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Colonel Cadell is the author of this book, which gives an animated account of the services of one of our most gallant regiments, from the period of their first campaign in the Peninsula, down to their crowning glory at Waterloo ; where as the Colonel observes, they behaved with such signal coolness and intrepidity, as to call forth the following short and soldier-like speech from Sir Thomas Picton, who was in the centre :—" Twenty-eighth, if I live to see the Prince Regent, I shall lay before him your bravery this day." In the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, the gal lant conduct of the 28th procured for the regiment the name of " Slashers"—an appellation by which they were honourably distinguished to the termination of the War. The book is written in a soldierly spirit through out, as free from bombast and braggadocio, as the gallant author appears to be from every tinge of per sonal vanity, other than what he derives from serving his King and Country in the fellowship of a band of heroes. There is likewise a minuteness of military detail about the work which must recommend it to officers of the United Service, while the hair-breadth escapes which it recounts, and the instances of per sonal bravery which it enumerates, will not fail to pro cure for it the patronage of the peaceful public. The following shocking instance of the tenacity of human life is, we believe, without a parallel in the annals of the medical art " Hearing that we were to march to the Isla de Leon in the evening, I, accompanied by the late Lieutenant and Adjutant Bridgeland (then sergeant-major), went to that part of the field where Colonel Brown's flank battalion had so nobly fought, to look for the body of Lieutenant Bennet. After a short search we found it. The spectacle was truly horrible. musket-ball had entered his forehead, and had carried away the whole of the back of the head : a portion of the brain was lying in his cap ; still he breathed I The sergeant-major said he would never leave him as long as he had breath in his body; lend perceiving the army moving down to the beach, on their way to the Isla, a force being left to cover the removal of the wounded, he tied up the shattered head, and placing the •hody on his shoulder, carried it four miles to the Bermuga heights, where the army halted. The surgeon coming up, examined the body, and said that it was perfectly ridiculous to think of conveying it a yard further, for although breath re mained, all feeling was past. We therefore procured two Feat coats, and in the most retired place we could find, placed one under and the other over our poor comrade, and with sore hearts left him. About twelve at night we crossed over to the Isla, and were glad to get under any sort of cover. Some of us found our way into a Spanish hospital, where we were for ttunate enough to get some clean straw on which we could lie sown, and repose our weary limbs. " About nine next morning I was aroused from a sound sleep by a soldier of the regiment. He told me that a corpse had been brought in by some Spaniards, who said it was that of an English officer; upon which I instantly got up, and limped 07, , 1wn stairs as well as I could (for I had been wounded °Y a spent grape-shot about the middle of the action), when, .shocking to I‘ . late, I saw the body of poor Bennet brought in bread-bag, He was still breathing. The dust from the bread, which had almost filled his nostrils, mouth, and eyes, I quickly removed with a sponge and water. His usual placid !Alile was still upon his countenance ; but no sooner had this last friendly office bees performed, than our lamented comrade, with adeep sigh, expired." A 3 alight be expected, Colonel Cadell relates some curiou s c,-istances of escapes, which in less enlightened times would be numbered, wish the miracles of saints and martyrs. Such matters are familiar to soldiers, and so he recounts them as things of course—mere a necdotes to be related over a glass of grog. The following is perhaps as singular in its way as any in the book : — " The coolness displayed by General Pringle, who com manded at the hard fought action of Maya, with two Brirsla Prigades against two French divisions, was admirable. Early to the action, a fine young man, Ensign Dalmar, of the 28th, w hile carrying the colours, was shot through the heart by a French sharpshooter. E ns i gn Hill , see i ng the colours fall, instantly ran and took them up, exclaiming at the same time that ' the colours of the ' slashers' should never want a person it display them to the enemy.' He had scarcely spoke, when I tte sam e Frenchman, having reloaded, hit him in the same Place as poor Dalmar. Fortunately for Hill, he had a hand erehief in his breast, which saved hint: the ball passed th rough his coat, waistcoat, thirteen folds of the handkerchief, a nd fris shirt, giving him a severe contusion in the breast; he uffere,i from spitting blood for a long time afterwards. This gr ade fellow died, whilst Captain of Grenadiers of the 63d agiment, in Portugal, in the year 1825. Two or three of Markstven, having detected the Frenchman picking off our ch ucers, he %vas soon tumbled down the rocks." The doctrine of second sight gains credence nowhere that we are aware of, save in the West Highlands of Scotland, and in the more retired parts of the North of Ireland. Yet an opinion prevails among many P'oPle, and we have heard it ably advocated by men of great mental powers, that there is a presentiment of : e vil which visits the more reflective members of_ society, `before the coming of any great and unexpected misfor t4oe, by which its approach is rendered certain. It is 4 erted that the 4 ‘ divinity which stirs within us" fore aees the evil which is about to happen to us, and coin trnriectes to us, or rather awakens in us, an appre hension of undefined sufferlDg, in order that we may P r epare ourselves for its arrival in any form. We do 4°t offer any he followingt tance, to which Colonel Cadell was himself an eye-witvess, is worthy - of particular notice:-- " A sing ular instance of presentiment occuriCd on this i t — on. When the ;plying picquets turned out in the morn as, a soldier of my company, the grenadiers, named M'Kinlay, k ra e up to me handing a gaper, and said, Captain, here is will lamto be killed t6-.day, and I will all my arrears, " 4 4 d every thing I have, to my comrade Hugh Swift.' What eisense, M'Kinlay, I replied to him; go into action, and what you hare always done, behoe like a brave soldier.' hee,answered, ' I will do that, Sir ; but I am certain I am to ,at.4illed to-day, and I request you to take my will.' To i h r _ l !fY him I took it, and the man fought with the picquets th ring the whole day with great coolness and gallantry. In t he afternoon, a little before the action was over, we rejoined r egiment, —we had suffered much, but M'Kinlay was ending unhurt close to me ; upon which I observed to him, ai M`Kinlay, I sus p ec t y ou are wrong thi s ti me .' Th e 6il:t of the r eg i ment b e i ng poste d on t h e roun d en d o f a hill cut _t e i nto steps for th e v i nes , a b o d y o f t h e enemy ' s s h arps h ooters to re closo under us, and opened a fire to cover their retiring M'Kinlay, seeing one of them taking aim over the r ase of a fig-tree in our direction, exclaimed, Look at that hen ping to shoot our Captainadvancing one p t ‘ l the hill, presented at the Frenchman, who, however, was poos.'lmazttely too quick for him, for in an instant afterwards spot ' . 1 0IKinlay was sh o t th roug h th e nec k, an d kill e d on th e breast, 711 e same ball gave me a severe contusion on the arid I fell with the unfortunate man, and was actually tf,,, er ed With his blood. He was one of the best soldiers in - grenadier company, and was much regretted." W e regret we cannot find space for more extracts, of whi • ch many better might be selected, but the few b e h ' l- __ e_fore us is hi g hiy ha ve given are sufficient to show that the book interesting. The author has con f e _ ' rad an obli ga ti on on the gallant R eg i men t i n w hi c h he served, a n d set an example to other officers which e shall be h appy to see followed. The author has otar best wishes. • n THREE YEARS in the PACIFIC; ... 0 ,„1 • "Letn4lng IVotices of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, ?re., in 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834. BY am qfilver of the United States Navy. 2 Vol.. _London. R. Bentley. 1835. • ofA Ino3t instru, , :tive work, written in the happiest o l le of easy description, by a very intelligent observer tociety in Smith America. It is hardly possible to one's eve over five pages together, without being Xtibly remi n d e d o f t h e wr i t in gs o f C apta i n B as il 411 , and ot h ers of our most li ve l y nava l wr i ters. nt auth or appears quite a men of the wor ld , an d a 1 * vd observer of whatever comes under his notice in or 3 h r 'ray ; but at th e same tithe, brimful of the milk u t Ain kindness ; always disposed to be as happy eirek imstancos will allow ; and consequently never th e‘ reader with his croaking over misfortunes • More; momentous than damp sheets, and negligent .4!°111g-int.‘n—a species of calamity of which most `•,l:4*lers in strange lands are so fond of dwelling upon, The r eadiro . public is r are ly t em pt e d t o f o ll ow th e bevond Ole threshold of the first inn at which wits his: horse, by which means it escapes a world tI objurgation and sluttish impertinence. •• ere is a ,Ilealthy tone about these volumes which is THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1835. quite refreshing, and which gives a novelty to a work on a country, rendered familiar to every person by the mul tiplicity of books which have been published about it, even within the last three years. The sketches of society in the various towns in South America, visited by the writer, are given with great ease and freedom, with occasional touches which display an uncommon sagacity in discerning the nicest traits of character. The following account of the state of female society in Lima is as interesting as any thing we have met with in the writings of any former traveller in America• " The morale of Lima society may be gathered from the fact, that females, married or single, who are known to have yielded to amatory intrigues, are received in the fashionable circles. Few persons who know any anything of Lima, has e not heard of the celebrated Josepha Luisa, the heroine of a correspondence between herself and a notorious judge, which was printed in Philadelphia, in 1823, under the title of " Cartas Americanas." He is portrayed in that work as a se sond St. Preux, and she as another Nouvelle Heloise. He now holds a distinguished place under the government, and she, though known to be the mother of some of his children, and sister of his wife, is seen at the theatre, and everywhere with the haut ton ! The passion which suggested the corres pondence no longer exists ; yet neither of them is ashamed of its publicity. On the contrary, he has attempted to defend his letters, as well as the sentiments contained in them, by as suring us that they were published for the instruction of his countrymen He even proposed distributing . copies, to be left on the tables at the various cafes, as tracts are piously scattered in the United States ! If all who are in similar cir cumstances in the " City of Freemen," were banished from its social world, fashionable society would be obliterated ! "It is very generally acknowledged that the Limanas exercise an almost unlimited sway over the gentlemen, whether husbands or " cortejos"—cavalieri serventi. Yet there is a most remarkable inconsistency in the habits of the people--where ladies are concerned. An un married lady is never permitted to go out, without being attended by the mother, an old aunt, a married sister, or some chaperone ; nor is she ever left alone with a gentleman, unless he be an admitted suitor. Now it has often puzzled me to divine how young ladies, thus closely watched, can possibly find an opportunity to listen to the secret com mnnications of their lovers. But it is this very watching which makes them such adepts in intrigue : " Love laughs at locksmiths." The saya y manto is the talisman which saves them from every difficulty. In that dress, neither husbands nor brothers can easily recognise them ; and to make the mask still more complete, they sometimes substitute a servant's torn says, which precludes all possibility of discovery: their only danger is in being missed from home. " This strict surveillance is at once removed by matrimony. The married lady enjoys perfect liberty, and seldom fails to make use of her privilege. Intrigues are carried on to a great extent in the fashionable circles ; but, I think there is more virtue and morality to be met with in the seeond ranks. " The ladies in Lima seldom nurse their children, but con fide their tender offspring to the care of the females of the va rious castes. An infant scarcely attains a month old, before they commence feeding it with broth, which is an abundant reason why the adult population have feeble constitutions, and are unable to bear cold. In the months of June, July, _and August, though the thermometer does not sink below F., men never think of walking the street in the morning or even ing without being enveloped in the Spanish cloak. " Families even of moderate fortunes live in splendid style, and dress as extravagantly as their means and credit will allow. They keep a host of useless servants. There must be a nurse for each child, a porter, a calesero, a waiter, a duenna or housekeeper, and two or three blacks in the kitchen and stables. The lady must have a calesa, coite qui co i2te. When reverses compel the family to part with the calesa, which, being the last article parted with, indicates the near approach of ruin, a part of the bargain always urged is, that the purchaser shall alter the paint that it may not be known ! " Considering the little industry among the ladies, and their little taste for reading, it may be reasonably asked how they get through the twenty-four hours ? A fashionable belle rises at daylight, hastens through her prayers at the nearest church, and returned home, retires again to slumber till about ten o'clock. About eleven she takes her breakfast alone, which is frequently purchased in the street ; few families as semble at this meal, each one eating at his own hour, and whatever his appetite may suggest. A gentleman told me, that he did not see his wife before dinner from one end of the year to the other. In some houses each one receives a certain weekly stipend for his maintenance fram his father, which is spent at the cook-shops about the city. The family cook seldom prepares anything, except hot water for making cho colate or mate. " After breakfast the lady smokes a segar or two, and strolls about the house with her hair hanging over her shoulders, dress loose, and slip-shod, in silk stockings, occasionally rub bing her teeth with a slender root, the end of which is chewed till its fibre= sepaiate and resemble a brush. Not withstanding that they are fond of bathing in the warm months, ladies seldom think of washing their faces before breakfast in the winter, but substitute the corner of a damp towel. They allege, that washing in the morning is attended with the great risk of causing ague, which prevails more or less throughout the year, A. lady once asked her physician, in my presence, whether she might wash her hands and face in a little warm water :—" I have not washed either," said she " for seven days, and they feel extremely greasy and un comfortable l" " About mid-day commences the important business of dress ing the hair, which occupies an hour. That finished, the shoes are pulled up at the heel, a large shawl is cast over the shoulders, and the lady (particularly if married) is ready to receive any visitors she can expect on ordinary occasions. The hour before dinner is spent in covering " mechas," or some trifling needlework, unless there be a new dress to make. Dinner and the siesta take up tho afternoon till five or six o'clock, when she dresses to walk out or to receive her friends. Such is the usual employment of ladies of great as well as of moderate fortunes. Those of the second class arc much more industrious, and are very skilful with the needle 1" A NARRATIVE OF EVENTS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, And of the Attack on New Orleans in 1814 and 1815. By captain John Henry Cooke, late of the 45d Regiment of Light Infantry. London Boone, New Bond-street. 1835. This work ought rather to be called the Journal of a gay young British Officer, during the period to which it relates, than an historical narrative of warlike oc currences; for, in truth, there is quite as much love as fighting in it. We do not mean to have it inferred that the author's relation of events cannot be depended • upon as :orrect ; but simply that the title is in a great measure a misnoi"er' conveying but an imperfect im pression of the general :."4"ar"t of a most agreeable book. Captain Cooke is a very livelyTleualit and always speaks of himself in very modest terms, save in conjunction with the ladies, when he would have it inferred that he is quite a hero. In the field of Mars he shows as little ambition as any brave man in bedizening himself with laurels ; but let him only get his foot within the camp of Venus, and the Queen of Love acknow ledges him the most devoted of her worshippers. Let not our readers, however, be alarmed, or eschew the pleasure of perusing a most agreeable book, from an apprehension that it contains the slightest taint of im morality. Nothing can be purer than its pages, from first to last. The gallant Captain appears to have been a favourite with the ladies on the Continent, and he merely does justice to their youth, beauty, accom plishments, and discernment. His style is familiar ; and his relation of particular events particularly happy and well timed. The most interesting part of his book is the account of the battle before New Orleans, which is described with all the vividness of an eye-wit ness. The following fearful details are very graphi cally given : " We had run the gauntlet, from the left to the centre in front of the American lines, under a cross fire, in hopes of joining in the assault, and had a fine view of the sparkling of the musketry, and the liquid flashes from the cannon—and, melancholy to relate, all at once many soldiers were met wildly rushing out of the dense clouds of smoke lighted up by a sparkling sheet of fire which hovered over the ensanguined field. Regiments were shattered, broke, and dispersed—all order was at an end ; and the dismal spectacle was seen of the dark shadows of men, like skirmishers, breaking out of the clouds of smoke, which slowly and majestically rolled along the even surface of the field—and so astonished was I at such a panic, that I said to a retiring soldier, " have we or the Americans attacked ?" for I had never seen troops in such a hurry without being followed. " No," replied the man, with the countenance of despair and out of breath, as he run along. " we attacked, Sir,"—for still the reverberation was so in tense towards the great wood, that any one would have thought the great fighting was going on there instead of im mediately in front. " Lieutenant Duncan Campbell, of our regiment, was seen to our left running about in circles, first staggering one way, then another, and at length fell on the sod helplessly upon his face. and in this state several times recovered his legs, and again tumbled, and when he was picked up he was found to be blind from the effects of a grape shot that had torn open hip_ forehead, given him a slight wound in the leg, and had also ripped the scabbard from his side, and knocked the cap from his head. While being borne insensible to the rear, he still clenched the hilt of his sword with a convulsive grasp, the blade thereof being broken off close at the hilt with grape shot, and, in a state of delirium and suffering, he lived for a few days." " The first officer we met was Lieutenant-Colonel Stoven, of the staff, who was unhorsed, without his hat, and bleeding down the left side of his face. He at first thought that the two hundred men were the whole regiment, and he said—' forty-third, for God's sake save the day Lieutenant- Colonel Smith, of the Rifles, and one of Packenham's staff, then rode up at full gallop from the right, (he had a few months before brought to England the despatches of the capture of Washington) and said to me, Did you ever see such a scene? There is nothing left but the seventh and forty-third —just draw up here for a few minutes to show front, that the repulsed troops may re-form.' For the chances now were, as the greater portion of the actually attacking corps were stricken down, and the remainder dispersed, that the Americans would become the assailants. The ill-fated rocket was discharged before the British troops moved on ; the consequence was that every American gun was warned by such a silly signal to be laid on the parapets ready to be discharged with the fullest effects. " The misty field of battle was now inundated with wounded officers and soldiers who were going to the rear from the right, left, and centre; in fact, little more than one thousand soldiers were left unscathed out of the three thousand that attacked the American lines, and they fell like the %Try_ blades of grass beneath the scythe of the mower. Pakenham was killed—Gibbs was mortally wounded—and his brigade dis persed like the dust before the whirlwind—and Keane was wounded. The command of his Majesty's forces at this critical juncture now fell to Major-General Lambert—the only Ge neral left—and who was in reserve with his fine brigade." p " For five. hours the enemy plied us with grape and round shot—some of the wounded lying in the mud or on the wet grass, managed to crawl away ; but every now and then some unfortunate man was lifted off the ground by round shot, and lay killed or mangled. During the tedious hours we re mained in front, it was necessary to he on the ground, to cover ourselves from the projectiles. An officer of our regiment was in a reclining posture, when grape-shot passed through both his knees ;at first he sank back faintly, at length opening his eyes and looking at his wounds, he said Carry me away —I am chilled to death;' and as he was hoisted on the men's shoulders, more round and grape-shot passed his head; taking off his cap he waved it ; and after many narrow escapes got out of range, suffered amputation of both legs, but died of his wounds on board ship, after enduring all the pain of the-sur gical operation—and passing down the lake in a n o p en boat. " A wounded soldier, who was lying amongst the slain two hundred yards behind us, continued without any cessation, for two hours, to raise his arm up and down with a convulsive mo tion, which excited the most painful sensations amongst us— and as the enemy's balls every now and then killed or maimed some soldiers, we could not help casting our eyes towards the moving arm, which really was a dreadful magnet of attraction —it even caught the attention of the enemy, who, without seeing the body, fired several round shot at it. A bl ac k sol dier lay near us, who had received a blow from a cannon .ball, which had obliterated all his features—and although blind and suffering the most terrible anguish, he was employing himself in scratching a hole to put his money into. A tree, about two feet in diameter and fifteen in height, with a few scattered branches at the top, was the only object to break the monoto nous scene. This tree was near the right of our regiment. The Americans, seeing some persons clustering around it, fired a thirty-two poand shot, which struck the tree exactly in the centre, and buried itself in the trunk with a loud concus sion. Curiosity prompted some of us to take a hasty inspec tion of it, and I could clearly see the rusty ball within the tree. I thrust my arm in a little above the elbow joint, and laid hold of it—it was truly amusing, between the intervals of firing the cannon, to witness the risks continually run by the officers to take a peep at this good shot. Owing to this circumstance, the vicinity of the tree became rather a hot berth—but the American gunners failed to hit it a second time, although some balls passed very near on each side, and for about an hour it was a source of excessive jocularity to us. In the middle of the day a flag of truce was sent by General Lambert to Gene ral Jackson, to be allowed to bury the dead, which was acceded to by the latter on certain conditions.' We must here take leave of the author, whom we have found a most agreeable companion. His book deserves to become popular. SHIPPING—(THIS DAY). (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JAN. 27.—Wind W., light breezes.—Arrived the Brothers, —, from Madeira; and Sarah, M'ln, from St. Michael's. Arrived from the river and remain, the Glaphyra, Moreton, for Antigua. P.M. Sailed the Royal William, Cadmus, and a light barque, The rest of the outward-bound remain. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind W.—Arrived the General Kyd, ---, from London, for Madras, Calcutta, and China. FALMOUTH, JAN. 26.--Wind W., moderate breezes.— Arrived off port, the Britannia, Beling, from St. Michael's. CORK, - JAN. 25.—Arrived off port the Elvira, M'Kenzie, from the Bay of Fundy. BELFAST, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Halcyon, Pew, from Lon don ; and Millman, M'Masters, from St. Andrew's. STANGATE CREEK, JAN. 26.—Arrived the Burnetta, New.. son, from Messina ; and John Pedder, Atkinson, from Trieste. COWES, JAN. 27.—Arrived the Palmure, Snow, from Ba tavia. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrived the Bal four, Bee, from Bombay ; Isabel, Gornal, from Demerara ; Britannia packet, Innes, from Turk's Island ; Wave, Ed wards, David, Lawrie, Charlotte, Abbineth, and Myrtle, Saw bridge, from St. Michael's. The Greenweil, Bowman, from Sunderland, was wrecked at Madeira on the 3d inst. The John, Lanalan, from Beyrout to Liverpool, was dri ven on shore near Mazzara on the 27th ult.—crew saved. Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's at Beyrout, dated Nov. 20th :—A quarantine has been established on this coast as far as Tarsus, and in Cyprus, this being the only place where vessels with foul bills are admitted, there being a sort of La zaretto here. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES AT THE SOOTCH WHARFS. HOARE'S WHARF, JAN. 25. 26, AND 27. —No arrivals or de partures. Advices—the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's smack Sovereign, William Simmers master, sailed from Dundee, with a general cargo for London, on Friday, the 23d instant. The smack Peterhead Packet, William Taylor master, arrived at Peterhead, from London, with a cargo of merchandise, on Wednesday, the 21st instant. DOWNE'S WHARF, JA.NuAav 24.—N0 arrivals. Sailed the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's smack Courier, William Mills master, for Dundee, with a general cargo. Jan. 26--Arrived the Peterhead and London Ship ping Company's smacks London, J. Robb master, and Eagle, G. Stewart master, from Peterhead, with general cargoes. Jan. 27 No arrivals or departures. Advices—the Bridport and London Shipping Company's smack Sarah, William Welch master, sailed from 13ridport for London, with a gene ral cargo, on Saturday, the 24th instant ; the Montrose and London Shipping Company's smack Vigilant, J. Strachan master, sailed from Montrose for London, with a general cargo, Prosper*, R. Wehster on Saturday morning, the 24th instant. master the lm C R E, s Ww from_ : 1 1; a : 2 Grangemouth, with a general cargo, arrivals. Sailed t h e Edinburgh and London Shippin; "lack Earl a Hopetown, David Miller master, with a general . cargo. The Aberdeen and London Shipping Company's smack Nim rod, for Aberdeen, with a cargo of merchandise. Jan. 26, arrived the Edinburgh and London Shipping Company's smack Robert Bruce, William Anderson master, from Leith, with an extensive general cargo. The Aberdeen and Lon don Shipping Company's smack Aberdeen packet, John Donald master, from Aberdeen, with a full general cargo. No advices. LEITH AND GLASGOW WiIAAF, JAN. 25.—N0 arrivals, Sailed the Leith,. Edinburgh, Glasgow, and London Shipping Company's steam-ship Royal William, Commander Chaplin, and smack Edinburgh Castle, for Leith, with extensive gene ral cargoes and passengers. Jan. 26, arrived tho Leith, Edin burgh, Glasgow, and London Shipping Company's smack Hawk, from Leith, with a general cargo, . _ LEITH AND BERWICK WHARF, Jan. 25.—N0 arrivals. Sailed the Leith and London Old Shipping Company's smack Earl of Wereyss,' Alexander Brown master, for Leith, with an extensive cargo of merchandise. Jan. 26.—N0 arrivals or departures. Jan. 27.—N0 arrivals or departures. Advices— the Berwick and London Shipping Company's smack Tweed, J. Crow master, sailed from Berwick-upon-Tweed, for Lon don, with a general cargo, on Thursday, the 22d instant. The Leith and London Old Shipping Company's smack Walter Scott, William Dick master, arrived at Leith from London, with a cargo of merchandise, on 'Saturday, the 24th inst. The Ocean, Henry Johnson master, sailed from Leith for London on Friday. the 23d instant. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, JAN. 27. Harriott, Thompson, from Seville ; Sarah, Wilson, Rio Janeiro; Crown, Terry, Quebec; Paul Pry, Pike, St. Mi chael's ; Star, Barber, Havre ; Fountain, Ainslie, Messina ; Joseph Fenton, Henderson, Leghorn ; Royal William, Ire land, Bimipatam, Madras, Cape, &e. ; Heros, Faillant, Calais; Jonge Jan, Vander Wal, Worcum ; Beer and Wingget, Cor. nish, Catania and Messina ; Mexican, Cole, Newfoundland. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, JAN. 27. Prince Saxe Coburg, Ladd, for Rotterdam; Unido, Haux well, Grand Canary ; Jemima, Johns, Terceira and St. Mi chael's; Affleck, Fell, Tobago; Terra Nova, Gordon, Ham burg ; Dole Park, Snell, Madeira and Jamaica ; Doncaster, Pritchard, Maritius ; Elizabeth Mary, Wilkinson, Dunkirk ; Rattlesnake, Holland, Syra and Constantinople ; Charlotte, Daniel, Calais ; St. Lawrence, Weston, New York. CLEARED OUTWARDS•WITH CARGO,, JAN. 27. Commerce, Fournier, for Calais; City of Hambitrg, Whit tingham, Hamburg; London Merchant, Mowll, Rotterdam; Prince Frederick, Hart, Rotterdam ; Eleanor, Butcher, Bar badoes ; Evander, Edgar, St. Jago de Cuba; Star, Nish, Genoa ; Charlotte, Daniel, Calais; Astria, Hurst, Trieste. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, JAN. 27. Northam, Charrosin, for Harlingen. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Ann, the 7th ult., in the Bosphorus; the Argo, Loa don to Mogadore, the 12th inst. in lat. 42. long. 11. by the Marina, arrived at Bristol. The Elizabeth, Marseilles, to Clyde, th e 12th inst., off the Burlings ; and the Marlbro', London to Jamaica, the 22d inst. in lat. 49. long. 4. by the Walter Hamilton, arrived at Plymouth. The Lady of the Lake, Banks, in lat. 36. long. 7. by the Reliance,. arrived at Plymouth. The William Mull, Messina to Liverpool, the 22d inst. by the Pyranees, arrived at Milford. The Zephyr, of Glasgow, for Messina, in 'lat. 37. long. 8. ; and Three Sis ter!, of Plymouth, by the Advance, arrived at Milford. We regret to learn that several instances of incen diarism have lately occurred in the New Forest. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 26, 1835. The King has been pleased to appoint Major-General Richard Bourke, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Commander of the said Order, in the room of Lieut.-General Sir W. Pringle, promoted. WHITEHALL, JAN. 24. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Patrick John Macfarlane to the church and parish •f Dron, in the presbytery of Perth and county of Fife, vacant by the death of the Rev. Alex ander Isdale. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Durham. W. Sherwood, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 31. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cumberland. H. Skelton, Esq , J. Gillbanks, Esq., T. A. Hoskins, Esq., and J. Pocklington, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, Jan. 8. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry—T. S. F. Horner, Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Dec. 31 ; F. Flower, Esq. to be Captain, Jan. 8. CROWN OFFICE, JAN. 26. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ANTRIM. — Major-General the Hon. John Bruce Richard O ' Neill; and the Right Hon. George Hamilton Chichester, commonly called the Earl of Belfast. Astitsur.Tort—Charles Lushington, Esq. of Edgeware, in the county of Middlesex. AYLESBURY.—WiIIiam Bickford, Esq. ; and Henry Hanmer, Esq. Ba 11,NST APLE. —John Palmer Bruce Chichester, Esq. ; and Charles St. John Fancourt, Esq. BATH (ClTY).—Major-General Charles Palmer ; and John Ar thur Roebuck, Esq. BEIFAST. — James Emmerson Tennant, of the Lodge, Esq. ; and John M'Cance, of Suffolk, both in the county of Antrim, Esq. BERWICESHIRE.—Sir Hugh Purves Hume Campbell, of March mont, Bart. BRIDGZWATER.—CharIes Kemeys Kemeys Tynte, Esq. ; and John Temple Leader, Esq. BUCKINOHAMSHIar.—Richard Plantagenet Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple, commonly called Marquis of Chandos ; Sir Wil liam Lawrence Young, Bart. ; and JamesTackwell Praed, Esq. Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bart. ; and Sir Harry , Verney, Bart. BURY ST. EDMUNDS.—The Right Hon. Frederick William Her. vey, commonly called Earl Jermyn ; and the Right Hon. Charles Fitzroy, commonly called Lord Charles Fitzroy. CHIPPING WYCOMBE.—The Hon. Robert John Smith, of Gay hurst, in the said county of Bucks ; and the Hon. Charles Grey, of Sheen, in the county of Surrey. COLCHESTER. —Richard Sanderson, of Relgrave-square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; and Sir George Henry Smyth, of Berechurch-hall, in the borough of Colchester, Bart. Conn - (ClTY).—Joseph Leyeester, Esq. ; and James Charles Chat terton, Esq. DARTMOUTIL—John Henry Seale, Esq. DERBYSHIRE (NORTH. )—The Hon. George Henry Cavendish ; and Thomas Gisborne, of Horwich-house, is *e county of Derby, Esq. DERBYSHIRE (SOUTH.)—Sir George Crewe, of Calke-abbey, in the county of Derby, Bart._,. and Sir Roger Greisley, of Drake low, in the said coney of Derby, Bart. DERBY.— Edward Strutt, Esq. ; and the Hon. John George Brabazon Ponsonby. DEVONSHIRE (NORTH).—Hugh Forteseue, commonly called Lord Viscount Ebrington ; and the Hon. Newton Fellowes. DEVONSHIRE (SOUTH).—The Right Hon. John Russell, com monly called Lord John Russell ; and Sir John Buller Yards Buller, Bart. DavoNronT.—Sir Edward Codrington, G. C. B. Vice-Admiral of the White ; and Sir George Grey, Bart. DROGHEDA.—Andrew Carew O ' Dwyer, of the city of Dublin' Barrister at Law. DUELIST (CiTy).— Daniel O ' Connell, of Merrien-rquare, in the county of the city of Dublin, Esq. ; and Edward Southwell Ruth ven, of Downpatrick, in the county of Down, Esq. DUBLIN (COLLEGE).—Thomas Lefroy, Esq., LL.D,; and Frede rick Shaw, Esq., A.M. DUMFRIES, SANQUITAR, ANNAN, LOCIIMABEN, AND KIRECUD ' BRlGllT.—Lieutenant-General Matthew Sharpe, of Hoddom. ELGIN, CULLEN, BANFF, INVERURY, KINTORE, AND PETER HEAD.—Andrew Leith Hay, Esq., the younger, of Ranny. Esszx (NoitTit).—Sir John Tyssen Tyrrell, of Boreham-house, in the county of Essex ; and the Right Hon. Alexander Baring, of the Grange, in the county of Hants. ESSEX ( SOUTH).—Robert Westley Hall Dare, of Cranbrook-house, in the said county of Essex, Esq. ; and Thomas William Bram ston, of Skreens, in the same county. EYE.—Alajor-General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., of Oakley park, in the county of Suffolk. FORTROSE, INVERNESS, NAIRN, AND FORRES.—Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce, of Roseisle and Kinnaird. FROME.—Thomas Sheppard, of Hampstead Heath, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. GREAT .MAuLow.—Thomas Peers Williams, of Temple-house, in the county of Berks, Esq. ; and Sir William Robert Clayton, of Harlyford, in the county of Buckingham, Bart. GUILDFORD.—James Mangles, of Woodbridge, in the parish of Stoke next Guildford, in the county of Surrey, Esq. ; and Charles Baring Wall, of Norman-coart, in the parish of West Tytherley, in the county of Southampton, Esq. HADDINGTONSHIRE.—Robert Ferguson, of Raith, Esq. HAI; wicx—The Right Hon. John Charles Herries, Secretary at War ; and Francis Robert Bonham, Esq. Storekeeper General of the Ordnance. Hosiros.—Colonel Hugh Duncan Baillie, of Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, in the county of Middlesex ; and Arthur Chichester, of Stokelake-house, in the parish of Hannock, in the county of Devon, Esq. Irswicit.—Robert Adam Dunclas, Esq. ; and Fitzroy Kelly, Esq. KILKENNY ( CITY ). —Richard Sulli van , Esq. L AMBETIL —The Right Hon. Charles Tennyson, of Park-street, in the city of Westminster; and Benjamin Hawes the younger, of Lambeth, Esq. Lisauax.—Henry Meyncll, Esq., Captain, R.N. MA LDON. —Quintin Dick, Esq. ; and Thomas Barrett Lennard, Esq. NF.WC A STLE-U nEa-Lymn. —Edmund Peel, of Bonehill-house, in the county of Stafford, Esq. ; and William Henry Miller, of Craigentinny, in the county of Edinburgh, and of Britwell house, in the county of Buckingham, Esq. PLYMOUTH.—John of the borough of Plymouth, Esq. ; and Thomas Hewes, of Beaumont, in the said borough, Esq. REIGATE.—The Hon. John Sommers Cocks, commonly called Lord Viscount Eastnor. SomEnsirrsiiiKE (EAST. )—William Gere Langton, of Newton St. Loe, Esq. ; and William Miles, of Abbotsleigh, in the said county, Esq. Somaitsrrsnirti (WnsT.)—Edward Aysliford Sanford, of Nyne head-court, in the said county, Esq. ; and Charles John Kemeys Tynte, of Halswell-house, in the said county, Esq. SoirrxwAttx.---.John Humphery, Esq. ; and Daniel Whittle Har vey, Esq. STAFFORDSHIRE (NORTH ). —Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart. ; and Ed ward Buller, Esq. STAFFORDSHIRE ( SOUTH ).—The Right Hon. Edward John Lit tleton ; and Sir John Wrettesle , y, art, STA FFORD. —Francis Lytteiton Holyoake Goodrieke, of Studley castle, Warwickshire, Esq. • and William Fawkener Chetwynd, of Brockton-hall, Staffordshire, Esq. „Ai, Bart. ; and STOK E-U roN- TRENT. --John Davenport, Esq. ; and Richard Edensor Heathcote, Esq, SUFFOLK (EAsT.)—The Right Hon. John Henniker M s ;,.- S K ir .c C . h ß a . rles Broke Vere gr,f ron Henniker, of Stratford-apon-Slaney, .-• Ba i ..:e-hall, in the county of Wrsr. ) Stowlarigtoft, in the county and ilobert Rushbrooke, of Rushbrooke, in the wiia CoUbiy, s I foCrfor Suffolk,o o u n x i e go l s ve p 4o l i ii ( i dl t v h ss e us c rT o r) u e_y n \v Ev of Middlesex, n and Joseph Charles Esq. e n Esq. ; ullty Avhiwr (EAST).—Richard Alsager, of Tooting, in the county of Surrey, Esq. ; and Aubrey William Beauclerk, of Grosvenor- B iso a n rc , la o y f Denbies, in the of Bury-hill, in the county of Surrey, Esq, 13a khal , y, of Muswell-hill, in the parish of Horn sey, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; Benjamin Smith, of Has-- flogs, in the county of Sussex, Esq. Telt woaTli.—The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, of Drayton manor, in the parish of Drayton Bassett, in the county of Staf ford, Bart. ; and the Right Hon. William Yates Peel, of Bone hill, in the parish of Tamworth, in the said county of Stafford. TAUNTON.—Henry Labouchere, Esq.; and Edward Thomas Bainbridge, Esq. TAYlsTocK.—William Russell, commonly called Lord Russell ; and John Rundle, Esq. TIVERTON. —John Heathcoat, of Tiverton, Esq. ; and James Kennedy, of Lincoln's Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. TOT NES. —Jasper Parrott, Esq. ; and the Right Hon. Edward Adolphus Seymour, commonly called Lord Seymour. WA LSA LL. —Charles Smith Forster, Esq. WrLts (CITY).—John Lee Lee, of Dillington-h ouse , i n t h e county of Somerset, E sq . ; an d Nicholas William Ridley Col borne, of West Harling-hall, in the county of Norfolk, Esq. WOLV Rua M PTON. —Thomas Thorncly, of Mount-street, Liver pool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq. ; and Charles Pelham Villiers, of Lincoln's-inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. THOMAS JENNINGS and THOMAS JENNINGS, junior, livery stable-keepers, Kensington, Middlesex. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS BANKS, linen-draper, Cheltenham, Gloucester sLire, to surrender Feb. 9, at one, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Rush, Austin Friars ; Clark, official as signee, St. Si,vithin's-lane, Lombard-street. JAMES BOOTHBY, grocer, late of Strutton's Grounds,West minster, Feb. 3, at eleven, and March 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee : Amory and Coles, Throg morton-street, London. ROBERT BLAIR, coal-dealer, Hook, near Kingston, Surrey, Feb. 7, at twelve, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields. JAMES HURTLE FISHER, scrivener, Trafalgar-square, Middlesex, Feb. 3, at half-past one, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Moon and Courtenay, Carlton-chambers, Regent-street, London. WILLIAM CROSLEY, cloth-merchant, Leeds, Feb. 3, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Woodhouse, King's Bench-Walk, Temple ; Scott, Leeds. ROBERT GREY, ship-owner, Liverpool, Feb. 19, and March 10, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, Liver pool. Blacketock, Bunce, and Vincent, Teinple ; Brabner, Fen wick-street, Liverpool. HENRY INGO, ship-broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 18, at eleven, and March 10, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission room, Royal Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Gibson, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Stevens and Co., Fred er ick' s -pl ace , Old J ewry . WILLIAM JACKSON and GEORGE LONGSTAFF, lea ther-dressers, Bermondsey, Feb. 4, at eleven, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Quallett and Hancock, Prospect-place, Bermondsey ; Lackington, official assignee, Basing hall-street. WILLIAM LEADER, coach-maker, Wells-street, Oxford street, Feb. 6 and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Bailey, Berner street, Oxford-street. ISAAC MILLER, merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 17, and March 3, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Brook, Liverpool ; Jones and Ward, John-street, Bedford-row, London. WILLIAM OWEN, glass-dealer, Manchester, Feb. 10, and March 10, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Law, Manchester. JOSEPH WEATHERLY PHIPSON, metal-dealer, North field, Worcestershire, Feb. 20, and March 10, at eleven, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Bourdillon, Great Winchester-street, Broad-street, London ' • Siracox and Sons, Birmingham. GEORGE BAKER, dyer, High Hill Ferry, Upper Clapton, Middlesex, Feb. 7, at ten, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. N ea le, Threadneedle-street ; Whitmore, official aS signee, Basinghall-street. WILLIAM MARTIN, gas-fitter, Doncaster, Feb. 5, at twelve, and March 10, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Doncaster. Church, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London ; Burbeary, Sheffield. JOHN TOMBS and THOMAS TOMBS, builders, South wark-square, Southwark, Feb. 6, at eleven, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hutchison, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street ; Carman, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basin ghall- street. SAMUEL JOHN TAYLOR, tobacconist, Fleet-street, Feb. 4, at two, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Atkins, St. Alildred's-court, Poultry ; Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street. DIVIDENDS. W. Fry, timber-merchant, Portland-terrace, Portland-town, Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. I. Forth, hatter, Castle-street, Southwark, Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Wookey, victualler, tipper St. Martin's-lane, Feb. 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. 'Wesley, stationer, Great Winchester-street, Broad-street, Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. F. P. Jervis, upholsterer, Rathb one -pl ace , F e b. 19, a t t wo , at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Tanner, silk-throwster, Reading, Berkshire, Feb, 21, at eleven, at the George Inn, Reading. T. Priestley, woolstapler, Halifax, Yorkshire, Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn, Halifax. S. G. Sikes, banker, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Feb. 20, at ten, at the Pack Horse Inn, Huddersfield. J. N. Holbrook, lace-manufacturer, Nottingham, Feb. 19, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. R. Hall, tobacconist, Kingston-upon-Hull, Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull. T. Duckworth, calico-printer, Manchester, Feb. 20, at one, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. W. Southworth, shopkeeper, Sharples, Lancashire, Feb. 25, at one, at the Bridge Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. J. Barclay, general shopkeeper, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Feb. 19, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. J. and J. Slater, calico-printers, Bradshaw, near Bolton-le- Moors, Lancashire, Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Bolton le-Moors. CERTIFICATES, FEB. 17. J. W. Barlow, coal-merchant, Liverpool. J. Martyn, ironmonger, Gallington, Cornwall. J. G. Christ, merchant, Cooper-street, Tower-hill. W. J. Ruffy, printer, BUdge-row, Watling-street. i. Earp and T. liaimes, tailors, Poultry. J. Bradley, joiner, Clown, Derbyshire. B. Crossby, draper, Rotherham, Yorkshire. W. P. Robertson, merchant, Buenos Ayres. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. 11Iackmurdo and R. Vigne, attorneys, New Broad-street. T. Brace and Co., attorneys, Surrey-street, Strand. T. Sawyer and W. Hodges, corn-merchants, Tunbridge Wells. J. and D. Mills, joiners, Heywood, Lancashire. J. W. Denny and J. Smith, wine -merchants, Bungay, Suffolk. T. Pcet and H. Flower, lace-manufacturers, Nottingham. H. Tarrant and F. Broome, silk-manufacturers, Old Artillery ground. W. Duckworth and J. Worth, card-makers, Rochdale, Lanca shire. R. Cave and G. Butcher, grocers, Reading. M. E. Connell and M. A. Browne, milliners, Dover-street, Pic cadilly. I. J. Weatherley and H. F. Meyer, corn-merchants, Newcastle upon-Tyne. G. Scott and J. Harding, tobacco-manufacturers, Liverpool. T. Frodsham and G. Beckett, salt-proprietors, Northwich, Cheshire. E. A. Smith and J. Greetham, surgeons, Portsea. J. Rhodes and J. Godfrey, file-makers, Birmingham. T. F. Haslam and W. Haslam, jun., auctioneers,Thaxted, Essex. C. and G. Read, linen-drapers, Truro. D.. Gladstone and Co., Liverpool (so far as regards D. Glad stone). W. Norris and Co., merchants, Liverpool. W. and T. Deaville, cotton-spinners, Stockport. T. Ward and C. Cleare, silk-warehousemen, Aldermanburv. J. Austin and P. Hill, fellmongers, St. Buddock, Cornwall. R. Jordan and Co., solicitors, Ware (so far as regards R. Jordan). T. B. Andrew and J. Hibbert, grocers, Ashton-under-Lyne. J. and R. Clowes, wine -merchants, Church-lane, Chelsea, G. H. White and Co., shipwrights, Ramsgate. J. Keighley and Co., plumbers, Bradford, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. Keighley). J. H. Hood and J. M'Culloch, book-binders, Clare-court, Drury-lane. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. PETER lII'LAREN, clothier, Perth, Feb. 2 and 16, at one, at the Salutation Inn, Perth. MEMBERS RETURNED. ' IRELAND.—COUNTIES. Kerry, Jan. 24.—M. J. O'Connell and F. W. Mullins, Esiis. STATE OF THE POLLS. COMBINED COUNTIES OF ROSS AND CROMARTY. First Day, Jan. 22. .1. A. S. Mackenzie. 40 62 Cromarty Taira Second Day, Jan. 23. Taira 7O T. Mackenzie. 48 59 63 172 Other returns not received. BRIGHTON. Admiral Sir Byam Martin and Admiral Sir Harry Neale had audiences of the King yesterday. In the course of the afternoon their Majesties drove out in a close carriage-and-four, with two outriders, to near Shoreham, visiting Kemptown previous to their return to the Palace. The Landgravine of Hesse Romberg was also in public ; her Royal Highness was attended by Miss Hope Johnstone and Miss Steine. Prince George and the Rev. Mr. Wood rode out together in the forenoon part of the day. His Royal Highness after wards walked on the Western Esplanade. The Princess Augusta continues to improve in health ; but but as yet her Royal Highness has not joined in the gaieties of the Palace. Rev. F. F. Ford-Bowes, Earl and Countess of Bandon, Lady Harriet Bernard, Sir Byam Martin, Sir Harry Neale, Captain Phillips, and Captain Pechell, left their names yes terday at the Palace. The invited guests to the Royal table last evening( „ prised the Marquess and M arc hi oness o f Conyugh•_ Am- Countess of Chichester, E ar l an d C ountP -- Earl and Martin, Sir H. Neale, Lord Were- —s of Surrey, Sir B. rymple, and Captain and Maie.+' —ern, Sir A. and Lady Dal- TheirPechell. scale • _Les' party last evening was on an ext e nd e d , ilearly six hundred persons were invited, including most of the nobility and gentry of the place and adjoining neighbourhood. About nine o'clock the company began to arrive, at which time East-street was crowded with carriages of various descriptions, anxious to gain admittance ; but owing to the order and regularity obs erve d, th ere was no t th e slightest confusion. The entire suite of rooms were lighted up, and had a most imposing effect. Nothing could equal their Majesties' condescension and amiability to their guests, with many of whom they conversed most familiarly. By one o'clock the Palace resumed its wonted quietness, the company having left by that hour. ST. LEONARD'S-ON SEA. (From the Tunbridge Wells Visitor.) The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria remain in good health. On Sunday last. their Royal Highnesses at tended divine service as usual in our church. The Rev. Mr. Randolph and Dr. Shuttleworth officiated. Their Royal Highness's departure from hence will take place on Thursday next, early enough to enable the Royal party to reach Ken sington Palace before dark. On Thursday evening there was the largest party that has yet taken place at Victoria house. About two hundred of the nobility and gentry were present. On Friday evening last Mr. Russell, the comedian, who has been sojourning here for some weeks past, had the honour of being engaged by the Duchess of Kent, and amused a select party with his clever entertainment called the Stranded Actor. The evening concluded with quadrilles and country dances, in which the Princess joined. The spring tides last Friday, with the aid of a violent south-westerly gale, did considerable damage to several cottages on the dere lict land at Hastings, called the Rope-walk. Nine are en tirely destroyed, and the foundations of three others nearly washed away. The Commissioners of Woods had already given notice to the inhabitants to quit before next Michaelmas, and in that case they were to be allowed to remove the ma terials of their houses. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The opera of La &mambala was produced at this theatre last night, when Miss E. Rome, appeared for the first time in the part of the heroine Amina. After the performance of Madame Malibran, the task was an arduous one; but it must be added that it was executed with great skill, and with a suc cess which fully justified the enthusiastic applause that was be stowed upon the actress. Miss E. Romer has of late been ra pidly gaining upon the public estimation. Her acting in Fra Diavolo, and more recently in Cinderella, have given proofs of considerable pains and talent. A more successful first appear ance we have seldom seen. The opera in other respects was well played. Mr. Mempleton a s Al ess i o , an d M r . Seguin as Count Rodoipho, acquitted themselves creditably. At the close of the performance the applause was general and conti nuous. Miss Romer was loudly called for, and made her ap pearance, supported by Mr. Templeton. If we may judge from the manner in which the whole performance was re ceived, and the delight and interest which it excited, we should be justified in saying the production of this opera is one of the most successful hits of the season. QUEEN'S THEATRE. The same success which has hitherto signalised petticoat government in theatrical affairs, promises to attend the lessee ship of Mrs. Nisbett. Whether this is to be attributed to better management, or to luckier fate, we leave others to de termine : that such appears to be the fact, it is only necessary to recur to the happy dynasties of her sister potentates, Ma dame Vesteis and Mrs. Waylett. The adverse fortunes which have marked Airs. Nisbett's career in life, powerfully engage the sympathies of her friends and admirers: few persons pos. sessed of youth, loveliness, and talent, have had to contend against a series of more severe crosses. With a spotless re putation in domestic life, super-added to many and various ac complishments as a performer, she has just claims upon public patronage. If heretofore she has been unable to commute, prosperity, she has at least done much to deserve it ; and we trust the dawn of a kindlier destiny has at length broken upon that deserving actress. Under male management the Queen's Theatre previously produced sad disastrous results, and it evinced no little temerity on the part of the present fair ma nageress to dip her bait for good fortune in a spot where other adventurers have foundered. The Theatre has been re-deco rated in a very tasteful, neat, and elegant style, which com ports well with the fashionable appearance of the visitors, by whom we are pleased to see it is nightly crowded. The pieces performed (with the exception of that paw-paw piece of senti mentality, Clari) are in the nature of those gay vaudevilles which please by their lightness, brevity, and point. The per formers selected—exclusive of Mrs. Nisbett and her sister, Miss Mordaunt, Mr. Elton, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, and Miss Vin cent, who are already of established reputation in their profes sion—do full justice to the duties assigned to them. The new burletta, just produced, of The Moon's Age—founded on the stock story of an old dotard guardian enamoured of his ward (an heiress, of course), being tricked out of his written con currence to her union with a more favoured lover—is made the vehicle for introducing several novel and ludicrous incidents, which deservedly gave high satisfaction to a thoroughly crammed house. The announcement of other novelties speedily to follow, are an earnest of the spirit in which Mrs. Nisbett proposes to conduct her new undertaking ; and if she proceeds as she has begun, offering sterling amusement in exchange for extensive patronage, little fear need be felt for the result being other than ultimately prosperous. SURREY THEATRE. An entire change of performances attracted an overflowing audience to this establishment last night. The first piece was a domestic drama, in two acts, entitled Wealth and Want, and involves the story of a farmer Luttrell (Davidge) who, in a fit of mistaken jealousy, accompanies an incendiary, who fires the barn and outhouses of Luttrell's supposed rival. The fire communicates to the mansion—it is burnt—and in it the child of Luttrell, who slept there that night. This is the main plot. There is ati under one, in which a radical and leveller ( Mr. Horner) and his adherents, and an ultra-Tory ma gistrate (Mr. W. Smith) arc sketched in very glowing co lours. The piece concludes with poetical justice to all parties —the real incendiary suffers—Luttrell is set free—and the child, who has been borne away by an unknown friend, appears at last "unharmed, unhurt." To Davidge, Miss Watson, and a clever child (Miss Hicks) are entrusted the serious portions of the drama, and most effectively they performed their task. In one scene (that where the farmer discovers that his child slept at the mansion which he is supposed to have destroyed) Davidge's acting was powerfully affecting. The piece con tains many time-serving allusions, which elicited shouts of" laughter ; and, from its blending broad comedy with powerful interest, is likely to have a profitable rut:. It was announced for every evening without a dissentient voice. The ballad opera of The Shipwreck followed, and another called Broad sea Cliffs, which, from the crowded state of the house, we did not witness throughout ; but it appeared to be giving great satisfaction, as Mathews says in the " Race Course," " those as could see.' SUBSTITUTE FOR INDIGO. - - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. read an advertisement in your .Journal respecting • the " Substitute for Indigo," and I went to No. 2, Copthall Chambers, for the purpose of inspecting the various articles dyed with this substitute. I was much gratified in seeing various specimens, all of them good, and some of the colours far more brilliant than can be produced by indigo. I was present when the Patentee submitted them to some powerful chemical tests ; among them were all descriptions of acids, urine, and various others, and I was perfectly astonished at the solidity of colour. I also witnessed the fact, that where a most powerful chemical application could disturb the colour, another re-active restored, it in a great degree ; this cannot be done with indigo, for nitric- acid detects and destroys that colour, and it cannot be restored or redyed. Your Journal is extensively circulated in those parts of the kingdom where this great discovery is most likely to be useful, and I take the liberty of asking you to insert this letter, in order that other persons may have the opportunity of witnessing what I have stated. I tun, Sir, your obedient servant, A PRACTICAL DYER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,- Allow me to suggest the following plan to b e a d opte d at this important crisis. Let every constituency in the United Xing,dom, where Liberals are returned for Members in the ensuing Parliament, send one or two delegates to town, furnished with a few printed copies of the substance of the speeches as delivered on the hustings at the late election by each Member. Let each Member be supplied with copies of his speeches, and let the delegato be in daily communication with the Mem ber for the first two or three weeks after the assembling or Parliament. Let this be done, and real Reformers will have justice exne them. I am, Sir, A SUBSCRIBER AND AN ADMIRER OF CONS;ST:eNCY. London, Jan. 28. STEAM NA VIGATION TO INDIA. jt has been already stated that the project for a steam communication to India by way of Egypt was about to be revived under the sanction of the present Government. The views of the India Board on the subject may be collected from the annexed letter from Lord Ellenborougla to Mr. Waghorn, the enterprising officer who has already done so much to promote it, on whom (and there weld not be a fitter man for the purpose) the management of further proceedings will in gr ea t measure d evolve INDIA BOARD, J AN. 24. Sir,—l am happy to learn from you that so st:•ong a dis position exists, on the part of private uterchar:Gs at Calcutta and at Liverpool, to establi s h a regular in mmun i cation with India, by means of steam-vessels, ant y the ro ute of the Red Sea. " You are aware, from th P .,lntercourse I had with you when I nas at this board befo7e, that I am very anxious to see such a communication `!..;tablished, believing that it would produce to the county; considerable commercial and political advau ag t e 3 ' it would greatly contribute to publi c conve n i ence ., • - am inclined to think that the measure would be best and most economically conducted by a company of private indi viduals, and that it would be advisable that such a company should undertake the transport of passengers and letters be tween England and Calcutta. " The Postmaster-General has consented that no higher postage shall be charged on letters sent to Alexandria by the King's packets than may be charged by the King's packets to Malta ; and his Lordship has further consented that the postage of letters taken in private ships from England to India by the route of the Red Sea shall, be the same as may be fixed on letters sent to India in private ships by the route of the Cape. " The King's Government can go no further. If a com pany should be established for the purpose of undertaking the transport of passengers and of letters from E ng l an d t o India by the route of the Red Sea, I shall strongly press upon the Court of Directors the expediency of encouraging the enter prise, during the first four years, by a liberal contribution in money. " I atn, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, _ " ELLENBOROUGH. ti To Thomas Waghorn, Esq." _ Notice was given at the Post-office yesterday, that the. Mediterranean mail will take letters for Egypt and India, the postage, which is to be paid here, being the same to Alexandria as to Malta. This will ba in operation with the mail of the 2d of March. STEAM NAVIGATION IN THE MEDITERRA• NEAN.— We have noticed the progress of steam navigation on the fine shores of the Mediterranean. A new undertaking has recently been projected, likely to interest travellers and mer chants. The French steam-vessel the Mediterranean will sail on the 15th of February for Alexandria, in Eg3pt, touching at Nice, Genoa, Livorna, Civita Vecchia, Naples, Malta, and Navarino. The Ocean steam-packet will sail on the 25th of the same month, for the same destination, touching also at the same ports. This mode of communication establishes another link between our commerce and the East ; it also facilitates, the connection with India by way of the Red Sea. ID a few weeks we may receive letters from houses in India , ..-Gazette du Midi. Our leaders may have seen a paragraph describing udicrously the various preferments of the present rector of Wrotham, in Kent, when he came up to the poll at Canter, bury. He is a grandson, we believe, of Moore, the Archbishop of the province, and by that Archbishop this mass of property must have been diverted from deserving claimants in the church and heaped upon his offspring. Hodgson, whose various re venues we have described before, is some connexion of the late Bishop Porteus. The Pretymans or Tomlines, no matter which they are called, in the diocess of Lincoln, and the Sp,rkeses in that of Ely, are disgracefully proverbial for their accumulation of benefices. We really are astonished how those men can have the hardihood to get up and exhibit their persons to preach before their several congregations. The Goodenoughs are loaded with benefices, and yet none of these various dignitaries are, as far as we have ever heard, in any way distinguished or known in the annals of literature or science I The jobbing among the superior grades of the clergy exceeds credibility ; for it must be observed, that in order to get various preferments, each differing from the other in kind and character, into the hands of one individual, there must have been exchanges, negotiations, bargains, everything, in short, constituting simony in spirit, though avoiding it in the letter. There arc at this moment four Bishops with each a stall in Westminster Abbey. Every one of them may be saidi to undermine a pillar in the venerable establishment. The re venues of the bishoprics should undoubtedly be made to maintain the whole body, by commodious transfers of property. But it may be said that the estates of one see are remote from ano ther. This is not wholly so ; but if such were the fact, they are not so far apart as the Deanery of Carlisle is from St.. George's, Hanover-square, or the Deanery of Wells from Ca.r lisle. We hope and believe that Sir R. Peel's Bill will put an end to these iniquities, at least after the demise of the pre sent incumbents ; and the practice being once declared illegal, as it is at all times morally unjust and grossly offensive, it will then be seen whether such incumbents will have the con fidence to persevere in it even to the end of .their lives. With respect to the lay impropriations, undoubtedly they:ware plun dered from the Church ; we do not, however, . d etriand such an unreasonable alienation o f p r operty which has. been the oh.. ject of bona .fide transfers into the hands of innocent holders,. as must be the consequence of its total restoration to peelesi astical pu r poses, but they oughttobe - InadePNl l tr*te in: to improvement fair proportion -to theof the poor : yicaßges u which they retain the property.--T i mes. Y.) -