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Particulars of Contract may be obt,ined, and samples of the Parchrnm s may be seen, at the Stationery-office, between the hours of len-and Four. Tercers to be addressed to the Comptroller of the Stationery u,„Pte, Jame%-strevt, Buckingham -gave, and to be delivered by - awelve o'Cloek on MONDAY, May 10, 1841, marked on the cover " Tender for Parchment ;" after which day and hour no Tender can be received. FACTS FOR RAISING MI.ID AND FORMING A 'BREAKWATER AT CHATHAM. I)EPARIMEN r OF THE STOREKEEPER-GENERAL OF TNAVI SOMERSET-PLACE, Aeao.3 o , 1841. HE COMA'IISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of ` he UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TifuRSDAY, the 20th May next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with ouch Persons as may be willing to Contract for RAISING and REMOVING Alf7D from the RIVER MEDWAY, and for FORMING a BREAK WATER opposite to her Majesty's borA Yard at CHATHAM. The (*ondltions of the Contracts, and a Form of the Tender, way be seen at the said Office. Acts Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day Of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him dul) authorised in writing. ery Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of the Ad 7airilty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Ten der for Works at Chatham," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by a respon sible person, engaging to become bound with the person tender ing, in the sum of 300/. for the due performance of the Contract. SHIPS FOR NEW ZEALAND WANTED. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY hereby give notice that they will be ready on TUESDAY, the 4th day of MAY, at Two o'Clock precisely, to receive Tenders for the Conveyance of ab ,, ut 200 Steerage Pe.stwnßcr s in Two Ships of not le* than 400 tons each, old ilksgtste-, from the Port of London, to Wellington, in New te,iland; to sail on the Ist and 15th days of JUNE respectively. 'f he Tenders to be made according to a form which may be had, on application, at the Company's House. The Directors do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. Dated at the House of the New Zealand Company, in Bread street Buildings, the 29th day of April, 1841. Ey order of the Court, F. DILLON BELL, Sayre oro trM. STEAM TO NEW YORK. TI - I E GREAT WESTERN, Lieutenant HOSKEN, R.N., Commander, IS INTENDED TO SAIL FROM NEW YORK. On '('hue-day, May 27, 1841 On Saturday, May'l, 1841 Wrdnesday, July 14 Saturday, June 19 ednesday, September 1 Saturday, August 7 Saturday, October '23 Saturday, September 25 *** The return Voyage will be adrertized later in the Season. The Company will undertake the forwarding of Goods ad dressed to their care, but to secure Freightage early at plica tion is neeessa. y. Parcels must be pre-paid, and none will be received except through the Office. Letters for America must be sent through the Post Office. For Freight, Passage, or further information, apply at Bris tol to CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON, Managing Director. London, T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway-Office, Bank. Liverpool, Gibbs. Bright, and Co., North John-street. Bir mingham, John Poncia and Son, Pershore-street. Hull,' W. R. Go, - Idard, Hull and East Riding Times Office. Leeds, Haigh and Warnack, Accountants, Benson's-buildings. Glas gow, H. B. Webb, Glassford. street. Paris, Andelle and Souks, Rue Hautville, No. 5. Havre-de-Grace, William Davidson. N. B. Dogs, Five Pounds each. QCHWEPPE and CO., so long known to the Public as the Principal Manufacturers of ALKALI CATERS, could not allow the inerearng approbation of the Medical Profession and the Public generally for MAGNESIA in a FLUID FORM, without directing their attention to a branch so legiimately connected with their own previous Pre parations. The experience of half a century,' and the advan tages of powerful machinery, have enabled them to bring out a &It orate article, and they now respectfully solicit the patron age of the Public for their LIQUID MAGNESIA, in Bottles, Is., 2s. 6d., 4s. 6t1., and 103. each, and Sold by the most re spectable Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors. SODA and POT ASS WATER and JERATED LEMON ADE, made as usual at their four Establishments. Each ge nuine Bt.ttle is protected by a Label with their name. Importers of GERMAN SELTZER. FWEAVER'S INFALLIBLE EIVIBROCA ...: TION, for GOUT, RHEUMATISM, &c., &c. Public attention is requested to the following Letter addressed by Thomas Schofield, Esq., to the Editor of the " Morning Chronicle" : SIR,--1s I am sure you will be happy to promulgate any thing that will benefit your fellow -creatures, I confidently send you the following statement of an extraordinary cure from a violent attack of that dreadful malady the Gout, which I have obtained by mere accident, feeling assured you will give it publicity in your widely-circulated paper. I was attacked with it for the thi..d time on Saturday night, the 31st of 1l ay last, and suffered the most dreadful agony till the following Wednesday, when I war. recommended to apply to a Mr. Feaver. woollen warehou:em an , Friday - street, Ch eapside, for a bottle of Embrocation for the Gout—a remedy discovered by his father, and by which, I was told, he had cured himself. At that moment my sufferings would have induced me to apply anything ; I therefore obtained a bottle of this Embroca'ion, for which I paid 6s. 6d., and applied it immediately ; and to my delight and astonisment, in one hour the intense pain ceased, in two days I could walk, and at the end of one week the *out had entirely left me. I have no doubt but for this remedy I should have had at least six weeks of suffering, as I had itribrater attteinv , — • I am induced to take this step solely for the benefit of the thousands who are victims to this distressing disease (and for which, until now, it has been said there was no cure) that they may know where to obtain the same relief. Of Mr. Feaver, the proprietor, I know nothing, having seen but once, when I called to thank him for the benefit he had been ti - e means of conferring on me; and finding he had never made this inva'uable discovery publicly known, I resolved at or ce to make known my cure to you, and I trust through you to my fellow-sufferers. It is much to be regretted that Mr. Feaver does not imme diately publish it. It cannot fail to prove beneficial in a large degree to himself, while at the same time it would be con ferring a great blessing on thousands of our suffering brethren. However, I feel myself bound to give publicity to my own case in every possible way ; and I consider, by inserting this in your columns, you will be doing a much greater good than usually resu;ts from whole pages of matter contained in some of our daily journals. I remain, Sir, &c. THOMAS SCHOFIELD. 52, Lower Thames-street, and 12, Marlborough place, Old Kent-road. July 6, 1840. - May be obtained of most of the respectable wholesale and retail chemists and patent medicine vendors in the United Kingdom , of the proprietor, Mr. Feaver, Friday -street. Cheap side ; and at the Depot, 135, Strand, corner of Wellington street. AS Manhood approaches, the human form, coun tenance, voice, and the whole intellectual character, ra pidly undergo a revoluti on . L ov e is the end and sum o f lif e, creat i ng ra pidly after image of ideal perfection. But in the present state of society, pure and virtuous enjoyment is often postponed' and ob. strutted, till the excess of youthful impetuosity impels to .a course K wild and injurious indulgence, and the mind becomes painfully harassed by alternations of fears, disgust, and passion. In this state relief is perhaps sought from the inexperienced, perhaps from the Ignorant ; in either case at the expense of heath, that being only palliated which should have been effectually cured. Here we propose to step in and rescue the victim of unwise indulgence from the pangs of remorse, disappointed hope, and disease; and we pledge Ourselves to eradicate every taint of syphilitic sio;son, ~rid to restore rita wonted energy every relaxation of the generative economy, Ithether from this or other causes, whereby the dignity of manhood shall have become impaired; equally contemning unfeeling empy 'deism, which with reckless ignorance destroys where it should re. More; and, on the other hand, that unworthy r. pi melee" whose proud selfishness increases the embarrassment ofphe sitticted All classes of society, the Angl.,-Indian par icul fly. and those whose constitutions are enfeebled by the effects of a tropical climate, as well as such as are about to enter intmatriinouial 'life, are included in thg limits of this address, and to all we confidently offer the result of many years' successful practice. Daily attendance is given for personal cornvltat on s and immediate answers are returned to country letters which must minutely de scribe the case, and contain a remittance for Advice and Medicine, Which can be forwarded to any part of the world however distant.— .No difficulty can occur, as the Medicine will be securely packed, and carefully protectel from observation. GOSS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Lancastet-place Strand, near Waterloo-bridge, London •,,* Just published ('l'wenty-third Edition), let. The /EMS of I.IFE, a familiar commentary on the above Diseases.-2d. HY. GE] A NA, aedressed exclusively to the female Sex.-3d. The S IPHI LIST, a Treatise on Lues Venerea, Gonorrhcraatic. May be had of Sherwood and ('o. 23, Paternn.ter.row;' Onwhyn, 4, Ca tberine.street, Strand; 011ivier , Se, Pall Mall, London: land, Calton- , treat, Edinburgh; Poster, '2, Grafton-street, Duba ; layt of ail 11,, k. , -uer. (ere , seh, or sent free by ,ost for DALI3Y'S CARMINATIVE. Prepared by JAMES DA LB Y. The well-known etticacy of this Medicine for nearly a century, in .he cure of Flatulence, Disorders of the Bowels of Infants and Grown Persons Chclics, Flu xes, &c ., h as l e d to many spurious imitations ; to guar d against which it is only necessary to be particular to ask for Genuine Dalby's Carminative," prepared by JAMES DA 1.13 Y Sold wholesale and retail by Messrs Barclay and Sons, 55, Farring street, London (whose name is engraved on the Government stamp , and by all Me iicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom and the British dominions. Price Is. 9d. perbottle, stamp included. The Carminative will keep unimpaired in any climate. RIO NEGRO SARSAPARILLA.- BATEMAN•S CONCENTRATED PREPARA •N (recommend d by Pr. Hancock, in the transactions of the Medico-Botanical Society) is one of the most powerful medicinal agents for renovating the constitution, which has ever been intro duced to the public t swee , ens the blood, corrects n bad habit of body. removes pimples and blotches, and is an infallible remedy for Scrofula, Scurvy, Erysipelas, Sec ondary Symptoms, and all disorders originating in impurity of the blood. whether here ditary or otherwise, particularly those arising from the long. continued use of mercury. When taken at the spring and fall of the year, as a constitutional medicine, it invigorates the system by imparting to it that healthy action of the v ss , is which is indicated by plumpness of the flesh and freshness of the complexion. Sold in Bottles at 7s and 21s. each, by the Proprietors, JfV- , N EILLO , and Ce., S.\ Hatton Garden; liarciay and Co., t acting. elon-street ; Newb , iry and Sons, , t Paid s Chinfh-yard ; Hannay and Co and J. Sanger, Oxford-street; anti by all respectable Medi. dine Venders. Of whom may be had (7AI, cflucH SPECIFIC, the most wonderful discovery of modern times, being a never-failing remedy for all d 4 eases of thcl ungs and chest. A small bottle, price Is. lid., will cure an ordinary cold in a few boor% B.lls descriptive of the properties of these valuable Medicines may be obtLined gratis a 83, Hatton-garden. FItAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. Price Is. I %d. per box This excellent family PILL is a Medicine of long tried efficacy for contellng all Disorders 01 the Stomach and Bowels, the common iymptems of which are costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of A ripe. tile, tick Headache, G iddiness, Sense of Fu l lness after Meals, Diz ziness of the Eyes, I/ my:sines:l,am, Pains in the Stomach and Bowels. Indigestion, Producing a 'torpid State of the Liver, and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perse verance, be effectually removed. '1 wo of three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary efletts. Th e s t omac h w ill speedily r eg a in Its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will be the quick re s ult o f t a kingthis Medicine, according to the directions accom panying each box; and if taken after too free an indulgence at table, tnev quickly restore the system to its natty:it state of repose. Persons of a FU LL HABIT, who are subject to Headache, Giddi. nests, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, a ri s i ng f rom t oo grea t a flow o f . m oott to the Head, should never be without them, as my dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried on by their immediate use. FOR FEm ALES, these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all obstructions : the distressing Headache so very prevalent with the sex ; D epression of Spada. Dullness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvei.ileblonen to the complexion. As a pleasant, safe, easy Aperient, they unite the recomtr *Ma t ton of a mibi operation with the mast successful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement doting their use ; and for El - DER Ly pEtypLE th e y will be found to be the most comfortable Medicine hitherto prepared. kohl by T. Prout, 2 . 29, Strand, London, Price is. I 4d. and 2 s . Pd. per Nix ; and by th e ven d ors o f medicines generally throughout the Kingdom FRANIPTON'S PI LL of HEALTH, and observe the an Add ress o1"Thom 13 PIOUt, 9, Stran d ,14011(1011," 011 the prr,pur2st, Stator. THE C )RDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is intended to relieve those persons who, by an immo derate indulgence of their passions, have ruined their constitu tion, or, on their way to the consummation of that deplorable state, are affected with any of those previous symptoms that betray its approach, as the various affections of the nervous sys tem, obstinate gleets, involuntary emissions, exc .sses, irregu larity, obstructions of certain evacuations, weakness, total im potency, barrenness, &c. But the relief administered is not confined to these alone. The valetudinarian by birth, who has received front his parents the inheritance of a diseased and un prolific frame; the delicate female, whom an immured and in active life, together with the immoderate use of tea and other weak and watery aliments, has, without any fault of hers, brought en all the calamitous symptoms of a consumptive habit, and is, without timely assistance, sinking into an un timely grave. Constitutions relaxed, weak, or decayed, in men or women, are under the immediate influence of this restorative. Old coughs, a;'hmas, and consumptive habits are soon relieved, and speedily cure.l. Poverty of blood and emaciated limbs will, ere long, meet the happiest change the chill, watery fluid will oecome rich and balsamic, and the limbs be covered with flesh, firm and beautiful, It is remarkable for its efficacy in all dis orders of the digestive organs, and is especially recommended to those who, age, from the irregularities of youthful habits of studiousapplication, or a life of pleasure, have fa llen into a despondent state of mind, and that distressing train of symp torni commonly denominated the nervous. In such persons the mental are not less enfeebled than the corporeal powers, and to them a remedy that acts with efficacy, without interfering with domestic habits, is peculiarly desirable. Sold in Bottles, price I Is. each, or the quantity of four in one family bottle for 335., by which one lls. bottle is saved, duty included. _ . Sold by 211 Medicine Venders in this town ; also in every other town and city throughout the United Kingdom, Ame rica, and the Continent of Europe. Prepared only by Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, No. 4, Great Charles-street, Birmingham, and No. 44, Albion-street, Leeds. Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted as usual at No. 4, Great Charles-street, Birmingham, and No. 44, Al bion-street, Leeds. Only one personal visit is required from a country patient, to enable Messrs. Perry and Co.` to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and ef fectual cure, after all other means have proved ineffectual. That efficacious Medicine, the celebrated PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, _ Prepared by Messrs. Perry, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. and 111. per box, for the cure of Scurvy, Scrofula, and Lues Venerea. These invaluable Pills may be taken with the greatest secrecy; they occasion no hindrance to business, loss of time, or restraint of diet. and are the most , afe, speedy, pleasant, and efficacious remedy ever discovered for the complete cure of these insidious and malignant diseases. A Treatise on Syphilitic Diseases is given with each box of PE RR Y'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, containing a fall description of the above complaint, illustrated by En gravirigs, showing the different stages of this deplorable and often fats disease, as well as the dreadful consequences arising from the use of mercury. The causes, symptoms. and baneful effects of Lues Venerea, Gonorrlicei, Strictures, Seminal Weak. ness. &c., are explained in a familiar manner ; to starch are added very extensive practical observations an sexual debility, brought on by a delusive habit; all its attendant sympathies considered, apd the whole illustrated by striking cases, accom panied with rull and explicit directions for an effectual and speedy cure, with ease, secrecy, arid safety, without the aid of medical assistance; it also contains many hints, and advice well worth knowing. N. B. Country Druggists, Booksellers, Patent Medicine Venders, and every ether Shopkeeper, can be supplied with any quantity of the Cordial Balm of Syriacnm, and Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, with the usual allowance made to the trade.by all wholesale Patent 'Medicine Houses in Loorion. No. 15,1 0. IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS. THE STAMP RETURNS for 1840 prove that THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE publishes every week a number more than equal to 4 Examiners, or \ 7 True Suns, or 5 St. James's Chronicles, or '' Britannias, or 5i Spectators, or 8 Bell's New Messengers, or 5i Mark Lane Expresses, or 9 Arguses, or 54 Watchmen, or 9 Evening Mails, or bi John Bulls, or 9 Atlases, or 51 Observera, or 10 Planets, or Eras, or 13 Ages, or 6 Globes. or J 6 Shipping Gazettes, or 6 Standards, or 16 Evening Chronicles, or 7 Records, or 29 Couriers, or 7 Patriots, or 32 English Chronicles. The advantage to Advertisers is therefore obvious. Office, 337, Strand. PUI3LICATIONS. -- MRS. MABERLY'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with Por trait of the Authoress, •HE LOVE MATCH. A NOVEL. By MRS. MABERLY. Authoress of" Emily." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. . - Now ready, in post Bvo., wi:h upwards of Fifty Characteristic Illustrations by Leech, price Bs., UniE COMIC ESGLISH GRAMMAR. By the Author of " The Come Latin Grammar." A very clever jeu d'esprit, and both in text and embellish ments replete with laughable matters. Ile would be a cynic indeed who would not con his grammar by this little volume, and find learning his task about as entertaining a piece of amusement as could be devised even for play."—Literary Gaz. Richard Bentley, New Burlintzton-street. ®NE SHILLING PARLIAMENTARY VI DIRECTORY and I'EERAGE DIRECTORY, com plete to this time, and furnishing the present Town Address of every Peer and Member ; and the most recent arrangements of the Post-office, including those for the Registratiow of Let ters, whereby security is afforded to those of value; Money Order Office Regulations ; Delivery of Letters, Newspapers ; Rates of Postage to all parts of the World ; Arrangements of the London District Post ; Receiving Houses ; Routes of the Coaches, showing the time at which the Mail pas each place ; Morning Mails ; Evenin Mails ; Railway nis sse • C, oss-road Mails, Ste. &c. ; all contained iii " SUPPLE%IENT TO POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1841," at the above mice. W. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court ; and all Bookselleg7: THE COLONIAL M AGAZINE.for MAY, 1841, No. 16. Edited by R. MONTGOMERY MARTIN, Esq., containing:- 1. Value of the British Colonies in North America-2. South Australian Land Sales-3. Banking in India-4. Wes tern Australia-5. On the Varieties of the Human Race: " Ethiopian Variety"-6. Journey to Guatimala-7. Im promptu: Present, Past, Future-8. Commercial Injustice to wards India-9. Suggestions for Improving our Mercantile Marine— 10. Australasian Islands: New Hebrides-11. Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope—l 2. Van Diemen's Land-13. China—l 4. Statistics of British Colonies: Jamaica, Honduras, &c.—Co'onial Intelligence—Home Intellixence, &c., &c. Fisher, Son, and Co., Newgate- street, London. This day is published, in one large volume Bvo., price 15 s. ASYSTEM OF PRACTICAL MATHE MATICS, containing Elements of Algebra, and Geo metry, Mensuration, Gauging, Gunnery, Navigation, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, &c. &c. AND A COLLECTION OF ACCURATE STEREO TYPED TABLES, for the The of Schools and Students. By JOHN DAVIDSON, A.M. Fourth Edition, improved and enlarged. Printed for Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; Longman and Co. Duncan and Malcolm, and Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London ; of whom may be had the following Works by Mr. Davidson : I. KEY to the SYSTEM of PRACTICAL MATHE MATICS, price 7s. boards. 11. ARITHMETIC MODERNIZED; or a Complete System of Arithmetic, adapted to Modern Practice; to which is annexed a Course of Mental Arithmetic. Fifth Edition, price 3.4. 6d. HI. KEY to ARITHMETIC MODEP.NIZED, price 4s. bound. IV. The YOUNG ARITHMETICIAN'S GUIDE; be'ng an easy Introductory Course of Practical Arithmetic. Fifth Edition, price Is. 3d. bound. V. KEY to the YOUNG ARITHMETICIAN'S GUIDE, pri , e 2s. bound. VI. Y 0 UNG MENTAL CALCULATOR'S GUIDE, price 6d. Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 3s. , and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to these suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection . ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. _ By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. published by the Authors, and sold by RalHere, Medica Bookseller, 219, Regent street ; 59, Pall Mall ; &range, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand ; 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin; Duncan ,114, High-street, Edinburgh; and to be had of all Booksellers. . . . The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affee tiut.s, which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost in difference, by the t dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that there is no member of society, by whom the book will not be found interesting, whe ther we consider such person to hold ►he relation of a PA RENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho, from Ten till Three, and Five till Eight in the Evening; and Country Patients arc re quested to be as minnte as possible in the detail of their cases, —as to the duration of the complaint, trip symptoms, age, ge neral habits of living, and occupation in life of the party ; the communication mns+• be accompanied by the " usual Consulta tion Fee of 11.," without which no notice whatever can he taken of their application ; and in all cases, the most inviolable secrecy may he relied an. ('Ai. TION 'lO MOTHERS. 11‘/SRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN A_ SOOTHING SI RUP, which has been held in such nigh estimatlun an so many years, for relieving Chibcren when suf. ering from painful Deotition, still continues to be prepared accord. i tig t o Mrs Johnson's 'r gmal Recipe, and with the same success, by BARCLAY AND SOY'S, Farringdon.street, whose name and address are engraved On the Stamp. Full direCtions are enclosed with each Is)ttle. Price 24. 9. - 1. gtuo to ask for I4RS JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SOUP. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY ;i 3 1841. FIRST GRAND CONCERT OF THE SEASON. Honoured by the. Especial Patronage of Her MAJESTY the QUEEN DOWAGER. ATISS CHAMBERS, . the BANKER'S ..1-VA. DAUGHTER, bec's to announce her MORNING CONCERT, by kind permission of Monsieur Laporte, at her MAJESTY'S THEATRE on FRIPAY 7th May, when she will be kindly assisted by Madame G. Grisi, Madame Per siani' Mrs. Aveling Smith, Miss Bruce Wyatt, and Madame F. Lablache ; Signor Rubini, .Signor Lablache, Signor F. La blache, Signor So!a, and Signor Tamburini. Grand Piano forte, Mdlle. Katharing. Bott ; Harp, Mdile. D'Esi.aurrin ; Horn, Signor Puzzi ; Conductor, Signor M. Costa. Boxes, Stalls, and Pit tickets of Miss Chambers, 10, Davies street, Grosvenor-squire, where a Plan may be seen, and Pit tickets at the principal Lihraries and Music Shops: THE MAGAZINES. • ' BLACKW GOD'S MAGAZINE. The review of Mr. Gleig's "Memoirs of Warren Hastings" is continued this month; and the tone adopted throughout it is one highly unfavour able to Hastings's public: character, who is ac cused of gross injustice, of bad faith, of cruelty towards the native princesses of Oude and their Minister; and, above all,'of too often adopting as . the principle of his policy, the notion that the end justifies.the means. We cannot but think that the Reviewer presses with undue severity on Warren Hastings ? and does not sufficiently take into consideration the very unsettled and precarious nature of our position in India at the time when he was Governor-General. in par ticUlar, the observation that " his trial ought to haKe • ended in condemnation, and that the acquittal of Hastings leaves a stain on the justice of his country," is extremely un generous—first, ,when • we bear in mind the length and searching character of that important trial; and, secondly; the prodigious pains that were taken by some of the ablest lawyers and statesmen in England, to secure a verdict of guilty. That Hastings was not influenced by a Spartan sense of integrity in some of his political transactions with the native Princes of India, is perhaps true; and it may be equally true that the expedient was too often uppermost in his thoughts,suggesting and determining his course of action; but, - even alowing this, he was not a bit worse than many other English statesmen who stand well in public estimation. For instance, the manlier in which the I Tnion with Ireland was broUght about, was a much More discredit.; able affair to all concerned in it, than any thing in which Hastings was engaged. The " Wars of the Scots iu France" is an interest ing historiette, and confirms the truth Al of Walter Scott's admirable description of King Louis's Scottish Guard in ," Quentin Durward." " Ten Thousand a Year," in troduces us to Mr. Aubrey in a Chan cery-lane .spunging-house. The scene is power fully drawn. Of the attorney Gammon—Mr. Warren's best discriminated character—we have but a few glimpses ; but, few though they be, they are highly impressive. The pathetic touches are those which we like least, for they seem to be the result of great effort on the part of the writer. " When I was in the Legion," is a 'sprightly, satirical memoir of military life. " Nkebuhr, ' is An agreeable biographical sketch of this eminent German author, of whose great work, - the Roman History, the writer says,— " At present, it is a pile of materials, not an edi fice ; and the most embarrassed in its plan of any work we know." The " Lines to an Emigrant Lady," by Mr. Simmons, evince much true feeling. We quote a few of the stanzas : THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. THE BEAUTIFUL DISSOLVING VIEWS, by C.atY, ate exhibited at One o'clock and Half-past Four o'clock, by the OXYHYDROGEN LIGHT, with appropriate music ; and in the F.venings. after the MICROSCOPE, at Ten o'clock. The PHOTOGRA PHIC PORTRAITS, and the numerous Collection of Works and Working Models, which display eminent art,'scienee, and ingenuity. The Diving Bell, Popular Lectures, and Experi ments. Admission, One Shilling. pRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY. The TWENTY-NINTH GENERAL ANNUAL MEET ING of the above-named Society, will be held on TuultSnAY, 6th May next, at Free-Mason's Hall, Great Queen-street, Li•icoln's Inn-fields, (when fixt.d proposiions will be spoken to, by appointed speakers). The Right Hon. Lord BEXLEY, President, will (D. V.) take the Chair, at Twelve o'Cliick precisely. Also, on the evening of the same day, the TWENTY NINTH ANNIVERSARY SERMON of the said Society, will be preachedin the Parish Church of St. Dunstan's, Fleet street, by the Rev. A. R. L. DALLAS, Chaplain to the Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Winch:ster, and Rector of Wons ton, Hants. Divine Service will commence at Half-past Six o'clock. BHITSCHA to be SOLD, clean and good as new, having been but little used. It has patent axles, C springs, imperial, cap case, barouche after seat, rumble, is suitable for Town or Posting, with all the appendages usually attached to highly-finished carriagcs. May be seen :A 43, Crawford-street. Portmn-square. TO TEA-DEALERS, GROCERS, SPIRE 1' AND„ BRI TISH WINE-MERCHANTS. TO BE DISPOSED OF.— A First-rate FAMILY and WHOLESALE TRADE, situate in a leading Market Town, within 100 miles oftondon. The Busine,s has been very successfully carried on for nearly half a century in the same f►mily, and has attached to it a connexion of the very first respectability.—The Stock to be taken at a valuation. For particulars apply *o Messrs. Edwards and Short, whole sale t, , a-dealer., 14, Abchurch lane, London ; or to Messrs. Brodie and Co., Journal-office, Salisbury. Adieu! adieu! In secret now My spirit ss ore must chide The grief that I,,jn would sear my brow, Despite of all my nride. But none shall tell, tor none shall know The wasting agony of woe This heart must learn to h: de, Though still remembering that we met, To love--to sever—and forget. Forget: !het—ay—let Lethe out Upon m y s. ,:es roll— Or be the * Hebrew _T.:tiler's doubt Proved groundless to nY soul ; To whence it came let it clix...rt, And its existence newly start Once more from Being's goal; Then in that second sinful race Of this and thee shall live no trace. But until soul and sense be sunk In mute forgetfulness, The madd'ning draught of love I've drunk To passion's wild excess, More sweet 'mid sorrowing and shame, Than if the world around us came To brighten and to bless— Shall leave a fever in this brain • The touch of time would cool in vain. Adieu, adieu !—the scathed bough When riven from its tree, Parts not more hopelessly than now I sever wide from thee— Nor differs more May's morning light From Winter's wild December night Than our Cites disagree ! Blighted or blest may Ite thy lot, All one to me,—l share it not. Thou nameless, guilele , s, guiltless One, Whose smile to me was woe ! How my heart heave.sTo think upon Thy fortune here bolo* ! Sh , ll this our distant northern clime Behold the wasting hand of time, O'er thy young beauty go, Or shall our green isle's verdure wave O'er—love's sole rest—thine early grave ? THE QUEEN v. THE EARL OF WALDEGRAVE AND ANOTHER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—l think it proper, as the Solicitor of these defendants, to inform you that the staterr ent in the Herald of this morning, in troducing copies of affidavits alleged to have been filed herein, is untrue, for that no affidavits of any kind have yet been filed. As the publication of such exparte copie; of affidavits (which mud have been improperly conveyed to the Herald) is calcu lated to prejudice the case of the defendants, I feel it my duty to trouble you with this note, and to request you to suspend the publication of such alleged copies of affidavits, until the case is heard on Monday, when the affidavits on both sides will, for the first time, be filed. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. P. BEAVAN. 30, Sackville. street, April 30, 1841. SUNDAY FLOGGING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit—Verily, Mr. Editor, our public is " a puritane one," piou-ly dispsrd to hang a cat for voracity on Sunday, and much may be said (is not much said ?) adout respect for Public's religious principle, moral feelings, and tender sen timents. _ _ But, in the affair which has recently so called out expres sions of Mrs. Public's opinion, there was a party who had (as 1 am inclined to surmise) some feelings concerned, and I do not find that any one has yet taken the pains to inquire what they were. Permit me, then, to ask (as something to vary the points of discussion) hat private Rogers thought of Sunday flogging, or whether he would have preferred "getting his hundred" on some other day of the week as equally conducive to his soldierly bearing and manly conduct, and less at variance with his de votional observance of " the Lord's Day." By caning attention to this point ot the case, you may pos sibiy obtain some answer that will help to a right judgment. Your constant reader, LATITUDINARIAN. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The present chapters of " Guy Fawkes " con tain a circumstantial description of the tortures to which the hero was subjected in the Tower, after the discovery of hisplot fbr blowing up the two Houses of Parliament. Mr. Ainsworth is herd in his eleinent. He does not spare us a single physical horror. He shows us the poor wretch writhing on the rack ; half devoured by myriads of rats in the dungeon below the river; crushed and dislocated by the gauntlets; and compressed, almost to suffocation, in the em braces of the iron hoop. Not a single spasm can pass across Guy Fawkes's ghastly counte nance, but the author directs our special atten tion to it. There is a sad want of taste here, such as a novelist of a, high order of genius could never be guilty of. True imagination re 'volts from Such minute, matter-of-fact de tails, which do not awe the reader, but simply make .him sick, like a Sunday newspaper's de scription of the last and freshest murder. The " Mump " is a caustic sketch of a female toad eater, who " made such careful minutes of the respective hours of feeding-time of different fami lies, that she was infallibly in pudding-time ; always made it a rule to pat the children on the head, or, wanting them, the pet-dog or cat of the family ; and never fbrgot the names of any of them." The " Old Woman clothed in Grey " is a legend by Tom ingoldsby. It is not, how ever, in his happiest manner, but flags in places, as if the author were writing against the grain. The best portion of it is the serious. We quote a stanza or two, which will show that In goldsby is not merely a humourist, but can touch the heart, as well as tickle the midriff, when he pleases : Oh! sweet and beauiful is Night when the silver Moon is high, And countless Stars, like clustering gems, hang sparkling in the sky, While the balmy breath of the summer breeze - comes whisper ing down the glen, And one fond voice alone is heard—oh ! Night is lovely then ! But when that voice, in feeble moans of ~ i ckness and of pain, But mocks the anxious ear that strives to catch its sounds in vain, - When silently we watch the bed, by the taper's flickeringlight, Where all we love is fading fast—how terrible is Night 11 " Ghost Gossips at Blakesley House" is a pi quant collection of hob-goblinisms from the pen of the author of " Stephen Dugard." In " Plain Advice to Mr. Gabriel Blackadder, a young Country Attorney" the ironical is attempted with success. The following remark is some thing in Swift's dry, sarcastic style :—" You cannot be too loud against the Bench; too brow-beating towards witnesses; or too un flinching in the assertion of cases and pre cedents. Never mind your grammar—be gar rulous. Fat, aged, vain old gentlemen in powder and the commission of the peace, like to have law supplied to them by the ton, like coal, from your wharf, and are not particular as to slatish 'ness in quality, provided you deliver them as law coal." The " Old Ledger" is heavy and common place. The " German Student's Tale" is a spirited piece of diablerie. " Stanley Thorn" is neither better nor worse than usual. " Merry England in the Olden Time" is an amusing mixture of anecdote and description, interspersed with hu morous songs. We subjoin a specimen of the latter, entitled "The Inquisitive Farmer; or Harlequin Hangman :" Jiarlequin, taking a journey to Bath, p u t up at an inn with his dagger of lath. H e s ;ipp'd like a lord—on a pillow of down i71 : 1 step,`. like a king, and he snored like a clown. 'er stood in shoes, Bon i fee said, as he popp'd in his head, full)snooze." (A , T . s j ie n yhfoac t n .h rhem a as t met irba3 chambers f t re : s ia:crnner,2 a b s y e t ti v, e , o s ildde be of m y l o a u d r o b f e a d , ac n clover he lay, Toot a winktalkofh e is o l l o d y t e h r e , hHisareo4riL ;n get for his life.n-rigs, and lily, His bullocks, his heifers, h is pigs, and his wife ; isi He reckon'd his herds, and his flo,"ks, and his fleece, And ch ove twice to market his duck , and his geese ; He babbled of training, and draining, ,Nnd scythes, And hoeing, and sowing, and taxes, and tithes. " To the fair do you carry a pack, or a hunch? Are you mountebank doctor, or pedlar, Or Punch ? What is your calling? and what is your na`•me? Are you single, or married,—or coward, or game?" Poor Harlequin, fretting, lay silent and still, UZile the farmer's glib tongue went as fast as a mill. Whcre are you going ? and whence do you come ? How long do you tarry . :—The deuce ! are you .iumb?" " I'm the ha.vman," said Harlequin, " sir, of the WWII ; I cut in the mot ning a highwayman down; And fix in the Macket-place up, for a flag, To-morrow his head, which I bear in my bag !" The talkative farmer jump'd up in a fright— (" If you look for the bag, f..-iend, it lies on your right 1") Ilan out of the chamber, and roar'd for the host, Shrieking, and shaking, and pale as a ghost ! Boniface listen'd, bolt upright in bed, To the cock-and-bull story of hangman and head ; And then caught the mountebank, snug on his back, Holding his sides, which were ready to crack ! Loud laugh'd the landlord at Harlequin's trick, " As soon," cried the farmer, " I'd sup with Old Nick, As sleep in this room with that gibbetting wag, With a head on his shoulders, and one in his bag !" FRASER'S MAGAZINE. Some recent speeches and addresses of Mr. O'Connell—the " beSt-abused man in the three kingdoms," as he delights to style himself—to the people of Ireland, form the subject of a most vehement diatribe in this Number of Fraser. Not only is the great agitator pronounced to be a " sly and selfish Jesuit, a concrete of worth lessness floating on the troubled surface of an agitated country ;" but he is compared also to " Catiline, Marat, and Robespierre"—all whose amiable peculiarities, we are gravely assured, meet in him. How Mr. O'Connell must laugh at such phrenzied attacks, on the part of the Tories ! These men show the excess of their fear, by the excess of their abuse, of him, and publicly pro claim far and wide the power and sagacity which they would fain deny. And well may they fear and hate him, for to his influence it is owing that they are not now basking in the sunny regions of the Treasury Bench. When the Tory party cease to pour out their vials of wrath on Mr. O'Connell's head, we shall begin to think that his day is past, or passing— but not till then, " Murder and Mystery " attractive alliteration!—is an amusing incident, told with considerable tact, and turning upon the supposed discovery of a murder made • by an English gentleman while residing in a lodging house at Paris. In an adjoining floor to him dwelt a young couple, man and wife, who were sometimes visited by a male friend, when a great deal of mysterious conversation used to take place between the parties. On one occasion the Englishman heard their voices raised as if in altercation, and on peeping through the key hole lie saw one of the young men stab the other to the heart with a poignard, while the female threw herself on the body in an agony of emo tion. Some days afterwards, the English gentle man happening to be at the theatre, saw the same tragedy enacted on the stage by the same parties, and then for the first time became aware that he had witnessed not a real murder, but a dramatic representation of one, and that the sup posed assassins were merely actors rehearsing their respective parts in private ! "Tracts for the Times" adopts the anti-Newman side of the question, the writer justly observing, " whether the views of the Church or of the Tractarians are correct, is not the question. If they believe the Church to be in error, they are at liberty to quit her communion ; but as long as they remain within her pale, they are not at liberty to decry her Reformers, nor to complain of defects in her services, nor to introduce practices which to does not warrant." The " Flower's Petitiot Lady Blanche" is a passable sample of perioui cal poesy. " Mysie's Mermaid" is a dull tale, whose sole recommendation is, that it is short. " Specimens of the Table-Talk of the late John Boyle" is an imitation of Sir Morgan O'Doherty's well-known "Maxims," published many years ago in Blackwood. In . "Eminent Soldiers of the Ei g hteenth Century' we have a biographical memoir of the great Frederick the Second, of' Prnssia, from which we quote this anecdote : , There is probably no sovereign or individual of whom so many anecdotes are related as of Frederick 11. By far th greater proportion of these—nine-tenths, at least—are mere fables, invented by persons blinded by his fame, and totally un acquainted with his character.; Frederick was quick, shrewd, and witty; but destitute of that generous hilarity, frankness, gallantry, and kindliness of feeling, for which 'o many writers have tried to give him credit. It is more difficult to forge anecdotes than is generally believed, and as the volumes of folly every day written about Napoleon amply attest. We shad here relate one which concerns Frederick, as it is well authen tirated. The Prussian Guards were composed of good-looking soldiers, selected from the army at large. They were all Ger mans, no foreigner being a dmitted into the corp s ; and, as the Kinghimselfl examined the new recruits, no deception could be well practised. In the latter years of his life he had, however, got into the habit of asking the men only three queitions, and those in regular succession, so that it was easy to in,truct even foreigners how to answer in German. The King's questions were, " How old are you?" " How long have s, on served ?" " Pave you received bot h y our p a y an d clothing 'for your last regiment ?" The officers of the Guards wishing, on one oeca sion, to obtain a very go od-lookin g y oun g Fr e nch soldier for successive questions ; and when the t th o e b i e r gcoivrepos,tionsttbrueckeidogh,ism in the G erman re pli es , w hich were time for inspection came, brought him up right boldly to the front of BY Ys some accident, however, the King changed questions, an d p u t th e s e c ond first, saying, " How long have you s erved?" Twenty years, please TAIT'S MAGAZINE. ththee parad e. order of •h your Majesty," was the reply of the unconscious `Frenchman. j We should have thought that the Non-Intru , The King looked at the young man, and inquired " How old ; s i on Question was a theme pretty well exhausted, are you, then?" " One year, pleas e your Majesty," said the . almost every composed soldier. "Are you mad, or do you think me mad?" for Magazine and Newspaper in asked the King. Thep renchman thinking that the King was England and Scotland have been actively discus now inquiring about the pay and elothire . r, calmly replied, sing it for months past ; Tait, however, does not • Bah, please your Majesty. A p ea l of laughter, which bunt se em to think that the freshness or interest of the fi ore all around, and in which the King himself joined most auestion is in•the slightest degree abated ; and heartily, prevented any displeasure from king manifeettd . • the deception, i gtaDst the prodtetors of "COO y the very first article his present , . . • ART BEFORE NATURE. • THIS seeming paradox has been solved by the Perukes and Head Dresses made by ROSS and SONS, 119 and 20, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, for although per fectly natural, they at the same t;me possess that e'ogance and of,:naturi.ccfulness of contour otherwise unattainable. Being made curling hair, which always looks easy and becoming, o !idles' and Gentlemen's Perukes), being quite (particularly in th their newly-invented I,artins, the the skin, as to defy detection; porous, and finished vi latter so close a re'emb ante .`!" they are perfectly unique. ir extensive aIteROSS and SONS having completed t;i',!' tke ra tions, "an now offer to the Public, on the Gro:.'nfl floor, most splendid apartments for Ladies' and Gentlemeif' Hair cutting and arranging; and request a visit, the first week : 4 every month, to inspect the fashions. An immense assortment of Fronts, Toupees, Ringlets, Braids, &e. of the most beauti ful description. Ladies' own hair made into Chains, Love knots, or any other device required. I)ATENT PERRYIAN PENS. These Pens having been submitted to the test of public opinion for many years, are acknowledged to stand pre-eminent for the great superiority of their manufacture. The care be stowed in perfecting them to suit every description of writing, renders them cheaper Vian the ordinary pens at a lower price. Their adoption in the Government and other Public Offices, B..nks, &c., with their great and increasing sale, is sufficient evidence of the high estimation in which they are held. Sold on Cards, with Medium, Fine, Extra Fine, or Broad Points. Each Card bears the signature—" JAMES PERRY and Co." N. B. —Some Pen Manufacturers, taking advan'age of the immense demand for these Pens over all others, hhve bean im posing spurious ones upon the public, for who.e protecti,n, and for the protection of the Patentees, TWENTY POUNDS REWARD will be given on conviction, for information of any person or persons infringing any of the Proprietor's patent rights. PERRYIAN LIMPID INK. This Ink has a flowing property peculiar to itself, and does not corrode Metallic Pens as other Inks.—ln Bottles, 6d., Is., and 2 , . each Sold by JAMES PERRY and Co., Patentees and Manu facturers, 37, Red Lien-square, London ; also by all Sta tioners and other Dealers in such Arti&es. I NFIRMARY for the CURE of S TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR RMEA, GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE and URINARY ORGANS. . . Notwithstarkiing the above Institution isciosed, Patients why continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (1:r. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap ply in g at his own hc.tse instead of the Charity-. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the Morning, but not in the Evening. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. resoltmon having been passed at the conclusion of tlte discussion between Mr. John Brindley and Mr. LlOyd Jones, at the Collosseum, to the effect that. Socialism. as pro pounded by Robert Owen, would, if honestly put into prac tice, be highly beneficial to all mankind, and to be inserted in various papers, among which was The Sun, I beg to re mark, that it was very unfair to put such a motion to the meet ing, the greater part of which was composed of Socialists, who, of course, caused the majority. Now, the voice of such a meeting could, in reality, go for nothinv, as it is not to be imagined that the opinions and noisy clamour of a few thou sand persons are to be the criterion by which all the human race are to be governed; therefore the Socialists have shown an arrogance rarely to be met with in any body of m'•n. By inserting this in your invaluable paler, you will oblige, Sir, your very obedient servant, London, May 1, 1841. BENJAMIN SWALLOW. THE WEATHER.—NooN, MAY 1. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 70 I Highest 7l I Lowest ...... 45 Wind S.E.--Freezing Point 32 Deg. MILITARY FLOGGING AT WINDSOR.-Fri day morning, at five o'clock, James Crowe, alias Craw, a private in the 60th Royal Rifles, underwent the sentence of a Court-martial, which was held a tew days since, before whom he was tried for having disposed of a large quantity of his regimental necessaries, a great portion of which were nearly new. The man, who was 23 years of age, had been four years in the regiment, and during that short period he had twice deserted, and had been three times tried and found guilty of the same crime for which he was punished yester day morning. Upon each of those occasions the last resource of flogging was not adopted, in the hope that a minor punish ment would have had the desired effect, and he was then sen tenced to various terms of imprisonment, with hard labour. The whole regiment were drawn up in the barrack•-square at five o'clock, when the prisoner was tied up to receive 150 lashes. After the first twenty-five lashes the bugler was changed, and 100 were given without the man uttering a single exclamation, or appearing in the least to flinch. The remain ing fifty were remitted by the officer in command. When he was taken away to the hospital, he gave a knowing look at his comrades, and left the barracks in apparently high spirits. This is only the second time the punishment of flogging ha been restarted. to since the arrival of the regiment at Windsor in August last. Immediately the affair was over, the regi ment proceeded to the Home Park, where the troops had a fi e ld-day, under the command of Major Trevelyan, and re turned to barracks ab utten o'clock. ATTEMPT TO POISON.—A most diabolical attempt to poison was detected at Grittleton House, the seat of Joseph Neeld, E.q., M.P., a few days since. Some wine had been decanted at lunch, a very small portion of which had been partaken c f by Mr. Neeld, his brother, 'and another gen tleman. The remainder of the wine was introduced at the dinner table ; but it had undergone such an alteration in its appearance and taste, that suspicions were at once excited. It was analysed, and found to contain a large quantity of deadly poison, which must have been mixed between the time of lunch and dinner. The circum-tance, as rni : Jit be expected, has occasioned consideratle con , ternation in the neighbour hood, and a Bow-street officer was immediately sent for. We are not aware that ,any one in particular is suspected; and whose life was thiis intended to have beer, sacrificed it is I cult to say. —Devizes Gazette. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. "Foreign Aids to Self Intelligence," is a long, rambling metaphysical treatise, to read which is as difficult a task as to toil through a ploughed field on a wet day. The writer, it seems, is an admirer of Swedenborg, in whose crazy specula tions, fit only for the meridian of Bedlam, he discovers a world of fancy and intelligence; and quotes with evident approbation these remarks of an enthusiastic American Swedenborgian:— " Man is surprised to find that things near are not less beautiful and wondrous than things re mote. The near explains the far. The drop is a small ocean. A man is related to all nature. This perc , Ttion of the worth of the vulgar is fruitful in discoveries. Goethe, in this very thing, - the most modern of the modern, has shown us, as none ever did, the genius of the ancients." What nonsense is this ! Yet how epigrammatic—how carefully pointed are the sentences! Read hastily, a man would be apt to fancy that there was some occult, profound meaning in them; yet when you come to consider them carefully, you find that they are a mere tissue of words, conveying not the slightest idea. " Resurrection of Loy alty" is a vigorous poem by Mr. Francis Barham. The " Death of Care" is an ingenious and good humoured quiz on modern criticism, evidently suggested by Canning's ironical review of the nursery poem " The Queen of Hearts," in the " Microcosm." " Notes on Sweden" is an in telligent article, and furnishes some acceptable information respecting the Dalecarlian peasan try. " Conversation" describes the various classes of talkers with point and vivacity. Here are a few specimens : There are the. prosy talkers, who run into a number of anec dotes of which they only know the beginning, and remember stories sufficiently to tell you that they forget them. They are particularly obliging with their own affairs, which they din into all that listen to them. They undertake to tell you where they were some ten years back, if you will only favour them with the name of the place ; and beg you to put them in mind of something or other which they do not now remem ber, and which was bought by some body or other whose name they have forgotten, to be given to someone else of whom they have only a dim recollection. There are the implicit talkers, who have such a good opi nion of your sharpness that they do not tell you half what they wish to let you understand. The rest. is tilled up with " You knows" and comprehensive sentences, such as " You see, and— a—a—a--you see !" They are not apt to trouble you with long tirades ; but afford you ample food for meditation, if you wish to come at their meaning. There are the insinuating talkers, who drawl their phrases in the most approved style, and roll their eyes and head, speak honeyed words, and secretly congratulate themselves on their diplomatic attainments. Their great object is to be listened to, and the death of a lapdog is sure to call forth their powers in the pathetic. There are the impressive talkers, who nod their head gravely and speak solemnly, and bury their chin in their neckcloth and look at you earnestly. They are not always long, but they are very moving. There are the sentimental talkers, who have got by rote a set number of moral maxims. These they apply to whatever may turn up. They are altogether a virtuous race, for every thing that is spoken gives them an oprortunity of reminding themselves and everyone else of what is honest and good. No matter what. is said, they can always stitch to it some whole some precept of morality. There are the Malaprop talkers, who have this advantage above others, that they can never stand in want of words. They manage to adapt every word to every meaning, and have only to stir their lit). There are the confidential or mysterious talkers, whose tone is never above a whisper. They look very important, some times dismal, sometimes delighted, as circumstances may be. They speak in snatches, and can always inform you that there is some secret of paramount interest and importance, which, unfortunately. they are not allowed to disclose to you. There are the matter-of-fact talkers, who never utter any thing they cannot bring witnesses to vouch for. If they tell you they went to the country a certain time, they name the day and the date, and insist on your inquiring of such a friend if he was not there, and of such another if he is not acquainted with the coachman who drove them. PRICE sd. Number is devoted to its consideration. The article is entitled " What should the Kirk do now ?" and sets out with the assertion that it should undo all that it has done, and "begin again on a new and more heroic strain." The writer's remarks on this subject are characterized by a boldness and decision that extort the re spect of the reader, whether he agree with them or not. Alluding to the approaching meeting of the General Assembly, the writer says If the Strathbogie men are to be deposed; let them be deposed at once, and with as few words as possible. There •is a certain sublimity in deci sion of conduct, even when it is the decision of a fool. The hour is ripe to have done with the prating heraldry of terrors and splendors that shall - be. Let the deed show what is meant." In the " Passages iu the Life of a Radical," we have an entertaining notice of-the Reminiscences of Samuel -Bamford, a silk-weaver of Middleton, who distinguished himself as an uncompromising Reformer about the period of the famous Man chester meeting. Sonie of Bamforrs remini scences possess all the stirring interest of a ro mance. " Memoirs of Jeremy Bentham" are singularly dull this month. Even the anecdo tal portion is wholly without interest. Jerry, it seems, supped once at the Mitre with John- On and Goldsmith, and though he expressly tell us that' he " came to hear JohnsOn's good things," he does riot record one single bon mot, sarcasm, or opinion of the great moralist. All he tells us is, that he disliked Goldsmith's "Deserted Village,"—which we can readily be lieve, for never was there a more unimaginative dog than Bentham. "..Chapters on English Poetry" contain some ingenious criticism. There is.much truth, if not novelty, in the following remark :—" We write poetry in our youth, aud when the business of life commences,. exchange the • muse for some better-dowered and more housewifely companion; acknowledging at last, or only satisfying ourselves with the excuse, that the gods had not made us poetical." The "Green Gauntlet, or the Traitor's Son," is a spirited Irish tale, referring to the close of the last century. The "Patron of the Parish" is a song meant to be humorous, but dull by Mistake. From a quaint paper headed " Loose Thoughts on Hanging," we quote this curious anecdote . _ It is not so very long since a man was hanged in Ireland for MAKING A NOISE ! The fact is authentic. It was cited at a solemn meeting of the Twelve Judges, last winter, by a member of the venerable Consederunt, who had himself been an eye-witness of what he related. When Justice, with her black cap . and funereal pall, rode the circuits, and Death skipping nimbly in her train, Bless'd his maw, Destiu'd to that good hour,— a man was found guilty of some felony, for which it appeared uncertain whether he would be cast for death or not. The Court deferred the sentence, and ordered that he should stand over till the end of the assizes. The fellow was crazed ; and being taken back to prison, fell a howling, and uttering various other disagreeable noi-es, such as judges do not like to hear, and which (as the window of his cell and that.of the Crown Court opened upon the same plot) seriously interrupted the public business. The cause of this strange disturbance being ascertained, the Judge sent a peremptory order to the male factor to keep the peace, or (as his Lordship pithily remarked) "it might be worse for him." But the wretch, ignorantly sup posing that the law could do nothing worse in his case, re turned an answer of defiance, and sent forth more piercing yells than before. Now, what would one of our feeling Popish or Radical Judges do in a like case? The solemn business of the CoUrt was at a stand, and it was abiolutely necessary that silence should be restored. To remove the noisy culprit to a distant part of the prison would have abated the nuisance pro hac vice; but then some future convict might repeat it, and, at all events, this would have compromised the dignity of the sacred ermine. The Judge, of whom it is our hint to speak, had no notion of sanctioning so bad a precedent , and there fore, as soon as he received the insulting reply, he cried with a loud voice, " Bring hint tip I" These are thrilling words, from whatever lips they proceed, after the damnatory verdict of a Jury; but who, that has heard them once uttered by the Rhadantanthus in question, can ever dismiss from his memory the tiger's growl, and the blood-shot aspect of cruelty, which filled the bystanders with indescribable horror, and shot a pang, equal to the very bitterness of death, through the heart of the stoutest criminal ? In five minutes after the issuing of that terrible mandate, the criminal stood again in the dock, and re ceived sentence of immediate execution. It was like the scene in Rokeby Ho! Provost-Marshal! instantly Lead Denzil to the gallows-tree ; Allow him not a parting word— Short be the shrift, and sure the cord! The Court adjourned while it was done; and—so prompt was justice then—his Lordship resumed his seat in about half an hour, with an unmoved countenance, and went on trying men for their lives, who, if they were capitally convicted, did not (you may be sure) offend his ears " with exclamations hiper bolical.' NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Mr. Theodore Hook's story of " Fathers and Sons" progresses with its wonted spirit, more ,').specially as regards the character of the intr4uing housekeeper, Mrs. Smylar—what an appropriate name for a woman of her turn of mind!—whose covert and persevering efforts to gain the affections of her unsuspecting master, Colonel Bruit', are described with infinite clever ness and vivacity. It is in pourtraying worldly ;)ersonages of this stamp that Mr. Hook's chief f e cte lies. His sentiment—whenever he attempts i t, v ,'hich is far too often—is invariably a failure. tc D e b,for and Creditor"—a trite theme for a m agaz i k .e essay—has some good hits 'at the general in lt, rratitude of mankind. We have been pleased w:tl. the justice of this observation— 'gra:efull when it costs them nothing to an d ,-tt is as much as ought to be ' N b l e en so are ; 411 ex pected from humakity. No one can like a bore in any case; yet who so great a bore as he whose very presence reminds you that owe more than you can pay, or the mar whom you expect will call upon you for Urge sums which it is incon venient to book up." " Bequeathed Heart" is an improbable and extravagant tale, by Mr. Peake, turising upon the circumstance of an enthusiastic young Irishman, who, when abroad, bequeathed his heart to the cele brated Italian singer, Gabrielli, on forfeiture of ten thousand pounds, to be paid from his estates, in the event of his executors not complying with the extraordinary terms of his will. The story has no merit in , the way of description or language, to redeem its absurdity. "Foreign Sporting" has rather too much of. dry, minute detail, to be generally acceptable. Nimrod should enliven and vary his themes a little by seasoning it with pleasant, appropriate anecdotes, or sketches of character. " Time's Changes" is a poem of an average order of merit. "Thoughts on Prefaces" eulogises with good taste and dis crimination the masterly prefaces by Dr. Johnson to his Dictionary and his edition of Shakspeare. It has lately been the fashion among some of our periodical critics to speak disparagingly of the genius of this illustrious man, yet of all those who underrate him there is not one worthy to " loose his shoe's latchets." A " Passage in the Life of Orlando Scrubb" is a caustic description of a crafty, unscrupulous attorney, and closes with a whimsical piece of roguery played off by. Scrubb on a legal neighbour and rival. This in cidect is very smartly told. " Might against Right " is a story founded on the patriotic, but unavailing struggle made by Hofer against the French invaders of the Tyrol. The story is somewhat tamely written. From Hood's poem, " A Tale of a Trumpet," we quote the following grotesque account of a deaf woman : She was deaf as a house—which modern tricks Of language would call as deaf as bricks — For her all human kind were dumb, Her drum, indeed, was so muffled a drum, That none could get a sound to come— Unless the Devil that had Two Sticks ! She was deaf as a stone—say one of the stones Demosthenes suck'd to improve his tones ' • And surely deafness no farther could reach Than to be in his mouth without hearing his speech ! She was (leaf as a nut—for nuts, no doubt, Are deaf to the grub that's hollowing out— As deaf, alas! as the dead and forgotten-- ( Gray has noticed the waste of breath, In addressing the " dull, cold ear of death"), Or the Felon's ear that was stuff'd with Cotton— Or Charles the First, in statue quo; Or the still-born figures of Madame Tussand, With their eyes of glass, and their hair of flax, That only stare whatever you " ax," For their ears, ybu know, are nothing but wax. She was deaf as the ducks that swam in the pond, And wouldn't listen to Mrs. Bond,— As deaf as any Frenchman appears, When be puts his shoulders into his ears ; And—whatever the citizen tells his son— As deaf as Gog and Magog at one ! Or, still to be a simile-seeker, As deaf as dog's-ears to Enfield's Speaker ! She was deaf as any tradesman's dummy, Or as Pharaoh's mother's mother's mummy, Whose organs, for fear of our modern sceptics, Were plugg'd with gums and antiseptics. She was deaf as a nail—that you cannot hammer A meaning into, for all your clamour— . There never was such a deaf old Gammer So formed to worry, Both Lindley and Murray, By having no ear for Music or Grammar ! Deaf to sounds, as a ship ant of s oun . dings, and particle, Deaf to verbs, and all their com Adj , ctive, noun, and a dverb ! . and • Deaf to even the definite article — No verb it rttes age was worth a pin, L Though you hi r ed a n earwig to carry i t i n ! 310ATTEL1' CHRONICLE. The chief causes that led to the failure of the Swan River settlement are here briefly Oamed et in au artie3.e on the sibject'of Auetralia. Mr. Peel, it seems, and several other colonists who went ont with him, received such enormous grants of land that it was impossible to bring them into cultivation, and dispersion was the ne cessary consequence. " Other • evils," we are told, " ensued; the easy acquisition of land mad every man become a landholder. . Labour was not to be had for any price. Each nian,lisolatstd and kept to his own resources, soon fell into dis tress. Mr. Peel, who had taken out three hun dred emigrants, sixty of whom were able bodied labourers, had been obliged to make his own bed, to light his own fire, to fetch water from the river for himself! His labourers now wanted to hang him, because he could not take them back into his service. He was obliged to run away and hide himself till they were carried off to Van Diemen's Land, where they obtained work." This great fundamental error has been rectified in the new settlement of South Australia, which was established on a wholly different plan, and is consequently now in a thriving condition. " It was colonized," we are told, " as lately as the year 1836, and on the wide, waste plains where its first settlers fixed themselves, abundant har vests are growing. Adelaide, the principal town, possesses 800 stone or brick houses, forming squares• and streels ; it has schools, a college, churches, chapels, markets, and banks, three or four newspapers, various societies, a theatre, an .exchange, and six thousand. inhabitants. There are a dozen shops in one street that would not disgrace the Strand or Cheapside. Yet four years ago, the site of this town was a desert, 600 miles distant from any civilization." This is pretty well for a beginning ! " Kirk Contro versy" is an explanatory account of the origin, progress,.and present aspect of the ecclesiastical disputes now raging so fiercely in Scotland. We have read this account with some attention, but must honestly confess our inability to understand what our Scottish brethren are squabbling about. " The Fight With the Dragon" is a spirited trans-. lition of a poem by Schiller. " Physiognomical Speculations" are a series of ridiculous remarks on the countenances of our three last Kings, a brace of Georges, and one William. Speaking of the Fourth and fattest. of the Georges the writer observes, " the very outline of his figure bespoke a high-toned intellect!" It bespoke nothing of the sort, but merely a well-made, gentlemanike dandy. " Gleanings from Richter" contain a few striking and poetical thoughts, and not a few crazy, metaphysical ones. We select at random a few of the better class:— TIIE LONGINGS OF Love.—The longings of love bank like a ijromethean vulture on the heart ; but they wound only to ennoble. -. THE BIRTH-HOUR OF GENIUS.—" When the halcyon broods," said the ancients, " the sea is calm." When, on the other hand, the phoenix and paradise-birds of humanity brood, the ocean of Time rises in roaring billows ; but they dwell on high places and altars of the sun, and their offspring fly over the sea. _ _ _ BUTTERFLY IN A CHURCH.—Hinder him not, whether he fly in the narrow church or the temple of the universe—he preaches too. COMING TIMES.—CaIm and peaceful—like a child in its cradle, rcrked by the billows of a great flood—dwells the germ of the Future within the stormy Present. At length the time arrives ; the floating Moses-child is borne to the firm land, grows up, and becomes, perhaps, a deliverer and a law - giver. To THE WISE.—Wh o is the greater—the wise man who, elevating himself above the tumult of time, remains an uncon cerned spectator, or the wise man who, from the height of tranquillity, boldly casts himself into the battle-throng of his age? It is sublime, vi hen the eagle soars, through the storm, upwards into the blue firmament; but sublimer still, when, floating in the azure above the campy of vapour, he dashes through the storm-clouds and alights on the crag where, in their eyrie, his unfledged little ones dwell and tremble. CHILDHOOD AND OLD AGE.—Gaily around dances the child oti its crutch ; painfully along creeps the old man on his. Children alike—what distinguishes them ? The one remem bers—the otlwr hopes. linroast.—Every age may be regarded as a good estate en cumbered with numerous debts and law-suits. If ye would act as wise proprietors, rest not satisfied with fertilising the soil—sweep the incumbrances off also. TEARS OF SORROW AND OF JOY.—Only in the myterious twilight-transition from one emotion to its contrary do men shed tears, whether of sorrow or of joy. Thus Heaven sends dew at two periods only—during the morning and the evening twilight. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. The history of " The mutiny at Vellore" is the best account of that deplorable event which has come under our notice. Many of our readers are aware that on the 10th of July, 1806, several regiments of Sepoys entered into a conspiracy to murder the few European troops in the garrison, and indeed all whom they suspected of fidelity to the British Government. They nearly 4ccom plished their purpose. • Colonel St. John Fancourt, the Commandant, and several other officers were killed, and many wounded. Of the 69th regiment, consisting of about 400 men, more than 200 were killed and wounded, all the European invalid ar tillery were murdered, and of the insurgen s about 450 were killed in the fort, exclusive of large numbers afterwards executed. The narra tive is drawn up by an eye-witness still living. Mr. Dent, who at the time was assistant-surgeon, and took 'anlictive part in. suppressing the mu tiny. Among the other articles of interest are the " Mids of Other Days," and the continuation of adventures iu Georgia, Circassia, and Russia, by Colonel Cameron. There are also some useful communications from correspozdents on steam vessels and sea-lights for the prevention of colli i4on. The following is from a Glasgow Corre spondent, giving some account of the 14 steam- . vessels which have been contracted for to carry the West India Mails : You will have observed the launch of the Clyde at Greenock, the first of fourteen steam-frigates, o3tensihly belonging to the Company that have contracted with Government to carry the West India Mails, but virtually H.M. steamers of war, when ever an occasion for their services occurs ; these vessels will therefore occasionally interest you. The Clyde, the engineers, Caird and Co., expect to have ready for a trial run on the I st of May ; and unless this Com pany are retrograding, which is not likely, the result will be satisfactory. Indeed, these magnificent vessels, being im provements on the present Halifax steamers, are likely to out strip stiff steam-ship they may meet ; and, I should suppose, will be considerably faster than the Cyclops, Vesuvius, Medea, or others of our first and second class war steamers. Nothing h as been produced here so handsome, strong or powerful, as these vessels will all be ; another is expected to be launched this mouth, and others will follow in rapid succession. With a few of such vessels, some steamers of smaller dimen sions, a few first-class frigates, such as old 74's cleared of their upper deck, or even of their poops only, and two or three first rates to accommodate an American 74, brother Jonathan would stand a had chance with us in the event of hostilities ; and the facilities for recapture off the destined ports which steamers afford, would reduce privateering to as low a discount as their Bank stock. METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. Mrs. Trollope's " Blue Belles of England," which appears monthly in detached portions in this periodical, is unworthy of her undoubtel abi lities. The tale bears evidence of exceeding slo venliness, and the incidents do not dovetail neatly one into the other, but are strung loosely and confusedly together. The truth is, this lady writes too fast to write well, and spins her long yarns as if she were desirous only to fill a certain quantity of paper in a certain given time. The present chapters of her Blue Belles possess but little interest, for they are encumbered with prolix dialogues which lead to no results, and have no necessary connexion with the story. The " Prize-Master" is a passable sea-tale by the au thor of " Rattlin, the Reefer." In the "Note- Book of an Irish Barrister" we have a graphic character of Lord Plunkett, as a lawyer and a statesman, of whose famous speech in the House of Commons in the year 1812., on the subject of Catholic Emancipation, Sir James _Mackintosh observed, that it made a deeper impression than any speech since Sheridan's, ia1783, on the Begum charge against Warren Hastings, adding, "it was the only sp...tech which has been knowa to deter mine the votes of several individuals." " Me mories of Gibralter" is a readable aneedotiCal ar ticle. " Fanny Fairfax" is a pretty Story enousl!, but it would have been more entertaining,, it it had been curtailed one-third. In the " Memoirs of an Italian Exile" we meet with a translation (which . we subjoin) of the famous national war song, La Romagnola : To arms ! to arms ! The warlike sound Revives our hos, co nfirms our trust ; Our country's soi l is h a llowed Found, The land we tread is hero 's ans.. Arise arise ! Our glorious land, b ee n the land of woe. Arise, I Too long i has been in hand And Ita lia, str ik e against thy northern foe. What like grass upon th e g l a d e, mow the phalanx o f t h e b rave! The laur el wreath Uoth n ever fade T h a t reit s upon the p a t r i ot ' s grave. An h o ur of strife has p ower to turn Deathth h A weary life to deathless fame, Th e tears that bath e th e patriot's urn Wash off oblivion from his name. DUBLINTIi' UNIVERSITY NAGAZIA E. A . .Leaf fi - o:n the Fortunes of Mordauut" Me rivale,, ' records how a young English squire baffled an old curmudgeon of a money 7 lender, who, to revenge some old grudge, had taken a fancy to Merivale Hall, and what remained of the family patrimony. The main incident is good, but it is nor, so humourously worked out as it might have been. The " Misfortunes of Barney Branagan," are concluded this month. The whole tale has been well told, and concludes as happily as the most and ant lover of abstract justice :could desire. "charles O'Malley," is continued with great spirit, and promises to be One of the most amusing of the amusing tales of its . clever authior. Lieutenant-Colonel Blacker, of the Battle of the Diamond and Qrangc-lodge notoriety, figures in the portraij;gallery. Col. Blacker is represented as an eNcellent land lord, a good neighbour, a religiously tolerant man to those around him, and what is more a man.of "infinite jest" and humour. So many good qualities ought surely to Oaten in hinTsome TO BE HAD AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. This day, in 3 vols. post Bvo., ELPH-INSTONE. A NOVEL. " The best novel that has appeared since the days of Field ing and Smollett. Bulwer, Boz, et hoc genus omne, those small tritons among the minnows who swim about in the muddy puddles i.f literature, must hide their diminished heads before such a m;ghty leviathan as Mr. Butler; for with one stroke of his tail j vriN :,'end them al howling to their gods. This book must, and will assuie4ly, make its way, on account of its numerous exc..llencies."-111ornitc," Post • Richard Bentley, New Burlington -greet.