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c,2 • U • • k; l , MEDICAL SCHOOL, ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. THEfoIIowingCOURSESofLECTURES will be commenced at this School, on THURSDAY, Oetober 1 : On MEDICINE, by Dr. Hue. On- ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and MORBID ANATOMY, by Mr. Stanley. On SURGERY, by Mr. Lawrence. CLINICAL LECTURES on SURGERY, gratuitously, by Mr. Earle. On CHEMISTRY and MATERIA MEDICA, by Dr. Hue. • 8 •'4 . 1 % 11 i ll II I I 111‘ ... 44 nn. = . _ '3l , t t • 1 rye .r 4 C S ( .1 0 rff I Agg I DRI ;1,1;t t 0 Tlogit # 4111 R the world,—Constantinople seems to be destined by nature to be the metropolis of the earth. Reduced to the possession of no more than a radius of some square leagues around its walls, under the reigns of the last Greek Emperors, this city presented still a respectable appearance, and formed alone the Roman empire. What may be its lot hereafter—whether the capital of a vast empire or of a small kingdom, or even a city free and independent—Constan tinople will always be, in spite of all revolutions and political reverses, one of the first cities in the universe. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 18 On MIDWIFERY, by Dr. Conquest. PRACTICAL ANATOMY with DEMONSTRA TIONS, by Mr. Skey and Mr. Wormald. ~..Further , p art i cu l ars may b e o b ta i ne d b y a pplyi ng t o M r . wheeler, Apoth ecar y t o th e H os pital, or at the Anato mical Theatre. No. 11,548. PRICE TD. This day was published, Second Edition, altered and en larged,detny 18mo. price 4s. 6d. royal 18mo. 6s. boards, MATINS and VESPERS : with Hymns and occasional Devotional Pieces. SUMMER ASSIZES. TOPOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL, and MI LITARY OBSERVATIONS on CONSTANTI NOPLE, and the TIIRACIAN BOSPHORUS. But in addition to the political and commer cial advantages which Constantinople enjoys by its position, this city may also easily become the first of the military places of our continent. Built upon a triangular promontory, of which two sides are washed by deep waters, it is assail able on one side only. This defensive side, presenting a straight line, would enjoy all the advantages of the large half-moOn system of for tification. The suburbs of Pera, Saint-Dimitri, and Galata, may form by their junction an im portant place of very great strength, and of Op.. cellent support to Constantinople. Their cool-, pass passing above the Turkish burial place, upon the plateau of Pera near Saint-Dimitri, and then by Okmeidan, might abut on one side to the Bosphorus, behind Dolma-Bakche, and on the other side, to the harbour of Constanti nople, between Hasse-Keni and the seraglio of Ainali-Cavak. NORTHERN CIRCUIT-LANCASTER, SEPT. 14. VOFFEE MART, 1, Skinner-street, Snow ,, hill, London, two Doors from Fleet-market; Este "shed in 1811, by W. DEACON, under the direct &action of the Committee of West India Coffee Planters and Merchants, for the sale of their Coffees on Commis sion, of the finest quality, and at the Lowest Prices the I dokets would admit of. S• DEACON having succeeded his Father and Part ners in the above concern, respectfully solicits a continu ance• - of the very liberal patronage so many years con ferred on the above establishment, and which he trusts the quality, of his goods, and reasonable charges, will secure to hin t . Mocha, the finest imported, and fresh roasted 3a. Od. per lb. Malabar, very fine, often sold for Bourbon, do 2 6 lierbice, the finest imported, fresh roasted 2 3 Piantation, Best British do ..... 2 0 Do. • Very good do 1 9 Do. Common do 1 6 Cocoa Nets, the finest imported do OlO Raw Coffee and Cocoa, 4d. per lb. less than Roasted. Sir Hans Sloan's, Prepared, and Plain Chooolates-- Cocoa Paste, &c. By JOHN BOWRING, F. L. S. Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave Maria-lane. SNELL V. DIMMOCK AND OTHERS. This case, which is an action against the defen dants, extensive boat-builders in Staffordshire, for supplying the plaintiffs with an ill-built boat, in con sequence of which a valuable boat-load of goods was lost in the canal, was adjourned on Saturday night to this morning, when the plaintiff's case had been concluded. (CONCLUDED FROM OUR TAPER OF TUESDAY.) This day was published, price Bs. in 12mo. the Fourteenth Edition, with important Additions, Alterations, and Im provements, by the Rev. G. Oliver, ILLUSTRATIONS of MASONRY. By the late WILLIAM PRESTON, Esq. Past-Master of the Lodge of Antiquity, acting by imme morial Constitution. Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave Maria-lane. Mr. POLLOCK began this morning by addressing the Jury for the defendants, and he called a number of witnesses to prove that the boat in question was a proper and well-built one in all respects. He contended that the accident was attributable to the improper way in which the goods had been stowed in her. It appeared by the evidence of these wit nesses, that some alterations had been made in the boat after she left the defendants' yard; but whether by the plaintiff's directions or no, was a disputed point in the case. Mr. Justice,LlrTLEDAtx advised .a reference, as it,would be satisfactory that the boat should be seen by the person who was to decide the cause. This suggestion was, after some resistance by the plaintiff's Counsel, acceded to; and it was agreed to refer the case to three of the Jury, who should see the boat, and whose report upon it should be conclusive. A verdict pro forma was taken, and the case referred. This day ',was published, in 12mo. a New Edition, with Plates, price Bs. THE NATURAL HISTORY of tile BIBLE ; or a Description of all the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects ) Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gems, and Precious Stones, mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures. Collected from the best Authorities, and Alphabetically arranged. By THADDEUS'MASON HARRIS, D.D. Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave Maria-lane. A Quarter of a Pound may be had. This day was published, the Fourth Edition, 12mo. price ss. boards, A COURSE of NINE SERMONS, in tended to Illustrate some of the Leading Truths contained in the Liturgy of the Church of England. By the Rev. F. CLOSE, M.A., Perpetual Curate of Cheltenham. _ . _ Printed for J. Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly ; and sold by Weller, Bettison, Williams, and Porter, Cheltenham ; and C. 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DEVONPORT, SATURDAY.-ll was confi dently expected that the Britannia, of 120 guns, would have gone from Hanmaze to the Sound this afternoon. An order, however, having arrived to take out her 24-pounders from the middle deck, and to substitute 32-pounders, as on the gun-deck, and her being rather deficient in the com plement of men, she will not go to the Sound until Tues day next. She has on board all her provisions, except spirits, and has the extraordinary complement of 1,100 men. The St. Vincent, of a similar force to the Bri tannia, has been brought down the harbour and commis sioned to take the flag of the Earl of NORTHESK, and is now alongside the sheer hulk, that her masts may be taken out and examined. The main-mast has been sent ashore. The Caledonia, of a like force, the finest sea-boat in the British navy, is to go to Portsmouth to take the port flag. It is not at all improbable that both the St. Vincent and Caledonia will be fitted for the Archipelago. In the mean time we are all here on the qui vive. " Fitting-out" is rather a rare occurrence, and the bustle in victualling and storing the Britannia has reminded many of similar ope rations in the late war. The Britannia is an excellent sea-boat, and has a remarkably fine appearance. Her batteries of guns are really tremendous, and her weight of metal (as stated) not to be contemned by the bravest enemy. Ships building in this yard :—The St. George, 120 guns ; Nile, 92, on two decks ; Hindostan, 80, on two decks (teak); Tigris (teak), Statira, and Proserpine, frigates , Race horse corvette, Reindeer and Rolla, 10-gun brigs. The Savage brig is to be laid down as soon as the Rein deer's slip is vacant, and the materials are getting ready. Ships repairing :—The Caledonia, of 120 guns, and the Dublin (razee) late 74.—Wind N.W., squally.— Western Luminary. THORNBER V. CHADWICK. Mr. POLLOCK said, that this action was brought to recover compensation in damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of being thrown off a stage-coach belonging to the defendant, and through the negligence of the coachman. The plaintiff was a commercial clerk with a good salary at the time of the accident, and the defendant was an extensive ceachmaster at Manchester. Mr. Serjeant Coss was able to show that the plaintiff had himself declared repeatedly that the coachman was not to blame. The plaintiff was then nonsuited, subject to the point reserved of the right of bringing the action. WALKER V. LYON. Mr. COURTENAY opened the pleadings. It was an action in damages for a breach of promise of marriage. Mr. BROUGHAM said that Miss Mary Walker, the subject of this proceeding, was the daughter of a farmer and bleacher at Eccles, near Manchester, re spectable herself and her family, though, un doubtedly, in inferior circumstances to the defendant, who was a person of great opulence, and as. to' rank in the world of great respectability. The acquaint ance between these parties commenced by Mr. Lyon's coming to hoard, by his father's desire, at the house of the plaintiff's father, where he remained two or three years. The frequent opportunities which these parties had of seeing each other led to feelings of a more tender nature than those of mere acquaintanceship or friendship, and eventually to the defendant's becoming Miss Walker's professed ad mirer. In that character he was received and recog nized by her family. Miss Walker's accomplish ments were not of a mean order, and the defendant, who it was said possessed many good qualities like wise, found favour in her eyes, He was therefore received by the family as her suitor; but as Mr. Lyon's father was a worldly man, it was feared that he would object to Miss Walker's circumstances; and the defendant therefore proposed that the mar riage should be postponed till his father's death.— This was not opposed by Miss Walker's friends, and there was a clear understanding that as soon as the old gentleman was removed, their union would be effected without further, delay. The defend ant and Miss Walker, therefore, continued to live upon those friendly and affectionate terms: which two persons so shortly to be so closely united might expect to be, and his attentions anti attachment remained unabated. He gave her and her tamily reiterated assurances that he would marry her as soon as the only obstacle which remained to their union was removed, and that he would take her to live with him to his father's house, which, as well as his business, was very good. In the mean time Mr. Lyon, the father, died, and left the bulk of his property to the defendant, who was his only son. This event seemed to make no alteration in the de fendant's demeanour towards Miss Walker for a considerable time after it took place. He continued to visit her as before, though he had now removed from her father's house, and his professions of at tachment were as ardent and as frequent as ever. A time did come, however, when this faithless man did not blush to play a cruel trick to the young woman over whose affections he had obtained so much influence. The last visit that he made her was the most tender of any which he had made, as if he meant to prepare her by contrast to feel more acutely his subsequent behaviour. In a month, a little month, after this visit, her family received the distressing and unlooked-for intelligence that he had married another,--not a woman of higher rank or larger fortune, but an inferior one in every respect to the plaintiff, being his father's housekeeper. It was for the injury thus wantonly and unkindly inflicted that she now sought for compensation at the hands of the jury. Mrs: 11inchley examined by Mr. COURTENAY— She was the plaintiff's sister, and a married woman, residing at Liverpool. In July, 1824, witness was upon a visit at her father's, whose place is near Eccles. Her sister was of the party. The defendant was also there, being a boarder in the house. Had many opportunities of remarking his behaviour to her sister; it was of a very particular kind. They lived together upon " terms of courtship." This was so understood by the whole of the family. The defendant told witness frequently that he meant to marry her sister as soon as his father died. Cross-examined by Mr. POLLOCK—This occurred in July, 1824. Her sister is now about 29. Cannot say how old the defendant is. He may be about 40, or perhaps 45 or 50. Cannot say, as she never asked his age. Mrs. Mary Walker, mother of the plaintiff, said her age was now 29. The defendant had lived in her house four years. Her daughter and he kept company together. Witness and her husband looked upon him as her daughter's future husband. He often declared that he meant to marry the plaintiff as soon as his father died, and used to call her his " laugh.)—His father lived about a mile and a half off. The defendant is an only son. His father was a cotton-dealer, and witness has been to his house. It was a very .good one, with a garden and orchards, and such things. Cross-examiried-;--The defendant came to her house first in 1821. He did not now go much to public-houses; her husband had got him away from that; but he had a character for drinking before he came, and it was to be out of. the way of the ale house for there w as not one t h en near her h ouse , that his father placed him there. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing. The case did not conclude till ten at night. THOMAS MAYNARD, coal-dealer, R. H• JONES, and J. W. WZST, whose trial for uttering a forged note was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, were, at a late hour in the evening, found—MAYNARD , guilty of the forgery, and Jones guilty of having been acces-: ory after the fact. Wan was acquitted: The Jews, come from Spain, have preserved the manners of their ancient country, but with the laxity, and sometimes with the depravitl, which always arises from the love of gain',' OW it is superior to all other human considerations. The Franks live at Constantinople as in their native country. Having nothing to fear, either from the laws or from the local authorities, by a course of capitulations which place them solely under the jurisdiction of their ambassadors, they live very much at ease, and wear the European costume with pride, since the Russians have, by repeated victories, taught the Turks to respect the Christian people of Europe. The suburb of Pera, where the foreign ministers reside, presents the union of all nations ; all costumes are to be seen there, all languages are to..be heard there. People there salute s accost one another, give each other their hands, embrace each other, as they do in our cities. The shops and warehouses' of the traders are laid out as in London or Paris. French, Russians, English, Austrians, &c., all distinguished under the general name of Franks, avoid showing here their national hatreds and prejudices. They visit each other frequently, and live sometimes like brothers. It is in the contemplation, in this small space, of this frater nal concord between the subjects of the greatest Sovereigns in Europe, that one may say that , Pera is like the Isle of Eu ro p ean ',civilization in ' the midst of Asiatic barbarity. The harbour of Constantinople, of which the direction is from the east-south-east to the west- north-west, presents, upon an extent in length, 4,000 fathoms (toises), and, in breadth, 300, a tranquil and safe anchorage. The depth of its waters, and the good holding of the bottom, which is of clay-mud, permit of the largest ships of the line approaching the two banks, so as even to touch the houses. Although this harbour is the receptacle of the filth and drains of the suburbs Eyoul, Hasse-Kepi, Hassan-Pacha, Galata, and Topliane, as well as of a part of those of Constantinople, still one never observes in it any encumbrance or accretion. Its waters preserve always the same depth. The immense works, expensive and sometimes insufficient, for clearing and cleansing harbours, which are seen in most of the maritime cities of Europe, are very unnecessary here, since nature itself performs this operation. The waters of the two streams, the Cydaris and the Barbyces, known in modern times, at their confluence, by the name of the " river of mild waters," joining their impulsive action to that of the current of the Bosphorus, perform for the harbour of Constantinople the important service of carrying away towards the Sea of i\larmora the dirt and filth which might raise the bed of it, or form in it accretions or shallows. Upon the northern bank of the harbour, be tween Galata and Hasse-Keni, is the grand marine arsenal. A small bay, called formerly the Galley Harbour, is surrounded by the house of the Tersane-emini, or Intendant-General of the navy,—by a spacious place contiguous to a hill on which is built the vast palace that serves as the residence of the Grand Pacha,—by the large and magnificent barrack for the galiondgis, or sailors, constructed by order of the great Ad- I miral Hassan-Pacha,—and lastly, by the dock yards and the basin for repairs of vessels, for which the Porte is indebted to M. Rode, a Swiss engineer. To the west of the house of the Tersane-emini are all the naval magazines, and the quay near which are moored 30 ships of the line, frigates, corvettes, and brigs, that constitute the naval force of Turkey. Behind the naval magazines, in a low and damp nook, situated near the hill on which the palace of the Capitan-Pacha is built, stands the gloomy bagnio (prison), where man is reduced to the last degree of misery and degradation, where the prisoner of war is joined with the malefactor, and where the threats and the blows of the guards and gaolers mingling with the oaths and plaintive cries of the captives call to one's mind the image of hell. The Sultan Selim, who took a more lively in terest in the wants and the glory of his empire than in his pleasures and personal enjoyments, had given up to the navy his seraglio of Ain a li- Cavak, Castle of Mirrors, the favourite palace of - Achinet 111., where that prince took delight in admiring himself and his slaves in the large glasses which the Senate of Venice sent him after the treaty of Passarowitz. Extensive works had already been commenced on that vast site, con tiguous to the naval arsenal ; but the disposition of the Sultan Selim caused the abandonment of these projects, and the Grand Seignor has re sumed possession of this ruinous palace, which he will in all probability never inhabit, because the expense of putting it into repair would amount to very considerable sums. At the western extremity of the suburb of Hasse-Keni, which is itself placed to the:west of the seraglio Ainali-Cavak, is situated the mili tary school. The site of this school having be come too small, on account of the number of the pupils and the new division of the classes, the Sultan Selim had granted to this institution the palace of a Sultana, sister of his father, which had not been occupied for several years : but af ter the fall of that Prince, the pupils were obliged to quit the:seraglio, which is falling into ruins, and return to their old and confined habitation. The magnificent barrack of the bombardiers is situated in front of the military school, and near to the sea. It forms, by its grandeur, its magnificence, and the height of the minarets of its mosque, one of the ornaments of the extre mity of the harbour. Near this barrack are seen the furnaces for making bomb-mortars, and the manufactories of ordnance carriages. The suburb Tophane, placed at the east of Galata, in front of the seraglio, contains the vast barracks of the cannoniers, and 211 the large establishments for artillery works. The Sultan Selim had constructed magnificent barracks for the nizam-gedittes at Scutari, Levend-Tchifiick, and near Pera. The two former edifices were destroyed lay the Jannissaries after the death of Mustapha-Bairactar. The third has been spared, because it was not entirely finished at the epOch of this last revolution. The palaces .of the European ambassadors, which are ca ll e d seraglios, would be in Europe , mere town hOusei. That . of the French -Am= bassador, which is situated on the rapid eastern declivity of the hill of Pera, enjoys a very beau tiful view, and has a tolerably large garden. Built by the Baron de Breves, under the reign of Henri IV., it was repaired under the direction of Baron de Tott, during the embassy of M. le Comte de Saint-Priest. That of the Venetian Ambassador (actually occupied by the Austrian internuncio) presents a tolerably beautiful front. The position of these two places proves that the plateau above was not inhabited when they were built. The palaces of the English, Russian, and Swedish Ambassadors have nothing regular or elegant in their construction. That of Russia is small, and little worthy of such an embassy. The house of the English Ambassador, newly built on the commencement of the southern de clivity of Pera, presents to the view a large square, of which the fronts, not in very good taste, are only seen obliquely from the entrance, and of which the interior distributions affords none of the conveniences which so large a site promises. The ground on which this palace is situated was presented by the Sublime Porte to England, as an acknowledgement for the deli verance of Egypt. The canal of Constantinople, or of the Bos phorus, gives vent to the waters of the Black Sea, which flow rapidly towards the Sea of Mar mora, or Propontis, and'from thence towards the Archipelago, or lEgean Sea, by the canal of the Dardanelles or of the Hellespont. This canal, which separates Europe from Asia, flows between two chains of parallel hills. Its depth varies from fifteen to twenty fathoms (brasses) in the middle of the stream. There are no shallows to render the navigation of it dangerous. A single rock, well known, opposite Therapia, would be somewhat dangerous if it were not close to the shore. This canal is an excellent harbour throughout its whole extent of about seven sea leagues : its bottom has good holding. Its sinuosities, and the hills which bound its coasts, shelter it from all winds. The gulf Buyuk dere, where this canal enlarges itself in extend ing itself towards the valley of the same name, serves as a place of anchorage, and as a station for vessels which are about to enter or to leave the Black Sea. The two coasts which, after this anchorage, ex tend themselves as far as the Black Sea, are more steep than they are in other parts of the canal. Some travellers have thought that all this part of the banks of the Bosphorus was formerly vol canic ground, and they pretend that the irruption of a volcano has produced this breach, by which the waters of the Black Sea are precipitated towards the Mediterranean. General Andreossi, who has made this district his study for three years, with all the attention of a learned geolo gist, has perceived no trace of volcano in this part of the Bosphorus, and he thinks that this strait exists because the chains of mountains of Asia Minor and of the Balkans of Europe, which direct themselves towards each other, de creasing as they go, are in this spot at their lowest point of abasement, and that they might have furnished naturally, and without having recourse to any violent rupture, an issue to the waters of the Black Sea. The canal of the Bosphorus is defended, near its opening into the Black Sea, by the two castles of Fanar, or beacons of Europe and Asia. These two forts, distant from each other about 1,500 fathoms (toises), answer badly the end for which they were designed. But the new castles of Poyras and Caribehe, constructed by Baron de Tott, at the place where the canal be gins to narrow itself, are distant from each other only 500 fathoms (toises). They can engage an enemy's ship with advantage, as well on account of their proximity to each other, as of the com manding position of their casemated batteries. — The forts of Routnily-Cavac, and of Anatoli- Cavac, which have been repaired and brought to perfection by MM. Monnier and Fontaine, have only batteries which are open and close to the edge of the water. Situated at the foot of a hill, of which the brow is cut by a large wall of sup port, these batteries would be commanded by the fire of the high batteries of ships of the line, and would become the receptacle of all the shot which might strike against the wall behind. In the new system of defence of the Bospho rus, there have been intermixed, at nearly equal distances, other batteries with the old castles of the canal. These batteries are sometimes rasant, and sometimes elevated seven or eight fathoms (toises) above the level of the sea. It was pro posed, in addition, to cover the low batteries with a strong blinding, in order to protect the cannoniers from the fire of ships of the line and from the bullets which might recoil either from the wall behind or from the neighbouring rocks. This project, however, was not carried into execution. Several batteries have been constructed on the shores of the Buyuckdere road in order to pre vent am hostile squadron establishing itself in this anchorage after having passed the upper part of the canal in spite of the defensive works. The castles of ltomily-Hissar and Anadoly- Hissar, constructed in the 15th century, at two leagues north-east of Constantinople, a short time before the capture of this city, in a place where the canal is only 300 fathoms (tosses) wide, have remained in their primitive state. Formid able to the vessels then used in naviga tion, they would be little dangerous to men of war, on account of the insignificance of their batteries and the smallness of their terraplains, which prevent cannons of large calibre being placed there. It has been unceasingly repre sented to the Porte, that this point is of the highest importance for the defence of the Bos phorus: the Turks are disposed to laugh when It is proposed to them to amend works which were constructed by Mahomet 11., the vanquisher of so many Kings, and the conqueror of Con stantinople. However, Selim 111. had adopted, for these castles, a plan which would have been executed but for the fall of that Monarch, whose mind was superior to all the prejudices of the nation. Placed the in N a ort h central and of position gionse of the s h eov en the people of the East and of the West, being able to communicate with them by the Euxine Sea, the Propontis, the Archipelago, the Medi terranean, and the Ocean, and by all the ad fluelits of these seas,—presenting a vast, safe, . and 6mmodious anchorage, m its harbour and the canal of the Bosphorus, to all the vessels of If, by a happy revolution, of which ilea; ig little hope, the Ottoman Emperors ,should ac- . quire, with the desire of civilizing their nation, the power necessary for the execution of this grand and difficult project ; or if all the Christian monarchs could agree to drive out of Europe the incorrigible barbarians who occupy one of the most delightful parts of it, Constantinople, emancipated from the trammels which paralyse in a great degree its natural resources, and which cramp its prosperity, could not fail of becoming the most beautiful, the most populous, the most wealthy, the most powerful, the most wholesome, and the most agreeable of all the cities in the universe. THE FRENCH DRAMA. Considerable interest has been excited in the French theatrical circles by a decision of the Tri bune du Commerce, compelling one of their princi pal actors to undertake a part assigned to him by the manager of his theatre, or to pay a considerable penalty in case of his non-compliance. It appears, from the statement of the case given in the Gazette des Tribunaux, that M. Frederic Lemaitre was called upon to act the part of Marino Faliero in M. Casimir Pelavigne's tragedy, at the theatre of La Porte St. Martin. He undertook the part, and entered into it with such feeling as to give the greatest satisfaction at the rehearsal, both to M. Caruel Maredo, the manager of the theatre, and to M. Casimir Dela. vigne, the author. About the time when the piece was to be brought out, M. Lemaitre was flattered with hopes of becoming stage-manager at the new theatre of L'Ambigu Comique. Under these cir cumstances, it became necessary for the people of the theatre of La Porte St. Martin to be certain that M. Lemaitre would be ready to perform in Marino Faliero on the first night of its representa tion. A letter was in consequence written to that person, but his answer was not satisfactory. The manager of the theatre of La Porte St. Martin hired in consequence aM. Ligier to perform the part. As soon as the contract with M. Ligier was completed, M. Lemaitre became quite eager to perform the part assigned to him, and indignant that it should be assigned to another. Bet the " Telma of the melt). drame," says the French Journal, " recovered his senses too late, the part was kept for M. Ligier." M. Lemaitre then summoned his manager before the Tri bunal du Commerce, in order to obtain a judicial order that he should have the part of Marino Faliero restored to him. The tribunal decided that his claim was inadmissible. Since that decision M. Lemaitre has not appeared on the boards of the theatre of La Porte San Martin, though he has regularly drawn his salary every month. At the close of M. Ligier's engagement, the manager of the theatre called upon M. Lemaitre to undertake the part of the Doge: but that actor declined, alleging as his reason that he was afraid that he could not succeed in the part after M. Ligier. It therefore became necessary to make a second appeal to the Tribunal du Commerce, rt. specting the performance of the part of the Doge in the tragedy of Marino Faliero, and the manager demanded of the Court that M. Lemaitre be con demned to assist within twenty-four hours in the re hearsal of Marino Faliero, and to play the part of the Doge within five days, or to pay the sum of 500 francs for every day on which he refuses, with out injury to the claim of the plaintiff to recover a more ample compensation in damages, in case of his persisting to refuse it. The actor contended that the claim of the manager was inadmissible, as it was nothing more than an attempt to get the sentence, of which he had before availed himself to the actor's in jury, rescinded for his own benefit. The Court was of a different opinion, and granted the motion of the plaintiff, with this limitation,—that he should not pay more than the sum of 100 francs for every day on which he should refuse to act the part of Marino Faliero. Yesterday the London Grand Jury found a true bill against the Proprietor and Printer of the Standard, for a libel on the Duke of WELLINGTON. The improvements to be made on the estate of Earl Gitosvawou, near Belgrave Wharf, on the banks of the Thames, will consist of streets running from Cheisci to the river side. Mr. KEAN.—A Rothesay correspondent in forms us that this gentleman is now restored to almost perfect health, and left Bute lately to fulfil an engagement for a month's performances to Mr. SEYMOUR. He was to play first of all in Paisley, afterwards in Greenock, and then in Kilmarnock and Ayr, closing the campaign with six nights in Glasgow. Our correspondent adds, that Mr. KEAN has not yet been able to obtain any arrange ment with the Irish manager, under his late engagement, who, according to the great actor's own account, most have used him very ill. He not only withheld from him the stipulated sum due every morning after each per formance, but refused to receive the report of a physician as to the state of his health, and forced him to play with a company, besides, who knew nothing whatever of their business. "Lady Macbeth," says KEA N, knew about one line out of seven, and the very Ghosts were de ficient !" The Manager's principal objection to payment was founded on KEAN's refusal to die, on certain occa sions, with becoming spirit, and, in particular, to show proper fight, with his own son, while he acted Macduff. How far pleas like these may be good in law, remains to be decided in Court ; and as an action has been brought for 3501., it is expected that the proceedings altogether will afford some scope for the waggery of the gentlemen of the long robe.—Scots Times. NEW QUESTION OF DIVORCE.—A young painter fell in love with a young lady belonging to a dis tinguished marriage, w a a n s dwas cele brated, had been pregnant nearly nine months. After the wedding, the husband was not slow in discovering that successful. But the the in ceremony ld n e g ga t Tan h ldh sedhh board, us ca a istrb v adsa o in w odno e i d am , ttha a hke n a idtguorgi ground uh fo kne r rird m osol e f, d inan l g ) ts i le m iier. he had been deceived, and the wife was brought to bed about eight days after the nuptial benediction. The painter was violently angry ; the lady began by denying a a: hv i c e o h k r su o e n s g p o wt oai : n v i rf al i ts e ur :d iir h og g y we ni m i rh t e un This o h t n tdn a e of t rbi seducer . hee scandalouse r cn du c c o nduct, suit a p o w l i i ed i l bring r o i n t g h the Co urts n e w ques tion such facts as will be proved constituted the serious injury which the law means as the grounre stparatifin- -A young Don Juan of 17, it is said, ittgq! a.Wtiodl,rol - to be entitled to the honotu7!otViktimitytri#:;:. Paper. /...-4-;" ,""--,..,-->7:- :'. ." ' " 1 - 1 1.1 . .`...,.__