The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-03 00:00:00

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London: Whittaker and Co. 1835. th l s is the only novel which has issued from the Press for many years, the perusal of which forcibly re minded us of the humorous tales of Cervantes, Field n g' and Smollett ; w ith occas i ona l touches of that atiplieity of detail—that tracing of effects to the causes Which Soonest present themselves—which forms ne of the fi nest f eatures i n that unexamp l e d transcr ipt of nature, the Vicar of Wakefield. From the title of this book, as we ll as from the pecu li ar c h aracter i s ti cs f , the count ry w hi c h t h e aut h or h as c h osen for the b irthplac e _ . o f hi s h ero, t h e pu bli c may b e l e d to con :der th e "Sorrows of a B as hf u l Irishman" as a noisy t ravaganz a , i n w hi c h t h e pr i nc i pa l persona ge is dis tinguished by a love of fun, frolic, fighting ; who si nuses himself by carding guagers, immersing tithe proctors, and cropping the ears off unfortunate in formers and under-bailiffs. This, however, is a very erroneous conception o f the whole tenor of these vo lumes, than which nothing can be more quiet, orderly, r at, h umorous, and true to nature—not exact l y as attire exhibits herself in certain temperaments, but in t mankind. The author of the " Bashful Irishm an " h as not madehis hero what is corn- I c alled a w it ; t h a t i s , h e iS not an inveteratepun :terxtorting, nor d oes h e utter smart t hi ngs f or th e purpose of a laugh ; but lie has humour in abundance — quaint original humour enough to make enintaining Z M Panions of a dozen dull men of business. Ms th il iuour is the humour of character, association, and cu ght—not of expression; and this he has in common with the heroes of all the great satirists and wits, whose W orks are handed down to us as models of gen i us , an d which continue to form the standard of our literature. The story of the " Bashful Irishman" is simple, Yet full of incident, and written in the form of an auto ofg,raPhY. The presumed narrator is born in the bogs ae C onnemara, in the West of Ireland, and after ti e l ti , ir ing the first rudiments of learning, is appren ticed by his father—a shrewd compound of the farmer t he smuggler—to an apothecary in the neighbour ..ood• He our hero learns as much of the medical art as Gil Bias could boast of, after his residence with the celebrat e d S angra d o , be s ides a taste for theatrical en tertainm ents w hi c h clung to him through life 1113 master being a critic of the first water, nd a patron o f th e Galway stage. This eminent ti ise iPle of Esculapius dying before young O'Blar tcY*--the name o f our hero—had completed his st lv , lid les, he goes to reside with a Catholic priest, from Wh om he takes lessons in a knowledge of the world , a 'L Punch la, more ver , i n i t i a t e d i n th e art of mixing whiskey nc hand drinking it. He falls in love, gets tossed In a li blanket for his pains, and in a fit of rage, disap- P° "ittnent, and di sgus t, sets off from his father's humble r ° ° f, and makes his debut in life in a barn, as one of a and of stro lli ng p l ayers . Hi s n ext step promises t u 1 ° he more fortunate : he makes love to an heiress ; a a rrres her d es pit e o f an old uncle, and carries her a nd her fortune off in triumph to Italy, where he Was himself as clever in squandering money as he as obtaining it. His wife remonstrates—scolds— aliuses--insults him for his extravagance ; and in a fit of ungovern a bl e p ass i on he quits her and Naples, and flees to L on d on. F or a t i me h e su ff ers some privations, and more uneasiness in the Metropolis, not being cer tain of any means by which he could support himself ; b ut at last he bethinks himself of the press, and is so Bil ecessful as t o p ro duce a fashionable novel, and obtain th e Editorship f of a low Sunday Sporting Journal. So gallgoes on pretty smoothly. But unfortunately he gets ti Patro n i n yolved in a case of libel, and in self ciente quits London for the editorship of a country Pa P e r. Here he commences politician in right ear nest : persuades a Tory Alderman that he is a Liberal, ind uces him t o offer himself for the representation of t he boron 1, and has the mortification to witness the defeat of his patron, who is ill-natured enough to se nd our hero to prison, merely because lie could not give a particular account of the disposal of certain in i _°nies pl ace d i n hi s h an d s to defray the expense of t he electi on . Hi s i ncarcerat i on takes place previous i ° the passing of the Corn Law Act, and on the sanction of that measure by the LegislatuTe, our hero unexpectedly liberated by the kindness of the la uourers, who take it into their heads to burn the p; 1- as a species of revenge for the conduct of the Go vernment. The next trip of O'Blarney is to Wales, Wh ere he manages to domesticate himself as a phy 4clan, marries the widowed sister of one, and lives ver Y happily till a commercial traveller discovers some 14f his previous exploits to the Welch villagers. His nest flight is to Ireland, and there once more he ob tains the editorship of a newspaper--commences agi tator --makes love to a beautiful innocent girl—and dust as he is on the eve of success, is pounced upon by his first wife—tried for bigamy, and is sentenced ' 0 transportation for life. Such is the outline of this humorous tale, which bears throughout an impress of genius, and nice dis cernment, such as we have not met with for years in an Un pretending work of fiction. The characters are ` lr avrri with admirable skill ; most of them hit off, as it W ere, at a single stroke. Their peculiarities are given W ith the most vivid distinctness ; and so well do they st and apart from each other, that the mind is never t aXed with keeping an inventory of the place which t hey are intended to occupy. Once introduced, and We know them again the moment our ear catches the s ound of their approaching footsteps. Some of the c haracters, too, are as original in their way as any drawn by Cervantes, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne. We defy the most ardent admirers of these authors to find in their works a greater original than our hero's fir st master, Doctor Killquick, whom he thus intro "uces to his readers : " The history of all childhood is pretty nearly the same ; I 3411, therefore, pass it by, and come at once to the period ' W ,llen I attai ne d m y seve nteenth year. At this epoch I was Pieced in the shop of a certain village doctor, by name Kill quick, a waggish, good-humoured ish, little fellow, who was famous th Y h * • °li out t e istrict for the invention of divers specifics, by thete he 1p of which he wrought the most surprising cures. As doctor in his personal appearance passed the verge of the e ttraordinary, and approached to the miraculous, I must pause g'ive a sketch of him. He had the head of a giant fixed 1 I Pon tie shoulders of a dwarf. His eyes were of a goose "en'Y ; his nose was gathered up in a bunch in the middle, just as if dame Nature in a frolicsome mood, had tied in a double-kffit ; his teeth were tusks in shape and size ; e had a split in hiti upper-lip, which enabled him to give a „ and perfect develo;•ment to the broadest grin that ever thr ew' a stranger into hysteri:e ; his mouth was not so much a mouth, as a huge gash scored at random across his face ; and I ° had two big red ears, which proje,"ted from either side his 'lead like the lamplights of a mail-coach. " Next to the doctor, the greatest curiosity - in the county its the d octor ' s h orse , w hi c h, having long been t h e subject of " 8 master's experiments, had been physicked into a most °r° - 1 1t ising state of atrophy. The very leanest hackney-coach 11°ree that ever crawled, would have blushed to be seen in corn- P l . ll l with such a prodigy of attenuation. It was just the sort 7 animal you wo uld expect t o see grazing on the Great Of course the doctor was proud of such an evidence Ix his medical skill, and it was as rich a treat as eyes could hive, to see him mounted on its back, swaying too and fro like 4 ecincrow in a steady wind, while every ragged urchin for miles wind, would take flight at his approach, as if only to were in be physicked." We stop short in the history of the worthy Doctor, s atisfied that he has already established claims to be ranked with Parson Adams, Uncle Toby, and Don Quixote, as far as regards originality and individual Id entity. The Doctor's horse is superior to any qua druped we have ever had—certainly a much greater curiosity than either Rosinante or Dapple. We had marked two or three very interesting pas- sages in the first chapters, for which, we regret to say, we cannot find space ; especially one containing the in structions of Father O'Flanaghan, a shrewd worldly minded priest, with a dash of the Machiavellian po licy, so common among men who have been thrown on their own resources very early in life. However, it is too valuable to be entirely lost sight of, so we shall give it, as an extract, in the course of a day or two; contenting ourselves for the present with the more amusing parts of the work—of which not the least cha racteristic are the following passages, taken from the stage performances of our hero " My second and third appearances were as Hamlet and Harlequin, both which trying characters I personated the same evening. Public opinion was seriously divided on this occasion. The more intellectual among the community pre ferred my Hamlet ; the more mercurial, my Harlequin. If, on so delicate a topic, it may be permitted me to volunteer an opinion, I should say, that my Hamlet was the triumph of mind, my Harlequin of muscle. I state this with the less hesitation, because the world long entertained a notion that I myself gave the preference to my Harlequin; whereas, it was ever my fixed opinion that no parallel could possibly be insti tuted between the two characters. As well might the fervent passion of a Shakspeare be compared to the sparkling vivacity of a Sheridan." s $ •w R @ s " The manager had announced for representation a melo drame, in which, among other attractions, was to be intro duced a view of the Lakes of Killarney, painted expressly for the occasion. The announcement took prodigiouly, and on the appointed night the barn was crowded to suffocation. So far all was well, but unluckily, just at the moment when we were preparing to draw up the curtain, we discovered that our scene-painter, in revenge for some real or fancied affront offered him by the manager, had inoculated the entire land scape with charcoal ; and, not content with this lively sample of independence, had actually eloped, and, accompanied by the treasurer, carried off with him the night's proceeds. " Here was a dilemma ! What, in heaven's name, was to be done ? This question we kept perpetually asking each other, but, alas not one of us all could answer it. ‘‘ Meantime the audience became clamorous for the curtain to draw IT. Oaths, squalls, shouts of laughter, and threats of vengeance, pealed in all directions ; and even the orchestra— notwithstanding it consisted of two cracked fiddles and a hurdy-gurdy—failed to allay the storm. " In this predicament our manager proposed an appeal to the audience. But here again a difficulty presented itself. Who was to be the spokesman ? Each declined the honour in favour of the other, until at length—no better scheme pre senting itself—it was resolved, nem. con., that we should all of us attempt our escape out of a. window at the rear of the stage. " The manager was the first to make the experiment, and being of a thin, spare habit, succeeded to his heart's content. The rest followed in rotation, until it came to the manager's wife's turn,who was an immensely fat woman, of singular exu berance in the rear, and who consequently stuck fast in the window, with her neck and shoulders out, but the rest of her person hanging suspended over the stage. In this grotesque position, she kicked—shoved—and strove to wriggle herself through the aperture. But in vain. Her obesity put a veto on all hopes of Emancipation. I think I never saw a tighter fit ! " At this critical juncture I was the only one left upon the stage. There was evidently no chance of escape • so, as a last resource—for the audience had by this time become fu rious—l summoned the orchestra, bid them strike up St. Patrick's Day,' and then slowly drawing aside the curtain, advanced in front of the stage, made a profound obeisance, and pointing to the fat dame who hung wriggling from the window, exclaimed aloud, Ladies and gentlemen, behold a view of the Lakes of Killarney I' " Whether the likeness struck them or not, I cannot say ; but never was any appeal more successful. The audience lite rally shouted with laughter, nor was peace restored till they had testified the excess of their satisfaction by a general fight, in the bustle of which I effected my escape. How the mana ger's wife effected her escape, I know not. Possibly she is sticking in the window to this hour." There are few passages in the writings of our most eloquent Divines more solemn than the Irishman's apostrophe to London, as he enters it for thefirst time. One, in Masillon and another in Blair, may be thought more touching ; because the subject of them admits of a more direct appeal to our feelings and our hearts, through our earliest and holiest impressions ; but we question whether in themselves they are more earnest. This chapter appears, how ever, to be introduced for no other reason than to show that the author, if it had hit his fancy, could have given a very different tone to his book from that which pervades it. There is one peculiarity in the " Bashful Irishman," which, we think, reflects great credit on the sound judgment and good taste of the author—namely, that there is not, throughout the two volumes, the slightest attempt at enlisting a national prejudice against either the hero, or his generous-hearted countrymen. Field ing, in his " Jonathan Wild," and Butler, in his " Hudibras," construct temples for themselves on the prostration of their respective heroes and heroines ; but the author of the tale before us appears too good-na tured to have entertained such an idea ; and though the Irishman violates the most rigidly enforced maxims of social life, yet his faults are charitably placed to the account of his false position in society. If the author, in the design of the book, selected a model, we should say at once, that his eye was more frequently d;:yeeted to Cervantes than Rabelais, or any of the great rtsmes already mentioned. In short, the " Bashful Irishman " neither is, nor was in tended to be, a transcript of Irish life, as it is to be met with among the middling and higher classes in that country ; for the author, at the close of his tale, declares that his sole object was to repre sent one of that class of low adventurers who are to be met with in every corner of the globe, and who, by the dint of mere assumption, contrive to have themselves recognized among strangers as people of some consequence, but who in the long run are sure to be discovered. Where we catch a glimpse of the real Irish character, is when we are introduced to Mr. Mahon and his amiable daughter, who would do honour to any country. In a word, the great merit of the " Bashful Irishman" consists in the rich vein of sly, quaint, original humour which runs through it, and the burlesque imitations 'of the speeches of the great Agitators, particularly in the trial scene, where old Norbury, O'Connell, and Shiel play a most conspicuous part. The peroration of Shiers speech for the prosecution, is certainly equal to anything which ever yet has fallen from the lips of that celebrated orator. We shall conclude our notice of this very amusing work, with an extract from the Irishman's adventures while officiating as a medical practitioner in Wales : " Oh Quackery, to him who is inspired by thy spirit, the road to notoriety lies equally open, whether in a crowded city, or a secluded Welch district. While Genius trudges a-foot, and by many a thorny, circuitous route, ascends the hill of fame, thou bowlest along in thy chariot, and attainest the same sunny eminence with scarce an effort. Genius is the simpleton who made his pilgrimage vv;th raw peas in his shoes. Quackery, the knave who had the sagacity first to boil them. " The Infallible Resuscitating Elixir,' as I styled my new specific, was a medicine composed in nearly equal quantities of bark , brick-dust, gin, and gunpowder, boiled over a slow fire, and flavoured with Scotch snuff ! Its success at first was equivocal, but when its virtues had been duly insisted on in all the provincial journals, it brought a world of patients of the lower orders to my shop ; and I had the tact to confine it ex clusively to them (well knowing that your civilized stomach is apt to be fastidious), just as if it were the balsam of Fairy Bias, whose singular property it was to kill one half the com munity while it cured the other. " The neighbouring small farmers and their serving-men were among the first to honour my Elixir with their patronage. The bark was so bracing, the brick-dust so cleansing, the gunpowder so stimulating, the gin so palatable, that no mat ter what the disorder might be, one ingredient or the other was sure to suit. If the bark failed, there was still a chance for the brick-dust, while the gin acting in spirited accordance with the gunpowder, produced an internal commotion, which, in ca'.! where the gastric juice was languid, wonderfully faci litated digestion. " To be sure, it was my lot now and then to lose a patient; and once, I recollect, a low, obnoxious, pettifogging attorney died under the potent: stimulus ; but singularly enough, his death, so far from proving injoriogs, actnally did me service. I was looked on as a village Brutus who bad dptrpyp4 a village Cesar; and though I declined the flattering distinction, yet my neighbours still persisted in giving me the credit of the deed. Nay, so grateful were they to me foe Wing rid them of an arrant rogue, that a few of those who had most suffered by him, actually talked of purchasing me a piece of plate, in commemoration of the patriotic action But my modesty would not hoar of ptich a proposition." " But, alas 1 even slumber itself failed to bring relief. The grimmest—most fantastic—and most ridiculous visions passed and repassed before my mind's eye. I dreamed that I was seated in my shop, gazing upwards at the shelf where stood, ranged in due order, a row of Elixir bottles, when—whiz ! THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1835. out flew the corks, and out too from each bottle popped the head of a defunct patient ! I was astonished at their numbers ; but surprise was soon lost in horror, for just as I was attempting an escape, the goblins leaped with a bound on the floor ; pulled me back by the coat-skirts ; caught hold of me, this one by the legs, and that by the arms ; and chucked me head foremost into the mortar. I implored pity, but it vain ; the phantoms were inexorable ; on which, making a desperate effort, I just contrived to lift my head above the vessel, when suddenly the ghost of the Exciseman—l knew him by his nose !—starting up from the inside of a pill. box, forced open my reluctant jaws ; drenched me with my own Elixir ; and then, with a refinement of cruelty worthy of Procrustes, caught up a pestle, and kept pounding and pounding away at my ribs, till in the agony of my struggles, I awoke—to find the rush light just expiring, and my wife stooping down beside me, to pick up the nightcap which I had dislodged from her head." THOMAS'S LIBRARY ATLAS. -No. 11. Joseph Thomas, Finch-lane; and Simphin and Marshall. The second number of this excellent little work—one of the cheapest, and most useful we have met with for years—has just reached us ; and we are gratified to observe, that it supports the character which we ac corded it on its first appearance. The present number contains six beautifully arranged, and well-coloured maps, representing the British Isles, Spain, Portugal, West Indies, and Persia and Arabia. Considering their size, the maps are all extremely well executed ; in addition to which, they are drawn in accordance with the, alterations effected by the latest treaties and dis• coveries. We are glad to learn, that notwithstanding the large outlay required to bring out this work, it pro mises to realize the publisher's most sanguine expecta tions. It really deserves all the patronage which the public may be induced to extend to it. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. " Ti E HEIR PRESUMPTIVE," Lady Stepney s Novel, will appear early next week. In a few days will be published, " ROMANCES OF MANY LANDS, WITH SKETCHES OF LIFE AND MANNERS." Edited by John Poole, Esq., Author of " Paul Pry." The new volume of the Standard Novels and Romances on the eve of publication, is to contain " HAJJI BABA OF ISFA HAN." By James Morier, Esq., complete in one volume. Mr. Bentley announces a Translation of the new work by the late Ex-Minister of Charles X., Baron D'Haussez, called 44 THE TRAVELS OF AN EXILE." A Novel, entitled, " THE COUNTESS OF MONTFORT," is an nounced for immediate publication. 4 4 SKETCHES OF A SEA-PORT TOWN," by Henry F. Chorley, Esq., will appear about the 10th instant. who played a single game with Mr. Howard, and beat him in good style. Mr. Howard is, however, a player to whom a first-rate can give a Rook. His Excellency was presented by Mr. George Walker (who conducted him over the establish ment) with a copy of the Laws of the Club, and also with a printed representation of the present state of the match pend ing by correspondence between the Paris and Westminster Chess Clubs. Namik Pacha assisted in setting up these posi tions on a board, and was desirous of obtaining the fullest ex planation of the match in all its details. He informed the members, that in Constantinople there were several manu scripts on Chess, both practical and poetical, in the Turkish, Arabian, and Persian languages. On leaving the Club his Excellency was formally invited to revisit the Club whenever agreeable, and he declared his intention of frequently so doing during his stay in London. Ear] Spencer, we understand, has removed the whole of his deer, consisting of about eight hundred, from Althorpe Park.—Northampton Herald. The Corporation of Dublin have presented the free dom of that city to Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Henry, in his reply to the address from the Corporation, says, that the ob jects of the Government as to Ireland are "to protect our in stitutions from reckless innovation." Is one of those institu tions the Irish Church ? Is that to be protected from reckless innovation ? If it be, Sir Henry's strenuous efforts to preserve the peace of that country will be all in vain. COUNT Pozzo DI BORGO.—We believe that this celebrated diplomatist's stay here will not extend to more than a month after the assembling of the new Parliament, as he will then return to resume his functions at the Court of the Tuileries. Count Woronzow, on whom the Czar has de termined to confer the post of Ambassador to this Court, will not arrive until the advance of the Spring. He was lately Governor-General of Odessa, and is the son of the late respected Count Symon Woronzow, the predecessor of Prince Lieven here, and who died in London at an advanced age in 1832. According to the Spectator's calculation, which we believe to be as nearly accurate as possible, and rather un favourable than otherwise, the strength of parties is thus stated : Anti-Ministerialists Alinisterialists Doubtful On Monday week, Mr. Henry Hunt, the late M.P. for Preston, on alighting from his chaise at Alsford, in Hamp shire, apparently in the enjoyment of vigorous health, was seized with an attack of paralysis, which deprived him entirely of the use of his left side. A surgeon was fortunately on the spot, and by copious bleeding, and the administration of active remedies, it is hoped that Mr. Hunt may survive the attack ; there is, however, but slight expectation that the use of his limbs will be ever restored. The members of the Villebois Hunt, of which Mr. Hunt was formerly a member, and the surrounding gentry, many of them his early friends and com panions, have sent to express to Mr. Hunt their sympathy and condolence in his affliction. THE NEW STREET IN THE STRAND.—Yesterday, by the great exertions which have been made in consequence of the complaints of the parish authorities, the new street forming a communication between Waterloo-bridge, crossing the newly-erected English Opera-house to Charles -street, Covent-garden, was thrown open for pedestrians ; and the work is in such a state of progress that, in two or three days, the carriage-way will also be thrown open. A new drawbridge has been erected over the Tower moat facing the river, and near to the entrance to the Tower by what is termed the Traitors'-gate. This bridge has been erected for the purpose of facilitating the deposit of stores, &c., in the new warehouses in the Tower. In order to erect this bridge it was necessary to cut through the ramparts, which are seven feet thick, and formed of firmly-cemented stone, brick, &c. FRAUD ON THE POST-OFFICE.—Notice of a pro secution has, we hear, been served on the proprietors of a Sun day paper, on an alleged charge of having lent the Title of their paper to an unstamped sheet, containing nothing irn e than a bookseller's catalogue ; and for having afterwA.:u s trans mitted the same under covers, endorsed with the na.tno of the newspaper, by post, to all parts of the kingdom; • SAVINGS' BANKS IN FRANCE.—There are at present in France seventy-nine savings' banks, authorized by the Government, and the Council of State has under conside ration fifty-two applications for permission to establish similar institutions. Of these establishments thirty-six are in the chief towns of arrondissements, and forty-one in the chief towns of departments. It therefore appears that there are forty-five chief towns of departments which do not possess savings' banks. There is an immense number of depositors in the Paris savings' banks, and on two succeeding days, about a fortnight ago, no less than a'sum total of 516,508 francs, Was paid in. —Athenmum. INDIAN NEWSPAPERS.—The India Gazette has, according to Major Head, a circulation of 568, and the Bengal Hurharu, 954. A person known as a corn porter, and as such in trusted by farmers to dispose of their grain at one of the Wes tern market towns, has just failed for between 10,0001. and 12,000/. SCOTCII METHOD OF PRESERVING EGGS.- Dip them, during one or two minutes, in boiling water. The white of the egg then forms a kind of membrane. which en velops the interior, and defends it from the air. This method is preferable to the varnish proposed by Raumur.—Mirror. A curious circumstance took place at the house of the Rev. W. Malden, Chichester, on Wednesday last : the servant on going into the kitchen discovered the cat, a rabbit, and a young rat, actually playing together ; and when the rat was brought into another room it made no effort to escape, and the cat merely went to it, and did not attempt to hurt it. Shortly after the rat was drowned in a pail of water, when the eat mewed and acted as though it had been one of her kittens, and after its death endeavoured to resuscitate it. The exportation of horses to the Continent is still continued on a large scale. Since the commencement of the present year upwards of a hundred superior animals have been shipped from this port. —Dover Telegraph. WOOL SALE.--Yesterday, at Garraway's, there was a very numerous attendance of bidders, caused by the sale of 488 bales of Australian wool, from Van Diemen's Land; 25 of Cape ; and 180 of Tuscrn. The sale went off well, and the prices obtained sustained former quotations. MR. MARTIN'S ACT.—The officers of the " Ani mals' Friend Society" last week, caused William Niddle to be fined 20s. ; John Harper, 10s. and costs ; cab-driver, 1,395, 10s. and costs; and William Shepperd (the omnibus-driver 1,070), 10s. and costs, by Messrs. Murray and Trail, for great cruelty to their cattle. Harper and Shepperd were committed to hard labour, in default of payment. The original manuscript of Dr. Johnson's " Tour in Wales," which is the property of Archdeacon Butler, of Shrewsbury, is now in the possession of Mr. Murray, of Albe marle-street In this age of autographs, it is a great literary curiosity. Coleridge, the poet, at his death, left the manu script of his " Table-talk," in his own neat hand, fairly writ ten. It is said the Poet-laureate, Coleridge's very old friend, near relation by marriage, and fellow-labourer, even from their boyish days, will hereafter give a biographical, critical, and political history of their joint efforts to assist the cause of li berty about 1796, when Southey published the first edition of his " Joan of Arc," The Baden Volksblatt contains the following " We learn from Copenhagen that a disturbance took place in the theatre a few evenings ago, during the presence of the King. The audience in the pit shouted Liberty of the Press !' The King rose, and attempted to address the people, but his voice was drowned in the uproar, and his Majesty was o bli ge d to leave the house. The capital is in a state of great excitement. The example of Norway, formerly united with Denmark, and now in a state of great prosperity, in conse quence of the liberal institutions which it has received since its separation, produces an effect in Copenhagen." EXPNONI TO RAT at^ ICELAND.—In the woods of linsafels, Iceland, a sort of rat has lately been found which lays up stores of berries for winter. When these rats pass a stream with their booty, the party, which usually consists of from six to ten, select a flat piece of dry cow dung, on which they place their berries in a heap in the centre. By their united force, they bring this singular raft to the water's edge, and after launching it, embark and place themselves round the heap, with their heads joined over it, and their backs to the water ; their tails, pendant in the stream, serving the purpose of 'udders. EXTRACT FROM A COMEDIAN'S JOURNAL.— PARts, JANUARY, 1835. —" In this morning's ramble I visited St. Cloud, and stood by the grave of the talented, admired, and lamented Mrs. Jordan, the mother of twelve children, all living in splendour, rank, and affluence, the father of whom is now the Sovereign of England. This once great depictor of nature, now has scarce a vestige of anything to mark where her mortal remains are deposited. The grave is de faced, and the letters totally obliterated ; and nothing but a few fragments of decayed stone now mark where she is buried. Her memory will ever be cherished, although no pile of honour marks her grave. My means are not in accordance with my wishes, or a splendid monument should be erected to her memory." On Saturday an inquest was held at St. Georp.P: s Hospital on the body of Henry Kingdom, aged n. A 'car- Peiltor, named Stokes, in the employ a - N t'ssrs. Cubitt, build ers, of G r ay's I nn - roa d, said t i 1.7 . 4, on Tuesday 'tenthe deceased Was at work nea r Some I :;u;idings in Kennerton-street, Knights bridge: a quantity of bricks fell from a platform about 30 feet in height, and striking the deceased on the head, felled him to the ground. He died on Friday. Verdict—Acciden tal death. Deodand, IL MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—.On Wednesday, Mr. Johnson, of Spernal, near Alchester, and his son, who had been spending the evening at Coughton-court, the seat of Sir Charles Throckmorton (it bring the audit-day), set out on their return home. After they had proceeded some distance, Mr. Johnson, jun., left his father, saying he would call on a neighbour. He did not return home that night, and nothing being heard of him the following morning, the family became alarmed, but for some time their enquiries were unavailing. Recollecting, however, that he had to cross a brook near his home, it was thought possible that he might have been acci dentally drowned—this unhappily proved too true, for on dragging the brook on Friday, his body was discovered.— Hereford Times, RELATIVE STRENGTH OF PARTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Many lists of the new Parliament have appeared, but I have met with none which, in my humble judgment, give a correct view of the support or opposition that Ministers are likely to receive at the commencement of the approaching Session. The Treasury organs assume that the Whigs are—gene rally speaking—to support Sir Robert Peel in his new cha racter of a Reformer, whilst the Opposition Press take it for granted that the Liberal Members of every political denomi nation will oppose him. lam persuaded that both conjectures are incorrect—and therefore I beg to solicit your attention to the following statement, in which you will, I believe, find that the strength of each party has not been laid down with any very glaring inaccuracy. There have been returned by England and Wales 295!Re formers, and 205 Tories : by Scotland 40 Reformers and 13 Tories : and by Ireland 69 Reformers, and 36 Tories : making a total of 404 Reformers, and 254 Tories. This calculation exhibits a majority of 150 against the Tory Government, and upon its holding together in opposition, you, Sir, and your contemporaries, seem disposed to reckon. I suspect, however, that 46 of the 404 Reformers will far oftener support Mini sters than oppose them, and that this apparent majority of 150 must necessarily dwindle down to 58 ; but what then ? Will the smaller majority be less fatal than the greater to the conti nuance of the Tories in office ?--or are the Times, Morning Post, Standard, et hoc genus omne, who profess themselves so enchanted with the result of the elections—are they, I ask, prepared to explain, in pity to our dulness, how the King's Government can be satisfactorily or constitutionally carried on, when its certain as well as uncertain supporters, muster, at the utmost, only 300, and its avowed and uncompromising oppo nents muster 358 ? I annex a list of the 46 reformers, of whose parliamentary conduct I entertain doubts, marking those amongst them, however, who may still keep aloof from Sir Robert Peel, with a note of interrogation; and I shall feel flattered, should you deem this communication worthy of a place in your valu able columns. I am, Sir, your obedient, Servant, SPECTATOR. ENGLAND AND WALES. 26. Sir Gerard Noel. 27. Sir Gilbert Heathcote? 28. Mr. Halse. 29. Sir Charles Burrell. 30. Mr. Goring, 31. Lord George Lennox. 32. Earl of Euston. 33. Lord Seymour ? 34. Sir Eardley Wilmot. 35. Mr. Long. 36. Mr. Robinson? ENGLAND AND WALES. 1. Lord Dudley Stuart? 2. Mr. Rickford. 3. Major Fancourt. 4. Mr. Walter. 5. Mr. Ainsworth. 6. Captain Peehell. 7. Lord Charles Fitzroy. 8. Lord Robert Grosvenor 9. 'Lord Arthur Lennox. 10. Sir James Graham ? 11. Mr. Plumptre. 12. Mr. Lawson. 13. Lord Stanley? 14. Mr. Phillipps? 15. Sir Edward Scott. 16. Mr. Stewart (of Lymington) 17. Lord George Bentinck. 18. Sir Matthew Ridley ? 19. Mr. Wrightson. 20. Mr. Evelyn Denison. 21. Mr. Cobbett. 22. Mr. Fielden. 23. Mr. Harcourt ? 24. Mr. Fleetwood? 25. Mr. G. H. Vernon? SCOTLAND. 37. Mr. Campbell (of Islay.) 3S. Mr. Hope Johnstone? 39. Mr. Oliphant? 40. Sir Andrew Agnew ? IRELAND. 41. Earl of Belfast. 42. Lord Arthur Hill. 43. Hon. J. J. Knox? 44. Hon. H. Westenra? 45. Sir Robert Ferguson? 46. Alderman Copeland? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The nomination at Middlesex, and for the North Riding of Yorkshire, has given a clear interpretation of tb- , , Tamworth Manifesto. Mr. Hume, as an exposer of -L uses, and a calculator, is one of the three mortal e nemies of the Tories ; and as a security to their holdincr office, it was found necessary that Mr. Hume, and two other liberal men, should be expelled the House of C° 7:mons by the Tory Administra tion, to effect which —public and th .:e whole force of Wellington's misrule "Tivate wealth—were centered in Lieutenant Wocd ciders :an insult to Europe, and every part of the ..orld where confidence is placed in the British flag. The Tories, who would destroy talent which has ever been exer cised for the people's good, are the only Destructives of the present day. If there ever was a man in the British Parlia ment that the nation ought to be proud of—who was a slave to sound economy, or the nation's good, or the people's interest —a power of strength against corruption—the true friend of liberty and order—the enemy of Court intrigue, pensioned knavery, and sinecures—whose very life is occupied in calcu lating means to relieve the public burdens—exposing fraud, peculation, and jobs, at the expense of his own health and fortune—such a man is Mr. Hume. Such a man they wanted to rob the people of, and give them Mr. Wood in lieu. If the present men intend any Reform (should they ever have an op portunity) why not work with reforming tools? This is gall and wormwood, and bad for their complaints. No, they would sacrifice talent and ability, when used for the public good, at the shrine of military despotism—place, pension, and sine cures. Their deadly hatred to Mr. Hume must open the eyes of all Englishmen, when they reflect upon what he has done, and what the Tories are afraid he will do. His indefatigable industry, in finding out public abuses, will soon expose to the country how many thousands of the public money 'hive been expended—and places given to establish Toryism. It is this they fear,—and it is for this they would give Middlesex a wooden man to appear at their " fair trial" as the principal witness in Mr. Hume's place. Detestable mummery ! This will work for the ballot, triennial Parlia ments, relief of the Bishops, and household suffrage. How rich to have seen Lieutenant Wood attempting the parliamen tary duties as performed by Mr. Hume I What a light he would have thrown upon Committees ! What a benefit he would have been to the nation as an illustrious Senator ! Thank God, Hume's pillar, and the privileged pen and ink, will never be contaminated by an enemy to the people—that pillar so long the support of the people's friend while advocat inf. their cause, should be cast into medals and distributed to Liberals throughout the world. Any comparison between Joseph Hume and his late opponent is odious, although by the Ministry, thought good enough for the people. Mistaken men I Hume is a limb of the Constitution, a fixture in Parliament; and as long as he pleases, his merits will always insure him a seat in one House of Parliament or the other. Nor can all the Tory agitation prevent it. Daniel O'Connell's agitation is princely compared to the Tories. His is for speculative ' good for his country, and positive gain for himself. The T- or i es for power to keep the people down, oppressing the and industrious classes with taxes and impositions, to support their Aristocratic paupers as per Black P,Ook. The North Riding of Yorkshire has done its duo . ; by resisting coalesced Tory power. The money-agents. 'and principals were Messrs. Cattle, Walker and Duncoml;e, against Cayley, a tried Re former. Bribes, intilP.'lation, drunkenness, fi g hti ng , an d bloodshed, have ben more or less the order of the day through the Riding si.Tice the nomination. What an insult to common sense for: the Tories to expect a re-action to that extent that th North Riding should be at the disposal of Mr. Duncombe. They now have found out their mistake, like the Ministers who dissolved the last Parliament. The glorious battle has been fought and won. It only remains for the Members to do their duty. The Tories have nothing to lose except the golden pelf—their characters as men of honour, consistency, and in dependent principles are lost for ever—the exposure of their deeds for the last ten months by Hume's catechism will be a damning witness against them, should they dare to meet the Parliament. North Allerton, Jan. 29. SAILOR. DECIMAL CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--Remarks were, I believe, more than once made in the House of Commons during the last session, about the utility of introducing into this country the decimal process of compu tation, on the ground of its being a simple, accurate, and easy mode of carrying on commercial calculations, and also further more showing that we approached very near to the decimal system in many respects, and that it might be here carried into effect without much difficulty in moneys, weights, and measures. It is with reference to the former that I now ven ture to trouble you with some remarks, which may or may not, according to your decision, be useful, and consequently worth or not worth a space in your columns. The present money calculations of bankers, merchants, and others, are encumbered and delayed by the circuitous process of reckoning with four denominations, viz., pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings, carrying so many fours from the first column to the second ; so many twelves from the second to the third ; and again so many twenties from the third to the fourth, before the final point can be arrived at, which appears to me to be a kind of heavy drag on working accounts, at least in comparison with the having only two denominations of moneys in book-keep ing, and those arranged decimally, so that the working may be perfectly simple, and the higher kind of money distinguished and separated from the lower by striking off the decimal figures. This decimal arrangement is now in practice in many countries, and is, I believe, highly approved of on account of the facility and accuracy of its results, as well as saving of time in making up of accounts, buying and selling stock, and al!, 'ki n d s of money transactions. I may instance Naples, •where they calculate in ducats and grains (100 grains to 'one ducat). Holland—in florins (or guilders), and . , cents. France—in francs and centimes• Belgium—in francs and ce United States of Nor t3- .1 America—dollars and cents. Russia—Rouble. an d copecks—(loo to the rouble). There are pro ably many others, but these are sufficient for the purpoc:,, and I may now proceed to state how very easily (as " - ppears to me) the same plan may be introduced into our own monetary system ; the terms I should propose to adopt would be crowns and cents. I specify "crowns," as not being a republican and innovating term ; it is also a term to which we have been accustomed—the crown to represent five shil lings of our present money ; and we should be able to avoid the necessity of any kind of new coinage for the present, and slide from the old into the new style with scarcely any diffi culty whatever. Thus a sovereign would become a four crown piece, and a half sovereign a two crown piece, a shilling 20 cents, the fifth of a crown (the primary denomination), a six pence would be a ten cent piece, and half a crown 50 cents. The only difficulty would occur in the present lowest denomi nation, viz., the copper coinage, and that might easily be con quered ; let the new penny represent two cents, or ten to the shilling ; the new halfpenny, one cent, or twenty to the shil ling, 1. e. 100 to the crown ; the farthing half a cent—a lower coin would not be required ; the old penny piece might provisionally, from its greater weight of copper (1 oz), pass for two cents and a half, this latter arrangement to remain in force until a new copper coinage be ready. This measure, together with the commutation of the penny into two cents, would benefit the poorer class of people, and materially injure no one. The national debt, instead of 800,000,000/. sterling, would be designated three thousand two hundred million BRIGHTON. After Divine Service on Sunday, his Majesty gave audiences to Lord Wharncliffe and Sir Henry Fane, and afterwards drove out along the cliffs, accompanied by the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg. The Queen, accompanied by the Countess Howe, Miss Hope Johnstone, and Miss Bagot, attended Divine Service on Sun day afternoon at St. George's Chapel. The Rev. J. Anderson officiated. Prince George, Ear I Howe, and Mr. Davis, were also present. Her Majesty and suite afterwards drove to Hove and back to the Palace. Rear-Admiral Ommanney, Sir Robert and Lady Kennedy, and Lieutenant- General Sir Henry Fane, are added to the list of fashionable arrivals. The Marquis of Bristol, the Ladies Hervey, Lady E. Stuart Wortley, and Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, visited their Majes ties on Sunday. Lord Wharncliffe left here on Sunday afternoon, on his return to town ; Lady Wharncliffe remains. The Rev. F. F. Foord Bowes and Sir Henry Fane were invited to dinner yesterday evening at the Palace. His Majesty will open the new Parliament in person, and will leave here for that purpose on the 19th inst. His Majesty will be accompanied to town by the Queen and several of the Royal suite. The Court will remain at St. James's one right, and return here the following day. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady George Hill, in Park-street, from a visit to the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, at Brighton ; the Hon. and Rev. Arthur Chetwynd, and Mrs. Talbot, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the continent ; Mr. and Lady Caroline Maxse, at Woolledmy, Sussex, from a tour; Lieut.-General Sir William and Lady Lumley, in Green street, Park-lane, from Windsor ; Mrs. Mellish Const, in Ar lington-street, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Irving Leigh, in Dover-street, from St. Leonard's-on- Sea ; the Countess Beau champ and Lady Augusta Fallon, in Portman-square ; Mr. and Mrs. Hartopp, at Symmons's Hotel, from Brighton ; General Barton, in Bryanstone-square ; Sir Compton, Lady, and Miss Doraville, at Brighton, from a tour ; Lord de Roos, in Park place, from Brighton; Hugo Mildmay, Esq., in Bruton-street, from a tour ; Right Hon. F. W. Croker, at Moulsey, Hamp ton-court, from a tour ; Lord Macdonald, in Conduit -street, Bond-street, from Melton Mowbray ; the Duke of Devon shire, at his seat, Chatsworth, from his seat, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire ; Lord Falkland, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from the Palace, Brighton ; Mrs. Trafford and family, at ditto, from Lincolnshire ; the Bishop of Lincoln, at War ren's Hotel, Regent-street, from the Palace, Lincolnshire; Lord Henry Fitzmauriee, at Lansdowne House, Berkeley square, from Bowood Park, Wilts • the Earl of Moray, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Cheltenham ; Lord Compton, at ditto, from a tour Captain Garth, R.N., a t ditto, from his seat in Berks ; Mrs. and the Misses Ricardo, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from Brighton ; Captain Moberly, in Brook-street, from Ire land; Mr. and Mrs. J. Mills, in Park-lane, from Norfolk; Captain F. Hickey, R.N., F. Hickey, Esq., and J. Hickey, Esq., at Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish.square l Philip WI, liams, Esq., at ditto ; Richard Foster, Esq., and Mrs. F os _ ter ' at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park - place , from the Isle of Wight; John Kennedy, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; M rs . General Waddington and Mrs. Kerr, in Lower Montagu street, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. Lord Francis Egerton, for his seat, at Oatlands ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haywood, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn street, for Bath ; Mrs. C. Nesbitt, for Paris; Colonel Wild. man, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Newstead Abbey P • Colonel and Mrs. Paske, from ditto, for Worcester ; E. H. Chad, Esq., for his residence in Hertford-street; the Rev. Mr. Jennings, from ditto, for Cambridge ; Messrs. Clarke, from ditto, on a tour ; J. Williams, from ditto, for Portsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. J. Graham, from Regent-street, for their seat in Essex ; W. Stebbing Sadler, Esq., and family, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; George Warde, g sq ., and Captain Charles Warde, R. N., from ditto ; Jens Pell, Esq., from ditto; Wanley Sawbridge, Esq., from ditto ; J. A. Slack, Esq., from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Thurlow and fa mily, from the Hyde Park Hotel, for Hastings ; Mr. and Mrs. Thiselwayte, from ditto, for Hampshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Gee and Miss Gee, from ditto, for Pudlicot House, Oxfordshire. ADELPHI THEATRE. Another novelty was produced at this most producti ve theatre last night, under the title of Celestza, or, The Work/ in the Moon. It was comprised in three acts, which, though somewhat of the longest, were received with great approba tion by a crowded house. As a mere spectacle, the piece is one of the most splendid we ever beheld; the scenery and dresses are extremely beautiful ; and the whole " getting up" evinces that perfect knowledge of stage effect, and utter disre gard of expense, which has always charaoteriyed this manage ment. Of the dialogue, the less said the better. We have. already borne testimony to the very splendid scale on which this spectacle has been produced ; and we repeat that, consi dering it merely as a spectacle, it is impossible to praise it too highly. Many of the effects are particularly worth oeelng, riot only for their beauty, but their novelty, The total eclipse of the moon, the tableaux at the close of each act, and the nymphs' retreat, could not be excelled, if, indeed, they could be equalled, in point of scenic display, at any theatre in London. The actors did what they had to do as well as they could, and made the most of the parts allotted to them, FRENCH PLAYS.—M. Lemaitre appeared yester- day evening, for the first time in this country, as Othello, an impersonation by which he has highly distinguished himself on the French boards, The performance is, indeed, a most finished one : the rise and fall of eonflioting passions, the ex pression of intense love and bitter hatred, the agony of jea lousy, the burst of feeling and energy, were given with sur passing power. The dresses and colour of the skin were in the best taste. The part of " Hedelmone" was admirabl filled by Mademoiselle Petit. Mrs. Waylett has recently had an interview with the Lord Chamberlain on th 9, subject of licensing the Strand Theatre, but the result has not been favourable to the wishes of her friends. As lessee and manager she received notice, not long after Lord Jersey came into office, that measures would be taken to close the house, but in consequence of the expedient adopted as to admission, it would not be easy to convict, even if the jury could not avoid finding Mrs. Waylett guilty upon other grounds. VIsIT c TDB Trjß4istf AMBASSADOR TO THE WESTMINSTER CHESS CLUB.—On Saturday evening last, his Excellency Namik Pacha, the Turkish Ambassador, accompa nied by several members of his suite, honoured the Westmia ster Chess Club, in Bedford -street, with a visit. His Excel lency, on arriving, was received by the President p i mi C e nr,cil, and, having been foilbOy the flub ulustero iu num bers proportionate tq occasion, there being nearly two hundred gentlemen present. His filxcelleney declined playing himself, but appeared to tqlre fiTnt plPaßure In looking over a couple of games played by Messrs. G. Walker and Packham. He speak* French fluently, and entered familiarly 3 .11t0 conversation upon the subject of Chess, which he says is much played at Con stantinople, the same rules being observed as in England, with the single exception that the Pawn is not suffered to 1 1 1 91 . ° more than one sonare at starting , some inte Nsis w as excited by a game plPyed by two of the Turkish gentlemen, which we regret was not taken down, as it displayed considerable The whole of the Ambassador's suite declined playing with the members of the Club, excepting the Pacha's secretary, - • ---- __ i../.,.:','• towns C. 3 200,000 ). If a party were zysirous of buy. -.., ~,( ing stock, he would purchase four hundreW rpvins (C-4 0 %.,, - ; ' 1 C onsols,' equivalent to 100/. ; and the pri ' 'flirt - admit mare minute and radual approaches to each o ,l'haia bi,tihu f :r . e i rst present eighths ; * per cent is now 2s. 6d. or 50 cents; but, in. a purchase of C.lOO, k would be 12} cents. In adjusting every present outstanding account, the pounds would be qua drupled, and one added for every five shillings, to turn the amount into crowns ' • the fractions would be turned into cents ; thus—l owe C. Y. 1371. 17s. Bfd.—four times 137, with three added, are 551 crowns, and the remaining 2s. 80. become 57 cents—thus 551.57. How much quicker twenty columns of such amounts would be cast together than twenty columns of pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings, I need not point out—the thing is self-evident. I may add, in refuta tion of an anticipated charge of innovation and confusion likely to arise from the transition, that those steady, commercial, and business-like people, the Dutch, (who cannot be accused of a desire for visionary changes,) impressed with a conviction of the advantages of the decimal mode of keeping accounts, adopted the same accordingly. The law of the kingdom of Holland, which turned their guilders, pennings, stivers, groats, &c., into simply florins (or guilders) and cents, was passed not many years ago, and we should, perhaps, do well to ascertain if any loss or confusion preceded the advantage they now enjoy of possessing a quick and easy mode of calculating their " pro fits of stock." We should also inquire into the workings of the decimal money system in other countries, and, if we find the result to be favourable, it is a subject that may surely be entertained by the legislature. I am, your obedient servant, • • J. C. THE SPEAKERSHIP. To the Editor of the Greenock Advertiser. SlR,—Having observed that do.:,'ats existed in many quarters as to the time and mode of choosing a Speaker for the House of Commons, I have made it my business to ascertain these points, and find the following to be the practice. A new Parli?.'inent is opened by Commission on the very day it is sultinr;ned for, and those Commoners only who have been sworn in previous to going before the Commissioners are en 'titled to choose a Speaker to be presented on the following day to the King for his approbation. Thus very little latitude is allowed for the essential ceremony of being sworn in, which is one great cause of the attendance at the choosing of a Speaker being generally so much smaller than on hearing the King's Speech, and voting the address on it—another, and the main cause, however, is, that the opposition, necessarily composed of discordant ingredients, seldom muster strong on the occa sion of choosing a Speaker, while the Ministerial benches, especially when occupied by Tories, as well as those filled by their adherents, are sure to present an array of their whole forces in apple-pie order, ready to speak, vote, or be silent according to the well arranged tactics and to the commando issued to that most obedient phalanx. The usual order of things will be changed, it is thought, on the approaching occasion. The conduct and partizanship of the late Speaker have been so extremely conspicuous and decided, as to lead to the belief that his admitted qualification for the office he has so long filled w ill no t scre r, n him from a contest for his re-election—which contest,shnld it take place, will present an outline of the strength of the contending par ties, although by no means equal to that which may be ex pected on the address—provided 'it shall be framed so as to contain any thing tangible by th e o pp os iti on , which Si r Robert Peel will it is one of the Proln i aly endeavour to provide against, as niaxims of this very cautious Tory to put a string of ';,ere nothings into the mouth of Royalty, by way of 'insuring the tinsel eclat of the support of that "r;e class of politicians who delight to bask in minis terial sunshine, or want nothing better than an excuse to escape from the performance of their duty, and be ea. titled to fawn on the powers that be. But as no man can fairly judge of the arguments which may be brought forward respecting a change of the Speaker in times like the present, without being in his place as a sworn-in Member of the House of Commons on the 19th day of February ; and as every Mem ber who has been elected by a liberal constituency will be ex pected by them to hear and decide on that important question, it will be well for the liberal press to promulgate this doctrine for the benefit of new Members, as well as for those who are lukewarm, ignorant, or designing. It may here very safely be asserted that accurate lists of the names of all Members, whe ther present or absent, will be published in black and red ink, and circulated over the Three Kingdoms, so that constituen cies may at once know their men, should the disobedient Com mons be dismissed unceremoniously at a moment's notice. For my own part, I have kept my word of giving my three votes for three Members firmly pledged to oust the Wellington and Peel Administration ; and shall tuke good care to reserve the use of these at next election, as every true Reformer will likewise do, until we shall have seen how the present House of Commons shall conduct itself in the choice of a Speaker, —and in removing from the service of the King, those men who have long since, and for ever, lost the confidence of the people. As this may be the last time I shall have the pleasure of addressing you before I proceed to take my seat in Parlia ment, I beg leave to mention, for the information of the in habitants of Greenock, that I will use my best endeavours for having the attendance and votes of the Members of the people's House officially published for their use ; and, in the mean time, do all I can to effect this by any other method, until the people's servants shall no longer be afraid or ashamed to allow the people to be indisputably and officially informed of all their doings.—l remain, Sir, Kelly, Jan. 28, 1835. Your obedient Servant, ROBERT WALLACE. THE VOCAL SOCIETY. SECOND CONCERT. The marked superiority which discovers itself in the selec tion of the music now performed at these subscription con certs, even when compared with their former schemes, affords a strong presumption of a corresrbnding improvement in the public taste. The Vocal St'iciety, from its commencement, has enjoyed the good fort..ane of being directed by gentlemen who have been desir-,us of progressively creating a just re gard in their b' firers for the classical productions of writers of all countries, and more especially of their own. By adhering to this - ,Jian they have consulted the real interests of their pro. 1t lion, and have contributed to raise the standard of excel lence, which it has hitherto obtained in similar associations- The second concert of the season was held on Monday even ing-, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The scheme consisted of a selection from Handel, Parcel, Boyce . and Haydn, in the choral style ; a quartet and chorus from that long neglected, but immortal opera, " The Idomeneo" of Mozart ; four glees, by Battishall, Webb, Stafford, Smith, and Elliott ; two madri gals, one by Pizzoni, the other by Morley, (a favourite com poser of Queen Elizabeth); duet, by Sphor ; song, by Han del ; aria, by Rossini ; and cavatina, by Webb. Boyce's an them, " 0 give thanks," is too well known, and justly appre ciated to require further notice ; and the same remark will apply,' to the choruses of Handel, Haydn, and Parcel. The opera of " Idomeneo" was esteemed by its composer as a chef d'ceurre; and in fact worked up, in other composi tions, some of the exquisite melodies with which it abounds. While the star of such writers as Donizetti, Vaccaij, and Pa cini, is in the ascendant at the King's Theatre, it is vain to ex pect that the strains of Mozart will often be heard there. Hap pily the Italian stage in London has preserved the " Don Gio vanni " from oblivion. The quartet is a delicious morccau, full of melody, and the instruments are disposed in Mozart's happiest style. In mentioning the glees, we cannot pass by the name of Battishall, who was the Mozart of the vocal com posers of this country ; the beautiful dispersion of his parts, and the elegance and variety of his melody, proclaim him one of the first of glee-writers. The duet of Spohr was taken from the Opera of " Faust," which, next to the " Don Gio vanni " of Mozart, is the grandest specimen of operatic compo sition. Few would have ventured to pourtray the mighty con ceptions of Goethe ; and Spohr, of living musicians, has alone been found equal to the task. The duet occurs early in the opera, and is the life-like expression of the pure affection of two beings, suddenly hurried into the excesses of a passion of whose previous existence they are unconscious--when Faust, like Romeo, first " —Stole immortal blessing from her lips, " Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, " Did blush, as thinking their own kisses sin." The composition is one of the most soul touching melodies, —wedded to harmony the most refined. We should have classed the motett for eight voices ny 'Mendelsohn, with the non-descript efforts which are annually published under the imposing title of " Gresham Priv: Compositions," which bear the same resemblance to 11 - ,e pure specimens of old Church music, as the nonsens , - verses of an Eton lad to the odes of Horace, or eclogues of Virgil. " The Madrigals" were well performed ; and the light and shade of the alternate pianos and fortes exquisitely managed. Mr. Hobbs was justly encored i Webbe's Cavatina." The accompaniments, however, re:ainded us of the Act music to be met with at the grand 'neatrical exhibitions held in honour of the feast of St Bartholomew in Smithfield-market; and the part assigned to the horn could only be paralleled by the exquisite harmony of the guards of his Majesty's mails as they successively vanish from St. Martin's-le-Grand. Mr. Bennett sang with great effect " The Aria," from the Torvaldo c Dorliska of Rossini, which is an excellent specimen of this composer's style. Master Howe did Mr. E. Taylor's " Fairy Song" more than justice. We know not whether the author, or the gentleman who accompanied, be entitled to the credit of the symphonies ; they were distinguished by all the freedom from rythm which the most unlicensed fancy could desire. The instrumental composition of the evening was a quintet of Mozart, performed by Willman, T. Cooke, Daniels, Mountain, and Lindley. It was the greatest treat of the Concert; and the author'', beau tiful ideas were admirably expressed. ALBIJAIB.—A well-known literary gentleman, as much celebrated for his readiness at repartee as for his funny stories, was summoned one morning to receive within his own hands, and from the perfumed glove of a fashionable footman, the album of Lady F— C.—, with her Ladyship's com pliments, and she would feel obliged by Mr. C—'s writing in it. " You may leave the book," replied the wag, " but tell your mistress that my price is 201. in half an hour." The servant paid the money, which we are sorry, for the sake of literature, the author retained, and often boasts it was the best day's work he ever did. A very worthy youth once sent his album all the way to the Lakes, per coach, for the honour of contribution from the Poet Laureat. His contribution was given thus : " Robert Southey is my name, And England is my nation ; Keswick is my dwelling-place. And Albums are—my very great detestation.' —Court Journal. .;;,,