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tri TAUNTON ELECTION. (PrOm the Taunton Courier of Wednesday.) th T heElectioni s j ust over (quarter past twelve), Mr. Labou there i s returned b y a ma j or i ty of 170, the numbers being— Laboucher e , Esq. • • • 452 B. D'lsraeli, Esq. , , 282 Majority for Reform, . —l7O PENRYN ELECTION. tIA ay The follo w i ng i s said to be the state of ibe poll the first Lord Tullamore Mr. Rolf' Majority - 3 DEVONSHIRE ELECTION. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Plymouth, Tuesday Evening, April 28. The tim e of the election being now so close at hand, the gr t :at est activity prevails here amongst the supporters of t ai John Rus se ll an d M r . P ar k er. Th e T ory party st ill Ilei _utain th e P opery cry, and have frightened by it many h i '" 18 out o f prom i ses o f support. To-day we were put epP o ssession o f a h an d-bill , s i gne d " J ohn Younge, " ad osesed t o h is friends and neighbours, on the subject of the reef r Y Cry. This Mr. Younge is, we are i n f orme d, th e er of Puslwich, near this place (Plymouth). lb.t this hand-bill the writer has the effrontery to state, "it has been proposed by Lord John Russell to toan,,sfer the property of the Protestant Church in Ireland tostne Roman Catholics : in some parishes a part of it ; in so rra the whole." Then follows a copy of Lord John's re lisilti°l, which this said Mr. Younge states in plain Eng te be--" That heads be counted in Ireland, and that t h e Property of the Protestant Church be handed over to 4: Roman Catholics in proportion to their respective ti. 411) ers with as little delay as possible." Such, then, are 6'e i Means resorted to by a clergyman of the Established rch to influence the voters at the ensuing election. tp o e 'claY a placard appeared on the walls of our town, tfh ?uncin g t h at L ord John Russell will attend a meeting h• 18 friend s an d supporters at t h e M ec h an i cs ' Inst i tute in i t h is e t "na (Plymouth) on Thursday next, a t one o'clock— bar 1:1 several gentlemen, well-known friends of the agricul -41 interest and opposers of the present ob nox i ous ' l ll of tithes would address the meeting. t h 41 ) . is day a numerous an d h i ghly respecta b le meeting of e jlends and supporters of Lord John Russell was held coot of th e A nc h or I nn, at B rent. J . C . B u l tee l , E sq., of krneharn, presided on the occasion. The meeting was ad- E sed by Lord John, Lord Seymour, M.P., Jasper Parrott, at M.P., Col. Seale, T. Newman, Esq., and several ,;,r Gentl emen , f r i en d s o f th e goo d cause . 1,410-morrow Lord John Russell will attend meeti ngs o f t he and su pp or t ers a t D ar t mou th an d M o db ury, an d t 4 e evening will arrive at this place (Plymouth.) On oullrsclay afternoon his Lordship will proceed from hence sa!leter, to be present at the nomination, which takes e on Friday next. ° " 1 1 DEVON ELECTION.— The subserip kell undertaken by the Westminster Committee goes on encreasing in amount, and is now fast approaching on kV- A lette r received this morning, announces a sub krion to have been opened at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where nn tinv.:t a sum of 1201. was raised, and as the subscrip kda% still kept open, a further remittance may be expected in ti, e 7or tw o . An address to Lord John Russell, signed by t t ,.2. llll 4bitant s of Derby, with 1650 signatures, was yesterday t o p , ed by Col. Evans, M. P. and was last night forwarded '' ol l John Russell. Ip~ Bo TR DEVON REGISTRATIONS.—The follow ° T, °Pis the increase of registration since 1832 Meter 1832. 1835. Increase. 1,401 ... 1,561 ... 160 1 104 i,... liew th ":l ...... ••• • • • 1,029 ... 1,181 ... 152 1(1 11 - ' l/ 1,990 ... 2,178 ... 188 Nyrlidge 1,239 - ... 1,321 ... 82 T t ?llth Ok e ' t h r Pton ---... ---- Total 7,415 7,415 8,184 769 t 4 subscription has been set on foot in this town and ti t o °°lL"hood towards defraying the expenses of the election er o rd John Russell for the Southern division of Devon the ti e% i 'wers here considering that the man who fought theirl;at tkao bravely in the late divisions of the House of Commons, Wit not to b e p u t t o the least expense, it not being the cause e7O ll only, but of the United Kingdom.--Read. Mercury. D 411 address was received in town this morning from 4 oh 3 ;' Signed by about 1,600 inhabitants of that town, to Lord Os it R us sell , congratulating the Noble Lord and his colleagues th e ;!ag recalled to his Majesty's councils. In the absence of if h ; ible, , Lord the address was forwarded to the Chairman Westminster Committee. ri-up • •TtoNmounisuißE BOROUGHS.--The scru le,,UPOn I he return of Mr. Hall, which was to come on before ki 11 :2 113 14f. ee of the House of Commons on the 21st of May, kjel Posttponed until the 2d of June. It is now, however, .authority that cannot be questioned, that it is Mr. fts. t h B declared intention to give up rather than go to any 4 4 4 : t ex .sense, " the boroughs having haying already cost ,_ 9 3oooj'."—Glocestershire Chronicle. 'CONSERVATIVE CLUB WITH AN APPRO- Hitao.—Wc learn that at a meeting held at the Re- S e ,; note I on Friday evening last, and over which Sir David T 'Bat t. presided, a society was formed and denominated Its a -e Brighton Conservative Club," and that several per- Wh o 1 ! 11 -rolLed their names as members. A State Pensioner, , tli te ' 4 3 nt:ver yet ventured to breathe a syllable as to the i!a -d5,,,..°1 the s erv i ces by w hi c h his income wrung from the in it'; pen his tax-oppressed fellow countryman was earned—a ren sioner at the head of a Political Club is a somewhat do e ast index to the patriotic object proposed by its torme nts , 44 c 1 in the year 1835 is a pretty bold defiance hurled in teeth the great principle of Reform. We hope the list foil,' kept: secret ; for we should blush at the hardihood, !e l f' and meanness of any Englishman who should place I,ll m _ Nii:llder the directing influence of a gentleman who, in his :;,uwal capacity, personifies that most deservedly cond emne d t 4 l,,‘Li provod abuses—the odious Pension List.—Brighton ar c /j un. Therel have been 14 petitions, numerously signed, Ot t I rcla Orkney against the Endowment Scheme. is 4 io h iek repres entat i ons that have been given of the manner in !tet e , °Re of these petitions was got up, it may be encagh tin ' 4l Say, that if the facts of the case come out, the: will 4 Curi ous spec i men o f th e persecuting spi r it of a dominant I titp: e h , and that that must be a bad cause that requires to be r-rted b y such dismal mis-statements.—Scots Times. Dalmeny arrived at Stirling on Tuesday even to4jer ttl the purpose of again soliciting the suffrages of the tsitt'ency, in consequence of having vacated his seat, from LOVPpointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty. His 144, 'lip was warmly and rapturously cheered while he ex eq late events, the course he had himself pursued, and resolved still to maintain.—. Stirling Journal. BOWRING.—A new coach to Manchester, . 014 , 2alford, is named after the Hon. Member for Kilmarnock. wi a • • t ettie rnage is held in such high repute at the remote t oNe nte ut of Galena Lead Mines, that the young men have ttp r „ d ! , hemselves into a hymeneal society, and established a set A t elurns to the first members that enter into the bonds of ‘ll O4 l /e k : a suit of clothes, value 60 dollars, to the first ; er SO dollars, to the second, and 45 dollars to the third. ~.14erican Paper. 14 1 U PWards of 250 gentlemen, friendly to the princi the ,„°f Volunt ar y Chur c h S oc i e ti es , b rea kf as t e d together in oft "aterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, on Thursday. The Secretary sent e Scottish Central Board for vindicating the rights of Dis tiot.e.rs, reported the proceedings of the Board since its forma tob„4 Decemb er l as t, and gentlemen from various parts of the 11 1 ; qt rY, who were present, gave a very gratifying account of . k a j r ogress which the cause was making. The Rev. Mr. from Dublin, was also present, and, in the course of a 11 1 ;g and eloquent speech, gave a very interesting account of th e trigio of the Regium Donum in Ireland, its amount, and I ti i t .',°de of its distribution, and the bad effects which had re tie, .; from it, both on the Clergy who receive it, and the ge q, interests of religion.—Scots Times. tOn Sunday morning, at eleven o'clock, about five clred ag r i cu l tura l l a b ourers b e l ong i ng t o th e various pe tioes th at compose t h e E ast b ourn U n i on, met at J ev i ngton where, having assembled, they formed themselves into 1 0 1;• 41 g. Th e y carr i e d th ree flags, black, red, and white, NI !? they pl ace d i n th e cen t r e of the ring, by the side of 4 4 4 11 a person named Tuticr stationed himself to address the I tiblage. Th e y me t t o t a k e into consideration that part 4 11 e Poor Law Act which relates to the separation of man the Wife when ordered into the poor-house. We hear that meeting was con d uc t e d i n a n or d e rly and peaceable man tau' Delegates were appointed, who withdrew to some dis • ee from - itabi sln g in a respectful manner the proper quarter on this lo u d". The arrangements have hitherto been kept a pro ud secret —Brighton Guardian. to A RREST FOR DEBT.—There are many prudential Oth 1"8 in favour of serviceable process. Thus, amongst t reat. ' e is th e pro b a bili ty t h at a d e f en d an t, a fter he has been ) 4 d with l en it y , w ill exer t himself to pay the plaintiff, and l e , t : 4 Probably b e a bl e to reta i n hi s cre dit so as to satisfy at CC' a Part of the debt, although he might not be able to pay a t k: and when, if the harsher proceedings by arrest had been %_Pted, he would have been instigated to give a preference to ,trz°ther creditor ; or his other creditors, taking alarm from the tar' and still more from the defendant's inability to find the l A , I would also press him, and occasion immediate general ti ) ,,, vene Y, when he might have stood his ground, at least for 4,e , and paid all, or at least' the plaintiff. These are pru Aei!ial considerations that freqnently, independently of moral tieg , Ought to i n fluence in favour of the milder course. Be s, an arrest, unless in cases of gross fraud, is frequently a 4i t t .sn measur e , inducing great family distress, sometimes even 44 - destru ct i on; and the measure too frequently proceeds from t ev lin charitable spirit of disappointment and unwarrantable ~:age, by which no well-regulated mind, certainly no gentle artsrl, indeed, still more, no Christian, ought to be in- Ikea, MUSIC, "MAKE READY. MAKE READY, my NAUTILUS BARK." " COME, LOVE, NOW SING TO ME." " THE BETTER LAND." " THE FOUNTAIN AND THE FLOWER." 'We have little space or time to say more of these songs than that they are by no means deficient in a certain simple melody, characteristic of the ballad school. FINE ARTS. HEATH'S GALLERY OF BRITISH ENGRAV- ING S. Part I. A republication of many of the best engrav ings that have from time to time appeared in the Keepsake, the Book of Beauty, the Picturesque An nual, and Turner's Annual Tour. A part is to come out once a fortnight, consisting of three engravings, at the comparatively small price of a shilling. SPANISH MEZfDICANTS. This engraving is executed with much boldness and spirit. A family of Spanish beggars, consisting ap parently of a father and two daughters, are requesting alms of a fat friar, whose scornful, half-averted coun tenance, plainly intimates that he will not give them a rial. The figures are well grouped—especially those of the mendicants, who remind us by the expression of their faces, and their fawning attitudes, of some of those adroit experimentalists on public charity whom we read of in Lazarillo de Tormes and Gusman D'Alfaurache. The engraving is by C. Lewis, from a design furnished by J. Lewis. TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN. There is some humour in the conception of this design, though we can scarcely say so much for its execution. A landscape painter, with all the en thusiasm of his art, has been for some hours (appa rently) seated by the sea shore, engaged in transfer ring to canvas the picturesque scene about him. Un luckily, however, just when he is giving the last finishing touches to his sketch, forgetful of time and tide, and indeed of every consideration, but how he shall complete a painting worthy to vie with the best of Collins's and Stanfield's, and such as may produce a sensation at Somerset-house, he is overtaken by the returning tide, which, heedless of the enthusiastic ar tist, has floated off his hat, eloped with one of his best painting brushes, made free with his box of colours, and loosened the foundations of his easel. This, we repeat, is a good idea, but it is deficient in humour. The artist's countenance should have expressed a sort of half-whimsical, half pathetic, bewilderment at such an unceremonious surprise, instead of which, it ex presses nothing but tame and heavy common-place. As an engraving, however, the work shows signs of care and skill. LITERATURE. ROUGH LEAVES FROM A JOURNAL KEPT IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, DURING THE YEARS 1832, 1833, AND 1834. BY Llign - COLONEL LOVISLL B4DCOCZ. London: R. Bentley, 1835. We really begin to grow tired of Journalized adven tures in Portugal during the late war. Diaries, when accurately kept, are very useful to young travellers ; but unless they refer to secret negoeiations, the intrigues of a Court, or the private actions of a great statesman, hero, or philosopher, they are very apt to be regarded as extremely foolish productions. They commonly be tray a larger share of vanity than the writers are them_ selves aware of ; and being written with a view to pub lication, are often swelled out with accounts of ridicu lous trifles, for no ostensible reason save a wish to eke out a volume. These are harsh preliminaries to a brief notice of a very entertaining book, written by a very intelligent British officer, who was appointed to accompany Lord William Russell and Colonel Hare to Portugal, in May 1832, on a mission from the British Government to Don Pedro, and the agents of the Young Queen at Lisbon. Nevertheless they are not altogether uncalled for. So many volumes have already appeared on the subject of the late war in Portugal, that the public is, surfeited with anecdotes of Pedroite courage and Mi guelite cruelty. The great struggle„ stoo, -- among the respective authors appep,T.T, t o have been, who should spin out his storits'to the most interminable length. Lieut.-Col. - i3adcock is not an exception here. His b( , )ok, which we are willing to allow is equal in point q i interest, accuracy, and sterling mr.r,:A any Ltiat has yet appeared, would 11e as valuable as it now is, were it condenc -act abridged to half its present size. The ...Ate has really no concern in half of the trifles - .omitted to it by way of valuable information. it cares not a rush how many hours gallant officers choose to ride for their own amusement in one day ; it is indifferent to their culinary qualifications ; and it would rather lose the account of whether or not they wore watches, than be continually reminded of the precise moment for winding them up or suspending their movements. The gallant officer whose Journal is before us is the more inexcusable in dwelling on such puerilities, as he everywhere shews that by taking a little more pains, he could have produced an invalu able work on the character and habits of the people of Spain and Portugal. The following extract is a fair specimen of hundreds of observant passages of the same kind, which occur sometimes twice or thrice in a page: " The difference of the two countries, Spain and Portugal, is very striking, though only a small ■pace and a river divides them. One leaves behind in Portugal a broken mountainous country, covered with olive trees, vineyards, groves of oranges, lemons, and pomegranates, with houses and quintas of marble and granite peeping outlrom amongst fine foliage, and foun tains in all directions of the purest water pouring from marble spouts into vases--whereas you enter Spain through a country burnt up, without a tree or green spot, and arrive at towns with high Moorish walls and cupolas. The characters of the people are also very dissimilar, though in many things their common eastern origin displays itself. The Portuguese are naturally a quiet, simple, good-tempered, people ; very shy but kind hearted and charitable ; faithful and honest in the highest de gree, though fond of bombast. Vanity is a prominent charac teristic ; they delight in intrigue ; are extremely punctilious in all matters of etiquette and politeness ; and are attached to their ancient usages, customs, and institutions. Under the greatest afflictions they are patient and resigned. I should add to this, that they are very active and industrious, for a climate so inviting to repose. " The Spaniards, on the other hand, with an apparent open ness of manners, are haughty and full of treachery and deceit ; their generosity and hospitality resemble those of the Arab (both equally disliking strangers) with little kindness of heart or charity. Their roads are filled with robbers, and continual assassinations take place in their cities and towns. The poli tical character of their nation causes them to be reserved and suspicious, spying and beset with spies. " The Spanish ladies are considered charming; but much of their attraction proceeds from their elegant gait, dark eyes, and Moorish customs. Their character in love, is, extreme of passion, jealousy, and rage, which carry them to any excess. The Portuguese ladies, though generally not so handsome, are more pleasing. All have most brilliant eyes, and are very at tached, faithful, and domestic." HILEY'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR; 4N ABRIDGJOIN? OF THS SAJIS, QUOSTIONS 4ND EXIIRCISICS. Simphin and Marshall, London. 1835. These little elementary books are not without merit. On the contrary, they are serviceable educational tools, which, in the hands of an experienced master, may, we doubt not, conduce to raise up for learners a suffi ciently capacious and a tolerably solid grammati cal structure. This we say in sober seriousness ; for from the rapid glance which only we have been able to throw in the pages of these school-books, we judge that they may challenge competition with any of the Grammars and Exercises under whose accumu lating load the press now positively groans. What can be the motive for multiplying books of this kind, when the people who put them forth have made no discovery in philology, but hash up the old mess over and over again, feeding the poor school-boy with nothing but grammatical morsels of monotony, it is not easy to con jecture. Almost every Grammar that appears is only another edition of Murray's, which, although far from being perfect, is, we believe, the only one that is actually, or can be conveniently used in schools generally. The truth is, we have not a good English Grammar : there is no well digested system, no standard or code of English Grammar. There are, in fact, no universally recognized rules or laws for writing and speaking our language. Mr. Hiley is evidently a practical man. He very properly takes almost as little public notice of Harris's Hermes, and other works of the same speculative sort, as if they had never been published. He does not per plex the pupil with wire-drawn distinctions, or tedious analyses, or metaphysical definitions, and leaves almost unnoticed both Lowth and Cobbett, and even the " Diversions of Purley" divert not the schoolmaster from the philological path he has selected for the exercise of his professional functions, which, humble though they be, yield in usefulness to none. On the whole, Mr. Hiley's Grammar is a good one, and con tains abundant proofs of critical acumen as well as of his scholastic attainments. THE INSTRUCTOR: VOL. IV. CONTAINING LESSONS ON THE CALENDAR, THE MONTHS, AND TEE SEASONS. London : J. W. Parker. An excellent school-book, published under the di rection of the Society for Promoting Christian Know ledge. It is embellished with numerous engravings, and sold for the trifling sum of two shillings. A MANUAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR. BY THE BEY. J. m. mgcuzzoem, Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd. 1835. This unpretending little volume has reached a second edition. The fact speaks well for the discern ment of the instructors of youth. It is, in truth, a very excellent, as well as a very cheap school-book— well adapted to the comprehension of children. The price, bound, is only eighteen-pence. SCOTT'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON. Vol. Vl. Cadell, Edinburgh. 1835. This volume commences with the peace of Tilsit, and carries down the history of Napoleon to the battle of Barossa, in Spain. The text is illustrated by a va riety of useful notes, which have been added since the work was first published. A CATECHISM OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. BT GEORGE LEES, 4.M. A CATECHISM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. BY THOMAS MURRAY, LL.D. Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd. 1835. These are eieellent little treatises ; comprising two of a series of publications, called " Oliver and Boyd's Catechisms of Elementary Knowledge." They are published on the same plan as " Pinnock's Cate chisms," and are not inferior either in point of simpli city, perspecuity, subject-matter, or cheapness, to those justly admired and extensively patronised elementary treatises. The price is only nine-pence the number, and each number contains the elements of a language, a science, an art, or the history of a nation. The " Catechism on Political Economy" is a complete ex • position of the science. HISTORY OF THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE BARBARY STATES. BY THE REPREEND MICHAEL IUSSEL, LL. D. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1835. _ _ This volume, which comprehends an excellent view of the civil and religious institutions, religion, literature, arts, commerce, agriculture, and natural productions of the States contiguous to the African coast, forms the 17th number of the " Edinburgh Cabinet Library." The interest which the author contrives to sustain, amid difficulties which to ordinary persons would ap pear insurmountable, is conclusive of his great powers as a historian. At first sight it appears nearly impos sible that we should take an interest :id the history of a people whose forms of religion and government bear on the, Wry surface of them traces of the grossest bar barism, and the most degrading superstition ; but the apparent difficulty will vanish if Dr. Russell's work be consulted. The volume is embellished with a map, and eleven engravings of the average order of merit. HISTORY of the BRITISH COLONIES, Vol. IV. Cochrane, London. 1835. 7 • " confined to details respecting our Colonial possessions in Africa alid Montgomery Martin is the author, and has brought his usual diligence and scrupulous accuracy to a task which is evidently a labour of love with him. In his accounts of Australasia, we perceive he has availed him self of Captain Sturt's late interesting discoveries in that remote quarter of the globe. The volume is em bellished with a handsome map. SONGS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. 2 Vols. Cochrane, London. 1835. !7‘7 1 77T1'1,,T..'7 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1835. For many of the more ancient songs and ballads in this collection, the editor is indebted to the researches of Percy and Ritson—the former especially, whose second and third volumes have supplied him with abundant materials. This is perfectly justifiable, for the present work pretends to no higher distinction than a mere compilation ; and where can the author institute more useful and agreeable researches than in the "Reliques ?" No man ever relished the rough but fine flavour of our old English song-writers more keenly than Dr. Percy. He was not a profound poetic antiquarian, as compared with his successors, Ritson and Ellis ; but he had fancy and feeling, in both which they were deficient, as he has shown in many of his own compositions. His " Alcanzor and Zaida," and " Gentle River"—which he professed to have imitated from the Spanish—will last as long as refined and graceful sensibility shall possess charms for an English reader. The only fault we find with the " Reliques" is the too frequent liberties that the Bishop takes with his text. He is perpetually altering and modernizing, always for the better, so far as suits the ear, but not unfrequently for the worse, as respects the spirit and character of the old songs. Neverthe less, his volumes are, of their kind, without a rival in this or any language, and materially contributed to wards that great poetic revolution which took place in England, about the close of the last century. On their first publication, Johnson tried hard to crush them ; and even the Bishop himself professed, late in life, to be ashamed of them ; but they have stood their ground against all opposition ; and were the sources from which Scott and Wordsworth drew inspiration. We recognise many of Percy's " Reliques" in this miscel lany ; and among others that mercurial old song, " Jolly G oo d Al e ," which was composed by Still, Bishop of Bath and Wells, in the early part of the 16th century. In those days Bishops were jovial fellows, formidable over a flask, and lavishly addicted to glees and catches. It was their boast, that they had " heard the chimes at midnight." Of such a sort were old Hall and Still, and the Right-Reverend and rosy author of that capital drinking-song, " Mihi est propositum in taberna mori." Still's stanzas are very properly placed—out of a becoming respect to the Bench—at the head of this collection ; and are followed by many of Marlowe's, Withers', Raleigh's, and Herrick's most admired productions. The volumes come down to the present day, and contain some pleasing specimens of Barry Cornwall's talents for song-writing. The best poems, however, are decidedly those by Herrick, whose muse was imbued with the true Anacreontic ease and simplicity. THE KING'S LEVEE. His Majesty, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town at a quarter past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cumberland and the Duchess of Gloucester received the King on his arrival at St. James's. The King held a Levee at two o'clock. His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms lined the Presence Chamber, under the command of the Clerk of the Cheque. M. Aranjo Ribeiro, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Ple nipotentiary from the Emperor of Brazil, had an audience of his Majesty to take leave. Namick Pacha, on a special mission from the Ottoman Porte, had an audience of the King to take leave. Nourris Effendi, Ambassador from the Ottoman Porte, had an audience ' and delivered his cred en ti a l s t o hi s Majesty. To which several audiences their Excellencies were respec tively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir R. Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Earl of Verulam and Lord Ernest Bruce bad audiences of the King, and resigned their Gold Keys of Office as Lords of the Bedchamber. Viscount Torrington had an audience of his Majesty, kissed hands on being appointed one of the Lords of the Bedchamber, and received his Gold Key of Office from the King. His Majesty held his Entree Levee. Count F. de Mar mier and the Marquis de Prarlin were presented to the King in the circle by the French Ambassador. Tolaat Effendi, First Secretary to the Turkish Legation, Rafaat Effendi, Second Secretary to the Turkish Legation, and M. Loghotridis, Secretary and Interpreter of the Turkish Legation, were presented to the King by Nourris Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador. Khaless Effendi, Secretary to the Turkish Special Mission, was presented to the King by Namick Pacha. The Marquis Conyngham was presented to the King, on his appointment as Postmaster-General. Mr. R. Cutler Fergusson was presented, on his appointment as Judge-Advocate General, by Viscount Melbourne. The Hon. Captain Elliot, R.N., was presented, on his ap pointment as one of the Lords of the Admiralty. There were also present the Russian and French Ambas sadors ; the Neapolitan, Prussian, Wirtemberg, Hanoverian, Belgic, Netherlands, Danish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Greek, and Spanish Ministers ; the Bavarian Special Minister, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires ; M. de Bourqueney, First Se cretary to the French Embassy ; M. Lechtenberg, Privy Councillor of the Hanoverian Legation ; the Secretaries to the Brazilian and Spanish Legation, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Depart ments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Master of the King's Buckhounds, the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, and Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the three Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal; the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Aboyne, Lord Saltoun, Hon. Colonel Pakenham, Colonel Sir Charles Thornton, and Colonel Smelt, C. 8., Aides-de-Camp to the King; Lord Radstock, Naval Aide-de-Camp in Waiting; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Master of the Robes, the Clerk Mar shall, Colonel Bowater, Equerry in Waiting ; Mr. Salome, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter; Master Graves, Page of Honour; Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshall of the Ceremonies. The Earl of Morton and Sir Wathen Waller were the Lord and Groom in Wating. A variety of addresses expressing confidence in the late and present Administration were presented to His Majesty. At the general Levee there were present : DUKES—Wellington, Gordon, Grafton, Dorset. MARQ otsus—Hertford, Conyngham, Worcester, Bute. EARLS—Carnarvon, Wilton, Lonsdale, Verulam, Mulgrave, Howe, Granville, Mountcashel, Lincoln, Darlington, Den bigh, Normanton, Rosslyn, Malmesbury, Delawarr, Cawdor, Minto, De Grey, Beverly, Galloway, Longford. VISCOUNTS—Lowther, Ashbrook, Maynard, Cole, Ex mouth, Hawarden, Strangford, Hereford. LORDS— Suffield, Ernest Bruce, Ashburton, Farnborough, Wharncliffe, Maryborough, Carew, Tevnham, Torrington, Prudhoe, G. Somerset, Chesterfield, Arden, Rodney, Kenyon, W. Fitzroy, Nugent, D. Stuart. RIGHT HONOURABLES—C. Wynn, J. Herries, Major-General Sir Henry Hardinge. HONOURABLES—Mr. Windsor, Captain G. Campbell, R.N., H. Cole, Mr. Maynard, Mr. Corry, Fox Maule, Rev. K. Devereux, Mr. Powys, Colonel Lowther, H. Lindsay, Capt. Elliott, Mr. Vesey, Rev. G. N. Grenville, W. Rollo, Capt. Pellew. SIRS-Frederick Pollock, George Tuite, Bart., Wathen Waller, James K. Grant, William Follett, Francis Goodrick, H. Nicolas, William Burnett, K. C. H., J. Lambert, J. Ross, David Barry, Charles Morgan, Bart., C. Monek, S. Mey rick, J. Cathcart, W. Abdy, J. M'Gregor, J. Pechell. The Dean of Windsor. Mr. Sergeant Goulburn. DocTom—Cahill, James Barry. REV. MESSIEURS—W. A. Norton, T. Haverfield, F. Norris, J. Edwards, E. W. Edgell, R. B. Brown. MESSIEURS—AIie, Sturkie, Robert Alexander, Nicholl, Roden, Sanderson, M.P., Pemberton, Cresswell, Hill, Gaily Knight, R. Cutlar Fergusson, H. Villebois, jun., W. Powell, Newman, Smyth, W. H. Hoare, Sandeman, C. Romilly, M. Gardiner, H. Lindsay, Lynch, J. N. Fielder, Goulburn, Wel by, A. O'Brien, Maxwell, H. Pierrepont, Ross, Percy, Stace, Judd, A. Smith, J. Masterman, Rivett Carnac, Stanley Clarke, Blackstone, E. J. Stanley, W. Patten, F. Bruen, Clive, Greg son, Greene, M.P., C. Wood, M.P., Fleming, Young, Pin ney, M.P., E. Gladstone. GR NE IL A-LS— Si , : Feir •Gyant, Sir Charles Egerton Thornton, Sir J. Macleod, Goldie, Millar, Sir J. Hamilton, Lord Howden, Sir C. Halkett, Phipps, Sir T. Dyer, Meade, Sir J. Lambert, Sir F. Mulcaster, Sir J. Waters, Sir L. Cole, Sir C. Dalbiac. COLONELS—CIapham, Grey, Hon. G. R. Trevor, Wade, Studd, Fanshawe, Chatterton, M'Cleverty, Carmichael, Stan hope, Sir J. Limond, Lygon, Rushbrooke, C. Macleod, Mac pherson, Munro, Anson, Astell, L. Hay. MAJORS—Forbes, Ironson, Scott, Lefebvre, Hon. H. Deve reux, Bruce, Luard. CAPTAINS—Viscount Deerhurst, Graham, Egerton, Trotter, Nicholson, C. Bagot, Liddell, M'Cleverty, Williamson, Da niell, Chalmer, E. Meade. LIEUTENANTS.—Bedford, Wodehouse, Horne, Osborne, C. E. Phipps, Welby, W. Stace, H. Stace, Riddell, G. H. vvce J. Macdonald, Sub. T. Naylor, Sub. A. E. Knox. ENsu, vs- Herries, A. L. Cole, Elmslie, Hon. C. West. ADMIRALS.—bI. Durham, G. C. 8., Page, Sir William Parker, Warren, „ ,Sir E. Bruce, Gosselin, West, Sir P. Halkett, Mackellar, Sir King, Hall, White, Sir J. Whitshed. - - CAPTAINS—Edward Curzon, G. Nicolas, A. L. Corry, Bruce, Sir G. A. Westphal, W. B. Bigland, G. Martin, G. Dickinson, D. H. O'Brien, H. L. Thomas, H. C. S. COMMANDERS—ManseI, G. Brown, R. L. Warren, H. Nurse, G. Pole, Sainthill. LIEUTENANTS—W. Dent, Arthur Jerningham, G. K. Ogilvie, S. Grenfell, Ackerley, R. Trench. The following were presented to the King : Lord Carew, on coming to his title, by Earl Grey. Mr. William Henry Hoare, on his marriage. Mr. Robert Alexander, on being appointed one of His Ma• jesty's Counsel, by Lord Lyndhurst. Mr. Starkie, on being appointed one of his Majesty's Counsel. Sir Francis Goodricke, by the Marquis of Worcester. Mr. Erle, on being appointed one of His Majesty's Counsel. Mr. Cresswell, on being appointed one of his Majesty's Counsel. Mr. Hill, on receiving a Patent of Precedence at the Bar. Hon. Henry Cole, 7th Hussars, on promotion. Major-Gen. Thornton, on his appointment as Colonel of the 96th Regiment, by Lord Hill. I, 3aptain Edward Curzon, R.N., on receiving his Majesty's gracious permission to wear a Greek Order. Ensign Herries, 43d Light Infantry, on his appointment. Ensign A. L. Cole, 43d Light Infantry, by Gen. Sir L. Cole. Sir William Burnett, K. C. H., on being appointed one of his Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary, by the Duke of Richmond. Sir James R. Grant, Inspector-General of Army Hospitals. Lieut. W. Dent, R. N., on changing his name. Captain Viscount Deerhurst, 2d t o ife Guards, on promotion. Mr. Nicholl, by the Marquis of Bute. Vice-Admiral Page, to pay his dutiful respects after a long absence, owing to severe domestic affliction. Captain G. Egerton, on promotion and return from the West Indies. Viscount Exmouth, on succeeding to the title, and return from India. Mr. M. Gardiner, on being appointed his Majesty's Falconer of Scotland, by the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn. Mr. Hamilton Lindsay, on his return from China. Earl of Mountcashel, by the Marquis of Thomond. Colonel Clapham, Madras Army, by Lieut.-General Sir C. Egerton. Hon. William Rollo, by the Earl of Kinnoull. Mr. Smyth, by the Duke of Grafton. Hon. Fox Mottle, on his appointment as Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, by Lord Duncannon. Dr. Cahill, Bombay Army, by General Sir George Cox. Earl of Normanton, on his appointment to the command of the Fordingbridge Yeomanry Cavalry, by the Duke of Wel lington. Mr. Newman, High Sheriff for Gloucestershire. Captain Nicholson, Ist Royal Lancashire Militia, on his ap pointment. Mr. Henry Villebois, jun., by Colonel Wood. The Rev. J. Edwards, by Sir H. Nicolas, K. C. M. G. Mr. W. Powell, High Sheriff of Hampshire. Mr. Sandeman, by Sir D. Barry. Mr. C. Romilly, by the Marquis of Lansdowne. The Rev. T. Haverfield, to present a volume of sermons. Mr. A. O'Brien, by the Earl of Westmoreland. Colonel Gray, by the Earl of Westmoreland. Mr. J. N. Fielder, by Sir G. Harrison, K. C.H. Rey. W. A. Norton, by the Bishop of Norwich. Mr. Lynch, by the Earl of Gosford. Dr. J. Barry, Surgeon to the Forces, by Lord Lowther. Lieut.-Colonel Anson, on his appointment as Storekeeper of the Ordnance. Rev. F. Norris, by Viscount Strangford. Lieut.-Colonel Wade, on his return from the:Cape of Good Hope. Sub-Lieut. A. E. Knox, 2d Life Guards, on his appointment. Lieut. H. State, on his return from Jamaica. Lieut.-Colonel Munro, on his return from the Cape of Good Hope. Lieut. Horne, Bth Regiment Bombay ArMy, by Gen. Sir G. Cox. Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, on his appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. Lieut. Wodehouse, by Colonel Sir A. Dickson. Rear-Admiral Warren, on his return from being Commander in Chief of the Cape of Good Hope and African Station. Sub-Lieut. T. Naylor, 2d Life Guards, on his exchange. Capt. A. L. Corry, .N., on being appointed to a command. Lieut. R. Le Poer Trench, R. N., by Lord Auckland. Lieut. Bedford, by General Sir J. Maclean. Major C. Lefebvre, by Colonel Le Couteur. Mr. C. Wood, M. P., on his appointment as Secretary of the Admiralty. Major Forbes, on his appointment to the 61st Regiment. Captain M'Cleverty, on his return from India. Lieut. Riddell, by Sir A. Dickson. Lieut. G. R. Ogilvy, R. N., by Lord Auckland. Commander Mansel, on returning from abroad. Lieut. S. Greaten, R.N., by Lord Auckland. Commander H. Nurse, on appointment to his Majesty's ship Pearl. Commander R. L. Warren, on promotion, by Rear- Admiral Warren. Captain Sir A. Westphal, R.N., on his return from foreign service. Captain H. L. Thomas, by the Right Hon. C. Grant. Commander G. Brown, R. N., by Lord Auckland. Capt. T. Nicolas, R. N., upon receiving the Guelphic Order. The Hon. and Rev. R. Devereux, by Viscount Hereford. Lord Nugent, on his return from the lonian Islands. Captain Daniell, on promotion, by Colonel Mackinnon. Captain Liddell, on promotion, by Colonel Bowater. Ensign Elmslie, 10th Foot, on his return from Corfu. Second Lieutenant C. E. Phipps, 60th King's Rifle Corns. Lieut.-Colonel Macpherson, on promotion, by Lord Hill . . Major Tronson, on promotion, by Lord Hill. Mr. F. Bruen, M. P., by the Hon. G. R. Trevor. Captain E. Meade, by Lieutenant-General Meade. Lieutenant G. H. Vyse, on promotion, by Colonel Lygon. Colonel L. flay, on being appointed Clerk of the Ordnance. Mr. E. Stanley, on appointment as Secretary of the Treasury. His Majesty gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Granville, Viscount Duncannon, Lord Ashburton, the Earl of Erroll, and the Earl of Wilton. Sir John Ross presented to the King the narrative of his Last voyage in search of a north-west passage. LONDON TAVERN, BISHOPSGATE- STREET. The musical amateurs of the eastern part of the metropolis were gratified by a concert, held at this place yesterday even ing, for the benefit of Mr. W. H. Cape. The compositions performed were selected from the works of Spohr, Mozart, Haydn, Maurer, Weber, Winter, Wylbye, and Rossini. Miss Woodyat and Mr. Hawkins executed the beautiful and highly elaborated duet in A flat from the opera of " Jessonda, or the Rajah's Wife, "by Spohr. This composition, abounding in beautiful melodies, was sang with great feeling. It was ori ginally presented to the English public through the agency of Madame Schroeder, who, with Haitzinger, sang it at the Phil harmonic a few seasons since. Mrs. Cope performed a con certo of Mozart (the one in B flat) with much taste and feel ing. This lady possesses a brilliant finger, and has evidently studied good music under able superintendence. Mr. Dando's Concerto on the Violin (the combined composition of Maurer and T. Cooke), was well executed, but wanted more relief. Winter's " Overture to Calypso " would have been esteemed a great composition, had there never been an overture to Mo zart's opera of " Don Juan." It abounds in the most un blushing plagiarisms. The attendants on the Concert were numerous, and who appeared highly gratified by the many ex. cellent compositions presented to their notice. KING'S CONCERT ROOMS, HANO- VER-SQUARE. Mr. Vaughan's Annual Benefit Concert was held at these Rooms yesterday morning, under the patronage the Royal and noble Directors of the Concerts of Ancient ~ who, however, fortunately for the credit and character of the enter tainment, contributed their names only, and not the fatal gift of their services. The scheme contained the splendid scena in B flat, assigned to Kunegonda, in Spohr's opera of Faust, the beautiful scena of Vitellia from the first Act of the La Clemenza di Tito, an excellent MS. Cantata of Bishop, an ode for four voices, with orchestral accompaniments, composed by Andreas Romberg, the English version of the words by Mr. Hurlock. In addition to these novelties, there were many excellent specimens from the works of Handel, Purcel, Haydn, Cimarosa, Weber, Hummel, and others. Mr. Vaughan enjoyed the able assistance of the following vocalists : Mesdames Caradori, Stockhausen, Bishop, Knyvett, Novello, and Healey ; Master Howe ; Messrs. Braham, Phillips, Hawkins, Terrail, Sale, Bellamy, Greatorex, Machin, and Parry. Mr. Cramer led, and Mr. Knyvett conducted. Mr. Schultz performed Hummel's last piano-forte composition, Opera 127, with great ability. Madame Stockhausen again delighted us with "Si lo Sento," from the Faust. The diffi culties attending the production of this magnificent opera, in this country, arise from the indispensable necessity of procuring two basses of great capabilities to sustain the two principal male characters, Faust and Mephistopheles. The contempo raneous engagement, at the King's Theatre, of such accom plished singers as Lablache and Tamburini, presents an op portunity which ought not to be neglected, of surmounting the obstacle to which we have alluded. The former has already shown his masterly conception of the "Va Sbramando," per haps the most difficult of bass songs, scarcely excepting the " Non so donde" of Mozart. Malibran would, if possible, succeed better in the character of Rosa, than in her persona tion of Amina. Madlle. Grisi has never, as yet, afforded the English public the opportunity of judging, whether or not she is equal to the performance of first-rate writing. Miss C. Novella's execution of Mozart's " Deh per questo," " Let the Dreadful Engines," sung by Braham, and " Revenge Timo motheus cries," sung by Phillips, all deserve unqualified ap proval. Madame Caradori repeated the melancholy absurdi ties which abound in Bellini's " Casta Diva," and with which she so recently treated the subscribers to the Philharmonic Society. Romberg's Ode, or Cantata, deserves a favourable notice. The duet in G, sang by Master Howe, and Miss C. Novello, is elegant ; and the solo in E flat, assigned to the latter, is quite in the style of Mozart. The room was very well attended, and the Concert did not terminate until a late hour. RE-ACTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We have all heard so frequently that a re-action had taken place, that until the recent elections showed the absur dity of the assertion, I had been led to believe that the people were perhaps a little out of humour with Reform. But, now, it must be plain to all, that if there be re-action it is one of popular progression. The Reform Bill, as we all know, gave the death-blow to Tory misrule, and ever since, the public mind has from day to day gathered strength and consistency. We have not stood still—the successive changes of ministers— the alternate trials of Tory and Whig—the scene shifting and name-changing of both parties—the dissolution and abuse of the kingly prerogative, the splits, the tactics of parties, the secrets and revelations, the bye play and the acting of public men—these have given an onward movement that it were vain to attempt to arrest. So many events have crowded into our time—the last ten years unfold so ample a volume of instruc tive history, that to suppose the people's eyes are not now open, and that they will not march on steadily and wisely, is to suppose us a nation sunk in stupidity and sloth. Nor can any govern ment, whatever may be its composition, offer effectual resis tance to this movement. A weak and unwise administration may, perhaps, retard progress for a little while, but soon will all impediments be cleared away, and the good cause will triumph in securing " the greatest happiness of the greatest number." Till this great principle be worked out, and the point of perfectibility involved in it be attained, no govern ment will, or ought, be able to stand still. A. N. SAYINGS NOT DOINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. This, Sir, ought to be the motto of many of our public men. They are all talk—they begin by talking themselves into the House, and end by talking the public out of their money. Long speeches appear to be the religion of all those who are, and also of those who would be Members of Parliament. The elections in progress, as well as those concluded, have afforded our orators the opportunity for indulging their prolix propensi ties to their hearts' content. I wish, however, long speeches were out of fashion—l wish the public would set their face against them. Where's the wisdom of measuring an indivi dual's legislative aptitude by the facility of his phrase ? Fluency and folly, a copious vocabulary, and an empty head, have a nearer connexion with each other than is generally suspected. A fool, says Solomon, is known by the multitude of his words. Barbarians—the savages of Africa, for instance, can vie with any Hon. Member in the practice of making long speeches : many of their orators can certainly speak as long and as much to the point as some of ours. I dread the 12th of May. Such a deluge of debate—such an interminable war of words—so much evil speaking—so much more silly speaking--such mid night murders of sense—such prolix interminable prosing— they are typical of eternal punishments. I seriously put it to those Hon. Gentlemen who have such an appetite for making long speeches, whether they would not better consult the public interests, as well as their own private reputation, by confining themselves to the question, instead of rambling on for an hour or more in their wonted strain of rhetorical inconclusiveness. Did Franklin—a statesman as well as a philosopher—did this great man ever make long speeches? Did Washington ever wander from his subject into the irrelevant garrulity of our modern great men? No ; these Republicans, whose names will go down to posterity, immortal by their virtues and talents, and by the just and noble use to which they applied them, seldom, I believe, spoke in Congress for more than ten minutes at a time. There are Hon. Gentlemen in our Con gress of collective colloquy, who will twaddle till midnight; and even our best men, accommodating their supply perhaps to the public demand (for as I hinted before, legislative fitness is absurdly enough inferred from the being able to make a long speech), greatly overdo the question. Instead of apply ing their remarks to the great points, and leaving the subordi nate ones to follow in course, they cram their speeches with every topic which they can possibly contrive to squeeze in. Brougham himself, the greatest orator of the age, is not, per haps, wholly free from this fault. Mr. Buckingham, some time ago, proposed to limit the length of Hon. Members' speeches in the House—and of course took nothing by his motion but a little laughter—of which the means, perhaps, rather than the end was worthy. The practice is not the less to be deprecated on that account. The public interests are injured—the public service damaged —the public time wasted—the progressive well-being of the community is retarded by indulgence in the vicious habit of . 1411111111 tr, making long speeches. In the hope that " The Sun," which shines and enlightens so many thousands of readers, may reach also those unfortunate speakers, who have been long labouring under the cacoethes loquendi, I have ventured to throw out a hint for their adoption. B. B. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL OF LONDON. F: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—From the great interest you have uniformly taken in ' the affairs of Scotland, you have very deservedly become in that country a great favourite. It is on a subject which deeply concerns the people of Scotland that I have taken the liberty of now addressing you, being of opinion that no channel of con veyance for such a purpose could be more acceptable to them than your highly respectable columns. I observed from the newspapers that a dinner was to take place here on the 20th proximo, the Duke of Gordon in the chair, in behalf of the funds of the Scottish Hospital of London. This is a highly important and very valuable institution to the natives of Scotland; but I am afraid that its importance is neither properly nor sufficiently known in Scotland. My pur pose, therefore, in now writing you is with a view to your point ing out its advantages, and the many benefits it confers upon the poor helpless sons and daughters of Scotia, who may chutes to be shipwrecked in their voyage through life amidst the quick sands of the modern Babylon, and cast adrift amidst its unhos pitable brickwalls to perish No, children of the North ! thanks to your forefathers so early as the reign of King Charles—you shall not perish. Although the inhabitants of the great modern Babylon itself, and the inhabitants of all its provinces, with nine millions of poor-rates, and also the inha bitants of the Sister Isle, with no poor-rates at all, who may be so circumstanced may perish—you will not. Your fathers have very wisely erected for you in " Crane-alley, London," as Mr. Owen hath it, a far better and greater house than the great house of " Osbaldeston and C 0.," even though made so famous by the magical pen of your illustrious countryman, and which has now become as familiar amongst you as any house hold word. Many of you rather think little now that there is a house in the said Crane-alley, where all your wants will be supplied, and every comfort given you that your state of indi gence and distress may require,—where you will find natives of your own land to speak words of consolation to you in your hour of distress--in the language of your own country, and which will appear, when heard in a strange land, to sound in your ears far sweeter than it ever did amongst your native hills. Yes, you have cause to rejoice r —for while Englishmen and Irishmen, who may be so cast adrift upon the great and almost boundless metropolis—and who dare not (without it being by the laws of England considered as a crime) even lay down their heads to rest or slumber under the canopy of heaven—where Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, Savage, Otway, Butler, and many others equally distinguished, were often glad to repose—you have shelter and protection prepared for you. Yes, the inhabitants of the other two kingdoms, if they chance to be poor and friendless, without shelter to their heads, and starving, are sent to the House of Correction, as rogues and vagabonds ; and should they die of hunger, and it be after wards found out that they in any degree resembled the above great men, costly marble monuments, as hard as the hearts of those who rear them, are erected to their memories after they are dead, in a place called " Poet's Corner." But lam sure you will think that your fathers acted more wisely by erecting a house for the purpose of giving you bread when hungry, letting " Fame" take the custody of your name into her keep ing in any way she thinks proper. But to return to the subject, Mr. Editor, I trust you will agree with me in thinking that the Institution alluded to is one of an excellent description. Should you think so, which I can scarcely doubt, I sincerely hope you will do what you can to bring it into notice in Scotland. If you sound the trumpet, and lead the van, I am sure you will get many fol lowers, and by so doing you will confer a great boon upon Scotland, for which she will prove grateful. I really do not believe that the Institution of the Scottish Hospital is properly known in Scotland, or I am certain it would receive from that country more support than it does. If the newspaper press of Scotland were to take up the subject, I think it could do much essential service. Scotland has only trifling poor rates—in some parishes none—in others the weekly contri butions at the church doors are more than adequate for the support of the poor. I, therefore, humbly think that an an nual contribution at the church doors of each parish in Scot land might be recommended for the aid and benefit of the Scottish Hospital. This would never be felt in Scotland, and would realize a considerable sum, and enable those kind hearted and patriotic gentlemen, who direct the affairs of the Hospital, to render greater assistance to the truly deserving and infirm poor old men and women who are chiefly supported by its funds. The present time seems very proper for bringing such a matter before the public, as the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland meets in May next, and if your remarks should arrest the eye, and receive the approbation of any mem ber of that venerable Assembly, they might, perhaps, recom . - mend to it the contributions now suggested. Trusting you will pardon me for troubling you, I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, A SCOTCHMAN IN LONDON. LIGHT HOUSES. The Elder Brethren of the Trinity House have, at the request of the Lords of the Treasury, drawn up some ob servations upon the measures proposed in the Report of the Parliamentary Committee on Light-houses. The shipping and commercial interests will learn with great satisfaction that the Corporation of the Trinity House concur in nearly the whole of the recommendations of the Committee, and are ready to co-operate in immediately carrying them into effect. This is one of the benefits which will be derived from the practical operation of Reform ; for we may safely affirm that the gross abuses which have so long existed in the management of Light-houses would never have been effectually remedied under the old Tory system of govern ment. It is only doing justice to Mr. Hume to say that the public will in a great measure be indebted to his in dustry and perseverance in following up this subject, for the improvements which may now be expected to take place in this important branch of our maritime esta blishments. The Brethren of the Trinity House fully agree with the Committee in opinion that placing the whole of the Light houses in England under the management of the Trinity House, will be attended with the most beneficial results ; and they are ready to treat with the lessees of the Light houses for the purchase of their interests. The Brethren are also willing to undertake the management of the Lights in Scotland and Ireland. They consider that the transfer of the superintendence of all the Light-houses to one Board would ultimately cause a very considerable reduction in the dues on shipping, and that the business of collection would be so much simplified that the rate of Commission might be reduced to five per cent., or less. The Light Vessel at Bembridge has been hitherto main tained at the charge of Government, but the Brethren would undertake the cost of it, if transferred to them with all the other Light-houses. The light at Heligoland, now kept up in part by a toll of Id. per ton, collected at Hamburgh and Bremen from British vessels alone, they think should be defrayed by dues on all vessels, whether British or Foreign, as they all participate in the advantage. The Board of the Trinity House approve of tables of the dues to be levied for public information, and such are now in progress of for mation ; they must, however, be very imperfect until all the Lights are brought under one management. The Bre thren hold their revenues " without account ;" but as they " have no transactions which require concealment," they are quite willing to accede to any reasonable arrangement for laying an annual report of their accounts before Par liament. To the proposed discontinuance of pensions to poor mariners, and their widows and orphans, out of the surplus Light dues, the Corporation of the Trinity House are strongly opposed, on the ground that such pensions have always formed a prominent feature and object of their institution, and are expressly mentioned in their charter, that every shipowner is fully aware that the surplus of tolls is thus applied, and that the pensions are only granted to those seamen, or their orphans and widows, who have served the shipowner many years. The number of those men is now 8,750, and that of women and children, 3,600. In consequence of the arrangements made by the Trinity House, dues will have ceased to be exacted, from and after the 31st of last month, at all the Light-houses under their management, from vessels putting into port, or forced to deviate from their course, by stress of weather, or employed in catching fish. The Brethren are most anxious to intro duce every possible improvement in the mode of illumi nating Light-houses, and they have for that purpose had an experimental Light-house erected near Purfleet, in which lights are exhibited, and their effect observed from the Trinity Buoy Wharf, at Blackwall, a distance of 11 miles. A large room for conducting those experiments is now be ing constructed at the Trinity House. Independent of the experiments made by Lieutenant Drummond, at the in stance and charge of the Trinity House, relative to the oxy-hydrogen lime light, other persons are engaged, with the sanction and assistance of the Board, in endeavouring to render that Light applicable to Light-houses, but hitherto without sufficient success. The new Light upon the Start —to be completed early next autumn—will be fitted up with a dioptrie revolving light of the first order, similar to the one at Cadnan, in France. THE WEATHER.—The cold weather, with northerly winds, which has prevailed during the greater part of April, was succeeded yesterday morning by a heavy fall of snow, with which the hills around Glaigow are covered. April, 1835.