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Manchester Mercury, X 5,000 - The people of Dublin, particularly the shop keepers, are beg►nning to feel a little disappointed at the manner in which the promised splendour of the Viceregal Court is sustained. During the first three months of his Excellency's Viceroyalty expectation was fully realised, but since that every thing seems to have gone on in as quiet and sombre a manner as with his predecessor. A gentleman from Belfast- states, that a few nights ago, at a place called Guilford, in the county of Antrim, as a poor man was returning home from a public house where he had purchased some spirits, he was met on the way by some persons, who murdered him. He was found stretched on the ground with his entrails out. A Coroner's Inquest was held, who returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons un known." The deceased was a Catholic. ROBBERY AT SIBSEY.—A daring robbery occurred on Wednesday night last, at the village of Sibseb near Boston. An old woman- named MaasnAl.r., GS years of age, has long resided in a cottage there, rather lonely situated, herself being the only inhabitant of the lint. For many years she has officiated as sexton of the parish, and in this striange capacity for a ,female, she was said to have hoarded a considerable sum of money, which it was gene rally understood she kept secreted in her house. Tempted, doubtless, by this rumour, some villains, on the night above mentionq, broke into her cottage, and plundered her shilling pieces, to the amount of 50/. They also took sovereigns, and seven away a &e., which was valued at 101., . making the total. loss 60/.—Boston Gazette. house ufqguuainnteita::ofunplathe:lf guineas, SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—An Inquest war held on Tuesday evening, at the Queen's Arms, Little. Tower-hill, before MAURICE THOMAS, Esq. Deputy Steward and Coroner for the Liberties of the Tower of London, on the body of JAMES GREY, who dropped down dead in a shop in Queen-street, on S atur d ay l ast , h av i n g previously appeared in the NI vigour of health. On the Jury viewing the body, one of them exclaimed, with great surprise—" That man owes me a thousand pounds, a nd is an uncertiticated bankrupt." It is very remarkable that JAMES GREY met his sudden death exactly opposite the door of his creditor, whom he had defrauded of so large a sum of money. The evidence on the inquest was clear and conclusive ; a verdict Was accordingly returned 6, Died by the visitation of God." These circumstances, so remarkably coincident, tend greatly to support the belief in a retributive Providence. THE LATE ROBBERY AT EAST HAM. the . P__i 6i lt - FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. transr - 0 4 !r, W b° t htl l'h ARRIVALS. , :„to 4,„ e.. Earl of Fife, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, elm .",, ii ed C . the Royal Lodge, Wind.or ; the Bishop of Oxford and h e assik kr P . l . o _,Yd, at ditto, from Caddisdon Palace, near Oxford; Lord L . .Y Brudenell, at their house in Hereford-street, from k i p t9l o i l l,l 7 . B , ar ae ns Dowager Marchioness of Exeter, at her house in r g eu gleli r Ilt , at HotelFentofnr'het• seat at Roehampton ; Mr..and Mr . s. , St. James's-street, from their seat in • B au d hi 1 .- , • ve tt re; John Markham, Esq. at the British Hotel, Jermyn ' 1, i.e ,te.,f_rona Brussels ; Lord Bavning, at Bryant's Hotel (late jat Iv; 40174 ..`, 8 ) , 1. Conduit -street, from e hiselhurst, Kent ;J. Malcent, ury ~ . i ,i 6 ., o i ; n t .s. itto ; Lieutenant-Colonel O'Hara, at Gould's Hotel, he see r ,14 :tet, tr in eet•from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, in Grosvenor. from f 0 1 ° dis, Cheltenham. CHANGES. he %I A o f • tSitTosvenor at his seat Eaton Hall, Cheshire, from Flint. t he tv''' - o b )iii: v ; i i 1 1 .0 1 y rd Henry Cholmondeley, from Cholmondeley House, Lon a visit to the lion. C. Arbuthnot, at his seat, stews7...,ea o%rd Lod a u, ~,,, r._ ge, Northamptonshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd, led a . .. t ool ' .4 1 17er-str e et, for their seat in Wilts ; Lieutenant-Colonel : h be fr , 'R,lit ia f i r , o 7 . lFenton's Hotel, for Brighton ; Capt. Leigh, from otel, for Brighton William Mason, Esq. from , -, • for R a tha.l e i lt oPt , 11 th ; Henry Grattan, E sq. M.P. and Mrs. Grattan, he. p _. vir , ii, Jyyt's Hotel (late Warne's), for Brighton ; Mrs. Dewar, . ° O O ~.7. 4 ti t • fur Edinburgh. d no' v ice, , v . • ARRIVALS AT BATH. , • of Aos eo „,., „., 111 5 .' too Fin er ~., zhrington, Sir R. and Lady Vaughan, Le Compte s take!' et cSt 'Ma Rochefoucault, General Cameion, Lieutenant he ,),,,,„ Hamilton; Major and Mrs. Morgan,. Major and Mrs. Spinks, „tre t" Onah a . Captains and Mistresses Nurse, Blair, e s , pin es, Nvi,., .!t . eynolds, Lieutenant Lys, Rev. Messrs. Bowles, csnam, Mortim . er . , Ray, Brownlow. Mr. and Mrs. itZ , tter,R . Uerta Muloch, Gillingham Sweet Robins .n, Adams 1 1•1:•,Prenville, Austin, Simpson, ' Lloyd, Boston, Halkett, t, i ; ) ‘..ester, Wicklam, Morris, Green, Holland, Hayter, Evans, Marsham, Brock, Foster, Toker, Whitmore, 1 1 .114,;:f „I - yuchesson, Hallam, Hamilton, Green, Mistresses ,iti o :n Markham, Cobham, Mulse, Ware, Turner, Orr, Carey, tttt o ,74„.Hawkins, Tyndale, Kersteman, Millie, Miss Gil- Ns.. 'len, Butts, Stevens, Tanner, Ware Kersteman, , Alford, Morris, Hawkins, Gibbons, &c. ' L t „, ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. ,tok,4 u ,noneraile, Lady Duncan, Sir John and Lady Lambert, t r e `i t holcson, Col. Andrews, Major Perks, Major Richards, ~ litledge, Captain Connell, Captain and Mrs Foy 'WA , •" Mahon Mr and Mrs Smart • Nle - srs J k' : Mil: ii, r Wood, , • 1 • ,-, . en Ille, 1 444triei G. C.F. Alder, H. Thompson, L. Lane, H. Trail, i t 4,, , .....nthth, J. Holmes, W. Leinan, L. Harrison, Willis, ~ l'' riarwood, Biowne, Smith, Mathews, and illoxham ; III ! Z_a Wood, Johnson, Patrickson, Cooper, Vassal, Walker, i k 'mYthe, s x . : I ,.. V ALS AT MACKENZIE'S HOTEL, EDINBURGH. Ni."'lchael Clare, Bart., and Lady Clare ; William Mac kot.i!,r44q.; John Boyd, Esq. and Mrs. Boyd, of Wosid , s 7, waby, Esq. ; -- Robertson, Esq. ; John La,month, " 4 rarkhall ; Wm. .Larmonth, Esq. de h e , rio ta r 1 0 d to ie 0 ie 1115 7,. 110W 5 Pro Wlrigh ts ..•• ight, [1.10?f: begg,ll" 09 0 eter* jf forttl r "P IP ; preSe r del Id 19 k , hon est• de .„ whor• ( sji.tl; obtal l at )vies mP ri : 4 . °ll o l4' a to Y.) secs.) a 5 1° 3 .0 1 0 6 15 4 111 5 5 6 10 1 12 ql.lO- 1 S i 5 to 3 I) 4 0 10 1 4 oted. antily 0111; iyersi e . ‘ l NiCg to 5 2' ti , Veal, • - . 6 , 0. pis daY 'of driven a . °I to 4 5s 0, s b 3 S 5 6 4 6 „ s ell' to OA' !,tiPli 11— e, treet reln‘; it of rg“ - nore yoior, with ; ' 4 n Pe r k (' i 3 ire hie deo , * ) 1e tlit e , r p( i ly 00' sl 'tinoCe/ ° fi t! ' ira e direeti°l4 ) ; strair ,4l harte e. 6 - r , tithe till.' PP ears r ha'Ye he tirile j. were W . the 1724,:e ABS' ; 11", The Duke of WELLINGTON come to town Ikrj es daY night, from his seat at Strathfieldsaye. The 1 14 ' 4 4 Minister, th e M ar quis of SALISBURY, Viscount u l lourir, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Mr. Secretary PEEL, h t r ite CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, had interviews his Grace yesterday at the Treasury. 11le M arquis de BARBACENA came to town A Q Ufliday, from the residence of the young Queen of Port- AL at Laleham. The Marquis, after an interview with 1 1t ?,razilia n Mi n i s t er , yester d ay procee d e d to the o ffi ce o f . i ti , 4 epetary of State for Foreign Affairs, and had a long re view with the Earl of ABERDEEN. lkie Marquis d e P A LMEL L A v i s it e d th e D u k e g ettiNG TON yesterday. Ti $ le Prussian Minister and Count D'OFALIA, 4 Opanish Minister on a special mission, transacted bu atiee .44 With the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign kl`lollSieUr FALCK, the Ambassador from the witherlands, had an interview yesterday, at the Colonial 'with Sir G. MURRAY. Nlt ' ! ' lle B avarian Mi n i s t er t ransac t e d b us i ness r day at the Foreign-office. Nte he Lord Chamberlain transacted business 'day at the Home .office. T th._. vv ° King's Messengers were sent off on night from the Foreign-office, one with despatches d CSWLEY, our Ambassador at Vienna, and also Lor d RETTESBURY, our Ambassador on a special mia tc ° the Emperor of RUSSIA ; the other with despatches .4 . S. CANNING. b h Si t JOHN LEACH is considerably better, he oat yesterday for nearly two hours, and, it is expected, t i , 1 1l resume his Sittings, at the Rolls' Court, on Satur !lext. t tt kEETING OF THE LEICEST ERSHIRE P ITT k i4 --On Thursday last a numerous and highly respect • peeting of the members of the Pitt Club took place, he purpose of taking into consideration the propriety • etetitionint , Parliament against the claims of the Roman A ' petition to that effect was accordingly drawn trtd agreed to.—Leicester Herald. SZ 3. I INNER TO L O R D MORPETH.— Accor ding a,etY appearance this great national banquet will far hired in magnificence any thing which those who into )l4 themselves about it had, in the beginning, antiei- It, We have already mentioned that the Duke of c ir rllt will be in the chair. We have now the plea - C l 4 to state that the Marquisses of WESTMEATII and 11211 canoe are expected to act as Vice-Presidents. lcT,e Will, besides, be a great attendance of N o b l emen and Chet" of the House of Commons who advocate the 647 o 1 Civil and Religious Liberty ; were it not, indeed, e shortness of the time, there is no doubt that every !'idu a l of either class now in Ireland, and not iticapa- Cd by illness, would be present. The dinner arrange are to be on a scale of great splendour. Mom:assort r; Olt his own price for the tickets, and he engages to do , dthir.f_ , that can be done in his way in this country.— MorniNg Register. superb landau, of beautiful proportions, Lbeaia publicly shown for the last few days at the mann ik:qrY of !rigors. Houtz:wren, Long-acre. It has been j; . : built by them for the young Queen of PORTUGAL, lb ' s ' for a state carriage, is one of the lightest, though hr t tawdry of the kind we have seen for some time. The 11, 4 ,, 18 are of very light (or as it is called) Braganza green, ai, 3 l emblazoned with the heraldic bearings of that ilium- I,jo hous e , a n d finely relieved with deep gold frame- C 4. The harnmercloth is of scarlet, very full at the rg• and ornamented With a rich deep fringe of the calour, which gives to the whole a splendid ap akrartce. Among the other carriages just finished at the 4 ufactory, is a travelling carriage for Mr. SC HICELER, k i l i / . iVate gentleman at Paris, which, without possessing tq f h of external decoration, is one of the most elegant I„ MEI we have seen. We were also shown a vis-a-vis k t tnied for the lady of the gentleman just named. It is 4, 4 yet quite finished, but when complete, it will, we have bodoubt, be one of the most splendid, costly, and tasteful I lt ri aggs of that kind which has been built for exportation , s ~.1 4111Y years. ti ftlee the last story respecting the danger of V II II with a certain energetic tragedian, has been bruited t in society and the various newspapers, several singu- Land laughable anecdotes have been revived concerning ipZ: Among them we cannot forbear noticing the follow morning when the company (amongst whom it:the gentleman in question) of a very celebrated little 54 incial theatre were rehearsing a favourite tragedy, it t eetled to be the part of this actor, in the concluding t i .to die with great feeling and pathos in the arms of one 104 domestics. The subordinate, however, not support- kl i him to his heart's content, he unnaturally opened h is • and, in a tone of great irritation, exclaimed—" you hold me better?" Upon which the other, e e l l.g infected with the same anger, replied in a fit of it, then, hold yourself!" at the same i . k7t Walking away, and withdrawing his arms in such a iks k 'ner as to leave poor M— sprawling on the ground, rat the uncontrollable laughter of the bystanders.— °P hing Paper. itiIiPitECEDENTED MATCH.—A well known r t ing gentleman has made the following match :—He .taken_ SOO/. to 1001. that he produces a man to run one tZ , 1760 yards, at one start, in four minutes and 3 0 se q 'IN to start once in six weeks, from the 25th of No ttther, 1828, to give one week's notice to the parties, and t4 ke 131 ace within 25 miles of Lond. If accomplished, tval b e what never was done by any former pedestrian. i t . eLTBIOLIS TYPOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTE. — N cl is well known to literary people that, i n p r eparing i i i ° ths for the press, it is usual for the pri n t e r, a ft er the . r t :f-sheets have been seen by the author, to go over them b2l and clear them of what are called typographical "Ts, such as wrong spellings, inaccuracies of punctua and similar imperfections. In performin g this of for a celebrated northern critic and editor, a printer, i iw dead, was in the habit of introducing a much greater lribe r of commas than it appeared to the author the l i7re required. The case was provoking, but did not pro a formal remonstrance until Mr. W-----N himself .. "lentally a ff or d e d th e l earne d e dit o r an opportunity to kr,ifY his dissatisfaction with the plethora of punctuation ;ger Which his compositions were made to labour. The . o °l.t hY printer, coming to a passage one day which he d not understand, very naturally took it into his head at it was un i nte lli g ibl e , an d transmitted i t to hi s em tZY", 'with a remark on the margin, that " there ap- Ored So me o b scur ity i n it." Th e s h eet was i mme di a tely i led, with this reply, which we give verbatim—" Mr. sees no obscurity here, except such as arises from the h quantity of commas, which Mr. W---- N sperm{ to 141 his tin a pepper-box beside him, for the purpose ef dusting proofs witb."--Edinburgh Literary Journal. FINE ARTS. SPIRIT OF THE PLAYS OF SHAKSPEARE. I'. HOWARD. Having so frequently discussed, in terms of deserved praise, the merits of these very popular graphic etchings, we have little to add in the way o f cr i t i c i s m. - We may, however, remark, that the Illustrations of " Twelfth Night ; or, What You Will," are fully equal to the former set ; indeed, in more than one respect they are supe rior. There is more ambition about them, more display of character, and a more comprehensive variety. The opening print, Viola rescued from the Wreck, is full of spirit ; the countenances . 'of the different mariners are pourtrayed in a free, bold, and animated manner; especially the one who is hauling a rope from the wreck, and whose eye alone is visible. This eye has infi nite power and expression. Sir Andrew Ague cheek and Sir Toby Belch at their carousals, is characteristic of the admirable scene which it undertakes to delineate ; we can give it no higher praise. Malvolio before Olivia is a truly sweet and fanciful sketch, surrounded by a graceful sylvan landscape, with a sparkling fountain in the distance which Claude might have loved to paint. The appearance of Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and others peeping from between the trees, greatly enlivens the picture, which is still further em bellished by the classic drapery of Olivia, whose attitude is grace itself. The remaining illustra tions to which we can here merely allude, do credit in their several degrees to Mr. Howard's pictorial fancy. His disproportions of the human form, as particularly evinced in the case of Viola, whose stature is much too great, nearly equalling that of the male-characters, are the only draw backs to the very great satisfaction with which we have beheld these otherwise unimpeachable il lustrations. LITERATURE. THE PROTESTANT. THREE VOLS. LONDON. 1828. This is a tale of the time's of Queen Mary, when Bishop Bonner was in high court favour. It is penned—so far as we can collect from the nature and bearing of the incidents—in a spirit inimical to the Catholics, as if it were intended rather to cater to the prejudices, than the amuse merit, of the public. There is little novelty in the volumes, and still less entertainment, though they abound in dialogue, and awkward attempts at character ; one of which, an old shrewd Eng lishwoman, named Gammer Plaise, an uncom promising enthusiast in support of the Reformed Faith, seems to have been suggested by Sir Walter Scott's exquisite sketch of Manse Head rigg, in the novel of Old Mortality. Another display of character, in the person of an honest but narrow-minded country Justice, Sir John Baker, is more felicitous. Harpsfield, however, who is drawn in a style intended to be vigorous and masculine, is an elaborate failure. Such an unnatural monster scarcely existed even in the revolting days of Queen Mary. lie is a per fectl) gratuitous scoundrel. In our selection of extracts, we can find none more worthy than the following sketch of the above mentioned English Justice ; he is in every respect a Vicar of Bray, and so far amusing :-- " Sir John had been one of the first in the reign of Henry the Eighth to take the oath acknowledging the su premacy of that king, an assumption of authority that formed the first step towards the downfal of Popery in this kingdom. And not many years after, the complaisant Sir John had been alike acquiescent in subscribing the Six Articles, so likely to re-establish that very power which Henry had taken such hold steps to overturn. When Ed ward the Sixth mounted the throne, Sir John's compliant temper never forsook him, since he then became a joyful follower of the Reformation, the newly established Church, and laws in its support. On the death of that young king, when the prudent Sir John learned that by his last will, Edward had bequeathed the crown to the Lady Jane Dudley, the worthy magistrate posted off for London, ex pressly for the purpose of presenting himself before the Lady Jane, to congratulate her upon her accession to the crown. But when he arrived in London, and there found that the Lady Jane's short-lived rule was no more, and that Mary was proclaimed in her stead, he, like a loyal and dutiful subject, turned his steps another way, posting for ward to congratulate Queen Mary. But his zeal for the Reformed Church during the time of King Edward, pro cured for him a frown from the swarthy brows of his new mistress, and Sir John was at first a little disconcerted. But the ingenious and complying never need despair ; so that the worthy Knight soon completely regained all his lost favour, by the extraordinary zeal with which he joined, as a co-operator, her Majesty's inquisitors in routing out, and helping to bring forward, the unlucky Protestants, wbo were playing at:hide and seek about Canterbury. These exertions at length procured fur him a nomination under the special commission as above stated. But Mary was now dead,- and Elizabeth proclaimed Queen ; so that all things were certain once more to take a change. And who now rejoiced more for her accession to the crown than Aid Sir John Baker? Who felt more kindly hearted to the rescued Protestants than this humane and worshipful Jus tice of ►the Peace ? And he who, in Queen Mary's time, would have kissed the Pope's toe, or that of his Holiness's puppy dog at her command,—now that Elizabeth ruled, would have hanged the Pope, and his hulls, and his priests, all in one string, to pleasure the new Queen." LIFE IN INDIA. THREE YOLS. LONDON. 1828. 'there is infinite variety, as •well of descrip tion as of character, in these entertaining volumes, which are the production of an author full of his subject, and acquainted with it in all its numer ous ramifications. The work, without possessing any particular brilliancy or novelty of plot, pro fesses to give an account of the indigenous customs and peculiarities of India, more espe cially of the provinces in the neighbourhood of Delhi, though the author, with a modesty of an uncommon character, would lead his readers to ccnclude, from the title-page, that his descrip tions of men and manners were chiefly restricted to Calcutta. Instead of this being the case, they embrace, with striking felicity, the immense range of country situated on either side the Ganges, nearly up as far as the Himalaya M o u nta i ns . The third volume is laid more particularly in this vast extent of territory, and teems with brief but vigorous details of Agra and its ruined mag nificence. With regard to character, the work is full of it ; but the one which stands out most prominently in the foreground, is decidedly 0 famous Pindaree c hi e f an d Meer Sing, the robber, elf - whose numerous escapes from justice we have an account nearly as animated as the never-to-be-forgotten one of Hassan, the ,ligyp tia» Hey, in th e s pl en did tale of Ana s t as i us . This bandit is drawn with a vigorous and dra matic power, and is put in fine relief to the crawling sycophantic Ali Cawn, his in sidious enemy. In the course of the tale we meet with the following particulars re specting a Hindoo tribe of phansygars (pro fessional murderers), at present little known in England, but who, it seems, are among the pests of earth,_and enter in early life into a vow never to spare the traveller who may fall into their hands : " These wretches, bred almost from their cradle to their accursed profession, are never tempted to make an attack until they are in numbers and a situition likely to secure their success. They will follow travellers for weeks, and if they find themselves too weak in number, make the signals for reinforcements of their owe gang, only known to themselves, and patiently wait until they arrive; strictly adhering to the fundamental rules of their society, that no murder is to be committed within two hundred miles of the phansygar villages, where they live as farmers. No booty is ever to be sold, within some hundred miles of the spot where it was captured ; and no earthly inducement is to cause them to spare the lives of those they have once at tacked, nor are they even to use fire arms, or depart from their own distinctive weapons. The pre-concerted plan of this dreadful fraternity was, that on a given day, all their different parties, who were out in every direction, tra versing the provinces of Asia, should meet in a particular haunt in the jungle near Delhi, which was a well-known rendezvous, bringing with them all the plunder they had taken, there to be examined, classed, and divided into se parate bales, like the •merchandize of regular traders ; and distributed to different gangs, who were, in the disguise of merchants, to carry the whole to the great fair of Hurd war, which is the central ground where all the nations of India may meet. At such rendezvous the cattle taken un derwent a general metamorphosis - ; bullocks were deprived of their horns, white beasts were dyed black, and light manes and tails stained blue or red, and in general, so com plete was the change, that it would have been impossible for the owners to recognise them.. Every individual arti cle underwent a scrupulous investigation, and all precise marks were carefully effaced. The clothes of the victims were made over to those who were to act r s old clothes dealers ; jewels to jewellers, and the arms to armourers.— From the time the arrangements were completed, and the distribution made, the parties strictly kept to their new cha►acters; and though troops with different merchandizes might meet at the same serai, they had no intercourse in public sr private, and amongst the whole tribe at the fair, the same rule was maintained. Having disposed of their goods, they returned to their villages, where an equal divi sion of the profit was made, and sacrifice offered fur their successful enterprises." Our author is particular happy in his sketches of female character, in proof of which we may in stance Flora Melville, and Harriette Manton, the latter—we are ashamed to speak ill of a lady, a little bit of a reprobate; and the former, a model of all that is amiable as a wife and mother. The scene in which Mrs. Melville's husband dies in an _lndian desert, and that in which she digs his grave, and hears, before it is half-finished, the long howl of the expectant jackal', cannot be read without interest. It is a novel and striking idea, and well worked out. Altogether we may un hesitatingly recommend " Life in India," as a temperately written and well-Sustained work of fiction. THE JUVENILE KEEPSAKE. LONDON. I 829. INIr. T. Roscoe—a name consecrated in the annals of English historical literature—has not, in his present little work, disparaged that illus trious name. His Juvenile Keepsake (which, by the bye, is not so juvenile as it looks ; con taining matters, whether in prose or verse, fitted for mature readers) is a truly elegant little gem, whose engravings alone are sufficient to stamp its excellence and ensure its circulation. In the whole wide range of the English annuals we kHow not where to find a more tasty, elegant, and finished engraving than that of the IVlenai Bridge. It stands in the very first rank of pictoral merit. Zoe aid Muriotti too is remark able for its finish, and the exquisite figure of the Greek girl, who looks up in the face of her lover with a truly enviable expression of endearment. With regard to the literary contributions they are various, rambling a from grave to gay, from lively to severe," with remarkable ease and grace. The Editor's own papers are not among the least valuable in the volume ; as the sweet little poem entitled the ‘, Young Absentee," which we regret that our very circumscribed limits pre vent us from extracting, will testify. On the whole, we feel inclined to place the Juvenile Keepsake in the front rank of our modern annuals. A subscription is raising for the erection of a church in the Fore3'. - of Bere. MANCHESTER IVIUSICAL FESTIVAL.—We stated, a few weeks ago , that the surpins amounted to the sum of 5,0001. The Committee have divided it amongst the undermentioned charities, in the following proportions To the Infirmary House of Recovery 350 Lying-in-Hospital 3OO Ladies' Auxiliary to ditto 5O Eye Institution l5O School for the Deaf and Dumb 3OO Salford Dispensary 5OO Chorlton Row ditto 4OO Ardwick and Ancoats ditto 3OO Lock Hospital lOO Humane Society 5O "We are much gratified in being able to state, that two men have been apprehended, charged with the brutal treatment and robbery of Mr. Greenhill, at East Ham, and of whose guilt there appears but little doubt. Two Irishmen, Michael Cashom and John Brien, who were in the employ of Mr. Green hill, but who absconded directly after the robbery, were traced to Bristol, and there taken, with the gold watch and a hat, the property of the venerable gentleman, and which he has sworn to he those he had in his possession when assaulted. The prisoners have arrived here, and are confined in the new prison to await their trial at the ensuing assizes. They are young men, the one twenty-five and the other twenty-six, and in their prison dress have not that ferocious appearance which might have been ex pected from the murderous attack th e y are su pposed to have made upon their master. A very ludicrous scene followed the introduction of these men at the gaol. They were, as is customary, taken to a bath, provided for the purpose of maintaining that cleanli ness which is so observable in every partof the prison; Cashom first went through the ceremony without ob jection, and was conducted to a yard in the gaol uni form, unperceived by Brien, who was-then required to undergo the like wholesome discipline; but on his entering the place, and observing a copper boiling with water, and an oven in the process of heating, at the same time casting his eyes upon the clothes of his late companion, which contained neither flesh nor bones, his ignorant mind became alarmed, and nei ther promises nor threats could induce him to enter the bath. He was frantic with the idea that he was either to be boiled or roasted alive, which he con cluded had been the fate of Cashom. After a strug gle in which the prisoner struck one of the assistants upon the face, which drew blood, he called loudly for a priest, and begged to have time to pray; for nearly half an hour he was allowed to remain on his knees, apparently in devout prayer, but at the con clusion, he was not convinced of his safety from either water or fire, and in order to get him into the bath, his clothes were torn from him piecemeal, and at last he was thrown in neck and heels; having, however, enjoyed the luxury fora short time, he was as unwilling to be again clothed, and in the necessary force obliged to be used, he received some bruises. He afterwards expressed his contrition for the trouble he had given, but still declares that it arose from his fears that his partner had been either boil ed in the copper or destroyed. in the oven.—Esse,r Herald. NEW SECT.—A license was on Wednesday applied for at the Registry-office, Chester, and granted, for a house in Stockport, as a place of worship, for a new sect of people there, lately sprung up, who deno:ninate them- selves Gomerian Druids . I —but of their peculiar tenets we know nothing.— York Courant. Many of the young wheats are said to be much injured by the slug, to intercept the ravages of which, some farmers have applied a coating of quick lime; others, as a greater attraction, have spread the land with cabbage and turnip leaves. GROSS OUTRAGE.—Yesterday evening week, just at dark, a daughter of Mr. HEBBLEWIUTE,' while walking about the premises of his house, in Finkle-street, Cottingham, was seized by two ruffians, who had hidden themselves there, and treated in a most brutal manner. The principal feature of their atrocity may be considered as original, at least in this part of the country. One of them held the poor girl by main force, covering her eyes with one hand, whilst the other, with a pair of scissors, evi dently provided for the purpose, clipped off the greatest part of her hair. There can be little doubt that this base and cowardly act has had revenge for its source, and that the parties are no strangers to the neighbourhood. A re ward of twenty guineas has been offered for the discovery of the offenders. The young lady's bonnet, hair, and combs were found not 100 yards from her father's Louse.— Hull Packet. HOUSEBREAKING EXTRAORDINARY.--On Saturday night a married woman, between 30 and 40 years of age, secreted herself inside the premises in Milne square occupied by the Equitable Loan Company, at the time the warehouse was locked up, where she remained till Monday morning about six o'clock, having in the in terval forced open a desk, and possessed herself of about 54./. in silver, a watch, half a dozen of silver tea-spoons, and one or two other articles of no great value. Atter having been locked up for more than thirty ]►ours, she at tempted to effect her escape by lowering herself with a rope from a window on the fourth or fifth floor, into Bull's Close ; but whether the rope broke, or whether she had miscalculated the height from which she had to descend— and from the circumstance of her having lengthened the rope by tying several pieces of twine to it, this is the more likely—she fell about twenty or thirty feet, and broke her back in more places than one. The noise occasioned by her all brought the watchman to the spot, when the breaking out was discovered, and the money found scattered about the place. The unhappy woman was subsequently con veyed to the Royal Infirmary, where she now lies with little hopes of recovery.— Edinburgh Observer. A CORPORAL'S LOVE.—The following cu rious letter was lately found amongst the papers of a de ceased magistrate:— " Glasgow Barracks, 26th May, 1797. " Honoured Sir,—This is to let you know that I, Hugh Galley, corporal in his Grace the Duke of Gordon's regi went, humbly begs of your Honour, that he, through your help, might marry Jeanlll‘Donald, prisoner in the Cells of Glasgow, who was put in through bad company that she misfortunately , happened to be in, and brought her to a'dis grace by folly—it being her first crime since she was born, Honoured Sir,—l, your humble Servant, will be happy to marry her before your face, if you think that I am in a scheme. Honoured Sir,—l beg of you, if it will not take place any other way, be so kind as to send for her to your house, and let me marry her there, and then confine her back again, and I will be happy to have the pleasure of that same. Honoured not angry for being so positively, be cause lam afraid that the regiment will move from the barracks, and that is the reason of it. I can give you a sight of certificates from the parish that I was brought up. Honoured Sir—l trust in my God that you will have pity on me, and the Lord will pay your kindness. Honoured Sir—All that I have said to you I hope that your good sense will conceal it from my officers and brother soldiers ; not that I see any shame in it, but they would look down on me for ever for marrying any out of the confinement. My good character you may 'hear in the regiment ; thank God that they have nothing to say to me as yet. Honoured Sir,—l am your humble and most obedient sorrowful ser vant, till death, " HUG GALLEY, corporal, North F. Highlanders. " To Mr. , Magistrate in the city of Glasgow."— Edinburgh Observer. A MELANCHOLY STORY.—An interesting young woman, named ANN Re:n, the wife of a green grocer, in London, was reduced to the last stage of a de cline, and given over by her medical attendants; but she had conceived a hope that her cure would be certain if she could only reach Cheltenban. Her husband (whose affec tionate solicitude does honour to his heart) resolved on re moving the companion of his youth to this town, at What ever expense it might cost him, and applied to two or three coachsoffices when the coaches were leaving; but ouch was the death-like appearance of the mere shadowy form be had brought as a passenger, that every coachman refused to convey her, fearing she might the upon the road. The husband, however, being still anxious to console the last hours of a wife he tenderly loved, by granting her last request, hired a covered gig, and commenced a three days journey to Ch e l ten h am . Hi s w if e c h eere d hi s spirits in the fatiguing t as k w hi c h affliction had imposed on hisn, by repeated assurances that Cheltenham would restore her to health and to his arms. The husband was melancholy, and observed that his poor wife betrayed intense anxiety on the third day to reach the end of her journey, repeat e dly urging him to h as t en th e p rog ress of the vehicle. When they arrived within six miles of Cheltenham she expressed her delight at the circumstance ; but before he could elicit a second reply from her, she had expired by his side. In an agony of mind he stopped at a cottage by the road side, there he obtained permission to leave the dead body of his poor wife. while he drove into the town to fetch one of her relations who resided there. He returned with the utmost speed, but his d e eply distressed feelings were d es ti ne d to receive another wound, the infliction of which almost re duced him to a state of despair. Probably suspicious of a dark and fearful character had taken possession of the mind of the cott ager , who refused to a ll ow hi m a s i g ht of his wife's corpse, until a Coroner's inquest had been bald upon it.—The unfortunate husband was kept in this state of suspense until after the Coroner and Jury had viewed the body, when a verdict-of " Died by the visitation of God" was returned ; and the following day her remains were consigned to the grave.— Cheltenham Chronicle. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a numerous meetin g o f t h e mem b ers of the Court of Aldermen took pl ace . - The business had very recently taken pl ace with t respect in for the despatch of which the Court was h e ld was of Tl''cat(r'L in comparison with t h at w hi c h u nfortunate creatures w h o li e ai. sie out tp o o f r t t w a o , under sentence of death in Newgate. It was ex pected that a subject of such deep .interestwould not escape the first Court of any kind into which the Recorder of London should enter; and the Lord Mayor, who had on Tuesday very strongly expres sed his opinion on the delay alluded to, we under stand, made it pretty generally known that he would require an explanation. The following scene took place, as far as our re porter could catch the words that fell from the speakers Alderman FAREBROTHER said it was a matter of general notoriety that his Majesty had determined to hold a Court on Monday at Windsor, to which the Re corder was summoned, fur the purpose of reporting the prisoners under sentence of death in Newgate. The re port was expected on Monday night, but, to the asto nishment of till, and to the great anguish of many, no intelligence was received at the prison that night. Next morning there Was no relief to the suspense which prevailed during the night ; every place at which intelligence might have ,been procured in the fancy of the unhappy relatives was visited, and every public man in the city, known to take a strong in terest in the decisions of the Executive, was ques tioned, in the belief that the result was known, al though concealed fiom the unfortunate individuals most nearly concerned. Such a circumstance could not escape the eye of the respectable press, which was at all times ready, as was now every day most powerfully displayed, to advocate - the cause of the miserable. The Newspapers bad noticed this ex traordinary oc cur r enc e, The delay was justly con sidered an apparent violation of the rights of .hu manity. The public looked upon it as an outrage upon society ; and as a member of that Court, he considered himself bound to call upon the Recorder for an explanation of the fact, that, although the report was made on Monday night, the Governor of Newgate did not receive it until half-pan five on Tuesday. The RECORDER rose amidst the deepest silence. He regretted that there should be imputed to him any thing like a disposition to add to the sufferings of the unfortunate convicts and their friends, or an insensibility to the feelings and opinions of the pub lic. He felt very differently. No one could more lament the frequent repetitions of the most painful part of his duty than he did. He had been sum mooed to attend the Palace, at Windsor, at three o'clock, and he reached the presence of his Ma jesty just an hour before the Council was held. The convicts who had been sentenced in the September Session were those alone whose cases underwent the deliberation of the Council, and the Council had not terminated its labours until half-past eight o'clock in the evening, He repaired immediately afterwards to the Castle Inn. exceedingly fatigued, the extent and the nature of his duties on the occa si in being far from slight or trivial. But his duties did not terminate with the Council. He was obliged to occupy himself in writing, and between that occupation and the great fatigue he had under gone, he felt unable to return to town until next day. He admitted that the report did not reach Newgate until half-past five on Tuesday evening, but then he did not reach town until three o'clock, only two hours arid a half before that time, Alderman ESREBROTIIER said, that if the Re corder was unable, in consequence of the excess of his fatigue and his feelings, to return to town on the night the report was 4PEIP, Pr! application ought to have been made to Mr. Peel, who would, no doubt, have despatched an orderly with it to Newgate im mediately after the execution of the three unfortu nate men was determined upon, We understood the Recorder to say that his fatigues prevented him from acting expeditiously. Several of the Aldermen expressed their surprise at the delay, which appeared to them to be un warrantable. One of their Worships said, that so little regard had been paid to the feelings of the unfortunate con victs or their friends, that it is notorious that several persons were acquainted with the fact that Fenn, Higgins, and Harpure, were ordered for execution, before any communication whatever had been made to Newgate. The conversation dropped, after the Recorder had repeated his former explanation. SHE FFIELD. On Sunday the neighbourhood of Westbar, in this town, was in a state of great exitement, in con sequence of a report that a female illegitimate child had been murdered by its reputed father. The ru mour of this barbarous affair, as will be found in the subjoined report, was but tee well founded. Yesterday, at about four o'clock, an inquest was held on the body. Elizabeth Haigh stated that she is a single wo man, and the mother of the child the jury had just seen. Martin Slack was the father; he is a brace and bit maker in Norfolk-lane, The child was five weeks old on Sunday. The child was filiated upon Slack about seven or eight weeks before it was born. He said he was willing to marry her, but his parents would not give consent. He came to their house (she lives with her father) on Sunday morning, about seven o'clock; she was suckling the child; her brother was in the room, but asleep. She was not fully dres sed, went up stairs to dress, and laid the child down when she went up stairs. As soon as she got up stairs the child gave a scream. Her mother told her to go down and see what was the matter, She went down and found the child in Slack's arms. Saw a smoke or blaze issuing from the mouth of the child. Asked him what he had done to it, he said, no, thing. Placed the mouth of the child to her own cheek, and the mark on her face was made in conse quence (witness sheaved a wound on her face, ap parently a burn.) When she asked him what he had given the child, he bade her give it some water. ud b She took the child from Slack , and in at e t r em fat p i t i i e t r ig an t d o give it the breast, something almost like brimstone tm!aomtleteort,itwohfoitswemroottutp stairs, h. She irs a tck e told her, if s h e screamed he would go. As her father was coming down stairs, Slack ran out and went away. The child died in about three-quarters of an hour efter. She discovered something had been given to it. It was quite well before. Mr. Hardy, surgeon—Saw the child. It was in a dying state when he arrived, and expired soon afterwards. Mr. Hardy described the appearance of the child. Kid no doubt but the symptoms had been produced by corrosive poison, fins since examined the body of the child • internally, and is decidedly of opinion that the child's death was caused by poison. A considerable quantity had been given it. The C ORONER h av i ng read the evidence, and made s ome very j u di c i ous r emarks, the Jury, with out retiring, returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Martin Slack, the reputed father of the child. The 17 years old on the day of the murder. prisoner He e s both only tall and stout for his years, was n y and not ill-looking. During the investigation ire did not seem at all moved, his conduct throughout exhibiting the greatest firmness mud self possession. jouN HENRY BARROW, EST, WALTE R C , Esq., and JOSEPH HENRY LYSTE Esq., Were ) Bar by the Ho n ou ra bl e S ociety of Gray's Inn. : sa n e r ;d s a' called to the o Mr. DELAFONS held his first Canversazione this season, on Tuesday evening, at his residence, in George-street, Hanover-square. These meetings are on the same plan as those of last season. Th e gl i en did mu seum of human and comparative anatomy, collected by the late Mr. HEAvtstnE, was exhibit►sl. Among the co mpany we observed several scientific gentlemen. The opltortun►- ties now afforded of viewing this► valuable collection, the access to which was formerly so difficult, are high]) •o the credit of Mr. DttaroNs' ;;~~:` CHARMS. An eminent English Judge was travelling the circuit, when an old woman was brought before, him for using a spell to cure dimness of sight by hang ing a clew of yarn round the neck of the patient. Marvellous things were told by the witnesses of the cures which this spell had performed on patients far beyond the reach of ordinary medicine. The poor woman made no other defence than by protesting, that if there was any witchcraft in the ball of varn she knew nothing of it. It had been given her, she said, by a young Oxford student, for the cure of one of her family, who, having used it with advantage, she had seen no harm in lending it for the relief of others who laboured under similar infirmity, or in accepting a small gratuity for doing so. Her de fence was little attended to by the jury, but the judge was much agitated. He asked the woman where she resided when she obtained possession of this valuable relic. She gave the name of a village in which she had in former times kept a petty alehouse. He then looked at the clew very earnestly, and at length addressed the jury. " Gentlemen," he said, " we are on the point of committing a great injustice to this poor old woman, and to prevent it, I must publicly con fess a piece of early folly, which does me no honour. At the time this poor creature speaks of I was at College, leading an idle and careless life, which, had I not been given grace to correct it, must have made it highly improbable that ever I should have attained my situation. I chanced •- to remain for a day and night in this woman's ale-hOuSe, without having money to discharge my reckoning. Not knowing what to . do, and seeing her much occupied with a child who, had weak eyes, I had the meanness to pretend that I could write out a spell that would mend her daughter's sight, if she would accept it instead of her bill. The ignorant woman readily agreed; and I scrawled some figures upon a pieee of parchment, and added two lines of nonsensical doggrel, in ridicule of her credulity, and caused her to make it up in that clew which has so nearly cost. bee her life. To prove the truth of it, let the yarn be unwound, and you may judge of the efficacy of the spell." The clew was unwound accordingly; and this pithy couplet was found on the enclosed hit of parchment— " The devil scratch out both thine eyes, And spit into the holes likewise." It was evident that those who were cured by such a spell must haye_beeo indebted to nature, with some assistance, perhaps, from imagination. But the users of sach charms were not always so lucky as to light upon - the perkon . VvhO drew them up; and many unfortunate creatures were executed, as the poor alewife would have been, had she not lighted upon her former customer in the character of her Judge. —Another old woman is said to have cured many cattle of the murrain by a repetition of a certain verse.--Tiler qf a Grthidfathi!r. Intimation, it is said, iiaS been. received at one of the lianlo! in Dundee,. that •part of. the gang foneerued in some of the late Tank rohlrties are understood to he in that neighbourhood at present:— Glasgow chronicle: On Saturday, a woman of the name of ATAR TIN ►lied in Wigton, and it is alleged that her - death waq occasioned by 4 violent assault committed on her person 19y a fellow tithe name of .13ATrs, about a month Ego. -The aggressor has been apprehended at Mayhole, and lodged in our gaol.— Glatt/ow Courier. . This forenoon, about twelve o'cioek',' an old chimney stalk, about 120 feet Ligh, -at the back of Messrs. CRAWFORD and Co.'s Calender in Canon-street, fell with a a an t re a m ff e - nd mi o ll u , s r a a Ti sh . yy -ears t a h m a d been a u fte se rir d a a rd s the shofasichimneysingeing of a ngf work, but has for some time been in disuse. The bottom part had been much injured by the fire during the time of the singer, and it had been repaired after he left it by a cuing of brick. The house to which it was attached and the one adjoining, 'Were occupied by Mr. 1116ar, a mill wright, but at the time of the accident, it very fortunately happened that only two of his men, anti a boy, were in the premises. So sadden was the fall, that Mr. Mone himself, who was standing within the door of his shop, had barely time to spring to the outside. The boy was nearly out, when he was enveloped in a 'm ass o f s t ones and briek>„ but ultimately escaped with some severe bruises on the head, arms, and hands, and thorn are some doubts whether his arm is not broken. . The men were completely buried in the rnins. Not a moment' was lost in endeavouring to extricate them from their perilous situation. Their cries pointed out the spots where they were, and led to in creased exertion on the part of those who were present. In a short time, by the activity of the workmen is the calender, and other shops in the vicinity, they were both taken out alive hut very severely injured.— Glaspou , Chronicle of Monday. MURDEII.—On Sunday morning, about ()no o'clock, a person of the name of BARNEY, or . 13 Aftx.nan, an Irishman, was murdered near his own door in Lanark. It .appears that three , country lads met BABN.auAs in 3 barber's shop on Saturday night, and asted him to join them to drink. To this BA RNABAS BRSC.Bted, and promised to meet them in a public-house shottly after. They all met according to agreement, and drank for some ti m e to gether. They then left tho public-house qu i e tly, about one on the Sunday morAing. While going home, however, and near to where BARNABAS lived, he was attacked by the whole three, knocked down repeatedly, and most shamefully and cruelly ma lt reate d ; I n d ee d, so d e t er mi n ed were his assailants to fini s h their victim, that they pull e d pqt 4 stob fro:n a pailing aajoining,- and one of them re peatedly struck him on the head and body, while he 13- 41 lying on the ground. At this time several individuP.is oatu e pursued, ith two of them were caught at c avtland Craigs Bridge, other escaped, but waz gilt in his bed that m The victim of their hirbarity w as carr i e d to his w i ng up to the spot and gave the alarm. I Itilirderers were 'house completely covered with bl oo d. He never o a breathed nor showed the least symptoms of life. lie was dreadfully cot on the face, head, and body, and literally covered with bruises. The parties are al] in enstorly.— Glasgow Courier. A harmless yet very whimsical joke. vra..^, played off, in the schoolhouse of Doune, when it wr.A oc (turn% the lat e f a i r : —A s tout robust native of th e E meral d enpieti es a peliee-office, by the special constables on duty Isle, apparently more under the influence of mountain dew than good breeding, staggered into the office about mid night, and without the lOW ceremony stretched himself nu his back on the Welt root.—ln a few minutes afterwards, the r the-notes which proceed e d f rom P a t' s nasa l gn okened that he was swami Asleep, although wh a t o t a l loudness 4 followed gave evidence that this was. more assumed than real. The room was dark and gloomy, yet the intermitting light which escaped from a Seetle fire, ehewed the constables th a t if they should attempt to eject the stranger vi et armis, they had Tether an " Rey customer" to deal with, IR the midst of i e gh c" ted eu u: l it — l ' le the dilemma, a wag among the monther bethought him of a their object, without any trouble, Ileac_ .iently cuddle to reach Pat's ears--,wh a t an ni . f to e. whisper a r ff n e i c y t s c leri t o o us t l: histo del excel lent opportß;ty they had of securing a good subject for the some, and agreed—still in whispers—that, being only an Irishman, there could be no risk of discovery, while there was a certainty of a subject so fresh yielding a handsome anatemtst.'a knife. sum. One proposed yetet) o l a r n d s i i for n , t n g I ( y e . ff began ecling to smother him---anotherto bleed him to death. It was now remarked that Pat's nasal notes fell at lent an octave —an indication sufficient to induce the constables to proceed in their threats. It was'allowed that or makin g ail ; ,,,,,,, ndy smothering Was a neat way of doing the busiuees, hut un luckily they bad neither bed nor blanket ;—a vatrli en - ilia month would not do, for they had no sticking plaster, 'Pte various modes for stabbing end strangling were in this way shootin3 leirn through the head discussed, but rejected, for fear of either abusing the room, i no k a tiens of sleep died away to sup_ an d it was observe.' that he slily ma.. winithtli(eianfigoeorr.. His:fo bernian was evidently in a most uncomfortable state of tre, pidation ; his snoring oll',l,eetionable mode. During t'fiiarsstdegebraseetnelttul°lle:piasrto.assAttrhtateleenlelgaltsiht presaed breathings ; naged to hitch himself forward. towards the door, by catch ing must in a few minutes terminate w ir as regi f i l l a a u ri g t h ie t s assumed assasins affected to commence the operation of his e xistence; at each note of preparation for effecting the horrid deed, Pat haul recourse to his novel mode of pooriw p i with Lis tech moment t e progression. Matters went on in this way till the ram ming down of the last voltin—whicla was done with a , much precision and p , rade as pen case and black lead pen cil would permit. Pat at this interesting moment was loading the piece, right Opposite the door, which happened to be partly open. He sprung to his feet in an instant—and at one lop cleared the door, and bolted out of sight, his torrneutots never having seen or heard of him since,—StirMig .eia. vetaser. .~ ••„, r ■