The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-23 00:00:00

Made to us ? and cheer s .) D o you expect that we sheuld stand meeklyy, and speak ofer r o a s isF a i voice in vindication tto of ourselves, whenmen be kh!mmisunderstood, as i f we were a body of I b n ein a g n s gu th a a g :co n u o ld with ptinity b e trampled upon ?—( Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet W/snows it is otherwise. Ile has fought too long in our ranks into kn ow our spirit and determination. He has known us many a victory before —may he li ve t o see us ac hi eve many hereafter. Ireland had the advance of England upon the question of Church -rates. The abolition of that obnoxious Impost in Ireland h a d b een extorted from the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley) some years ago. On that occasion the Dis senters of En g l an d stood boldly and resolutely forward to maintain the cause of Ireland; and they, the representatives of Ireland, were now r ea d y to g i ve to the English Dissenters all th e aid in their power, in return for the good service they had perf ormed for Ireland. Personal interest in the question then before the House they (the Irish Members) had none. But they had more gratitude tha n th e H on . B aronet ascribed to the m ; and, acting upon that feeling of gratitude, he for ene would not o m i t an opportunity to strike at every link of the chain which marked and degraded the Dissenters, but could no longe r bind them.—( Cheers.) Church -rates having been abolished in Ireland, it was only just and fair that the !ante principle should be applied to England : that which re leased the Roman Catholics of Ireland from the payment of an odious tax ought also to be applied to release the Dis senters of E ng l and. What was the policy upon which Church -rates were abolished in Ireland ? They were abo lished in that country because millions of the people de- Manded their abolition.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Thousands upon thousands demanded their abolition in England, and if theit were found expedient to yield to the wishes of the people reland, upon what principle of fairness or justice could .. wishes of so large a portion of the people of England be armed? He would maintain the Churches, the sacred edifices ported to by the majority of the people in England, in all the nobleness and loftiness that became their sacred purposes, but he w ou ld do it out of some other fund than that wrung out of the reluctant hands of those who held no communion, with the Establishment.—( Cheers') Sir ROBERT INGL IS was for some time inaudible, in consequence of the rush of Members who rose to leave the House. When we first heard him lie was alluding to the personal remarks which Mr. Shiel had nitde upon the con dhad uct of Sir Francis Burdett. That Hon. Baronet, he said, recently been subjected to a trial, and by that trial had bee, honourably acquitted ; and had it not been for that trial and that honourable acquittal, he believed the House Would not have been indulged with the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary (Mr. Shiel)—(Laughter and cheers.) For, with the exception of the last five m i nutes o f his speech, not one wor d h a d t h e Hon. and Learned Gentleman said which had reference to the .question before the House. All his observations had been confined to tht; conduct of the Non. Baronet the Member for Westminster.—( Hear, hear.) he (Sir R o b ert I nglis) would not interrupt the progress of tee debate by answering or attempting to ans wer th e quest i on thwhich the lion. and Learned Gentleman had put to them, al ough he cou ld we ll conce i ve, how strong and convincing an answer might b e g i ven b y som e gentlemen in the House when te Hon. and Learned Gentleman asked what the change of Political affairs had been since the year 1834, which could warrant the alleged change in the views and conduct. of tbe Honourable Baronet the Member for Westminster.--( Hear, hear .) That answer, however, he would leave for others to sole g i ve at another period of the debate. At that moment his endeavour would be to confine himself to the question telmediately at issue.—( Hear.) Every Gentleman who had pre ccded'bim in the debat e h a d cons id ere d t h e quest i on merely i this point o f v i ew whether a sum, not a ppa ren tly a l arge one, should be taken from certain sums at present exclusively 4 41 jeable to the purposes of the Church. He confessed that he considered it as a much more vital question than one of M e re pound s , s hilli ngs , an d pence; and he was content to look the state of the public mind upon it. Ile believed that there never was a question upon which the public opinion had been expressed so disinterestedly, so explicitly, and so fully, as on t his question of Church-rates.—( Hear.) He hardly knew any question, not even that of the abolition of negro slavery in the West Indies, upon which so many petitions had been p resente d to the Hou se ' • and he was perfectly certain that no occa s i on h a d ev er occurred when the prayer of so many petitions had been to (Hcontinue, not to abolish, the payment of any particular impost.-- tear.) The H on . B arone t con ti nue d to a dd ress th e H ouse , o t the noise was so incessant, that it was scarcely possibl e collect the substance of a single sentence lie uttered. We E u ndersto o d hi m to argue t h at t h e pet i t i ons o f t h e people of ngland in opposition to the ministerial measure were founded in an apprehension that it would tend to destroy tho chur c h. Th e pet i t i ons f rom t h e di ssenters of Scotland ; favour of the ministerial plan were evidently grounded on the belief that a successful attack on the Church of England Would ultimately lead to the ov er th row o f th e established — "ref' in Scotland, while those who petitioned against that plan were equally convinced that the defence of the oChChurch of England was essential to the maintenance of the urch of S cot l an d . H e h ad heard it stated, not only from ° Pponent s , but from some of his friends, that the present system of Church-rates must be given up because of the V ery str ong f eeling that prevailed throughout the country Very them. All that lie could say was, that he never Would admit that resistance to the law was a sufficient ground for its repeal. He would never consent to the proposition that turbulence and almost rebellion was a fair ground for the Legislature to adopt a measure which it otherwise would not enact. The Chancellor of the Exche quer and the Noble Lord at the head of his Majesty's Govern thltlent had stated that they would not do any thing in favour of e volu ntary principle ; but if the present measure were car tied the voluntary pri nc ipl e wou ld, p ro t an l o, b e esta bli s h ed ; r beleause, after the fund proposed to be furnished by th e presentlan sh ou ld h ave b een obtained, there would still rema i n a ar ge sum to be supplied for the necessities of the Church ; ' 4, (1 unless that sum should be contributed upon the voluntary p r inciple, the Church would in effect be impoverished and deserted. 2sle, BROTHERTON here moved, amid loud cr'ee of " Divide," that the debate be adjourned. Thequestion o f a dj ournment was t h en put an d agreed to. Public Works (Ireland) Bill was reported. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the liouse adjourned at One o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. A Dt, CHURCHES, IRELAND. isc.TURN of ti,:o Sums of Money which, in the Years 1834, i' B36 ' 183 6: and 16,?7, have been appropriated by the Ecclesias -1141 C ommissioners fol . Ireland to the Repair, Enlargemeut and tebuilding of Churches it: Ireland ; distinguishing the sums ap :priated to the Repair from those appropriated to tke E n l arge nt or Rebidding of Churches. Itl, Repair. Enlargement. R e b u ildi ng . 18Z ..... :.. X 15,000 0 0 Nil Nil 1 .8.36 .... ••• 82,824 0 5 £1,656 910 Nil 1837 • ....... 7 4,287 2 11 Nil £2,289 17 4 •••••••••• 48,566 0 0 Nil Nil Tot 1,1••.:220677 3 4 £1,656 910 £2,289 17 4 total sum appropriated By order, 2, Ril dare-street, May 1, 1837. J. WILSON. te t 4 ll l ltan under the highest auspices and lO e"i " mostcy-dress fete, attractive scale, is to be given at the Surrey Zoo vtgiech4l-attardens on t h e 1 7 t h o f J une , f or t h e conducting of the co mmittee of noblemen and gentlemen is now forming, tli ttr receeds sed Hiof which are to be devoted to the relief of the es ghlanders and Islanders. AIR Ir. - I ISRA ELI'S NEW ROMANCE.—In the .a ge 2 f tar, ° I Venetia" will be found shadowed forth, under the left: Marmion Herbert, and Lord Cadzadis, two of the d S yron and brightest poets of modern times—Shelley an 11 4 ' The most salient points of character and conduct are st?„P i l.IY chosen, and are brought before the reader's eye . with s of pia'neg_ vividness and effect. . At the same time, such changes n iuch 0 7 . , and period, and circumstance, introduced—so the the fictitious and the imaginative is embroidered . l on a trace_ertual and the true—so much of the true is covered wi h t o l ut v i ol : l ull v e il , that the whole possesses a poetical reality, wit tibikityothrtogftlhteidsi,avcidreudainse._ss m of o p r r i i , v in a g te p li o fe s , t. or wounding the suseeP ...- Mr. Lov .v ° • e with MORE. Our previous acquaintance a nte th e Tales and Lyrics made us anxious fur the appear public h • e wo rk before us, when we saw it announced for Its perusal has tended to establish the opinio . n elltimad entertained as to the author's talent. He has laid fair 1% 4 . is e a shre of the laurels hitherto worn by Lady Morg•an, of fri,Tdgewortli, and one or two other felicitous delineations d di Ple ks b I character. Mr• Lover wisely prefers the lighter . ,n 11,9ter duty of describing . national character to political t he ti n c j i I l l ."- Here he is excellent. Every Irishman must admit ha re, e ,"ty of his sketches—nothing can be more true to na the e l n he main story is well conceived, and worked out to ever, -se by a chain ofprobable incidents, which bear, how- Afte; all the charm and p novelty of fiction. The illustration!, eert4in number, are designed by the author himself, who is app ear Y a very gifted person in every respect. The . . Muses fo r we to have made him an object of their special solicitu .e, l 'istori u fin d him successively in the character of novelist, poet, , musician, and artist.—Sunday Times. NILEMAN JACK, BY THE AUTHOR OF lif e; "131 " 1 ." This new novel is a series of sketches of the P o e st.. tet naval officer, from the rank of midshipman to that of 4 ' l b ett a r e in ; and a stirring life it is—full of feats of broil 411 ,,d shipwrecks, frolics, and the other chances of . love (41 - d ." 1 1 . . which are apparently the inseparable concomitants se ho o l,. l ,% °r ' B life. The humours of a cockpit, that perpetual e r avep -° ' e holiday, are admirably hit off, nor . are the t e th Portions of the work unworthy to be perused, with profit 'ettleZstryea hy the higher members of the profession. , 8 the wrier a sailor -author speaks out so ably and so forcibly `^P riter of Gentleman Jack."—Messenger. 41 N: 41 , IN CHA MIER'S NEW WORK, .THE pti:,4"--Captain Chamier is certainly not inferior in ded eltarßet- Power in the have delineation of sea-manners an exi stia and in the general skill of the novelist, to any ver y i g writer of stories of naval life. The Arethusa" is . a 4Reeeetletedtovdeert:nehd very entertaining work; . but we find it so dif any fair example of the writer from his con that i t Perratve, that we must be content in one word to say, con so popul ar crte of the best sea-novels which have lately become IVj.-- 11 Li terary Gazette. i t ; tti r , ,4 . I.4IIRBINSON'S T RAVE LS IN THE HOLY on th n OTHER PARTS OF THE EAST...,—This work,. which e e ve of appearance will doubtless meet with no s'lderst4 reception, on account of the peculiar nature (sei4 Dear h "d te b elow' to it, acc ording to the report of those - R 4 ts, a tr e 'L e i e l o the manuscript. Liekides exploring, t for three g3 7 pt th of Styria and Palestine, 4 ititl Most interesting o f Asia Minor , e a parts Mr. govinsoli visited ev er 1,_," Complete and extensive tour of the Levant titan been undertaken. LITERATURE. THE ARETHUSA ; A NAVAL STORY. ET C.IPTAIN CHAMIER. THREE POLS. Bentley, London, 1837. Within the last few years nautical novels have be come popular, far beyond the general course of fiction produced by modern talent. There are, however, both good taste and sound justice in this distribution of the public favour. The nautical authors—of course we speak in reference only to the best—write of scenes and people with whom they are familiar, and the' con sequence is, they arrive at a truth of colouring not frequently attained to by the others. fie who pre tends to describe the olden times must borrow_ much, if not everything, from books ; and how few are able, like Sir Walter Scot, to chose those precise tints which may give to the portraits of the dead the sem blance, and almost the reality, of life ? Nor is the matter much mended with those writers, who, trusting more to observation and less to fancy, confine their ef forts to the forms and. features of the modern world: if they choose the peasant's cot, a subject apparently within their ken, yet how little in reality do they know about it. Even Miss Mitford, charming as her sketches undoubtedly are, never yet has painted the reality of rustic life ;: her cottages, like those which formed the devil's delight, are cottages of gentility, and her peasants are fit inmates for such dwellings ; the clay of the fi&d does not hang about them ; her very dogs are not of the true breed, but seem to have come from the parlour newly washed and combed. Then, again if the writer betakes himself to the fashionable circles— even allowing him to be familiar with them—alai form of society is altogether so artificial, the surface of it is such a dead level, that no genius can render it interesting, except to those who are themselves a por tion of it. Now, the sailor, who depicts life as it ex ists at sea, has the double advantage of painting men with whom he is in daily and hourly intercourse, and of having for his groundwork the only form of life, in which the elements of romance can be said any longer to exist. Hence it is that the merit of these nautical novels will be always found to be in exact proportion as their authors, eschewing all other topics, adhere faithfully to the people, and - the scenes with which they are in immediate connexion. The hero of the " Arethusa," Walter Murray, is about as unpromising a character as ever was chosen to support the interest of a romance. He is neither one of those perfect patterns, which, to the great mis fortune of the world, are to be found only in novels ; nor yet is he one of those amiable monsters, all crime and - melancholy, with black hair and pale faces, who for so many years were the darlings of the ladies. So far from this, lie is introduced to us with every quality that may make him most repulsive. In the outset of the work, we find him as a boy —mean, ungrateful, vin dictive, avaricious—with an inordinate propensity to lying, and without a single redeeming quality, except it be his untameable courage. The object of the author, and it never would have entered into any com mon mind, is to show how such a nature might be al tered by time, and a favourable combination of circum stances—his vices dying off as it were, and dropping from him. Great as the change is when eventually completed, yet the intermediate links are so subtily woven, the transitions from one stage to other are so gradual, and effected by causes so natural and at the same time so powerful, that the interest is never check ed, nor the judgment offended for a single moment. It is curious to see the happy art with which the several characters, however dd.:rant they may be in habits and temper, yet work, unconsciously to them selves, upon the heto Thus, in the very beginning of his career, on ship-board, his pride is rubbed down, and his temper steeled by the incessant tricks of a brother midshipman, Light Weazel, who is the coun terpart of a monkey in every thing save that he lacks the tail, which Lord Monboddo would have supplied him with. This mischievous varlet, with an indomit able love of tormenting, gives Walter no rest, even when he has received a sound drubbing at his hands. The Captain, the very model of what a British Captain ' should be, contributes his share in forming the cha racter of the novice ; even his friend Hammerton, who is but an every-day sort of personage, has yet an effect upon him ; and the rest is brought about by alternate suffering and pleasure, battles and honoursohipwrecks at sea, and hospitality ashore. To give the whole story in detail would be somewhat too much for our purpose ; we must content ourselves with showing Walter as he appears at the different stages of his career, and for this purpose will begin with the young midshipman's first introduction to his Captain at Ports mouth) : " Away went Hammerton, and without any preface opened the door and began, " The Captain wants you, Murray —come along as quick as you can." " I have sent once to him," replied Murray, "that I should come after dinner." At this Hammerton burst out laughing and said', "you'll know better before half an hour is ovcr your head than to send such a messago to the Captain ; but come, he has sent me for you—don't stand gaping there like a stuck pig —come along Isay.'' "You may say what you like," said Murray, "but I don't care any more for the Captain than I do for that sweeper in the street, and go I shall not until I have had my dinner." " Don t make an ass of yourself," continued Hammerton, getting a little on towards an angry expression ; " but come along, or I must take you by force." " By force 1" said the petulant boy; " I should like to see you use force 1" " Oh," said Hammerton, " you will not be long in being gratified ;" and forthwith he seized his victim by the cuff of the coat with the left hand, and taking hold of a certain part of his unmentionables, he forced Murray's head forward with one hand, whilst he kept back _his stern with the other, and thus navigated him, in spite of all kicks and starts, through the passage, ',Meeting a waiter who was near the Captain's door, he desired him to open it, and in walked Mr. Murray in spite of himself. He seemed rather startled at finding him self in the presence of five Captains, all in uniform, and all men not very likely to be frightened by a youngster. " Come here, Sia i " said Barker, in a quarter-deck voice, which, in spite of the independent air and bearing of Murray, who had drawn himself up for impertinence directly Hammer ton relinquished his grasp aed allowed' him to be perpendicular, went through him, and he felt, to use a common expression, cowed. " Come here, Sir," lepeated his Captain ; " did you hear me speak to you ? Pray, Sir, why did you not come when I sent for you, without obliging Mr. Hammerton to exe cute his orders in the manner he has done—and done properly?" " I thought—" began Murray. " Thought, Sir 1" interrupted his Captain ; " who gave you leave to think, Sir ? A midshipman think I D—n it, we aro coma to a pretty pass now 1 I ordered you, Sir, to come to me ; and take care you never disobey my orders. And now, Sir, that you have received the reprimand you have deserved, sit down and dine here," Murray, astonished at this welcome of his Captain, crept like a frightened dog to tho chair ; which was placed by the gide of his commander, and began the operation of eating with• out much appetite. This being remarked by,another Captain, one who afterwards enjoyed the title of a most magnificent ty rant, led to the following observation from him :—" It's 'well for you, youngster, that you don't belong to my ship • for, by all that's sacred if you did, you should be flogged this even ing and starved to-morrow. This comes of sending midship men down in carriages; whereas, if they were packed up like fish in baskets, and bundled into carts or waggons, they would get a kind of hint as to what they might expect afterwards." This pleasant introduction to a sea-life is followed by the usual quantum of drubbings, given and received, and the usual allowance of practical jokes, all told with infinite whim and humour, till at last Walter becomes a very tolerable sailor. Adventure now crowds upon adventure, unconnected of course, but forming, as a whole, a vivid picture of a seaman's life that certainly has no sameness in the recital, whatever it may have to him who actually endures it ; to-day we see him drinking claret at the Captain's 414 t to-morrow, swilling grog and fighting with a brother mid , hipman in the cock-pit; one hour he is battling with the storm, the next with the enemy ; now watching off a French port, and now cruiging in the West Indies, weighing the chances of Yellow Jack agiiiiist his hopes of prize mpney. As a climax to all thi s t h e voturbe wid4 with tip*.... shipwreck, which it is scarcely possi ble to read without iciPPiju prie hears the roar of the V9ina, and feels the dashing spray of ih j: Passing Dm much that is admirable, and BOW few digressions that would be better away, we come to the cutting out of the Hermione, one of the most gallant actions of a war when British seamen were never other wise than gallant. The tale is told with so much truth and force, that we cannot resist giving a few de tached fragments, though of course it must lose much of its deep interest from the manner of the abridgement : The Surprise, at dark, bad stood in shore under a crowd of sail; and, when sufficiently close, the boats were hoisted out, and left the ship in two divisions, as indicated, the pinnace leading the first, and the gig leading the second, having the rest in tow. At the time of leaving the Surprise, the Her mione was visible through a night-glass; and such was the anxiety of the leader of this bold enterprise, that he never once lost sight of her, but stood with the night-glass in his hand until an event occurred which made the gallant Captain look in another direction. The boats had crept along silently, and rather slowly, to wards the harbour's mouth ; and now the lights were visible from the town ; they were about two miles distant from the Hermione, and as yet apparently undiscovered. The oars, as they silently dipped in the water, were feathered close to its surface; no phosphoric brightness betrayed the approaching enemy —not a word was uttered, and even in the leading boat, so strictly was silence observed, and so well were the boats pulled, that the jolly-boat was scarcely discernible. Sud denly the boats were hailed ; a volley of musketry succeeded, st long gun dashed its contents in the direction of the Eng lish crews, and it became evident that all was discovered. The Hermione was seen with lights on her main deck and at quarters ; a gun from the shore answered the gun previously fired, and it was plain that the only surprise which could have been effected was now destroyed. Captain Hamilton trusted that his officers would have obeyed his directions, by disregarding every other object but the one in view ; and when he cast off the tow and gave three cheers, he added, " Hurrah for the first on board I" Murray steered the pinnace, and her bow never varied in the least from the direction of the frigate. The gallant fellows now so longer dipped in their oars silently; but they dashed forward, cheering as they went, and giving the enemy ample time to make every preparation. It was now the first error was committed. The launch and the second division of boats, instead of dashing forwards, turned short round upon the gun-boats which had given the alarm, and thus Captain Ha milton, who kept his face towards his foe, reached the bow of the Hermione unsupported ; not a boat was pulling in ~the same direction but the jolly-boat, and she was soon far astern. As the pinnace passed the larboard bow of the Hermione, the forecastle gun was fired at her ; but she was so close that the contents passed over her, and at that moment might he seen the extraordinary sight of a frigate's pinnace, with about twenty men in all, going unsupported alongside a frigate having at least three hundred •men on board to cut her out ; that frigate being perfectly prepared and actually at quarters, with her main-deck properly lighted by fighting lanterns, and her Captain and officers on the quarter-deck awaiting on an attack, as was afterwards affirmed, from the Surprise herself and not her boats. In a work of this kind we only follow the hero. As the pinnace was crossing the hawse of the Hermione, her rudder caught a rope which went from the bows of the frigate to her boat moored at the buoy. Murray lifted the rudder, when the boat fell between the starboard forechains and tl:e cathead. A rush was made to be the first man on board. Captain Ha milton, upon jumping upon the lower anchor, which had that day been weighed and was still covered with mud, slipped off, and nearly fell into the boat ; however, still keeping firm hold of the foremost lanyard of the fore shroud, he recovered his footing, and leaped over the bulwark. The Spaniards below had by this time become acquainted with the nature of the attack, and a rush was made from the main-deck by the after hatchway; but the English, flushed with the success of the enterprise; and finding themselves in possession of the quarter-deck, soon repulsed the enemy. Durinr , this affair the mari n e o ffi cer ' s party b oar d ed on the larboard' gangway. This welcome, but tardy assistance,—for it appears they had tried to board on that gangway before, but were repulsed,—placed the success of the enterprise beyond a doubt, as far as the possession of the frigate was concerned, although from 'the main-deck a continued fire of musketry was still kept up. I n th e mean t i me t h e cables had been cut; the men appointed to perform that duty, as they got to their re spective situations, made ample amends for their former neg lect. The mizen-topsail was loose, the ship adrift, and creep ing out of the harbour, when the marines made a rush on the main -deck, and the Bermione surrendered. This battle is followed by a rapid sucussion of scenes, as vivid and as brilliant as one of Stanfield's moving dioramas, and not less diversified in the sub ' jects. We can hardly say it is a fault they are not more connected, for if - any thing is lost on the one hand, from the want of a closely-compacted plot, the loss is amply made amends for by the variety to which it gives occasion. It is, moreover, to this total self abandonment to the Current of feelin, whichever way the stream may chance to run at the moment, that we owe much of the raciness anti vigour which so pre-emi nently distinguish Captain Chamier. Were he to use more art, it is to be feared he might giie us less sub stance ; while, as it is, he never fails to effect that, which, after all, must be the principal aim with every amuse the fancy and excite the feelings, while he satisfies the judgmCnt of his readers. THE HUSSAR. In 2 Vols. London, Colburn, 1837. In deep intensity of interest few romances equal ,hose of real life. There are not many men who have )erformed a stirring part in the great drama of human action whose autobiography, if faithfully written, would not record scenes more striking than any to be found in the pages of fictitious narrative. In illus tration of the truth of this opinion, we may confidently refer to the volumes now before us, which, the author assures us, " contain a simple and unadorned relation of the principal occurrences in the life of the individual whose memoirs they profess to be. The subject of them—one of the most respectable of the many re spectable inmates of Chelsea Hospital—is still alive to vouch for the accuracy of the statement, being in every respect competent to'satisfy the most distrusting, that no liberties have been taken with historical truth in the management of this story. **. The Hussar is no work of fiction—but just as much the Memoirs of Norbert Landsheit as Captain Carlton's delightful volume is a memoir of himself." This from a man of the Rev. Mr. Glegg's high character would be suffi cient to remove every idea that the subject of this work was a creation of the fancy, were any external evidence required. But no evidence .of the kind is wanted. Before the reader gets over a dozen pages, lie finds himself in company with a fine, honest-hearted, war-worn veteran, whose flesh and blood identity it were an insult to call in question. He relates his ad ventures in the first person with a degree of simple energy, and now and then a delightful garrulousness of detail, admirably suited to his age and character. Norbertus Landsheit was born in 1775, in the Bishop ric of Cologne, and was educated for the ministry. Before he attained the age for taking holy orders, Germany was overrun by the armies of France,: and young Landshert, at the instigation of an uncle, en tered the army under Baron Charles de Hoinpesch. He served with his regiment some time in England and in our West Indian Colonies ; fought his way through the Peninsula ; and after a life full of inci dent, is now an inmate of Chelsea Hospital. The volumes abound in anecdote, in which the ludicrous and the terrific strikingly display the lights and sha dows in the life of a soldier. 'We quote an extract from the account of Serjeant Landsheit's rambles in Sicily, with which we are compelled to conclude this notice of a work which the grave and gay may read with equal profit : About two miles from Palermo, on the road to the interior, stands a convent of Capuchins, which, having heard a good deal of its splendour and of the customs of its inmates in re ference to their dead, I resolved to visit. I was accompanied in this excursion by three friends, non-commissioned officers belonging to the 20th Dragoons, and one of the regiments of infantry, with whom, as soldiers arc not unapt to do, when set ting forth on a pleasurable expedition, I drank rather more wine than I ought to have done. We were not, however, in the slightest degree intoxicated,---indeed I repeat once for all, that drunkenness never had the slightest charm for me, even in my most thoughtless years ;—but we had taken enough to place all things within us and around us in the brightest light, and to render us freer both of speech and action than we might have been, had we more spared the wine cup. In this merry mood we hastened to the monastery, the brethren of which were partienlarly kind and civir; conducting us first th roug h the chapel and'ether: public rooms Ogre ground, itud Olen leading the way into the crypt beneath, Ijere the only light affJrcieti carpe from a couple of torches, which two of the monks carried before 14P, 41 - 0 by the glare of which we per ceived that the walls of the crypt were on all sides indented by niches, which being in three tiers, cont a i ne d eac h w i t hi n i ts recess the body of a dead man. I say the body, for these were pot mere skeletons. Flesh indeed there was none, but the skin wigs the,:c, i,2141y y el. ti 4 e c voqes ;-414; toe hair and the beard—the latterorwhiai IloWe 414 1- ylnetaneei as low as the breast. Moreover, every corpse was dressed in the sort of garments which the man used to wear when he lived. Warrioji *p r y rterc and generals ! senators, priests, and pri- The Right lion. the Lord Provost." THE CRIMINAL LAW. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY,. MAY 23, 1837. rate gentlemen ; some i n th e i r un if orms, some in their robes, some in their canonicals. We were assured likewise by our guides that several had strwpd as we beheld them for three centuries. The garments did indeed fall to pieces, and were from time to tinlo replaced ; but the bodies were just as they had been when first planted in these niches. Moreover, on the breast of each was a plate attached to a chain that went round his neck;--the great men having theirs of silver, the less dig nified being labelled n ith brass ; while each bore an inscrip tion illustrative of the career and services of the individual thus honoured in his death. Of course we were very curious to learn by what process the bodies could be prepared, so as to hinder time and an exposure to the atmosphere from decom posing them ; and the monks, seeing that there were no women in our company, undertook to explain to us the whole matter. As we passed along the crypt towards the further extremity, where the torch bearer stated that our sources of information lay, I experienced, I know not why, a strong inclination, to pull one of the great warriors by the beard. I did so, and be hold, a large portion of the hair, with a lump of skin, remain ed in my hand. There was a loud cry, of course, and a volley of reproaches, which however I found it cagy to silence by putting my hand into my pocket and piling out two silver coins of the value of twenty pence. 4‘ Buy some sticking plaster with that," said I, " and put on the beard again. No body will find it out." The monk smiled, took the money, and passed me. But the spirit of mischief was in me. 1 seised a Senator's hand and began to shake it ; and 10, it too remained in my grasp. It separated from the wrist as if it had been made of sand. There was a louder cry than before, and more scolding, which a similar method of reply put to silence. I gave the monk a Spanish dollar, end he made light of the counsellor's misfortune. Indeed it appeared to me that his civility and that of his brethren was increased; at all events we last no ground in their esteem, that is certain. Accordingly they led us on to a door in the distant wall, which they opened, and eve found ourselves in a small apart ment, within which two persons were in the act of preparing a body for removal into the cemetry. Their mode of doing so was this: they cut the body open in the hack, took out all the entrails, and kept the wound open by means of sticks, exactly as a butcher keeps open the car cases of his sheep and calves ; they then made numerous inci sions into the fleshy parts of the legs, thighs and arms. And having thus treated the corpse, they laid him face upwards, upon a sort of iron ladder, beneath which burned a slow fire of herbs, which they took care to keep always at the same de gree of temperature. The fire was just hot enough to melt the fat, and shrivel up and wear away the loose flesh, without cracking the skin or scorching the bones; and there was a dish, like a dripping pan, which caught the gravy and con veyed it beyond the furnace. After melting the corpse in this manner till the skin had everywhere collapsed upon the bones, they thrust an iron spike through the cavity into the head, and sewed up the wound again ; then putting on his garments, they fastened under them a broad iron ring round the waist, which having a hook that caught in another ring that waz driven into the wall, gave the body, when placed in the niche, its upright attitude. W e stayed here till all was explained to us, when we again followed our conductors up stairs, who led us out into the pleasure gardens belonging to the monastery and introduced us to the superior. Being here, we were invited to sit down beside a table that was spread under a tree, and hospitably re gAed with wine and fruit, and other light refections. Finally, haying given some fresh donations to the brotherhood, we took our leave, and returned to Palermo, both delighted and in seructed by the occurrences of the day. NEW MUNIuIPA L B ILL (SCOTLAND Copy of a Letter received from Robert Steuart, Esq., M. P, one of the Lords of the Trea*ury " Lonon, 13, 137. "My Lord P rovost ,—l n rep l y to yourd letter o ay f the 1 2 th in stant, forwarding to me an excerpt from the Minutes of the Town Council of Glasgow, I have the pleasure to inform you that Glasgow will be omitted from the operation of the Gene ral Municipal Bill for Scotland, and a separate measure shall •be prepared, with as little delay as possible. I should be very glad, were it thought advisable on the part of the Town Coun eil, to receive any suggestions that may offer for the framing of such a measure, or to communicate with a deputation that might be empowered to act for the joint interests of the diffe• rent portions of the city, if it should be deemed proper to ap point a deputation for that purpose.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your faithful and obedient servant, " R. ST " To the lion, th e L or d P rovost of Glasgow. " EU AßT. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has received the following communication from Sir John Campbell, his Majesty's Attor ney-General, in relation to this Bill, of which the following is copy:-- n, , 1837. "My dear L or d Provost—l ` am don do iAapp May 12 ointed in not re ceiving from you the heads of the proposed Bill for regulating the Municipal affairs of Edinburgh. Without such a com munication I hardly see how we can proceed to frame it—any general agreetnent, I fear, is not to be hoped for; but, with out this, we may be informed of the regulations which it is thought would do justice to all parts of the metropolis. I hope I need not say I am desirous to act as promptly as possi ble upon the resolution of the Town Council. " I am fully convinced that, from the very peculiar situation of Edinburgh, it could not have been retained in the general Bill. There must, at all events, have been introduced into the general Bill the provisions now to constitute the separate Bill, and there would have been the same difficulty wow experienced in framing them. For similar reasons, Glasgow is now to be withdrawn from the Bill, and, in the English Municipal Bill, London was never introduced. I remain, my dear Lord Provost, yours faithfully, " J. CAMPBELL. ...._ Lord John Russ e ll' s " Statements on Criminal Law" farther illustrated as to the two offences of Housebreaking and Bur glary. ( See pa t io 1 of printed paper laid before Parliament.) HOUSEBREAKING AND BURGLARY.-COMMITMENTI, ENGLAND AND WALES. Housebreak. Burglary. Total. First period : 1830 Executed 18. 1831 1832 - - --- 2,150 482 2,632 Capital Punishments for Housebreaking repealed Dec. 31, 1832, but continues for Burglary, though scarcely ever en forced, only two being executed in the following three years, when the committments for these crimes stood as under, viz. : Housebreak. Burglary. Total. 1833 .... .... ," .. Second period , i 34 518 Executed 2. ' 1835 ...... 381 1,578 606 2,184* These results arc strongly in favour of secondary punish ments: in other words, they show the inferior efficacy of ca pital punishment in the repression of crime. It is almost super fluous to remark, that the figures in the last column are those which should be looked at in comparing the two periods, be cause prior to 1833 burglary was sometimes indicted as house breaking, both being then capital. Committroents fall from 2,632 to 2,184, being a decrease of 448, or 17 per cent. in the second period. * The total is only 2,093 for three years, ending with 1836, being still more favourable, as showing a reduction in the crimes of 24 per cent. PROFESSOR WILSON AND MR. FORREST. (Abridged from a New York paper called the World.) FORREST'S VIROINIUS —" I have seen Forrest in the old Roman father—the veteran—the centurion. I have seen Macready play the same part more than once. I have always considered it as Macready's best character, perhaps with the solitary exception of Gambia, in Morton's nondescript drama of The Slave. I decidedly pronounce Forrest the best Vir ginius on the stage. It is adapted to his powers, and is a noble piece of acting—full of fire, full of soul, full of the father. He performed it for his benefit to a crowded house, and was most rapturously received. His performance of Vir ginius may be considered the greatest of his efforts, and was the grandest display of histrionic power which the stage has elicited since the days of a Cooke, a Kemble, and a Kean. His domestic scenes were inimitable, playful, and tender— gentle, and still the soldier, but always the father. Mr. For rest surprised his audience by the stern command which he held over himself, which, in every other character he has sustained, was always aiming at producing striking effects than the subdued beauty of impassioned eloquence. In the scene in which Virginius rallies his daughter on her love for 'edit's, his affectionate playfulness was exquisitely tender and natural. Nothing could be finer in the deeper interest of the drama, when the messenger from Rome arrives at the camp to inform Virginius of his daughter's danger—nothing could be finer than Forrest's deep and thrilling expression of intense sup port, and the burst of joy with which he exclaims, " I thank thee, Jupiter, I am still a father." His scene in the forum was sustained with equal force. It was listened to with the deepest interest. He had wound up the audience to the highest pitch, and when the scene closed it was hailed with an applause which burst spontaneously from every heart and hand. His last scene in the prison may be likened in its terrible and appalling horror, to the last sc ene of Sir Gil es O verreac h as sustained by Kean. Forrest's seizing the decemvir by the throat, demanding his daughter, and hulding him until he expires in his grasp, may be easier conceived than it can be described. In one word, Forrest's Virginius is a masterly performance. WHEAT AND FLOUR IN PARIS, COMPARED 4- WITH LONDON. WHEAT.—Th e hi g h est pr i ce of the twat Wheat i n P ar i s i s 23f. p er 1 bectolitrPi which is equal to 355. 3d. per Eng lislt citiarter, The highest price of the best Essex and Wheat in L on d on Kent tieing2 os. per quarter, the diffe rence i s Ni• i!(.1 per quarter dearer in isonden than, to Paris, or '74" per uent. and the pimp limey which in London buys but eight htisheit of Wheat, is in Paris the value of fourteen bushels of the finest quality. 1 FLOtift.—rnie highest price of flour of the "first mark" iu Paris is 46 f rancs per 159 kilogrammes, oove4ponding with 293. per 4nglish sap o f 3tiffihs. Th e hi g h est pr i ce of the fitrt 9 town fi'4lC!! flour in Lenden is 525. per sack, showing ne Flour . to be 235. per sack dearer in London than - in Paris, or 79 per cent. ; and that the 425. which in London Can procure but 2801b5., will in P.aris purchase 6021b 5 . of tilt. 4n.9sF Flovi POWER OF THE THIRD ESTATE. In these days, when the people are so generally imbued with a spirit of political inquiry, and when the elements of our constitution—the respective powers and privileges of our governors, and the working of the system —are subjects of so much interest and discussion, a few curious historical facts, may not inappropriately be brought under notice. They will serve to shew that the independence of the here ditary'portion of the legislature, and its usefulness in mode rating the temper, correcting the mistakes, and checking the encroachments of the Lower House of Parliament, was formerly more . theoretical than practical, and if the case has now become different, it is a grave question how far the evil ought to be opposed. It is a fundamental rule in the British Constitution, that the Three Estates of Parliament are intended to counterpoise each other, so that no undu e power or i n fl uence pre d om i nate to the prejudice of the people, whl by representation, having the imitation of all matters affecting themselves, especially the distribution cf that money which they themselves raise by taxation, are al lowed to hold the sovereign power. This may be considered rather a political maxim, never but in times of anarchy and disorganization acted upon; but it is nevertheless certain that on many occasions, the Commons exercised the right oi curbing both Kings and Lords, and b01.'4 performed its duty against the wishes of both. It is evident that were the two Houses in iota ccelo opposed fo each other, the most disastrous effects would speedily ensue ; but the tone which some hot-brained Tories assume may be softened by the reminiscence of a few instances where the accomplish ment of the Royal desires, and the anxious wishes of the Peers, were effectually prevented, and the representatives of the community asserted their indisputable rights. Henry 111., intending to embark in a foreigri expedition, asked his Parliament for money to defray the charges ; but he was flatly refused, and told t,k his face, it was shameful to make such a demand, for they would not waste more of his money. This remonstrance had no effect with those sturdy members ; the King said his royal word wzs pledged, and that he must at all events go abroad that year himself ; but they flatly refused the supply, and asked what had been done with all the money he had already exacted from them, and desired to know why such sums should be spent without benefit to the kingdom's ? These patriots proceeded to expel all foreigners and " Englishmen with foreign hearts," whose presence about the person of the King they thought prevented his studying the national advantage. Henry the Second, Ingulphus the Chronicler tells us, had likewise re quested permission to lead an armament beyond seas ; but his trusty Parliament thought he had no business abroad, but should stay in his own dominions according to his ditty, and keep the money at home. We learn from Walsingham that Edward the First a nun whose ambition led him into unceasing wars, having asked an extraordinary supply to enable him to make a campaign in Flanders, he was refused, and told that the people did not think it fit that the King should go on any such expedition, unless he could secure from that country some equivalent to indemnify himself and his subjects, for the risk and expense of the undertaking! Edward the Third received many such rebuffs, as did suc ceeding monarchs, with all which, however galling to " free born princes," as King James boasted of himself, they were obliged to put up. Here we see the operation of that check which the wisdom of our ancestors saw was so necessary to prevent any undue preponderance of the King and the Peers, and to regulate the expenditure of that money which the people were called upon to provide. Talia efFrons impudenter postularet—contradixerunt Refl. in faciem nolentes, amp li us pectqa sea spoliari." RAILROADS IN BELGIUM. .A. Nothomb, the Minister of Pubiie Works in Belgium, tat just published a report respecting railroads in that country, from which it appears that the roads adopted by the Government to form the system of communication have for their central point Mechlin, and their direction is east towards Prussia, by Louvain, Liege, and Verviers ; to the west by Ostend, Termonde, Ghent, and Bruges ; to the south by Brussels, and from Brussds towards the frontier of France by the Hainault. This forms an extent of 115 leagues. The works were commenced soon after the pro mulgation of the law of the Ist of March, 18:34, and three sections have been opened to the public. This extent is more than 14 leagues. These sections are from Mechlin to Brussels, Mechlin to Antwerp, and Mechlin to Termonde. The total cost of these three sections was 5,181.633 E, and deducting 200,000 f. for property purchased, but which may be hereafter sold, their cost may be estimated at 357,0001. per league, To these expenses must be added the expense of the transport of materials and the establishment of sta tions, amounting to 1,848,355 f. During the year, from May 1835 to May 18:36, the section from Nlechlin to Brus sels produced 359,394 f. 15c., or an average of 29,9-19 f. 51c. per month. The number of passengers was 563,210, or an average of 46,934 passengers per month. Daring the eight months, from May to December 1836, the two branch es from M ec hli n to B russe l s, and front Mechlinn to Antwerp, produced 734,736 f. 20c., or 91.842 f: per month. The num ber of passengers was 729,545, or 91,193 per month. The amount taken during the present year presents about the same average, but M. Nothomb calculates that there will be about the same number of passengers on each of the three lines, so that the number of passengers annually by each line will he 500,000. The annual axpenses of each line are calculated at 745,000 f., and the whole expenses, including repairs, interest, and sinking fund, at 1,069,0001. Six millions of capital were raised in the first instance. In order that there shall be no loss, the receipts of the three sections must, therefore, amount to 1,069,000 f. The rates of conveyance on the Belgian railroads are much lower than on any of the others. There are places at only 10c. (about a penny) the league. On the Liverpool railroad the lowest price is 55c. On the railroad from Paris to St. Germain the maximu m price is 40c. Six new lines are in the course of construction—from Louvain to Tirlemont, Tirlemont to Waremme, Mechlin to Louvain, Termonde to Ghent, Was remme to Ans, and Ghent to Bruges. The sum already expended on these lines is 6,609,2.50 f. In addition to these railroads constructed by the State, 37 are contemplated by private individuals or companies. The most considerable is that between the Sambre and Meuse, which, with its branches, will be 25 leagues in extent. A' ------- _ new Association is in progress, under the title of The Metropolitan Society of Lecturers on Literature and Science," which has, we are informed, been already joined by a considerable numb er o f i n di v id ua l s distinguished in scientific and literary exertion. The objects of the Members are de clared to be, " To facilitate the intercourse between members and the public institutions ; and to guarantee to institutions re quiring the services of lecturers efficient instruction, at a. rea sonable but sufficient scale of remuneration ;" to accomplish which objects it is proposed to procure accurate information as to the extent, objects, and means of the literary and scientific institutions throughout the country ; and to continue such in formation by correspondence, at stated times, with the secre taries of provincial societies ; to promote correspondence between the directors of institutions in one neighbourhood, who may be disposed to receive the same courses of lectures, at times so arranged, as to lessen travelling expenses, and conse quent charges to both parties ; to afford institutions com mencing their career under difficulties, such assistance as may fall within the reasonable convenience of each member. On Monday a young fellow was Charged before Messrs. Hollous4 and Chadwick, at Rochdale, with having stolen two ferrets, which he sold to another person for 28s. Mr. Johnson, the deputy constable, in stating the charge, ex pressed a doubt 'whether ferrets, being vermin, came under the legal designation of property. The magistrates thought they did not, and dismissed the charge.--Kendal Mercury. GREAT FIRE. —The village of Silverton, about six miles from Exeter on the old Tiverton road, was visited by a most dreadful calamity, similar to and almost simultaneous with that of Exeter. During the progress of the conflagra tion in the latter place a messenger came with the news and a demand for assistance. Two powerful engines then playing in Paris -street were instantly dispatched by four horses. They reached the village in twenty minutes, when the fire was found to have made destructive progress, which coutinued unretarded by all their exertions for some time, the wind being high, and the roofs all thatch. Thirty-five dwellings, with a timber yard and all its contents, were destroyed in the space of two hours. The fire broke out in the cottage of a poor man, at the south-east end of the place, at ten o'clock in the morning. The amount of property destroyed is not by any mean s so great as at Exeter, and it is mostly insured in the West of England Office; but that is no measure of the real injury in flicted—the consequent suffering. It ie, in fact, a much more distressing accident_seventy poor families being deprived of the shelter of house and home.—Devonport independent, of Saturday. On Thursday last, at Beaubray, two workmen, one named Laine, aged 46, and the other I 3 lanvillian, aged 17, were working in a marl-pit, when suddenly the earth fell and covered them in. Attempts were made to rescue them, when a second mass of earth falling deprived the bystanders of all hope, and completely buried the two sufferers. A num ber of labourers were set to work by the authorities, and it is thought that a second pit, at least 120 feet in depth, roust be dug in order to extricate the sufferers. The K(l;cial Mercury contains tt gloomy and de spading account of the commereiskl distress in that locality. At the Botley Friendly Society's anniversary on Monday, the room was decorated with laurels, festoons of flowers, to., resembling a bower. Over the president's seat a tree was formed from the branches, in which was a bird's nest (a coeltAncli's) with three eggs, on which the hers sat quite docile arid did not offer to leave her nest; she was taken out frequently and passed round tO the company, and restored to, her eggs. Such an oeonrrence probably was rtmA• before witnes;o,.... , .iiempshire Advertiser. On Wednesday evening, about a quarter before ten, the inhabitants of Paris,;t4vet, Southernhay, and all the eastern part of the city (kNeter), were alarmed by a tire breaki ng out to she workshops of Messrs. anti liGuper, builders, inPars-street. PariS-street. Five lici;i4es % hosAdes witrki,hups, were entirely destroyA told several sathars partly injured. The damage is estimated at 2u,000/. at _the lowest. The prc.)perty was d to two.thirdQ _ ,s on UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. On Saturday a General Meeting of Proprietors was held in the Amphitheatre of the University, for the purpose of electing a Vice-President of the College, and 19 Members of COuncil, to co-operate with the President, Treasurer, and three Members of Council named in the Charter, thus consti. toting a Court of 24 members. The meeting was rather thinly attended. The Duke of SOMERSET, on being called to the chair, bridly opened the business of the day. The following are the names of the Proprietors who were proposed for election:—The Chairman for Vice-President. For the Council —Mr. James Booth, Dr. Boot, Mr. Samuel Duckworth, Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. J. L. Goldsmid, Mr. G. B. Greenock, Mr. E. N. Hurt, -Mr. R. Hutton, Mr. J. p, Leader, Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., Mr. J. R. Mills, Mr. J. L. Prevost, Mr. J. Romilly, Mr. H. C. Rcbinson, Mr. E. Strutt, M. P., Mr. T. Thorn :21y, M. P., Mr. H. War burton, M. Mr. Weymouth, Mr. J. Wood. The pro posers were the Duke of Somerset, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Tooke, and two other gentlemen. Before the balloting commenced, some objection was made to the proposed institution of a Professorship of Chinese, according to the terms agreed upon with the trustees of the late Dr. Morrison, when the arrangements for the transfer of his library to the College were being made. Mr. HANKY rose to vindicate tho appoirattent, and entered into an interesting account of the travels, s'cudies, labnnrs,'tne. rite, and especially the patriotism vfnich di st i ngu i shed Dr. Morrison. When the Doctor Went to India he succeeded Sir George Staunton as translator to the local government. Ho was distinguished by his zealous efforts for the propa. gation of Christianity in China ; and it was to his exer tions that the Chinese and English public were indebted for Pie institution of the Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, which had existed about thirty years, and where between thirty and forty_natives were now learning the langua g e a s bl o e f the far west. In the course of these labours Dr. Morrison collected the library now under consideration, end a few years since be came to this country, in the hope of bein g to form an arrangement with some English Literary Asso ciation for the establishment of a Professorship fel- teaching the Chinese language. To effect this the Doctor proposed to make a free-will offering of his library, which bad cost hint not less than 2,0004 ; not succeeding, however, be left En t ,s , _ land, leaving the library in the hands of three trustees (of which lie, Mr. H., was one), with power to sell it; hut though the trustees had frequently offered it to public bodies, they aid not succeed in effecting a sale. He ( Mr. H.) had considered this the more disgraceful to England, for while she, having ; such an extensive and valuable intercourse with China,' gav e our countrymen no national opportunities to learn the Chinese language, France, Prtissia, and other European Powers, hay_ ing no connection with China, had, however, appointed Pro f ssors under their respective governments for teaching Chi nese to their countrymen. Dr. Morrison died while acocmnany ing Lord Napier on his way,to Canton, and not leavinsuffiej„t funds for the support of his family, the trustees ..roposed that Government should purchase the library.. prelimi nar i es out on. A catalog u e was d es i re d by s4ord Palmerston, .but after the lause of some time an ans".%:er was received to the effect that the Lords of the Tre.t;ury would not feel j ust ifi e d i n buying it w i t h the pub:.O" money. The truqces then got up a public subscripts ~,1 for the family, and complied with Dr. Morrison's_ pa`..elotic desire, th a t th e lib rary s h ou ld not be lost to taigia n d , by offering it to th e ' London Uni vers ity, on condition that th e C ounc il wou l d i nst i tute a Chinese Profes sesso or:nip, hie,' had been agreed to, and under which a pro-. would receive sixty pounds a-year for five years, and n' longer. Colonel Joxes had no objection to the purchase of the library, and the appointment of the Chinese professor, if the University could afford it. The Council had plunged them selves into disputes with the proprietors, in consequence of chaks having been promised to professors who could not be re munerated, and they had appointed a gentleman to one chair ho bad now not a single student—he referred to the Profes sor. of Political Economy.---( Laughter. ) TLe balloting having been now finished, the above-named gmtlemen were declared elected. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, now Vice-Preside n t, and the weting ed POLICE INTELLIG2NCE. MANSION -HOUSE. A cobler, named. Lee, was charged by Mr. Jones, the iestry clerk of the parish of St. Stephen's, Coleman-str&t, with having deserted his wile, so that she became charge able to the parochial funds.. The defendant appeared to be upwards of GO years of age. Mrs: Lee had been married to her husband thirty-seven years, and had had by him eleven children, all of whom were dead except one, who was in such a state of health as not to be able to support himself. Tne defendant had, hotwithstanding the long time they had been tied together, f . late taken in exchange for her company that of a young woman, who w as ca ll e d Mi ss Angel, with whom he lived night and day. The overseer of the parish said that the defendant had frequently abandoned the poor woman, although well able to support her and his diseased son too. Derindant,--It was because she left me that I left she, and I-don't live with no young woman or angel either. Mrs. Lee —Miss Angel is come here, my Lord, to see bow he'll get out of this here mess. There she stands, in the crowd behind him, with a pekooliandirty face. The LORD MAvon—Let us see this dirty-faced angel.— (A laugh.) Here a young woman, with a very unwashed counte nance., hands and arms, and baby, stepped forward, and said that her name was Angel, but she didn't pretend to be no rich character. The LORD MAYOR—Do you know that old man at the bar ? Miss Angel—Know him ! Yes ; I should think I do ; I've seed the gentleman afore. The LORD MAYOR—Whose child is that you have in your arms ?—lt's my own, to be sure. You're not a-going to as tne to swear it, are you ? The LORD MAYOR—IS it that old man's ? Come, answer me. Miss Angel—Well, it is his'n. As I ain't cn my oath, I may tell the truth, 1 suppose. The LORD MAYOR—Defendant, what have you to say now ? DefendEnt—Say I why, my Lord, I seems to be mixed up with a very tidy lot.--(Laughter.) One of the officers— When expostulated with, he said he was a sad wietint to the tender passion, and he was hlow'd if he'd ever throw away a thought upon his old ooman again. Mrs. Lee—Ay, he may talk against his old woman, but if he w as w i t h me I wou ld' nt let him out in so filthy a con dition. You see, my Lord, they're both of one colour. The LORD MAYOR—I think we are getting worse and worse. It was only the other day a cobbler put the lives of the people in jeopardy by making a cab-driv er drunk ; and here is a cobbler causing misery by licentious practices of another description. Defendant—l have been rather weak, please your Lord ship, but I'll make amends. The LORD MAYOR —HOW Will you make amends? Defendant—l'll work like a new un. I'm blest if I don't go it like a reg'lar trump. The LORD MAYOR—No, it won't do. I'll try and mend that tender passion by which you are afflicted. Depend upon it, you shan't see your angel again for three months, unless she is able to fly to your arms over the walls of liridewell.—(Laughtcr.) Committed to hard labour for three months. TLIE DERBY AND OAKS. —Bell's Life in Lonon, of Sunday, M a y 28 , w ill conta i n original and copious deta il s of .lie hp.uot rneetitt7, with particulars of the races for the Derby ald Oaks, and the duc . sion of these important events, obtained from exclusive sources. The price of Dell's Life is Five-pence. Office, 170, Strand, where may be had, together or separate, t Three-pence each, parts 1,2, 3,4, an 15, of the " Gallery f Cotnicalities,"—the Five Parts contain 439 Comic Prints, with Poetry and Prose. On Monday last the total abstinence Society of Llanddeusant, Anglesey, met at Bethania chapel, and then proceeded through the neighbourhood towards Llynon. The procession was numerous and most orderly, and met with many expressions of respect from those who witnessed it. Mrs. Jones, of Llynon, and T. Edwards, Esq., of Lland deusant, presented the sec ety with liberal donations towards furthering the cause of tcmpet &nee and sobriety in the vicinity. —Carnarvon Herald. The Sunbian Mercury states, under date Pesth, 26th ult., that the remains of Schubri's band were still spreading terror through the country. In their last en_ counter with the regular troops this banditti consisted still or 800 men. DUKE OF YORK.—A Meeting of the Committee o' the creditors of the Duke of York was on Saturday held at the Thatched -house Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the position in which the affairs of the creditors at large are now placed in consequence of the recent decision of the Vice-Chancellor, confirming tia;± rights of the executors of his Royal Highness to the mine s of Nova Scotia, including those of Cape Breton. Reference was had to the letter of Mr. Spring - Rice, dated the Sth of February, 1836, in answer to one sent to him by direction of the Committee by Messrs. Amory and Coles, in which he was called upon to recognize the right of the Duke of York to the mines in question, and is which he stated " that it was the opinion of Lord Melbourae and himself that the Government would not be warraw.ed in adopting the course suggested by the creditors unless ;upon the authority of a legal decision." " No authority," sai-Ithe Right her,. Gentleman, " less conclusive than that of a Supreme Court of Justice would warrant a departure f.:om arrangements which incidentally have been communicated to the public and to Parliament." The Committee came to the resolution that Messrs. Amory and Coles should again write to Mr. Spring Rice to ascertain whether any and what new impediment was to he offered on the part of the Crown to the immediate ad justment of the long and cruelly protracted claims of the un fortunate persons to whom the Duke of York died indebted. with a view to conveying this information to the body of cre ditors at large for whom they were acting. The Cornmittee then adjourned to Saturday next, by which day it is expected the answer of Mr. Spring Rice will be obtained. GREENACRE.—fie was a most atrocious criminal —a bate, calculating, I r,artless wretch, who availed himself of the confidence of en unsuspecting female, and for the paltry lucre he could obtain by her death brutally murdered her— a villain _ . n , nn., atinn, n{ . __ „_ _