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MUSIC. " SEE THE:II ON THEIR WINDING WAY."— Valentine. ‘ 1 THERE'S NOT A LOOK, A WORD OF THINE." —Stevenson. "THE WILLOW, THE 13ACCHUS OF TREES."—Hime. Hime and Co. The music of the second of these popular and justly admired ballads, originally composed by the late Sir John Stevenson, has been re-arranged by Mr. Hime, whose great professional abilities are a sufficient gua rantee for the correctness of the execution. We have pleasure in announcing the re-publication of Airs, which often, ere now, have found favour in our ears. LITERATURE. THE PARRICIDE. Pr THE LUTI7OI{ 014 "Anssr,nnrus." , % In 2 Vols. London, Hookham, 1833. There is no disputing the great power of this,: Romance. From the first page to the last the presence of this attribute of genius is constantly visible. But we•wish that the talented author had consulted nature more in his wild delineation of passions which, from their very excess, are more apt to startle than please. The hero has hardly a feeling in common with his kind ; the circumstances in which,he is placed are such as could not occur to one person in a million and against the commission of his crimes it is quite superfluous to warn society. The Author seems to have selected Godwin and Maturin as his models; and in extravagance he certainly exceeds both. In the " Parricide," every reader of discernment must perceive the ideal. worshipper of " St. Leon," " Caleb Williams," and " Melmoth the Wanderer." The most powerful passage in this tragic tale, and, taken all in all, the most natural, is the Parricide's struggle Ivith the wolf in the cavern ; but its length prevents us from extracting it. The following, though not so striking, conveys a very fair idea of the more impas sioned portions of the work, which indicates throughout the presence of a powerful imagination : " The wind was loudly, and plaintively whistling within, and without ; and, though the rain was beating heavily against the casements, the cold was intense. Consequently, an enormous fire was collected in the large hearth of the spacious chimney.' Some of the logs of which it was com posed were singularly large ; and their flames having ex pired, and all their gaseous qualities being entirely con sumed, they now presented one glowing surface of red hot matter, which shed through the chamber an imperfect and mysterious " I lister ed to th e w i n d ; I strove to di rect my attention to the ran , . ; I made every effort to divert my mind into another 'channel. Turning towards the fire, I contemplated the raiiiant pile, and particularly distinguished one large mass of ignited timber. I watched intently the numerous flu'Auations of form, and hue, the ever varying succession tif flickering, lambent shades, which its glowing surface hi cessantly exhibited ; and, recalling to my recollection the story of Althaaa, and Meleager, at length contrived to per suade myself that the life of some unfortunate being was dependent upon its preservatiop. This phantasy I che rished, until it obtained such possession of my naturally superstitious imagination, that I was half meditating an in tention to crawl from my bed, for the purpose of attempt ing to extinguish the fatal. brand ; when it, experienced a change that instantanr,ouslv arrested my attention, and transfixed me on my rJouch. The various vacillating shades, which had hitherto `',coated shapelessly, and uncertainly, like fiery clouds over ;,ts glowing and varying surface, suddenly concentrated themselves into a marked and definite form. And now, be Iny story implicitly believed, or discredited contemptuntsly, but, then, by all that is sacred, with these eyes, I saw disti nc tly, unequ i voca ll y , th e fi gure o f a man plainly depicted, in miniature, upon the burning log I Nei ther 'could I doubt whom this image was intended to repre sena, ;it was the exact counterpart of my father! The d'..ess, the attitude, the action, the motion—all combined `to render a non-perception of the similarity impossible. " While I was gazing in mingled astonishment and dis may upon this extraordinary spectacle, another actor ap peared upon the fiery stage. It was myself ; so evident was the resemblance, none who had even once seen me, could have failed to have observed it. This figure advanced from the side towards which my father's back was turned. Slowly and stealthily he crept towards hinf-; and in his band he bore an axe of Oriental form, the very image of that which had so, often attracted my gloomy admiration. Nearer and nearer, my crafty effigy approached to that of my sire ; at last he arrived within arm's length of his person ; and then, my trembling anticipations were quickly realised. The fatal axe was swung high in the air—down cattle the murderous blow full on the undefended skull of the victim, and the fiery shadow of my slaughtered father fell prostrate on the glowing soil. " I turned to the fire, and direct* my attention to the glowing timber, again observed the same sudden fixation of its restless and fluctuating. shades. In another instant the sem blance of a large wheel laid horizontally on a mimic scaffold, appeared in the centre of the burning mass. Then a figure, which I could not fail to perceive was intended for the re presentation of myself, entered from one of the sides, fol lowed by another, who bore upon his shoulder, that, which his subsequent use of it denotedto be a heavy and murderous bar of iron. The effigy, which reluctantly, and painfully, I felt was the type of myself, and my fate, walked slowly and totteringly. Its back was bowed ; its head almost rested upon its chest ; its arms hung laxly before it ; the hands were tightly interlaced ; and the whole attitude ex pressed the extremity of dejection. When it reached the scaffold, in spite of its resistance, the other figure fiercely and violentl.y threw it upon the wheel ; and then bound it forcibly to this fatal altar of hellish cruelty. Still the re luctant captive struggled piteously and vehemently to free itself ; when the ponderous bar was raised, and down— crash—it fell full upon the shattered arm of the shrinking and miserable craven. Eight times the dire weapon de scended, until each of the limbs of the tortured wretch Was broken in two places, one fracture being above, and the other below, the joint. With a loathsome distinctness, I saw the start, and the fearful, convulsive writhe which every murderous blow extracted from the blenching, and sorry representative of my accursed destiny ; and could almost fancy that I beard the groans and shrieks of its mor tal agony. At last, in the very moment that my sympa thetic torment was growing unendurable, the executioner raising again his ponderous mace, and directing it to the chest, dealt the coup-de-grace to his expiring victim. The smashed trunk briefly and slightly quivered, and then, life was extinct." WHY IS POPERY PROGRESSING? BY DAVID THOM, •Minister of Bold-street Chanel, Liverpool. Simphin, Marshall, and Co., London. The author of this pamphlet professes himself an " Alarmist." He thinks it impossible to account for the great number of chapels erected by the Catholics in England, and the increase which has taken place in the Catholic body during the last twenty or thirty years, without admitting that Popery is advancing among us with " gigantic building strides." The of chapels, we humbly conceive, is no clearer proof of the increase of- Popery-in England, than the building of churches is of the increase of Protestantism in Ire land. In this latter country the Orange Association people boast that eight' hundred churches have been erected within the last thirty-fire years. To these churches they point as evidence of the rapid increase of Protestantism. Look, they exclaim, at the "gigan ic strides" With which Protestantism is advancing in Ireland ; and yet statistical information proves that the proportion of Protestants to Catholics is annually un dergoing a rapid diminution. How many converts to Catholicism can Mr. Thom enumerate among his acquaintances, or within his own knowledge ? Conversion is, we think, a much surer test of the growth of a sect than the building of cha pels. Let, then, Catholicikn in England be subjected to this test. Let each parochial minister make out a return of the number of .converts from the Protestant to the Catholic, and from the Catholic to the Protes tant faith, within his parish, and the question is de cided at once. Until this is done we cannot give our assent to the proposition implied in the question— " Why is Popery progressing ?" The author of this discourse, however, assuming it as an incontrovertible fact that Popery is widely and rapidly extending itself, feels it duty to " sound the trumpet in Zion," in order to awaken Protestants from their slumbers, and call their attention to the causes of the evil. These causes he sets forth with, consider able ingenuity and great - earnestness, and, though we differ from him in many of the opinions which he ad vances, we ddlethink that some of the reasons which he assigns for the supposed growth of Popery in these latter times deserve the serious consideration of Pro testants of every denomination. FINE ARTS, RICIIARD TILE .THIRTO AND THE EARL -OF 1 JJMOND. HdySon and Graves. Landoh; An engraving by Gillei, treifii the well-known pic ture painted - for* D'Airl of Durhani, by Cooper. As a work or art, it -is one of the best—certainly the Most spirited, that this clever artist ever produced. The scene is Bosworth Field, and the two chief per sonages introduced are Richmond and Richard the Third, who are represented as battling for the English crown, with all the ferocity and desperation that mu tnJ ambition can lend them. "In subjeCts of this sort, ,Mr. Cooper is quite at home. He pour trays a battle con amore—with all the vividness, and love of particulars, of Sir Walter Scott. There is nothing in the last Canto of " Marmion," finer or more graphic, • than the ferocious conflict, hand to hand, in the picture before us, of the Earl of Rich mond and King Dick. The Satanic expression of the latter's countenance, when he finds that the day is going against him, and that nothing can restore his fortunes but the death of his stalwart enemy, is not surpassed in power by any of the various triumphs of modern art. The tyrant drunk, as it were, with in tense excitement, and the sight of his troops drop pi ng in masses about him, makes one last des perate charge against the chief of the opposing army, and confronting him with sword thrown far backward for the purpose of giving a more vigorous impetus to the dCath-blow he meditates, looks as though his very curse would have more power to kill, than even his faulchion. The grouping in this striking picture is equally successful, nor must we omit to notice the admirable drawing of Richard's famous " White Surrey," which is as scrupulously correct in point of anatomy, as if it had been the work of Landseer. If skill and talent, and pains-taking, even in the minutest and most unimportant parts of it, can make an engravingpopular, then this must be eminently so, for we have not met with its superior for many a long day. .J~ DAY•) !tors of 130 k u ty Governorf a t 12 o'clo cl " Ind conslroo., nt o f a )thee. Th e " found to be; d other holde rs the electio n , it the Pocke t ' roe months• lo objection tot was attended DAY.) as stated in fhe R VAS Mr. A- - 1 f o r . as no ease,: i i, )ved that hese bills r the flitting, o r o t :d, it would er ad been fur tll fil nation by iat there W a s °° defendant, a° otAvr• stabbing ICA' him. had lived vo rit Ivernber be s e na it of s boes• H e rail /P i ! n. se the poker t o wrest it fro ) took bi n ' in eat own ara. -In „ t • him that he at, owever, pushy ch and the P i ll his right another, wblc imitted that I: lad p r omised 4 re t ur ned fr°- ie house, 13311 .1 el . .oSeelltOr. S toc r into cos ,i 0 if Ls given to '' t° very a nxiou s might har e e o j the street , 3 prosecutor re, in relf-defe cte d le had woun" . . explaining ?jo t rerdict of of a quantitY,b, of 100/., ;nee of SO/ o er The 10 15°- ,, i r :k as a ple s ? tcy. A 1" f ith of Nov i _e' a j bankrupt P i , eo be was t 3 `;ll where a -o '4 the banks le property r the prisoile',,, nd was of Is also missw:, ey to a 10' pass sente°/4 t to respite t i e . ' xt it was P IA est" would , de t to the tra case should • of those kind e$ ris, now ge n e the Hotel u Biussels exists li r o f id rapidity 0 :es went fro hours, 6005 complished taken at • o f 'ayne, the Thorne, a t ye lace under i f, • of No. pf afternoo u o in her 'as alanne a i; which the il°os I to see Ivo rush onto Witness r a it It, wraPl' e me d rem consuP:t4, • Cu m 'as after rent a go 0 Y )0 , and the 'he ;ident, but 5 / 1. Verdi°t mean s c e re irnportt; len (be 3 ", oi me alivaY o r the a moun t pital. L. 100.... 4ft. COURT CIRCULAR. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Pal merston, Lord Glenelg, Mr. Spring Rice, Earl Minto, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Council sat till five o'clock. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Wood, Sir F. Lawley, Mr. Hope, M.P., Mr. Thomas Philpotts, Mr. Baker, Mr. Bauer, and Mr. Penmar, had an interview yes terday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing street. Dr. Sims, and Mr. Henry Warburton, M.P., had an in terview yesterday with Lord John Russell, at the Home Office.. The Bavarian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Rev. Dr. Bramston had an interview yesterday with Lord Glenelg, at the Colonial-office. BRIGHTON.-WEDNESDAY. Neither his Majesty nor the Queen have left the Palace this day. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Landgravine drove out together this morning, on the cliffs, before luncheon. The King gave audience to Admiral Sir J. Whitshed, Rev. J. Humphrey, and Vice-Admiral Dacres, this morning. The Royal dinner party by invitation this evening will comprise Vice-Admiral Dacres, Colonel and M rs . Walton, Colonel and Mrs. Chatterton, Colonel and Mrs. Wynyard, and Vice-Admiral Sir R. and Lady Otway. Sir Benjamin Stephenson quitted Brighton this morning, on his return to London. Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, his Lady, and daughters, arrived yesterday on the Grand Parade. The Dowager Lady Mulgrave arrived last night in Re gency-square. The Marquis of Cholmondeley has arrived on a visit to his mother. Owing to continued indisposition her Majesty did not make her appearance at the Royal dinner table yesterday. The party, by invitation, was limited to Count Ludolf, Marquis and Marchioness of Conyngham, Lord Mary borough, and Sir B. Stephenson. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. George Vivian, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, from the Continent ; Doctor and Mrs. Aldis, in Old Burling ton-stret, from Paris ; the Earl of Strathmore, at the Sack ville Hotel, Sackville-street; Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton and family, at ditto, from York ; Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart., in Portland-place, from Sall Park, Norfolk; Lord and Lady Eliot, at their seat, Port Eliot, St. Germains, Cornwall, from a tour ; - Earl Clonmel, Lord Earlsfort, Hon. Charles Scott, and J. Doyne, Esq., at the St. George's Hotel, Albe marle -street, from Oxfordshire ; Mrs. and Miss Hawtrey, at ditto, from Eton ; Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson ' at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Brighton ; Earl Stanhope, at ditto, from his seat, Chevening, Sevenoaks; J. Lester, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton; Lady Middleton, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from her seat in Suffolk ; Godfrey Went worth, at ditto, from his scat in Yorkshire ; J. Fleetwood Shaw, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Dowager Lady Shee and Miss Shee, at ditto, from their seat, Lockley, Herts ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deering, at ditto, from ditto ; Captain Blanc, David Blanc, Esq., and Henry Blanc, Esq., at ditto, from Berks. DEPARTURES -- Watson, Esq., from the Sackville Hotel for Wicklow Lodge, Brighton ; Henry Cole, Esq., and Mrs. Cole, from ditto, for Chester ; Captain Piggott, from ditto, for Dublin ; Earl O'Neill, from ditto, for the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbraham, from ditto, for .Sevenoaks; the Earl and Countess of Jersey, for their seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire; Mrs. Fitzherbert, for Brighton ; Earl Spencer, for his seat, Al thorpe, Northamptonshire ; Sir Wm. Lumley and family, for Berks; Mr. and MrS. George Morant, jun., from. Ellis's Hotel, St. James's -street, for the Continent ; Dr. and Miss Hawtrey, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Farnham Castle, Surrey; Henry Sykes, Esq., and Mrs. Sykes, from Warren's Hotel. Regent-street, for Bath ; Tho mas Colverley, Esq., from ditto, for his scat in Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. A'Court Holmes, for Newport, Isle of Wight ; Lord and Lady Suffield, from Fenton's Hotel, for their seat, Gun ton Park; Mr. and the Misses Barton, from ditto; Sir George Palmer, Bart., from Crawley's , Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat in Leicestershire ; W. F. Riley, Esq., from ditto, for Paris; G. Smith, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; the Misses Hinde, from ditto, for ditto. NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION.—It appears from the poll-book just made up, that the present number of electors is 3,627, being an increase of 264 since the last election. M. Raspail, the Editor of the Relformateur, who had been sentenced to two years' impiisonment and five years' surveillance of the police, for insults offered by him to M. Zangiacomi, tho Judge of Instruction, had appealed from that decision to the Court of Cassation, who annulled the judgment. The case having been tried over by the Royal Court of Rouen, on the llth, the penalty of impri sonment was reduced from two years to six mouths, and the surveillance was entirely removed. Lord John Russell has written to the Middlesex Magistrates, requiring a return of the expenses of criminal prosecutions in the county, and that of the conveyance of prisoners sentenced to transportation, between the Ist of July and the 30th of September last. The following result of a few days shooting at Ranton Abbey, the hospitable seat of Lord Lichfield in Staffordshire, will not be unacceptable to our sporting readers. The Noble Earl entertained a party at the abbey last week with his usual distinguished liberality, consisting of Lord Alvanley, Lord Albert Conyngbam, Mr. M. Stanley, Mr. Phillips, &c. The produce of five guns in one day, Tues day, the Bth iast., was 124 hares, 246 pheasants, 2 par tridges, 133 rabbits, 3 squirrels, and 1 snipe —total, 511. The total result of five days, averaging about four hours sport each day, was as follows :-436 hares, 636 pheasants, 16 partridges, 355 rabbits, 3 squirrels, 3 woodcocks, and 1 snipe.--total head of game, 1450—the splendid preserves remaining well stocked; and apparently not much the worse for wear, after this formidable havock. The larger propor tion, rabbits especially, fell by the unerring hand `of the Noble Earl birriself, who is considered•to be one of the first shots in the country. Monsieur Demidaff .takes the lead in Paris most. decidedly. He has cut out the Earl of Pembroke; who previously had the finest equipage ever seen in that capital. .The Princes of Conde, when at the 'zenith of their splen dour at Chantilly, never excelled M. Demidoff. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.—A very full meeting of the was Association of St. M ar tin' s-in-the Fields, held on Tuesday night, at the Two Angels and Crown, Upper St. Martin's-lane. Mr. Ellis having. been called to the. Chair, Mr. Simpson rose to bring under the_ consideration of the meeting the last letter of Sir Francis Burdett, which appeared in the Morning Chronicle and Times. Mr. Simpson, after making some observations upon the abuse which the - f irs ili4l directed against.the per sons composing the recent ineetibg at the British Coffee house, proceeded to move a resolution to the effect that the electors of WestruitiSter; atteiiding the firesent meeting, felt it inciithbeht upon them, in conSeqiienee of the letter of Sir Francis Burdett, to declare their entire and hearty concurrence in the resolutions which had been passed at the meeting of the which was held at the British Coffee-house, on the Bth instant. The resolution having been seconded by Mr. Humphreys, was, after some obser vations from Dr. Bainbridge, put and carried unanimously. The meeting soon afterwards adjourned. In a part of Bosnia (says the Rev. R. Walpole) young girls of the Mahon - loan faith are permitted to walk about in the day time with their faces uncovered. Any man of the place, who is inclined to matrimony, if he hap pens to be pleased with any of these girls, whom he sees in passing, throws an embroidered handkerchief on her head or neck. If he have not a handkerchief, any other part of his dress answers the same purpose. The girl then retires home, regards herself as betrothed, and appedrs no more in public. _ _ _ An attempt is about to be made, on a small scale, ,o establish a carpet manufactory in Dumfries. • The partial failure in the potato crop, both in Scot land and Ireland, is attributed to the use by the farmers of seed not sufficiently ripe. A merchant's clerk at Lyons, named Bernugat, has lately been sentenced to death for murdering his mistress, because she left him to live with another man. When he was taken to view her corpse, and he was asked whether he had killed her, he admitted the fact, took her hand, and, stooping over her, kissed her forehead, saying that his only regret was his not having been able to assassinate also the man (named Grenier) who had seduced her from him. When he was brought out of the house to be conducted back to prison, he haughtily addressed the crowd, and said —" To-morrow they will be crying in the streets an ac count of the horrible murder committed in the Rue St. Dominique ! Look at me well, and revenge yourselves of your women as I have done of mine. I wish the guillotine was here ! I should mount the scaffold without fear ; but how much more contented should I die had I but despatched Grenier."—Galignaties Messenger. _ _ THE PRINCESS DE TAILEYRAND.—The fol lowing are the terms of the declaration of the decease of Madame de Talleyrand,, as inscribed on the register of the Church of St. Thomas d'Aguin :—" In the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and on the twelfth day of the month of December, was presented in this Church the body of Catherine Worlee, widow of George Francis Grant, known civilly as Princesse de Talleyrand, aged 74 years, deceased the evening but one b e f ore , an d having received the sacraments of the Church, in the Rue de Lille, No. 80. The obsequies were performed in the presence of Matthurin-Pierre de Goupot and Charles De mon (agent for the Prince) friends of the deceased, who have signed with us." THE JERSEY MURDER.—The trial of Louis Marin, charged with the murder of Mary Ann Bethel, at Jersey, under the circumstances stated in this paper some time ago, has commenced in the Royal Court at Jersey, and it is conjectured that the trial will occupy some weeks be fore it is brought to a termination. The depositions on the first day were precisely of the same tenor as those given before the Coroner, and which have been published. On Marin's return to gaol the indignation of the public was strongly excited against him. Groans, hisses, and exclama tions of " Hang him, hang him," resounded from every quarter. So well prepared was one man, who met the pri soner and his escort, to become executioner, that he had ac tually provided himself with a rope with a slip knot, which he held up to the prisoner as he passed, telling ,him that he deserved it. A posse of women also cried out " Hang the blackguard ; hang him." Further evidence was adduced on Friday and Saturday last. The guard, consisting , of a cor poral and three privates, still continue to watch the pri soner ; and on taking to their charge the prisoner is brought out to be identified by the guard every evening, when the corporal orders his men to load their rifles in his presence. DRINKING USAGES IN SCOTLAND.—The 1111111- der of drinking usages itt'Scotland, where liquor is artifi cially and conventionally combined with events in business, or domestic life, is about one huddred. This extraordinary and disastrous state of things is scarcely known among other nations ; and in this respect the Scotch are in cir cumstances of worse than negro or Egyptian bondage. Every man and woman seems bound to drink, or at least to taste, on certain frequent occasions, by an obligation as im perative as the law of the land ; and on the whole, the general results are so ruinous and distressing, that it can .only be necessary to bring the subject to the notice of the inhabitants in order to insure the permanent abrogation of this moral slavery.—British and Foreign Tenzperance Advocate. About fifty of the tenantry and tradesmen of Clare mont and Esher dined together at the Bear Inn at Esher, to celebrate the birth-day of King Leopold, Mr. Neville in the Chair. Two haunches of venison were sent to the dinner from the Household of Claremont. • The various packs of foxhounds which came to cheek during the late sharp frost are all in full cry. The Meltonians who had come up to town arc off again to the cover. We learn from Presburg, that when the speech of the Emperor of Russia at Warsaw became known in Hungary, a tumultuous scene ensued in the Diet ; the op position party, which has constantly shown a warm sym pathy in the cause of the Poles, having exclaimed Frith great violence against the language of the Czar. _ BRIBERY.--The proceedings under the Dublin Election Commission, further develope the system of bri bery so extensively adopted by the Tories at the last elec tion.—Dublin Post. The Court of Session rises for the ChristKnas vaca tion on Saturday the 19th, and meets again on Tuesday the 12th of January, 1836. The box-day for the vacation is to be Thursday the 7th of January.—Edinburgh Ad vertiser. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. I.—According to the latest advices from Cronstadt, it appears very improbable that any of the 20 vessels frozen in will succeed in putting to sea. They have on board 144,696 poods, or 6,291 casks of tallow, which added to 3,184 casks now ascer tained to remain unshipped, partly in lighters, makes 2,475 casks to be deducted from the quantity bracked for shipment, leavin g the actual export 99,403 casks, and the stock remaining here, at Cronstadt, and in the neighbour hood, about 51,000 casks. _ _ On Tuesday night last an inhabitant of Lambeth returning borne was knocked down in the Archbishop's walk, and robbed of his watch and a brown paper parcel from under his arm. . It is said that the West Indian Loan, with the ex ception of between 700,0001. and 800,0001., is now paid up, while the amount paid away upon the determined claims cannot be more than 4,000,0001. We ere happy to learn from Gloucestershire that the return of Mr. Kingscote for the western division of that county is looked upon as quite safe. The Reformers have only to exert themselves and the victory will be theirs. VIOLENCE.—A Tipperary paper reports some recent riotous proceedings arising out of an attempt made by Mr. Vowed, of Clonmel, who is Receiver in the Court of Exchequer, to levy distresses for tithes. One farmer declared that. he would leave his life on the grass before a beast should leave it. Stones, •pitchforks, and other rustic weapons, were employed against the collectors, who were, in some instances, compelled to withdraw without distraining. It having been stated in several papers that per sons have been brought up to London under suspicious cir cumstances, which induce the public to suppose that it has been intended to Burke them, and afterwards dispose of their bodies in the Schools of Anatomy ; we 'are able to assure our readers, that such regulations have been esta blished by the Secretary of State, under the provisions of the Anatomy Act, as must render totally unavailing any attempt to revive the horrid and disgusting practice of burking. THE SCOTT MONUMENT.--The Committee met yesterday. After a good deal of discussion it was finally agreed to remit the matter to the Sub-Committee, with in structions to procure additional plans, and suggestions as to the most proper site. It was moved and carried, on the motion of Sir John Hay and Lord Meadowbank, that the Committee be instructed not to accept of any plan which did not include a statue.—Scotsman. A few days since, as a labourer was digging in a field near the Saracen's Head Inn, Dunstable, for the pur pose of putting in a post, at a depth of about six feet from the surface, he found something which resisted the force of spade and pick-axe, and, on clearing away the ground, he found four complete stone steps of considerable breadth and width, with the base of a pillar or column at each end. This led to a ftrether search, upon the entire foun dation, and some of the walls of what appeared to' have been a church were most distinctly to be traced ; in addi tion to which was also- found a large quantity of stained glass, and some very curious paving, which is conceived to be the flooring of the altar-piece. On a stilt closer inspec tion, a coffin was found, the wood of which had completely assimilated itself with the surrounding earth. The inner leaden coffin remained quite entire, although evidently in jured by time. Th e l ea d en co ffi n , on bei n g opene d, wa s found to contain an entire and perfect human skeleton. BOILER EXPLOSION.—A few days since at Bin ner Downs mine in the parish of Crowan, the boiler at one of the engines burst with a terrific explosion ; shattering everything about it t o a t oms an d carry i ng the fragments to a great distance. Fortunately there was no person on it at the time ; had there been they must have inevitably perished. There were; however, several persons in the engine-house, nine of whom were more or less injured, some • of them seri ously ; but we are happy to learn that the suffereis in a fair way of recovery.—Corima4 Gazdte, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, P- THE SEAMEN At DAVIS' STRAITS. PUBLIC AIEETING AT. Hutt. ( brid6d froth the .Hull Observer.) On Saturday morning, d seas' held in the Guildhall of this town, convened by the quence of a requisition signed by about 240 of the tants, which had been presented to him on the preceding Thursday, " to consider the best means of affording the seamen instant relief ; • also, for the purpOse of devising means of relief to the families ,of such of the seamen as may be resident in Hull, and to adopt such other measures as the exigency of the case may require." After the Requisition had been read, and the Mayor, with Mr. Broadley, had addressdl the meeting,. The CHAIRMAN said that it was thought highly desirable that some of their practical friends should lay before the meeting their opinions, as these would be most valuable, and would tend to give greater strength and weight to the resolutions about to be proposed, seeing that they would furnish data on which to raise a superstructure, and thus 'enable the appeals to be made to the philanthropy of' indivi duals to - come with double force. He had no doubt that the meeting would close in a manner highly gratifying to every friend of humanity, and be the means of devising some prac tical plan for delivering their ;brethren from their icy prison. Mr. REYNOLDS said—l propose the formation of a Committee to devise the most efficient mode of affording that relief to our suffering fellow-creatures which you have resolved shall be given if it be in our power. This. Com mittee will correspond with his Majesty's Government, and with those formed in other places—at Dundee, and, I hope, at Kirkaldy—and call, in fact, upon the whole of our fellow-countrymen, of all classes and denominations, to as sist us in this work of humanity. The Committee will feel bound to meet from day to day, and not relax in their efforts till they prevail upon his Majesty's Government to take steps for the liberation of our fellow-men from- their peril. Captain HUMPHREYS said he had received a letter from Captain Ross, requestin g information on the subject ; and this was contained in the following letter ; " Hull, Dec. 10, 1835. " My dear friend, Captain James,—Your kind letter I have just received. lam much pleased to see that you take an interest in the fate of our most unfortunate countrymen. A memorial has been sent to Government by the owners of the Hull ships, but I fear it will share the fate of the Newcastle one. In my opinion, I should have recommended a petition to be got up at a public meeting, emanating, in the first place, from the Corporations of this town. " Had it been done at first, and a short time been given, I am persuaded that no petition ever sent from this town to the government would have received more general and decided support. Eleven ships are enclosed in the ice ; belonging to Hull their names are—Abram, • Harmony, Jane, William Torr, Duncombe, and Dordon • Newcastle—Lady Jane, and Gren ville Bay ; Two Scotch—Viewforth, of Kirkaldy ; Middle ton, of Aberdeen; and Norfolk, of Berwick. " I cannot state the exact number of the respective crews, but, as near as I can calculate, I think you will find the fol lowing statement nearly correct : Duncombe 4B men Abram Harmony Jane 49 „ William Torr 4B „ Dordon • 4B „ Mary. Frances—lost, crew left ' Isabella—lost, crew left Lee—lost, crew left... l6 „ Total men belong to Hull, 349 Viewforth, of Kirkaidy 47 ~ Middleton, of Aberdeen 4B ~ Lady Jane, of Newcastle 5O ~ . Grenville Bay, of Newcastle 5O „ Norfolk, of Berwick... 5O ~ Total men left with the ships, 594 " To state the exact quantity of provisions of each ship is impossible ; but the average is about eight months full allow ance. Some have only seven months—for the Harmony and Norfolk have had to borrow of the Grenville Bay and Lady Jane ; but as to the quantity I cannot speak with accuracy. It would, however, be exceedingly erroneous to calculate upon the probable excesses of provisions ; for having got beset so late, they have been no doubt on full allowance up to the time, and hence the scantiness of the provisions left must necessarily be very considerable. If this be true, (and I think a careful examination of the question will show it to be so,) it proves the imperative call upon the British Government to adopt im mediate and decisive measures for the relief of our suffering countrymen. When last seen, the Jane, Viewforth, and Mid dleton, were five miles off the west land, near Cape Hooper; and the William Torr, south of the low land, close in shore, in let. 68. The; Duncombe was the eastermost ship when left by the Alfred, distant from the island of Disco 130 or 140 miles. The other six were left in a group, bearing from the Duncombe N. W. distant about 15 or 20 miles. Young ice was then making rapidly, and a large body of ice was drifting from the northward, which would consequently render the ef fort more difficult to extricate themselves from their position. The latitude of the seven eastermost ships was 68. 57., by Captain Brass's account. " As you have freely made these inquiries of me, I trust you will not deem it presumption if I give you my opinion as to the best manner of affording relief. By all means I should re commend the Government to undertake the task. I should advise that two ships, of from 300 to 400 tons, or such size as may be thought most convenient, be fitted up, with doubling from the binds as far down as may be thought fit, fortified with ice knees on the outside of the bows, and also a strong fortification within, as far aft as the after part of the fore channels, with adequate provisions, clothing, coals, &c., as the case requires, with efficient officers and crew. I should by all means recommend that an ice master and mate accompany each ship... _ _ " The ships must be sent out without delay and proceed immediately to the ice ; after having passed Cape Farewell in long. 50 W. the ships should separate, one making the ice in lat. 57 N. and the other in 60 N. and commence plying along the edge, and examining most carefully every bite, a strict look should be kept, as it is more than probable that the seven ships left in the middle of the Straits, may be separated by a variety of causes known only to the men of great experience in those regions. After having I hope fallen in with and re lieved the seven ships, the expedition will be at liberty to devote their united attention to render relief to the four which are in-shore. " The plan to be adopted on this occasion is simple. As soon as the ice will allow, they must proceed either to Holstin burg or Leively, the Danish settlements. On their making known the objects of the expedition, assistgnee will be given, and dogs and sledges in sufficient numbers must be taken on board for conveying provisions, clothing, &c. over the ice to the four ships. Other arrangements may easily be made. I should have stated that the four ships will not be able to get out until the breaking up of the land ice, which will not be until August. " If the Government undertake the expedition, it will be rendered more efficient, and better discipline will ensure greater certainty of success. I think, Sir, that the present time cannot be deemed un suitable ; for before the expedition can be fitted out consider able time will have elapsed, and by the time it arrives at the ice the seven ships will either be lost or out of the ice, waiting for succour, as they will tlot dare to attempt to cross the Atlantic in their enfeebled state. This is no time to stand with folded arms; the cries of suffering humanity—the dis tress which visits our doors, and the tears of wives—and, if decisive measures be not adopted, of orphans too—call loudly upon the philanthropy of the British nation to action. Eng land, that is renowned among the nations of the earth for the exercise of Christian love and disinterested benevolence, is now summoned, by every motive which can sanctify her sympathy, to disregard at once the fears of probability, and at least make the effort to rescue her sons from the unhospitable climes of the North. " R. W. HUMPHREYS." (Loud cheers followed the reading of this letter.) Capt. H. then read the following, being the letter lie had received from Captain James Ross : • " Westbourne Green, Hanover-road, Dec. 1835. "My dear Humphreys,—l am greatly distressed to perceive by the papers that a number of vessels have been frozen in the ice at Davis' Straits, and am most anxious to learn what means their crews have of subsistence, as, I am apprehensive that, unless prompt mcasnres are taken to send them supplies, many, if not most of them, must inevitably perish.. You will, perhaps, do me the kindness to obtain for me as many parti culars relating to the names and numbers of the ships, the numbers of the crew, and the amount of provisions on board each ship when she left England, and indeed any other in formation respecting their positions in the ice when last seen, and such other as you can collect, in order to enable me to take such steps as the case may seem to require,_ to enable me to mak e s ome representation to Government of the facts, if some one more competent to the task does not undertake it ; and believe me, " My dear Humphreys, " I am yours, very sincerely, "JAMES CLARK ROSS." Captain BRASS, of the Alfred, who was the last captain who left the ice, was called upon by the Chairman, and in answer to (fuestions from him and other gentlemen, gave the following 'account with reference to the seven ships de scribed as being in the middle, of the Straits :—When we left, there' was about 105 miles of water between the ice they were in and the land, and you might convey any kind of provisions you thought proper over the ice to the The Duncombe was quite insight from the water, and the other ships were in sight from the Duncombe. The four ships I have never seen. From my knowledge of the country, I should say that if it wa3 a mild season, ships might still get up before the ice. The earlier ships went out, the better chance there would be of a meeting with the seven vessels. My opinion is that no - time should be lost in sending out to them.—(Loud cheers.) It was a very severe frost when we left, and blo.ving very strong, with a great deal of snow. There wont.' be no chance of the country , freezing up whilst it was blowing so strong ; we had witld all the way home. Several naval captains contributed.t) tho stock of infor mation, amongst whom was:Capt Itt Bennett, who said— I did not see the ships previous to my. departure on the Uth October, bit I Should be of o?inioa that • Were an expedition fitted out by the middle of January, that would be as Soon as it would be able to proceed up the Straits. In all . probability the country will oe now c om p letel y fast froM lat: 64. to the west land. In some seasons it has heed )4no - ive in lat. 69. to be open in December, but I think this would not be the case this year, for to the east- Ward,',going up the country, there was a body "of ice that aVmge sixty or 4eventy feet in thickness ; that ice, should it d:•ift down the country, would be serious to the ships, though thei'd ilea.nrobability that it might ultimately afford them - shelter. TWA' ships, from the situation de scribed by Captain Brass, Ai l about 120 miles from the land, and nearly-in the middle of the Ptraits. The Pundee, when beset, drifted about 11 degrees, aWI though for some days he came very rapidly down the Straits, he was not able to make escape. There is a probability of the shi in the ice yet escaping. Should that be the case, no doubt their endea vors woukl - be to proceed down the Straits, where they would find more water. As the Atlantic flows on to latitude 63 or 04, the heavy ice might separate, and thereby liberate the ships. Those on the West land I should say have no chance of escape till June, July, or August ; but thcir si tuation is better, upon the whole, than those in the middle of the Straits, and particularly if they do not escape durinJ the middle of winter. There are plenty of deer—l have seen 18 or 20 come from the ice, particularly after the first fall of snow. At Wileyford, the Governor captured 9,000 during the last year. An expedition ought to be got ready directly, and as soon as it can be fitted out it should sail ; the sooner that can be done the better. The CHAIRMAN—The information given to the meeting has been highly satisfactory, because concurrent ; the opi nion runs that we ought to lose no time in sending assistance. A series of resolutions, in consonance with the proposed objects of the meeting, were then adopted, and the assembly separated. !-t5 FRENCH PAPERS. COURT OF PEERS.—TVESDAY. At one o'clock the prisoners were brought in, and the Court shortly afterwards entered the hall. After the Secretary had called over the names of the Peers, the examination of witnesses was resumed. The first witness examined had received an anonymous letter, on the 22d, the day after; the murder of Eyraud, an nouncing to him that event. He supposed that letter had been written by the author of the crime, but it was not in the handwriting of Caussidiere ; it, even stated that the latter was innocent of the crime. Witness said that he had received several letters from Nicot, and that he did not be lieve it either to have been write' u by him. The Attorney-General here rose :Ind opposed to witness the evidence he had given before the Aidge of Instruction, and, after obtaining a declaration from him that he' had per. jured himself on that occasion, he invited the President to have him arrested, which was accordingly done. Tiphaine, one of the prisoners, here rose, and agmed that the letter had been written by Nicot ; that the late f in presence of three persons, had confessed the crime, and he was told, in•case he suffered Caussidiere to be prose cuted for it, they would come forward and denounce him. Nicot denied the fact in very insulting terms for Tiphainc ; and after a few observations from Caussidiere, the witness, who protested that he had told the truth to the Court, was taken into custody by one of the huissiers. A lady, whose husband had brought the letter to the first witness, remembered having received one from Nicot about that time, but it related to commercial affairs, witness being an upholsterer. He mere]) added that Caussidiere was in prison for the murder of Eyraud, but that it had not been committed by him. Witness, on retiring, went up to the dock and embraced her brother, Offroy, one of the prisoners. A third witness deposed—that being at the house of the last witness, had seen the mother of Caussidiere, who, in his presence, had said that she had applied...to the father of Nicot to prevail on his son (then supposed to be in Spain) to write a letter to the authorities, in which he would de clare himself the author of the crime, in order to save her son. She did not appear to consider Nicot guilty of the murder. Another witness, a tailor, who had been confined for the affair of April, had a conversation with Nicot,the day the latter was set at liberty. He expressed to him his delight at being liberated, and said, " that rascally justice has let out the guiltiest of all, but I will play it a trick the moment I get out of France ; I will then let out the truth, and you will all be restored to liberty in five or six days? Nicot denied having said any such thing. A woman, who passed for the wife of Rossary, one of the prisoners, was afterwards introduced. The president ob served that she could not be admitted to take the oath, if she was actually the wife of Rossary. The latter having said that they lived together, but were not married, the Pre sident read him a moral lecture, and ordered witness to tell the Court what she'knew. Witness kept, with Rossary, the coffee house of the Tribune. On the 20th of February Nicot came in and called for Caussidiere, who being at din ner, was sent for by his directions. They both sat down to a table, and were taking a cup of coffee, when an indiv:daal walked into the room, and invited them to accompany him to see some young men dancing the carmagnole. They had been absent about a quarter of an hour, when Caussidere returned. He had his face covered with blood, having re ceived a blow on the head, and another on the knee. Shortly afterwards Nicot came back. He was in a state of great agitation, and said, " I gave one of them such a thrust, that he will not arrest any one else." He asked for a suit of clothes, and witness referred him to a neighbour, who gave him a jacket: Caussidire was, in her opinion, incapable of so cowardly an act, and her first impression was that it had been perpetrated by Nicot. Another witness was at the gate of the prison when the police agent was killed. Caussidiere was lying on the ground, after being knocked down by the agents, and Ey raud was advancing to ill-treat him, when a yowlg man, who perfectly resembled Nicot, came became behind him, and struck him in the back. Eyraud fell dead at his feet. Witness had been waited upon by the uncle and the father of Nicot, who wished to insinuate that Caussidiere was the murderer of Eyraud. He replied that whoever had told him so had 'spoken an untruth. They then asked him if he suspected Nicot, to which he rejoined- that he bad no answer to make to them, but that if called before a Court of Justice, he would state what he had seen. From the Papers. ) The Duke of Frias, the Spanish Ambassador, has re ceived, by express, an order of his Government recalling him to Madrid, to take his seat hi the Chamber of Pro-, ceres. Although the Duke replied by the customary pro tests of obedience, it might very well happen that he re mained in Paris as a private individual. - General Alava is soon expected in that capital to replace M. de Frias, as Envoy Extraordinary, at the same time that he will retain his title of Minister in London. The,expected arrival of General Alava in Paris gave rise to the report of his coming for the purpose of claiming the intervention of France. But well informed persons assert, on the contrary, that the French Government had received from M. Mendizabal a communication, in which that Minister expressed.the hope of being. able to put down the civil war in less than two months, and with the resources which the country afforded. A letter from St. Petersburgh, dated 30th ult., announces that since the Emperor's return, the greatest activity piT vailed among the Members of the Russian diplomacy Every day couriers and eMissaries • were despatched from that city. The Emperor personally attends most particu larly to the navy. Fie is continually sending to inspect and press the execution of orders transmitted by him to Cron stadt, Revel, and Abo. Much bustle is also observed in the dockyards at Ochta and St. Petersburgh. It is calculated that he will shortly have in the Baltic seven or eight ships of the line, five or six frigates, and about ten smaller vessels. The military,colonics are about to undergo a new re-organi zation. The corps of the army of Poland and Lithuania is to be extended to 50,000 men, and that of Asia to 60,000. The central army, however, is much reduced. ANCONA.—A circumstance which effectually contradicts the reports in the German Journals of the approaching evacuation of Ancona by the French troops is, that the Commandant has recently entered !ato a new contract for provisioning the garrison for the next twelve months. - - GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, DEC. 3.—The Hungarian Diet, the dissolution of which has ko often been announced as close at hand, will probably not be closed till some time in January, that is if all the projects of law under discusssion have by that time received the Royal sanction. Meantime his Majesty has been pleased to send several resolutions to Presburg, the most important of which is perhaps that which grants the incorporation of the countries of Thrassna, Szolnok, and Zuraud, as well as of the district of Kowar, with the King dom of Hungary. It is well known that the incorporation of these districts has been spoken of for years in the Hun garian Diets, but the applications made to the Emperor were not acceded to. This - wish is now granted, and the Hungarians have received a new proof of the Imperial favour which has been received at Presburg with unexampled enthusiasm. HUNGARY, Dcc. I.—The Archduke Palatine arrived at Presburg yesterday with his whole family. After the close of the Diet, which is to be on the 28th, he will go again to - his residence in Oren. From Sirmia, the &nue, the County of lieu, and part of Transylvania, we have the most lamentable accounts of the early setting in of the winter. All these countries appeared, on the 16th of. November, to be removed to the latitude of. Siberia. The vineyards are covered with snow, and the greater part of the autumnal produce is frozen on the ground. Since then fine weather has returned, and yesterday the. bridge over the Danube was replaced. - • • BUCHAREST, Nov. 20.—The winter has set in here for about -a week with extraordinary severity, ..The whole. country, nod, unhappit,v, the vineyards and fields of maize, with their whole produce, which was late in coming to ma turity, are covered with snow several feet deep and frozen in. so that all hope of saving even a part must he given up. We receive similar complaints from Bulgaria, Servia, and Transylvania, of the great quantities of snow bywhich the roads are rendered impassable. IVaggen,s with goods from the Leipsic fair are stopped by the way. FRANKFORT, DEC. 12.—Exchange on London—One month, 131* ; Two months, 151*.—.1 ,. raitAfort Paper, December 13. PRUSSIA, DEC. 6.—The speech of the Emperor Ni cholas to the Municipality of Warsaw continues, in the absence of 'important events, to be a subject of general conversation. Some persons affirm that the Prussian Go vernment intends to institute an enquiry, in order to learn who it was that took the trouble of putting the words of the Emperor into writing, and to make a formal document of them for the benefit of the Journals. It is considered as a violation of the intimate connection of Poland with Russia, and it is thought contrary to propriety that the reprimand which the Emperor thought it necessary to give, should be brought without permission, before the forum of public opi nions. For say they, if the Emperor had desired that, the Warsaw Oficial Journal would have been the first to notice ?peech, and certainly have given it complete, and ac cordl.7g to its real tenor ; but now it appears, as if out of considera. 4 to? to the Poles, whose praises he did not pro nounce, he 11:'.d desired to avoid this, and not to have a kind of fainik - affoir brought before the whole world. In this case an act of indiscretion has certainly been committed. At Warsaw, M. Durand is named as the person who communicat:,.'d the Emperor's speech to the jourral ; and organs of the Fren'^-h press seem to participate in this opinion, or at least try to g,•ye currency to it. Yet it seems rather improbable that M. o. , zraud, with the di plomatic character he holds in Poland, a .'zd with the poli tical statements he has hitherto expressed, should have acted in a manner so contrary to his own feelings. M. Du rand is well known to be no friend to the Poles. At the time of the insurrection he inclined to the side of Russia, and we remember how he was spoken of in the French Chamber of Deputies, and how the Government was re proached for having an agent at Warsaw who did not at tend to the interest of 'the Poles, and felt no - sympathy for them. M. Durand has since been constantly treated with distinction by the Russian Government. It is there fore thought very unlikely that K. Durand should all at once have changed his way of thinkL'ig and of acting, as he was still in the same position as before ; and it became him least of all, to give publicity to a matter which was not probably intended to be a secret, but yet needed the permission of the Em er r or to be made the subject of public discussion. For without such permission, and without the Emperor's having first seen how his expressions were represented in writLa,g, it is felt to be neither honourable nor decorous for an agimt to make use .of his diplomatic character to meddle in the con cerns of others, and contribute to excite fermentation in people's minds. Those who think thus do not seem to be l a the wrong ; and it must be confessed that if I\l:Durand had acted with inconsiderate precipitation on this occasion, he would nilleed be deserving of blame, but that nothing would be left for him but openly to declare that he sent to the Journal de: Debats the Emperor's speech, which it published, and to take the whole responsibility on himself, that others may not be suspected and brought into trouble, which he has no reason to fear, but which, if he is silent, may, in consequence of the investigation which is said to be ordered, involve many m embers of the Municipality of Warsaw. BELGRADE, DEC. 2.—Prince Milosch arrived at Pascha rewatz on the 28th November, in the afternoon, where he was received by his family, and numerous deputations sent to congratulate him, from all parts of Servia. The Prince, however, did not let the deputations wait on him in form, but told them they might for the present return to their homes, as he should shortly have to call them together on affairs of great importance. VIENNA, DEC. 7.-3 per Cents., 101 i ; 4 per Cents., 99 1; Bank Shares, I,377.—AllgenteineZcitung, Dec. 12. BRUSSELS, DEC. 14.—We learn that Viscount Ch. Vilain XIII., Governor of East Flanders, is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See. He will not, however, repair to his post before January. BRUSSELS, DEC. 15.—Mr, H. Lytton Bulwer, Secretary of the Legation of his Britannic Majesty at this court, ar rived here this morning. Their Majesties came to Brussels on Sunday, and re turned to Laeken in the afternoon. The King transacted business with the Minister of the Interior and Foreign. A ffairs, zuld attended *Divine Service in the Chapel of the Palace. In the sating of the Second Chamber of the States Ge neral at the liaguc, on the 12th of this month, the three projects of law relative to the budget of 1536, were put to the vote and adopted. That :fixing the expenditure by 38 to 15 votes ; that fixing the ways and means by 37 to 15 ; and that relative to the debt unaniniou.slY. lIELGI AN FUNDS.-131tussELS, Pec• Actual Debt, =i3 per Cent , Llotheeliild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent Society of C , trunerce, Four and a Half per Cent, MO Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ,,„ 115 —Brunets Papers, Dee. IC. • • ------ BARBAROUS ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—O I ) Saturday afternoon, while a labouring man of the name of I . ;:omas Gray was on his return from Airdrie to this city, where his family resides, he was made up to by a fdow dressed in a mole-skin jacket and trousers, who walked along with him upwards of three miles. On coming near Toll,:ross the miscreant struck Gray with a large blud knocked him down, broke one of geon which carried , his legs, and severely injured the other. He then rifled his pockets, and a bstracted half-a-crown; but missed a one pound note the poor man was taking home to his family , and which he had for,! . unately secreted in his watch-pocket. Gray was yesterday mo,-ning brought to the Infirmary in a very bad state. No trace of the villain has yet been got, but we sincerely trust that he will be discovered, and brought to justice.—Edinburh Courant. ECCENTRICITY EXTRAORDINARY.—The late Mr. Boys, whose property became the subject of discussion in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Friday last, was con nected in business with the late . Mr. Thwaytes, the exten sive grocer its Fencliurch-street. He Issas SO passionately fond of the fair sex that, in order to continua in their recol lection after his death, he requested that when he ceased to exist, his bones. should be vitrified, and his flesh manu factured into essential salts, an,d be given to his female friends. He wrote to Dr. Campbell a letter on this sub ject in December, 1831, in which he stated :—" Are yi,u now disposed (without busking) to accomplish my wish when my breath or spirit shall have ceased to animate my carcase, to perform the operation of vitrifying my bones, • and sublimating the rest, thereby cheating the devil of his due, according to the i deas or some devotees among Christians? And, that I may not offend the delicate olfac tory nerves of my female friends with a mess of putridity, if it be possible, let me rather fill a few little bottles of es sential salts therefsom, and revive their drooping spirits. It may be irksome to you to superintend the business, but, per haps, you have knowledge of some rising genius or geniuses who may be glad of a subject without paying for it. Let them clash, and cut, and divide, as best please 'em." In his ';ill, which was dated in June last, he stated," Eliza Morgan k n ows that thirty years ago I agreed with Dr. Hector CaaNbell that he should have my carcase, Car chemical and anatom.'qal experiments to be by him performed upon it, if he could svail on her to give it to him. Doubting her comp li„„ ce , %yin trouble my hcad no more about it. The world may thin:: this to be from a spirit of singularity or whim in me ; be -, l Lat as it may. I have always had a had rather be given away, with mortal aversion to fune,',ll pomp and expense, and therefore for the purpose of dissection trust she will avoid it, ants' the sum a funeral would cost:, and chemical experiments." MURDER OF A SOLDIER.---,Alderrnan Lamprey held an inquest on Wednesday, in Stc - vexs Hospital, on the body of the private soldier of the 7th Dragoon Guards, named Henry, who was brutally and savagely - beaten by a mob at a public-house in Echlin-street, off Sfs. James's street. The poor fellow's helmet was deeply indenied, and a fracture in his skull corresponding thereto ; his sabre was taken from him, with which he was severely cut across the forehead and face. The verdict was " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." The remains of the unhappy man were yesterday interred with military honours. Six of the officers of Lis regiment attended his funeral.--Dublin Evening Mail: For some time past it had been know, that undef a man's dress a young English woman acted as factotum to the partisans of Don Carlos, who have sought a refuge in England. The telegraph, it is said, had even apprised the Government of her departure from London to Bayonne. She was expected in the latter town, when, on Sunday even ing, M. Kassime, Central Commissary, succeeded in cap turing the female agent, who, under the name of Jonas Thomas Stralet, had taken up her residence, as a traveller, at an hotel, on the day before. A quantity Of papers have been seized and delivered into the hands of the Procureur du Itoi.—lndicateur de Bordeaux. Dr.. Stephenson, who was recently lost in the Nero convict-ship, was carried from his cot (having been previously indisposed) to the boat, which was swamped by the rush of the iumale convicts. It was his last voyage, and would have completed his hid period of twenty years' service. What adds to the melancholy consequences of this disaster, is the fact of his having been engaged to a young lady, to whom he would have been married on his return. It was his intention to have married previous to his departure, and to have taken his wife with him ; but the rules of the service not permitting this he postponed the eveut, and. thus providentially his intended bride escaped a watery grave, 1