The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-02 00:00:00

DA rf lY `. re al , odad the' small •ed eir ed tio I by he CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. yes V Wel rew• Y.) ;er cilo i. ti ,10 e - bet w'vet! MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT LOCH- a 00 .; . pig scil°. a iltr OE 49 ' lib•) I * ( ' t t' bg nt. ° ! - A - sPd At ) to ) Q cei co o g °1 Parl: Atid a erjj P r° r ,nif, arl iry I LONIOND. W e understand his MAJESTY has been most tracioualy pleased to grant Mr. Louis Law's, of Rams ee, permission to publish the splendid Picture of the *Wm and Royal Harbour of Ramsgate, under his especial Patronage. So flattering a mark of distinction towards ghat highly -favoured town is duly appreciated by its loyal 14kabitants. Lord ELDON, as usual, was one of the first Yesterday, no doubt, to take the field to partake of his fa t9hrite amusement of partridge shooting. His Lordship an excellent shot, and would bag more game than any qher sportsman in the kingdom, if he were not so slues i 4 deciding at which bird he should fire when the covey is 'Prong. . We have authority to state that the Marquis f Smuo has so identified himself with the welfare of Ire land, that he has declared he will oppose any Ministry or government that do not intend to ameliorate the condition sf this country, by extending the blessings and privileges of t 4 Constitution to the Catholics of Ireland.-21fayo 'rat Press. boo Fait.—Last year, about this time, th e annoyed by the dog fi s h, w i t h' u ,herFn en were grivninsly cuch the Frith was swarmiag, and they are both mere " 4 naeroua an . d fiercer this sentiona—Greg m e c h Advertiser. . t s ;WRATHER.—The weather continues delight -.4`.,varzo, and dry. The harvest goes on most favourably 14 every quarter, and an abundant crop will soon be se . .klleedt,our.ier.The prices of Grain decline greatly.— Glasgrne C HARACTER OF THE Tu ß xs.—The Tur ks', still the same c h arac t er w hi c h th e hi s torians of the Owm 1, hen war vexes them they become infuriated. They d 0 an oppress th e R a y as , b u t are f r i en d ly an d o bli g i ng Wards strangers ; they devastate villages, but they found and endow hospitals ; they keep their oaths, but trample € °ll .!very pr i nciple of public law ; they are susceptible of ,bre'as'"l,ngs of honour, but compassion is a stran ger to t h e i r ta ; they dethrone and strangle their Sultans, but are treat advocates for monarchy. Although unrefined and sensual in their ideas of pleasure, they are moderate in its Tioyruents, and starting. from the lap of luxurieusness,l r 7 submit to the severest privations without grum bling, They Are good relatives and husbands, and poly llgamy is far from being in general use among them:' baretn is, to most of them, only an object of ,t x urY and Ostentation. Inhuman in tbeir vindictiveness, sy frequently carry their exalted friendship to a point of ', e _r.oisin. Their coura ge man i fests itself sometimes. i n a chivalrous daringness, and, on other occasions, in a stoic I , 4 daff...rence. H e r e they are see d courageously precipitat; j l og them se l ves on the enemy ' s ranks, without regard to n utnbers ; and elsewhere they suffer themselves to be "tangled with a pipe in their mouth. They change exile ' Palace with th e utmost sang froid,• and consider for (' eldl elves- en every occasion as the slaves or agents of an Unalterable immutable fate,e-aVarernberg Correspondent'. (From tlie - Dubtin Evening Post of Saturday.) I, We state from authority, and we defy contradic *tion, that' the Duke of Wellington has succeeded in making the proper impression on the highest quarter, • on the subject of the Catholic Claims. We were prepared f or thi s announcemen t by vari -2:'51!5 e.omMunications ? :—w e were prepared for it by . reading in the London Papers several uncontradicted ~.4tatements. We shall quote one of these : `` We are authorised by a Gentleman of high character : 41 ' State, that the Duke of Wellington expressed himself four 'Y ir t:arg ago favourable to the settlement of the Catholic Claims n -• e said, if an arrangement by Concordat' could be entered Int9.with the Pope, he saw no difficulty in the way of ad • .the. Catholics to an equality with Protestants. This fact is the more important, as it shows the Duke's .` opinion on the subject is .not one which has been recently ken up, and warrants , the conclusion that he is not now teaverizing, as has been insinuated, but seriously favour - • 41110 to an adjustment of the claims."--Morning Chron. Now for the authenticity o f this paragraph we can ' o nehyersonally. We know " a gentleman of high iharacter," to whom the puke expressed himself in the manner described. We can add, too, that a change in the Cabinet, with a view to this measure, is likely to take place. The London Papers report, that Lord -.nsdowne is again about to take office, and it is hinted that Earl Grey will succeed to the Admiralty. We shall not pretend either to confirm or to deny these statements. All that we mean to vouch for is this, that Parliament will meet in No vember, with a view of considering the question, and appointing a Committee. A letter which we soh join goes to this extent, but we have the fact from another source. London, Thursday Evening half-past seven o'clock. , I have been informed at the House of Commons this evening, that all the clerks are ordered to be in • - attendance in November, as it is in contemplation for the Parliament to sit in that month, for the pur- Pose of appointingia Committee who .are to inquire Lato the means of relieving the disabilities of the •"0„, man C a tt ic ajes, and_:.to report thereon when the House, meets regularly in February. . Such- is the t inderstanding now:among the inferior officers of the House of Commons, avid as other vircumstances -. haves occurred to corroborate this view of things, I lose no time in sending to you the information. It ja said that the Committee will be fairly chosen. At a late hour, yesterday evening, we received notice of a most distressing accident which occurred ap Lochlomond that afternoon, whereby no less than rat rives were lost. The following are the particu us, so far as we have been able to obtain them from our informant. The Lady of the Lake steam boat, Was on her return from her usual voyage to the head at the Loch, and had lain to, opposite Tether, to re ceive aboard those passengers who had landed there, such other visitors as were waiting for her at that Place. She arrived between two and three in the afternoon, and the small boat, which belongs to the Inn, and whi c h i s un d er th e ch arge o f t h e hostler, immediately put of. The boat was quite crowded. One person has told us there Were about twenty, and another says there were from twenty to twenty-five crammed into the small coble. The Lake was smooth, and shining as a . mirror, and the st ea m-boat was not much mor e th an :30 yards from the shore. Some of the company, remonstrated against the boatman taking so many in at one time, but he assured them that there was no ,danger, and .the devoted boat aecordingly pushed slowly off 'with: its victims.- A person, who was standing on the beach, described it to us that the boat " wabbled on," from One side to another, till it came close to the steamer; it then made a " creen " towards the steamer, so alarmir4 that "most of the passengers rose up and clustered to the other side, when the boat completely heeled over, and floated keel uppermost. It was a mo ment of intense agony. Few shrieks were heard; one or two piercing ones could only be distinguished ---the unfortunates seemed to have. been stifled with the waters instantly. Some of the passengers escaped by swimming 'to the shore. Many were not, however, so fortunate. The drowning caught to the drowning, and went down locked fast together. One young man mate a most providential escape. Re was a . stout swimmer, and at. the moment the boat swamped, he found himself entangled with three. They clung to the skirt of his coat, but it. gave way, and he got to the shore, denuded of this Part of his dress. The seaman who was instra alental in saying four lives, m entioned that the small boat h a d come against t he steamer, which made 'the boat dip quite to its gunwale, and that the People on board it then leant off to the other si de, which overbalanced it, and precipitated them ,all into the Water. When our other inform. ant left Tarbet, there were nine persons brought' ashor e lifeless; others Were in such a state that it was even doubtful if they could be resuscitated. It alade a deep impression on his mind, while standing in the kitchen of the inn,. to see dinner cooking for the living, and on tables and dressers in the same apartment were stretched the corpses -of the dead. A new married couple were of 'the number drowned. Where the accident took place there was almost five fathom of water. The lake is so translucent, that .its bottom can easily be seen Lit becomes probable, Iherefore, that no more than the number specified have been lost.—Paisley Advertiser, Aug. 30., FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. rtt:~Nt.r:- The Earl of Shaftesbiiry and Lady A. •C‘io:,er, from Grosvenor. square, to - Worthing; !he I;on.ager 01' E xeter, for her seat at Roehampton ; the Marquis and Marchione s s of Bath, from the Earl of Harrowby 's c eat, Sandon Hall, Statibrdshire, for Lord Bradford's,' bindsieh int ; the Duke of Bcdford, from his villa, Camden Bill, for Woburn Abbey, in Iledfordshire ; Capt. A. W. West, of the First Life Guards, from .the Albany, for. Scotland, to shoot grou,e ; Captain Howell, for Manchester; Mr. and Mrs. Goodhugh, for Chatham-place, Ramsgate; Mrs.. and Mi's St: Quintin, for Lyme Regis; in Dorsetshire ; Captain Stratford, for Dublin ; Major Hugh Smith, for Manchester; Major Robinson, for NVliarncliff, near Dover; Mrs. and Miss- Pemberton, for the West Cliff, Brighton-; Major-Vincent, for Dublin; Captain Thrograorton, for Derby; Mr. and Mrs. Faulk ner, for Hemel Hempstead, Herts ; Mrs. Robert Jenner, from Tilney.street, for Oddington, Oxfordshire, and a tour;: Richard Henry Vade, Esq. from his house in North Audley-street, for the North of England; the Hon. William Burrell, for J. Camp- , bell, . Esq.'s seat, Hendon Hall , Kent ; Mr , and .Mrs. Dolphin from Symmons's Hoetl (late Jordan's),St. James's-street for their seat in Gloucestershire ; Mr. and Mrs: Campion and n. mil v, for their seat, Danny, near. Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. sh a k s p ea re, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, on- a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Moore, at ditto, from Ireland • General Swaide, at ditto, from the Continent; Colonel Fuller, from Warren's Hotel;Regent-street, for Brighton ; Major S a ndf or d, from ditto, on a tour; Colonel and Mrs. Cooper, in Bryanstone square, from the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Ellemes and family, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Foster, at the Royal Hotel, St. J a mes's-street, from the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Murray and family, at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Brighton ; Lord Ducies and-the Hop. William Horsley Beresford, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; J. Turville, Esq. J. Tut - - yule, Esq. jun. and Mrs. Turville, at ditto ; William Earle Lyt ton Bulwer, Esq and Mrs, Bulwer, from ditto, for Wood cote House, Oxon ; Wm. Amherst, Esq. and Mrs. Amherst, from ditto. ARRIVALS AT GORHAM'S' 140TEV, KILLARNEY. The Right Honourable Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lord Villiers, and the Honourable Augustus and Frederick Villiers, the Right Honourable Lord and Lady Duncannon, Honourable J. Ponsohby and the Ladies Ponsonby, Mrs. Colonel Gosset and Miss Gosset, Dublin Castle ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Vendles, Col. Mills and family, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Brennan, Rev. Charles w Kenneiy, of Escot Lodge Devonshire; Captain Harrison and party, Welsh Flanders ; Edward Pennefather, Esq. K.C. County Wicklow, or No. 20, Fitzwilliam-square; Counsellor and Mrs. Payne, of Dublin ; Captain Winbot and suite, of Humbey, Mid dlesex ; Mr. George Furnell and party, of Limerick ; Major Alyn and party, Royal Guards, Lorfclon • Rev. R. D. Rouudill and party, of Pringford, Bedfordshire ; London; Henry Gul ble and party, of Banduple, England; Mr. Alexander S. Deane and party, of Cork ; Mr. Artes and party, of Doncaster ' • Mr. Brun_ atop and party,' of Skrew, Essex ; Mr. Young and family, of Phillipstown, County Meath ; Captain Gordon and party, of Whitehall. • ARRIVALS AT THE ROYAL HOTEL, INVERNESS. Z. Gaspell, Esq. and lady, on a tour ; R. Mackenzie, Esq. ; Ilt. -Reid, Esq. on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Macandrew ; Col. Mackay,6;th Regiment ; - Mackenzie, Esq. ; J. J. Glennie, Esq. on a tour ; Dundas, Esq., W. Walker, Esq., G. Hanway, Lq., D. Baker, Esq., and R. Hawke, Esq. on a tour. ARRIVALS AT THE CALEDONI AL HOTEL, INVER- NESS. Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart. and Egar, Esq. on their way south ; Hede, Esq. on a tour ; Paul, Esk, and sons, on a tour ; —=—lVlnglield, Esq. and Hornby, 'sq. on a tour ; Hotham, Esq. on a tour; Capt. Anderson, H. E. I. C. N. S. on a tour ; W. Tatton Egerton, EN. and friend, on a tour; William Murray, Esq. Tain ; Bend, Esq. and friend, on a tour; Maxwell, Esq. and Warrender, Esq. 10th Hussars, from Beaufort Castle, on their way south ; John ston, Esq. on a tour; Rochefoucalt, Esq. on a tour • --- Clarke, Esq. on a tour; Burton, Esq. on a tour; J. West garttr, Esq. on his return from a tour in the Shetland and Ork ney Isles ; the Right Hon.;Lord Southampton, on his way south ; Gibson, Esq. and the Misses Gibson, on a tour; Brown, Esq. Glasgow, on a tour ; Hornie, Esq. on a tour, Liburn, Esq. on a tour; Captain Murray and lady, on their way to their house at Craigdarroch ; Thomas Mackenzie, Esq. of Applecross ; Mackenzie, Esq. of Pettruchie, on a tour; ---Munro, Esq. of Novar, on his way north ; Joseph Redgway, Esq. Redgmunt, and Andrews, Esq. Lancashire, on a tour; Johnston, Esq. on a tour ; Lewin, Esq. and Miss Lewin, on a tour; M. De Candolle, on a tour; the Hon. Col. Francis, William Grant, Henry Dunn, Esq., John Fraser, Esq. and Captain J. Grant, on their way to Urquhart; James In verarity, Esq. and son, on their way to Belladrum ; Mr. Witham and Mr. Torrie, on their return from a geological tour through Caithness and Sutherland; Blackwall, Esq. on his way south, from Balnagown; N. Malcom, Esq. M. P., and Malcom, on their return from a tour in the north ; W. Hay, Esq. on his way north. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Clad was performed last night at this theatre., for the purpose of introducing Mrs. WAYLETT in the character of its heroine. Although any thing in the way of novelty is quite an event at' the Haymarket, and therefore likely to attract general notice, the house was as usual thinly attended. Indeed this is not to be wondered at, when we contrast the spirit and exertions of the proprietor of the English Opera-house to produce novelties for the entertainment of the public, with the monotony ef the stale pieces now played at regular intervals, at this once amusing and well conducted theatre.—With respect to th e ' perfo rmance of last night, it was highly respectable, and would have been much more effective, if the countenance and manners of WILLIAMS had not been directly the opposite from what we would expect from a father sorrowing for the loss of an only and beloved daughter. The acting of Mrs. WAY- Livrr was jnst what it ought to be—simple and affect ing. She sung Home, sweet home," with a quiet, un obtrusive pathos ; and an exquisite ballad of Mr. A. LIF.B was executed by her in a manner that justly deserved the applause it received. The words of this ballad " Twine me a Garland of Sweet Roses," are written by Mr. M. DOWLING, and are wurthy of the music. COBURG THEATRE. A new grand- historical anti domestic melo-drama, called . The Towerof Loehlin, •r the Id"ot Son, was produced at this theatre last night, and met with the most decided success. This piece is founded on a fragment of Scottish history, possessing in the most eminent degree incidents capable of dramatic representation. The struggle of the Pretender, Charles Stuart, involving as they did all the interests of the Scottish. Empire, gave rise to achievements and events of the most powerful and deeply wrought inte rest. In that eventful political storm, families were set in opposition to each other—the father denounced the son, the child was armed against the parent, and in the contest were frequently displayed acts before only registered in the page of romance. In the present instance the author has presented a faithful representation of the events of the times, with all their appalling and interesting effects. The acting throughout was excellent, and where all were good, it would perhaps appear invidious to notice particu lar instances. We cannot, h owever , avo id s t a ti ng , th at n Man. CoIItrAM,HIELD, MORTIMER, GANN, and GALE, Misses WATSON and HARGREAVE, exerted themselves to the utmost, and were justly entitled to the marked applause which they received from all pasts of a crowded house. At the fall of the curtain, the piece was announced for repetition. The ocher entertainments fur the evening were the Bleeding Nun, and a new nautical serio-comic melodrama, called The French Buccaneer. This latter place, as well as The Tower of Lochlin, is, We understand, from the pen of a gentleman who has•already contributed to the amusement of the fre quenters of the Coburg Theatre, and we are happy to find that he has again succeeded to the full extent of an author's wishes. When we stale that he kept the audience in a roar of laughter last night, it will appear but natural that he should have reaped the benefit of the good humour which he himself created. FREAKS OF ASTLEY'S ELEPHANT. LITERATURE. THE MUMMY. LONDON, 1828. This is a strange compound of ignorance, dullness, and absurdity. The story, which is laid in the year ofluturity, 2126, is as follows : Au old Baronet, Sir Ambrose Montagu, has " a shy enthusiastic son," Edric, who, in his early manhood, becomes disgusted with mankind, because " their repeated bursts of laughter grated harshly in the ears of the youthful Diogenes." This disgust ends in a fit of soli tude, whose uninterrupted leisure enables him to perfeCt himself in the abstruse points of science, as well as to cultivate a naturally romantic turn of mind, till at last—having previously satisfied his mind with respect to the possibility of the thing—he resolves to leave home, set sail for Egypt, explore the Pyramids, and, by some gal- vanic frocess, resuscitate the Mummy of King Cheops. No sooner said than done ; his tra velling trups are packed up ; his tutor, Dr. Entwerfen, a good-natured old pedant, se lected as a companion, and off go the two expe rimentalists at the rate of twenty miles an hour, in a remarkably commodious air -balloon. In due time they reach Egypt—which at this period is a civilized tract of country not unlike Middlesex—request an introduction to the Pyramids—explore them—find out the tomb of King Cheops, apply the galvanic apparatus to his Mummy, and are forthwith knocked dOwn. On . getting up again, they find—much to their as tonishment and discomfiture—that his Majesty has walked off with their balloon ; to make mat ters worse, they themselves are taken up on sus picion of having feloniously, and with malice aforethought, robbed the Pyramids, and are brought before a black magistrate, who sends them at once to jail. And here the author leaves them, to pursue the flight of his Mummy, who, as it seems, on quitting his sepulchre, sees outside the gate a something which he mistakes for an indian-rubber bottle on a large scale ; while closely examining it, he somehow contrives to touch a spring on which the balloon (for it was nothing more nor less than this) expands, mounts aloft into the air, and carries the Mummy away with it ; who, after a " pleasant aerial excursion," as Mr. Green would say, of some hours, arrives safely in London, and drops down head fore most against the fourth arch of Blackfriars Bridge, close alongside Claudia, Queen of Eng land, at the very moment when, by a " singular coincidence," to quote a newspaper phrase, her Majesty had tumbled off her horse in a fit. Once arrived in town, (we wonder what inn he put up at !) the Mummy makes the most of his time, joins in Court intrigues, deposes one Queen, enthrones another, and finally, after having indulged himself in various amusing pas times of a like nature, persuades Roderick, King of Ireland, to cross over with a large army into England, .through a tunnel previously scooped out from sea to sea, ravage the country, and restore the legitimate Queen to her domi nions. This object accomplished, the Mummy takes his departure from town,—whether by steam, post, or the mail, deponent saith not—and on reaching Egypt, makes at once for the Pyramids, where he lays himself down a second time in his sepulchre, takes off his clothes, and dies. This, together with an underplot descriptive of the innocent loves of an unso phisticated English Queen, and an equally un sophisticated Irish King; a horrible old Schedoni sort of monk, one Father Morris; his paramour, an equally accomplished article ; a balloon or two ; as also a " bed, bolster, and pillows snugly packed in a walking-stick," make up the entire narrative of the Mummy. As its plot is exqui sitely nonsensical, so also is its style of remark and allusion. The following are among its bril liant discoveries in the way of observation " It is not in the nature of the human mind to be contented." " Things at a distance appear much more beautiful than they do when we be- hold them." "We must always either hope or fear." " We always fancy what we have not infinitely superior to any thing we have."—" The impulses and feelings of human creatures must for the most part be alike in all ages."—" Habits vary, but nature endures."—When we assure the reader that these specimens of incidental reflec tion are gleaned from two pages only of a work in three thick volumes, he will not fail to admire the prolific quality of that mind which could comprise so much valuable, not to say original, observation within so small a compass. Speak ing soon afterwards of a love scene that takes place between his hero and heroine, our gifted novelist says, " not Cicero himself could give the least idea of any thing of the kind." Mercy on us !—Cicero the author of " De Ofliciis" and "De Senectute" describe a love scene ! Why the bare idea is as ridiculous as the circumstance of the Mummy (see vol. 2.) swearing by " Saint Wellington ;" a species of adjuration which his Grace—whose claims to superior sanctity are undoubted—will, nevertheless, be astonished to find incorporated with the vernacular dialect of execration. Last night, at the above theatre, the Elephant, after conveying Blue Beard over the mountains, accompanied by Suck a procession as it might be expected a gentleman of Blue Beards consequence would have, and behaving him self with the greatest propriety, was introduced into the circle, to go through what the bills neatly express, " his various sagacious and surprising tricks," and truly surpris ing they were. Having- much delighted the pit with his wonderful sagacity, and created. much diversion, he took it into his head to have a little himself : so accordingly, with as much agility as an elephant has credit for posses sing, he• sprung his fore legs over the railing of the pit, which was quits enough for the audience, who did not wait for his hinder ones--it was the devil take the hindmost ; off they scampered, and such a rich scene of confusion ensued, it being a erowded"benefit night, as few will forget who witnessed it without partaking of its inconvenience. It appears that his magnificent matter, as a mark of his ap proval of the very decorous and proper manner in which he had conductedArimself in the perilous pass of the mountains, had ordered for his refreshment a few gallons of porter, which Chunie providentially carefully preserved. in his trunk, and when sufficiently elated, he: most a li c h k e n ra o l w ly ie d d i g e - - tributed it among the spectatora, wh o ungratefully took to their heels, instead of humbly making their ments. Without the slightest. regard to politeness ladies' frills, caps, and bonnets, gentlemen's lily and sombre beavers, alike shared the heavy deluge.s Thehoetatoftelriee th ea tre was so intense , that fans and meiiing.bties we r e in great request ; hut they teemed to have lost their w onte d w at o e uy p ower —all seemed langui s h in g and f ainting ; some kind imagined that it was particula r ly not i ced bpeople ehtn st a n d ing by i ari d maena y y were wet,wh revivedo, pe r hap s, by hi s fuldllyha re_ efreshing shower of heavy bNeeevneri,ruplee.brzadps,towtalsieiri its friends po tency fo em more orreacokvnaol acknowledged, the air. edged,or the g e n eros i ty o f an e lephant snore apyretiattoedb.e foremost, A re g m ra o n st d rush was ma d e f or th e door, each striving would throw imagini n g the henimble monsteri treading o ntli their he els, a hee s hi ' with squeez.;ng, iio throw into shade the best days of Bartholomew Fair. At length the great di rector, h av i ng ligened to the reasoning of his attendants, was prevailed upon to retire to repose, and comfort and mirth again resumed their sway, all laughing at what a few minutes before they cousiderel any thing but n juke, We "have bestolied more space upon this hideous trash than we should otherwise have done, because it is .the .representative of a cer tain class of romances • which, much to the dis credit of the public, is just now unusually po pular,—we mean those tales which mix up fact , with fancy, imagination with reality, in one strange inconsistent hodge-podge ; tales, such as Frankenstein"—(the best of its class)—" The Vampire"—" The Last M an "-- an d some two • dozen others, wherein all is collusion, verbiage, and want of keeping ; wherein the legends of the East are transferred into a London drawing room, where futurity is anticipated, and the fantastic reveries of a physician taken as the grave foundation of a work of fancy. How different from all this is the true legitimate imagination. There is a harmony and strictness of. keeping even in its wildest excesses ; a vein of judg ment pervading it : a cement of good sense that binds all parts of the mental fabric together in one sound accordant whole. - Look, for instance, at that wildest of creations the " Tempest." All dim is in due harmony and proportion. The ' Enchanted. Island" is vaguely, but with sufli- of the addressed favo ur i ng t h e company with a very cient individuality described, to ma k e us know i t striking imitation of th e mew i ng o f a cat.) Precisely der of the night, and Mr. Ro nayne a d vance d to the The cries , of " down, d own !" were now t h e or again our dreams ; its char ac t ers are such as would inhabit it : it h as it s A r id and front of the pit; but Mr. Niurphyfonl,dedThheis conse quence , and intimated, by his motions ( per h aps by his words, but we heard them not), that h e wou ld not y eldt o h post n e y n e, thatoufdr Mr. oratoryook to tota talk ky Murphy, t ma Mr. F renc h, and Mr. R was,a o gether. [All three speaking at one time.] Mr. FRINCII : I beg the Meeting— M r . MURPHY : Sir, allow me— Mr. RONAYNE : Mr. Chairman, I gay — Mr, Murphy then put his arms a-kimbo, and faced Mr. Ronayne. Mr. Ronayne did the same, and faced Mr. Murphy. Mr. MURPHY : Gentlemen—{o h Mr. MURPHY : Mr. MURPHY : Gentlemen [0 119 About two-thirds of the Meeting then amused themselves by shouting, " Turn him out !" Mr. MURPHY : I should like to kn0w—[0......h Mi. MURPHY : I should like to know—[o h • Mr. Alumna : I should - like to know—[o h A stout man, with red whiskers : I say you have destroyed all the harmony (?) of the meeting. Mr. RONAYNE : If Mr. Murphy would allow me to speak, I should beseech the meeting to hear him out. its Caliban, who " lives among its fens ;" its Miranda, wlio has never yet beheld a stranger ; its wizard, "the philosophic Prospero ;" its wild melancholy sounds, the voices of another world ; " be not afeard, this isle is full of noises"— every thing, in fact, which is requisite to build up an enduring work of fancy. Had the author of the " Mummy" undertaken to describe such an island, he.would have fixed it in the Thames, near Brentford,Butts: a coal-heaver would have been one of his heroes,' and .Veshnoo or Bramali another." This;-perhaps, maycall imagina tion ; but in good truth it is - nothing more nor less than indigestion, acting on a fanciful and atrabilious constitution. When imagination is undirected by the judgment, it is idiotism ; and, as this seems to be the inspiration of not a few among our modern romances, we have here thought it our duty to. enter our. protest seriously against it. Mr. MURPHY : I am in possession of the chair (loud cries of " No, no !") Do you call this your liberty, %hen even your very Secretary is dealing out his " No," though he is but a beardless b - oy after all? The CHAIRMAN rose with great indignation to repel this attack upon the Secretary's non-existent beard, but the Babel of tongues was higher than ever. Mr. MURPHY—I have now been standing here upwards of half an hOur, without being allowed to say a word.—(Astonishing groans, and signs of dis. approbation.) Mr. OTLYNN (as we understood) said some thing, which nobody could hear. It served, however, to make the picture very complete. On one side of the table was Mr. Murphy speaking ; .on the other was Mr. Ronayne . speaking; and iq the twiddle was Mr. Freuch speaking, while Mr. O'Flynn, and an Irish Gentleman with a shock head, 'stood a little en arriere also speaking. What any of them said, how ever, it is utterly impossible to guess at; but to judge by their actions it was something highly int, portant, for all their arms, first right and then left, sawed the air with astonishing velocity ; and he in deed must have been a Quixote beyond Cervantes's most buoyant imagination who would have ventured to come within half a dozen yards of five such wind mills. By a most dangerous elevation of voice, one of the crowd contrived to be heard, while he uttered, " How much are you paid, Murphy, by the Catholic Association ?" Mr. MURPHY—That question was put to 'me be fore, by the Chairman ; but I disdained to answer it, when coming from him. The CHAIRMAN—I never asked any such question. Mr. MURPHY —I say you did say so. The CHAIRMAN—I never said it. Mr. MURPHY—You did. The CHAIRMAN—I didn't. Mr. MURPHY—Yeti did. The CHAIRMAN—On my oath I never said it. Mr. MURPHY—SO these are the friends of liberty. The CIIAIRMAN—I will not permit suck a false hood. (To the Meeting)—Now did I say it ? Reitelated vociferatious of " No!" Some one communicated with Mr. FauNett, and he then said :—Gentlemen, the owners of this Insti tution call our conduct a public disgrace, and think we had better adjourn. Mr. MURPHY--I have no objection to adjourn. The CHAIRMAN—If you go on, I shall order you out. Mr. MURPHY (with all his eyes open) : Order ! Order me out ! Oh, what a mad bull [shouts of all sorts] ! Thi universal di-play of oratory having lasted about a quarter of an hour, .Mr. French and his friends discovered, what we had found out long before, that the wisest thing he could do was to abdicate; the consequence of which was, that there was no longer any Chair for Mr. Murphy to be in possession of, whereforehe and the Meetingadjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, SEPT. 1. The betting to-day was rather brisk, and certainly va ried. 3to 1 was first betted against Velocipede-2f to succeeded, and he settled at 11 to 4. The Colonel is firm above Ilessy, and a keen hand has backed him pretty hea vily. The mare seems fibbing, though looked after by a strong party. Jour des Noces (or " Joddy Nose," as the unsophisticated call him) stood well at 7 to 1 for some time, but at the close 8f to 1 was laid by an mild one, but no others would be more than 7A to 1. They closed as follows : DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 11 to 4 apt Mr. Armitage's Velocipede 9 to 2 aget Mr. Petre's Colonel (offered) 51 to 1 agst Colonel King's Bessy Bedlam (taken) 6 to 1 agst Lord Milton's Ballad Singer 15 to 2 agst Mr. Theakston's Jour des Nocee 28 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Belinda 30 to I agst Mr. Crompton's Coulon 35 to 1 apt Mr. Marson's Murphy 40 to 1 aget Mr. Ridsdale's Master Burke 50 to 1 apt Mr. Gascoigne's Louisa colt 50 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Emmeline 1000 to 20 apt Mr. Metcalfe's Economist 1000 to 15 apt Sir T. Mestyn's Ultimatum 1000 to 15 apt Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 2000 to 15 apt Mr. 11. Benson's Alcaston. 1500 to 1200 on The Colonel apt Bessy (taken) 500 to 400 on Ballad Singer agst Jour de Nocee (taken) In the evening most of the betting men started for Warwick, where a great meeting takes place this week. ABERDEEN RACES. TitunsnAY, Auu. 28.—Produce Stakes of 50 guineas each, h. ft. Once round the course. (Six subs.) Sir A. Ramsay's br. c. Harpooner walked over The Caledonian Welter Stakes of SO soya, each, 10 ft. and 20 added. Two miles. (N\ine subs.) Mr. litaird's Sir Malachi Malagrowther A Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, p. p. with 50 added by the Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. Heats, twice round. Mr. Davidson's b. b. Cromarty FRIDAY.—A Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 25 added by Hon. Captain Gordon, R.N. M.P. for the County of Aberdeen, for all ages. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Baird's eh. h. Sir Malachi Malagrowther walked over A Plate of 50 soya. given by the Citizens of Aberdeen, added to a Subecription of 20 sews. each, for all ages. Heats two miles. Mr. Davidson's b. h. Cromarty...... 2 1 1 Lord Kennedy's br. c. Harpooner... 1 2 dr ASHFORD.RACES. FlanAY, Auc. 29.—The Town Plate of 50 cove. Heats two miles and a distance. Mr. Brown's b. h. 13hurtpore, 4 yrs - 1 2 2 1 Mr. Crampton's ch. 5. Huntsman, 4 yis... 2 1 3 3 Mr. Coleman's Sally of the Valley, 3 yrs... -4 3 I 2 Mr. Gold's ch. m. Sister to Salisbury, 4 yrs 3 dr The Yeoman's Plate of 50 sovs. Mr. Howard's b. e. Pil o t, 4 y rs - I 2 Mr. Gold's ch. tn. Sister to Salisbury, 4 yrs 3 I 3 Mr. Hawkins's ch. g. Hawk's Eye, 4 yro• .... • 4 3 2 Mr. Coleman's Sally of the Valley, 3 yrs ...... 2 4 dr it Mr. Peggy b. g. Young Harry, syo .... ... 3 dr HONITON RACES. and 20 added. Mr. THURSDAY, Mal. 28.--A Purse of 30 soy,. Mr. Guest's g. g. Mustaphs, aged Mr. Thomas's b. ra. Girey, aged MSe !wood's ch. in . Ruby, 5 yrs Mr.Te Gifroeneintohnililabk. A Purse of 20 fu ur soya. was woo by Mr. Itashle;gh'a M ad be Wildfire, beating fo others. t d's Stakes of 5 soya. The Stewar d's esm.ofPsollsoyvHs.opekaients,, each, an d 20 added, was won eas y by Mr. White's Counsellor (eating a it, - , a...r. Greenhill's Capsicum. Mr. Taunton's b. h. Kean, 5 yrs ..'. Captain Hardwicke's b. g. Jericho, 6 . .. 1 1 Captain Carthew's b. tn. Eglantine - " The Ladies' Plate way won by ) aged Ali. talliele's Vi.dante, beating three (Ahem AGRICULTURAL REPORT for AUGUST. For the last week we have had fine weather; and, more especially, for the last three or four days, which have been every thing that could be desired for ex pediting the labours of harvest—a warm, dry annos phere has prevailed, with a refreshing, wholesome, ventilating breeze from the northerly quarters.— Like sailors after a storm, we seem, in the exuber ance of our joy, at the present seasonable" change, to have forgotten the foul weather that afflicted us durin g the greater part of the month, and set us all fretting, and trembling, and croaking, with length ened visages and dismal apprehensions. Now all is Joy and Sunshine, plenty, and prosperity, in this " best of all possible wont's." Reporters, tourists, m a n a d d n y i of l e t spectatorshemulay,l like e f every the ia t d e es c L r o ip rd tio r n, rs a k l i t n h e o , ug b l e i in danger of mistaking a crop of wheat for a crop of lavender are all in exultation, and ringing the -changes on the exuberance of the crops, the lovely weather, and cheerful prospect that awaits us; yet it becomes a reporter, who mixes a little practice with his theory, to weigh the evil with the good in estimating the consequences likely to arise from the events of the past month, as affect ing the supply of agricultural produce. Although, just before the commencement of harvest, a con siderable improvement took place in the wheat crop, yet there still appeared such a deficiency, arising from empty capsules in the ears, as J u st ifi e d our ap eathvye and d od c u o c i e l ti N n v t o te u d ld ra l i i i e js u t t i i l d aetr un it and broke the str aw , b y w h ich oc curred, r re e h rea ei e s . i b o e n aT s I h t de b o a Nh t v means a large proportion of ears were inevitably cut off in reaping, too short to be collected, or tied up in the sheaves. , It could not but happen, dining such a wet season, that much Svheat was inevitably housed in a damp and improper state, so that the corn cannot .be ground without being previously kiln-dried, an operation which always produces considerable loss and waste. But perhaps one of the most serious calamities that afflicted the uplands, was the boisterous gale of wind which continued blowing, with - great force for two or three days, about the 10th of the month ; the unfavottrac)lo weather had retarded the operation of reaping, the wheat had stood until it was dead ripe, and the grain ready to drop our, if rudely-shaken, and the rains had still farther lOosened its hold on the husk. When, theiefore, the stormy gusts arose, and -swept violently over the exposed sides of hills, or along open plains, the crop of wheat, in such s it uat i ons , suffered severely; and the ground was strewed with corn, wet v generally amounting to an equid quantity with the seed, and, in many cases, not less than a fourth, or sometimes even a third," of an average crop. These tire the chief causes that have operated to create a defici ency of produce. put it is not only on the quantity, but also on alie quality, of the wheat crop, that an injurious effect has been produced. It is matter of notoriety that long-continued rains not only injure the colour of the grain, but reuder the skin coarse, rough, and thick, and weaken the quality and useful ness of the flour. In the damp, close, warm weather, which occurred toward the begipning of the month, Much wheat sprouted "in the shock, Ind even Parei ally grew as it stood._" Since that period' the - raid.;; have been" etilder, - there has been more wind, ant i the wheathsisexhibited less tendency to sprout Ve t still, 'with the continual moisture, much has inevit ably grown out, and the quality of the produce ha,: been proportionably injured. It is true, as a cir cumstance in some degree tending•to increase the apparent amount of the crop, the roughness and the coldness of the wheat will help to make it " till the bushel," as the rural phrase goeS; but the benefit will be only apparent, for when tried by the test of weight, the deficiency will be discovered, and the fanner will get a lower price, and the constuner a, smaller -quantity of flour than might have been ex pected, in estimating by bulk only. With all these deductions from a crop not originally abundant, we cannot but anticipate a scanty produce of wheat, al though we do not pretend to state the extent of the deficiency. These observations are chiefly applicable to the Southern portion of the kingdom, where th wheat is got in, and the work finished, whether for - good or evil; but in the North, where the harvest is not so forward, circumstances may ybeet thankful r fu to i aggravate, or palliate, - the• deficiencies we have noticed. The' barley crop, in . ,,generil, exhibits it considerable bulk of produce; but in many in- Stances, a third of it, at least, consists of clover, and other young giasses; which the moisture of the gees son has nourished into an inconvenient growth, and luxuriance. In barley- districts we may to Providence for the cessation of St, Swithiteg tears; for, had the wet weather continued, it would have been impossible to have got the barley dry enough for the rick, or ham, full as it is 6 f green and vegetable substances. As it is an immense the qu past antity week hasbeer; and,ho use in d, t i he in excellent elenrtorder, c d t z he.rting barley harvest is nearly over. For the reason above stated, the acreable return, in grain, may not corres pond to the 'apparent bulk of straw; the colour generally is not good, and the quality too fre quently thin . and light. The oat erop appears to be very varied in various districts.; partial injury, to a considerable extent, occurred in the spring, from the worm, which in many cases has never been overcome ; and from this and other causes deficiencies exist; but on the whole, as far as ajudgment can be formed at present, the crop may be considered as likely to prove, at least, an ave rage one. Peas and winter tares have suffered cons siderably from the rains; beans, with partial exce l ,., tions, are spoken of as a very heavy crop, and the variety called the winter bean, from the period at which it is sown, is very generally approved of. The second crops of clover, and the aftermaths of grasses, have grown luxuriantly during the past month, but complaints are made that the heads saved for seed do not appear likely to ripen, or fill, as well as could be wished for. There is a very general plant of tur nips throughout the kingdom, but on indifferentand _fcognrtaiitnivancAta middling soils, of every description, they have not thtiven, nor grown freely, nor in such situations is their bulk likely to he great; they have, it is trite, made a considerable start during the last week or ten days, and there is still time for them to make much farther improvement. On the better and more fertile foams, there is a prospect du good and heavy The Corn Markets, at present, are completel N . which existed p • what are called " Weather Markets,; and as such, little to be depended p o a f i r il a e i d n w by he a a n t a r d os v e an ra ce p in r a k n e d t c . 7 News place, b decline has subsequently taken pr ices are of the id m ly a considerably above those previously harvest : to the commencement of. oats have mains tamed this advance in a ess degree than other gru; ss on. oth D er uri s n o g r . ts -tele o Old wheat continues to be sought for, an d num be some time to cometo.at required for w ork off e I argon of damp parcels, which w ill ,ugt •prop constitute • the chief, supply shave been 501 U at prices as various as tl • their qoar neg f rom 4 4 7 9 .-to upwards of 70s. The'a ccourua Ireland slid the Continent, are not stilt al . J lead us to ex pect a considerable supply go!'sd dry wheat from time - se quarters; yet' speeulaky., in time corn trade is riot ver • y brisk ; and this, Keith funds SS and l the at nearly , to vats in (Aber branches of trade, look; as if our Capitalists were of opinion that, either owing to the new Corn Laws, or on some other ac. count, the prices of grain are not likely to advance. The Meat market has experienced a flatness and reduction, owing principally to the abundance of autumnal and winter food ; lean stock, particularly sheep, are in demand at advanced prices. There is no alteration in the. p r ice of. wool ; but it appears that the stocks in the farmers' bands have very much diminished, though there ore individuals, here and there, who have keen infatuated enough to hold front ten to fourteen years.. wool, upon what principle it is di ffi cult to say. !Los lit ve come weakly and re luctantly into burr, but the last fine week has been in their favour. a Illy' lace 6111- The Right Hon. JOH N .FOSTEH, Minister to the Court of Sardinia, arrived in to►vn on Sundiy, from T ur i n , haying mug to Entilutid on leavr of absence. CATHOLIC MEETING. A body of persons, composing a Society called "The Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty," as sembled yesterday evening at the Theatre of the Mechanics' Institution. At a quarter past eight, (the meeting having been advertised for seven), the persons assembled manifested such signs of impa tience that Mr. French and a few friends entered the Theatre, and proceeded to business. Mr. French at once took the chair, and went on to bring a charge of tergiversation against Mr.. O'Connell, for having abandoned the use of the expression of " Radical Reform," to substitute that of "Consti tutional Reform." At the same time he observed, that Robert Dawson, the Secretary, had recently declared himself an advocate for Catholic Emancipa tion, and so far, had become an enlightened patriot. But their business, on the present occasion, was 'with Mr. O'Connell, whose conduct was one of the many proofs that they were living in an age of strange rapid political manoeuvring. Amongst those who had altered their Views for the better he should say, with the approbation of the meeting, and cer tainly without fear of contradiction, they might number Robert Dawson.—(Cheers.)— , -But where was the radical in that assembly who would maintain that Daniel O'Connell, in admitting the name of a Constitutional Reformer, had mot made a selection for the worse ? (Cheers.) His change from Ra dical to Constitutional Reform was deeply to be de plored. It was in the ears of English and Irish Radicals a harsh and dissonant expression.— (Cheers.) He concluded by observing, that in his estimation Mr. O'Connell, by retracting his - solemn pledge to support Radical Reform (cheers), had stripped himself of the dignity and splendour of his character. (Loud sheeting.) Mr. SPOONER should be a coward to his own principles ' and unworthy of the admi ra ti on h e f e lt for Daniel O'Connell—(Cheers)—if he did not make some observations in answer to what bad fallen from the Chairman. It had been said that Daniel O'Connell had retracted.—(Hear, hear.)—He de nied it.—(Cheers and hisses, which continued for some time.) Mr. FRENCH, in the midst of the uproar, ob served, with much emphasis, that'the applauses of the Meeting might induce the gentleman to lengthen his speech; but that 'hissing was ungentlemanly.— (Loud laughter.) Mr. SPOONER continued—Daniel O'Connell was a radical reformer still, By calling himself a Con stitutional Reformer, he only meant that he would rather see the abuses of the Government of England run on as they were, than attempt, by violent mea sures, to change them. (This new description of what a Constitutional Radical, or Radical Constitu tional, Reformer meant, excited much laughter.) Mr. Spooner then proposed a Resolution declara tory of the right of every man to serve his Maker acoording to the dictates of his conscience, without being subject to any restrictive laws or penal en actments. Mr. FRENCH objected, that while one subject was on the tapis, no gentleman was warranted in intro ducing another. Mr. Muumit, who throughout the Chairman's speech had been uttering interjectional interruptions, here rose to insist that there was no subject before the Meeting. Mr. FRENCH vociferated that he would support the dignity of the Chair; (Laughter, cheers, and hisses,) and insisted that Mr. Murphy should not proceed. Mr. Murphy declared he would not be put down. Each was supported by the cheers of his own party, and assailed by the hisses el that of his opponent. Mr. Murphy during the contest stood with the coolness, but not with the submissi veness , of Patience, and instead of " s m ili ng a t G r i e f," smiled—and that, too, in no pleasing manner, at the Meeting. Sonic more uproar then took place, in which every body (after the fashion of public-house guests) called for what he liked best, some being for Mr. French, others for Mr. Murphy, while a third party wished for a second edition of Mr. Spooner and his Resolu tion. Something that had a faint resemblance to a pause having taken place, we were enabled to hear Mr. French exclaim, " Gentlemen, you have a Chairman ---" which demi•sentence Mr. Murphy obligingly finished with " who does not know his business." —(A laugh and a row.) Mr. SPOONER—I beg—(The uproar victorious.) The CIIAIRNAN—I wish to put it to the meeting —(The whole meeting in an uproar.) Mr. Speoner, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. French, now spoke ail three together, but were so equally ener getic, that we could not hear one prevail over the other. Very shortly, however, the riot prevailed over all three. A small squeaking voice in the gallery—Sit down —chair. (Much laughter, but more confusion.) The Chairman sat down. (Reiterated thunders of applause.) Mr. SPOONER then obtained an. audience for at least two minutes and a half, and took that opportu nity of reading his resolution again. (Hisses.) In his opinion some men ought not to be tied down by the laws. One of the mob—What do you say then to some men being tied up by the laws. (A loud chuckle.) Another of the mob—ln the reign of King George IV. measures were brought forward under the pa tronage of Mr. Fox (a loud laugh), on w hi c h occa sion Sir F. Burdett stood alone ut making a motion --(reiterated laughter, during which the ingenious confounder of Mr. Fox, King George IV. and Sir F. Burdett, sat down.) Confusion now again reigned with inc reased effect in the meeting, and it very speedily resolved itself into a conclave of all talkers and no listeners. Mr. Murphy, however, was in possession of the Chair, and keep it he would in spite of them ; if anybody wished to speak to order ! that, of course, was quite another affair. This " other affair" induced nineteen gentlemen to rise all at once, exclusive of the Chairman, wh o speedily joined the orderly troop, and made up the score. The CHAIRMAN said something we could not hear. Mr. MURPHY—I am ready to reply to any gen tleman. _ -- The CHAIRMAN—I am sure your language is not that of a gentleman. Mr. MURPHY--Well, then, we'll exchange no compliments. The CHAIRMAN---Gentlemen, he sets your power at defiance. (Tremendous uproar among the Ple nipotentiaries.) The CHAtumAN---Gentlemen. (The conc:usion of the Learned Barrister's address was lost by one