The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-23 00:00:00

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At three-quarters past one yesterday the Queen of Portugal set bUt from Lord Lncan's house for the Castle at Windsor. She was dressed in a superb , tObeof lace, haying the portrait of her father, set in ' beautiful diamonds, and all the decorations of the Portuguese and Brazilian orders. Her Majesty and Suite passed through the town exactly at two. The King has seen no company for several days; hot has he for the last fortnight taken his customary airi ngs. Hitherto his Majesty's removal from the !I/elusions of Windsor Forest into the heart, as it *ere, of this town, does not appear to have wrought a co rresponding change in his mode of life. The Castle does not as yet present any of those exter "l indications which denote the abode of Royalty, e%cepting en state occasions ; but preserves its usual 40 mbre, uninhabited aspect, 'with masons and car- Pantere at work in every direction. The King sees and is seen by no one, and has not been outside the Castle gates since he fast took up his abode within th eni so that bet for the rejoicings of the trades- People, arid the occasional meetings of the Cabinetoentils at the Castle, a poison might exist some tim e here without suspecting it to be the chosen seat of Royalty. (FROM TUB COURT CIRCULAR.) ).• It haring- been notified that his Majesty would re , e eire the young Queen of Portugal yesterday, at Ile* Palace at Windsor, a considerable degree of Public interest was excited in the town of 'Windsor, 'Old on the road leading to it from Laleham, where t he Queen resides. At Staines great numbers were 4ftembled, and from thence to the entrance to Wind aorlpark by Bishop's-gute, Carriages filled with corn tiltaatZe a were interspersed a long the loud. At this en numerous detachment of the Life Guards Were stationed. The . Long-walk in Windsor-park lac thronged with pedestrians. Lady Maryborough, ila!id,others of the Nobility and Gentry, were in ear arranged at the sides. 1 . 6 l e.Young Queen Of. Portugal and her suite str ie4. In four carriages at Bishop's-gate, and pro „tided up t h e L ong -walk i n the following order :--- '1.:!" 110 fi rst carriage WAS th e T reasurer o f t h e Ki ng ' s 1 teusehold and the - Chevalier Almeida, one of her {gtajesty's Chamberlains ; in the second carriage *tie Viscount de Itabayana, the Brazilian Minister, ' iL lia c! the Marquis de Remende, Brazilian Minister to il' Conti of Vienna; i n th e thi r d carr i age were t h e ar q u 'e and Marchioness de Palmella;_ in the fourth ono Ives the young. Queen, attended by the Mar -1 pis de E ar b acena, the Countess Itagip , e and the glevalier de Saldanha. A company of the Life ‘. l . l tords e scorte d h er M a j esty, an Of fi cer riding on *ghee side of the carriage. The Marquis de Pal toella and Viscount de Itabayana rode in their state etl t_ r illeS• Th e i r atten d ants h ai l t h e i r state li ver i es . L ne Queen was not in her state c a rriage, nor did ger attendants wear their state liveries. On the cortege leaving the Long Walk, and en terin g the town of Windsor, her Majesty was re teired w i t h loud acclamations by a num erous b o d y zr POrtuguese who had there assembled. On her ' 44 qcqy's entrance into the Castle-yard, she was re tetved by a Guard of Honoar, composed of the Cold- ' Itre ani Regiment of Foot tsuards, commanded by C olonel R u s se ll . T he trumpeter of the Life Guards iNunded h er arr i val, when the Kiug's private band Iturnediately struck up the Hanoverian march with a trumpet obligato. The Q ueen was received, on her alighting from her L,,t'arriag e , b y two of the 'great O ffi cers of St a t e , th e ord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, the Mas tter of the Household. Sir William Keppel and Sir tiernund..,.Na.gle, the Grooms in Waiti ng , an d Si r ssey Vivian , t he in Waiting, were also in attendance. Her Majesty entered the Palace by the King's Entrance, at a quarter past two o'clock, and on her 'Striving at the top of the staircase was received by t he King, who addressed her in French. DThe King was accompanied by the Duke and 2tl,ehtss orClarence, the Duke and D uc h ess o f bacest er , the Dehe,pr Wellington, the Berland i ‘`;bNiittesB of Aberdeen, Mr. Secretary and Mrs. eel, Lord Farnborough, the Hon. R. Gordon, &c. th 00 Majesty conducted the young Queen through thg e corridor an d severa l apartments o f t h e P a l ace to Tdining -room, h where a dejeune was laid out. ete was a splendid display of gold plate. Majesty and suite appeared in the morning 'lltheif-drees Windsor uniform. During the dejcune " King's private band were stationed in the music toom (dressed in their new uniform of purple and Old) and play e d a num b er o f marches, &c. two Th e youn Queen remained with- his Majesty l} ; holite, le g aving the Castle about four o'clock in e same order, escorted by a party of Life Guards, n her re t urn to Laleham. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duke 114 Duchess of Gloucester, the Cabinet Ministers I . l ;id th e i r l adies, remained at the Palace, and h a d t he honour of dining with the King. I Sir Edward Codringtpn was among the specta era to witness the young Queen's arrival. , The Duk e of Wellington came to town on Sun gay night from the seat of the Marquis of Chandos, a t WOotton, Buckinghamshire. His Grace was visited yesterday morning, previous t o hi s l eav i ng . . t iarn for 'Windsor, by the Lord Chancellor and Mr. s ecretary Peel. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. . . CHANGES. :rhe Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, from Rome to 4teld House, on Th ursday last ; Marchioness Dowager of p_labury, nom Arlington-street, to Hatfield House; Lieut.- t74l:knel yazdßsulcri:.6 Hezou7d. i s l t ang e - r e , n. 1 in at p h e i . : l ll 4 o b u i s r :Tn ia Tha f go o l m i- Citi t *C't6 trona Windsor Lodge ; Lord ' and Lady Muncaster, at r seat, Brantingham Hall, Yorkshire, from Ferrybridge ; taltr! of Besbdrough, at his house in St. James's,square, pz_m_ B righton vzhe Earl and Countess of Onslow, at the St. t,r' r g e's 11041 , Albemarle -street; from their mat in .Surrey ; 14 untColbert, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albernarle tj.irt_t alms Thtunes-Ditton ; Major Burchell, from Brighton, c„.'• Ltublin ; Mr. Benjamin King, to Plccadillv, from Mr, illess's seat, in Hertfordshire ; Captain and Mrs. Mercer, from c: innate, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert .Howard, from killteltenharn, for Bath ; Lientenant Garnett. of the 14th Reid ht. for Southampton ; Mr, and Mrs. G. Hughesrom Lyme 13 / 4 ,etis, in DorsetshirP, for Bath . ; Major William Alen, Al for Pen. rhee, in Cornwall ; - Mrs. and Miss Fleming, from Brighton, for Zittla; Admiral Hammond and son, at the British Hotel, Jer. ph-street, front the Isle of Wight Captain Macdonald, in St. tit tne" ' dr "t. from Galloway; Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe, from . I ,Fir- seat in '.Hertfordshire ;'. J. M.Cleod, Esq. •at the Royal T,Otel, tit " Ta rtlt's-street, from Cambridge ; W. J. Campion, :in- and sons from. Sylnmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St .Ltniee.s'a,strestiblor their seat, Danny, near Brighton ; the Duke r'thichems of ,Bedford, and the Ladle' Russell, from St. Ottawa-square, for Woburn Abbey; Lord Carrington, from his nue*, W.hltehalLyard, for Bath ; Lord Lynedock, from War. `,llVis Hotel, Re , 1 for , Hertfordshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Itilbewt-.Hcistheote, c lat„lavishire 'As troll). Grotivener ,, Tarr, fr. , : Stothen Ihll, ; ...ra. Nesbitt, riot her house in Upper Brook- Zrcet,' for Paris, Colonel C. Bidse from Long's Hotel, Clifford vteet, from ditto, for Southarnpion ; Major General Sir H. IZlan, Bart.. roar the Royal Hotel , St. James's-street, for '4;ither-, Mrt. Reternezereand niece, from the London Hotel, 4e-street, for Brussels ~ Mr. and Mrs. Shakspeare and ft_ , from Flndong' s Hotel, Oxford-street, on a tour; Sir D. ols Bart. from ditto, for Su ff olk; 'Mto, k r th e C ontinent. Thomas Newton, Beg. from H: S_is Majesty contemplates great improve ts'st the Royal Lodge in the ensuing Spring. The tdiwinle l2 have teen called upon toinake-eatimatzs for their irlens work, which will be executed under the immediate w 'rtetion of 'Sir Jeffry li'yatville. $o extensive are these Ropseed alterations' that we have been informed that it ill take 80,0001. to carry them into effect. —Backs Gaz. , The Duk e o f C umberland ' s apartments in St. ‘ u tittes's Palace have been rebuilt ; and a precious piece of `l-4t*sa pateh-work does this building prevent in its pre l'Atkt state. , are sorry t o state t h at L or d Vi scount L A oson, to whom th e l overs of the chase in this neighbou r - N"arl are so much indebted, while following his ex-ellent I( of foxhounds on Tnesney lest, met with an accident 41 ,the neighbourhood of Gepaall. fie was in the act of 4 : , ki ng • a l eap over a fence into a road on the other side, hen his h orse slipping., th e no bl e L ord was precipitated to ` 'he ground with considerable violence, and the animal falling ' l lkte him, he was winch bruised. His Lordship also re ;/ived considerable internal injury, but we are happy to , aa that his medical att en d ants h are pronounced him out 4 , L i tlartger. Th e n o ble Vi scount ' s hounds on this occasion, LL/41- an excellent run of one hour and thirty minutes, killed gallant etyle..—Leamington Spa Courier. CURIOSITY._A white sparrow, shot lately 41the neighbourhood of the Mile-Poet, County Kilkenny, city, may be wen at oar office.-- Waterford RY. COVENT GARDEN. Mr. KEAN'S Virginitty ;(1 tract ed a crowded house here last night. As we have alrendy deliverer) our unbiassed opinions on th, subject . or_ this perform ance, we shall say no more than that it was marked by the same -alternation of weakness and energy as was visible on his first peiformance of the part. Mr. C. KIMBLE'S . kilitts was excellent, and elicited, as before, the heartiest applause of the evening; while in the afterpiece of Charles the Scented, he . delighted the house by the grace and versatility of his acting. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. At the hasty summons, we should conceive, of Mr. PRICE, who must have been seriously distressed for a Romeo, Mr. KEAN, jun., hurried up from the North, in -erder to attempt that character here last night. The attempt, we are delighted to add, was successful, full of fire, energy, and sometimes, but not often, of profonnd sensibility. Mr. KEAN, jun. is decidedly a young man of very considerable talent, with his full share of -the usual faults of youth.-- He has a good conception of character, great readi ness and tact, with a mannerism and abruptness of action that time alone can check. In this last re spect, however, he is considerably improved since last season ; and if he will only lay aside that servile spirit of imitation, in which, like most young men, ho is but • too apt to indulge, we see no reason why he should not in due time, and by paying strict attention to the best models, attain the eery highest honours of his art. His Romeo, last night, does him infinite credit. His earlier scenes (especially that wherein he first espies Julie!) were marked by tempered ease and discrimi nation ; and, had not the unfortunate quality of his voice ne►itralised the effect of that delicious line " How silver sweet sound lovers' tongues by night," he would have left us little to object to his pleadings beneath Alict's balcony. His parting with Miss PHILLIPS, where, in answer to her fond en treaties that he would remain, he observes, that it is already day-break, and that therefore he must perforce depart, was not quite so effective. Ho delivered the line, " it is the lark, the herald of the dawn,"—not in that tone of fond regret, which the words would seem to imply, but with an easy indifference that Was any thing but cha racteristic. His recitation also of " Alack ! there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords," vs tame where it should have been fervent—Blurred over where it should have been dwelt upon, and common-place where it should have been arch and complimentary. From first to last, Romeo, though a lover, is anything but trite or indifferent. Shakspeare has invested his every word and action with a meaning; nor do we know any other character in the drama that will more richly repay a deep and repeated study. Mr. KEAN gives the energy of the part well enough. His ex clamation in particular, on hearing of Mercutio's death, "alive in triumph, encl./Fere:di° slain," and his indignant rencontre with Tybalt, are of their kind admirable ; but it is not enough that his Romeo should be fiery or impassioned, he should abound also in those deep, quiet, fervent touches of tender ness which strike without exertion to the heart, provided they be adequately rendered. Mr. KLAN's defects of last night were those of negligence, not incapacity ; he has the germ of dramatic talent in and if he will only rely more oh his own, and_ less on his father's peculiari ties, and; titioi.e all, lay aside that intolerable rolling of Ole r, as in his delivery of " Dry sorrow drink thy blood," which was given in a way absolutely grotesque, he will no doubt become a favourite.— One word more, and we:have done with him for the present.' In the fifth act, where just previous to his visit to the apothecary he exclaims " My bo som's bold sits lightly on :its throne," he is far too dull and unimpassioned. These few words are terse, but full of expression. They convey the idea of a light buoyant elasticity, that should be seen in the eye, the face, the manner; and more particularly be felt in the salient and springing into nations of the voice. But enough :—verbum sap. Of Miss PHILLIPS—what praise can we give ade quate to her deserts? In a word, she is tile most promising female tragedian of the day. Her voice is rich ; mellow, various—her face lovely--her form perfect—her demeanour the im personation of grace and modesty. Whatever she does, she does apparently without an effort; there is no affectation, no hankering after effect; it seems as natural for her to express the lan guage of Juliet, and realize the mind's fondest vi . sion of female loveliness and innocence, as for the nightingale to sing by moonlight. Jorllis' Mcrculio was, as might be expected, characterized by tact and observation; a little more elasticity would have made it perfect. The other characters, especially Mr. BENNETT's Apothecary, who looked as sorrow ful as if he had swallowed his own physic, or had been visited by the ghosts of his patients —were sustained with their wonted respectability. The house was crowded. DREADFUL MURDER AT LYONS. A most horrid murder at Lyons has caused lunch exeite ment. The filets are these :—About the beginning of the month, the daughter of a man named Porcheron, a silk-weaver at Lyons, was missed—and, from the rumours afloat, the Police-officers were induced to go and search his hunse. Porcheron received them, and showed the corpse of his daughter to them, saying, " I killed her—she con sented to it--1 did it when she was asleep." The daughter was an only one, and was 21 years of age. Poreberon was brought up before the Court of At.'4;7 , ,! at Lyons on aro 12th, and was examined by the President of the Court in the following manner : President —Wa s it yon who killed your daughter ? Prisoner—Yes. President.—Fos what reason did yon kill her? Prisoner —:To deliver her frown her sufferings,— President—What ineans did yon employ ? Prisoner—l pressed ray thumbs on her throat; she offered no resist ance, and I thought she consented to die. President— I)o yon not repent the crime? Prisoner—No, Sir, my daughter has been a great sufferer from her infancy; I killed her out of friendship. Prosident—Hire you .11) fear that you are now to appear in the presence of God? Pri eoner—We are always in the presence of God. President —Did you feel no emotion at the sight of your victim ? Prisoner— I would have wept, hut could trot. President — . What were your feelings on the night of the murder? Prisoner—l could not -deep; I felt eehos in my heed; I took a knife to let them oat, hot when I felt pain from the cut, I left off. President—Why did yon throw all your money out of window ? Prisoner—To prevent thieves getting it. From the evidence of the surgeons it was satisfactorily proved that the prisoner was insane, and he was acquitted, but was placed at the disposal of the Attorney-General. Au accident, which led to the loss of life, occurred here on Wednesday. A vehicle called an omnibus came in con tact with a diligence, the shock was so great that the wheels of the former were knocked off, and the carriage came down with a dreadful crash. There were eighteen passengers. One young female was taken out dead. The other peesengers were dreadfully bruised. CANAL EXTENTION.—The Commissioners for lending money upon public works in Ireland, on Thursday: signed a warrant for the appropriation of IS,OOO/. for the purpose of making a branch from —lock of the Grand Canal to Kilbeggan, in the County of Wctitmoath. —Waterford Chronicle. KENT ANTI-BRUNSWICK DINNER. Yesterday the dinner of the friends Of civil arid religious liberty was given at the St l , : e r y i , n d n ,a ,: c lii i i i i f i i stone, the, Earl of DARNLEI - in the Chair, supported by Lords Sondes; Torrington, 'nano; Clif ton, Say and Scle, the Hon. J. D. Nigh,' the Hon. Twestleton the Hon. Richard Watson, Sir John Maxwell Tylden, Mr. Warre, M.P., Mr; A. W. Roberts, M.P., Mr. Baring, junior, M.P., the Mayor of Hythe, Alderman Cooper, of Canterbury; Gen. Miller, and about 280 gentlemen of great re spectability in the county of Kent. As soon as the cloth was removed, the CHAIR MAN "gave in i-ureession the usual heidtlis of the King and Royal Family. In drinking the health of the King, with four tithes four, _ _ _ The Earl of DARNLEY said, that beholding as he then did the banner of civil and religious liberty before - him, he could not help coupling with his toast some allusion to the great cause which had placed the House of Brunswick an the throne of this kingdom. He should therefore propose " The health of his Majesty, and may he never forget the principles which had placed his family on the throne of these realms." (Loud cheers.) The toast from the Chair was drank with great stithusiasm. In drinking the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence ; . the Chairman paid a handsome compliment to the uniform attention paid by that Prince of the House of Brunswick to the energies and wants of that important and national branch of the-public service -= the British Navy. The next toast was "The Navy and Army."— Three times three. The CHAIRMAN said that having drank the Army, they ought not to forget the illustrious Chief who so often led it to victory, and who now reposed upon his laurels. During the last Session that illustrious person had done himself great civic honour by taking a great step in: the cause of civil and religious liberty, in supporting the bill for the -emancipa tion of the Uissenters. He cordially hoped that in the next Session he would follow up the same liberal principal by the emancipation of the still larger portion of his fellow-subjects, who remained re stricted in the rights which belonged to themes loyal and dutiful subjects. (Loud applause.) The Cnainaras: said, that before he gave the next toast, he begged to trouble that large company with a few observations. They were not, in the -strict sense, brought there by their own act, but rather . compelled to come, as it were, in self defence. If ever there was a county bereft of angry or party feeling, it was Kent.—(Hear, hear.) —lf ever there were were men who extinguished political feelings in their social intercourse, or kept them aloof from their local association, they were the men of Kent.—(Hear.)—A set of gentlemen had, however, thought proper to establish among them a political club; much as he disapproved ',of that course—much as he abhorred their principles— he felt that he, or the friends who thought with him, were not justified in interfering, or attempting to interfere, with the private movements, however objectionable, of any portion of their neighbours; but when the private association was transferred as a public act to the county, and the general opinion challenged upon it, then he thought the advocates of good and genuine principles were bound and com pelled; indeed, to come forward and resist the at• tempt to bind the county to the opinions of these particular individuals. This was not all ; they were called upon to refute the statement given —indeed, he had heard in writing by one of their members, he need not. say which—(a laugh)—that the majority of the Penenden-heath Meeting was in the proportion of 6 to I, and he knew at the other side that many thought the majority was with the growth of free opinions in the county. For himself he could only say, that as far as he could from his place in the Meeting compute who was present, he thought that the majority of real freeholders appeared against the question of Catholic Emancipation ; but he also believed that the same predominance was against the establishment of Brunswick Clubs. In de livering this opinion, he begged also to state—and herehe spoke-the opinions of others who more narrowly watched the movements of that meeting, that those who came to support the Brunswick clubs were a 1% ell-organised compact body, not alone of free holders, but of yeomen armed with bludgeons.-- Those who advanced on that day liberal statements had no such body, they scorned to resort to such instrument. (Hear.). They had, however, in their own array some disadvantages; they (the liberals) had to encounter the advocacy of that anomalous creature, Cobbett, who had, thank God, since de clared against them. (Hear, hear.) They had likewise the appearance of Hunt, and there was also Mr. Sheil, whose speech so triumphantly re fated the prejudice that the Catholic religion was inconsistent with the principles of civil and reli gious liberty. In alluding to Mr. Sheil, he need not repeat the vulgar calumny that he (Lord Darnley) had given that gentleman a freehold; indeed he never heard of Mr. Sheil's intention to come among them until just before it was realized, and then he had protested against it. The meetings, however, of the Brunswichers were of a very different order : their principles, as taken from their resolutions, were exclusive; not so the liberals, their view was comprehensive. (Applause.) lie saw before him 300 gentlemen of the county who had canvassed the opinions of another class, and now declared against them. (Applause.) 'I he supposed triumph then at Peiteeden-heath was at an end, the voice of the county was against such bigotry (hear); and the - very meeting alluded to had, instead of impair-. ing the efficacy of liberal opinions, 'given theta greater power. The liberal petition to Parliament was now signed by hundreds, and would soon be signed by thousands; and in now proposing the sentiment of " The cause of civil and religious liberty all over the world," he wished it to be drank with the enthusiasm which belonged to it.—(Loud cheers.) The CUAIRMAN said, that the next toast which he had to propose was that of their excellent Lord Lieutenant (the Marquis Camden), whe had set the fine example of sacrificing his sinecure for ..the public service. It was his (Lord Darnley's) lot to differ in public life from the Noble Maryiis; but there was one question upon which they were always agreed, namely, the propriety and necessity of Catholic emancipation. Probably, as had been said, his Noble Friend and himself were personages of too much insignificance in the county to have their opinions quoted. (A laugh.) Still there was this to be said, that if they • erred, they erred in good company. Their opinions, to say nothing of the living, were those of the most illustrious dead, — of that great constellation on which .they could count such stars as Pitt, and Fox, and Burke, WinOs ham, Sheridan, Romilly, Grattan, and Canning,- , - indeed of every Statesman who bore a name in the modern annals of his country. Against such names he really knew none to quote, except those of Dr. Duigenan and the Duke of York. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman concluded by drinking " The health of the Marquis Camden, the Lord Lieutenant of the county." (Drank with loud appl ause .) The Cnatstmari.—l have now to propose the health of another Lord 'Lieutenant—l mean the Marquis of Anglesea--a man most anxious to do equal justice in the administratio n of the laws, and also most ready to do the people of Ireland ample justice whenever he has the power of giving vent to his own just and liberal feelings. (Drank with three times three.) Lord Z ORRINGTON said, that, with reference to the object of their meeting, it had his cordial sup port : he had ever since he had a seat in the ilouse of Lords voted for what was called Catholic eman cipation. He had lived long in Ireland, and he knew the worth of th a t su ff er i ng people —he could not tolerate their oppression. (Cheers.) The men of Kent met this day to show that they felt the great principles of civil and religious liberty. Ho attended at Penenden Heath, and he raw that the general sense of the meeting was overborne by cla mour. There were people there who were not free holders, and li denied that the .sense.of the county. had been taken on the Heath. (Hear, hear) His Lordship 'concluded by proposing the healths of the Ead of Darnley and of his family. (Loud cheers.) - The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that his Noble Friend had told them, in the expressive lan guage of that profession of which he was so distin guished an ornament, that he gave this toast with his heart, and he (Lord Darnley) would indeed be devoid .. of all feeling, if h e did not - repea t th e sa me. phrase in acknowledging this mark of their approbation. With reference to the place which he occupied on the present occasion, he had merely to say that residing as he did among the men of Kent, the resident of Cobham-hall from his early life, and d i epossessor of some property in Ireland, a country which he 4lt it his duty. constantly to visit—being, moreover, a public man long asserting principles which he believed to be those which ought to cha racterise. Englishmen, he felt it his duty to come forward on the late occasion at Penenden-heath, when a set of principles were attempted to be palmed upin the country which he did not believe belonged to diem. For that act of his he knew he had been exposed to much obloquy; he had encountered all the virulence of faction, and of abuse and personal vituperation. To be sure, of argument there was none, although there was abundance of accusation. (1 - 16 r, hear.) His speech at Penenden-heath—his letter to the Clergy of the Diocese of Rochester, had been met in this manner in an evening paper, remarkable only for stupid and Billy personal abuse. This sort of opposition he ought perhaps to scorn to notice ; still, suffice it to say, that while he had health and strength he should always press the ad vocacy of liberal opinions, and -by so doing endea vour to merit. the approbation which they had so freely bestowed upon him. The CHAIRMAN said, that as theirs was not a company or society of exclusion, he would propose the healths of the members of the county. One, he grieved to say,.was too ill to attend; the other he had lately invited, but he believed he was not pre sent. (A laugh.) The toast was drank with ap plause. _ _ Mr. BECKWITH, of Canterbury, then sang a song composed for the occasion, which was warmly ap plauded. Mr. WARRE, M.P. requested leave to give a toast which he was sure they would drink with loud ac. clamations. He concluded by proposing the healths of the Members for Canterbury. (Cries of "No Lushington." The member for Canterbury is Lord Clifton.) Lord' CLIFTON, in returning thanks, said that it was- always with unmingled satisfaction he was re minded of his connexion with his constituents, but he felt peculiarly gatified when he beheld them as he did on Penenden-heath, and on the present occasion, assembled to give effect to the growth of liberal opinions. When eleven years ago he had canvassed the electors of Canterbnry, zealous .as he knew his friends were in his behalf, they dreamt not (nor did he himself) to allude to Catholic emancipation. But now, so great had the cause of civil and religious liberty grown, that the subject could be started and received among them with approbation. (Applause.) This feeling was the harbinger of the ultimate 'triumph of a good cause; he hailed it with joy, and thanked them for remembering him upon such an occasion. The CHAIRMAN then read the following letter, which he had received from Mr. Robarts, one of the Members for Maidstone : "My Lord—l regret exceedingly my intention of attending Ake dinner to-morrow, at which your Lordship will preside, has been frustrated by the occurrence of some very important business, from which I cannot possibly absent myself. I feel greet disappointment in the restraint which has been thus unavoidably imposed on me, because in a warm and sincere advocacy of civil and religious liberty, and equally as an opponent to the establishment of Bruns wick Clubs, I should have been happy to have had the opportunity, as one of the Members for Maid stone, or evincing, by my presence, how thoroughly I deprecate the principles and objects for which they, have been I .,, rfned, and of expressing my cordial concurrence in those liberal sentiments and opinions which, I am persuaded, alone influence the respect able company that will be assembled. In repeating my sincere regret to your Lordship on being unable to join the friends of civil and religious liberty, at a moment when it is so peculiarly incumbent on every well-wisher of his country to declare his opposition to those intolerant and cruel laws which have so long excluded so many millions of our fellow-subjects from the privileges and benefits of a free Constitu tion, I cannot forego this opportunity of expressing -my thanks and gratitude to your Lordship for the zeal and activity you have displayed in originating a Meeting of so much , importance at this peculiar crisis, which I trust will produce the most benefi cial effect in the country with reference to the great question of Catholic Emancipation. I am, &c. " A. W. ROBARTS." The Noble CHAIRMAN, after reading this letter, proposed the healths of the Members for Maidstone. (Loud cries of Mr. RGbarts's health alone. No Wells of the bloody knees.) Mr. Ems, as one of Mr. Robaits's constituents, returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the Members for Hythe, Sir Robert Farquhar and Mr. Maijoribanks : the latter would have been present this day were it not for the death of an only child ; and‘the other '(Sir Robert) had, he believed, always voted for Catholic emancipation. There was no part of the county so full of liberal opinions as the town of Hythe ; out of .65 freeholders within the precincts, 50 had at once signed the liberal petition ; he knew that some of them had been afterwards per suaded to sign the other petition—(a laugh) —still they are disposed to be liberal. He would beg leave to couple with this toast the health of " the Mayor of Hythe." (Applause.) The Mayor of HYTHI returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN next gave, " The healths of the -Members for Dover," and regretted the absence of Mr. Thomson through ill health. The CHAIRMAN next gave, " The healths of the Stewards." Lord TRYNHAM, in returning thanks, referred to the meeting at Penenden-heath, and concurred in opinion with his Noble Friend the Chairman, that such an assemblage was most unnecessary and un called for in the county. These associations and clubs, he would contend, were full of mischief.— From the Pitt clubs downwards they had done harM in the country; and he rejoiced in being one of those who had opposed the establishment of these Brunswick clubs iii the county. (Cheers.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to arraign the conduct of the High Sheriff in his decision on Peuenden heath, and to contend that ciril and religious liberty was the birth-right of British subjects, and it was a privilege which had been too long and two un-. fairly withheld from the people of Ireland. In the means taken for the Act of Union Catholic emanci pation had been promised, but the promise had not been redeemed. (Hear, bear.) He should only say that he wished success to this great and mighty cause, and hoped he should lire to see it triumph. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of Mr. Alexander Baring," who was the first merchant in the world, and also foremost among the advocates of civil and religions liberty. lie regretted the un avoidable absence of such a man on such an occa sion, but he saw that his Hon. Friend was well re presented in the person of his son, who attended to raise his voice in the cause of freedom. Mr. BARING, jun., in returning thanks, regretted the absence of his father, who was unable to attend in hot rooms of that kind. He begged, however, to assure the company that he was proud of the asso ,:ation of his name with so great a cause, and that ne should be ever ready to make it the test of his integrity. There was no chivalry in supporting such a cause now, for it was not a falling one, but one in the high road to triumph. (Hear, hear.) The people began to talk and think of it ; alld if every gentlemen explained it in his own private circle, the saceess of the great, question itself must he near and certain. (Applause.) Several other toasts were then drank, and acknow ledzed in suitable terms by gertlemen in the room. Mr. SIM.; bring loudly celled for, gave an elo quent and itnpreS , ive exposition of Catholic griev ances, in which he pointed not the privation s and degradmions to which that class UI hia Majesty' s subjects were exposed. . . . . the Earl of bARNLEY continued in the chair till . 10 o'clock, and the eyening was spent in the utmost cordiality. INlesrs. Broadhurst, Lest, Jolly, and Fitz william sa►ig several songs with fine effect ;luring the evening. CARLISLE ELECTION. CARLISLE, DEC.• 20.—Our freemen hare passed a week of wonderful anxiety, many of them tearing that no candidate Ivould- be induced to offer himself to represent the ancient city. Mr. Lawson cannot be prevailed upon to exchange the sylvan retreat of Brayton for the noise and nonsense of St. Stephens; Mr. James has thirty thousand golden reasons for Standing aloof; and Mr. Henry Curwen, the son of the Iste Member for the County, is understood to be averse to the bustle of public life. Mr. Aglion by, a sessions barrister, and whose family-seat is in the neighbourhood, and some of whose ancestors have been representatives.- for the city, has been spoken of, but little confidence is placed in him, and his political principles are unknown. Thus the freemen began to despair, arid many a long face was to be seen among the drouthy part of the fraternity. This morning, however, by break of day, the glad tidings were announced that Sir William Scott, of An cram, was about to offer himself; and in less than an hour afterwards the following address was plenti fully distributed amongst the lieges. Who Sir William Scott may be nobody seems to know.; and as the Baronet maintains .a profound silence on the subject of his principles, the more knowing part of the community already begin to suspect that, should he be elected, they will be accommodated to the e e e l v t i (l e t e a r : i t t h t t l a h e n e m se on (l e rll none i y a a t m i t m o a e n l s : g s ; taanunsrdkhiienf may d S a o i y r f candidate is b trillosi r' spend illiam succeed in making a little fun. As the newspapers were published before the announcement of Sir William's intentions, this news may be of some in terest amongst your London readers. There can be NO doubt, after all, but a really independent candi date will offer himself. TO THE FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF CARLISLE. Gentlemen,—A vacancy having occurred in the Repre'. sentation of the city of Carlisle, in consequence of the re signation of Sir J. R. G. Graham, Bart., I beg to solicit the honour of your suffrages; and should I, by your kind ness, be placed in that distinguished situation, it will he my constant study to promote the interests of the City, its Trade and Manufactures, and faithfully to discharge the important trust—of representing you in Parliament. In the course of a very few days I purpose having the pleasm.e of personally paying my respects to you, and in the mean time, I hare the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your rery obedient eervant, WILLIAM SCOTT. Aneram, Dec. 19, 1828. MR. CHARLES KEAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta—The fidlowing observations, forming part of an article intended for publication in a provincial paper, the insertion of which having been accidentally delayed be. yond the time when they might be of service to their ob ject, I beg to offer to your consideration. Mr. Kean, jun. I find, makes his appearance on the boards of Old Drury on Monday evening; if my observations upon his talents induce you, or any other able and independent 4litie, to witness the performance of the youth, and to speak of him as you find him, nothing extenuating nor setting down ought in malice, the object I have in view will be fully accomplished. I remain, Sir, yours, &c. Carlisle, Dec. 20, 1828. S. Mr. Charles Kean is, perhaps, the only actor of the present day who has risen, in ihe counby, above the withering influence of metropolitan cen sure. But in his case this does not surprise us. The very unfavourable domestic circumstances under which he made his first appearance in London, and respecting which he has been subjected to such en just condemnation, cannot but, for a time, have pre judiced against him the minds of those who were, perhaps, best able to appreciate his merits, and who might otherwise haee been disposed to speak of him with impartiality. The immense size of the greet London Theatres (more paricularly the extent of the proscenium, in which the finest efforts of a trage dian appearcomparatively insignificant) renders them peculiarly unfavourable to the real interest of a debit- tante—the true exposition of Iris qualities. It is in con siderations like these, to say nothing of the timidity necessarily attending an absolute inexperience in the stage, that we find an explanation of his reputed failure in London, and his subsequent provincial suc cess. 'We hear he is shortly to re-appear in London, and if he succeed in his second adventure, we shall lie proud to be classed among the avant couriers of his Victory—for, to surmount such difficulties as ap pear to have been in his path, may well be termed so ; but in the event of his failure,—a circumstance which we cannot for a moment allow ourselves to deem probable—we shall not regret having been among those wh'o thought, and were not afraid to avow, that he deserved a better fate. We have hid the good fortune to see him under favourable eh cum stances ; perfect in self-possession and a knowledge of the business of the stage; and we do not hesi tate in asserting, that he possesses talents of the very first order. It would be needless to refer to his personal qualities; these are sufficiently obvious, and, in as much as relates to size, figure, arid what ever is deemed essential to high and heroic bearing, certainly not of the best. Such qualities, however, are but auxiliaries to sterling power. If an actor possess not mind—the head to comprehend and the heart to feel his author's meaning, the finest form and the noblest features are but mockeries of his mental imbecility. Charles Kean possesses the tree requisites of his art in perfection. " The o'er in forming soul" is risible in every motion of his body, in every glance of his eye. There is no trickery, no cool and obvious studying for effect. His action is perfectly natural. His heart is a perpetually over flowing fountain of sentiment and passion, and on this source he never relies in vain. His closet scene with the Queen in Hamlet, and his affected madness before Ophelia, where in the passion of the lover, he momentarily forgets - the purpose of the injured son, a n d t h e grand ob j ect o f his assume d phrenzy, di scovered a knowledge o f h uman nature far, far, bey on d hi s years ; and a s kin, in discriminat ing and combining passions, which we never saw surpassed. In his garden scene with Juliet, where the lovers part, there wai in his voice a tone of deep and touching pathos, that fell upott tire ear like the soft and melting sounds of the eEolian harp, heard at midnight, a n d was only exceeded in effect by the controllable burst of passion called forth by the an nouncement of his sentence and banishment. Of his Sir Edward Mortimer we could speak in terms of still higher praise, did our limits permit us to in , dulge our inclination ; • but we must not omit to mention, at all events , the astonishing display of energy and vigour o f execution in the second substantiate his claim s a these act of the play, where Mortimer discloses the Vb to t e rrible secret of his guilt to Tlrd, and t h e re stlees tranquillity of demeanour that so strikin g l y characterises his performance in the accusation sc ene . If ther‘ev°‘tvi situationld b ere in the sl highest r fee ‘sefiriceixecnetlletilot poin tsin his a ct i on, rank on the stage. Thus much we owe to talent and genius. If he obtain the approbation of that tribunal, before which he must soon appear, our voice can add but little to his fame ; if he fail, we shall still have the satisfac tion of reflecting that we, at least, have done him justice. A fine portrait of the Queen of Portugal has just been finished by 51r. Fowler,:a young artist, who has already pain►cd very suceetsful portraits of the Princeasee Victoria and Feodore. ,~ t . . tiY.& ~AMSTrWa;~~ A Dutch newspaper is a very nation of Dutch character. It is about 4 thirds full of advertisements, of which I will (-ri ve i you a few examples from a paper I this in lay hold of. Igarriagc§, occupy a considerable space —some are simple announcements, others are a flourish on the part of the.espoused To their friends and acquaintances —we, th e undersigned, are married." Then come the ad vices of births, most of which tell the world, that the lady has been brought to bed of a " wrtl sh hj a affes( p ibcet e aai d iot : ldni ' co;ahi nd eiu the ly Q zsi f syo tl iin t r e ee s m7Bei e nat it ri l s l atbp a i iroiec_u pour o ut e atei d ifii:o l fe 7 inid) t ee l ,; ; l : . of s re the you shall hear : To-day departed, after a sick ness of ten days, my beloved wife. She has left me- and her gray-haired mother in a state of despair. Weep with us all who knew her— weep with my children. They have yet to leant their loss, which they will soon ." Another. "My deeply loved %iifedied yesterday. She has left me a pledge of love only three weeks old. Bitter is my sorrow." Again, "In my old 'age sorrow has overtaken me. Yesterday evening my (laughter died, agedseven-and-forty.years-. Those who - knew her - ;%ill know my grief'---and those, too, who knew what a:he was to me. In d; comforts of religion I put my trust." Again, " Our bravc Li dead. ITS der,:z.red this hie at -." Yet once more, " Our brave daughter is no more. She died last night, aged only twenty. What parents feel, who in two-and twenty weeks have lost their only son and their only daughter, cannot be told by words. Friends of humanity ! trouble us not with your consola tions, but shed a tear with us in sympathy."--- " After a sickness of a few, days, my beloved husband died to-day. Deeply afflicted with my six children, I repose in the hope of his resurrec tion, and I beg to recommend myself for the sale of coffee, tea, and such matters, to the gene ral satisfaction." . ,There is not much demand in Holland for political disquisitions. In Flanders there is far more, for the Flemings are less contented than the Dutch, and they want an outla for their MI humour. The king has been very rashly ad vised, as it appears to me, in consenting to sun dry prosecutions, of late, for passages exceedingly harmless. It were far better that be allowed the bile of the dissatisfied to flow out, - than to effer vesce in the minds of the people. 'By' these hasty interferences, he pins:his public press at the . mercy of any superior foreign power that chooses to complain of an article in a public print., Ho : may not say, as our Minister said to Napoleon,. - when he represented the outrages Alone to hi:; dignity by our newspapers, " I cannot, inter fere :"—interfere he must, and has done too, when any wound is given to a potential neigh bour. It was thought a great matter' an-tong pO/iti cians to create one power out of Flanders and Holland. I n m y e y es it was a great error, if the purpose really was to strengthen. and conso lidate the influence of the Netherlandic Govern ment. In Holland one frequently hears Castle reagh accused of a determined intention to ruin this country by bringing about its Union with Belgium. Amalgamation is out of the ques tion. Manners, religion, language--every thing protests against it. I have no doubt what. ever that our kingdom-making Minister be lieved that he had accomplished a master-stroke as he did when he effected the Irish Union Irish Union ! Irish, in truth—even as I oner. saw a bloody quarrel between two Milesians, and wa* told by a third that they were fighting because they were united. .1 think medical knowledge in the schools and Universities more advanced than medical prac tice. As far as I could form an opinion front many conversations with the physician s of highest reputation, they appear much wedded to the an cient systam, and rather disposed to linger where Boerhaave stopped, than to advance as he would have advanced, had he lived to our day.' But most of the renowned productions respecting the healing art which appear in F rance an d Ger many circulate here. I think Germany is the country which at present exerts the strongest in fluence Upon Holland; The literary auth6rities are arrayed against what is Gallic—while Get many, which has seldom interfered, at least of _ movinglate late, with themtitl her -forwardLo in Dutch . herownneighbours, is qui e tl y onourable career. I have b een inquir ing bodies fur dissection. T a h l e ion sl t ib tf: , e ct s i i l t a p s pli l e a s tei ; excited atteutio►i u► England, where the plan re commended by the Parliamentary Committee much resembles the practice here. Mit kt would be difficult to make the authority exercised by the Governors of Hospitals so despotic as it is in this country. From the moment a pauper he wears and the enters, the he s s within its brings are considered as belonging to the hospi tal, in case walls ; nur b( cl l :' h is l friends claim his corpse, in the event Of hi:. death, except on the payment of a certain sun,. At first sight this would appear a hard`"condi:- tion, and it would be so if the ridiculous preju dice which in England has done so much mis chief, and thrown so many impediments in the way of surgical and anatomical knowledge, existed here. The apprehension of being made useful after death fills no man's mind with ter ror in this country ; and, when I have men tioned instances of the delusions under which so Many labour with US-in fact, uiu which very few are free—they have appeared incredible to the listener. It may be supposed - that there is no want of subjects here—they arc so abun dantly provided that they scarcely bear a price. A small fee is paid to the anatomical lecturer when a. body is dissected, amounting to less, I hear, than one pound sterling, which is rather to cover cost of carriage and incidental charges than to be considered as the quantum valeat of so useful and curious a piece of clay, With the facilities for obtaining a thorough knowledge of the human anatomy, the Dutch surgeons are generally mon we ll ac quainted with their art, and dexterous in its exercise. Great numbers of them served in the Bonapartean campaigns, and had opportunities (far too many !) for exercis ing their important science. The fees both of medical and chirurgical attendants- are scarcely a tenth part of those paid in England ; but the low rate of recompense enables thousands to• avail themselves of the highest professional authori ties, who, with you, would be completely ex chided. It may well be doubted if the physi cian calculates wisely when he estimates his as sistance at so inordinate a rate as is prevalent in England. lie gets his guinea from one—he might get his half-a-crown from fifty. \Ve understand an eminent machine• maker, in Manchester, has at present upwards of a hundred men very busily employed in making cotton spinning machinery, fur exportation to the East Ind ies.—Manchester Guardian. HAM