The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-14 00:00:00

‘'i(iil,N'irG SUN TI M RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRI- 'PAIN AND IRELAND. By Francis Whishaw. Civil Engineer. tio mit of a ll Thi s W Slinp a kin, Marshall. and Co. ork gives detailed and judicious ac e the Railways in the United King dll) and is accompanied by numerous excellent ates. It commences w i t h t h e A r b roat h an d ffar Railway, and ends with the York and tia: ri_ o u u r n tt o h pidland, comprising altogether an ac the most m a gn ificent roads made since v t all knew w the use of heels, and the vast ad 4tage derived f roin s p ee dy communication. at ,'eil,we read the work, and judge of the vast iira - Yvvlien we consider the rapidity and ease wh . i tr 4 ek vellin g , and the speedy communication t w " Is afforded by this modern invention be- eel) the mo s t di stant par t s o f the empire, all the !, r e at roads of the Rotnaus sink into insignificance. p,, u , t ; h t irig the art o f p r inting out of the question, t o . -. "Ps - no other instance could be given of the . -4 :superiority of the present age over that of Stlar aneeztors, including, of course, Romans, v e l c l "s, -D . . Ines, and Normans. While they tea 4nri'ed ttmaniles Per hour, we now travel thirty ; b w eliztvenot-the advantage only in the speed, t il t in themiiinber of passeuerers and the goods iLreydd by the' countless: trains that, night and 131.2 . 4_i HOW/ traversing the kingdom. Mr.. o c . ' L laW•places all these great improvements in p r Z, e aPoint of view, points out the sums ex vi"id)itino:these great undertakings, the speed Alle)lntins! of ;each railway, the fares, the U m b on :passengers, and gives many other _'culars‘ which are to be found in no other of The , folloWing short introductory account _ : t he London an d Birmingham Railway, will 4 , t y, °4l •a 'fair Specimen of the book : tu.„ .o hert Stephenson is the name of the distinguished r iA .. 4r e . under whose direction the vast and difficult 1)e . 4 1 -I°ll-I.ll e , ,London and. Birmingham Railway have i lt i n 'Ct,St,tpeassfally brought to completion. This grand iy k l i irt l ui rg,Rifilaking is -now in full operation, and the i4klipAs per week amount to no less a,surn th?.p. 1 „„,9nand ponnds Li e , "7„ flipulse was given to the railway system so Li ve the important advantages developed by the great firittlseirr experiment were made known to the enter ea2italists of the kingdom. Hitherto, a line of on „Pore than thirty miles in length was the only one t r i e lich the new 'system of locomotion had been fairly no sooner, hOwever, was the experiment found to ,aceessful, than the grand trunk-line between the two r L es , t sea-ports in the kingdom was set on foot. The Fpeedily subscribed ; the Acts of Parliament r- ; °uta incd, although in the case of the London and ti o ir „ ln 'gliant Railway not without considerable opposi -' and the f • • ; and now, after only six y ears e loss o one 3 ea). th e 0 , London and Lancaster are united by railway on ne side of the island, and London and Darlington 11 the other. e e Z he important considerations of safety, expedition, and gar ealY, have indeed been very sufficiently proved as re aati ,f s the London and Birmingham Railway, both to the s action of the public and of the British Government. gi h e e fi tu ai , l l Y . provements making in the locomotive en speed y fairly lead us to expect even a greater average cip ate than is at pre s ent a tt a i ne d ; but we must also anti the„ a conside ra bl e c h ange f or th e better in regard to Pp sto -'e,gularity of' trains in their arrival at intermediate pry f details we can no t g ive any specimen at In Cr'i-it, but possibly we s h a ll rec ur to the work, th -rder to show the vast labour bestowed on reh, e great udetakings which form the most -'"arkable fenaturres of he present age. it .§PORTING INTELLIGENCE. All th LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. f e(6.. e horses for th e C up are here except the Currier, Con- Paws4ote' Grey Milton, Jack Sheppard, St. Cross, and Nancy n i 4'C• It s confidently expected that thirty will start for ricl twel ve fir the St. Leger. The town is filling very the c.urse is in fine order. Scott's, Dawson's, and lots have just arrived per Railway "TELLIGENCE EX FRA.—GOODWOOD, 1841. „, u N , °lnitiation s for the Chesterfield Cup.—(Last Day. ) q r ' s ~ ge(l7 • Janus , 4 yrs—Colwick, aged—Henri Quatre, 11 Fours, . s Y: t s— nta Pe te rseus,' 4 yrs—The Corsair, 5 yrs C A i us T , yrs Yr.rh:3lack Beck, 4 yrs—Black Bess, 4 yrs—Dr. bulwark, 5 yrs—Garry o w Caste, 4 yrs—Naworth, 4 aged—The Currier, 5 yrs— Exit, 4 yrs—Half -4 years — Bracelet, 6 Fra ncis, yrs—durestniiSt:6 Ts—Amulet, esar ) owitch. 3 yrs - :::Launcelct, 4 yrs—Maroon, „ : 1 3 % s yrs — harlotte, 4 yrs—The Mountain Sylph, 4 y rs—Kn ightsbrid r ge, 3 yrs—Melody, 4 yrs. handicap BRIGHTON —, 1541. for the Brighton Stakes of 25 sons. each, 15 ft, and ___ 5 only if declared on or b before Monday next, &c. i'i:- Francis, 6 yrs, lOst 101b—ul ion, 4 yrs, 9A 41b—Io, 5 yrs, ..1 3 71 b—nory O'More, 5 yrs, Bst 71h—Bedford, 5 yrs, Bst 71b A enjamin, 4 yrs, Bst 51 b —Belgrade. 3 yrs, Bst 41b—Exit, i3rs. B,t 41b—Colchicum, 5 yrs, Bst—Mungo Parke, 4 yrs, 1% ' ;! 12—Cantle, 4 yrs. 7st 12—Cambyses, 6 yrs, 7st 121b 4leholas, 4 yas, 7st 9 1 b—Aspatria, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Henri a 4atre, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Carlotta, 4 yrs, ist 21b—Black Duchess, ,i,3:s, Monsieur le Sage, 3 yrs, ist—br g, by thc Exqui -11,,L3 yrs, 6st 121b—Heron, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b— and ch c, by -I:: - ,upo, out of Obelisk's dam, 3 yrs, 6st 41b. , EPSOM, 1843. - I: 4l He Derby has closed with 164, subs., and the Oaks with 97 INT -'IiILIGENCE EXTRA—NEWMARKET, 1841. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. Mr n TUESDAY. A zet „.-.ardner' s M onops , B s t 51b, agst Lord Albemarle's Mi . " t 411 3, T. Y. c., 100/. ft. • 13 I A THURSDAY. %,, r A e of Bedfo r d' s King of the Peak, Bst 91b, agst Mr. Ltno r ' s m onopoly, am., 100/., h ft. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. ESDAY. tlett Rous's Nicholas Bst 71b, agst Air. Treen's Bene- C a . 7 ' t 1431 b; First Half ' of Ab. M., 50/., h ft. HOUGHTON MEETING. Itl 'MONDAY. fist y',,Treen's Fitzroy Bst 71b, agst Lord Albemarle's Ralph , ; 300/., 1; ft SHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. b ~y;iji am ARRIVALS. Gooderieh, Esq., Mrs. Gooderich , John Gooderich , shi t „''and the Misses Gooderich (of Matson-house, Gloucester it,t, at Long's :Jowl, from the Continent, after an absence tlit( o ° . }earn;,,, Mr. and Mrs. Gillett and the Misses Gillet, at Tr., Mrs., and Miss Burke, and the Masters Burke, at ~"itt▪ o . ' i f rom Paris ; Mrs. John Portal and Miss Portal, at 3, ,eld'pi Hants Captain Mildmay, at ditto, from Dogsmer `4ll4 ar k ; Henri Thompson, Esq.. at ditto, from Yorkshire ; °,,,itto," f e4 ie, Esq. at ditto, from Ireland ; Mr. Levings, at rem 4 " 1 Paris ; Colonel Mudie, and Mrs. Alleyne, at the Att ..a nit Hotel ;t Admiral Sir D. and Lady Gould and Miss Y, at Coulso 's Hotel. DEPARTURES. visi t ••and Mrs. B. B. Williams, from Portland-place, on a h t L ady Susan and Captain Hotham, Woolmers, Herts , ; Ho• t el 'eorice ' Esq., and the Misses Fountain, from Long s , 1 , °4 a tour to the Lakes; Mrs. Coote and Miss Nike, 1 '4 41 s t to, for L eam i ng t on _Rev. William Nlaskell, from ditto, buhP e vonshir e; Willi am Nicholson, Esq., from ditto, for lie r b i e n ; Edward James, Esq., from ditto, for New . York ; Gwy n Wykeham, Esq., from ditto, for Tythrop , Howell B , ll ir -- I ge z. from ditto, for arg utid„ e y James Car. nac, from the Portland Hotel, tor fun- Welk , AT A- —L ACCIDENT : Monnay n i ght , about six `itc, (--1 a melancholy and fatal accident occurred . in St. :g e 'a-road near the Elephant and Cattle, by which . a fine t hre a "t four years of age, unfortunately lost her life, and 1107._oether persons were seriously injured. At the l above hour r fspeet arid chaise, in which a person . named AtFhe j est Si t v i ble veterinary surgeon residing in Co-cross, W ‘ 1 0 D .eld, and his wife, were observed proceeding along St.. l it ' ra l. ',, e '' - road at a roost furious rate, and Mr. Atcheler using his A t 4 . l ' endeavours to stop the horse, but in vain. Mrs. i '„c'rea n .,'` e n r , was terrified at the reckless career of the if possible. 'ihp r ,:s' out to to the lookers-on to stop the animal if possible. a great number of children in the road, and as the ' 3 arti 'atne b past Prospect-place, a child named Mary Lon hl, Rhone parents. reside in Smith's-place, Union-street, tii'agicsrin-road, attempted to cross the road,. when the d step , l 'Pw a l s a ught, the clothes of the poorchifillanwdas Found her 9hftund ( to be A„ or too yard§ ; being picked up ar t% ,'ltad, her brains being litera ydashed s o w ut and both her ' 6 o u - r 'ken. The horse contained impetuous course. and sa o ,!: i terward knocked down another . child P named John Wat othe:ho sustained a severe concussion of the brain, besides C astl m aterial injuries. On arriving atthe Elephant and tlie animal dashed the chaise against cart which was 4 4 a t 'g in the road, by which it was shattered topieces, and road with great v iol:" Mrs, Atcheler were thrown int.? the . "1 11)41 , 1 14. i Mr. Atcheler was seriously injured , ro l% a irs. Atcheler Y escaped w ith a f e w bruises. th e f it : IN TERS' PENSION SOCIETY.- 011 Monda y .ettrenr„' in and supporters of this Society took their annual ex good i; n th e Star steam-packet to Herne Bay F'nd back. A L ' v tUrt, t'd was provided, and, notwithstanding the rath . er un , - 0 st a e of the weather, the amusements were . _ thi ( " bcrird that the ut ost good humour prevailed -ugh°ll t • 'A goodsum was realised 'on behalf of the Society. Of , °It TING IN RUSSIA.—The immense shoals I%,,,:innun which literally swarm in almost all the rivers , heed 4 ) Pear alm os t incredible to those who have not .0111'7e-witnesses of their numbers. They are ,to be of the in such countless multitudes that great quantities . the' vt .„, a rt 1t on dry land by the sudden receding o n f %ithl -- ers, where they remain to rot ; and at certain i s i nf the year the rivers seem so perfectly choke , lIPAta ' e rn in some places, that they may be speared or bY those who are fond of this sport until it abso- Al e Lbeenmes wearisome. They not only form one of •IlerC nc iPal articles of the diet of the inhabitants of the Lit' e of Russia, but likewise are the only species of food '" t) ,_ n to their dogs, of which great numbers are kept for ..... tu rurp ose of sledginfr. Bears and other beasts of prey Acto s P w etting of birds—almost entirely subsist upon tied , v ` i n. a great po r ti on o f t h e year, and during the pe -1.6 a le they are in th e grea t es t pr o fusion, Bruin, who oro..grcatn amateu r of fish, becomes so dainty that he will condescend to eat the head and back. His evening 01111'"_cul ou sts of th ose port i ons o f t we l ve or fift een fi ne 0,,t• Trout and other fine species of fish are like te'be found in vast abundance in all the rivers and Ar • ELE6, ng agazme• - lONEERIN G AT CHURCH.—The con rifer n“, one of the churches on the other side of the 1,414... Were not a little astonished, last Sunday morning, tjid s "_ ll gentleman, who is equally well known on both to l ' the Mersey, marching up the aisle with the red iLLIZ-11.4e election colours of Egerton and Tollemache siao re g (, n the front of his coat ; and they were still .:stonished when at the close of the sermon (which .14, 1 ' behalf o f the National School), the same gentle iria,"went ab out from pew to pew, " with all h i s blush -1441h f o urs thick upon him," to solicit contributions, I TQ I I. r°ln Whigs and T or i es , i n b e half of the school. .4 4 . 40 1() Pe that the collection was a liberal one, and that ) tgiec ' tt , th e coll,,,Tegatiou punished the bad taste of the hear d oil uY Nvithholding their contributions. We have °1 Part"nlY one opinion on this extraordinary exhibition Y s p ir it — Liverpool Tunes. MR. PEREGRINE COURTENAY. Within these two days, a report arrived in London that the Right Honourable Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, younger brother of the Earl of Devon, had met with his death by drowning, while he bathed at Torquay, which lies on the sea-coast, about twelve miles distant from Powderham Castle, the local residence of the Devon and Courtenay family . The report proves too true. Mr. Peregrine Courtenay was the second son of William Courtenay, Esq., Assistant Clerk of the Parliaments, and Patentee of the Subpcena bffice, Court of Chancery. His mother was the Lady Henrietta Leslie, the daughter of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. His brother, William Reginald Courtenay, married, in 1830, into the Fortescue flintily. His sister, Elizabeth, was ibrmerly Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte. Mr. Courtenay himself was for several years M.P. for Totnes, and was Vice-President of the Committee for Trade, and a Commissioner of the Board of Control. He was born May 31, 1782, and on the sth of April, 1805, married Anne, daughter of the late Mayow Wynell Mayow, Esq., by whom he has left a family of thirteen children (eight sons and five daughters), all of whom, with his lady, survive their melan choly loss. In 1818, Mr. Peregrine Courtenay first ap peared before the world in a literary point of view by the production of " A Treatise on the Poor-laws," published by Mr. Murray. It was dedicated to the Hon. Sturges Bourne, and was expressive of the writer's repugnance to many of the measures laid down in the Report of the then Committee on the Poor-laws. It was lau datory of the moderate reform which Mr.Sturger Bourne had already commenced in this line, and was also propositive of certain stronger measures which, with becoming modesty, the writer advo cated. The pamphlet forms a thick octavo, of up wards of 160 pages, and contains a great quantity of condensed reasoning and cogent argument. He does not profess to point out a course of fun damental reformation for relieving the country from the entire burden of the Poors'-rate, or of correcting those solecisms in political economy by which it is occasioned, but expresses himself as believing that, with a nicer adjustment, the burthen may be made tolerable. He shows that if the Poor-laws are necessary, they are neces sary evils ; that,• though the principle is benevo lent, it does not generate benevolence in indivi duals,—for nothing can be less like charity than an order by a Justice, or an allowance by an overseer, and that it depends as much upon the temper of the overseer as upon the spirit of the pauper, whether the right of relief shall be esta blished by audacity or 'fraud. Much misery, he declares, is alleviated by the Poor-laws, which we must not be prepared to disregard, and that the principle, therefore, of reform should be that of preserving all we can of the beneficence of the law, exercising munificence rather than stint. His treatise must be referred to for an adequate conception of its value. Mr. Courtenay's second literary production was " A Letter to Lord Grenville, on the Sink ing Fund," also published by Murray. It pro ceeded from him while he held his respon sible office under Government in 1828, and expressed only the sentiments of himself as an individual writer. He entered the field un biassed, and totally ignorant of the opinions en tertained by the then Cabinet, or the Finance Minister, on the great qyestion which at that moment was at issue. In the outset he gives a full and historical explanation of the system of finance established by Mr. Pitt, the author of the Sinking Fund, and pursues Lord Grenville's argument, point by point. The Letter itself is dedicated to this Nobleman, and the foundation on which the true principle of the Sinking Fund is based, is distinctly stated by Mr. Courtenay to be " That the Legislature ought not to impose a perpetual burden upon the resources of the country." This talented Letter forms an octavo of nearly 140 pages, and is lucidly and lumin ously written. Most of Mr. Courtenay's literary productions bear imprint as coming from Powderham, the ancient seat of the Courtenay family. The late lamented gentleman was an ardent and enthusi astic lover of literature, and the quietness attend ant on its pursuit. Politician though he was, nothing delighted him more than to emerge out of the dusty arena of strife and contention, and to bury himself in the classic bowers which Devon bountifully offered. His virtues fitted him for the shade. Glare and publicity oppressed the quiet nature of his spirit, and Powderham served as an Elysium to his soul, enfolding him in the tranquillity of its scenes, and the repose of its arcades. This lovely spot, in which he so much delighted, is situate in the manor of Kenton, and its situation, though low, is extremely beautiful, upon the banks of the river Exe, which is a mile-and-a-half broad at high water, being within three miles of its confluence with the British Channel; the win dows of the Castle command a view of Topsham, and all the shipping that come up there, with many adjacent seats. The grounds are extensive; the park well-stored with deer, and the shrub beries and plantations of exotics, with lawns and pleasure-grounds, occupy a circumference of nearly ten miles. It has a full command of the ocean to the west. The rugged brow of the an cient fortress has been much smoothed and adorned by modern taste, and furnished in the most sumptuous manner. It has several fine ori ginal Vandykes, Teniers, a Wilson, and Rubens, with many cabinet paintings, and a number of drawings by Lord Courtenay. Within a short distance of this Castle are a multitude of sea-bathing places, such as Daw lish, Exmouth, Teignmouth, and Torquay, which, on account of their recent origin, present a fine contrast, says Neale, to the proud and haughty aspect of Powderham, still glorying in its strength and antiquity. It was at the last of these bathing-places, that the lamented subject of this memoir, Mr. Courtenay, met with his death. The third and more important work which Mr. Courtenay produced to the world, consisted of his " Memoirs of the Life, Works, and Cor respondence of Sir William Temple," published by Longman, in 1836. This was a work admi rably calculated to bring out to advantage the powers of Mr. Courtenay, and call forth his poli tical talent, for Sir William Temple was one whose diplomacy continental as well as English politicians have celebrated, and lauded his poli tical maxims. Notwithstanding the frequency and the intensity, as also the singularity of the commendations bestowed upon Sir William Temple, his printed letters had before this time been but imperfectly before the world, and in a multitude of cases unpublished; considering him, therefore, only as a writer, whose elegance and harmony of language alone was admired by all as a master-piece of style, he assuredly deserved that his name should be well recorded. What had been said of him before thistime was chiefly to be found in Abel Boyer's "French Memoirs,"some papers of Swift, the published letters of Lord Arlington, and the letters of D'Estrades. These were for the most part poor and meagre, and Mr. Courtenay, pressed by a sense of this, ap plied himseil to reap, from other and recondite sources, such biographic or literary treasures as the kingdom possessed. Accordingly, we find that the Bacons of Suffolk, who were supposed to have some valuable papers in their possession, were applied to, and from the Rev. John Londe, Vicar of Coddenham, in that county, Mr. Cour tenay obtained courteous permission to examine these precious remains. From the rare archives of the British Museum Mr. Courtenay also ob tained many unpublished parts of Sir William Temples diplomatic correspondence, and in the State Paper-office he found a great deal that had never been published ; indeed, from these last he confessed himself to have derived many of his most curious particulars, that had hitherto been totally neglected. The Ormond papers, collected by Carte, in the Bodleian Library, also afforded him much assistance. In his researches, too, upon this history, he was further indebted to Mr. Smith, the Duke of Buckingham's librarian, who furnished him with transcripts of the Essex papers in the MS. library at Stowe; as also to Mr. Amyot, the treasurer of the Antiquarian Society; Dr. Sadleir, of Dublin, and several memliers of the Athenwum Club, who, in the end, as he pleasantly expresses himself, taught him " the superiority of literature to politics for developing the kindlier feelings, and conducing to an agreeable life." This remark, indeed, made by Mr. Cour tenay, shows the placid disposition of his mind ; but, truth to say, his work, in spite of this asser tion, is leavened with politics in a far greater degree than perhaps even he desired to suppose. In fact, it is the only drawback on his book. He introduces the politics of the day, so far as to indulge in the dramatic license of calling up Sir William Temple to hold forth, in his proper person, through a length of three pages, against the Whig Reform Bill. His soberness of Judg ment was certainly at fault in this instance. The shades of the illustrious dead should never be called up to inflame the violence of the living. Mr. Courtenay had nevertheless good reason to be every way proud of his new work, forming as it did a new and valuable accession to sterlino. English biography. It was his first book too : he had long been a pamphleteer, but his labours on this occasion, took a larger and N°' 1410. SUN. LONDON. WEDNESD 4.1 r, more substantial shape. He thus jocosely alludes to this circumstance in his prefatory remarks : "Dr. Johnson used to say that no man but a blockhead ever wrote except for .money! This was one of the fbolish sayings of the wise man. On the present occasion, however, I beg that it may be understood, especially by him who hesi tates to buy this book, that I am NOT one of Jon blockheads—and this consciousness greatly augments the anxiety with which, a pamphleteer olfrrty years, I send my first book into the world." Mr. Courtenay, probably in speaking of , him self as a pamphleteer, intended. under that cog nomen to include •his writings as a reviewer, for during many years he contributed papers of the first excellence to the Quarterly and Foreign Quarterly Reviews. This Custom of Review writing had got him much into the custom of using the plural editorial we, a custom which he subsequently reprehends in himself in the fol lowing words :—" I have to apologise for the use of the first person plural: I hold this to be a great impropriety. It is a clumsy at tempt to conceal what neither can be concealed, nor ought to be concealed, — the mere individuality of the opinions pro nounced. Egotism is riot really avoided by af fected expression. If a man is blameable for writing a book of his own views and opinions, his fault is not palliated by the pretence of com panions. I lament exceedingly, that a recent habit of writing in Reviews,' has betrayed me into the use of their presumptuous style." Mr. Courtenay's love of literature would not allow him to remain indolent, or his pen unem ployed. The last work on which he employed his talents, consisted of " Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare." These were published so recently as last year, by Mr. Col burn. The greater part of these Commentaries, which compose two volumes, originally ap peared in the New Monthly Magazine, from June 1838, to March, 1839, under the• title of " Shakspeare's' ' - Historical Plays, considered Historically." Mr. Theodore Hooke greatly ' approved of then), and Mr. Courtenay eon ' fesses that his approbation, as a man equally acute and amiable, was greatly gratifying to him, .Mr. Courtenay undertook with diffidence the attempt of making these furtber comments on Shakspei e. Not that he essayed the task from an affectation of, having found any new beauties in that writer, nor because lie boasted of the power to place in a more striking light those passages which have now for some ages delighted the readers of the English language, but because it appeared to him that (after all the volumes which had been written) there were still points of view in which a large portion of the works of Shakspeare are still to be considered, It has been said that the youth of England take their religion from Mil ton, and their history from Shakspeare. Looking therefore upon Shakspeare as so great an historical writer, and considering all that•has been said of Shakspeare as a teacher of history, Mr. Courtenay proposed to himself in these papers strictly to make inquiry as to " what were Shakspeare's authorities for his history, and how far he has departed from them; • and whether the play can be given to our youth as properly historical." This inquiry had not been anticipated by any of the commentators. Stevens and Malone had certainly a few historical notes, but those very scant, unsatisfactory, and meagre; while the range of their historical criticism is extremely small, and in many instances quite careless. These volumes contained in addition to the Maga zine papers all such plays as Shakspeare founded upon the Scottish and Roman histories. " Having habitually," says Mr. Courtenay, in his final observations, " been engaged in histori cal researches, I have been delighted to connect them with the plays of Shakspeare." Throughout this Memoir, frequent allusions haVe been made to the antiquity and honour ableness of the Courtenay family, whereof Mr. Peregrine Courtenay was no unworthy descend ant. But his collateral relationship to this noble family can only be duly estimated, by consider ing the rank which Gibbon assigns to it, and by the further remembrance that the illustrious his torian turns aside in the midst of his grand his tory, to bestow some hundred lines of glowing eulogy upon its ancestral members. The true dignity of the Courtenay family will best be un derstood by the recital of the historian's own words : " The purple of three Emperors," says Gib bon, " who have reigned at Constantinople, will authorise or excuse a digression on the origin and singular fortunes of the house of Courtenay, in the three principal branches,-1, of Edessa ; 2, of France ; and, 3, of England,—of which the last only has survived the revo!utions of 800 years." Pursuing Gibbon's account of the English branch we find him thus speaking :—" According to the old register of Ford Abbey, the Courte nays of Devonshire are descended from Prince Florus, the second son of Peter, and the grand son of Louis the Fat. The most faithful histo rians believe that after giving his daughter to the King's son, Reginald of Courtenay abandoned his possessions in France, and obtained from the English monarch a second wife and a new inhe ritance. It is certain, at least, that Henry 11. dis tinguished in his camps and councils a Reginald of that name and arms, and, as it may be fairly presumed, of the genuine race of the Courtenays of France. The right of wardship enabled, a feudal lord to reward his vassal with the marriage and estate of a noble heiress; and Reginald of Courtenay acquired a fair establishment in De vonshire, where his posterity has been seated above six hundred years. Hawise, the wife of Reginald, derived the honour of Okehampton ' from a Norman baron, which was held by the service of 93 knights, and a female might claim the manly offices of hereditary viscont or sheriff, and of captain of the Royal Castle of Exeter. In war, the Courtenays fulfilled the duties and deserved the honours of chivalry. In the Field of the Cloth of Gold, a Courtenay broke a lance against the French monarch. But the favour of Henry the Eighth was the prelude to their fall, and the branch became legally ex tinct. But there still survived a lineal descendant of the first Earl of Devon, a younger branch of the Courtenays, who had been seated at Pow derhatn Castle above 400 years from the reign of Edward 111. to the present hour. Their estates have been increased by the grant and improve- Ment of lands in Ireland, and they have been recently restored to the honours of that peerage which, during the quarrels of the Roses, they had lost. Yet," says the historian in conclusion, " the Courtenays still retain the plaintive motto which asserts the innocence and deplores the fall of their ancient house. While they sigh for past greatness they are doubtless sensible of present blessings; in the long series of the Cour tenay annals, the most splendid era is likewise the most unfortunate." The " plaintive motto" to which Gibbon al ludes above is thus couched," Übi lapses? Quid feci? Whither am I fallen? W hat have I done ?" Heraldry has not for certain a more sad or melancholy cry; and with the same feel ing of desolation and unhappiness may it be ap plied to him, who calls by his death for this commemorative memoir. His death has created a gap in the literary, political, and private world which will not be filled up in a moment, .or if filled, will be replaced by no one worthier: Mr. Courtenay has one son a clerk in the Treasury, and another a clerk in the House of Lords. He was himself in the receipt of a pension of 1 , 0001 . , a year. Mr. Courtenay was in his 59th year. I Peace be to his ashes ! THE RAJAH OF SATTARA. The following is Mr. Lewis's motion for the 14th of July, 1841, at the East India House : That it appears from the papers laid before the Court of Proprietors, in the case of the Rajah of Sattara, that his Highness was accused of treasonable designs against the British Government upon ex parte, anonymous, and contradictory statements, without his having an oppor tunity of defending himself. That he was called upon to sign a document admitting his guilt, as the condition of being continued on the throne ; that on his refusing to accde to this extraordinary and degrading pro posal, while asserting his innocence, and requesting to be informed of the charges against him, and the names of his accusers,—he was suddenly, at midnight, removed from his palace by a military force, deprived of his pro perty, and sent a prisoner to Bmares, which extreme measures received the sanction of the majority of the Court of Directors. That such a course of proceeding must have the effect of destroying the confidence of the native Princes of In dia, in the justice and honour of the British Govern ment ; and, therefore, this Court recommends to the Court of Directors that a full and fair investigation of the accusations against the Rajah be forthwith instituted, by an impartial Commit- tee to be appointed for that purpose ; and, in the event of the accusations not being substantiated, that the Rajah be restored to that throne which, according to the re corded opinion of the Court of Directors, he had for so many years adorned, by "a course of conduct calculated to promote the prosperity of his dominions and the happiness of his people." , A FACT FOR SPORTSMEN.—On the Ist of July, as Mr. Graham Stirling of Strowan was on his way to fish in the pond at Drummond Castle, and when within the Deer Park, he flushed a brood of young woodcocks. Three of them flew over the park fence; the old one fluttered along the ground, and picked up one smaller than the rest in her claws. Mr. Stirling put her up three different times, in order•that he might be certain of the fact. The fourth time the old bird dropped the young one close to the paling, among some ferns, where it could not be found. This is a curious fact in natural history, as it has been hitherto held that these birds do not k breed in Scotland.—Glasgow Courier. MR. HORACE T wISS AND LORD • C H ARLES FITZROY. .TO THE EDITOR . OF THE SUN. Srn,— My attention has been called to a speech of Mr. Horace TWiss, in the Btu:// Herald, and inserted in the Times of the 2d July, in which the following passage occurs:—" Mr. Twiss then referred to his own official and political life, and contrasted it with the Parliamen tary career of Lord Charles, of whose performances in the House of Commons, he believed the sum and sub stance to have been a couple of motions, containing accusations against that able and estimable officer, Sir Howard Douglas, which charges the House of Commons; in both instances, declined to'entertain." Content to enjoy, during a residence of many years in this country, the blessings of British freedom, . I have thought it hitherto my duty, as 'a foreigner, to avoid all interineddling in the clash of,thoie ...political conflicts, in which the vitality of that freedom has its origin; tor' even, as an lonian, should I have interposed on the pre sent occasion, had I not seen his generous advocacy of the rights of my countrymen, brought forward on the hustings as a charge against Lord C. Fitzroy, and the very prudence with which he has conducted that advo cacy to success, instanceif. against him as a proof of feebleness and inertness of 'purpose. On the merits of the question in dispute between the lonians and the tyranny which has so long overshadowed their prosperity, and shackled all their energies, I shall not attempt at present to trouble your readers; suffice it to say, that until our cause was nobly taken up by: Lord Fitzroy, the lonian Islands (a free State under British protection) presented a spectacle, to the neighbouring. States of Europe, of worse than Russian despotism, Austrian espionage, or Turkish recklessness of all rule and right. To resist was impossible—to remonstrate useless—to pe- • tition not useless only, but dangerous ; while even to think, to speak, or to read an opinion contrary to that of Sir H. Douglas and his subordinates, was sufficient to bring upon the offender a charge of conspiracy, and ex pose him to the seizure of his papers, to exile, to im p.risonment, and to (what, from my own personal expe rience, I may almost call worse) published calumnies against hiM in the official Gazettes, despatches, and widely circulated correspondence of her Majesty's Am baSsador at Athens,' and her Majesty's Lord High Com- Missioner in the lonian Islands. .Under these circumstances, with a kill consciousness of. his danger, and willing to endure it, the Chevalier Mustoxidi, an eminent scholar and distinguished citizen, enjoying, the highest consideration in his country, ad dressed a memorial to the British Government, calling upon it, in the name of his countrymen, for protection and redress, and some modifications in our Constitution. Upon this memorial Lord Fitzroy based the first of those motions, which Mr. IL Twiss calls " accusations against that able and estimable officer, Sir Howard Douglas." The result of the announcement of Lord Fitzroy's first motion, was a - despatoli from Lord J. Fussell, in which hiS Lordship, after annunciating what lie considered the principles on which the lonian Islands should be go verned, • conceded the necessity of the reform indicated in Mr. Mustoxidi's memorial, and suggested to the Lord High COMmissioner an inquiry into the practicability of putting them immediately into effect. Upon the announcement of this despatch, having thus obtained all he sought, Lord C. Fitzroy withdrew his motion, which was in fact merely a notice for papers, on which to base a preliminary inquiry. But, charged with a mission to examine his own actions, and show the im policy of all his previous acts, what was the conduct of Sir Howard Douglas, the Lord High Commissioner ? He retorted upon those who complained of his adminis tration, charges of disaffection to the British protection ; accused them of being Russian partisans ; criminated them as implicated in some Philorthodox conspiracy, at Athens, which never had existence ; seized on the papers of Mr. Mustoxidi and other eminent citizens; and wrote off a reply to Lord J. Russell's despatch, declaring that such was the state of feeling in the islands, that the grant of liberal institutions to the islands would be fraught with imminent danger to the British protection, and must therefore be indefinitely postponed. Upon this despatch Lord Fitzroy grounded a motion for inquiry into the truth of its statements ;'but Sir 11. Douglas having been superseded in the meantime by Mr. Stuart Mackenzie, her Majesty's Ministers consi dered that they had conceded enough, and that further inquiry might be looked upon as personally invidious to Sir H. Douglas. They therefore associated themselves with the personal friends of Sir H. Douglas, and nega tived the motion of Lord C. Fitzroy. The main object, however, of that motion was obtained—the retirement of Sir H. Douglas, and the registry of a public remon strance against certain acts on his part. This, then, is a sufficient testimony of the services rendered to the lonian people by Lord Fitzroy ; if more were wanting, let me enumerate the gratitude expressed by all lonian citizens ; the addresses from ali the islands; the tribute of a gold medal struck in his honour, and lately presented to him ; and, lastly, the heartfelt grati tude of all who, like myself, have been cognizant from the beginning of his Lordship's hearty zeal and untiring exertions in our cause. I have the honour to be, Mr. Editor, Your obedient, humble servant, AN lONIAN. Colonial Club, London, July 7, 1841. RIOTS AT TOULOUSE. The Messager officially announces that the disturbances a' Toulouse have ceased, and that the municipality is proceeding to make the objectionable surveys of doors and windows ordered by the Minister of Finance. 'f he following is a continuation of the account of the entente given by the Toulouse papers : " The divers reports in circulation yesterday (the 7th) oc casioned a military force, twice as strong as the one employed the evening before, to be employed to prevent hostile manifes tations of any importance. " A: early as eight the side walks of the Alice Lafayette were closed against the public, who were obliged to circulate in the carriage read; and the left walk, on which resides M. Plougoulm, was provided with more sentinels than is the rail ing of the Carrousel, which defends the entrance of the palace of the Tuileries, at Paris. The residence of the Attorney- General was, moreover, specially guarded by •2:5 horse soldiers, and so great was the vigilance displayed on the occasion, that a stranger might have thought it was intended to preserve a monarch from the fury of a revolted people. " The precautionary measures taken on another point were equally great. Place St. Etienne, long before sunset, was invaded by about 200 horse soldiers, to prevent the circulation of the people, and all the streets leading to the Prefecture were stopped up by large bodies of troops. " All this, however, did not prevent a charivari being given to M. Mohul and another to Al. Plougoulm : they were even greater and better kept up than on the previous evening, and it must also be owned the exasperation of the authorities and the conduct of the troops were more deplorable than ever. "A s it is necessary, in order to be just, to give every one his due, we must say, that it gr i e ved us much to see the lamps broken, because so doin g i s always a gratuitous mis chief and a blameable act. The thing, besides, commenced by so inoffensive and so calm a band, that it really seemed as if the young men who threw the first stones had been paid to give riotous example. " The greater part of the charges with the bayonet or at :1111 trot, with drawn swords, were execute,i (this we certify) with out the indispensable somrnations having been made at the proper moment. " This illegal act and revolting cruelty gave rise to nume rous wounds, which principally fell on persons not at all con nected with the chartvarz, and who had not dine to get out of the way of the military. The wounds which have been pointed out to us are the following : " A child, between nine and ten years of age, who was standing near the cafe Reulet, on place St. Etienne, was bar barously struck several times with the butt-ends of their mus kets by several soldiers, who looked more like madmen than anything else ; and when they were reproached with such an act of unnecessary barbarity by some bystanders, they jocosely replied, `Children must be corrected whilst they are young.' " A young man grievously wounded on place St. Etienne, whom the commissary of police would not allow to be at tended, although two soldiers, who had been slightly hurt by being struck with stones, had been most kindly treated and assisted by some of the inoffensive inhabitants. " A barber, wounded in the back with a bayonet and having a sabre-cut on his left arm, both of which injuries he received while flying before the military who were charging, without having matte any sommation. " A lady and her husband knocked down on leaving the Theatre des Varietes to return home. We do not know whether they are wounded, but the lady had her bonnet cut through by a chance stroke of a sabre. " A young man bad his head sadly injured by the horse of an artilleryman in a charge made on place Rouaic, more than 500 yards front the Prefecture. " A man named Fortunet, a cook, employed by M. Berges, traitcur, rue Tripure, wounded through the right arm with a bayonet in a charge made on place lioulbonne, by the tirailleurs do Vincennes who had no police-officer at their head to make the necessary sommations. This man, who had finished his day's work, was going home quietly, and had taken no part whatever in the disturbance. " A student in law had his cheek laid open by a sabre stroke. " We . could enumerate varicus other accidents, but' shall not do so, as they do not present any thing of a serious nature. In addition to all those sinister events, it appears that above sixty .persons , have been arreved. We shall soon see what becomes of the prisoners, and whether M. Mohul in tends to treat the town of Toulouse as a town of war under his control, and its inhabitant s as if they were under mill ,ary law." A SUPPOSED LUNATIC —Monday, a gen tleman named Cameron, residing at No. 3, Wardrobe-place Doctors'-commons, called at the Fleet-street police station. and requested the advice and assistance of Inspector Fos berry, under the following circumstances :—Mr. Cameron stated that a gentleman was then lodging at his house whose conduct was that of a maniac, and his impression was, that he had escaped from some lunatic asylum. He took the lodg ing on Saturday evening last, and the moment he had gained access to the room intended for him to sleep in, he com menced talking loudly and mos: incoherently. Imagining, however, that he was under the influence of liquor, he was admonished, and he became snore passive, and at the usual hour he ( Mr. Cameron) and his family retired to rest, from which, however, about the middle of the ni g ht, the y were parading up and was parading some one, and in the house. He downedni de u a r vt b ih e me d r stairs,yg t t o h e ag i n r a nnteaaccess talking taos lodger, iev ienr y roomwho quarrel (Mr. C. ) again emonstrated with him, but could gain nothing from him but a wild and vacant stare. He, therefore, called in Police-sergeant Munday, No. 304, whose presence appeared, for the moment, to quell him, and he was induced to retire to his room, but could not be persuaded to take off his clothes and go to bed. He kept to his room the whole of the following day ( Sunday). When, however, night came on, and they had retired to rest, they were again arous ed from th eirs lumbers , and their i ncess ant loquacity and vociferat ions of their noisy w asser ted that he had been robbed: in fact, they e a r s , sa w i h le i d , i b io y e l o a g s had not been enabled to obtain a moment's rest since he entered the house. Inspector Fosberry immediately sent SerjeantNlunday to the unfortunate gentleman, who at once canserr ed to go with him (the sergeant) to the station• house, where on his arrival, it was quite evident that he was in an unsound state of mind, and the probability is, that he effected his escape from his.keeper or from some lunatic asylum. Upon searching him, a valuable gold repeater, with gold chain and seals (on the seal is the motto "Ad mortem fidelis"), a gold eye-glass 13 sovereigns, and a double sovereign were found. Upon questioning him, he said that his name was Edward Pearce, and that he was 72. No reliance, how ever, can be placed upon this. His dress is that of a much faded suit of black, and his right boot has got a large hole upon the instep. He has grey hair, a fair complexion, and is about five feet ten inches in height. He was ultimately sent to the Compter for safety, in the hope that his friends, or those who may have had the care of him may be discovered. JULY 11, 1841: THE BREAD-TAX UNVEILED. There is plenty yf good foreign corn at this moment locked .ut 'tin those famine-shops, the bonding warehou which the merchants would be glad to sell at,;iirty - -eight shillings a quarter. Before the key 'infl be turned to let loose this wheat, a tax of Sd. a quarter must be paid. Twenty-four shillings and eight pence a quarter is the tax wWch this very day is paid by the people uponheir bread corn ! they now pay 625. Sd. a quter for wheat, which they might buy for 38s. in , bond, at Liverpool ; the difference of 245. Sd. is the amount of the tax paid for mo nopoly,:_ This is a tax of 40 per cent. upon the daily bread of the people. Let us now see how this tax affects the different classes of bread con sinners, and first, the labouring class. Workmen throughout the whole kingdom earn one with another, about ten shillings a week. In some places, as fin* instance the workmen of Lthidoni and the large cities, they earn much more ; in other parts, as, for example, the pea santry of - Ireland and Devonshire, they earn much less: but t taking the average of the whole, it has been calculated by high authorities, that the working men of the British empire earn ten shillings a week each. It is estimated by the Hand-lobm Inquiry Commissioners, in their able Report, that a working man's fatnily consumes, on an average, five shillings ' worth of bread every week. The tax of 40 per cent. which is now paid on bread, is just two shillings out of the five spent by all the working men being headsof families throughout the kingdom. Two shillings out of the ten a week earned by all the working people of these realms are paid for the tax on their bread; two shillings in every ten, or twenty pounds in every hundred, are taken from the wages of labour by the monopoly of corn! In other words, the present Corn-law imposes upon the whole of the labouring class, an in come tax or poll tax of twenty per cent. This is a truth so clear that nobody can deny it, un less he will deny that two and two make four. Let us next see how this tax affects the other classes of society. The middle class man's fatriily consumes no more bread than the family of the working man; the nobleman's family eats actu ally less bread than the ploughman's. We will suppose, however, that all consume equal quan tities of bread. Let us then see what amount of income tax is levied upon the different classes by the present Corn-law. The working man earning ten shillings a week, or twenty-six pounds a year, pays, as we have seen, two shillings a week, or five pounds four shillings a year, being 20 per cent. of his income, for the tax on bread. The family with an in come of twenty shillings a week, or fifty-two pounds a year, pays also two shillings a week, or five pounds four shillings a year for the bread tax, being 10 per cent. upon its income. The family with an income of 1041. pays the same amount of bread tax, being an income tax of five per cent., and so on, as by the following tabular view :-- Family's Income. Bread Tax. Income Tax. £26 £s• 4 0 52 's 4 0 104 5 4 0 208 5 4 0 416 5 4 0 83 0 5 4 0 1,664 5 4 0 3,328 5 4 0 6,656 5 4 0 13,312 5 4 0 26,624 5 4 0 52,248 5 4 0 106,496 5 4 0 208,992. £2O per cent. 10 /I 5 /I 2 If 11 /I 123. Gd. " Gs. 3d. " 35. Id. " Is. Gd. " 9d. " " 2d. " It will be seen by the above table, that whilst the labouring classes pay twenty pounds out of every hundred of their earnings for the tax upon bread, the nobleman with 208,092/. a year, pays only one halfpenny out of every hundred pounds of his income for the bread-tax. If the tax pressed equally upon the incomes of the Peer and the Peasant, then the Nobleman would pay 40,0001. a year for the tax on bread. Now what should we say if a Bill was brought into Parliament for increasing the revenue by imposing an income-tax upon all classes, with this proviso, viz., that the labouring class should pay a tax of 201. per cent., the middle class 1/. per cent., the rich man a shilling per cent., and the. richest peer one halfpenny per cent., would there not arise one unanimous burst of execra tion against the author of such a notorious Bill Yet, stript of its mystery, the present Corn-law is infinitely worse than such an income-tax; for it taxes the incomes of the poor in the very way we have described, not for the revenue of the State, but for the benefit of the rich landowners, who themselves escape the burden.—Anti-Bread- Tax Circular., LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, July 13. RICE V. PARSONS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 9/. los., alleged to be due on a bill of exchange, made pay able in March, 1836. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted ; as a second bill had been executed on condition of the one forming the grounds of the present action being de stroyed. Mr. Thomas appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Chad wick for the defendant. The leading facts of the case for the plaintiff, as they appeared in evidence were as follows ;—ln' the month of March, 1835, the defendant accepted a bill, payable in twelve months. for 9/. 10s., which was endorsed by a person named Robert Gellet, who subsequently paid it away in the course of business to the plaintiff in the present action.' Shortly after it became due, some fur ther transactions having taken place between Gellet and the defendant, another bill for 10/. Bs. was passed under similar circumstances, for Gellet's use, which the de fendant's son paid upon its becoming due. The plaintiff Price was repreSented as a man of considerable pro perty, and consequently able to give time to the de fendant for payment of the present demand, although his (Price's) attorney refused to give his address, or tell where he could be found, as there was a suit in which he was concerned pending in Chancery, and he kept out of the way to avoid being served with certain law pro ' cesses from the Court. R. Gellet being called to the witness' box, was sub jected to a long examination. He was handed the two bills of exchange, and requested to look at one; upon which the word " received" had been written itnmedi ately over his indorsement, and asked if it had been written by him, to which he replied in the negative. Mr. C. JONES, on the part of the defendant, contended that this was a trumped up case, and aulmadverted with some warmth on the evidence in support of the plain tifrs case. He then called Henry Wm. Parsons, who said he was the defend ant's son. At the time the bill became due, Gellet called for payment, and witness's father being unwell, and unable immediately to meet the demand, Gellet con sented to renew the bill, charging interest, and including a small account for goods delivered, which made the se cond bill amount to 10/. Bs. Upon Gellet receiving the latter bill, he promised to destroy the other one ; and after witness paying 10/. Bs., witness heard no more of the demand until the present action was brought. Several other witnesses having ben examined, The Learned UNDER SHERIFF summed up, and, in concluding, observed that he could not admire a plain tiff who came into a Court of Justice to establish his own claims in law whilst he tried to screen himself by keeping out of the way, in order to avoid the jurisdiction of another and a superior Court. The Jury, after a lengthened consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. SUICIDE AT BLACKERIARS BRIDGE.—Mon day night. between eleven and twelve, as police-constable Bailey, 349, was on duty on the :western ride of Blackfriars Bridge, his attention was 'directed to a well-dressed female, "about 2.S years of age, who was proceeding on the opposite sided the bridge, but whose appearance indicated great dis tress of mind. He kept her in sight, until arriving at about the middle of the bridge, when she turned round as if to sec whether she was observed, and perceiving the policeman, almost in the twinkling of an eye she had mounted the seat of the centre arch, thence to the parapet, and notwithstanding the exertions of the policeman to prevent it, she succeeded in precipitating herself into the water. No time was lost in put ting off a boat with the drags, but she was carried away by the tide. OUTRAGE AT WATERFORD. ELEVEN PERSONS SHOT. —On Thursday evening, about Mille a crowd of children assembled in the Manor, and were shout ing, " Down with the Tories," " Wyse and Barron for ever," with several exclamations of a like nature, when a monster, named Morgan, who resides in Henry-street, opened his door, and deliberately fired a pistol, loaded with balls or slugs, on the young and innocent creatures; he then reloaded and tired again, and then shut his door, and fired a third shot from kis window. He succeeded in his deadly purpose. Will it be credited, he wounded eleven defenceless children, three of whom are not expected to recover? Some boys, indignant at this horrid and brutal outrage, as sailed the residence of this wretched and blood-stained man, and broke the windows in front of his house, tut "they were stopped by a few discreet neighbours. The police conducted the prisoner in perfect safety to the Mayor's oilier. The following named wounded persons (all being under the age of eighteen) sat at the side bar t —Johanna Hertne berry, Alice Foley, Mary Doyle, Alice Keating, Michael Kelly, and Martin Magrath. Some of the other pet sons wounded were sent to the Leper Hospital, and others are in so dan gerous a.situation that they cannot be removed. Among the latter are a son of Mr. Thomas Torpey, a little girl named Mountain, and a boy named Quilty. About half-past ten the prisoner Morgan was brought forward, when the Mayor real the informations of some of the wounded people, charging the prisoner with having fired two pistol shots. The Mayor said he should commit the prisoner, and would not take baii. Since writing the above, we have heard that the child named Mountain has died of her wounds. Morgan is fully committed. --Abriaged front the Waterford Chronicle. 1• wo POACHERS SHOT.—On Saturday night last Gaunt, gamekeeper to W..Horsfall, Esq., of Calverley, ca ,„ u p with two young men in the woods poaching. One of them has been but a short time released from Wakefield. They had a dog with them ; anti Gaunt says t hat, in raising his gun to shoot it, the gun went off before he got it to his shoulder, and lodged the contents in the bodies of the two poachers. One of them is dangerously wounded. Gaunt sur rendered to justice on Monday.— Wakefield Journal. THE THEATRES. HAYMARKET. Mr. Charles Kean made his appearance last night for the first time in the part of Romeo. The manner in which the play was l ot up. reflects a great deal of credit on the spirit and taste of Mr. Webster. Mr. Kean's Romeo was all that could be desired, and we only regret that he should not have performed the part earlier in the season. His appearance was prepossessing, and his acting natural, no ever-straining to.catch a temporary applause, no unnatural fits and starts, throughout the whole performance he was powerful and pathetic, and gave the more impassioned parts with justness of conception, and a vigour of execution, seldom equalled and rarely surpassed. In the last scene espe cially, in which Mr. Kean evidently exerted all his powers, the Romeo of the poet was realised and personified by the actor with admirable fidelity. The Juliet of Miss Ellen Tree was in every way worthy of Kean's Romeo. The Mercutio of Wallack was full of gentlemanly spirit and wayword humour, and elicited much applause. The other parts were well sus tained, particularly that of the Nurse, by Mrs. Clifford, and at the fall of t he curtain, Mr. Kean and Miss Tree, who were loudly called for, came forwa d and made their bow. VICTORIA, On Monday evening the performance of Macbeth took place, when we were glad to find the house crowded in every part. Osbaldiston displayed much talent in the personation of the arduous character of Macbeth, and made several of the " points " tell well. Saville was a little too cool in his idea of the character of Macduff; he should have infused more war rior-like spirit into it. Dale played Banque carefully, and Mrs. W. West drew down great applause in the character of Lady Macbeth, in which she evinced much discrimination. Locke's music, with Miss Vincent as the first witch, and a strong chorus, was sung admirably. The alterations in this theatre, and the able management of Mr. Osbaldiston are be ginning to tell. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD C/RCU/T.—OxFoRD JULY 12. The Commission of this county was opened on Saturday evening. Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Coltman took their seats in Court this morning at ten o'clock. The ca lendar contains the names of only 16 prisoners, andpresents no case of any particular interest. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE). Richard Taylor and Richard Tollett were indicted for having, on the 31st of October last, at the parish of En sham, feloniously entered the dwelling-house of Henry El tham, and stolen therefrom 17 sovereigns and a variety of other articles. Mr. Keating conducted the prosecution; Mr. Carrington defended the prisoners. The trial if lhese men was to have taken place at the last Assizes. but Taylor, on the day before they commenced, broke his leg in the gaol. The prosecutor is a confectioner living . at Ensham, and proved that, on the night mentioned in the indictment, about one o'clock in the morning, he awoke, and found his wife dressed, as if prepared for leaving home. On inquiry he found five boxes, containing the articles mentioned in the indictment, and the whole of his wife's wearing.apparel, were gone, and that she (his wife) was awaiting the return of the persons who had taken them away, with the intention of accompanying them. From the evidence of Mrs. Eltham herself it appeared that, for some reason or other, discontented with her husband, she had determined to elope with Taylor, who was an old ac quaintance, and that she came over to Oxford, and had two in terviews with him in the course of last July, at which the plan for carrying her off, with all the money she could bring with her, was arranged between herself and Taylor. She gave her evidence with considerable coolness and effrontery, but de nied that any criminal intercourse had taken place between Taylor and herself, though she admitted that they agreed to go together to Gloucester to live as man and wife. Mrs. Eltham seems to have been forgiven by her indulgent husband, and has been living with him ever since ; the boxes and their contents having been recovered by him uninjured. Mr. Justice Coleridge summed up the evidence, telling the jury that a man who carries off the property of another, by the direction of the wife, is not guilty of felony, unless he be either the paramour of the wife, or unless be carries it off with the intention of living in adultery with her, and he left it to them to say whether there had, in fact, been any criminal inter course between the parties, or whether Taylor carried off the the goods with the intention of afterwards appropriating them to his own use, when he should be living with the wife of the prosecutor. ' The jury found the prisoner Taylor guilty, and acquitted Tollett. . -. The Learned Judge sentenced Taylor to fifteen months' im prisonment. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN. ) WEBB V. TRIPP. This was an action of trover, to recover possession of a sack of barley and a plank belonging to the plaintiff, and taken pos. session of by the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. Gray were for the plaintiff. Mr. V. Lee appeared for the defendant. This action arose out of the dispute respecting the right of the public to land goods at a wharf at Shillingford, upon the river Thames, the Company, of whom the defendant was a representative, claiming a right to receive toll upon all vessels unloading at the wharf. An action on which this right was raised was tried at the Assizes for this county last year, and a verdict given, establishing the right of the public to un load their goods without any toll. The defendant, however, notwithstanding this decision, persisted in demanding toll on the occasion, and upor refusal took possession of the sack of barley antthe plank. These facts were clearly proved, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Air. Justice COLTMAN certified (under Lord Denman's Act) that the action was brought to try a right, the value of the barley and plank being only 19s. ELECTORS !-REGISTER I REGISTER ! The 20th of July is the last day for sending in county claims ; and for 101. voters paying poor-rates and assessed taxes in boroughs. County electors who are not already registered for the same property, or who have changed their places of abode since last July, must, on or before the 20th of July instant, send to the overseers of the parish in which their property is situated their claims to vote, which must contain a description of their places of residence, the nature of qualification, and its situation, or the tenant's name; and they must send with each claim a shilling. Borough electors who live in 101 houses will lose their votes unless they pay, on or before the 20th of July instant, all poor rates and window taxes due prior to the 6th of April last, whether demanded by the collector or not. Scot and lot voters will be disfranchised unless they pay. on or before the 30th of July instant, all the poor-rates which have been de of them up to that day. _ EXCLUSIVE DEALING.—A society has been formed by the Tories, for the purpose of encouraging exclusive dealing. The proposal is an immoral one, be cause its object is to tempt or terrify men into com mitting the crime of voting against their consciences. But it is both unwise and impracticable. It is unwise, because it is more likely to provoke anger than alarm. Englishmen may be persuaded, but will never be bullied, into supporting any party. The very attempt to dictate to a tradesman is an insult which he is sure to resent, and if he appears outwardly to conform, his efforts are privately . e directed to advance his real opinions. For one who is thus awed into silence or a vote, three will be roused by the consciousness of attempted tyranny into active resistance and tenfold efforts to defeat the tyrants who try to trample on them. It is unwise, also, as it provokes retaliation, and Tory tradesmen would equally object to have every Whig customer crossed out of their books. At Bath the system was attempted, and it ,has produced the result ex hibited at the last election ; indignation overcame fear, and threats led to active resistance. Some bankers there having tried the game, the insulted tradesmen, whose franchises were thus sought to be taken from them, resolved that it was one at which two parties could play, and they immediately determined to refuse to take the notes, when presented, of the banks which had used undue influences, and half-a-dozen tradesmen might, by so doing, break any bank in a few days. And it is impracticable, for political connexion is but one of many that rule the affairs of life. Men must deal with those who deal with them ; they have friends to seive, relations to oblige, whom they cannot afford to sacrifice for that which their consciences must tell them is, after all, a serious moral wrong. Add to these who cannot act upon the system, the many whose good sense and good feeling will not permit them to coerce the consciences of their neighbours, and the remnant who are foolish or unprincipled enough to act upon it will be so small, that they will be ashamed of themselves. Exclusive dealing has been often attempted, and in many places, and nowhere has it succeeded, for it is contrary to the irresistible law of commerce, that in duces every one to buy where we can obtain the best and cheapest article, without reference to the politics, religion, or intelligence of the seller.— Somerset County Gazette. CHANGES IN THE SOLAR SPOTS.—We lately noticed that two pretty large clusters of spots were tra versing the sun's disk, and that a third cluster had ap peared on the morning of the 23d ult. On the.morning of the 27th, one of the two .former clust ers h ad entirely disappeared, though . it had scarcely arr i ve d at the middle of the disk. It consisted of one pretty large and' flit smaller spots. This change must have taken place during Friday or Saturday, the 25 th and 26th ult. Some of the small spots in the third cluste r h ave a l so since disappeared. The large spot c onnected with the other cluster, which appeared with a eompact dark nucleus, and which was . reckoned to 'be nearly the size of the earth, has sin ce t h at time been divided into two parts, with a • bright space between them, and they are both included within one regular penum bra. These changes, accomplished in so short a time, in masses of matter larger than the whole extent of the terraqueous globe, i n di cate that vast changes are con stantly going forward, either in the solid body of the sun, or in his luminous atmosphere, and that powerful agents, far surpassing -what we can now conceive, are in incessant operation to produce so astonishing effects. Perhaps the overwhelming of America by the Atlantic Ocean, or the v i o l ent di srupt i on of A f rica f rom the continent of Asi a , wou ld not ex hibi t phenomena more wonderful tha n t h e su dd en di sappearance o f some o f the large solar spots.—T. D.—C orres pondent of the Dundee Advertiser. ACTING THE AGREEABLE.—An Englishman seldom lays himself out to act the agreeable to women ; a Frenchman never omits an opportunity of so doing ; hence the attentions of the latter are less gratifying than those of the former, because a woman, however free from vanity, may suppose that when an Englishman takes the trouble—and it is evidently a trouble, more or less, to all our islanders to enact the agreeable—she has really inspired him with the desire to please.—Lady Blessington's Idler in Prance. FRENCH PREJUDICE.. --I am often amused, and sometimes half-vexed, by witnessing the prejudices that still exist in France with regard to the English. These prejudices prevail in all ranks, and are, I am dis posed to think, incurable. They extend to trivial as well as to more grave matters, and influence the opinions pro nounced on all subjects. An example of this prejudice oc curred a few week s ago, when one of our most admired belles having arrived at Paris from London, her personal appearance was much canvassed. One person found her too tall, another discovered that she had too much enbon point, and a third said her feet were much too large. A Frenchman, when appealed to for his opinion, declared " Elle est tres Lien pour une Anglaise." I ought to add that there was no English person present when he made this ungallant speech, which was repeated to me by . a French lady, who laughed heartily at his notion.—Lady Bkssington's Idler in France. SIR D. WILKIE. A general meeting of the Members of the Royal Scottish Academy was held in the Royal Institution, on Friday, the 9th instant, for the purpose of expressing sympathy and condolence with the relatives of Sir David Wilkie, on the death of the illustrious artist. At the desire of the Academicans, then unanimously expressed, Mr. Allan, their President, has addressed a letter, expressive of their feelings, to Thomas Wilkie, Esq., the only surviving brother of the deceased. The following is a copy : " Royal Scottish Academy, " Edinburgh, July 9, 1841. " Sir—Upon learning of the death of Sir David Wilkie, the members of the Royal Scottish Aca demy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, met under feelings of the deepest regret, in order that they might conjointly express their sincere sympathy with his bereaved relatives, and their sense of the great loss which society and the arts have sustained—a loss which must be felt to be alike a subject of national regret, and of grief to those friends from whom his acquirements and vir tues drew an ample measure ofregard. But to such friends it is a source of consolation and pride, that although his demise has taken place at a period of life when much might yet have been added to what he has already done, the many productions of his genius have established his fame on a foundation which at once secures its perpetuity and its extent. " It is, therefore, with the greatest respect for the memory, and admiration for the talents, of Sir David Wilkie, that the members of the Royal Scottish Academy desire to offer to you, and to Miss Wilkie, their unfeigned condolence. " I have the honour to be, Sir, "Your very obedient servant, (Signed) " WM. ALLAN, President. " To Thomas Wilkie, Esq." CUPAR-ANGUS.-LETHENDY CASE. Another action, presenting rather a new fea ture in the Church question, has been raised and executed, at the instance of Mr. Thomas Clark, presentee to the Church and united parishes of Lethendy and Kinloch, against the majority of the Presbytery of Dunkeld. It will be re collected that, on 30th of March last, the Presbytery of Dunkeld, by a majority of fif teen to three, refused to take Mr. Clark on trials. The three forming the minority were the Rev. Henry Henderson of Kinclaven, the Rev. Thomas Nelson of Auchtergaven, Minis ters, and Robert Menzies, banker, Dunkeld, elder, who gave in a paper stating that they were willing and ready to take Mr. Clark on trials, and, if found qualified, to admit and receive him Minister of the Church and parishes of Lethendy and Kinloch according to law. The present action has been brought to have it found and declared that the mi nority are competent to constitute and hold meetings of Presbytery for the purpose of taking Mr. Clark on trials, and if in their judgment he be found qualified, to admit and receive him as Minister of the said church and united parishes; and also for in terdict against the majority of the Presbytery obstructing, moloting, or hindering in any way the minority in performing what is styled their statutory duty, when, meeting for that object, or from taking any part in any meeting of Presbytery held for that purpose ; and from delaying, or adjourning. or stopping the same, by their acts and votes, or otherwise, so that the laws and statutes of the realm may not be de• feated and set at nought by the illegal refusal of the major part of the number of Presbytery to discharge the duty as aforesaid. Dundee Warder. DEATH OF ROBERT ALLAN ) THE REN.. FREWSIIIRE POET. — This ingenious man, who was born and reared in the village of Kilbarchan, left this country for America in the month of April last, and only sur vived seven days after his arrival at New York. He en joyed good health, and was in high spirits during the passage, till the vessel (Clutha) came to the banks of Newfoundland, and the weather being cold and foggy, he caught from the change a severe illness, which le:, terly terminated in fever. His interment was re ,- ably n i e. li with a ably conducted by a number of his country few of the American people, who, from th7 e pee ' uliarity 'to display their of his mournful case, manifested a wish regard for his remains by followin- 8 . the same to the of age. The volume of 7.11 Glasgow a few years ago, tomb. He was sixty-six years y he ex p e u e tis a h t ed songs, which became the theme poetry contains whichm an of much praise. If, was a collection of his more gentle pieces, leaving hks more elaborateproductions for another and a larger volume, which he constantly announced his intention of printing either in this country or America. His emigration arose from attachment to an only son, who resolved on going to America in the capacity of a portrait painter, and a separation could not be borne. Glasgow paper. Gaon IlviNG.—The Bishops in France are said to have had the most luxurious dinners imaginable on what were erroneously styled fast-days ; and their cooks had such a reputation for their skill, that the having served a Monseigneur d'Eglise was a passport to the kitchens of all lovers of good eating. There are people so profane as to insinuate that the excellence at which the cooks arrived in dressing les diners maigres, is one of the causes why Catholicism has continued to flourish ; but this, of course, must be looked on as a malicious hint of the enemies to that faith which thus proves itself less addicted to indulgence in the flesh than are its decryers.—Lady Blessington's Idler in France. INVERNESS PRESBYTERY.—THE DAVIOT CASE.—A meeting of the Presbytery of Inverness was held on Tuesday, when Mr. C. Stewart, agent for the people of Daviot, read the sentence of the General As sembly rejecting Mr. Simon Mackintosh as presentee of this parish, and appointing it to be intimated to the pa tron (the Crown). The Presbytery resolved to comply with this injunction, on which it was moved by Dr. Rose, and seconded by Mr. Fraser, of Dores, that " in making this intimation to the Crown, in obedience to the General Assembly, the Presbytery state that they are perfectly aware that they are in violation of the statute law, as de clared by the Court of Session and the House of Lords, and that if the patron or the presentee may choose in this case to assert their undoubted rights, the Presbytery will have the alternative of being deposed, or subjected to an action of damages and imprisonment. The Presby tery, therefore, respectfully, but earnestly submit to the Crown, and through it to the Legislature, whether this be a situation in which any loyal and obedient subject , should be placed or s u ff e red to remain for a single day.' It was moved by lir. Fraser, of Kirkhill, and seconded by Mr. Sutherland, that this statement be not trans mitted. Votes being taken, it was carried " Not trans mit," by five to four. AN AMERICAN LADY'S CRITICISM ON ENGLISH FEMALE BEAUTY.—I think one of our parties must strike an Englishman like a nursery ball. Even in this immense assembly at House I saw few young people, none extremely young ; but I must confess the tout ensemble struck me Its very superior in physical con dition and beauty to a similar assembly with us. Our girl, with her delicate features and nymph-like figure, b ve u l t op t m he en E t, ng f l a i r sh s w u • i o .p m a a ss n e , s is far more lovely in her first freshness than the English ; twenty to forty-five The women here,. up in ours her ripeness to five-and-forty (and splendid women ninny f o te f r t tli t a ni t are up to that age), dress with taste--fitness ; a superb from r e ne i s s s and full de not how much longer, leave their necks and arms .‘ ed," abominably. 1V omen to seventy, and Heav b en knows here and there one, " bli n d e d, deluded, and 1 4: 11 ) - te o mpora but whole assemblies of fat parchment 0 mores !--and lean. Such 'll arms bared, that seen bedizened with diamonds, scissors of destiny, or to stir w(nnhenentannecks as I have seemed only fit to hold the s ~.itehes. Dresses in azure the caldron of Macbet dimpled as a cherub's, though they were as round bunchesu satins and rose-coloured and bares her arms as if of sinews, that seem only kept they are mere •.k Paley expatiates This post mor wristband, on win 's, perh , aps after all, an act of penance tem demonstrationri together by thatnic,e _anatomical contrivance 'of the perhaps it is a benevolent admonition for past vanities, l as t ! W ho knows ?—Miss Sedgwiek's " Letters come at youngiesanok fair, that to this favour they must to the from Abroad." DARING ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY AT WHITTINGTON.—ONE OF TILE BURGLARS SHOT. —on Friday night, the 25th ult., one of the most daring tempts at burglary which have been heard of for many years took place at a lone cottage at Whittington, near Carlisle. The cottage is inhabited by an elderly female, a widow aged Str, named,Buckle, with her daughter, and a youth (we believe her'grandson), aged about 14 years. The inmates retired to rest at the usual period, but were shortly afterwards apprised of danger by a little dog in the cottage. The boy arose and distinctly heard an at tempt to pick the lock on the door, and upon looking into the court-yard he distinctly perceived five. or six men of ruffianly appearance. The younger fe male arose and inquired of the boy if the gun was loaded, and said she would open the win dow and ask the men their business. The lad (who had been keeping off birds during the day) replied that the gun was loaded, and the wo man cautiously opened the window, and asked their intentions, when one of the men replied they would " let her know in two minutes." By this time the thieves became more resolute, and were attempting to force the -door with a heavy instrument resembling a hammer or an axe. The woman then called to the boy, and he discharged the gun at the man who was in the act of striking the door, hitting him in the shoulder, or, as the boy supposes, on the left side, under the arm. He fell instantly with a loud shriek, and a man who stood at the opposite side of the door also fell. The party in stantly decamped, carrying the wounded man with them. The gun was reloaded, and the woman took her' post at the window, while the boy went to some neigh bourinc, cottages to seek assistance, with which he speedily returned, and although immediate search was then made, and has been continued, no clue has been obtained as to who the parties are. A heavy rain came Strongs he haso not attaches been to seen a pe s r i r known e on directly after the occurrence, and prevented all traces of thei t t their steps. lie cottagers, but ucin the occurrence, and fears are entertained that he was the' person who was shot, and that he has forfeited his life.. —Carlisle Patriot. 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