constables within. At this awful moment the rain began to come down in torrents — yes, in cataracts; and hundreds of fair ladies, seeing both food and shelter immediately before them, and inspired by the courage of the two stout gentlemen, rushed after them pell-mell through the breach, un mindful of the thorns among the roses and the tho roughiy-soaked soil through which they had to wade their way ankle deep. Fine fun this, for the dress makers, shoemakers, and doctors ! The stuffing au thorities within, perceiving that the place was no longer tenable, now ordered the gates to be opened and in one minute every tent and awning was crowd ed to an overflow. Indeed there was not shelter for one-half of the besiegers, and they were com pelled to retrace their painful steps through the gravel, the mud, and the water, to seek refuge where they might —among the tents and shrubs on the lawn, or under their parasols and umbrellas, and the storm all the while continuing to pelt them most piteously. In fact, the scene, as we newspaper folks say, beggared all description ; and if the reader imagines the worst he will hardly come up to the sad reality. Those who were leaky enough td en sconce themselves at the tables beneath the awnings were but little better off, for whilst they were putting food and claret down their throats, the w:iter was running into their shoes—so unmerciful did the eaves pour down their quota of the strum. In the fruit and coffee tents the misery was quite as great ; the ruin penetrated every where, and com fo: table „.„, a, I ply who could get an old basket 61, or a1;of to or e‘ e.: a brick-end, to stand upon, winkt she munet , ed her slice or pine. The p ; .•. C tl (IA den 01,11 td iilmost before a matt had . time to say, Deltoid !---Act quick nice things come to aii end; told though these waq great repining, the pines were not replace I. A upset-able pun that, but y e n- exett- , able in the tri.lq much misery. The ra n continuing, slam iiitc:ozission, du re was r o dame, no song, no. music no protnenading— nothing but scrambling ffir food and p.helter, and nothing but grumbling whether it was to be had or not ; and thus the Horticultural breakfast went off for this year. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT--NOT OF TILE FETE, BUT OF THE STATE OF THE GARDENS It occurs to us that Hampstead Heath or Greenwich Park, both dry WU! elevated situations, might be as reasonably chosen by the Society as their own grounds for the exhibit;on of the line fruits and other productions of other soils and other people.— We are aware of the impassibility of procurber, near the metropolis, a tract of land suitahly situate d, and, at the same time, extensive enough for the cultiva tion . of all the objects of horticulture: we are in formed, also, Ow these grounds are new, and we know that the situation is low and flat, and, of course, moist. The range is sufficiently large withal —arid the soil and situation might be adapted for "i s i n4 specimens of almost every known fruit, and flower, and vegetables—including the three great divisions of gardening—viz. fruit, flower, and kitchen gardens. It is in this way that the Society call usefully p oomote the art of gardening—by beiug more poetical and less didactic—by example more than by prece t o—by actual illustrations of their skill in their own demesnes, and not by pecuniary pre miums to a few ind viduals. It is not very difficult nor very prai..eworth)—Ly the pomp and parade of public premiums to encourage ambitions gar deners and amateur Lords and gentlemen to force the growth 'of a strawberry or a cauli flower beyond nature's bidding. By such means our horticulturis's may indeed produce pro dip,ies,—,omething like unto those enormous beasts exhibited by our Agricultural Society, once a year, near Smithfield, the appearance of which creates, not delight in the beholder, but won der that so much pains were taken upon such a subject. The flavour of the fruit or of the forced vegetable is as weak and vapid, though not so nauseous, as the flesh of the monstrous brute of die cattle-show. Let our Society trim at useful ends by natural means : let them show, iii their own grounds, and under their own superintendence, what skill and science, and careful cultivation, may do in selecting the seed, rearing the plant, and producing the flower or th e nuir. It is not our intention to repress proper en couragement to others, nor to disparage the speci mens of fruit sent by -them to this exhibition. On the contrary, we admit that the pine-apples, though small, wet e, with one or two exceptions, well flavow ed ; that the stapes, both white and red, w ere as full and large as could be had in any country on the Continent, but they, of course, were forced, and had not the fla vour of even the small grapes of Fontain- Wean. We also observed amongst the strawber ries, which really excited astonishment at tlwir size, that the largest were deficient in flavour, and that the moderate-sized were as agreeable to the eye as Weil as to ulnae, and pleasanter to the taste. The peaches, the nectarines, and the cherries, were truly excellent ; of melons also there were various Specimens. But a man could see all these produc tions in as good a state at Covent•garden mat ket any morning at six o'clock. We should like to see every society do that which by their title they pro fess to do. The gentlemen of this institution have not yet done much more than strike a doubtful note of preparation. Their pleasure-grounds, w )rich pro bably comprehend the flawer-garden, though with out much flowers, are in good forwardness. There is only an appearance of a kitchen garden in the shape of some squares of red earth, with some in- verted glass frames; and as to the other essential pat tof horticulture—a fruit garden—tlicre is scarcely an appearance, unless the wall-fruit trees, without fruit, are entitled to that appellation. We should like to see in the pleasure-grounds of the Horti cultural Society of London, not only yard-wide canals, and punch bowl lakes, and circulating jets d'cau, but even grottoes and caves and cascades, if they like, and precipices of rocks and hollows of mountains, and irriguous foun tains and groves of pines—cool retreats, affording shelter from rain, and shade from the raging heat of them. e do s-star.We ex __ , B )eo u t t e t d h , e s h e o a w r o e v i e t r o : , t o n or i o d f we l; o e xp e vege table and of the fruit of the gardens. We wish to find every species of the one and the other, from the t po u s t t a i t to a t i o o o the sh l o w o a l p d h e a and at college, pomegranate. to teach N Why t. x n a o u t 1 2 p i 'Phis 0,l as well as by precept, and then encourage by premium those who practise both best, and give the best proofs p ro fi c i en cy in the art of gardening. of science t 0 0 0 b o o t-7 1 70t, and the L pleasur eset tlie f S: t t i c i l d ie l p t r y ro a fi d t rsl SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BUXTON RACES. 'fIiTURSDAV, JUNE 25.—The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Subscription Plate of 50 sovs. for all ages. Ileats, two iniles and a distance. Mr. White's Gra nb y , 6 y rs 1 1 Sir W. Wynn's Mc, 5 yes 9 Mr. Kerton's b. f. b y Blacklock, 4 yrs 3 3 A Plate of 50 sovs. given by the Committee, tohlud to a Sweepstakes of two sovs. each, for horses, &c. not thorough-1m d. Mr. Greaves's Jerry, 4 yrs 1 2 1 Mr . Sybray's Musician, 4 yrs Mr. Moore's St. A nn, 4 yrs Mr. Muirhead's Bessy Bedlam, 6 yrs 5 4 4, Mr. Hinde's Pope, 7 yrs 4 dr BIBURY (CHELTENHAM) DACES. JuLv 22.—The &bury Stakes of 25 SON'S. each, 15 ft. and only five if declared on or before Saturday, the 4th of July, with 30 added. Mr. Malony's Rough Robin, 4 yrs Mr. Hatfenden names Hesperus, aged Mr. A. Bacon's Alcaston, 4 yrs Mr. Farquharson names Dandelion, 5 yrs Mr. A. T. Rawlinson's Ruby, 4 yrs Mr. Harvey's Larissa, 6 yrs Mr. Payne's Merman, 3 yrs Mr. P. Bacon names Eugene, 3 yrs .Lord and Lady LYNDIIURST were among the fashionable promenaders in Kensington Gardens, on Friday afternoon. The Duke of WELLINGTON is not unfre quently seen among the pedestrians in the new walks in St. James's Park. On Wednesday Sir JAMES MONCREIFF having gone through the usull trial., took the oaths and his seat on the Bench by the name and title of Lord MoN- CßElFF.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. TIIE CoLossEum.- 7 -11er Royal Highness the Ducless of CLAR ENCE , accompanied by the Duke of SAXE WEIMAR and a large party, visited this place on Saturday. The Duke of \VELLINGTON, Lord BEarsroan, the Marchioness of CONYNGHAM, Prince and Princess LIEVEN, the Marchioness of HERTFOR», and Dutch Am bassador, and many others of the nubility, have lately been here. The Annual General Meeting of the Go vernors of th e Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear, took place on Friday last, at the Institution, Dean-street, Soho-square. It appeared that since the establishment of the Charity, in 1816, upwards of 8,070 patients have been admitted, 3,150 cured, and 2,386 relieved, including several cases of deaf and dumb. The following noblemen and gentlemen were added to the list of Vice-Presidents— the Duke of Bt. CCLEUC 11, Earl of BESBOROUGH, Lord SONDES, Lord BAGOT, Right lion. ROBERT PEEL, Mr. Sheriff CorELAND, and JOSEPH DELAFIELD, When Sir WILLIAM JONES was in Paris in the year 1770, with Lord ALTHORP, his pupil, he made an excursion to Geneva, in hopes of seeing VOLTAIRE, but was disappointed. He sent hint a note with a few verses, implying that the Muse of Tragedy had left her ancient seat in Greece and Italy, and fixed her al ode on a lake, &e. VOLTAIRE returned this answer:—" The worst of French poets and philosophers is almost dying. Age and sieksest have brought him to his last days. He can converse with nobody, and entreats Mr. JONES to excuse and pity him." COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. On Saturday a public meeting of the creditors of th'A tl'eatre was held in the lobby, about a hundred gpntlemen bei ii pr , sent. At hall-1,14 t‘valce, Mr. KEintLE addreised the Al, tint, stating that hims, if an:l the t we) gentlemen io whom lout been entrusted the management of the theatre, were always anxious to afford those inte rested in it every possible information upon their conduct, and upon the stive of the funds of the es!ablishment. To forward these views the present Meeting had been called, and he was only sorry that he had not been able, as yet, to induce any gentle man to take the chair. There was an unanimous call of Mr. liemh:c to the chjr, but that gentleman (led tied the invita• tiou, on the ground that it was inconsistent with the other duties he had to perform. Mr. ROBERTSON was that called to the Chair. Mr. KEMBLE then stated the object of the meet in7, and proceeded to read a cotrespondence that had taken place between the solicitors of Messrs. Willett, Forbes, and Kemble, and those of Mr. Harris and Mr. Const, calling upon the two latter ntlemen to lay asi.Je the spirit of litigation, and to co-operate fur the general irct rest of the proprietors and of the shareholders and creditors of the theatre. c correspondence being read, Mr. Kemble stated to the meeting that the debts of the theatre were 25,000/ ; lint that since he, Mr. Willett, and Capt. Forbes had had the mana cement of the theatre, in 1822, they had paid off 60,0001. They had paid into the Court of Chancery, out of their own private property, 24,000 L to the bencfit of the, theatre, in (l pendently of another sum of 19,000/. paid by the Receiver, and ‘vhich the Master disallowed, in the Receiver's accounts. An ejectment had been served by the solicitor of the .Duke of Bedford for two years' arrear of ground-rent, and other proceedings at law were now taken against the theatre by creditors. lie should beg leave to move a resolution containing three points—First, that the theatre should continue tinder the manag ement of Captain Forbes, Mr. Wil lett, and himse lf, for two months, when another public meeting should be called, at which they would render up the fullest account of their proceedings, and of the pecuniary stare of the establishment. Secondly, that application should be made to the Court of Chancery, for permission to pay the ground rent claimed by the Duke of Bedford, out of the funds of tile theatre in that Court. And lastly, that in the interim, the creditors do agree to post pone all proceedings at law for the recovery of their claims.—(A pplause.)—He could state, t hat since his manawement of the theatre, in no one season, ex cept the last, had the establishment sustained any lass ; and he was convinced that, the property of the theatre was fully equal to the liquidation of all demands. _ The speech of Mr. Kemble was received with great and unanimous aprobation. In the cor respondence, Messrs. Coast and Harris declined any co-operation with Messrs. Willett, Kemble, and Captain Follies. Mr. Coast pro'ested against his liab lity to any of the claims made upon the theatre daring the management of Messrs. Itiemble, Willett, and Forbes; an I Mr. Harris complained that they should have paid the simple contract debts, leaving unpaid the claim for grcrind-tent. lie intended to appeal to the Loads against the recent derision of the Chancellor, and he threatened legal proceed. ings if his name were used as a sanction to the pre sent meeting. Upon the resolution being put from the chair, Mr. WIIITE ro , e to oppose it. He was convinced that at the expiration of two months the creditors would be in a still worse situation. Procrastim don was to be avoided, and they ought to come to book now. It was better to meet the difficulties at once. Ile was convinced that every shareholder receiving his five per cent, was liable to the de mands upon the theatre. The shareholders, pro prietors, and creditors, ought to come to some mutual settlement, and the Chancellor should be applied to for his order to sell the theatre, or that the Master should settle all conflicting interests. Mr. REEVELY animadverted with great severity on the conduct of Mr. Harris. The idea of selling the theatre was most preposterons, x‘hilst the course of litigation resorted to by some of the cre ditors was the only way to defeat their own ()Weer, and to involve every body concerned in ruin. It appeared to him that the only way to lessen their difficulties, and to pave the road to prosperity, was that proposed in the resolution.—(Applause.) A creditor said that, as a professional person, he would maintain that Mr. Kemble had a right to the property in the Court of Chancery, as it had been paid out of his private funds. Ile deprecated the waste of time and money in litigation, and thought that the resolution was the most conducive that could be imagined to the general interests of the theatre. A creditor, who professed himself of the legal profession, concurred with the last speaker. lie maintained that the Chancellor could not consent to the payment of the ground-rent out of the funds in Court, if it were opposed by any of the credi tors : therefore, unanimity was essential. ne would avoid the evils of a Chancery suit; and he thought nothing could be more reasonable and beneficial than the resolution proposed by Mr. Kemble.— ( A pplause.) An interlocutory discussion took place between several of the creditors, when the resolution was put and carried unanimously, with the solitary exception of Mr. White. A conversation then took pt tee relative to the execution which had been put into the theatre by a creditor, in the course of which it was stated that the name of the creditor who had so acted was • Buckle, and that his claim against the theatre utnounted to 501. in a 5001. share. A creditor proposed that it should be recommend ed to Mr. Buckle to suspend proceedings for two momths, in order that all the creditors should stand upon an equal footing, and :,at Messrs. Kemble, Willett, and Fo.bes might not be unrecessarily em barrassed in their course of proceedings. In consequence of tlis suggestion a resolution, recommending generally to the creditors not present at the meeting to agree to act on the principle of forbearance laid down in the foregoing resolution, was unanimously agreed to. Mr. WHITE said, if this could be arranged as the resolution proposed, he should have felt no opposi tion to the first motion. A creditor wished to know whether it would not be wise in the meeting to appoint a deputation of creditors, for the purpose of seeking a personal in terview with the Duke of Bedford, in order that his Grace might be solicited by them to stay pro ceedings for the present in the matter of the eject ment. In answer to this, it was conteqded that it would be better to leave this affair, together with others, in the hands of Messrs. Kemble, Willett, end Forbes, instead of making any distinct resolution on the subject, which might, from circumstances not at present foreseen, shackle them in their operations or place them in an awkward situation. Mr. REEVELY thought that a communication might be made with propriety to Messrs. Const and Harris from the creditors, requesting them to co operate with Messrs. Kemble, Willett, and Forbes, in their endeavour to release the property from its present disastrous situation. What he wanted to see was at least an armistice established between the parties, if no hopes of a permanent peace could be entertained. No distinct motion was made on the subject, and it appearing to be the feeling of the meeting that such a step would he useless, the matter dropped. Thanks were then voted to Messrs. g.Cmble, Willett, and Forbes, for the candid statement of the affairs of the theatre, which they had that day laid before the creditors. Thanks having been also voted to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned. Prince LEOPOLD gave a grand dinner to a nu merous party on Saturdiy, at Marlborough-house, Pall man. SPIRIT OF TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is impossible not to feel disgust at the proofs gen ce, of which are fu r nished somethinglikea by every determinationcay's i l o n n t elli he l .( 0g ) the e he patience exe fo forbearance a Gea r a r nce t whßritaincii had d n e been zed safely ex_ part of Mi gue l an d hi s creatures, to ascerta i n h ow tret:lted. L or d Ab er d een apo l o gized fin- and insulted. ercised towards the little tyrant of Lisbon, by prai.-ing the unwillingness of a mighty empire to he too stein in demanding reparation from a feeble Government. There is, no doubt, some thiii in such a considetation which recommends it to a manly people ; but may it not be carried too far ? If a cur merely barks at us, he may do so with impunity ; but if he snaps at us and bites us on more than one occasion, it is time to use the horsewhip, or demolish the offensive animal by a kick. The outrages offered to British subjects in Portugal since Miguel was in troduced there with our consent, and enabled to overthrow the Constitutional Charter, in no small degree, pc: naps, through the security pro vided for him by the instructions of this Govern ment to its commanding officer to defend the creature's life if it should be menaced,—these outrages were, we freely acknowledge, made the matter of repeated, and in the end, successful re monstrance by Lord Aberdeen ; but it does not appear that the detestable Government of Por tugal has abandoned its mstem of injury and in stilt. A few posts ago, i;itelligence was brought of an act of extreme violence having been com mitted by Miguel's functionaries on the persons of four British seamen on duty, who were robbed of treasure to a large amount, and thrown into the hateful dungeons of the Limoeiro ; and to-day our city article states a crime against the flag, die Palladium of England, perpetrated by the usurper's Commodore off Terceira, which (if the transaction has not been grossly clis. coloured) cannot be passed over withottt sum , mary and signal retaliation. The case W shortly this:—A British vessel, the ship Lonclo/ was on her homeward voyage ft om India, when ; on the 13th inst., while mining on her course through the channel between St. George and Terceira, she was chased, and fired at with a " shotted gun, by a large Portuguese frigate. The English merchantman then hove to, and was immediately boarded by a large cutter, manned and armed, from the frigate. Ou de manding what was meant by this act of hosti lity, the English Captain was told that he must be taken to Miguel's Commodore, cruiFing off the city of Angra, which port, it appears, wan blockaded. An officer and twelve marines were; kept. on board the British vessel. Our country- man, after repeated remonstrances, and en treaties to have permission to proceed on his voyage, required that the armed force of the usurper should either liberate the British mer chantman or make prize of her. But the only answer he received was, that a lieutenant, with thirty more men, came on board him, hauled dozen the British ensign, ! and compelled the captain to follow the motions of the frigate. It was not until the evening of the 14th, after being under this detention, amounting to unlawful .capture, for six or eight-and-twenty hours, that the British crew and ship were sent about their business. We shall make no comments on this rare proceeding: it is new to the marine of England, and will, doubtless, not become more frequent from any undue toleration.—Times, We are glad to find that Mr. Hudson Gurney' has intimated, in his place in Parliament, that, it' some one more able than himself did not under take the duty, he would, next Session, propose a measure for preventing the application of Cor? porate funds to the purposes of elections. By the law of Parliament, it is a br each of the pri vileges of the House of Commons for a I'ecr to interfere in the election of Members, or exercise any controul over the suffrages of the people, by threat, promise, or pecuniary inducement. Thir4 law, it is true, is much eluded in practiee l lint. the principle is not time less sound and good because it is practically borne down and lost sight of in the current of modern corruption. If it be wrong and unconstitutional for a Peer to in terfere in elections, as being injurious to the free exercise of the elective franchise, ought not the application of the funds of a Corporate body to such purposes to be regarded as still more mis chievous and reprehensible ? The power and influence of a Corporation in its own neighbour hood is generally very great. There are some Corporations that have for more local influence than many Peers. If the interference of the latter be adverse to the " freedom of election," why not that of the former ? Every member of a Corporation, not a Peer, has aright, in his individual capacity, to iiiterest himself in elec tions, and support whichever party he pleases ; but it is a very different thing to wield the collec tive power of a Corporation, and apply its funds to secure the return of a favourite candidate. The funds of Corporations are not like the private estates of Peers, their own absolute property—they arc estates vested in them as trustees, to be applied to certain specific and public purposes. In general they are endowments to charitable uses, and for the cleansing and paving of town: —the keeping of watch and ward—the repair and rebuilding of bridges, and other matters of public convenience and police. The tolls and other taxes which Corporations arc allowed to levy ought to be applied, as they were originally intended, to the paving, lighting, and watching of towns, instead of being lavished, as they too generally are, in eating, drinking, and all sorts of Corporate luxury and extravagance. But when, in addition to such misapplication of taxes raised and funds intrusted to those corrupt and bloated bodies, thousands arc squandered upon contested electrons, there can be no lan guage too strong to designate such dishonest violations of trust—no law too severe to repress them. Indeed, the whole system of Corporations ought to be done away—those bodies are no longer of any public use whatever—they arc the strong holds of local jobbing, oppression, and corruption—they increase time burdens of the people by levying taxes, the produce of w hich they mis-spend—and they debase the morals of their respective neighbourhoods by their vicious influence and the contagion of their example.— Morning Herald. Mr. Hume, at the close of the Session, pre sented a petition from certain inhabitants of Pad dington, complaining of the late delivery oilet ters by the General Post, and that their Two penny Post letters, as well as those by the Ge neral Post, arc charged an additional penny or 30 per cent., as if they live 4 in the country. This the inhabitants of Paddington, like those of Camberwell and Islington, once did ; but, as the extension of the town has driven them out of the country, there seems to he no reason, now that they have exchanged the blessings of air and quiet for the misery of noise and smoke, that they should any longer pay for comforts, privileges, and exemptions, which they no kngCr