The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-11 00:00:00

4.4 *..,•••••,,51 LITERATURE. C. HANCES AND CHANGES. 3 Vols. It. ' i s Saunders and Ottley. ilot often that we read through a novel at the re.s e , , "ay. Time has been that this class of litera ture h , to . a " great. charms for us,.and we were accustomed s 'evour, a s morceaux, volume after volume of the this re spect ; spi rit est flavour. But a change has come over our spi air it 1 not that our imagination and fancy th ese deaf', within us, as to make us unwilling to read ~..e," sa Ylngs and doings" of fictitious characters, but tiler th a gr. there has been of lat , a dearth of interest shout them. We are, however, satisfied that novel writing has h ardly ; as yet been fairly applied to its most legitimate cirld nOst useful p urposes—t h ese are mora l s, an d t h e pr ev el opeme n t an d di rection of the principles of social ".• Here th ere i s still a wide field open for the ,cnltil vim) of th e novelist—a field in which there have be en few reapers beyond Miss Austen and Miss Edge -ortt neither of w h om have carried away even•a tithe of ita produce. Th e aut h oress o f " Chances and ohs ages" has stepp e d i nto t h e i r track—and has shown Zrs, well w or th y to ran k as t h e i r companion—com ofni,llg a's she d oes i n h erse lf many o f t h e b est port i ons the intellectual excellencies of the two eminent wo toet, have just mentioned. . the b est picture of a woman to b e f oun d w i t hi n t h e be more range o f mo d ern fictitious writiiT. Nothing can more true to nature than the description given of her . na scent and declared love for the profligate Hamilton, andr_ tothing can he conceived more beautiful or more utetesting than the struggle made by the high and 1:.11re-minded girl, to shake off his hold upon her affec t ' We say the struggle—for it is here that the au oforess has shevrn her tact and her intimate knowledge t he workings of a woman's heart. The whole of Catharine', history is well conceived, and well ma bld, and it ic; worthy of beini! held up as a lesson " .... °e th e eies of the sex. There • us is vane trait in this work which has charme thA ii greatly, and this is th e a ppli ca ti on o f R e li g i on t o v" and/ charact ers o f C a th ar i ne an d h er f at h er. It ' 0,1 has be en sometimes cantingly objected, that it was 6 f elt tto Thirigle the sanctity of religious hopes and be rs With the light details of a novel. Nothing can i more alasu r d, f or b y t hi s en d eavou r to s h ut up Reli groohtl:witl.lin the pale of sermons and o f churches, we 4 o f some of it s v er y b es t an d most gra t e f u l influ io e . es * It comes before us at times in the present work th its Inn st lo ve ly gar b— c h eer i ng an d conso li ng esorrowsof every-day lif e . 'We see its soothing Influence exhibited as powerfully upon the lightsome uB3 a nd sensibility of Catharine and Mariette, as Pan the ven e ra bl e rector, and the almost apostolic na11(1--- and we feel ourselves all the better for so tieei i , g it. 11 e • incidents of the story are in themselves simple, their great charm consisting in their verisimilitude, and : f the grace of diction, and the fine feminine pathos m any of the feelings embodied in it. The style is r klshed, an d often classical ; and there is a range of ad adi ng and Thinking developed in it, which shows the tie tni . th o re „ to be one of the few literary ladies who te r t o controul their im ag i na ti on by rea di ng an d ection. A little bit of pedantry peeps out here and th ere. th Th ere i w s a slight s k e t c h o f, an d a res id ence amongst , e Menses of the rallies of Piedmont—somewhat b 11 ,,,.' of place certainly ; but it will be read with interest 4 m any readers. It, however, protracts somewhat the nottemertt of the story, and rather breaks the interest o . r vivi dly kept up in the first two volumes. , is , ~:4 1 " e are many capital and characteristic sketches n 'T e ' e d through these volumes—and many sound -n:ns on humble life, which we wish Miss Mar -1„„.e.-° Would collect into a volume. Take the fol "'wing tOtzn Ve rY time a poor man is rescued from parish relief, I good 'Ton a loyal subject being preserved to the state, and l a my l h_na.era.ber to society. I thank God . I have pre serve d . a . _ 843,"inshioners from the injustice and disgrace of bein b pa . i h d l'atkP r t of their lawful hard-earned wages out . of the par . is setting 'them the example, by so doing, of extortion t h ey In gratit u d e w hi c h we are l ou d i n accus i ng t h em o f when fol N e ha w it—as they are naturally enough ready to do, when Pep d Ye io once deprived them of every feeling of honest . d e- Oi ve en ee, and conf oun d e d a ll 'th e i r not i ons o f right and wrong._ Rivi Th e my text-book, my dear. I have long thought of th e e g a discou rse on t h e words, Thou shalt not sleep with Zages of an hireling in 14 following is a " Fashionable's" idea of dining 011 t in the country 7 , tcl,, is a bore to dine out when one comes into the country . elle retired. No man in his senses would seek the wilds of i tgiti v en to see plough -boys, dresied out in livery-co ats, . run ji rm e st each other with boiled turkies and roasted pigs, and t he glasses in the ears of the guests before they can get 4 0 1 4 1 1 unfisted_and then, I suppose, Miss Brays . wick and ber i ttid er will give toasts and sentiments—' The single ma rrie d, aAd t t he married happy'--and Champagne to real frien ds, arees al pain to our sham friends ;' and then such of the par t y die blessed w ith singing faces' will be called on to favour r r , l _ lle Pnay with a song—voice or t as t e b e i ng unnecessar y." 4 n eaork is deserving of v er y hi g h p ra i se . It w ill fear ding from b e gi nn i ng t o en d— no s li g ht thi n g or „ a nov el ; and, what is more, it will bear and invite a-eco nd readizia. We cordially recommend it to the Pnblic. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. e B ir---In the enumeration given in your valuable paper of the Posterous church preferment enjoyed by the family of Sir R e M• Sutt on , t h e names of t h e R ev. T . M . Sutton, an d o f t h e 1.2• E. L. S ut t on b o th appear as h av i ng b een ap p o i n t e d chap :os to the House of Commons,and as it may not be known to the e v l ra 1 body of your readers that prebendal stalls are always Coen to those chaplains, on their retirement from their very tus ? official duties, I beg to state that such is the invariable INI! °10 . You are aware, I perceive, that the son of Sir ,w 4 rles M anners Sutton has a reversion of 3,0001 a-year of 1 4 111 0 clerical sinecure. For what services this shamefully y yt ge sum is to be paid to the young man I do not pretend to Yours, A POOR CURATE. W orcester, Feb. 9. SHIPPING-(THIS DAY). (FROM LLOYD'S.) DRAE, F EB . 10.—Wi n d N., strong—Arrived from the river Iftlid sailed, the S o phi a , M‘N a i r , f or M a d ras ; Ty ne , B rown , ( 7 . Mauriti us; an d T uscan, W ay, f or G enoa, w i t h t h e w h o l e the outward-bound, for their different destinations, with a 7,ne breeze from the Northward : among them were the i rest ea, Eden, Supe r b, R osa li ne , L uc) , M a itl an d, C am b r i a , e ,:t t nua, Glaphyra, Florentia, Thomas and Alfred, Helena, wi . "ia, Boliva r , B oro di no , John Begg, Eleanor, New Bruns- A; e4 ,, , and Th omas S noo k . R ema i n, t h e U n d erwoo d, F a l con, 'L krundon ; C a l ypso, for Sh i elds; and h i s Ma j esty ' s store Jupiter. .IPORTSUOUTII, FEB. 10.—Wind N. N. E.—Sailed the Ado- Hawk es , for Mauritius. PLy mouTu, FEB. 9. —Wind W. N. W. L it AMSGATE, FEB. 10.—Arrived the Lively, Denson, from Th il doaderry. ' "ER , FEB.9.— Arrived the Bec Southgate, from Cadiz. ri Port th e Swallow, Artis, for St. hlichael's. Alex andria. FEB. 10.—Arrived the Harvest, Bradford, from LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9.—Arrived the Henrietta, J. Spence, qttli Demerara. V,PatmouTii, FEB. 9. - Wind N. N. W. to W. N.W., fresh 'es, with heavy squalls—Arrived the Stanmer packet, from 12th Cruz —sailed on the Ist ult., and from Havannah on the . a ult d and Nightingale pa c k e t, f rom Jamaica—s a il e d on th e t ..,11 , LALA, FE B . 6.—A b r i g o f l arge di mens i ons , part l y l a d en 1 7 3 salt, during a gale last night from N. W., went down tiettward Downpatrick He a d, a nd so far in shore towards . the et "Yeastle, as at low water her masts are visible—only two of ,th t _evf are reported to be saved. Another account states 4 uove vessel to have been a large brig (West Indiaman), e t ell With rum and other colonial produce, and that two of the Were washed ashore. h 1 4 A 11 13?i g l (in ballast) fr o m L on d on t o W es tp or t, i s o n s h ore a t Yeaste. , • . 14 ..- OBERT MomusoN.--Died on the Ist of • li e lust, at C anton, th i s most eminent of Chinese scholars. uatl resided for many years at Macao and Canton as a Pro is Ord Missionary ; an d to his learning and industry the ‘vorld, 441(1khted for the Rom Sinicm, the Dictionary of Chinese °ther irorks of great interest and value.—Literary Gaz. , AY.) iamages inserted 1, 1833. n case. energy, of the escaped tinent of as a rich gain, but whether try, even the ,ine the at' -he wo-'x . rietor of tontin e to the ciousness means to ; but the him, that fully suc al, full of the jury imisserate o cruelly uths held powerful r Sir Jobs'. so securecdt p, but they . nan beside e defend . ich afraid —deprived elt himself Tp ea led to , p him to .nd difficult 3ulders. sere was no been long man at the a every as- ;leman who Counsel. December - I the assist , since beent r losing bi& ling. ick Pollock er such cir- le could by 7 my since hiss iich we are• of the late . He then ff. Had at vered by the Lres. Knew iiion, to give sequence of ns with the e was a noble !rebellure', oc . ,er. ) years, and d frequently his friends• 7 one indi- y MCC. the him, in con- and had hag id never beau nobleman,- or him he hag hat he wrote Society, and witness pro which he wss s. Had seen ,me account o furat, and bac t ad heard bill, Napoleon, an d detail of the. dthat he 11 Egypt. H ad die, and 1 15 ae plaintiff ba d f ourite point him say the! i him say tha:,' articles. Ha" but he did Do t trong suspicicon .. heated imagi n we left. )( • ) )' CL OC A. :h e ) rought by ", Jamaica . 1' )uth A n icricl also an arri cl'', which sailea' bie speech of 45.. guing the .oach of Chris' hould return I° . :es, valuable g" ,nt ; I have re ° Members of til tal duration. t he ted to me as a , for any obse. r t p I consider it is circumstao.ce, is provisions , nl asure, and so , , 1.- v .ence should y used. abled to ir ° o f the nutnb el i a te, me by the iny had a cto3, hich I Well! w . When a t tb o In in saying„ it/ adequate to orm you t h a t India ackf t oill D say t h at 1- hat the ru--4,0 , • he Imper ial r , s t -evious approved go d of the 1 3 t h • o ti• ier consideretleo he fund bet'fbtor elation of de tail; jesty in Colo' ing, with th ie to ;very °bate or le differen t ilotr h e compen sB o oo sty's Govl ty respon sibill _ o f without to the pll Ise, as vir lagistratest %ice! proof of the 0 1 i n the t fe , ;nes, only to be iu i !niiil(:, t, and th e c b affording so ttla j y sales Nve•-far o envy-- 9 %' - r of e dt Consols inloill; ned this ' ll° l .l,et ed, the M a .tuomese ,9 Oil r , ;e l ' PAST 5 d he British ca d of apathy, 91 mails. A pa e Account, 4, t it :a te as then'i to ; Scrip 4 O t ITS. The re % I fill ; Exchequer 0 n Y :k 25 8 25" O efr' E O'Ci pe, ilowing 11 1 , 0 f rancrs late a toy' T sieian in do o'l W 'fg atter , the affairs of you Inn s o t o 5 01/ , ee pt uP-t (ii talk abort 4.06, P ir e -s ago - - ice 0.! ntroug. Ibe apt p ort 0 0 uou e ?- COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and drove in the Parks yesterday. Count Pozzo di Borgo arrived at the residence of the Rus sian Embassy on Monday 'night. The Duke of Wellington visited his Excellency yesterday morning. The Lord Chan cellor, Lord Hill, Lord Burghersh, Sir Robert Wilson,' and Sir Charles Bagot, had also interviews during the day with the Count at Ashburnham-house. Mr. Dean, the chairman, Mr. Stewart, the deputy chair man, of Customs, and a deputation, had a conference yester day with Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Baring (the President), and Lord Lowther (the Vice-President of the Board of Trade) at the office of Sir Robert in Downing-street. _ _ _ Baron d'Ompteda, the Hanoverian Minister, M. de Moreas Satmento, the Portuguese Minister, M. Tricoupi, the Greek Minister, and Lord Heytesbury, visited the Duke of Welling ton yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. Shaw, M. P. for the Dublin University, had an inter view yesterday with Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Irving visited the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at the Colonial Office. Lord Cowley and the Earl of Granville transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. M. Tricoupi, the Greek Minister, had interviews yesterday with Mr. Baring and Lord Lowther at the off ce of the Board of Trade. BRIGHTON. On Sunday afternoon, the Queen, attended by her Lady in Waiting and Maid of Honour, heard afternoon service at St. George's Chapel, near Kemptown. The Rev. James Ander son (Chaplain to her Majesty) officiated ; afterwards her Majesty drove to Brunswick -terrace, and then returned to the Palace. Yesterday, her Majesty was again in public, accompanied by several of the Court party. She drove to Kemptown, and walked for some time on the esplanade, where her Majesty was joined by the Princess Augusta and Miss Wynyard, Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness. Prince George, accompanied by Earl Howe, rode out on horseback over the Downs. His Majesty and the Landgravine of Hesse Romberg took a carriage airing together, selecting the road to Shoreham for their drive. Colonel Bowater has joined the royal suite. The King gave audience to his Grace the Duke of Gordon yesteiday afternoon. The Duke of St. Albans is about to give the lovers of fal conry a treat next week, by flying his hawks, one of which escaped a few days back from his Grace's falconer, while training on the Downs. The Duke of Gordon, the Marquis and Marchioness of Co nyugham, Lord iff,stern, General Phipps, and the Hon. Col., Mrs., and Miss Cavendish, had the honour of dining last even ing with their Majesties. The calls at the Palace yesterday were very numerous, in cluding Lord Tullamore, Sir Hugh Pigott, General Pigott, Sir George and Lady Teesdale, Lady Cumberland, Captain Glascock, Sir`D., and Lady Gould, General St. John, Mar quis of Bristol, the Ladies Hervey, Sir John Smith, and Lady Jephson. The latest arrivals include Lord Tullamoro, the Duke of Gordon, and Lady Cumberland. The Earl of Egremont is expected at East Lodge this af ternoon from Petworth. The Noble Earl's visit to Brighton is caused by his being Chairman of the Adjourned Quarter Sessions, which will be held at the Town-hall to-morrow. The Earl of Ripon is still here, and is taken much notice of by the Court. Their Majesties and relatives are, I am happy to inform you, in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits at the Pavilion. Weippait, the well-known " Quadrille player," has an nounced his intention to give another grand ball on the 18th inst., under distinguished patronage. The body of the man found on the beach opposite Kemp town, is supposed to be the remains of a•fisherman lately lost off Shoreham harbour, and• drifted ashore with the tide on Sunday afternoon. ELECTION OF A SPEAKER.—We understand Mr. Marsland, the Member for Stockport ; Mr. Ainsworth, for Bolton ; and Mr. Hindley, for Ashton, will be in town, at the opening of Parliament, to vote against Sir C. M. Sutton, on the election of Speaker. These gentlemen appear upon the Tory list as supporters of the Right Hon. Gentleman. SIR F. BURDETT.—On Monday night a meeting of the Sub-Committee of Westminster, embracing St. John's and St. Margaret's parishes, met at the Prince's Head, Prin ces-street, to consider the propriety of calling upon the worthy Baronet to relinquish his seat in Parliament, should he support Sir C. M. Sutton in the appryaching contest for Speaker to the Commons House of Parliament, they being opposed to that gentleman in political sentiment. After a short discus sion, it was resolved they should communicate with the Central Committee on the subject, and requested the Chairman, Mr. Dc Vear, to write again to the Hon. Baronet, requesting an immediate and distinct avowal of his sentiments. Resolutions to that effect having been put and carried, the meeting broke up. Mr. Chalmers, the recently elected Member for the Montrose district of burghs, has published the following adver tisement to his constituents " Auldbar, Feb. 3, 1835. " As 1 observe an anxious desire on the part of several con stituencies to ascertain the intention of their Members as to being present at the opening of the new Parliament, I beg to inform my constituents through the medium of your columns, that I intend to be in London, on or before the 19th of Feb ruary, in order to be present at the election of a Speaker. " I arn, Sir, your obedient Servant, " P. CHALMERS." We know Mr. Chalmers is to vote for Mr. Abercromby. On Tuesday the 10th instant, a General Assembly of the Academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts was held at their apartments in Somerset House, when Clarkson Stan field, Esq., and William Allan, Esq., were duly elected Royal Academicians, in the room of Philip Reinagle and Thomas Stothard, Esqs., deceased. Miss Mary Anne Humby, the eldest daughter of Mrs. Humby, of the Theatres Royal Covent-garden and Drury-lane, will shortly make her first appearance in public, under the auspices of her parent. She is a fine young woman, apparently about twenty years of age, and whose talents are very favourably spoken of in the dramatic circles. Mr. Powell, the father of the stage, now in his 84th year, is about to embark with his family for New Orleans. The veteran ships himself for New York from London next month, and on his arrival there, has still 1,100 miles before he domiciles. MR. FITZJAMES, u.N., OF THE EUPHRATES ExPantriorn-,-Yesterday week this gallant young officer per formed, successfully, at the imminent i isk of his life, a most heroic act, of which there were many witnesses. The trans port, George Canning, having on board the Euphrates expedi tion, lay at anchor in the river, opposite Birkenicad, and, as it was expected she might get out to sea next tide, a steamer came off to her with the last of the stores. While these were being transshipped, a tidewaiter, of the name of James Dick inson, who could not swim, in pasing from one vessel to the other, fell into the river. At this time it blew a gale of wind, and there was a high sea in the Mersey ; and greatly were we surprised, when Mr. Fitzjames, in boots, coat, hat, &c., in stantly sprang from the George Canning after the drowning man. Ile succeeded in reaching him ere long, and in support ing him by the hair while he floated on his back. They had drifted down a considerable way befor the steamer overtook them ; but, at length, they were rescued from -their perilous situation, and brought back to the George Canning, where Mr. Fitzjames received. the congratulations of his brother officers and their friends, who had gone off to take leave. On inquiry, we find that Mr. Fitzjames served lately on board of his Majesty's ship Winchester.—Liverpool Courier. The cor poration have since conferred on Mr. Fitzjames the freedom of the borough, and a few gentlemen in the Exchange News room have presented him with a splendid silver goblet, with beautifully executed marine devices, bearing the following in scription :—" Presented to Mr. Fitzjames, R. N., of the Eu phrates expedition, by his friends in Liverpool, as a token of their admiration of his gallant heroism in saving a drowning man in the river Mersey, on Sunday, February 1, 1835, at the imminent hazard of his own life."—.Liverpool Albion. Leonardo, a young Venetian noble, whose family narr e the chronicler has suppressed, from respect for his ex alted kindred, being requested by- a friend to lend his apart ments for a private interview with a yoking lady, concealed himself in an outer room, and thus saw the beautiful face of the frail damsel, as her lover impatiently snatched off her veil upon her entrance. Soon afterwards a marriage was ar ranged for Leonardo with the only child ;of a wealthy and powerful senator :—" The nuptial day arrived. Towards sunset the relations and friends of both families assembled in the mansion of the old senator. Leonardo, according to Venetian custom, awaited the several guests at the dour of the Palace, and was the last to enter the saloon. The nobles occupied seats placed around in guise of an amphi theatre. At the further end, a priest, in pontifical robes, knelt in fer Vent prayer before a magnificent altar. Tro phies of all kinds of arms hung against the walls blackened by time, and the brilliancy of the abundant wax-lights, could scarcely dissipate the obscurity of the ample saloon. As Leonardo entered, the inner apartments, wherein the bride, encircled by noble matrons, awaited the moment of celebration, opened. The bride steps forward unveiled, and, amidst the general exclamations of enthusiastic admiration, the cry of pained surprise which escapes Leonardo at her sight is unheard ; the beautiful girl, who comes forward half-veiled in white drapery, with every symbol, of spotless life, is no other than the paramour of his friend. 4 * * He hesitated a moment, whether publicly to disgrace her who dared to bring him infamy as her wedding portion : but the aspect of her father, the thought of his despair, pity for the exquisitely beautiful girl herself, and the generosity of his soul, deter mined him rather to incur the reproach of absurd capricious ness ; and, as the bribe, after receiving her father's blessing, drew near to him, he receded a couple of steps, and command ing silence by a gesture, exclaimed, " She cannot be my wife 1 Never will Ibe her husband 1" The rejected bride swooned; her infuriated kinsmen rushed upon the insulting bridegroom ; the festal scene, the nuptial altar itself, seemed about to be Polluted with blood. The venerable senator, controlling his own anger, employed the whole force of his eloquence and of his authority to prevent this outrage. Having succeeded, be thus addressed Leonardo :—Go ; I renounce all self-revenge committing redress to him who punishes the wrongs done to gray hairs." A few days passed, and Leoeardo fell. mortally wounded by the dagger of an assassin.—.Lettre su Venezia, re viewed in the Athenceum. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1835. THE BRIGHTON FISHERY. SCOTLAND. Captain Pechell has done much for 'the 'fliheraten on this coast by affording them protection froth vessels under the French flag ; we have pleisure in subjoining the fol lowing correspondence DINNER TO THE HON. FOX MAULE. On Friday, the Reformers of Perthshire met in the County-buildings, to celebrate the return of the Hon. Faux Maule as Member for the County, in opposition to the ce lebrated pledge-breaker, Sir George Murray. Lord Viscount Duncan took the chair at half-past four o'clock, supported on the right by the Honourable Fox Maule, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir Alexander Ramsay, of Fasque, Mr. Oliphant, of Condie, M.P., Mr. Chalmers, of Auldbar, M.P., the Hon. D. G. Hallyburton, M.P., the Rey. Mr. Tullocb, &c. ; and on the left by the Mar quis of Breadalbane, Lord Kinnaird, Colonel Abercromby, Captain Gordon, Mr. Macdonald, of Craig-ruie, &c. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Mr. Nairne, of Dunsinane, Capt. Aytoun, the Provost of Perth, and Mr. Condie, officiated as croupiers. COPY OF A LETTER FROM CAPT. PECIIELL, M.P. FOR THE BO ROUGH OF BRIGHTON. i " Castle Goring, Feb. 1, 1835. _ _ " DEAR SIR,—As the fishing season will clow commence, I lost no time in applying to the new Board of Admiralty for the protection of a cruiser off Brightcin, and which was found so necessary last year; and I am happy to say that their Lord ships have forwarded to me a letter, a copy of which I now en close, announcing their intention of complying with the request made to them, and of affording the necessary protection. I am, dear Sir, faithfully yours, "-G. R. PECHELL. " To Thos. Dant Rudiock, 73, Church-street, Brighton." . " SlR,—Earl De Grey having laid before the Board your letter of the 27th of January, inst., on the subject of protection being afforded to the Brighton fishermen against molestation by vessels under the French flag, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners to acquaint you that the Admiral at Portsmouth has been directed to send a cruiser occasionally to cruise off Brighton during the fishing season to give coun tenance to the English fishermen. " I am, Sir, you most obedient humble servant, " G. R. DAWSON. " To Capt. G. 11. Pechell, M.P., Castle Goring." Mr. Matrix, on his health being proposed, rose to re turn thanks, and was received with the oTeatest enthusiasm. He said—We must. all look back with the utmost satisfac tion to the recollection of what occurred here two years ago, when we congratulated ourselves on the liberty of Perthshire % being, as we thought, established, after the passing of the Reform Bill, by the election of my Noble and Gallant Friend. \ --(Cheers.) Our prospects since that time have been somewhat overcast, and the laurels which he as sisted us in gathering at such immense exertion had, by the exertions of the enemy, and our own remissness, been snatched from us.—(Cheers.) On this occasion, therefore, we had a double duty to perform. We had to re-assert our opinions, which I knew only slept for a time, and to regain our laurels ; and you have nobly regained them, although the individual through whom you have done this is not fully worthy of so high a distinction.—(Appluse.) However, gentlemen, I congratulate the county of Perth on again taking her station among Reformers. The Reform Bill put it in your poWer to be free if you willed it. That will you have exerted on this occasion ; and if you con tinue to do so in a similar manner, defeat will never again come among us..—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you have now honoured me with your confidence. You selected me as - a candidate for representing you in Parliament, and by your own exertions you have placed me in the proudest situation , which the most ambitious of mankind 'mild covet.— (Great cheering.) Durinc , my canvass I explained at length the opinions I held on the present state of public matters, and I will not detain you with going over the same ground again. _ I sum them all up in one word. I have little confidence, or I should rather say, no confidence at all in the present Ministry ; so that I will enter Parliament as, their decided opponent.—(Loud cheers.) I do not say that I am factiously opposed to them, but I have no confidence in them ; because I am satisfied that they will not carry through measures conducive to the present benefit, and the ultimate delivery of the country from ruin and anarchy. -(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, Sir Robert Peel, the nominal head of the present Ministry—(A laugh)—took an oppor tunity of denying any knowledge of what took place in his - absence. Supposing that he knew nothing of the Tory intrigues, he should remember the unconstitutional usurpa tion by one individual of all the powers of the State.— (Hear, hear.) He should remember also, that, by the law, the King never dies, and for the same reason, he must *al ways have responsible advisers ; and, by accepting the Pre miership under such circumstances, Sir Robert took upon himself the responsibility of all the acts of the Executive, from the dismissal of the Melbourne Administration till his accession to office.—(Loud cheering.) Therefore every friend to the Constitution will say that he is a particeps criminis in one of the greatest violations of that Constitu tion imaginable. On this account, also, I can have no confidence in Sir Robert Peel.—(Loud cheers.) But Sir Robert, it appears, now calls himself a Reformer.—{Hear.) But to what extent ? It is impossible not to admire the occasions for which Sir Robert has composed his recent public documents—their ingenious vagueness—(Laughter) —the absence of a single tangible point on which an honest Minister would be desirous of addressing an expectant people. No such example of ambiguity has occurred in my reading, and I certainly give him credit for it, 'but such credit does him no honour.—(Great cheering.) We all know that the Reform Bill was brought about by the country becoming tired of the monopoly of power which the oligarchy had in their hands. Amongst the highest classes, however, there are many who have ever been the foremost to defend the constitutional liberties of the people, and some of the oldest and noblest familiesthe Howards, the Russells, and the Campbells—never swerved from this ; because they knew that all classes hang together by getting their proper share of power. For this the fami lies I have named have been admired in past ages ; and if they continue, as I believe they will, the same career, they will be admired. to the latest posterity. But the majority are chiefly solicitous about those in their own sphere. They think there is a great gulf of respect between them and the middle classes, but it is a gulf which, if not speedily closed up, will exist only for their own reception— (Cheers)—and lead to their utter ruin.—( Loud cheering.) What occasioned misrule in the country but the gulf which was made and 'permitted to continue between the higher and middle classes? The Reform Bill was passed to fill it up,. and bring all classes together under a bond of reconciliation ; but the oligarchy are doing their uttermost to turn it from its natural channel for their own purposes— for the preservation of their power, places, and beloved pen sions---(Cheers)—which they must be content to give up and that, too, at at a very early period.—(Loud laughter.) The Reform Bill has given to the middle classes a power to assert the rights to which they are entitled in the go vernment of the country. No truer expression on this sub ject than lately came from the lips of Lord Stanley was ever uttered. Whoever would dare, said his Lordship, to stem the torrent of public opinion, would involve themselves in irretrievable ruin ; but glory would attend the man who should guide it aright, and work out its true spirit.--(Great cheering.) I will not detain you longer on this subject, but shall speak to one of a more pleasing nature, and then give a toast with which lam entrusted. It is of a body of men whom I have the high honour of representing in Par liament. That is but a small part of the honour ; for the constituency of this great county have set an example to the constituencies of other places, and disarmed the go vernment of one of its members in whom the electors had no confidence, but one . who was looked upon, I must do him the justice to say, as its ablest and best supporter. It is impossible sufficiently to express my feelings of gratitude to the constituency for the kindness I received from them in the course of my canvas. FROM LAST 'NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEE. 7, 1835. The King has been this day pleased to appoint Thomas Clifton, Esq., of Lytham-hall, to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lan c-ster for the year ensuing. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, FEB. 5 The King has been pleased, on the nomination of Viscount He reford, to appoint Benjamin Tomkins, Esq., one of kis Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Howse, resigned. WHITEHALL, FEB. 9. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. John Henry Hume, M.A., to the vicarage of Helmerton, in the county of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury, void by the cession of the Rev. John Guthrie, M.A. Mr. NAIRNE of Dunsinane proposed " The Marquis of Breadalbane, the patriotic and consistent leader of Re form in Perthshire." The Marquis of BREADAiBANE returned thanks. After adverting to the last election of Sir Geo. Murray, he said— The election of Sir Geo. Murray was viewed by our oppo nerits as a victory. See, said they, the reaction which has taken place in Perthshire; but I knew they deceived them.: selves, and Sir George's election was owing entirely to local circumstances. But, not to dwell on this, I congratulate you on the glorious victory by which the principles of re form have been redeemed and vindicated, and the represen tation of this county again placed in a proper condition. I congratulate you on the choice you have made of my most excellent and honourable friend. This choice will make an impression on the position of public matters, and it is pecu liarly fortunate, at a time when an appeal has been made to the people, whether the country is tee be governed by an ultra-Tory Administration ? That, gentlemen, is the real question to be decided—( Tremendous cheering)—and I say that the county has responded in language not to be misun derstood. I deplore the events which have led to this—the excitement which has lately occurred, and the loss of the Reform Administration ; and, I think, the whole has been brought about by an injudicious, and I will say, an uncon stitutional exercise of the prerogative of the Crown.— (Cheers.) But be this as it may, for myself I hold that it can lead to nothing, but the re-establishment of the prin ciples of reform on a true basis.—(Great cheering.) The weakness of our opponents is laid bare. They are in the dying struggle ; and if the people and their representatives remain firm a little longer, their triumph will be the result. —(Cheers.) I lock upon it as a moral certainty that the days of the present Administration are limited. Their days are in the hand of your excellent representative, and a band of determined spirits, sent by the people to transact your affairs. Those affairs will be transacted in the spirit of true reform. A man must be at the head with power to exercise the prerogative of the King for the people, as it has recently been exercised against them.—(Great cheer ing.) I blame not the Monarch—(Cheers)—but I blame his advisers ; and on them the blame must rest and the re sponsibility, and the people will judge how far they have acted correctly. But I was going to say, that there must be a man to exercise the .prerogative of the Crown, not against but for the people ; and, if need be, that preroga tive must be exercised in a calm way, or held in terror, rather shall I say, over that house ót which I am a Mem ber.—(Cheers.) There the poison exists ; and, if possible, a powerful antidote to counteract it must be applied. It is with the greatest pleasure I propose the health of Lord Viscount Duncan. Lord DUNCAN returned thanks. The Marquis of BREADALBANE proposed the health of the father of Reform in Scotland.—(Drank amidst im mense applause.) The Hon. Fox MAULE returned thanks, and proposed " A full bumper to the Earl of Camperdown."—(Received with immense applause.) The Earl of CAMPERDOWN returned thanks. He had been a conscientious friend to the cause of Reform. From his station and connections he might have been expected to follow a different course, but•from 1806, when he took his seat in Parliament, he had on all occasions been the humble advocate of popular rights. Nothing would please him so well as to see his countrymen well educated and acting on all occasions in the best manner. Of Sir George OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 7. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieut. G. A. F. Derinzy, to be First Lieutenant, vice Matson, retired on half-pay, Jan. 28. Corps of Royal Engineers--Second Lieut. G. B. Downes, with temporary rank, to be Second Lieutenant, with permanent rank, Dec. 1. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 10. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. WEXFORD (Cour:Tv).—John Maher, of Ballinkeel, Esq. : and James Power, of Endermine-house, both in the county of Wex ford, Esq. Ws:xFOßD.—Charles Arthur Walker, E:q., of Bclmount-house. NEW Ross.—John Hyacinth Talbot, of Talbot-I:811, in the county of Wexford, Esq. OXFORDSHIRE.-George Granville Harcourt, Esq. ,• Richard Weyland, Esq. ; and Montagu Bertie; commonly called Lord Norreys. OXFORD (UNITE REITY ). —Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, Esq., Doctor of Civil of Law, Corpus Christi College; Sir Ro bert Harry Inglis, Bart., Doctor of Civil Law, of Christchurch. OXFORD (ClTY).—William Hughes Hughes, Esq. ; and Donald Maclean, Esq. WoonsTocK.—The Right Hon. Charles Spencer Churchill, com monly called Lord Charles Spencer Churchill. BA N Buity.--Henry William Tancred, Esq. __ WESTMORLAND (COUNTY ).—The Right Honourable William Lord Viscount Lowther, and the Honourable Henry Cecil Lowther. KENDAL.—John Barham, Esq. MERIONETHSHIRE. —Sir Robert Williams Vaughan, of Nannan, in the said county, Bart. WESTMEATH.—Montagu Lowther Chapman, of Killna-castle, Esq. ; and Sir Richard Nagle, Bart., of Donore-castle. ATHLONE.—George Benvenuto Mathew, Lieutenant and Captain in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards. KING'S COUNTY.—The Hon. John Craven, of Westenra, of Shararoge-house; and Nicholas Fitzsimon, of Castle-wood, Esq. WATERFORD (Cou yrv).—Patrick Power, of Belleven, in the county of Kilkenny, Esq. ; and Sir Richard Musgrave, of Tu rin, in the county of Waterford, Bart. Du NGARVA N.—Michael O'Loghlen, Esq. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln. Royal North Lincoln Militia—W. E. Tomline, Esq„ to be Colo nel, vice the Earl of Portmore, deceased; Viscount Alford to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Tomline, promoted, Jan. 26. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. EDWARD LEDGARD, seed-crusher, Alirfield, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS POTTER, carpet-manufacturer, Kiddersminster, to surrender Feb. 23, and March 24, at one, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster. Dangerfield, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Brinton, Kidderminster. WILLIAM CAIRNS, saddler, High-street, Whitechapel, Feb. 20, at ten, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Chester, Staple Inn, Holborn ; Clark, official assignee, St Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street. WILLIAM WILSON, woollen-draper, Leads, Feb. 16, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Wiglesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Soulby, Leeds. JOSEPH MANNING MULLINER, coach-maker, North ampton, March 10, at Mr. William Scriven's Office, Northampton, and March 24, at twelve, at the Peacock Inn, Northampton. Blackstock, Bunce, and Vincent, King's-Bench-walk, Te m pl e , London ; Cooke, Northampton. GEORGE WESTON, joiner, Nottingham, Feb. 24, and March 24, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Capes, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn; Wadsworth, Nottingham. PETER WETHERELL, grocer, Shouldham, Norfolk, Feb. 18, and March 24, at eleven, at the Globe Inn, in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Goodwin, King's Lynn ; Sawyer, Staple-Inn. ANTHONY HARRIS SMITH, grocer, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, Feb. 20, at twelve, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, Abchureh-lane, official assignee ; Amory and Coles, Throgmorton-street, London. ROBERT STIRLING, brewer, High-street, Poplar, Feb. 17, at one, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yard, official assignee; Gresham and Mill er , Castle-street, Holborn. WILLIAM OKILL, share-broker, Liverpool, Feb. 23, a n d March 24, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Black stock, Bunce, and Vincent, Inner Temple, London ; Brabner, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. _ _ T. Riddell, innkeeper, Stratford, Essex, March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. P. Young, sail-maker, Fenchurch-street, March 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. Bunting, lapidary, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, March 3, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Porter, surgeon, Gower-street, INlar , :h 5, at twelve, a t th e Court of Bankruptcy. E. Denis and Co., grocers, Upper Thames-street, March 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. Warland, silk-manufacturer, Steward-street, Spitalfields, March 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Richards, jeweller, Oxford-street, March 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Cooke, tailor, South Molton-street, March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. it. Davies, straw hat-manufacturer, Noble-street, March 5, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. D. Harris, hosier, Strand, March 5, at eleven, March 5, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Coles, miller, Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, March 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Harley, merchant, Clifton, Gloucestershire, March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Bratton, tanner, Drayton in Hales, Shropshire, March 3, a t eleven, at the Temporary Shirehall, Shrewsbury. C. Coupland, money-scrivener, Leek, Staffordshire, March 5, a t twelve. at the Angel Inn, Macclesfield, Cheshire. W. Bellamy, horse-dealer, Haseley, Warwickshire, March 11, at twelve, at the George Inn, Warwick. W. Thomas, banker, Chester, March 4, at twelve, at the Pied Bull Inn, Chester. S. Kinder, clothier, Manchester, March 5, at ten, at the Com missioners Rooms, Manchester. _ _ H. Wood, inn-keeper, Bristol, March 11, at one, at the Commer cial Rooms, Bristol. T. Corpe, builder, Limehouse, March 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. CERTIFICA TES.—MA Rex 3., M. Ade and F. Berger, merchants, Lime-street. G. Whittle, saddler, Wolverhampton. T. Bushell, linen-draper, Grace's-alley, Wellelose-square. L. Thorpe, wharfinger, Nottinghamshire. P. Wright, bookseller, High-street, St. Giles's. F. E. Bingley, printer, Leeds, Yorkshire. W. Pope, shipbuilder, Liverpool. J. Plimpton, merchant, Finsbury-square. T. Lockwood, jun., woollen-cloth-manufacturers, lluddersfield, Yorkshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Gilby and T. Everingham, grocers, Uxbridge. T. Dawes and J. Scholefield, jun., brewers, Dudley, Worcester shire. A. Eyles and R. Manning, common-brewers, Shaw, Wiltshire. G. Dixon and R. Hayes. T. Coates and Co, calico-printers, Fox-hill-bank, Lancashire. E. Jackson and I. Thornton, tailors, Huddersfield. J. Negus and S. Constable,wire-drawers, Durlaston, Staffordshire. A. Halliley and Co., calico-printers, Wigton, Cumberland (so far as regards T. 111‘.Alpin). R. Holliday and W. Hodson, cotton-merchonts, Farnsfield, Not tinghomshire. P. Mottram and H. Mawhood, lacemen, Holborn. P. Jaques and G. Wagstaff, dyers, Barnsley, Yorkshire. T. and J. Booker, brewers, Everton, near Liverpool. G. and W. S. Barber, bricklayers, Walthamstow, Essex. T. and W. Smith, coal-merchants, Upper Fore-street, Lambeth. H. Robson and Co.. wholesale-grocers, Liverpool, J. Holmes and J. Gillett, patent button-manufacturers, Bir mingham. J. James and C. Collins, attorneys, Swansea, Glamorganshire. M. and H. Butler, chemists, Liverpool. T. and W. Tarbuek, drapers Liverpool. W. Haynes and J. Price, linen-drapers, Grtat Queen-street, Lincoln's -Inn-fields. M. Swainson and W.‘ Tripe, sill') and insurance-agents, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street. W. M. Barcham and T. Beaker, auctioneers, Mundesley and Aylesham, Norfolk. - J. Cowley and Co., gas-manufacturers, Walsall (as far as regards J. Dickson and W. Hill). C . Tenant and Co., merchants, Liverpool (as far as regards E. Hughes). E. H. Campbell and Co, rectifying-distillers, Newcastle-upon- Tyne (as far as regards F. Glenton). J. Richardson and Co., attorneys, Poultry. I. Walker and Co., fustian-manufacturers, Manchester (so far as r.gards W. Wright). F. Lienau and J. C. Ficken, sugar-refithrs, Dock-street, Rose mary-!an,„ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. "JAMES ROLAND, merchant, Dunfermline, Feb. 17, and March 3, at one, at the Spire Inn, Dunfermline. HERCULES LINDSAY DONALDSON, bookseller, Dun dee, Feb. 16, and Marcia 5, at one, at Campbell's Hotel, Dundee. Murray he wished to speak with respect. He knew him in private ; he admired his military talents, but he objected to him in a political point of view, because he had invariably acted with a party averse to the rights of the people.— (Tremendous cheering.) Therefore, on principle he re joiced that Sir George had been rejected, and that the con stituency had chosen his Hon. Friend. Captain AYTON -gave " The Right Hon. Lord Kin naird."—(Drank amidSt the greatest applause.) Lord KINNATED mse to acknowledge the compliment. He said it was the first time he had had the happiness of meeting the Reformers of Perthshire ; but though not so fortunate as to have a personal acquaintance with them, there was a community of feeling between Reformers, and in this respect he could say he was well acquainted with them all.—(Cheers.) My noble friend, Breadalbane, neces sarily .resigned his charge, as their representative, into their hands when he was called to the Upper House, but still the Noble Marquis, as well as himself, considered themselves as their representatives in the Upper House.— (Loud cheers.) Therefore he would say, the Peers were called on to ascertain the feelings and wishes of the people. It was a subject of common regret, that such a large pha lanx should stiil present itself in that assembly in opposi tion to the wishes of the people ; and it was further to be regretted that that number should be augmented by the Right Rev. the Bench of Bishops.—(Cheers.) With all due veneration for the Church, it was certainly unseemly to see that Bench giving a factious opposition to every liberal measure brought thrward. He sincerely trusted that the Bishops and other Peers would take warning from the ad vice of their Representative. It 'was quite true that a gulf existed between that House and the people. They were on the brink of a precipice, and if they did not take warn ing, though they might entrench themselves in their castles, they might become sensible of their danger when too late. In conjunction with his Noble Friend the Earl of Camper down, he had been satisfied that the principles of Reform were not smothered in the county, and if any liberal can didate appeared, Perthshire would reform her position, and they had chosen a man of whom the county, and, indeed, the whole country, might be proud. He had heard with satisfaction thst their Hon. Representative was preparing to leave for London in the beginning of the week, to be pre sent the first. night, when the House of Commons would choose their SPeaker, and when it would be determined whether a reformed House would submit to a Tory Speaker, or elect one better suited to their character. He should watch with anxiety the result of that night, and in the meantime lie would say, that it was of the utmost conse quence that every constituency in the country should call on their Members to attend and vote.—(Hear.) No pri vate reasons should be admitted in excuse. It was a pub lic cause ; for should the Ministry command a majority on that night, the country might run the risk of falling under Tory misrule for a time ; but no Ministry would long be permitted to govern the country on Tory principles-- (Cheers.) They asked the country to give them a trial, but they had been tried already and foUnd wanting. But they wanted to be tried in a new capacity—as Reformers forsooth. They may bring forward large measures of re form, we are told, and yet they are an Administration no toriously the friends of tyrants and despots abroad, and who lavish the people's money in the most heartless expen diture at heme. He was not accustomed to address so large an assembly, but now that he had begun, he felt that he could go on for a long tune—(Loud cheers and laughter, and cries of "Go on.") He begged to crave a bumper to the health of a nobleman who was a member of the late Administration, and who, though prevented by indisposition from attending iu his place so frequently as he would other wise have done, had been the constant supporter of the people's rights. Even ill health did not prevent him from attending to his duties in the House of Lords, for he was frequently carried to it, and addressed the House supported by crutches. His Lordship - then gave " The health of Lord Holland," Which was received with great • applause." INSTANCE OF EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE. The' following interesting story, respecting the con duct of a young Polish officer serving with the French army in Spain, is related by the Duchess d'Abrantes, in the Bth, or last published, volume of her memoirs " When Murat • was in Madrid, be had occasion to send some dispatches to Junot, in Lisbon. These despatches were of the utmost importance, and all the roads leadinc , from . Madrid to the Portuguese capital were covered by e guerillas, or by regular troops, commanded by officers who had acted an important part in the Spanish revolution, and who thus composed the army of Castanos. Murat men tiontd the diliculty to Baron Strogonoff, the Rusiian Am bassador at the Court of Spain, and who had remained at Madrid. It is well known that at the period here referred to Russia was the friend' rather than the ally of France. Baron Strogonoff told the Grand Duke of Berg that he could suggest a plan for the transmission of the 'despatches. " Admiral Siniavin,' said the Baron, is in the port of Lisbon. Send to the one of the most intelligent of your Po lish lancers. He shall put. on a Russian uniform, and I will give him despatches for the Admiral ; you can give him your instructions verbally, and I will answer for it that all will be right, even though he should be taken '2O times between this and Lisbon. The insurgent army is: too an• xious to secure our neutrality to be the first to create a ground of rupture.' • " Murat was delighted with the scheme. He requested the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish troops, who I think was Krasinski, to select for him a brave and intelligent young officer. Two days afterwards the Polish commander sent to the Grand Duke a young man for whom he de dared he would answer with his head. He was named Leckinski, and was only 18 years of age. " The Grand Duke of Berg was not a little astonished to find the young officer manifest the utmost eagerness to undertake an enterprise of no ordinary peril, for in the event of being discovered, his fate was certain—and that fate was death. Murat, brave as be himself was, could not refrain ,from pointing out to Leckinski the danger he was.about to encounter. The young Pole smiled and said, If your Im perial Highness will give me your orders, I will pledge my self to execute the mission. I thank my General for having selected me from among my comrades, every one of whom was emulous of the favour.' ". The Grand Duke angered well of the young man's courage and intelligence. He gave him his instructions. Baron Strogonoff supplied him with despatches to Admiral Siniavin. The young. Pole was equipped in a Russian uni form, .and set out for Portugal. " Durio the first two days he pursued his course without rnolestati,9n ; but on the afternoon of the third day he was attacked by a party of Spanish troops, who unhorsed and disarmed him, and conducted him before the General com manding the military forces of the district. Luckily for the adventurous young Pole, that General was Castanos himself. . Leckiaski was perfcctly aware that he was lost if sus pected to be a Frenchman. Consequently, lie immediately. resolved himself not to utter a syllable of French, and to s - , - )e.k.k only Russian and German, which latter lan guage he could speol with facility. The angry imprecations of the troops who conducted 11;m to Castanos sufficiently convinced him of the fate that would await him, should he be discovered. The horrible death of General Rene, who only a few weeks previously had perished in torture for .no other offence than that of attempting to join Junot, might well have shaken his fortitude. Death itself may be braved, but to meet it by a refinement of torture is more than the bravest man can contemplate with indifference. " Who are you?' said Castanos, addressin g the Pole in French, which he spoke with perfect fluency, having been educated at Sorreze. " Leckinski looked steadfastly at his interrogator, made a sign, and replied in German, Ido not understand.' " Castanos himself understood and spoke German ; but apparently not wishing to. take an active part in the busi ness, he called one of the officers of his staff, by whom the examination was continued. The young Pole gave his an swers alternately in Russian and in German, and kept him self cautiously on his guard against dropping a single word of French. He had no easy part to play, for in the little apartment in which the examination took place he was pressed upon by a crowd of persons, all thirsting for his blood, and manifesting a ferocious eagerness that he might be found guilty—that is, declared to be a Frenchman. " This furious excitement was increased by a circum stance which threatened to involve the unfortunate young man in inextricable difficulty. An aide-de-cainp of Casta nos (one of those fanatical patriots so numerous in the Spanish war), 'who from the moment of Leckinski's arrest had declared him to be a French spy, rushed into the room in which the examination was going on, holding by the arm a peasant dressed iu a brown jacket and high crowned hat, surmounted by a red feather. Having worked his way through the crowd, the officer placed the peasant before the Polish officer. " Look at that man,' said he, and then inform us whether he is either a German or a Russian. He is a spy, I would swear by my salvation,' continned he, stamping his foot on the ground. _ _ _ " The peasant for a few moments gazed steadfastly at the young Pole. Then his dark eye kindled, and with a bitter expression of fury and hatred, he exclaimed, Es tin Frances ! Es U 7/ Frances ! ' " He (elated, that a few weeks previously he had been to Madrid to convey some hay, having, in common with all the inhabitants of the village, been required to carry forage to the barracks. I know this man,' continued the peasant, he is the same to whom I delivered the forage, and who gave me a receipt for it. I stood beside him for nearly an hour, and I know his face well. When I saw him arrive, I said to my comrades, that is the French officer to whom I delivered my forage. " Castanos probably saw the truth ; but he was a noble and generous enemy. It was not by wantonly spilling blood that he wished to cement the edifice of Spanish li berty. Castanos possibly perceived that the prisoner was , - not a Russian, but he dreaded the cruel treatment to which he would be exposed if he were discovered to be a French , man. He suggested that he should be allowed to continue his journey ; but at this a hundred menacing voices were raised. " But,' asked Castanos, would it be prudent to exposc ourselves to the risk of a rupture with Russia, whose neu trality we have so earnestly solicited ?' replied the officers ; but let it be proved that this man is really a Russian.' " Leckinski heard all this, for he understood Spanish. He was led out and locked up in a miserable - chamber, which resembled a dungeon, in the most fearful days of the Inquisition. At the moment of his arrest, Leckinski had not tasted. food since the afternoon ,of the preceding day, and when. the door of the prison closed upon him, 18 hours had elapsed since he had partaken of any nourishniont. Add to this, tbe fatigue and anxiety he had suffered in the inter val, and it cannot be matter of surprise that he threw him self, in a state of utter exhaustion, on a mattress which lay on the ground, in one corner of his prisons • - C. 7 " He had been asleep about two hours, when the door of the chamber slowly opened, and some one softly ap proached his couch. - .A hand was held before the flame of the lamp to shade the light from his eyes, and when the hand was withdrawn Leckinski felt some one tap him on the shoulder, and a sweet-toned fernale voice uttered the words, Voulez-vous souper ?' , _ _ " The young Pole, who was suddenly roused from his slumber by the glare of light, the contact of the hand, and the words of the young female, raised himself on his couch, and with his eyes scarcely open, exclaimed in, German— What do you say " Send him his supper,' said Castanos, on 'hearing the result of this first trial, and then saddle his horse and let him continue his journey. He is not a Frenchman. How could he have kept on the mask when thus taken by Sur prise ? The thing is impossible.' _ . But Castanos did not exercise undivided authority. Leckinski's supper was sent to him, it is true, but he con tinued in his dungeon till morning. He was then conducted to a place, whence he could see the mutilated bodies of ten Frenchmen, who had been brutally massacred by the pea santry of .Truxillo. There, for the space of a whole day, he was left to contemplate death in its most horrible forth. He was surrounded . by snares—watched by ears and eyes eager to catch at any unguarded word or gesture. At length, at the expiration of several hours of cruel trial, he was reconducted to his prison, to reflect at leisure on the horror of his situation. " Gentlemen,' said General Castanos to his brother officers, lam as fully sensible as you of the importance of preventing commtmication between the different French Commanders at present in Spain, but in the position, in which this officer stands we cannot 'treat him as a spy, on the mere assertion of a peasant. The man may be mistaken. He may be deceived by a resemblance, and in that case we should be murderers. That is not the character in which we ought to show ourselves.' " It was a cheering relief to Leckinski to return to his prison. For nearly twelve hours he had before his eyes gibbets and Mutilated bodies. Though his mind was haunted by horrid images and gloomy forebodings, he nevertheless fell into a profound sleep, for exhausted nature demanded repose. Amidst the dead slumber in which all his senses were lulled the door again softly opened, a female form ap proached his couch, and the same sweet voice which had addressed him on the previous night said in a half whisper, 'Rise, and follow me—you -are saved—your horse is waiting.' "At the words you are saved' Leckinski started up, and immediately recovering his presence of mind, he re plied, as he had before-done, in German, by the question, What do you say ?' " On being informed of the result of this new temptation, Cantanos urged his immediate liberation ; but his wish was again overruled. " Leckinski passed another miserable night. At day break next morning he was awakened by four men, one of them was the peasant who alleged he had seen him at Ma drid. They had come •to conduct him before a sort of court, composed of the officers of Castano's staff. They addreSsed to him the most bitter menaces, but, firm in his resolution, he appeared not to understand a word they said. " When arraigned befbre his judges, he inquired in Ger man for his interpreter. The latter was brought in, and the examination commenced. " He was asked what 'was the object of his journey from Madiid to Lisbon ? He replied by showing the despatches from the Russian Ambassador to Admiral Siniavin and his passport : but Ibr the unfortunate rencounter with the pea sant, who had seen him at Madrid, these proofs would doubt less have been satisfactory. However, the young Pole firmly adhered to the account he had first given of hilmelf; and never prevaricated in his answers. _ _ _ " Ask said the President of the committee, whe ther he is friendly to the Spaniards, since he •is 'not a Frenchman ?' " The interpreter translated the question. " Yes, doubtless,' replied Leckinski, I love and respout the noble character of the Spaniards, and I wish your na tion and mine were both united, "•' Colonel,' said the interpreter, the prisoner says be hates us, because we carry on war like banditti ; and he would like to seethe whole nation united as one man, that he might annihilate it at a single blow.' " Whilst these words were uttered, the eyes of the whole assembly attentively watched the expression of the priso ner's countenance, to see what effect would be produced by the infidelity of his interpreter. He stood unmoved. Leckinski was prepared for every trial, and was on his guard against the snare. " Gentlemen,' said General Castanos, who was present at the examination, it appears to me that there is no ground of suspicio❑ against this young man, and therefore he must be set at liberty, and allowed to pursue his journey: " Accordingly, hiS arms and despatches were restored to him ; and the brave young POle thus triumphantly passed through a series of trials which required almost superhuman fortitude and presence of mind.* He arrived safdly in Lis bon, fulfilled his mission, and wished to. return to Madrid, but Junot would not suffer him again to expose himself to the dangers he had so miraculously escaped. " M. Leckinski is at present in France." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1835, NOMINATIONS FOIL THE ST. LEGER STAKES. Mr. Batson's Luminary, by Lamplighter Lord Exeter's Aurelius, Brother to Augustus . Lord Exeter's Bosphorus, brother to Marmora • Lord Exeter's Gladiator, by Redgauntlet • Lord Jersey's Silenus, by Reveller Lord Jerser's Brother to Musquito Mr: Yates s Castaway, by 'Cain - Mr. Yates's Sylvan Duke of Rutland's c. by Catton—Darioletta Lord Orford's Ascot, by Reveller Lord Oi•ford's' Bodice, by Langar. The engagements standing in the Book Calendar for the New market Meetings next season already exceed forty-four thousand pounds. TURF A PRO IN TO The following fixtures for the been elude lIENTS FOR 1835. approaching sewn have already Newmarket Craven Catterick Bridge .. Bath Spring JULY, Liverpool A. C Cheltenham Lancaster Goodwood 31 AY Chester Newmarket First Spring 4 Liverpool Craven l3 Bristol and Clifton l3 Newmarket Second Spring York Spring ... 251 AUGUST. Worcester Brighton York Devon and Exeter Stourbridge J t! Epson: .... Manchester Buxton . • ..... .11"!. Bath .... Wealock SEPTEMBER 2 Warwick JO Leicester 16 Doncaster 24 Heaton Park ... '23 Newmarket F. 0 29 1 OCTOBER. 3 Newmarket Second Oct 1.3 Ascot Newmarket Great inconvenience will be occasioned by the Liverpool July Meeting being fixed for the same days as the Newmarket. It is to be hoped that they will be altered to the same period as formerly, viz., the week immediately preceding it. The 78th Highlanders have raised a monument, twenty-three feet high, in Trincomalee churchyard, Ceylon, to the memory of fifty-six of their brave companions who were carried off by cholera in Oct. and Nov. 1832. A German journal, in giving an account of the Duc de Leuchtenberg's Museum at Munich, states that there are many articles which belonged to Napoleon, and among them a small temple, with a marble cupola, supported by co lumns of jasper, the base of which is ornamented with antique cameos, bearing the letter J. In the centre of the temple is a small eagle in silver, and the following inscription :—" The Emperor Napoleon, being obliged to melt down his plate at St. Helena, preserved the eagles for his family. This was sent to Prince Eugene." MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK .AND Loss OF LIFE. —During the storm on Wednesday night, the brig Endeavour, from Drogheda, was driven on the banks below Voel Nant, not far from the entrance to Chester River. At day-light the crew were seen in the rigging, and the lifeboat Olt off to their assistance. The attempt, 'however, to save the crew did not succeed, the boatmen, after making every exertion to reach the vessel, having been compelled to give it up in despair. At nightfall the unfortunate crew still clung to the rigging. Neit morning every trace of the wreck had disappeared, and the crew, eight in number, met a watery grave. We have not heard of any other wreck attended with the loss of life. —Liverpool Albion. ~/ -