The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-18 00:00:00

--T ! * .... r t e the ease liffekeot sigh nother jury. side. on, said he Wp after what felt bohnd t°' to Mr. 11unfo , der, as be tbo not apply!! j e paper to ne that her n in, that ha e had been, hieing hiw( nediately 0 0 owed it to nishment ' detstood I him not tl expetinrier" acern, as be s—it is a 0 to stand ol I not wen e ease; he consider vita that' W the conatl le a most defendant. KC ses3ioilk t consideial could not arranted it, to render i uld allow C own re 4 not be ti' tor, and bs itl custody, [S DAY.) lora of 13 0 the Bank ' we, Esq., J. H. Palm' ['tors entet' ive to the ck for the 1 0 upon the 01f ank accou nt -4 )nfirmed. that this 0 '; •suanee of° :ad, and 0 1 for any s it the 0' ieturs in 8 )A Y.) LTE • dull apPe ir j, nil few buYer 4. OA. to 0 O )0 • j , 2 0 1 0 ° O 15 0 a 6 I 6 O 4 o 50 12 O 20 0 6' :3 0 O 8 0 • • 0 A if • :# 1 rUSieS.) .~ COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Woman's Love, or The Triumph of Patience, a , 41 v play founded on the well-known old story of • t he " Patient Griselda," which the genius of CRAUCER has immortalized, was brought out at this theatre last night. The plot is simple, but of no ',Particular moment, as it is far from being marked •Q ither by invention or ingenuity. It turns chiefly on the projects , of a Duke of Saluzzo (Mr. C. KEM ['llt't) for divorciug his Duchess (Miss JARMAN), by way of trying her constancy and patient affection &; towards himself. The acting of this piece is its chief . recommendation. Mr. C. KBAIBLE, though labouring under a severe hoarseness, played with marked dignity and diScritnination;and was ably ImPported by Miss JefotiN, whose sensibility . throughout Was genuine and unequivocal. The Play was, in consequence, well received. MUSICAL CHIT-CHAT. The indisposition of Madame Caradori is likely to postpone the operatic enjoyment of the Birming ..,llera and Liverpool communities—no small disap pointment --for we believe that at the former place the box-plan of the theatre has been filled with the n ames of all the fashionables around that neigh bourhood. Miss Paton kindly undertook Madame Caradori's character of Rothia, in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, at an Incredibly short notice, at Brighton, the other night. !ler future aid with the same company is not fur ther available, as she sets out for Dublin to-morrow, to fulfil her engagement with the management there. she is said to be in most excellent health. The members of the Italian Opera orchestra, in cluding, we believ e , th e venera t e d names - of Lindley,: u ragonetti, Nicholson; Willman, Platt, Mackintosh,: &c. &c. have determined to expostulate. in a mild. yet Srm, manner with Mr. Laporte, the mana-: ger and present -lessee, - onn - the unprecedented un reasonableness of his deYnand and proposed regula tions for their signature. W e have been Wormed that a foreign band is t o be brought over, to the almost entire exclusion of our own countrymen; but it is impossible that 4 r. Laporte can be so utterly insensible to his true i nterests, as to exclude the first artists in Europe, for the extremely doubtful good that he may have • been so injudiciously advised to look forward to, by the adoption of a step so repugnant to reason, if not t ° humanity, and, more than all, so insulting to our .raper national pride. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Norfolk, last evening, at Norfolk House, froth, :; (411 Shatia, SuLfolk ; Lord Viscount Palmerston, in Stanhope. 'teet May fa ir , from Broadlands • Earl of Tankerville, in Gra:- 2, ' l ot-square, from Surrey ; Viscount Fits Allan and Lord Ed. Surrey at Norfolk House; Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart. at i;.:e Albany Chambers, from Windsor Castle; Captain Peters,: r '! the Regent-street, tram Dublin ; General Lora Clinton, in r,! o svenor-plaer ; Lord Saye-and-Selo, in Grosvenor-street, from rlyidere Paik ; Mr. and Mrs. Manning, in Gloucester-plaae, k?to Cheltenham; Mr. Denison, M.P. in Pall-mall, tom Ibt trey ; Mr. and Mr s . Gordon, in It r ook. s t ree t, f rom P ar i s ;: e r . Johnstone at Hyde Park-corner, Oxford-street ; Sir John oughton, Bart. in Cliftbrd-street, Boni Surrey; Rev. W. i, 4 eaford, iu Piccadilly ; Mrs. and Miss Chaltoti, in Park -street fi r ; Yorkshire; Earl of Strathaven, in Stanhope-street, May, r „; Captain Meredith, in Pall-mall, from Paris ; the Countess Ii ourrey, at Norfolk house; Major Btakenty, New &fr.; ;I*ton-street, from Corfu; Airs. and Miss Cawthorne, in Brook hireet, from Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mrs. Brooke, in Gloureater rZ4Ce,_, from Paris • Mr. and Mrs. Daniell, in Baker street, from 7 Netherlands ;thetadies Russell, yesterday, at the Bixiford ..''°' l 4e. St. James's-square, from Brighton ; Marquis of Douglas, „-'• Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Berks ; Earl and `ountess of Chichester, at ditto, front Leicestershire ; Colonel Mrs. Cummings, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, °ln Edinburgh ; J. Fryer, Esq. at Gould's Hotel, Jennyn litreet„ from a to ur ; W. J . Campion, Esq. and Son, at Symmons's lotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, from their seat, Danny, ltvir Brighton ; Dowager Lady and the Misses Shee, at Craw /' 'Hotel S lat e c ° 010, ), Albemarle -ftreet, from their seat, ,iddeford ; harl and Countess of Galloway , and Lady Cardline cvart, at Alivart's Hotel, Lower Brook 'and Davies-streets; ° ltt Yorkshire; Colonel and Mrs. Hutchinson, at ditto, from tis i Captain and Mrs. Rich, at Long'. Hotel, Cliffbrd-street. Reading, Berks ; Colonel Chaloner Bisae, at ditto, from ortrial Park, Eghant ; Major and Mrs. at, Batt's Hotel, 1 7,orl f atreet, from Charing, R,KentChailwell, at ditto, - Kaae4 ; Hbnourable Mr. O'Callaghan, at ditto, from 'aenbridga. • CHANGES. Tbs Barl and Courituas of Dartmouth, from their house in i' i 'll rltigey.square, for their sent, Sandwell,- Statlbrdshim i gr. Mrs. Meyer, from Wimpole-street, for Norfolk; Mr. and Charted Pocher, from the Continent, at Mr. Readhesurs, , Hall, Thetford;, the Bishop of Waterford, from Thomas's Berkeley-sqnare, on. a tour; Lord Acheson; from the "rimswick Hotel, Jernayn-street, for Kent ; IL J. Burton, Esq. o ,ai ditto, fur Ramsgate ; Colonel and Mrs. Hopctoun, from Hotel, for Kent.; the Rev.. T. Tudball, from ditto, for tr ,l , Meigh §allert2n Devon ; Thomas Kendall, .Esq. from ditto, Broom b in - Cottage, Divot! ; Captani and )4rs ;Eziortt. from gait's Hotel, for On Hip and Mra..Tltoraas:Diekson, 'otri ditto ; James Willson, Esq. front ditto, for Deal. • •• • ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. •,. A rthur, i Dowager Lad Hort, Colonel and Mrs. Dawson, Illajor Mae • Rev. r. Braise, Rev. It. E. Burton, Rev. Mr. Max if rpi. Rev. Mr. Higge, Captain and- Mrs Shea, Mr. 'and Mill. .•ge supp l y z,, 4 3'. Clarke,. Gordon, 3lessrt, N. Malcolm, •M. P. Malcolm, or of h - { ,;_biy' 4 a.tbews, Andreas, smith, Roberts, Ives, Stow,:../. H. Peel family, Lewin', Clive, Toker, Abbott, tiueat, Bannister, T. in otner • rt an d fa G 'fifth • Poole , Bailey , H.E.D.ennett, Ma ra us y, 71 it, . • rongllo9l°,' c' ..f , ; 4 and family,. ktanton, .Badham, • Thomas, Arbuthnot, e 4)1 ). ' A rter 4. w. Bridge, Lee, Mistresses Stoughton, Estemirt, ItO Re 0 -• 4 ,9lpsoti, Gen. Lay?, Eons, Austen, ,Col. Ormsby, Dows, lases Plunsptree; I. 4d. to b§. 4 i „, c f: • ARVIVALS AT.DATII.". . . :• y run of m-hil ttl: Lcrd and Lady Sandon- and family,. Lord Elwington and fa those of ir . 4 4 Y, Lord O'Neil, Sit W. Butrotighs,Fiir H. Straeny, Hon. Mrs. dd. per 447_ 1 ],, 3-,l3ar, Le Comte de Somorez, Viec-I , dutirat.Dannelly, Colonel t week's r°r,.es i'Uurdo, Colonel Kearney, Lieutenant-Colonetßaines,- Major ft the moo' y ear". Major Kerateman, .Major and Mrs. Deckcn, Captains .Ipbell, Gardiner, Elsbam, Lieutenants Young, White, Dr. Rev, : Dr. Charieton, -Rev: Meddr....-.Mrs. - Luxmore, , • 0, Cooste Townley, Harvey, Harwood, Rev. Messrs. Od.- to Os% ) , Hatnniond, )ir. a - ad 'IQ s. Wilkins, Cobb, Coleridge, Hey. 0 4 , Vds, Lily, Tollett. 'Godrtey kid' ntirsil , , Marrs. Bishop, .!_ttaeoc, Cornish, Dawson,• Estcoiiit, Lewid, Sparrow, Sheb ''stre, Boufay, Baskerville; rulcleri, s , Bearing, Warnstall, Crosser Williams, Langalow, Jelf, 1. 4 10 yd, FlaAard, Dondou, llo e gg, Fitzgerald, Phillips, Lase, Ledgartr - Sutton and fang)), kstote, Jenkins, Smyth, Woodford, I,l:ascii, Knapp, Fuller, Mistresses Lamb, Cook, Harrison, 3larkland,• Run, ;Prey, Thomas, Stephens, Jones, Davies, Dickson, Misses '. Landon, Benson, Luxmore, Pinnock, Platt, Irwin, Mar ,"4 1 5'04 , 4161i: efc. 2 0 to AS 910 3 5- • 4 I, 95 6 " 1 lv 1 quoted. 24 to t , 14 2 I R 'd 3 , 3 5 j 0 1 0 a . f. prices of A.-- Od. to Olt 2 4 . ad. to 04 1 1. t: j' ened tt°', le 101., , prep!Dip t wo ainster. rundel dj", and, of 1 ( slue '7l fiarce, Af f mot fullt., o l, leo of f)tr l ' i ', kers, to UP Ditto, fr ,105 111 r. 'rue best 1 > rtingdolv, o f butelely ; and The Duchess of Kent entertained a select party Flitiper on Tuesday, at her apartments in the King's Palace, at geaFiugton. In the evening the Bohemian 4rothers were introduced into the Drawing-room, and sang 'feral of their national airs. The Cassock glee was re. Heated at the request of the Duebegs and her company. A numerous deputation of ilialtsters waited .on the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at the Treasury, aad had a long conference with the Right 113 a 0 4r4bk q!einfl• The Lord Chamberlain bad an interview wlth the • chaoptligr of the Exchequer on Tuesday 0 The of Belmore, the newly appointed Governor of .falaaie 4 1 44 . left town for Durcheatei . . His Lordship will, it is eapOzkil, Mlifigic it► the course of a Week for Jamaica, to enter on the, duties of his Aire, e;sitrati. , / • 1, ' Od. to 0 0 4 4 4 ck 0 s. d. ;'4 .4 0 ti . 4 . to Os. e• e 4 • 4 ° 4 2 6 . 0 1 d 0 0 V: Tim Pn4ssi4n Minister transacted business Yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Aff a irs. Count d'Ofaliu, the. Spanish Minister; transacted Lusiness at the Foreign Office on Tuesday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer'had a con : frrencs Vsterday with Viscount Melville at the Admiralty. • Mr. Baron Ifullocic ail Mr, Baron Vaughan both declined accepting the lite vacant seat' in ttle Court of King's Bench, Sir Henry lialford has a suite of. apartments ksoo r d to him in Windsor Cantle, of which he took pos kiision a few days since. They are nearly adjoining his 4aiesty's sleeping room. 'Lor4 tm4 f aOy noßand, after a stay of eight 'P e eks, left on Tuesdly for the seitt pf the J 4rl of f;gre bloat, at Petwortb. They will remain there a short tiinev and then proceed to town.—,,Brightun Gazette. ca purcha' e hoe' two irAy ell1"11 for wavy and 1161 i" A public dinner (It. Tebbot, Esq. in the Chair) was given yesterday at Windsor, in celebration of ili a Majesty's entering into possession of Lis magnificent Castle. Among the company, which was of the highest resirctability, were the Earl of Fife and Sir Frederick Natsoii; • ffere4 Ls. , Oi irea''' 1() 269,0°" Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at :the East India House, when the following ships were thus 'rationed, v iz, ; Thomas Grenville, Capt. Chas. Shea; afinerva, Captain George Probyn—Madras and Bengal : 'Marquis of Wellington, - Captain Alfred Chapman; Prin tees Charlotte of Wales, Captain Christopher Biden— ' direct,' o venul rio , ?.etter-iao DR. DOYLE. TO Tilt EDI Ton OF 'THE SUN. Sir--Having alre l dyoccupied too huge a‘ portion of your columns, I will endeavour to be inore-brief in noticing " Exoniensis,'? who in his last communi cation_to the Courier -"asserts boldly, that even ad mitting conscience to be frequently In error, it is more for the real . bappiness of mankind that they should act from its genuine impulse, than that their conduct should be deprived of this Salutary, though sometimes mistaken monitor."' I -Colielude, in -using such general terms, Exoniensis cannot:mean to limit his remark to that small portion of mankind to be found in these kingdoms, let us see, therefore, to what his hypothesis leads. I must premise, that 1 don't understand his application of the text as to going two miles with him rather than one, but be lieving he would prove a very dull companion, he must excuse my going further than he shall compel me to do. In imagination, however, lam content to go as far as the Indies, and. I would there -ask him, in the' sup - posed — presence •of a native widow burning alive with her dead husband, how such a , transaction tends to the real happiness of mankind ? Exoniensis will not assert boldly that she don't act from a conscientious principle. Surely nothing but 'the strongest conscientious principle could induce this poor victim of credulity and mistaken faith to sacrifice her existence and die a - lingering "painful death ! See again an Indian mother sacrificing the infant of her fond affection on a conscientious prin ciple, is such" an adherence to a conscientious prin ciple more for the real happiness of mankind than a departure from 'it ? If so, why do we pay Missio naries for advising such a departure from the dictates of conscience ? Now suppose (there is a great deal of imagination in all this I confess); but suppose by any extraordinary chance that one of these Indian ladies should be placed upon the throne, not of British India, but of this very Island of Great Britain, and left there to consult the dictates of her conscience without any advisers., The King can do no wrong, and who will controvert the maxim? but •if no • one presume to' advise this Indian native so placed on our throne of England, and she he a 'virgin Queen, therefore ho'chance of her burning Myself, yet nevertheless she should command all widowed ladies ofthe land to burn with their dead hus bands, and moreover enforce the practice of exposing their infants, as pleasing to her God, and in conformity with her conscientious sense of right and wrong, would Exoniensis assert - boldly this would be more for the real happiness of that small portion of mankind yclept Englishmen, than if the poor Suttee Queen had been advised that her conscience was in error? There is nothing Jesuitical, I hope, in thus exposing Exoniensis, or in my declining to accompany him, in imagination even, over those other parts of the globe where the greatest atrocities are continually perpetrating from conscien tious motives. I refer Exoniensis to Marmion's former letter for a more serious refutation of his hypothesis; but I now boldly assert that he is him self in error in all he says about conscience, and that it is . Wholly inapplicable to the case which he wishes it to meet. If Exoniensis thinks lam treating him and his Reverend Brother at Chester irreverently and with levity, his suspicions are better founded than his arguments. It is difficult to cope with these gentlemen seriously; indeed, they are not worthy of it; but I again assert boldly, that the case of conscience is not a case in point when applied to the Coronation Oath ; nor, generally speaking, can conscience, in our pre§ent fallen state, be a safe or un erring rule for human conduct. • I really begin to think, Mr. Editor, there hus been a confusion of names, and that the " who some time ago published cer tain letters which had passed betwixt our late vene rable Monarch and his Lord Chief Justice, could not be the . present Dean of Chester, but that Miller celebrated in song, who lived upon the River Dee many years before the Dean's elevation, or he would have seen that the publication was against his own argument; for the legal adviser did all he could to liberate his Sovereign's conscience, by declaring that in permitting the emancipation of the Roman • Catholics he would not violate his Coronation Oath. He (the Miller) must h ave edited these letters afte r one of his jolly potations on the River Dee, when he could not discern that by so doing he was cutting his own throat, us it were, with his adver aaraes weaponT and really, if this Fillpot system be . persisted in, we may chance to be appalled by' the vision of two Coronation-Oaths, for if the pot be filled very often, we know the consequence. is we see double. I certainly thought all that refers to the Coronation Oath bad been set at rest, till the Miller -or the Dean ‘vrote something about it, which called forth a reply front Dr. Doyle that was much vilified by the Courier. 1 once- raore assert &Willy that .:this reply comes nearer to the truth than any thing which either the Miller or the Dean, or the Courier, or the Standard, or the St. Janies'i Chronicle, have said on the subject of conscience; but I maintain that the whole argument arising out of a case of conscience is inapplicable to the point at issue ; at least, if I (Marmion) were placed on the Throne, and of course had taken the oath, I -could give my assent to the emancipation of Roman 'Catholics, without feeling the slightest consciousness that I was infringing it, but on the contrary I should, -by such concessions, conscientiously believe I was doing my best to uphold the Protestant ascendancy. This instance of Marmion's feeling on the subject would go further, perhaps, towards convincing Exo niensis of the dangerous consequences of his hypo thesis, had Marmion any chance of such elevatioo, than any argument I have brought forward, more - convincing than the imaginary occupancy of the -Throne by the Suttee Queen. But I must have one word with the other respectable individuals who advocate the cause of conscienc e on a point which, if they are right, would go the length of justifying all the enormous opinions that the wit of man, lightened or unenlightened, ever entertained. Speak ing of light there has been a great deal of quizzing about the recent march of intellect. Now, really if a great portion of the human race are advancing in intel lectual acquirepents and marching forward,there abso lutely is a small portion of God's creatures who are marchi rig back ward ; and how far back they will march, to what chaotic, benighted, besotted ignorance, this blundering bigotry of the Miller and his Men will carry us, „God only knows. It has carried the Courier so Tar back, -that he asserts boldly the salva tion of the country to depend on the formation of Brunswick Clubs. (I suppose he means by their encouraging Gordon mobs to enlighten the Metro polis, anti to spread the illumination through every town, village, and hamlet, of the empire.) It has carried the respectable Editor of the St. Janies's Chronicle so far back, that his Journal is almost entirely filled with speeches made at their clubs, and his correspondents complain there is no 'room left for any other subject ; this has been going on so long, that it may truly be termed a chronic disease, the most inveterate and difficult to cure ofany in the whole Materia Modica. But, to speak more se riously for a moment, I do regret to see a Journal, formerly so respectable, so moderate, so candid, and so impartial, that an order of men whose office it is to preach up and practice the virtues of faith, hu mility, and charity, were wont to consider it the real Standard of their opinions, should have dege nerated into a mere factious partizan, and vainly erected a false Standard, which they must ever dis claim, as using language unworthy even of-Billings gate; I say, sir, it must be ti subject of regret that the master workman should have quitted his post and consigned the business to a journeyman, who, when he is at a loss for rational argument, dares to giCe the lie # to those who are opposed to the Standard under which lw fights. Exoniensis dares his letter to the Courier of the 6th inst. con tains hisfinai remarks, fie this as it may, lam re solved, though I will not assert it boldly, that this * Vide Standard of I,2th inst. Martnion believes that the enemies to concession are rejoicing at the fay and violence of the Irish agitators, and dois not think John Bull will suffer himself to be bullied, but that be will prove the stropt•est brute of the two, if TeWP is discarded. ' shall be the last mile I will go with him, even in imagination, and though a Suttee or a Marmion suc cession be the consequence of my idleness, I have a good mind, by way of re-action, to institute Mar mion Clubs, but as I know not the name of the hero writing from the Exeter Institution, I will class him with his worthy compeer (the Dean, alias the Miller), and wishing the party joy of such a d vocates say " Charge, Chester, charge,"` s on, Stanley, on," are the last words of Kent, Dec.ls, 1828. LITERATURE. THE CASTILIAN. MARMIONt. .BY. THE AUTHOR OF "0,03)R2 ARIAS."-LONDON, 1828 To those who are fond of a tale replete with incident and adventure, showy, descriptive, chiralrous, and so far as hiqory is concerned, tolerably correct, we recommend the "Castilian." The scene is laid in Spain during the reign of Don Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile ; a period cotemporary with the magnificent rule of Edward 111., and his gallant son the Black Prince, over England. The selection of this epoch, full as it is of the wildest romance, argues great judgment on the part of the au thor. We really wonder that it has never yet been attempted by Sir Walter Scott. Our regrets, however, on this head, are diminished by the consideration that it could scarcely be in better hands than those of the author of Gomez Arias. In his detail of incidents this gentle man is very fortunate. He perpetually varies his events, which throng upon each other in rapid succession, yet produce neither confusion nor in- coherence. Scarcely is one person °lithe stage, ere another comes on ; but unfortunately no one . individual, if we except - Don Pedro, who is an ably conceived sketch, tarries sufficiently long, to enable us to become acquainted with him, and take an interest in his fortunes.. Bertrand Du Guesclin, the Black Prince, Sir J. Chandos; —the flower of English chivalry—Don Enrique, Count of Trastamara, the illegitimate brother of Don Pedro, and usurper of his kingdom ; these great names, some of which are imperishable, are brought before our eyes and disappear with the evanescent rapidity of the figures in a magic lanthorn. This is a defect ; we should be taught to take an interest in such characters, and not merely have them catalogued among the other items Of a work of fiction. Bating this error, which few will feel inclined to judge harshly, the Castilian, as we before observed, is a'work of prOmise and talent. It abounds in stirring incidents, among which we may mention the Battle of Najara, (is not the orthography of this word somewhat affected ?) which is characterised by energy and dramatic talent.— There is alto an animated sketch of the entrance of a democratic party, under the guidance of El Tuerto, the butcher, -into Seville. Haying spoken thus favourably of the author's descrip tive powers, it is but fair that we should subjoin a specimen : we select accordingly the sketch of Don Pedro in an obscure hovel, just after his dethronement ; when one knight only, Don Ferran de Castro (who is alluded to in the ex tract) is found faithful to him : " Indeed, the place where the caprice of fortune as well as Lis own errors bad compelled hint now to seek refuge, coriesponded well with his present personal appearance. It was a slight, low, miserable hovel, illumined by the glimmer of a single rancid, and rendered doubly unto- Imitable by the thousand apertures through which the wind made the.most unceremonious entrance. The whole of the' furniture consisted •of . the solitary little table and stool, bath occupied by the king, and a crazy bench by the fire. . tire. too, from the peculiar construction of the chimney, had the advantage of dispersing its own smoke for the benefit of. the guests,. not a single whiff being squandered away in the air above; all which, together with the strong smell of oil, that proceeded from the iron &Wen, so clefeily handled by the fisherman's daughter, contributed to give no agreeable impression to Ferran de Ca4tro, as he entered the obeCure and Miserable tenement. Upon his arrival,- Don Pedro turning with rather a stern and distant manners— " Beshrew thy heart for a loiterer, Ferran," he cried; raethought thou too had'st played me false." " My liege,". proudly returned the Castilian, " a thought so derogatory to my well proved fidelity, could not be har boured by your hie,tives." " Thriiait a full hour later than it was agreed upon," retorted the king ; " and for the knight of fidelity, as suredly such neglect is not in good keeping with his cha racter ; but I will save you the trouble of franaing excuses. I pardon you for this time, in consideration of its being one of the fiiir sex to whom you have been devoting your time : you are in love, Sir, and report speaks highly of your mistress; you need therefore say no more, for Don Pedro, amongst the many follies and crimes laid to his charge, was never accused of being a knight recreant,—of want of gallantry to the ladies. And now, my faithful knight, will you partake of my dainty supper ? Come, Sir Knight, for by San Fernando, this fish is good enough. for a king ; and I am sure his highness of Trastamara himself would find it deserving of his delicate and loyal palate, however illegitimate his taste on other points may be." He delivered these words with a painful effort at gaiety ; then fixing his expressive eyes on the earthen plate, he muttered with an energetic but low voice, " The bastard !" --a revulsion of feeling contracted his brow, and dashing his clenched fist fiercely against the table, with a burst of anticipated triumph and revenge, he wildly exclaimed-- . But my day will come, se Heaven keep him in life only a few months longer !"' The dark damsel who wa& bringing a fresh supply of the homely fare, al.►rmed at the sudden exclamation of the king, and at the violence of his manner, stood still in v►sible' consternation, which bz-ing observed by Don Pedro, he suddenly.relaxed into a subdued, tone, and re peated, " Yes ! ►oy day will come ! but in the meantime let us have some more fish." " Eh, my good Morena," he then aaded, taking the plate from the girl, and looking her in the fare, " thou art such a clever hand at fryiug fish, that a poet in the kitchen of the, Alcazar would not be undeservedly eon• (erred upon thee : my faithful knight, does not this tempt you to eat a morsel ?" " I humbly thank yon, my liege, but I must decline your invitation." " What ! Last thou lost thy appetite, as well as thy mistress? that is a double ca lamity, in sooth : eh, Sir ! think not so much of her, and a little more of thyself; be of good clwer, take example by me : if we compare losses, mine will be found the heaviest. Supposing you have lust a mistrtss, a fine and virtuous woman may be met with elsewhere ; but where," he exclaimed with impressive eagerneas, " where shall I find such a kingdom as Castile ?" " But, Senori you do not consider it lost;" observed Ferran. . " Lost !" re-ech oe d D on Pedro, " by San Fernan d o, no ! Could the conviction that it were irrevocably lost be impressed upon my mind, thinkest thou Don Pedro de Castile would tamely submit to fly b e f or e the cured usurper ? No ! 1 live an d reserve myself to abide my time : —aye !" he 'continu e d, fiercely raisin g hi s voice, '• Castile shall see me again ; an d woe to those rebels, woe ! Cruel they have called me, and cruel shall they end me !" The 'characters of the Castitia li 'are but so-so. They are far too full of chivalry, and too barren of nature. They are eithe r all perfection, or else diametrically the revers e ; which is a very childish way of manufacturing characters. .The author should look more into himself, and less into history, for his materials ; in this respePt reading will give a plausible foundation, but per aonal experience only will rear the goodly structure of humanity. Of his numerous etch ings, if we except Don Pedro, the best is th a t of Pimiento, an old' Spanish Major Domo in the family of a tirne , serving Castilian Grandee. This Quixotic old domestic, whose mind is stored with the recollections of his country's chivalry, and who bears down all opposition by a dogged appeal to the times of Bernardo del Carpi° and the Cid, is ably conceived and exe= cuted, even with the recollection of Cervantes before the reader's .mind. In politics the au thor, as uceesarily belongs to a novelist so fond of chivalry and romance, has a strong mo narchical tendency. lie seems to believe in the right divine of kings to govern wrong" unhesitatingly subscribes to the opinion of Beaumont and Fletcher, that— Thcire's not the least limb growing to a king But carries thunder in it," Upon this principle his Liberals are all under written or indirectly vilified, as the reader cannot fail to observe who peruses the chapter descrip tive of the entrance of Doti Enrique's advanced guard into Seville. Singularly 'enough, how ever, though the author apologises for not hav ing drawn Don Pedro in , sufficiently• black colours, yet, his very first chapter, within the brief compass of a dozen pages, he has con trived to make him a tyrant, a murderer, an adulterer, a fratricide, and even obliquely to in sinuate that he poisoned his wile. Really, after this flattering accumulation of virtues, an apology for Don Pedro's morals might, we think, be dis pensed with. A passage of precisely the same character, ,occurs in the 12th book of Gibbon's immortal history, where that sarcastic philoso pher, observing on the character of Pope John, the 22d, dryly adds•—'c At the trial of this discreet ecclesiastic, his judges resolved to sup press the graver charges, so the Vicar of Christ was only accused of rape, incest, blasphemy, sacrilege, and murder." This is high authority, and will, we suppose, reconcile the author of the " Castilian" to the implied sarcasm of his apo logy for Don Pedro. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL INFLAINE, 77TH REGIMENT.-The.spirited conduct and shining abilities of this gallant Officer, promised, bad he been spared, to ren der him eligible for a high rank in his profession. When quite a youth, he was wounded at Seringapatatn, which he concealed till the affair in which he was engaged was over ; and, notwithstanding that he lost a leg at Ciudad Roderigo, in Spain, he continued doing duty with his Regi ment, of which he lately purchased the Lieut.-Coloneley, and vent in command of it to the West Indies, where he died on the 9th of October last, justly and universally re g ret ted. —Edin urgh Observer. Our anticipation .that the Ball for the Spa nish and Italian Refugees would produce a considerable sum, has been fully realized, there being a balance, after paying all expellees, 'of 12%/. Brighton has thus set tt first example in the country, •but it will no doubt be speedily followed: a fancy ball is talked of at Cheltenham ; and many others will doubtless take place. Alight not some thing also be effected by amateur theatrical performances ? If some members of the fashionable world would enter into such a plan, we are certain that it might be rendered ex. ceedingly productive. The idea is ♦ery likely, tvt, think, to be carried into effect by the amateurs of Cheltenham. For what has been already done here, the benevolent pro. motels of the measure deserve the highest praise.—Brigh. ton Gazette. We . learn from a source of undoubted au thority, that a circumstance of the most painbil dmcription. has just occurred in Turkey to.two young Englishmen, of noble family, whose names firr obvious reasons we suppress. By way of frolic, it is supposed, they had most impru dently got admission into a harem, a feat of which few Europeans can boast, but being quickly discovered, the fearful option was offered them of swallowing poison, or submitting to a horrible operation. One chose the former, and having swallowed the deadly contents of a cup, in stantly dropped down dead. The other having less nerve, took the other alternative, and accordingly underwent the operation, after which he was turned out, the Mustn't mans Lavin in addition slit his nose, and cut of his.ears. When the accounts left Turkey; he was lying in a most deplorable condition ; and his death was hourly expected. —Brighton Gazette. The excavations at our Canal being com pleted, the water was let in on Friday night last, about twelve o'clock ; and at noon the following day..several veasels and coal lighters were drawn up at the quay.— Exeter Alfred. CHILDREN ACCIDENTALLY BURNT IN M O NMOUTHSHIRE, DNC. 18 6 25.,--The Curate of Caer went has had his feelings remarkably interested within the Last few days by the circumstances above alluded to. Th e first accident occurred to a boy in a neighbouring parish, who died the sane evening,. An early day was fixed for the interment, but the highly respectable clergyman who would have officiated happening to be engaged, the Curate of Caerwent undertook the duty for bins. On the morn ing of the funeral, a parishioner of his own (a girl be longing to the Sunday whoop was also accidentally burnt, and died in two days ! From the coincidence of the cir cumstances, the Curate was requested to attempt an im provement of the events by an . address to the congregation of Caertvent church at the interment of the last body, on Sunday, the 7th instant. The Curate is induced to think that a better improvement of the two accidents would be made if the Christian public should feel sufficiently inte rested to assist his village school (consisting of about fifty children), for which he has not hitherto solicited aid from any one locally unconnected with the district. The intention of the Curate of Caerivent is to publiSh in a few days a brief sr:count-of poor Elizabeth, with the Address.. If the. work should pay the expellee of publication, the author will have no right to complain. He trusts, under the Divine blessing, that this hook may be useful to other children; and should a sec.md edition be called for, so as to yield any profit, he pledges himself to apply the same entirely for the benefit of his " little flock.".—From a Cor respondent of the Times. The late disastrous gales have been extremely fatal both in human lives and property. We are sorry to learn that the Ocean, Cant, of this place, from Riga to Arbroath, with flax, suffered dreadfully in the North Sea; and we are afraid that, to the numerous losses recorded to day, we may have to add many others.. The Ocean left Blensound, Norway, with the Flora, of Dundee, and four others, on Sunday, the 30th ult. On the Tuesday follow ing the wind blew hard from the south-west; by four o'clock the gale increased,:the sea running dreadfully high, when the Captain was under the necessity of heaving the vessel to, under Muse-reefed main-topsail and fore-topmast staysail. At nine o'clock a sea broke on board, broke the glass of the cabin skylight, and half filled the cabin. Im mediately after another heavy sea struck and stove the stern-boat, broke the davits, and all went away. The vessel continued to lay to easy until midnight ; but during the Captain's watch (from midnight until four) it began again to blow tremendously, with a heavy sea. Leaving the men composing the watch sitting to windward of the companion door, the Captain retired below for a few mi nutes, but had hardly been seated when a tremendotta sea struck the vessel, then about 100 miles westward of the Naze, and laid Ler on her beam-ends. On arousing the rest of the crew, and getting on deck, Captain Cant was• i shocked to fi n d none b ut t h e b oy on board ; when nstant4 the cries of a m an over b oar d salute d h i s ears, h provedto be the ca r p en t er , w h om t h e d raw b ac k o f t h e sea had thrown toward s th e vesse l ; an d h av i ng got h o ld of the Ise main chains, h e was t h us snatc h e d f rom t h e j aws of death ; but we are s orr y t o a dd, th at J o h n Philips, belongi ng to anti I p oi r l e i s a e v n e 4 g d o a ne sy, i i n zi tle la s g a ie ltlf South Shields, and Peter . Janson, a Swede, met a we. 4 ,ecy grave. Had not the Captain gone below at th.f..! cute, had not the boy taken the precaution, _;l4 th e ear l y pout of the watch, to fasten himself bx a i;o0., there is every pro mbaoblilllietnyt.th4at4aexivi4hio).lietteiev,et),Bsocul the stern 1?o? . .t long-1)0M tigp te - a %;,; leeward, with ite stern post awl keel twisted out—the cook-house also to leeward—studsail, &e. and part of the chain cable over board—mostly all the bulwarks on the leeeide and part of the weather side gone, and much other damage. On Fri day, the weather got better, and the Ocean reache4 Mon trose on the morning of the 7th instt.,..*Riiirose Review. NATIONAL OPERA. exception F in re a n i t 7 h os o t per v a ly igni,a(tiinoeen, itn it ! . h a e ca c d o P e k i r k i t e l i y l l ' i a t ( •ll l : i t of Europe cer pri.ttiaoilni,toitaisehio:utilledilazhear, forms a most singular tainly. Germany probably ranks i hi A •h, or higher even, in that scale of -musical estimation than even far-famed Boly—the land of song, and the supposed inventors, *Aut . e dly the improvers, of this delightful species of musical entertainment. If the latter abounds in elegant and refined melody to a greater extent than the more elaborate construction of the German Opera, .ther recent union of the two schools has furnished the admirers of opera in the present era, with the most perfect effusions of dramatic music .that has eYel teen listened to by the most fastidious or enthusiastic amateur. ' Mozart stands preeminent for his inimitable talent fOr blending the style and beautiful character of the Italian melody, with the more severe, yet admirable orateStral ilrutrations of his own country. This established. fact _was long vehemently denied by the jealous and vain Italians,. until their own countryman, Rossini, stole a -march upon their vanity and their. ignorant Prejudices. at once, by the popularity of his brilliant opera of •II Barbiere di SiviLdia. The orchestral accompaniment to which being full, even to - repletion, with Germanic instrumentation !---pos sessing such an abundant store of established corn - position that is susceptible of facile adaptation, Ger man as WelniS Italian, it is scarcely reasonable to feel surprise at the remarkable paucity of such materiel in British Theatres, and it will be at a very remote. period, we fear, from that we now live in, .When British composers shall be as highly esteemed by their countrymen in gene ral as are three of the nations we have alluded to. We repeat that our apprehensions are not frivolous ; especially when our reflections are directed to the sources from whence at present British Opera springs. It is a very remarkable truth, that the English. nation, in the 19th century too, possess but one solitary Opera! (that is, a Musical Drama, con structed upon the complete model of the almost 111-. numerable productions, that grace both Italy, Ger many, and even. Prance,) and that, no doubt we are proud of, for it is the entire production of our vene- ‘ rated Countryman, Dr. Arne. Artaxerxcs contains so, many original ideas, and numerous beauties in musical illustration, that it has continued to be admired by the natives of every country who have any pretensions to a liberal knowledge and perception of what is good in art, despite of style. A fact so remarkable as this is, naturally leads the mind to ponder upon the causes that may be presumed to account for effects so strangely, as well as most painfully anomalous, if not greatly mortifying, to our national pride. It is quite true that we have had many dramatic productions, blended with songs, duets, trios, &c., nay even finales. But, notwithstanding the super-eminent beauties of many of the clever Dibdin's Melo dies, and the meritorious and more elaborate compositions of our own Bishop,—not one of these Dramas (ycleped Operas) are put together in that form, which the more extensive knowledge and ex perience of our continental brethren, have long since termed .Opera. The nearest apprOximations that have been attempted of late, was by a splerided ef fort of the lamented Weber , --:-who was engaged ex- , pressly by the proprietors of one of our national Thea tres to compose music for the Fairy Tale of ()kiwi; and the production and adaptation of Rossini's Opera of " Turco in Italia,' by Rophina Lacy, for the Theatre •Royal, Drury-lane. But it would be the heiglith of injustice and shocking ingratitude were we to slight the even greater, more extended, and spit ited exertions of the Proprietor of a Theatre, limited to so brief a season by his licence as to render those exertions still more re mailable, as well as highly deserving of that kind of support, that can alone give him confidence to persist in his laudable and strenuous endeavours to obtain for himself a more liberal extension of his licence, and for the musical portion of the corn: triunity a bona fide ENGLISH OPERA, "a devoutly to be wish'd." Let Mr. Arnold's success be what it may—never was there a period at which sonic amelioration of our national Opera (we mean that which is miscalled Opera) was more desiderated, or indispensible to our credit and taste for .these, the most perfect of all musical exhibitions. This opinion, is formed upon an attentive obserCa tion of all that has occurred Within the last c)iiarter of a century, appertaining to the progreeS of music in Britain, more especially of Opera. We cannot, therefore, be insensible to the causes of its present • deplorable humiliation--or, to the circumscribed, yet nobler exertions of a small establishment, to.ios ter the love, and to disseminate a better taste for the more perfect species of musical Drama. The suc cessful production at the El glish Opera House of the "Oracle" of Winter—the" Frtyclintz" of Weber —the " Freebooters" of Paer—the " Pirate if Genoa," of Weigl--and " though last not least, in our dear love," the " ('oci fan nue," of the inimita ble Mozart, has established beyond al) cavil, the rea sonable right its proprietor has to hope and to ex pect that such exertion shall at length receive its ultimate and just reward. Au expectation and a right made stronger still, by the singular and lament able contrast afforded by the . national—Theatres at the present time. In each we see and hear a powerful and well appointed Orchestra—conducted too by protessors of music, standing high (and de servedly so) in the general respect, as well as tliat of their brethren—Mid, what is their nightly occupa tion ? verily, to fiddle a few scraps of music in-a most slovenly manner, to the intermezzo of the re gular drama, and to illustrate (occasionally), the " sublime and beautiful" vulgarity-of a self-dubbed composer. To be doomed to the mortifying slavery of embodying ideas, which arc more adaptable to the precincts of Saint Bartholomew's Fair than a splendid national theatre, is not sufficiently degrad, ing, however, to a clever musician—but, he oust likewise undergo the extra judicial torture of ,f. corednig nightly thhreetetrittigimets (A the most v t a i l i g e ar w is ay, ms a c' i t i t (i truly Bullish is the predilection.)—Our bre thren of the press too appear to b e g i v i ng way to this deluge of the Israelites —and th at, at a time when their valuable and p o w er f u l agency is most required. This is much to be deptorea_m, we think, that our honour 4.% a nation is 9,i mu t, identified by the attachment an d l ove for one art, as it is for that of another — mus i c and painting may surely rank together. It can never do so whilst half a dozen of the Sons of Levi shall dictate, from the upper circles of a British Theatre, which song shall be applaud e d or encored thr e e Cray, even four) times ; whi c h d uet hisse;l„ No o pretension will be t . cotid darin g enoug h, or even sA foolish, as tc, place his re p utat i on at die mercy of such tt vil e an d despicable system as thAt we.bave described, and w hi ch is well-knoWi'. to exist at, the composerr o f rank or present m oment, i n all its hittec.as and disgusting de- 1 fortuity, say nothing. P o e f n t s i o le n, un t a. e strange arta ttnex in one of our a4iatest national theatres, Such events nitited to the P lain ed c,t4ence of vocalist's such as 41. Philips, c: • .:-..apio, G . or Paton (to three established t , ttd - rich vocalists), render the establislarneet.of ) . a taeatre, P rr h t.k ei be ig4 Zi t lion of two or to be appropriatod t to. the e.chtsin production of British Opera ; Wi.spcosibly necessary, to the gratification 0 4 41:4 portion of a British c o mmunity, knovo. tct ti , ,e attached to th a t which is valuable I.k; tite, art 1 and until this d es i ra bl e event be ncewpiii'sbed. by some such arrangemmt as that w ? , have felt it a paramount duty to alhule to, ate alnirers of Opera must tlAs Wlltent to confin e their visits to the , Ittilia.tt Theatre, al rea d y rece i ving a more - than 1i.1, , , , 4 , 54 share of British patronag e ttu d supegti . (To an C0NT1.N.1,14,0, SUICIDE FROM DIS APPOM4AIEXT..---.A finc. l oo ki ng )oung woman, a servint in the parish of Xirby Over Carr, on discovqring that she had listmed with Al too credulous ew to the faithless professio.v.,s of a deceiver, wusso,o:iercome with the sting of disqpoiutment, that she. Nought relief from her sufferings by suieid e . Sh e or o cted: her destructive purpose by a, dose of, poison, of which she died on the early of last tveek.,-- VorIA cuurant• SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. He that would render a reason for all the ano malies in the Judicial system of this country, in which the origin of so many things may be traced to a state of:. society diff er i ng a l most as Much from th a t o f - the present day_ as the social state of the AmeriCan Indians differs from..that of the ChineseJias-deterinifiedon a task - greatly beyond the-range of our.ambition. A contem porary (the Morning Journal) allud e d on Tuesday last to the "Anoni a ly in the Adinini stration of our Criminal LaW, that thefe should s fo ex r tbl the C o ß f, e N e l o i r i d l Middle sex be before the judgment of the Court can be executed upOn the unhappy wretches who are a e :y % P v h i e a ui p i c p s o eli c i n t e o i n v h e t tried the to assign any reprieve doomed t o di e, when in every other county and or place, as th e pract i ce at every ass i ze town will show, no suc h c e remony is. necessary ; but the life wo o loe r n the jdtltti)ge death, whoedainc t i li; of the condemned felon; 'is left to th e j u d gmen t of good reas o n f or th e , or i g i n of this anoma l y: It Perhaps in early times the difficulty of guarding men capitally convicted in the neighbourhood of their connexions, and the obstacles in the was , of communication between the county town and the Court, might have suggested the necessity of despatch in execution ; while in . the'capit a l justice was more powerful, .and' access to the Sovereign more easy. Our contemporary, however, observes further," It is true that applications for pardon and remission of punishment are, in pro portion, as frequently made to the Home De partment, and to the Sovereign, for country de linquents, as for those in or near town ; but why the formality of a report to the Sovereign, and the delay and procrastination of the,punish mein (which, in the case of clear guilt, should be immediate), necessarily attendant upon the ceremony of the Pri v y - C omic il, should occur, and be absolutely indispensible in the one case, and not ui the Other, 'is a question to WhiCh vve have never heard, and think, it 'impossible that there should be A satisfactory, answer given."-- In our opinion,. it would be less difficult to shew _ . that in 'London there should always be. the delay attendant on a revision, than that in the country the execution should'in any case-What ever- imMediatelyfollow the Sentence. . In this great capital, containingAkpopUlatioii.of.a million and a half, constantly- fed: by emigration., from all parts of the world, witnesses make theirap pearance in Court; .01'whoS#- - livies and charac ters little is often known, and Many and many a man has been unjustly condemned to die in Lon don on false - evidence. 'At this-'-tre'selt Moinent two unfortunate IriSlilaN'}oe' een*Jp Ness ate. for soMeimonths,"ajt'arliAikiitigiirfin,,unita tural offence, - OW the qtrie4e!ol*-I,Nollol.w..hieh, under the circumstances, no man possessed oft.th e least knowledge of human natur-e,wottld.htive,lie lieved. We arebound in Charier fiPlielievellikt the Jurors were - merely sttiPiif; I.itit''e . :iiii not believe there is, one Man who read die .acconnt of the trial who dOesnot•believe thesemen inno cent, though it would be a 'miracle if, onleav ing that hot-bed of-crime, - Nesigate, - theY 4re'nin ready for the perpetration of crime. , Illelievirig that many innocent men have be.eri capitaliyeon victed in London, that-innocent-lawn-901F ocea sionally fall victims to false 'witnesses and the de fects of Juries (thuth:fewer from this last cause now than foriberly), we :should be sorry to see the convicts deprived even of that-substitute -for a Court of Revision which they now possess in the King in Council. That the• law, as- it is, cannot be carried into execution, either in town or country, is a proposition which no loan, we - believe, will think. of disputing. " At one of the recent Assizes at Lancaster (says the Liver pool iVerettry of Trittrtylasi), forty-seven per sons- were condernued"...by..the Judge, and only three left . for: - Oißention. , " ~ Were - we - to attempt to increase the executions throughout the eoun -try in the,: ratio- of-4-7 :to -3, the-conl/41ietwe would be either that Jurors would not - (~',Dav i c - C ,it all (the most probable snpposition), or that they would, bY . familiarity with bloodshed, relapse into the ferocity by which - they were distinguished in-the time of Chancellor Fortescue, Who tells ns.that there Were more men hanged for robberrand, manslaughter in England in one year,-‘thair in France for such cause of crime in seven years.— where/411 4 w cannotleexectited, it is no .law ; and Englishmen -in the present day do not live -tinder the :law; but •under • discretion:- It is "the caprice of the Judge Which determines his fut.; : .1( he be tried by a Judge who has a relish for blood, he may. be executed for what :would have led- to a slight punishment under anothe r Judge. Example is out of` the qiiestion, wher e s letl: t o in yl esgilidioaic'neveertdairfitlr;ioll:terinighi.wattl 4:PN:eil;iiijeciii:7:%l9toiliCT:Sitl:liiil37llllbPo3setilll,lfaiwot'lltirlOedettleilhltepd'edratie4tsill'eleaittl t le b a e d ex m at e n t i l let.: givend raiv etio-rotnieleomus. Pol. conclusionsinstfierfedr,acab-eat horse stealer, under one Judge, is .oideied- lot. ....,.,. . . trAnsportation. A criminal ealculatifig lin this punishment, when surprised bythe.aet of =carry mg r. mg away a h orse, has it in his power to murder the own-r, but - he prefers .the certainty o f a second . But there happens at that assize to be a number of cases of horse-stealing ; and the y punishment to the chance of ex ecu ti on liar reflecting` one moment that the the individuals tried remains pre gicliuusietiltry::fhweeaits4:l;(:ueft, whether there are one or twenty cases have had no concern w i t h t h e others) leaves a c i he of the c o nvicts for execution.pecoolinsaieli(t,ieria,sed trading con_ example, were it to operate in this last instance, !'would be to induce men to add murder to horse-' stealing, the punishment being the same, and the descriptions of crime it trading, \ : el diminishing igw,e:N.ee tnol might e pt s c u rf::: c aus e to be governed felons s rn a e r d a I lil arguing l e i tsauce way, law Judgess asot are i i ii a lige l e ric : :lei and 1 : dtfflhii,gaisby h3w..._ that km i r it r , oi h - to u r t ti b o y n betweentthe pre theilot ogfroevieircieleadnbdytainieybpstunplrsolismede c jlialittelo‘fvorprtichees atirienefoblekinwge.d byA the supply which raises the *and hig hprices capital increase time supply and lowers the price. ,Its like manlier, the Judges this year haVe been prices diminish prevalence of the, merciful to hone-stealer; because the cases are few---tliswill +4 faling in horse-stealing tempt to .next year, and e ' i o l y t e h r e - Pl T e t h f rn o e r u i t i s s:— " let us allow the Judges to ii N ne ,,s w t i ) ll ,e t ai a ., ll t tio le r r t e h fo ,fi r e e r Il e , i i i i t i. be bad gait ette h s uext Assize, and w e s h a ll h ave a h afterwards. Really w h en one sees f ro m the disclosures iii the trial a t M a id stone, i n th e Chronicle. of yesterday, wh a t sort O f peop l e thieves now are, and how m uc h t h ey stu d y t h e i r Pa r i s• siich forecast as w e h ave suppose d is trey . , , , L o. noprovame as mi g ht at first sight be though themselves ve l No, the law is a dead letter; and it ought LAl questionably to be placed in accordance with the , notions of the age, 13ut even then, when th 4