The Sun. — London, England, 1828-05-22 00:00:00

• -1 --------- --"---..--'---""---...----,---'-"--- '''....- - ------ , - . -47,ejgd,4----e-4----/74,•2_,04? F .7 ......"> f 7, 111111111111111111 7.,/ ; / ~...- .. , - • . ~.,...„, ..,:,. , r; 1 1 c ., 1 . 44 )h e , ' • dr' ' \l ./,, ~...• : 4 4- 1 0 I ~. . . , 3 t im , lit ~,e a i' • ~ - -..\ I ( ' .. \ n , V 7 V ' ' ' l 6 1 ... ``.. • ,'.... '........ 0, = , ~,, t r , 0 , ' . 1 1,, 11r* - ;,44 4 , -- nn , .......,\......,. ...,........., .•. r' 7 IF P -.....,,,, —' ir „. , 4i , * ;•0 I/ ......6... 4 . , , 4 401% , ~ „-,4 ii - - ~. A .,- :"...... • el, , t ., , , c t a , ~ - ~..~ I - THE CATHOLIC QtTESTIO! DEPTFORD VICTUALLING YARD, MAY 1828. T HESE are to give Notice, that on THURS DAY, the 12th of June next, at Teu o'Clock in the forenoon, will be put up to PUBLIC SALE, at this Yard, Sundry Lota of the following UNSERVICEABLE PROVISIONS and STORES lying in the said Yard, viz. Bread, Bread Dust, Beef, Pork, Suet, Fleur, Raisins, Rice, Pease, Oatmeal, Butter, Cheese, Sugar, Bakehouse Sweepings ; Cooperage Stores, Quebec Slabs, and Ends; Ton g uee, and Staves of all sorts; Fire-wood, Bricks and Bats, &c. A Deposit of 25/. per Cent. is to be made (in Cash or I\l ° 4 l of the Bank of England) at the time of Sale, and the rernainder of the purchase money to be paid before the Stores ark removed, for which purpose a period of fourteen working dais will be allowed from the day of Sale ; the Buyers parti cularly ob,,erving, that not less than one half of the quantity " to be taken away within the first seven days, and the retsainder in the seven following days, otherwise the De posit money will be forfeited, and the Stores remain the l' r° l l erty of the Crown, as not any extension of time will °4 any account be granted. The Stores may be viewed, during the working hours of t ile yard, en the three days immediately preceding the day °( gale. Catalogues may be had •n application at the said yard. JOHN HILL, Commissioner. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-HOUSE. THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is NOW OPEN. . _ Admission (from Eight o'Clock till Seven) One Shilling. IL taiogue One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec. VERY FAST AND SAFE TRAVEL LING to BIRMINGHAM and LIVERPOOL, Day 41 t 1 Niiitt Four-inside Coaches, which keep good Time, PROM Tin SARACIIN'S READ MKINNER-STREET, SNOW-HILL, LONDON, l iLe following Light Pest Coaches, Mails, &c. set out from the above Inn : Birminghasn Tally Ho! in 13 hours (driven through Itith two Coachmen only), Morning, through Redburn, I 'lirket-street, Dunstable, Brickhill, Fenny Stratford, Ste a, Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Daventry, Dunehurch, } 7entry, end Stone Bridge, to the Castle Hotel, Binning to Shiffnall, Wellington, Bridgenorth, Shrewsbury, " I 'eltcsa, Geweetry, Nantwich, Torporley, Bangor, Chester, Holyk ea d, Birmingham Royal Express, in 15 hours and only two ,;,eltmett, every Aftern oo n, four In s id e , thr o ugh War h, Leamington, Southarn, Daventry,Weedon, Towcester, "d Stoney Stratford, to the Saracen's Head, Birmingham, e P the next morning. Il artstaple, tivathmolton, Crediton, Cholmley, Tiverton, c Ztk Lawton, Hatheeleigh, Oakhampton, Torrington, Iliracomb, and Bideford, every Morning. ARath and Bristol, through Chippenham, Caine, Marl kutlh, Hruagerford, Newbury arid Reading, every After at one; arrives at the Greyhound Inn, Bath ; and oft Tavern, and Swan, Bristol, early next Morning. Boston Mail, to Louth, through Royston, Cambridge, 4; t ll ,_tiagdon, Stilton, Peterborough, Deeping, Spalding, .' l l9 Alford, and Great Grimsby. Evening, at half-past 4,2 , Sunday, at a quarter before seven. C sonbridge Mail, through Ware, Buntingford, Buckland, etcl „,_ . noyston. Evening, at half-past seven, Sunday, at a r before seven. t i lt ranbridg e Enterprise, New Post Coach (in six hours), h,tglt Buntingford, Royston, and Melbourne, a Quarter "'fit Y. Carlisle Express, only one night on the rind, to Penrith, 1 1 .„Whiteliaven, with a Guard all the way ; throu g h Ap.. Brougb, Bowes, Barnard Castle, Greta Bridge, Cetterick, Bereughbridge, Ferrybridge, Don t", Newark, lawtry, Grantham, Greetham, Stamford, Biggleewade, and Bakiock. Morning. The only fact Coach to Carlisle. , ter, through Newport, Whitchnrch, Nantwich, Tar- Midißewicli, and Northwich, Morning & Afternoon. \'oventry Tally Ho ! every Morning at half-past six, a re ogh Res:lima, Dimmable, Stoney Stratford, Towcester, "fedora, Daventry, and Dunchnrch. , 35 0ver and Paris, Morning by Canterbury and Chatham. b .Uorehentor, in 14 hours only, through Egharn,Bagslarit, ick, water, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, ,Zwiehury, Woodyats Ina, and Blandford, at a quarter past '"° end eight in the Morning. ) I , l An'tmouth, Morning, to Newton Bushel, Paignton, Kinpwear, and Torquay. ct P er Umpire, Morning, through Honiton, Axminster, iZtrtiouth, Bridport, Dorchester, Blandford, Woodyata galisbury, Stockbridge, Sutton, Basingstoke, Black , %shot, and Eghana. }),,;t 3 tow, Longto'wn, Gretna Green, Annan, Dumfries, 41 i 11 , Thornhill, Sanquhar Kiln, Kilmarnock, Kings end all parts of Scotland, Four Inside. 10, 4 : I Y6id, through Shiffnall, Wellington, Shrewsbury, ti .'"° lo p, Morning and Afternoon. `Ztlll Express, through Northearn, Howden, and Don.. p,7 Morning, to the Cross Keys, Hull, and also thi _ °i titlffharn" in the Afternoon at two. (t al e by Lancastrr, Preston, Kirkby Lonsdale, Bolton, k and Garstang, Morning and Afternoon. '-ki iiinv e leßockingham, Afternoon at two; through Baldock, ode, Eaton, St. Nests, Buckden, Stilton, Wands /ict;,Stamford, Greetham, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, IP.:l44ern-Moor, East Retford, Bawtry, Doncaster, and k-,476ridg., arrives at the Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next Q t, , 11 °, 0 1), at three o'clock, in time for the Bradford, liali- S4 4 "Ltoton, and Huddersfield Coaches. With four Coach nir.--Luggage and Packages only 2d. p er lb. N t tv ol'pool and Staffordshire Potteries, Morning at half. With four coachmen only. ta tt i 'frpool Umpire, in 2' Hours only, Daily at One ; Nine at Liverpool next Afternoon, through Woburn, h t* Pert Pagnell, Lathbury, Northampton, Welford, Hinekley, Atherstone, Tamworth, Litchfield, kr,llB' Warrington, Bandon, Stone, Newcastle, Congieton, Knute- L warrington, and Prescot. fe t ZTPOOI Royal Express, in twenty-six hours, with four C.,„ .. 4 % only, through Present, Warrington, Knutsford, S le w, N ewcas tle, Stone, Rud ge l e y, L aw t o n, Litchfield, tt r; : b tafford (only one night en the road), every afternoon ; Zee at th e S aracen ' s H ea d, Li verpoo l , next a f ternoon. IC.Zeltester and Altringham, morning to the Moseley I" a4 c l Swan Inns. cheater to CAntgleten, Newcastle, Walsall, Wolver -040, and K nu t a ford, light four inside Coaches. ~,t r iborough an d S w indon, through Maidenhead, Head_ t L' l tybury, Hangerford, Ramsbury, and Alboume, with NZakinnan only. The nearest conveyance to Lambourn, Wootton Bassett, and Pewsey. kfitZtestle-upon-Tyrre and Under-Line, Morning and ° I . In• Only one night on the road. % 14,14 :nith Umpire, to Falmouth, Truro, Bodmin, Ash , )t .t 7 , Penryn, Totness, & Newton Bushell, morning at 7 . , 4 t' l legate Royal Telegraph, t o Margate, Dover, Deal, I tt - " . „ ‘ta irs, Canterbury, Faversham, and Sandwich, morn eaalf-past seven. 1 14,7 1 4e1d Express, arid also the Rockingham, through Cam, morning and afternoon. Q' th .7thasnpt en U n ion, to Lymington, Lyndhurst, and Ri ta, titer, through Basingstoke, Hartfor I Bridge, Black- C M Zagshot, every morning, and arrives at the `dtr. } : 4ll hors's , and Vine Inn, SoFthampton, by five, I ,t tf4l conveyance to the Isle of Wight , Jersey, Guern k thacts, Biarre de Grace, Lc. &c. t lll t h - vrnshir o P o tt er i es , A f t erno on, to Lane-end, Stoke, \ lsit kei n ' not - tient, Tunstall, Lawton, Hanley and Molina, Tile only Coach direct to the Potteri es. and Leamington Day and Night, through Da lt ' n'eirlo n ' Towcester, and Stoney Stratford. t ` • 43ettu, ig rthewater, Taunton, Falmouth, and Devonport and to a ll p ar t s o f th e W es t o f E ng land. ‘'etsP rr Qcnith M agne t, through Eghatn, Bagshot, Black .,- 4 11%4 Y, ngetoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Selig t ° otlyata Inn, sbinore, Blandford, Dorch tar t , ivo Ca in the morning (only one and t n.Coachma) 11 3,14 r4 empton and Dudley Day, through West Brom- Ip tg ro tct l ti dfl , , and Coventry, Morning and Af ternoon . t or den, Aurora, every Morning, thr oug h O x f or d, , Euttone, Bourton, BeNeworth, Chipping Nor %l:4ton in the Marsh, Hampton Parva, Evesham, Nme d, gad Pershore ; arrives at Worcester early in the ti : r ffeti7,,bg, from whence there are Coaches to Ludlow, - "thu lc Leominster, Bromyard, and Ty, IN, 011, re t V of South Wales. dar lfi t Prefts, to Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sun ti,ut i 4 vicestle, and Edinburgh, with a guard through- Gra m:, by way of N•wark, Retford, Doncaster, te, Tadcaster, Northallerton, Darla stop, Rush -S"Y ik tu ri tru, Morpeth, and Berwick, arrives at York At aced Fares to Ramsgate and Margate. oterstsr and Co. respectfully acquaint their assy PI eels the Public, that they will no t b e accoun t a bl e .1 eclere p amens-ere' I uggage, Writin g s, Pl a t e , &c. Zit* 01 - 7 rive Pounds Value, if lost, V. glen, or damaged, tieig . e d each , and the Insurance paid accor di ng ly, 44tartee 116 AD INK, %inner -street, Snew-hill, No. 11,138. EAST INDIA HOUSE, MAY 14, 1828. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trading to the EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice : That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall street, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th inst., for the pur pose of laying before the Proprietors, for their approba tion, a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 2d April last, granting to Major George Cuninghame, of the Bengal Retired List, an Allowance of 2001. per annum, in addition to his present pay, and an Allowance of 1301. per auburn, on the grounds therein stated. The Report required by the bye-Law, cap. 6, sec. 19, together with the documents upon which the said Resolu tion has been formed, arc open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this House. The Court of Directors do also give Notice that the said General Court is made further Special, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors the Draft of a Bill now before Parliament, entitled, " A Bill to consolidate and amend several Acts for the further improvement of the Port of London, by making Docks anil other Works at Blackwall, for the accommodation of East India Shipping." JOSEPH DART, Secretary. AMPLE COMMAND OF MONEY. AGentleman of very extensive connections in the Monied World, offers to Negotiate the Accept ances of Noblemen and Gentlemen, unattended with the delay which so frequently occurs in similar transactions ; brit the . Advertiser tkinks it necessary to aver that in heavy amounts the Applicant will be required to take a portion of some description of valuable Goods, hereafter to be decided upon. Personal communications, or letters post-paid, addressed under the initials C. D., 7, Cecil-street, Strand, will meet respectful attention.—Office hours from ten till fire o'clock only. N. B. Loans heated for by way of Mortgage of Landed Estates, Annuities, Reversions, or approved personal Secu rity, upon equitable terms. BACK AND BAT MAN'S BANKRUPTCY. THE CREDITORS of Messrs. BACK - 1 1- and BATEMAN, who intend to prove their Debts under this Commission at either of the Meetings at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupt in Basinghall-street, on TUESDAY the 27th, and FRIDAY the 30th inst., are re quested to send a Statement of their Demands, with the particulars of the Securities they hold (if any), and the name of the Creditor who will attend to prove the debt, to my Office, No. 6, Little Friday-street, that such demands may be examined prior to the said Meetings, otherwise the proof thereof may be objected to before the Commissioners. FRED. THOMAS MAXON. ARTIFICIAL TEETH. MR. WILLIAM BEACALL and Mr. ROSE, Surgeon Dentists, having, with unremitted diligence, long made the Science of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, where Mechanical Contrivance is requisite, their peculiar study, continue to supply the loss of Teeth with Natural or Artificial, in a superior manner, without the least pain, from a single Tooth to a complete Set, at little more than one half the usual charges. Teeth Cleaned, if ever so dis co l oure d, and rendered white and beautiful, without pain or injury to the enamel. Extracting, stop ping, and every Operation on the Teeth and Gums. Attend at home from Ten till Four, No. 13, Newman-street, Oxford-street. JOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, an d AGRICULTURISTS in general are respectfully in formed that BENJAMIN EDGINGTON has now pre pared at his manufactory, 5, TOOLEY-STREET, WATERPROOF RICK CLOTHS, made in a superior manner, with Poles complete, at very moderate expence. Gentlemen in want of the above most useful articles this season are solicited to favoar him with their early orders. MARQUEES and TENTS to any size or pattern, NET TING and BUNTING for Fruit Trees; Sacks, Ropes, Tyers, Pitch, Tar, &c. Orders by Poet duly attended to. Address full length, BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 5, TOOLEY-STREET, LONDON. N.B. Second-hand Rick Cloths, Marquees, and Tents let on hire. STOLEN from the Warehouse o f M r. RICHARD JONES, Straw and Leghorn Hat-manu facturer, at Luton, Bedfordshire, on the 19th of May inst., a CASH BOX, containing the undermentioned BILLS of EXCHANGE and other Property : Drawn by J. C. Sherrock on J. Lee, due June 4, endorsed by J. Lee, and payable at X. s. d. 88, Aldgate Drawn by ditto OR ditto, due June 18, en dorsed by ditto, and payable at ditto. Drawn by R. Jones on Maria Caulfield, due June 4, endorsed by Maria Caulfield, and payable at Newry 'Drawn by Horrocks and Co. on Horrocks and Co., due July 2, endorsed by E. Smith, and payable at Horrocks and Co.'s Drawn by J. F. Marling on Robson and Co., due June 5, endorsed by M. Farlan, and payable at Robson and Co.'s Drawn by Perfect and Co. on Lubbocks and Co., due June 10, endorsed by J. Cheet ham, and payable at Lubbocks and Co.'s 5O 0 0 Drawn by Daintry Ryle and Co. on Whit more and Co., June 11, endorsed by J. Thompson, and payable at Whitmore and Co.'s '7O 0 0 Drawn by Williamson, Risworth and Co. on Smith, Payne and Co., June 19, endorsed by J. Powell, and payable at Smith, Payne and Co.'s .............................. . .......... . 28 9 0 Drawn by Hagan and Son on Wm. Lethal las, due June 11, endorsed J. Powell, and payable at W. Lechallas's . 40 13 0 Drawn by Joseph Sanderson on J. and T. Nicholson, June 21, endorsed by M. Render.. son, and payable at J. and T. Nicholson's... 10 0 0 Drawn by J. C. Sherrock oil J. Lee, due Sept. 26, endorsed J. Lee, payable at 88, Aldgate Drawn by J. C. Sherrock on J. Lee, due Oct. 26, endorsed J. Lee, payable at 88, Aldgate Drawn by 0. Elliott, agent, on Jones, Lloyd and Co. June 30, not endorsed, and pay able at C. Williamson's .. 2O 0 f Drawn by F. Forsyth and Co. on Glyn and Co. due July 4, endorsed W. Williams, pay able at Glyn and Co.'s l7O 0 0 Drawn by H olmes, on Masternian, due July 3, , endorsed M . A . Ni c h olls, payable at Masterman s ........ ------ Smith, on Nettleford, due June 4, Drawn by by Harrison and Jones, pay ab'e at 130, High Holbo rn 5O 0 0 Drawn by Holmes an d Co. on M asterman, due July 8, endorsed b y Colley and Robert son, payable at Maaterman'a 2O 0 0 Drawn by Thomas Barlo w on Duffield, Beckwith, and Co. due June 18, endorsed by W. Williams, payable at Duffield and Co.'s 50 (1 0 Drawn by Morton and Co. on Jones, Lloyd, and Co. due Jane 12, endorsed by W. Williams, payable at Jones, Lloyd, an d Co. ' s 70 19 0 D ra wn by R. and J. Jones, on J. Glover, due August 12, payable at Barclay and Co.'s 13 5 0 Drawn by Oakes ani Co. on Lees, Brassey, and Co. due . June 25, payable at Lees, Bras sey, and Co. s 5O 0 0 h due Aug. 9, Paya le at Rogers, Towgood, and Diawn by B. J ones, on G. and M. Saville, Co.'s ......... ........... . ..................... . 20 0 0 £1,614. 4 6 The Public are hereby warned against receiving any of the Bills, as payment of the whole has been stopped, and should any of them be offered or presented for payment, it is requested that the person or persons offering or present ing the same may be detained, and notice thereof given to Mr. Cope, Mansion-house, London ; Messrs. G. T. and R. Taylor, 18, Featherstone-buildings, Holborn ; or to Mr. Williamson, solicitor, Luton, by whom a handsome reward will be paid on recovery of the property and con viction of the Offender or Offenders. May 20, 1828. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1828. NEW ARGYLL TABLE LAMP. AGreat improvement upon the common Table Lamp is now offered for Sale by SAMUEL PARKER, 12, Argyll-place, Regent-street, Bronzist to his Majesty, and Inventor of the Sinumbra and other Lamps, for which a Patent has been secured. The principal difference is caused by the Light being below instead of above the Oil, by which means the Light falls unobstructed on the table. The unsightly apparatus for the Oil and Wick is concealed within a frosted Glass Urn fixed on the top of the pillar, and is taken away to trim the Lamp, se that the trouble and risk of carrying about the whole stand is divided. The Trimming is very easily managed, and much less cleaning is required than in the common Lamp. Its other advantages are, that no Oil can possibly overflow upon the table, that there is no danger of oiling the fingers when the light is regulated, that ope ration being effected by turning a glass above the light in stead of touching the part near the Wick ; and last (but not least) that it is not dearer than the ordinary London made Table Lamp, its advantages being produced by change in construction, not by any expensive additions to the material. I SMETHURST, 138, NEW BOND ," • STREET, SOLICITS the NOBILITY, GENTRY, &c., to view his NEW PATENT WELLINGTON TABLE LAMP, for Drawing, Dining, and Sitting Rooms, Libraries, &c., superior to any ever offered to the Public for its brilliancy of light, which is diffused ALL OVER THE ROOM, AND WITHOUT SHADE, very simple to trim, and not liable to be out of repair. The wick never wants raising during the night ; it gives the light of eight wax candles, is handsome in its appearance, and can be made of various forms, to correspond with the most elegant apartments. A lamp is kept burning in his Show-rooms for inspection. COMPARE AND JUDGE—IT CAN NOT BE PURCHASED AT ANY OTHER HOUSE IN TOWN. THE PATENTEE HAS OBTAINED SIX PATENTS FROM HIS MAJESTY FOR IM PROVEMENTS IN LAMPS. He also imports his own Sperm Oil, and bells a:, the lowest price for ready money. .1. S. manufactures his own Patent Lamps, AND LETS THEM OUT ON HIRE FOR BALLS, ROUTS, &c. Please to observe 128, New Bond-street, THE NINTH HOUSE FROM GROSVENOR-STREET. The largest stock of Patent Lamps in town may be seen for every purpose where light is required. EMIGRATION. This day was published, price 25., QUBSTANCE of a SPEECH delivered by K 7 Colonel TORRENS, in the House of Commons, February 16th, 1827, on the Motion of the Right Honour able Robert Wilmot Horton for the Re-appointment of a Select Committee on Emigration from the United Kingdom. CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE. (By the Author of WAvsatev.) We always thought that the author of Waverley misapplied his talents when he betook himself to the writing of history ; and as far as we could judge by the specimen which he gave, it was clear that he was not qualified for the task. We rejoice ; therefore, that he has returned to his own proper line, namely, descriptions of life and manners in which he stands pre-eminent over every other writer. This is the true field in which his wonder ful genius delights to range; it is here that his fancy kindles, and that he brings forth for the em bellishment of his subject the whole accumulated treasures of his mind; all that has grown tip in that congenial soil from long and patient medi tation, as well as from accurate observation. Human life and character, varied as they are by manners and by the state of society, seem to have been deeply studied by the author of Waverley. His descrip tions evince a deep insight into the human heart, and into all the secret and complicated springs of human action; and while we admire the vivacity of his comic sketches, and the lightness and felicity with which he pourtrays the follies and the vanities of mankind, we are equally struck with his powerful representation of those deep-working passions which chequer life with so many tragic scenes. Nor does the author of Waverley confine himself to the mere task, arduous and splendid though it be, of sketching the manners which lie under his own observations. His genius bursts beyond those con fines. Having exhausted all the varied scenes of life which are before him, he takes his daring flight into the regions of imagination, and, from the bound less stores of his invention, he conjures up new creations, replete with brilliancy and life. New scenes and manners rise up, as it were, by enchant ment under his magic touch. This was quite a new and an original attempt. All our most approved novelists were well content if they could sketch manners and characters which they saw before them. They never ventured beyond the precincts of their own limited experience. It was reserved for the Author of Waverley to ascend into the higher regions of the imagination—to launch into the wide ocean of general history—to transport us back to distant ages—to exorcise, and to bring before us the grim spirits of ancient days—the Saxon, the Norman, and the Dane—and to give by his vivid pictures, whether descriptive or dramatic, all the force of reality to those splendid illusions. The work now published is an admirable speci men of our author's power in recalling the image of departed times. It is not so much distinguished for scenes of deep and tragic interest, or even for those of a romantic or poetical character; its excellence lies in the accurate delineation► of ancient manners. The period of the story is the reign of Robert 111. of Scotland; the scene is laid Rear Perth. It is well known that Scotland was at this time dis tinguished by all the license and disorder of the feudal times, and the object of the writer is to give a lively delineation, not altogether of the wars and disorders which then distracted the country, but of the habits and manners which prevailed in civil or domestic life; and of the great scenes in which peaceful burghers and citizens were occasionally called in to mingle in those rude times; the work accordingly abounds in historical pictures of those ancient scenes, executed with all that force and dis crimination for which this great writer is remarkable; and rivalling occasionally, by the exactness and minute finish of the details, the efforts of the pencil. The vigour with which the figures are designed, and the skill with which they are combined into one harmoni ous whole, cannot be excelled. The assemblage in the Town-hall of Perth of the armed citizens, with the Knight of Kinfauns presiding over their warlike delibe rations, is an admirable subject, and the exhibition of it in this interesting work is altogether graphic.— The castle of Falkland, and the tragedy acted with in its walls, also affords admirable scope to the author's descriptive powers. It is in the descrip tions, it must be confessed, that the great merit of the work consists. The story wants action and in cident ; it occasionally stagnates for want of bustle, though it is frequently enlivened by the dramatic scenes, which, though they do not much help on to the main issue, are yet interesting, as they unfold character and manners. The leading cha racters also stand out with all the force and dis tinctness of individual portraits. The smith, com bining the most chivalrous valour with the ut most gentleness and romantic generosity of charac ter, is quite a new creature, he is well sustained, and is a most striking and appropriate specimen of the age in which he lived. The Fair Maid of Perth is also well drawn, and strongly discriminated; and her father the glover, who is more home-spun, is quite a Scottish character. The court scenes are well delineated. The gentle, honest, but inconstant character of the King is finely contrasted with the subtle Albany his brother, by whom he is ruled. The light-hearted Rothsay is represented with good effect ; and the termination of his story is wrought up to a powerful strain of interest. The black hearted Sir J. Ramony, and his associates Bon Thron and others, form another and less pleasing group. But they naturally belong to that rude age. The Glee-Maiden is a pleasing and graceful charac ter, and happily relieves some of the darker shades of the story. In short, though this work may not be equal in romantic interest to some of its prede cessors, though its merits may be of a less dazzling character, yet as a memorial of by-gone times and manners, it is a great effort, which bears the stamp of its author, and of that fervid imagination which distinguishes all his productions. BURGLARY.—On Tuesday night, the house of Mr. J. PAYNE COMER, 23, Hunter-street, Bruns wick-square, was entered by thieves, and all the lower floors completely ransacked. They came over three or four wa ll s , and entered at the wash.house by th e usua l means-- a stock and bit, and a jemmy ; and having forced the ccl laret, they found there a number of keys, with which they open the door of th e ce ll ar b e f ore they found the opene d many drawers and c l osets. T hey appear to have broken to have regaled th emselves, as they emptied two bottles of port wine, and d ecampe d w i t h some claret and sherry , They possessed them se l ves of every thing portable, silver articles, even to t h e servants ' t hi m bl es; keys, and b es u Pec tf l o 3 r it t Y unately the principal part of the plate was in one of the bed-rooms, which they did not venture to enter. They even made off with cut-glass saltcellars; and the b u ndles they carried away mast have been pretty large, as they included two table-cloths, a Leghorn bonnet, three body coats , one great coat, and several waistcoats and pairs of shoes. It is presumed, from several circumstances, that the th ieves were well-informed as to the arrangements of the fam i l y , and they seem to hare partaken of the pre vailing taste for old plays, as they took several from the b,)ok-shelves of the study ; they exercised a degree of se lection in this respect, and made off with a few pieces of considerable rarity. As this circnrostance may possibly lead to their detection, we subjoin the titles of some of the stolen plays :-- Marlow's Faustus 1616 Dekkot's Gentle Craft. l6lB Day's Fair Maid of Bristol 1605 Middleton's Phoenix 1607 Haywood's Fair Maid of the Exchange 1607 The thieves apparently amused themselves in the study for some time, and among other things made away with and d es troyed, were a few MS. copies of old plays, with notes, &c, intended for re-publication. The name ".1. PAYNE COLLIER" was on nearly all the title pages of the printed books stolen. COMPARATIVE COMFORTS. We extract the following interesting letter from the Morning Itertdd ; it will be read with singular feelings by the frequenteri; of Covent Garden market, and the Ultra-landlords 0' the country TO THE EDITOR OF TIDE S MORNING HERALD, MEURICE S fortzt, rAras, MAY it. Sta,—Having seen lw the London papers that green JIM sell fat ilit'ce guineas a quart in Covent Garden Market, t am iitcluced to make a few observations, fur the information of your readers, relative td the price of vege tables in Paris, compared with those of London. Xa ten days ago, 2s. Gd. for a quart of green peas ; they noW sell for ls. 6d. a full quart ; they are in great abundance at every table where the price of the dinner is 2s. 6d. per head. We can purchase here as ninth eaparagus, of the finest quality, for 2s. 6d. (enough for six pet-tons), as would cost 18s. in Covent-garden ; there is also a great abundance of French b e an s , a t a il equally moderate price, and very fine strawberries for Is. Bd. a pottle. I landed at Dieppe from Brighton on Sunday morning, the 4th instant; and it being the first time in my life that I ever set font on any other than that of British {O - wand, ybit may easily conceive that Was not a little surprised to see the whole of the shops open, a very large fish-market, and every one earpltlyrd the same as on what We tall in England a working day. Red mullet ad. each ; and a John Dory (Sib.) for 3s. 4d. We started at 10 o'clock (having found excellent accom modation at Taylor's English Hotel) in the diligence fot Rouen--a distance of forty miles—which we accomplished in four hours, to my great astonishment, some part of the way being drawn by trine Norman homes, apparently as powerful as Barclay and Perkins's dray hotter/ Ina as ac tive as our best hacks. I was particularly interested, as a farmer, in travelling through Normandy, the whole of which is beautifully cultivated—in fact, there was not an acre within sight of the road but was cultivated ; and— what will be thought more extraordinary by the English farmer—not an acre without a crop on it, or in the pro • gress of being sown : this can only be accounted for from the absence of tithes. The whole of the way to Paris we travelled between a double avenue of beautiful apple trees, in full blossom. I can confidently affirm that I have seen more slovenly farming in one parish in England than I saw in travelling 140 miles in France. I find the labourers in towns get abost 2s. aday for their labour; and all agricul tural labourers get ss. a week, and all their board and lodging ; thus they are placed in a similar situation to that of the very best farming labourers in England before the war to put down liberty in France, and to prevent a re form in the Parliament of England. I have been in France twelve days, remaining in Dieppe, Rouen, St. Germain's, and Paris ; in this time I have only seen oars drunken per son. In all the towns and cities trade appears to be in a prosperous state. There are more shops slint op in one street in London, than there is in Paris, Rouen, St. Ger main's, and Dieppe; and such is the difficulty to obtain a shop in a good situation in Paris, that 400/. a year is asked for a single room of eighteen feet square, without an inch of outlet. I have only time to say that Paris is a delightful place, the best hotels being about the same price as those of Lon don.—l am, Sir, your's, respectfully, 11. HUNT. SCOTTISH PEERAGE. A Bill has just been brought into the House of Lords, entitled " An Act to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the Scottish Peerage; to enable Peers of Scotland, not Repre sentative Peers, to sit in the House of Commons; and to declare the eldest Sons of Scottish Peers eligible in future to sit in the House of Commons for any County or Burgh in Scotland, and to vote at any Election therein for a Repre!entative in the Commons House of Parliament." After the preamble,: it contains clauses for enacting— That the Sixteen Peers who shall be elected for Scotland, at the next Assembly held for that pur pose, shall be entitled to sit and vote for life. That, in case any of the Sixteen Peers become Peers of the Realm, the vacancy shall be declared by Proclamation. That, in case of the death of any of the Sixteen Peers, the vacancy to be forthwith filled up. That Peers of Scotland have writ of summons. That so much of recited Acts as are inconsistent with the present be repealed. That Peers of Scotland not elected as Represent atives, or Toting for such, may sit in the House of Commons; but during that time shall not be enti tled to the privilege of Peerage. That, upon summoning the next new Parliament, the eldest sons of Scotch Peers to be eligible as Commoners. The Whitsuntide recess will be longer than usual, and longer than was at first expected. As the 29th of May (" Royal Oak day") falls on Thursday, it is in tended, instead of adjourning till Wednesday, to adjourn from Friday (to-morrow) till Friday, May 30. Mr. PEEL will move such-adjournment. According to the present arrangement, the Weymouth Regatta will take place this year on the ISth of August, in compliment to the birth-day of her Royal High ness the Duchess of CLARENCE.—Exeter Alfred. The sum advanced last year to the Govern ment by the Bank of England was 21,000,0001. but ben millions of the twenty-one was on account of Dead Weight. The average amount of the public money in the hands of the Bank of England last year was 4,000,0001. The sum charged last year by the Bank of England, for the management of the Debt was 260,000/. The total sum paid last year in the city of Lon don for the measuring of coals was 4,8001. The sum that was in the Treasury on the sth of January last amounted to 352,0004 _ _ The Horticultural Breakfast will take place on the 21st of June. The Tyrolese singers are expected to be engaged, and several military bands.—" No Song, no Breakfast." RESIGNATION I—A sealed bottle was picked up at Lymington, on the coast of Dorset, on Tuesday last, with the following memorandum enclosed ;—the ship Lady Jane Grey, from New York to Portsmouth, ou the 14th April, lat. 50. long. I. struck on a rock, all hands ex pecting to go down.._Exeter Alfred. Notwithstanding the prodigious size of the whale, such is its muscular power, that it is enabled to move at each a rate as would, if continued, carry it round the world in a fortnight._{We should like to have this whale at Waterloo Bridge to send over Express to Dublin with the Result of the Catholic Question in the House of Lords—it would run round the " Emerald Isle" in five minutes—very like a whale!) At a Meeting of the Members of the New Library, at Lincoln, last week, it was considered advisable to erect a building as soon as a proper site could be found for the purpose, and it is in contemplation also to attach a room suitable for any useful occasion : this institution being acceptable to apprentices and ethers wishing to im prove themselves by judicious reading, deserves the encou ragement of every friend to the rising generation.—Bost" Gazette. LIVERPOOL, MAY 19.—T0-day we had a short supply of Beef, which was in very good demand, without any alteration in price. The supply of Mutton was good, and met ready sale at our last quotation. — Beef 51d. to sid., and Mutton 61d. to lid. per lb. EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, MAX 19. A very good lambing season, and very little less. The clovers and all other grass-seeds are an abundant cro p , affording more pasturage than ma n y farmers have stock for. The losses they have sustaine d in the last two y ears, pressing so severely upon them , t hat the y have been obli ged to sell their cattle to make up t he deficienc y in the p ric e of torn, SIC. &c. A large qu antit y of wheat g rowin g , the appearance rather weak , a nd colour bad, es p eciall y on the barley comes up well, iu some f ew „places prase,l w o r andthe colderstoare o sowing a is; glvlas only finished last week; o a t s , b eans, fair prospect; fine weath er f or prepar ing the ground for turnip and rape ; for the last week we have bad some.some piercing cold winds from the East coa st, attended with frosts, but hops it has not injure d the f r uit trees, which have blossomed beautifully. Printed for Longman and Co. This day were published, in Bvo., price 125., and in hto., on India paper, price 1/. Is., Twenty-two Engravings (ac companied by Quotations and Descriptions), illustrative of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, being No. VII. of THE SPIRIT of the PLAYS of SHAKS PEARE: a Series of Outline Plates exhibiting the Story of each Play. Drawn and Engraved by FRANK HOWARD, And dedicated with permission to Sir T. Lawrence, P.R. A. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Strand (bookseller to the Royal Academy) ; C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-yard, and Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster-row; and J. Booker, New Bond• street. To be had also of Mr. F. Howard, No. 5, Newman street. Oxford-street. I.* The Preceding Numbers may be had separately. No. VIII. Containing the Merchant of Venice, will he published on the Ist of June. BRITISH TRADE. A Statement of the Declared Value of the Principal Ar ticles of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures Exported from Great Britain, on a comparison of Four Periods of Three Years each, ending Jan. 5, 1828, ex tracted from Mr. C. MOREAU'S valuable Work, " Exa men Impartial du Commerce de la Grande Bretagne," Ecc. &c. Declared Value of Exports. -- k Articles Exported. 1317 r.. 1820 1823 ' 1826 1 to to to to 1819. 1822. 1823. 1828. ---- -, £. X. X. X. Cotton Manufactures 43,317,795 39,666,522 43,525,674 39,526,133 Woollen Ditto 23,151,519 18,031,804 18,120,400 16,455,695 Linen Ditto 5,100,114 4,976,514 6,730,777 5,513,545 Cotton Yarn 7,027,934 7,655,256 8,44)1,880 10,243,565 Sugar Refined 6,934,699 4,713,178 2,313,717 2,447,087 Iron and Steel 3,305,949 2,766,215 2,573,464 3,368,629 Hardwares & Cutlery 4,402,690 2,979,94 3,423,015 3,950,615 Brass and Copper Salt. 499,192 5:1,566 500,553 335,819 Pewter Wares, &c 888,061 565,907 683,031 '763,152 Plate, Plated Wares, &c. Hats of all sorts 975,678 728,521 707,935 693,402 Coals, Culin, Sc Can dlos 342,600 327,662 328,177 430,545 Fish of all sorts 936,909 718,487 599,783 578,909 Stationary 524,670 327,258 459,698 556,437 Silk Manufactures 1,388,220 1,121,810 1,174,917 701,137 Glass of all sorts 2,261,761 1,439,744 1,687,458 1,550,497 Lead and Shot 966,499 1,084,876 ' 783,657 710,629 Soap and Candles Leather of all sorts 1,052,37 957,397 913,545 865,167 The commission is arranged for inquiring into the state of the laws relating to tke transfer of real property. It consists of five Commissioners, there being one common law lawyer, two conveyancers, and two equity barristers. At the head of the Commission is Mr. CAmraimr. of the Court of King's Bench. The two barristers practising in the, Courts of Equity are Mr. TINNEE and Mr. Dom woaTit ; and the conveyancers are Mr. lionGsoN and Mr. BRODIE. ABERDEEN.—The fortitude of a respectable female was, one day lately, put to the test in the most try ing manner. Walking along Union-street, she was alarmed at seeing two youths going on the outside of the parapet of the main arch of Union-street Bridge. In approaching nearer, she was horror-struck at perceiving that the youths were two of her own children. She was on the eve of giving a shriek, when the thought came into her mind that, if she did so, it might be the means of frightening them and making them fall. She quietly but quickly walked along until she came opposite where the children were, and in a moment seized hold of them both at the same time, and pulled them through betwixt the balustrades. ABERDEEN.—A female servant in this place having fallen in love with a soldier, proposed, as he had promised to marry her, to purchase his discharge At•ith money ehe had saved from her hard earnings. The fellow suce::eded in persuading her to " buy him off " before the marriage day, which she did ; and a few days ago, having, by the same means, got new clothes, and some cash, the ungrateful fellow decamped from the town, leaving his sweetheart plunged in sorrow. THE NEW DEA N.—Tiic Very Rev. Dr. PHILFOTTS, our new Dean, arrived hi this city on Satur day evening, and put up at the Royal Hotel. On Sunday morning, before the commencement of the morning service at the Cathedral, the ceremony of installation took place, attended by Archdeacon CLARKE, Mr. Prebendary BLOM-. Fizr,n, the Rev. JOSErif EATON, and WM. WARD, Esq. Registrar. They then retired to the Chapter-house, when the Dean was sworn in with the usual formalities. He afterwards read himself in, by officiating throughout the whole mornin g and evening service, with the exception of preaching the sermon, making the requisite declaration on each occasion. Dr. Plum:ars has a good voice, and distinct articulation ; and very closely resembles both in person and voice a former Dean, the Rev. Dr. HonG sox, now Dean of Carlisle. We noticed the Dean's lady and one of her sons in the Dean's seat near the Bishop's throne. She is a very fine looking woman, for the mother of some twelve or fourteen children, all of whom are, we believe, living. The Dean sets out this day for Oxford.— Chester Courant. PRICE 7D. (FROM A CORRESPONDENL We do not mean to enter into any lengtheneA discussion of the policy of the Catholic Clailtr., convinced though we are of the justice and ne cessity of that great measure. Yet we cannot help remarking, that in many cases the argu ments used against the Catholics must appear to every unprejudiced mind the most favourable to their cause. Mr. PEEL, we thought, was in a more especial degree remarkable for wresting eir ' cumstances to perverse conclusions. He pointed out for example, in order to alarm the House, the " great demonstration of physical fora effected by assembling in one day the whole Catholic.?;sopula tion, for the avowed purpose of petitioning , but really with a view to intimidation." But can this be really held out as a reason for not grant ing the Catholic Claims ? Is it because the Ca tholics are numerous, because they act in such a ii i n id agi r i e l j e c , c , t vou th ld ei 3 r ,st pet b i e tio o l i i i s e ? of p'erfeet concer t, t h a t we are t o disregard them I the is s , tro w n e ge s s i r rea sons for conciliating such a large, and, if you will, such a formidable body of subjects. Mr. PEEL terms this assemblage of the people, which by the advice of their leaders the Catholics con trive to keep within the letter of the Statute levelled against such Meetings, " a inonstrow; thine of the power they actually possess," and he thence infers the danger of granting the Catho lics any additional power. Our conclusion, from the singular fact of the whole Catholic body being assembled in one day at the mandate of • their leaders, would be precisely the reverse ; for then we look to the perfect concert which is thus seen to animate the whole Catholic body— when we see the population, to the amount of several millions of people, thus arrayed and disciplined under their natural leaders, obeying their mandates, and forming an imperium in imperio, we confess iv; are deeply impressed, by such a spectacle, whim the necessity of calm inquiry ; in place of irri tations, which seem to be the feeling of the Home Secretary, we arc rather disposed to considera tion and syqoathy. The demands or petitions of so great a body of the nation, ought, we think, to be listened to, on the very account for which Mr. PEEL thinks thev ought to be re jected. The great number of ti t :c petitioners — their perfect amity—their subordina:.'on under chosen leaders, arc all the circumstances - 7hich, in our view, ought to give weight to the Ca , tholic Claims. It is on these very grounds that we would be averse to irritate or alienate the Catholic population, that we would pause before we rejected their petitions for an equality of civil privileges. We cannot conceive a more puerile appeal to feelingS of false pride than this argument of intimidation. Is not, we would ask, the conciliation of the people a great and laud able object of all good Government ; and the: greater the number of the people, is it not of the more importance to conciliate them ? Can any wise man look without alarm at the formidable mass of discontent which Ireland presents ? Is it not wise to be alarmed ; and is it wise, from an idea of intimidation, to deride the complaints of the Irish, and to teach them to look for relief to any other source than Parliament? To place the question on the most simple basis, can any Government be secure which ex cludes from political offices the greater part of its subjects—which gives to the few the ascendality over the many ? Witheut entering into any so phishies or fine spun reasonings, can political society stand on such a foundation ? 16 not such an inverted order of things aptly ex pressed by AloonE's illustration of the sugar loa. standing on the wrong end? Mr. PEEL tells u:.; that the admission of Catholics to the highest offices of the State would alter the Protestant character of the Government. What does he mean by the Protestant character of the Govern ment ? We hold that the end of Government is to dispense equal justice to all, whether Pro testant or Catholic, and that it ought to have no leaning to one creed more than another. The revo lution of 1688 gave no countenance to fly exclu sive or intolerant policy. Great jeAtousy was no doubt expressed by the statesmen of that day against the Catholic religion, because it was from this qua-ter that they dreaded an attack on civil liberty, and they framed their securities accordingly. But these securities established no principle of exclusion, as - -Mr. PEEL seems to imagine—they were merely applicable to a case of circumstances ; they were meant to guard against existing and accidental dangers. But, to conclude : that they established exclu sion as a perpetual and fundamental maxim of our free Constitution, is one of the inpst sin gular e n tof freedom o of this weever great h heisatrd. or ical ptect d accomplished. =._..—.. only it is remarked th a t the house of the Arch bishop des N p E ay T s H ß E as itr sn N n D ou S L M es A th Y at l Oa . y —.. ou T n _ e h E e n C g a lis l i h l 0 1a / d ig:e a Miss ANNA DOLLING, niece of Admiral BROOKING, has with Lords ALF embraced the Catholic religion, at TournaY• The details o s h f e t oh h a i l s dloifr yri,iodd conversion xedavy given,,feoarsnakielriminieit:tirmeme ei ni arrived at the Vice-regal Lodge, phamix Par k, her Excellency the Marchioness of ANGLESEA. and her lovely daughters, the Ladies EMILY, RED and GEORGE PAGEr, (the former twelve, the latter ten years old). Lady Loursa • CanoGalq, the Marchioness's • formed of sister,one r the Noble party. His Excellency has selected a member of our U n iversity to educate the Lords GEORGE and ALFRED. This is a high compliment from 1 • itsExcellent} to Ireland, and still further man' 'fists the thorough regard for the in terests of this country which his entire conduct, public and MARY, and ADELAIDE, private s since his auspicious accession to its government, had previously indicated.—Dublin Morning Register. STEAM BOAT BURNED.—The steam boat Clydesdale, when on her passage front Greenock to Belfast, on the 15th instant, and about midway between the point, of Corswall and the Craig of Ailsa, was, about midnight discovered to be on fire. Every exertion was immediately made to extinguish the flames, but without success, and at one o'clock A. M. of the 16th, she was run on shore about 100 yards from Corswall Lighthouse. The crew and passengers, seventy in number, got ashore in safety, but with the loss of their luggage, &C. The light-k eepers ex erted themselves much in assisting to land the passengers, and have given them all the accommodation their hetnes can afford, until conveyances are provided for their re moval. The vessel is a complete wreck—the boiler only expected to be saved. Great praise is given to Captain TURNER and his crew, for the coolness and presence of mind displayed by them on this trying occasion.— Ode don ian Mercury. This day was published, in 1 vol. post Svo. with Plates by George and Robert Cruikshank, TIM BOBBIN'S LANCASHIRE LECT, and POEMS, rendered intelligible to general readers, by a literal interpretation, &c. London : Hurst, Chance, and Co., 65, St. Paul's Church-yard.