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LITERATURE. BEAUTIES OpTHE BRITISH POETS, ,Rite IN TRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS, ET THE REVEREND oi n arrest , C. CROIX. LONDON, 1828. had been ~W, have perused this unassuming little vo :olen note' i t , 'ounded on 'ne with considerable gratification, both as far et:on. ... 4, regards its selections and its original matter. themcit l-- it ls • d it (M r. il a most appropri a t e p resen t to p u t i n to th e h _ , 4,148 of youth ; to inspire them with fitting 'Oons of taste ; to refine, exalt, and invigorate their jud gmenh The introductory observations, Lgh brief, a re p er ti ne nt and pr egnan t w i t h rtnation—th os e regar ding Byr on most par ttulsrly so ; an d th e e mb e lli s h men t s w hi c h ac toNPany the different extracts, display a very re tetable modicum of ability. had abc 4n eh Ir. Croly commences his selections with id done' 2ucer, and gives a fair specimen o f th a t fins l e prisone r 41t1 Poet's knowledge of character and strength lea, or et,' 4 d escription. Spencer follows, but we ar e not expec t the üb lic , l e not to find his exquisite illustrati on riso iiroent TORY, harmony introduced ; it is one of the convicte d ,' 4°4 melodious passages in the " Fairy Queen ;" free from quaintness, and that afFecta 'nedee'rebd°V; t ifeetl Y Z r t the en c, of antiquity in which Spencer so often in ee pardl t 'ges. Shakspeare is of course the third, but met J aSie j 'r• Croly, we think, would have done better I propose d to have g. he ant" °- kt e given specimens from his poems, which ,nor taken, t, comparatively unknown, rather than from iti4Jlays,which like the Bible, are in every one's ~, ds. There is much excellent matter for • Igc lation in his ". Venus and Adonis," (for [dieted n f th f e o i r r k ranee the description of the horse, to which 'and Choi' m t : Croly is himself indebted for a similar t to have tilikingt passage in his " Sebastian,") not a • ein his " Tarquin and Lucrece," and an g a tio' Ni le . . . led Mee' Ili, natty in his Sonnets. The extracts fives , , L ton are every way unexceptionable; Dryden, n• 00°1 ) 7 ever, has hardly justice done to him ; and b l e o l n li e a- /4 6° 4 1 ; Pope is pretty . much in the same predica-, the nam e to --pray why is that magnificent conclusion ' , I , the D unc i a d om i tte d ? Thompson and sentence 'ytoting exhibit great p oe ti ca l di scernmen t ; u ig se veral licit we have too mu c h o f Ak ens id e . Col of John caul is.excellent ; John son th e same ; an d we re lodge" v ti have been satisfied with the Deserted were no t T age o f that elegant mannerist Goldsmith. ed. -•-ao has but one hymn taken from him ; Mr. n. stealirl c r .?, o To perty d , Y should have extracted his fine Ode to the %Ai t. C ") " Hail beauteous stranger of the wood ~ °h en which pleased Burke so much that °ut er i in Edinburgh he made a point of finding h at the author. Sir W. Jones we could readily Bediensed with ; and could have granted 1 1. ,same dispensation to Miss Charlotte Smith. gt Burns—inimitable Burns—why have we Caune qua ll e d " T am O'Sh anter ?" F rom his Mr. Croly is profuse in his extracts ; to thi i 2 we cannot possibly object, for he was really 'et mora li s t ; b u t we should like to hav e 'et with his fine feeling reflections suggested by p, . distant village chimes; once read, they are ; t ler forgotten. Southey shows off to great ad 11114tage ; not so his friend and relative Coleridge, author of " Genevieve," the finest love poem, th the exception of Sappho's impassioned %%lent, in thi s or an y language. Mr. Words tth,)i awriter whose influence is strongly though ~,k 4l 3 t reeptibly f e lt i n a l most a ll t h e good poetry I t h ~ , e age, is n o t t reate d w i t h d ue respect ; h i s 1114aodasnia," a polished and classical gem ; .his \ v t lY philosophical " Lines on revisiting the i je ;" his sublime " Intimations of Immortality," ° de breathing the true poetic inspiration ; his a ti Ott eta to Lib er ty, " Two voices are there," & c . 1 4 on " Westminster Abbey ;" his lyrical I tk r a" of Yarrow," and his episode of " Hap tke Ellen," from the cumbrous poem of " The ti t :_si s on ;'' all these are passed by as if they had 111,, existed, and we are treated instead with a few ti1:;%Ilt but by no means first rate productions of ! to t tuly original author. Scott and Montgomery, t l / 4 ct e and Campbell, on the contrary, have no I lt s to complain; and of Lord Byron, the t hi ili t, ells produced exhibit a keen relish for, trzia i titimate acquaintance with, his daring and N I t ile genius. To poor Keats—a genuine hi t ll g poet, who died too soon for himself and 6.1 4 iof e ountry, w h o w i t h many an d grea t d e f ec t s , ki lo s tyle an d conception, possessed a thou lii:‘ redeeming beauties—Mr. Croly has be -4 '(1 with a justice , and generosity that do ek, itt much sense to his head and heart. He has had k ktl uch sense to fall in with the vulgar outcry t i l lie 4 t him (merely because he was unfashion 4, one of the greatest tests of his merit), \V oit too much discrimination to neglect him. , hol e and Mrs. Hemans close the list ; and we cl ot _ have been still better pleased had that list 4 4 41 with Mr. Croly himself, who, in his fine ttiii i tt , 4 Y ed o f Catiline (whose excellence strongly t ltt ` 4 l t against th e p ro babilities of its succ ess kil l g e stage), his ~ Angel of the World," and rii itl kore in his " Paris in 1815," has exhibited eq, and striking proofs of first-rate poetic ie rle I t . e. itah,lng thus sketched in a spirit of perfect lu rg tialit 1 4 , y the character of this amusing vo of 4: 8 W e have merely to add, that in the nature out, s elections the churchman too often peeps ve t) He rises on th e ru i ns o f the critic. In , tit tliPage M r. Croly bet ra y s not the cloven foot, lon g h e cloth. Thus we are indulged with some hereibYmns from Mr. Millman's various dramas, bet t ;: because they are cl er i ca l. A s f a r as tr i s i;' is con cerne d, th e y are vast l y i n f er i or to hi s 4 es a nd ma gn ifi cen t d es c r ipti ons i n B e l s h azzar t tw 'le Fall o f J erusa l em . i n D ryden, Pope, P e t) L ogan , an d M rs . H emans , t h e same t 4 els P r edominat es , regar d b e i ng h a d not so ti e t e o the p ect i c as to t h e re li g i ous exce l lence impressi ve wr i ters . T o this ex u b erant l‘ i t ( ° ) ty t we could n o t p oss ibly have objected, h a t he title of the book led us to expect it ; tl k we must confess we did not altogether anti te that • 1, , it would have prevailed to the ex- I • t k i .."' f lu some degree, of the professed clia }•vr L i ll . the work, namely, Specimens of the 4 4 g` 141 Poets. Mr. Johnstone, in his " Sacred Ser ious Miscellany," has already done jus totthe.sOlind religious feeling of our ~ Eng -o.._ards." , In this respect, therefore, Mr. t CY 3 preterit work it merely a faint echo of, excellent and praiseworthy , publication. Judge ha d Mr. ro a r pr incitilll loyment ing . lettel; ° le into his ler a 6 1 ' 4 his CO Plea, Ind r osecutris e unforte t the pli; en sever' ler to one d labour: two pait . Ruttier , two I S o plllOOl S' Tod. lour. a froc k ' a pavilil in co0 i : )silt note er to be hild, , the pr°' f the Fri' but, fr° ° ducal t ° 1; he rfl e : him int o rms, ti le en who° isoner ° rho well e d Idar, ad• !s will be rket, are e ooP' t rs price '9' s.d. 0 .06t 01 0 .26 4 6 .00 6 4 .16 4 0 .30 0 .3b 7 0 .80 1. 9 .09 1 0 ,- 6 0 10 .3 0 ,40 1 09 0 •50 0 6 40 6 0 40 0 1 15 to- 14 1 10 18 3 a. X' j 15 0 ; )5 ll It 10 14 1 6 ,$, pric mouth , o f tbat Harr , ey ummef 1, take arries ival the th the le have e, very , rruns- Ler trip L hear/ I under, by our eatiler ities to espe of the , n, the tinued lueneY 8 88P made FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Earl of Ashburnham, from the Burlington Hotel, for his scat, Battle, Sussex ; the Duke of Manchester, for his seat, Kinabolton Castle, Huntingdonshire ; Lord Baynham, for the Burlington Hotel, on a tour; Lord and Lady Anson, from their seat in Surrey, on a visit to Sir W. Hcathcotc, Bart. at his seat inHants ; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Burrell, from the Steyne, Brighton, for Nelson's-crescent, Ramsgate ; Major 'Robert But ler, from Dublin, to Cheltenham • Captain and Mrs. Morgan, from Southampton, for Jersey ; Mrs. and Miss Borradaile, from Brighton, for Bath ; Captain and Mrs. Talbot, from Brighton, for Ramsgate ; Captain St. Paul, from Paris, to Ramsgate; Mrs. and Miss Gower, from Cheltenham, for Harrowgate •' Mrs. and Miss Inglis, from Cheltenham, for Bath; Mrs. and Miss Chis hohne, from the Isle of Wight, to Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. Montague, from Paris, to Ramsgate; Mrs. and Miss Bouchier, from Lyme Regis, to Bath • Mrs: and Miss Gambi er , f rom Cheltenham, to Scarborough ;' Mr. and Miss Lawrence, from the New Steyne, Brighton, for Ramsgate; Mrs. Tayl o r, Di r i c k Hoke Esq. and Miss Hoste, from Marshal Thomp son ' s H o t e l. Cavendish-square; J. It Thornton, Esq. Wm. Thornton, Esq.- and Mrs. and the Misses Thornton, from ditto; Brook Kay. Esq. from ditto, for Cheltenham; Henry Heathcote, Esq. from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs and family , _ . from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat in Herefordshire ; Lady Grace Gore and the Misses Gore, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Bur lington and Cork-streets, for their seat, Sunninghill, Berke ; R. French, Esq. from ditto, for Southampton ; .1. Kemmis, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; Captain Mills, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for their seat in Oxford shire; C. Shadwell, Esq. from ditto, for Worthing ; S. T. Scrope, Esq. and Mrs. Scrope, from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for Essex; G. G. Gilbert, Esq. from ditto. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Sefton, at their house in Arlington street, from their seat, Stoke:Farm, Berkshire ; Earl of Ches. terfield, at his seat in Leicestershire, from Nottingham; the Hon. Colonel Anson, MP. in Curzon street, Mayfair, from Lord Gwydyr's seat, Drummond Castle, North Britain; Lady Sun derland and Miss Mellony, at the London Hotel, Albemarle. street, from Worthing; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, in Bryanston square, from Brighton; the Right Rev. the Dean of Hereford, Mrs. Canning, and family, at Nerot's Hotels, Clifford -street • Miss Burford, at ditto; Mrs. and Miss Barnes, at ditto; P. Dickenson, Esq. Mrs. Dickenson, and Mr. Dickenson, jun. at ditto; Sir John Burke, Bart., Lady Burke, and family, at Mar shal Thompson's Hotel ; the Rev. Sir John Head, Bart. and Lady Head, at ditto, from Hadleigh House, Essex; Le Compte Saudor, at ditto. ARRIVALS AT LINTON. Eldred Addison, Esq and lady, Mrs. Sharp and the Misses Sharp, John Badcock, Eeq., Daniel Badcock, Esq., Reverend T. Badcock and lady, the Misses Badcock, Captain Marsac and lady, Mrs. Marsac, W. H. Wickey, Esq. and lady, Captain Harwood and party, T. R. Brown, Esq. lady, and family, - Rooke, Esq., Mr. May, Reverend Nicholas 'Doke, Major Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Grindstow and party, Mrs. and Miss Lawrence. ARRIVALS AT ILFRACOMBE. Mr. T. W. Mason, Reverend G. Mars, W. J. Landon, Esq., Mr. Watts, J. Hooper, Esq., J. W. Cooper, Esq. and lady, Rev. J. Pugsley, Lady Noel Byron and suite Miss Byron, J. P. B. Chichester, Esq., Miss Chichester, Obediah Noel, R.N., Miss Noel, Colonel Kingscott, SherAerd, Esq., Mr. Shepherd, J. Rice, Esq. ' Colonel Frederick and lady, Miss Eldon, J, B an k s , Esq., - Clarke, Esq. lady and suite, F. Joshua, Esq., Miss Dunkenfield and suite, Mr. Greensbury, R. Brown, Esq. and lady, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, - Whittington, Esq. and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harton, Mr. and Mrs. Streep, Major Matthews, Miss Webber, and the Rev. Mr. Smith. ARRIVALS AT THE KING'S ARMS INN, HOLYWELL. Mrs. Parry and the Misses Stanley, of Alderley Park, Cheshire; William Brierley, Esq., Robert Hill, Esq. and family, Mr. and Mrs Satterthwaite and son, G. Grant, Esq. and son, Monsieur and Madame Gil, Monsieur Torros, Dr. M. Areslegin, Mrs. 1 atton and family, Henry Stephens, Esq., Robert Mailian, Esq. Sir James Lawson and lady, the Honourable S. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Colclough, Samuel Reeves, Esq. and family, the two Misses Faulkner of Harrowgatc, Mr. and Mrs. Thomason, Mr. and Mrs. Tarbutt and daughter, Lady Stanley, of Alderley Park, Cheshire; Mr. and Mrs. Savile Onloy ; Lord Somerville and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bold, Mr. Thomas Aufrere, Norfolk; H. Barton, Esq., Mr. and Miss Pollock, from Bath ; Counsellor Quinlan, Dr. 0. Aleghue, B. 0. Tute, Esq., Mrs. Tute, and Mr. Chencoat, for Ireland ; H. Higinson, Esq., John Miller, Esq. of London, on a tour; Luke Thomas Flood, Esq. and lady, and family, South Wales ; Mr. and Mrs. Caldecott, Mr. Barton and family, John Heyworth, Esq., and family, G. Garzoni, from Rome ; C. Gageis, from Paris ; Colonel Thomas Austen, from Kent, for London ; Mrs. and Miss Portman, Mr. and Miss Halse, William Meades, Esq. and lady, Mrs. Grey and family, Thomas Benyon, Esq. and family, Richard Leigh, Esq., H. Jones, Esq., William Everett, Esq. and family. THE BRIDAL. Did you see the red rose on its bonny green stem, As it opened its lips for the dew ? The newly-fledged birds, did you look upon them, Just fluttering their wings ere they flew ? Did you mark the young light dawning down in the east, With clouds cold and silent above? Did you hear the bells ring at the village-spread feast, And see the young bride and her love? 0, the rose it has bloom'd, it is withered, 'tis dead, And its leaves blown away with a breath ! 0, the birds they are grown, they are strong, they are fled, And the flower has done them to death ! 0, the light brightened forth over woodland and dell, Then it faded, and faded away ! 0, the bells that were ringing, are tolling a knell, And the bride and her love—where are they?—. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE came to town yesterday morning from their seat in Bushy-park; their Royal Highnesses went to their new residence in the Kt Nes Palace, St. James's, where they were met by Colonel SrEvßisow, the Surveyor-General of the Board of Works, and Mr. MASH, of the Lord Chamberlain's office, who re ceived their Royal Highness's commands relative to the fitting up and furnishing the edifice, which will be pro ceeded with immediately. The Duke of CLAneNcz was visited while at the Admiralty by Viscount MstLvira.r, who had a long interview with his Royal Highness. The Duke and Duchess left the Admiralty in the afternoon on their return to cushy. Sir WM. FREMANTLE, the Treasurer of the Km's Household, was expected to leave his residence at Englefield-green yesterday, to attend the young Queen of PORTUGAL on her arrival. The Russian Ambassador had a long inter view with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday morning at the Treasury : his Excellency, in conjunction with the French Ambassador, bad a conference with the Earl of ABERDEEN in the afternoon at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The LORD CHANCELLOR and the Earl of ABERDkEN visited the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday at the Treasury. Lord CLIFDEN means to try Parliament again for an act to inclose the Commons of Callan.—Carlow Morning Post. Miss PATON is engaged at the Yorkshire Festival, and the addition of that accomplished singer to the corps renders it complete. She is to receive 200 guineas. Mr. W. FARREN, we regret to say, leaves Covent Garden, and is engaged at the rival Theatre. Madame VESTRIS iS engaged at Liverpool, where she is to appear on the 29th. A beautiful Arabian horse and two buffaloes, intended for his MAJESTY, and also a young lion and lioness for Lord AIELvILLE, have been brought here by the Bombay.—Plymouth Journal. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, and Sporting Chronicle, of T•-xoxaow, Sept. 21, will contain an ac curate Engraving of The Colonel, the winner of the St. Leger, taken while running, by Mr. HERRING, the cele brated painter of Doncaster, with a full account of the Doncaster Races. Price of BELL'S LIFE ix LoNnoN only Sevenpence. THE COLONNADE ROUND DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Arnong the improvements projected for this Theatre in the ensuing season, we are happy to find that a Colonnade is to extend the whole length of Little Russell street, which will effectually screen frem the "pelting of the pitiless storm" all visitants to box, pit, and galleries, who enter the Theatre on this side. The massive iron fluted columns which are to carry the Piazza have been rolling down the Street during the week, to the great astonishment of the neighbourhood. _ -- Mr. O'CONNELL has addressed a letter of very great length to Mr. Hula, in reference to an attack made upon him by that gentleman, in a Morning Paper, on the 9th of August. Mr. O'CoNwatt. says, " You fur nished me with a proper lot of blacking, and did not use the polishing brush at all." , It is remarkable that the sum mer birds of pas sage, of which the swallow is the first, have already con gregated previously to their migrating. They are fully one mon th earlier in their departure than last year. O n the other hand, the throstle, the redwing, and the fieldfare, which left us in March, have returned,.as well as the ring ouzel, to winter in our sheltered situations. Some wise.. acres prognosticate a bard winter.--Shrewsbury .ch ron . STRIKING LIKENESS.—A poor fellow in France used to weep bitterly, whenever he saw a certain capuchin who wore a beard, preach; the good father took notice of it, and at last begged to know what it was, in his discourse, that made such an impression upon his heart.— "Oh, fath er , ( sa id t h e peasant) I never see you but I thi n k of an old he goat I lost last Easter ! he was the very pic ture of your reverence—,Me would swear you had been twins?" -Berkshire Chronicle. As a proof of the scarcity of young partridges in the neighbourhood of Arundel, upwards of a hundred pair of old birds were seen on the Duke of NORFOLK'S estate, without a single young one; and on the let instant, oat of sixteen brace and a half of partridges bagged by Mr. OrrtitY his Grace's gam e k eeper , 124 b ra ces were old birds.--:Sussex Advertiser. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER MEETING. DONCASTER, THURSDAY NIGHT. Nothing of any moment has transpired as to the settling, except the bolter alluded to in our last, and one or two others for minor amounts. A sensation has been created here by reports that some tricks had been played with Bessy Bedlam to prevent her winning : the report first got wind on Monday, and very soon reached the ears of her truly honourable owner (Colonel King), who, with great promptitude, instigated an inquiry into the circumstances. Up to this moment nothing authentic has reached wand we do not think it would be prudent, at the present stage, to• give publicity to the many accounts which have been circulated; we believe, however, that the gallant Colonel's horses have been handed over to another trainer for the pre sent. The effect on the odds about the mare was pal pable ; she went back some points in the course of the day, and on Tuesday she was at one part of the morning at 12 and 13 to 1; the great confidence, however, which all parties had in the mare, and the honourable character of the proprietor, prevented her going further, and at the start she had recovered to 10 to 1. _ _ The balloon ascent this day of Mr. Green took place from the Gas-yard, at half-past one o'clock, in the pre sence of several thousand spectators. The extreme beauty and serenity of the weather enabled him to continue in sight for nearly an hour : no account of his descent had reached Doncaster when our parcel was closed. The assemblage on the race•course to day was very little inferior to that on the St. Leger-day, the gold cup possessing attractions beyond the common, as it generally brings out the best horses in the north. The following are particulars of the running : • Three-yr-old Stakes of 200 sous. each, h. ft. for colts, Bst. 61b. fillies, Bst. 31b. St. Leger Course. Mr. Petre's The Colonel, by Whisker ...... ...walked over. The following paid : Lord Milton's Mariqueta, by Cervantes—Marianne Mr. Ridsdhle's Sharpset, by Cervantes—Comus Mr. Ridsdale's Harlequin, by Cervantes—Flora Mr. Ilouldsworth's Terror, by Magistrate—Torelli Lord Kelburne's hr. c. by Reveller—Hell Cat Mr. Payne's bl. c. by Stnolensko—Lady Ern Mr. Darnell's b. c. by Tramp—Fortune The Colonel, as is generally the case with a St. Leger winner in the same meeting, frightened the seven out of the field, and by walking over, put 7001. into his master's pocket. Two-yr-old Stakes of 20 sous. each, for colts, Ost. fillies, Bst. 21b. T.Y.C. Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Sarah, by Tramp_Cervantes 1 Mr. Petre's Rowton, by Oiseau Lord Kelburne's br. c. by Smolensko 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Crompton's b. f. by Tramp or Waver ley—Rosa Mundi Mr. Tarlton's ch. f. by Magistrate—Sarah's dam Sir M. W. Ridley's Amaryllis, by Cervantes Mr. Nowell's b. 1. by Orville or Walton—Dick Andrews Mr. Bower's Tiunour, by Tramp Mr. J. Gibson's b. c. by Filho da Puta—Mrs. Clarke Mr. Houldsworth's Durham, by Abjer—Clari's dam The following paid : Mr. Ridsdale's Sparrow, by Waverley—Cerberus Bavarian, by Tramp Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. c. by Wanton Lord Milton's br. c. by Cervantes—Valentina Sir J. Biag's Niger, by Blacklock, Mr. Petre's Netherby, by Cervantes—Juliana Mr. Broadhead's b. c. by Waverly—Negociator's dam Mr. Darnell's Stotforth, by Octavian—Sir Paul Mr. Watt's Wodenblock, by Blacklock—Washerwoman Mr. E. Beaumont's ch. f. by Wanton—Vesper Mr. Houldsworth's Abel, by Filho da Puta—Amiable Mr. Bailey's Tarnboff, by Blacklock—Alfana Lord Sligo's Felt, by Langar Col. King's Madcap, by Tramp or Blacklock Mr. Armitage's Aconite, by Tramp—Pr imrese Mr. Nowell's b. c. by Walton—Rosanne Mr. Nowell's brother to Longwaist, by Whalebone Mr. Nowell's b. f. by Walton Mr. Thelluson's Marcus, by Nicolo--Darling . _ 6 to 4 about Rowton-6 to 4 agst the winner. Several false starts took place, and much time was lost before the horses could be got off ; at last they went off in line, at rapid two-year-old running, and so they kept to the roads. Lady Sarah and Rowton then broke ground, leaving the others in their wake in a body, Lord Kelburn's in front of them. The race then became entirely between Lady Sarah and Rowton, and it was even betting till the last yard or two, when the filly, who was admirably joc- Lied by Lye, obtained a slight advantage, and won by nearly a neck. Rowton was rode by W. Scott; Lord Kelburn's, by H. Edwards ; Mr. Tarlton's, by J. Day ; Timour, by Wheatley ; Crompton's by Garbutt; Durham, by Robinson; Mr. Gibson's, by Nicholson; Amaryllis, by G. Nelson ; and Mr. Nowell's, by Johnson. Value of the stakes to Mr. Gibbeson-5601. The Gold Cup, value 150 go. free for any horse, &c. three yr-olds, 7st. four, Sat. Slb. fire, Sat. 101 b. six and aged, 9st.—Tlie winner of the Great St. Leger Stakes to carry Slb. extra. To start at the Red-House, and run once round to Ending Post—about two miles and five furlongs. Major Yarburgh's Laurel, by Blacklock, 4 yrs Mr. Nowell's Longwaist, by Whalebone, aged Lord Milton's Medoro, by Cervantes, 4 yrs The following started, but were not placed : Mr. Golden's Robin Hood, by Blacklock, 4 yrs Mr. Gully's Mameluke, by Partisan, 4 yrs Lord Kelburne's Purity, by Octavian, 6 yrs The following paid : Sir W. M. Milner's Malek, by Blacklock, 4 yrs Lord Fitzwilliam's Mulatto, by Catton, 5 yrs Mr. Crompton's Coulon, by Whisker, 3 yrs Mr. Crompton's ch. c. by Whisker—Marian, 3 yrs Mr, Huldsworth's Vanish, by Phantom,. 3 yrs Mr. T. 0. Powlett's Popsy, by Blacklock, 4 yrs Mr. Armitage's Velocipede, by Blacklock, 3 yrs Mr. Petre's The Colonel, by Whisker, 3 yrs Mr. Petre's Granby, by Cannon-Ball, 4 yrs Duke of Leeds's Moonshine, 4 yrs Duke of Leeds's Lunaria, by Whisker, 4 yrs Mr. Johnson's Jupiter, by Tramp. 4 yrs Lord Scarborough's Tarrare, by Catton, 5 yrs Lord Scarborough's Lady Georgiana, by Catton, 5 yrs Mr. Weatherill's Jenny Mills, by Whisker, 3 yrs Mr. Ilopkinson's Eliza, by Filho da Puta, 3 yrs Lord Cleveland's Nonplus, by Catton, 4 yrs Mr. Fletcher's br. c. by Blacklock—Arabella, 3 yrs Mr. Darnell's Gameboy, by Octavian, 3 yrs Col. Cradock's Fox, by Whisker, 3 yrs Mr. Metcalfe's Economist, by Whisker, 3 yrs sto 4 agst Mameluke-3 to 1 agst Laurel-6 to 1 agst Longwaist.. _ At starting Longwaist took the lead, at steady two mile running, Laurel next him, and the others in line, save Mameluke, who was last. There was no change till they were about two distances from home, when Laurel went up to Longwaist's head, and they ran very close till within 50 yards of ending, when Laurel let loose, and won the gold cup in high style, by a length and a half. It is worthy of remark that Laurel ran third for the St. Leger last year, Matilda being first, and Mameluke second. He has now defeated them both easy—showing what care, good training, and fine jeckeyship will de. We know not which to admire most, the beautiful condition in which Laurel was brought to the post by his trainer, Mr. Perrin., or the admirable style in which he was jockied by Nichol son. Longwaist, who has now made three unsuccessful attempts for the Doncaster cap, twice running second, was rode by Johnson, Medoro by Lye, Robin Hood by Garbutt, Mameluke by Wheatley, and Purity by H. Edward. The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 sove. each, $O ft. for three- yr-old colts, Bst. bib. and fillies, Bst. 31b. St. Leger • Come. Mr. Gascoigne's eh. c. by BlacklOck—Louisa Lord Kelburne's br. c. by Reveller—Hell Cat Mr. Crompton's ch. c. by Whisker—Marion 3 The following paid : Lord Fitzwillizun's Ballad-Singer, by Tramp Mr. Armitage's Velocipede, by Blacklock—Juniper Mr. Petre's Stapleton, by Magistrate--Juliana Mr. Champion's Rough Robin, by Sober Robin Mr. Nowelrs b. c. by Walton — Marion the favourite. Mr. Gascoigne's colt won easy by two lengths ; rode by Johnson ; Hell Cat, by H. Ed wards ; and Marion, by Garbutt. The following complete list of fashionables will support our assertion that the attendance at Doncaster this year is the most brilliant ever known :—Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Leeds, Duke of Richmond, Le Due de Richelieu, Marquis of Cleveland, Marquis of Worcester, Marquis of Queensberry, Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl of Har ewoo d, E a rl of Surrey, Earl o f C arl i sle, Ear l Wilton, Earl Verulam, Earl of Scarborough, Lord Milton, Lord Durham, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord 11Iorpeth, Lord Kennedy and Lady, Lord Kelbnrn, Lord H aw k e , Lord Normanby, Lord Newburgh, Lord G. B ent i ne k , Lor d Pollington, Lord Hill, Lord Lilford, Lord W. P ow l ett, Lord Ramsay, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Muncaster, Lady Galloway, Mrs. Beaumont. Sr Byng, W. B. Cooke, T. S. M. Stanley, L. Glynn, E. Baker, T. Turton, J. Astley, J. Gerrard, W. Fonlie, J. V. B. Johnstone, H. Vane, J. Reed, J. Thurwell. HONOURABLE3—E. Petre, J. S. Wortley, C. Wortley, (and Rev.) W. Herbert, Stafford ierningbam, W. Dun.. combe, W. S. Limellea, F. Stanhope. GENERALS—Burton and Sharpe. COLONELS—RusseII, King, Gilbert, Lyster, Riddell, Wainwan, Skelton, and Richardson. CArrAiss—Byng, H. Radcliffe, Dowbiggen, Taylor, Grant, Macnamsra, &c. MESSIEURS—Antrobus, Aspinall, Armitage, Crompton, Darnell, Delme, Radcliffe, Gascoigne, liolyoake, Jolliffe, Powlett, Idouldsworth, Stanley, Walker, Wormald, C. Wilson, Greville, Udny, Payne, Scott, TheHugon, L. Sa ville, Fullerton, Millbank, Milnes, Mille, Vivian, Watt, Banks, W. H. Dowbiggen, Chaplin, &c. The races appointed for decision to-marrow are as under : Three-yr-old Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 sovs. ft. colts, Bst. 61b. fillies, Bst. 31b. The winner of the Great St. Leger to carry 71b extra. One mile. (16 sobs.) Lord Scarborough's Cambriige, by Catton—Sir David Lard Kelbnrne's br. c. by Blacklock—Arabella Lord Fitzwilliam's Ballad Singer, by Tramp Mr. Watt's Coulon, by Whisker—Miss Cranfield Mr. Wormald's Picturesqlte, by Doctor Syntax Mr. Petre's Emmelina, by Blacklock—Agatha Mr. Petre's Delphine, by Whisker—My Lady Mr. Riddell's Rector, by Doctor Syntax—Ardrossan Mr. Dowbiggin's Navarin, by Whisker—Shuttle Mr. Houldsworth's Terror, 1)y Magistrate—Torelli Sir M. W. Ridley's Duncan Gray, by Grey Walton Mr. Petre's Stapleton, by Magistrate—Juliana Mr. Broadhead's gr. c. by Viscount Mr. Uppleby'a ch. f. by Tramp—Harriet Mc. Nowell's b. c. by Walton Mr. Clifton's Poor Fellow, by Blacklock Sweepstakes (third year) of 25 sovs. each, for four-yr-olds, 7st. 91b. five, Bst. alb. six and aged, Sst. 101 b. Four yr-old fillies allowed 41b.—Fonr miles. (11 subs.) Lord Milton's Medoro, by Cervantes, 4 yrs Lord Cleveland's Nonplus, by Catton. 4 yrs Lord Scarborough's Lady Georgians, 5 yrs Sir W. M. Milner's Malek, by Blacklock, 4 yrs Duke of Leeds's Lunaria, by Whisker, 4 yrs Mr. Petre's Granby, by Cannon Ball, 4 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's Talma, by Filho, 4 yrs Mr. Russell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Holyoake, and Mr. T. Whitaker, are subscribers, but did not name. Three-yr-old Filly Stakes of 20 soya. each, with 20 soya. added by the Corporation ; Bst. 41b. each.—St. Leger Course. (S subseribers.) Lord Milton's Mariqueto, by Cervantes—Marianne Mr. Gascoigne's bay, by Tramp—Cora, by Waxy Col. King's Bessy Bedlam, by lilho da Pata Mr. Petre's Emmelina, by Blacklock—Agatha Mr. Watts' Memphis, sister to Memnon, by Whisker Lord Scarborough's bay, by Reveller—Byram's dam Mr. F. Lutnley's grey, by Maeduff—Merlia's dam Mr. Armitage's The Nun, by Blacklock One Hundred Pound Plate, for three sad four-yr-olds ; three, 7st. 51b. and four, Set. 71b. Maiden colts allowed 21b. and maiden fillies 31b. Two-mile heats. Lord Milton's Mariqueta, by Cervantes, 3 yrs Sir W. M. Milner's Malek, by Blacklock, 4 yrs Mr. Crompton's ch. c. by Whisker, 3 yrs Mr. Golden's Robin Hood, by Blacklock, 4 yrs Mr. Wilson's Murphy, by Filho da Puta, 3 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's Vanish, by Phantom, 3 yrs Mr. T. 0. Powlett's Popsy, by Blacklock, 3 yrs Mr. W. Scott's Nimrod, by Phantom, 3 yrs Mr. Petre's Delphine, by Whisker, 8 yrs Mr. Bradshaw's Splinter Bar, by Blacklock, 3 yrs Mr. Bower's Lady Vane, by Reveller, 3 yrs Mr. Johnson's Jupiter, by Tramp, 4 yrs Mr. Weatherill's Jenny Mills, by Whisker, 3 yrs Mr. flopkins's Eliza, by Filho da Puta, 3 yrs Mr. Fletcher's hr. c. by Blacklock—Arabella, 3 yrs Mr. Darnell's Gameboy, by Octavian, 3 yrs Mr. Gascoigne's bl. o. by Whisker—Trails, 3 yrs Col. Cradock's Fox, by Whisker, 3 yrs SHREWSBURY RACES. THURSDAY, SEPT. 18.—Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for 2-yr-olds, T.Y.C. Three quarters of a mile. Major Gore's Tib Sir W. Wyna's ch. c. by Arnim, Lord Grosvenor's Platcea Severn Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h. ft. for 3-yr-olds. Once round and a distance. Lord Grosvenor's Olympus Mr. Mytton's Hedgford 2 Hunters' Stakes of 10 sem each, and 20 added by the Stewards. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Whitehurst's b. c. by Chance Mr. Leighton named Antiope, aged 3 2 Mr. Painter's Fitawilliam, aged The County Members' Plate of 60 sore. for all ages. Meats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Giffard's The Weaver, 4 yrs ... 2 1 1 Mr. Kettle's Tom Thumb, 4 yrs ... 1 2 2 Sir T. Stanley's Grenadier, aged ... dist. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX IN WALES. DENBIGH EISTEDDFOD. Tuesday, Wednesday, and yesterday were memo rable days in the history of the county of Denbigh, and that of the Principality. The Duke of Sussex having been on a tour, visited the mansion of Co lonel Hughes, at Kinmel, where his Royal Highness was solicited to attend the Congress of Bards and Minstrels at Denbigh. The Royal Duke gave his willing assent. Early on Wednesday morning the Eisteddfod Committee assembled in the Hall, and proceeded, accompanied by the Royal Denbigh band of music, in due order to meet his Royal Highness. At half past twelve the Royal Duke arrived in the carriage of Colonel Hughes, drawn by six beautiful greys, and attended by four servants mounted on greys : in the same carriage sat Lady Harriet Wynn, Lady Mostyn, and Mrs. Hughes of Kinmel. The private carriage of his Royal Highness, and that of Sir Edward Mostyn, Bart. (the President), with four greys, were followed by those of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., and a long line of others. When the car riages halted, the Recorder of the borough, J. W. Griffith, Esq. of Garn, read an address, to which his Royal Highness made a suitable reply. The procession then moved into town, and as cended the rocky acclivity, on the top of which stand the splendid ruins of Denbigh Castle, where the Eisteddfod had been opened and held on the preceding day. In a large area within the castle walls, DOW used as a bowling-green (formed into walks, and embowered with shrubs and evergreens), a plat form was eiected, and an awning overhead. In the centre of the platform sat the Duke, the President of the Eisteddfod on the one hand, and Sir Watkin on the other, surrounded by nearly 300 ladies in splendid dresses, and gentlemen of that and the sur rounding counties. In front sat nearly 700 ladies and gentlemen. The contests for the prizes now commenced. After the prizes had been awarded, several ladies and gentlemen were introduced to the Royal Duke, who then took leave of the company. From Kinmel the Duke visited the Menai-bridge, Rhyll, and other places in the principality, and is expected at Eaton, the seat of the Earl Grosvenor, and at Chester. DENBIGH EISTEDDFOD AND MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Tuesday—The procession to open the Eisteddfod with the accustomed ceremony consisted of the Pre sident, the Vice-President, the. Members of the Cymmrodorion Society, the Bards and Minstrels, the Friends of the Meeting, the Royal Denbighshire Military Band, &c. Having arrived at the Castle, the usual ceremony took place, when the assembly adjourned to the Bowling-green. Sir EDWARD MosTYN rose and said, that as the chief and tole wish of his heart was to make himself useful to his neighbours, he had with pleasure ac cepted the honourable office of President. Mr. John Blackwell, 8.A., read a letter from Mr. Thomas Moore (author of Irish Melodies, &c.), ac knowledging the honour conferred on him by hav ing been appointed an honorary member of the Cymmrodorion Society in Gwynedd. Another from Mr. Southey, making a similar acknowledg ment, and adding that it was " peculiarly gratifying to him, because one of the works by which he hoped to be remembered related to Wales." Another from Sir Walter Scott, making a like acknowledg ment," If by any unforeseen chance 1 ing England, I will be present at the Eis ehaddlifbe ii di Eis teddfod. adding, it is scarcely probable, considering tkat the distance is so great between Gwynedd and Strathaven." Among the prizes was, one for the best English Essay, .containing " An Historical Account of the Flintsture Castles," a premium of seven guineas, and a medal of th• value of three guineas, to Miss Anghared Lloyd,ofraerwyg— a name not unknown to Welsh literature. Wednesday.—After his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was seated, the prize proposed on the pre ceding:, evening for the best Engly n on t h e v i s i t of the Royal Duke, was adjudged to Catwg,— name l y , Griffith Williams, alias Bardig Griff. Penis, who read the composition. The Rev. Mr. Price was called upon to announce that the prize of the gold harp was about to be con tested. There were only two candidates, viz., Rhys Jones of Llanrwst, formerly of Liverpool, who performed " the Rising of the Lark ;" and Richard Roberts, of Carnarvon, who played " Sweet Richard." The prize was awarded to the latter, and the Duke of Sussex invested him with his reward. CONCERTS AND ORATORIO. Tuesday and Wednesday.--Very excellent and judicious selections of songs, airs, and duets, were performed in the Town-hall. Early in the per formance on Tuesday much merriment was excited by a worthy Cambrian, who had been more ac customed to his national music and songs than the vocal and instrumental melody of English concerts, and who took his departure, shaking his head and saying—" I like singing and drinking by turns ; but I see here it's all sing and no drink, and that will never do l No, no; that will never do." Yes terday a performance of sacred music took place in St. Hilary's Chapel. MR. STEVENS' IMPROVED PADDLE- WHEELS. We yesterday witnessed some experiments made by Mr. Stevens, for the purpose of ascertaining the power of his improved paddles, and we must say that it appeared to us that these paddles cannot fail to supersede altogether the paddle-wheels now so universally in use. In order to shew why it is that we arrive at this conclusion, it will be necessary to notice the disadvantages which attend the operation of the paddle-wheel, and which are altogether ob viated by the invention of Mr. Stevens. As the wheel is driven round, a certain portion of the power employed must be exerted to force each paddle into the water before it comes to that point at which its power of propulsion commences, and the power thus exerted is obviously wasted, or worse than wasted, as it gives to the vessel a vibrating motion, which must, in some measure, retard its progress. Again, when each paddle conies to that point at which its power of propelling ceases, then an additional degree of power is wasted in forcing it out of the water, proportioned to the size of the paddle and the weight of the water between that point and the surface. Another important defect is, that though there is no limit to the rapidity at which the wheel:may be driven round, yet there is a limit beyond which the power applied is of no use, or rather is worse than useless. The utmost num ber of revolutions . which can be given to the paddle wheel, to work properly, is twenty-five in a minute. If a greater number are given, the motion of the vessel is retarded. The reason of this is sufficiently obvious—the paddles follow each other, and each takes a portion of water away from its successor, and this water, so taken away, must, of course, be in proportion to the rapidity with which the wheel moves—the greater the celerity of the wheel, the less time is there for the water to be replaced, so that beyond the twenty-five revolutions, so much water will be removed that the resisting power will be decreased, for the paddles will be turning almost in a vacuum. There is yet another evil attending the paddle-wheel. The surf which it in variably leaves behind it is dangerous to wherries on the river, and in canals is destructive t• the banks, so that they are seldom allowed to be used in these latter. The last evil which we shall notice is, the resistance which the paddle boxes must occasion in going against the wind. Mr. Stevens's plan is calculated to obviate all these evils. His paddles act precisely in the same way as the paddle of the Indian in his canoe. The puddles enter the. water edgeways, and each paddle, (there are three at each side) being without its fel low, it follows that each must have its full power ex erted in propelling the vessel, for it moves in its own sphere and none of the water is taken away from it by those beside it. When its power of pro pulsion is exhausted, it is then drawn back out of the water, precisely as the Indian draws back his paddle after each stroke, by which means it leaves the water in the boat's wake almost perfectly smooth. This is a great object attained, and one which cannot fail to bring it into general use upon canals. None of the power exerted is here lest, for it is all exerted in propelling the vessel—and there being no paddle-boxes, because no spray, the resist ance in going against the wind is reduced three fourths. Another advantage is, that you may have as many revolutions as you can possibly get, and all must confer additional celerity, because there is always the same degree of resistance, which is not the case, as we have already shewn, in the common pad dle-wheel. In the experiments efyesterday, the paddles were placed on a boat of eighteen tons, and with a force equal to one-horse of power it was propelled at the rate of four miles and a half an hour. The paddle wheel belonging to the boat was then placed at one side of the boat, having eight paddles at tached to it, and the three paddles of Mr. Stevens turned it round, which was a clear illustration of the additional power which it confers. Upon the whole we have little doubt that these wheels must come into general use. A somewhat singular phenomenon was observed in the bky on Wednesday morning last—viz., a rainbow on the western part of the heavens, when the sun was high in the cast.—Carlisle Journal. A letter from Marseilles, dated Sept. 8, says that much larger sales of silk took place there during the last month than is usual, and amounted in all to upwards of 200 bales. The price of grain was still getting up. At Patavilea, a town on the coast of Peru, the perpendicular height of the land is 160 feet ; yet, during the earthquake in 1806, several canoes and boats were thrown by the waves nearly to the top, and left among the trees; and for more than two months afterwards enormous quantities of fish drifted daily on the beach. ROBINSON CRUSOE SISLAND.—The United States' ship Vincennes visited the island of Juan Fernan dez, off the coast of Chili, a few months since, and remained there three days. There were two Yankees and six Ota heitans on the island. The former bad formed a settlement, for the purpose of supplying whale ships with water, poultry, and vegetables. The soil is said to be astonish ingly fertile. A female from the country arrived last week, on horseback, at the door of an acquaintance in Dart.. mouth, and requested to be assisted, as she was dying ; a prediction literally verified, as she was almost instantly a corpse. UNFORTUNATE LOVE /kr FAT R.— On Mon lcviiiiiiecfh of w p m o . lic o e, L a r o n d ß o ß i T an s, y day last, the Bth inst., an inquest was held on the body of TIMOTHY CORRAN, of Lisnagaw, near Armagh, by Itir. MICHAEL Macxx, Coroner, and a respectable Jury, at ex amination of witnesses, found, PATRICK present. The Jury. after a E4ot p ig il ier t . ien jrel. i PP ill .e' V eta Cti l‘b t l i ri g e. ll P ti Ceeo4:llB'l:::; opihion of Surgeon CoLvAx. " that he came to his death n : d thi m ese et i n accor dance with the by blows and falls, received in a fight with KEAN." The interest excited was considerable, as the Unfortunate affair had its origin in a lore adventure, the p ta rov m ok a ed rry at th t e his g , ir a l particulars of which, as elicited on the spot, were nearly days before, ran off with a young woman, a cousin of an d CORRAN and GRIBBIN first fought a round, y RICHARD GRIBBIN'S and also of PATRICX KANE'S as follow :—Tritarnv CosaAn tad, about eight or te n (who are cousins to each other)—after this CORRAN re . CORRAN at a public• house, in Charlemont-bog. The after which they shook hands, and neither appeared se riously hurt. CORRAN and KANE afterwards y f fused, fur fnoirenrerheornsconuos i t s sk)now were n, disputed, disputed, and fought three rounds, and it was by a fall (KANicon th e f on t o p of him) backwards, into a dry ditch, the back of his head and shoulders, that the concussion and compres sion of his brain were caused, which killed him.--Dub/in Aforniag Register. SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. Hopes appear to be entertained in respectable quarters, that the reception given by his Majesty's orders to the Royal Representative of the House i of Braganza on her expected arrival in this coun try, will be worthy of a Sovereign and a nation a who know how to enhance the value of an act of strict justice by the accompanying grace of kind , ness and generosity. Nothing more favourable! nothing more providential (except, perhaps, Miguel breaking his neck), could have occurred at nt, as well fo r now Portugalabou about as t o fo b r e E f ns land, s than rnorn the e opportunity -' niched, of showing that what the British Govern ment has done " untowardly" in the affairs of the Portuguese nation hasnot been clone through a sinister or unw ort h y bi as, b ut that t h e wretc h Miguel shall no long er boast of the countenance shown to him by England as a testimony of af fection for his cause, and a ground of encourage ment to his partisans. In an earnest article ou this subject three days ago, we urged the policy and the sacred duty of marking our national re ception of the young Queen by every honour which might not only befit her dignity, and that of his Majesty George IV., but might rebound upon Portugal itself, and raise the fallen friends of England and of liberty in that unhappy king-. dom. Cordially do we rejoice that this wise and honest course bids fair to be adopted by the mem bers of the King's Government. They, above all other individuals, ought to hail the occasion of Donna Maria da Gloria's arrival as a God send—a means of redemption for their more than suspected principles--a pledge of reviving union between England and her natural allies— of wholesome alienation between her and the sworn enemies of human happiness and virtue. We do trust that the presence of this infant So vereign here will be a rallying point for whatever remains of loyalty, sp;:it, and worth among the people of Portugal, and t;;3t henceforth every breeze from England may waft td the Tagus fresh motives of confidence and manly resol:ItIon• —Times. Our readers will bear witness that we did our utmost a few days ago, and as long as we were able, to disbelieve for ourselves, and for the sake of others to discredit, the rumour of an unfor tunate arrangement at the Admiralty, which im ported that the navy of England was once more to be committed to the hands of Lord Melville ! We considered this to be a statement so dis graceful, if true, to the Prime Minister, and one, the insertion of which in the Gazette would pro duce such a sinking of the heart throughout the country, that it really seemed a matter of con science to postpone our belief of it to the last minute : that minute has unhappily arrived ! Last night's Gazette contains the official notice of Lord. Melville's accession to the most critical and trying department of the public serviced The nation, a little more than a year ago, re joiced as one man at the retirement or dism;.ssal of this personage, from a post which, after the experience we had of the condition of the navy under his management, from 1812 to 1815, comprehending the whole period of the late war with the Americans, he assuredly ought not td have been suffered to retain one moment. The system of promotion under this hackneyed mbilbs , - ter was as disgusting to the naval officers of Great Britain, as it was injurious to the public interest. In Lord Melville's time it was, that the most cruel insult which could be offered to a brave and de voted profession grew into an Admiralty maxim, repeated by every clerk, and known to the very porters who swept dust into the faces of the ap plicants—" Service gives no title to promotion dn theeanl l t y a l wl i h i ft n e aoi s ot a it wereuh° i s ef t Y l sents e s thus were e re here." He who brought Parliamentary interest to back him had smooth water, prosperous gales, and a speedy entrance to the port of favour and promotion. The veriest child, when towed by the potent cable of Court patronage, was thus qualified to outstrip the bravest veteran that ever went to sea without one. In the same service were to be found meritorious midshipman, aged 50 years, and post-captains of 25. In the same navy list were whole columns of men riddled with wounds, but left to perish of despondency ; and of others who, without ever having stood a broadside, or joined a boarding party, were hoisted into station—the (first) Lord only knew how. It is vexatious to see the Duke of Wel lington pertinaciously clinging to the old rubbish of the worn-out Cabinet of former days— the fag-enders of a hated party. It would scarcely surprise us to see, at this rate, such people as Lord Westmorland brought into his Grace's Ministry. The Duke of Welling ton, however, is said to consult nobody ; and to leave his nominal colleagues as much at sea re ,n o men of f least e,la .. re specting his politics, as they could be if his Grace had no political measures, abroad or at home, in contemplation. Of course, if such a system be fact which auxiliariesrpaadrceottpee cha racter lesdvoi bnlwill wsaltui to dignity Primemnd i o i gt w n tiMot for the o'it—rsht independence e e ar most his dramatis personce. A second neat way towards accounting for the sort of rt eat coi m is a ti y tu g t o e appoint ment in last night's Gazette is that of Lord El lenborough to the Board of Control for India! We wish the Directors, the Government, and the country much joy of so very promising a bargain, in a situation which calls for no small quantity of age, and were the i n general, s a r e ie : i t s b ti d at e ,. ilotniwreueuhfisdeic,c,ai beneficial good feeling, amiable manners,. ar ise w re e t r i e ona ig a i c . l good com sense. m and e r - i 1 1 1 f. Commander-in-Chief these hie f be in e a d n i s e toolsto work o that rk properly thewit prognosticate exer cised, e a r ti et seems not altogether difficult if f o what will be the produce of his labours.—lbid. to the public, is, into practice oafrsertiongbefoar c i s c i d h , e m l i a g w h t o be and were to be applied to pur chase the repose of tl i i i e en souls of per of an expiatory mere massesill e They f invention of a su thosea t it re who perished by some acci rattl:eeirr as a ca uanbtioinliesllyiedto, sons many other Punishment or fine upon the person through whose negligence or that of his servants death ensued, than as an expiation for the unrepented sins of the stiff erer—and they are at present un derstood to be forfeitures accruing to the King, . to be distributed ' in alms by his High Almoner. As a real and substantial fine upon those whose negligenc es leads to the sudden death of a fel low -creature, they might be made very useful, as it frequently happens that those who have little respect for the lives of others entertain a sensitive regard to their own pockets. Their : L o g) ; application also to purposes of charity would render them beneficial to society in a two-fold 'mint of view—and, perhaps, the most cha ritable way they could be applied, would be as a relief to the widow, fatherless children, or other poor relations of any person in humble life, whose loss occasioned his family a pecuniary bereavement. It has, however, become very general for Juries of late years, under the misleading directions of the