The Sun. — London, England, 1829-06-01 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS, The Duke of CLARENCE has quite recovered !roux the attack of the gout. The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER gave a numerous grand dinner party on Saturday, to meet the Duke of ORLEANS and the Duke de CHARTREs. The Dowager Marchioness of SALISRITRY and the Marchioness CONYNCHAM were of the party. Prince LEOPOLD gave a numerous grand din ner party on Saturday to meet her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT. Among the distinguished personages who were.preeent, were the Prince and Princess LIEVEN, the Ambassador from the Netherlands, Madame Far.ex, the Russian Minister on a special mission, the Earl and Countess of VERULAM, Lord and Lady Maityßoaouost, Earl and Co un t ess C OWPER, Earl GROSVENOR, Lord and Lady BELGRAVE, Lord NORMANDY, &C. The young Queen of PORTUGAL left town on Friday morning about ten o'clock, on her return to Laleh am . • ' The M arqu i s de PALMELLA aimed in town 013 Saturday night from Paris. The Marquis BARBA CEN A came t o town yesterday morning from Laleham, and had a long interview with the Marquis de PALMELLA. The Duke of-ORLEANS visited the Duke of W "timo'roN yesterday morning at his residence in Down ing-etreet, and remained with his Grace near an hour. Mr. P EgL Wil l give a grand dinner party in Pr ivy -garden s on the 14th inst. this day for. their seat, Deepd ene , near D or ki ng, w h ere will e ntertain.th e D u k e of Oat Easts, and sever a l o f theyNhility, during the races M Epsom. iieit o M r r. DE H Boardbanister-at-law, of E xc i se i n S cotland, has been op ted and to the Board of Excise in England. , . mr. O'CONNE LL left town for Ireland on Saturday tnoroing. fiatntly A contested e l ec ti on f or C lare i s con anticipated. —Morning Paper. , The p ortraits in the Exhibition of Messrs. Il aaboin and LEra RD have been visited by the Duke of ORLEANS and the Duke de CHARTRES, and their suite. The Noble Duke, himself a magnificent patron of the Arts t o Paris, expressed himself decidedly in favour of this As semblage, as exhibiting a larger number of portraits of eminent men than he had ever previously seen. The Bishop of WINCHESTER has purchased t fro m the D take of ST. ALBAN'S the fine mansion in James's..square, for a stood rou n d num b er of thou i*; but the See will afford it. This house has within ;)A'el'? Years experienced s t range v i c i ss i tudes ; it was:built 1 ' the late Duk e o f L EEDS, and at his death purchased by ~ !•1 3L anEs, th e r i c h glass-manufacturer, on Ludgate in, who either let or sole! it to a Company of Noblemen •rAnd Gentlemen, by whom it was convened into a club and niog-house, whe re an excess of play ruined it s charae ". Th e l ate Duke of ST. ALBAN'S bought it cheap. It '.' now converted into the residence of a pious Churchman, eout whose hustle its original good name is sure to be re ws,red. It is situated within a door or two of the house D n 'eli was once inhabited by the celebrated Mistress ...LtAliOlt GVVYNNE. da. The E ar l of ELESSINGTON died on Satur y, the 234 ult., at Paris. On that day his Lordship • . osas ia good h ea l t h , but, after taking a luncheon, consist s Mutton -chop, and to hint an unusual quantity of n, 1 , 42 k de Jetelice, he rode out in the heat of the day on horse -I,lek, along the Champs El sees , and was suddenly attacked . Ith a . PoPlexy. His servant prevented his falling from 21. horse, but he was Carried hom e immediately, and Dr. rUNG and Dr. BovtoN sent for, Every attention was u t and e very remedy resorte4 to, but in vain.—The ~.° 4 li t 'seentative death of the E ar l h as created a vacancy in the Irish peerage. his Lordship dying without male "'llea the title is extinct.--1! e. am It is decided, we believe, that Mr. CROKER tu i l'eti Le kern the Admiralty as soon as the period which th e ir,, A u 'ul to a pension has elapsed, and that Mr. tray, ai 71er Se cretary for the Colonies, is to succeed him.— (see ms p aptr. REND 1? Ai s ssY v I LLIERS STUART Esq. M.P. for eiti,unY,•arrived here. on Monday morning from the i„ s 3 °.f Waterford (steamer), from Bristol, after attend is Parliamentary is Parliamentary duties in London. The Hon. Gen to7. Itayed a few hours in this city, and then proceeded krwoodetock, county of Kilkenny, the beautiful seat of . 'TGHE.. Waterford Chronicle. . _. tir. dY ELLENBOBOUGH--the. beautiful Lady p,.• 1140 aouGH—has left town soinewhat abruptly ; 1, 44 -14 e, Sett wahazEsinu AG is gone too. This circumstance b Laerpelsed one person very much, which seems more sur rrilialtthan any other part of the affair.—John Bull. . Loyjibe_hear that the Chief Justice of the Cont- Plea s will leave that Court in the course of the week. Lordahip will, it is said, take his seat in the House of to r ds this day. Nothing further has transpired relative flee Solicitor_ Generalsl.—Morning Paper. I)o,4 - - ' 4 3/i RT 0 N CASTLE.—We learn that pea. l 7 s rno - '" 'Lord LysiEnocu, G.C.8., is to be appointed Go o_ rof this .ancient Castle, vice HARRIS, deceasal.- I°Voto Free Press. peo4tetir: O,:CONNELL, we are informed, is ex iii,..„.' tHr olinghain to-day, on his way to Ireland.— '49Aorn Journal of Saturday. k r o , n e ` k-O NNELL.---CLARE ELECTION:— h e kw letters from Mr. O'CosistEtr. yesterday, wherein I t 1 7 41 , that he expects to arrive here on Tuesday next. tria:1417}14.14! c ontemplation to give the Hon. Gentleman very i sd r i , e ntry, but this, in our apprehensio?, .he has of Afr , " ~e,lously declined. ' Mr. Kcorr, the efficient agent Taro, " CosisEss, leaves town to-morrow evening f or sp y We have not yet been able to discover a clue to • ioraPPftiti".--Dublin Freeman's Journal. RA i1 m ., 41 d POL,ITAN LOAN.—The half-yearly divi -14 uf . ' e the above loan, falling due on Wednesday, the i itig devuly next, will be paid on that and every succee l d i 1101, r-(Saturdtis and Sundays exceted) by Mr : N. 1 . 4 itts Mt), on such bonds as have'een negociated by 1 4 : The . • n eat div idend warrants, with a list thereof in nu visa,. order, Moat be left for examination two days pre- The printed forms to be previously called for. x l a h t , ' ; 4 . zsr -3SI AN 'LOAN OF 1822, NEGoCIATED BY dividendmi • 11. RornsCHILD IN LONDON.—The half-yearly a f j an the above loan,. falling due on ‘Vednesday, the g b ty (su b next, will be paid on that and every succeeding s'N s ti " .(l4 Y sod Sundays excepted) by Mr. N. M. '44llllllLp, between the hours of ten and two. The 4 ', tan t,„ ,warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order, "ititti,"4 two days previous for examination. The 1, ' °114 4 to be days previous called for 44 pre vi ou s ly . ~.'tity it„"T,LANE THEATRE.--CHARLEY had a Latt-,;',benefi Satur da y• ht• and besides the at- CalSe s l° .. his ° t w o : merits s a n m ig an ' and as an actor (the a_441.),)17 sad are told, and believe, not inferior to the b 74,, t 7 old the addition of Mies PHILLIPS, who, for ilts t ;," 4, Played Mrs. Oakley, in The Jealous Wife, 41,41.11 judgment. ~,'4 % ;) 11g the numerous visitors who honoured t icesli i **l4 n with their presence during the last week, we tli 4 Tas e !, t °Yal Highness the Duchess of CLARENCE, Il e buk e it4l y the Prince and Princess of SAXE WEIMAR, k ti , e ,ANt k „ an d Duchess of SAXE WEIMAR, the Archbishop k t i . .' 4 4,,T,PeRY, Colonel FITZCLA BENCE, &c. The works 6 '4 o r,i; Pr.ogres;s, and do infinite honour to the Coins ' tl stt nesiT ui agement as well as the Gentlemen who feel SP AN " 4 the welfare of so great an undertaking. W its I Sar l i , 11 . %,,. , B AZAAR, HANOVER Rooms.— ot, - , ; 7 o ked i n at the sale on Saturday, we were r‘rtsi '4.-rve that the stocks of the fair shopkeepers Os th r a e l " 1 4lo st exhausted . We understand the produ ce 4 5 . 1 . 44 ! 4 aYs sale t o b e a b out 2,000/. Th e di st i n- 14 4 ,4 on Satu r d a y were P r i nce L EOPOLD , th e f (4taitTeEs, the Duke of WELLINGTON, the . 12c1 j ol DR, 0113 Earl DUDLEY , Lord NUGENT, It . 14 HIRE' includinga lis t ,. l 'at af l!usaELL, and very many others, loltuish.: 4 exobers of Parliament. Several of the most plopb-kenia,..roong the emigrants were present,. and Nob; w uraastarost was olperved addiessin 4 ,:•te s - r,..,"ed of Don A. ARGUELLES, Don A. A. the Gene ral DE Vito, and others. IlkahltilBeinating SONTAG is married to a Ger t'itl2k)v4,lo,, baron D'ECELAM (we will nut answer for 'tt A si t, si 4 a i r"ba whose brother is married to Lady SELIN f t Nt id :tta 6 , -er of Lord CLANWILLIAM. We mention this is/7'll oael4-' !although a little German joke of ours last . 4 ttri 44 I ts point by the announcement, it !sight be 4,lfavourably by the charming syren.—John A b assi N i h me rri ft • Ns' an s to was, last week, caug h t in a salmon I l 4;` ) utuTaear the junction of the Tay a . nd'Ear , n . e, ° litie t , tb, where it was found to weigh within fps S en pounds,—Perth Courier. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. There is much to blame and much to praise in the present number of this well-known ma gazine. The political opinions throughout are violent but imbecile, replete with bluster and all that desperate spirit of infatuation which never fails to beset a man advoCating a cause, of the weakness of which he is conscious. Quern Deus vult perdei e, Arius dementat—a species • of political hallucination with which this Northern luminary has of late been severely visited. But we willingly turn from its obscure to its brighter side. " The Millennium,"as a half-serious, half hurlesque article, is ably and pleasantly written ; en voici:— " We have haul no spring; and the deficiency has been ascribed to the storms by which the political world is ag'tated having extended themselves to the elements, to the indignation of Heaven at the moral depravity of the age, snd to divers other causes,—all of them, it is con ceived, equally remote from the true one. It. fact, this unseasonable privation is, we submit, not the effect, but mediately the cause, of most of the extraordinary conver sions, and other events, which have lately astonished and perplexed us. Due attention has not been paid to the important philosophical fact, that the sun is an immense body of fire, which is constantly consuming itself. Now, the immortal Newton, whose .theory is generally preferred to that of Sir Richard Phillips, and his disciples, has told us that gravitation, or the force by which the earth and the other planets are retained in their respective orbits, is in the direct ratio of the mass of the attracting body. Here is a frightful prospect !—the density of the sun, and consequently die force of gravity, constantly diminishing! Thus, the radius of the earth's orbit is gradually increas ing, and we are continually receding from the centre of our system. Again, this force of gravity varies also inversely as the square of the distance : the farther we are from the sun, the less powerful, in a much greater ratio, is its attraction. So that here are two distinct causes constantly and powerfully co-operating' to throw us to a remoter distance from the source of light and heat ! It is a sense of duty alone which induces us to avow the con viction which has been reluctantly forced upon us. The orbit of this our planet will become gradually more and more eccentric, until it shall at length revolve a comet with a fiery tail,' visiting God knows what regions of heat and cold, or possibly fly off in a tangent through in finite space. In consequence of the frightful rapidity with which it is clear that the sun his been wasting away of late, the deviations of the earth from its proper course have been unusually great, to the manifest deterioration of the seasons, and producing at the same time a corresponding eccentricity in the conduct and opinions of its inhabitants. Hence sudden changes in the minds of men, and the con stitutions of kingdoms; hence mercurial morality, end political harlequinade, and other singular results, which, of course are but a prelude to something still more ex traordinary, and more miraculous. Which is the most simple theory—the one we have just developed, or that which insists upon an alteration in the laws of nature, as the consequence of a fluctuation in human principles and opinions," The opening paragraph in the above extract is a felicitous and evidently an ironical allusion to the late declaration of a notorious Morning Jour nalist, that Providence had deprived us of our spring gooseberries, peas, cabbages, and currants,.„ is revenge for our having permitted the Duke of Norfolk to slip into the House of Lords, and Lord Surrey into the House of Commons. " Sketches of Italy and the Italians" is a desul tory collection of facts and anecdotes, on the tritest of all topics. One fact, however, is curi ous, the account of the " Vipers of Lugano"—a select and gifted spot which we should have no objection to people with refractory Ultras. " At the foot of Mount Salvador, on the lake of Lu gano, is a villa of considerable extent, the proprietor of which has been compelled to abandon it, and neither by war, nor pestilence, nor ghosts, but by the incredible mul titude of vipers in. its vicinity. This tribe of serpents, which, since the classical work of Fontana en the viper, and his experiments on its poison, has regained its ancient importance, is annually increasing in this favourable locality; and to an extent so formidable, that the founder of the deserted villa must have been half-mad to build in such a spot, if this pandemonium of serpents contained a twentieth part of the numbers observed there a few years later. Vipers are, notoriously migrating serpents; and those of Mount Salvador take their departure when the summer heats become oppressive, and swim in mighty columns across the lake, to the cool an.l shady woods of the oppogite shore. There they remain until late in the autumn, and return in the sunny side of the lake, where they pass the winter and spring oil the chalk slopes beneath Mount Salvador. In their winter qua tcr., they coil and twist themselves together int,' knotted clusters, from which their peeping heads project, and give to the whole mass the appearance of the imposing ball-thistle, or of the head of Medusa." " Songs of the Affections" are a series of Poems from the classical, tender, and feminine pen of Mrs. Hemans : they are in every respect worthy of that most estimable lady. " What's to be done ?" is a tale which has a sound praise worthy moral attached to it, viz., that the greatest curse that can be bestowed on man is a weak, vacillating, irresolute disposition. This is instanced in the case of the Rev. Dr. Smi- thers, the hero of the narrative, who entails his "infirmity of purpose" on his children, and is consequently, though unconsciously, their ruin. The tone of this sensible little tale reminds us in places of Miss Edgeworth :—catt °raise go higher ? " Lays of the Periodicals" are pun gent, and trundle pleasantly into rhyme. The allusion to Mr. Leigh Hunt's yellow breeches is touching, and not to be thought of without a sigh. " The Murderer's Last Night" is a dead set at the tragic : it- is an e l a b orate — catalogue of the horrors of a night preceding an execution ; by dint of " twisted knees"—" rolling eye balls"—" stiffened joints"—" scorching sighs"— " inarticulate screams," and so forth, the 'CI niter has made out a strong case, in the manufac turing of which, however, dyspepsia (that great nurse of the tremendous) has had no slight share. There is nothing like indigestion to pro duce a striking effect, whether on paper or on canvas. Dryde❑ and Fuseli used always to eat for their conceptions, which were never so wild or thrilling as when their stomachs were over- loadect! " The Diver" is an energetic transla- ;ion, or rather paraphrase, of one of the most vigorous of Schiller's ballads. " Noctes A inbro- siance" are highly diverting ; we fancy we can trace in them the rich, broad, and genuine hu mour of Odoherty, a writer who, if he could be prevailed on to do himself justice, would con centrate ail his free and hearty powers of wit and sarcasm on some one particular work, instead of scattering them at random over periodicals, where they are•read, admired, and forgotten. On the whole, the present Magazine is able and enter taining, though we must confess ire have seen a better number. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The late extraordinary excitement kept up with such absurd pertinacity by the anti-Catholic press, is now, we perceive, going down ; even the quick invention of malignity has no new lie to invent, faction is below par, prejudice, bigotry, " and all uncharitableness," have found their fitting level. The periodical before us, a .few 1 months since the most truculent, the most un sparing, the most madly self-opinionated of all the anti-Papist alarmists, has aclengtkcome, or rather we should say, is coining to its senses. The Captain an& of the monthly journals find ing no one to back him, has retired with an in dignant but suppressed growl from the field, Bigotry is at times a fine, and what is still better, a matketable, a thriving commodity, but no discreet journalist would choose to trade in it when the article is below par. In this shrewd spirit the present number is conceived. Its Protestant murmurs are few and far between, it is consequently much improved in manner as well as matter. In the first article, " England, Russia, and Turkey," we recognize the presence of a vigorous and declamatory spirit, somewhat of the " Croaker" cast of sentiment, but shrewd nevertheless, and discriminating in the general tendency of its reasonings. " The Fortune Hunters " is a long amusing tale of the Gil Bias school, abounding in character rather than in incident. The scene is laid in Seville, among the thieves and other " small gentry " of that city, one of whom, a pious old harridan, whose knavish desires are perpetually at war with her devotional propensities, is spiritedly hit off. We recommend this tale to our readers, it is of a superior character. " The Conversazione," whose scene is in Portland-place, will be at once recognised ; it is a smart sarcastic dialogue on the men and things of the day, interspersed here and there with a few jokes more to be respected for their an quity than their point. " Literary Property" is dull, but practical, and therefore not to be lightly spoken of. " The Pime►►to Family" is a capital quiz an the hankerings after fashionable noto riety, of a wealthy pains -taking West India mer chant, who is cursed with a spendthrift wife and a large family, the express image of their mo ther. This amusing article is drawn from life, by one who is no indifferent observer of " the world as it goes." We see the same Pimento follies repeated day after day, in the restless migrations of the East to the West end of the metropolis. A house in any street or square— provided it be West of the neutral territory of Russell or Bedford Squares —is the Ultima Thule of a thriving citizen's ambition. It is the Promised Land of which he is ever striving to catch a glimpse, from the Mount Pisgah of St. Paul's. " Has England misgoverned Ireland," is a rambling incoherent diatribe full of eloquent nothings ; " Theatrical matteis," a sensible matter of fact essay on the passing drama and its actors. " Notes of the mouth" are humorous and satirical sallies, slightly discoloured with the spleen of party, but not so much so as to de- tract from the reader's amusement. We quote the following well expressed reflections on the death of the Countess of Derby, as a specimen of the author's more serious style : " Death, the only law that is never violated, is rapidly striking away all the names that tigured in our youth.— The bar, the senate, and the stage, have lost, in quick suc cession, nearly every eminent name. Lady Derby has just gone : she who, when manners were a science, was their supreme representative ; who, in the wittiest, gayest, and must graceful day of the last century, was the observed of all observers; the toast of the Hares, Townshends, and 13urgoynes ; the heroine of every. stage, and the model of every theatrical aspirant, she has laid her graces in the grave, and now sleeps where neither fame nor flattery can reach her more. The life of an actress is, proverbially, of a' mingled yarn,' and perheps no human lot so tho roughly acquaints the individual with the pleasantnesses and the pains of life. Bub Miss Farren seems to have had all the rases for her own ; almost from the commencement of her career, she was a public favourite. Her fine thea trical powers were instantly acknowledged, and the style of her performances gave, invariably, the impression o f an original elegance of mind. She had the higher merits of preserving herself from the peculiar hazards of her profes . lion ; and her marriage with Lord Derby, at mice re warded and raised into affluence and rank an actress whose personal conduct did honour to her sex, as it undoubted added highly to the public rewcet for the stage. She thenceforth enjoyed a long eireer of opulent tranquillity.. She quitted the stage in 1797, after just twenty years of success, and was Countess of Derby two-and-thirty years, She was born in 1759." NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The " Swan River Settlement " is a homely unpretending account of the character, local dis advantages, &c. of this just now much talked of settlement. To those who wish for sound practical information on the subject we recom mend it accordingly. " The Gallo-Irish " is an animated dramatic sketch (from the pen, we presume, of Mr. Sheil) of a late trial for libel, at Wexford ; it is, however, of too restricted and local a character to be generally interesting to English readers. " A Private Sitting with a re toed Chancellor" is,—could it be otherwise ? a welcome bit of gossip. We extract it for the benefit of our readers, premising that the two closing paragraphs are admirably in point, and beautifully illustrative of a great man's faculty of forgetfulness. To provide for an old friend, seven years after he has died in a work-house, is worthy of a great Anti-Catholic. "While affairs were in an unsettled state, and I was hesi tating whether I should accept the chaplaincy to Sierra Leone or not, I received a summons from the Chancellor. Notwithstanding our relationship—for my mother was a near connection of his Lmd4hip's—our intercourse had, of late years, been so truly painful and humiliating, that I hesitated whether I should expose myself to fresh mortifi cation by obeying it. But the mandate was peremptory, and I went. " I found him surrounded by papers, and alone. He told me, without the slightest preparation or preface, that he was on the point of quitting office, and was about to fill up his vacant livings—one was to be mine. ' said he, pohiting to a wicker basket filled with biters of all descriptions, sorts, and sizes, those are applic itions for livings from hungry curates; the most numerous, the most modest, and the most indefatigable class of corres pondence a minister of state can be cursed with. Read them, or burn them ; or stay, turn them over, and if, among the signatures—those are always clear and intel ligible if all else be obscure—you recognize that of a friend,. I will not hesitate, on this occasion, to fill up a presenra• tion with his name.' " He pushed the hasliet towards me as he spoke, resumed his study of a large thick roll of paper, which he had laid down at my entrance, and in an instant was absorbed in thought. "Err I entered upon my task, I could not help glancing for a moment on him—so singularly gifted, and so singu larly fortunate—who fronted me. His countenance was that of an exceedingly good-natured man ; though his dark, full, deeply-seated eyes glancing from under his thick bushy eyebrows, gave him at times an air of keen and caustic penetration, not unmingled with sternness. Still there seemed not an atom of spleen, or pride, or discontent about him ; but on the contrary, a simplicity, an honesty, a straightforwardness in his look and demeanour rarely pre served by those who are hackneyed in political life. Once, and once only, did he look off his papers, when, with a start, he exclaimed, Charlatan, Charlatan! I call God . to witness I haie deserved from him very different treat ment. But I resign ! I resign !" He was evidently thinking aloud, and 'unconscious of an auditor. The in terruption was salutary, for it recalled me to my task. "'What mementoes were before me of bitter disappoint ment and protracted suffering! Flow he could resist s tk .!, appeals I know not. How he could rest in his bed after reading such pithy statements of poverty and privation, of si,,hn e si and sorrow,—conscious that be had made no effort to mitigate the one, or assuage the wretchedness of the other,—is best known to himself. He was a great law lord ; and accustomed to weigh evidence, to detect error where it had no existence, and to spy truth where others saw only the grossest fa!sehood, was perhaps dead to every finer, and softer, and kindlier emotion. "For my own part, when I real some letters penned with that simple touching e!oquence which only real suffering can inspire, and fancied the hopes which the anxious writers would fondly - cherish, and pictured to myself how, day by day, the sickness of disappointment would steal upon the overcharged heart, how eager expectation would become a flickering uncertainty, and hope would darken into des pair, I pitied from my soul the anguish oF the writers. " There were two letters which particularly struck me. —One was from an old clergyman in Wales, who had brought up a family of eleven children on an income never exceeding sixty guineas per annum, had lest three brave boys in his Majesty's service, had two in the navy still fighting for him,'—who now, unable to labour as he had formerly done in the vineyard, wished in the evening of his days for ' a docent maintenance' and repose. It was I thus curiously, but strongly, countersigned by the ede brated Dr. Watson : " Mr. - has been a curate fifty years. I have known him ten. He is one of the most efficient, zealous, and pious clergymen in my diocese ; of any thing base, mean, dishonourable, or discreditable, it would be as diffi cult to convict him as a Cardinal of fornication; for which last purpose, by the canon law, no less than seventy-two eye-witnesses are necessary. " R. LLANDAFF.' A hugellack cross was appeudeJ to this letter. It suffi ciently indicated its fate. " The (tiller was from the Rev. John —. It recalled to the Chancellor their early friendship—dwelt on their close and intimate intercourse in their boyish days—told him how sadly his own fortunes had been overcast—that his wife was a maniac and in confinement—•that his eldest daughter was an ideot—that he himself addressed him in the full prce;pect of all the horrors of a gaol, front which he conjured the Chancellor, by all the recollections of their youthful hours, to rescue him. Strong testimonials were annexed. They proved his penury to be caused by cala mity, not extravagance. " Some exclamation I uttered aroused the great law yer's attention, and he looked up. ' What ! my school fellow, John —! Honest Jack, as we used to call him ! I remember him well at :Mime's. We have played truant in company fought in company—been tiNged in com pany :—put his name down ; he is provided for.' " Hers provided for, my Lord, lung since !'—' Indeed! How He died nearly seven years ago, in lilingt.n work-house.'—' Dead ? Honest Jack dead ! He was my junior,' said he, with some appearance of real feeling, by many years. He must have have died young. I wish I had made a minute of his letter earlier. Poor Jack ! Many a happy hour we have passed together, and I es teemed him much.' " Passages from a Poet's Dream Book" are, as they should he, strongly provocative of sleep. A Cockney miasma breathes over them : a smooth ambling vein of prettiness permeates them. Could we but understand them, we have no doubt we should like them ! " Walks in Rome and its Environs " are passable, but really the subject is so hacknied, so very, very hacknied, that no power on earth, however first-rate, however versatile, can render it either novel or entertaining. We are sick of the perpe tual small talk and still smaller scribblings about the statues, the paintings, the ruins, and the long list miscellaneous etceteras of " modern Rome." It is as bad as the Catholic Question. Nay, it is worse, for the one is ex- tinet, while the other bids fair to be eternal. " The Ruined House" is a solemn and touching effusion worthy of the subject, by that orna ment of her s ex and country, Mrs. Hemans. We regret that our limits will not allow us to extract it. " Sporting Scenes in India" is a pleasant description of a pleasant but somewhat hazardous •amusement, hunting the wild boar. Country gentlemen will derive much gratification from its perusal. " Proverbs" is a light and flimsy article, short and readable. " Embassy to the Court of Ava" contains some striking events regarding a subject whose interest is now, for the most part, passed away. " A word of advice to the Anti-Catholics" is a most pointed epigram. As it is short we will extract it. " LONDON LYRICS. "A WORD OF ADVICE TO TILE ANTI-CATHOLICS. " Ye suns of alarm. who St. Stephen annoy, Tag-rag of all ranks and conditions; Who many an acre of canvass employ • In framing your humble Petitions, " The Duke and yourselves will hereafter be frien!s ; Take comfort, ye cynical milers! Those bunfnes of sheepskin will answer your ends, When cut into strips for the tailors. " The sons of the bodkin are prompt and awake ; Your griefs in their bosom take root. firm and be patient : the measures they take Must end in obtaining your suit." " Ramblings of a Desultory Man" are vague and indefinite but not devoid of interest. " Art and Artists," is a conversation replete with intelli gence, regarding the present state of the fine arts in England ; and the " Address to Martin on his painting of the Deluge," an eloquent poem, whose chief defect is its outrageous style of commendation. The minor matters are got together with the usual tact of this Magazine. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL If variety, incident, and gossiping lively de tails of campaigns by land, and engagements by sea, can make a journal popular, then will this b e eminently so. It is in fact a record, and in so far it is a sort of national history, in which all classes are alike interested, of the chivalrous achievements of our brave army and navy, more especially as relates to their deeds during the last twenty years. Among the most entertaining of the papers, is the account of the Battle of Algiers : a graphic sketch which sets the whole action, with all its terrific appendages, fully before our eyes. The following is an extract. Its interestin g nature will apologize for its length, - The ship's company were piped to dinner, and at one o'clock the captain and officers sat down to theirs in the gun-room, the principal dish of which was a substantial sea pie; wine was pledged in a bumper to a successful at tack, and a general expression of hope for an unsuccestid negotiation. At this time, the officer of the watch reported to the Captain, that the Admiral bad made the general telegraph Are you ready?' Chetham immediately di rested that our answer ready ' should be shown, and at the same moment the like signal was flying at the mast heads of the enti re squa d ron. T he mess now b ro k e up , each individual of it quietly making 4rrangements with the other in the event of accident, and we had scarcely reached the deck, when the signal to bear up' was our, the Commander-in -chief leading the way, with a fine stea , ly breeze blowing on the land. We ran in on the Admiral's laiboard_beam, keeping within two cables' length of him, the long guns were loaded with round and grape, the carrimades with grape only ; our sail was re ; duced to the topsails, and top-g tllant sails, the mainsail furled, and the boats dropped astern in tow. The ships were now steering to their appointed stations, and the gun-boats showing their eagerness, by a crowd of sail, to get alongside the batteries. As we drew towards the shore, the Algerines were observed loading their guns, and a vast number of spectators were assembled on the beach, idly gazing at the approach of the squadron, seemingly quite unconscious of what was about to happen. Far different were appearances at the mouth of the mole as it opened ; the row-boats, fully manned, were lying on their oars, quite prepared for the attack, and we fully expected they would attempt to board should an opportunity offer ; each boat had a flag hanging over the stern. A frigate was moored across the mouth of the mule, and a small brig was at anchor outside of her. "At fifteen minutes before three p.m. the Queen Charlotte came to anchor by the stern, at the distanve of sixty yards from the beach, and, as was ascertained by measurement, ninety yards from the muzzles of the guns of the mole batteries, unmolested, and with all the quietude of a friendly harbour ; her flag flew at the main, and the colours at the peak; her starboard broadside flanked the whole range of batteries from the mole head to the light house ; her topsail yards (as were those of the squadron), remained aloft, to be more secure from tire, and the sails brought snugly to the yards by head-lines previously fitted ; the top-gallant sails and small sails only were furled, so that we had no man unnecessarily exposed aloft. The Leander, following the motions of the Admiral, was brought up with two anchors by the stern, let go on his larboard brain, veered away, until she obtained a posi tion nearly a-head of him, then let go an anchor under foot, open by this to a battery on the starboard side at the bottom of the mole, and to the Fish-mat ket battery on the larboard side. At this moment Lord Exmouth was seen waving his hat on the poop to the idlers on the he ,ch to get out of the way, then a loud cheer was heard, and the whole of the Queen Charlotte's tremendous broadside was thrown into the batteries abreast of her; this measure was promptly . taken, as the - smoke of a gun was observed to issue from some part of the enemy's works, so that the sound of the British guns was heard almost in the same instant with that to which the smoke belonged. The cheers of the Queen Charlotte were loudly echoed by these of the Leander, and the contents of her starboard broad side as quickly followed, carrying destruction into the groups of row-boats ; as the smoke opened, the fragments of boats were seen floating, their crews swimming and scrambling, as many as escaped the shot, to the shore; an other broadside annihilated them. The enemy was not slack in returning this warm salute, for almost before the shot escaped from cur guns, a man standing on the fore castle bits, hauling on the topsail buntlines, received a mus ket bullet in his left arm, which broke the bone, and com menced the labours in the cockpit. The action became general as soon as the ships had occupied their positions, nod we were engaged with the batteries on either side; so close were we, that the enemy were distinctly seen loading their guns above us. After a few broadsides, we brought our starboard broadside to bear on the Fish-market, and our larboard side then looked to seaward. The rocket boats were now throwing rockets over our ships into the mole, the effects of which were occasionally seen on the shipping on our larboard bow. The Dutch flag was to be seen flying at the fore of the Dutch Admiral, who, with his squadron, were engaging the batteries to the eastward of the mole. The fresh bre, ze which brought us in was gradually driven away by the cannonade, and the smoke of our guns so hung about us, that we were obliged to wait until it cleared ; for the men took deliberate and certain aims, training their guns until they were fully satisfied of their precision. But our enemies gave us no reason to suppose that they were idle ; so great was the havoc which they made amongst us, that the surgeon in his report stated, that 65 men were brought to him wounded after the that and second broadsid e s. P oor B axter , t h e subaltern ef marines, who had been presiding at the mess-table just half an hour before in all the vigour of health, wa , shot through the head by a musket bullet, while he was leaning on the hammock-rails, looking towards the shore. The Captain of marines, (Wilson,) in a later stage of the busines, fell by a double-headed shot, which carried away both his legs : the marines were at the great guns, so that their officers had but little to do, and no doubt Baxter was picked off. A very fine boy, Stott, a midshipman at the gangway quarters, came running past severely wounded by a musket bullet likewise, and another Mid. llanwell, at the same quarters, fell, shot in the spine, in the same way." " Disasters at Sea and their Prevention" is a wseful practical article, the result of experience and a long and perfect acquaintance with the caprices of " the most fickle of elements." " An Account of the British Campaign of 1809" teems, as might be expected, with incident, but is some what defective in novelty. The late military publications on the subject of the Peninsular War have already so completely exhausted the subject, that little or nothing remains to be gleaned. " A Hussar's Life on Service" is a hasty anecdotical and epistolary sketch, the nature of which the title itself sufficiently suggests." " Naval Reminiscenses" is amusing anti intel ligent ; and the " Recollections in Quarters" is a paper similarly characterized. In fact we ven ture little, in the way of opinion, when we assert that there is not a dull or unamusing arti cle in the present number. LONDON MAGAZINE. A very miscellaneous and int e lli gen t num b er , . . _ _ the critical department of which is imbued with a strong vein of feel:ng and acuteness. The in- troductory notice of Washington Irving's Con quest of Granada is an expa4 of that gentle man's partiality in commenting on the last Spanish campaign against the Moors. In the course of this well-considered analysis occurs the following incidental reflections on chivalry, in the justice of which no man of healthy feeling can fail to concur. " It is now about four years ago that, for a particular purpose, we entered upon a course of reading concerning the times when Chivalry flourished in Europe, ;lamely, from the twelfth to the latter end of the fifteenth century. Of the two latest of these centuries the historians are con temporary. Froissart, flardyng, Juvenal des Ursins, Philippe de Comines, were there no other writers than these, they would be sufficient to give an accurate idea of the era of the zenith of Chivalry, from the beginning of the reigns of Edward 111. and Philippe de Valois to those of Henry VII. and Charles VIII. It so chanced that, al though we always felt there must be something very horrid in a country being the seat of war, and therefore were most thankful that England was an island, yet we had had the usual advantages of the education of English geode men ; we had been taught to admire ' our Edwards and Henries,' and to consider that the word chivalrous' meant every thing that was amiable and noble. " Verbally, of course, it means only, of, or belonging to, Chivalry,' and, as we prosecuted our studies, we found to our surprise, that it was, therefore, synonymous with, first, ferocious Cruelty—next, treacherous Cruelty, and that to a degree of Meanness perfectly unspeakable; then came the meanness without the cruelty, but coupled, in stead, now with Rapacity, now with a pettiness fit only to he spit upon: then there was Breach of Trust, such as only the lowest cunning and the most invulnerable impu dence together could produce. Lastly, the whole was Sowned by one of th e c hi e f qua li t i es o f ev il — F a l sehood of pirit. Day by day, as we read more, we found tl - At these were the real characteristics of Chive,l:l% " And let it be remembered we have drawn this portrait merely by milting the scattered features which facts, recorded with very different motives by Chivalry's most fanatical friends, could not but present. We use the word fanatical' advisedly. The eyes of these writere were under the influence of the spell the 4cotch call ylamonry—namely, a nitwit: pnwtc of iti:oxit!ating the sight, Deecld which woaiii :nuke any ono writhe who poscesaail as much I cart as the pith of a bamboo, are nar rated—at the very least with tacit praise —by men who, we are confident, were themselves not otherwise than amiable. This is the very spirit of fanaticism. " W e have judged solely from facts ; and, over the force of early prejudice, over the splendour of sver' o.itward magnificence, over the las: ilation of t;ie most picturesque and vivid description, Trtillt has nitimately prevailed. And Truth Gap that nothing but evil can at Ise from decking in attractive colours a class of men whose feelings were such as those we have enumerated above. In despite a every influence to the contrary, Experience (for the acqui. sition of the knowledge of facts is expe.i . iNc.:, no . matter how gained) Experience has wi - oodlit stir opioiun to what we have stated it tc, taa. .41 - 4 we hive no more doubt than of our PFe; , :eqt eistenee, that every one with but the ordi nal y proportion of re,son qua( feeling with which God lots gifted his creatures, would feria the same opinion, could we lay before them the circum,tances which have created our own." " Tam 0 Shanter—Burns" is . sensibly and spiritedly written, but is rather unnecessarily harsh upon poor ,Burns, who with, no doubt, great vices, possessed a host of virtues, that in finitely more than counterbalanced them. Of the remaining articles, we have merely to observe that most of them will be found worthy of an at tentive perusal. LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE. The engraving to the present number of this fashionable and thriving periodical, of the beauti ful Lady Ellenborough, is, like most of its pre decessors, of a very superior character. Nor can the literary matter be termed inferior, when among the most constant contiibutions we find the name of the deservedly popular authoress of " Thaddeus of Warsaw." EDWARDS'S BOTANICAL REGISTER. Gaitinned by JOHN LINDLEY, E.g., F.R. S. Profeseor of Botany at the University of London.—No. IV. of Vol. 2. New Series. Aided as Botany is now by the most finished pictorial accompaniments, we cease to wonder that, as a science, it should have made the rapid progress it has, and still continues to do.— Amongst the fashionable accomplishments o f female education it may be presumed to take its station betwixt music and painting,—indeed to the latter it may he almost said to be allied.— Were we not already, for many reasons, ardent admirers of the science, nothing would conduce to make us more so, than the splendid execu tion and beauty of the plates in the work now before us. Amongst the contents of the present month's number we will point out the follow ing :—The famous " Rose-coloured tree R ho dodendron," from the high mountains of Northern India, which it covers with forests of scarlet, rose, and white, at an elevation or 10,000 feet. " Prunus dasy carpa," or the purple-fruited aplieot of gardeners, a plant but little known : its value is now determined.— " Clintonia elegans," a most lovely annual, flora the little-known sources of the Muth:on:all river, flowering from June till August, and wh(n grown in broad patches resembles a carpet of blue and silver. The memory of De Witt Gill ton, late Governor of New York, is secured by this subject. A splendid scarlet " Ery thrina," presented to A. B. Lambert, Esq., through the intervention of Lord Heytesbury, from the royal gardens of Ajuda ; a very pretty " Pentste mon," of elegant growth and easy culture ; and a fine new Lupine, from North America, both perennials. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR MAY. Accounts of the crops from all parts are generally favourable, the exceptions being as few as could possibly be expected. The " seri , an ,: y e llow l ea !" of the wheat was fast recovering its natural and sea- sonable bloom, during the mild part of the month, until the late check; and it is yet said, upon all good and well-managed lands, tv be a strong plant, well and thickly stocked. Upon those of inferior descrip tions and quality, as has been often repeated in these reports, our expectations are not sanguine ; on alt lands the common► opinion is, that harvest, whatever may be its success, must inevitably be late. In most poor districts a small portion of the failing wheat has been ploughed up, and barley substituted. All the early sown spring crops are said to exhibit the fairest prospect; and, perhaps, on an average of seasons, early sowing is attended with the least risk. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. On Saturday the anniversary dinner of the Ar ists' General Benevolent Institution took place at lie Freemasons' Tavern. This institution is esra- blished on charitable principles, similar to, hut dif ferent i t s their application from, those on which the Artists' Benevolent Fund," Ole anniversary meet ing of which we lately noticed, is founded. On the present occasion the Chair was filled by Lord, GODERICII. About 150 persons were present. On the cloth being removed, Lord Gormutrit rose to propose the health of his Majesty, which was drunk with four times four. After the healths of the Dukes of Clarence and Sussex, and other Members of the Royal family, and of the Navy and Army had been druwk, the Report made by the Committee of the Institution, AvLich appeared to give general satisfaction, was read. Lord GODERICII, upon congratulating the meeting upon the contents of the Report, took occasion to observe, that when he had been invited to take a part in the business of that day, he really conceived a great honour had been conferred upon him.--(Ap plause.)—lt was not alone imagination, or mere int chanical aptitude, which was required to procl4i-t distinction as an artist. Those who wero ailed upon to paint the results of the duties of statesmen, or to describe the effects of the exertions of ‘varriorg, must be themselves possessed of great historical knowledge, and imbued with the kindred spirits of those whose actions they described.--(Lout , plause.)—His Lordship concluded by propT o ,inU the toast of" Success to the Institution. w i th loud applause. P . .,ed the h ea l t h o f the Lora . GRANTHAM pro Noble Chairman. This toast being drunk, and followed by the per formance of Mr. T. Cooke's Mock Italian Bravura, Lord CODERICH returned thanks. His Lordship's health was then drunk with great enthusiasm, after which the list of subscriptions wzoi read by Ow Secretary. • 1-Pfd GorkEßicu, in proposing the health of his Majesty's Ministers, observed, that although politics had no immediate connection with the meets g, yet politicians might prove, and were, the friends of artists. The Duke of Wellington, twsides being a friend of the arts, had formed a magnificent collec tion of ancient and modern paintings ; and Lord Aberdeen, another of his Majesty's Ministers, atlil an old schoolfellow of his, was distinguished *i munificent pg.tvon of the arts. The toast was then drunk with applauso. Lord GoDERICH then proposed-r- 4 ( The health of Sir T. Lawrence, - and sopc , e:..s to the Royal Aca demy." Sir THOMAS. LAWRENCE, in - returning tharika, sail A t4st although he felt the present exhibitimi to be one of the finest, and one of the most creditsh):: to the artists of England, which the - goval Aca demy had ever presented to the yetle could not agree with the Noble Chikiiagin I ), ..itt it was the finest, because the EXik.i4 . 4011.-rK nn at Somerset House had presentc4 spot:lnnis of the arts, the pro ductions pretlP',!essors, which might justly vie with any other 'productioni of the same descrip tion in the world. After some other toasts had been drunk, Lord Got)Lawn said, he thought the custom ob served on occasions of this kind, of excluding the ladies, Many of whom were subscribers to the fund, from participating in the enjoyments of the even ing, was, in a country so famed for its politeness, highly rude and ungrateful. lie thought the least he could do, therefore, would be to propose—" The health of the absent Patronesses of the Society, as well as those who, no doubt, contributed much to its success by their presence on that evening." This toast was drunk amidst loud cheers, and wit h three times three, upstanding. „vi tThhaep;:laHuseea,l tahnodttitiehecoSmtep‘avlavrde'. hour of the evening. separated nth e a n t ( a l k