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'FP COURT CIRCULAR. ~~ The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, the Prin ce ss Sophia, the Duke of Cumberland, and the Duke of Sus- Se x; visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturtlay, the anni versary o f h er Royal Highness's birth-day, at Gloucester House. M any of the Nobility and Gentry left their names for th e Royal Duchess at Gloucester House during the day. The Duke o f C um b er l an d went on S atur d ay to hi s resi dence at Kew. The Du c h ess o f K ent an d t h e P r i ncess Vi ctor i a an d t h e i r Royal Highness's h ou s e h o ld a tt en d e d Di v i ne Service yester day. The Dean of Chester officiated. TViscount Duncannon, Lord Dundas, Lord Holland, and Dr. Lu shington, v i s i te d Vi scount M e lb ourne on S atur d ay a t t h e Tre asury. the The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria honoured performance of Anna Bolena at the King's Theatre on Saturday evening with their presence. _,.Th e H anoverian Minister and Viscount Granville visited ‘iscount Palmerston on Saturday at the Foreign Office. Sir John Hobhouse has returned to town from Nottingham. Sir R o b ert Peel returned to town on Saturday from a visit to Lord Farnborough at Bromley-hill, Kent. WINDSOR. APRIL 26.--Their Majesties drove out in a carriage ' a f')ur through Eton, Salt-hill, and Taplow, and returned t tn 0 th e C astle by Datchet and Frogmore. This morning their Majesties, their visiters, and household cite, attended Divine Service in the Private chapel of the elks tie. P rayers were read b y t h e R ev. M r. W oo d , an d an eloquent sermon was was preached by the Rev. Isaac Gosset. .) The carri ages were or d ere d a t th e cas tl e thi s a ft ernoo n, but their Majesties did not ride out in consequence of the very c ell and unsettled state of the weather. The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg visited the Princess A llfesta at F rogmore thi s i norn i ng . bit Henry Wheatly arrived rt the Castle last night. Ott Wednesday their. Majesties leave for town, and will re "we on Friday. The vor R e Isaac Gosset has been invited to join the Royal — "ler party this evening. 4SHION.A.BLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. 411 . °r d and Lady Rendlesham, at Mivart's Hotel, from Ren ram Hall, Suffolk; C. Wood, Esq., and Lady Mary f o , ° °( l , at di tto , f rom a t o ur ; Miss Kcet, at ditto, from Ox tt'l„. hire; the H on . St a ffoll Jerningham, from ditto, for Vi- V " ' ; Mrs. an d Mi ss Ph e li ps. at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, Sor nersets hi ro . J. N orr i s , Esq., and Mrs. Norris, at ;‘to, from Hugheenden Ilouse; a,...neral Sir Colin Halkett, e r t., at ditto, from Bath; Captain L'ckwood and Manners 11?• ek n'ood, E sq ., at dit to; Rev. A. ()Lick, at ditto, from 1.1 1 rteehester; John Bu kre, Esq., at ditto, frc,:a Cambridge; J. at ditto, from Norfolk. since Paul DEPARTURES. Lieveu, from Dover-street, for Berlin ; Sir ge Hamilton, from Mivart's Hotel, on a tour; Richard b trt ille P Esq. and Mrs. Prime, from Long's Hotel, for Wal wriln House ; Cornelius Cartwright, Esq., Mrs. Cart and Mrs. Wiles, from ditto, for Brachley House ; C ip . ;.; vl r. Massey, from ditto, for Oxford; Captain Slade, 4ti t r'n Downs, and ' Captain Congreve, 3d Dragoons, from ~.°) for Ireland ' : Messrs. Green, Yerbury, and Manby, from a o ' rth ' I . °r ditto ; Richard Eaton, Esq., from ditto, for Sketch- TAUNTON ELECTION. s TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am happy to be enabled to inform you that the re (lo4of Arr. Lalmchere for this borough is placed beyond all ut. y oung Benjamin has declared his intention to go to 41 )04 ; 1 the teeth of a most overwhelming majority. We have pr2 o o electors ; and Mr. Labouchere, if all poll who have \Wel* will number nearly 500 amongst his supporters. tar. Y the contest is continued, no rational man can conjec ' lta Toryism is dead beat in this borough. k Pril 25 I am, Sir, your's truly, 1835. G. S. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 104 1 , 1t r - -„_ln passing through this place, I cannot help dropping 14 40 1 ;,. 1 " 10 &a the effect which your notice of D'lsraeli had 7oq p nit both parties yesterdays Thousands of extracts from ki low Pajper were immediately distributed. He is not at all Pap er n bare ; and I do think if you were, in to-morrow's n a il . t ° Open the eyes of the good people here as to who he /11 40 ) : la, and who his connections are, &c., it would be of 14 4 additional good to the party you so ably advocate. The i s really insolent. The first words he stated to the popu dpetWere, that " h e felt quite at home in a row ;" and his con te„, and that of his party, show that they have been success leader. He glories in his sacred extraction, as he calls Your obli ge d, - ern 26, 1835. .1. W. Tit o 4 , SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCE 'LENT OF ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE. Th e Nred f (wowing, amongst a variety of letters, has been re axid acknowledged by the Secretary of this Society. Li, venerable Bishop of Norwich, it will be seen, maintains o b e°l43 istent and truly Christian character, to the latest period " We insert the following : li;,„SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE 1, V- 1 40TION OF ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE. et 4 " - -When I tell you, that during the course of a life pro 141461jauck beyond the usual period of human existence, it has t e'en in my power to lay by, out of my professional income, 'Tlk y t 'e g literally speaking, for the benefit of those who 'tt4 . : lrv ive me, many of whom will be in narrow circumstances, I London, iioc„ unre in answer to your letter. Yours, &c. April 20th, 1635. " HENRY NORWICH THE SECRETARY'S REPLY. Y Lord Bishop —I have had the honour, as well a.g . the tionPolel! satisfaction,' of reading your Lordship's communica r the 20th instant, in an to this Society's General ', 4 r, and having submitted those sentiments—so bone -4k:li expressed, and so entirely worthy of your Lordship's I ,h 1 .4 )1i ° character and humane pretensions—(though in brief) 1 11: 4 ,, -41 contained, to those in authority above me, I have been 4eius' et ed to convey to your Lordship's understanding and of -1. , (4 ts heart how much " The Society for the advancement i tide ‘ b t i erc entary ' Knowledge, upon Religious Principles," feel tic % `ed for your Lordship's considerate and dignified atten t9 the same. 10t0. °4 Lordship w ill no t, perhaps, deem it an intrusion on ~t enre valu a bl e ti me , if I—in the capacity of its Secretary Nieh e l eave to intimate to your Lordship, that it was not so trit, tit .lvith a view to assistance, by way of small or other con ,I°11; as by an " unanimous sympathy" on the part of the %„ti e r e °, 3 ;, of every denomination of Christians—(but of a truth, 4 t r Z a ,"7 that more than integral section of them, the devout, then 7' and pious Ministers of our own exalted Parent Mo -44. religion, the fair and comely Church of England—the kri t , st a Pproximation, by all persons admitted, I bel!ev . e,. in `4 4 ' l . ° l s Principle, if not in her general internationa , l discipline t he o " tl nlan perfection of any one Church establishment, in es as in the present Christian world, the insistent doc ''tuai„o' which, founded upon truth, as they undoubtedly were, 4 ipi a l u ntarnished—and as I humbly submit to your Lord thittle- "mvledge and belief, shall so continue through all q v i' e t° the day of judgment, through the sufferings . and ttri,e,!tprovidence of a benign and merciful Intercessor—m . de- S; I : 1 !), as in the confident hope and delightful expectation, '``e -e i t ig and approving of the plan of this Society, for N. further and continuous amelioration of the catholic t la4 s e : lll Parativ e ignorance among the working and loner t hey would, heart and hand, render their influen ‘v,44istance in furtherance of so desirable an end—with N I 17 1 t ° render more apparent to the children of darkness— Ne 3 "Sad firmament of knowledge to be seen through the hto, (l °F educati ona l light. The publications which have been 44 (1 L s ° lately by thi s S o ci e ty, my Lord Bishop, are of a kind thto, e "araete r which are deemed competent to bring about the N o t so much to be had in remembrance by all good men— oen 70 absolutely do (and act) as they would be done by— tbookt Principle and not of motive. The first or commencing , h - ` 4 7, be purchased at the small price of 3s. 6d., which has . telli , --4( ic to contain, besides introductory and conclusive mi -1-m-4e; an original English Grammar, History of England, q 4,1 h er with a Grammar and Sketch of Universal Geography; ' 1!fra lv 1 , 1 • 1 , ell Your Lordship is informed that the Society, after th e the cost of paper, printing, binding, &c. are losers '4ve t e P t dilication—it may be fairly presumed its object must leu od k _ e n one of philanthropy. The same maybe . said of the ;,vord u° ol t—the cost of which is ss. 6d. ; but, in order to • Put' Lordshin a full and fair opportunity of invstiga atn.further directed to furnish your ,Lordship with the A t "tons themselves. k ttall l4 epoch like the present, stirring if not politically and look awful ; when if a man—depending on his own whole tyttrtiaiti.ll, d vigorous understanding—cannot (from the peculiar Oed ( 41 of his intellectual parts) although educated and . des ot Se' is church, condescended upon the profession of _ sg e r g e ' I :L s immediately metamorposed by the Herodians and irrd 11 ' 4 ; 1 °es into a Destructive :—it is most gratifying, my • - ,.2 s hop, to be told, and to believe, which is far better e re talk, that however the Protestant Christian IProh - r naY have been, theoretically or practically, abused— 'esig,,Ned--...vilified--condemned—despised, by reckless and fen ;pg persons, she still has for her ornaments the greatest kt l 3' th th e age—the most brilliant and shining lights of not gene s Piritually religious, but of the moral and Christian T o 4 e o th e really serious and reflective mind, every religion, to :ntl alt extent, demands and deserves our unfeigned regard ;?tind ed "gb we may feel assured that all of them cannot be ‘'ou, °° a right principle of action and holiness of inten lite Y r et may ririateously extend to them the divine prac -1'3,4 Christian charity It is not for mortals to condemn, The ~1 11° re despise them, as I humbly conceive, my Lord. ist ee e t rr ers," moreover, of any particular religion, are co , 14 1' ' t " 444 Co-equal with all other human errors; and sure c i.. ll te . V" Ought not to be the business of frail being to dis '(ir r inveigh against the peculiar tenets or dogmas of t let e_neighbours. Notwithstanding appearances, it is tlit,liseleugli for those who fortuitously go right, to plume 4 tt ve s upon it ; they should, of all others, be the they co It 7 and commisserate those who unhappily take a c0n t.4.4 br lr ge• Alen should never be so alarmingly presumptuous i 'ea t I `e - ,, 5 e : t e. 11 4--a pretence to generally rising out of their poli 'utir rions—t o sacrifice to Apollyon what they know, in 4l uel l ett rts and consciences, the Almighty will not receive, eo krn ess thank them foe. The " cloven foot" unhappily is too t lev e ," an adjunct of professing Christians ; albeit, it was to t discovered where undoubted piety was seen to radi tn its s 814r014nding mental darkness ; and where Christianity, Primitiv e l oveliness and purity, wale knoW to abound; for whatever may be said, either in a good or bad spirit, by those who are not the advocates of the Apostolic or Protestant faith, it is certainly true that Christianity has not lost its heart; nor has the unmeasured panorama of almighty creation been deprived of its original and glorious colours. Like the ma jesty of their Maker, they are unfathomble ; like the mercy of eternal love, they are unchangeable • and like the irrevocable day of judgment, they are not capable of being effaced. Already, my Lord, has calumny began a counter-march .against our purity of intention; such is the spirit of the times in which we live—already has avarice said enough to discou rage, if not disgust the distinguished spirits by which this So-, ciety was first suggested, and committed to my management some time since, merely because they do not wish to have their names blazoned abroad, preferring, as they do, an unostenta tious - course : insisting upon the reservation of their names while in the very act of exerting all their influence toward the aevancement of public and religious instruction—and all this through the false medium cf anonymous correspondence. But, my Lord, I feel religiously convinced the time will come when those who now pretend to sneer may be made to pray. The cause of public instruction is a noble cause. Humanity not, only bleeds but speaks out in language that at once finds its its way to the heart, if that heart be uncorrupted by its own ways. Adhuc sub judice lis est. I beg, my Lord Bishop, Most respectfully to subscribe myself, Your Lordship's humble and obedient servant, T. H. CORNISH, Hon. Secretary. THE VENERABLE DIGNITARY'S REPLY. SIR,—You will readily believe that writing is a painful effort to a man in the ninety-first year of his age ; but in defi ance of the weakness and infirmity, inseparable from " life's last stage," I feel determined to make my grateful acknow ledgements for the gratifying attention of a Society, instituted for the most generous and useful purpose that can possibly be conceived; a purpose so important, that (to the best of my recollection) Mr. Locke, in his Code of Laws for Pensylvania, asserts, that no government can be justified in punishing a sub ject, unless it shall have taken care that he be instructed. Yours, &c. &c. HENRY NORWICH. 12, Hereford-street, 25th April 1835. _ _ Cornish, Esq., Secretary's Office, 13, Clifford's-inn. IRELAND. (From the Dublin Morning Register.) DROGHEDA ELECTION—TRIUMPH of REFORM, DROGIIEDA, THURSDAY E VENING. —The victory is won. The majority this day of O'Dwyer over Plunkett is 180 t This out of a limited constituency is a tolerable proof of the wretched ness of Toryism in this quarter. The following was the state of the poll on Thursday evening O'Dwyer. Plunkett. Wednesday . . Thursday Total for O'Dwyer Plunkett 312 130 Majority for O'Dwyer lB2 There were not more than 40 voters unpolled. LAW AFPOINTMENTS.—The patents of Lord Plunkett, and Messrs. Perrin and O'Loghlin, have not yet arrived. Mr. Holmes and Mr. Richards are named for the vacant sergeantcy. Mr. Wolfe, it is said, is to take the place of Sergeant Greene as advising counsel to the Crown. ARRIVAL OF MR. OICONNELL.—Mr. O'Connell is to arrive to-morrow morning. He is to get a " great public dinner," and we are to have plenty of political meetings during his stay amongst us, which is expected to be a fortnight. The Duke of Devonshire, it is said, has come for ward most handsomely in support of Lord Morpeth, in his en suing contest for Yorkshire. The installation of the Marquis Camden at Cam bridge, will take place the second week in July, when a musi cal festival, on a grand scale, will be held, under the direction of Sir George Smart. The election for Northumberland takes place on Friday next. There will be no opposition to Lord Howick. The Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, with his three sons, arrived here by the Bath mail on Wednesday night last. Lord Ebrington was a passenger in the same coach.—Devon shiiv Independent. BERIVICK-UPON-TWEED ELECTION.-- T his week Sir Rufane Donkin having vacated his seat for the representa tion of this borough, by accepting the office of Surveyor-Ge neral of the Ordnance, has canvassed the electors with the most flattering success. An attempt was made to oppose him, but his return is certain. There was also riding to and fro in the northern division of the county to get up opposition to Lord Howick, but the attempt deservedly failed, and his Lordship, we believe, will walk the course. The election for the bo rou'h takes place on Monday first. —Berwick Advertiser of Friday. HANOVER-SQUARE Rooms.—The series of Sub scription Balls, Patronesses Her Royal Highness, the Prin cess Augusta, Her Royal Highness, the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, the Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury, the Mar chionesses of Aylesbury and Worcester, Viscountesses Beres ford and Burghersh, Ladies Ernest Bruce and Bethel Co drington, and under the superintendence of Captain Marshall, (Master of the Ceremonies at Cheltenham,) will commence on Monday, May the 4th. All applications for Tickets, &c., are to be addressed to Captain Marshall, at the Hanover square Rooms, who will submit the same to the Patronesses, for approval, the number being limited. WESTERN SURREY.—A Western Surrey Reform dinner took place on Friday last, at the Crown Inn, Chertsey, at which W. J. Denison, Esq., M. P., was in the chair. The dinner was numerously and respectably attended, and the pro- Ceedings of the day were distinguished by constitutional speeches, the confidence reposed in the present Ministry, and by harmony, conviviality, and good feeling. Among the company present were Sir H. E. Austen, W. Crawford, Esq., M. P., Harvey Combe, Esq., 13a70n de Tessler, Si; Henry Fletcher, Bart., H. J. P. Locke King, Esq., Lieut.- Colonel Salway, J. M. Molineux, and other gentlemen of distinction and respectability. The dinner and wines were excellent, and the day was spent and enjoyed in a manner highly gratifying to the friends of Reform. -- The Members of the Navy Club gave a sumptuous entertainment on Thursday last, at the Thatched House Tavern, to Earl De Grey, to mark the high sense entertained by the Naval service of his Lordship's courtesy and impartial adminis tration of the patronage of the Board of Admiralty whilst in office. Admiral Sir Philip Durham very ably presided; and there were 22 Admirals and upwards of 30 Captains present. His Lordship was greeted by the company in the most enthu siastic manner. Amongst the company present were Lords Prudhoe, Radstock, Colville, and W. Fitzroy ; Admirals Sir Thomas M. Hardy, Sir J. T. Rodd, Sir Charles Sullivan, Sir Charles Rowley, Sir R. H. Hussey, Sir John Beresford, Sir G. Martin, Sir J. Brereton, Sir H. Duncan, Sir Edward Lyons, Sir 'William Hotham, Sir Edward King, Sir Peter Halkett, Sir Hugh Pigott, Sir George Seymour, Sir Thomas Hervey, Sir Pultney Malcolm ; Captains Lambert, Sotheron, White, Douglas, Curzon, Taylor, Donnelly, Fellowes, &c. TIDE JUDGES AT ST. PAm.'s.—Yesterday, as usual in Easter Term, the Judges and other learned person ages, assembled at Sergeant's Inn, and were escorted by the City Marshals to St. Paul's Catheital, where they were met by the Lord Mayor and corporate officers in state. There were present Sir Nicholas Tindal, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Chief Baron Abinger, and three other Judges, several of the Sergeants, King's Counsel, &c. in. their scarlet robes. Boyce' anthem, "If we believe," was finely performed by the choir, and the sermon was preached by the Lord Mayor's Chaplain. At the conclusion of the afternoon service the Judges, &c., accompanied by . their ladies, proceeded to the Mansion House, to dine with the Lord Mayor. On the 22nd inst., J. Smith Barry, Esq., R.Y.S., and Vice Commodore of the Royal Cork Club, arrived in our Roadstead at 8, P. as., in his much admired cutter yacht Co lumbine, from Cork. At ten o'clock on the following morning the worthy gentleman was saluted by the yachts in the harbour and likewise by private batteries on shore. The Columbine acknowledged the compliment by a return of 21 guns, and finishing by a discharge of the whole of the guns at once.— Hampshire Advertiser. TILE SUN NEWSPAPER.—We are indebted to the proprietors of The Sun, for the list of the New Ministry, contained in a second edition of that paper of Saturday, and forwarded to us late last night by express, through our agent, Mr. M'Phun, Glasgow. The exertions of The Sun proprie tors are without a parallel in the history of Newspapers ; and to those gentlemen who desire the very earliest intelligence from the Metropolis, we recommend The Sun.—Ayr Ob server. THE NEW MINISTRY.—SUN EXPRESS.—We were indebted to the public-spirited exertions of the proprietors of this Journal, (through Messrs. Smith and Co., their Edin burgh agents,) for a Second Edition of their paper of Satur day last, containing the list of the New Ministry, and the Parliamentary proceedings of that evening. Although it reached us on a day when we could make no use of it for the benefit of the public, we are not the less indebted for the at tention. —Perthshire Courier. We, in common with the Press of Scotland, have to express our obligations to The Sun, for its unprecedented exertions in furnishing early intelligence. Through the at tention of The Sun's agents, Messrs. J. and T. Smith of St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh, we were favoured with a copy of Saturday's express edition of The Sun containing both an official list of the New Administration, and a complete report of Saturday's proceedings in the Houses of Parliament—an abstract of which will be found in our inner columns. The length and accuracy with which the important statements in the House of Lords are given, afford a gratifying proof to those already so frequently given, of what exertion and enter prise can accomplish. Although the copy of The Sun sent to us on this occasion did not suit our day of publication, we consider ourselves under equal obligations to the spirited pro prietors of The Sun, as if it did. --Stirling Journal. THE LATE HENRY HUNT.—The Radicals of Manchester intend to raise a monument to the memory of the late Henry Hunt. For this purpose they are solicitirg sub scriptions from the public. HEALTH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—Every body here agrees in one point, viz., im apprehensions for the health of the King ; for, say they, if his Majesty should, for the sake of the military spectacle, give up his visit to the baths of Toplitz, or defer it to too late a period, this might be very injurious to his health. The King, however, is very indepen dent on this point, and prefers being his own physician.—Let ter from Berlin, April: ll. THE ST.I-4", LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1835. LITERAT URE. QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CVI. J. Murray London, 1835. The most characteristic article in this Number is the one " On the Essays of Fisher Ames," who, it seems, was one of the founders of the American Republic ; and who because he shortly afterwards—long before the experiment could possibly have had a fair trial, or in ded any trial at all—thought fit to express his doubts of the beneficial tendency of a democracy, is held up by the Quarterly Reviewer as a statesman of consum mate sagacity. If this be so, how is it we have not heard his name before ? We are familiarly acquainted with Washington, Maddison, Jefferson, Franklin, and a host of others who figured hi the camp or in the senate, during the American struggle for independence; their names are "as household words" with us ; but never till now did we happen to hear of Mr. Fisher Ames. We suspect, indeed, that this gentleman is almost as much unknown in the New World, as the Old, which assuredly would never have been the case, had he possessed one tithe of the statesmanlike quali ties which are here imputed to him. We suspect that he was one of those half-informed, over-discreet little busy-bodies, whom stormy times are apt to raise into undue importance ; but who never fail to descend to their fitting level, when, the ferment in men's minds allayed, they are enabled to discuss at leisure the merits of those who have taken part in the hubbub. At any rate, Mr. Ames—from the specimens of his reasoning adduced by the Reviewer—shows that he is wholly unable to grapple with, such a comprehensive question as that of democracy ; he shrinks from it as if there were pollution in its touch, which, of course, is the reason why he is here so warmly praised. His essays, however, are soon dismissed, in order to make room for some attacks on the Melbourne Administration, in which nothing is so remarkable as a fierce bitterness, perpetually bursting out, in spite of the writer's endea vours to keep it under. This rancour so completely clouds his better judgment, as to involve him in con stant contradictions. He laments, for instance, the favour with which the Reformed Cabinet was looked on by the people; yet asserts, at the same time, that " the well-informed public, considering it, from its origin, as a mere temporary expedient, were perfectly indifferent about it." This absurdity needs no com ment. It is sufficiently refuted by the glaring fact that, notwithstanding the late dissolution, and the des perate efforts of the Tories to obtain a Parliamentary majority, they were in a minority on every great po pular question. With the Reviewer's remarks on Sir Robert Peel, we feel less disposition to quarrel. They are over-laudatory, to be sure ; for Peel is no Pitt, as is here implied ; still we are willing to grant that he is the only statesman of anything like ability that the Tories can now boast of. It is gratifying, however, to find, from the express' declaration of their organ, that this party have at length discovered that they stormed the Treasury too soon. The times were not ripe, hints the Reviewer. No, nor ever will be. " English Charity" is an ingeniously argued article ; but, as the subject is not just now before the world, we shall refrain from any further comment, than that it exerts considerable powers of sophistry to make the worse appear the better reason. In the " Georgian era," we have one of those sa vage, slaughtering criticisms for which the Quarterly was so notorious in the clays of old Gifford. The work is undoubtedly a dull, and what is more, a care less one ; but being so, it scarcely deserved that so much valuable sarcasm should have been thrown away on it. The chastisement should have been reserved for higher offenders. The criticism on " Hope's History of Architecture . ' does no more than justice to the merits of one of the most accomplished men that modern times have known. It is introduced by some pertinent observa tions on the low ebb to which architecture is reduced in England. Rightly does the Reviewer say, "it is impossible to speak of the buildings of Brighton, or of some of the new quarters of London and Edinburgh with too much reprobation." Yet if our national taste be degraded, who has been the main instrument in ef fecting it ? Unhesitatingly we reply—George the Fourth I It is to his mertricious fancies that we are indebted for that strange, florid mixture of all sorts of Orders which are now so universally adopted. To him we owe those twin deformities, the Palace at Pimlico and the Pavillion at Brighton. He it was, who by his disastrous patronage of a Nash, inflicted on us a Regent-street. He gave us a pepper-box for a church-steeple : and when we looked for a stately dome, put us off with a suet pudding. There never lived a man whose tastes were so wholly false as those of the late King. In paint ing, his ideas could not rise above the coarse realities of the Dutch school. In architecture, he could ima gine nothing more perfect than his pet-palace at Brighton. Even the well-known Virginia Water, the most approved specimen of his taste, is a sad jumble 9f incongruities, where Gothic ruins blend with Chinese temples, in a style that sets all propriety at defiance. It is greatly to Mr. Hope's credit, that he has done his best to purify the public taste in this respect. His book is a Manual of the Art, and de serves all the praise that the Reviewer has bestowed on it. " Dr. Meyen's Voyage round the World" is an amusing notice, chiefly by reason of its extracts. As for the subject, it has no longer that mysterious in terest which it possessed in the days of Anson. We are all travellers now, and think no more of a trip to the Antipodes, than of a trip to Calais by the steam boat. We are as familiar with the Steppes of Tar tary—the heart of Russia—and the flats of Australia (our last great discovery), as with France or Switzer land. We have penetrated even the sanctuary of the Harem, and discussed the question of steam-boats and rail-roads with Ali Pacha at Cairo. Earth no longer contains a mystery for us. The last vanished with Captain Hall's discoveries among the Loo Choo islands. .The world, in shot, is fast becoming one vast family of Reformers. The Turk wears breeches and boots; the Negro on the banks of the Senegal—vide Lander — inquires the latest political intelligence from Europe ; and even the Russian boor is awakening from ages of barbarism to a sense of his rights as a member of the great community of Liberals. Still, despite its want of novelty, we have perused the review of " Meyen's Voyage" with interest, for it contains many piquant accounts of the customs of the Chili women, and cer tain natural pluenomena observed in the neighbour h'bod of Valparaiso. " Beaumont on the Americans" seems chiefly to have been taken up as a subject for notice by the Re viewer, because it enabled him to indulge in disparaging insinuations against the United States. Surely it is high time that these splenetic feelings were given up I America presents a far fitter theme for the speculations of the statesman than the humour of the caricaturist. But she is a republic, and this constitutes an unpar• donable offence in the eyes of a Quarterly Reviewer. She is flourishing too, despite all. his prognostications, and this aggravates her delinquency. Then again her example is a dangerous, and may be an infectious one ; how, then, can she expect favour from one who sees no merit in any institution that is not based on an aristocratic foundation ? We subjoin a specimen of the manner in which the article is written, with Which we must conclude our notice : • " 111, de Beaumont gives us several amusing anecdotes il lustrative of some apparent inconsistencies which have often been satirized by European travellers in the United States, and remarked upon with good-humoured surprise by those who have met Americans in society here and on the continent of Europe. He dwells particularly on their passion for titles qf nobility. Whether you shall be received with enthusiasm in America, very well, decently well, or coldly, depends whe ther you are duke, marquis, count, or nothing.'—vol. ii. p. 287. The meanest driver ea diligence styles himself a gen tleman—and no one who has attained a position the least above the mass of men ever fails to take the title of esquire.' He raldic insignia are much affected. One gentleman displayed his seal, on which he had engraved, above the escutcheon, the date 1631—a proud monument of primeval distinction. They are fond ton of blazoning those vanities on the pannels of their carriages, and so forth—though their notions of what such things really are and mean appear to be vague enough. An English diplomatist, not long ago, carried out a London car riage and harness to New York. Some accident, shortly after his arrival, required that he should send his set-out to a coachmaker's ; and calling by-and-by, what was his astonish ment to find the people imitating his shield and crest on half a dozen gigs and dog-carts belonging he knew not to whom ! The cor.chmaker, on his asking some explanation of this, made answer that the patterns seemed to be much admired.'" MY LIFE—In 3 VoLs. nr TIER AUTHOR or "STORIBS OF WATERLOO," " WILD SPORTS OF ran WEST," 4-c. 4-c. London : Richard Bcntky, 1835. Tho public has not tasted, for the last quarter of a century at least, a more delicious morsel of fictitious autobiography than this. It is indeed a true picture of life—smiles and tears, calms and tempests—follow ing as closely on each other as the sunshine does the shade on the hills in harvest. Captain Blake, "of the Blakes of Castle Blake, in the county of Galway, in the Province of Connaught," early discovered that— " This life is all chequered with pleasures and woes That chase one another like waves of the deep; Each billow, as brightly or darkly it flows, Reflecting our eyes'as they sparkle or weep. So closely our whims on our miseries tread, " That the laugh is awaked ere the tear can be dried ; And as fast as the rain drop of pity is shed, The goose-feathers of folly can turn it aside !" For us, these volumes contain more varied charms than are to be found in many of the best works of fic tion in the language. Scenes of the wildest reckless ness—adventures ludicrous beyond conception—are " ever and anon " succeeded by episodes replete with all the intensity of the deepest pathos—overflowing with all the harrowing interest excited by stupendous guilt, imminent peril, and excessive suffering. The work is full of digressions—rather episodes— for each turning aside makes us acquainted with the history of some relation or acquaintance of the hero, so interesting in itself that we only wish it longer. Our author only reaches the threshhold of existence, if so far—for in truth the accoucheur is only sent for— when he leaves his mother and the midwife to give the world an account of the state of his birth-place, and the adventures of his father, Caesar Blake. His education, early adventures, elopement with Miss Har rison, and engagement with the French at Castlebar, are related by his son in a manner which can admit of no question of his extensive knowledge of the reckless ha bits of too many of the Irish gentry. The immediate cause of his death, and the manner in which it was so fearfully avenged, are not less characteristic of a peo ple knowing no principle stronger than impulse, and of a peasantry inclined to regard nothing as criminal which evinces gratitude to a benefactor. The charac ter of Manus Blake, the head of the " Tribe," and the youthful career of his son, " Jack the Devil,"—the one the paternal uncle, and the other the cousin of the gallant captain whose "Life" is before us—are rarities in their way, absolutely worth all the drugs in the Apothe caries' Hall, in cases of deep despondency. The mid night escape on the battle-field of Waterloo is a sketch of great power ; but, except the scene in the murderer's den in " Pelham," there is nothing in modern litera ture equal, in murderous interest, to Captain Blake's escape from the clutches of the villain Sedley. What renders it most impressive is the knowledge we have of the being who volunteers herself the instrument of his delivery—the influence of a love which, though fatal to the father, saves the life of his only son. We had elected several passages which we intended to quote as extracts, but our space will not admit of us giving more than the following The narrator is an outlaw, and owes his life to our author's father— his only auditor. • " Listen, then ;' and the fugitive approached my father closely: '.mine is as wild a tale as any you have yet heard. My father was but a peasant'—He paused. Hang it I one will feel those weaknesses May I, under favour, trespass on your hospitality ?' The major bowed ; and the outlaw filled a goblet of port-wine, drank it, and continued. My father was a peasant, but he was a wealthy one. I was his only child —his ambition was to make me a priest, and he gave me a suit able education. I learned Latin freely : I loved books—read ardently, and soon discovered that I was not formed for a churchman. The calmness of the cloister was unsuited to a Spirit wild as mine—l felt small ambition to fill a confessional, and listen to man's deceit and woman's frailty. Well, they found out that the church would not in me receive an orna- - ment ; and they devoted me to physic, and bound me to an apothecary in Longford. Alas! I had no fancy for dispensing drugs; physic was as little to my taste as divinity ; I tired of anything like thraldom, and only waited for a decent apology to kick the shackles off. For that I did not tarry long, as my master paved me all trouble by discarding mc. The truth must out : his daughter was seventeen and his wife seven-and thirty; both favoured me with their friendship, and I preferred the young one's. We were indiscreet ; mamma was on the watch ; our affair was discovered, dCnounced, and, what I sighed for most, the honest apothecary gave me—the door and my indentures.' " • • s e • " In the course of a week's rambling, I found myself near a relative of my mother's, who was gamekeeper to Lord —, and I thsNught I might as well visit him. I did so, and was hospitably received. He was getting old, had an infirm ankle, and, having discovered that I was a better shot than himself, persuaded me to become, for the present, his assistant, with a promise that in time I should succeed him. It was a life that suited me well ; I followed my own fancy—killed game, broke dogs, made love, sang, danced, hurled, and was happy , • • • • • " My relative bad an only daughter; she was about my own age, and, handsome as many of the southern peasants are. I never saw one who could compare. with Rose Dwyer. Re siding beneath the same roof, and constantly together, it is surprising that we loved? Mine was a passion that death alone could end—her's was, unfortunately, a transitory fancy. " Christmas came : the castle was filled with company;' the heir had completed his minority, and fetes and rejoicings celebrated that great event. He returned from Oxford, and was a fatal return for both him and me. He was a sine-looking young man, warm-hearted, affable, a sportsman, and I liked him. From the cradle he had been a spoiled child ; from a boy his own master : he had been fashionably educated, and, of course, was fashionably profligate. From the moment he saw Rose Dwyer, he became fascinated with her beauty. I was not blind ; but had I not observed it, his passion would have been no secret; for in the familiarity of shooting condescen sion, he more than hinted that the woman I designed to be a wife, he intended to make a mistress.' " • 5 5 " ' The secret was not long undiscovered as to how far my presence had rendered Lord William's plans abortive, and caused his overtures to be rejected. To win Rose, I must be removed.' " • • • a • • " Where the will exists, opportunity is seldom wanting long. It happened that I was sent by the keeper to the next town, to sell some deer and rabbit skins. A false villain, a creature of Lord William, and one who cordially hated me for the favour I held in the sight of the old earl, accompanied me. We disposed of the skins, and went to a public• house to re fresh ourselves—l was an unsuspicious fool, and he an artful scoundrel. He managed to intoxicate me ; bribed a crimp, brought him in, slipped a shilling into my pocket, swore I had been regularly enlisted, and, before I was sufficiently sobered to comprehend their villainy, I was marched off with some other wretches under a military guard, conveyed to Cork, and • shipped directly off to Bristol. . " I detain you, major ; but I will hurry to the close. With my feelings I will not trouble you. Imagine a caged tiger, who pants to spring upon his keeper, but finds the bars prevent it. I knew at once the villainy practised upon me ; I guessed the ruin preparing for another. The scheme was clear ; and I swore, if I could not mar, I would revenge it deeply. " ' My resolution, of course, was to desert from the regiment, and return to Ireland. " Passion overcame prudence. I made the attempt too rashly ; was betrayed, overpowered, retaken, and brought back a prisoner, after having wounded four soldiers engaged in securing me. " Well the result was—" The fugitive paused, grew pale as death, his eyes glared, his brows united. ' Come, this is weakness,' he gasped out. ' You, a soldier, will guess the consequence —the halberts Major—ay, to the halberts was I doomed ! I was tied up before a thousand lookers-on, and re et lived five hundred lashes, honestly counted and vigorcusly ini CM) d. They excoriated my back, but they could not break my spi At. I placed a musket-bullet between my teeth, and never gratified my tormentors with a groan ! " Did a failure make me renounce my resolution ? Oh no! ; Had they cut a limb off, I would have dragged the muti lated caress to the place where I had been injured and dis grace 4 , and I would have had revenge. " iccident, happily, assisted me to effect my escape from The first morning I crawled from the hospital, I met a n 'fist sailor in the street. I heard him speak in my native . langutx; e; I followed him, told him how I had been kid napped!, and implored him to assist mein returning. He did so ; privately supplied me with jacket'and trowsers, smuggled me on ' beard, concealed me in the, hold, and divided his grub and grc g as liberally as if I had been a brother : and while my tender-L %carted judges believed me, for weeks to come, the the tena it of an hospital, I was hurrying back—too late to save . Rose DI vyer.from disgr ace , b ut not too late to exact a desperate Pt I revenge.'" •- • • e • \Wearied as I was, I tossed upon a restless bed—hell burned. in my breast —my brain was fired —my blood felt like molten lead—and blood alone could calm the demon spirit that filled my tortured bosom. " The next day passed, although I thought it endless. I had learned all the particulars of the seduction of the woman I once idolized. Worthless as she was, I did not curse her.' " " Night came at last—never did expecting lover sigh for it more ardently than I. None knew every coppice and skirt ing in the park better, and, by a devious path through clumps and underwood, I reached unseen the cottage of my worthless love. , " It was well lighted, but the closed curtains prevented me from observing those within. I waited two long, long hours. There was occasionally noise, and mirth, and bustle. I heard Rose laugh joyously. Poor wretch 1 little did she foresee how soon that light laugh would turn to tears and wailing. " I stood in a belt of evergreens that shut out the cottage from the view of the road, and the door was within a few paces. Presently I heard a horse-tramp in the rear; and Halligan came round with a lantern in his hand, leading Lord Wil liam's favourite pony. My hand crept to my bosom, where my pistols were concealed, when I saw the villainous agent of all my misery. But the door opened, and Rose, splendidly dressed, stood beside her seducer. She held a lighted candle, and when I think how like an angel she looked, my brain yet burns. " Farewell," she said, " farewell, my William." My William I By Heaven 1 major, that phrase agonized my sou l more than five hundred stripes had tortured my body. " And shall I ride the sorrel mare to-morrow ?" He whispered some thing in her ear; she blushed, smiled, turned her rosy lips to his, and kissed him ardently. I could see no more. The foul fiend's breast never felt more hellishly than mine. I levelled a pistol, drew the trigger, and next moment Lord William was" in eternity = and on the bosom of the woman he had ruined, the last sigh of the seducer escaped. " • I did not conceal myself; I strode from my ambush; stood over my fallen rival, while Rose, uttering ":ercin,; shrieks, dropped in convulsions on the lifeless of her no paramour. I was cool, unmoved Ivy, more collected than while I now relate the tale. "Halligan had fled. I seized the bridle of Lord William's pony, mounted, rode off to the moun tains, and long before morning was safe from pursuit. " My story Is nearly ended. The young lord's murder was generally imputed to political causes, and a thousand pounds were offered for tho apprehension of the assassin. I eluded all attempts to take me, headed a body of insurgents, and, finally, joined the French.' ," What became of the wretched cause of all this blood and misery ?" said the host. " Poor girl I I cannot but pity her still. The old earl was distracted, and attributed the loss of his son to the fatal con nexion he had formed. Rose was disgracefully turned out of her gay residence. The villain Halligan plundered her of all her ill acquired valuables, for she had none to befriend or shel ter her. She was loathed, execrated, persecuted—and driven desperate, she died by her own hand; her uncoffined remains were cast into a hole in the high-road ; and a common grave refused to the remains of her, who had once been so lovely-- and once so ardently beloved l' " The fate of the outlaw will be found in a subsequent volume. He is captured, escapes, re-enlists, saves Captain Blake's life at the Battle of Waterloo, and is shot, by command of the Duke of Wellington, for taking the life,of a superior officer. The world—at least the prudish portion of it—will find one fault with this work, and that is, that the women all make love, run away, and are happy, without seeking the consent of their parents and guardians. We confess, that for our own part, we see no good reason why ladies should not be permitted to choose husbands ; but before such a system could be safely adopted, it would be necessary to reform our code of social laws, and to make an entire change in many other of the usages of society. As the world now stands, nothing could be worse than for young la:lks just escaped from school to follow the exalapie of Miss Harrison, Miss Moreland, and, indeed, most of Cap tain Blake's f.:male acquaintances. Real life furnishes examples for all that he has put forth,—that is a fact which may be confirmed by the parish register of evory village in the United Kingdom ; but the ques tion is, would it not have been wiser to have passed over facts of this description out of regard to the rising ge neration ? We give our opinion in the affirmative ; .nor do we think the main interest of these most enter taining volumes would thereby be one jot diminished. THE CAPTIVE. 3 Vols. E. Churton. London, 1835. This is a tale of the chivalrous ages, and refers to the close of the thirteenth century, about the year 1297, when Philip the Fair, and Edward the First reigned respectively in France and England. It is supposed to have been altered from some ancient manuscripts left by Bernardus Fulchartiensis—a monk who, before his entrance into the cloister, had followed the occupation of a minstrel, which, of course, made him a sharer in many romantic events, and introduced him to many strange characters. The tale is not badly written, but is, unfortunately for the author's chance of success, laid at so remote a period that no ability short of that possessed in such perfection by Sir Walter Scott, can render it interesting to the generality of readers. Not only me the days of chivalry paSsed, but a taste for reading fictions founded on them, has, we fear, passed also. However, to the few who are still inte rested in such matters, this book will afford enter tainment. The newly erected Light-House, on St. Anthony Point, at the entrance of Falmouth Harbour, was lighted for the first time on Monday night. The light revolves, and by means of eight reflectors, its brilliancy' is increased and dimi nished every 20 seconds.—Devonshire Independent. DOCK-•YARD.—An order has been issued in this yard, to employ all the painters and part of the joiners on Sa turdays; also to employ nine painters in addition, for five months, to repair and paint the weather works of the yard buildings, the Lords of the Admiralty being desirous to give the men of the )ard the advantages of working Saturdays, when practicable, in preference to hiring men, or letting the work by contract. Nine painters were entered yesterday.— Pevonport Independent. The atmosphere is once more clear—the eclipse is over, and that opaque body which has passed between the Sun of Liberty and our country has rolled off into regions of outer darkness from whence it came, and to which it has most pro ' perly returned. How thankful we should be that no more mischief has been done I and that the only effect has been to `deceive the night-birds of bigotry into a belief that their dear -obscurity was really returned 1 These moping creatures that hate the light did indeed issue forth from their holes, and hoot a little ; but there is bright day now in the Heavens, and our ears and eyes may rejoice in other sights and sounds. The fall of the Tories is registered : they are out : they have officially resigned, and their, opponents have taken their places. Who that loves his country will not now rejoice ? for though the new Administration is not composed as it ought to be, yet this is certain, that the ancient avowed enemies of Reform are no longer in a situation to do mischief—that the party which denounced the Reform Bill as the preface of inevitable revo lution, are no longer allowed to stand before the nation the hypocritical friends and advocates of those changes which they fear and hate. We have now to look to the new Cabinet : it is composed of old names ; and if we are to judge of it by names only, it must be pronounced eminently aristocratical. But it is quite certain that circumstances do now compel the Whigs to turn over a new leaf, and that they are not, as be fore, so blind to the intrigues of the Court as to mistake their footing there, or to imagine that they can carry on the Go vernment by subterfuge and concession, where the arguments of necessity, or, if needs be, of dictation, arc alone of any avail. Lord John Russell has put forth a manifesto of his policy which he henceforward intends to pursue ; and our readers will agree with us that in some respects it is satisfactory. His Lordship first threatens the municipal corporations ; and we may be sure that Reform in this quarter will be as real as it would have been nominal under the auspices of Sir Robert Peel. The municipal corporations are, generally speaking, composed of Tories, and are by their very nature friendly to corruption, both in theory and in practice. Mayors and Al dermen have hands defiled beyond the power of soap to purify —the multitudinous sea could not wash them clear. The Whigs have a direct interest in breaking up these odious nests of local tyranny, an d we may b e sure that they will do the work well. His Lordship uses very strong language in speak ing of . the municipal corporations. There is no love lost be tween the Home Secretary and " these time-hallowed insti tutions."-43irming1 con 'Reformer of Saturday. THEATRE, MA RYLE BONE INSTITUTION. The members of this Institution, which is conducted on a, phrn similar to the many literary establishments to be found in the metropolis, held their third concert on Friday evening in the Theatre attached to the Society in Edward-street, Port man-square. A strong proof of the rapid increase of the taste for good music is discoverable in the selection of the composi tions which form the programme of the concerts of this season,' and more particularly those which are under the control of amateurs. But we are sorry to find where the liberty of choice is left with the performers, in too many instances the members of the profession are unwilling to follow this good example. The vocal performers of last night were Mesdames Noveilo, Bruce, Wagstaff; Seymour, Rawlings, and Keene ; . Messrs. Seguin, Giubilei, J. Barnet, Brizzi, and Purday. The instrumental, Lindley, Mori, Watkins, Moralt, Baumann, &e. The vocal compositions performed during the evening were taken from the works of Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Weber, Rossini,- and Arne. Mr. Baumann performed a concerto on the bas-' soon, Mr.. M'Ori also a solo on the violin, and Messrs. Card and Powell a grand duet for clarionct and flute. Miss Novell° sang " With-verdure clad," from the Creation or Haydn, and a little Swiss air. We have had repeated occasions to notice the pure style and perfect execution evinced by this young . lady in her performance; but the lifeless expression and. utter want of animation is a great detriment to her suc cess. She is still very young, and no effort should be spared to correct these defects. The " Gentle Airs" of Mr. Barnet was exceedingly unlike the musician. Lindley as usual, delighted the audience by his accompaniment: Mr. Baumann's concerto for the bassoon was an extraordinary effort ; but he has not the volume of tone which distinguishes the veteran Macintosh. The instrumental perfbrmers of this. country, although in execution they are excelled by those on the Continent, yet in tone are unequalled. Who is there eau stand against Lindley, Loder, Wilman, Nicholson, Platt, in this particular ? We believe that no Continental performer can produce any, ,thing like the tone by which the performance of these gentlemen is characterized on their respeztive instru ments. Mr. Mori, at the last Philh armon i c C oncert, per formed a concert o of Beethoven ; at the Concert of yesterday evening, his solo consisted of the vulgar air, " Rise Gentle Moon," and that extreme novelty, " Love's Ritornella." This gentleman ought to recollect the adage Focilis descensus .Av erni, and we beg -to inform him that the continued indisposition he evinces for the performance of classical music, must ere long considerably affect his reputation. We had much rather hear Mr: Wollf perform Spolir, Mr. Blagrove Molique, in the masterly manner they lately have done, much as we should regret losing the fervid and fiery execution of Mori. He ought also to recollect that the Philharmonic and ()O.:cc concerts are sup ported by the purses of the aufatev:s of this country, who have not the slightest desire to he.:r such airs vs Robin Adair, Donald, Rise Gentle and a host of other absurdities. lIIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL 25.—Wind N.N.E. 26, N., squ a lly._ Arrived the Sarah, Elwood, from Berbice ; Thalia, Shand, and lEolus, Sergeant, from Jamaica; Emma, Nelson, from Nassau; Mary Eleanor, George, from Limerick ; Restless, Gordon, from Dublin ; Flora, Pinney, from Waterford ; Carpenter, Sinclair, from Sligo; the Sarah, Wilkinson, from Londonderry. Arrived from the river and tailed the Medora, Pike, for —; Matilda, Comin, for the Mauritius ; Anne, Luckie, for Pernambuco ; Highilyer, Newton, for Lisbon ; Hindostan, Lamb, for Quebec ; Iris, Shaw, for Belfast ; and Saucy Jack, Farrant, for Zante. MARGATE, APRIL 25. Arrived the Neily, —, from Westport. DOVER, APRIL 27.—Arrived off port the Comet, —, from Charleston ; Maria, —, from Palermo. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 25.—Wind N. N.E. 26, N. N.B. to E. N. E.—Arrived off port the Malabar, Tucker, from Bombay —sailed Jan. 2, from the Cape Feb. 21, and St. Helena 3d ult. ; Theodosia, Ryan, from the Mauritius ; Sussannah Ann, Demers, from Tristan d'Acunha. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 24 and 25.—Wind N. W. FALMOUTH, APRIL 24 and 25.--Mild N., fresh breezes.— Sailed his Majesty's ship Nautilus, for Lisbon; his Sardinian Majesty's steamer Gulnare, for Genoa. 4:)ES, APRIL 25.—Arrived the Emery, Marshall, from Malaga. ISLE OF WIGHT, Amu, 25.—Arrived off, the Duke of Bed ford, Bowen, from Calcutta—sailed Jan. 7, and St. Helena, March 7 ; Janverin, Paton, from Bahia ; Wilhelmina Char lotte, —, from Port-au-Prince. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Arrived the Olive Branch, Dyer, from Savannah ; Hope, Tyson, from New York. BRISTOL, APRIL 26.--Arrived the Speculation, Cullen, from St. Martin's ; Providence, Way, from Alicant. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 25.—Arrived the Bolivar, Martin, from Valparaiso ; Huron, Airey, from Paraiba ; Royal Mint, We therell, from Jamaica ; Archer, Mathewson, from Barbadoes ; Ambassador, Upton, and Ann, Isveri g ht, f rom N ew O r l eans ; Snowden, unnell, and Mary Hudson, Johnson, from Charles ton r Alfred, Chevin, from Mobile ; Emerald, Mosley, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Lima Packet, Cunningham, from Trinidad. Off port, —, from Antigua. SWANSEA, APRIL N. W. Arrived the Henry and Slrfa, Jobson, from St. Jago de Cuba, 56 days passage, and the Nereid, Langtrec, from Chili, 102 days passage. CORK, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Alert, Terrington, from Gibraltar. LIMERICK, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Levant, Thropti, front Trinidad. LYNN, APRIL 25.—Arrived the Louisa Amelia, Trettin, from Stettin. Hum., APRIL 25.—Arrived the Dorothea, Brandhoff, from Dautzie, and Peter and Jane, Fea, from Gottenburg. GREENOCK, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Paragon, Fraser, from Demerara; Arethusa, Boyd, from Trinidad; and Roger Stewart, Kerr, from Charleston. The Neried, Lou,ghley, from Valparaiso, has arrived off the Mumbles. Th e A me li a , from the Isle of Man, sunk in the Mer sey on the 24th inst. The Elizabeth, Evans, from Carnarvon to Runcorn, wes wrecked, on the 25th inst., near Spencer's Gut Buoy. Crew drowned. The Dougale, Brown, from Singapore, put into the Cape of Good Hope leaky, and must diseharge, - bound to Liverpool. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY EvENING, APRIL 25. —Wind N. W. —Yesterday sailed the Breakwater, Sloman, for Bathurst, and Amyritus, Moon, for Quebec. The Firebrand steamer, which arrived on Thursday from Woolwich, sailed this afternoon, having in tow the Industry, fitted up as a floating chapel for the Isle of Man. In Hamoaze—The San Josef, Champion, and Rochester lighter. In the Sound—The Romney troop-ship. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CURRAGII MEETING, APZIL 22. Wellipp,-ton Stakes of 30 SGV3., h. ft. Three-yr-old Course. Second ~ horse to save his stake. Mr. Watt's ch. c. Rush, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b ' 1 Mr. Watt's br. c. by Wrangler, 3 yrs, ist. 81b Colonel Westenra's Gaffer Grey, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b 3 Seven others started but were net placed. Sweepstakes of 10 sore. each, h. ft., with 25 added. One mile and a quarter on the Peel Course. Two sore. for each entrance. Second horse to save his stake. Mr. Hobson's David - 1 Mr. Ferguson's Rust Mr. Bather's Sir Giles Three others startcci THURSDAY, APRIL 23. King's Plate of 100 gs. for horses, &c. ; three yrs old, Sit. ; four yrs, 9rt. 21b. ; five yrs, 9st. 10Ib. ; six yrs, and aged, 101 b. Four mars. 31b. to mares and gelding& Colonel Westenra's b c. Freney, 4 yrs 1 Mr. flobsen's David, 5 yrs Mr. 11latices Sir Giles, 3 yrs 3 to 2 on Freney. ~ Fre* Handicap of 10 sovs. each, for t o yrs old. Conolly's mile. 25 s3vs. added if five, and 20 sovs. if ten accept, at 3 soya. each for entrance. Mr. Hunter's Emu; 7st. 101 b Colonel Armstrong's Van - Tyre, 7st 6lb 2 Mr. Flood's Helena, 7st. 101 b Four others started. 6t04 on Emu. Renewal of the Corinthian Stakes of 10 sm. each, h. ft., for hunters (race-horses admitted) ; rode by Members of the Turf Club or Coffee-room at Kildare ; Daly's, Kildare-street ; or Sackville-street Clubs ; or by Commissioned Officers in the Army or Navy ;"25 sous. added. Peel Course, heats. Lord Howth's The Captain, aged, last. 71b (owner) 1 1 Mr. C. St. George's Barebones (Mr. Montgomery 0 2 Mr. Disney's Brace, 4 yrs (Mr. Dickson) 2 0 Mr. A. C. Montgomery's Cheat, (Mr. Ferguson) 3 0 Mr. Ferguson's Tom Jones, 3 yrs, and Lord Howth's Thimble, 3 yrs, paid forfeit. The New Forest Hounds meet on Thursday at Setley Commna —at eleven. Mr. Joseph Fleming, of Newbiggin, near Penrith, has a ewe which has yenned nine lambs in three years. The ewe is of the half Cheviot and half Spanish breed. The F dtienat steam-vessel made the passage from. London to the Tyne, with a strong contrary wind, in 374 hours, having left London at twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, and arrived at Shields at half-past one, and Newcastle at three on Thursday. ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF.,LIFE.—On Monday evening, as a respectable young man, of •the name of Scott, was coming down a staircase in the Barras Bridge Inn, he anfortunately slipped his foot and fell, and died in a shoit tivno .afterwards.--Sunderland Observer. ELECTIONS.—If there be a man in Berwick who -alls himself a reformer, who now hesitates to give Sir Rufane his support, let him prostitute the character of a rerormer uo longer, but appear at once in his proper colours. But well and faithfully as Sir Rufane has done his duty, it appears he is to be opposed, and his opponent is Me. William (Whipper-in) Holmes. At last election, a Mr. James Bradshaw, whom nobody in the town knew, beyond that he confessed to be a_ high Tory. Well, this Mr. James Bradshaw we believe, on Monday met the well-kn Own Mr. William Holmes at one of the Tory club-rooms, and after condoling with him for being out of Parliament, he stated to him what it had cost hint to get in, in spite of two popular candidates, and " Holmes," says he,. or something of the sort, " here is an opening now—why don't you go down and oppose Donkin ? You may stand as good a chance as I did. Let us mention it to the club." ,So the matter was mentioned to the Club, and down came Mr. W. Holmes, and arrived here yesterday. He is too wise as a man to throw away his own money, and the Carlton Club ealnot spend enough to put him in.—Berw i ck Advertiser, IC ,V 10