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The if ,. mice , ii j iencv iness Ction the ,19A ;rand rn Ina • y roy, the it9t l ' I to. )ioo' l de•:11: 1 !r it i 40 , ,,0 00 i"g' ' ' ''''l4lll tiOnh ti 1 lityt • , II Le •(-e- ,:ot) ) ple• ato Uuc will the h ,rotoP tx -9111,' Ile- is i:sts ,4101 f, mrar oh and all that „ ,• 1 the • any ..,if! uch • :41 ates heir 1 , es it a ,e co- r, at ider it; 1 to' ' an- . 1 , ider that . ed, )rd an' ling the 1 4 igs• . 0 0 4 mg 4,xt. )hin ,rO.• the '" o f ;to, "f: f me. ;• 17 ',, On W , rth th e „,ii ress n.d of f6 l •ivo ject ics- :ess ,ord St. the art, on rill, irse has • a -001 i4l; rola 4 IP ,rts! • the ) ectr tat IC re- )lie ws, nee ' in w th y e as lc. !ad. wa )ay Bet the on gn 10 41 CIC tty , at n- Tot 7 110 - si• tli )y cat ht., gh ,ed ied 1Z; iC all sg til 0 • li n • A ?ti 7 k. EDITION LITE RA '1 U It E. BUCKINGTIAItrS AMERICA, 3 Vols. Fishe r , L on d on , 1841 . hi t , Fisher, ha s p enne d t h ese vo l umes In thc. kindliest spirit towards our transatlantic brethren, though w e are not aware that he has allowed his Partialities to get the better of his aerise &justice.. On the question of slavery, in rticittar, xis it exi s t s • at present in the fl itc4 Staten, he speaks out with com- Ineadable boldness, and laments the " sp- P Par ently alniont unconquerable. prejudices so r eva lent among p ersons of all political parties, ilonthe su bj ect. " So imperfect, it seems, are athan's noti ons o f freedom, as " the natural and nalienable right of every mar."—according to the famous national Declaration of Independence— tthat he scarcely considers it tss be a blot on his re iblican escutcheon, that ths... several States of the n i o o, in which slavery still exists, should hold " PI niany thousands of theii • fellow-men in unjust 'ild unwilling bondage. " But what is the most su rprisi ng; of all," observes M r . B uc ki ng h am , " i s the fact that so large a nur iber of the clergy, but especially those of the El)iscopal Church, inclu "lng those who call themselves evangelical, should be, not merely pilliators of this state of 6 a tcrY, but advocate; for its continuance, --'s deprecator s of :al public discussion or fagitation on the . subj , :ct; so that if the Re iljhertY but blk nns . Understane. civil and 'political Csor s imperfe( ;Hy, the Christian p re - Cones an seem to u n d erstan d t h e lib erty of reli d justice still less." This serious defect la their national character excepted, our author tin uch pleased with the Americans. He found d 1, 1 equick, intelligent, sincere, courteous, an n-9itable to a degree ; but more sensitive to the p-Pinions of tbreimiersthan he was prepared to ex ect. r , 7118 ""Ptain karyatt, if we remember rightly ; struck by the same national peculiarity; and is can scarely wonder, therefore, that Jonathan 1 8 , not ver-partial to John Bull, considering holy often the latter hr's made him the sub- Y e e ? °f his severest :sarcasm. The present sal ve tim es will, we suppose, act as a sort of brethreton,the wounded. vanity of' our American fbr unques*.,ionably Mr. Buckingham Zlnore favourably disposed towards them than II? of his English - predecessors. Of New York, 1 ) ,,,,Ztc he landed, 'lie speaks in high terms of' ap- . anTi : a tioa ; accoy'din g to him it is a most imposing I les - lloProving city, all bustle, activity, cheerful 141o' a " v ariety, and containing a population little t h -4 of three hundred thousand. The beauty of ``T e h lt e w ericai, women, too, greatly struck him. som N . wPrOc,n," be tells us, "are much . hand t. -er than the men. They are almost uniformly ii°(4l7l-I°?lcing--the greater number are what Ish,: ( ; ) ,' ,lo'e. called in England pretty women— d h a ,; ( 7 l . 's sonaething between good-looking an lat'i sth rle) in the nice distinctions of beauty. This al I.•°rraity extends also to their figures, which are venlost -u niversally . slender, andofgood symmetry 11 0 , 1 ;,,Y f ew larg e or stout women are seen, and 114 1 h - it ,tlat We should ca ll mascu li ne. A more than t he uegree of femi n i ne d e li cacy, en h anced b y q I "aieral paleness of comp l ex i on an d s li g h tness ries t l; ll ,, r e, is partic u l ar l y characteristic of' Ame (left, 'Males; and the extreme respect and /1 48 '•nce shown to them every where by men, k tik .a • tendency to increase that delicacy, by k id i lig . them more dependent on the attention the g. them of others, than English ladies of th e ittrie class usually are." Of' Washington, tile - j a Pital of the United States, our author city in in qualified terms of praise. The iti - , ‘ „ ) . tt aPpears, is about fourteen English miles ten,-,reilinference, but the dwellings are scat frtit' over it in detached portions, groupes, thal qien ts of streets, and isolated buildings, so e x i - ; # _it has the appearance of a town rising into stir'nce, but gradually arrested in its progress,_ th e now stationary in its condition. Some of f or llublie buildings, however, are fine, an . th,e4',.',ost among them is the Capitol, wherein f - ‘ . 'oegr.-ess hold their sittings, and which, A r we may judge from the engravings of it in the fia t i plume, t imist indeed be a splendid edi eih,',* The great Canadian lakes, of course,. exd the': 11 tr. Buckingham's curiosity, and he visited sei,`",l li in succession, amazed at their apparently sett ee extent, andi the variety and magnifi thi`c,e (Jf the adjacent scenery. His descriptions . o . n 4 °I anch of the subject are replete with spirit, I N eir aster .en eloquence. He lauds the beauty of an te7,.ican autumn, te as its effects are visible on the 1 !_f; rests of h . lake district, in the warmest th u of panegyric . , observing . that in some places h e Sl'enery at this period of the year supasscs 411.Ytii 'lug he ever saw in the Old World. 0 18 vulumes, as being the result of three years' el a aid patient observation, are worthy of every att N .. e i e.ir tion . ,and certainly furnish us with the i ts es...t ideas we have .yet had, of the present 9,Ct3, of society in:. the United States. We e e kt curious passage, which will show h -- Xe e ,. how blibien'tltigly sensitive brother Jonathan is on the w0,, - ,;()f sla.very : Ame nc , : ng • our stay at Washington, Mr. Forrest, the great coo"n a etor, was engaged at the principal theatre; and ,as lily k il et,i with his performances, some anecdo . tes came to the scat Q \ 'l e ( l ,2;e. which, as they are strikingly illustrative of touelo n e "f feelin g in the slave States, on all matters Aft er - 1 , 1 ", ne groes and slavery, deserve to be mentioned. ative, representation of Othello, the editor of the as An terican, published here, denounced the play, Stfttv"e 101.311 y unfit to be permitted in any Southern State thewb're it was revolting, as he thought, to repre ()Niel. 'lark Moor Othello, paying his suit to the fair °f e %°".,-: This was an outrage which he deemed it the duty et sent ~bite man to resent ; and he shadowed forth the sort ._allian.n.ktrn',l4 which he thought ought to be put in practice, by ''° b e ; '"a•t." eve n if Shlkspeare, the writer of the play, were , hy is , in any Southern State, he ought to be ' Lynched, 4111 : 18 " :trn arilY punished by being tarred and fcathFred,) *4, t h 41g Written it !" In strict harmony with this sentiment, i Paitlleret°lfiesrpianretaideeunsttlitihnatthoeceurred Mi. Forrest bad performed . huseresented, first pt,s_an,d, all Thracianplay of the Gladiator ; and in this the sale of awife and child away from her fivs at which great horror is ex glkiti: by the charyetersr f the' play themselves ; and next, the v , lt , ( 13, who are all slave s, ° are incited by Spartacus to re lairi t Vrlst their Il lastersvt-hich they do successfully, and ob htui,Atqr freedom, O n 'the day following this, Mn, Forrest's a , tri4as attended by the President and his Cabinet, as well siden t% ' e l l;: i of both H ouses o f Congress, and a full share of re "ive'l and s ttant , ers But the manager of the theatre r.e -aßkin,t ocY anoni• ;non; and threatening letters, warning him 4 h gairl . ; -Oder Pern;:tti this play to be acted in Washington a t- d a d t i s i s h a e ( i ir ° e ll , o k letter ng from a - ember of Congress, told him w ool e l l e . d to ; le t an b n l ounceit m for repetition, a card would be the ciihket which the manager 11° Pollt':,, Pell ,_ t • Such is the feverishness -' of alarm, among a a n(' :4 1 - • ''''uotto iis e bj ction to any efforts for the quiet and r O"' exua n .; IN s o g l i t.ed that a 1 ; 1p t• constantherof need.toheesresois that they are so happy f'change ! and that they nut a,v---"nd with the e ir is p n re o sent condition, that they would q't "f their freedom if it were offered to them hey Cp,r 7) . —s, , "`-' A CSIIANIC' S 0 AINIBUS.-2, o. I. If th is Tilt, London, 1841. at i f ~•4 8 Worlc be carried on with the same spirit Ire h'itincity with which it has been commenced, las st ,'';' little doubt it will realize its projector's the o,4llguine expectations. As a first Number, 4, 1 ,1 ic. , ,,. -t 2„ .l3 , "i bre Its is a highly promising one, both "Ile ,'Z',"ns its illustrations and its letter-press. cier lt t -mon ument to N a p o l eon " a l one is suffi - Pla te e„(•1 co3 tire its p o p u l ar i ty. In th i s admirable easql`-raikshaulc has shown much of th a t grave , al l i p. ~r, satire. fbr which Hogarth was so remark 4ti „ Emperor is represented standing erect 'kel e 'i ye anid of human skulls; he himself' is a Jatit_b9th attired in his favourite cocked-hat and 4 rin s ( '''`- ; s; and. lie looks about him, with folded er i , l ' i ,.‘ritli an air of assumption and superiority e(stv,;ltelv ironical. Never was a finer moral fitio,lfti'lltan by ' this sketch ! It reveals at ,rns r .: - Le .true character of that glory of which iii 's'eror s • Q w In all ages leave been so covetous hie recommend those who may be ena -41ve,- of the heroic deeds-as we confess eur ,411,--i.,!(:" hare once been—of the mighty Nap0k,.1... k ,.1... fi x a thoughtful gaze on tliis ghastly fill e ' -, 5 Whieli Will go fitr to cure them of their titl ti l "t i"os of heroism. The cap of liberty, tifsl4eagle, which are affixed to the pyramid of it o 's, add g, - neatly to the point and meaning qlin7 "). 'ktive. The portrait of George Crilik 7 1)1s4(i which Accompanies a brief autobiogra- Nveyiu nletuoir, is a capisil likeness, con reg:,,. ilot merely the features, but the exact e loas W in n of the original's countenance. The 0 k ; 1 ) 1 , 11 .eYO, has an earliest and penetrating Ire re e ' - n: a the play of humour It'iout the mouth tt nist -° g, ni ze the genuine spirit of the carica 1/4'osild .r-1.-lic literary contents of the Number 4 rtici nrpiquant vitrifies. Among- the cleverest les. e l IvO may mention the rhymed quiz on the tqs , " el l°ol of portrait pain . tins- . entitled " P s• r4 Phi e r-,7 'ltty• • PhenoMena," which is smart, and even Ili passas-es. 0 . . SCOTT'S LIFE OF SWIFT. All -,, Cadet!, Edinburgh, 1841. ut l , r ''' t 4 re glad to Meet with this re-publication, in N ; - i' '''(,':l•lls commodious Number, of Scott's Life Nibil..lrt, which till now, we believe, has not been 11,114,1,51ied apart iroin the voluminous edition to I N . 11 it AVIIS prefixed. In point of style, and Ntir.;!teneSs and accuracy of details, it is a very tf ) i:„l,table performance, but we are not disposed lit f ,' very highly the critical estimate of Swift's • -ra.i. N ii ..11 Powers. The biographer, we conceive, (c .111 I too lavish of his praises of the Dean's fell .' mo rn "t 37 of expression" There are certainly iit ) ,, , ,,,9 ' Pointed neatly turned couplets in his tn -.!8--which, however, are greatly inferior pl, ,I...!rior's light, lively rhyme s ; but his ;13 " ; i.s distinguished by nothing- s o m uc h r., , 48 - low, homely, and ungraceful clta -1):' Compared with Addiso n 's style, it is 41,1-y unreadable, and is by no means so terse Dr(i correct, as it has long been the fashion to th 4"Aiee it. Many instances of negligence _1,,,. 1 ~.'' be found even in. Swift's most carefully *«;;tten work th e " Tale of a Tub;" and his 'vet, pic.'ravls of ' Gull' • " decidedly his . master ; (14 respects invention, abound 111 gross- seises of taste. Though as a dry, sarcastic hu mourist, the Dean of St. Patrick's is without a .rival, yet his writings seldom give genuine pleasure; we are struck, it is true, with the vigorous intellect they display ; hut, at the same time, we are disgusted with the cold, heartless, cynical spirit that pervades them. In stead of elevating, improving, and refining hu manity, Swift's constant object seems to be to degrade it as much as possible. Spleen and in veterate misanthropy are the inspiration of al most every sentence he penned. Yet his ad mirers call him a moralist. If so, he is a moralist of the lowest and most repulsive class, It is not a little singular that the most unsocial of authors should have had the most social of biographers, and that that biographer should have been one of his warmest eulogists. Extremes, it is said, meet; and this is a case in point. DICTIONARY OF DATES, 6•c. By Joseph Haydn. Moron, London. This is a book of general reference, relating to all ages and nations, comprehending the most re markable occurrences, ancient and modern, such as discoveries in arts and science, battles and re volutions, together with copious details relating to the British empire. It contains upwards of 15,000 articles alphabetically arranged, the authorities for which are quoted, and the date of events given as correctly as can be ascertained. It is nut only a useful book of reference, but furnishes a great variety of interesting informa tion, and will be found very convenient for killing an hour or two on a wet day. There is scarcely any subject of which it does not give some no tice, such as lists of all the Sovereigns of the European States, the history of their institu tions and government, an account of the prin cipal theatres, hospitals, churches, bridges, &c. It is indeed a work of immense labour and re search, teeming with interesting matter. The Dictionary of Dates is a history of the world, em bracing in a condensed form all that has agitated or delighted society from the remotest period to the present time. To the general reader—the man of leisure or business—to persons connected with art, science, or the public press, it must prove an indispensable companion, an every-day book of reference. In its varied pages they will find in a moment that information which it might otherwise cost them hours or perhaps days to obtain. Mr. Haydn merits our best wishes for the-success of his Dictionary, which is printed in a beautiful and handsome style, and forms al together the most comprehensive book of the kind that has fallen under our observation. We give the following extracts as specimens : HOHENLINDEN, BATTLE OF, between the Austrian and French armies, the latter commanded by General Moreau. The Imperialists were defeated with great loss, their killed and wounded amounting to 10,000 men, and their loss in prisoners to 10,000 more. November 3, 1800. FORGERY.—The forging of, or giving in evidence forged deeds, &c., made punishable by fine, by standing in the pillory, having both ears cut off, the nostrils slit up and seared, the forfeiture of land, and perpetual im prisonment, 5 Elizabeth, 1562. Forgery was first punished by death in 1634. Since the establishment of paper credit, a multitude of statutes have been - enacted. Forging letters of attorney for the transfer of stock was made a capital felony in 1772. Mr. Ward, M.P., a man of prodigious wealth, was expelled the House of Commons for forgery, May 16, 1726 ; and was consigned to the pillory, March 17, the following year. The value of forged notes which were presented at the Bank during ten years, from Jan. 1, 1801, was nominally 101,6611. — Bank Returns. In one year (1817) the Bank prosecuted 142 persons for forgery or the uttering of forged notes.— Parliamentary Returns. Statutes reducing into one Act all such forgeries as shall henceforth be punished with death, 1 William IV. 1830. The punishment of forgery with death ceased by statute 2 and 3 William IV., August, 1832, except in cases of forging or altering wills or powers of attorney to transfer stock ; but these cases also are no longer punishable by death, having been re duced to transportable offences, by Act 1 Victoria, July 1837. FORGERY, REMARKABLE EXECUTIONS FOR.—The un fortunate Daniel and Robert Perreau, brothers and wine. merchants, were hanged at Tyburn, January 17, 1776. The Rev. Dr. Dodd was found guilty of forging a bond, in the name of Lord Chesterfield, for 4,2001.: the greatest interest was made, and the highest influence was exerted to save him, but when the case came before the Council, the Minister of the day said to George 111., "If your Majesty pardon Dr. Dodd, y ou w ill h ave mu rdered the Perreaus ; ' and he was hanged accordingly, June 27, 1777. John Hatfield, a heartless impostor, who had in veigled " Mary of Buttermere," the celebrated beauty, into a marriage with him, was hanged for forgery, at Carlisle, September 3, 1803. Mr. Henry Fauntleroy, London banker, was hanged, November 30, 1824. Jo seph Hunton, a quaker merchant, suffered death, De cember 8, 1828. The last criminal hanged for forgery at the Old Bailey, was Thomas Maynard, Deember 31, 1829. EPICURE'S ALMANACK. How and Parsons. London. 1841. Almost all classes of people, says Doctor John son, are fond of reading about eating and drink ing. This is an observation founded upon experience. Who • forgets the numerous im promptu meals described by Homer with such unction in his Iliad, and more especially in his Odyssey; Milton's recherche ac count of the feast spread before our Saviour by the Devil in the wilderness ; Cervantes's description of Carnacho's wedding-party, at which Sancho made such prodigious havoc among the flesh-pots; Captain Rolando'sjollification in the robber's cavern, which Le Sage has dwelt on with such gusto; Amelia's snug little supper, with the bottle of white-wine, brought expressly to cheer the spirits of her desponding husband, which forms one of the most delicious, episodical tit-bits in Fielding's novels; Walter Scott's tempting details of the breakfast given by Louis the Eleventh to Quentin Durward, and the dinner of game and poultry set before Dominic Sampson by the witch, Meg Merrilies ; and, above all, Boswell's admi rable account of the party at Dilly's, the book seller, when Wilkes—anxious to get into the good graces of Doctor Johnson—kept incessantly plying him with the daintiest bits at table, till at last the sturdy moralist—high Tory as he was—was compelled to confess, with a growl, that, after all, " Jack was an excellent fellow ?" These are incidents which we all re member, because they come home to the sym pathies of us all. We are all to a certain . ex tent epicures, the savage equally with the civil ised man ; and no greater pride did Cambaceres —the prince of modern gastronomists—take in the arrangement of his cuisine, than does the Red In dian in his buffalo's hump, and the Laplander in his rein-deer tongue, and fish fried in blubber. The late Doctor Kitchener was well aware of the general prevalence of epicurean. tastes among us, and appealed to them with much adroitness in his famous " Receipt-book," which in the course of one year went through, heaven knows how many editions ! The work deserved its po pularity ; but not more so, we think, than the little volume before ,us, which is devoted to the same tempting theme, and treats it with a tact and skill that convinces us that the author, Mr. Benson Hill, is a gastronomist of superior capa bilities. He does not give us his receipts from mere hearsay; he is not a servile copyist of Ude or Rundall, or Meg Dodds; but gives us the results of his own practical experience, having himself made trial of the efficacy of every individual receipt with which be favours us. That he is original in many ,of his notions is greatly to his credit ; and should win I►im the respect—not to say, the reverence—of the Court of Aldermen, where originality in gas tronomic matters is greatly needed., How novel, for instance, are his ideas on the subject of " Calfs Head ;" and how vivid his impressions on the mode of dressing a turtle, which, he tells us, should first be hung up, with its head downwards, and then be promptly and scientifically " decollated !" On the mo mentous question of " Stewed Ox-tails" he is. ingenious, if not profound; and we feel that we cannot too highly laud the acumen and saga city that has thrown quite a new light on the subject of a " Brown Fricassee of Rabbits." In his thoughts on " Pease Pudding," however, Mr. Hill is, we conceive, somewhat too daringly original, and would be apt to entail a serious flatulence on any epicure who would adopt his views of the case but not so . with his Receipt for a " Giblet Pie," which has the rare merit of novelty in its minor details, while, in its main points, it keeps within the limits of a becoming orthodoxy. Having told us how to dress a dinner fin• every day in the year, we wish Mr. Hill had told us also how to get it without detriment to our exchequer, which is the only valuable piece of intelligence wanting to render his book perfect. The only individual who could have furnished us with useful practi cal hints on this delicate point, was the illustri ous Dando—but he, alas! has been long since gathered to the great and good of past ages. LIFE OF PETRARCH. 2 Vols. Colburn, London, 1841. In an advertisement prefixed to the first volume of this biographical memoir, Mr. Camp bell, the author, informs us that he was led to undertake it more from accident than design. " It was known," he says, " that Archdeacon Coxe had bequeathed to the library of the Bri tish Museum a manuscript life of the poet which he had written. Mr. Colburn caused a copy of it to be taken ; and, intending it for publication, requested me to be the editor. I readily agreed, for as the Archdeacon had corviderable literary reputation, I could not imagine that lie had left to a work that was great public institution any TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 2l, 1841. ill-digested and not worthy of perusal ; so I sur rounded myself with as many books connected with the subject as I could obtain, and applied ass:duOuSly to the study, of Italian literature, which I had neglected for some years." Un fortunately, on examining the Archdeacon's manuscript, Mr. Campbell found, not only that it was incomplete, stopping short of Petrarch's death by twelve years, but that it was written in a diffuse, sprawling style, and with regard to any spark of poetical sympathy, was a mere eaput mortuum. Under these circumstances, having employed some time and trouble in con sulting books and preparing notes, he resolved on writing the life liiinSelf, and the result is the volumes before us. . These—so far as we can judge from a hastyperusal—appear to be written with a careful eye to the best authorities, and have assuredly the merit of conveying to the lu:ader a lucid and distinct idea of Petrarch's character as a man and as an author. A distinguished poet himself', and specially re markable for the polished graces of his style, Mr. Campbell is admirably qualified to appreciate these excellences in another. Accordingly, he gives all possible praise to the melody and elegance of Petrarch's Italian verses, speaking of them in terms of heart-felt enthu siasm, modified by good taste. " One of the high charms of his poetical language," he tells us, "is its pure and melting melody, a charm untransferable to any more northern tongue. It is true that no contbrmation of words will charm the ear, unless they bring silent thoughts of corresponding sweetness to the mind; nor could the most sonorous vapid verses be changed into poetry it' they were set to the music of the spheres. It is scarcely necessary, however, to say that Petrarch has intellectual graces ofthought, and spiritual felicities of diction, without which his tactics in the mere march of words would be a worthless skill." Mr. Camp bell's estimate of the great Italian, poet's worth as a man is equally favourable, for he assures . 04 that "he was a fifithful friend, and a devote d lover, and appears to have been one of the most fascinating beings that ever existed. Even when his fitilings are admitted, it must still be said that they leaned to virtue's side." We may add to this panegyric, that, accord ing to the best accounts we have been able to gather—Petrarch was a sincere patriot; superior, in many respects, to the superstitious prejudices of his age, and indefatigable in his endeavours to diffuse a generous and ennobling taste for an cient learning among his countrymen. He was somewhat vain, it is true—more so than his bio grapher seems willing to admit—but this is scarcely to be wondered at, for he was strikingly handsome, and a general favourite whenever he mingled in society. His youth, as he himself has told us, was marked by some excesses, but he soon grey tired of dissipation, and, while yet in the bloom of manhood, devoted himself almost exclusively to literature, which was his fitvourite pursuit through life. In detailing the particulars of his passion for Laura, Mr. Campbell has ju diciously followed the authority of De Sade— Petrarch's most authentic biographer—who took great pains to collect all the information that was to be procured on the subj ect , an d h as established beyond dispute that, so far from being a mere visionary creation of the poet's fancy, as was for many years supposed, Laura was a beautiful young married woman, daughter of a provincial nobleman, who bore her husband ten children; and'though she ad mired the talents of Petrarch, and was not alto gether insensible to his passion, never allowed him to take a liberty unbecoming her character. We have run over Mr. Campbell's Life of this illustrious man with great pleasure, for it is neatly and spiritedly written, and shows tact and judgment in its condensation of facts. The episo dical portion, however, relative to the famous tribune Rienzi, the poet's personal friend and contemporary, might have been enlarged, with out any detriment to the interest of the tvork. As the leading events of Petrarch's life are well known, we quote, in preference, the particulars of a tragical occurrence which took place while he was on his travels in his younger days, and which, we believe, has not been noticed either by De Sade or Mrs. Dobson:— Bishop Colonna and Petrarch had intended to re main for some time at Toulouse ; 'but their sojourn was abridged by their horror at a tragic event in the prin cipal monastery of the place. 'There lived in that monastery a young monk, named Augustin f who was expert in music, and accompanied the psalmody of the religious brothers with beautiful touches on the organ. The superior of the convent, relaxing its discipline, per mitted Augustin frequently to mix with the world, - in order to teach music, and to improve himself in the art. The young monk was in the habit of familiarly visiting the house of a respectable citizen : ho was frequently in the society of his daughter, and, by the express encou ragement of her father, undertook to exercise her in the practise of music. Another young man, who was in love with the girl, grew jealous of the monk, who was allowed to converse so familiarly with her, whilst he, her lay admirer, could only have stolen glimpses of her as she passed to church or to public spectacles. He set about the ruin of his supposed rival with cunning atrocity ; and, finding that the young Wolll£lll was infirm in health, suborned a physician, as worthless as himself, to declare that she was pregnant. Her credulous father, without inquiring whether the intelligence was true or false, went to the superior of the convent, and accused Augustin, who, though thunderstruck at the accusation, denied it firmly, and defended himself intrepidly. But the superior was deaf to his plea of innocence, and ordered him to be shut up in his cell, that he might await his punishment. Thither the poor young man was conducted, and threw himself on his bed in a state of horror. The superior and the elders among the friars thought it a meet fate for the accused that he should be buried alive in a sub terranean dungeon, after receiving the terrific sentence of " Vade in paean." " What !" exclaimed the victim, with justifiable fury, " am I condemned, innocent and without a trial, to suffer a hundred times the pain of an ordinary death ; and you, ye impious butchers ! dare ye call yourselves the ministers of a merciful God ?" The horrific sentence was, however, put. into execution. At the end of several days the victim dashed out his brains against the walls of his sepulchre. Bishop Colonna, who, it would appear, had no power to oppose this hideous transaction, when lie was informed of it, deter mined to leave the place immediately ; and Petrarch, in his indignation exclaimed—" lieu ! fuge crudeles terras, fuge littus avarum." THE FAWN OF SPRING VALE. 3 Vols. Curry, Dublin, 1811. Some of the tales in these volumes have, it seems, appeared from time to time in the pages of the Dr/blitz University Magazine; the princi pal one, however, the "Fawn of Spring Vale," is original, and may be ranked among Mr. Carleton's most successful fictions, who wrote it by way of warning to sentimental boarding school Misses, that the indulgence of a first affection, and the nursing of it into the great business of their lives, is not only egregious folly, but frequently a source of calamity, both to themselves and those interested in their des tiny. This useful moral is forcibly and ju diciously worked out. THE TABLES TURNED. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Your readers are, I suppose, aware, that for a couple of years this town has had nearly all its public meetings inter rupted or upset by a party calling themselves Chartists, and owning Feargus O'Connor and his Paper, the Northern Star, for leaders. The Star has repeatedly told its readers to upset every meeting of every kind, " Anti-Poor-law, Anti-Corn law, and every other Anti, and allow no gathering, but for the Charter." Now, this advice might be safe enough (however tyrannical and unjust) if they had the power as well as the will, to " stop the supplies of public opinion," as the Chartist orator, M'Dowall, calls it. But as only about 350 persons in Manchester are subscribers to the Star at present, the doctrine physical force should he in prudence dropped. The example which the O'Connorites have set has been lately followed by some other parties of the "fustian jackets and blistered hands," as the Star calls them. Some of these fustian-jackets want more bread to line them withal, and the blistered hands would gladly finger a big loaf, but their Anti bread-tat meetings we opposed by the O'Corsnorites,aceordingto order. 'Were are some other fustian-jackets, who want to "re pale the Union,"and they found themselves lately in hostility with those putters down of all public meetings. An alliance offen sive and defensive was entered into between the repalers of Union and the repcalers of the bread -tax, and they have lat terly invaded several of the poor Chartist me , tines, and turned them out of their own rooms. At the great town meeting, at HR.. Town-hall on Tuesday, the O'Connorites were so awed and snubbed by these rcpalers and repcalers, that their leaders hardly dared show themselves. I understand that the followers of Feargus have received notice that they she' not be allowed to hold any more public meetings. It. would be edifying to see the; physical force Chartists driven into holes and corners to escape a storm of their own rasing. I remain, &c., Manchester, May 20, 1841. A. TACTIC'S OF THE CHARTISTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—As the proceedings of the above body have become of late as notorious as they are inexplicable, it may serve to assist the public in forming a proper estimate of their character by recording their doings in every sphere. By a comparison of their deeds in various circumstances, we may know whether, as they beast, they are the advocates, or the enemies, of t liberty. On Monday last, a meeting was intended of the inhabitants of the manufacturing and increasing town of Smethwick, to consider the importance of petitioning the Legislature for the " Total and immediate rep ea l o f the Corn-law." The meet inn was called for half-past s even , at t h e T a lb ot I nn , th a t b e i ng the principal place in the town, and the town itself is three miles from Birmingham on the Dudley road. Prior to the above hour the Chartists, who to nearly a man came from Bir mingham, assembled in great force, and, with special speakers, &c., took possession of the room, two-thirds of which they im mediately filled. No sooner was this known than the inhabit ants, who were collecting, dispersed to their homes, except a few of bolder courage, deterred by the very name of the men who on a ,certain memorable occasion performed such unfor gotten deeds by "physical force" alone. Thus circumstanced, the gentlemen who had arranged for the meeting deliberated on the propriety of proceeding with the business, and some thought it would be better to give it up altogether, and let the Chartists have it all their own way. It was, however, all things considered, best to make an attempt, though certain o: defeat. They therefore proceeded to propose a Chairman; the Chartists amended the proposition by proposing one of their own, and carried the point. The Chairman then called on the Rev. William Stokes, one of the Anti-Corn-law speakers, who was allowed to speak at length, was heard with attention, and fr , quently cheered by the Chartists. Mr. Smith, of West Bromwich, seconded the resolution in a very practical speeeh, amidst much Chartist interruption. A Chartist then rose, and moved an amendmeut condem natory of the Anti-Corn-law agitation, denouncing the whole of the Whiz policy, and recommending the " Char ter" as the only cure for our notional ills. He was followed by a Mr. Taylor, who spoke with force and much less acrimony than is usual with his party. After him speaker after speaker rose, pouring ont a torrent of continued venom against every thing and every body that did not work for the Charter, until near eleven o clock. Mr. Stokes was then al lowed the right to reply, but the people of the place had with drawn from the scene of tumult, except about a dozen, and these remained to escort their personal friends away, more than from any other cause. The amendment and resolu'ion were then put from the chair, and the former declared carried, amidst the yells of a body of men who appeared to hold nothing sacred on earth, except O'Connor, Frost, and the Charter. The above will be trumpeted forth by the Northern Star as the triumph of public sentiment in Smethwick over the Corn law repealers. To correct this false impression I send you the above from which your readers will gather, that the inhabitants of Smethwick had about as much to do in the matter, as O'Connor has to do with the wisdom of Solomon, or the poli tical integri y of Hampden. Sir, Yours, &c., AN EYE-WITNESS. West Bromwich, May 19, 1841. MASSACRE OF THE CHRISTIAN INSURGENTS OF BULGARIA BY THE TURKS. - A writer in the Allgemeine Zeitung writes from Bel grade, 2d May : The combat between the Albanian troops of the Pacha of Nissa and the Christian inhabitants entrenched by Alexinezze, which took place the day before yesterday, was ' bloody in the extreme. The Christians fought bravely, but their soldiers were. too widely scattered to resist the close columns of the Albanians. The insurgents, although fighting for their women, their children, and their affed— for their hearths and moveable property—against: the ravaging Moslem, were obliged at length to give way. The conduct of the Albanians after their victory was horrible. They murdered the children and old people, who were incapable of resistance, in cold blood, impaled every prisoner who was taken with arms in his hands • laid the villages which they st orme d i n as h es , v i o l ate d women and girls, and threw them into the flaming ruins of their habitations. Between twenty and thirty villages fell a prey to the flames, but the greater part were set fire to by the Christians themselves, as they fled from them on the approach of the Turkish troops, leaving in them whatever they could not carry oh, even their sick persons. The conquered Christians near Alexinezze cut their way through three lines of the enemy, and effected a retreat into the mountains or into Servia. Those who took the direction of the Servian frontier were for the greatest part cut to pieces by-their pursuers, but a great number found their way into the mountains, and not only those engaged in the action near Alexinezze, but the inhabitants of the revolted districts, who took no part in the affair ; but who, w ith the othen, to the amount of several thousands, now wander rootless and without victuals, and scarcely with the hope of joining ' the Christian inhabitants of other districts. For, fa vourably as the Paella of Nissa endeavours to represent matters in the European provinces, it is known here, as I before wrote you, that i n B osn i a , as we ll as i n Mace donia and Albania, the revolt has broken out. It is re ported, for the most part, that this widely-spread move ment was arranged by foreign emissaries, mostly from the north, but then the total want of money amongst the insurgents is inexplicable, if any great Power favoured their undertaking. One would be more 'inclined to be lieve that Milosch is not altogether strange to the mat ter ; it is, however, certain that the intolerable oppres sion of the Paellas gave the last impulse to this fearful catastrophe. The endless illegal demands for ' money by which the Pacha of Widdin especially distinguished himself, would appear incredible if told, and the arbi trary nature of his Government in every branch was sure to reap eventually its merited fruits. Reports are spread of disturbances in Anatolia, but they want con firmation. A remarkable consternation is visible in the family of the Prince ; and Lubitza, the mother of Prince Michael, is said to betray the greatest anxiety concerning the recent occurrences. The princely family left to-day for Kragujewatz. Before their departure a confidential attendant of the Princess had a long conversation with the. French Consul.' " MURDER AND SUICIDE.—The neighbourhood of Bedale, Yorkshire, has been thrown into a state of great excitement by a most melancholy act of murder and suicide, which took place on Thursday last, at five o'clock in the morn ing, in the gardens belonging to the Duke of Cleveland, at Newton flou•e, Lecrtifmg-lane. The murderer, whose name is Thomas Robinson, was gardener to the Duke of Cleve land, and the place where the tragical event occurred was in the greenhouse, where he had ordered his son to go, under the pretence of doing something in it. When the youth arrived there, his inhuman father struck him a violent blow on the head with an iron tool which he used fur the purpose of pounding ice, and called an ice-beater. He then took a knife and stabbed him in the front of the neck; but this, it would appear, not having bean sufficient to accomplish his purpose, he procured a cord, and, tying it tight round his neck, completed his design by strangulation. The murderer then went to his home (which is situate about two hundred yards from the green-house), with the intention, it ap pears, of murdering the whole of the family. He told his wife that be had done for the lad, and he would do for her too, and commenced a most brutal attack open her by striking her over the head with the lire-poker. An alarm was then given by one of the family, and he went into an adjoining room, where lie took a gun, which he had pre viothly loaded in the morning, and, putting the muzzle of it to his mouth, blew out his brains, the gre ater part of which stuck to the ceiling o f the room. His wife c.;ntintied in a state insensibility until the following day, and great doubts were entertained of her recovery ; but on Saturday it was thought that she was likely to get better. The lad who was murdered was eighteen years of age, and has been working in the garden with his father. A satisfactory reason cannot be assigned for this horrid event. The man was to leave his situation on Monday, and as he was in embarrassed circum stances, it is thought that that has been the cause. He was natural'y of a vicious, sullen disOn'itinn, and the fact of h:s attempting to kill one of the workmen, about two years ago, appears to confirm this opinion. It has been frequently re marked by the servants and workmen that. he would do some thing very serious before he left the place. Inquests were held on the body on Friday, when the Jury returned the follow ing veal cts, " We find Thomas Robinson, the elder, guilty of the wilful murder of his son, Thomas, being then in a state of insanity. We further find him guilty of shooting himself with a gun in a state of insanity, which insanity, w e b e li eve, arose from his pecuniary embarrassmen ts.-- Manchester Chronicle DEPLORABLE DEATH THROUGH EXCESSIVE DRlNKlNG.—Thursday an inquest was held at the George, Folly-bridge, Bermondsey, respecting the death of Mr. Wm. Hurst, the proprietor of a large school in the parish, who was stated to be but forty-seven years of age, but whose appear ance was rather that of seventy or ei ghty. The deceased had fo,merly been in the naval service , and had am asse d a consi derable property, the chief part of whichwas wasted t o supp l y his inordinate thirst; but through the interference of hi s f r i en d s p he nr s c a h a a s ‘ a e t o l f a a st li i which produced abut be/. a year. On Wednesday fortnight the deceased's wife was delivered o f twins, and since that time he has been in a continued s t a t e o f intoxication, arid it seems that he sent the boys of hi s sc h oo l life annuity, to lay yout his rem a i n i ng money in the to obtain the supply.' Since last Friday he was unable to eat anything, but would occasionally drink' a cop of tea. A woman of the name of Burnett saw him up to four o'clock en Tuesday morning, when he appeared asleep. She went again between seven and eight, and then she found he was dead. The Coroner inquired of a:r. Slow, the beadle, whether there was any suspicion of any violence having been used, and he stated there was not., lie then informed the Coroner that the deceased's brother had told him on the previous day that for merly the deceased was in the habit of drinking fourteen lints of gin a clay, and he had promised to be pre sent at the inquire. The Coroner and Jury seemed to doubt whethe r it was possib'e for a human being to take so touch, but the beadle said he was assured of the fact. One of the Jury raid that whe n t h e de ceased received his dividends he was drunk until all was ex pended. The Jury returned averdict that the death of the de ' ceased was the consequence of excessive drinking. The peer widow and her family are uric almost dostpute. FIRST PRINCIPLES.--Ile Edito r of the Rich mond Star calls the clawing 0f a woman; nails in h er h usbsnd ' s face esa resort to first prinarles ." CORRESPONDENCE ON CERTAIN POINTS OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S PUBLIC CONDUCT: TO THE EDITOI? OF THE SUX Feniton, May 17, 1841. M'Neile, in one of his eloquent addresses, recently mentioned two classes of persons—Church Ex tensionists, and Popish Extensionists. But for the sak e of the health of the Church of England, it is to be hoped there is a third class of persons, who deem that Church relbrmation ought to go before Church extension—which Mr. M'Neile himself seemed inclined to admit in his London lectures last year., I enelot.;9: for insetion a correspondence which cer. tainly concerns the public. _ I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, 11. E. HEAD. Athenaeum Club, London, April 28, 1841. Sin,—l have read in The Sun, Evening Paper, a letter bearing your name and address, and on these grounds I presume to address you. When writers appeal to the public through the news papers there is, I apprehend, no discourtesy in ansWering them, especially if they are misleading public opinion. My acquaintance with the Bishop of London is of so limited a kind, that it would be a great mark of :dire= sumpti9n were I to undertake to defend one so esbecially able to defend himself. But I have not 'the stuite . geli 7 eau as to the principal matter of your letter ; aid must hope that I am rendering you a useful service, in,seygling you the form, and its authority, by which converts from' the Church of Rome have been received during the last century in the diocese of London. Whi't steps you may now think it requisite to take, in ustice to the Bishop and to your own character, it Mitst . est with yourself to deterimne. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, . - G. G..STONESTBEET,, Preby. of Lincoln. The Rev. H. E. Head. Feniton, 30th April, 1 S4l. Sin,--I have the honour of acknowledging the receipt of your letter and of its enclosure, and of thanking you for both. With regard to the existence of the form which you have courteously done me the hontrir to send me , --that circumstance dues not call upon me for any •concesiion to the Bishop of . London. For I never asserted, not- did I at all intend to convey the idea that the Bishop had composed that form. His Lordship makes it his own by adopthr- it—so that it may be fairly called " the Bishop of London's form of prayer" in contradistinction to the authorized forms in the Prayer-book. The name or names of the Prelates who had previoUsly composed or adopted it, together with the circumstances of it;; composition—arc 'questions which do not in the least concern the public in a legal point of view—hOw ever interesting the information may be as a matter of fact or history. And I beg to renew my thanks for the information which you have afforded me on this point. With regard to the authority of the form, it is not ne - cessary to say much, as in the preface you fairly concede the point that it never obtained the Royal sanction, and that it is, in an ecclesiastical point of view, therefore, of no authority at all. With regard to the merits or demeritS of the form, they are chiefly relative, therefore the more pernicious,' as being less obvious to undiscerning minds. My mean ing is this. While error continues to lurk in our rituals, this form is liable to the strongest objections. For it denounces, with no small parade, the errors of the clergy of Rome, while at the same time it calls apon the Almighty covertly and indirectly to sanction the errors of the clergy of England. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, HENRY ERSKINE BEAD. The Rev. Prebendary Stonestreet. P.S. Are these Ronian Catholic clergymen now com petent to preach in our pulpits without further ordina tion ? I rather think they are—according to current opinion. Athenaeum Club, London, May 3, 1841. Sin,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ult., which I confess I read with regret. Upon considering your observations I find it difficult to conceive any course whatever which the Bishop of London could haye adopted, which would have given you satisfaction. Three priests of the Roman Church present themselves to that prelate, upon whose conduct you ani• madvert, for resolution of doubts and for spiritual coun sel ; they believe themselves to be in error ; they desire to renounce publicly a doctrine contrary to God's word, and, upon examination, had to be admitted, by the Bishop so addressed, into communion with our Church. Is the Bishop to reject or to receive them, if satisfied of the sincerity of the profession ? If he were to reject them ; upon the simple ground of not knowing in what manner, and by what formality to comply, would not this be a very great hardship upon the seceders; is any such reluctance to receive converts exhibited in any other Church, however numerous or scanty its proselytes ? were they to be treated as mere recusants who might, by only going to church, protect themselves under the statute against penalties, or take some oath, to remove certain disqualifications ? How would such a rejection have comported with the Episcopal oath in the Examen of Consecration, when the question is put " are you ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous doctrines, &c., &c.," would not a Bishop who should so treat an applicant, and that applicant a clergyman. at the present day be considered as not very effectively fulfilling his high pastoral duties ? On the other hand, supposing the Bishop to consent to receive these converts publicly, then he must either corn pose or select some formulary of merely private charac- ter, or he must use that of his predecessor in office, ac credited by the sanction of the State and the co-opera tion of the Houses of Convocation in the exercise of their legitimate function. To the first of these courses your printed letter takes objection your written letter to me repudiates his right to the other alternative. What is he to do ? If you will not allow him, upon individual responsibility, to construct or adopt a special form— nor t I avail himself of an order of prayer, accredited at least amongst ecclesiastics by its very constitution, and supported by the usage of the diocese (as Archdeacon Pott informed me) and probably by more general custom— you drive him back to the necessity, under supposed legal scruple, of rejecting those unfortunate candidates, hence forth to belong to neither fold ; a strange way, indeed, of discharging his conscience or his duty. If my in ference be wrong, Sir, it is more than reasonable that I should inquire which of these several courses ought to be pursued, and by what possible election the Bishop could hare escaped the infliction of your reproaches ? When you say that the preface to my edition of Te nison's Formula " concedes that, in an ecclesiastical point of view, it is of no real authority," you have not cor rectly stated its purport. Why then should I print it ? I had felt the want of such an authority, and so stated it. . . Burn, certainly a judge of eccleAastictit authority, does not hold it so cheap. In fact it wanted nothing but the sign manual of the minister of the day (as that of Bute in 1761 to the four occasional prayers), to make it a constituent part of the Book of Common Prayer. Many of the Canons wanted the final Royal sanction ; the results of the Hampton Court conference were I believe similarly circumstanced : the same exception is applied to one of the versions of the Psalter. But there is a case so ex actly similar as to authority and date, detailed at large in Burn, that I cannot forbear to refer to it, as mate- ly affecting the question which you have raised. It s that of the "Form for the Consecration of Churches." the mincidences are in all respects complete ; each form had Royal origination, each pa;sed both Houses of Con vocation, each was stopped in the Council Chamber by no other difficulty whatever than the Royal demise. But will any clergyman or jurist at the present hour admit your inference, that not one of 1,000 churches which have since been built, is consecrate, and that the ceremony (if you will permit me to repeat your words as to the contemporaneous formula), is, in an " ecclesiastical point of View, of no real authority at all, and that the names of the Prelates who have composed it, and the cir cumstances of the composition, are questions which do nut in the least concern the public in a legal point of view ? " Is this really to give its due weight to . the Royal initiative and the deliberate judgment of the Church in her assembly, upon the adaptation of a specific ceremony, of which the Church had need ? You inquire in your postscript, "whether these three Roman Catholic clergymen are competent to preach in air pulpits without further ordination ?" I have never heard that any Protestan Bishop has impeached the validity of the Roman priest orders, properly attested. The ques tion of jurisdiction is distinct from orders; often nn hooded,but distinct. Certainly no title to any jurisdiction, domestic or colonial, I conceive would issue to a convert priest, the Bishop being cognisant of the secession, until he had been subjected to the same or even more strict ex amination [than that which is] required from our own candidates, always at ordination, sometimes upon appli cation for license, and generally in cases of plurality at Lambeth. Under what degree of caution this may pro ceed lam unable to judge. I can only suppose that, as in cases of suspected heterodox opinion; proper securities would be taken. I am, Sir. your most obedient servant, G. G. STONESTREET. The Rev. H. E. Head, &e. &c., Feniton Feniton, May 5, 1841. have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 3d instant, and to thank you for the, intbrthation it contains. The point on which I have the misfertttee t,, differ from you is this. Yon view the proceeding .of tLc Bishop of London abstracedly and c,:clusivelylvith re ferenee to the matter of the three Roman Catholic cler- Sn. , • •••., u•••-• .••• gymen. I, on the contrary, have all along considered it connexion with other parts of his Lordship's - public Conduct. Hence my r_Tly to your very reasonable question—" by what possible course conk! the Bishop o f London have exempted himself from the appliCatlon of my strictures"—will be this : Had the Bishop of London favoured those moderate: proposals of Church Reform which were broughvbefore Parliament last year—had his Lordship even -contented himself with forbearing to oppose them, his . Lordship would have escaped my bitter reproaches oirlinl.l, 11: n o present i occasion. For he then would not so clearly the Church of England in the doubly pharisaic guilt binding heavy burthens upon the commences of m en b y over stringent subscription, and, at the same time, (:)fpub licly thanking God that she is not like that publican the Church.of Rothe. I Eq . your pardon if I have misstated the substance of your preface ; but really I could not perceive that it amounted to anything more than thfs-,-that, Tenison's Formula is of great authority —to those who chose to 'de fer to it. I do not think lightly of the Royal wish, or of the assembly of the Church, or of any of those initiative proceedings on which you lay so much stress. I should agree w ith you, as to the conventional, authority of the f o rm, and indeed perhaps as to, the form itself—if the Church of England were perfect. But it really ought not tl hr used any Church Minister :Is long- as the pretst cor ruptiOus prevail in our - Estalni s i ment-- least of all by a Prelate who opposes himself to the reforma tion of those corruptions. You argue that Tenison's .for,m, is . _to be compared as to its authority, to the form for the Consecration of ChurcheS. Your argu ment is just ; but it does not exculpate the Bishop of London. On the contrary, it eriminates his Lordship, and indeed all the Blshops) if they have used that form in its present state), still more extensively. That form is not free from error, and therefore those who use it in its present state are not free from bhsme. The fol lowing extract from that form—" Grant, 0 Lord, that they who in this place shall in their own persons renew the promises and vows made by their sureties for them at their - baptism, and thereupon be confirmed by the Bishop, may receive such a measure of thy Holy Spirit that they may be enabled faithfully to fulfil the same "—if it be according to law, is not according to the gospel, which recognises nowhere vows made by proxy and episcopal ministrations, " interposed as media between the souls of men " and that regenerating and eternal life in Christ, the second Adam, which is the gift of God bestowed on the r children of promise as freely as the rain that falls from heaven, With the exception of this sentence, I know of nothing to object, either positively or relatively, to the form of consecration. On the contrary, it is very decent and or:161y, though it exalts the Bishop rather too much. I (lota very much like (I mean as a mere matter of taste) those rubrics which describe the Bishop sitting in his chair ;" fur I know but of one Bishop who deserves to be .enthroned and exalted in the minds of men. But the passage which I have quoted is very seriously .aliNtiortable. It is nothing less than an appeal to the 'Althghtv, to confirm our prejudices and sanction our , Mors. . Trideed their Lordships the Bishops (the Bishop of London pre-eminently), deal with the faults of the Church as Pharaoh's magicians dealt with the plagues 'of Egypt —they exert their zeal and power, not to remove, but to increase them.—l have the honour to he, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, HENRY ERSKINE HEAD. The Rev. Prcbeniary Stonestrect. :_::.SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • . TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. • . IV° do not recollect' any occasion upon which the sniU,l,lness of the room was so much felt as it was yester,. dak; the crowd was so great, until long after seven o'clock, that, although a great deal was gone into in the way of comparing and squaaing books, many parties were unable, from the mere want of space, to transact any business at all. This being the case, we cannot be expected to guarantee that the subjoined statement con taini all. that was done ; we can only recommend it.as being substantially correct. The Derby engrossed nearly all the betting, but did not exhibit such important fluc tuations as usually occur at this period., Balph was a worse favourite than on Monday, 11 to 2 having been laid several times, and curr'ntly offered up to the • close. Scott's two favourites . Were in nearly the 'Same. - position as before, Van Amburgh having the call. ,3 to 1 was repeatedly offered against them jointly. Coronation It-as a little on the decline at first, but rallied, was backed for a large amount at 10 to 1, and Closed fourth fivorite. Galaor was supported at an improvement, but Belgrade, after standing a long time at 10 to 1, fell a couple of points and closed with a very feeble party. Ermen gardis was backed at 25 to 1, and Sir Hatis repeatedly at 30 and 33 to 1 without making any advance, and although the odds were taken frequently about several outsiders, Mustapha, Muley, Monsieur le Sage and Hereford were all that leftoff in any force. 100 to 1 each was offered against each of Scott's three outsiders—Satirist, Duke of Wel , lington, and Knight of the Whistle. It is generally ex pected that there will be a very large field, the numbers guessed at ranging from 22 to 27 ; upon this point, how ever, it will be impossible to speak with any confidence until Monday or Tuesday ; and to say who will ride (if riders can be found for all that are thought likely to run) is quite out of the question. The Oaks—Scarcely any thing was done on this race, and the only alteration was in Lampoon, who was backed at 4to . 1 in fifties. We did not hear Gbuznee mentioned, Latest prices : THE DERBY. 11 to 10 on the field agst four—taken • 11 to 4 agst Scott's lot—taken 1000 to 15 agst M. Rush's lot—taken 1000 to 15 agst - Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken 11 to 2 agst Ralph—taken 7 to 1 agst Van Amburgh 8 to 1 agst Marshal Soult—taken 10 to 1 agst Coronation—taken 11 to 1 agst Gala Or—taken 12 to 1 agst Belgrade—taken 25 to 1 agst Ermengardis 28 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc 30 to 1 agst Sir Hans 40 to 1 agst Joachim 40 to 1 agst Mustapha Mulcy 1000 to 15 agst Hereford—taken 1000 to 15 - agst Monsieur le Sage—taken 2000 to 25 apt St. Cross—taken 2000 to 25 agst c. by Plenipo, out of Bangtail—taken 1000 to 10 agst Satirist 100 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington 3000 to 50 agst Eringo—taken 2000 to 15 agst Finchle.y—taken • . , 3000 to 25 agst Metternich—taken 2000 to 10 agst Portsokentaken 1000 to 500 on Sir Hans agst Satirist—taken 500 to 400 on Sir Hans agst Joachim—taken 500 to 40 on Eringo agst Cameleon—taken 1000 even between Knightsbridge and Pahernon 1000 even between Knightsbridge and Eringo 2COO even between Mustapha and Eringo THE OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Lampoon—taken 6 to 1 agst Cob Crawford's Ermengardis • 7 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's•Potentia—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Una 16 to 1 aiiSt Mr. T. 0. Powell's MysteryTilley—.tak. The Betting-rooms will be - opened as usual at the Grand Hotel, King-street, Covent-garden, to-morrow evening, and continue during the races to subscribers only. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD.—TirunsDny. LAST DAY.—Nominations ibr the Orleans Cup : Ihts, 5 yrs ; Little Wonder, 4 yrs • Apatria, 3 yrs ; Wardan, 4 yrs ; Palmyra, 3 yrs ; dustaphß, 3 yrs ; Oakley, 3 yrs ; Marshal Soult, 3 yrs ; Caution, 4 yrs ; and Mus, aged. THE MONOPOLISTS' MAJORITY OF THIRTY-SIX. _ Is it to be believed for one moment that the great manufacturing county of Lancashire will continue to be misrepresented by Lord Stanley, Lord F. Egerton, • Mr. Wilson Patten, and Mr. Bootle Wilbraham ; The Metropolitan Boroughs of Marylebone, by Lord Teignmouth, The Tower Hamlets, by Dr. Lushington? Green'tvich and Deptford, by Mr. Wolverly Attwood ; The great Sea Ports of Liverpool. by Lord Sandon, and Mr. Cresswell, Bristol, by Mr. Miles and Mr. Berkeley, Hull, by Sir W. James, Newcastle, by Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Belfast, by Mr. Emerson Tennent and Mr. Dunbar ? And the smaller Sea Ports (many of which are lare-el J ‘ , engaged in ship-building) of Boston, by Mr. Brownrigg, Dover, by Sir J. E. Reid, Grimsby. by Mr. Heneage, Harwich, by Mr. Herries, Hastings, by Mr. Planta, Ipswich, by Mr. Kelly and Sir T. J. Cochrane,. Lynn, by Lord G. Bentinck, and Sir S. Canning, Pembroke, by Sir J. Graham, Penryn and Falmouth, by Mr. Freshfield, Scarborough, by Sir N. W. Trench and Sir C. Style, Southampton, by Mr. Dottin, South Shields, by Mr. Ingham, Simderland, by Alderman Thompson, Weymouth, by Viscount Villiers and Mr. G.W. Hope, Whitby, by Mr. Chapman, Whitehaven, by Mr. Matthias Attwood ? The great Cities and• Towns of Bath, by Lord Powerscourt and Mr. Bruges, Brighton, by Sir A. Dalrymple, Durham, by Lorca Dungannon and Mr. Harland, Exeter, by Sir William Follett, Gloucester, by Mr. H. T. Hope, Lincoln, by Colonel Sibthorp, Winchester, by Mr. J. B. East, York, by Mr. J. 11. Lowther ? The Manufacturing Towns of Blackburn, by Mr. Fielden, Bolton, by Mr. Bolling, Dudley, by Mr. Hawkes, Frome, by Mr. Sheppard, Kidderminster, by Mr. Godson, Lancaster, by Mr: Green and Mr. Marton, Macclesfield, by Mr. Grimsditch, Newcastle (Staffordshire), by Mr. Miller .and Mr. Horsey, Norwich, by Marquis of Douro, Nottingham, by Walter, Stafford, by Mr. Chetsvynd and Mr. Farrend, Stockport, by Mr. T. Marsland, .Stoke-upon-Trent, by Mr. Davenport and Alderman Copeland, • :Walsall, by Mr. Gladstone, .Warrington, by Mr. Blackburne, • Warwick, by Sir C. Douglas, Worcester, by Mr. Bailey ? And the Boroughs and Tow n s of Berwick, Evesham, , •• Beverley, • Hereford, • Bridgewater, Leominster, Bridgnorth, Maidstone, Colchester, Pontefract, Droitwich, IVenloek, by the men who voted on Tuesday night's majority ? —Orotticle. GRETA BRIDGE, SATURDAYS—AWFUL OC• CITIIRENCE.—On • Thursday evening, between the hours of five and siN..o'clock, the village, of Londonderry, near Bedale, was thrown into the utmost state of alarm by a female running out of the house of one Robinson, a gardener, 'covered with blood, - and ' fainted on the road, who- turned out to be the gardener's wifeeavhom her husband had nearly killed. On some , persous going up to the house, a most shoAing spectacle presented itself. The son 'Or the unfortunate man lying dead, murdered by the hands of his father—the father himself pacing the room with a gun in his hands, no one daring to approach the house • but in a few minut es the re port of a gun Was heard, and on entering the house " the maniac," for what else can we call him, was weltering in his blood, with his head nearly blown off. But faint hopes are entertained of the recovery of his wifi, whom he had mutilated to a shocking degree. The two ecrpses of the father and son were interred on Saturday last. The rumour is, that the cause of the melancholy affair was the loss of his place, combined with ft series of misfor tunes that have reduced him, or waq likely to do, to a state of poverty.— Tpic Mercury. • ' • VENIN G EDI+ION. THE SANDWICH. ISLANDS. - A file of the Myles/ern, issued at Honolulu, to the. loth of October has beer. received et New Bedford, in the• United States. • A sum of between eleven and twelve hundred dollars has been raised for the benefit of the Oahu Charity School, by the sale . at auction of donations received front Ear* and the United States. The Polynesian of July 4 says :—Since the arriyal of the King and his suite at this place we have been grati fied to learn that his Majesty and must of the chiefs of the island have spent considerable time in consultation, for the purpose of forming,new laws, and effeeting:a revi sion of the laws enacted about a year previous. The new coda is intended in some degree to limit the poWer atxl define the ditties of the King, governors, and Al other • chiefs. The form of trial by jury, which heretofore ha,: been adopted in capital offences, we understand is to 1)4 extended to all high crimes and to some civil action. , . There are be different classes of court:, thoncdt it is said the nigher court is to have no jurisdietien except iti oases of appeal. The art of engraving appears to be practi:;ed with; sue-,IT eess at the high sc h oo l o f M r . A n d rews at sLabaiartiana. Several views of Hawaiian scenery, executed on. .coppeti t plate by pupils of the seminary, are spoken .614 s mani festing strong native talent for the art • . The'. bark Ilera sailed from Honolulu, .Aug. 3-, for New York, with a cargo of upwards of '2OO tons of siu,-ar and molasses of Sandwich Island produce ; some of which was raised by an d shipped on account of the• natives; .16,000 goat skins, and the first shipment of raw silk, from the plantation of Peck and Co., Koloa, were also freighted in the same vessel. • A plantation had been commenced by Pikoi, William Harebottle, and some other young Hawaiians: • The plan tation includes, at the smallest calculation, two thousand acres, including mountain land, and is secured for them for fifty-fire years., They first planted sugar cane, but the soil pro-.-ing too dry and not rich enough, they have now turned their .attention to raising corn, beans, &e., and live stock. Coffee also thrives well. The Pidynesian of Oct. 3 contains an account of the trial of Kamanawa and Lone, captain of the...schooner Kooikaika, for the murder of Kawakuiki, wife of the for mer, by poisoning. Gov. Kekuanoa was the presiding Judge, the King and high chiefs being present. The accused were al lowed to challenge the jury, which consisted of- twelve of the most intelligent Hawaiians, all of high rank. They - were also alloWed to select counsel. - • • Kamatiawa, and, his accomplice confessed their crime. Lono alss • confessed a previous murder, that cf the former commander of the Kooikaika, whom he poisoned in a similar manner, a few years since, at Hawaii. Be sides their own confessions, the testimony of the wit nesses was full and ample. The jury brought in their verdict against the two, guilty of wilful murder,' and they will soon undergo the penalties of the law. Such deeds are said to have been quite common in the clays of heathenism ; but, - since the introduction of Christianity, this, we believe, is the first Case of convic tion. Kamanawa is one of very high rank by blofid, and his trial and condemnation by hi s P eers s h ow in them a commendable. determination to assert the supremacy of tle•ir laws, however high the rank of the offender. The trial throughout was conducted in a very respectable and dignified manner, and made a favourable impression upon the minds of the strangers present. TRANSLATIOn—SCritenCO of the Chiefs sent in writ ing to Kamanawa and Lonopuakau, published for the in formation of all people. To Kamanawa and Lonopuakau. In accordance with the sentence of death, passed upon you on the 30th of September, we hereafter notify you that. the clay of your- eNecution will be on the 20th day of the present month, at 11 o'clock, A.M. Happy indeed will you be should you improve the : present few dads by repentance, that your. heihons sins may be forgiven, through Jesus Christ. KAMEHAMEHA . • 111. KEKAULUOIII. Honolulu, Oahu, Oct. 5, 1840. [TRANSLATION.] Law prohibiting the manufacture and use of intoxicating drink. In our inquiries after the best means of promoting the interests of thUkingdom, it has appeared to us that an increase. in the Production of ' food is of great imp o rt a n ce . Scarcity of fOod is, Of course,' a great evil to the country. It is said that the present is a time of scarcity, and we therefore have been searching for the cause of it. One reason we ascertained to be the following, ,Articles of food, potatoes, • sugar cane, melons, and other things, are taken and transformed into intoxicating drink ; the people remain in idleness, without labour, in consequence of their lying drunk; wherefore the land is grown over with weeds and is impoverished. • In consequence of our desire to promote th. , order and welfare of the kingdom, we have assembled to re flect on the subject, and now enact this law, 1. If any man take potatoes, sugar cane, melons, or any other article of food, and transform it to an intoxi cating liquor, and drink it, he shall be fined one dollar, and if he do the like again, the fine shall be two dollars, and thus the fine shall be doubled for every offence, even to the utmost extent. 2. If any one make an intoxicating liquor such as is Mentioned above, and give it to another to drink, he too shall bo fined, according to the first section of this law. 3. Whosoever shall drink that which another has pro pared in order to produce intoxication, as mentioned above, he too has violated this law, and shall be fined in the same manner as he who prepared the drink. 4. If a man be fined according to the above require. ment, and have no money, he may then pay his tine in produce, or, if he have no produce, he may pay it Li la bour, the labour being proportioned to the amount of the fine, or, if he do not labour according to the require ment, the punishment may be increased, or 'he may be confined in irons. 4. When this law is proclaimed by a crier .in any vil lage, the day of the pro c l ama ti on s h a ll b e t h e day that it take's effect at that place. But if it be not 'proclaimed, it shall take effect on the last day of November. at all the places at these Hawaiian Islands. Enacted by the Government of these HaWaiian Llands at Honolulu, Oahu, this Ist day of October, in the year of our Lord 1840. (Signed) KA MEHAMBHA 1(1:KA ULLTOK . . . —New York Conzniercial Advertiser. LOSS Olt .TIIE DIARY SCOTT. CAPTAIN RICHARDSON'S STATEMENT OF THIS MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE. Orr - the 9th instant, at six A.m., the ship Brooklyn, under my command, proceeded, with the assistance of a steamer, from the river Mersey to sea. At two P.M., being seven miles outside the Bell Buoy, discharged the steamer, and made sail, wind light from S.E. At 830 ray., saw . Point Lynas Light S.W., about eight miles dis tant, wind brisk from S.S.W. At nine P.M, brisk breezes from S.W. by S., took in the studding-sails. At near ten nat., beingon deck myself, and having a gcod look out kept by myself 'and men, we observed : a sail on our larboard bow. 1 immediately saw her, and,' seeing she was steering in an opposite direction, (that is, , and ourselves about W.N.W.,) and she to 'windward of us c the wind Having just headed us one point, and thus favoured the strange sail, I was induced to keep my ship Off, by putting helm aport, which was done, and my ship immediately swang oil' two points ; but on looking to the strange sail again, to my astonishment I observed her keeping off, which caused me to believe, that as we were so near each other we should soon come together, bow to bow, which would have destroyed us both almost in stantly. I, fearing so frightful a collision, thought at the moment, that if my helm was put down, my ship might come to .quick enough to clear her ; conse quently I had my helm put to starboard, and my ship began to come to quickly, and had there been one or two minutes' more time, the strange sail would hare been - sufficiently ahead to have cleared us, as we struck her about the mainmast. I saw her in one' minute after she was seen by the look-out. I (lid nut see any lights on board of her, neither have I learnt that any one on beard my ship saw any. My ship lost her bowsprit, cutwater,. stein badly split, bows muelt in jured, and' at the time of the collision, and . for two hours afterwards, I had strong fears of my ship springing a lar:A•e Itak sudtltniy, as, in ;tdditi , .ll to the injury just suss tabled, her bowsprit was thiashi!!g her bows sufficiently to cause great anxiety for: the sway of 195 souls on • board ; also, the foremast was much endang(Ted from the want of head-stays. AS the ':strang -, ‘ sail passed from us after the collision, I heard dreadful shrieks and cries. I had no doubt they were cries of distress, and I feared the strange sail was sinking. thought of the drown ing crew, but I had not the power of affording any re lief; as my ship was under full sail, and in an unmanage able and extrem e ly d angerous state ; h owever , in a few minutes I let my sails tly, backed my upped the ship's w a y, but did nu t, a t that time4n . after wards, hear or see anything of the • strange sail, _ boats, or men, until I heard of the arrival of some of them at this place. and P.S. UnderstanLg e° t 4ll l:4 l3 a mE r d e Le p r o l r oS t fr. l t i ßl a ie s iC b setlilii•PnApci:l7r7'tklNalyt'en d vory pre.;ndicial to my character for humanity, to till?' (.4 . ! ,, •t. that immediately on the collision' taking place I caused the hatchways to be covered, for the purpose of - Pteventing the passengers from coming upon dc.ck, .f b eg most distinctly to deny it, no such order having 'beck given by me, or by any officer on Loard my ship ; on the contrary, to my own certain knowledge, I state, that the hatchway::: were open, and that several of my . passen. ~- e rs were On deck at the time of the accident.." of recent elopement which. has the following :—•` We s e l is t , ion in the French capit a l, has the autlio-'ties of Natuur that the.S'.. the , Comte, G ' l.• lthe Infantaun urows,,t anc bells have d.:clared t.? . ~ Aver. , ma rrie.l•by a pries:, before leaving Paris. Until this arra .. r s 1,„11 have been further settled the Princess has ' • 'tted the Hotel d'Ar..whattip, and is gone to reside at d ie : e l;. r ' 11 O s : e r e a l' (li t i n :I dol: t ie h gt '! sr i ( t 1::::1 1 t h Fic i r C silk i , gal , , • the house of the Burgomaster of :canntr." ' It is stated t hat the Comte is the individ ua l who selkitcd the hand of Madge. Rachel .some time b ac k, an d met w i th percinp7 ,?, to therfhrantsli.The Emanc.;pation, Princess I sa b e ll a was brOUght to Britsseld another Wlgian journal, a fr:ln Namur on Friday las riday l . , and lodged at (lie of the priir:ip:q I otels. "I'l 1 E , 04. N OF TIVE WILLIAM BROWN,— s 7 s limiltß,. NAY It .-_.'l surviving pa-s,•ngers of the William Brown, brcught to this port by the ship Crescent, reel:lest that their names may be inserted our the .atisfaction of thew friends at home. Subscriptions are in progress here for the purpose of getting them alt sent out to N. w Yo.k with the rextpacket. The folloWin g are t h e names o f those saved, many of them b''ing witnesses to the aw:ul, heart-reeding scene of their brothers. sistersand other relatires being launched ~ cousins, into a watery grave :—INIrs. Margaret Edgar, Isabella Edgar, .usannala Edgar, illa.rgaret Edgar. and Jane ` Johnstone Edgar, all from L oc hM a b en; James Nadi and wire, from Thibli t , ; James Patrick, and Matilda Patrick, and child, from Cole raine ; Bridget Macree. Drogheda ; Bridget Nugent, West- • . rnrwh ; Ann Bradley. Sarah Corr, Mary Corr, and Anthonv Corr, all from Colerane; Julia M'Atlani, from Dublin. It f s ' not correct that the hands were cut off from those Who (long to side sat* the twat POSTAGE TO INDIA. It will be gratifying to those who have correspondents in India to know, that a great inconvenience will be soon done away with—viz., the obligation of paying the postage on this side; and that - in a short time postage may be paid both here and in India, and both on the transmission and receipt of the letters. The London, East India, and China Association having renewed their memorial to the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of the optional payment of letters between this country and India, their Lordships have directed the Postmaster- General to carry the arrangements proposed by the East India Company, in the following letter to Mr. Clay, M.P., Secretary to the India Board (to whom the subject had been referred) into effect _ " East India-house, March 11, 1841. " Sir,—l have laid before the Court of Directors of the East India Company your letter of the 3d inst., and tlae enclosed correspondence relative to the optional pre pament of letters passing between the United Kingdom and India via Gibraltar and Falmouth, respecting Which the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India are desirous of ascertaining the Court's opinion. " The Court direct me to state in reply, that consider ing the proposed arrangement as one calculated to promote the convenience of the public in both countries, they are willing to facilitate its introduction, and accordingly to give orders for the collection in India on behalf of her Majesty's Government of the postage due both on'unpaid letters posted in the United Kingdom and on letters for this country prepaid in India, and for the remittance to England of the amount collected by bills in favour of her Majesty's Postmaster-General, in the manner already adopted with respect to the poStage levied on letters passing between India and places in the Red Sea or Persian Gulf, &c. The scale of rates authorized by the Lords of the-Treasury for the collection of the posta , Te on the last mentioned des cr ipti on o f l etters may, it 'is presumed, be applied to all letters on which postage may hereafter be levied in India on behalf of her Majesty's Government. "The Court will also take care to transmit to India . any cominumcation which may be considered necessary for the information of the Indian post-masters in the collection of the postage, and they would suggest, with the view of insuring the well-working o f th e new sys tem, that detailed - directions on the subject should be drawn up at the General Post-office here, and that the proposed arrangement should not be carried into effect without giving due notice to the authorities in India, and allowing time for the requisite preparations there. " I have the honour to be, &c., Esq., M.l'., India Board."—Ti nics. " JAMES C. MELVILL . " To Win. Clay, LARGE LOCFILEVEN TROUT. —A few d a y s age, there was caught in Lechleven a trout weighing 10lb s. avoirdupois, or DO ounces ; the length 27i inches, an d 1 7 inches at its greatest girth. It was of the grey species, an d o f perfect symmetry, being considered as one of the finest speci mens as yet Feen of this delicate fieh. From three q uar t ers o f Culedunian Mercury. a pound to a pound is considered fully weight.— an average ; , i I :.~. . _. d u. curt.; Were h, t, t, • le