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theatre had nothing whatever to do with the agree ment. As to Mr. Reeve, of whom much had been said, the proprietors of Covent-Garden could have had his services at any moment, if they thought proper. Mr. LOWNPES followed on the same side. The loss to Messrs. Kemple, Willett, and Forbes, in consequence of the departure of Mr. Kean from his agreement, was tre mendous. The VICE_CHANCELLOR thought it impossible that this Court could execute an agreement of so loose a character as the present. Nothing whatever was stated as to what cha racter Mr. Kean was to perform in, and it was quite im possible for the Court to determine upon what circum stances, and under what restrictions, Mr. Kean was to act from the agreement. If the case was at this present mo ment at a hearing, he thought it would be impossible for the Court to do any thing else but dismiss the bill. Under such circumstances, his opinion clearly was that the in junction ought to bedissolved. COURT OF KING'S BUNCIL LIBEL.—WitsTBROOK v. CLEMENT. This was an action by the plaintiff against Mr. Clement, the proprietor of Bell's Life in London, to recover corn- Peteation in damages for injuries sustained by an alleged libel in the above paper on the 23d November, 1828. The Paragraph stated that Westbrook had been apprehended on I charge of robbing the Poet-office, at Hounslow, and that some skeleton keys were found in his premises. befendaat pleaded not guilty, and in justification that tthe Plaintiff was ta k en up on t h at c h arge, an d t h at s k e l eton 'all were found on his premises .— He (Mr.GUItNEY) said h e Should not object, in the slightest degree, to the publi cation of all judicial procedings, but it was essentially re- Pisite that the reports should be correct, and not un founded and untrue, as this libel, which purported to be a fair report of a trial which Westbrook had brought a gainst a constable for false imprisonment, the constable a ... Ting mistaken the plaintiff for a person named Dawson, ;7 ° , was suspected of having been engaged in the above Z'arr- The plaintiff was indeed apprehended, but im -e°,.,ParlY.; but upon his being taken before a Magistrate, " a s immediately discharged. He then, in the above ficti on • against Ruthven, the officer, recovered nominal c arnages for false imprisonment. The Learned Counsel, after some further comment, called Charles Langston, collector of taxes for the Strand, who Proved the Observer and Morning Chronicle offices to be in the occupation of Clements, had received taxes finally of him within this month. , L l4 r• Branst on ( attorne y f or th e plainti ff ) produced 7elatedlibel. wh t° Pla ich was p ut in and read ;he believed the libel intiff. ut,— firsct r -- vast:lin e d by Mr. Arroatunr-Gzwzaar,— . Had The met with Westbrook at the New Inn, Old Bailey.— tr : l-Lini ng verdict carried costs, but that did not pay the Bailey.— what "'s. which amounted, be did not exactly know to t•msum) he should stop the costs of that action out of th "l I:4 Westbrook's, which he expected to come rc ugb his hands in other cases. He believed that the n M ight amount to about 251., and a shilling verdict %n ti s ease would be to the same amount, so that witness 'l'd be the only gainer. k ir• ATTORNEY-GENERLL cont en d e d th a t thi s w as an t i .: "°4 brought for the sole benefit of Mr. Branston, the - rtiir's attorney. R e ' lf ter detaili ng severa l c i rcums t ances re l at i ng t o th e bro ouslo w ro bb ery, for the purpose of proving that West 01ek was very naturally taken by Ruthven on suspicion en Dawso n . H e th en ca ll e d, let u ' Richardson, who, on the 21st of March, 1828, to r mah le in Bedford-mews, Oxford-lane, Edgware-road, T estbrook, for the yearly rent of 281. We s t w b u m lahee witnesses were called, and proved that Smith, h had occupied the stable with a man named pa u „ d Y which name it was alleged Cox had sometimes In .'s'. The latter was taken by Ruthven from the pre tea where the skeleton keys were found. °erjeant Ruthven, police officer, produced the skeleton h e t, t c ' that he found at the place where he first appre arttijCox and anot h er person for the same robbery. The v a er, - : l4 id made no small display in Court. There was a vi e i. ' j e mmy" or crow-bar in a leather sheath, each end - "44 - protector" with a heavy knob of metal at key s ., a nd a pliable handle, with about 150 skeleton d oo aa the witness expressed it, of sizes from a church- We s i r t i c ' a chamber. Cox, when apprehended, said that L,.." b rook was hi s master , b u t W e stbrook at first denied . -41 owled ge of Cox, but afterwards admitted that he had the stables where Cox was found to the latter, to make Profit by it. t ; Ur. GURNEY—It w as men ti one d a t th e examine °!3, that the stabl es , w h ere th e s k e l e t on k e y s were f oun d, hers'( in the occupation of Smith. Smith witn esses were ca ll e d t o prove th e connec ti o n of ith and Westbrook. lti" G URNEY then, in reply, contended that the justi ke had failed i n p rov ing that the premises, when the Is tvevr fou nd, were in the occupation of Westbrook. _not trne Cr trial it was admitted that the premises were ° evupation of Westbrook, and it also distinctly Proved that they were h e ld by Smith ; but yet, in report itohe tri a l e , the paper had stated them to be in the pos -1 40 can ~1 estbrook, and which was more extraordinary, Thed witnes ses to prove it. verd let • e f iLea rned Judge summed up, and the Jury found a nr the defendant. AG RICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER. ttew heat sowing on all heavy and wet soils has the labourlnd s of d sti the latest usual period; a7d tresstirring uch hands has been most dis th ing to the horses. The di ffi culty of covering e i hee ds both from the state of the surface and the ee-eessive embarrassment of weeds and couch has 1 14 2 great. On more heavy soils, the young wheats ero 4- .scarcely appeared, and the prospect of a good k a P r. i s e by no means encouraging. On the dry and %aestirtivoured, the young plant appears luxuriant Ato a O a g• The corn markets have probably ap t* i e ued thei r l owest stage o f d epress i on , a t l east chi far as re gards the finer qualities. Threshing t n es In constant act i v i ty f or an i n di spensa bl e gl o P t P e' ) ',, a f money, h ave ma i n ly c ontributed to the th e and depressed state of the market, and with tte,..additional advantage of the wheat being yet 'met. i n a Wheat h . Proper state for threshing or sale. Seed too man y indeed, been sold unprecedently low, but . Wing Pro,' 1 f armers have found great di ffi culty in money wherewith to purchase it.— "41.9 11'ragazine. S PORTING- INTELLIGENCE. iI Ye et . TATTERSALL'S. 0 the e uay Was a blank day here, owing, no doubt, to 10 4: great fight between Neal and Sam, which creates an e. ~k_lltual interest in the sporting circles; nearly all the 00 3" , L:;; 4 e g tibers started in the course of the afternoon, the het i; it to* wurte, being ex t reme ly d u ll. The only chatige ° e 6,,,, t ae The Major, who had no friends at 24 to 1. His Of; — l lo llo n rp •t. \ was in demand, the offers not t os cxet,din runsivic.eri ]3 t o 1. Wat Tyler, Mouse, and Cressida, 1 114 e ee al The b.,: 43 , talk e d of, but the odds offered did not suit. g on the fight was 5 to 4 on Sam, and no takers. - Iiit:; 4tV RXTION OF ACCIDENTS BY FIRE.— Ippag the clothes, after washing, in alum water. This th e i," effe ctually hinder their blazing up and enveloping eert,'"aPPy sufferer in flames, now of such frequent oc he ence, as th e liability to the clothes taking fire would they 41i derably diminished, or even should this happen, NI Wa nld only consume and moulder away to tinder; tnittletutly the eas e wi th which the fire could be extin rit ueeomes manifest. 'is IV ATE MEMOIRS OF Louis XVIII.— d work is understood to proceed from the pen of a Loins , distinguished by the particular intimacy of n, toh. X.VI II. If, therefore, opportunities of penetrating . th e a t : luost private recesses of a Court and exhibiting the -eta3 ns, the words, nay almost the very thoughts of ell the belonging to it, and an acquaintance with in th e leading characters of the times, be recommendations S i ,: nliter of a work of this nature, these Memoirs will C:8 Wednesday l a st, at the Abingdon Ses tvA„: a fan of this town, of the name of HENRY CON tilete;t) aPPeared to give one of the prisoners a good cha -444 .._. lll . Recorder asked him if the prisoner was ge tittle rriusidered an honest man ; after hesitating for some 1104,4,"NSTABLE replied, " Why, Sir, I believe he's as ri i _ ea .same of the - rest of us."—Berhs Chronicle. tut bee ' Im passibility of TALLEYRAND'S counte ,heen : i ev en when most agitated within, is said to have asd a " w aYs truly remarkable. On this subject Mnit . A e x h TA ' but expressive manner of speaking. " Kick t:itteans:;ooiiehaAetNhi.lson the breech," said his Majesty, "and in dignity." •. it will not show the slightest i to wt ntlernan was called to the Bar a few days I Gtil , d e ,: h " the misfortune of having been fruit . ' his birth 'kei n and dumb. His branch of practice is convey -14 111 Which be is said to be very skilful. THE ARMY. Iloßsli-GuARDs, Nov. 25, 1829. His Alajesty has been pleased to command, that those Officers who, on retiring from the service, have been per mitted to have Local Rank on the Continent, may be con sidered as enjoying that rank in any country abroad, not under the dominion of his Majesty, or in the occupation of his Majesty's troops. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. GENERAL-Garth, Ist Dragoon., London. LIEUT.-GENERAL-Fyers, R. Eng. LIEUT.-COLONEL-Ditruas, of late R. Inv., Beverley, Yorkshire. MAJOR-Lamont, 49th Foot, on board the Royal George on passage from India. CAPTAINS-Temple, 14th Foot, on board the Euphra tes on his passage to Europe ; Mains, Ceylon Reg., Cey lon ; Thompson, b. p. 87th Foot ; Amid, h. p. 94th Foot, Guernsey; De Glan, h. p. Sicil. Regt., Waren dorf, Westphalia. LIEUTENANT-Simpson (Adj.) 49th Foot, Berhampore, Bengal. CORNET—Southbrook, h. p. 23d Dragoons. QUARTER-MASTERS—Dickson, 6th Dragoons, Dun dalk; H. Smith, h. p. 18th Dragoons, and Pendennis Local Militia; Clarke, h. p. Somerset Fenc. Car.; Sib sey, Lincoln. CHAPLAIN-Carter, Is. p. 105th Foot, Mountfield, Sussex. DEP. INSPECTOR—Crumpe, L. p. Maidstone. SURGEONS—Jones, late L. p. Ord. Med. Dep., St. Dogmell's ; Lys, h. p. Staff, Portsmouth ; Slow, h. p. R. H. Guards, London. DEP. PURVEYOR—J. Mould, h. p. (From the Limerick Chronicle of Saturday.) Captain Keith's company, 62d Regiment, at Killsloe) are relieved by Captain Spencer's company 60th Rifles, from this garrison. Captain Shortt'a company, 62d, left this garrison on Thursday, in the steamer Kingstown, to relieve the Hon. Captain Upton's company 60th Rifles, at Kilrush. Captain Guard's company 62d marched hence on Thurs day to Tulla, county Clare, to relieve Captain Brown's company 60th Rifles. Captain Brown's and the Hon. Captain Upton's com panies of the Rifles, from Kilrush and Tulla, and Captain Keith's, 62d, from Killaloe, have arrived in this garrison. The other detachments of the Rifles and 62d, in the country, are not to be replaced until Thursday next. The division of the 50th Regiment, at Blackburne, was inspected last week by General Sir Henry Bouverie, who expressed himself much pleased at their appearance. Colonel Trench of the Ordnance Department, is arrived in this garrison, on his tour of inspection of the several barracks through Ireland. General Lord Combermere has presented Lieutenant Reymond Hervey de Montmorency with a Cornetcy in his Majesty's 16th Lancers. Cornet de Montmorency is son of the late Lieut.-Colonel de Montmorency, 9th Dragoons, who introduced the Lancer exercise into England. Lieutenant Davidson, of the 98th Regiment, is with drawn from the Army. The vacancy is occupied in the Gazette, which appears this day in our columns. This Officer, it will be recollected, was a principal witness on the Court-msrtial of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Bayly, late of the same Regiment. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Prince and Princess Lieven, at Ashburnham House, Dover street, from Richmond; the Marquis and Marchioness of Bris tol, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Ick. worth Park, Suffolk; Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and fa mily, in Cleveland.square, from Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. Patterson, in Connaught-square, from Ramsgate; Earl and Countess Gower, at the Earl of Harrowby's seat, Sandon Hall, Staffordshire, from their seat, Shropshire ; Richard Stanley, Esq. in Bryanston-square, from a tour; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Hawkins, at the Burlington Hotel, from the North; Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, in Bruton-street, Berkeley.square, from Belvidere, Kent ; Sir Charles Austin, in Grosvenor-street, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Parkinson, in Regent-street, from the Continent ; Sir George Crewe, Bart. and Lady Crewe, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from their seat, Calke Abbey, Derby; Charles Crewe, Esq. at ditto, from his seat, Shooter's hill, Kent ; Robert Lindsell, Esq. and Mrs. Lindsell, at ditto, from Biggleswade. :DEPARTURES. Count Sabonlousky, from Dover-;;;, for Paris; Lord Lil ford, from Berkeley-street, for his seat, Lilford Hall, North amptonshire; J. Carpenter, Esq. from the British H o t e l, J er . myn-street, for Paris; J. Symmons, Esq. from ditto, for Ox ford; James Daly, Esq. M.P. from the Burlington Hotel, for Ireland; Estcourt, Esq. M.P. from ditto, for Hertford. shire; - Cholmely, Esq. from ditto, for Paris ; James Lave sey, Esq. from ditto, for Hertfordshire; Lord M. Hill, from Arlington street, for Hatfield; Sir D. and Lady Goold, from Hertfordshire, for Brighton ; Sir Roger and Lady Sophia Gres ley, from the Marquis of Londonderry's seat, near Durham, on a visit to E. J. Littleton's, Esq. M.P. Staffordshire • Colonel and Mrs. W. It. Gilbert, from Leamington, Warwickshire, for Melton Mowbray ; W. Roebuck, Esq. from Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street, for Canterbury ; - Cornish,gsq. from ditto, for Maidstone; - Hackett, Esq. from ditto, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. J. Heath, from Grosvenor-street, for their seat in Norfolk. It is not expected that his MAJESTY will hold a Council at Windsor during the present week, as pre viously repotted. The Duke of WELLINGTON, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and the other members of the Cabinet, are ex pected to return to town to-morrow, from Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke of BEDFORD. In the garden of Mr. WYNDHAM, M.P. for Salisbury, there are peas now in bloom, from which a dish of this hitherto summer vegetable is expected to be produced on Christmas day. Mr. PEEL has addressed a circular letter to most of the public hospitals, desiring to know upon what terms they will accommodate such of the new Police who mad• be from time to time upon the sick list. The living of St. Sepulchre is now vacant by the death of the Rev. B. D. SHACKLEFORD, D.D. Dean BURROWES, of Cork, has indignantly denied that he went off to Ferns to assist the Lord Bishop, as is asserted in the letter of Lord MOUNTCASHEL. Two officers of artillery, Captains D- and A-, who were dismissed the Army for refusing to salute the Host when passing their regiments at Malta, hare taken orders, and are now preaching at Guernsey and other places. Mr. MOORE, we are assured, receives from Aft. MURRAY no less a sum than 6,000/. for his forth coming " Life of Lord Byron." This is pretty well, con sidering that the really authentic life of the Noble Poet, it is pretty well known, was committed to the flames. MEMOIRS OF BOLIVAR.—The work just published under this title is remarkable for containing far more of personal incident and of individual traits of cha racter than has been yet exhibited in any narrative, treat. ing of the active and chequered struggles in South Ame rica. All the chieftains and prominent men, whom those struggles called forth, are sketched from the life, and shown under the most effective contrasts. On the pa triot side are displayed the Liberator himself, with his very peculiar habits of mind and disposition—MAßlNNe, his associate Dictator—PAEz, the swarthy and savage commander of the Llaneros, or men of the plain--Ad -mica! BRION, the mild but consistent supporter of freedom —Pun, the victim of a cruel fate—llEamunEs, SE DENNO, MONAGAS, DIEGO, &c., besides several of our own countrymen, distinguished as well for their enter prising courage as their endurance of hardships :—On the side of the Spaniards, hltramo, the cruel and in flexible, the daring and impetuous Bovas, with his band of black desperadoes, called " the infernal division"— the weak and superstitious MowTEVERDE—the stern bar barian, MortaLEs ; and various other persons who have attained a " bad eminence" among the champions of op pression. The Siamese youths, when at a theatre in America, saw, among the spectators, a man with only one eye, on which they are said to have wittily remarked, that he ought only to pay half price for what he saw. STATE OF TRADE.—Twelve months have elepsed since we warned our readers to prepare for a de pression of prices, which would be attended with most ruinous consequences to every one engaged in business. During all that time, though we looked anxiously around for symptoms of improvement, and would have hailed with pleasure even the slightest indication of a change for the better, whenever we had to report on the state of trade we have been compelled, by regard to truth, to notice de pression rather than amendment. This week we hoped to alter our tone a little. Great sales of cotton had taken place, it was said almost entirely to consumers, and the prices of some descriptions of goods are said to have risen. On careful inquiry, however, we are reluctantly forced back to our previous conclusions, that prices have not yet accommodated themselves to the altered value of the currency, and that we have yet much distress to en counter before arriving at the lowest 1eve1....../flanchester Times. MAGAZINE DAY. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. We regret to perceive that this otherwise ad mirable Magazine still keeps up its old war-cry of " rebellion, heresy, and schism." The pass ing of the Catholic Question has driven it abso lutely frantic, and the effects show themselves in every possible variety of shape. The opening article, though it has a strong taint of this qua lity about it, is uncommonly vigorously written, That on the " Greek Church," by the same master-spirit evidently, is not open to the same objection, and may consequently be praised to the extent that it deserves. " Notes on the Month" are eloquent, discursive, lively, and satirical, as usual. " Memoirs of a Bashful Irishman" is an extravaganza, descriptive of an honest Hibernian adventurer, who has been ruined by excessive diffidence. The hero, in the course of his career, has, it seems, been actor, author, bigamist, newspaper writer, and quack doctor. In describing his dramatic life, he gives the following adventure, that occurred to him while a resident near Limerick : " But by far the most amusing adventure that befel us, was one which took place at a village barn near Limerick. We had announced for representation a melo-drama, in which was to be introduced—painted expressly for the oc casion—a view of the Lakes of Killarney. The announce ment took prodigiously, and on the appointed night, the house was crowded to suffocation. So far all was well ; but, unluckily, just at the moment when we were preparing to draw up the curtain, we discovered that our scene painter, in revenge for some real or fancied affront offered him by the manager, had inoculatedithe entire landscape with pitch ; and, not content with this lively sample of independence, had actually eloped from the scene of action, and, accompanied by the treasurer, carried off with him the night's proceeds, Here was a pretty dilemma What, in the name of fortune, was to be done? This question we kept perpetually asking each other, but, alas ! not one of us could answer it. "Meantime the audiencebecame clamorous fer the curtain to draw up. Oaths, squalls, shouts of laughter and threats of vengeance, rung in every direction, and even the orches tra—notwithstanding it consisted of two fiddles and a hurdy-gurdy—failed to allay the storm. In this predica ment our manager proposed an appeal to the audience. But here again a difficulty presented itself. Who was to be the spokesman?—Each declined the honour in favour of the other, until, at length, it was resolved nem. con., that we should, all of us, attempt our escape out of a window in the rear of the stage, such being the only secret mode of exit that presented itself. The manager was the first to make the experiment, and being, in consequence of the failure of the last year's crop of potatoes, of a thin spare habit, he succeeded to his heart's content. The rest followed in rotation, until it came to the manager's wife's turn, who, unlike her husband, was an immensely fat woman, of singular exuberance in the rear, and who con sequently stuck fast in the window with her neck and and shoulders out, but the rest of her person hanging sus pended over the stage. In this grotesque condition she kicked, shoved, and strove to wriggle herself through the aperture, but in vain, her obe,ity put a veto on all hopes of emancipation. I think I weer saw a closer fit : she seemed actually made for the window. " At this juncture I was the only one left upon the stage. There was evidently no chance of escape; so, as a last resource—for the audience had now become furious—l resolved to make a virtue of necessity, and indulge them with the promised exhibition. Summoning, therefore, the orchestra to my assistance, I bid them strike up " St. Patrick's Day," and then ringing a dustman's bell, which our manager had borrowed for the use of the prompter, drew up the curtain, advanced in front of the stage, made a profound obeisance, and, pointiri to the lady who still hung wriggling from the window, exclaimed aloud, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, behold a view of the Lakes of Killarney.' Whether the likeness struck them or not, I connot say, but but certainly, never was any appeal so electrical.— The whole audience burst into shouts of laughter ; nor was peace restored until they had testified the excess of their satisfaction by a general engagement, in the bustle of which I effected any escape. How the manager's wife effected her's, I know not; possibly she is sticking in the window to this hour." In his capacity of quack doctor, the follow ing circumstances take place, with which we must cut the Irishman and the Magazine toge ther : " But brighter days were in store for me. After try ing, without success, a variety of original nostrums, I at length hit upon one which procured me immediate noto riety. I allude to my Elixir Vita, or infallible resuscitat ing balsam, a medicine which was compounded, in nearly equal portions, of bark, brick-dust, gin, and gunpowder, boiled over a slow fire, and tinctured with Scotch snuff._ This inestimable specific brought a world of patients to my shop. The bark was of so bracing a nature, the brick dust so cleansing, the gin so soothing, the gunpowder so stimulating in its effects, that no matter what the disorder might be, one ingredient or the other was sure to remove it. Now and then, indeed, it was my lot to lose a patient : and once, I remember, an old farmer died before he bad well finished his fourth draught ; but these were particular cases, and in which it was satisfactorily proved that I had been called in too late. " Among the number of my patients was a red-faced little exciseman, whose countenance, whenever he stooped to tie his shoe strings, made a point of looking like a mul berry. This annoyed him exceedingly, for he fancied him self an Adonis, and accordingly applied to me for relief, who at once prescribed copious doses of the Elixir, together with periodical blood-lettings. Unfortunately, his disease was beyond the power of medicine; for notwithstanding he took a hearty draught every day, and was bled at least three times a week, he grew gradually but perceptibly worse. The gunpowder, I rather suspect, disagreed with him, inasmuch as he went off one morning like a shot, after having taken it twice during the night in powders. " Another of my patients was an attorney, a nervous man, though impudent, and much disliked in the neigh bourhood. He, too, for a time, derived benefit from my Elixir, and was even fast advancing towards a perfect re covery, when he broke his leg by a fall from a stage coach. Amputation was the inevitable result—a job which I was called in to perform, and which I went through with such surprising dexterity, that nothing was wonting to make it a complete affair, except that the patient hap pened to die during the operation. His death was laid to my account, but, singularly enough, so far from injuring, it did me incalculable service. I was looked on as a sort of Brutus, who had destroyed the village Caesar ; and though, with all humility, I declined the flattering dis tinction, yet my neighbours still persisted in giving me the credit of the assassination. In the excess of their grati tude they even went so far as to propose purchasing me a piece of plate, on which was to be engraven the full par ticulars of the attorney's death ; but my modesty, together with the reluctance of any respectable tradesman to trust them, effectually put a stop to the proposition. " It was about a fortnight, or perhaps three weeks, after this accident, that I was called in to attend the parish clerk, who, it seems, had not quite recovered the effects of the medicine which he had swallowed instead of his mare, I feund him in a high state of fever—tongue dry and furred—skin parched=face flushed—pulse above a hun dred. Of course I instantly administered my Elixir, the gin of which, to say nothing of the gunpowder, wrought a quick and obvious effect. Still no decided improvement was perceptible ; indeed he rather fell off than otherwise. In this ticklish condition I advised him to call in a physi cian. Luckily he took my advice ; I say luckily, inasmuch as the worthy doctor approved of all that I had done ; and, after feeling the patient's pulse, pronounced him in a queer way, and then retired with me into an inner room for the purpose of consulting on the case. The following, so far as I can recollect, is the substance of this consul ta tion: " Little business doing here, hey, Mr. O'Blarney ?' Very little, indeed, doctor.' " He ! he ! he! 'tie no laughing matter though, hey, Mr. O'Blarney ?' and the: lively gentl eman woun d u p his joke by pegging me in the ribs with his knuckle, 'till he made me roar again. After a few further observations, in the course of which we discussed the state of the crops, of politics, the sub-letting Act, and Protestant ascendancy, we returned into the patient's chamber, where the doctor wrote down a prescription, with the promise that its effects would be speedily visible. rt And they were so. Early next morning, while the sun was yet faintly tipping the neighbouring. hills with silver, the parish clerk awoke from a short and disordered sleep, inquired after his wife, and family, gave t h em th e paternal benediction , sunk back into torpor, slept with his fathers, and was not. This very awkward finale, which would never have oc• eurred had the invalid stuck courageously by my elixir gave a coup de yrtica to my celebrity. Henceforth I be gan to be calumniated exactly in the same proportion that I had been praised. My elixir was pronounced a quackery my abilities a humbug, Indeed, so strongly did the vil, capricious, fluctuating current of public opinion set it against me, that, whenever any one quitted Ballynahrogur for heaven, bis neighbour s would, one and all, declare hr had died by the visitation of the doctor. Even the sexton was once heard to assert, that if I remained much longer in the neighbourhood, the whole population would becore subterranean—a dull joke, but quite good enough for s grave-digger. Did I reply to such vulgar ribaldry?— No ; in the firm consciousneFs of worth, I preserved an indignant silence, until at length, driven to despair by the repeated attacks on my private, no less than on my public character, I one night turned my back on the village, leaving my respected wife behind me, as agent for the sale of my elixir, and set out in a hurry for Dublin." BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. We are glad to see the " Noctes" again. They form an agreeable relief to the long decla matory political diatribes in which this otherwise delightful Magazine has of late, but too often, abounded. On the present occasion they are better than they have been for many—many months, being full of broad extravagant humour, sober rational sense, and pungent touches of sar casm. The one ludicrous incident, where the Shepherd blacks Christopher North's octogena rian face with a burnt cork, reminds us of Peter Pindar's account of his pension, or rather of the catastrophe of the cooks' wigs in that matchless, but coarse, specimen of mingled humour and buffoonery, the Lousiad. " Phenomena of the great Earthquake of 1783 in Calabria and Si cily," is a stirring description of that awful event, In parts it displays power, and throughout teems with interest. "An Essay on the Theory and Writings of 'Wordsworth," though the subject be beyond conception hackneyed, though it has been bandied from magazine to magazine, from newspaper to newspaper, for the last fifteen or twenty years—though it has been drained by the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews in every pos sible variety of shape and fashion, until every particle of freshness is lost—though it has been subjected to all these drawbacks, still by the mere force of good sense, and adroitness of handling, the author has this month contrived to make it not only interesting, but even in some respects original. His former Essays on the same topic were dry and repulsive, the present one is altogether of a superior cut. We regret that our very limited space will not allow us to present the reader with a very just and spirited passage, which enters into a metaphysical ana lysis of the different influences of mirth and pain on the mind of one and the same indi vidual. " Wellington in Cadiz, or the Con queror and the Cortes," is an animated account of his Grace's reception at Cadiz by the Casti lian Grandees and the Cortes. The details are remarkably well given, and full of interest. " Monologue, or a Soliloquy on the Annuals," is a broad, rapid, and eloquent sketch of criticism on these graceful Christmas offerings. NEW MONTHLY AND LONDON MAGAZINE. An excellent number, varied and entertaining. " What has Emancipation done for Ireland ?" is a spirited and sensible piece of reasoning, and treats the question under discussion in a fair and convincing manner. 'We conclude that it is to Mr. Sheil that we are indebted for this paper ; if so his style is less florid and redun dant than usual, and is so far improved. We give the following as a sample of its argument. The matter is far from new ; Mr. Sheil, in fact, has discussed it over and over again in his post emancipation speeches ; nevertheless it is just, and will bear repetition. "The danger of these calamities has happily passed away, and if no other good had been attained, or were likely to be achieved, still the security in which we are at present placed, would afford a noble refutation of the disingenuous sophistries of those who insist that no benefit has as yet resulted from the measure, and who see, in the present state of things, nothing but a verification of their dismal and ominous announcements. lam far from meaning to say that strong emotion does not still exist amongst all classes, and that we are still in an uneasy condition, which it will require both wisdom and time, the ally of wisdom, to relieve; but the passions which continue to be felt are no more than the innoxious commotion which agitates the surface of the waters in the anchorage where we are moored at last; and where, although the vessel may con tinue to toss, and its heaving may be attended with dis comfort, yet there is no real danger to be apprehended, and there is no hazard that a single cable will be slipped, or that the vessel will be blown back into the deep. The asperities of party have not altogether subsided, but the re volutionary tendencies are entirely gone by. The Protes tants of Ireland may be dissatisfied at the sudden and un expected equalization with those over whom they bad ex ercised an ascendency, to which habit had attached the attributes of a secondary nature. The Roman Catholics, upon the other hand, may feel that as yet they have not received any individual proofs that a considerable altera tion in the system of patronage has taken place. Their craving for office, which is proportioned in its violence to the extent of its duration, has not been appeased. But although this over anxious solicitude for place, attended with a suspicion, not unnatural in men who have been so often disappointed, that the course of practieal exclusion is to continue, may work for the present in a way which is more annoying than it is injurious ; yet there can be no doubt that a feeling of loyalty, in the true and genuine signification of the word, has begun to diffuse itself; and even at this moment, I am convinced that, although a few months only have elapsed since the time that all Ireland was ready to start, at a signal, to arms, an attempt to se duce the great body of the people from their allegiance to the empire, would utterly fail. Ido not hesitate to de clare it as my deliberate opinion, formed from opportu nities of most minute and extensive observation, that if, before the Catholic Question had been adjusted, a small body of foreign forces, with a considerable supply of arms, had effected a descent on the Irish coast, the great mass of the nation would have instantly joined them; and I am equally confident, that if a great army of invaders were, under existing circumstances, to make so rash an experi ment, the peasantry would not co-operate in such an un dertaking; and there is scarcely a Roman Catholic in the country raised beyond the debasement of agrarian serfship, who would not rally under the standards of the State, and readily expose his life in the preservation of those liberties, in which every Irishman now bears an equal, and, I may venture to call it, a glorious participation." " Recollections of a Gottingen Student" is an amusing paper, but it flags somewhat in in terest towards the close. " Sketches and Recol lections" contains a smartly-drawn character of a restless, inquisitive young fellow, who has but this one fault in the world. " London Lyrics" is a capital burlesque imitation of Ovid's Meta morphoses. The subject is the transforma tion of a lazy, drunken soldier into a vine-tree in Scotland-yard. " Walks in Rome," &c. is instructive and well written ; but the subject is so intolerably trite and stupid, that no power on earth can redeem it. " Characteristics of Rossini's Composition" is another dull affair— another iterwn Crispinus ; it is, however, penned in a learned spirit, and the author has manifestly a hearty love of his subject. " Anec dotes of Russia," and g"fraveDing Troubles," Are two excellent articles ; but, indeed the whole number of the Magazine is, as we said before, a superior one. THE LONDON UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, We spoke last month in terms of deserved praise of this enterprising periodical, and may here repeat our eulogium. The present num ber—which is the Third—is replete with variety and intelligence, upon subjects generally inte resting. " The Decline and Fall of Roman Literature" is the best /article in the number, and puts forth some very sensible (though ra ther heterodox) remarks on the subject of Vir gil, in the general justness of which we heartily coincide. The remaining articles are nearly equally well written, though we have not space to comment on them as we could desire, and as they deserve. MONTHLY REVIEW. This periodical, as usual, has come so very late to hand, that we have merely time to say, that on glancing to its chapter of contents they have a very promising appearance, and will no doubt be more just than Macbeth's witches , who " keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the sense." THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). HAY MARKETS.—(At Ty, Load of 36 Trusses.) . JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 2 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 2 12 3 10 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3lO 410 Clover Hay 3 10 5 5 Oat Straw £1 14 to £1 16 i Wheat Straw... 119 2 0 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 13 New Meadow Hay 1 18 2 18 Useful Old Ditto 3 3 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)...Xs s... Generally Oat Straw £1 Bto £1 121 Wheat Straw 112 116 CITY MARKETS, (TWO O'CLOCK.) SUGAR.-The delivery of Plantation Sugars from the West India Docks last week amouated to nearly 2,700 casks—all for home consumption, excepting 21 hhds., and the stock yesterday was 40,536 hhds., and 2,840 tees. The purchases this morning have yet been very limited—Good St. Vincent's are quoted 60s. to 645. ; good Brown Jamaicas 50s. to 51s. ; good and fine To bago 58s. to 655.; good Brown Antigua 48s. to 495. per cwt. Of Mauritius Sugars the landings are extremely small, and the stock is not higher in the West India Docks than about 38,000 bags. In all other Sugars there has as yet been no bargains reported this morning, and very few public sales are announced for this week. COFFEE remains firm. Rl:rm.—The delivery last week was considerable—above 800 puncheons and 500 hhds., of which 468 puncheons were for export. The stock is now 24,500 puncheons, and 1,910 hhds. Prices as last quoted. CorroN.—The increasing demand for Cotton in the Liverpool Market has had a corresponding influence here. Bahias, Maranhams, and Egyptian, are from id. to Id. higher than last week, and more business doing. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S TEA SALE.—This morning the periodical sale of Teas by the East India Company commenced, and was very fully attended. The quantity of Tea to be put up during the present sale is 7,800,000 lbs. being precisely the same as offered at the last decla ration. The following are the quotations of the se v, rIl sorts : of Bohea, 1,200,0001b5. ; of Congou, Campoi, and Souchong, 5,200,000 lbs. ; of Twankay and Hyson Skin 1,150,0001b5., and of Hyson 250,0001b5. In the last mentioned there are 50,0001b5. less than last sale, and in the third qualities 50,0001b5. more. The sale com menced this morning with some activity, and at present the Boheas are going off briskly at from Is. bd. to Is. 7d. per lb., extra duty, being nearly the quotations given at the last sale. The competition in this trade appears to increase at every sale. The declaration will not be got through fur some days. The duty on all Teas sold at the Company's sale under 2s. per lb. is 96 per cent., and above 2s. 100 per cent. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MARKET.—Nov. 29. We had a small supply of Wheat from the farmers to day, the greater part in poor condition ; the whole sold reacily at an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter; most of the old free Wheat has been shipped, and little now selling on this market. The few fine Oats that come to market meet ready sale, but the most are poor, and for such the demand is heavy and prices very low. The finest Barley meets steady sale at our quotation, but it is difficult to quit any of inferior quality. Malt dull. Fine Rye in moderate demand. Few Beans or Pease offering. New. Old. Wheat, Northumberland ' 5os. 58s Norfolk and Suffolk 56s 60s Berwick and Scotch —s. —s. Dantzig —s —s. 6os, 625. Rye, Norfolk and Suflola 3os. 345. roreign —s —s. 2Bs. 325. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 325. 365. Grinding and Feeding 265. 30s. —s. —s. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. —s. Ms. 60s. f. Beans, Small —s. - 'rick Pease, 'White —s. —s. Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 22s. 24s Feed 16s 18s. Foreign —s. —s. Flour, Fine (per sack) —s —s. 4ls. 435. FRENCH ARMY. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RETURNS MADE BY THE 'MINIS- TER OF WAR TO THE KING IN COUNCIL, OF THE MILL- TARY EXPENDITURES REQUIRED roa THE FRENCH ARMY FOR THE YEAR 1830. I. Francs. Staff Officers. Officers of the Garde Royale (French) 459,132 Officers of the Garde Royale (Swiss) 695,240 Officers of the regular Cavalry Officers of Infantry of the Line 2,840,950 Officers of Engineers Commissariat (Commissaires de Guerre) Medical Officers Veterinary Surgeons, Farriers, and Quar- 24,475 28,680 27,794 68,875 ter-masters Pay of 250,000 effective men, both Ca valry and Infantry 65,870,954 73,232,672 Inspectors, Clerks, Storekeepers, Assist ant Storekeepers 670,495 Bread* 11,950,275 Field Rations, Meat 2,591,164 Liquids 1,570,765 Forage 13,790,130 Pt ovibion Depots 194,125 30,766,954 Wood Guard-houses (Corps de Garde) . 456,520 Lighting of Barracks in Paris . Contingent Expences 88,420 2,760,735 Clothing 12,580,795 Saddlery 450,180 13,030,976 Chaplains (Aumoniers), Physicians, Sur• geons, Apothecaries, Purveyors, and Assistants Fixed Allowances to Purveyors for Sup plies to the sick Military in Hospitals 5,495,825 Furniture 120,000 7,741,630 Barracks 3,385,175 Furniture 3,556,025 M Mem. The French troops are allowed only bread on home service, at the rate of I id. per ration. The meat is deducted from their pay; on foreign service they have half a pound of meat, and two pounds of bread. The English troops have a pound and a half of bread and one pound of meat, war allowance, and one pound of bread, and three quarters of a pound of meat, in time of peace. The French soldier has five sols (twopence half penny) pay per day : the English soldier fourteen pence. SPIRIT OF THE puma JOURNALS. The fate of the Spanish expedition against Tampico has at length become a matter of his tory, as indeed it never could have been one of serious doubt with those who knew any thing of the people of Mexico, or of their universal ab horrence of the Spanish yoke. It may be re membered, that even within these few weeks, the most absurd fictions were circulated against the Mexican cause and its supporters. Santa Anna vas unquestionably " a traitor ;" " the Mexican troops were deserting by hundreds ; and the force of Barradas had increased from 3,500 to 5,000 men : so well fortified is Tampico, that Santa Anna could not venture to attack them, and on the point of receiving reinforcements from the Havannah." One thorough-going print repeatedly assured its readers, that Barradas had seized, not only Tampico but Vera Cruz, a for tress which he could not have reached without a month's marching, in the face of an active and spirited enemy, and without the means of trans porting three days' subsistence for his troops. The capitulation of the whole Spanish force, with its arms, colours, and ammunition, took place on the 11th of September. The fort on the water side was delivered up by its garrison on 'the 12th, :and on the 13th Tampico was wholly evacuated, and immediately occupied by the Mexicans. It was of little consequence, ex cept as a saving of expense and bustle to the Republic, whether this boasted expedition of Ferdinand was to be destroyed a few weeks sooner or later. Such a powerful corps of in fantry, cavalry, and artillery was on its march for Tampico from the interior, and would have joined Santa Anna before the end of September, that had the Spaniards been five times as strong, they could have made no fight. It is acknow ledged that Ferdinand could have no hope of recovering any of his old American colonies,-- and least of all Mexico, which is the most powerful among them,—without an extensive co-operation on the part of the inhabitants them selves ; and the truth is, that the Camarilla was grossly deceived on that head by the boastings of the Spaniards expelled by law from Mexico, who assured Ferdinand that a force from the mother country need only show itself on any part of the coast, when thousands of malcon tents would join, and conduct it in triumph to the capital. So little was such talk to he re lied upon, and so complete and general was the anti-Spanish feeling, that men of all parties forgot their mutual quarrels, and even Bravo, and the other political exiles, besought the Go vernment for permission to return and defend their country. An honourable instance of this national sentiment, as contradistinguished from party spirit, is related of Santa Anna himself, who was no sooner placed at the head of the army of operation, than he begged to have for his second in command Major-General Lan dero, an excellent officer, but his own bitter personal enemy, whose name, in fact, appears as an executing party to the capitulation. In stead of whole bands of Mexican soldiers de serting to Barradas, it is stated on good autho rity that the invader was not joined by a single native Mexican. Some curious facts are in cir culation as to the indirect views with which this abortive enterprize was undertaken, and the results which Ferdinand flattered himself that • he might contrive to draw from it. In his gro pings about for money wherever that useful ar ticle could be begged, borrowed, or purloined, the beloved Ferdinand was induced to believe that the wealthy Spaniards banished from Mexico would render him solid assistance. A sort of bargain was accordingly struck between them. Says Ferdinand, " Give me money, and I will send an army to restore you to your country." " Send an army," was the response, " to conquer Mexico, and we will give you mo ney." Well, some hard cash—not much—was furnished to the beloved as an encouragement ; and when the expedition, such as it was, had sailed—" Now," quoth he, " look, what I have done for you—hand out money—a great deal of money—mountains of money—for I know you have them." " Call yeu that an expedition ?" cried the indignant capitalists : " verily Don Isidore Barradas and his companions might as well have stayed behind at Cadiz." Now it must be understood that the I lispano- Mexican exiles knew perfectly what they were doing when they made this reply to Ferdinand's importunities for a portion of their remaining dollars. They were not in Spain when they ventured thus to pluck him by the beard. Like wary negotiators, they would not trust him whom no human being had ever yet trusted with im punity; but they put the Pyremtees between themselves and the oath-breaker, and fixed their head-quarters at Bordeaux. Another interest , ing absurdity is related of Ferdinand and his more favoured counsellors on this occasion. The secret, but most serious, motive with that para gon of Kings for attempting the re -conquest of Mexico, was less of a political than a financial nature. Driven to desperation for means to carry on any semblance or shadow of a govern ment at home, and dreading the vengeance of the Spanish clergy if he should so far yield to necessity as to acknowledge the debt incurred under his own constitutional Government, he was told that by recovering the mines of Mexico, but by no other earthly expedient, could he escape the recognition of the Cortes bonds. One of his Ministers gave a pledge to Ferdinand, that if he could only despatch troops sufficient to take and keep, for even a few weeks,' possession of any point on the coast of Mexico, so as to persuade foreigners that the Republic was unable to dis lodge them, such a proof of his Majesty's power would be manifested, and such a prospect of the eventual subjugation of Mexico unfolded, that he might negotiate on any exchange in Europe a loan to whatever amount he pleased. The bait was swallowed, a money negotiation is said to have been opened in consequence, and now, after the catastrophe of Tampico, it may be judged with what probability of success. It ismore evident every day that the present system of the Spanish Government is drawing towards a mise rable dissolution ; and it may be fairly added, that no end of such Government, let it come when it may, can be more ignominious than its existence for the last five years has been to this age and to the Spanish nation. As for any future attempts by Ferdinand upon the Repub lican states across the Atlantic, they must be subjects more of ridicule . than alarm. If the wise — policy pursued by the Mexicans in the recent instance—of leaving the ad venturers to , waste and rot, unless an over whelming, force can be at once brought against them—be adhered to on future occasions, ° no posgble mischief, beyond that of a little tem porary inconvenience, can ever be inflicted by I S I o p w a i e n v er upon atit i c t i l p i e a s t e e a infant wpaolw of e r s. any N s V uc e h d f o ra i n l ° ti t ; j projects. If we did, we m i g ht b e among t h e I foremost to suggest again to the British Govern imeut the justice of that course at which we not