The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-30 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL' CK. R ank Steck... ner Cent. ic . t - 3 vet' Crnt. ern. 9 i 1,,, 1 Sai.th sea Suck — 3x, per Cent. 9B Old Annnitit.l. 13 - .rto Iten.... ..... . ... ..... ...... 67:!4;:i New Ditto . 89 %,!i: 1 6 :t.cr I},i :,,.. Co. t , +IJ I 4 9 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751._ -- New 5 per Cert.. ....... ...... Exch. Bills, £l,l'i 35 :37 pm. Bii•k I.criv tnnuilcit.texpirc .Ditto.. ......... ....50 0 3) :17 Kn. Jan. 5, 1811) !P., 9-16 Ditto Snall 35 :',7 oi.• . i (kt• lit, 1 4 5 P...... ........ I t 7-!t3N, Ditto Commercial ,......, pm. Jan 5, 3.10 — Ditto Advertised.- ... .... pm Jan. 5, ['tit ...... ...... .. - Bankl Stock In ;tccount.... ..... -- April 5, Itr, — . India St, 9t for Account.-..•.,, =,-- J +r.. 5, 1871 , — 'Co r . - solb for Account ....,Aws.t2l)l % Omntum —Pm PRICES 01 FOREIGN F r ..;hIDS THIS DAY A.T ONE O'CLOCK. A :strtn .sonde . ' ' Peruvian Unnds - , Be'Riat - : Bonds ... .... .. - Ditto Account - nt'..ta Account • -, rottuguese Bon dx~,,,n - ..tst .....-- - Ditto Account ..... .. . ........ . -. Ditto N , " nrinde 4714 Buenos ,Tres ricnds -' t o Amount ..• ........ ....MN Li g Ditt,u Account .... .......... - i MItO, 3 per cent.....,.... ..... 29% Chi:;ixii ROPC4 ... ... ........ -••• Prlu:sian Botvis - Ditto Account ..... ......... .. --, Russian itn4+4, V 32 2 ..... ....... -o Coluo , hian Bonds .„.............. - MN? Account .- Thtto Accouto -J .. ... .... -i Mtn Meta11ic......., - Collin:hien Bonds, !Sit. -; Spanish Bonds - Ditto Account j Ditto Account - . Dsni:h Bond s ...... ..... ...., ..... -, Ditto 13ontls,183t , 23 :i% Ditto Accol.nt --i Ditto Account - Greek Bonds.. ..... —.....-- -. French, 5 per cent.......... 131. -c. Ditto Bonds, 1q2.5 "." —' -- 4 per cent -f. -c. Ditto Account - .......... ...... -' - 3 per cent. f. -c Mexican Iloods, 5 per cent.... -j -. Exchange 251 30 . p 4 tto Account ......... ...... - Dutch, 2.4 per cent. ... ...... ..53A% ,titto. 6 per cent. ............ —; Ditto Account - Ditto Atcount... - Ditto, 5 per cent. 99% Y Neapolit an - j Ditto Account - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Birmingham and Gloucest er R a il wa Paid. Per Share y Company Iri 1)4 Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company 2 ;si 0% E 'stern Counties Railw a y 2 0% Great West"rn Railway Company ............ Brighton I .lailway Company (Stevenson's) 5 1 1 ,4 Brighton (Rennie's) Lond'm and Bi rm i ng h am Railway Company 85 134 3 --. MAILS. Arrived, Due Arrived. Due. Arrived. Dui I America.......... 0 I France ...... 0 0 Lisbon I J Brazil ..... ........ n 0 fluent. &Jersey 0 0 Malta n Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 1 0 Carthagena 0 0 Holland ...... .... 0 I 0 05tend........... 0 Dublin... --Jarnaica ........0 Flanders ..-0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford....... 0 ____„__ _ HIGH WATER AT LOND ON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. o,m ing ..... minutes after It. Evening...—. 0 minutes after n• With the Magazines, on the Ist of June, Part IV, Small Paper Edition, of the HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY. A COMPANION to the PEERAGE and BARONETAGE. By JOHN BURKE, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. THE NEW COMIC PERIODICAL WORK, EITED BY " BOZ AND ILLUSTRA T ED BY GEORGE," CRUIKSHANK. To-morrow will be published with two humourous Illustrations by George Cruikshank, No. VI., price Half •a-Crow n, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Amon, i the Contents will b e f oun d — Song of th e Month, by J. A. The Minister's F a t e , f rom th e Wade. Recollections of H. T. Periodical Literature of the North Mints for an Historical Play. Ameriea-A Indians. By Thos. Ingoldsby. A Geer: aphical Epigram. John Pooledoune, the Victim of Darby the Swift, by J. A. Wade. Improvements. By William She.cespeare Papers, No. 11. : Jerdan. Jaques. By Dr. Maginn. The Legend of Mount Pilate. Family Stories, No. V.: Hon. By G. Dance. Mr. Sucklethumkin's Story. Glorvina, the Maid of Meath. By Thomas Ingoldsby. By Sheridan Knowles. The Romance of a Day. By the Ode on the Birth-day of the Author of " The Bashful Irish- Princess Victoria. By J. A. man:" with an Illustration by Wade. George Cruickshank. Nights it Sea, No. 111. The The Man with th e T u f t. By Chase. By " The Old Sailor :" Haynes Bayly. with an Illustration by George Love in the City. By the Au- Cruikshank. thor of " Stories of Waterloo." Address by the Editor. Mrs. Jennings. &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. Orders received by all Booksellers. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. --- .~ L atlx + LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1837. We are not without hope that some substantial good may arise out of Mr. Rotßuck's motion on the 4‘ State of the Nation," which comes on to-night in the House of Commons. We conjecture from the circumstance of this motion having owed its origin to the extraordinary division which took place on the Church -rate question, that the Hon. Member for Bath intends to direct public attention to the state of our do mestic political relations, rather than to embrace the wide range of discussion which might be included within the comprehensive terms which he has adopted. This is beyond all question the most important branch of the subject, and we think that Mr. ROEBUCK is well qualified to do it justice. We may expect a searching, if not a merciless exposure of the base sel fishness which is and ever has been the ruling prin ciple of that faction, which is equally opposed to the wishes of the nation, and to the spirit of the age. We anticipate a well wrought contrast between the flattering hopes that were inspired by the passing of the Reform Bill, and the meagre realization of those hopes which the experience of five years has produced. The causes of this slow progress in the great work of national improvement, though they may be ulti mately traced to one great source, are various, and will afford the Hon. Gentleman an opportunity of exhibiting his peculiar powers to advantage. Knowing that Mr. ROEBUCK'S political opinions tend rather towards an extreme, we arc prepared for the application of a consi rablc share of condemnation to the measures of the Whig, Administration. Passive resistance is the most potent engine ever di rected by the people against the collection of an unjust impost. It destroyed the tithe system in Ireland, in spite of the presence of twenty thousand bayonets-- backed by a legion of Parsons, Proctors, and Crown Prosecutors ; and it is now in a fair way of being or ganized in England, for the destruction of Church rates. Let the Tories look well to the conse quences of forcing the people of England to become familiar with the application of a power, which Sir ROBERT PEEL denounced in the House of Commons as a monster too strong for the Exe. cutive Government of this country. We copy from our Contemporary, the Morning Advertiser of to-day, the following letter from a correspondent at Enfield, giving an account of an attempt at a sale of goods for Church-rates in that neighbourhood, to which we beg to direct the attention of -the house of Lords. If its perusal edify them, we can only say that lordly feelings and Christian feelings are the very reverse of each other. For their own sakes, therefore, we warn them of the consequences of forcing the people to assume an attitude which will enable them without risk to bid defiance to the operation of any law which they may regard as oppressive. The writer of the an nexed letter seems a pleasant fellow ; but if the facts stated by him be correct, the Church will soon have cause to repent having given occasion to any merri ment upon the subject : TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER. Sir,---The Times of this morning states, that at a Vestry held at Epping, a church-rate was made, by a majority of 133 to 94. Will you allow me to state, through the me dium of your columns, what took place yesterday afternoon, at Enfield, Middlesex, relative to Church -rates, and of which I was an eye-witness. My attention was arrested by the sound of the bell of the parish bellman, and subsequently by the voice of the beadle, proclaiming different articles for sale, at the cage, near the Greyhound ; and as they pre sented a novel appearance in such a situation, and with such an auctioneer, I was induced to inquire the cause of their being sold, and was informed that they had been seized for Church-rates. The first article put up for public competition, was an apparently new copper coal-scuttle, and the bystanders, who were very numerous, were most earnestly requested to name a price for the article, when a simultaneous shout arose of "We won't have them at any price ; we will not purchase stolen goods." In vain was Mr. A. and Mr. B. requested not to interrupt public business, and also informed that they were sold under the sanction of an Act of Parliament ; the men to be coaxed into a bid ts the reply, " and we will did he vociferate, will le, and expatiate largely Table hisses was the re -125., 10s. 6d., and so and goodnaturedly re- :•„; of termined not 'it obbery," was 1 11 3 / es illetiKo. In vain prqiitsivi I Its. fort % oalseuttll 7 ttpirnittiotauty and iioVe innumsi tot: this;:appeal7-‘ , 145., 10 , 9 , Va 3E4 'Were meet' eatingly peated, but with as little effect, " Take it back, take it hack," was the reply, and it was accordingly aside as a bad lot. The worthy evidently a s ha me d of beadle not-b ; !:q {aiinted,(although uusiness he ivai etiMpclled to en gage in) g°^`'. ) ,,umouredly declared 't}.=3 . t next lot .he 5h^ . ....‘.i; submit would be fimnd tn be irresistible, particularly as summer caber' n and warm weather were just coming in, a nd Valainly when produced I trembled for their evn-,- - stancy, it being a most bctiutifk‘t a.-id invitint fide of bacon ; but was fricii . 6*g it unshaken although tntny . an v2;lnvinced me that they Ivtre 'meditating upon the delicious streaky rashers it con tained, at the settle time attacked by the, elolnexe of this highly-talented puffer, who decirreti. that; it was fit for th e Archbishop himself ! . and Vit up at the low, privi., ' , if a a a i nea . Wo t+-twla sooner starve, was 1 1 V , ':. wily response, if we ektept the remark of some \ , \-ag, who observed," That it wculd be a most eig.t4.ent present to that champion for Church -rates; ; fir P. Burdett, as a testimony of regard for his most excellent speech upon that subject on Monday last." We wish we had him hero ; Was universally responded, We'd make him swell it. In vain was the tiget lotVered-155., 125., and to on to 2s. 6d., but rstit, one bidder could be ob tained. " What a sad tinincky fellow am I," exclaimed the beadle, and sent the bacon, not to the Archbishop, or Sir Francis, but after the coal-scuttle., The situation of tl:e auc tioneer was now really pitiable,, but he put the : best face upon matters, and hi 3 intelligent auditors wisely discriminated between the official agent and the unholy system that placed him in his unpleasant situation. After producing a small parcel (about one pound) of tea, he commenced by de claring that he knew them to be all ladies' men, and as such could not withstand the temptation then before them, particularly as he pledged himself that it was the real gun powder sort, one cup of which, upon being taken, would blow their shirts off their backs," but the men of Enfield were inexorable, and on his eloquence was wasted on the de sert air.' This lot of real gunpowder was recommended to be sent to the minority on Tuesday last with the charitable hope that it would well physic them. Our hero next brought for ward one or two parcels of sugar to sweeten the subject, as he facetiously remarked, but, incorrigible fellows, sweets, sours, or salts, were alike to them—they would not be coaxed or moved from their purpose, when, after about an hour, dur ing which time no man ever done his duty better to his em ployers, he was obliged to leave the rostrum without one single bidding, declaring that he wished those who sent him there were placed in the same unenviable post of honour, and his assistant, who stood by as clerk, with pen in hand, had a complete sinecure, not having a single lot to record as sold ; but the close of the scene is far beyond my powers of description, after giving three times three in good old English style, they placed the bellman in a chair, and he was carried triumphantly, bell in hand, ringing most mu sically round the town, to the great gratification of the in habitants, amidst the deafening hurrahs of the multitude ; and I should presume, by the glee he manifested, that he was delighted at the thought that he was qnartered upon the enemy ; but I must conclude by handing you my ad dress, pledging myself to the truth of what I related. A LOOKER-ON. We copy from a second edition of the Times of this morning the following important news from America, received by extraordinary express from Liverpool. Want of space prevents us from accom panying it with any observations suggested by the painful interest which it excites : " Albion-office, noon, May 29. " The packet-ship Roscoe, which sailed from New York on the Bth inst. has just arrived. She brings a great num ber of passengers, and a small quantity of specie. " The commercial advices received by this vessel are, like those previously received, extremely distressing. Fail ures, or rather suspensions of payment, continued to take place among the merchants of New York. All descriptions of stock had fallen tremendously, the United States Bank shares being quoted on the Bth at 98, a fall of four per cent. in one day. There had been runs on the Mechanics' Bank, and the Dry Dock Bank. The Mechanics' Bank had been able to meet its engagements with promptitude ; but the Dry Dock Bank, after having paid away one hundred thousand dollars in specie, stopped payment on the Bth. This proceeding has been recommended, as the only course under the circumstances, by the Presidents and Cashiers of all the City Banks. The Dry Dock Bank was a deposit bank of the general Government. The stoppage of this Bank had produced quite a panic among the citi zens, who were apprehensive of the solvency of other Banks. ' A continuation,' says a paper of the Bth, of suspensions of payment occurred on Saturday ; houses which could not obtain money for current purposes ceasing cash payments for the time.' " The purchases of bills of exchange for the packet of the Bth were extremely limited, at rates varying from 10 to 121 per cent. premium on England. Specie of all de scriptions was sought for at a high premium. " The deputation of merchants who had proceeded to Washington to entreat the President to repeal the Specie Circular or to call an Extra Session of Congress, had re turned to New York. The deputation had failed in both their objects, Mr. Van Buren having refused either to re peal the Specie Circular, or to call an Extra Session of Congress. On the subject of not commencing suits upon bonds lying over for non-payment, he promised to consult the Secretary of the Treasury, and examine his powers, &c. The refusal of the President had excited great and general regret. The deputation were to report the failure of their mission to a general meeting of merchants to be held on the evening of the Bth inst. " The accounts from New Orleans, contained in the New York papers, are up to the 30th of April. They mention the failure of the house of Burke, Watt, and Co., for a very large amount. The principal of the house was the President of the Union Bank. The price of cotton continued very much depressed, and there was scarcely any buying on English account. " The advices received at New Orleans from Havannah were of a distressing nature. Twelve first-rate houses had failed, and many more failures were expected to take place. Confidence among merchants had disappeared, and a stop had been put to all kinds of commercial operations. " The New York papers do not make any mention of the decision of the Directors of the United States Bank to 'the proposal made to them by the Directors of the Bank of England. " The Courier and Enquirer, of the Bth, concludes an article on the state of the times'" in the following words : We call on the Banks to act in concert among them selves, and with the people. None of them are so strong that, in the present state of things, they may wrap them selves up in fancied security, and think they can avoid the common danger. " (From New York papers, May S.) " DRY DOCK BANK. " On Saturday a run was commenced on this institution, which continued until three o'clock, and in consequence of several of the other banks refusing to receive the bills of the Dry Dock Bank on deposits, the run was of a far more serious nature than that made upon the Mechanics' Bank on Thursday. Many of the depositors drew out their deposits, and when the doors of the bank were closed, it had paid away upwards of 100,000 dollars of its specie. " In consequence of this state of things, a meeting of presidents and cashiers of all the city Banks was held at the Mayor's office last night, when the affairs of the Dry Dock Bank were critically examined into, and a resolution unanimously adopted, that they were such as rendered it unadvisable to sustain it. This resolution was communi cated to the officers of the Dry Dock Bank, and that in stitution will not again open its doors ; or, in other words, the Dry Pock Bank stops payment this day. The Dry Dock Bank is not a safety-fund institution, but is a Deposit Bank of the General Government, and has in its vaults about 260,000 dollars of the Surplus Revenue, 180,000 of which it had been directed to pay over to the Treasurer cf this State. This order, however, had not been complied with, and, of course, the General Govern ment must share the same fate as other depositors ! We have heard it said the United States' District Attorney has given it as his opinion, that in this case, as in an ordinary case of indebtedness to the General Government, that heartless and soulless creditor will be entitled to a prefer ence. But this must necessarily be considered a mere Go vernment opinion, to which that officer would promptly de a: ur if differently situated. The Dry Dock Bank was chartered by a sovereign state, which has prescribed the liabilities of the parties interested, and designated by law the manner in which the assets of an insolvent institu tion shall be divided among its creditors ; and it will scarcely be contended that the General Government may subsequently use such institution for its convenience, and then, under an act of its own, claim precedence over any other depositor ! We are conscious that the States have lost most of their rights, but no man will seriously argue that they have fallen into such a state of vassalage, nor would the people of this city tamely submit to see the at tempt, on the part of the General Government, to enforce such a claim of preference. The mere annunciation of such an intention on' their part would break every deposit bank in the United States ; for surely, if this right existed, or even if a claim in its behalf were seriously set up, no man in his senses would dream of leaving a dollar of his money in a bank holding the deposits of the General Government. But we repeat, there exists no such right, and if there did, it could never be enforced. " To the holders of the bills of the Dry Dock Bank, we would say—do not part with them until you learn whether the other city banks do not determine to come forward and pay them. It is said that the whole amount of bills in cir culation, do not exceed 188,000 dollars ; and if so, we have reason to believe that the other city banks, with a view to arrest as far as possible the distress of this calamity from the poorer classes, will consent to redeem all the notes of the Dry Dock Bank, under 100 dollars. This would cer- THE SUN, _LONDON; tainisy be a 'very wise Measure; and one rOriV\iic4itil would i receive, aS !tie t.lanna ut every reficeti'ng than lu the community. We hope it will be adopted, and would remind those who control our institu tions; that in tithes like the present, when but too many evil disrosPit person% are warring againe,t all batiks! it is their 437 CH . detiOnitraW that In they are cOnsiderationS than mere calculations of what may be the immediate pectiniary iriterests of their stockholders. " TWO BANS.—We received iiitelligenCe on Saturday, that the Cha.nc'elloi Of Oe State bad ranted, oil the applicatio'neiie of the B a nk Uommissioners, an injunc a6l) Vl?4ii.•atilll'iig the Banks in Buffalo from all further ope rations. At this moment we abstain from comment on this procedure. We confine ourselves to giving extracts from the Albany papers on the subject, to referring the public to the proceedings in the L e gi s lat ure , di rect i ng t h e application of the amount of the Safety Fund to the redemption of their notes, and to adding, that we understand—though we can not vouch for the accuracy of the information—that all the notes of the Buffalo Banks will, in consequence of the Le gislative proceedings, be redeemed this day at the Bank of the Manhattan Company. " The Committee of merchants returned to this city from 'Washington on Saturday, and will make a, Report of their proceedings to a general meeting of citizens at Ma sonic Hall this evening. It is only necessary at present to say, that Mr. Van Buren required them to make their representations in writing, and that he replied in the same manner, refusing to repeal the Specie Circular, or to call an extra Session of Congress. On the subject of not com mencing suits upon bonds lying over for non-payment, he promised to consult with the Secretary of the Treasury and examine his powers, &c. In short, he has turned a deaf ear to the appeal of the merchants of this great com mercial metropolis. " We know not what may be the character of the pro ceedings of the general meeting of citizens this evening, but we would remind the Committee that the public at large expect them to suggest some further mode of proceeding. If they are only 'to meet for the purpose of hearing the correspondence read, it would have been as well, perhaps, to have dispensed with another meeting." We beg to direct the attention of his MAJEs rY's Ministers to the subject of the annexed letter from Lisbon, which we copy from the Times of this morn ing. The annoyances to which our merchants are ex posed through the culpable negligence of a Government which owes its very existence to the valour and gene rosity of England are daily becoming more and more intolerable. The insolence of the Portuguese Autho rities must be checked in time, or they will begin in earnest to treat us as their vassals and not as their be nefactors. For months past have advices from Portu gal been pouring in upon us, filled with accounts of the petty tyranny of the Custom-house Authorities, and the marked indifference of the Government to the complaints of British subjects. This is not to be borne any longer. Lord PALMERSTON must not allow our flag to be insulted with impunity in the waters of the Tagus—under the very guns of a British fleet stationed there for the protection of the QUEEN I What orders hive been given to Vice-Admiral Sir WILLIAM GAGE we of course do not know, nei ther do we know anything of the purport of the Cabinet instructions addressed to our Ambassador Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN ; but the seeming apathy of both to the injuries sustained at the hands of the Portuguese Government by British subjects, would admit of the inference that they are of the most passive description, in whatever relates not to the de throning of the QUEEN. It is possible that many re ported instances of oppression on the part of the Por tuguese Authorities may be greatly exaggerated ; and, indeed, were they not, we cannot believe that our Government would have so, long forborne to revenge them ; but, nevertheless, in the most diminished form, they are of a nature not to be tolerated by a nation so tender of the rights and privileges of others as Great Britain. The following is the letter above referred to:— LISBON, MAY 21.—Considerable sensation has been created in the mercantile circles these few days past in con sequence of the violent and arbitrary conduct of the Cus tom-house authorities relative to the British brig Narks peare, William Rosie master, which vessel put into this port in a leaky state on the 14th inst., from Girgenti, in Sicily, bound to Newcastle, laden with an entire cargo of brim stone. Application to the Director of the Custom-house for franquia, or the permission usual on such occasions, was made, and a term of ten days granted for the purpose of surveying the vessel, and the master to determine whe ther he would discharge the cargo here, or proceed to any other port to do so. A survey was accordingly holden when it was recommended, as the vessel was making at the rate of 22 inches of water per hour, to discharge part of the cargo, in order, if possible, to discover the leak. The master, upon inquiry, finding that if it were to be dis charged into the Custom-house warehouses, the expences attending the same would amount to nearly one-half of its value, he immediately petitioned the Government, praying the indulgence of their allowing him to hire a vessel—which he could have alongside, and tranship it into her ; but, before the petition could be sent, the tide s waiter (guarda snor), Jose das Manta s , the. Commandant of the 15th battalion of the National Guard, went on board on the 18th, only the fourth day after her arrival, accompanied by an armed force, several workmen taking with them lighters, and insisted upon the masters beginning to discharge the cargo, to which he ob jected until he had an answer to his petition. Neverthe less they instantly commenced to break open the hatches, which were battened down, with hammers and chisels, against which violence and forcibly taking possession of his ship and cargo the master verbally protested, but his pro test was of no avail, as they actually commenced to take the cargo out. He then ordered the British ensign to be hoisted, union down, as a signal of distress, and with all his crew left the vessel, and repaired to the British Consulate ; but being advised by the British authorities here to go on board, he, after entering his protest against such a violent and illegal proceeding on the part of the Custom-house authorities, returned to the vessel. On their going along side they were refused admission, and were consequently compelled to return to the shore, where they stopped until yesterday, at 11 a.m.; during all which time the Portu guese remained in quiet possession of the Shakspcare, with a British signal of distress flying at her mainmast head. At length, however, Captain Shiffner, of his Majesty's ship ihstiars, went in an armed cutter, taking with him the master and his crew. No resistance was offered to their going on board. Captain Shiffner, on finding that the companion, forecastle, and every other part of the brig, excepting the hold, had been cunningly sealed with the Custom-house seal, dispatched a midshipman to the direc tor of the Custom-house to send off the keys, and a per son to take the seals off, to which lie replied that he must have that requisition in writing from Admiral Gage before he could take such steps. Captain Shiffner, on receiving this message, caused the seals to be torn off, and put the master iii possession of the brig. The director, on being informed of what had been done, desired Jose das Mantas to go on board and see that the master and crew were satisfied that no embezzlement of property had taken place during their absence from the vessel, which he, however, positively refused to obey, and, like the fable of the dog harking at the moon, he stood on the Custom-house quay, pouring forth his customary acrimonious invectives against Englishmen and every thing English, and declaring what he would do if he were on board. Here this matter rests for the present, excepting that the Custom-house still persists in discharging the cargo. This is not the only arbitrary and vexatious case that has recently taken place in this port relative to English vessels and English subjects. The schooner Isabel, arrived here from London a short time, since, having lost one of three chain-cables, before quitting that port, and supplied the loss by a new one. Jose das Mantas seized the new cable, insisting that the duty should be paid upon it, which being refused, he con veyed it on shore, and subsequently detained the vessel for three days with a perishable cargo of fruit on board, not withstanding the director of the Custom-house had pro mised to return the cable when the vessel was ready to sail, but Mantas has been quietly allowed not only to detain the chain, but to compel the master to pay a fine of 182,000 reis, or 421. sterling. On the arrival of the Iberia steamer from Cadiz, two o the passengers, who were proceeding to England, took the opportunity of the few days' delay in the .Tagus to visit Cintra, and shortly after the steamer ane i llored went on shore a few hours afterwards. The tobacco-boat boarded her, and after having, according to the port regulations, sealed up the tobacco on board, they searched the ship and found some cigars in the great-coats of the passengers al luded to, which were hanging up in their respective berths. The coats were seized and taken ashore, and when the owners returned from Cintra they found their loss. All ap plication wa s use l ess , and 4 cliey left the Tagus without their property. They hav e s i nc e been given up, upon the the conditi on th a t it is - a W h en s h e re turns to Lisbon. .iot to interfere with their intentions of seizing the Ib er i The guard-hoe.:l, pf the British squadron, on going along side an Engl' ,..gif . / merchant vessel, according to the usual practice, " las ordered 9ff I,y the Custom-housa efficera on TUVSDAY, MAY 30 1 1537, hoard; ;:zii , ing tai it, Po.ttii , e ()Niers wo.e nOt to allow any ships of war boats for the future td bOarri DritiA ves sels on entering or departing from the Tagus. The officer in command returning io 11;3 31:.1.3 for further orders, his commander armed the hoat'l ercw, atol gavo Lim ms,,::!'" tiktd§ t 1 4 0qh_l i ftia7t inirriO4ioelt; whieb wag' ttrirs( , done, but tinier Snrere tititi - Ohe Justom house officer in charge. This circumstance litts given rise to correspondence, the result of which, it is to be hoped, *ill be tbo pursving, a differ pt line of conduct towards an Ofigraiefid j:4l:dple, airtt is insultini , whatever is English. What is the use of the people of Ling!it.na pay ing the expense of a Vice-Admiral, four sale of the line, a frigate, and a brig in the Tagus, if all the British Minis ter's appli6ttionS and remonstraticeg are treated with con tempt, and the English flag insulted with impunity ? The Paris papers of Sunday contain no intelligence, foreign or domestic, of any interest. Baron PAs- QUtEn, President of the Chamber of Peers, has been raised to the dignity of Chancellor of France. This day the marriage of the Duke of ORLEANS and the Princess HELENA is to be celebrated at Fontainebleau. If the latest telegraphic despatches are to be credited, " her Royal Highness has" already " conquered all hearts by her graciousness and goodness." There is no news from Spain of a later date than the advices published yesterday. Letters from Bayonne, of the 24th, mention the de feat of CABRERA, in Valencia, by the QUEEN'S troops. Hostilities had not recommenced towards the French frontier, General EVANS being still at San Sebastian, and ESPARTERO at Hernani. The latter has issued a second proclamation, offering a free pardon and a confirmation of their rank to such Carlist offi cers and soldiers as shall lay down their arms in the course of a month. IRRIBARREN, by forced marches, has got between Don SEBASTIAN and the Ebro. All Paris is struck by the phrase of M. Calatrava in the Cortes : " Before the accomplishment of the wishes of the French Government, the Cabinet of the Tuileries will have ceased to exist." Such an insult in the mouth of Chris tina's Prime Minister is certainly worse than the blow with a fan given to the Dey of Algiers ; the departure from Paris would not be a sufficient satisfaction ; M. Calatrava must be dismissed. The cries of war against France prove in what spirit the words of the Spanish Ministry were un derstood. Is it a prediction ? Is it a menace ? Such are the consequences of having received an Ambassador from the insurgent of La Granja, and of having sent one after the death of M. de Rayneval. It_ seems to us that the illusions which were entertained must be now dispelled.— Gazelle de France. The Sentinelle de Pyrenees has the following : hurl, MAY 21.-4 run is but a ruin ; all the houses are condemned and stript, and fragments of all kinds cover the streets. The English troops left Irun yesterday, conveying away the prisoners. Colonel Seroa obtained leave to follow in a cart, having been wounded in the side by a piece of a shell. The troops are gone to Hernani. A battalion of the 2d Regiment of Light Infantry is in garrison at Irun, and a battalion of the regiment of Ciudad Real at Fontarabia. Iturizza, who has long commanded the forts of the sea-ports, is Governor of Irun ; a Colonel of the Staff of General Evans commands in Fontarabia. Thus England is mistress of Fontarabia—at the same time as St. Sebastian.—Gazette de France, May 28. PARIS, MAY 28.—M. Salvandy has lost his election at Evreuex. His opponent, M. Fruttart, has been elected by a considerable majority.—Le Commerce, May 28. By the Braganza steamer which arrived at Falmouth from the Tagus on Sunday, advices from Lisbon to th e 25th inst. have been received. No Cabinet had then been formed, nor did it appear that a Ministry - could be organised during the indisposition of M. BRAAN CAMPE. M. PASSOS and his colleagues continued to discharge pro tempore the duties of an executive go vernment. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAY 29. —Wind W.—Arrived the Herefordshire, from Westport. The Magellan, from Antwerp to New York, ran on shore on the Godwin Sands—was assisted off by the Deal boatmen, and proceeded. FALMOUTH, MAY 28. —Wind E. to S. E., fresh.—Arrived the Braganza, from Malaga, 18th inst., Gibraltar 19th, Cadiz 20th, Lisbon 24th, and Oporto 25th inst. BRISTOL, MAY 29.—Arrived Eleanor, Cork, from Memel. LlvziuooL, MAY 28.—Wind S. E.—Arrived the Ann, Brown, from Trinidad; and Pilot, from Mediterranean. Coat, MAY 27.—Arrived off port, the Thomas Worthing ton, from Sierra Leone. LIMERICK, MAT 27.—Arrived Ardent, Dodding, London. GALWAY, MA Y 27.—Arrived Betsey, Davies, from London. PENTLAND FRITH, MAY 28.—Arrived the Adie, WBride, from St. Vincent's. ABERDEEN, MAY 27. Arrived Forsegteghetan, from Calmar. HULL, MAY 28.—Arrived the Lion, Toole, from Dantzic ; Aurora, from Memel ; Vine, from Pillau ; and Osway, from Gottenburg. NEW YORK, MAY 3. —The Josephine, from Rio Janeiro to Philadelphia, was lost off Ockracoke during a gale from N. E. on 13th March—crew saved. MALAGA, MAY 14.—The Diligence, of London, has been got off the Strand at Marabella, brought into this port, and is repairing. LIVERPOOL, MAT 29.--Arrived off port, the Roscoe, from New York. A steamer has been sent out, which will returri in two hours. The Argonaut, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to New York, was spoken with 27th ult., and disrnasted in a gale on the 24th South of Nantucket. The Astrea, of Leith, has proceeded for her destination. There is no truth whatever in the report that Lord Frederick Beauclerk, next brother to the Duke of St. Al ban's, is about to marry at present. A considerable quantity of land in the neighbour hood cf Leytonatone, is at present let at 101. per acre. It is cultivated for growing vegetables for the London market.— Essex Mercury. The idea of the poor girl, Eliza Davies, having been her own murderer, is disproved by the fact of the handle of the door, which opens into the street, being smeared with blood, which shows that the perpetrator of this horrid deed must have escaped that way. In examining the apartment!. of an eccentric old gentleman who lately died at Dieppe, a sum of 50,000 franc s was found, concealed in some straw and rubbish in an apple garret, all in old gold and silver coin, but chiefly in six-franc pieces. Yesterday morning a young lady of great personal attractions, daughter of a gentleman of high respectability in this town, eloped from her father's residence at an early hour, with a servant of the establishment. Immediate pursuit was made on discovery of their flight, but the fugitives managed to elude all attempts at detection until the gordian knot had been safely tied. The gay Lothario had been only about three weeks in her father's service, and could not have lost much time in making a conquest of the fair lady's heart.—Brad. ford Observer. The real cause of the failure of the potatoes, which are planted whole, appears pretty evident from the following colloquy, which it is said took place between two little fellows who were bird-nesting near G n last week. In pass ing a newly planted field of potatoes, the •ne remarked that Thae 'taties belonged to Moister " Aye, man, so they do," replied the other, " and what's mair, they're set hale(whole); last night our folk had a real howking at them." —Ayr Observer. A married lady has favoured us with the following report :—Bachelors hen-pecked by their housekeepers, 3,185 ; pestered by legacy-hunting relatives, 1,736 ; devoured by ennui and selfish cares, 2,604 ; troubled by nephews and nieces (so called), 1,883; crabbed, cross-grained, desolate in life's decline, 5,384 ; happy, none.—Leicester Chronicle. About a week since a bet was made by some mili tary gentlemen, over the wine-cup, as to the ability of one of their servants to eat three fowls and drink a bottle of whiskey, at least, in a given time. The task was undertaken and ful filled, but at the sacrifice of the poor fellow's life, whose stomach was incapable of digesting the monstrous load; nor could that invaluable instrument, the stomach-pump, dislodge its contents ; and emetics failing to act, he expired in great agony. —Plymouth Journal. It is understood that the Grand Cross of the Bath was conferred on the Earl of Durham at the express desire of his Majesty, as a mark of approbation of the talents and diplo matic skill displayed by his Lordship during his mission, and more particuiarly In effecting certain recent arrrngements in a matter which at one time threatened serious differences be twen this country and Russia.—Morning Paper• ROLLS' COURT.-.(TMS DAY.) The MaAct ol.the Rolls was engaged with consent l'c titions up to the tifi;e . L oar Peaving. BENCII—(THIS DA V). (§ittingl in Banco.) FiASLOCK V. fiiAc:t;f"osi: 'l t his it'aa f.* money had MA received, tried before Lord Denman ai the Guildhall Sitting, the facts of the case as they appeared on 66 trial were, that i Mts. Pa..frica wds in the habit of purchasing te,ds from the de fendant l'eigit:',o . 7T? a linen draper, of King-street, Covent garden ; that she becata , 'tt.:tilar in her payments, and the ditfendant stopped her credit, but L'ubsi3quently renewed it. Mrs. Barnes having applied to the plaintiff, a wholesale warehouseman in the City, for goods, was asked for a re ference, and she referred to the defendant. Th, plaintiff on applying at Ferguson's shop, was told by the shopman Hobson, that he might safely give Mrs. Barnes credit, ani she accordingly did obtain goods from the plaintiff to a con siderable amount, which slip converted into cash at a lower pridd than she was to have paid for them, and with the pro ceeds she paid a portion of her account with the defendant. It was objected at the time. that there was no written re presentation of character given by the defendant, as required by the Statute 9th Geo. IV. c. 14, and upon that objection the plaintiff was nottseited. A rule to set aside the not:7)114 and for a new trial / wt.:s subsequently obtained by the Attorney-General. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK (with whom WCre Mr KELLY and Mr. ARNOLD) now appeared to shew cause attalast the rule, and contended that there was no evidence of any act on the part of the defendant to warrant the Court in coming to the conclusion, that the defendant had given a false representation of the character or cre dibility of Mrs. Barnes. The defendant was not aware that Mrs. Barnes was selling the goods obtained by the plaintiff, and with the Proceeds paying the defendant's claim. There was no proof of a guilty knowledge of Mrs. Barnes's conduct, and Counsel therefore submitted that the rule ought to be discharged. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was heard in reply, ani Court postponed its judgment. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice COLERIDGE resumed his duties, having per fectly recovered from the effects of the fall from his horse. Several motions were made, but none of them were of pub lic interest. His Lordship proceeded to hear Nisi Prius causes at eleven o'clock. CARL/ELL V. WEST. This was an action of ejectment, and ►ras brought to re cover possession of certain premises, at 80 Strand. Mr. WATSON appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. ARCIIBOI.D for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff, a Soli citor of Bedford-row, had in the month of April, 1836, let the premises in question to the defendant, at a yearly rent of 145/., on condition that the sum of 4001. should be laid out on repairs, exclusive of painting ; aud in the articles of agreement was a clause which stipulated that, unless the the repairs were perfected by the 12th of June, according to the schedule, the plaintiff was to be entitled to re-enter and possess the premises. The repairs were to be done under the direction of a surveyor, and when the time had expired for the performance of the repairs, they were found not to have been perfected, and the defendant refused to give up the pre mises to the plaintiff's clerk, who was sent to demand pos session. Several surveyors proved the defective state of the repairs, and that the sum agreed upon could not have been expended in their performance. On the part of the defendant it was contended, that the defendant would have performed the conditions of his contract, but he was delayed by a neighbour, who had not assisted him in the building of a party-wall. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to address the Jury, when it was proposed by the defendant, and accepted on the other side, that the terms of the con tract would be perfected in three months. The Jury, under the direction of his Lordship, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and execution not to be sued out for three months, in case the repairs were performed agreeably to the schedule within that time, and subject to the approval of surveyors appointed by the parties. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) WRENCH V GARDNER. In this case Mr. PLATT on a former day obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict for the defendant should not be set aside and a new trial had on the grounds that the verdict was against evidence. Messrs. THESSIGER and CHAMBERS now showed cause against the rule. The ac tion was brought to recover the sum of 651., being the amount of the price of a quantity of peas for seed, which had been sold by the plaintiff, a seedsman, to the defend ant, a market-gardener in Kent. The case was tried at Guildford, by the Lord Chief Justice at the last assizes. Mr. PLATT was proceeding to reply when our reporter left. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails, and ship letters from Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, and Oporto. By this last conveyance we have received Gibraltar Chronicles to the 20th May. Course of exchange at Gibraltar : Private bills on London, at 90 days' date, 48i to 48i. The news from the south of Spain has been anticipated by the French telegraphic despatches. The following is from Falmouth this morning :—The Peninsular steamer Braganza arrived here to-day from Lisbon, having sailed on the 24th ; being three days later than the Transit, alread3 arrived. Nothing had transpired respecting the formation of a new Ministry. The only ad ditional person named was the Marquis Fronteira ; but it remained questionable whether he would accept the office. Senor Passos, in the existing difficulties, holds the portfolio of the various offices pro ten:. The advance of the Queen's forces in the north of Spain was partially known at Lisbon, but created little or no sensation. The Braganza left Malaga on the 18th inst. ; Gibraltar, 19th inst. ; Cadiz, 20th inst. ; and Oporto, 25th inst. She brings forty-three passengers. THE FUNDS. A failure to a large amount of an extensive American house at Paris has taken place, it is said, to the amount of 400,0001. _ Consols were rather buoyant during the course of yes terday, in consequence of an improvement in his Majesty's health. They closed at 91+ for the Account ; and for Money, 91 ; Exchequer Bills, 37 ; India Bonds, 37 ; Bank Stock, 295 206 N ; India Stock, 2.594 2601. Consols opened at 911 for Account ; 91.4- for Money, with little doing to the present hour. _ .. _ _ In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at t23i Ex-coupons opened at 23 d ; Passive, 57 6k ; Deferred, 94L ; Portuguese left off at 46L opened at -16,1 474 ; Three per gents., 291 30-k ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., .s:n In respect to commercial affairs all is quiet in the eify to the present time. Consuls arc now 91i . _ HALF-PAST ONE. Although the accounts from America received this morning are of a most disastrous nature, it has not had any effect, up to the present hour, on our funds. Consols continue steady, at 911 for the Account, and 91i for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 35 37 ; India Bonds, :35 ; Bank Stock, '2054 '206. In the Foreign Market little doing ; Spanish Active 23} 11, with Coupons ; Portuguese, 47. E ; Three per Cents., 294 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531 ; Spanish Coupons, 50. All is quiet in the City respecting commercial affairs. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 91i The Duke and Duchess of Somerset gave a grand entertainment on Saturday to the Earl and Countess Grey and Lady Georgiana Grey, the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Lord and Lady Amherst and Lady Sarah Amherst, Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam. Lord and Lady James Stuart, Lord Boringdon, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Stewart. PAISLEY.—We are sorry to say that the situation of the working population in this place is most distressing, and, to all (appearance, rapidly getting worse. How heart rending is it to see thousands and tens of thousands of the in dustrious, sober, and intelligent inhabitants of Paisley border ing on actual starvation ; in many hundreds of instances whole families of numerous young children existing on the scanty pittance of one shilling per day, and in many cases on much less, besides a largo class of persons who have never yet applied for public aid, but who choose to part with almost every article of furniture or clothing which they possess ; and, what is worse, several thousand widows and children literally in a state of famine, having no means of support whatever. In the midst of this awful crisis the suffering population continue to conduct themselves with the greatest order and decorum, although enduring trials and afflictions quite unparalleled in the history of this town.— Glasg ow Chronicle. THE TEA TRADE, AIONTDAY.—The deliveries last week were 416,0501b5. The sale by the East India Com pany is fixed to commence on this day week. About twelve o'clock on Sunday night, as three gen tlemen were passing over Southwark-bridge, they observed some clothes in one of the recesses, which, upon examination, were found to be a coat, hat, and umbrella. The gentlemen having heard a heavy splash in the water previously to finding the clothes, they concluded that sonic one had jumped from the bridge for the purpose of drowning himself, and imme diately gave the alarm, when a policeman in company with the gentlemen hastened dowa the steps of the bridge, but could observe nothing. The clothes were taken to the sta tion-house in the Southwark-bridge-road; upon examining the pockets a prayer-book, with " B. A. Krons" written inside, was found, besides lid. in copper. The clothes are now at the above station-house. LITERATURE. LOCKHART'S LIFE OF SCOTT. Vol 3. Cadell, Edinburgh, 1837. The present volume is more interesting than eit her of its predecessors, being fuller o f anecdote, and m ore diversified in its details. Scott is here presented toyer at the most bustling and anxious p eriod of his li 011 when his poetic renown (for a se ason only) wAs the wane, in consequence of the all-engrossing, interest of Lord Byron's productions ; when he was somethtn g in hampered by pecuniary embarrassm ents ; and was '. ditating, by way of retrieving his fortunes, that series of fictions i'hich will last as long as the English guage shall endure. We have abundan ce of curio's details respecting the origiu and progress of Waverle, , ac te y r, one anecdote, in particular, is of so strking a cha that we cannot refrain from extracting it pening," says Mr. Lockhart, • ,d ono ** To pass through Edinburgh in June, 1814, I din- 10 day with William Menzies (now one of the Supreme :114 1 at the Cape of Good Hope), whose residence %vas the n ,i ' s George-street, situated very near to, and at right ono!, with, North Castle-street. It was a play of young r e i d sons, most of them, like Menzies and myself, cle stin • ov for the Bar of Scotland, all gay an thoughtless, enin', ing th e first flush of manhood, with little rernonbiZho of the yesterday, or care of the m orrow• t wo my companion's worthy father and uncle, after secing,..es, or three bottles go round, left the juveniles t o thentse'loa the weather being hot, we adjourned to a library, wbi cb .„•, o % one large window looking northwards. After cad here for an hour or more, I observed that a shade ha lb over the aspect of my friend, who happened to be P a t i o t immediately opposite to myself, and said something $1 intimated a fear of his being unwell. No,' said be ',. s it shall be well enough presently ; if you will only Int I c on' where you are, and take my chair ; for there is founded hand in sight of me here , which has ° 01 bothered me before ; and now it won't le t me 6" with glass with a good will.' I rose to change places ild, him accordingly, and he pointed out to me this O v a which, like the writing on Belshazzar's wall, Ova his hour of hilarity. Since we sat down,' lie I have been watching it—it fascinates my eye---it rii, " sQ stops—page after page is finished, and thrown on that ,11 be of MSS., and still it goes on unwearied — and so it wager candles are brought in, and God knows how nb that It is the same every night—l cant stand the a d of it when lam not at my books.' Some stupid , d °g t be; engrossing clerk probably,' exclaimed myself or some 0 ," $1 giddy yonth in our society. No, boys,' said our the know what hand it is—'tis Walter Scott's.' This ria to hand that, in the evenings of three summer Week s, vi.° the two last volumes of Waverley l" " Guy Mannering," was written with equa l raPir of Mr. Lockhart assuring us that it was the t h e re la . "only three weeks"—a diligence to which to no parallel in the literary annals of this ° A .d e f' other country. To be sure Voltaire's " C atwi of was begun and finished within the short FP a u ce iic k seven days, as a birth-day day present to a it seller who was the author's friend ; but this, b e . re remembered, was but one short tale ; and V° Pl l ,i; unlike Scott, had no dry legal duties to distract the attention during the day. A few weeks a fter :el battle of Waterloo, Scott visited this c elebrs' lo field of action, and afterwards Paris, wh ere a il was introducd to, and became acquainted wit h ' pro t the leading actors in that stirring period—the Eillit.cy of Russia, the King of Prussia, Blucher, the Ces'-irecl Platoff, and the Duke of Wellington. Wh en his opinion of this last, the author of " Ma llll° r replied, that he " might now say he had seen an d 0- 10 versed with all classes of society, from the pal 9e L e is the cottage, and including every covceivable wit( of science and ignorance—but that he had Il e o f felt awed or abashed, except in the res ir ence one man—the Duke of Wellington I" I v e t :he not surprised at this, for the splendour 0 ' o f Duke's achievements cannot but have had a o ' basilisk fascination for the poet whose highest 0 0 tiou it was in youth to become a hero, and wh o never more in his element than when describi n g The ..d dclinc.ting the characters of warriorS• narrative of Scott's visit to the Shetland I slam which is inserted in this volume, will be read w ith - 10 much interest as even Paul's incomparable Lette rs his Kinsfolk. NICK OF THE WOODS, 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1837. There are scenes in this tale, especially in the volume, which are in no respect inferior tothe Ie p ' r , contained in Cooper's romance of the " Pioneers. e, Bird, the author, whose play of Spartacus was so g en e , rally popular a year or two since in the United StA i; has the most vivid conceptions of character, whi cl ,' f be pourtrays in a free, bold, and stirring manner• bco state of Kentucky, as it was in the year 1 782, sc ey the first white settlers had only just succeeded in a t i o cuing it from the domination of the aboriginal t o tribes, has supplied him with abundant materialser, work on ; with backwoodsmen, Kentucky r ail s o' ' itinerant pedlars, &c. scarcely less savage in their Obei tiers and habits than the red Indians, with whou,o i ,„ l are brought into constant co lli s ion ; —and these va r. ? out-of-the-way characters, who, we believe, ar e , n l , fast passing away, Doctor Bird has delineated wito care, a skill, and we may even add, an ori,gi e e l' which are not surpassed by the best American v 0 e ,' ists. The sketches of " Roaring Ralph Stac k r,o(l and " Wandering Nathan ;" of the strang e ' ;11 scenery in which they are located ; and the sc a ' t - o rs, less strange events in which they are principal n e " fi l a t will be sure to make " Nick of the Woods" as poPr as any tale that has appeared this season. A DREAM OF LIFE. A PoE3I. By TICK RE!". WILLIAM GLIRDEN MOORX. Smith, Elder, Co., London, 1837. Though wanting in method, and disfigured by gi g 'melons, tasteless changes of rhythm and metre' et i, Poem is not destitute of strong evidences of a true pa ot cal imagination. In itself it is but an earnest "fe%:loite might be expected from the author, were lie to ( 1 e his leisure to the cultivation of the beautifu l aod t t lof good, in a form well adapted to the developeme9nts. the purest, the tenderest, and the loftiest s entialc ok The following extracts from Mr. Moore's unPrete of ing volume—which is dedicated to the eitizell'stiej Lincoln—are the genuine effusions of a mi nd e"b with the spirit of poetry : " There stood, Bendinganxious group,—methought they wished to In its sweet face the page of future life, To gather the complexion of its days From that which nature gave, or dark or fair; And as the downy 'cheek of Geraldine ( For so they called the infant,) was embrowncat As if a shadow had passed on before, And left its saddening impress, e'er the sun Of her life's morn had ris'n, I heard a s igh,-- Deep,—piteous,—breathe from that anxious group' A prayer, too, rose in solemn silence thence, Rose like a cloud of incense, undisturbed By breath of human passion, pure and holy, And floating thro' the regions high above The ken of mortal sight, was fragrant still. d, Ah ! little thought they, as they lingering st°° In meditation deep, o'er that dear c hild, How many and how great her future trials. And little heeded she, or good or ill, So called by older tenants of the world, Wrapt in the babe's vacuity of thought. 0 Oh, infancy ! what simple joys content Thy simpler wants ; beauty is undesired, If placed beyond thy sight : —indifferen t To man's unreasonable hoprs, thy days Pass on with even tido ; subject, indeed, To momentcry ebbs and flows, yet s till T Thee n c e lo x u t d se t e h s at b l a i n u i n s g he o d ne b, wl r i e i t le ur u n p ul o g n cart' • Sweet, simple days ! when bounding w.ith°ut We climb the hill, and nestle in t he seat n ,_ d ,br0 1) Scooped from its sido ; sonic thick and stye:, Spreading its arms as shelter fro m the 11 T Fo h r e ntehee dartingblue violet, off andwe search,daisy Of spotless white and coronet of go ld.. c..l ' d While thy swift wings are leaving far b These dear remembrances, so interweaved With my existence, spare to memorY What otherwise 'tis well should den' in scatt ere d ts fri ngge