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LITERATURE. TRANSFUSION ; Er rills LATE WILLIAM GODWIN, .11IN. IFlra A AfRIIOIR OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS BY HIS Y.ITHISR. In 3 Vols. London : Macrons. 1835. We are anxious to say as little as we can—consis tently with a conscientious discharge of our duty to t he public—about th e li terary mer i ts o f t hi s nove l. The extreme youthfulness of the author, who fell a victim to cholera in his 29th year, will be received in palliation of many errors both of judgment and of tast e; whil s t hi s act i ve dut i es as a Reporter must be allowed to stand in the way of any accusations which ulaY be brought against him for mistakes which could t l i nly ha ve b een provided against by habits of deep ° ught, and th e s il ent myster i ous process o f di v i ng, nno th e h earts of others, while they are under the in fluence of th e stronger pass i ons. But t h ere are so me who w ill ta k e none o f t h ese cons id erat i ons Into account—readers who think that every n a uthor w h o writes a book is morally bound to re pay th e pu bli c, either in amusement or instruction, Ithe ti me which it devotes to the fondling of his t, r er ary offsprin g . N ow t hi s c l ass o f readers—and are neither few nor deficient in intelligence— h7l not greatly admire the story of the " Orphans of uwalden." The idea was doubtless suggested by e Popula r it y o f " S t . L eon "— a wor k w hi c h w ill be re ad as long a s th e p or t ra it ure o f th e s t ernes t pas sl°lls, and the deepest speculations in moral philo ?lV have one a d m i rer : b u t th e son , i n contem ating the success of his father in a track which c fi lne but a giant in intellect could tread successfully, -r Pt 'flat the groundwork of his own fictitious nar ra4we Would touch no chord—awaken no dormant feel lings—aPpeal to no early and kindred association in the i r a u mind. The transfusion of souls is no new e a; but yet the heart bounds not when it is named, as t it ever does when we pause for a moment to eon erulPlate th e id ea o f a co - ex i stence w i t h t h e un i verse, ( l i ke ins ens ibl e to t h e touc h o f t i me, t h e presence o f Seas e, and the existence of physical infirmity. The " Ile awakens a deep innate feeling ; the other depends 1113°4 a fancy—.a passing whim, which even while i i uulg ed i n , we k now to b e b ase d on a cur i os i ty w hi c h h a , s fo r its principal aim a culpable violation of a duty ° MI we owe to others. i But th e choice of a su b ject was not t h e only error thywhich a wish to produce a striking nov e l b e t ra y e d authorer of Transfusion." His agents are moral m_ot e olist s --creatures who neither think nor act QS any he r pers ons wou ld d o if s i m il ar l y c i rcumstance d. a heroine, Madeline, is a puling wayward girl, with fouhalg more original in her character than is to be among all children spoilt by over-indulgence. li ttle wh o l esome correct i on , p ro p er ly a d m i n i stere d, wo uld ha ve ma d e h er a nota bl e h ousew if e . Albert— th e di scoverer of the grand secret—is not a whit more int e . ere sting or more natural than his sister. The court -131) betwee n C ount D e M ara an d M a d e li ne cou ld on l y e imagined by a person ignorant of the deep silent worki ngs of th e f ema l e h ear t. Surely w o men h ave muc h to comp l a i n o f f rom th i s ki n d o f gross car i cature of their their feelings. ,/, ,We pass over t h e ma i n i nc id ents o f t hi s nove l. ri rY are too far-fetched to be entertaining—too pue to offer any great moral lesson. Mr. Godwin isftetimes moralizes in the course of his story, but it eas y to perceive that he was a superficial reader, and a thinker, possessed none of the high reflective 1 ' °we " of the author of " Political Justice. CABINET CYCLOPEDIA.—No. 66. Longman. London, 1835. This volume is the production of Mr. Swainson, and is devoted to a treatise on the geography and elassification of animals. The subject is gone into at co nsiderable length, and shows evidences, in every chapter, of more than ordinary pains -taking and re search. Many of the pages are illustrated with wood cuts of birds ; and, by way of frontispiece, there is a Portrait of the great Swedish naturalist, Linnaaus. %BURN' S MODERN NOVELIST S.—Vol. 5. H. Colburn. London, 1835. , Mr. Ward' s we ll-k nown t a l e o f " T rema i ne " i s con etuded i n t hi s Number. The embellishments are two i 2 l n umber, o ne o f w hi c h represents a sa ll ow an d sen sitive y oun g man, looking pensiv e ly u p t o th e H eavens with a very Minerva-Library-like expression of coun „4"ce• The other is a sketch of the heroine of the - " ° rY, and is remarkable for its ease and simplicity. THE LITERARY UNION. Williams, Charles Street, Soho. f i „: ril is Magazine has reached a third Number, and judging ineWril the specimens already before the public, we are in thd to believe that its greatest circulation will be among h: Members of th e Lit erar y Cl u bs, who write for it. We known authors who took credit o themselves for never to ... ' ln g any works but their own ; a t nd the public was so o.ll4 sid erate as t o l eave th em the un di v id e d honour of such t h e . lll PlaYment. Now we half suspect, that the " Literary 44 1 1 °n" boasts o f some con t r ib u t ors o f thi s s t am p. M os t e articles want stamina—character—purport. We can e nothing of them. Wit and wisdom—the ballast and fit k i lls °I literature—are alike wanting. The only really use- Pa rt of this publication is the portion devoted to literary ripa 8 4 c ientifie intelligence. FINE ARTS. ZA '''DSCAPE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE The • BIBLE—Part 15. th e mew of Smyrna is full of picturesque beauty. In kit b "ld and roc k y f oregroun d , on w h ose prec i p i tous sum parLtaud the ru i ns o f a f or t ress , f rom w hi c h th e pride and or - Fi i Y of w ar h ave l ong s i nce d eparte d, i s a d ar k d e fil e wini g , i t n en, th roug h w hi c h a troop of Turkish cavalry are te g• The foreshortening here is excellent. In the in- Wlltecliate distance, low down in a valley, we catch a , 41 r ( t 1 1 1 of Smyrna with its graceful minarets and mosques ; v en b eyond the ocean, whose monotonous aspect is enli oZi,bY numerous ships of burden which are at anchor just 4, opts de the town. Edom comprises a view of a triumphal 4 :4 th rown across a ravine. We dislike this more than 4 3 . : other engraving in the Number, for it is harsh and wiry ; f o rl r tw w ould be w h o ll y unwort h y o f Fi n d en , if i t were not t he t cha rm i ng li tt l e groupe i n t h e foreground at the 4. 1 . 0 01 of th e rav i ne. Th e s k etc h o f J erusa l em f rom t h e ei t unt of Olives is a sort of birds-eye view of the Holy r The r a i n -b ow h ang i ng over i t, as if prom i s i ng a re rection c of it s o ld g l or i es, i s one o f th ose i mag i na ti ve sea' es which Turner turns to such account in his land- NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. PART XXX VII. T he, Portr a it o f L ord Brougham in th i s num b er, which th o ue " Well en grave d b y R o bi nson, f rom a pa i nt i ng b y of t t l ate Sir Thoma s L awrence , i s th e b es t we h ave ye t seen at distingui s h e d statesman. I t i s accompan i e d b y a ofe hat dstiflgojsl(l statesman. It is accompanied by a Penned in a manly, unaffected style, by the editor eabl " Liter Gazett e , w h o , unswaye d b y th e t aun t s an d Mni es of his T ory enem i es , d oes j ust i ce t o t h e E x - Illaiatr" eello r ' 's unri va ll e d versat ili ty o f i nte ll ect. Th e re vi_toria, g portraits are those of the Queen, the Princess and Dr. Brewster. A .. % IN L I EN'S BYRON BEAUTIES . P art VI. ae r engravi ngs, the three portraits in this Part will not ~ gate from Finden's reputation ; with the exception, verh a , ti le _ PB7 of that of Angiolina, whose eyes have a . . stare in , ae gi, not at all in accordance with the soft feminine deli fie):. of the rest of the features. Perhaps, however, she is t utati n _ g on the insult offered her by Steno—as so forcibly hm er h u 'ed in the Doge of Venice—doubting whether she p re . e ard and read aright: if so, the somewhat stern ex -4,41 of the eye may be accounted for. The Maid of ti e '''' s ` t a is a perfectly characteristic portrait. The ten rtless of tho woman blends with the resolution of the he roine, in a manner that shows the skill and judgment of the designer. In Aurora Raby we see quite as much cha racter as is assigned to her in Don Juan. She is there represented as a sort of West-end Haidee, her natural purity and gentleness of nature being modified and kept under by the conventional etiquette of the society in which she has been brought up. Her countenance bespeaks much sensibility, but is darkened by some sad recollection, like the moon by a midsummer-night cloud. She is in the attitude of prayer, bending low before a crucifix ; but we fear, from the expression of her eye, that love has more share in her thoughts than religion. The engraving is carefully finished in all its parts, though by far the greatest pains have been bestowed on the countenance. vee : from Belfa.lt line, fOr ; Alert,. D u blin ; from the Canton ; 'onl Ev. us, ''''''''.—"' triable.• Majesty•A he Pers . e , dewfounci- Car, from e l, Davis' Brothers/ Mersey, rown, fr°lll ~ Benda% ,rel/, from avis, fro' port s th° rom Sierr , fronl from _co from xe :minerolop; othenburg ain, Brandt' ) SOP narbadoe r salthollse ide d for t ha ow &c al; editerrarteto, in time • a nraz ' 'ir ot.;- 11 f 9 rrf) at oporto, of the forth _A as destreli tth ins t ',oo at state ~,,,a old one' h ip yellow , If dou bt SSCCI 3 the ice ag aili of you ha ve ~t , ner b a ps, 1 COnSiSteareo the ad lebone• be an G re/ / 400 s life. .0 ty in P , CrOi: f g TOP ,S O F E. o tici # h,I ralY s a°s tbe li your sw ge o el o cratic pbd adellt t, 1$ milt' uvteooo refer n° 0 9 10 lded p eie ady that '" e at erw Jr Of e a confide 11, :onlP 0 b ce w ill , the ir b irt r c hila 00' spa e ar ents A inc ea on ef er nment tb Ca li e . _ e st ea .4 4 opr .4 VfOUIGn ict ~entua l eelr i l are occur, e aPP° 'ec rt he Obi e h t r op „ whichfibre tiv y 111 Y P le ,.he a l of K o eilc h e c°- e sti' . 0 0 f eOnSti tr 01 0 0 O f ss to • 0 11 • P re Lod i ft ° the a- , , r e p je .co os i s ,cat ot e A 0 ev ery _ A ioOry, C °9' o , I V ical ontle n'e nee' C 0 116de • serv olt' DI. j,isß lAS r . ) a a k,• ecb iog r rrb par ilt• fo to o we press o ,firei a pe nySPei c oto T ae foroi e " Lor id a lid f the o°t are tver pistols 431 0 f doingo f te. o lc 0 ' do t; L ittle Ac e° for 33 ; 5 a orni n i' e t fl ing' ril° r. dr o f th A , tbe i olo e port v t to r e , baa, ,a/11; 0,,, t 0 'edit e d, o f 1411 le • heY r ice' its Ppg.....405e7, ino ro or tito 5 m• ; Per tivi° ; ;14 O th e 5,1 D hough o tire l t 0. Ages i 5 °° fes r to saY; o d 110 58 trY ; so 11 ,155 c litt le w ith ;co'i-nt, lov AO 1 , 2 14, b o ' o vel liC 4l/ ; i 1 1 1 5 005, I to ! li joillekre 1 ) 1e . 'does 49 ; a v011 a 7. 1 .1. e °1 : 0"115 0(' O'C°- to dill a boo t of it a be r Icl9 AP 000' a ro l e y al t ight ant The Mall e. Lytoll S oo' the efi e "bi' the c e v elic ee ver lith til d s ilP iia t t be j erwa r r ists t , 1 4 io toil a os ot bt i tbo n t h 1 , ,° 1 , 0 0 0 ; 'evil a t j , s r e s . ho p h ode , / rif t he g r t l 'hue . , stile s°ny 3 ean re nsla' l NAPOLEON GALLERY. Plxr I. These are a collection of engravings, illustrative of the Life and Times of the late Emperor of France, from all the most celebrated paintings that have been produced in that country during the last forty years. They are merely in outline, though full of spirit and meaning, and to each is affixed a slight explanatory sketch. When completed, the work will form a suitable accompaniment to Scott's Life of Napoleon. A MODERN CRUSOE. The following is an extract from an interesting letter, just received by a gentleman in Liverpool, from Mr. Sut cliffe (a native of Lancashire, and son of Mrs. Davenport, now of Godley Hall, near Hyde, Cheshire), who holds an official situation in the Island of Juan Fernandez. Mr. Sutcliffe, we believe, distinguished himself at the battle of Waterloo, and has since been for some years in the service of Spain : " Island of Juan Fernandez, South Pacific Ocean, " Dec. 10th, 1834. " Dear Sir,—You perhaps never dreamt of my addressing you from this island, but strange as it may appear, you will re ceive these few lines from the Military and Political Governado. It is more than three months that I have had the honour of that title, and as an opportunity offers by a vessel leaving here for Chili, I send this to inform you of my emigration from the Cordillera of the Andes to the Pacific Ocean. Little did I ever think whilst a youngster, whilst perusing that insinuating book wrote by Daniel Defoe, that I should ever read it on the island—be the first Governor from our native soil. However fate has so ordained it. There are three islands, and about 400 inhabitants, including the troops • and I have no doubt but that the population will increase, as all the political and crimi nal exiles are sent to people this island, and over which I have a limited sway. In fact, I may repeat what is said of Alex. Selkirk, lam monarch of all I survey.' The climate is de lightful, it is a continual spring ; and as I am fond of field sports, there is plenty of occupation. There is an abundance of the most delicious fish, and plenty of birds ; not forgetting an amazing quantity of goats and seals, which we kill for their skins. There is a rare shell, the Paper Nautilus, of which I shall send you a few. I hope this will find you in good health—this leaves me in the best. When you write, send me all the news you can ; and, if convenient, a few papers, as any thing in this retired spot will help to drive away a dull hour. " If any of the vessels from Liverpool, that are bound for the Pacific, should be in want of wood, water, or refreshments, they may be sure of a supply whilst lam on the island. They need not come to anchor, but send their boats into Cumberland Bay, where I have made a mole, and excellent watering-place. Wood is always ready cut, as the South Sea whalers are con tinually calling in for supplies."—Liverpool Chronicle. EXTRACTS FROM BURCKHARDT'S ARABIA. It is a common belief among Europeans, and even Eastern Christians, that the Mohammedan religion forbids any precautionary measures against the plague ; but this is erroneous. That religion forbids its fol lowers from avoiding the disease if it has once entered a town or country ; but it warns them, at the same time, not to enter any place where the plague rages ; and it accordingly forbids individuals to shut themselves up in a house, and to cut off all com munication with the rest of the infected town, be cause this is the same as flying from the plague ; but it favours measures of a quarantine to prevent the importation of the disease, or its communication to strangers upon their arrival. * * * * Among the most fanatic and orthodox Mussulmans the laws of quarantine are as strictly enforced as they are in the European ports on the northern shores of the Mediterranean. That a similar system has not been introduced into Turkey is matter of deep concern, and may be attributed rather to motives of interest than to bigotry.* * * The Grand Savor, as well as his Pashas, tolerate the plague in their dominions, because the numerous deaths fill their purses. With respect to Egypt, I hold this to be indisputably the secret cause. The commercial towns of Cairo, Alex andria, and Damietta, are crowded with foreign mer chants, and other strangers from all quarters of the East are established there ; according to the law, the property of all persons who have no near heir to claim it falls to the Beit el Mal*, a treasury formerly destined for purposes beneficial to the subjects, but now entirely at the pri vate disposal of the governors. The i increased mor tality thus causes great sums to fall into their hands. The prefects of every quarter of the town must s under the li eaviest penalties, inform the Government of any stranger or individual without heirs who dies within their district ; and not only is the property of such seized, but even that of those persons whose heirs, al though known, are absent in foreign countries, and to whom no other privilege is granted in return, than that of addressing their unavailing claims to the same go vernor, who converts the income of the Beit el Mal to his own use. The most flagrant injustice is committed with respect to the property of deceased persons, as well during the plague as at other times. * * * Upon a moderate calculation, the plague this year (1815—April) in Egypt which carried off in the city of Cairo alone from 30,000 to 40,000, added 20,000 purses, or 10,000,000 of piasters, to the coffers of the Pasha, a sum large enough to stifle any feelings of humanity in the breast of a Turk. That the population has diminished, and consequently the regular revenues suffered, is a reflection which a Turkish Governor never makes, who calculates merely the immediate consequences of an event ; and provided he be safe himself, and his wealth increasing, cares little for the fate of his subjects. As the plague set dom visits the country, and therefore does not deprive the soil of its labourers, its effects are less dreaded by the Pasha. He will never be c onvinced that policy, as well as humanity, dictates a removal of the causes of plague, until he has seen a whole province depopu lated, and the fields which yield him his revenues de serted. * Lit., " house of possessions" or " goods." MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK. WEnwEspar Society of Arts, half-past seven, p.m. Tlituusuay. Society of Antiquaries, eight, p.m. Royal Society, half-past eight, p.m. Zoological Society ,three, p.m. Literary Fund, three, p.m. Western Literary, half-past eight, p.m. Dr. S. Smith on the Animal Economy. FLIDAT Royal Institution, half-past eight, p.m. Mr. Whetstone on Sound. Astronomical Society, eight, p.m. SlTunalr Westminster Medical, eight, p.m. Royal Asiatic Society, one, p.m. Anniversary, and Dinner at six, p.m. Royal Institution, three, p.m. Mr. Farraday's second Lecture on Metals—Gold and Platina. COMMON SENSE.—The following letter appears in the Londonderry Journal :—The title of Esquire having become so common, I wish to relinquish it. Jacks of all trades being now Esquires ; in fact, the title is nothing more than a stable groom to a Lord; I therefore request you will give a corner, in your useful paper, to say, that, from this date, I will not take any letters out of the Post-office, but those directed thus :—" Mr. Robert Cary, Tunalague, Carndonagh." REVOLTING BARBARITY.--Comm itted to the county jail of Kerry under the warrant of Thomas Ponsonby, Esq., Catherine Harrington, charged on the oath of George Burson, with having, on the evening of the 21st instant, bu ried her child alive, which caused death. On the evening of Tuesday last, the unfortunate woman above mentioned brought a female infant to the church-yard of Kilflynn, and laid it by the side of a wall, while she went to a neighbouring field where some people were at work planting potatoes, and requested the loan of a spade to dig a grave for a little child. The man to whom she applied asked her whe ther she had any one to assist her, and on her answer ing in the negative, he gave the spade to his son (a little boy) with directions to dig the grave; it was done accordingly, and when th e woman too k up the child from the side of the wall, it screamed, upon which the boy, in astonishment, said, " Sure the child is not dead ?" The mother answered, " It is the same thing, it soon will I" and having laid it in the grave, covered it up with earth and heavy stones. The boy, frightened, ran away and told the circum stance to his father, who immediately hastened to the church yard, and on his approach, saw the woman still employed in covering up the grave. The man instantly disinterred the poor child, which was found quite dead, though but a few minutes in its cold prison. We understand the only excuse this wretched woman offers for her savage and unnatural conduct, is, " that the child was ricketty and sickly, and that she wanted to get rid of it l"—Cork Herald. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1835 DUEL BETWEEN LORD ALVANLEY AND MR. MORGAN O'CONNELL. In consequence of the letters of Lord Alvanley, which appeared in the papers, and of the requisition addressed to ths Managers of Brookes' Club, Mr. Morgan O'Connell requested his friend Col. Hodges to deliver to Lord Alvan ley the following letter : " 40, Upper Grosvenor-street, Monday evening, May 4. " On my arrival in London this evening at half past 5, from a review at Woolwich, Lord Alvanley put into my hands the following letter, which had been delivered to him by Colonel Hodges on the part of Mr. Morgan O'Connell : " 9, Clarges-street, Monday 4. " My Lord,—...Your Lordship thought proper to throw out grossly offensive expressions in the House of Lords, on the 18th of last month, against my father, and indeed against the Irish Members generally in the reform interest. " My father on the 20th retorted in the House of Com mons, and in doing so is supposed to have designated you as a bloated buffoon. " My father remained two days in London without hear ing any thing from you on the subject against which he re torted. After his departure for Ireland, you seem to have made up your mind to send him a species of hostile commu nication. You now state that this interval was occasioned by your having been in the country, but this matters not ; I have this day seen your letter, which it appears you have sent to the newspapers. " All the world knows that my father has been engaged in an unfortunate personal transaction, that he has publicly declared his determination never again to be similarly engaged, and therefore that any min may so address him with safety and impunity. " ' Although you were decidedly the aggressor—although you attributed unworthy and interested motives to him—al though in your challenge, if it is to be so considered, you do not attempt to explain away the disrespectful expressions you had in the first instance used towards him—although my fa ther's return to London would necessarily be in a few days— although but a few days elapsed after your sending this com munication to Ireland, so few indeed as scarcely to admit of the possibility of an answer, you or your friends nevertheless hastened to give publicity to the circumstance, and follow it up by canvassing for a requisition to Brookes's (and at the head of which your own name, an interested party, is unbe comingly placed), having for its object my father's expulsion from that club; various insulting statements, also grounded on the same circumstances, and obviously also emanating from the same source, went the rounds of the public papers devoted to your party ; it was also confidently announced by your par tisans that you intended to assault my father if he refused you satisfaction. (‘ Whether Mr. O'Connell will take any notice of your epistle, or will treat it with the contempt it merits at his hands, is immaterial. He is ignorant of the miserable and paltry machinations going on in the clubs of St. James's-street. It is also immaterial whether the rumours and statements in the public prints were or were not unfounded, because you identi fied yourself with them by permitting them repeatedly to ap pear without your denial. " But all on this point is at an end ; your letter has this day appeared in the newspapers, and your views are de veloped. It is now quite evident that your object, and that of those with whom you act, was by no means that of obtaining the satisfaction which one gentleman may have a right to de mand from another. Your object, in fact, in thus publicly parading your willingness to fight, was quite clearly neither more nor less than that of casting a stigma on my father, on the party of which I am one, and so, through us, to east discredit on the measure we advocate, and on the Government of whom we are the supporters. " Thinking it right that the public should know the real character of this wretched manoeuvre, and pitying or contemn ing some of those who, without being ostensibly of your fac tion, have weakly or basely lent themselves to it as your coad jutors, I have thought proper thus to explain briefly the case, together with its apparent and undoubted object, in order to prevent further mystification. " And I have considered you the most fitting medium through whom to convey this succinct narrative to the public ; but not, I confess, in the vain hope of inducing a man whom I sincerely believe to have been appropriately designated by my father, and who, moreover, has been deliberately guilty, as I must conceive you to be, of this utterly ungentlemanlike and braggadocio mode of carrying on party warfare ; not, I repeat, in the vain hope of its inducing you to give me satisfaction, or to call upon me for a meeting. " But still, lest I should wrong you in this surmise, not imitating your example in giving this communication imme diate publicity, I will leave you intermediately a reasonable time, during which I have the honour to acquaint you, that I am at your Lordship's service, and to facilitate any such possi bility, I have requested a friend to convey this to you. " ' I have the honour to be, &c. " 'MORGAN O'CONNELL. " To the Lord Alvanley, &c." (From the Times.) " Shortly after I had communicated with Lord Alvanley, I waited on Colonel Hodges at the Junior United Service Club. Having obtained an interview with him, I formally pro tested against the course Mr. Morgan O'Connell had thought it proper to pursue, but at the same time informed Colonel Hodges that Lord Alvanley was ready to meet Mr. Morgan O'Connell immediately. " Colonel Hodges asked whether it should be this evening or to-morrow. I replied this evening. Colonel Hodges then acceded to my proposal, and added that as it was but half-past six o'clock there would be still plenty of light. . - " We then separated, and returning to cur respective prin cipals, accompanied them a short distance out of town. " As we were proceeding from our carriages to the ground, Colonel Hodges took me aside and expressed his desire that the affair should be amicably settled. He observed---' We are come here to receive an apology from Lord Alvanley : he has caused a requisition to be presented to the managers of Brookes's, urging them to turn Mr. Daniel O'Connell out of that Club.' I replied, that he could not have read the requi sition, for that it only required the managers to call a general meeting of the Club. I then recalled to the recollec tion of Colonel Hodges the protest I had verbally made when I had previously seen him, and I presented him with a written statement to the same effect. This Colonel Hodges refused to accept ; and he said that Mr. Morgan O'Connell came there to demand satisfaction for the insult offered to his father by the requisition made to Brookes's. I then declared that Lord Alvanley's quarrel was with Mr. Daniel O'Connell, and not with his son ; but that as Mr. Morgan O'Connell had thought proper to write to him to intimate his conviction that Lord Alvanley would be afraid to meet him, I had brought Lord Alvanley to the ground to prove the contrary ; I again tendered my protest. " The ground having been measured, and the parties placed at a distance of 12 paces from one another, Mr. O'Connell's pistols were placed in their hands. " Colonel Hodges and myself agreed that I should give the signal to fire, and that it should be—' Make ready ! Fire r I was proceeding to instruct the gentlemen concerned as to the signals that were to be their guide, and had said, ' Gen tlemen, I shall use the following word—' Make ready I Fire r when Mr. O'Connell, thinking that I had given the signal, through mistake discharged his pistol. I had then a short discussion with Colonel Hodges as to the light in which that shot was to be considered, when Lord Alvanley desired me to waive the right I conceived he had to return the fire. " We proceeded to load again, and shots were exchanged without effect. I then asked Colonel Hodges whether he and his principal were satisfied? The Colonel replied that they were not. That they still demanded an apology for the letter to Brookes's. Here I felt a deep responsibility, and that my situation was one of great embarrassmest : my first impres sion was, that I was bound not to allow Lord Alvanley to be made answerable to one man for a quarrel with another ; and that his having proved to Mr. Morgan O'Connell, by having received two shots from him, how unfounded was his assertion that Lord Alvanley was unwilling to meet him, I was then called upon to put a stop to the proceeding, by taking him off the ground. But, on second thoughts, I judged it more de sirable to allow the affair to go one step further, to prevent the possibility of any misrepresentation of the subject. " After another exchange of shots without effect, I with drew Lord Alvanley from the field without his having made any apology to Mr. Morgan O'Connell, or any withdrawal of what he had said respecting Mr. Daniel O'Connell. " As we were leaving the ground, Mr. O'Connell said to me, Colonel Darner, I give you my honour that I fired that shot by mistake •' on which Lord Alvanley approached and said he was satisfied Mr. O'Connell had done so. " GEORGE DAWSON DAMER." (From the Morning Chronicle.) At half-past five Colonel Darner Dawson called upon Co lonel Hodges, and stated that although he took an entirely different view from that taken by Mr. Morgan O'Connell, yet Lord Alvanley was ready to give him an immediate meeting, and proposed that Colonel Hodges should proceed with Mr. Morgan O'Connell to Arlington-street, where Colonel Da rner Dawson and Lord Alvanley should meet them, for the purpose of proceeding to a spot to be determined on for a hos tile encounter. Accordingly Colonel Hodges and Mr. Mor gan O'Connell proceeded to Arlington-street in a carriage, and finding Colonel D. Dawson and Lord Alvanley there, they agreed upon a meeting at a short distance beyond the turn pike, next the Regent's-park, on the Barnet-road. On reaching the spot, Col. Hodges stated to Col. D. Dawson, that in order to relieve himself from all responsibility as to the results, he thought it his duty to declare that he was ready to re commend to his friend (Mr. M. O'Connell) to receive an apology from Lord Alvanley for the part taken by him in order to procure a meeting at Biookes's with a view to the expulsion of his father from that Club. Colonel D. Dawson replied, that Lord Alvanley came there to convince Mr. Morgan O'Connell that he was ready to put matters to that test which Mr. Morgan O'Connell had intimated that Lord Alvanley was unwilling to do. Colonel D. Dawson then offered a paper to Colonel Hodges, protesting ag ainst the proceedin g of M r. Morgan O'Connell, and disputing his right to interfere. Colonel Hodges refused to receive the protest, and denied its admissibility. The ground was nap slued at twelve paces. It was agreed that Colonel Darner Dawson should give the word, and that it should be, " Ready—fire 1" The parties were placed—the pistols were delivered. Colonel Dawson gave the words, and Mr. Mor gan O'Connell fired. Lord Alvanley did not fire, and exclaimed that he thought the words were only given by way of preparation, and claimed the right to fire. Colone. l Darner Dawson agreed with Lord Alvanley, but Hodges protested against such an interpretat;- colonel to the words, and insisted that Lord his opportunity, should 11^ 4 P omitted Alvanley, 'lave mended an annl lgain de haildedColonel Hodges sire,. istols werl ag ain which being refused, p Colonel . • been d that GI the parties, and it having e asv -'ten being attached Hodges should give the word, both, on the signal being given, fired without effect. Colonel Darner Dawson asked whether Mr. Morgan O'Connell was satisfied, to which an answer in the negative was given by Colonel Hodges. Colonel D. Dawson then declared that he would agree to another exchange of fire, and in case of its being ineffectual, he would walk Lord Alvanley off the ground. The parties fired with out effect, and Colonel D. Dawson declaring that Lord Al vanley had proved to Mr. M. O'Connell that he was ready to meet him, walked him off the ground. It is but justice to Lord Alvanley to state, that from the moment be received Mr. M. O'Connell's letter, down to that in which he was walked by his friend off the ground, he exhibited a most manly, gentle manlike, and gallant bearing. After the parties had left the ground, Lord Alvanley told Mr. Morgan O'Connell that although he (Lord Alvanley) had not fired on the first shot, he was convinced that Mr. Morgan O'Connell had not taken any sort of advantage, and had acted with perfect fairness. G. LLOYD HODGES. YORK ADDRESS to LORD J.RUSSELL The Address to Lord John Russell, from the Reformers of York, signed by 3,000 persons, was last week forwarded to his Lordship by E. S. Cayley, Esq., M.P., with the fol lowing note : " Downing -street, April 16, 1835. "MY DEAR LORD,—I have great pleasure in forwarding to you an Address from the city of York, signed by 3,000 indi viduals, expressing their gratitude for the able and manly man ner in which you have conducted the Opposition in the House of Commons. It will, I feel, be some compensation for all the labours you have undergone in the public service, that it has reaped for you the affection and respect of your country men.—l have the honour to be, &c., " Your Lordship's faithful servant, "E. S. CAYLEY." To which his Lordship returned the following answer : " Queen -street, April 18, 1835. " 111 T DEAR SIR,--I have received, with great pleasure and sincere gratitude, the Address from the city of York, which you have done me the honour to forward to me. Such testi monies of approbation must be valuable to every public man, and I am proud to have been thought worthy of leading the independent majority of the House of Commons. " I remain, your faithful servant, "J. RUSSELL." COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent held her first assembly for the season at Kensington Palace last night. The Duke of Cumberland returned to town yesterday from his residence at Kew. _ _ _ The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and drove in Hyde-park yesterday. M. de Moraes Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister, and General Alava, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yes terday at the Foreign-office. Viscount Duncannon, the Right Hon. E. J. Littleton, and the Right Hon. E. Ellice, had audiences yesterday with Viscount Melbourne at the Treasury. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the lonian Islands. The Marquis Camden arrived in town yesterday from his residence Wilderness-park, Kent. His Lordship attended at the Home-office in the afternoon. The Right Hon. E. Ellice entertained a number of the Cabinet Ministers to dinner at his residence in Cleveland square, on Sunday evening. Earl Granville transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office. DOVER.-MONDAY . Arrived his Majesty's packet Crusader, Captain Lyne, with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and suite, from Calais. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cam bridge arrived shortly after from London, to welcome his mo ther to England. The Duchess was received by a Guard of Honour from the 88th Regiment, and a Royal Salute from the Western Heights. The whole party proceed to London to-morrow. The Marquis of Anglesea and Lord Cowley are hourly ex pected from Calais. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Dartmouth, in St. James's-square, from his seat, Sandwell, Staffordshire; Mrs. Fitzherbert, in Tilney street, from Brighton ; Hon. J. Gray, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; H. Labouchere, Esq., M. P., from Taunton ; Hon. Mrs. Finnes, from the Continent ; Colonel Chomley, from his seat in Yorkshire; John Taylor, Esq., at Symmon's Hotel, St. James's.street, from his seat in Worcestershire : James Taylor, Esq., and son, at ditto, from Moor-green, Bir mingham ; Sir Gabriel and Lady Wood, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Cheltenham ; Henry Brabazon, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; Sir George Parnell, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour ; T. A. Smith, Esq., M. P., at Hyde Park-terrace, from his seat, near An dover; Hon. Henry Lascelles, in Harewood-place, from Gatesborough Hall ; Mr. and Mrs. Blunt, in Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, from Brighton ; Colonel Barnewall, from ditto; the Bishop of London, from ditto; Earl and Countess Beauchamp, from ditto; the Hon. Edward and Lady Emily Foley, from ditto; Lady Anna Maria Darron, from the Con tinent ; Mrs. Johnston, from ditto ; Major-General Thornton, from ditto ; Sir Henry Webb, Bart., from ditto ; Viscount d'Abisbal, at the Countess of Essex's, Hill -street, from ditto; Colonel Rochfort, from ditto ; Messrs. Murray, Warren, Pal mer, and Randolph, from ditto ; Mr. Vivian, at the Burling ton Hotel, Cork-street ; Dr. and Mrs. Jenkyns, at ditto, from Clifton; H. W. Barron, Esq., M.P., at ditto, from New market ; G. Vivian, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Sir Thomas Thompson, Bart., at ditto, from Surrey. DEPARTURES. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Bailey, Bart., from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Dover ; E. H. Green, Esq., from Riddlesworth, for Dallingham House, Newmarket; Wm. Scrope, Esq., for his seat, Castle Combe, Wilts ; Col. Smelt, for Bristol ; C. T. Leigh, Esq., from Hastings, for Tunbridge Wells ; Major Ripon, for Brighton ; E. Tracey, Esq., for Herefordshire ; Charles Craven, Esq., from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton ; Messrs. Lewis, Harris, and Peel, from ditto, for the Continent; Rev. G. Holcombe, from ditto, for Cambridgeshire ; Captain and Mrs. Otway, from the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, from ditto, for the Continent; Wm. Coulson, Esq., from ditto, for Paris ; Sir Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake, Bart., from the Green Park Hotel, Piccadilly, for Devonshire. LITERATURE. Many works of the first-rate character have appeared of late which deserve a permanent place among the standard Li terature of our country. The following may be enumerated as more particularly deserving attention : ROMAN Com, from the Earliest Period to the Extinction of the Empire. By J. Y. Akerman, F. S. A.—The utility of this work is not limited to antiquaries, but is a necessary com panion to all students of Roman History. LIFE OF MRS. SIDDONS. By the Poet Campbell. This is, in one word, a pattern of biography. CHARACTERISTICS Of GOETHE. By Mrs. Austin.---This is not only a Life of the great master spirit of his time, but of the Literati of Germany during the last Century. BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of Celebrated Artists of all Ages and Nations. By John Gould.—To the admirers of Painting, Engraving, Sculpture, and Architecture, this work is invaluable ; even artists may derive the most important in formation and assistance from it. NATIONAL EDUCATION as it exists in Prussia; from the French of M. Victoi Cousin. By Mrs. Austin.—Every Member of Parliament, and every individual, will find it essen tial to consult this work. _ CHAUCER MODERNIZED and PURIFIED. By Charles Cow den Clarke.—The young and fair may now study the " Father of English Poetry," without encountering matter which the refinement of manners has caused to be offensive to delicacy. POPULAR HISTORY of SWITZERLAND, from the German of Zschokke.—The land of a brave and virtuous people—the cradle of civil and religious liberty HISTORY Of the MIDDLE and WORKING CLASSES. By John Wade. Second Edition.—This work supplies what has long been a desideratum, a systematic account of those who pro duce the national wealth. • 'Eian'T YEARS iIItfI;UNITED STATES. By Achille Murat, 'Son of the late King of Naples.—His opinions are well ex pressed : we recommend his book to every one who is desirous of obtaining correct practical information relative to this im portant quarter of the Globe. EXPOSITION of the FALSE MEDIUM and BARRIERS exclud ing Men of Genius from the Public.—An original, startling, and eloquent book, full of vital energy. The number of Peers and Peeresses, together with the younger branches of tho Nobility, invited to the Duchess of Kent's grand assembly last night, amounted, it is said, to upwards of eight hundred. Temporary lamps were ranged along the avenue from Bayswater to the Palace, a detachment of police was on duty to preserve order, and nothing was left undone that could contribute to the accommodation of the company. Lord Ashburton will entertain a distinguished party at dinner to-morrow, at Bath-house. His Lordship's youngest son, the Hon. Arthur Baring, has just returned from Ger many, where he has finished his education. Lord Burghersh entortained a party at dinner on Sunday evening, in Lower Berkeley-street. Among the com pany were—Count Pozzo di Borgo, General Alava, Baron Cetto, Duke de Regina, General Count Esterhazy, Hon. Colonel Darner ; and in the evening there was a soiree, which Was attended by several foreigners of distinction. Lord George Beresford is seriously ill at the Pa lace at Armagh,-Irish Paper. Lord Ly n dh urs t h as removed from Hyde Park- Place to his former spacious residence in George-street, Hanover- square , t h e spene of brilliant parties during the life time of j,; 1- - Hwy. COUNTY OF INvEnNEss.—With the exception of Leith, this is the only Scottish representation which is dis puted. The candidates are Mr. Grant, of Glenmorriston, on the Liberal interest, and " the Chisholm," supported by the Tory party, on the other. From the accounts we have heard, there is little doubt that the deserved popularity of the former gentleman will insure his return, independently of his enjoying the entire confidence and friendship of the late Member, the Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Charles Grant. We under stand that the tenants of the Fassifern estate have declared their resolution to adhere to the pledges given, in expectation that the latter gentleman was himself to have stood. The feuars of Fort William are equally staunch ; and similarly gra tifying intelligence is relied on from the Glengarry property and Skye. Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, Fraser of New ton (a supporter of Mr. C. Grant at the last election), and Fraser of Eskadale, are the only landed proprietors we have heard of who give weight to " the Chisholm."—Edinburgh Observer. INVERNESS.—Mr. Grant, of Glenmorriston, arrived her* on Saturday evening, and has entered on his canvass. Chisholm, of Chisholm, was previously in the field. The con test will be a keen one. It is so far fortunate, however, that the Sheriff has prevented it from being one of long contin uance, as he has fixed the nomination for the 7th of May, and the pollinr , on the Tuesday and W e d nes d a y f o ll ow i n g. Glen morriston'has deprecated all comparison with our late distin guished member. He may fairly lay claim, however, to the merit of being one of his fastest friends—of being an excellent Highland proprietor, beloved by his people, well versed in the affairs of the country, and a man of general intelligence, sound sense, and sterling integrity. His friends are sanguine of success.—lnverness Courier. Lord James Stuart on Wednesday and Thursday last paid his respects to his constituents in Irvine. It will be recollected that his Lordship at the last general election was, after a keen contest, returned for the Ayr District of Burghs in his unavoidable absence in Italy. This is the first oppor tunity his Lordship has had (during the recess) of tendering his grateful acknowledgments to the constituency for this honour paid to him the second time under similar circumstances. We understand that his Lordship's reception in Irvine has been highly flattering. Yesterday he was entertained there at a public dinner by upwards of 50 of his friends, and we learn that he is now on his way to the Argyleshire burghs, and intends to visit Ayr on his return.—Glasgow Chronicle. CHESHIRE ToRIES.—The following is a spiktimen of good taste exhibited at a Tory meeting held last Tuesday at Northwhich. The assemblage went in procession, headed by a band of music, and sundry flags, bearing the mottos, " For King, Lords and Commons,"—and, " For Church and King." One man bore a black transparency on the top of a long pole, on which appeared a death's head and cross bones and the motto "No popery." Another bore a similar trans parency, at the top of which appeared a representation of his most satanic majesty, who wisked about a most prodigious tail, with the number of joints in it which are said to compose the tail of O'Connell. Under this appeared the name of the grand agitator, and 32 names of Irish members, making the memorable factious majority of 33—fatal to the existence of the late ministry. Beneath these were the words,—" Re member this majority of 33 Irish papists have decided for the plunder and destruction of the . protestant church in Ireland, and that they will do the same in England; the Whigs have found the way.--Oh oh ! oh !" The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Petre entertained Lord and Lady Brougham, Lord Elphinstone, Hon. John Ponsonby, and a select party at dinner, on Sunday evening, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. Count De Leon, said to be a natural son of the late Emperor Napoleon, has arrived in town from Paris. Whether the Count claims or disclaims the distinction we know not, but his striking resemblance to the late Emperor strongly corro borates the report. LEITH.—In Leith, the Tories finding that their doctrines and arguments made no impression on the minds of the electors of that district, have tried what appeals to their bellies are fitted to accomplish. Accordingly a regular system of debauchery has been commenced by the opening of free dram-shops. Those who introduce this beastly practice into Scotland deserve the contempt and abhorrence of every Scotchman. Sir David Milne was formerly convicted of bribery at Berwick, and this dram-shop system is to all intents and purposes the same course continued in Leith. A great noise has been made by some persons, because to relieve the ennui and sickness of a steamboat voyage, Mr. Murray played a game or two at backgammon on a Sunday evening on his way from London. If Mr. Murray had sat down to beastify himself with drink after dinner, and talk about common worldly affairs, or even matters less creditable, not an objection would ever have been made to his so doing, though in reality a much greater offence against morals and propriety than playing at back-gammon.—Edinburgh Chronicle. ESSEX ELECTION.—Lord Ashburton (late Alex ander Baring, Esq.) passed through Saffron Walden on Sa turday last. His Lordship was supposed to be the bearer of the contribution of the Carlton Club to the expenses of Co lonel Elwes's election. The Corporation and friends of the party assembled in the Market-place, and gave his Lordship three cheers, as an acknowledgment of his services to the county in turning out their Whig Member, Lord Western, and his consistency in redeeming his pledges on the Malt-tax repeal. It is rather amusing that Lord Western should be made a Peer for being turned out by Mr. Baring, and then that Mr. Baring should be made one for turning him out. These Royal capriccios have no great tendency to increase the respect of the people for Monarchical Government ; and Lord Ashburton must be highly entertained at the idea of having cantered into the House of Peers on the backs of the Essex calves—for such their choice of representatives shows them to be.—Morning Paper. PENRYN AND FALMOUTH ELECTION.—This election, which has just terminated in the triumph of reform, has been marked by the grossest brutality and ferocity on the part of Lord Tullamore's supporters in Penryn. Hitherto the electors of that corrupt town have been divided into two parties, both equally friendly to corruption, and opposed to all reform ; but on the present occasion the Mayor and Corpora tion, knowing that their time is short, most cordially united with the other party to oppose the re-election of Mr. Rolfe. The voters in the interest of this gentleman were subjected to the most brutal violence and the grossest insult from the blackguards who supported Lord Tullamore ; they placed near the hustings a large barrel, containing about one hundred gallons of water, in which they plunged almost every man who voted for Rolfe. In one instance they seized an old man, up wards of 70 years of age, for the purpose of immersing him in the water, which Mr. Rolfe observing, jumped from the hustings to endeavour to rescue him from their brutality, but his generous efforts were unsuccessful, for they succeeded in plunging the poor old Reformer into the water. Others came off with broken heads and other severe injuries, and yet the magistrates of Penryn refused to swear in special constables to protect the respectable voters, and worse than this, one of them actually threw a large club at Thomas Harvey, Esq., an active supporter of the Solicitor-General. Fifteen persons were so much intimidated as to be prevented from coming to the poll to record their votes in favour of Mr. Rolfe, so that the majority should be 37. Each succeeding registration lessens the number of the potwallopers of Penryn, while it increases the number of the 101. householders of Falmouth, so that the Reformers may look forward to the prospect of re turning two members at the next election.—Morning Paper. CONSERVATIVE CHORUS.—A dinner was given on Tuesday to Mr. East, member for the city of Winchester, when a Conservative Captain, named Neville, delighted the diners by singing— Here's a health to our good King, Viva la compagnie ! Enough in his praise we never can sing. Viva la compagnie ! Chorus—Viva la, viva la, •iva la vo ! Viva la, viva la, viva la vo ! Viva la, viva, viva la vo ! Viva la compagnie ! Here's a health to our good Queen, Viva la cornpagnie ! Who's a Tory at heart, as we have all seen, Viva la compagnie ! Chorus. Here's a health to James Buller East, Viva la compaguie ! Who by his presence honours this feast, Viva la compagnie ! Two travellers having been robbed in a wood, and tied to trees at some distance from each other, one of them, in despair, exclaimed, "Oh 1 I'm undone 1" " Are you?" ex said the other, " then I wish you'd come and undo me." COLD IN THE WEST.—It has been so cold in In diana, that an editor of one of the newspapers in that state was obliged to sit up in his office all night, with a couple of prin ter's devils rubbing his head, to keep the ideas fromfreezing. A CLERICAL SPY.—The Rev. George D. Haugh ton, Curate of Trinity Chapel, Salford, wss discovered at a meeting of the election committee of Mr. Poulett Thomson, last week, at Manchester. The Reverend Gentleman was dress 4, or rather disguised, in a frock coat, white trowsers, blapk stock, &c. On being detected, he attempted to escape, 'But was detained until he should give his name, and confess the object of his intrusion. He at first refused to do either, but being recognised, at length confessed his identity, and was suffered to depart.—Liverpool Chronicle. LONDON SHIPPING.—It has been computed that the total amount of property shipped and unshipped in the port of London in one year amounts to nearly 70,000,000/. ; and there are employed in the exports and imports 4,000 ships, and not less than 15,000 cargoes annually enter the port. On an average there are 2,000 ships in the river and docks, to gether with 3,000 barges and other small craft employed in lading and unlading them. There are also about 2,300 wherries and small boats for passengers ; in navigatingtheNwherries and craft, 8,000 watermen gain a livelihood by it, and. 4,000 labourers are employed in assisting in the lading and unlading the ships, besides the crews of the several vessels; and 1,200 revenue officers are constantly doing duty in the port of London. A melancholy event occurred on Friday evening to Carter, the carrier from Henley to Reading, as he was pro ceeding to the former place, accompanied by three or four pas sengers. On arriving at Hampstead-hill, the companions of the deceased alighted from the cart to walk a short distance on the road, but on attempting to resume their seat, they dis covered that Carter was a corpse. A severe wound was found upon the head, but they could give no account as to the cause of the sad catastrophe.—Orford Herald. - - CHERTSEY.—The very ancient inhabipnt of this town, Mr. Goring, continues to enjoy his usual health. A few days since a gentleman wishing to try his memory asked him if he recollected the execution of Lord Balmerino upon Tower-hill ? "DoI ?" said the old gentleman, " ay, and Lord Kilmarnock with him. I was fourteen years old at the time, and I remember seeing the crowd go by to the place of execution." The above Lords were executed A.D. 1746, consequently the age of this venerable person is 104. irudtor Express. SOCIETA ARMONICA. The fourth meeting of this society was held yesterday evening in the concert-room attached to the King'sTheatru. With the exception of a dull and meritless song, entitled " Fra un Instante," which Mr. Bennett had the folly to sing, and Mr. Forbes the impudence to place before the exquisite cantata of Mozart, " Non Temer," sung by Miss Novello, and after the elegant and learned duet" Oh my Father," from Marchner's opera of the Vampire, tiles selection for the evening was excellent. Mr. Bennett pos sesses neither the talents nor the voice of Rubini, and must cling fast to Beethoven, Spohr, and Mozart, if he has any desire that his acquirements should , be held i n respect , or his name be had in grateful remerno . ance. The finale to the first act of the Azor and Zemira, of Spohr, corn-. mencing with the lovely movement in A minor, and con cluding, with the symphony performed during the ascent of the fairy car, was sang by Mesdames Stockhausen, Novello, and Birch ; and Messrs. Bennett and Phillips. This was succeeded by the exquisite trio for the three ladies, " Night's lingering shades are wasting," from the same opera. Surely , the lessee of Covent Garden Theatre might, with great pro priety and profit to himself, revive this beautiful opera. We think Malibran would do great things in the character of Zemira. No one could sing the magnificent scent In E flat," Dare I believe my senses," with greater scenic effect. Madame Stockhausen made a great impression in her delivery of the " Ali per fido" of Beethoven, (the song which M. Sapio brought forward at the Philharmonic Con cert) and the lady did ample justice to its manifold beauties. Mr. Phillips sang the well known scena in D from the creation of Haydn for about the thousandth and first time. We recommend him to look into the Pietro Avano of Spohr, and he will there find a scena for a bass voice in F minor which will immortalize the eorriposer, and perchance may do something for the singer. The in strumental compositions were Beethoven's Pastorale Sym phony—the overtures to " Die Beherrscher der Geister" and " Joan of Arc," by Weber and Moscheles, and a fan tasia (op. 127) by Hummell. The Symphony was well played. The Scene by a Brook—the Rising Storm—the Prayer—and all the poetical incidents with which Beetho ven has invested this great composition, elicited a burst of unanimous applause. The new overture by Moscheles im proves on repetition. The adagio movement with which it opens, is very cleverly written ; and the allegro which fol lows, although rather too much in the Franco-Viennnese school for our ears, deserves commendation. The enhar monic change on the D flat with the chord of the sixth, and the progression from the tonic to its octave, by major thirds with their component harmonies, is very beautiful and. highly effective. Mr. Moscheles is deeply imbued with the school of Beethoven, and readily adapts his ideas to that author's peculiar method of instrumentation. Mr. Forbes's performance of Hummell's Concerto also deserves high praise. This has been the best Concert of the season, and exceedingly well attended. MADRID. CHAMBER OF PROCURADORES. The project of law for the regulation of the internal debt has during several days been under discussion, and the following articles have been agreed to ; Chapter I.—Article 1. The regulation of the clergy being now pending, all the credits against the state are sus pended, whether recognized and liquidated, or for liquida tion, which belong to ecclesiastical corporations, hermitages, sanctuaries, confraternities, brotherhoods, commemorations, or foundations for pious uses, collative chaplaincies vacant, or which may be vacated. 2. As exceptions to the preceding disposition, are ex empted hospitals which serve as infirmaries, or for domestic hospitality, civil receptacles for foundlings, for education or instruction, as well as all chaplaincies of blood, or entailed patronage, as well as foundations for marriage portions of young ladies, or for the education of young persons of the same family, as established by a foundation. 3. All credits which are liquidated or to be, and the shares in the Bank of San Fernando belonging to the public purse of some cities, or to the corn deposits, shall be applied to the national intecnal debt, saving liquidation and resti tution, and with subjection to subscription, in case there be ground for such. 4. All credits to be presented within the term of one year after the publication of the law. Such as are not, to have no claim. Chapter IL—Article 5. There are to be applied to the amortization of the public debt without interest, and of the foreign passive debt, the properties of the foundations for pious uses as above-mentioned, and the seventh part of all the property belonging to the secular clergy, and to the convents of both sexes, communities, foundations, and all other ecclesiastical possessions whatsoever, as granted to King Charles IV. by the two briefs of Pius VII. of the 12th of June, 1805, and the 12th of December, 1806. 6. To the same object shall be dedicated the rents and property, rights and shares, in the possessions of the extinct Inquisition, and the temporalities of the Jesuits. 7. Half of the common and of the Crown lands shall also be applied thereunto. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Newmarket, Monday Night. The Breakfast Stakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. D.M. Six subs. Mr. Mills's Hester, by Camel—Monimia, received forfeit. Mr. Vansittart's c. by Catton—Slight, withdrew his stake. _.• - • - Match, 200, h. ft. D.M.—Duke of Richmond's Arbis colt, Bst. 21b. (Boyce), beat General Grosvenor's Nautilus, Bst. 71b, by a length cleverly. 6t04 on the winner. Handicap of 10 sovs. each. T. Y. C. 6 subs. Mr. Greville's c. by St. Patrick, 4 yrs, 6st. 121b...Nat 1 Lord Chesterfield's f. by Partisan, 3 yrs, 6st. 61b 2 Lord Berner's b. c. by Lamplighter, 3 yrs, 6st. lib 3 The following also started, but were not placed Sir S. Graham's Zulima, 4 yrs, Bst. Duke of Rutland's Bubastes, 4 yrs, Set- 101 b. Colonel Gilbert's Robinson Crusoe, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. Betting-6 to 4 agst Zulima, sto 2 agst Partisan, (taken), sto 1 agst the winner (taken(, 5 to 1 agst Spinning Jenny (taken), 6 to 1 agst each of the others. A fine race, and won by half a length. Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft. ; colts, EV. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 1131 b. R.lll. 6 subs. Col. Peel's c. by Emilius—Fille de Joie, Bst 411,...Pavis I Duke of Richmond's c. by Helenus, Bst. 41h Duke of Grafton's Orpheus, by Emilius, Bst. 71b 3 Betting—J to 4on Fille de Joie (taken), 7to 4 agst Orpheus, and 6to I agst Arbis. Won in a canter by four lengths ; the third beaten by twenty lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each for three yrs. old ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. T.Y. C. The winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Mr.W. Edwards's Burden, by Camel C. Edwards 1 Sir M. Wood's Becassine The following were not placed : Mr. Hunter's b. f., Sister to Forester, by Gustavus Duke of Grafton's Florin Lord Chesterfield's St. Julien's filly Mr. Co eland's Sir Felix Mr. Hill's by Merlin—Fawn Mr. Stonehewer's Sister to Zulima Betting-2 to 1 agst Burden, 3to 1 agst Fawn, 7to 2 agst Be cassine, Bto 1 agst St. Julien, and 10 to 1 agst Felix. Won by a. length. 0/. for five yrs old and upwards. Last three miles and a distance of B. C. Colonel Peel's Nonsense, 5 yrs, 7st. 91b Paris 1 Lord Exeter's Datura, 6 yrs, Bst. 31b 2 Duke of Cleveland's Trustee, 6 yrs, Sit. 3lb Betting-3 to lon Nonsense (taken), 3to 1 agst Trustee, and 6to 1 agst Datura. Won by three-quarters of a length. Kingston-house Rooms, Monday night. 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES cTO-MORROW). 5 to 2 agst Lord Jeriey's Ibrahim (taken, not p.p.) 6 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Fill. de Joie colt, p.p. (taken) 10 to 1 past Stargazer, p.p. (offered) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Stockport, p.p.(offered) 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Fergus, p.p. (offered) 2 to 1 on Fills de Joie agst Stargazer (taken) 3 to 1 agst Lord jersey's Ibrahim 9 to 2 agst Mr. Ridulale's Coriolanus 6 to 1 agst Lord Orford" Ascot 10 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucello colt 25 to 1 agst Mr. Grant's Knt;bstick 40 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Fille do Joie (taken) 3 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsaales lot 600 to 500 on three agst the field (taken) 10 to 1 asst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim winning the Derby, and Mr. Greville's Preserve winning the Oaks (taken) - ENTRY FOR THE KING'S PLATE (TO-mouataw.) Chantilly, Revelry, Lady Le Gros, and odice. GRAND ROWING MATCH. The great long-anticipated match between Campbell and Phelps, and Parish and F. Godfrey, came off yesterday. The match was for 201., and was looked upon as one, by which the championship of the river in oars, would be decided. All, save Phelps, are well known to those who are patrons of this manly and scientific exercise. He is young, and until yesterday he had never been called into particular notice. He has passed the ordeal, and ere long will prove a trouble some customer to the whole of the crack men. Betting was very brisk among the Noblemen and Gentlemen frequenters of Searle 's and the other boat-builders at Stangate; and 7 to 4, and in sonic instances 2 to 1, have been given on Campbell and his partner. At a quarter past five the men took their stations at Westminster-bridgo ; they tossed for choice, and Campbell and his partner got it, taking the northern station. At half-past five they were off like lightning. Parish and his partner took the lead in that splendid manner for which Parish has universally been celebrated. Off Lucas's Road the favourites tried to pass them, but here again the generalship of the leading pair was splendid; they " picked their opponents up" the whole distance to the Penitentiary, during which time the fouling was dreadful, each person expecting that the one or the other boat must be swamped. At the Penitentiary the sternmost party found it advisable to try their stamina, and " hooked it." They cleared their head and rowed by them first through Vauxhall-bridge half a boat's length a-head. Parish and hii partner never stood a shadow of chance after this. It was mere child's play without more than ordinary effort. Campbell and his partner arrived at Putney-bridge three minutes a-head. The losers were over-matched. It was a complete victory, and hundreds have changed owners on it. Phelps took the labour forward and Campbell aft. Several of the crack cutters were out. A grand salute was fired from Abis's at Putney. The inhabitants of , Cheltenham arc called upon by the Journal to renovate the venerable structure known •as Malvern Church.