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LITERATURE. ENCYCL OP2ED/A BRITANNICA, VoL. XV. P.NT 11. Seventh Edition. Edinburgh, Blach and Co., 1837. Evidences innumerable of the research, judgment, and . abili ty of Professor Napier, the learned editor of Ins edition of one of the most useful works in the English language, are to be met with in almost every article. Many of these, if published separately, would ‘ obtai n a wide circulation. The article on Moral Phi losophy ranks among the best productions on this sub ject t o be found in any language. The tabular disser tation.. on Hu man M orta li ty , an d t h e ep it om ized, but highly inte rest i ng Hi story o f M us i c are as com pl e te as Industry well applied could render them. But the most striking article in this Part is the animated, well- Conceived Sketch of Napoleon. The writer, whoever b e may be, has dared to render justice to the character o f a man, who, with all his faults, possessed a thou sand times more true greatness of mind than the greatest of his conquerors. Posterity," he well con cludes, " will judge of the treatment which Napoleon experienced at the • hand of England. A prisoner in another hemisphere, he laboured to defend the reputa tion which he knew history was preparing for him, end which various parties exaggerated or blackened, according to tho dictates of their respective preju dices or passions. But death surprised him at the moment when he was putting his commentaries into 2 1 /a pe) and he consequently left them imperfect. 'hey contain much, however, that is not only valu able in itself, but calculated to dispel prejudice, and to throw light upon some of the most important " e xits in his life ; and no man can read them atten tively without experiencing a feeling of respect and s ympathy, mixed with admiration. * By his Victories of Montenotte, Castiglione, Rivoli, the Py ramids, Marengo, Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland, %bensberg, Ratisbon, Wagram, Dresden, Champau bert, Montmirail and Ligny, he acquired enough of glory to efface the single disaster of Waterloo.; and his five 'codes embody a system of jurisprudence in the forma tion of which he had a principal share, and which as not only prove d a b oon of inestimable value to Fr ance, but i s even a t this day received as authorita tive in a great portion of Europe ; thus justifying his O wn Proud anticipation, that he would go down to Posterity with the codes in his hand. The monuments w nich he has left in France and in Italy will also attest his grandeur to the remotest ages." How this appreciation of all that is great in the character of Napoleon would have gladdened the heart of his histo lien, the late William Hazlitt ! Besides the scientific plates, this Part is embellished with a beautiful V iew of Fingal's Cave, Staffa, from a drawing by QUESTIONS ON THE HISTORY OF EUROPE. Longman, London, 1837. tr T his work, which is a sequel to Miss Mangna ll ' s I L 4 lstorical Questions, is the production of Miss Ll..rner, and forms a valuable addition to the number 'our elementary school books. It contains an im erise variety of questions and answers on the subject of the leading historical events in France, Spain, Por tugal, Germany, Poland, and Italy ; and also with re- F . ard t o t h e A posto li c S ee , an d th e re i g ns of the Popes Ir ° ll l the time of St. Peter. We know of no book lrinch we would sooner put into the hands of a young Person who was just commencing the perusal of mo dern history. The questions are all well put, and the Itnsvvers brief and pointed, but containing a vast quan tity of serviceable, pertinent information. It is evident !hat such a work requires only to be in general circu 4tion among schools. GOETHE'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH A CHILD, 2 Vols. Longman, London, 1837. There is much beauty and delicacy of sentiment and ' lll agination evinced in this epistolary correspondence b~ Nreen the veteran Goethe, and one of the most Yol ithful and enthusiastic of his admirers, named Bel tin4e, many of whose letters, though containing rather too diffuse and florid descriptions, yet cannot be read Iviti,out interest ; for they abound in touches of pathos, i an a po e t ry of the most sterling character. T hey are . d . 'tea th e gems of the volumes, for old Goethe's re - Pi t i! xi contain lit t l e or not hi ng that he has not repeated a 1 east a d ozen times in his Wilhelm Meister, and his ant, )biography. FINE ARTS. - 23 0 TRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Hodgson and Graves, London, 1837. We have now l y i ng b e f ore us a f u ll-length portrait „If his Grace the Duke of Wellington, engraved by G' e, from an original painting by Simpson. His v-lr ace is represented standing near a cannon, and lean rv.g on 'his sword. The countenance is an excellent lean tbut the figure is rather too stout, and too Youthf, ; whence we infer that the portrait was painted 4°l- netirn e since. As an engraving, the work deserves _ 4tea t praise, f or it i s fi n i s h e d, even down to the mi nutest de t ' a il s , w i t h s i ngu l ar care . Those who are ad -41114:ell o f Grace—and who does not admire him as t ? —will do well to purchase this military print , c ! 't is one: of th e b es t lik enesses o f the first warrior of li bl age that. we have yet met with. We should not °tint to add that it is appropriately dedicated to the 'cabers of t tie Junior United Service Club. A. s Irleetinq of the members of the Sacred Harmonic w i Z e tetY - took place on Wednesday at Exeter Hall, Strand, th .e n 3,1 r. H arr i son , th e secre t ar y, a nn o unced to the meeting ss it t 'be had that d a y rece iv e d a most flattering 1. . letter from 4. 1 endel sso h n B ar th o ld y , t h e eminent organist and %well `ao''''o music a l composer , express i ng his gratification at the t it Pee ie r manner in which h i s orator i o o f " S t . P au l" h a d %t ee ,h :perform e d b y t h em on th e n i g ht when he presided, bg si. gnifyi ng hi s i ntent i on o f re t urn i ng t o London as soon aßs ne could corn lete his engagements. This testimonial re4ecived with loud cheers, and it was unanimously re t'alved th a t a valuable silver snuff-box, with an emblemati :c should be presented by them to M. Mendels v 43 a mark of the high sense they entertain of his ° te ch aracter as a man, an d o f th e es t eem in which they 4 1 h,s abilities as a musical composer. 'We read in a German paper that there exists in the k thifleent garden of the Prince Philip of Bathyani, at n tlana, in H ungar y, a n aloe, about 80 years old, which %e : 1 beached a height of about twelve feet, and hears at pre -1,000 buds, which are going to blossom. 4 "to visiters and inhabitants of Herne Bay were th e ly'aibly surprised on Wednesday afternoon by discovering Cur teY al standard floating in the breeze from the City of a s , ' l ' ll l nry ste amer . A s she approached the pier it was ed that she had on board his Royal Highness Iv a u elta of Cambridge and suite. The spacious pier t e , 80 0 n crowded with spectators. The guns on the bat :V th e pier -head poured forth a salute, and his Royal tl:h flees: .and attendants landed amid the acclamations of tl e . t aulti . tut:le, and with great condescension acknowledged e; alut.stions. Having remained nearly two hours, the 1) 1 , 0 1' g e s 7ere ordered, and the Duke with his attendants eded to Canterbury, on his way to Dover. The t constitaites an interesting circumstance in the his -4,1 of Herne Bay. The Duke of Cambridge being the 44 , royal personage who has landed on its pier, it is bey erstood that, in honour of the circumstance, it will eeforth be designated the " Royal Pier."—Kentish "V al ° Led at Amsterdam, on the 18th inst., Gertrude widow of Francis Nicholas Andrau, who was • t he Hague on the 10th of January, 1735, and was, °re, 102 years, t- ' 8 months, and 8 days old. Till two h.efore her de a th s h e en j o y e d good health and all her es unim paired; sh e h as left four children, five grand t4f 0 Saturd • ' 1 , and tgreat grandchildren. aY, about half-past five o'clock, wind 'Ps; "" E.S.E., the sloop Suing, of Limekilns, Loudon, tic tster, , in ballast, was upset , i and in a few seconds was ap ' clut uPWards. The master and boy got upon the keel, L c d three men held on by the chai ' ns, til relieved by the be !re about .ats of ti.e Adelaide ya c ht, and of another sloop, which PPened. 70 0 yards to windward when the accident • D av i,p_ 11 has since been raised and taken into o.—Edinthr.,b Journal. odke' WINDSOR-FRIDAY. Yesterday the Queen took her usual airing. This afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent and Royal suite, rode to Virginia Water on horst back. The following personages also attended her Majesty : Lords Palmerston, Melbourne, and Paget ; Baroness Leb zen and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. Lady Charlemont, Lady Mary Stopford, Miss Lister, 1 the Hon. Mrs. Brand, followed in an open barouche. • The troops were inspected yesterday afternoon by her Majesty in the Grand Quadrangle. The inspection will be repeated every Thursday at two o'clock, till her Majesty's departure from Windsor. Several distinguished visitors are expected to arrive to morrow. There have been no arrivals or departures since our last report. The health of the Queen, since her Majesty's arrival at the Castle, is, we are happy to state, much improved. Her Majesty is particularly partial to this venerable seat of her ancestors, and takes great delight in riding on horseback through the various beautiful drives of the Great Park. Crowds of people assemble daily at the entrance of the Long Walk, anxious to obtain a sight of their youthful and amiable Sovereign. BRIGHTON.-FRIDAY. A town meeting was held to-day at the Town Hall, when the High Constable, Mr. 'F. H. Wright, read the following letter, received by him this morning : " Windsor Castle, Sept. 200837. " Sir—l am honoured with the Queen's permission to communicate to you that it is her Majesty's intention to take up her residence at the Pavilion on the 4th of next month. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, "HENRY F. C. CAVENDISH. " To the High Constable of Brighton." The reading of the letter was received with a burst of applause by a very numerous and highly respectable meet ing. The letter was ordered to be entered on the minutes, and the High Constable was requested to call a town meeting this day week, to prepare addresses to her Ma jesty, and to receive a report from the Committee relative to the arrangements for her Majesty's reception. COURT CIRCULAR. The design for the new Great Seal, which has been ap proved of by her Majesty in Council, has on the obverse an equestrian statue of the Queen, attended by a Page, and has the the following inscription round the border :—Victo ria DEI Gratia, Britanniarum Regina, Fidei Defensor." On the reverse the Queen is seated on the throne in her royal robes, and wearing the crown ; in her right hand is the sceptre, and in her left the orb. Her Majesty is supported by two female figures, Religion on one side, and Justice on the other ; above is a Gothic canopy, and at the bottom is a shield of the Royal Arms, surmounted by the Impe rial Crown. An embossed border of oak leaves and roses encircles the whole. The design is by Mr. B. Wyon, chief engraver of her Majesty's seals. Lord Hill had an interview with Lord Glenelg yester day, at the Colonial Office. Count Ludolf, the Neapolitan Minister, has returned to town from Windsor. The state liveries of the Sheriff elect of London and Middlesex (Mr. Montefiore) were submitted to the Queen and the Duchess of Kent, at Windsor Castle, on Thursday, by Mr. Swain. Her Majesty and her august mother were pleased to express their approbration, The fronts are ornamented with branches of the rose, shamrock, and thistle, embroidered in colours, entwined with the Roman fasces of gold embroidery ; vine and oak branches are em broidered at the back, and the crest of the Sheriff, a lion supporting a standard, having Jerusalem (in Hebrew) in scribed on the skirts. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. ..... Sir Charles Grey, Bart., at the St. George's Hotel, Albe marle-street from a tour ; Sir Thomas Usher, Bart., and fa mily, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Bermuda ; Hon. J. Gray, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square, from Brighton ; Captain Laly, at Lane's Private Hotel, St. Alban's-place, from Scotland ; Captain Agnew, at ditto, from a tour ; Monsieur Mauguin, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour; Captain and Mrs. Moore, at Brook-street, from Dover ; Sir Thomas and Lady Barker and family, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Scot land; Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, at ditto, from Leicestershire; the Duchess of Roxburgh, at ditto, from Ramsgate ; General Armstrong and family, at ditto, from Hastings ; the Rev. Mr. Patterson and family, at ditto; the Countess of Sandwich, at Carlton-terrace, from Paris ; Lord Sayc and Sele, from a tour ; Dr. Inglis, Bishop of Nova Scotia, from Halifax ; Lady Ashbrook, from a visit to Sir Robert Otway, at the Ad miralty House, Sheerness ; Colonel Darner, M. P., at Sydney street ; Sir William Curtis. from Ramsgate ; Lord Lilford, at Holland House, from ditto ; Sir Thomas and Lady Reynell, at Charles. street, St. James's, from Avisford, Sussex; Mr. Hope, at Carlton-gardens, from the Deepdene, Surrey ; the Hon. Twistleton Fiennes, from St. Leonard's-on- Sea. DEPARTURES. Earl Stanhope, from his seat, Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent, for Dover ; Lord Deerhurst, for his seat in Gloucestershire ; Dowager Lady Rivers, for Dover ; Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Sterling Glover, from Ireland, for Leamington ; Mrs. and Miss Williams Freeman, from Warren's Hotel, Regent street, for their seat in Suffolk; Earl Belfast, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, on a tour ; Viscouunt Fitzharris, from ditto, on ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Clifton, from ditto, for Lytham Hall, Lancashire ; Captain Mackenzie, from ditto, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Trotter, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for their scat in Essex ; Captain Welch, from ditto, for Brighton ; Captain John F. Owen, from Dimond's Hotel, for Calcutta ; Dr. Quarner, from ditto, for Cumber land ; Sir William Abdy, from Hill street, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Lushington, for the Marine-terrace, Dover ; Sir Robert Harland, from Thomas's Hotel, for his seat in Suffolk ; Lord Frederick Beauelerk, for St. Albans ; the Right Hon. Frederick Shaw, for Boulogne-sur-:bier; Sir Henry Ellis, for ditto ; Lord Nugent, from Chandos-street, for Lilies Hall, Bucks ; Lord Archibald St. Maur, on a tour ; Captain Har court, R.N., for the Archbishop of York's, Bishopstborpe ; Lord Marvborough, from Saville-row, on a visit to his brother, the Duke of Wellington ; Lord Fitzroy Somerset, for ditto ; Lord Harry Vane, from Fenton's Hotel, on a tour ; Lord Selsey from Grosvenor-street, for Howsilles-park, Herts ; Mr. Lane Blount, on a tour ; Mrs. Dawson and family, front the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Paris ; Prince and Princess Gagarin and family, from ditto, for Windsor Castle; Mr. and Mrs. Cholmondeley, from ditto, for Scotland. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose have arrived at Buchanan, Dumbartonshire, where they will remain for the autumn. The Commerce announces that a courier extraor• dinary has just arrived at Paris from Rome, bringing the dispensation from the Pope for the mArriage of the Prin cess Mary with Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg. The Dowager Queen of Naples was expected to proceed from Geneva to the baths of Lucca, but in conse quence of the continued prevalence of the cholera in Italy her Majesty has determined for the present to return to Graz. The Princess Augusta of Saxony is expected at Mivart's Hotel to-morrow from Dresden, accompanied by a numerous suite, on a visit of congratulation to the Queen. Her Royal Highness is a daughter of the late, and cousin of the reigning King of Saxony. Prince Gagarin, with the Princess and family, left Gould's London Hotel, Albemarle-street, on Thursday last for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Highnesses purpose a tour in the provinces previous to their return to the hotel. On Thursday her Majesty was graciously pleased to honour Mr. Weekes, the sculptor, with the third sitting for her bust. The Marchioness of Exeter has arrived at Burghley house, near Stamford, Lincolnshire, from Brighton. The Noble Marquis, after visiting the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at Heaton Park, will join the Marchioness, when a distinguished party will assemble. The Countess Dowager of Guilford has returned to Brighton for the winter, and occupies a house on Bruns. wick-terrace. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence arrived at Brighton on Monday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Munster. Lady Charlotte Sturt and Mr. Henry Charles Sturt, M.P., have arrived at Critchill Park, from a tour. Madame Dale', the wife of the Dutch Minister, has been indisposed for some days with a severe attack of bilious fever. His Excellency has, in consequence, post poned his intended journey to the Hague. Mr. Charles Greville, the winner of the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster arrived in Hanover-square yesterday. Baron Von Mike, late President of the Court of Chancery in Transylvania, has been appointed Minister of State by the Emperor of Austria. Her Majesty has most graciously extended her name and patronage to the St. Pancras General Dispensary, in Burton-crescent. The remains of the late respected Lieutenar General the Hon. Sir Edward Stopford, K.C.G., were in terred on T ues d a y a t L eam i n gton Church. The follow in g distinguished companions in arms and friends acted as pall bearers and supporters on the occasion :—Colonel Fox (Aide-de-Camp Extraordinary to her Majesty the Queen) , the Earl of Clarendon, Major-General Sir William Thorn ton, Bart., K.C.B. ; Major-General Sir John Buchan, K.C.B. ; Admiral Oliver, and Colonel Armstrong. The line of carriages was of great length. A Miss-NomER.---In a street running out of Long-acre, nearly opposite the top of Bow-street, there is a day-school, kept by one Mrs. Virgin. VAUXHALL. Yesterday the last grand gala for the season took place. The Gardens were honoured on the occasion by a genteel and very numerous assemblage of persons of both sexes, who remained long after the balloon ascent to participate in the entertainments of the evening. The grand Nassau ballon rose at six o'clock in a most magnificent style. Tip wind at the time being a little brisk, the monster soon ho vered above the trees, taking a westerly course ; and, owing to the sky being cloudless, remained in sight fol nearly half an hour, until it became a mere speck in the horizon. As is customary on these occasions, the followin g valedictory address was delivered by Mr. Buckingham ;--- " Ladies and Gentlemen,—The last night of the season having arrived, I am deputed by the proprietors of this establishment to perform the pleasing duty of thanking you for the very extensive patronage so kindly bestowed on the different amusements which they have during the summer provided for your entertainment. " The proprietors have this year attempted to restore Vauxhall, in some respects, to what it originally was—viz., a place of amusement, open to the public every night in the week. This has been supposed by some to be a new plan ; but it is merely a revival of the old one, and al though the number of galas has doubled that of any for mer season, I am proud and happy to say that your sup port has caused the trial to be crowned with complete ,ccess. ' " Allow me then, in the name of the proprietors, to re .urn you their heartfelt thanks for the past prosperous sea son, and to assure you that, during the recess, their aim will be to procure fresh novelty for the ore ensuing." The aeronaut was accompanied by a Captain Copling, and Messrs. Green, Burnet, and W. Hughes, who have, we believe, made previous trips in nztbibus. We have since learned that the balloon descended in safety, in a field between the Grand Junction Canal and a branch of the Colne River, immediately adjoining the township of Uxbridge, and within half a mile of Round Cop pice, the seat of Mrs. Thompson. BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY MORNING--The attendance at the -morning and evening performances yesterday, at the Town Hall, was more numerous than upon any of the pre vious days. The place was crowded to excess, and even the corridors were filled with parties waiting, in the hope of procuring ingress by others retiring. Among the visiters were the Earl of Lichfield, Lord Littleton, G. Gifford, Esq., T. Barneby, Esq., M.P., General Finch, General Pigott and family, J. Tunnicliffe, Esq., Captain Barker, J. Russell, Esq., &c. There was no miscellaneous selec tion in the morning's performance ; it consisted solely of the oratorio of the Messiah. This imperishable evidence of the highest musical genius, requiring an exercise of the utmost ability of the vocal and instrumental performers, re ceived at their hands the fullest meed of justice it was pos sible to bestow. Probably on no previous occasion have Grisi and her coadjutor, Albertazzi, appeared to so much advantage as in giving utterance to the simple, grand, and sublime conceptions of a composer who is the very anti thesis of the musical deities of the Opera House, at whose shrines these syrens have so long and so success fully ministered. Those only who have heard Grisi in " Let the bright Seraphim," by Handel, beautifully as she certainly sings it, can form but an indifferent no tion of her achievements yesterday in the illessiah. No female sir.ger within our time, with the single ex ception of Malibran, could impart anything like the in tensity of feeling and pathetic expression which Grisi threw into her performance of the air in the celebrated pastoral symphony, " Rejoice greatly, oh, daughter of Sion ; shout, oh, daughter of Jerusalem." Phillips' bass told powerfully in " For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth." The chorus succeeding which, " For unto us a child is born," was perhaps, the finest thing in the entire oratorio. Machin is growing rapidly in favour of all who can appreciate the . true style of singing sacred music—we doubt if his recita tive is surpassed by any artiste at present before the public, always, of course, excepting Brahma). " Thus saith the Lord of Hosts," was given by him with masterly effect. It is to be greatly lamented that Miss C. Novello will not en deavour to become a little less phlegmatic in her singing, for her :coldness of manner almost immediately congeals any favourable feelings towards her awakened by her fidelity to the words and spirit of her composer, and the sweetness of her very rich and highly-cultivated voice. Mrs. A. Shaw and Mrs. Knyvett were at home in the music that tell to their share, and we cannot pay them a greater compli ment than in sa) ing that they proved themselves equal to t. B .nnctt is deservedly progressing in the estimation of the public. In the evening performance the principal fea tures were Guilio Regondi's fantasia on the patent concer tina, and Mendelssohn's on the pianoforte ; both extraordi nary in their way, and applauded with equal vehemence. Mori's violin fantasia was also productive of much approba tion. The overtures to Euriaizthe and William Tell were played with surpassing effect. The latter was encored ; and no one was more conspicuous in requiring its repetition than Grisi. The whole concluded with " God save the Queen" by all the singers of the chorus, and their manner of giving it was as creditable to them as was its reception to the loyalty and patriotism of the audience. During Mori's performance on the violin, Grisi, Albertazzi, and Clara Novella were observed to be laughing heartily at aomc subject of merriment which attracted their attention in the body of the ball. All eyes were turned upon the object of their laughter, and the risibility forthwith became contagious. An ancient fanatico, carried away by his en thusiasm of his admiration at the necromantic achievements of the magic fiddler, expressed his delight by such gro tesque attitudinising, that the stoicism of the orchestra and auditory became completely upset. VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO EDINBURGH.---I h ave the satisfaction to inform you, and on an authority by no means incompetent or ill-informed, that it is the intention of her Majesty to visit Scotland and Ireland during the next summer, and that she will bold her Court for some time at Holyrood-house.—Correspondent cf Me Caledonian Mei eury. The Princess Marie, it is said, is now working on a statue of Jeanne Hachette, which promises to be one of great beauty, and will add to the artistical famo of the au thor of the Jeanne d'Arc at Versailles, and the windows of the chapel at Fontainebleau.—Paris Paper. The Marquis of Tullibardine, the eldestikon of the Duke of Athol, has bought one of those splendid man- sions in Belgrave-square, the corner of Eccleston•street, for his town residence. The Duke of Brandon is in treaty for Vie one adjoining. • It is now ascertained that the extensive granary in Upper Thames-street, destroyed by fire on Tuesday night, was very inadequately insured. The policy on the build. ing, which was of recent and substantial erection, and con sisted of three floors of great breadth, built on pillars over the wharf, was only for 7001,.and that on the stock, con sisting of 5,000 quarters of grain, was only 5001. It is understood the Union Office, in which the insurances were effected, is so convinced of their inadequacy to the loss, that having taken possession of the property in the first instance as salvage, they are now ready to resign it to the owners, and pay the full amount of the insurance money. A large number of pigs have died in the neighbour hood of Quin and 'Fulls, by a disease similar in appearance to cholera. They get black about the head and die in a few hours.—Clare Journal. _ _ We learn that there is an impostor in London who has several times applied to distinguished families from the neighbourhood of Stamford, who have houses in the metro polis, representing himself as the nephew of Aldermen (one of two or three names is used as occasion may suggest), and that he has been in America or the West Indies, and has returned in a destitute condition, &c. The whole story is a fabrication, and the families in Stamford, whose navies the fellow has assumed, are wholly unacquainted with him. He is about forty-five years of age, of repectable appear ance, five feet six inches high, and has large whiskers. — Stamford Mercury. Archbishop Usher, in a speech of his, says " That the Earl of Desmond, in Henry VIII.'s time, made an offer of Ireland to the French King, and the instrument still re mains upon record in the courts of Paris. The Bishop of Rome transferred the titles of all our kingdom to Charles V. These, by a new grant, wore transferred to his son Philip IV., in the time of Queen Elizabeth, with a resolu tion to settle the crown upon the Spanish Infanta." Yesterday afternoon an invest was held at the Middlesex Hospital, on view of the body of George lumen, aged 19, who was burnt to death under the following dis tressing circumstances. It appeared from the evidence, that deceased, who for years past had been engaged in nautical pursuits, was the brother-in-law of Mr. Robert Burnell, a brass-founder, at 95, High-street, Marylebone. On Tues day evening last he returned home at ten o'clock and scent to bed, and in about two hours afterwards, Mrs. Barnell awoke her husband, tellinghim that the house was on fire. Mr. B. directly made his way through a dense volume of smoke ; and, on entering . the deceased's apartment, found the bed and furniture on fire. Ile (Mr. B.) groped his way to the upper end of the apartment, and in one corner thereof discovered the deceased lying on the floor, with his clothing and a great part of the flesh burnt from his body. It further appeared that he was in the habit of smoking, and at the period of the dreadful discovery, a broken pipe w as picked up near the d oor ; a can dl est i c k, i n which a c andle had evidently been rece n tly burning, was standin o n the table. Deceased, who wai frightfully burnt on the head, arms, chest, and back, and w h o , accor ding to the statement of a medical gentleman, had been drinking, was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital, where ho expired in peat agony on the following morning.—Verdict" Acci , dental deat4." COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held to consider the Report of the Revenue Committee " on the expenses of the office er Mayoralty, and for settling the amount to be allowed in future to the Lord Mayor for the time Leine ;" the subject had undergone discussion in the Coatt of Aldermen on Wednesday, when that Court negatived the proposition to !slake alterations in the existing arrangements. The discus son naturally excited some curiosity. ALLEGED FEVER IN CRIPPLEGATE. Mr. STEVENS said that a feeling of alarm having been raised by a report which had been made a few days ego be fore the Lord Mayor, stating that a pestilential fever raged in the ward of Cripplegate, ho considered it to be his duty to ask the Deputy of the ward what foundation there was ur such report ? He did not see that the inquest jury had made any presentment to the Court of Aldermen on the subject on Wednesday, although his Lordship bad expressed a desire that such course should be pursued if the jury considered it to be necessary. The LORD Mayon. said that a very alarming account had been given to him by an inhabitant of the ward of the fever which was said to rage there, and he certainly did expect that a presentment would have been made to the, Court of Aldermen on the subject. He had also seen the surgeon, who confirmed the report that there was fever in the neighbourhood, proceeding, in that gentleman's opi nion, from the filthy condition in which part of it was kep.t He had, however, heard nothing of the matter since it had been very properly noticed in the newspapers. Deputy ALDERMAN (of Cripplegate-ward) assured the Court that the statement made at the Mansion-house was a gross exaggeration of the facts.—(Hear, hear.) It was the intention of the foreman of the jury to wait upon the Lord Mayor upon the subject. THE MAYORALTY EXPENSES. The LORD MAYOR informed the Court that the Court of Aldermen bad agreed to a resolution to the effect that it would be inconvenient to adopt the alterations suggested in the report of the Committee on the expenses of the mayoralty. Mr. FLETIIER rose to move the following resolutions affecting the Mayoralty : " 1. That the several items of income and allowance to the mayoralty should, with the exception of 1001. in lieu of furniture, and 501. towards the prisoners in the city gaols, cease and determine from and after the expiration of the present mayoralty, and that an annual amount be paid out of the chamber to the Lord Mayor for the time being, for the purpose of providing for the reasonable ex penditure of the mayoralty, to be in full of all fees, ancient rights, claims, dues, and emoluments whotsoever, and be plyable quarterly in equal amounts ; and that a bill be forthwith prepared and brought in to repeal so much of the existing acts of this courts, by which specific payments are made to the lord mayors in lieu of the offices and places therein respectively stated. And that such of the dues and charges now receivable by the Lord Mayor as may be deemed proper to be continued be paid into the chamber, and carried to the credit of this city's cash. " 2. That it be referred to Committee to consider of and prepare rules and regulations with respect to the entertainments at the several sessions of the Central Criminal Court, as to the invitations thereto, and the due regulation and restriction of the subordinate officers, servants, and others now claiming a right to be pro vided for, and dining daily at those sessions, in order that while every proper arrangement is made for the accommodation of the Judges, Magistrates, and other official characters, strict measures may be adopted to prevent all unnecessary charges and expenditure arising from the great increase which has of late years taken place in the number of other parties dining, or claiming to dine, at those sessions ; such rules and regulations, after receiving the approval of this Court, to be recommended to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs for the time being to be carried into effect. " 3. That the whole expense of the entertainment at the Guildhall on Lord Mayor's Day be paid out of the Cham ber. That the management of the same should be con fided to a Committee of this Court, to be appointed yearly for that purpose ; and that the expenditure for such enter tainment should not exceed the suns of 2,1501., including therein all expenses which have been hitherto paid under the direction of the Committee for General Purposes, or otherwise. " 4. That it be a respectful but earnest recommendation of this Court to all future Chief Magistrates, that the pro cessions on Lord Mayor's Day should consist of a suitable escort, divested of all appendages which have become obso lete, and which do not excite respect for the dignity of the office, but incur expense without an equivalent. 5. That the annual sum of 6,5001. be allowed to all future Lord Mayors for the charges and expenditure of the Mayoralty, payable quarterly, clear of all deductions, and in full of all fees, allowances, dues, claims, and ancient rights and emoluments whatsoever. And that in addition the sum of 1001. per annum be continued to be allowed in lieu of furniture, upon the certificate of the Committee for general purposes that the purposes for which such sum was originally granted have been fully complied with ; and the Chamberlain be directed also to pay the sum of 501. to wards the benefit of the prisoners in the city prisons, upon receiving a certificate from the Lord Mayor for the time being that such amount has been actually expended for that purpose." He regretted that the Court of Aldermen had come to the sweei.ing resolution which the Lord Mayor had just repeated, upon propositions to some of which no rational objection could, he thought, be taken. It appeared to him that all would see the propriety of substituting a round annual sum paid from the City lands to support the dignity of the Mayoralty in the place of the mass of obsolce fees which formed part of the funds from which the Chief Magistrate's allowance was defrayed. To the first reso lution which had been submitted he could not anticipate the least objection in the Court, and he should put that by itself. Under-Sheriff Wiar seconded the resolution, as calcu lated to confer a great benefit upon trade by preventing anything like a harassing. collection. Deputy COkNEY should move in the words used by the Court of Aldermen, that it was inconvenient to adopt the alterations. Mr. KING seconded the amendment. After a few observations from Mr. Stevens, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Obbard, and Mr. Fletcher, the amendment of Deputy Corney was adopted by a large majority. The whole of the resolutions of the Committee are thus negatived. M. Baudrimont, a Parisian chemist, is said to have just discovered a process for extracting a considerable quan tity of indigo from the polygonunz tinclorizn, which plant grows in abundance in France. 0n Wednesday a court-martial was held on board her Majesty's ship Royal Adelaide. The prisoner, Mr. Anthony Lyons, gunner of her Majesty's packet brig De light, was charged with mutinous conduct and disobedience of orders on the 11th instant. The sentence of the Court was, that in its opinion the charges had been in part proved atainst the prisoner,lMr. Anthony Lyons, and cloth ad judge him to be dismissed her Majesty's service.—Ply mouth Journal. THE CABINET AND MR. O'CONNELL.—The Tories are constantly declaiming about the " unholy part nership," " the base coalition," " the Irish-nn-English con spiracy," and so forth, existing between the Great Agitator and bhe Melbourne Administration. On the other hand, some of their ultra allies assert that the present Government has shown itself in direct opposition to Mr. O'Connell's measures. Hear what Mr. Crawford says in the letter, just published by him. Addressing Mr. O'Connell, he says— " Again, Sir, you point out four classes of measures, com prehending a variety of minor heads, which justice to Ire land principally demands ; and to the attainment of which, duty to her requires every possible exertion of her Repre sentatives.' You have before directed, that the Queen's Government should be supported by all possible means.' I have already proved, most incontestably, that the Queen's Government have hitherto been directly and positively op posed to the general principle contained in your proposi tions, giving only a qualified support to Corporation Re form. How can these measures and the Queen's Govern ment be both supported, at the same time, by every possible means, and every possible exertion ? The two possibilities seem to me at direct variance." The opinion here professed by Mr. Crawford may act as a sedative upon the nerves of those old women who think we are going too Brand too quickly. - They can take Mr. Crawford's word for the fact, that we are proceeding to the political goal by very safe and lazy stages. On Saturday last, Mr. Thomas Heap, oE Cossing ton, gave a supper to his workmen on concluding his har vest. Among the joyous party was a young man, named William Greasley (about thirty years of age), who, unfor tunately, drank ton freely, Mr. Heap having furnished them with as much ale and spirits as they pleased to drink. About eleven o'clock, his companions observed that he could scarcely keep his seat, and two or three of them conveyed him to Mr. Heap's barn, where they laid him on some straw, taking care to raise his head by placing a batten under it. On some of the party going into the barn about an hour afterwards, he appeared to be a deep sleep, and, after raising his head still higher, ant loosening his necker chief, they left him for the night. About five o'clock the following morning, George Hatton (one of Mr. Heap's la bourers) unloCked the barn, when he was horror-struck on finding poor Greasley quite dead, lying in the position in which he was left at midnight. An inquest was held be fore Mr. Gregory Vie following day, when Mr. Hodges, of Syston, stated that the deceased had died from an attac k of apoplexy, induced by excessive drinking. Verdict—Died , Ipm excessive drlnkipg.-4eientor IRELAND. DUBLIN, SErT. 21. THE STANDARD AND Mn. O'CormiLL.--Mr. O'Con nell has addressed the fo:lowing letter to the Editor of the Freeman's Journal : " DARRYNANE ALBEY, 17TII SEP!' , 1837. _ " Sir,—l read with some surprise, in your paper of Thur- day last, the 14th inst., the following paragraph :—"'Ti. true Meath is not in Ulster, and 'tis true Mr. O'C'onnell admitted there were forty-three Ribbon lodges in Meath." You must have believed that I made such an admission, else I am sure you would not have published the above sentence. I therefore beg of you to inform me upon what authority you believe it. For my part, if I knew the fact that there were that number, or any given number, of Rib bon lodges in Meath, I would have denounced them in de tail, as I have when the Ribbon system existed iu various places denounced it as far as I could ; and, indeed, often successfully denounced it, especially in Meath—but such denunciation could not be called an "admission." An ad mission means the avowal of something one would wish to conceal. Now, I was always anxious to expose to the de testation of all honest persons, and to the vengeance of the law, the absurd and criminal system of the Ribbonmen, and I am convinced that no man living ever did so much to extinguish that system as I have done. " But where did you find the forty-three lodges ? Until I saw your paper of Thursday last, I had no notion that any faithworthy person had attributed to me the having men tioned forty-three Ribbon lodges in Meath ! ! Until then, I had imagined it-was one of the multitudinous inventions of the very worthless, though sanguinary wretch, who, in the Standard newspaper, writes lies six days in the week, for the amusement of the Tory bigots of England—and good enough for them the lies are ; all I desire is, that they should have no other amusement. " But why, and on what grounds, do you, an honest public writer, attribute to me the statement, or admission, if you please, of there beiag forty-three Ribbon lodges in Meath ? As Junius says, I pause for a reply. " I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, . g , DANIEL O'CONNELL." To this letter our Contemporary, the Freeman, appends some explanatory observations, from which it appears that the fabrication to which Mr. O'Connell alludes, originated with the Standard; and that, in exposing the falsehood, a misprint occurred in the Freeman, of " true" for " untrue," which gave occasion for the prompt disavowal of Mr. O'Connell. MR. SHARMAN CRAWFORD.—This gentleman has, it seems, at length completed his series of letters to Mr. O'Connell. Letter the sixth appears to-day in the Dublin Evening Post, accompanied by a note of thanks to the Editor of that Journal for his kind attention in publishing all Mr. Crawford's letters. We have not inserted any of the Crawfordsburn letters, nor shall we now deviate from the course We felt justified in prescribing to ourselves, by opening our columns to the last. But although we cannot qualify ourselves for any such acknowledgment as that with which the Post has been honoured, we willingly give room to the sort of summary tacked to the tail of the letter. It is in the following form : " CONCLUSION. " Sir,—My object, in the letters I have addressed to you, has been to bring back the public mind to these great Con stitutional principles which I consider have been, for some time past, wholly lost sight of. " Sir—l now conclude this series of letters, not because my subjects are exhausted, but because I am unwilling to trespass farther on the patience either of the public or the press ; at the same time, I do not promise that I shall cease to watch and comment upon your public conduct, as cir cumstances may require ; because, Sir, I consider that you are the medium through which the greatest good or the greatest evil can be produced to oar common country. " I know, Sir, that unworthy motives have been ascribed to me by some portion of the press, for• my attacks on your policy. Ido not answer these charges, because, although a momentary assent may be given to them by any portion of my countrymen, I have not a particle of doubt that an honest course has nothing to fear ; and that their cooler judgment (and, perhaps, even yours) will do me justice in the end. " Sir, I have the honour to? subscribe myself—what I trust I have been, and ever shall continue to be—your faithful assistant in every good work in the service of your country, Ulster are proving themselves the most intolerant a n t audaciously tyrannical even of their party. A very short time ago we had to record the attempt of a congregation in relfast to put one of its elders on the "stool of repenta i e," because he had presumed to vote accottling to his principlcs ; and it is now our painful duty to point to a correspondetsce in which a section of a congregation will be found seeking to compel their minister to forego his . rights as a man, and abandon his duty as a citizen. The Rev. P. s, Henry had repeatedly voted for Mr. Dobbin. Mr. Curry professed Mr. Dobbin's principles ; and the Presbyterian Tories knew that Mr. Henry would vote for him also. So, they got up a round-robin, and called on their minister to abstain from voting altogether. With proper spirit, he refused to bow to their insolent demand, and honestly dis charged his public trust. Inltantly the dictators threatened to dsert him, and set up an opposition meeting-house. They made a certain Doctor Joshua Vogan their spokes ' Man, and this learned and tolerant person had the modesty to require from Mr. Henry, as the only condition on which he threatened rupture might be prevented, that he should humbly express his contrition for the crime he had com mitted, and promise never again to exercise the distinguish ing privilege of a free citizen! Mr. Henry spurned the monstrous proposition ; and the disaffected Tories have gone off from him and established a congregation for themselves. This, we suppose, is " liberty of conscience ;" thus is the boasted " right of private judgment" respected by the True Blue Presbyterians of Armagh. Mr. Henry has done himself much credit throughout the affair. Ile has stood his ground manfully, and asserted his rights with equal firm ness and- moderation. We regret, however, that he should have referred to the receipt of any personal favour, as the motive of his acts. Had he never been made agent for the distribution of the Regions Donum—had Mr. Dobbin never sought to make him so, he was bound to behave, and, we believe, he would have behaved, just as he had done. Upon the whole, however, his conduct does him great honour. We take it for granted that the Govern ment will never think of bestowing the Regions Donum on the new congregation. It is founded in intolerance, and held together merely by hate of freedom. A premium will not be put—at least by Lord Mulgrave—on the worst species of sectarian bigotry, and the most unjustifi• able interference with the free exercise of civil rights.— Netvry Examiner. ASSASSINATION IN INDIA. The Englishman of the 28th of February has brought to light the existence of another body of as sassins, in the western provinces, who pursue a similar system of murder to that practised by the Thugs— with this difference, that they poison instead of strangle. It appears that these miscreants have for years past carried on a course of systematised plunder, in a me thod as destructive as, and more insidious even than that pursued by the Thugs. These men have, in the same way as the Thugs, a system of sacrificial ceremonies to Bhowannee ; to ensure success on an expedition they have, like them, language of their own. The only dif ference seems a greater disregard to the secret of their calling, and greater readiness to turn King's evidence against their companions. They call themselves Meeta wal!as,—which might be perhaps translated " sweatmeat men," meeta, or " sweetmeat," being the term they apply to the poison which, instead of the - noose, they make use of in destroying or stupifying those they rob. The district in which these murderers arc as yet known to exist are Sarun and Patna. It has long been a matter of common notoriety that intoxicating drugs are not unfrequently administered, s‘ith a view to robbery, by fukeers in that part of the country ; their victims being, in general, unsuspecting travellers who may chance to stop at their mutt or lucken, the tomb or temple they reside at. The Meetawallas, however, most of whom seem to be Hindoos, mendicants of the Gesacn sect, attempt much more than this. They go out, like the Thugs, in parties, under the ablest man in the gang, as jemadar or leader. They travel the country, making, however, no very distant journeys, in sei 'eh of victims ; and in their trips appear usually to take their way towards Nepaul. The jemadar exer cises his powers of pleasing or persuasion in inveigling the persons they meet to join them, occasion being taken of the caste of the travellers of Hindoo to assume the character of men of the same caste, and get their victims to allow them to prepare food in common. If this be not practicable, the Meetawallas, who seem to be well provided for such contingencies, make an offer of dhall, salt, rice, or any article the other party " WILLIAM SHARMAN CR AWFORD. " Crawfordsburn, Sept. 19, 1837." We have one word, and only one word, to offer in re lirence to the adscription of " unworthy motives" to Mr. Crawford by " a portion of the Press." Obnoxious to the severest censure as we held and do continue to consider the political course which Mr. Sharman Crawford has lately been pursuing, in making attacks day after day on Mr. O'Connell's policy, we never have ascribed, nor do we now ascribe to him, unworthy motives. BATTLE OF THE DIAMOND.—The following is a let ter from a distinguished Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post, who was on the battle-ground at Armagh when the butchery was perpetrated : " Ennis, 18th September, 1837._ " Sir,—l deny that Sir Thomas Molyneux knows more than any other man alive —or, if he does, he has not told the truth—about the Battle of the Diamond. The honest Member for Clare, Major Macnamara, and such of the men of that regiment as are yet alive, know a great deal more than any of the Rothsay Fencibles, and I shall prove it by comparing the orderly-book of both for the month of September, 1795. What more immediately led to the battle was a riot that took place at' the fair of Loughall, on the 4th of September, 1795. On the next day, a party of the Clare militia, under com mand of our then very young Captain, marched into that place (and never be it forgotten the horrible spectacle) where we beheld the bodies of seven Roman Catholics, who bad been butchered on the preceding day. And would it not be surprising if the deed did not lead to retaliation ? For several days after we had harassing duties, and then came up to both parties. They were in battle array. A Mr. M`Catin was the Magistrate with us. He called on the Captain to order his men to fire on the Catholic party. This was met by inquiring " what was to be done in respect to that party yonder," meaning the Orangemen. " Oh," said Mr. M'Cann, " they are loyalists." " Well," said the Captain, " I consider them both equally culpable, and unless you allow me to disperse them both I shall not act ;" and, accordingly, we marched away. The officer was re ported to Government, and Captain M`Namara received thanks for his conduct. In a few days after the famous battle was fought. " You may depend on this, and if the Gallant Major is called upon he will support me, if he will not say more on it. Plowden's History of Ireland mentions it. I am, Sir, " A CLARE MILITIA MAN OF 1795." The Northern Whig has letters on the same subject, one of which we subjoin : " Sir—The following transaction must have escaped Sir Thomas Molyneux's memory, or lie would have noticed it, either in his letter or Orderly-book, particularly as it took place within less than three months after the Battle of the Diamond, and within one mile of Castle-Dillon bouse. " On the evening of the 21st of December; 1725, a party of Peep-o'-day Boys visited a number of houses in the neighbourhood of Armagh in the search of arms, and in or der to turn out Catholic servants from Protestant houses, agreeably to a notice formerly posted for that purpose. In the house of Bernard Kearney, of Mullaloghran, they put a poor Catholic female servant in fear of her life by threat ening to shoot her, if she did not immediately leave the house, which, while on her knees begging for mercy, with two or three guns presented at her, she promised to do. " They after.vards visited other houses for similar pur poses ; and latte-ly that of Corrnac Dougan, of Rathdrum gran. Dougan, having been noticed to leave his house, got five neighbour boys to stay with him that evening, but with out arms. On the party of Peep-o'-day Boys approaching Dougan's house,•yhich they surrounded, a stone was thrown at the door, and on Dougan opening it, to know what was wanted, a shot was fired at him, the ball from which broke his thigh bone, and he fell back into the house. The door was then shut, the party guarding front and rear, until some ' e___ - assistance was procured, and the door forced open. The The New Edition of Dr. Lingard's History of first three men that came out, namely, Thomas Liggett, England, published in Monthly Fire-shilling Volumes, has Patrick Hagan, and Owen Mallon, were shot dead ; the reached the Fourth Volume ; and the Engravings from other two, John Magee and -- Conlan, escaped by lying Harvey's fine drawings increase in beauty as the work pro down. Dougan was brought to the county infirmary, and coeds—they are indeed perfect gems. The appearance o. died there ; the other three dead bodies were brought into the volume is also more attractive as regards type, paper, the chapel of Armagh, where an inquest was held on them, binding, Sec. It will be a cheap and beautiful edition of and a verdict of wilful murder pronounced ; yet the mat- one of most original and standard histories in the ten ter was somehow bushed up, and no person was punished page, and though so much improved, the price will be little in consequence. Magee is s i n ce dead, and the only sur- more than a third of former editions. vivor of the party is Conlan. Another transaction seems . INliss Landon, in her new novel of " Ile Reign of to have escaped Sir . Thomas Molyneux's memory; It is George 11., will doubtless bring to the aid of her genius e ntire acquaintance with the moral and political, as well its all marched into Arme that of thirty-two poor w retches dragged from their homes , the literary speculations of the time. One of the leading mond, by a number o gh, from the neighbourhood of t he Dia f crimps, who were engaged for that characters, we are told, is a young poet, strugglingwith purpose, by a deceased Colonel, thee raising a re g iment. no all the difficulties of a literary career, sustain e d th roughout Those men were handcuffed, tied round wi t h a ha y -rope, by a lo ft y ideal of his art. The f a ir author has donbt put on board for England, and their fami lies left in distrac- be en able to draw this character, to the life, from her Cm, going through the street. I could not learn what experiences in the literary world. became of them, other than the notice Mr. Grattan took , , rite following are the number of objections to per of them in the House of Commons, at that period. There are a few of the cases I could relate ; but Mr.. linsor so«s who' , claim the right or voting for the West Riding of having taken up the matter, and concluded his letter to lerk. Ihe objections include those from Voth parties ; the Evening Post with three of the transactions within my also those Irons the respective overseers of townships . knowledge, and the busi n e ss bein g p retty well handled, I Sheffield 588, Rotheram 75, Barnsley 19 9 , Wake field 789, shall f o r the present decline anything rarther.—l am, &c. Leeds 1,306, Huddersfield gee, D e lo 290, Halifax 1.027, ~ AN ARMAGH MAN," Bradford 1,316, Kcighley ;314, Otley 237, Skipton 78, SCANDALOUS INTIMIDATION IN ARMAGH:—It used to Gisburne 87, Settle 207, Sedbergh 78, br Ripon 107, Pat,lev be the boast of Presbyterianism that its principles were Bridge 49, Knaresborough 185, A e ford Pontefractls7, Selley 96, peculiarly favourable to civil liberty. Its champions were Snaith 67, Thorne 38, Doncaster 2.39, and l5l. perpetually proclaiming the right of private judgment, and The granite to he used in the construction of the protesting against all interference with the consciences new Houses of P a rliament will be obtained from the New of men. What Presbyterianism in the abstract may be, lama quarries in Jersey. Neatly 300 workmen are at ,re. of stop not to inquire i but the Tory Presbyterians of sent employed in raising it. , . may require. The dressed food, or the raw article, in tended for the victim, is of course poisoned ; but in case opportunity of thus administering it occurs not, it is given in sherbut, or mixed with the tobacco in a chill um. The drugs employed seem equally efficacious, however exhibited, the inhaling of them being enough not only to intoxicate but destroy life. The poisonous mixture consists of dbuttoora root, opium, ganja, or bhang, and one or two other drugs, pounded together, and dried. Thus prepared, it is kept in a lota ready for use. The effect appears usually to be first felt about forty minutes after the poison has been taken ; in forty minutes more the victim is generally dead, or totally insensible. When the giddiness, which is the earliest symptom of the working of the poison, is com plained of by the person who has swallowed it, 'the Meetawal!a is ever ready with an excuse to account for it, this being always followed by a recommendation to lie down and sleep. When the effects are fatal, the victim rolls thither and thither once or twice, and dies ; but, whether from difference of constitution, or in the quantity of poison taken, the victim is fre quently merely stupified, and, after being robbed and str►pped, recovers his senses when the in toxication has passed off. The Mectawalla, how ever, appears indifferent as to this. If his victim die before he leaves him, the body is usually thrown into a river, if one is near, or a well ; it is sometimes buried, but often left to lie where the man perished. If the victim recover, and find his treacheroUs comps- nions at the very place in which the attempt at murder was committed (for they appear sometimes to take up a temporary abode near a thoroughfare) his assertions of having been robbed are outfaced by bullying and bold denial, and the poor wretch seems generally still so much under the effect of the drugs, as to be dispirited, and in a half-stupid state, without energy to prosecute the inquiry. The Meetawalla, however, has no scruplaas to taking life. Several instances have been discovered in which they have strangled their victims with a rope, or murdered them with sword cuts. They are on terms of fraternity with the Thugs, and individuals of the two professions seem frequently to know one another professionally as strangler and poisoner. The gang of the Meetawalla varies in num ber from five to fifteen. There are Moosulmans among them, who, like Moosulman Thugs, assist, without compunction, in the idol sacrifice which precedes each expedition. The animal offered is a goat, which is slain, with the ordinary ceremonies, by the jemadar of the gangs, and the head bruised. The Meetawallas do not observe, as the Thugs do, any periodical order for their expeditions : they appear to go out in search of their victims as the whim, or their own necessities urge them. Hence their journeys, as before observed, are much shorter than those of the Thugs, but occur, on an average, about once every four months.— Asiatic Journal. •r THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1837.