The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-04 00:00:00

MORNING SUN 1 14:EXCHEQUER BILL AFFAIR. ..... 7 ,_ EXA MINATION AT THE_ A I ANSION-HOUSE OF ONE OF THE PARTIES CHARGED WITH HAVING BEEN CON CERNED IN THE ALLEGED EXCHEQUER BILL FORGERIES- Yesterday a person of respectable appearance, named thrrnnuest Rapallo, who is said to be a stockbroker, was ght before. Alderman Wilson, in the custody. of Joh s . e,„_ 4l4ll w.Daniel Forrester, the officera, -eliarged with ;;Lurtgl . been..a confederate, with a _person •previously in ,Qe l, 3's'in issuing false and fabricated bills s purporting rlAtchequer bills. , . • - . a. `"' naren, the , chief clerk in the office of Mis,Maiile, it . • " , - il ' - m i •arYlito _the Treasury, appeared for the prosecn ..„-•%; and Mr. Lefroy attended upon the part of the rationer, I Ass thoprisoner was apprehended by officers who well Intl4l 'stoeci their business, there was no noise or bustle at all about the Mae sion-house ; and when the examine ns which lasted' a very, ,ahort time, came on, there were 4°.,1110re than e i g h t or ten perso n s i n t h e Ju s tic e -room. - 41 1'. Rap a ll o, i n b eing placed at the bottom o f t h e t a ble "Ppusit e the Magistrate's chair, waa atked by 'Mr. nobler, ' r atl ' is "P7WAS, to whi c h lie replied lhat, he was in his 41ST -second year. th e attend, Sir, upon the part ?f 1.1 . 1 , - I .. is M c i a u s l e e : e Solicitor to the Treasury, to prosecute in this and call on Mrs Burnaby, the chief ,clerk at Bow-street litf l ct i i - P4l. t l l ll .ti r . to read a statement made, by the prisoner tali 'lir. 'Tall, the Magistrate, at the 'Treasury, and (II down by Mr. Burnaby. 41 ii ri•s e ., r i rn i aby---. I att ended an investigation into the Ex e>• • .. business at the Treasury on the 25th Oct. 11 r , M r ' . - f elg l -d . Mr. Rapallo come there ? Mr. • ' trAle came accompanied by another gentleman. (ti t . l i , aven----Did he make any . statement there on that t . tt i. .. 1 4.,Iturn a b y —Af ter h aving b ee n cautioned seve , 161 es .1 1 Mr. Hall, the Magistrate, as to what he was 4:. ‘ %., ; .., ,. .9 8 !i37, - and h av i ng b een told that whatever he " ' aY might be used against him, he made a state t l i tallieh was taken down. went? Klan WILSON—It was the prisoner's own sta..te al if; i r•tualaby—lt was taken down from his own lips. !' ' tv en—Thwitness will be so good as to read this eta * ,. e IL . la ': I, foll ge t,i;lnrnaby then read the statement, which was as ,'''Ve• .-- e ,, mi g h t s n ,, -- ' Rapallo, being cautioned as to what he kr, 13, - „"Y• stated as follows :—I became acquainted with di le d '''!nlont Smith a great many years ',ago. I intro inam . 4 g(litleman to him, with whom he became very Ills -'l ' . i e ' Its name was Salari. He was a kind of broker. cam, Sala" died about a year ago, and about that time I ' in dir e ' • (1110 b,„ st contact with Mr. Smith about the Exche taih s. about which time I took management of a cers all t h'P e L enlation, which I had been on, but was left with 1,i5 ee , 14 ,.,. e a, v„Y part of the business after Mr. Salari's deed'. en 'i6 . ''s4 "solo Mr. Smith these Exchequer bills to carry a f c ,,,,. N > eculation. The last time I received any is about tll 7 ght ago. He called at my office in the. City. . To eat 'i t 'lny recollection there were Si bills of LOON. thin • I 'cannot speak positively to the number, but I for t h„ 4l3 ° ll t that number. They were placed in my hands if h - Purpose of raising money on them. I asked him s n l i Veould do anything for me in the regular way, Pktti,, ° l e a.tne to me and brought them. The only the -- u'arity with hi m was his request to have sit stat s . an le number returned to him. I knew what p r , r 2 ol l Smith held. I knew the bills were.not his lii e r,„, r , t Y• I did not consider it was my business to ask to lk ,"" k ather it was a regular thing : it never occurred tonc e tua t it was an irregular thine-. Smith was so far the rued in the speculation, that he furnished me with ef e t t riea n 3 of carrying it on. He was to have a portion j4 eL e profit s in the event of success. Smith has lodged eliZcluer bills from time to time with Mr. Salari, itsilir i h k , i n ew ; and after his death I considered it an '''_coin l -e " t hing. I applied to Smith, and asked him it tod assist me to pay for Spanish bonds. He came g;i n Y °Mee with a parcel, and asked me how I was line'`;•7 l ? I told hi m I was not going on well ; s bill s "n it was he gave me the Exchequer raises which I last rece i ved. Af ter w hi c h I SPani s s i "ney upon them, with which I paid for the of . stock. Several of the bills are now in the hands bilit.'''•TArariner. I never paid him money upon the , t 4 fis '• kn ew Smith had nothing but Exchequer bills ` (l .4: ‘ ," i c• Any transactions that took place previous °eve/4 4 'e I have mentioned, are of a similar nature. _I - Ye ar. s a y ell tran sac ti ons h ave t a k en pl ace , an d all within 14esta theld at all hazards have sold stock to re c,"l" le ld; txchequer bills. Smith demurred sometimes s mith ,: n g . Inc as many bills as I have asked him for. given tine particular in having the bills returned at a -41 ari n :' n e• I can't say how many bills arc now in Mr. lati4. ' F s hands. I know he must have a good ais s •" Arr. Morgan, another broker, knew what p,aid , 4 L' i t. ng on. I kne w w h e n th e bill s must be A t which was wh en th e a d ver ti semen t a ppeared. t a b tnost transactions of this sort.l have had with Smith arti,:tlY be three, and the last was the greatest in t,toet ant, I have returned all the bills I have received Pash i ' r nith. I should say he never transacted such befit'es with any one but myself. I had deposits made t; bands before Salari's death. The last return was IN, !en one and two hundred thousand pounds, which k r , 'II Ju ne last ; and the one in March was about the itt tl : amount. I should think the two exchanges Ivit llnt4d , A op,boo/. Since the June exchange there )i , h r , ( I be ' about ' 1 . 3 t,OOO/. I always wrote to Smith si sy s i l 1 wanted the hills, to the Exchequer-office. I was . .QY,s of opinion that the bills furnished to me by 'C..t. l Were bone fideood ones. , s (Sicsned) ' " E. RAPALLO. (c rra iten before ' iiie T. J. Hall, Justice of the Peace." , A1a,, 1 ,7 the County of Middlesex, Oct. 25 , 1841 . 'lssa e .man WiesoN—ls that correctly the statement .11 4 , Or the pri soner on t h e occas i on you s p ea k o f ? 414. rna bY—It is. t llles t i o 'rnan Wiesost—Does Mr. Lefroy wish to put any c lien t ? n , or make any observations upon the part of his s hould 1 , Ntr. Lefroy —I cannot see why Mr. Rapallo 4 1 . 0 14 `ave been apprehended. When he went to the tiv e tt ?, Y , he went of his own accord, as a free agent, to "Pee th t he information in his power. I was not present v/hei e at occasion, but I have advised him to state to the l'erf eet r tent of his knowledge on the subject. He is I st e i h 3' ready and willing to mention every atom of t eae h l ' e nee of which he is possession, and he will at that % I. : at any moment he may be reuired. I submit Zille:eva-reliance may be placed on . his appearance led ' . "Pon, and that it would be improper, under 4,.., instances, to detain him. th s r •llave . h . p r i en —All I ask the Alderman to do is to commit .nte t sc 'ner until we shall have an opportunity to 14 ° rward • 4 the;i evidence in proof of his participation 1 , 1 : ),1 erx,,r 4 1 : . : e of these forgeries of . Exchequer .. bills to i v' . O le 6 amount. My application is founded e s t i . - statement which has been read, and from wh i ~ it i s Lil l L ri Ar e Palpable that admissions were made th, he i_spregnant with proof that he was aware the , 1 4, the...,! ned were forged and fabricated. He knew pers on f r I:4a 1 11 t h e L,_ hem whom he received them was . but h a 41 ( 1 kivei t t ,!!hequor-office, and upon one occasion t e e l , a rtai n ° .:', l tn mounted to 81,0001. I trust that the ! i t Sh ti 11 L b t commit the prisoner till the Govern e,,„‘.6, a have att ft "ce. . A.. , tim e to come down with the necessary 414(14 ' 7w4ll,7lrei:sOns: ___l . till Saturday would probably be y oti t• t i lati vir entenee. th„, Will L. Do you expect that by that time k, i s" . Will i t. a me to prove the bills were forgeries, and a ir N it ti4Pallo issued these bills of which you speak k i i l . a. r vse i s s " 7 d t_° be forged and fabricated instruments? Palk,. Lefr oy , 1 ,,, 14 , 0 his is really very hard upon Mr. Ra iplitto ,ortp,.. unitarily made his appearance at the Trea teiA46,4licate all lie knew on Monday week. He A ir: 'fi.. s t, ( 44" 44" Y some friend not to go to his usual busi tenffal7tifats,'4••Y; , but I waited subsequently upon Ye lir ' .'re'•mleation e d that he would be ready to at lafeatigtp ,It si n;Y at :any time lie might be required. ti Wi t asd " . 1 „,'• said belbre, and ready to give every 1 1 4 :it li tti o jrpri s S: S' 4 ltl B eSSeS with regard to all the transac tee(glift t. 914 concerned in, and indeed it is hard to ts ti ug - gr it tot,:,, There is no ground whatever for sus -4,lteti.. `e -Liu . been engaged in any. criminal r t , ''• .414.4'Lrii t u b . ~ L e Y 4 tro4: 7 aveliTtitocl j t6t the grounds of suspicion were a l) l e PartOr TlA.ifqd that the Go v ernment would soon li s r t :leS t 4 l.l - .:Wrisduce evidence. -- k t , r fof ti l sox—lt is, very reasonable in the so- I 4 of i o . ,gt, prosecution to ask for a remand in a 1 11% ,,v 5 . . 11 e xtensive. and alarming a nature. it is true th e J..OpiiL, lie, ,b . efure me to shoyy that forged bills 1 pa by 'Mr, Rapallo ; but if the Government t 4 1 , 41 „tiie e y d .are able to show that such is the case, -"liatVi., Ir. - Rapallo not only issued forged bills, but ti e;,, (4 lp l s,w at the time they were forged, I cannot re7e a k l4 lti;' go at liberty. Although we have no evi es ',, t :: - I - , st him as to the fact, there is great excite 'q'',ll%,,g on the subject, and public report meets us l' q h '• L s yL4vith the intelligence. • .\ '' C'qase7t . ---There- is no ground for saying that these tli tu . r :: R avi , . 1 11 s of which my client speaks are forgeries 4' l , ll . tet, -4--- -Mr. Burnaby can make a statement as to issue turn th k ,d the turn can state that I believe Mr. Rapallo s ithey La which I believe to be forgeries, knowing 'es ts -1% L 7" re forgeries. 4 - I ' l ` ve t .; i t ,c'Y (to Alderman Wilson)—lt really does Willi eir st god that my client should be detained under ti t 4 ngisets-'stances. He will attend with the greatest I '4, Yea p rn at 'Y examination here or elsewhere, at any Dr o ; 4 4., ' l) °se• His wife's health is in a very preca- A p tx,,,, and the news of his detention in prison may di e , glere, and injurious. s ell 1 ,, Ptos -. '"tY in , s ` il•s01.1—I certainly feel that I am in a t o 441 et 44 `"is ease. I have no evidence before me to thatk t etf, Y for has been committed. Evidence t i' t ' l l h et (3 "gilt • ' 1 be . 0 1, 1 , cei tam y to produced. `va s Vorg r .„ , Alr. Burnaby deposes that he believes ePlie 4t .',"as been committed, and that the prisoner Each' t :t., eu. , All'' l'r() Y -- 11 7 lia • llle r b ill ~ t - knowledge has Mr.. Burnaby of qa t - nai l 8 • 64% " WI!. t ila st ' i Y m il soN—Mr. Burnaby is a witness, and I . 14 kl liiii i , h ave' no objection to answer you if you t its 114 L ' re h • t e rte i L i de . s ti : t a t - I inn ready to give •any information tti_Z tee b" ii may require to show that there are k t , Ala th ese 4 - vulg. that Mr. Rapallo is knowingly con 11t04 • L e f ro e tvitiisactions. 11 ,1'Y s k t , e :l wt Y „ '- ;: r .. , he Government ought certainly to. have . 4y . ttty wa Z 4 8 to prove, ainonest other things, that tt, hatklight t° 'committed at all. It is a case in which k r . ?44 1 01 be prepared with evidence. Surely rain 41 %1. , g enough before them. fo 114 1111 k ' tt '3" . ---I1 f l'g qi r e whi 'now, 0 my own knowledge that cer .4.40.4',„;;•,‘ ' ll have been issued by Mr. Rapallo are th, t 1%,, . , , , 41 . 14 1 1 - 311 -7at,11 944- 4, ,t i Vl :nro ' u mean to say that you believe Pe a l a ro / 411 411,hy him; tO.the enormous amount the},.ll . pcirtei,: i4 rgesiiss? Mr.. Btirnaby--41y no means. I ii% ql •Alltnubers el' 4la ' %Um 4/ . • IN, to •14. e f,it.... ri,Burnaby)--How Buou know that tessa 11.804 i _ isink.eesinlildluiretni. P r es sedi answ464gl4.letrunients ? Mr. naby—l dc -441(1. r‘iti.gs. exve 2 it e ..w q :s u i e st :l o on in the present stage of the • T I ° Justify ans d g esires to be informed. detaining much p ri e s l ot i e e r n . c . I e aa wishia to be informed, particularly on .account of the publinex citement 11)ccasioned, by the alarming transactions. . Mr. Burnaby—lt is stated in the evidence given.against another person whO is, in, custody, that the prisoner *im plicated. That eVidenCd is given by persons not present. Alderman WnsON—There is nothing in the statement of the prisoner taken.. down ,by, Mr. Burnaby that can be called an admission that any one of the bills was a forgery. If you produce , a bill, and prove it to be a forgery, and prove also .that the prisoner issued it,t then there would be good reason for supposing that he knew what sort of a bill it was, combining with that testimony the facts alluded , to in that.statement. Mr. Burnaby--- , I am only a witness here. Mr. Raven—l submit, Sir, that the statement of the prisoner, upon which this case is founded, is _sufficient to justify his committal till another day. Smith.against whom there is a charge elsewhere on the same subject, is under examination. Mr. Lefroy said he did not see that anything criminal was proved against Smith. Mr. Burnaby—There is evidence against Smith, in proof of his criminality, and evidence will be produced against this prisoner too. Alderman WILSON—I wish to consult with Mr. Hoblerwhether I can take bail in this Mr. Lefroy—My client will come here on Friday or Saturday, or any day you may think proper to appoint. Alderman WILSON (having spoken with Mr. Holder) —1 i - ,.2nnot take bail in such a case. The prisoner is ac cused of' gu;!ty knowledge in charges of forgeries to an immense amount. Mr. Lefroy—No forgery whatever is proved. Alderman WILSON-1 know that, and I. .resolved not to allow the remand to go beyond tomorrow. The Government have had time enough to,collect evidence, I shall attend here to take it at twelve o'clock to-morrow. Mr. Raven—Very well, Sir ; . we shall be prepared. Alderman WiLsoN—Mr. Rapallo remains in custody. Mr. Lefroy—Upon what ground ?_ Alderman WILSON—Upon the charge of having partici pated in these transactions, connected with alleged forged bills, purporting to. be Exchequer Bills, to an immense amount, I shall expect to have evidence brought befbre me proving that the documents alluded to are forged and fabricated, and that the prisoner issued them knowing them to be forged and fabricated. The Prisoner—This is really very hard upon me—very hard. I never had any notion of going away, and would at all times most willingly appear to state all I know. Perhaps you will permit me. to remain under the care of the officers. Alderman WILSON (having consulted with Mr. Hobler) said that he could not allow the prisoner to go any where but to the Compter for the night. The prisoner was then remanded till to-morrow (this day). COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. (From the Times.) The audience that was collected last night to witness the debut of Miss Adelaide Kernble was one of those crowded assemblages that are seldom collected but on the most special occasions, such as a Royal visit, or the return of some established favburite from America, or . _ the reappearance of Miss Kemble's father, two seasons ago. The pit, from the denseness of the crowd which filled it, and the small number of females that were mingled with the throng, presented to the eye above one thick black mass ; every seat in every box was oc cupied, and the slips were filled to the very back. The feelings of this huge audience were influenced by the associations with the name of " Kemble;" -they were prepared to welcome, riot only the debutante, but Mr. Raper's overture—every performer on his and her en trance—everything, in fact, as connected with Miss Kemble's debut. Her reception' was magnificent ; the inert, black mass in the pit burst into a waving sea of hands and handkerchiefs, one welcoming sound was ut tered by hundreds of voices, and her entrance was rather that of the chief person in a triumph than of a yet untried vocalist, about to undergo the ordeal of public opinion. Encouraging as this brilliant demonstration must have been, it was still calculated in some measure to increase the anxiety of the debutante. The expectations were so great that it was not impossible they might not be ful filled ; the very associations of the family name required exertions that should still sustain it. Miss Kemble seemed for a few moments overcome by the excess of applause, and rested on the-altar before the sacred oak. During her -first recitative she scarcely had full power over her voice, and her reading was rather monotonous,' but in Costa Diva she at once took the position as a prima donna, which she sustained all the evening, and which places her beyond comparison with any singers on the English stage that - have been heard for many years. Miss Kemble differs not only in degree but in kind from the English singers that have lately ap peared—she is an Italian vocalist introduced. to - the Eng lish theatre. The cultivation of her voice, the command she has acquired over it, the power of subduing it, are Italian ; in her very tones there is a sound of Italy. Her voice is powerful, though not always equal, especially in the higher range, when she occasionally appears to have reached her highest pitch ; but there were times when these high notes were of the most exquisite quality, especially in the ascending passage at the . close of Costa Diva. Some of her middle notes are of surpass ing richness and melody, thrilling through the house and coming home to all. In the great dramatic scenes of the opera it sometimes appeared as if her physical strength was not fully equal to every expression, but her intona tion was always true, and, whatever the task, she always accomplished it with effect. It is a great qualification in her that she takes the stage with confidence, with a full knowledge of , what she has to do, that she is thoroughly accomplished, that nothing is left to chance, but that she is everywhere well trained and educated. Her execution is always true, always given with the finish of a mistress, and her ornaments, though evincing no original conception, are neat and graceful. She takes her position as an artist trained in the highest school, and in that position she stands alone. Her acting is to be praised with far more qualification than her singing. It is, in fact, little more than a very clever imitation of Grisi. The expression of defiance by a peculiar movement of the head, the pointing out of the hand, was all Grisi ; the very accentuation to denote passion was that of Grisi, and, we must add, that the imitated attitudes were not always of the most graceful kind. And perhaps it may be mentioned, as a qualifica tion of Miss Kemble's performance altogether, both vocal and histrionic, that it is more the expression of the school than of the individual, that it is rather education than nature that speaks. But such a scholar and of such a school we have no other on the English stage, and we repeat that Miss Kemble stands alone as the English prima donna. The same cultivation, the same command over the voice, the same thorough knowledge, does not exist in any other of our vocalists. (From the Chronicle.) The first appearance of Miss Adelaide Kemble as a dramatic singer, before an English audience, has been as successful as her warmest friends could desire. Her welcome last night by an excessively crowded house was most kind and cordial ; and her efforts, during the whole evening, were rewarde by loud and incessant applause. Miss Kemble's very name was a passport to public favour. It is a noble name—a title of honour in the aristocracy of genius ; and the family who have so long borne it have held a place in society worthy of their talents. Miss Kemble, as the scion 'of an honoured stock, must have gained general good will, largely increased by what is known of her own personal merits. It is not, we confess, with pleasure that we find the debut of one who promises to be a great English vocalist made the occasion for bringing forward an English ver sion of an Italian opera— especially of the present school of that country. We do not blame her for what, all circumstances con sidered, was probably as good a thing as she could do; though the attempt must be considered as having been somewhat hazardous, seeing that Madame .Schroeder Devrient, with all her powers and popularity, made what was very little better than a failure here, in the very same attempt, a few years ago. But Miss Kemble's mu sical education has been Italian, and she has evidently acquired a thorough (though we hope not an exclusive) knowledge of the school to which Norma belongs; and • it was natural that she should desire to make her first appearance in a part which certainly affords great scope for the display of her powers, not only vecal but dramatic. Highly as we estimate Miss Kemble's qualities as a singer, we estimate her powers as an actress still higher. She is a Kemble worthy of the name. She has the fine tragic' head of the Kembles—the classical profile—the dignity and grace of deportment—and the power of con ceiving and expressing, with truth and beauty, every shade of feeling and passion. To these qualities are superadded a manner thoroughly Italian; .and the re sult iis'• a resemblance to . the ,style of Madame Pasta, which cannot fail to strike every one who remeinbers . that transcendant actress. MisS Kemble's Norma is the finest personation of the character we have ever seen. With the force and grandeur of Grisi, it combines a t delicacy and tenderness which Grisi cannot reach. In re depicting " the fury of a woman scorn'd," Grisi cannot be surpassed; but in the scene N o rma hangs over the bed of her sleeping which he f a w nei l ts e i' h i i isd d s Kemble's tenderness was something n ot even give an idea. The whole representation was full of traits o f delicac y and fe eling which, to us at la least, s gave the charact er a new aspect, and a be au ty an d in terest unfelt before. As a singer, Miss Kemble has given us as much sur prise as delight ; and, were we to give full expression to what we feel, we should run the risk of being charged with writing more under the influence of temporary ex citement than of sober judgment. It is for this reason, and this reason only, that we will no; say that'we con sider Miss Kemble 's Norma, in relation to singing as wel as acting, the most beautiful that we have met with. But we may sav w ith all safety, that she is gifted by Nature with a ' c h a rming voice, which she uses with the skill and effect of a consummate artist. Her voice is a soprano of extraordinary compass—full and voluminous in its lower notes, and, in the higher, of etherial sweet ness and purity. The great vocal exhibition of the part takes place at its very commencement, in the well known air, " Casta Diva," to which, hac kne y ed as it is, her Singing gave all the charm of novelty. The purest Ita lian style—embellishments at once rich, chaste, and ori ginal, execution as clear and articulate as that of an in strument, were merely the adjuncts to that high and rapt expression which she threw into the hymn of the Druid priestess. Throughout the whole opera she exhibited the same excellence ; though towards the close her vocal strength was a little impaired by fatigue. She seems, as yet, hardly able to undergo the tear and wear of such a performance. (From the Post.) Every part of the house was densely populated ; the slips, galleries, and pit being "crammed to the crushing point, and the private and public boxes all filled with elegant, and often-distinguished parties. The people of literary, musical, or fashionable note, whom we recog nised among the audience were most numerous ; and there seemed a general and pervading anxiety to see how another of . " the gifted Kembles" would acquit herself of the arduous character which she had prepared to ustain. We were glad to hail this feeling. The .re spect and reverence which bang about the " Kemble 9 , name have been gathered by the public, no less from tpentries of the past, than from the presence of that livin,g e!enins; which seems the heirloom of the'family—and to announce a fresh :aspirant for fame and honour, under that auspicious nomenclature, was to arousa general ex pectations or great promise, and almost to foredoom the certainty of great success. Hence it was delightful to see how the crowded _multitude rose, with one common voice, to hail the youngde4eumte, when she presented herseli . in the second scene of tlit opera—hewethey gave it , t() her the first warm encouragement which to &Act the. 4t n•ngtil of her name, and'fortified her intOi -3 iii'Staiii'-' ine ()f her powers with a freedom, genius, and 'Mak: that has not 'often been Witnessed upnii i 'ilinpiatsh intisical stage. The opera selected we'A n No ) Ma t. i.gtf course the part sustained by Miss Adelaide KTthby wla that •of the Druidess. It could hardly , 'We i ;been more finely filled. Miss liemble has—qt il teittiiftil soprano voice, full and clear in its quality, antiinbm pletely under her control as to admit of 'her tiihrth'ig . it, most eloquently expressive of the emotions 'WIWI She has to indicate in her acting at the sane: ti m e. wi t h a clear i i and distinct utterance, she Men& he;Ver s y t extrefSion, in eve, attitude, and gesture, and di fiPtilmiti-inWgelu lation, of what she utter alcr i [ VOvey. Mcan ing and music break upon yeiMh'hf once, and you catch the one as easily as yalri.;=' . charmed with the other. In a word, we may say •her school is perfect. In appearance'she is eirepoeSessing--with a figure inure embonpoint than tall, and with the decided " Siddons face." In so far as ber poWers were evolced by the part of Norma, she displayed a mingled energy and grace ; but we are persuaded that in an acting sense, she is capable of even more greatness than that character calls forth. Beautifully she commenced with the recitative, " What seditious voices ;'' and, soon after, at . the close of a splendid burst of declamation, ending with, " While the sacred branches I sever," she dwelt on the•A in alt with all the feeling and fervour which marked Grisi's delivery of the same striking passage. The prayer was most impressively given ; and the aria, "To Norma's arms returning," steadily and faultleSsly sung. In the duet,* " Together we will die," she shared her laurels with Miss Reinforth ; the exquisite singing of both ladies eliciting a loud encore. The second act was rather one of sustained feeling than violent emotion, and very finely the prima donna worked it to its climax, so that when the curtain fell, it was clear that all hearts were one, and the name of Kemble once more shook the old walls of Covent •Gaeden, (From fhe Herald.) On the rise of the curtain, the procession of Druids, headed by the Arch-Druid, Oroveso (Mr. Leffler), and guarded by Gallic chiefs, :soldiers, &c., entered, invoking the prophetess and priestess Norma ; the chorus and solo, together with the eubsequent air (hi the second scene) by Pollio (Mr. Harrison), were very fairly sung. These and the preparatory chorus to' the entrance of Norma having been disposed of, Miss A. Kemble made her appearance amidst great acclamations of wel come, but, as might be expected, trembling and some what unnerved. -The duet between Pollio (Harrison) and Adalgisa (Miss Rainfor tit) in the next scene was extremely well sung, both these performers appearing to emulate the desire which has been so spiritedly manifested to show what an exclusively English company can do in the wa y of opera. The scene with the children, and the subsequent duet with Adalgisa, confirmed the promise given by Miss A. Kemble's first attempt, and as the performance pro ceeded, it became evident that the debutante was quite equal to her. undertaking? In the Second act, with no occasional weakness of intonation and Niue of p owe r (arising probably from tremor and the cxhausticn re sulting from that cause), the same marked energy and decided command of voice characterised Miss A. Kem ble's performanee, more especially in the duet c" Deli con te ') between herself and Adiugisa (which was en cored) and in the beautiful duet (" In mid man") with Pollio, which immediately follows the former. The curtain at length fell to perhaps one of the most satisfac tory debuts that was ever witaeed, as fill' as rooks tine of the expectations raised by previous report is concerned. Of the instruction which she has received there can be but one opinion, both as to its judicious adaptation to theleeculiar quality of her voice, and as to the taste Which has governed the development of the ornamental part of her tuition, With 'power to execute all the various graces which abound in the florid compositions of Bellini and other modern Italian composers, Miss A. Kemble seems to possess the good taste bud moderation tasuppress every note that does not come strictly within the scope of the feeling which is to be conveyed to her auditors. In conclusion it may be observed that if the success which we have stated it to be our opinion to have attended this young lady's first appearance on our stage, be con firmed by her subsequent performances, the dramatic art - will have received a most valuable accession, for both her person and her features are such as to carry their own recommendation with them, the latter, as is often the case, passing over her own immediate progenitors (Mr. and Mrs. C. Kemble), and being said to bear a very strong resemblance to her paternal grandsire, Mr. Roger Kemble, whose first appearance on the stage cannot be dated far short of a century from this time. mongst the distinguished persons who honoured Miss A. Kemble's debut by their presence in the private boxes, were Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Duke of Brunswick, Lord Castlereagh, the. Earl of Harrington and his lady, Sir Lumley Skelfington, Mr. F. Mills, Mr. B. Montagu, Mrs. Proctor, and a dress circle crammed with fashion and rank. THE KIN". 4 :,I4O:IViIt)AIN, TEURSDAY .. ONPI*AtBEII, 4, 1841. VICTORIA. THEATRE. Miss Vincent took her first benefit at this theatre on Tuesday, and it is needless to say that the house was in every respect a bumper. The pieces selected were The Wreck of the Heart, Nature and Art, and Jonathan Bradford, Mr. Osbaldistoa playing Jonathan. The evening's amusements concluded with a number of Child's " Dissolving Views," which were ,much up-. plauded. Mr. S. F. Saville has announced his .benefit for this day week, and from his popularity at this theatre we have no doubt but the house will be full. SPAIN. MADRID, Om 25.—Marshal Saldanha arrived at Ma drid this evening, the Government is supposed to be at a loss what to make of the object of his journey hither, and, although entertaining friendly feelings towards him individually, it will receive with peculiar caution any communications that we may have to make from his Court, which, it is well known was, jointly with France,- in league with the conspirators. The funds have not kept up their . Saturday's prices, although about equal to 335,0001. sterling were done, closing at 26 for cash, and 26-! 2 - at sixty days. The Barcelona accounts, received this evening are of a less alarming character, inasmuch as that the Board of Vigilance and Security fully submits to the orders for warded by Government ; it has caused the draught of men for army recruits to be forced, and has suspended the re-organization of the Battalones Francos, which would have entailed considerable expense on the country. It has placed fifty thousand dollars at. the disposal of Go vernment, from the proceeds of the forced loan on the ultra-retrogrades ; and, lastly, there is every probability that whenever the Ministers deem fit to send an order for the dissolution of the Junta, it will be complied with. A subscription, amounting to 1,500 dollars, has been raised in Barcelona for the small detachment of Alabar deros which so bravely . defended the Queen's sister. General the Marquis Vallehumbroso, as captain, and other officers of the corps of Alabarderos, accompanied the municipal corporation of Madrid to the theatre last evening, after the grand entertainment given by the latter. The officers of the " National Guards had the lonour yesterday of presenting the following congrattt awry address to the youthful Isabella : " Madam—The National Militia of Madrid, whom I have the honour of representing, congratulate your Majesty upon the success which has attended the faithful efforts of the nation, in baffling the odious plots set on foot for the destruction of our institutions and of their happy promise ; taking advantage of the honour of being admitted to her Majesty's august presence, we re turn thanks to Providence for preserving your days and those of your august sister on the fatal night of the 7th. Rapid as the bolt, we, the faithful National Militia of heroic Madrid, were the first to rush to the aid of your Majesty, and the conspirators fell into our power, and into that of the loyal servants of the Throne. We have on this occasion proved that, like as the National Militia of other countries, we would not suffer any attempt against our Sovereign, nor against the liberties and the rights of the Constitution. The Constitution and the Queen, the idols of our predeliction, for whose preservation the National Militia of Madrid and that of the remainder of the kingdom are prepared to shed their best blood. Madam, we are proud that the Govern ment has confided to us the care of your Royal person and of your throne, and we will fulfil our important functions with true loyalty and respect, and with the heroic valour of which the brave Halberdiers have set us so worthy an example. At an age so tender as yours, Madam, the. virtues of subjects, their heroic actions, and their sacrifices in defence of their Sovereign, become indelibly engraven in the magnanimous memory of - those Princes destined to render a nation happy. Tn conse quence, the National Militia of this capital hopes your Majesty Will never forget that to its affections and to its courage did your Majesty's precious life, and that of your Royal sister, in the night bf the 7th, owe their preserva tion. In this hope we pray your Majesty to receive the expression of our promise ever to be ready to defend the throne and the Constitution." Her Majesty replied in the following terms:— " I am extremely satisfied with the sentiments of loy alty and affection manifested by the National Militia, and by the people of Madrid, and am persuaded that, in what circumstance socver, they will know how to defend the Constitution, the throne, anti my person." Madrid and all the provinces are perfectly quiet. O'Donnell's conduct towards the city and inhabitants of Pampeluna, is that of a heartless ruffian—of a disap pointed villain, who vents his ire on the harmless; and should he fall into the power of the Government troops and be shot, what will the world say to it? The Regent writes to his Duchess from Vittoria, con veying a hope that the whole affair in Navarre will be over before the end of the month. BAYONNE, OCT. .29.—The exertions of the National Guards of San Sebastian from the 3d, the day when the tidings of the insurrection in Pampeluna reached them, up to the present date,! have been most praiseworthy. The services they rendered in the preservation of peace are important, and will, no doubt, meet with due recom pence. They not only performed v tl 4 ke tro g il a i i ii T g i ? o ti n ie d ry z s t Uo w p l 4 ;en the eonnter-revolu the ita On rb n tu g r men of the town who could be l at a7l l d ierP : s f i r oa coottm::t,liniteeri those` rn i ei t a gg 1 : y1 y duty manned their boats, and, depending entirely on their own resourc es , i ssue d f orth f of intercepting the fugiti ves vilq tlryithge,tpouerspoeaspeeiNqtk . from:the etr!q; . pf tpxk - a thoy thm v4in, Several important selves lead Ptiecor 4114 cogage those yo, W :e Ve re n m o a t d7f il rt st t e l d reTlst to the 23d instant. al Meals left Vittoria on the 24th, for the par ' l c u a itte,elernievessr pose of proceeding to . 13ilbao. There seems to be no doubt existing of the intention of the Regent to visit San Sebastian. It is said that the contribution levied on Bilbao amounts to more than 5,000,b00 of reals. This unhappy city will have paid dearly fir its share in the insurrection. The military commission -for the trial and punish ment of persons concerned, directly or indirectly, in the late Insurrection ; and • alluded to • in' the '5Ol article of, the.kado of Gen.:Rodil, is named for San Sebastian. .4'49:military force destined to be 'stationed in the Ilasqae, proyinees will arnouutto eighteen battalioll3, and twelve.,will_oeeupy Nivarre., Several Promotions in the army have already: taken • place. The battalion of Na- tiemd Guards of Vittoria has been dissolved by General Alcala, and orders, have been issued that their arms be delivered up immediately.. The towns of the province are also ordered to'give up whatever arms they may pos sess within six days from the date of the order, under a penalty of 1,600 dollars for every musket' which shall not be delivered up within the period just mentioned. A young man named Vial was shot in Bilbao on the 25th inst., by order of Martin Zurbano. , The crime of whiCh he was accu:,ed was, that he had publicly, and in the hearing of several military men, severely censured the conduct of Zurbano, in shooting the six militates of Alava, as well as the seven nationals of Bilbao, who had fired on the General as he entered the town, and who were subsequently taken with knits in their hands. The unfortunate individual who thus paid with his life for an unguarded, and, under the circumstances, an imprudent expression, was formerly a captain in the Carlist army, but had long since retired from the service in conse quence of the loss of a leg during the second siege of Bilbao, in 1836. lie had been residing in St. Jean de Luz with his family until the -period of the treaty of Bergara, when, availi ng hi mse lf of the benefit of its'con ditions, he returned to Bilbao, and fixed his residence there. The father of Vial was in 1834 Charge d'Affifires in London, and I believe for some time after Secretary to the Spanish Embassy. . General O'Donnell was married about three years since to the widow of a Catalan manufacturer, who died not in flourishing circumstances. According to the customs and laws of the province, the lady after his death is entitled to receive the dowry she had brought her husband, and this claim is satisfied in preference to any other against the estate. The interest of the dowry of Madame O'Donnell, together with the half-pay of her present husband, was barely sufficient to afford a decent 1.1 1 014,01100 ; and even from these slender resources he allowed his mother and sister a small sum monthly, which forined their sole dependence. The father of General O'Donnell was a General of Artillery, and after his death his widow _received the usual allowance granted to the widows of general officers, until the break ing. out of the civil war, when ; she forfeited all claim to her pension for ever on account ,of the'ifery.. dis tinguished part she took in favour of Don Carlos. Dur ing the war she held some place of honour with one of the , pretender's . family, and after the treaty of Bergara she retired to Bayonne, after having been robbed of all she pcvsessed by the disbanded Carlist soldiers. Since then she has been living in Bayonne with her only daughter, also a widow, and with two children, • and en tirely. dependent on her son. The result of the late at tempt at revolution has consequently left her in a desti tute condition. Urbistondo, who is connected by marriage with the family of the late General Cordova, finds himself in an equally distressed.situation. Whatever property he post3wti be lost,' it is said by gambling, that vice so common among Spaniards. lie had little or nothing beyond the allowance secured to him as a retired Lieute nant-General by the treaty of I3ergara, and of which he is, of course, for ever deprived. I,T4ArQUI (hi Pastor), who is now residing at Carebo, in the family of a relative, possesses some trilling property in the province of Guipuscoa, in right of his wife, from whom he has been for really years separated. It is said that this prorrty will be confiscated. WEST INDIES. Tier Majesty's packet Magnet, Lieut. Griffith, arrived at Falmouth on Monday morning, having left Barbadoes Sept, 4, ht, Latela 6, Martinique 7, Dominica and Guada loupe 9, Antigua 11, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts 12, Tortola 13, arriving on the same day at St. Thomas, where she received the La Guayra and Leeward Island mails, ex the Tartarus steamer ; and thoSe from Jamaica to Sept. 20, brought up by the steamer Fla Mer. On freight 9,0001. ,Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Subercasau x and servant, Mr. Jules Deville, Mr. Baralt, and Captain Roche, of the 47th Regiment. lier Majesty's packet Seagull had arrived at St. Thomas, and expected to leave with the next West India mails on Oct. 7. The French Government has issued an ordinance which appears in an official advertisement in the Bar badoes papers. The following are the chief contents : " The port of Port Louis, situated in Grand-terra (Guadaloupe) is open to the importation - of foreign mer chandise enumerated in the tables A B C, attached to the ordinance of the Bth September, 1839, under the con ditions and restrictions set forth by the same ordinance, and by that of the sth February, 1826, as regards the importation of the same merchandise in the other parts of the French Antilles already open to foreign commerce." The failure of Messrs. William Jenkins and Co., of London, we are sorry to learn, has had a very injurious effect on several of the West India merchants, an.'..l other individuals who had extensive and confidential d ea li ngs with the unfortunate house in question. The House of Assembly at Jamaica had been pro rogued by proclamation from August 31 to October 5. We extract the following Irons our advises and from the Jamaica Papers ; CARTHAGENA.—By the arrival of the Jane Ann, at Kingston, on Thursday last, we have intelligence from Carthagena to the 7th ult. Carmona still continued to blockade the town, and prevented the vessel landing her cargo. The Pickle and steamer Hydra were both there ; but remained passive. 'The Attorney-General, it is under stood, has given his opinion that the blockade ought not to be recognised, and that all commanders of her Majesty's ships would be perfectly justified in protecting vessels carrying provisions under the tritish flag., but in the ab sence of positive orders from the Commodore, they are afraid of the responsibility. In the meantime, what little trade there is between the countries suffers. The sloop Mermaid, another vessel with provisions from th,:a.port, had also been warned off the coast by CarmOna's fleet, and had sailed two days before thq :lane Ann, but has not yet arrived. " - Several deaths 'nave taken place in the town from Carmona's shot. • The Government Admiral, Tenon, was still absent ; nobody seems to know where. Rio la liache, however, is reported to have declared for . the Government party ! Wh at e ff ect th i s w ill h ave um , will show. Upon these matters a correspondent, undo date of the 7th ult., thus writes:— " We are still besieged; last night the cannon on the walls poured forth a tremendous shower of grape, &c., as there was an attack on San Felipe. The Popa, too, has not been idle : several houses have eyelet holes in them from cannon-balls; all the world here are sleeping and even living below, as they sometimes cannonade in the daytime. Pepe Pazos' lady (Candelaria Eckart) wus killed by a cannon shot on the 29th ult. The ball went through three partitions before it reached her. There have been two or three other deaths, but of a more lingering cha racter, caused by splinters, &c. What has become of Admiral Tonon ? We haVe no intelligence of him since the 19th ult., when he came from Baru, and had a little skirmish with Padilla. " I suppose you will have heard that Rio la Hache has pronounced in favour of the Government of Bogota, and they say that Herran was at Cucutta in July last, on his way hither, via Maracaibo. For this reason some say that Tonon has gone there to bring his troops— veremos " THE CONSPIRACY IN BELGIUM. We have received some Belgian papers, which contain further particulars respecting the alleged conspiracy. It appears that the Ministry had received information some days ago that an attempt would be made to intro duce arms and ammunition into Brussels, and on Friday a seizure of this of this description was effected. Several domiciliary visits were paid, : and amongst them one to the house of a Captain de Crehon, the Commandant of the Compagnie des blesses de Septembre, in the rue W.A.r. gent. The Captain . was absent, but his room was opened by a locksmith, by order of the police, but %yin) had in-, structions, it is said, to take possession of a sum of money which was in it. In the meantain Captain de Crehen was arrested, but whilst the police were conveying him to the Ministry of the Interior, he made his escape, and took refuge in a house in the rue des Parissiens t „but finding himself surrounded, he surrendered, and was,..tallien to . the Petits-Carmes, where he underwent several:Wcri, rogatories. On the same day the police discovered, in ; one of the faubourgs, two pieces of cannon, and a qiitin 7 tity of gunpowder, and also the house in which the cast ing of balls had been carried on. Several Other arrests were made on Friday, and in the course of the ni g ht 200 pounds of gunpowder were seized in the house of the ex- General Vandersmissen at Etterbeck. On Saturday a s q e u v a e n r t a i l ty ch o e f s a ts r o n f s , b i a n i c l l s t ,g t; l two portable ho w it zers an d, etches,l and iron instruments for throwing amongst cavalry to wound the horses, were seized. It was said that most of these chests had been received from Paris. • The Brussels Observatetir, after stating the facts of the arrests, says:—" At the time of the fetes of SepteMber report was spread that a political movementwas to break out and disturb the rejoicings. The. conspiratorawere, it was said, divided as to the object of their efforts. Some wished for a republic, others for a restoration. The only —trem e . lo thing upon which they were agreed was th e overt h row of the throne of King Leopold . Once conquerors of the Government, they were to decide among themselve s to whom the fruit of this commo n tri umph should be ad judged,-to a republic one and i ndivisi ble , or to the of Holland. All this was stup id in the 0-• day the same version is circulated move ment, which was intended. • as it is report e d, s h ortly to break out." The King of the Belgians i s stated by this il- one - eThing the paper to be at his seat of Ardennes, and was to go this week to St. Wort, where his Majesty has recently bought Raw Ind, and where he intended to shoot for several days, " There is no longer any mention," it adds, 4, of another visit of the King to Paris." Theßrusselspapers of Sunday contain the following: " BRUSSELS, OCT. 31. " We were in error in stating that the two brothers of General Vamlersmissen had been arrested. One mer chant had only been taken. Madame, Vandersmisscit and her son have been arrested. General Lech ar li er h as also been arrested. He had just arrived from Lo ge . - "The number of persons already in. Custody i s 14.. We learn that arrests have been made at Lip g . e . ,, A letter from Brussels in the Peliiiksys The Government h a s Tue4ved numerous revelations, inform ing it that it movement' was to be made .simult aneous l y ' iltiihent and Brussels • • but this sensPlPss c onsp i racy has been d e f ea t e d b y th e discovery of its chiefs._ Couriers Were sent to the King at Ardennes with the first news of the affair. He will no doubt immediately return to Brussels, where he is anxiously expected. It is feared that some ramifications of the plot have extended to the U .i army, although in general it is *ell 'disposed and loyal. The first effect produced by the mews was general hila rity ; for every one believed it. to be a ,jelte, .though a very bad one. But we were obliged to give credence to the proofs adduced." The Quotidienne has a Brussels letter stating that when M. de Crehen had an audience on Saturday of General Buzen, Minister of War, he abused him, and at leligth proceeded to acts of perSonal violence, against that officer. The Globe of Brussels says that the following persons have been arrested in that capital, in addition to those already mentioned :—M. Van Laethem formerly aide de-Camp to General Lecharlier; in the army. of Portugal ; M. Van Swae, son of the late biirgoniaSter of Jette. It adds, " among the persons implicated in this conspiracy, there are t, es seen by the side of the Orangeists men who played first parts in the -days of September, and malcontents of all parties. AS' to the nature of the plot • nothing is yet said, and the 'strange pile mele of the names that figure in it scarcely allows of-an opinion being formed upon it." The Patriote Beige of Brussels supplies us with the following further particulars relating to the conspi racy :—" Searches were made this morning (Saturday) in two printing offices, for the purpose of arresting men accused of plotting against the state. An old officer of the Belgian Parisian Legion, who is at the head of a printing office, was arrested yesterday. The number of persons already in custody is fourteen. We learn that arrests have been made at Liege. The troops were on Friday evening confined to their barracks. The quarter of Notre Dame aux Nieges was set` in commotion by seeing the orderlies summoning the officers who are in lodgings in the neighbourhood er the, barrack of the An nuneiades. Colonel Capiaumont is called from Antwerp, with his regiment of chasseurs-partisans. He will reach Vilvorde at six this evening. A regiment of lancers is expected from Mechlin, and also a battery of artillery. There was evidently a great stir this morning in the offices of the Minister of War, whence estafettes were .sent out in all directions. At the Messagerics - of M. Van Gendt 3,8001b5. weight of ammunition were seized. They were addressed to Captain Parent." SOCIETY OF ARTS. The first meeting of this Society for the Session 1841 —1842, was held last night at the Society's House, Adelphi. Mr. D. POLLOCK took the Chair at eight o'clock. The Secretary, Mr. GRAHAM, read the minutes of the last meeting, which took place on the 2d of June last. On the motion that the minutes be confirmed, a long conversation ensued as to the expediency of confirming one part of the minutes, by which the Vice-President was authorised to give an order for the selling out Stock to the amount of 1601. The CIIAIRMAN said that it had been felt that the pro ceeding was irregular, and that the meeting of June lust could not, according to the laws of the Society, give any such authority to the Vice-President without the con firmation by u subsequent meeting. Therefore, the order, although drawn out, had not been acted upon. Mr. HIGGINS moved, and Mr. VARLEY seconded, a re solution, deprecating the course pursued at the June meeting, and declaring that it should not become a pre cedent. --Agreed to unanimously. The minutes were then confirmed, and the usual Re ports of Committees were read. From the Report of the Committee of Accounts it appeared that the ordinary expenditure of the Society for the year ending July, 1841, exceeded the ordinary income by 227/. 12s. 2d. The Reports having been received and confirmed, Mr. HIGGINS moved that it be referred to the Com mittee of Accounts to inquire and report upon the pre sent state of the Society's funds and resources—the average income and expenditure for the last few years — the opinions of the Committee as to the future pros pects of the Society—and such other matters as they may deem connected with these subjects. Mr. CAMPBELL would second the resolution, although he could not hope much good from it, inasmuch as former recommendations of the Committee had been disregarded. After a short discussion, the resolution was carried unanimously. Letters of thanks from the American Philosophical Society, and other learned bodies and individuals, were then read, as were several other papers of a routine cha racter. IMPROVED PIGMENTS. The SECRETARY informed the meeting that he had re ceived, through the Proprietor of Th e n, specimens of improved colours or pigments, to be used in the arts, the invention of Mr. M. Paterson, of Inverness. The specimens were referred ty the Committee of Chemistry. The SECRETARY read a eonFiderable number of letters from various inventors, many of which excited much laughter from the oddity of their pretensions, and espe cially those which requested the Society to purchase the inventions, or to grant pecuniary remuneration as soon ae possible. LITERATURE. SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS. Cada!, Edinburgh, 1841. We have here Sir Walter Scott's tragic story of the " Bride ofLammermoor," printed both in an octavo and a duodecimo form, as also the fourth part of his " Life of Napoleon." As usual they are neatly got up, and are certainly th, best, as they arc the cheapest, edition of Sie Walter's prose works that' have yet made their appearance. POPULAR LIBRARY of MODERN AUTHORS. Whittaker, London, 1841'. The present Number of this useftil Miscellany forms the . Fourth Part of Daubigne's well-known " History of the Reformation," ably translated froth the French by Mr. Kelly, of Trinity Col lege, Dublin. TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SURREY, l'a;t XL—Ede, Dorking, 1841. Tlie literary department of this periodical is very carefully conducted, and the accounts of the various churches ' ruins, parks, and antiqui ties of the county of Surrey, circumstantial to a degree that shows what close attention has been paid to the subject. Among the illustrations to the present Part, we find a picturesque seat of Abinger Hall, the seat of Lord Abinger. ON THE PAROCHIAL SYSTEM AND PAU- PERISM. —Collins, Glasgow, 1841. There is much of Doctor Chalmers' fervid elo quence in this Treatise, which would otherwise be unreadable, owing to the dry, practical, mat ter-ot-fitct nature of the subject. Throughout the work the Rev. Author shows an evident, kindly sympathy for the poorer classes of society, and recommends the higher orders to hold more frequent intercourse with, and exhibit a more considerate feeling towards, them, if they would wish to keep the country in a state of continuous tranquillity. "There is a very general forebod ing," he observes, "that we are fast ripening for a catastrophe; and we will not say that they are the common people of our land who are altoge ther to blame for it. The very distance at which the rich keep.themselves from the poor, were enough of itself to engender a hostile feeling in the bosoms of the latter, and to fill them with all rankling and suspicious imaginations. The aliena tion becomes mutual; and even though on the one side there should be nothing worse than the habitual inattention of minds otherwise taken up, this might bear to the general eye the aspect of a lordly or aristocratic scorn; and if so inter preted, will separate by a still wider moral inter val the patrician and plebeian order of the com munity from each other." Those who take an interest in the workings of the parochial system will do well to peruse this Treatise with attention. !!, ,•( HALL'S IRELAND. Part XHI. How and Parsons, London, 1841. In point of embellishments, this part is every, way equal, it'not superior, to its predecessors. In:, particular, the sketch of " Powerscourt Water-' fall" is eminently beautiful ; the varying umbra geous shadows of the thick copses on either side , the cataract; the brilliant, silvery flasbitio• lights of the flWing water, the dark, ruffled pool at the bottom, fringed also. with woods, and relieved by the solitary ..figure, of an angler ;-these details are handled.. with a skill and' delicacy that do great credit to the engraver, Mr. Willmore. Hardly less: clever, in its way, is the view of the " Four Courts" in Dub wherein the difficulties of a long range of perspective are mastered in a very artist-like style. In the letter-press department we meet with several curious particulars respecting the antiquities of the county of Wexford, and an in teresting account of the neighbourhood of Ban now—interspersed with characteristic anecdotes —where, it seems the editor spent the years of her childhood. CR IL IK SHANK' S OW' This, 'amusing ~..;, -iIBUS. Tilt, London, 1841. "'"g "" scellany has now reached its Fifth Number ,sr and continues its career with un abated Ara and efficiency. There are some laupt bl e . comic sketches by Cruikshank, entitled "A'Skating Party," wherein an awkward squad of skaters are represented tumbling and rolling about in all directions, and in the most grotesque attitudes ; a view of a storm on the sea-coast, with a shipwreck in the distance, by . the same artist, but in his more serious and impressive manner; and several whimsical articles in prose and verse, more especially a humourous essay under the head of "Duns Demonstrated." • THE POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL. Dr. Winslow, author of the . " Anatomy of Suicide," and other interesting treatises, gives some amusing details on " Diet and Dietetics," in this number. He briefly adverts to the most notorious gourmands and great drinkers, fur- • nishing, occasionally, striking anecdotes respect= ing them, sonic of them but little honourable to human nature. The subject of diet leads him to treat of 'its effects, and the remedies for particu lar diseases. Gout is.as much caused by exces sive eating as by intemperance in drinking, and, in his opinion, persons afflicted.with this disease should never .dine out. This would be an awful punishment to many, and, he therefore pres cr ib e s another remedy whtcli, we believe, is the most, effectual yet discovered for preserving health keeping down} obesity, chasing awargout, and all the ills that flesh is heir to. It is thus given in the form of an anecdote respecting a Parisian dog doctor. Ladies, he says, were inthe habit of bring ing their lap dogs to this son of Esculapius. " The man take's the dogs to his hospital, locks them up in an airy room, gives thenusome_ water, a little bread and a dry bone•lovick: 4l l4oiiifof exer cise, he makeg themskip about or three times a day, by means of a little .'horStiwllip,.bslexter ously applied. At the" eip .. .iAtrdifgrp, "forfnight; he takes thein to their - mistreSSes,quite active, and healthy." 'The articles on ". The Office of Coroner," and "Smoke, its evils, and possible prevention," will. also be found in teresting. • • THE FORGE T-ME-NO7'. Ackermann, London,lB4l; ' " The Forget -me-Not" is one of the oldest and most carefully edited of the Annuals, having, as Mr. Shoberl informs us, just completed its twen tieth year. He is right, when he adds in his Preface, that " whether through fashion, caprice, or the positive demerits of some of those new competitors which started each succeeding year in the race of imitation, and mostly broke down in their first course, certain it is that the Annuals, from especial favourites of the public, have come to be regarded almost with indiffer ence." There is certainly a very evident indif ference exhibited towards Annuals by the pub lic ; and the reason is that they are, tbr the most part, of the flimsiest character possible ; and in the limited sphere to which they usually confine themselves, evince but very ordinary ability; the poetry being, in nine cases out of ten, but second-rate, and the prose fictions little, if at all, superior. " The Forget-me-Not," how ever, is an exception, and consequently has been able to hold its ground in public estimation. In the volume before us--which, by the bye, pre sents a very - gorgeous exterior this year—there is a judicious selection of prose and verse ; the prose tales, in particular, are some of them ex cellent; and it is not often that ,we find in an Annual, such an interesting story as Miss Law rance's " Louis the Eleventh at Plessis-les- Tours," which refers to the closing days of this crafty and sagacious, but tyrannical monarch, and represents him, as well as his confidential adviser, Oliver the Barber, in a very vivid light to the reader. Of the poems, our favourites are those contributed by Miss M. A. Browne—es pecially the " Memory- of the Dead" which is full of genuine pathos. The Plates are eleven in number, and it is manifest that great pains have been taken with them by their respective engravers. " A Scene in Wales" shows a young Welch peasant girl seated on a mossy bank, under the shadow of a spreading elm, with a milk-pail in her lap, and a pet goat at her feet. The countenance of the maiden is very prepos sessing; she seems rapt in thought, but of a pleasing nature, for an arch smile is lurking in the angles of ? her pretty expressive mouth. " Fort Rouge" is a scene on the sea-shore of Calais. The town is seen in the distance, with the low range of coast stretching far beyond it; and in the foreground is a group of sailors and their wives, who are indolently lying full-length on the sands, amidst a motley variety of chests, baskets, and tubs, which appear to have been just unladen from a fishing-smack. The picture teems, with life and bustle. " Rouen, Nor mandy," is a remarkably well-engraved Plate, and exhibits a view of one of the principal streets in this fine old French city. - Of the re maining illustrations, the best is the " Surprise of Montrose," which is engraved by Rolls from an original design by Eckhout. THE PARISH CLERK. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1841. The Editorship of these volumes was the last literary task of Theodore Hook, and his long in disposition was, we dare say, often relieved by perusing their contents, which are exceedingly entertaining, and, in some instances, display a fund of broad drollery, not much inferior to that possessed by the lamented Editor himself. The work is entitled " The Parish Clerk," from the circumstance of its being a collection of tales tol o 4. from time to time by one of those important rochial functionaries. A brief; lively introt lct r on intbrms us that tile author having . be , •11 recom mended by Abernethy to try sea-sr fora dys pepsia under which lie laboureA went down to Brighton ; but being soon hearlily tired of this fashionable watering-place, h ie set o ff one fine day for a voyage in a smi (ggler's vesse l ; an d while sailing close in Shire along the Sussex 'al spot, on whi c h stoo d a coast, he came to a retired solitary farm-house, Where he instantly landed, and, the place being greatly to his liking, he re solved to take up his abode for a few weeks at the farm, which he found was tenanted by an amphi bious sort of animal, half smuggler, half farmer, who readily agreed to board, lodge, and " do for him," at the cheap rate of fifteen shilling's a-week. As our author became gradually better acquaint ed with his landlord, he discovered in him many amusing social qualities, and frequently they took supper together, on which occasions the festive boards would be enlivened by the presence of several of the neighbouring tradesmen and yeo manry. One of their most frequent and accept able guests was one Davy Diggs , who, we are told, was a shrewd, clever, uneducated, or ra ther half a quarter educated fellow, who com bined in his own person the trades and occupa tions of parish clerk and sexton, parish Sunday school-master, parish tailor, and, what suited him best, parish gamekeeper and parish fiddler." In addition to these callings. Davy also pursued the vocation of a poet, and, with considerable ability, as will be seen by the following touching lines, which he comlyosed shortly after the birth of the twin childr(nl of a neigbouring Squire:— "Ok beauteous babbies ! What a lovely pair ! Only one on 'em's dark, and t'othcr's fair ; The father's virtues, and the mother's grace Is seen distinctly in the young u'ns' face !" From this provincial genius--who, by the bye, ought to be better known as a poet than he is— our author states that he derived the substance of the stories which are contained in the volumes before us. These, for the most part, are of a lively character ; are somewhat hastily construct ed, and not with a sufficient eye to probability of incident; but are fresh and vigorous in point of manner ; and so irresistibly comic in some parts, as to set all one's critical gravity at defiance. MISERIES of the POOR in LOND ON. It is painful to turn our thoughts from the luxurious living which obtains among the higher, and, to a great extent, among the middle classes of society, to the con templation of the miserable living which prevails among the lower classes. Myriads of the latter grope and grovel in families of from seven to fourteen, in mi serable hovels, many of them underneath the ground, without grates, without glass windows, or indeed win dows of any kind ; the only light and air being admittod through the horizontal door. Here, amidst damp and filth, and without a breath of fresh air from one year's end to the other, do whole famines mess together as if they were so many pigs. St. Giles's, the neighbour hood of Drnry-lane, St. George's.in-the-Fields, and im mense districts in the eastern parts of the metropolis, are among the localities in vihich these appalling scenes are, to be witnessed. • And the wretchedness of the buts or bovelsfte ;which I refer is greatly aggravated by the deplorable, destitution of the uuhappy inmates as regards food and clothing. The quantities of food on which thousands of them subsist are incredibly small. Some times a whole family, consisting of from five to ten in dividuals, are compelled to live (if living it cau be called) on an amount of food which would not more than suffice for a hearty meal to a person possessing an ordinary ap petite ; while, in the article of apparel, they have scarcely enough wherewith to cover their nakedn ess .-- Lights and Shadows of London Life, by the Auth or of " The Great Metropolis." THE MATCH-MAKER.—Fashionable marriages have long formed a favourite subject for animadversion with those who have paid attention to the peculiar sys tem by which husband-hunting has, in the higher circles, been raised tosthe dignity of a science ; and they, and bi l leed , the whole world of fashion, cannot but feel the ' greatest interest in a novel entitled " The Match malcer,7, from the p en o f t h e clever author of " Cousin GeolfreY," about to be published, which is already spoken of in certain coteries as affording an exceedingly amusing exposition of the pritieiples, or, as: some people are daring enough to assert, the Went of them, by means of which clever mammas procure for their daughters un exceptionable matches. . . SIERRA. LEoNE.--:The state of things in this settlement is thus described by - tre recent emigrants to British Gui ana , some of whom are • acquainted with in dividuals in the African regiment lying ,at Demerara. They say that they are laying out the land in large estates for the g row th of colonial produce, and that the natives from the 13ulloni country, the Mandingos, Conga, and Foulahs, are pouring into Sierra Leone across the boundaries for work—that by these large u estates being formed, they have been obliged to give up the ground they hitherto held, and to retire farthe into thou this, they resolved to emigrate, and that t interior, near to the mountains—that, rather. there , a t r l e ian do that provisions sands, who will do the same. They can earn . 4tr on e ly ve 4 r) d ' . diem for agriculttua • I labour.—Jamalca cheap per at Sierra Leone, and that they .Paper i Sept. 17. I the Citnegere Montmartre, The,,night before last in were engaged in sobbing the o'clock, met five pen who fired at Them both barrels of oneno f hi t s h r e oun w ds ate a h bo m u e t n en o e f • tombs. 'Tie iinmediatehl much maltreated by th e m, sVi wi th selfseveral his gun, and attackedknife and a crow-bar. One of ,his dogs supposed cha peo ls s ig a h re t tuin h ave been wounded. was killed. Some of the Nex malefactors m al e e r fa n c in to g r e were found to hare been broken °poi aid stripped. Paris .Paper. MORNING SUN THE KIRK. The Presbyterian Kirk of Scotland is equal in pro portion to the Church of Rome any day. So said Lord Melbourne, in a recent debate regarding eccle siastical policy in Scotland, and the generality of people subscribe folly to the truth of the remark. The con test now depending between the majority of the Scotch clergy and the supreme courts of law in Scotland, is viewed by many es proofs of great clerical presumption. On the other hand, it is ru l aintained by the clergy that they acknoWladge the supremacy of the law in all ques tions of temporal power, and merely seek to defend their own. spiritual jurisdiction. The dispute rages with great keenness beyond the Tweed, and the settlement of it must form another of the many measures to be brought forward by the Peel Ministry in the wonderful month of February, 1842. ,We shall not interfere in the meantime by offering any premature opinion ; but if the Baronet of Saint Katharine's should be able to 1.-nme a Bill satisfactory both to the Kirk, the patrons, and !.he people, he will prove himself " a cleverer chiel" than ve supposed had ever stood in his shoes. He has, however, by his speeches and letters at his recent election after assuming the office of Lord Advocate, excited the hopes and fears of all parties. lie was reported, first of all, to have spoken of the Duke of Argyle's Bill " as an in stalment." He afterwards denied having used the words imputed to him, but still wrote in a way to leave an impression that the Tory Cabinet intended to grapple with the question. Under these circumstances the filling up of the second collegiate charge in the parish church of Elgin, vacant by the removal of the Rev. Mr. Walker to another liv ing, attracts the attention of " braid Scotland," and, being in the gift of the Crown, the manner in which it is dealt with by the Home Secretary will be taken as an index to the views of the Executive. The vacancy occurred before the break up of the Whig Government, and Lord Normauby promised to give the presentation to the Rev. Mr. Stewart, of Wallacetown, agreeably to petitions from the heritors, magistrates, town.council, elders, and heads of families. In doing so he was not only following out the conduct of the Government dur ing all the years of Whig Administration, but that also which had been adopted by Mr. (now Sir Robert) Peel, when Secretary of State for the Home Department, who always disposed of the Crown patronage in Scotch burghs according to the wishes of the town-councils o when well supported by the heritors. The Rev. Mr. Topp, who succeeded to the first collegiate charge in Elgin, a few years back, on the death of the Itcv. Mr. Gordon, was presented to the living by the Whig Go vernment, entirely in accordance with that principle which has now been so long and uniformly followed ote., in the disposal of Church patronage in Scotland in th e gift of the Crown as to be considered by the r"eop'e in the light of an established and settled pract!, ce . The inhabitants of E'gin, therefore, naturally ex pected that the old rule would be adopted in appointing a clergyman in room of the Rev. Mr. Walker ; and being desirous that the Rev. Mr. Stewart should be placed over them in charge of that important office, pe titions in his favour were forwarded to the Home-dfic e , signed as follows : 1. By three-fourths of the male heads of fatnil: t e s , 2. By all the elders, exczpt one. 3. By the Provost, Magistrates, and l i Cown Council, with only two dissenting votes. 4. By a majority equal to three to one of the burg h proprietors, that is, of th e p ro p r i e t ors of the town •oE Elgin, containing a population, we believe, of neat?A7 0,000 souls. 5. By the landward heritors or proprietor (Atha pa rish beyond the b o u n d s o f t h e town, six orAt of .eight in number, and in value as 4.600/. is to 1 fOOOL A more decided and unequivocal, demonstration of the popular choice could not fur.° been made, and, its accuracy cannot be gainsaid. Lord Nermanby l itioked upon the case as admitting of no doubt, and 'IPA he re mained in office the pres , 2ntation would haNe issued in favour of Mr. Stewart-. Bat his successor, in the Home office hesitates, neriertheless, because Major Cumming Bruce, the Toi y Member for the coroty of Elgin, Mr. Beillie, the Tory Member for Inverness, and the noto rious Mr. Wm. Gladstone, all frie..nds to monopoly and Tory rule, wish to rive this pitee of Church preferment to some tool ar„ .t . land are, toady of th e i r own . All eyes in Scot-. i t.crefore, tumid to the conduct of the Peel Min ' s° ,:ry in the disposal of it, because, from the result, .e people in that quarter will be able to form some opi nion of what they may expect hereafter from the tender mercies of the men in power.—Chronicle. THE LATE LORD SYDENHAM". As every thing connected with the latter moments of this lamented Nobleman will be interesting to the public, we are happy in being able to lay before our readers a correct statement of the symptoms, &c., of his Lordship's mortal illness. At six o'clock on Saturday, sth September, on his re turn from riding, Lord Sydenham's horse stumbled and fell on his right side, by which accident the right leg of his Lordship was thrown under. The horse was, soon on his feet, and moved forward for some distance, dragging the rider with his f oo t i n th e s ti rrup; from Aid' posi tion he was soon extricated, and carried to his residence, then close at hand. On the arrival of Mr. Farnden it was ascertained that the tibia was fractured obliquely to the extent of two inches, about two-thirds from the knee, the &hula being entire. There was also a large circular and ragged wound of considerable depth immediately above the patella of the same limb, which it appears had been inflicted by the angle of a large stone against which he had been dragged. The hone was at once adjusted, and the limb placed on a pillow, where it remained 'UndiSftirbed till next morning, when Dr. Sampson was called in, and assisted in putting it up with a _many-tailed 'bandage and sprints, no inflammation having arisen to forbid 'such applica tion: His Lordship passed this and the 011 - owing night with comparative ease. The wound abo,vel:he knee con tinued for some days to assume a sloughing appearance, which, however, was replaced by a healthy granulating surface. It was, however, afterwards necessary to open a pending sinus of an inchand:a half in extent, which also proceeeded towards healing kindly. No diffiCu4 was, therefore, apprehended from this source. On The morning of the fifth day it wasitouglit' necessary` place the limb on a double inclined plane in a fracture box, where it remained tranquilly for a few (lisp, On the 9th day his Lordship stated that he had felt during the night, at certain intervals, three severe spasms in the wounded extremity—extending from the groin to the foot, by which the limb was on each occa sion so violently agitated •as to produce crepitus evi dent even to the ear of the patient: The lirab had been examined on the previous day and found going on extremely well towards anion—but now on removing the bandage, and examining the leg, complete dissolu tionsurfaces moving on each other with freedom. All tume faction of union proved to have taken place ; the broken faction had by this time subsided, leaving however con siderable chezuocis. It was now thought necessary to place the limb in a more secure state , and accordingly slips of wetted pasteboard, surrounded by a long roller, -. were applied, and the extremity placed in a well ad justed and padded hinged splint , of an approved con s truction. The spasms continued to affect the limb in a minor degree, though still sufficient to produce cre_pi tus ; but as it was impossible that any bori.sidertatil4 dig placement could now take place, it was not thought ad visable again to remove the dressings. During the whole • of the above period there was- great restlessness—hia Lordship seldom sleeping more than an hour at a time. He was constantly anxious for a change, of To§itiots tAci required moving very often. A sling {was therefore placed between two standards, fixed to opposite,sitlea of , the bedstead, f. on which this'llpearitus was plitaid, kcil. as to obviate concussion, in the event o f spasm, or other The,apastriodic subsided, nor diditv:leetaisn movement of the body. complained a uelithicehrattietnhteendof p O a f n), th in e g lim er b ev ne it v u e s. i dn A ti bo re u l, t t I this time of three days, produced slight soreness of the inabi lity to swallow anything but' liquid, sucked through a tube. It appeared at first to be an attack of eynanchs tonsillaris, such. as might •be expected - to arise from ' exposure of the uncovered, surface of the body to the air. It soon, however, became but too evident that the muscles of deglutition had Vartaken of the spasmodic character. ,lilisteriog externally, and the usual -I V;r_ . dies, were therefore applied.. . On the morning of at Fri day, the I.7th, very vieleu elonic spasms, returning andolui.n. short intervals, assailed..the muscles of the after _ as well as those of respiration, and in a few . hourslly closed wards the lOwer jaw became locked, and partially m emerg ene y All means which could be suggested on thus who were by were resorted to by the medical attendan ts, widnier,' of this time joined in consultation by Dr. vonTessively To ronto. Every alarming s ymptoni d no a l t v five minutes after in creased, and his Lordship e xpire seven o'clock on Sunday morning, t h e 19th inst., imme diately after the cessation of a violent to have o lent spasm. The frac tured bone was found, on examination, e mist perfect under goneopposi- tion.—Kingston, no union, though lying s in 2l, th 1841. tion.—liingston, Canada, ,pt• s co O s O t a r re i a g a r y ants - .er7— , ---._-,2_-,----.------____ Major fort, were D landeduring i t n h i e )ein nt e o r i ti i r t a b ex pended for 200 or 300 in Jamaica. We fear there is a J uly, .- atcofneh a l . th i e screw loose somewhere.—Janytica Despatch, Sept. 15. We regret to observe the death of Mrs. Murray administering the Government of Dominica. She fell a 3PGregor rlort, the wife of his Excellency victim to the destructive fever which at„preleur s. i t a 1)" pears, unhapp il y p revails in that islan d..,..Do ,ittn . ,i. tca Paper of Sept. 14. ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.—Her 'lllaleti'y's ' Colonial a l'• 1 1 - p Racehorse, Commander F 's itz , rerald, 'anchored- at Port Royal on Saturd a y last from 9 Vera,Cruz, w i t h d o llars, the Commissariat mull the oo,boo Bauk.— Kingston Paper. The General Steam Navig ation's Lord Melville, is now on her last trip f ' packet. the left Brighton on Sunday with 14 or the scum ] . She return, weather permitting, on Wednpeasds"gers' alta will be laid up till next Summer. s ay (yeste rday), to AN EscAru.— Saturday p evening lastt1 ast t as the c luggage train was wending its way from Greenock, the engineer descried the bal Glasgow to ly ing across the rails. The sign a l was - Yof a man and the braxman stopped the train , but n o t b e f ore the nmediately given, trucks had, it was supposed, gon e 0 ver the braxman, alighted on the train the body. Burns, up the unfortunate individual, and brought rut. picked Paisley. lie proved to be a him into n for `drink, and had fallen out of the third-class carriage. ' who was the worse the; gtiard in front of the en pitched . the body off the rail, and engine therebye had providentially death.—Glasgow Chronicle. prevq nted his fr. :011 d go , ot j ik" s. tit %11 e• ) 0 of 10 11 to° , ( i I)e ist to 11" ite t ll . hd ri. C l' UIL no to , if 641 ,ftt bt be