The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-10 00:00:00

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How vvoul, a istance from e ac ' Delaware, to r?; Ninued to ge remained a m ile ! other that way! e might not 111 ie political ita e ild na t ur ally' ha l nuch as the fecc i , kept togethe r f°' kea 1- boat, and as imago,' was the a", d miles by water.. is And this be Chames would ita t ; :o and fro bet Wee its for greater c li r. in the distances „I P Tie more rema rks tat, in my opini ° 7 be history of co% as roads, can natural dioc o ' their fonclneii ng of attention' derful itripro le ' by our Tian' ce, machinerY,% ,.. twi to improve, 1 01 : 1 1 .,, influence this lechanical and n a different eor, - , phere of the necessary der_a s roots have This is ovving u s ic f, Lew country, wP i r b forces, and wb ies in a totally ( 1 2; appear to the inept ,o the improve nl _,„ rice of this d is r , Americans ar e f o ( 3 ur as the are our. A few ds if t the gilding : o ° l nothing elset,', , is done in t he Lent. So do one and the s' an y , e found in 1 3 , 5 0 , but here We Poe a separate frog s be st to the mill Woe 113 produce to of r he finds it t i ps t , )arts of the svu; b ll fld a consider, JAY). ezes.Arrife from Belfsst 'dafl ;er, from P°!,7 0 01: idon for Liver has been s Fryl iai, Sharp, for tv Wm. Bryan ico o merara; Ilanti, for C a l chilies, Inch ell, for Cardiff. *, Morris, from Po, ale to proceed 0, as been disebarsll we or less dainag,ic W. N, W., 0 fiv7, Lyra packet , vas's 11th ult. eva, Blinkel, fro° k, M'Kentio, umbia, Alessi: l o om St. Ana l , * on, from Lag li p he Peter and •am, Good, 0 s Lemon, M`firi46 o Neirs, ran o¢ r Dec., and b° 6- 1 4 e‘ St. Andrew" int, Barbadoo -ig Scorpion forfrot)ii in time to-1110 S DAV' 36 Trusses.) £4 0 t n 0 0 •• 5 4 10 4 16 15 t° o 410 / . * .. 5 0 /) . 4 5 I 11l £4 0 0 01, 0 0 , 4 1 0 'l l 0 0 ll' 14* 4 10 I WS DAV t td ket is heavY . ,ol 4 ,l nne use are ."6" st o ck is nos% Of sugars are a b Qu A , r. • Sot extenso re ' last year, c h i spo j Sugars are in de,049101 . The deli aol )0 bags in the 004 and Brasil S O f ' aicas are a t - nig 61 fore of Dominica ',ore* lantation and 0 .a announce d .° r a quoted fro r° o , l st India Ci ° 4 ; The ate uns. uns. and '.o"' 375. per enr e e clearan c e )hea the 11 , ests, and 13 het, qualities, scifeli h have beetle', it of 2d. t ° ii% A le is still res 00; he Pp he asked tb ?ve enough I l i pr e staining eLI oho replied, 1 . 0 10,,te out • W ° t be t rre, even ' d i's , mercy, d ye re. ree ti bf tinned the P e tit ce ie Home ;suring b/7 vo Cil i b e )erance ay afterrio° 00e, w is, a young er ;sq., Of V P„ P S aleti p a ir of stef o e, landing - P ;ith her haf e s ty r , well O f tP 0 )10 0 The story. he oPe t iol & icy cr▪ ainst a P. 1. t of te s P 8 that a be' ietelY bed comp le • broker'. BENCH-(THIS DAY.) THE KING V. HAWKINS. Th ia was _an indictment for perjury. The circumstances vreeeroergberilieflaywia:isr;if,ollows. In the year 1825 the defendant, f ter, had for his solicitor a gentleman named w h° r'pplied to the prosecutor, James Hall,a geutL inan borrow resident at Weymouth-place, Nc,:v rcerd-road, to The • w Sun of 3,500/., to be secnred by an annuity of 442/. 3,r The accordingly sold cut stock to the amount of 4 ° ol -, and delivered a check upon the Banking-house of vwies, Lloyd, and C o . f or t h at sum, to the defendant ' s atter leY, Roster. Hawkins attended at Boster's office when the anoneuity-deed was executed and the money paid over to him by Haawt.ker i , ns a : nl ,, the fo l lowing acknowledgment was signed by On the A day of the date of the within indenture, _.'lleceived of and from James Hall, the sum of 3,500/., which 7 1 F full consideration within stated, for the purchase of the f,',t in:named annuity. I say, received the same, George awluns. Dated 11th January, 1825." This was witnessed two clerks in the office of Mr. Boster. Notwithstanding- that re prosecutor had thus fulfilled his part of the agreement, be only received one quarterly payment of the annuity. An by only Powas subsequently made to set aside the annuity, on the und that the consideration had not been properly made ; the r u l e o b tained for this purpose had been discharged. th e prosecutor then filed a bill in the Court of Chancery for Purpose of obtaining an injunction to restrain the defend- Mt from selling out certain stock which he possessed. The action would have been granted as a matter of course if the facts were not denied, and it was in the answer put in by the defendant to that bill that the alleged perjury was corn 'flitted. The bill alleged that Hawkins received the full sum °f 3,5001. That was denied by Hawkins, who stated in his answer that he bad only received from Mr. Boster three sums, making in the whole 3471. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL and Mr. CLARKSON appeared for the p ro secution, and the SOLICITOR- GENERAL and Mr. Huai- Priazys for the defendant. The bill filed in the Court of Chancery and the defendant's liuswer Were put in and read. William Griffiths, one of the subscribing witnesses to the acknowledgment, recollected the m one y b eing pro d uce d, b ut c ould not say whether it had been handed over to the defend.'. ant T or not. he SOLICITOR-GENERAL, for th e d e f en d an t, conten d e d that the indictment could not be sustained. The defendant's answer was perfectly consistent with the fact, which was that * nlY 3471 had been paid by Boster to bim, and that Boster had retained the balance and plated it to the defendant's credit. Lord DENMAN observed that the indictment was not properly. laid with reference to the answer put in by the defendni, And the Not GJury,lty. under his Lord s hi p ' s di rect i on, returned a verdict of Guilty. THE RING V. B IETT . On This was In indictment for an ass a ult an d f a l se i mpr i sonment. the 1 ith of January, 1834, Edward John Bath and Wm. Cooly,', ) two Excise officers, accompanied by iin assistant na rced Clarke, h av i ng rece i ved pr i vate information that an Illicit still was at work, proceeded to a cottage adjoining the residence of the defendant, who was an inspector of police, residing in White Hart-lane, Tottenham. The two officers of over a paling into the defendant's farm-yard, leaving ularke outside, and asked a man a t wor k if t h ey cou ld t h ey see Mr. Biett. He directed them to the back door, at which they knocked, and on Mr. Biett making his appearance they intro titteed themselves as Excise officers, and stated that they had Private information against the adjoining premises, of which he was the landlord, and asked him what was the character of the tenants. Biett said they were respectable, and offered to send for a police force to assist them. This was declined by the officers, and Bath was about to leave the room When the defendant caught him by the collar, and told him he Was in custody. Bath remonstrated with him, and he and Cooke pulled out their cznrimissions to shew him that they were excise officers. The defendant said he did not heed a . bit of dirty parchment, dragged B a th i n t o t h e yar d, an d h an d e d bun over to the custody of the man at work there. He then brought out a dirk, which he flourished over Bath's head, and twk Cooke and Clarke, who had joined them, also into ens rY• He sent for the police, and he and the servant were ,Prigin g the officers to the station-house, when they met a po 'iceman, who was ordered by Bictt to handcuff Bath and Cooke, which was accordingly done. They were then con ducted a distance of two miles to the station house, charged by Bleu with housebreaki ng , an d l oc k e d up. I n t h e even i ng th ey Were brought before Dr. Robinson, a magistrate, by whom ue.y . were discharged at half-p as t e l even at nig h t . the he ATTORNEY-GENAAL and Mr. W IGHTMAN a pp eare d f or prosecution. ... W itnesses were ex am i ne d w h o prove d t h e a b ove facts. There was no defence, and the Jury immediately found the defendant GUilty. There was another indictment against the defendant, which Wlti not proceeded w ith. ri The AT TORNEY -G ENERAL prayed the judgment of the 84 `tirt, and quoted th e sect i on o f t h e Act authorizing his Lord iP to award judgment during the sittings. Lord D ENMAN sa id t h ere was a good a deal of violence exhi bited b_y the defendant, but evidently he laboured under some misconception. The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned in the King's Bench priion for six months ; and had appeared that the ':zefendant was at all connected with the Proceedings carryi ng in the adjoining house, the sentence Would have bun much heavier. tXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ,lIIDOMENT.—DEARA C. TIIE SECRETARY-AT-WAR. This case came before the Court upon demurrer. The plaintiff and his father, from the year 1794 to 1797, were the !gent s to two Regiments of the Durnbarton and Lanark rencible Cavalry. In that capacity Certain accounts passed between them and the Secretary-at-War, which the plaintiffs alleged to have been settled a.Dd concluded by certain war lants. The defendant contended that the plaintiffs accounts 'Lad not been settled, aura the Attorney-General and the Se !hcretary-at-War filed an i nformation against the plaintiffs, for e purpose of e''. , mpelling them t o p ro d uce thcir'accounts. The Mformation 'de ... * still dependin g . Th e pl a i nt iff s k now i ng t h at t h e Iliefender:is w ere i n possess i on o f a l l documents connected with a t h e a `:.eounts, and that th e p ro d uct i on o f t h ose d ocuments would e early'shew that they were all settled, filed a .cross bill against them, for the purpose of compelling the production of' those documents. To this bill the defendants put a general demurrer which came before the Court for argument some time since. The LORD C HIEF B ARON gave judgment this morning, over ruling the d emurrer , upon t h e ground that the defendants, although the d emurrer was overru l ed, would have all the ad vantages that they wou ld h ave upon any equ i ty ar i s i ng upon denrzrer. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ,_toemerara paper s h ave b een rece i ve d at t h e N ort h an d :Toth American Coff e e-H ouse to t h e 20t h o f D ecem b er . Al 41?ugh not of so late a date as previously received, to the 'ln of January, we copy the following official Government notic e o" His Excellency, Major-General Sir James Carmichael rnith, has th oug ht p ro p er t o di rect t h at t h e following reports r the month of November, from the twelve judicial districts 1 , 14 0 which thi s co l on y i s di v id e d, s h ou ld be published in the Royal Gazette, for general information. " I. His Excellency most sincerely congt athletes every per son inte reste d i n t h e prosper i ty o f t hi s magn ifi cent prov i nce at t he peace, contentment, and industry which so generally pre vails throughout the whole of British Guiana. " 2. The Lieutenant-Governor requests the special Magis °ley to have the goodness to avail themselves of every oppor tunity of expressing to the labourers his Excellency's approba tion of their conduct, and of the confidence he entertains that, at the expiration of their apprenticeships, they will realise the most sanguine wishes of their friends, and prove themselves an industrious and grateful population. " " Guiana, B r iti s h B u ildi ngs, Demerara. (By command.) " After which follows the different reports, which fill several Colu mns. The Demerara papers also contain a dispatch dated " Down ing -stre e t, O c t. 29," s i gne d " S pr i ng Ri ce, " stat i ng t h at t h e 'ornmissioners of Compensation appointed for the abolition of Slavery, had made a series of public regulations, and the rules t O be observed in prefering and prosecuting claims. We have been favoured with the following information from tatavia, received by the Dutch ship Hoop Van Albasserdam, Which sailed on the 11th October : " We had yesterday morning a severe earthquake, which h as done considerable damage to the dwellings in the interior but not much here ; the Governor and his family had a very narrow escape from beinr, crushed under the ruins of the Palac e atßuckvizag, part of which had come down. About thirty lailes b eneath it from the above place one of the hills has sunk and buried a whole village." THE FUNDS. The Consol Market, which was very heavy, in the middle Part of the day, yesterday, became buoyant towards the after noon, and Consols, which left eff at 92 to - for the Account, open e d this morning at the same price. Exchequer Bills, 3 9 40 ; India Bonds, 21 9 2 ; India Stock, 258 259. Up to th e present hour we do not hear anything further re aPecting the operations of the Bank Directors to prevent the Precious metal leaving the country. The f o ll ow i ng are t h e open i ng pr i ces i n the F ore i gn Mar ae t this morning, in which there is still a great mania for spe nc:olaattiino: in Foreign Securities and bubble s hares, as th o p re - A S ent state of comme rce i s no t t o th a t ex t en t t o em pl oy t h e capital in the country :—Spanish, .56a ; Spanish Scrip, 3i 4 Flu ; Portuguese, 92,j , There is great dullness in both the markets, owing to the ab sence of the Express from Paris with the prices. HALF-PAST ONE. The Consol Market is gradually recovering from the heavy state it appeared in yesterday.. 9 Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at a 2 tO may be quoted at present 9* i for the Account, with more wholesome appearance. „_Excheq uer Bill s, 39 40 ; India Bonds, 20 21 ; India Stock, ' 0 8259 ; Bank Stock, 224- The Foreign market continues steady, at nearly the morning Pri ces. _ By the L eewar d I s l and mail, brought by the Lyra, which !ailed en th e 11 t h J anuary from St. Thomas ' s, the accounts from all the islands are of a favourable nature. The b o i sterous state of the weather during last night still Prevents the arrival of the French and Dutch mails. , At St. Vi ncent ' s and Grenada the negroes have agreed outto take off the crops upon h av i ng th e i r usua l a ll owance with ,, an J Wages. All was tranquil throughout the island. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. einkeols far the Account 92* I. COURT CIRCULAR. The Church Commissioners held their --‘ • day at the office of Sir P meeting yester- There were orr- - Peel, in Downing-street. bish..-"Lit the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Arch of YOrk, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Glou cester, the Earl of narrowly, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Secretary Goulburn, and the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Jermer. The Commissioners were upwards of two hours in deliberation. The Duchess of Rent and the Princess Victoria walked for some time in Hyde Park yesterday. Dispatches from the Marquis of Sligo, the Governor of Jamaica, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. A Deputation from the Scotch Presbytery had an interview yesterday with Sir Robert Peel. THE SPEAKERSHIP.—Theodds at T.attersall's yes , terday, were 2 to 1 for Sir C. M. Sutton, not p.p.—taken. _ _ Sir Robert Peel will preside at the next anniversary dinner of the noblemen. and gentlemen educated at Harrow School, which will take place, as usual, at the Thatched-house Tavern. Sir William Geary, of Lowesby Hall, in this county, on Monday last met with a serious accident in being thrown from his horso, and dislocating his shoulder, while hunting. He is, however, much better.—Leicester Herald. Earl Nelson (brother of the hero of Trafalgar), is dangerously ill, at his residence in Portm an -s quare . M r . Vance, the surgeon, is in constant attendance on the noble earl. LEGAL APPOINTMENTS FOR THE COUNTY PALATINE OF DURHAM.-Sir Charles Wetherell has been ap pointed Temporal Chancellor of the County Palatine of Dur ham and Sadberge, in the place of Robert Hopper William son, Esq., deceased; Serjeant Atcherley, Attorney-General to the Bishop of Durham, in the room of Sir Frederick Pol lock, recently appointed Attorney-General to the King; and C. Cresswell, Esq., Solicitor-General to his Lordship, vice Serjeant Atcherley.—Durham Advertiser. Andrew Amos, Esq., Barrister-at-law, and Auditor of Trinity College, Cambridge, is appointed Deputy Recorder of the town of Nottingham. The Right Hon. Lctia de Dunstanville, whose death we announced ir, yesterday's paper, was one of the largest landowners in *le county of Cornwall. His Lordship in early life inhefited a fine paternal estate, which by good manage m;:et and profits derived from mines, was increased to its pre sent bulk. By his demise the ancient title of that name is extinct ; but the barony of Basset, limited to him and his heirs femzle, descends to his only daughter by his first marriage, now Baroness Basset in her' own right. The entailed and set tled estates devolve on his Lordship's nephew and nearest male relative of that name, John Basset, Esq. His Lordship mar ried secondly in 1824 the eldest daughter of the late Sir Wil liam Lemon, by whom he had no issue. M. DUPUYTREN.—The life of this celebrated French surgeon is, we regret to observe by our private letters from Paris, despaired of. Marshal Marmont has arrived at Genoa from Egypt. Mr. Chantrey, the eminent sculptor, is in treaty for the purchase of the Marquis of Westminster's landed estate in the neighbourhood of Stockbridge. —Salisbury Herald. Francis Robertson, Esq., at his late audit, returned to his tenants at Chilcote, in Derbyshire, 20 per cent. ; and has given 201. to the poorer inhabitants of the village, consist ing of 34 families, to be laid out in coals and flannel. - ROMANCES OF MANY LANDS.—This work, which has just appeared, comprises stories of Italy, France, Ger many, Russia, Switzerland, England, Spain, Bohemia, Ice land, Poland, &c., which have been selected on account of their romantic and often mysterious incidents. Several of them have already flirnished subjects for our most successful dimmas. The idea of bringing together the popular stories of all nations is very happy. Yesterday a wardmote was held for the purpose of electing an . Alderman in the room of Alderman Ansley, who as senior alderman of the city became upon the resignation of Sir Richard Carr Glyn the representative of the Ward of Bridge Without in tbat Court. Cordwainers'-ball was crowded upon the occasion, report having stated that an exposure of ward intrigue and a strong contest would take place. At 3 o'f.fiock the Lord Mayor took the chair. Mr. Allen pro posed, and Mr. Nicholls seconded, the nomination of John Lainson, Esq. Mr. Legge proposed, and Mr. Crocker se conded, the nomination of John Bradley Butterworth, Esq. After a great deal of- discussion, of interest only to those in the ward, Mr. Lainson and Mr. Butterworth both declared that they would, if upon any occasion, through infirmity or pecuniary loss, they should be incapacitated from performing the duties of the situation, resign the office to the constituency. The show of hands was then taken, and proved to be 10 to 1 in favour of Mr. Lainson, who was thereupon declared duly elected. The meeting of the East Kent Fox Hounds at Waldershare was attended by the usual assembly of sportsmen and others, anxious to witness the throw off, rather than at tracted by the indifferent sport generally met with on such oc casions. The number of horsemen in the field was upwards of seventy ; and a fox being conveniently found in the adjoining wood, he made a run as far as Dangdon, where he became the victim of his pursuers i n a p on d, mos t o f cavaliers being in at the death. O'CONNELL AND THE REPUBLICANS.--The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, in a late speech to the anti-Tory Association, said :—" Your outrageous and high flying Republicans I could never find fit to be trusted upon public questions.—( Hear.) They were mightily exalted upon abstract questions, but when it came to a point of political li berty, they sunk their Republicanism in their pocket with the weight of the money that would go along with it." The Reformers of the Tower Hamlets have adopted a plan which we should wish to see followed by, every district in the metropolis. They have formed themselves into a society of watchfulness, in order that they may, in case of any sudden emergency, have their forces concentrated, and be ready to secure the election of Reform candidates. They meet every week at the Red Lion Tavern, Whitechapel, at seven o'clock, on Tuesday evenings ; and in addition to the above objects, their strenuous exertions will be used to promote Triennial Parliaments, Vote by Ballot, Universal Suffrage, and a proper registration of the borough and county voters. Very contradictory accounts are afloat with regard to her Majesty's being enceinte. Some of the best-informed persons doubt the truth of the report. An American critic in characterising Sir Richard Phillips's " Million of Facts," asserts that " the work is a third eye, a third hand, a sixth sense, a new lobe to the brain." BENNETT'S WANDERINGS IN NEW SOUTH WALES &c.—Our readers will thank us for pointing out a book of travels which carries one rapidly and pleasantly over a wide diversity of sea and land ; presents many objects of natu ral history, and traits of social peculiarity, well calculated to excite and gratify our curiosity. The mass of facts which Mr. Bennett has brought together, concerning the ocean birds in particular, is highly curious. He made good use of his stay in New South Wales, and performed long and laborious jour neys to different parts of the Colony, exploring the manners of all classes of its inhabitants, rational and irrational. The chase of the kangaroo seems to have found great favour with Mr. Bennett ; and he sketches some scenes which might have de served to be immortalized by the pencil of a Landseer.— Quarterly Review, February, 1835. The girl-sailor, who was on board the Belfast un der the extraordinary circumstances detailed, is a native of the county of Donegal ; her real name is Macdonnell, but she went by that of James Atkinson, her sweetheart. The Carnival at Rome is already formally promul gated by public ordinance, and the Pope has presented 7,000 crowns to the principal theatre for the free admission of the public. The reprints of the works of Rousseau and Voltaire have greatly increased within a few years. Independently of separate publications of their principal productions, more than one hundred thousand copies of their works complete have been sent into circulation in the course of the last ten or a dozen years. Washington Irving, who has finally left England for his native country, has recently made a tour on the prairies, which have never yet been described, or much visited by Eng lish people. JUNIUS AND THE PRESENT MINISTRY.-The sulijoined quotation, from Junius's letter to George the 3d., is so applicable to the present times, that it may not be unin teresting to those who regard that eloquent writer as an au thority on great political questions :—" Is it possible for you to place any confidence in men who, before they are faithful to you, must renounce every opinion, and betray every principle, both in church and state, which they inherit from their an cestors, and are confirmed in by their education. Whose num bers are so inconsiderable that they have been obliged to give up the principles and language which distinguish them as a party, and to fight under the banners of their enemies ? Their zeal begins with hypocrisy, and must conclude in treachery. At first they deceive—at last they betray." This morning the East India Company's quarterly sale of saltpetre took place, consisting - of LOO tons • refraction 31, 4, and 4/ per cwt., sold at 263., 265. 6d., and 275. per cwt. ; 10- tons, not refracted, fetched 19s. per cwt. The whole went off with great animation. ANCIENT REMAlNS.—Thursday last, as a num ber of workmen were digging on the right hand side of Bark by-lane, in this town, and lately laid out for building, about three or four feet below the surface of the earth, they turned up several perfect skulls, besides various other bones connected with the human frame. The extraordinary size of the leg bones plainly indicated the party, when living, to have been a stout and no doubt hardy race of men. Several sets of teeth were also discovered in a perfect state, but how and at what time they were buried, history furnishes no record.—Leices ter Herald. Two Turkish officers of high rank have arrived in London. The sole object of their journey is to see and be come acquainted with England. They are from the interior of the Seraglio, and hold rank in the Imperial Guard. One of them, Azmi Bey, is son of the late Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Duke of Wellington. who received them with great courtesy, regretted they had visited London at so dreary and dark a season of the year. One of them answered, " Since we have been in England, we have keen daily seeing new lights, and have IN reason to complain of the darkness of your atmosphere," THE stN, LONDON, ITESDAY, FEI3IItTARY 10, 1845: SOCIETY OF BRITISH NUSKIANs. SIX - 2 - 11 CONCERT. To other proofs which we have formerly noticed, of the progress of musical literature in this country may be added the indispittable stipetiority, in the art of coMposition, of the younger members of the profession, when brought in compe tion with their elder brethren. It has been long since observed, that the skili of ordinary writere chiefly consists in out of one Vessel into another"—a process which has not been tieglected by the older writers of the present generation. By the limited number and ; het tee often, depraved qua lit y of the or supplies, they have incurred the censure— " materiem superabat opus." go long-as What Choton very properly calls " the useless trash" of thorough bass, is consi dered to be the us plus ultra of musical learning, and indefi nite signs or figures to be the most accurate nomenclature of those harmonies, which are capable of producing an infinite variety of effects, from different dispositions of their compo nent parts, so long will the disciples and supporters of the system remain in Egyptian darkness. Mozart, Beet hoven, Weber, and Spohr, to such men will have lived in vain, and their works be deemed in the eyes of their under.. standing more remarkable for length than merit. The last meeting of the British Society, for this season, was held yesterday evening at the Hanover-square Rooms. The in. strumental compositions were a manuscript symphony in B flat, by T. M. Mudie ; a quartet, by H. Westrop; and solo for the violin, by Mr. Musgrave. The vocal pieces consisted of selections from an oratorio by J. M'Murdie, called Moses ;" from an ode entitled " The Tears of Genius," composed by Dr. Carnaby ; from a mass by T. Y. Chubb; arid from the several operas of Rodwell's " Lord of the Isles," Loder's " Nourjahad," and a manuscript opera by C., Lucas. A cavatina, by J. Blockley, and a glee by W. Hawes, were also introduced. Mr. Mudie's symphony is not equal to some of the compositions of his youthful contem poraries ; but it affords proof that he possesses too large a portion of the mem divinor to rest contented with his present attainments. The many traits of talent which may be discovered in Mr. Westrop's quartet for two violins, viola, and cello, would almost disarm criticism, and prevent a just repre hension of its numerous and striking blemishes. The natural fondness of fancy for her offspring forbids our wonder at the comparatively few who practice " the art of blotting," and who possess sufficient courage, on reviewing their productions, to affix an "est de leuda," where justice requires it. In Mr. Westrop's composition, an. exuberance and wildness of modu lation, combined with a wide departure from the ordinary phrasing, and sectional divisions of the movements, create an uncertainty, never pleasing, as to the original key. This re mark, however, applies only to the first and last movements ; the second, consisting of a short melody, harmonized after the manner of Spohr, is excellent; and the elegance of the minuet and trio, deservedly obtained for it an unani mous encore. Mr. Musgrave's solo speaks well for him as a composer and performer. The air is easy and natural, yet free from plagiarism ; and its variations are well sustained, and skilfully instrumentated. Mr. Roche displayed much taste in singing "The Cavatina," by Block ley. Ile has an equal voice, of some volume, much sweetness, and considerable compass. From his cadenzas and general style, he has, we presume, selected as his models the perfor mers who have graced our Italian stage. The song met with an encore, as also did the glee, " Oh I where is the flower," by Mr. Hawes. Mr. Hill has possibly not been introduced to the splendid compositions of Farrant, Byrde, Gibbons, and Purcell ; or he would not surely so have abused the word an them, as to have applied it to the composition performed under his name. But for the solemnity of the words, we could have thought ourselves listening to the shouting Salamancirines in the "Mountain Sylph," or the infernal corales of "Robert leDiable." If Mr. Lucas's M. S. Opera be of equal merit withthe selection performed at this concert, it will be a desirable acquisition to the stock of English theatrical music. The finale reminded us of the exquisite trio in Weber's " Oberon," " For Thee Hath Beauty Decked Her Bowers." The selection from " Nour jahad," shows its author, Mr. E. J. Loder, to possess a thorough knowledge of instrumental writing, but does not place his claims to originality on so respectable a footing. The author of the ode entitled " The Tears of Genius," has happily es caped a connexion with the subject and its sorrows; and the composer, to the extent of the recitative, is, if possible, still more distantly related to the etherial spirit, whose woes are so mysteriously deplored. The aria, although bearing no slight resemblance to the fugitive songs of Arne and Boyce, deserves commendation. The song from " Moses" may be placed in the same school. If these writers refrain from imitating Mozart or Spohr in their solos, we think their - choruses bear still less affinity to Handel. The subscribers and members of this So ciety, for the present season, appear by the printed list to ex csed nine hundred individuals. The founders of the association may well be proud of the meritorious compositions they have been instrumental in bringitig before the musical public. We trust their zealous exertions at the ensuing season, will produce like honourable results, and will meet with an equal extent of patronage. THEATRES. FRENCH PLAYS-LYCEUM AND ENGLISH OPERA HO USE. The tragedy of Othello was repeated here last night, and M. Lemaitre again presented himself before a moderately full au dience, in a character purely tragical. Tragedy is decidedly not M. Lemaitre's forte--in comedy he is fortissimo ; then why should he neglect a line of the drama in which he is doubtless richly provided, and in which he has no compeer, for one hi which he is certainly not pre-eminent, and 'iii which, as certainly, mediocrity is hardly tolerable? In Shakspeare's tragedy, from one little germ of intense, undi vided love with which the play sets out, the whole of the stu pendous events which occupy its subsequent passages are de duced, not so much by the powerful hand of the author as by the impulse of nature itself—nature in its infinity—of which he was but the inspired delineator. Such is the general sentiment which pervades our recollection of Shakspeare's Othello, but this is the very sentiment which is not re echoed in the production of M. Dumas. We have a pas sionate father from the beginning, who, indigmu t t at hi s daughter's unworthy choice in the sable Moor, forces her, under the terrors of a brandished dagger, to sign a paper in which she renounces her ill-judged choice, and binds her self to another. This paper, together with a tiara of dia monds, are the evidences of her guilt, which is cast in her teeth in the course of a long dialogue with Othello before he commits the deed of butchery, for so it really was, in a scene almost too horrible for an audience with proper feeling. After this, instead of the denouement as wrought out by Shakspeare —a knocking at the door, to rouse the bewildered murderer from his stupor—we have first a long soliloquy from M. Le maitre, and then the appearance of the whole host of the dra matis persona, with lights, &c., all in the genteelest time to inform him (he suppoosed to be in his nuptial bed) that his supposed rival was no rival at all, and that his wife's father, who was at first opposed to the match, forgives him and gives him his blessing. The father then asks, where is his daughter ? Othello rushes before the curtains of the bed, and screams out that she is asleep ; the curtains are open, the murder out • the father weeps; Othello stabs himself; crawls to the bedside, kisses the hand of his dead wife, and dies. An injudicious friend in one of the side private boxes here threw a crown of laurel upon the stage, and then set to with beating one of the chairs against the floor, and calling for M. Lemaitre to come to life again. The cry was foolishly, and we think rather im pertinently, persisted in by about half-a-dozen conspicuous in dividuals, but much to the annoyance of the audience in ge neral. At last M. Lemaitre appeared on the scene for the Baldes Ouvriers (the afterpiece), and bowed; but the laurel crown remained upon the stage. dutiful respects to an old Uncle. Miss Mordaunt we thought peculiarlyfelicitous in giving point to her chatacter ; but the archness, vivacity, and excessive humour of Mrs. Nesbitt, par ticularly in her masquerade of the Officer in the duelling scene, elicited the mast rapturous applause. We have seldom seen any thing more effective on the stage at any period than the talent exhibited by this lady last night. • AVEL • . Mr. Yates brotight ant last night a new one-act burletta, entitled, How do you Manage? ?ront the pen of Mr. Haynes ay ;y, This little affair, which excited incessant laughter throughout, was admirably supporic:d by Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Honey s Mr. Yates, and Mr. Buckstone.. OLYITIPIC. Last night a new burletta, called Why don't she Marry ? was produced at this theatre. It is a very laughable trifle. Natz Tieck (Mr. Keeley) is a farmer, somewhat comfortable in life, with some land, cattle, pigs, and poultry, deeply ena moured of Lisette Geirnstein (Madame Vestris), and very de sirous to get married. The lady, however, is fully determined to enjoy the blessings of single life, and peremptorily rejects the advances of Natz, who on that account is most ludicrously unhappy and inconsolable. The lads and lasses of the village determine to hoax Natz, and accordingly a letter is written to him, as if from Lisette, accepting his proffered hand, and ap pointing a day for the wedding. He is all rapture upon this intelligence, and immediately slaughters an ox and the greater part of his barn. door fowl to celebrate the wedding, when, to his great consternation, he finds that the letter is all a joke, and that Lisette, even if she were so inclined, cannot marry without the consent of her brother, Corporal Max (Mr. Bland), who has been in the army for some years, without having seen his sister. At length he arrives, with a small party of his regiment, takes up his quarters at the house of his sister, without being known to her, and there he and his men kick up such a row as suggests to her the desirableness of having some protector, by taking a husband. This was the corporal's object, for he is friendly to the match, and the par ties, in the end, are happily united. Keeley, in his courtship, in his despair and joy, is very amusing, and the success of the piece was secured by his acting and that of Madame Vestris. VICTORIA. Two new pieces were produced at this theatre last evening , the one entitled The Last of his Tribe, from the pen of Mr. J. T. Haines; and the other, called Quintinello. The sole apparent object in the former piece was to afford the Indian Chief an opportunity of displaying his skill, and probably with a view of aiding the effect the author carefully refrained from giving its plot or dialogue so much interest as would induce the audience to regret the arrival of that period of the enter tainment at which from the bills they learned that display was to take place. We need scarcely say we mean its conclusion. On this particular occasion Mrs. Gale held the apple which the shot was to annihilate, but whether it was that the bright eyes of the fair holder distracted the aim of the gallant rifle man or that • (as was alleged) his rifle was out of order, it was not until the third shot that the mark was hit. Mrs. Gale certainly acted the heroine to perfection, evincing not the. smallest fear that the failure of the marksman's aim on the previous occasions might impair his steadiness. Quintinello (the second piece) depends altogether on the acting of Vale, who, as the principal character, " kept his audience in a roar." THE QUEEN'S. The active and intelligent management of this theatre was again apparent last night in the production of a new farce, full of humour and vivacity, and exhibiting all the tarts of stage cleveiness, in eliciting to the best advantage the talents of the establishment. The piece was received with an applause rapturous as it was discriminative and just. The plot of The Married Rake is simply that a Mr. Frederick Flighty ( Mr. Parry), has just married a beautiful young lady ( Miss Mordaunt); notwithstanding which he is carrying on various intrigues, his principal liaison being with a Lady Sin►plr, whom he visits at Richmond under the pretence of paying-h►s SURREY. A new drama, called The Jersey Girl ; or, the Red Rob bers, was brought out last night at this theatre. It is a sort of play which, if we allow the evidence of a crowded audience (no bad criterion), finds many admirers ; and although the materials are coarse and rudely fashioned, it would be an un profitable task to call in question the skill of the author, or the excellence of the performance. The machinery of the piece is much assisted by a company of soldiers, and a society of Red Robbers, who, at the conclusion, to quote from the playbill, create a " terrific conflict, and interesting denoue ment." The humour of this drama is the best part of it, and that department was well supported by Mr. C. Hill and Mr. W. Smith. The scenery was also worthy of praise. After the first piece, another " entirely original drama" was per formed, called Wealth and Want ; or, the Village Politicians. In this play Mr. Davidge acted a most unnatural character with more nature than it possessed, and more ability than it deserved. Another novelty, called The Battle of Austerlitz ; or, the Soldier's Bride, concluded the evening's entertain ments. Every piece appeared to give satisfaction. FRENCH PAPERS. ( From the National of Saturday.) The Emperor of Austria has ordered his War Minister, Count Hardegg, to disarm several battalions, as appears by the two following ordinances, transmitted to us by our corre spondent at Vienna : " TO COUNT TIARDEGG. " The battalions de campagne cantoned in the Tyrol, in Inner Austria, in Lower Austria, and in Hungary, the three frontier regiments of Sclavonia, and the two regiments of Dal matia, shall be disbanded. " To supply the deficiency of troops which will in conse quence be felt in the Tyrol and in Inner Austria, it is my plea sure that the Imperial regiment of Chasseurs, or at least two battalions of that regiment, be sent into the Tyrol, and that a battalion of a regiment of the conscription of Inner Austria cantoned in Italy be recalled and take their place. Henceforth it will be considered as attached to the Italian reserve. " In place of the two battalions leaving Hungary, a regi ment to be afterwards named shall proceed from Moravia. You will make an exact statement of the economies thence arising, and will communicate the -same to the President of the Aulic Chamber. " FRANCIS. " Jan. 18." " TO COUNT lIARDEGG. " You are to make the necessary arrangements for render ing no longer disposable (demobiliser) the 11 Italian divisions and the 22 German divisions of the reserve of the artillery, exposing the horses to sale and disbanding the men. " You are also to order a revision and classification of all the train horses, and after consulting with my Chancellor you will present me the results. "Jan. 28. " FRANCIS." FR}'NCH FUNDS —Para% Fes. 7. Five per Cents., 168 f, 70c. 109 f. 208 f. Vsc. Four per Cents., 951 —c. Three per Cents., 7Sf. 85c. t.',sc, 79f. Bank Actions, l 05f. —c. Rente de Naples, igif 90c 80c. Roman Five per Cents., 97'i '4%. ltente d'Es' pagne, Five per lents , 43 , 4 43 437 8 . liente d'Eapagne, Three per Cents., 27%1 4 %. Royal Sprtfisl - , Loon, itente Pei pet. d 'Espagne, Five per Cent., 44 14 , 4 g Belgian Loan, rive per Cents , 101 101 1 ,4.1 Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 95. Portuguese Loan, Six per Cents Haytian Loan, i9Of. EXCHANGE ON LONDON 0 se month, paper, 25r. 30c.; money, 25f. 274 c. Three months, paper, 25f. 17 4 c. ; money, 25f. 15c. —(Ors Authentique. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 109 f 10c. ; 3 per Cents., 79f. 25c. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, 44a ; 3 per Cent. ditto, 274 ; Cortes, 433; Coupons, 231 ; Guebbard, 441 ; Dif feres, 15a ; Scrip, New Loan, 64a ; Ducats,l96 20 ; Romans, 97a ; Belgians, 101* ; Pedros, 93 ; Miguels, 24 ; Dutch, SPAIN. CHAMBER OF PROCERES.-*SITTING OF JAN. 26. The Marquis de Guadalcazar communicated to the Chamber a message from the President of the Council of Ministers, in answer to the resolution recently adopted by the Chamber relative to the events of the 18th. The Pre sident of the Council stated in the said message that Mi nisters could not come to the Chamber of Proceres, in order to give the explanations demanded by that body, until after the termination of the debates in the Chamber of Pro curadores. The Duke de Gor called upon Ministers to make the House acquainted with the particulars which were sent them before the 'affair of the 18th Janu - ary ; also to state what measures they adopted in consequence, and their rea sons for leaving an offence of so serious a nature unpunished. The' Minister of the Interior said, he could not add to the communications he made to the House in the last sit ting without compromising the reserve imposed upon him by the nature of his functions. There had been a conspi racy for overthrowing her Majesty's Government ; Madrid was the focus of that conspiracy. He b e g ge d th e mor e earnestly of the Chamber not to persist in calling for ex planations, inasmuch as publicity might produce an injurious effect on the measures which Ministers had adopted. The Marquis de San Felias propounced a brilliant eulo gium upon the unfortunate General Canterac, and called upon the Government of the country to confer a testimonial of its gratitude on the family of the deceased. The following petition was then read " Senora.--The Proceres of the kingdom were afflicted with the utmost grief when they received intelligence of the hor rible offence committed yesterday by a seduced or rebellious soldiery, who, forgetting that the armed force of a country is essentially passive and obedient, and that it ought never to deliberate, burst asunder all social ties, and violating the laws, both civil and military, had the audacity to make use of their arms to disturb the repose of this heroic metropolis. " The Proceres would consider themselves to be wanting in their most sacred duties, if, on so critical an occasion they did not hasten to declare respectfully to her Majesty that they are ready to defend, to the full extent of their powers, the glory and splendour of the sceptre, as well as the inviola bility of the laws of the monarchy, without which there can be no happiness for the Crown. " The Proceres of the kingdom hope that her Majesty's Go vernment will adopt the most energetic measures to prevent a recurrence of similar criminal attempts, which are always at tended with such disastrous results for the holy cause of li berty. They respectfully offer their most determined co operation, in order to attain so necessary a result, in the hope that the whole responsibility of these scandalous events may fall on those who ought to bear it.—Palace of the Estamento, 19th January, 1835. " Signatures." The Duke de Rivas said that the petition was divided into three parts ; the first had for its object to make her Majesty acquainted with the opinion of the Chamber upon the events of the 18th ; the second, to offer to the Govern ment the support of the Chamber, in preventing a recur rence of similar criminal attempts ; and the third, to de mand that the responsibility of the event might fall on the proper parties. The Minister of Finance (Count Toreno) maintained that the power at the disposal of the Government was not so absolute, as that it could be at one and the same time in that House and in the Chamber of Procuradores, to re ply to the accusations which were made against it. The second part of the petition appeared to him to be useless. As to the third, he could wish for clearer explanations as to the question of responsibility ; for Ministers were ready to reply to all the demands which might be addressed to them relative to their conduct. Senor Gil de la Cuadra said that, in his opinion, the members of the Administration who had the most compro mised their responsibility in this affair, were the Ministers of War and of the Interior ; and he thought that the Chamber ought to declare to her Majesty that those two Ministers had rendered themselves guilty of negligence in the exercise of their functions. The Minister of the Interior repulsed the accusations against him. The Marquis de Moncayo strongly blamed the Minister of War, and called upon Ministers to advise her Majesty not to confide to General Llauder the command of one of the principal provinces of Spain. The Minister of Finance maintained that the intelligence which was conveyed to Government on the 18th was not of a very decided character : in directing the Minister of War t• take all needful measures, Government had done its duty ; for it had a right to suppose that the Minister would act accordingly. There was no reason why the Chamber should constitute itself into a permanent assembly. The two first parts of the petition were then adopted with a slight modification ; and the third part, relative to re sponsibility, was expunged. The House then rose. The following is given in the Journal des Debats as the substance of letters and journals from Madrid, of the 29th of January, received by an extraordinary courier : " The capital was tranquil. Its garrison was going to be reinforced. " The Chamber of Proceres had some days previously voted an Address to the Queen Regent, to express its grief caused by the seditious events of the 18th. " The Chamber of Procuradores had delayed to follow the example of the Upper Chamber. At length, in the Sitting of the 29th, an Address was read to the same effect as that of the Proceres. This Address was signed previously by 89 Procuradores. M. Alcala Galiano, said that though he had not signed the Address, he should vote for it, seeing that it expressed the sentiments of fidelity and love of public order, 1 with which he was himself animated; b u t that Ministers wouL4 deceive themselves if they should consider this Address as an approval of their conduct. Several Members of the Opposi ; tion spoke to the same effect. M. de Toreno supported the Address, and concluded by observing that since it was already signed by a decided majority of the Assembly, all discussion would be superfluous. The Address was then put to the vote and adopted unanimously by the 126 Procuradores present. " The Compilador of the 29th, expresses the satisfaction which the good citizens have felt on seeing the Chamber of Procuradores at length doing its duty, and declaring against the disorders of the 18th. It reproaches those who pretend that the Address of the Procuradoes does not do honour either to the Government or the Chamber, because it is vague and to ,- tardy. ,c Th e t a e of Madrid contains no important news. According to the latest iaters from Pampeluna, General Mina has given a new organization to his army. He has divided it into five corps, commanded by Colonels Sevane, Gurrea, Ocana, and Brigadiers Lopez and Orda. The best effects are expected from this measure. " At the Bourse of Madrid the Funds continue to rise." SWITZERLAND. The Austrian Observer of Jan. 26 publishes an offi cial declaration of the Austrian Government, which gives in detail the grounds. of its suspension of all diplomatic re lations with the Swiss Cantons, a measure in which the other Governments of Southern Germany had concurred. The document in question, concludes with an intimation that the former friendly intercourse of the Germanic States with Switzerland, can only be resumed after adequate amends shall have been made, by the Swiss Republic, for offences committed in its territory against the Imperial Government, and satisfactory pledges given that such out rages shall not be allowed to be repeated. This State paper refers particularly to the Canton of Berne—for the moment the residence of the Swiss Government—because of its not having yet acquiesced in the declaration of the Vorort when sitting at Zurich on the 22d of July last, and which promised to Austria full satisfaction for past, and se curity against the occurrence of future injuries or affronts from any persons whatever, residing within the Cantons. The Austrian Government is obviously dissatisfied with the late reply of the Vorort of Berne to its previous re presentation. GERMAN PAPERS. BEhNE, JAN. 22.—While some report that the students in our University devote their attention to politics more than to study, we learn, on the other band, that they have resolved, by a great majority, to abolish duelling, and that they have founded a General Association of Students for the promotion of the objects of the University. ArnErts, DEC. 29.—The winter has set in with extra ordinary severity ; the summits of Hymettus and all the surrounding mountains are covered with snow. This sud den change has increased the distress there already pre vailed, the greater number of persons in Government offices being still unprovided wit:: lodgings, and others find but little protection in the ill-constructZl Athenian apartments. It is also to be regretted, that there are only two inns at Athens, one kept. by a Frenchman, and the ether by an Italian, and that no German has yet set up a regulai inn. The scarcity of artisans is very great, so that good work• men, who should come with some little property and the necessary tools, would certainly find their account. The long-wished plan for the establishment of schools, Gymnas sia, and the University, have at length been submitted to the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruc tion, and has been approved of. It is founded on the Ger man plan, for which purpose the Minister had procured the statutes of all the German Universities, &c. Time will show whether the imitation is good. King Otho enjoys most excellent health, and has conferred orders on a great many persons. Among them are the Ministers Von Lesuire and Rhizzos, and Admiral Maulis ; among the Bavarians in public office,—Councillor of State, Von Grandauer ; Privy Councillors, Von Kreuzer and Von Klenze ; the Post-Master, Von Lippe ; the Mas ter of the Mint, Von Leprieur ; Aulic Councillor, Von Thursch. Mr. Von Robell has entirely recovered from an indisposition which at first excited some uneasiness. Some very respectable persons have consented to take a part in'the journals to be published in the German and Greek languages. The Chevalier Prokesch Von Osten, Ambassador of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, has arrived here. That those who have to go out at night in the city, which is full of rubbish and ruins, may not break their necks, the Government has ordered a post to be set up at the corner of every street, to which a board is fixed with the name of the street, and alantern. Therehave lately been robberies at night, which used to be rare. They are ascribed to the very numerous Maltese of the labouring and menial class now here. The gendarmes endeavour to seize the authors of the robberies. BERLIN, JAN. :U.—His Majesty the King has been pleased to give new credentials to Councillor Bunsen, hi therto resident Minister at the Court of Rome, appointing him Ambassador Extraordinary to the same Court. WARSAW, JAN. 27.—The Municipal Council of this city gives notice that the Polish noble youths who are to be admitted into the Imperial Russian Corps of Cadets must not be above twelve, nor under ten years of age. Those who are already above twelve years old may be re ceived, as soon as they have completed theirsixteenth year, into the Noble Regiment. The applications for admission, which are to be presented to General Pankratieff, Military Governor of Warsaw, must be accompanied with the ne cessary certificates of the noble descent of the youths, of their baptism, and the state of their . health. Those ad mitted are to be sent to St. Petersburg at the expense of their parents, or if they have no parents living, at their own expense. _ LEG - HORN, JAN. the course of this month we have had five Prussian ships here at once, and they were the first Prussian ships that ever visited our port. This induced M. Stiechling, the Prussian Consul, to communi cate the circumstance in a particular manner.. He invited the Captains of the five ships to a spendid entertainment, to be present at which, the Prussian Charge d'Affaires, M. V. Schaffyolsch, came from Florence. Before dinner Divine Service wa; performed in the Protestant Church, where the crews of the ships were assembled, and the Rev. M. Algower delivered an impressive discourse on the occasion. —Frankfort Paper, Feb. 4. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'4. The number of subscribers present yesterdaywas greater than for many weeks past, but there was no corresponding increase of busi ness, nor did the few engagements entered into occasion any variation of importance, a slight improvement in Pucelle, and a decline of three or foie• points in Bee-in-a-Bonnet (such decline being evidently only for the moment) comprehending all the changes. Some half dozen bets were made on the Oaks with about as little effect. We add the prices at the close of the room:— DERBY. 9 to 1 ant Lord Jersey's Silenus 12 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Curtius 15 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle colt (taken) 22 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Darioletta colt (taken) 4 30 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Bee-in-a-Bonnet c. (taken) (" 33 to I had previously been betted, but at the finish no one would bet 30 to 1. ) OAKS. 4 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Preserve 9 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield'. Her Majesty (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Queen of Trumps (taken) 5 to 2 agst Preserve and Hester (taken) 5 to 2 agst Her Majesty and Eva (taken) 5 to 4 on Her Majesty agst Hester (taken) ' THE SPEAEERSHIP. 2 to 1 on Sir C. M. Sutton, not p.p. (taken) BETTING IN THE COUNTRY. CHESTER TRADE CUP, P. r. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime 6 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Abbas Mini 9 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Solon 9 to 1 agst Sir J. Gerard's Manchester 10 to 1 agst any other. We have to announce the death of Mr. Walker's three-yrs-old colt Pilgrim, winner of the Two-year-old Stakes at York August and Doncaster Races last season, and first favourite for the Don caster St. Leger. Mr. Walker's loss cannot be estimated at less than 2,000 guineas. " Napoleon," said M. niers lately, " gave the French a world to plunder." The month of August does better—it gives France a world to ransom.—Charivari. DREADFUL ACCIDENT BY FlRE.—Yesterday afternoon, between 4 and 5 o'clock, a young lady, named Har man, called on her brother, Mr. William Harman, of Prince's street, Hanover-square, painter, and was standing with her back to the parlour fire, when her dress by some means caught fire, and in an instant she was surrounded with flames. Every effort was made to divest Miss Harman of her burning ap parel, but befare this could be accomplished she had sustained the most frightful and extensive injury, particularly about her arms, neck, and face. No hope can be indulged of her re covery. ANOTHER /INCENDIARY FIRE AT ROTHER HITHE.—On Saturday last the premises of Mrs. Bennet, directly opposite the Thames Tunnel, were found to be on fire. About half -past I I o'clock a female servant of Mrs. Bennet, who has lately been left a widow, went for some do mestic purpose into the back-washhouse, when she was surprised to find various combustible articles in a state of ignition ; among other things some tow, which had not been previously on the premises ; and, had she not entered at that moment, in another half hour the whole house would have been in flames. At the present moment suspicion cannot attach to any parti cular person. On Tuesday, as Mr. Boys, of Malmains, was hunt ing with the East Kent Harriers, he dismounted for the pur pose of leading his horse over a brook with a steep bank on the opposite side, when the spirited animal accidentally leaped on his master's left leg, and fractured both bones. Mr. Boys was immediately taken to Mr. Nethersoles, of West-street, where he received the kindest attention, and in an hour the fractures were reduced by Mr. Ernmerion, of Sandwich. We rejoice in being'enabled to state that Mr. Boys is doing well, and that the gentlemen of the hunt are not likely to be deprived of his valuable services beyond the season. THE KING OF SWEDEN. The fon.sYving description of the King of Sweden is extracted from the wprk of Mr. Alexander Daumont, an intelligent French traveller : " The King is at present in his sixty-ninth' year. He was born at Pau, on the 26th of January, 1764. Years have made but a slight impression on his vigorous constitution. A profusion of black hair covers without concealing a lofty forehead, which neither the cares of state nor the hand of time have as yet furrowed with a wrinkle. When he speaks, his features assume the same animated expression which struck me when, in his thirty-eight year, I heard him describe the exploits of the army of Italy. All the muscles of his energetic bead, which reveals , the activity of thought, and a genius for great under takings, are then in full play. His piercing pack eyes have lost nothing of their brilliancy ; his person has become but slightly corpulent ; his figure is still noble and erect, and he still exhibits the same attention to neatness and the same simple and unaffected elegance which distinguished his manners. " There is no Sovereign, without even exceptin g the pettiest German Prince, more easy of access ; and it is much more difficult to obtain an audience of a public functionary in France than to be admitted to the presence of the King in Sweden. As he is accessible to whoever desires to speak to him, the officers on duty at the palace, and in the ante-rooms, are a mere state pageant. And this confidence between the Sovereign and his subjects is peculiarly remarkable, when we consider that he was by birth a stranger to the nation he has been called upon to govern. It is easy to see that this prince, born among the people, has been impressed with the feeling that he should communicate with the people ; and this intimate relation existing between the Sovereign and the lowest of his subjects, far from de tracting from the .respect which should surround the majesty of the throne, only serves to increase it. This faeLity of communicating -with the prince is one of those peculiarities which the Swedes take a pleasure in pointing out to the attention of strangers. " When the King drives out to Rosendal, to. Haga, or to Druttniegliohn, it is most commonly in an open cairiage, preceded by a single courier. He is accompanied by some of the principal officers of state or of his household, and unattended by an escort. If he does not always meet with those factitious acclamations_ which are carefully got up for the occasion of the passing of some sovereigns, he is at least always sure of being received with the most unequivocal demonstrations of affection and respect. Every body he meets is on the alert to take off his hat, and countenances beaming with smiles are a sufficient indication of the public satisfaction. His Majesty never fails to acknowledge a salute, and on his part it is generally accompanied by one of those expressive and benevolent smiles which communicate such a charm to his features. In fact he possesses, in au eminent degree, the great art of gaining the affections of his people ; and there can be no doubt that, amid the storms that threaten Europe, his throne is the most firmly esta blished.: - Every succeeding day furnishes an addi"Nial proof that his prudence and popularity are daily ce menting the stability of his dynasty. " His health, though usually very robust, has under gone considerable alterations during the last few years ; nevertheless, I am of opinion that he is still capable of sustaining the hardships of war, if necessity should render them indispensable. A few days after my arrival at Stockholm, the King was present at a grand review of the Swedish army, in the plain of Ladu gordsgordet. - He was on horseback from eight o'clock in the morning until nine in the evening, with the ex ception of a few moments spent in dining at the pavi lion of Drottningberg, which is situate on an eminence in the middle of the plain. An occurrefice of a trivial nature in itself gave me au opportunity of judging of the tact as well as the good nature of the prince. A regiment of recruits went through some manoeuvres so awkwardly as to excite the laughter of the by-standers. The King, perceiving this misplaced gaiety, immediately rode up to the regiment, and ordered them to go through the evolution once more ; this time they were very little better than the first, when hie-Majesty expressed his satisfaction, and cried out, Bra! myche bra (good, very good) he shook the Colonel by the hand, as it were, to encourage the soldiers, and to counteract the effects of - the sarcasms of the crowd. The order was again given for per forming the manoeuvre, and it was executed with the utmost percision. " I saw tii'd , s -, ung Prince Oscar at this review. He is as much distingiitsL,ed by the elegance of his person as by his graceful and diglij,fied manners. He is very much beloved by the Swedes. He is our own son, say they : it is we who have trained him up to reign over Sweden.' And in truth he is a real Swede.. He has scrupulously adopted all their manners and cus toms ; his table is served after the Swedish fashion, and nothing is there spoken but Swedish, while, at the table of the King, the French language is more gener ally in use. - - " Prince Oscar has received a brilliant education . under the direction of Monsivur Lemoine; formerly a Professor at Paris. He is well acquainted with the ancient and modern languages, as well. Rs the history and literature of almost all the nations in Europe- He cultivates the sciences, particularly mathematics and chemistry, with success, and is passionately fond of music. - His soirees are generally attended by savans and literary men, and lie frequently spends whole days at the house of the celebrated chemist, Ber zelins. This Prince is now in his 34th year ; the sun plicity and modesty of his taste and inclinations have conciliated universal esteem ; and everything seems to presage that he will consolidate a dynasty, the only one which, having owed its birth to the storms of. our re volution, has maintained itself unshaken. " In the audiences kindly granted to us by his Majesty, he frequently entered into statistical de tails, announcing the inoSt extensive knowledge of the situation of Sweden. When I came to the throne (observed he), agriculture was • almost in its infancy. I have helped to give it an immense impulse. Formerly Sweden imported a large quan tity of corn, to supply the deficiency of her pro duce ; at present, she exports several cargoes annually ; and the sustained progress of civilization, the reclaiming of lands which may be observed in every direction, is a sufficient indication that this exportation will increase' from year to year. I have regulated the finances on the sofindest system ; the public debt is almost annihi lated ; the taxes are collected almost without expense—a notice is posted on the church-door of the amount of taxes due by each person, and it is paid without. any fur ther trouble. The Swedes are a peculiarly moral people, Among no other • people is crime so unfrequent ; and an organized police is a thing utterly unknown to them. The canals which I have cut will at once aid the development of commerce, and serve for the de fence of our territory ; our national army amounts to a hundred and twenty thousand men, and is the least burdensome establishment of the kind in Europe ; and although Sweden is but a third-rate power, I am fully convinced of the political importance she will achieve in the eyes of Europe, in the event of my being forced to draw the sword in defence of her honour or her interests." The price of oatmeal has this week risen 4s. per load, in consequence of a proportional rise in the price of Irish oats.— Glasgow Chronicle. MANSLAUGHTER.—Saturday last an event oc curred between two young men employed at the slate quarries of G. H. D. Pennant, Esq., which terminated fatally to one. Their names were Owen Williams and William Evans, and each of them was about 18. They had been a considerable time drinking at Bethesda, and had quarrelled respecting a flute ; Williams seized. Evans by the collar and shook him. When they left the house the quarrel continued, and after they had proceeded about half a mile Williams struck Evans, who took out his knife, and said that if Williams did that again he would stab him. Williams said to some persons who were with them, " Take witness he has threatened to stab me." Evans added, " Yes ! take witne.,s that I threatened to stab him if h. struck me again." Williams did strike him again, upon which Evans stabbed him in the left breast, the knife penetrating be tween the fifth and sixth ribs, and into the heart. Williams spoke a few words, to the effect that he wished to be taken to the surgeon at Bethesda, and immediately fell flat on his back. He was conveyed to the toll-house, where he shortly after ex pired. Evans was almost immediately taken into custody. An inquest was held on Monday, when a verdict of " Man slaughter" was returned against Evans, who was committed to the county gaol.—Carnarvos Herald.- Fiim