The Sun. — London, England, 1835-09-15 00:00:00

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CL 0 CK I Quebec Id ° il N o rth a her has be , ell , ists in orrents, an vzcis ifeathi; there was 11" .eather is 1; e tting in Lent, saY g th nt ve statelne t g u r % th of Au se ttle al e— oleo' se ')11 Sunday gel' ail, one bii, re in Pu are eat , ' 'l' __eit, the Accol;),. t for IVI4/1 tri ai3 6 18 ; Of o ff prie et' 'p , 0 ,Ll c r) panish co t * per t oo Dutc I gs the: 1 3 „ rie t ,1 1021 PA T h n" - t ang is A' tbirist! 0 e h. a ' ve "111 ;t, little at a a t o L are _ o pt e CA h the , e IC ,tiati on pe r Ce P" , 6 - • the niOg olor no i t iro ley. v as , 4G. is Bon tin t ; 20 c disco o o 0 , 56; cow 'CLOCIC• COURT CIRCULAR. near Majesties, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Phi liPPsthal, and attended by their suite, left Windsor Castle at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, in three car riages, for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, where the King i nspected the Cadets. g Viscount Melbourne returned to town yesterday after noon, from Chevening, the seat of the seat of Earl Stan hope. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Military Secretary to the' Com mander o f t h e Forces, had an interview with the Noble Viscount in Downing -street. A Deputati on , i nc l u di ng Mr. Mang l es, M.P., Captain V . win, and M r . B orrodaile, had an interview yesterday with Lord Glenelg, at t h e Colonial Office, on the subject of the Swan River Settlement. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, and M. Tri e"Pi, the Greek Minister, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign Office. t ,:rhe Right H on. T . Spring Rice returned to town yes vrdaYe. afternoon, from a v i s i t to t h e i r M a j est i es at Wi n d sor Castl T he Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson returned to town yesterday. Sir George Grey, Under-Secretary for the Colonial De partment, left town yesterday, for Lichfield. HE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. _ night a new piece of diablerie, entitled The Dice . cath, in three acts, the music by Loder, was performed this Theatre. The plot is complicated ; but the general : e ,. ll cePtion of the piece is good and well worked out. An isee/ernal fiend (the well-known Mephistophiles) is repre 6A4ted as walking about in a bodily form—or rather in va a'lls for of tns_among the persons of the drama, taking ad betlttage the propensities to evil that lurk among the h e t er elements of their nature, and instigating those whom li __leund the most liable to his seductions, first to fol 47,_an_dothen. to crimes, till he involves them in destruction. i ols ,: s u ta u n ab ee pair are bethrothed and about to be married. The an has a tendency to fickleness, and has a fancy for ase.ther woman. She is an artful wanton, and with the of her brother persuades him that she has l ong loved him, and is pining in grief on account of his tapproaching marriage to her rival. Under the spell of Q _e fiend he not only abandons his betrothed bride, but Y v alPels her, by frantic threats, to return the ring he had grsliecia.bnas.a pledge of fidelity. The poor girl dies of fir st " 41611 1ng the destiny revealed to her lover, when he put himself into the demon's power, by endeavouring to thus the secrets of futurity. Ernest, the young man . te 8 Involved in misery and crime re-appears, after an in iarval of two years, still under the influence of the fiend, st the s hape of deadly hatred of the man who had been in hardamental in betraying him, the brother of the woman who the pretended to love him. They meet accidentally ; and an q , tend still prompting, Ernest ruins his enemy at play, l d "ins fr om hi m, as h i s last sta k e, h i s own ring which his lets a.rY wore on his finger. He is now seized with afrantic h i t ern unation t o recover t h e coun t er p ar t o f thi s r i ng , which s (lead bride carried to the tomb with her ; and the h r en ' ° ° thro w i ng hi mse lf i n hi s way i n t h e gu i se o f the t ale-tell er whom he had first met, undertakes to raise a living form, from the tomb, on condition that t h e s uall stak e hi s lif e aga i nst t h e r i ng on a t h row o f d e ,, e _ s a,lne dice w hi c h h e h a d j us t b een us i ng . O n th e th e u . l l s evo cat i on, a b e i ng appears i n t h e garments o f e ast 'cad, and th e di ce b e i ng 'thrown, Ernest loses the ' and the demons disappear together, announcing . to wh in ou t i bat his life is forfeited.. Meanwhile his enemy, he bad ruined, is instigated by the fiend to recover bi ts . :' °n eY by the murder of its possessor. He follows isrnprioto the churchyard, and shoots him just as his doom . a Prig to He seizes his murderer, however, with a ..e at h • are g ra pple, strangles him, and they die together. These of at e ,Prineipal incidents of the piece, relieved with others schooler cast. They are too much in the . ultra -German iur! ; and heightening, extravaance and excessive hror whin,ofttead. of the very impressive idea on 01 1 , 0 .;tle piece is founded,—that the indulgence of our anion e vll Passions is the fiend who constantly walks about . h i C i g us, seeking whom'to devour. It was got up with 841?1; splendour, and admirably acted in all its parts. 0. °f course, wa s the Mephistophiles—not a niFlo snp—lle devil b rea thi ng fi re an d smo ke, but the laughing, p a ; e Pcg, familiar fi en d o f Goethe. Serle displayed great end -81°11 gentledan energy in Ernest. Miss Healey was , sweet in the deserted damsel. Miss P. Hortpn s part :L s a disagreeable dne, but she made the most of it. The kie ur e is a masterly composition. in the style of Weber we r , e ontaini ng not only some charming melodies, but very fill orchestral effects. PAGANINI. ... • . Of gmmii s said to have left a fortune of seven millions ran es th e irh A e followin g s i ngu l ar con t rove r s y ha s taken place in m eric ..1 P a p ers , re l a ti ve t o th e birth-place of this ' b r ,, l n R guish e d personage, whose recent d eat h h as aga i n ight his name before the public : taThe Editor of the New Bedford Gazette, speaks of i M i ni as the celebrated Irish violinist ;' if our re- G....eences of musical biography are not at fault, the w;ve is mistaken. Paganini is a native of Nova Zembla, eli eve Nat a l, • misty B. The Gazette and ourselves are both C eu j'en ; the Great Fiddler is an Italian." —New York 4. ,',1e , r and I nqu i rer. han . e tlyell, very well, ind e ed. k 1 7, - Iveul York Times. there o p t quite right y e t. P a ganini is a Corsican, and e a eu 1" Frenchman, on the authority of Napoleon."._ k l c . ..Ork Conpnercial Ad Fertiser. th e m "as again, Mr. Editor, for you are as much out of I:4.oyfout Noah,. • r his b , rethren whom you have posted above. writ er "s a Genoese, that is to say, if his own account the in 1832, at Card's music-shop in .atqadra. Regent -street, is any authority."—Sunday °r Tng News. Of ktil4-11 nonsense this. For the information of the Editor that the York News, we consider it our duty to state th e aganini was born at Lynn, in Massachusetts. He is tc n , o f a poor woman, who made shoes for Mr. Mudge I, . town for many years."—Boston Gazette. all, a . ell, gentl emen , qu ill d r i vers an d l e arned Thebans as pe You sure that there is any such person in existence ? But then we suppose you'll all reply, Yes, a t B on will swear to that.' Il'h 1 ' 1 " Wat-son, indeed! Now, we should like to know No g :" of his mother would swear to any such thing ! hi s n " °, gentl eman , B oet i ans a ll, P agan -i n i i s a pagan, as 4 1on t , arne implies ; and was born among the land-sharks, to,"" Jersey shore, near Crab-town."—Phitade/phia ""`"zg Star. But Paganini is a Sici- DUBLIN. littlf there FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) disappointment in England among the popu h, Party, at th e concess i ons ma d e b y t h e H ouse o f Com t—h:lls to th e Lords, there.is also much grief here among the Tories, for th e same cause . It was f u ll y ex p ec t e d that of r ejecti on o f the Bill would be a signal for the d i sm i ssa l Ivoti:beeLriiber al , Administration, and that Peel and Perceval e t o nce more l or d it un d er th e aus pi ce s o f the Duke of dela and • Their hopes are cruelly blasted, by the pru thi, c onduct of Lord John Russell in proposing, and of Ni,„People's friends in Parliament in adopting, the Bill,. mu tilated ) as it was, and thus avoiding the pitfall which had cunningly devised for them. That which mortifies Nu e rii facti on cannot, be bad for the interests of the com that „Y ; and th ere f ore , alth oug h we co uld have wished be e Lu e Popular p r i nc ipl e in th e H ouse o f C ommons h a d tlll tl t tr ong enough to trample up on th e mac hi na ti ons o f tl t a 'ul'at and his brother apostates, we are well pleased lice rir representatives have extorted even a show of jus ,l,,rt)ca our hereditary depredators. re_Aue hopes of the miserable outs must now, during the 'ess re at le as t, l ean on the chances of mortality ; and, in sue ble as it m a y appear , t h ey d o b u ild t h e i r h opes upon zea il calculations. I heard a Reverend Tory, with more ti,,, Li vati charity, and more piety than brains, speculating 1i,„7 co mplacently on a turn-out, through some casualty • , ,i tar • vela to that which sent the Whigs to the door last N?- the Government " Providence" he said, may create a vacancy in oc e , , ; and then—away it goes, more menus th e • hat a pity it is that Lord John Russell is not eldest ion ! It is equally unfortunate that a son-in-law u es not inherit the rank of his wife's father ; for, in that ghe, most willingly would his grateful countrymen resign at constitutional pillar—the Earl of Limerick, to Ely (141, for th e sake of translating the Chancellor of the Ex- Loquer to the U pper House. It is rather unlucky that Ex- Lord Palmerston has no living father, and that Hob irso and Powlett Thompson are last men. But there yz kt. comfort in the thought, that .‘ nature's copy is not eterne" in the fathers of Lords Morpeth and and then should Lord Ebrington be pulled up wo _ House of Lords, the shield of the Government 4re ut . ;l be manifestly hors de combat. Thus you see there th,,_ll'ree chances with which the juggling fiend is amusing 007 wretched expectants. Such reeds do they lean up / , 0 There i s no harm, however, in any case, in praying as t, mo st fervently, t h at G od will prolong the li ves o f lee t E b alls Grey, Carlisle, an d F or t escue , un til they shall tapri eir prin c ipl es esta b lished on a firmer basis than the of princes, or the frail tenure of a man's life. ti e , prote s t o f t h e Noble wag, who entered his " dissen tilZ without hi s reasons against the Municipal Reform r n,,ay be th us p i eced out Because Mr. O'Connell voted for it. us e by • ee ause e th Bill was brought up to the bar of this • a majority of the House of Commons and not by Sir Robert Peel—an individual for whose opinions I en tertain the highest respect. The departure of Two Firebrands from Woolwich has created the most lively sensation in Ireland. We hope to hear of the safe return, in due course, of one of them. kis unjust to say that the Lords have rejected every measure for which Mr. O'Connell expressed a predilection. They passed the modified Coercion Bill for Ireland with out opposition, although the Hon. Member for Dublin ap proved of its provisions. Perhaps, indeed,' if they had not been so very anxious to maintain a good understanding with the other House, they might have amended it by the addition of martial-law clauses and curfew visitations, and to make the measure as _perfect as possible, demanded a Conference thereupon. But the fact is in their favour, and such is their love of Ireland, that they will adopt any measure against its liberty, even from the hands of Mr. O'Connell. NEW HIGHWAY ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—lt appears to me that an erroneous opinion has been given as to the present Surveyors of the Highways continuing in office until new ones be appointed under the .5 & 6 Gul. IV. c. 50. No part of the new Act whatever takes effect until the 20th of March, 1836 (section 119). The new Surveyors are to be chosen on the 25th day of March next, or within fourteen days after ; so the Sur veyors who shall be chosen on the 22d inst. will not go out of office on the 20th day of March next, but will remain in office until fourteen days after the 25th of March next, if new Surveyors be not chosen before. The Surveyor's ac counts must be produced and passed this year as before.— Your's, &c. Ilfracombe, Sept. 12. R. W. D. The Duke de Nemours (son of the French King) arrived on Thursday at the Angel Inn at Alcester, where his Royal Highness and suite dined and slept. Friday morning, at nine o'clock, the royal stranger and his attend ants reached Warwick, and took breakfast at the Swan Hotel ; after which they visited the Castle, and St. Mary's Church, with its magnificent chapel, with all of which his Royal Highness and his fellow travellers expressed them selves greatly delighted. Immediately afterwards the young Prince and his suite left their hotel to pass through Kenil worth for Birmingham, on their way to . Doncaster. The Duke is of rather tall stature, slim and elegant in person, and remarkaby Affable and polished in manners. He is ac companied by three French gentlemen of distinction.— Warwick Advertiser. Yesterday despatches for Madras and Bengal were made up at the East India House, and forwarded to those Presidencies by the ship Coromandel. Despatches were also forwarded to Bengal by the ship Zenobia. An active canvass is already going on in Liverpool for seats in the new Council. CHURCH RATES.—A vestry meeting was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening last, at which a resolution was carried against the proposed rate.—Devon port Independent. According to the published lists just issued for the borough of Devonport, eighty-three persons are objected to vote for the Southern Division of the county, and seventy eight for the borough. The apparent number of new claim ants for the borough is sixty-two, but of these some are mere misnomers, and others appear in the original list.— Devonport Independent. A GREAT CURIOSITY.—We have this past week seen, in the possession of Mr. Holmes, St. Thomas-street, a Siamese kitten, a perfect double animal, a male and fe male, with the exception of there being only one head. It has two necks, two bodies, eight legs, and two tails, of equal size and form. Mr. Holmes intends to present it to the Museum of our Philosophical Society.—Gosport Herald. The gallant Viscount Sade Bandeira, better known as Bernardo Sade Bandeira, has written a long letter to the Duke of Terceira, which is published in the National relative to Marshal Saldanha's having declined to comply with that officer's request, that the order of the Tower and Sword should be conferred on several individuals who dis tinguished themselves whilst fighting under his orders in the Algarves ; it is written in most temperate terms, yet he contrives to convey to the Gallant Marshal his regret that on the 2d of July, 1828, he did not follow his recom mendation of remaining at Oporto at the head of the 30 battalions, 6 cavalry corps, and 24 fieldpieces, and over throw the usurper, instead of embarking in the Belfast steamer for England. Letters from Naples, dated the 28th ult., state that the King no longer paid any attention to the affairs of state, being exclusively occupied with religious pursuits, alarmed, perhaps, at the approach of the cholera. His private Secretary, a Jesuit, had a carte blanche, and in perintended, and governed, and directed all the public departments and the public business. The panic created in Naples- by the march southward of the cholera was extreme. The Echo du Cantal says-- , -" The Hon. Mr. Cal thorpe and his family, who were stopped at Chaudesaigne, on their way to Toulouse, have been suffered to continue their journey. Their detention arose from an irregularity in their passport, but they were identified by letters from his 'Excellency Lord Granville, accompanied by regular papers. They were not put into actual confinement, but suffered to reside at an hotel in Aurillac, where the Prefect of the Cantal, who detained them, resided." " Give a man a pension," said De Foe, " and he'll never die ;" the, same may be said of the tender sex. Lady Mary Dorchester (who is a pensioner on the Con solidated Fund) has been • annually in the receipt of 1151. 19s. 6d. ever since January 1764, a period of up wards of seventy-one years and a half! We should like to know the nature of the services this venerable, alms-receiv ing, titled dame has done the State. A melancholy accident took place at Bedhampton, near Havant, on Wednesday night last. Mr. T. Jeffery, Purser of his Majesty's ship Serpent, on his return home from Portsmouth, was thrown from his gig, by some un known accident, and, awful to relate, was killed upon the spot.—Devonport Independent. 'Weymouth was partially lighted with gas on Thurs day evening. On Monday evening seven armed men, disguised, attacked the residence of Dr. Mensergh, of Crenane (Ire land), and demanded fire-arms - the peasantry of the neigh bourhood assembled, but on their approach the party fled ; they pursued them for a considerable distance, but to no effect. Among the curiosities at Apsley House, is the truckle bed in which the Duke of Wellington sleeps. " Why is it so narrow?" exclaimed a friend ; " there is not even room to turn in it !" Turn in it !" cried his Grace, " when once a man begins to turn in bed, it is time to turn out." On Monday two wheat-stacks, in the middle of a row of seven, were set on fire, at Sturry Court, near Can terbury, by a young man named Joy.—Dover Chronicle. A woodcock was shot on Friday last in the vicinity of Braithwaite, near Keswick. The floating island has again made its appearance in Keswick Lake, and is exciting much attention. The gentleman who was killed by the upsetting of the Carlise mail at Penrith, was a Mr. Ranson, a quaker, of the firm of Jackson and Ranson, of Southwark, furriers. THE SUBMARINE VESSEL.—The experiment with this vessel took place at St. Ouen, as proposed. The vessel was repeatedly sunk to the depth of ten or twelve feet, and re-appeared on the surface at different points. M. Godde de Liancourt got into it, and remained there a quar ter of an hour. He stated that he did not experience the least inconvenience, or any difficulty of respiration, during his voyage under water. An official report upon the subject is about to be submitted to the French Government. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the 27th ult. the wife of Mr. John Donnelly, of Belfast, cooper, was delivered of a son ; for which Mr. Henry M'Lornan, who resides near the Belfast Distillery, stood sponsor; he having, 72 years ago, stood sponsor for the child's great grandmother, lie being then 32 years of age ; consequently Mr. M'Lornan is 104 years old 1 He is a stout, active man, and travelled from Belfast to Antrim and back, a dis tance of twenty-four miles, only a few months since. Two CHILDREN KIDNAPPED.—TWO little boys, the eldest named David, aged ten, and the youngest named Richard, aged six years, the children of David Williams, of Lanboidy, near St. Clears, in the county of Carmarthen, a Chelsea pensioner, have been missing from their father's house since the 4th of July last. They are supposed to have been enticed away by an itinerant puppet showman. Their distressed father traced them to Hereford, where he was told the youngest boy had cried for his mother, which was noticed by a number of persons, and that the show man then abandoned them. The father was enabled to trace them back to Brecon, Trecastle, and Llwynybrain, where they were relieved by Mrs. Rice. He then followed them to Llandaff, St. Fagan's, Cross Inn, and Ely Bridge, in this county where he lost every clue of them.—The Cambrian. AN INDIAN BREAKFAST.—An Indian break fast is allowed to be an unrivalled repast ; and it is to be found in as much perfection in the midst of a desert as when spread upon the princely boards of the City of Pala ces. Indian servants never permit their masters to regret the want of regular kitchens ; all places appear to be the same to them, and our dejeunes a la fourchette in camp, could not be surpassed in the Land of Cakes. Fish of every kind, fresh, dried, pickled, or preserved, or hermeti- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1835. cally sealed in tin ; deli Cate fricassees, risolles, croquettes, omelettes, and curries of all descriptions ; cold meats and game of all sorts ; pates, jellies, and jams from London and Lucknow ; fruits and sweetmeats ; with cakes in endless variety, splendidly set out in china, cut-glass, and silver, the guests providing their own tea-cups, plates, &c.—Miss Roberts's Hindostan. The large Sonnersetsbire estate, the property of the Rev. Mr. Webb, near to Bridgewater, was sold privately by George Robins, last week, to Sir Peregrine Ackland, Bart. Anegociation has been pending for some days rela tive to the letting of Covent-garden Theatre. The points under discussion were, reduction of rent, and the expediency of lowering the prices of admission, both of which were con ceded, but the parties differed on some other matters, and the theatre still remains unlet. A most distressing event occurred on Saturday last, on the domain of Sir John Trevelyan, Bart., at Nettle combe. The gamekeeper, John Hill, was out shooting with a young gentleman, son of the Rev. W. Bernard, a magis trate in that neighbourhood, when he was accidentally shot by the young gentleman, and died on Monday evening.— Bristol Journal. A verdict of manslaughter has been returned at Wolverhampton against a boy named Murray, for having caused the death of another boy, named William Walton, by throwing a large stone at him, and striking a violent blow on the side, between the hip and the ribs. The.blow had produced a large internal abscess, and had also ruptured the kidney. A CAPITAL CORRESPONDENT.—WiIIiams, OUT Quartermaster, is an eccentric character. He is married, and constantly receives letters from his absent rib ; these, however, he never opens, but keeps them all tied up. On his return, he says, she can read them to him all of a lump. —Auldjo's Visit to Constantinople. A terrible fire broke out a short time since at Lille, owing to the imprudence of the stable-boy of a circus, esta blished on the Place du Theatre during the fairs. While engaged with a sick horse the light which he carried set fire to the temporary building of the circus, and spread with such frightful rapidity that in the course of two hours and a half ten houses were burnt to the ground. Twelve other houses have been more or less damaged, and several firemen and soldiers of the garrison were seriously hurt. At Glasgow, on Thursday, Hugh Davidson, the engineer of the Earl Grey steamer, was tried for culpable homicide for neglect of duty, which caused the deaths of several persons by the explosion of that vessel at Greenock. He was acquitted by a considerable majority of the jury, and the verdict was received with much cheering. It ap peared he was not culpable, but adopted every precaution deemed necessary. Bermuda papers to the 4th ult. have arrived. The Legislature had been prorogued by the Governor in person, on the 30th of July, to the 3d of September. His Excel lency, in his speech, thanked the House of Representatives for the supplies they had granted him to meet the exigen cies of the colony, and congratulated the Legislature on a year having elapsed since the emancipation of the slaves, without it being thought necessary to secure tranquillity by any further enactments relative to that class of the popula tion, notwithstanding the apprentice system had not been adopted in that colony. ' ascertained ; pigs, fowls, and ducks were in abundance ; and there were a few horses, one mule, and nineteen donkeys. These last are of so very fine a breed that speculators calling from the East Indies and New South Wales offer large prices for them ; one had been sold for 251. to the master of a merchant vessel, on his way to New South Wales. An ox, bred on the Island, killed for the use of the Pelorus, and which proved excellent meat, weighed 7201 b., whilst the cattle on the coast run generally from 851 b. to 1401 b., and seldom exceed 2001 b. The game, guinea-fowl, jungle or wild (barn door) fowl, and rabbits are numerous, particularly the former. The sweet potato is plentiful—the English and Chinese potatoes are ad vancing ; and pumpkins, turnips, carrots, French beans, eschalots, and radishes good and increasing. The great reduction of the establishment it is, however, feared, will tend much to retard the march of improvement. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK "TREMORDYN CLIFF."—Here is a novel, of which the whole truth may be told. It undoubtedly surpasses any thing we have yet seen from its author, both in originality of conception and force of execution. The idea of a high-born ambitious girl, deposed from her proud estate as the head of a noble family, by the birth of an heir, and yet resolving virtually to keep its honours and its influences in her own hands, by ruling him to her will, and finally to wear the coronet at the price of his life, is a very bold one, and has been wrought out with great skill. We strongly recommend this work to the at tention of the public.—Athenceuni. A CAUTION.—Last Friday the captain of an Irish vessel having occasion to call at Aldermanbury for a check for 761., and having heard that the ticket-porters of London are a trust-worthy set of fellows, who all give security for their honesty, bailed a man in Lombard-street whom he supposed to be one of those porters, being decently dressed, with a white apron before him, but wanting the ticket which distinguishes the ticket porter from the scuffle-hun ter, who gives no security. The captain asked this man to show him to Aldermanbury, and from thence to the ban kers' in Birchin-lane. At the latter place the porter urged him to take the 761. in sovereigns, which he did, and then paying him for his trouble offered to treat him at a public house in Nicholas-lane. Here glass followed glass till the captain gqt groggy ; somebody then fetched a cab, two persons, not known, then volunteered to see him home, but instead of being set down at his lodgings in St. George's in the East, he was dropped (minus his 76 sovereigns) at the Yorkshire Stingo, at Paddington, with the assurance that he was close at home. The number of the cab is un known. A MUSICAL INSTRUCTOR.—The following little fact supplies an amusing satire on the innocent proneness to delusion so prevalent in families, as regards musical matters. " How did you first learn music ?" was asked of a fashiona ble instructor, who was getting 2,0001. a year by his lessons. By teaching it," was the candid reply.—Anerican Paper. _ _ _ BRESLAU, AUG. 24.—Between the 3d and Bth of September we shall enjoy the military spectacle, which is to be the prelude to the grand manoeuvres of Kalisch. Europe will see with astonishment how ready the Northern armies are to march. The warlike spectacle of Schweid nitz and Kalisch may, therefore, be considered as a demon stration connected with a principle of greater importance. The nations of the West, who, it appears, will have but one witness of distinction at these manoeuvres, will know what to think of the object of all this pomp. Let Belgium, Spain, and Egypt reflect upon it.—Augsburgh Gazette. On Tuesday evening a fire was discovered in an out office of Mr. Quin's establishment, Bray, which was soon got under, owing to the exertions made by the respectable individuals residing in the house, amongst whom were Lords Dunlo and Killeen, the Austrian Consul (Le Chevalier Bratich), Mr. Flanagan, &c., assisted by Lieutenant Di vine, chief officer of-the coast guard, and the men under his command. The police, also the townspeople, exerted them selves. Fortunately the house was detached from the hotel, otherwise the loss might have been very great. The da mage does not exceed WO/. Mr. Quin's concerns are in sured in the Globe.—Dublin Paper. LOVE IN A`-Box.—On Friday last an occurrence took place at the house of a farmer residing in Branston Fen, which forcibly demonstrates the correctness of Shaks peare's assertion—" the course of true-love never .did run smooth." The farmer had a man-servant, who came from Wrangle, where in disconsolate solitude it appeared he had left Mary, " the chosen of his heart." Poor Mary could not endure the pangs of a long separation, and feeling that " Sorrow eoncealed, like an oven stopped, Doth burn the heart to cinder where it is,"— IMPROVEMENTS IN SOUTH WA LES.—The march of improvement in South Wales is making rapid strides. At Swansea exertions are making to set,on foot a steamer to pass and re-pass daily across the Bristol Channel to Ilfra combe. By this an uninterrupted communication will be thrown open, from the Land's End, through South and North Wales, to Liverpool. At Neath, a Scientific Insti tution has been formed, which calls forth a course of lec tures from the Rev. W. D. Conybeare, F.R.S., on that very important subject (especially in Wales), Geology. A new road is about to be formed from Neath to Merthyr- Tydfil ; which latter place also is to be lit with gas --two improvements of which all commercial travellers will ac knowledge the value. At Newport, in Monmouthshire, excavations are made for the foundation of a new Church, on the plan of Mr. Wyatt ; an immense building is in pro gress for the introduction of the hardware manufacture ; and in shipbuilding they are " launching out" incessantly. PERNAMBUCO.—A letter has been received in Philadelphia, dated Pernambuco, July 17th :—" The place has been thrown into considerable excitement, in conse quence of the assassination of two pFrsons in the Tribunal de Jury, while it was in session trying an important case, and filled with people : some ruffian scoundrel discharged a pistol, with the intention of killing the Counsel of one of the parties, the ball of which killed almost instantly two inno cent persons. This affair happened about nine o'cl oc k at night, while the Tribunal was crowded with people, and, as you will readily conceive, the confusion was not inconsi derable, many jumped from the windows, which resulted in broken limbs, &c." she resolved forthwith to visit the abode of her admirer, and disclose to him the doleful beatings of her heavy heart. For several days a strange maiden was seen mysteriously hovering about Branston, but no suspicion was entertained of her purpose till yesterday week, when the farmer's maid servant peeping into the sleeping-room of the man-servant (it is said " Love being jealous makes a good eye look a-squint,") saw, or fancied she saw, under the bed of the Wrangle Adonis, the gear of the mysterious Venus, and her discovery being hastily communicated to the master, a search was immediately instituted ; fortune, however, smiled upon the lady upon this occasion, and she avoided detection by ensconcing herself not under Cnpid's wings, but under the wings of sundry de funct geese some bags of fehthers screened her from the farmer's view. The night was, no doubt, passed pleasantly, but morning brought back with it the terrors of a disclosure, and John (so we may call the loving swain) being summoned early to go to Lincoln, poor Mary was consigned for secrecy to a clothes box, and at her own earnest request locked in. In this unenviable plight she remained from an early hour in the morning till the after noon, most dreadfully cramped, and all but smothered, until, endeavouring to shift her position, she made such a creaking noise as excited the curiosity of the farmer, and another search being made. he insisted upon witnessing the contents of the box. John, who had returned from Lin coln, was summoned to unlock it, and reluctantly yielding to his master's bidding, disclosed to his astonished view the crouching form of his hapless chere ande. The poor crea ture was almost exhausted, but after the first shock of sur prise was over, she was delivered from vile endurance to be consigned to durance vile, and in company with her rustic admirer, was marched off to Lincoln gaol. On the follow ing day, they underwent examination ; both were repri manded and discharged, not only from custody, but John from his service, and they wended their way to Wrangle, cursing the curiosity which led the Branston farmer to discover how love might be carried on in a -- box.—Lincoln Gazette. THE COMPLETION OF COWPER'S LIFE AND WonKs.—The forthcoming volume of Mr. Grimshawe's beau tiful edition of Cowper's Life and Works, will contain the last portion of the poet's inimitable Letters, and will complete the publication of this unique edition ; we have watched its monthly progress, and do not hesitate to pronounce it to be the most perfect, and indeed only entire collection of his works that ever has, or can appear ; the publishers pos sessing exclusively the copyright of that valuable portion of the letters, the Private Correspondence. The compo nent parts of this beautiful edition now consist of the Poems, original and translated, the whole- correspondence unbroken and chronologically arranged, the Life, and an elegantly-written Essay on the genius of Cowper, from the pen of the Rev. Mr. Cunningham, Vicar of Harrow. The embellishments are from the drawings of Harding, exqui sitely engraved by the Finders, and illustrate admirably the scenes associated with Cowper's Life ; the portraits are those of Cowper, his mother, and Dr. Johnson, &c. Issued at so moderate a price, the work cannot fail of having an extensive circulation. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS.—The ends of justice have been much promoted of late by empowering two jus tices in sessions to try and adjudge small punishments, in cases of minor thefts by reputed thieves, and in assault cases. That power may be very beneficially extended to the correction of young culprits. With other advantages, it will have the beneficial effect of concealing their disgrace from the eyes of the public. Some may complain that this jurisdiction will touch on the trial by jury, and the rights of the subject. This objection may be used as a theme for declamation, but there appears to be little sense in it : an abuse of the power will be guarded against by allowing the lawful father the power to claim a trialby jury for the child, if he prefer it. But the good parent will be grateful for the interposition which saves his child from a public exposure, while it corrects his vice ; and the bad parent may be con tent not to impede the summary correction, if the child be guilty, under the expectation that on a public trial the pu nishment may be more severe, and the criminality be made more public. But the delay, parade, and expense of a trial by jury, are inconsistent with the correction of a child. The hearing and commitment to prison by a magistrate—the preparation of a bill of indictment—the exparte hearing by a grand jury of twenty-four men—the trial before a bench of justices, and by a jury of twelve men, with all the array, forms, and solemnities of a trial in quarter sessions, form a machinery out of all proportion to the necessary cor rection of a naughty boy ; which correction, also, fre quently comes out a much less punishment than the parent more frequently bestows, in the wantonness of ill-humour, without any just reason. Again, all this parade and expense to the public are often incurred when the offence is acknow ledged, and the ,culprit offers no defence. Perfect separa tion and seclusion are essential to reformation. The clas sification of prisoners has been a favourite subject of late years ; but classification imports association, which, among criminals, is always bad. If the gaoler be able to divine which are the good thieves and which the bad, and group them accordingly, some among the supposed good ones will be found bad enough to spoil the rest, and the known bad ones herded together must necessarily make bad worse. If any good is to be done, each young culprit must be a class in hiinse?f, and have a cell to himself. This will be quite practicable, without making additional cells, if the usual term of confinement be reduced from sir months or weeps to one. There will be then only one prisoner upon an ave rage where there are now six.—Morning Paper. A crime of the most horrid nature has just been dis covered in a little village near Landau, in Rhenish Bava ria. The ages'of barbarism can hardly offer an example of a case of such atrocious cruelty., In that - village resided a respectable family, consisting of the father, mother, son and daughter. Until the year 1828 they had always lived to getber in the greatest harmony. At that period the daughter, then very young, formed an attachment to a man of low birth and connections, which circumstance gave the greatest of fence to her family, and more especially to her father. Neither entreaties or menaces were of avail to shake the young lady's affections for her lover ; and the father, seeing that all was in vain, resolved to employ the most horrible means to be revenged upon hor. He made her go down into one of the cellars of the house, where he walled up a space in a corner so as to form a narrow dungeon, the entrance to which he afterwards closed up with stones and mortar, leaving only a small aperture, through which the hand could be introduced for the purpose of sup plying her with food. He then, to allay the suspicions of his neighbours, gave out that he had sent his daughter to a boarding school. Shortly afterwards, he spread abroad a rumour that she was dead, and went into mourning for her. During seven years the unfortunate girl remained enclosed in this dungeon. Every week her father took her down fresh s t raw to lie upon, and a measure of boiled potatoes, which was to serve for her own nourishment until the next visit. About three weeks ago a happy accident delivered her from this dreadful durance. One of the servant maids - .whose curiosity had been excited by the father's conduct, and by the circumstance of its being strictly forbidden to all the family to enter the cellar, resolved to approach the in terdicted cave. When at the door she began to sing, and soon afterwards she heard a faint cry in the corner. Ap proaching the spot whence the sound . proceeded, she was soon informed of all the circumstances of this horrid affair. The maid immediately gave information to the authorities of the place, Who, on arriving, released the wretched being from her long and doleful captivity. The fa ther and mother have been placed in custody. The un fortunate girl on being restored to the light of day presen ted the most hideous appearance. She was unable to stand, her legs having been so long bent under her as to have de prived her of all use of them. Her body was covered with hair, and it was hardly possible to recognise a human being in the miserable and deformed object.—Courrier Francaise. VENEZUELA.—By an arrival at Baltimore, in 12 days, from Laguayra, we learn that General Paez was at Caracas, and had succeeded in restoring order. He left his quarters at San Pablo, with a few troops, mustered, hastily, and marched to Valencia, and although that town and Porto Cabello sided with the rebels,. his arrival there induced the main army to declare in favour of the Consti tution, and he proceeded to Caracas. The night previous to his arrival in that city, the wing of the army that bad occupied it since the revolt, determined to move off, and accordingly took the road to Cumana. The next morning General Paez entered Caracas with a few troops, and de clared the Constitution to be in its full vigour. Having placed all the civil authorities in possession of the capital, he passed on in pursuit of the military who had gone to Cumana. They had advanced too far, however, and he returned to Caracas the next day, where he now remains. The President and Vice-President have been recalled, and will speedily return from St. Thomas. Thus has Constitu tional *order been restored in Valencia, Porto Cabello, La guayra, and Caracas, and it is hoped that tranquillity will reign throughout Venezuela. ISLAND OF ASCENSION.-By advices from As cension, brought by the Pelorus, which left on the 15th of July, we learn that the improvements in that island had advanced in a most rapid manner. The last public build-' ings (the barracks, with two small buildings attached) were nearly completed--so much so, that the barracks we slept in, although the mess-rooms were not yet allowed to be occupied. The tank and magazine of Fort Cockburn were closing in, when a block-house is to be erected over them,' loop-holed for musketry, se as to form a protection to the valuable stores, &c. The tanks had 1,700 tons of water in them ; the daily collection from the §everal drips and wells was somewhat above four tons—giving a surplus over the expenditure of the island of about twelve tons per week ; a shower on the mountain made up any de ficiencies caused by the supplies of water to the shipping , and merchant -vessels began to call freqnd had increa sed uently, and were promptly supplied. The stock on the isla much. Wh en th e P e l orus l e f t, t h ere were e i g hty head of horned cattle and three hundred sheep ; goats were nume rous, but so many wild that their numbers cannot be well SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. Doncaster, Sunday Night. A peat number of fashionables have already arrived, but not a tithe of the number which are expected here in the course of to-morrow. The visit of their Royal Highnesses the Du chess of Kent and the Princess Victoria continues to be the engrossing topic with all who are not speculating on the St. Leger; their Royal Highnesses will reach the scat of Earl Fitz william in the course of to-morrow, and on Tuesday morning will visit the town. An address will then be presented from the Corporation by their Mayor (W. Sheardoun, Esq.), after which their Royal Highnesses will be escorted to the race course by a party of yeomanry cavalry. Ample prepara tions for their reception have been made in the grand stand, in front of which the band of the Scotch Greys will be stationed. To insure good order, a very effective force has been placed under the orders of those able officers, Messrs. Timbs and Leadbittcr. Amongst the present arrivals are the Count Matuszevic (whose departure for Naples is postponed till after the Heaton Park Meeting), the Duke of Leeds, Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Lord and Lady Chesterfield, Lord G. Bentinck, Hon. Colonel Anson, Hon. H. Browne, lion. De Roos, Sir J. l3eresford, Sir L. Glyn, Colonel Peel, Colonel Han cox, Colonel Ferguson, General Traver; Colonel Kennedy, Captain Macnamara, Captain Taylor, Captain Hunter, Cap tain Lang, Messrs. C. Greville, Cookes, M. P., Etwall, M. P., Bowes, M. P., Worrall, A. Hunter, G. Walker, Clive, Vyner, White, S. Fox, Payne, Cotterell, Denison, M. Foulis, J. Peel, F. Craven, H. Fleetwood, &c. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. The odds quoted below will be found to vary in several im portant points from those last quoted by us. At the betting. rooms last night Hornsea was backed at 4 to 1 to win twelve hundred pounds in one bet ; after this a party offered to bet 7,000 to 1,000 against him, and to take the same about Mun dig, who was on the decline. Nothing, however, was done, and the offers had no other effect than to send Hornsea back a point. Queen of Trumps was at 3to 1, Ascot at 7to 1, and and Jupiter on the rise. This morning it was rumoured, and currently believed, that Ascot was coughing, and he went so completely out of the market that any one anxious to " bear up" might have got 20 to 1; in the afternoon an influential party offered to take 16 to 1, but no one would bid more than 12 to 1. Queen of Trumps, who is looking and going beauti fully, is in immense force, and, should the furor continue, will become a still further favourite. Hornsea was on the rise, while the renowned Mundig, who is reported to have been tried with hiin and " found wanting," is almost friendless at 12 to 1. Preserve is in good demand with several good judges, and Jupiter bas been backed as low as 17 to 2. Although there are plenty of Leger horses here, it is now the on dit that not above twelve or fourteen will show for it. At the time our parcel was made up the prices were as follows :- 2 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Queen of Trumps 4 4o 1 agst Mr. Richardson's Hornsea 6 to 1 agst Mr, Greville's Preserve—taken 17 to 2 agst Mr. Johnson's Jupiter 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mundig 12 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Ascot - to 8 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Turban 600 to 300 . 0 n Queen of Trumps agst Hornsea 600 to 400, and afterwards 400 to 200, on Preserve agst Mundig The ground is in excellent order for running, and the weather favourable. The eiltries hLv.) 'closed as follow: TO-MORROW. The Fitzvalliam Stakes. Mile and a half. Mr. T. O. Powlett's b. c. by Langar, out of Giovanni's dam, 3 yrs Mr. Vasittart's b. f. Madame Pelerine, 3 yrs. Lord Egrement's ch. c. Nonsense, 5 yrs Mr. Mattson's bi. c. Louden, 4 yrs His Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Four miles. Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch, 5 yrs Lord Derby's Speculator, aged Duke of Leeds's Zohrab, by Lottery, 4 yrs Mr. Richardson's b. f. Lady le Gros, 4 yrs Mr. Marson's Louden, 4 yrs Mr. W. Crompton's Mayflower, 4 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Glaucus, 5 yrs . WEDNESDAY. The Corporation Plate of 60/. Heats, two miles. Mr. Marson's b. f. by Tramp, out of Zirza, 3 yrs Mr. W. .Crompton's Mayflower, 4 yrs Mr. S. Fox's The Comet, 4 yrs Mr. Gardner's Mowbray Hill, 6 yrs The Doncaster Stakes of 10 son. each, with 25 added. Two miles. Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch, 5 yrs Mr. Townley's Algiers, 5 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Turban, 3 yrs Duke of Leeds's Zohrab, 4 yrs Mr. S. Fox's The Count, 5 yrs Mr. Heseltine's Physician, 6 yrs The Selling Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 20 added. Leger Course. Duke of Cleveland's c. by Memnon, out of Pucelle, 3 yrs Mr. Ruthven's ch. c. Rush, 4 yrs Mr. Townley's Algiers, 5 yrs • Mr. Greville's br. f. by Tramp, out of Ridotto, 3 yrs Mr. Crompton's Mayflower, 4 yrs TIIITRSDAY. A Gold Candelabrum, value 300 sovs., with 50 in specie. Two miles and five furlongs. Dul63 of Cleveland's Muley Moloch, 5 yrs Duke of Cleveland's Shillelah, 4 yrs Mr. Powlett's Langar colt, 3 yrs Mr. Vansittart's Cavendish, 3 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's Turban, 3 yrs Lord Orford's b. c. Ascot, 3 yrs Lord Egremont's Nonsense, 5 yrs Mr. Greville's Preserie, 3 yrs Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse, by Actaeon, 4 ye Sir J. Boswell's Bella, 4 yrs Mr. Watts's Mademoiselle Otz, 3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Glaucus, 5 yrs Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Mundig, own brother to Trustee, 3 yrs Mr. Riehardson's ch. c. Hornsea, by Velocipede, 3 yrs Mr, Ridsdale's ch. c. Coriolanus, 3 yrs Lord Westminster's Touchstone, by Camel, 4 yrs Captain Taylor's ch. c. Ainderby, by Velocipede, 3 yrs Mr. Marson's Louden, 4 yrs Mr. Golden's br. c. Brother to Hope, by Muley, 3 yrs Mr. Mostyn's Queen of Trumps, by Velocipede, 3 yrs Mr. Heseltine's Physician, 6 yrs FRIDAY. The 1001. Plate. Heats, two miles. Mr...Greville's Preserve, 3 yrs Ms. Marson's Louden, 4 yrs Mr. Fox's The Count, 3 yrs Mr. Golden's Brother to Hope, 3 yrs Mr. Crompton's Mayflower, 4 yrs Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime, by Comus, 4 yrs Doncaster, Monday Morning. DONCASTER ST. LEGER (TO-MORROW). 9 to 4 agst Queen of Trumps—taken 3.W 1 agst Hornsea—take 7 to 2 11 to 2 agst Preserve—taken 10 to 1 agst Jupiter 10 to 1 agst Ascot-11 to 1 taken lb to 1 agst Mundig 23 to 1 agst Turban—taken 40 to 1 agst Trim—taken Ascot is again backed, but Mundig is quite out of the market, although nominally at 15 to 1. It is now thought that not above ton or twelve will run. AQUATICS. PRISM'S AND KIPPIN was one of the matches re sulting out of the subscription scullers' wager of this year. Kipping. and Phelps had afterwards rowed a match, in which George Campbell and Coombes were entered, but Phelps picked his man up, and Coombes and Campbell of course went away from them. Coombes was then pitted against Kipping. The latter defeated him, but the match had been got up with the understanding that Phelps should take the conqueror. He did so yeste rday, and although the match was got up without judgment as to the respective merits of the man, yet Kipping yesterday did more than possibly could have been imagined of him. Phelps was the favourite at 7to 4, and in some instances 2 to 1, but there were but few takers. Phelps took the No. 3 station at Westminster Bridge, and his opponent was at No. 7. The signal was given and they were off together, but at the Speaker's House Phelps was a-head. Kipping rowed desperately and gained slightly, but at Vaux hall Phelps was as fresh as at starting, and so he continued to Putney, when he won by forty seconds. Kipping worked hard, bat he had no chance against Phelps. The latter is a fine slashing man : he can beat Paddy Noulton if they give him an opportunity, and will one day aspire to the championship. Drury-lane Theatre will open the end of this month, with all the principal talent lately employed by Mr. Bunn in the two Theatres. Messrs. Grieve have transferred their ser vices from Covent-garden, and Yates, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Honey, from the Adelphi. Macready takes the lead in tra gedy, I Farren in comedy, and no less than four bass singers, Giubelei, Seguin, H. Phillips, and Signor • As an instance of the profftable character of the new Dpmatic 13111 to dramatic authors, it may be mentioned that Mr. Jerrold has received, from various managers, about fifty pounds, since January last, for the performance of Black Eyed Susan alonc.—Court Journal. Braham, who has maintained his high reputation at York with undiminished lustre, is engaged to perform a few evenings at the Leeds Theatre. Mr, Stretton, who has made a most successful debut at the Pinglish Opera House, has been engaged by Mr. Braham for three years on liberal terms. Miss Bruce and Mr. Parry, jun., are engaged to sing at a concert which is to take place shortly at Norwich. The Leamington Festival will commence on the Ist of October, under distinguished patronage, for which Madame Caradori, Miss Wagstaff, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Parry, jun., F. Cramep, Lindley, Dragonetti , &c., are engaged ; the cho russes will be sustained by the Leamington Choral Society, under 'the superintendence of Mr. F. Marshall. The Gloucester Triennial Festival commences on Wednesday next with a prospect, we rejoice to hear, of proving successful. INTOXICATION.—Between one and two eclock on Sunday afternoon a very decently-dressed young man, very much intoxicated, was observed staggering along Brook-street, New-road, when presently his foot tripped against a projecting portion .of the pavement, and he fell back with great force into tlire carriage-way. On some persons who witnessed the accident running to his assistance and raising him up, a copious stream of blood was found issuing from a wound underneath his ribk, just above the hip, and which it appears had been caused by his falling on the blade of a large table knife, which, in his drunkenness, he had heedlessly put into his coat pocket. The wound penetrated to the depth of between three and four inches. He was instantly conveyed by the police to the North London Hospital, where he remains in a most dangerous state. His name is James Brown, a mechanic. He had been out drinking with some of his companions during church time, and was returning home to his wife and family. I ATROCIOUS AO TJON. The Mobile Conz n rercia l the 3d ult.,:fur nishes us with the following accoVW-4, most extraordi qive rn uni trints, extraordi nary abduction from that place : 1 4.4 perhaps, never been more excited sd than iewas on the 28th ult., by the intelligence L a4114:40,70f. one of cur citizens, Dr. Gisnard, had been caii - rt , tt-Of,"and that, too, by an own brother. The circumstances of the abduc tion were not generally and fairly known until about elevea o'clock on the morning of that day. About that time an alarm of fire had been given, which called out the different fire Companies, and a considerable number of the citizens of the. place. The fire which had caused the alarm was easily and speedily extinguished. Information was then communicated to one of the Companies that. a child of D . .. Gisnard's, five or six years of age, had be en stolen by one of his (Dr. Gisnard's) brothers—that this inhuman depre dator had left behind, in a letter with another brother, an intimation that, for 30,000 dollars, . the child would be restored to its parents ; and that unless this ransom was paid, they would never see it more. It was further stated that the agonised father had consented to redeem his boy in the manner proposed, having first offered fifteen thousand dollars, which were refused ; and that the brother, who was acting as mediator, was at that mo ment at the Bank receiving a part of the ransom money. The Company to which these facts were known Immediately repaired in a body to . the Bank, 'seized the brother they found there, and bore him away to a place of secret confine ment for examination. Being secured, it was next resolved to make sure of two other brothers, who, ifAaot actually in the plot, it was feared would communicate intelligence of the movements that were going on to the man who was absent with the child, and thus thwart all further efforts for its recovery. The citizens of the place had by this time become generally informed of the facts, and the excitement became universal. In a short time the, other two brothers were found, and immediately taken into custody. In the mean time such measures had been taken with the first as extorted from him a confession of his knowledge of the place where the boy was secreted. - He solemnly promised, on condition that his life should be spared, that lie would use all the means in his power to rescue the child alive, which he believed could be done, by allowing the brother, who had borne him off, to escape also with his life after surrendering up the child ; although he had been assured if he brought any other persons with him the. life of the boy would be sa crificed in an instant. The necessary arrangements were soon made for the pursuit ; but by this tijse the populace, exasperated at the barbarity of the act, had assembled in such great numbers around the city prison, and manifested such a spirit of vengeance and indignation, that it was considered unsafe to take the criminal out from his con finement until after their dispersion. As the first step to accomplish this end the city troop and the Guards, who had been called out shortly after the excitement began, were dismissed, and the citizens were requested by the commander of the cavalry to retire to their homes, which, after some reluctance, was complied with. The Don Jean, a small low-pressure boat, was then chartered and got in readiness for the expedition. After nightfall the party, with their guide, embarked on board the boat, and left the city for the place designated, which was near twenty miles up thb Mobile river. On the 29th, at sunrise, they re turned with the stolen child in safety. As the' boat reached the wharf the child was held up to the view of the father, who, in the rapture of his feelings, fell on his knees and gave thanks to God. It is understood that the guilty brothers were permitted to go at large, on condition of their leaving the country to return no more."—From the New York commercial Advertiser :—" Private letters from Mobile, received at Richmond, state that the Frenchmen who had attempted to exact money from their brother, by abducting and threatening to murder his child, had been hanged by the people upon a tree. A just sentence,' says the Richmond Wing, whether passed by mob law ,Q r not.' We doubt the fact—but in any event, the sentiment of the Whig must receive the unequivocal condemnation of every friend of law and order. This Amos Kendallism of putting the voice of the mob above the law, is making frightful progress. It must be put down." CORPORATION REFORM BILL,—It is worthy of remark, that three of the Municipal Corporation Corn missioners, Messrs. Booth, Roscoe, and Rushton, are na tives of Liverpool. Mr. Rushton, in addition to his duties as a Commissioner, had the honour, in /conjunction with Mr. Drinkwater, of drawing the Municipal Reform Bill, in the form in which it was presented to the House of corn mons.—Liverpool Albion. PLOUGH AND HARROWS.—A clergyman. in olle of the agricultural districts of Scotland had busied himself in producing an improved plough, about which he was for some time very " full," as the Scotch say, and accordingly wherever he was, he was sure to overflow hi reference to the subject. He afterwards employed his busy brain in editing a school Horace, of which, for some time, he was also very " full" Calling one day upon a farmer in the, neighbourhood, he said, " Well, h ave y ou seen m y Ho race ?" " Na, Sir," quoth the agriculturist, " I haena seen your harrows ; but well I kent.your ploo !" The following is an extraet of a letter :—" St. Pc tersburgh, Aug. 20 (Sept. 1). Of the third and fourth series of the Russian 5 per Cent. Loan the whole amount of the sinking fund for 1835 will be drawn now—namely, silver rubles, 200,000 of each series, and the remainder for 1834 (not made known) will be drawn just now, the third series in September, and the numbers drawn must be cashed when the dividend becomes due in November and Decem ber, principal and dividend ; if this is neglected, no further dividend from November and December for such drawn bonds 'will be paid, although the payment may be procured in May and June next, except the amount of the bond." A well-known Bacchanalian devotee, in the episco pal city of this county, whose indulgences have rot unfre quently cost him large sums for hats, and other etceteras of wearing apparel, whilst in one of his wonted fits of insanity, a few days ago, taking a back road towards his home, " where sat his sulky, sullen dame," he got, by some inex plicably casualty, into a garden, where he was indulging in his favorite song of " We'll tak' a drappie o' the barley bree,"' when, wishinc , to leave the spot, whether from the bewilderment of his brain, or some obscuration of the moon, we know not, but certain it is, that he was unable to find the way he had so lately left, and began bawling " Murder, murder !" .Some of the police, who were going their rou n d s on the opposite side of the river, and abdut a mile frem the spot where the lost Tonsor was lying, hastened to the place fearful of some foul murder, when they found the hatless wretch • lying on the ground still bawling " Murder, mur der !"—Sunderland Herald. HOGS IN HARNESS.—A novelty was seen at St. Alban's the - other day, which pro Yes that pigs are not of such a doltish material as admits of no improvement. A man who holds a small farm near St. Alban's made his entre'v into the latter place, mounted on a small car drawn by four large hogs. He entered the town at a brisk trot, amidst the acclamations of hundreds, who were soon drawn together to witness this uncommon spectacle. After making the tour of the market-place three or four times, he went into the \Voolpack-yard, had his swinish cattle unhar nessed and taken into a stable together, where they were regaled with a troughful of beans and wash. They re mained about two hours whilst he despatched his business as usual at the market, when they were put to and driven home again, multitudes cheering him. This man, it is said, has only had these animals under training six months. A gentleman on the spot offered him 501. for the concern as it stood, but it was indignantly refused. THE POOR LAW BILL,—The most obnoxious clause of this Bill, that relative to the separation of fami lies, was attempted to be put into operation at Steyning, in Sussex, on Saturday, Sept. 12, by the removal of two paupers and their wives to Henfield parish. But when the men and women were told that their children were to re main in Steyning poorhouse, they each and an of them de clared that they would not be separated from their 1411 - lilies. The whole of the inmates of the workhouse, by their ges tures, applauded their fellow-paupers for manifesting so de termined 'a spirit of resistance. In a very short time-the resolution of the paupers became known, and a large crowd assembled outside the house. At length things assumed a' threatening aspect, and the officers deemed it expedient. to call in the aid of the Magistrates, four or five of whom arrived with several yeomen on horseback. The men posi ' tively refused to leave the house. An attempt was made forcibly to remove them, but which ended in the expulsion of all the Magistrates and officers except Captain Goring, 111. P., and a constable, whom the paupers detained. During the scuffle' Captain Goring received several blows from stones, and was considerably hurt.• The inhabitants looked on with apparent indifference. Several labouring men presented themselves with large bludgeon's, whielj they brandished, whilst others wore coloured ribbons-to distin guish themselves. Several persons.were wounded. A de spatch was forwarded for the assistance of the military-at Brighton, and a squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards reached Steyning towards the evening. In the meantime Lieutenant Ilall, and a detachment of the Coast Guard, had reached the town. The arrival of the troops and the Coast Guard soon restored tranquillity. Captain Goring was released, and the crowd gradually dispersed. At one time the aspect of things was very alarming, for persons began to flock in from all parts, and had not the military been called in, the safety of the town would have been endangered. Windows were broken in the poorhouse, and it was otherwise much damaged. No perion has been taken into custody. Captain Goring and a-body of troops remained at Steyning during the night. The re mainder of the soldiers left for Brighton between eight and nine o'clock. A similar outbreak among the poor has taken place at Shoreham. ~'T ft) • (`‘'`) 7,} • ,Y.