The Sun. — London, England, 1835-10-29 00:00:00

LITERATURE. ........ . .-......---.^. Li from the s tupid , and at the prisoners 't n . en found ereiN-n from iminatiot: of tcd them to y had hired g iven thogi ed the ----- s,from Isle, Mao"' d Prince gti, the river nriu Surrey, Hill: lar. fory Madeira; for Bilbon; Fanle , Hope ; ,iracrick ; a Soller, from Lord, Nclo Sarah, Car' •t the SY66' , Lewis, froal irosyLle , Jar a, Cunv:iiintg„,s: Bahia ; Walter SO" °rig s tr Shepherd, fr. ° o , the West 18 freight specie 30,1 1 , 'va s abal? o ,ntiguan th e 4 16 ived at Kin' rh, arrived t. windlass IV e ZTURES AT BIM 28. e: . ' F —DePa i ' -in. mpany's - co— -7 Dundee, " e e t smack et) ur 24th instasi i dA , ester, was re;;; i stcro us west cm ack Lon a ; 24 inst. le o 5: the I..ber;ber. 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Ihe 'article in this Number which will excite the most interest, is unquestionably that on the " Charac t",llnd M anners of tlte German Students," who are, or rather were —for the Reviewer is referring to the year 1819—divided into three classes ; the conservatives, or dri n ki ng kn;ityhts ; the gentlemen student,l and politic a l r er.tovators. Of these, the TM ost important are late cours e the last, whose 1, - !blitics, however, have of rr, ndered th em so o b nox i ous to t h e govern i ng e.rs, that they have taken every precaution to cit. cl:oseribe the sphere of their influence, and bring t hem under something like orthodox discipP.ne. But Perh aps., t h e most striking trait in the character of Me German Student, is his invetexate fondness for duelling or Scarcely a day passes (says The Reviewer) without two three duels. There, ho ;,.ever, are more dangerous in appearance than in real:' • At most universities broad bUt ?" (1 . 8 are us e d, wh'..4l are, it is true, as sharp as rains,then the cona l atants are dressed and muffiP?i in such a' I vay, that s .there is scarcely any part left ov,en to a dange ound. a br o The head is covered with a l arge h a t, h av i ng brir:a neckstrengthened with strong wire ; round the Waist twenty silk handkerchi e f s are woun d ; abo u t th e ' t h aist i'• buckl e d a broad leat'.iern band, which reaches from f ron Pt of the stomach to the beginning of the leg ; the of the legs is like.:Ase covered by thick leathern ails ; and two-third; of the right arm are encased in a .rnintude of silk stoc'dngs sewed upon each other, and silk 17. dkerchiefs wounrl round them until the arm becomes as ' li ck as thefac, leg. 'there is nothing left open . except the the breast,:, and the upper part of the right arm, the constantly kept . behind the back. Unless the a ar‘oradrrnentersbe' between the ribs, or deeply into the arm-pit, bl ovv4 l4 scarcely any possibility of a mortal wound. The th er . tr a t generally directed towards the face, and you may s e i dor °r! frequently see l arg e scars th ere , b u t th e e y es are I k e in danger, as they are pr o t e ct e d by th e b ones o f th e • I and the brim of the hat. t The swords ar e the pr o p er ty o f th e cor p ora ti on; who .of_m• not a m em b er o f suc h an associa t ion , mus t, in case a d ueladdress himself to one of those bodies, which furni s h . us _ es him with weapons and a second, The band which e q_e Partie s wear round the waist exhibits the colours of the wuhrration, as does likewise the whole handle of the sword, • eh covers the hand entirety. The two seconds wear a %Ric t la r and over their cloQies, are covered with one of the r , hats and are armed with blunt rapiers. When the hm i -e arrived - at ' the spot, which is gener . ally a roo . m, thai B k conds measu:re the ground and mark the distance with the' The dP.ellists are then introduced, and placed upon the ,eh.alked I;,ne ; within the two lines they may move as t i: e yike,l;ut to be driven back by an antagonist so far that att'Jr stands upon his opponent's line is held to be tn ° n a 'dlY, and is punished with infamy. The slightest draw he 'of blood, or twelv e r o u n d s w ith ou t d raw i ng bl oo d, fi n i s h du e l? , This, it must be confessed, is a cheap way of earn ug student of the old ~,,hoof would hold in the most 40 verei n contempt. B u t th ere i s ano th er s p ec i es o f duelling,q which, it seems, is still more in favour at the "'llan Universiti es , an d i s ca ll e d th e " b eer d ue l," be cause all trifling disputes on literary matAers are ad• gust e d by a process of tippling. If, for instance, on' ftudent says to another, who happ ens to have no taste r reading, " thou art a 'learned man," this is tt rep roac h wh i ch must I.Ye instantly wiped away by the offender being, compelled to drink a pint ! t ll eer at a drau t . There are many other freaks of ls sort, in which the German students are constantly ofthe habit o f i n d u l g i ng, f or d eta il s o f w hi c h— some th `he e - hceedingly amusing—we refer our readers to te ' 4lll '..tber before us. " Mrs. Butler's Journal" is an "'Partial notice of a crude, hasty work, which has atta ined more notoriety than it deserves. The reviewer, il 4 wev er , commences his criticism with some very silly 'lnter s at the Press, which are neither creditable to his judgment, nor his sagacity. If he is so desirous that Periodical writers should lay asi:Ae their anonymity, *, hy do es not h e , w h o i s a l so a per i o di ca l wr i ter, set t he exampl e , by affixing hi.; own name to his Review ? i tl P oets," the noti ce o f " Lamb's Specimens of the Dramatic •coets," the writer protests against the indiscriminate hasgerie w hi c h L am b h as every w h ere h eape d upon I favourites ; and observes very properly, that if they possess g d rew,. beauties, they possess still more glaring efeets, srabstituting in far too many instances, extrava rneies for passion, rant for vigour, and broad caricature r the sobriety of truth and nature. Ford's " Broken 'le.art" abounds in faults of this description, though its etastrophe, the absurdest ana most unnatural we ever read, has been praised by Mr. Lamb in the most enthusiastic terms of con - ..mendation. " French Comic "lances," furnishes us with some short, agreeable n otice s of Pigault le Brun, and his successor in the comic line of fiction, Paul de Kock—the most fertile an d ingenious. of the French novelists of the day. We remmlber the delight with which, some years si n ;ye perused the " Barons of Falsheirr:' and ill'onsieur Bottle" of Le Brun, who breadth, tir :hness, and variety of humour, was nearly, if not i te equal to our own Smollett. " t'hile" is an ela borate, statistic article, relieved 'oy occasional touches of description, of one of tbo most promising of the So uth American province ; . I t i s , we believe, from he Pen of Mr. Roebur:K. In the postcript, which is headed th e Close the Session," the reviewer takes a s ound and encouraging review of the progress of na tional improvement. He is a staunch advocate for the " I "etivl.nt—and with justice, for nothing but energy and 'decision on the part of the people, can rescue them 11 ' 4 11, the clutches of the House of Lords, who are bent on ° PPosing Reform at every stage of its progress. T he article is ably reasoned, full of spirit, and uncom • ProMising in its hostility to all Conservative tactics. DAY .) rE Cr,o eic, )1 9l a for th e e 0 .quo ted at PrF:01; imm, 41 p real ,fr 13 ; Ban 4 k teloci; Active, 4`2,1 7-PAST OPfty '0 early part t' 0 00 purobjtsod ‘s:ivo :,hey are 911 TO; ,nitan 4 i pretVk 1 3 ; Bank „, ole mania o f sr e 'kes the mov AO 'e (looted at 'rot lalf pet' CePtt!''')( 3E 19,6L0w SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS—VoI. 18. Cadell, Edinburgh, 1835. The ,•• p - r,sent volume forms the 18th of Scott's t ISCel latteous Prose Works ; and the second of his j atr ihutions to the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews. i "Y of these, if we except the acute and discriminat ;% Criticism on Miss Austen's novels, are remarkable PR ICS f e , 4SY W, 1 :! . any superior excellence, though all are readable, for .................. ...•po h l / 4 ' i lr e Walter knew not what it was to write an urireada s••••_ ......... • .„•‘. , article. His notice of Southey's " Chronicles of itocx.... ...... ....,,, f:',4 , the knnuities •••• • ,.."11ri f Cid," which appeared in the Quarterly Review Annutties "...,... 1 or 1p 0 , 0/....-• •" ...... .."' 0/ .09, is a delightful digest of one of the most 500/................,.../ /i eote, ta • . r' b 51111/ .... . ...... ..... , _., la,, I ' ming, and we may add, learned works in the for 00. ........;P : for Act- • ,... P a ge ; and contrasts singularly with his criticism Act. ••••••.. c op 141 tile same multifari ous au th or ' s t rans l a ti on o f the Bonds, bPe.r..4„,1/ `° ~id Spani s h romance , "Amadis de Gaul"—which it vitro .... ....... ....,/, -r Cen' ce4 i ii 1 e: Pe r .. .. . , t v rla Y be remembered was one of those works of chi - a ir y tln ate\ C urate' therefore, enlied i-idii, 4 .........,i , ,, allic ••••• s•• ~ ,,q 3. per cep. — .. so /11. Don Quixote, and which the • ....... ~ / ;er ... ...... ...... ~ ~..I'lli ret - ore, and the Bachelor, Master Sampson .......• ~1, .r asco Doi,' 'ordered to be burned in the court-yard of the ;e; ...... ......... ...."":. , per Cent•'' . : ..... 'it (/ , 6 house. This review, considering who was the :r cent. ...... p rt, 4i• r At I° ' 0 I The br iP'il e , th e and what was the nature of his subject, is one of ~ for 0 0,; t 0 li e 'uost meagre and unsatisfactory ever penned by Scott. a c oals, o t e y of , , about rit• ntb , • S eems to have plodded unwillingly through it , • stn- ir...,, , lik e a t ic - Id In t bY t6 .41 \pi * tas k ; consequently it is deficient in the spirit and . foul °: f t V , 0 ,,, vi` that characterise his notice of the " Cid ;" ra ornil e g i -, ° 0 ; 5 . ) ; r , e ( ''. l °lour?", ; t• - - when compared with many other criticisms in e carr_l e a.,t: c, ', .1 1 the , • same periodical, it is still a superior performance, ressel la Z s a r,, ?.iirf:l I g il o st as th e r very J", „ 4„ 0 0 17? very worst of his novels, is at least twice as esame , - sor i gobi:ii% :c , at li T h on a s the very best of any other modern novelist. .Inc, oat l' ° re i, , e r eview of Maturin's " Family of Montorio" reloe withl of, ~r i rps, aer, , i ti o 0 oto our recollection an eccentric man of genius, gothes , a '' ea re ( wh o - ve be iio,o , had he lived, might have won a foremost rank Lad ha be 6 tiVtg . but t we cP among tile writers of his age. Poor Maturin pos rre-b-ut t he a if, p i sa ssed every literary qualification, except common ff ?;:: ber t`ri a / 111 11 ‘ ; 11te J li ' li r nBe ' His imagination was of a most plastic cha- Not aP e i t . 6 . ' PIO E leter Ot t '" WO, tSlave a nd unbounded in its range, but he was the ) is k n • Call i dil ,vrec •• por tii, 0 not the master, of it. Like an inexperienced r i d of ,i ng .. this cat e 0 ,„ Iv ' placed on the back of a high-blooded steed, he state,, j a P et . „,, tb ro l .. as P arty, ..;,..,.d to merstantly run away with by it. His best tale is e ~jraterr ril°*- h," whose last chapter, descriptive of the ~., ~.,„,....," .14 ~~- Wanderer's Dream, is surpassed by nothing of the kind in the language. We extract the following brief account of him, from a note attached to Scott's &- view :—" The Rev. C. R. Maturin, curate of St. Peter's, Dublin, an eccentric character, but a man of genius, shared the usual fa opt and incoherentl td " m ama with el.- _ s ant acsiro, tYgtity., AVA. bias. He die i4l October, 1. 4. Tiesiaes tlve oesOni Aria preceding articles of Review,, Maturin published tales called the " Milesi Chief," 4 vols. ; " Wild Irish Boy," 3 vots. ; " Melmoth, the \Yamada," 4 vols. ; the " Albigenses," 4 vols.; two tragedies, " Bertram" and " Manuel,"—tbtre was a third, entitled " Fredolpho," which was damned the first night of its performance the . " Universe," a poem, and two volumes of Set* mons. Among other fantastic humours of this author, it is said that when he wished his family to be aware that ti:e fit was on. 116 1 ht used to stick a wafer on his forehe , .ll," The present volume is embellished with a Flattering likeness of the late Mr. Gifford, editor of the Quarterly Review, and a pic turesque sketch of Chiefswoods Cottage, near Abbots ford, the seat of Mr, Lockhart, the prcstnt editor. COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1836. C. Tilt. London. We noticed this little work on its first appearance last year, and may here repeat what we then said, that it is an ingenious idea, cleverly executed. The illus trations of the Months are by Cruickshank, and are full of his mirthful extravagant humour. " January " is represented by a frost scene on the Serpentine. Some people are skaiting, some sliding, and some endeavour ing, in the presence of a group of admiring ladies, to ' appear unconcerned and Unhurt, when rising ftom a fall which has evidently shaken them from head to foot. But the most whimsical group of all is that of some ten or a dozen unhappy wretches who have just tumbled, head over heels, into a rast hole commencing at the end of a long slide. One man is looking up, with his head just raised above the ice, as if he were blandly expostulating with destiny ; and another, with one arm, is laying fast hold of a rope thrown to him by some servants of the Humane Society, which it is tto be apprehended, from the distrustful expression of their countenances, will break long before he can be pulled ashore. " Transfer-Day at the Bank" exhibits a variety of grave, business-like faces, with the exception of one or two belonging to sharpers, who, full of faith and hope, are merrily engaged in making free with the pockets of an elderly gentleman. The engraving is not less remarkable for its humor than its satire. A view of " Greenwich Park " represents a vast motley crowd, who are rolling down the celebrated Flamstead Hill in every possible variety of attitude and costume. One fat gentlewoman, whom the genius of mischance has overtaken in her somewhat too heedless descent, dis plays a ponderous luxuriance of calf as she tumbles flat on her nose, amid the shouts of some Greenwich Pensioners, who are busy eying the display. The re maining engravings in the work, though not equal to those we have briefly glanced at, are yet worthy of Cruickshank's reputation; and the humourous verses attached to them, by way of explanation, show consi derable tact and ingenuity. THE CONQUEST OF FLORIDA, BY HERNANDO DE SOTO, - Written under the Superintendance of Washington Irving, Esq. BY EIS NEPHEW, THEODORE ntr.tria, ESQ. In 2 Vols. London : Edward Churton, Holles-street. In suppressing the convents throughout Spain, it is to be hoped that the Constitutional Government will take measures for the effectual preservation of all the old manuscripts of which they have been for centuries the secure and only depositaries. Literature—histo rical, ethical, biographical, and imaginative—will receive rich and multifarious accessions, when the conventional archives corne to be rummaged and made public ; un less, perchance, the Government entrust to some mili tary Vandal the duty of effecting the dislodgment of the holy fathers. The records of many a noble family —the minute details of many a bloody fray—the black and bitter confessions of many a hoary penitent who, in youth, had been distinguished at the Courts of Kings—the wafflings of many a wounded spirit—and the hour-numbered annals of many a year, parturient of momentous change in the Government of mankind, exist in those cloisters which are henceforth destined to be the abode of a secular generation, whose toils, cares, and avocations will not suffer them to have a retrospective, or a prospective, being. Alike dead to the influences borrowed from the memory of the past, and the hopes of the fu ture, the successors •of th'e monks must not be ex pected to preserve what they cannot prize ; and there fore, unless the Government stretch forth a protecting hand, Spain will lose more In national literature than she will gain in public wealth, by those measures of ecclesiastical reform so necessary to the religious eman cipation of the people. The " Conquest of Florida," by Theodore Irving, is little more than a free translation of one of the thou sands of manuscripts which are to be met with in the larger Spanish convents. According to Mr. Southey, who expresses the opinion in his Chronicles of the Cid Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, the original is one of the most delightful works in the Spanish language. As a record of facts—a journal of actual occurrences, in which the events of every year are carefully and scrupu lously noted—we can believe it to be one of the most delightful works to be found in any language with which the learned world is yet acquainted. We have no knowledge whatever of the original ; but allowing Mr. Irving all the judgment which can possibly fall to the share of so young a man, we must be permitted to observe, that he could not have condensed a work of this kind, without losing a large share of those blossoms which luxuriate so profusely in the pages of the venerable, Inca Gar cilaso de la Vega. Still in its present form, Mr. Irving's work on the Conquest of Florida is an hundred times more interesting than any narrative of the same kind that has ever fallen under our notice. The only pro duction resembling it in any way is the celebrated " Araucana" of Ercilla—an almost contemporary work, the latter having appeared entire in 1590. Hernando De Soto seems to have appreciated the personal cou rage, the love of independence, and the stern virtues cherished among the savage tribes, almost as highly as the chivalrous poet : while the prose narrative has the advantage of being less broken in upon by long epi sodes, many of which have no connection with the leading subject of the poem. The follo . wing extract includes the only episode in the work. We have selected it for its completeness, rather than for any peculiar interest which it awakens. There is not a chapter in the two volumes, of which the details are not equally striking : " Shortly after Pamphilo de Narvaez had quitted the village of Hirrihigua on his disastrous march into the inte rior, a small vessel of his fleet which was in quest of him, put into the bay of Espiritu Santo. Anchoring before the town, they saw a few Indians on the shore, who made signs for them to land, pointing to a letter at the end of a cleft reed, stuck into the ground. The Spaniards supposing— and probably with justice—that it was a letter of instruc tion left by Narvaez, giving information of his movements and destination, made signs for the Indians to bring it to them. The latter, however, refused, but getting into a canoe came on board, four of them offering to remain as hostages for such Spaniards as chose to go on shore for the letter. Four Spaniards immediately stepped into the canoe. The moment they landed, a multitude of savages rushed out of the village and surrounded them ; at the same time the hostages on board plunged into the sea, and swam to THE SUN, IioN'DON,AV, OCTOBER 29, 1855_ land. The crew of the, vessel; Seeing,the number of the enetny, and direadihg; seine filrihk , :r iniSehiet, made sail with ;111 haste, abandoning their luckless comrades to their fate. " The captives were conveyed with savage triumph into the village of Hirrihigna For the ivilnle biu been a strata gem (4: ..„di t .; ; A nt o, F ot , tutu hljrittPr Ati of the tipti tVlittl.hb thignt wreaK nls vefigeattee. He piiSOnerS tipdtir ii Ai.Obg guard; until the day of fesfilVal: rtliff tli4l 1 - 10€(1; led tl " ChitLne public square 01 the village and turned loose, one at a time, to be shot at with arrows. To prolong their misery and the enjoyment of their tormentors, only one In dian was alloWtd to shoot at a time. In this way the first three Spaniards were sacrificed, and the Casique took a vindictive pleasure in beholding them, running in their agony front corner to corner, vainly seeking an asylum in ay noolc, until after being repeatedly wounded , they were shot to death, " had tlet10) ti lad gctifeely eighteen years old, and of a tiOlik family, was the fourth victim, As they were lead ina him forth, his eittrittiie yrilitit touched with compassion the heart4i the wifo arid daughters of the Casique, who itittreeaed in his favour. " Hirrihigua listened to their importunities, and, for the' present, granted the life of Ortiz ; but it proved to be a most wretched boon. From morning until evening he was employed in carrying Wood and water, being allowed but little sleoth and less food. Not a day passed that he was not beaten. On festivals he was an object of bar barous amusement to the Casique, who would oblige him to run from sunrise to sunset, in the public square of the village where his companions had been so barbarously sa criftced. Upon those occasions, a number of Indians were stationed at different parts of the q uadrangle with bows and arrows, to shoot him should he halt one moment. When the day was spent the unfortunate youth lay stretched on the hard floor of his hut, more dead than alive. At such times the Chief's wife and daughters would come to him privately with food and clothing, and by their kind treatment his life Vvrtii pre9aved, " At length the Cacique being determined to put an end tD his victim's existence: orduredthat be shot& be bound upon a *math lie, in the form of a huge gridiron, placed %vet a bed of burning coals, and roasted alive. " The cries and Atiolo hf tht tidgerdble sufferer reached his female protectors, and their entreaties were once more successful with the Cacique. They unbound Ortiz, dragged him from the fire, and took him to their dwelling, where they bathed his wounds with the juice of herbs, and tended him with assiduous care. After many days he re- COURT CIRCULAR. The King, attended by Sir Hetbd4 taylor; arrived in town soon after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Wind sor Castlo. Thd Queen ; attended by the Ducli:ess Saxe Weimar and VOttet? Erlio . §t Philippsthal, arr;Ved at St. James's shortly afterwards from Windsor Cagle. At twd O'clotk his Majesty held a Privy Council for the further Of Parliament: The Privy toutwillcirs present Were ; the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State fait tofeign Affairs, the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Chamberlain, Sir Charles Vaughan, and Sir Alexander Johnston. At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday the 10th of November, to Thurs day the 17th of December next. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Coun cil in Waiting. At the Court the Right Hon. Sir Charles Richard Vaughan, G.C.H., late his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Ame rica, was presented to the King, on his return, by Viscount Palmerston, Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Lod 'Alford was presented to his Majesty by the Lord Chamberlain, atul kissed hands on being appointed one of the Lords of the Bedchamber. His Lordship received his gold key of office. The King gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne, Lord Glenelg, Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis Conyngham, the Earl of Minto, Lord Holland, and Sir William Gomm, the Field-officer in Waiting. Viscount Falkland and Sir Charles Rowley, G.C. H., were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Duchess of Glocester and the Princess Sophia visited their Majesties. Baron d'Ompteda, the Hanoverian Minister, Sir Hussey Vivian, Sir James Kempt, Sir John Macdonald, and Sir William Parker, had audiences of the King. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, left town at half-past 6 o'clock, on h&-leturia,o - Windsor Castle. The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, left St. James's soon after 7 o'clock last evening, for Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Glocester has arrived in town from Bag shot-park. _ covered, though his body WM marked with many a deep scar. " His employment was now to guard the village ceme tery, which was in a lonely field in the bosom of a forest. The bodies of the dead were deposited in wooden boxes, covered with boards, without any fastening except a stone or a log of wood laid upon the top 6 so that the bodies were often carried away by wild beasts. " In this cemetery, Qrti* Wag gtatinned with a bow and arrows, to watch day and night, and was told ; that should fk single body be carried away, he . would be burnt alive: 11e returned thanks to God fill• having freed him from the dreaded presence of Hirrihigua ; hoping to lead a better life with the dead than he had lately done with the living: " Upon one occasion while be was watehing, towards morning sleep overpeWered him. Being awakened by the lid of not br the chests suddenly falling ; upon examination he found that the body had disappeared. The chest had contained the corpse of an infant recently deceased,--the child of an Indian of note. " Ortiz supposing some animal had dragged it away, im mediately set out in pursuit. After wandering for some time, at a short distance within the woods, he heard a noise like that of a dog gnawing bones. Drawing near to the spot with a stealthy step, he dimly perceived a living object among the hushes, and invoking aid from on high, dis charged an arrow at it. The thick and tangled underwood prevented him from seeing the effect of his shot, but as the animal did not stir, he flattered himself that he had killed it. With this hope he waited until the day dawned, when he beheld his victim, a huge creature of the panther kind, lying dead, the arrow having passed through its entrails and pierced its heart. " gathering together the mangled remains of the infant, and replacing them in the coffin, Ortiz dragged his prey in triumph through the village, with the arrow still in its body. The exploit gained him credit with the old hunters, and for some time softened even the ferocity of Hirrihigua. The resentment of the latter, however, for the wrongs he had suffered from white men, was too bitter to be appeased. Some time after his eldest daughter came to Ortiz and warned him that her father had determined to sacrifice him at the next festival, which was just at hand. She stated that the influence of her mother, her sisters, and herself, would be no longer of any avail to save him, and therefore wished that he should take refuge with a neighbouring Ca sique named Mucozo, who had sought her in marriage, and would befriend him for her sake. " This very night," said I the kind-hearted maiden, " at the northern .extremity of the village, you will find a trusty friend who will guide yo to a bridge about two leagues hence ; on arriving there you must send him back, that he may reach home before the morning dawns to avoid suspicion—for well he knows that this bold act, in daring to assist you, may bring down de struction upon us both. _Six leagues further on you will reach the village of Mucozo. Tell him that I have sent you, and expect him to befriend you in your extremity. I know he will do it. Go, and may God protect you !" Ortiz threw himself at the feet of his generous protec tress, and poured out his acknowledgments for the kind ness she had always shown him. An Indian was at the place appointed, to direct him, and they quitted the village without alarming the warlike savages. When they came to the bridge, Ortiz sent back the guide, in obedience to the injunction of his mistress, and continuing his flight, found himself, by break of day, on the banks of a small stream near the village of Mucozo. " Looking cautiously round, he saw two natives fishing. As he was unacquainted with their language, and could not explain the cause of his appearance in their neighbourhood, he was in dread lest they should take him for an enemy and kill him. He, therefore, ran swiftly to the place where they had deposited their weapons and seized them. The savages fled to the village, without attending to his signs of friendly intention. The inhabitants sallied out armed with bows and arrows, and were about to attack him ; but Ortiz fix ing an arrow in his bow prepared for defence, crying out at the same moment, that he came not as an enemy, but as an ambassador from a female Cacique to their chief. For tunately one present understood him, and interpreted his words. Upon this the, Indians unbent their bows, and re turning with him to their village, presented him to Mucozo. The latter, a youthful chieftain, of a graceful form and handsome conntenance, received Ortiz kindly for the sake of her who had sent him ; but, on further acquaintance, became attached to him for his own merits, and treated him with the affection of a brother. " Ilirrihigua soon heard where the fugitive had taken refuge, and demanded several times that he should be de livered up. Mucozo as often declined ; considering himself bound by the laws of honour and hospitality to protect him. Hirrihigua then employed as mediator another Cacique, a brother-in-law of Mucozo, who went in person to demand Ortiz. The generous Mucozo, however, indignantly re fused to deliver up to a cruel enemy, the poor fugitive who had come so well recommended to his protection, and treated the request as a stain upon his honour. The two Caciques continued their importunities, but the high minded savage remained faithful to his guest, though in maintaining inviolate the sacred rights of hospitality, he lost the friendship of his brother-in-law, and forfeited the hand of Hirrihigua's beautiful daughter, whom he tenderly loved." THE EAR 7'II. Br ROBEAT Munlß, Author of " The Heavens," " The British Naturalist," C. V. London : Thomas Ward 6- Co., 1835. Mr. Mudie is one of those delighful instructors of youth whose works deserve to be translated into every language. There is a charm about every thing he writes sufficient to command the attention of the most volatile disposition ; and his remarks are so judicious, even on apparently threadbare topics, that matured minds cannot fail to glean valuable information from them. The little volume, upon the merits of which we now sit in judgment, is equal, in all respects, to the previous productions of the author. We had an ticipated, from the name, a dry detail of facts, and a statistical enumeration of places, forgetful of the pe culiar grace with which Me. Mudie invests whatever he touches. 'Most agreeably have we been disap pointed. The " Earth is a charming little work — one which Burchill's " harmless little men" will re read with as much pleasure as a fairy tale.. We cor dially recommend it as a Christmas present to all good boys and girls. TITHES.—On Friday, at an early hour, the Court house was crowded to excess—every avenue leading to the interior of the court thronged with anxious expectano, all waiting to hear the result of the tithe processes, which were served in such numbers, and were to be tried before the assistant barrister, Wm. H. Curran, Esq. The first cases called on were those of the Rev. Mr. Armstrong, rector of Moylough, and of his father-in-law, the Rev. John O'Rorke. In letter A alone 119 dismisses were granted against this reverend gentleman. No less than live thousand processes were served, and the a tt o rneys , engaged for the p eo pl e are so unreasonable as to pray dismisses in every case. A thousand pounds will not he able to meet the demand.—Galway Patriot. • FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Cleveland, at his seat, Raby Castle, Durham, from a tour; Bishop of Ely, in Dover-street, from the Palace, Ely, Cambridgeshire ; Lord and Lady Dynevor, at their seat, Barrington Park, Oxon , f rom Leamington; Ear l Countess of Carnarvon, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Berks ; Lord and Lady Suffield, at ditto, from their seat, Gunton Park, Norwich) Hon. H. Crewe, at ditto, from a tour Cortite de Cloquet at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle street, from Paris; 'Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Colqubonn and family, at ditto, from Edinburgh; Hon. Misses Powys, at ditto, Nisi ditto; Captain and Mrs. Hodges, in Harley-street, from Essex ; Captabt George Wyndham, at his seat, near Guilford, from Portsmouth , W 2 Henley, Esq., Mrs. Hen ley, and, Miss Henley, at Marshall i rliatttiron's Hotel, Ca vendish-square Rev. H. B. Wrey and family , Miss Dyke, and N. R. Toke, Esq., at ditto; J. Williams, Esq., and Mrs. Williams, at ditto; Rev. S. W. Mister and Mrs. Mister, at ditto; Robert Hopkins, Esq., at ditto, from Derks ; Monsieur Fallenburg, at ditto, from a tour. DEPARTURES. Lady Lake, from the British Hotel, Jermyn -street, on a tour ; Mr. and the Right Hon. Lady M. A. Vaughan, from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat near Mon mouth ; Colonel and Mrs. Rogers, from Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-Street, for Southampton J. D. Latouche, Esq., and Son, from Fenton% Hotel, St. James's-street, for Paris ; J. H. Waddington, Esq., and Son, from ditto, for ditto ; J. P. Plumptre, Esq., from his seat in Kent, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Eyre, for their seat in Norfolk ; George Warde, Esq., from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square P. P. Williams, Esq., from ditto ; Charles Meynell, Esq., from ditto ; R. Torin , Esq., from ditto. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —Having observed in The Sun Newspaper, of the 26th inst., a paragraph referring to the respective ages of several Peers, and contradicting the report that Lord Car rington was the most aged Member of the House of Lords, I beg to state, for the information o f your readers, that, in addition to Lords Stowell and Eldon, whom you have men tioned as older than Lord Carrington, you might also have inserted the names of Lords Lynedoch, Egremont, and Scarsdale. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient Servant, Leamington, Oct. 28, 1835. N. L. T. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Fitzball's new musical piece, Paul Clifford, was com pletely, and very deservedly, successful. It is founded on Bulwer's novel, some of the most striking incidents of which are very skilfully dramatised, with many alterations, which are unavoidable in such cases. The dialogue is clever and spirited, and the whole affair really gave a lively idea of those " halcyon days" when (in the words of the Duke of Wellington, so classically quoted in the play bill) " scarcely a carriage could pass without being robbed. and frequently the passe n g ers were obliged to give battle to the highwaymen who infested the roads." The robbery of the Bath coach, by Paul Clifford's gang, was one of the best scenic representations we have witnessed. The coach enters gallantly, drawn by real horses, and in an instant is assailed ,by a numerous hand, who overpower the coachman, guard, and passengers, and complete the work of plunder with sur prising dexterity. The scene representing the exterior of the old Covent-garden Theatre, with the audience leaving it after the play, is also admirably manaaed. Dr. Slopperton and his wife and daughter appear as coming out of the house. While the doctor goes to call a coach, the ladies are accosted by two of the gentlemen of the road, who offer their protection till he• returns, and then pick his pocket while they are loading him with attention. This party are joined by Sir William Brandon and Lucy. Long Ned makes an attempt on Sir William's pocket ; but he dis covers it, and thinking Clifford, who was standing by, the culprit, he seizes him, and gives him into custody. These incidents determine the future fate of all the parties. Paul Clifford, an innocent lad, is confined among felons in New gate, and becomes one of them ; the silly girl Terpsichore is captivated by Scarlet .lack, with whom she afterwards runs away ; and Miss Brandon, pity being akin to love, pities the poor youth whom she sees dragged to prison. This nocturnal street scene, in which these incidents are mixed with the bustle and confusion' of the crowd quit ting the theatre, the cries of the link-boys, people calling for coaches, &c., is worked into an excellent con certed piece, which ends the first act, and is the best con certed musk in the drama. The scene of the grand hail in the third act was got up with great elegance, and that vraisemblance with which such things are exhibited on the French stage. The acting was excellent throughout. Miss Taylor, in Terpsichore, the giddy school-girl, fond of " nice young men," and ready to run away with the first nice young man that would ask her, was as amusing as she was pathetic in her after-state of the broken-hearted widow of the highwayman, who had gone the way of all his race. Collins made a very good Paul Cliprd ; there was little room for acting, but he looked the part well, did what he had to do with great propriety, and sang beautifully. Miss Turpin, too, though we have long thought favourably of her qualities as a singer, exhibited a degree of power and finish for which we were not prepared. Mr. Manvers, in Scarlet Jack, acted well, and would have sung well too, had he sung less ambitiously. The music is very unequal in quality. Part of it is truly excellent, and part insipid and common place. The overture is dla Rossini—lively, but shallow. Paul Clifford's song, " Hurrah ! o'er Hounslow Heath," is a powerful composition, both in words and music. The piece was given out for repetition amidst the loudest accla mations from every part of an excessively crowded house. HER MAJESTY.—The O xford Journal, in refe rence to the Latin oration pronounced before the Queen by the Registrar of the University of Oxford, on Mon day, says—" We should observe that her Majesty appeared to follow and appreciate the meaning of this oration, as did also, very markedly, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar. The German education of both the illustrious sisters em braced, we understand, a knowledge of the classic las gTigeS." RAMSGATE, OCT. 26.—The answer to the nu merous inquiries to-clay at Albion House for the health of the Pri ncess Victoria, is that her Royal highness is going on favourably. She joined the party in the drawing-room last night, to hear the usual Sunday evening performance of sacred music; and although she was wheeled in, on account of the local weakness in her ankles, she looked well, and was in excellent spirits. The weather has been very .unfavourable for out-door exercise, but it is hoped the Princess will shortly resume her carriage airings, and also her walks, as her feet are gaining strength, though not very rapidly. The Duchess of Kent is in excellent health. We have great pleasure in stating that the Duke of Wellington was much better yesterday, although still con fined to his room, The Russian AmbassadOr still continues to imprOve in health, but has not yet transacted business. EARL SPENCER.—We are authorized td contra dict the statement in the Northampton Herald that Lord Spencer is in the receipt of a pension. A public dinner was given on Thursday last, by the Reformers in the Crieff district of Perthshire, to the Hon. Fox Maule, when upwards of one hundred 'gentlemen sat . down to dinner, i n th e M ason Hall. . • ~,. j SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. WZDWESDAY. Match, PA 1% Y.C.—.Lord Chesterfi eld's Juliana, 3 yrs, fist. Glb. (RobinOft)' heat Mr.W. Edwards's Grenoble, 2 yrs, 7st. 21b. Betting-6 ifiil till Grenoble, who was beaten b y three lengths. Match, 25. T. Y. ;! . ......Ait M Wood's The Glama (Robinson) beat Mr. Greville's Stradba. dot. 4113. each. Betting-2 to lon The Glama, who won by five lengths. Subscription Plate of 501., for two-yr-oldg, carrying 6st. 71b. ; and ;three, Bst. 101 b. T. Y. C. The winner to be sold. Nt for 3501., &c. Mr. Batson's Luminary , 3 yrs ,,.., ..... ... ..... a 1 2ce of Mr. Bird's b. e. by Sandbeck—Johanna, ;.rs 2 Graf- The following also started , but were not placed :_6 , ton's Bala;re , 3 yrs ; Mr. W. Edwards's Burden, 3 yrs ; Mr. Chifney's Wild Thick, 3 yrs ; Lord Chesterfield's Fergus, 3 yet ; Mr. Thornhill's Ermine, :2 yrs ' • Lord Exeter's Lady Ann , 2 y rs ; Colonel Peel's Partner , 2 y rs ; Mr. Shard's Heiress, 2 yrs. Betting-6 to 4 agst Luminary, 7to 2 agst Fergus, 6to 1 agst Burden, 6to 1 agst c. by Sandbeck, Bto l agst Heiress. Won b y a neck. Winner claimed. HanZ.licaP Plate of 50/. for three-yr-olds and upwards. A.F. eel's Bubastes, 4 yrs, 6st. 121b .. .Davis 1 Colone , I' Mr. Bateson's Revelry, 5 yrs, 9st mesbury, 6 yrs, Bst. 31b Sir M. Wood' s . 3 s Brot er to Rapid Rhone, 3 yrs, 7st 4 Duke of Rutland' Mr. Greville's Dacre, 4 yrs, Bst- 31b Mr. Cooke's Miss Camarins 7 ; 3 yrs, 6st. 21b Betting-7 to 4 agst D eere, bury, 6to 1 agst Revelry, 7to 2 agst Bubastes, 4 to 1 agst Brother to Rapid. Rhone, 4 to 1 agst Ame.. 10 to 1 apt Miss Camarine. Wen by a leng2'• 4 in our Lord Grey of Groby, whose death appearc. - His obituary, was eldest son of Ea rl Stamford, and was in thirty-fourth year, having been born in April, 1802. He has left by his wife, Lady Katherine Charteris, fourth daughter of the Earl of Weruss, whom he married in 1824, two children ; the Hon. George Harry, his eldest son, is in his ninth year. Don Juan Bautista Erro, Spanish Minister of Fi nance die:* the restoration in Ins, has just arrived in town. The short vis;: of the Emperor of Russia to Vienna, it is said, pleased him much that he declared he would visit that capital again next in company with the Em press, and make a considerable stay. .During his visit there, he conferred on the military persons above sixty ordei.s. The Duke of Rutland has been visiting the Mar quis of Bristol daring the last week, .and ikas sho:iting with a party at Ickworth on Saturday, when a melancholy acci dent occurred. His servant, Marshall, in loading his mas ter's gun,' incautiously placed the cap =Arne barrel before he had loaded the other, and the trigger being caugh t b y som e means, it went off and lodged the charge in his arm. The poor Milfl ..was immediately brought to the Hospital, his Grace taking his turn in bearing the litter ; and it was deemed necessary to amputate the limb near the shoulder, which was performed by Me. Smith, and it is hoped that he will do well. The Noble Duke was in Bury at a very early hour on Monday, to see him before his departure for Newmarket, and has evinced the utmost concern for the poor sufferer, who, with his family, have been faithful ser vants of the house of Rutland for many years.—Bury Post. CAPTAIN BACK'S EXPEDITION.—Mr. Richard King arrived at the York Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. He was the companion of Captain Back to the Northern regions. Having transported on sledges a weight of 4,0001b5. across nearly the whole line of the Great Slave Lake, and built a boat on the Slave River as slender as possible, to insure her being carried over Portage La Loche by his own crew of eleven men, he embarked on the 10th Jane, heavily laden with provisions and baggage, the lake mug P fast ; and having prepared wheels a t Che p ew y an, passe d the ~i-;age in four days. The distressed state of the Company's Dos and occasional bands of Indians labouring under in g uee ,;:..." detained him some time ; but on the 28d of August he reaeLed York Factory, Hudson's Bay, without having met with a single loss, either by disease or accident. On the 24th September he sailed for England iii the Fur Company's ship Prince e Rupoo ert, and arrived off Hasting s on the 27th inst., i i•Yer he tk the mail for London. '.CITE NAPOLEON MEMOIRS, BY LAS CASES . .- - The second Number, to be published on Saturday, of Mr. Colburn's edition, now issuing in weekly Parts at only one shilling each, will contain upwards of 140 pages of letter press, a portrait of the renowned Prince Talleyrand, after the celebrated painting by Gerard, and a Map of the Island o f St. Helena, showing the residence of Napoleon, Briars, and the Cascade, Balcomb's Cottage, Plantation house, the tomb of i apoleon, and all the other localities of the Island. To prev'cnt mistakes, orders should be particularly specified for " Colbu.:7l's Edition of Las Cases s Memoirs of Napoleon," to be con;:-ileted in 24 weekly shilling ,Numbers, beautifully embellisheiL The new edifice in Jermyn - street exhibite2 4 ysterdaed in a n extraordinary spectacle. Workmen were ea;pl,; demolishing all the massive porticoes and the barricades which enclosed the subterranean apartments. Yesterday, the surveyor of the district, in consequence of the encroach ments on the footways, ordered his men to knock down with sledge hammers the whole of the frontage of the pile, oc cupying so considerable a space in Jermyn and Bury streets. One part of the building we hear was intended for a riding school, the other for the Guards' Club. On Monday last a meeting of the Liverpool Tories took place, for the purpose of securing the return of Coun cillors at the ensuing election under the Corporation Bill. The annual dinner of the Society for cultivating the vine in the open air, according to the suggestion of Mr. Clement Hoare, of Sidlesham, took place at the Dolphin Inn, on Friday, at Chichester.—Brighton Guardian. An inhabitant of Sangate, in the Pas de Calais, sporting on the Downs, heard his dog utter a piercing cry, and at the same instant the animal ran to him, with an enormous eagle perched on his back. The bird left its hold on sight of the sportsman, who levelled his gun, and brought it to the around. Its wings expanded measured six feet se ven inches from tip to tip.—Galignanis Messenger. On Friday morning, Mrs. Erredge, of Duke-street, was suddenly alarmed by a shriek il-fan her servant-girl, and running to the spot whence the sound p i 9 ceeded, found the young woman plunged into t he soil of the privs-,- the flooring of which had given way. Immediate assistance iYas ren dered, and the girl extricated from her disagreeable sitint tion uninjured, though not in an overclean condition. — Brighton Guardian. FISHERIES IN IRELAND.--A deputation waited oa Lord Morpeth on Thursday, on this subject, who en-. tered zealously into the consideration of the present state of the Irish fisheries : and we have reason to hope that a Commission of Inquiry will be forthwith issued.—Even ing Post. A DIFFICULTY I—A difficulty occurred in our town (says the Columbus Enquirer of the 21 st ultimo) on Tues day last, between Mr. James Johnston and Mr. John M. Bottom, in which the former was shot through the heart, and died in a few moments as a matter of course, where upon Mr. Bottom surrendered himself to the Sher e ro th iff, an was recognised in 10,000 dollars for trial.—[Br Jona d than delights in out-going John Bull by improv t ing and ex tending thin vocabulary of the o ld country ; bu why s he give the tidnic of " a difficulty" to a duel we cannot imagine, especially to such a duel as this, about which there appears to have been no difficulty whatevershooting M . Mr. Johr. n M. Bottom seems to ht;.ve had died no difficulty in J. without difficulty ; the Johnson ; j r . Johnson sheriff gets hold of Mr. John M. Itom w ithout difficulty ; in finding bail ; and Mr. John M. Bottom h as no aifficuti:;' " as so that to us, instead of a difficulty, it scents . to .have onour been as s mooth-going . and 'comfortable an "affair of ,•, any two gentlemen could reasonably wish for.] The lands and forest of Fannich, including tile salmon fishing, &c., in the county of Ross, were exposed to sale on Wednesday last, in Paxton's Royal Exchange Coffeehouse, when, after a keen competition, they were sold at 2,6001. above the upset price. This rise in the value of lands in that distant part of the country must be in a great measure attributed to the rapid and easy communication which the different enterprising steam-boat companies have introduced between it and the metropolis.--Glasgow Herald. PUBLIC JUSTIC.—The Danville Observer says, " Brady was hanged in Milton (N. C.) last Wednesday, not until he was dead, but until he ..grew black in the face,' and then he was remitted to gaol."—What offence this man had committed we are not told ; but- the Danville paper tells us that he was cut down from the gallows before he was quite dead, because the judges had just then disco vered that " the law had made no provision for his case!" and thereupon the same paper very coolly proceeds to in voke Judge Lynch to give the wretch a coup de grace. Much animation has been displayed in the market for oils, in consequence of the intelligence relative to the ' fisheries of Greenland and Davis' Straits. The quantity of nil in England is extremely small, there having been large purchases made for shipment abroad some short time ago. The prices have advanced from 51. to 6/. on fish oils, and from 31. to 41. on seed oils. Yesterday some exten sive transactions were done at the following quotations : Greenland, at 42/. ; pale seal, 42/. ; South Sea, 421. ; sperm, 73/. ; cod, 40/. ; and brown rape, 53/. per tun. The price of linseed oil is quoted at 445. per cwt. A further advance is expected, unless, as is believed, the oils bought on foreign account should come to market, in order to realize the profits by the present rise. CANINE ATTACHMENT.--A few Sundays since a Reverend Divine going to do duty for a neighbouring in cumbent, at a village not many miles from the metropolis, .was followed by ;faithful dog ; on discovering which, to avoid what happened, he bad his faithful follower, as he thought, safely secured by the side of his horse in the Vicar's stable. In the course of the service, however, Rover contri . ved, to make his escape, and made his way to his mas ter, who had just ascended the pulpit, placing his head and pays upon the cushion in tok en of his satisaction, to the 'no small dismay of •thc preacher, and amusement of his titter ing congregation, `. PARIS. ASSIZES OF THE DRTMENT OF THE SEINE. THE DUKE DE BROGLIE AGAINST M. SARRANS, EDITOR OF TILE NOUVELLE MINERVE, AND COLONEL LATAPIE. This trial has coma_lenced first ; those against tha Quo tidienne and other journals having been made to give way t, it. M. Sarrans having declared himself a man of letters, and forty years of age, Colonel Latapie, summoned in his turn, did not answer, but his attorney presented himself as his substitute. Here the C ounsel of M. Sarrans objected to the trial proceeding in the abs ence of LAtapie, who was the originator and author of the assertion nor' inculpated. Latapie having pleaded illness, it was shown that he was in no ;:-ise indisposed. The CGurt decided that Latapie could not be formed to appear, and conedlet judgment go against fhe pleased. AcC9r.ding-ly the trial pro him par defaut, i to the article in ceeded. M. Sarrahs being questioner the Nouvelle Minerve , a ssertin g that ti:e articles in the were commu- Journal des Debats, on the war in Spain, cated by the Foreign Office, admitted his beirh; the author of t. The Ministerial journal having h ied this twice hem , the following letter from Latapie was sent by .Sarrans to the Courrier Francais. Mr. Editor—AL unpardonable abuse of confidence has disclosed to you circumstances destined , to remain secret d I must deplore the cruel po sition in which I am place by no fault of mine—but the dignity of my character being cailKl in question, I am compelled to state that the contradiction given to you in the Journal de Paris is unfounded. " LATAPIE." 4" Paris, Oct. 20. M. S ar ,lans being asketi if he accepted the responsibility of this letter, ;,.? replied that h' could only answer for M. Latapie's having male such and suCY.assertions, and not for explained the cir the truth of such asseltions. He the:.‘ l cumstances of the letter. The first assertitPt about Latapie had been made on the faith of five or six resi,'ectable per sons, who had heard Latapie repeat it. When it was con tradicted, M. Sarrans, in company with those pesons, sought out Latapie, found him in the rue Rivoli, and sum moned him to support the veracity of his word. Latapie hesitated, and owned that the statement might be erroneous ID some respects, but he consented to re-assert the princi pal charges. i.ccording l y the p arty adjourned to a Ca binet Litteraire ; where one of the gentlemen, M. Leveps, took a pen, wrote the above letter, showing it, sentence by sentence, to Colonel Latacie, who afterwards read it over ; and after reflecting upon it fo: - half an hour, signed it, and gave it to M. Sarrans, who publised it. The President of the Court here read a declaration that Latapie made on Thurs da y last befo:a! the Procureur du Roi, to the purport that -he was pressed and terrified into signing the above letter, which he expected not to see published. M. Sarrans invoked the testimony of all gentlemen pro sent, that Latapie having asked him to insert the letter merely in some corner of a -journal where it would not be h oticed, was answered, that the letter should be sent to the C oun ier Francais. Th e f,:ocureur-General then demanded of Sarrans if he persisted in st'pporting the facts which he had announced on the faith of Latapie's assertions. M. Sarrans replied; that he would express no opinion whatever as to the facts being true or untrue. Several witnesses were th.?n examined, all of whom de posed that Latapie had boasted, and repeatedat be, that had he was the author of the article in the Debats ; th s een M. de Broglie ; t hat when asked to suort by a letter what he had previously said, he had objected, saying, that he was at the mercy of the Government, that he would be imprisoned in consequence, or sent out of France. But M. Sarrans threatening to publish the whole facts of the case, Latapie, rather than suffer this, signed the letter. Latapie, it appeared in the evidence, bad been a Colonel in the Russian campaign, had received six wounds at the battle of the Moskwa, and had been oblige.l to quit France in 1815. M. Chaix d'Est Ange s p oke as Counsel for the Due de Broglie, and established the veracity of that Minister be ond doubt, enlarging on the enormity of the defendant's pers;:ting in calling it in question on suc h testimon y . The Procure , : kable part of his speech being that in which •r-General followed as advocate for the Crown ; " the French Ministry had never lost or the only ren;:kr s for the cause of Christine." he asserted that The following was a portion of abated its s ympatlit: "-, vase (said he to the Jury) that M. Barrens replied : his speech :—" You are a facts and a general cry of lalc, came to accuse the French Cabinet of having des erted the i .nterests of the Government established at Madrid, to rally t o those of the Pretender. Well-founded or not, it was reporter, by all the journals of the Opposition, as well as of Eneand. The Morn ing Chronicle and The Sun openly accuse the French Mi nister of violating the Quadruple Alliance. These re wrts, however, these accusations, backed by all the air of prusbability, did not sufficiently convince me of the truth of a star: meat, which would render the French Ministers no better that, corsaiis, who cover their depredations with a false flag. I withitci.:l (as editt.r) from publishing such reports, when of a sud3en a journal, the Debats, known to be in the intimacy of Mioistcrs, published a series of era cles calculated to raise the cJusb of the Pretender, and to give to it that moral force and ert;d which it previously wanted." Here M. Sarrans read snroe paragraphs from the ,f the Government Journal des Debats, adding, " Is not ti.'at positive and pre cise enough? The most accredited organ . ,tossing the most having thus suddenly t urned round from exl n the cause of exalted hopes and most a bsolute confidence : what was Isabella, to express the same for the Pretender the cause the duty of the libera l p ress ? To look out for and author of articles so influential, to warn the countryd its at the same time of the new Ministerial tendency an danger, which is nothing less than counter-revolutiom— this was the duty of the press. For I pray you, geni.le men of the jury, to remark, that the cause of Don Carlos is not even like that of our own Carlists. It is brutal despotism, hypocritical theocracy, the tyranny of a church and of a caste. It would bring back the very worst times of absolute monarchy. Such were my thoughts, such the temper of my mind, when I was told that a general officer in the service of Don Carlos avowed himself the author of the articles in the Debats, I inquired, ascer tained that Colonel or General Latapie bad actually made repeated these assertions, and consequently I published M. L e( ;...0 Rollin, for the defence, made a speech much more violent I ,`. l lan that delivered by M. Sarrans. The Procureuf General and M. Chaix d'E•st Ange replied. 'The Jury retired .`.n . ten minutes, and found both MM. Sarrans and Latapie B :tilty of defaming the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The C o urt condemned 11c. Sarrans to fifteen days' im prisonment and 2 , 000 fra n c s, or t>9l.; fine ;and Latapie loss to the same fine, and to two months' impriaoOment, a of civil rights for that period. A warrant is said to have blen issued against Latapie on ground. Some of the managers of the joint-stunk hanks in , Lancashire have lately visited London on the subject of their differences with the Bank of England, and with the view, probably, of ascertaining whether any mode could be devised of bringing about an a micable adjustment. The breach proves, hmvever, to be much wider than is generally imagined, and a struggle is shortly to be looked for between these rival competitors for the supply of the manufacturing districts with paper, for the consequences of which th© monied and trading interests will do well to be prepared. What step it may be in the powor of the joint-stock banks • to take to counteract its effects is :natter of very ansies „ ) , - . -ecture, but they have no chant, of sustaining the „;:ithout great injury to their very exte nsive connexions shock all over Eas-.land, but by immediately increa: in g the amount capital, which is totally inal l equate, in a of their paid-u.' o f in ztances, to the extent of business teens great majority cannot do this, and are at the sam e acted by them. If th e y accommodation afforded, either time debarred from the usua. . il,ank of England, ther .3 is no directly or indirectly , b y the eir ow n accommodation step left for .them but to draw in t. and to the circle aroun d them, the traders and manufacturers t em barrassment of their district , which must cause greb: e verywhere, and if suddenl y done, may :lave fatal co maintainn stquences. Tile 'managers of these ban ks on their side a v er y hi g h and independent tol:e. They talk of an app eal to Parliament in the next Sessicn, to set forth their claim to a chartered bank in their own Jistrict, now not inferior to. the metropolis in wealth and tr3ding importance, instea d of being made dependent on the 'di ng of England for a su pp l y , and that, too, liable constantly to be withheld at the caprice of the Directors. With re gard to the privilege o f issuin g their own no,t.es, they case, do' no t appear to insist non that absolutely and in z.ny but would be willing, on the condition of being su9Plied with Bank of England notes to any extent they might re, quire, and at a rate somewhat below the current value el money, to withdraw it altogether. This supply they would expect on no pretext whatever to be stopped. It is clear, however, to any man who has a knowleage of the subject, that the Bank, however desirous of exten3ing their own issues, can never agree to any such proposition. Some of the joint-stock banks, as a measure of hostility, even talk of employing their additional capital in drawing out gold from the Bank of England , and bu ildin g u p on it a more extensive cir culation of their own notes, unless some terms are entered into, and the objections to their indorsements abandoned. This is a question of paramount importance to the monied interest, and it must force itself, more or less, in the course of the next six mont hs, u p on the attention of the public. T HE H O LBEACU DELINQUENT. --A Court of Inquiry was held at Wainfleet, on Thursday,to discover the extent of the; embezzlements of the Steward of Bethlehem Hospital estates, who recently fled from Holbeach, Lin colnshire. It was reparted that they amounted to 20,000/, exclusive of several forgeries. ( /i . '; I