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13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL BY L. E. L., " LADY ANNE GRANARD; OR, KEEPING TIP APPEARANCES. - IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, In 3 vols., with Portrait of the Authoress by .Finden. Sienry Colburn; Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. • UNDgR the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, APRIL 4, Will be repeated Mozart's Opera of THE MARRIAGE OF Fl- GA RO.—The character of Susanna by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Count Almaviva, Mr Stretton ; Cherubino, Madame Vestris ; Doctor Bar- Solo Bland; Figaro, Mr. Leffler; Basilio, Mr. C. White; the Countess, Miss Rainforth ; Marcellina, Mies Grant; Barbarina, Miss lane. Atter which will be repeated the Grand Romantic Fairy Extrava ganza, entitled THE WHITE CAT.—Wunsuponatyme (King of Nevenninclitsnamia), Mr. J. Island; Princes Paragon, Pr,cious, and Ylacid (his three Sons - , by Madame Vestris, Miss Murray, and Miss Lee; Jingo, Mr. Harky ; t' a White Cat, Miss Marshall. I:ocrs open at half-past Nix, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dro,s Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6,1 First and Second Circles 55.. Second Price :is. 6d.; Pic Seeond 'Price 2s ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of. rice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap. pacation. Ptivate Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book se ler, ;67, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Grand anon of talent. All the matchless wonders of Astley and Ducrow by Patty's unrivalled English and Foreign Arti.tes. THIS EVENING. APRIL 4, . - - - Will be performed the Grand New Equestrian Spectacle, entitled Tit E PEARL OF THE HAREM, HER KOOILDISH LOVER, AND HIS WAR STEED, BEDA.---With magnificent Scenery, Costume, and 'Appointments ' • a Dauble Company, Equestrian and Dramatic. ' and the finest Stud of Horses in Ora World. Al er which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever bet' re witnessed, THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing B %TTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu. merous and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian , Chargers, Spotted Cour.ers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most talented Vaul.ers, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionist, in the kingdom. To co iclu le with the New Laughable Farce, called THE FAMILY MAN; OR, HOW MANY MOdE WIVES. • ItUYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. U . NDEit THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBADISTON. The most prosperous Theatre in I ondon. THIS EVENING, APiIIL 4, In consequence of its amazing suecess, Will be performed the most interesting New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, eidi - led THE LUCKY HORSE SHOE; OR, THE LO NE (HAM BE!t OF THE SILENT HIGH WAY.—Characters by Miss Vincent, Miss Coveney, Me:4r_ E. F. Saville, Dale, Gard aer, Seatli:ll,.&C. 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We insert from a Leeds paper the specimens, which Mr. Alderman TOTTIE of that place fur nished to the meeting held there on Thursday, of the sort of - inquiries made by the Commissioners who acted under the old income 'tax law. If the retail dealers and merchants of this kingdom, after reading his statements, are prepared to acquiesce in the income tax, we can only say, that there is no degree of political slavery for which they are not ready. From amongst them the spirit of freedom must have fled, and its mere forms, which our ancestors established, will not long remain teeproa'chfully to remind the nation of its former liberty. Amongst the questions put by the Commis sioners are such as these = " What sums of money have you employed .in your trade ?" " What part was advanced by you or other persons ?" Then fidlows a demand to know the traders, • gains, losses, and deductions. In another case the parties were asked, " What was the amount of their stock ?" What excise duties they paid ?" " What sums the partners drew out of the con cern ?" " What was the average prices at which they bought and sold different articles ?" It is impossible that any trade,. the soul: of which is confidence, can long survive such a scrutiny by the Government. Mr. BURKE was wont to say of bank paper that it was of value on 'Change, because it had no value in' Westminster Hall, implying that to legalize credit was to destroy it; so, by exposing to public sunshine, those transactions which can t t, indeed, be too intimately known to all the parties interested, the Government will make the most goodly prospects of individual opulence fade into nothingness. The evil eye of the Corn znissioners falling on a - tradesman's books will ' slowly, but surely, wither up hi; fortunes. • Sir RonEnT-Pnim has avowed his intention to adopt the regulations of the Act of 1806 with some modification. 'Till we see those modifica tions we cannot judg•:. accurately of his scheme ; but the Act of - -18-',K; forbids a trader to deduct from his profits any annual interest, or an nuity, or annual payinent, payable out of such, profits. Then if - a man have bought the g o od will of a business for a' sum of money, and Lave, moreover, agreed to give the seller an an nuity of2oo/. a-year lift three, or any number of years, he must Maude that annuity in his an nual profit, and pay the income tax oft it. For a tittle it. way absorb all his gains, and he will Lave to pay the tax out of his capital. Again, as we read the regulations, the debts owing to a man, unless the Commissioners con sider them to be "irrecoverable and desperate," . 'ill be included in his profits, and while he is mourning ovcsa heavy outstanding, unpaid claims which are ru►ning him, he will be taxed on them as on a part of his year's profit§. We do not be. lieve that such another scheme of fiscal injus tice and fiscal rapacity was ever devised, and for the people now to submit to it, in order to keep on the Cori-law, will be to place their - lives and fortunes at the mercy of the most sordid, and, in their corporate capacity, the least scrupulous aristocracy that ever existed. Many of our correspondents, and the corres pondents of other journals, have pointed out various inequalities in the proposed tax ; but, in the case of a physician,. who is said to make a large income for only a very short period, we _ have not seen any account of its bearing in relation to the periods in which different classes may be Considered fit for h,- hour. A clerk in a public office, for example, whose business is regular and easy, will be able to work and receive an income for a greater number of years than a stage-coachinau or a captain of a vessel, who is exposed to nume rous accidents and to all weather. There are some trades, like aose of the grinders at Shef. field, at which no man can work more than ten or fifteen <<L There are others which, from the partic dar natu: T of the occupation, make continual demand s On the body, and require those who practise them to be at considerable more expense than a clerk .in .sustainint, the' body in vigour. There are sotne.pg pap ers, which require men like those of m the printers of the ornin men to be up a great part of the night, and which make prodigious demands on the animal powers. These men may all have an income nominally equal, but it may require nearly twice as much to support one rnun as another. Surely, it is as unjust to tax all different professions and trades at the same rate, without regard to the titre_ during which a man is likely to last, and without regard to the expense to which he is put to enabl e him to work, as to tax an annuity, which expires in a few years, at the same rate as an estate which is of perpetual and increasing value. If it be said, that in the payment of different BRIGHTOg. APRIL 2.—ln opening the case before the Bench of Brighton Magistrates, on*Friday, Mr. S. W. Bennett, a solicitor at Brighton, more than once applied the term "coward" to Captain Macleod, for kicking the bailiff when, his back being turned, he was not in a situation to defend himself. Captain Adams, another officer of the Greys, delivered a letter this day, of which the fol lowing is a copy, to Mr. Bennett " Brighton, April 2, 1842, One P.M. Sir,—You applied to my conduct in a case of assault, tried before the Bench of Magistrates yesterday the term cowardly,' and declared that in committing the said as sault I had shown myself a coward. In this assertion you persisted, in spite of a reprimand from the Magis• tratesi thereby taking the responsibility of that language upon yourself. I therefore demand a written retracta- tion of the same, or that you will arrange with my friend, Captain Adams, the means of giving me satisfac "l am Sir, you obedient servant, " D. J. MACLEOD. tion. " To Bennett, Esq., Middle-street." " Mr. Bennett immediately applied to Major Allen, one of the Brighton Magistrates, for warrants against Captain Macleod and his friend Captain Adams, and an officer has been this moment (half-past four) despatched to the barracks with a warrant for their apprehension." trades and professions regard is had to these I MURDER AND SUICIDE: circumstances, and those persons who are worn On Thursday a murder, follow it e t d ed by a t t he K su in ic o i s d l e vo o o f d th a e .supposed village, uas milesc o out the soonest are paid the best, that may be from mm Bristol. The 6 name ' of admitted, and we should have nothing to object lihoepuplerp etrator f the double crime is Samiiel Cook, and to if the impost were perpetual. Then these that of his victim Edith Cook, his own sister, They trades and professions would be regulated ac- were both unmarried, and lived for years together on the best terms. Both were remarkable for th e i r i n d ustr i ous cordingly. But Sir ROBERT PEEL'S income tax habits and inoffensive manners. , They w ere o f penur i ous is to be levied for only three years or five years habits, and in the box of the - female were found eight and it will, in that time, take as much sovereigns and 501. in silver. The cottage in which they from the incomes of those who are able lived was about 150 yards from any othr dwelling. A to work only ten years, as f rom th ose Coroner's inquest was held on th e b o di es , w h en t h e f o l lowing evidence was laid befo re th e J ury : who are able to work twenty. Wi t h an equal Abraham Fry, having been sworn, deposed .that he income of 500/. a year each, the former will be was in the habit of serving the house of deceased with able to gain in his life 5,000/., and the latter 1 milk. Went there as usual ab gut seven o'clock yester -10,000/., which may b e assume d to b e t h e mea- day (Thursday) m orn i ng . A s h e was go i ng up the Bar ton he saw the body of a woman l y i ng d own on t h e f ace sure of the advantage or protection they receive about ten or twelve yards from the door of the house. from the State, but while one gains only 5,0001., He was very much frightened ; but presently he saw and the other 10,000/., each will have to pay the c H o r n ah th P , aul ex g am oir i i n g ed by t . he an b d od call a ed nd ou fo t a t i i ld h i c t •r u ; a o s n t h h e a r t . same sum to the State. The short period for of Edith Lok. They then ;a've an alarm, and the which Sir R. PEEL proposes to levy the tax neighbours came. Ile observed marks of blood on the obviously aggravates, as Colonel THOMPSON has dress. Witness went with another man, named Ped coc k, observed, a ll it s i nequa li t i es . N om i na lly i t i s an floor,intow the i house,th ihis t andh rthroat thencut, and sau a go Samuelod d e Cook alof lying on about theon equal tax— actua ll y i t i s t h e most unequa l, as well the room. He was gurgling in the throat, but at length as the most inquisitorial, that ever was proposed. he spoke plain, and said, " I did it ; I cut her throat, Several projects have been suggested to reduce and then my own." the Mr. Biggs , i surgeon, was sent r its inequalities, but it i s no t p oss ibl e t o ma k e it came directly, e but for som e d died anys before about withi an hour. 'a poorly otherwise than inquisitorial. In fact, the more Deceased nd ad be bit of a cold. He was reserved in his manner. numerous the exemptions, the greater necessity Hester Peacock, wife of Isaac Peacock, deposed that there will be for inquiries. There i s no means o f . she heard the cry of murder, a t h a lf- past s i x o ' c l oc k on making such a law equal, j us t, or p a l a t a bl e . Th e the morning in question, and im m edi a t e l y ran over t h e hedge into Cooks garden, which adjoined their own. project to impose it on us must be resisted in tote. On going into the house she s aw C oo k as d escr ib e d b y We, trust, therefore, that the M em b ers f or the last witness. He knew . witn?ss,. and tried to speak, but could only make a horrid noise in his throat. Wit- Manchester and Edinburgh, who have been 'less was much alarmed, and ran out, and found Edy called on by their constittients, and the 31em- (deceased's sister) lying dead across the gar d en p a th, hers for other places, wh o ar e th oroug hly con - an d a pp eare d to have ben so some time ; the blood was vinced that there is no other necessity for this congealed. alla good oo th d e furniture fire barn their ed ae es and tablTherees and s i tax than that created by the Corn-laws, that it ing, as if it had been p lighted some time, but there was is a great •infringement of liberty—is unequal no appearance of breakfast. There was a little blood and unjust—will, in spite of a majority of mono- fi near , Samuel h Coo t k' r s , bo h d a y i , r. and Th a er l e a w rg a e s q a u r a a n a t o it r y e o a n se t o h n e polists, delay and impede, if they cannot defeat Lor t , ab n l e e, r wiltshsoisnee razor zor in it, and another razor in Sir R. PEEL'S tyrannical, demoralising, and Ma- Cook's right hand. chiavellian scheme by all the means which the Isaac Peacock deposed that immediately on the alarm privileges of Parliament allow. They will, yet described b being given he e ra o n th i e n r to w ? t o n o e k ss 's es lhou l e a , is a e n d d h fo im und u him as a be supported, we helieVe, by the 'country, and sitting y posture. th He had a ll hi s c l o th es on, an d a pniginht we are sure they will be honoured by posterity cap on his head, and his shoes on, and laced as usual. for making great sacrifices and great exertions He went out and found Edith in the garden ; but the 1 "-otp a sense of duty. . people he left with Cook thought he wanted to speak to witness, and he went and raised him again, and said, "Oh, Sammy, Sammy, what did you do this for?" He tried to answer, but could not. At last he said, " Oh, I cut her's first and mine after." There was a largo pool of blood on the floor near the table, but there was not much blood on him. Witness did not consider they lived comfort ably together. Had seen them dining, one in one place and one in another. She was very hot and hasty, and . they were very sulky at times. She saw him on the Monday, and he seemed then very poorly in health, and took some medicine at that time. He was very careful and saving, and he thought that his sister and he quar relled about money. Witness assisted to carry the body of Edith into the house. The body was rather !impish, but the hlocd was congealed on the throat, and she must have been dead some time. He thought from the ap pearance of Cook that he had cut his own throat after the woman had cried_ out murder, as her right hand was raised near her throat, and there was hardly any blood on him. He held the razor tight in his right hand, but witness took it from him. He did not believe that Cook had sufficient strength to carry Edith from the fire-placc to where she lay in the garden. He might have dragged her there. Did not observe any marks of blood in the path from the door to where Edith lay, nor any appear ance of her having been dragged. Samuel Fry deposed that he was alarmed by his brother Abraham. Peacock went into the house first. They raised Samuel Cook up, and asked him who did it, and he said, "I did it ; I cut Edith's first and then my own." Spoke to him a day or two before the occurrence, and he appeared afflicted in his mind. The sister was of a queerish temper. Richard James Biggs, surgeon, deposed to his having received a message to attend the deceased, and arrived at the cottage at about a quarter past seven o'clock. In passing through the garden observed the body of Edith Cook among some cabbage stumps. She was quite dead and nearly cold. Saw a wound in her throat of three or four inches in length, which divided the right carotid and right jugular vein, and the esophagus and trachea. It was done by one cut, which appeared to be from left to right.. She might have been dead an hour, or an hour and a-half. There was complete coagulum on the throat, and under the neck a small quantity of frothy blood. Examined particularly the path from the body to the door, and there appeared no blood on it ; there was some on a bent cabbage stump that was near. On entering the house saw Cook lying on the floor with his throat cut • there was a lar ge quant i ty o f coagu l um lying over the cut, but not a great deal of haemorrhage going on then. The cut divided the trachea and esophagus, and two small arteries. Neither of the carotids nor the jugular veins were divided. Witness put questions to the deceased ; he could not speak to answer them, though he tried. He appeared to know witness very well. Did what he considered necessary, and went home to get a tube to insert in the throat, but before I could return he Ayes dead. Had no doubt but the female must have died :a two or three minutes. Thought the cut was given in the chair. There was a pool of blood near the chair, and smaller clots towards the door, and some on the door-post and panel. Thought she must have ran hastily to where she was found. 'Thought it possible that a per son receiving such an injury might have gone from the chair to where she was, and she might have put her hand to her cap, and partially stopped the flow of blood. He had attended Cook before ; there was nothing singular in his behaviour, but he was very reserved, and of very penurious habits. In answer to questions from the-Jury, the witness said the blood on the door was about a foot Ind a half from the ground, and appeared as if smeared, tot sprinkled. There must have been something put to staunch the blood, or it must have spurted out. The cap Hrobahly did it. He never saw anything like aberration tt - mind in Samuel Cook, but rather the contrary. Knew he sister had been insane. Several other witnesses were examined, but their evi lence only went to show that Samuel Cook had been in s low and desponding state of mind for some time. The Jury, after a long deliberation, not being able to agree on a verdict, the inquest was adjourned till Tuesday next. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. —On Saturday, at the weekly meeting of the vestry, Mr. Soden proposed a resolution, of which he had given previous notice, to the tfect that the vestry clerk write to the rector, Dr. Spry, to appoint one or more clergymen to assist the Rev. Mr. Wharton in performing the burial service at St. John's Wood Cemetery, he remunerating such clergyman or clergymen out of the fees received by him for such . ittrials, and in the event of his refusal to do so, that the estry complain to the Bishop of London respecting it. lfe knew it was no pleasant thing fora man to bring him self into collision with •the church, nor would he (Mr. .-4oden) do so, did he not believe that the ri g ht s o f t h e poor and of Christians were affected by this question. ishe abusive power of the rector of that parish - enabled him to receive from 500/. to 6001. a year for burial fees .11one •in St. John's Wood Cemetery, without doing a Jingle thing f or it. Th e ierviee'iia'S performed by Mr. Wharton, the minister of the chapel, and it was no un !ommon thing to see from twenty to twenty-five corpses waiting fur interment at one time on a Sunday afternoon, over which the ceremony was all read at once ; and no matter what the weather, many were kept on the ground from twenty to twenty-five minutes before the minister was ready to read the funeral service over them. Several other members having spoken for and against the mo tion, it was eventually carried with but one dis - entient. Dimity LANE THEATRICAL FUND. —On Saturday last, at the assembling of the master and committee, the secretary reported that he had been honoured with the following communication from the widow of the late Mr. Davidge, who was the proprietor of the Surrey Theatre : " 1, Davidge-terrace, Ken nington-r oad, March 31, 1842. "SIR—It having been represented to me that at the last Covent-garden Theatrical Fund dinner the bequest if my late husband to that excellent charity was not an tounced, I beg to say, that he has bequeathed to that nstitution, and also to the Drury-lane Theatrical fund, he respective sums of one hundred guineas ; but, in con sequence of a very large portion of his property having been invested in mortgages and other securities not redeemable until the. years 1844 and 1847, the executors are not enabled by the conditions of the will to pay them and other bequests ; but you will be pleased to convey to the committee of your truly benevolent fund the assur ance that no unnecessary delay on my part shall take place in carrying out the testator's kind intentions in institutions in which he felt such sincere interest, and to which feeling I most cordially join. —I am, Sir, yours faithfully, "F. DAVIDGE. To Wm. Bennett, Esq., Secretary to the Drury lane Theatrical Fund, 10, Little Russell street, Covent-Garden." The master, secretary, and several members of the Committee acknowledged the handsome bequest, and the Manner in which it was communicated, in terms of gra titude, and directed a suitable reply to be forwarded to Mrs. Davidge for her kindness. The law relating to the canals of France was voted by the Chamber of I eputies on Tuesday by a majority of 146 votes against 116. It places at the disposal of the Government a sum of from 50,000,000 to 60,000,000 francs, for the purpose of purchasing the shares, the pro . i.erty of the societies and individuals who provided funds for the construction of canals in 1821 and 1822, on condition of becoming joint proprietors of those canals. SUDDEN DEATII.—(From a Correspondent.)— Yesterday morning Mr. Brown, the proprietor of the Flask Tavern, Piirilico, expired after a few minutes ill ness. His death was caused by the rupture of a blood vessel. • lie was extensively known, and highly re spected by all who knew him. The vibrations of an earthquake have, some little time back : , been felt at Anapa, the Cossack towns of NikolajeWssicaja and Witiasijewa, and on other places on the shore of the Black Sea. They lasted three se conds. and were accompanied by subterranean rumbling, •but caused no other damage than some slight fissures in the walls of a few houses, and the falling of some chim neys at Anapa. ' Letters from Berlin of the 23d ult. mention that disturbances had occurred at Schwerin, after the death of the Grand Duke. The people, who were much at tached to him, imagining that he had not been properly attended to during his illness, attacked the house of his physician. whose life was saved only by the timely in terference of the authorities. ADELAIDE GALLERY. Amongst the Easter attractions here, one of the most amusing is the afternoon performance of the Infant Sappho. She used to amuse us most of all in her ex pressive delivery of the Irish national plunxty of " trick's Day," but she has now deserted the Emerald Isle, and exhibits an unaccountable predilection for Scotch music. She sang on • Saturday a melody, de , cidedly Scotch ..in sentiment and cadence, for which we heard no name, but which the audience (numerous and fashionable) was informed her father composed from the suggestions of her own dreamy war blings. Mr. Vinning states that the current of her melody flowed northward. But he mistakes. Hers is an ocean of music, of which' the bosom heaves, and the tides ebb and flow, in sympathy with " the waters above." There is no rocal preference. It - is all love. The instinctive attraction of a preferred spirit to Him who is the centre of all love, and the foun tain from which all music flows. In her the difference between acquired and instinctive melody is emphatically marked. The little she has learned is easily observed. The powers are obvious which she possesses in common with that large portion of the human race who fall not within the anathema of Shakspeare, and are pleased with concord of sweet sounds. ',tut far different and far beyond is that miraculous de velopment which makes Louisa Vinning, at five years of age, an object to hear and wonder—something to bow down before, saying " The works of God are great." It was with this sentiment, grossly perverted, however, Catalani said that a critic, who spoke contemptuously of her, " blasphemed God." The vast powers of Catalani were only those of physical structure, and merely me chanical. In the perception of music she was at least equalled by many of her contemporaries. But Louisa Vinning sings from herself, and the part that imitation bears in the performance is trifling. Have you ever robbed a skylark's nest ? Have you taken home the unfledged nestling, and fed him with a mother's care ? Then, in the next spring, have you seen him expand his wings, and swell his throat, and strut upon your new cut sod, in his narrow cage, as he poured out, with un- • impaired melody and force, that selfsame " spread song" with which his father soothed the pains of the sitting • mother, whilst you lay gazing upon him as he was poised in mid-air, and you were planning how to rob him of the young one, whose love was to repay him for his music of the skies ? If you have, then you can under Stand some thing of the instinct which breathes through the lips of the Infant Sappho, who is perhaps disparaged by the comparison with our homely skylark, when she more resembles the mocking-bird of the New World, surpass ing the songsters around her in their several kinds of melody, and possessing one far richer of her own, which none could imitate, if any could comprehend. PRHENOLOGICAL SOCIETY. At each of the meetings of the London Phrenological Society, during the past two months, papers were read communicating observations of phenomena, which were supposed to corroborate the doctrines of phrenology by Mesmeric illustrations. Curious and interesting as the proceedings of the Society have been, but little space could be afforded to. them in a newspaper whilst the business of Parliament was so pressing and im portant. On Monday last we gave a report of the meeting, at which Mr. Atkinson informed the Society- of the wonders which he believes accident to hare revealed to him. At a subsequent meeting (I)r. Elliotson; the President, in the chair) Mr. Syms read a cormuunication from Mr. Brookes, of Birmingham, de tailing the case of Sarah Badg e r, a young. girl, who, .hr.ving been subject to epileptic fits in her infancy, be came about the time of puberty decidedly insane, and was for 12 months confined in a lunatic asylum, where (it is consolatory to learn) she was very kindly treated, and was permitted, though a pauper patient, to enjoy herself with music and dancing, in the " ladies" convalescent gallery. After her release she was engaged • by Mr. Brookes as - ho usema id, b ut her fits returning, the parish officers, who seem to have becn her guardians (1), insisted upon taking her into the workhouse, where she had been ill-used, and would not restore her to the Asylum, where she had been well used and happy. Mr. Brookes, with laudable feeling, pre ferred keeping her in his own house at his own expense, and would not allow her to be again exposed to the per secutions, which, from his statement of her revela tions, during the paroxysms of her disease, may rea• sonably be considered, acting on so delicate a sys tem, the cause of her insanity. This inference is the Reporter's—all that Mr. Brookes states, leads to it inevitably. In her fits she would sometimes imagine she was in the workhouse, and then she was furious and malicious, and called the persons around her by the names of thos6 at whose mercy she was in the bated dwelling, fancying that Mr. Brooke's was her " reverend persecutor"—the fitness of the epithet we cannot appreciate, nor do we answer for it. In the course of her fits she exhibited, in numerous instances, an isolated and strongly marked excitement of the seve ral organs of Time and Tune esp ec i a ll y , an d occasion ally of Colour and other organs—and this excite ment was succeeded by pain in the region of the brain, in which those faculties are said to reside. All this occurred in 1837, but Mr. I3rookes, having consulted a medical friend in the town, resolved to keep his observations secret, on account of their ex traordinary and incredible character. The girl was at length re-ad:nitted to the Lunatic Asylum, and after twelve month's confinement there was released, cured apparently of her insanity. Mr. B. took her again into his service, and finding her in a high degree susceptible of the Mesmeric influence, produced in her all the Mesmero-phrenological phenomena, which were ex hibited in the American cases, and in those of Mr. Atkinson, already detailed. EXECUTION. - -Joseph Wilkes, convicted at the Stafford Assizi:s of the murder of an old man of the Lame of Adams, at Delves Bank, Wednesbury, was exe cuted on Saturday in front of the Stafford County Gaol. His associates, James 'Wilkes, his brother, Thomas Boswell, and George Giles, ware acquitted of the murder but convicted of the burglary, The two • former were sentenced to transportation for life, and Giles for fifteen years. The wretched youth admitted that he had struck the old man, but without the slightest intention of killing him. WEYMOUTH ELECTION. — We have made up . the loss sustained in the Election Committees by the result of the Weymouth case decided this afternoon, which has given both the seats there to the Liberal candidates, W. Bernal and Mr. Christie. The Tory "Members" who had wrongly usurped the seats, are Lord Villiers (the Premier's son-in-law) and Mr. Hope. _ On Saturd a y th e G overnment steamer M e di na, from Bermudas, arrived at Southampt o n, a ft er a s h or t voya ge o f fifteen days. The mails will be delivered I this day. LITERATURE. " Your kit, however, seems extensive, Phil ; that which you carry looks to be a well• filled bundle." " It's only the child, your honour ; the night was cold, the mother wake, so I wrapped the baby in this ould coat, and for it's fathers' sake kept it, the cratur, as snug as could be." " It's not your own, then ?" " Divil a wife or child has Philip Brady," returned the honest sergeant. "Ye may remember Corporal O'Toole —he was one of the finest men in the grenadiers when your honour had the company. " Perfectly ; a better or braver soldier was not in the regiment. What became of him ?" " He died at sea, God rest his sowl ! on the second day after we left Ostend. He was badly wounded when put on board, poor fellow ! and we were all, men and women, bundled into the transport like so many hounds, short of water and provisions, and in the hurry they forgot the surgeon too. Well, his wound mortified : I'm off, Phii,' says he; you'll not forget the poor wife, for my sake, and may God look down upon the orphan ! Give me your hand upon it, Phil,' says he. and he squeezed mine with all his feeble strength. When I came down again, his wife was hanging over the dead body. They coaxed her, away to see the child, and when she returned to have some comfort in crying over the corpse, it was alreaiy overboard with two others, who had dropped off the hooks that evening. From that hour Toole's wife (we called him Toole for short ness) has pined away, and the life was barely in her when yOur Honour, may God reward ye ! let us in." "Why were you so late upon the road ?" inquired the Colonel ; "in the present state of things soldiers are no favourites, and the chances are considerable, had you proceeded further, that you would have been way laid and abused." _ _ . leaks ! and I believe your honour. We were de layed partly_ by accident, and partly through design. Our car broke down, the horse lost a shoe, and the rest of the party pushed forward, laving us at a forge to get the cart mended, and the baste shod. The smith— divil's luck to him, the ruftin !—kept us three hours, I think on purpose, and then they directed us astray. So when I found the night falling, and the poor woman all but dead, as I heard theie was a gentleman's not far off, I heads the party here on chance, little dreaming, the Lord knows, that I had the luck of thousands, and was coming to my ould Colonel's, and no other." My father was a man of prompt aAttion ,an d few words. The bell was rung, the soldiers sent to the kitchen to refresh themselves, the child committed to the care of a &male domestic, and carried to . the apartment whither its dying mother had been previously removed. There, my mother and the woman-kind of the establishment used every means which simple skill suggested ; but al ready the decree had gone forth, and within an hour after the arrival of the party the crisis came, the widow of the dead soldier was at rest, and her babe an orphan. "The struggle . was brief," said the priest, as he re entered the room, from which he had been so hastily summoned , Bya dying Womanj9 pray.' May God receive her in mercy! She went cff so gently, that though we were all about the bed, no one could tell the moment when she departed. My lady is crying over her as if she were a sister, and the baby steeping soundly in Sibby Connor's arms, as if it were still resting on that bosom which had been designed by God to be its pillow and support." My dither, as was his wont when anything particularly excited him, sprang from, his chair, and strode th r i ce across the chamber.—" Tell me not," he exclaimed, " that there is not an especial providence over every thing —ay, from the sparrow to the soldier's child. That orphan has been sent to me,—mine it is,—mine it shall be. Pass the wine, Doctor. Here comes madame." • My mother timidly approached the side of her hus band's chair, and laid her hand upon his shoulder. "Denis," she said, " will you be very angry with me?" " Angry, love !" replied my . father, reproachfully. "You never were angry with me yet. But—but—l have done something, upon which I should have pre viously obtained your sanction, love." " What was it, Emily?" "I promised," said my mother, "the dying woman, that her helpless child should find in you and me pro tectors. Hector's nurse has taken the orphan—and shall he not be our own boy's foster brother ?" " You did, my dear, precisely what I had determined to have done myself." "Before the sufferer's voice failed totally," continued the lady, " she said that the child was still unchristened, and prayed that rite might be performed when conve nient." " There will be no difficulty in complying with her request " replied my father ; "there are now two learned Thebans in Knockloftie. To which of the professors does the poor baby belong ?" " His parents were Roman Catholics," said my mother. " Then, Father Dominic, a cast of your office will be necessary. Ring for Sergeant Brady—and then parade the child." In a few moments the non-commissioned officer and the soldier's orphan were introduced. "What name shall I give him ?" said the priest. "His father's," rejoined the colonel. " That was Marc," observed the sergeant. " What's in a name ?" said Dr. Hamilton. " More than one would suppose, Doctor," replied my father. "Our red-headed adjutant married a Bath hei ress almost at sight, for after but a two hours' siege she surrendered at di scret i on, declaring that it was utterly impossible to hold out against. a lover whose appeliatives were Julius Cr.:_sar." . _ five minut es the ceremon " Then add Al ntony to his patronymic, and your Protege will p rove i rres i st ibl e. " •` Marc Antony be it then," replied the priest ; and in Roman, wh o °' f or a queen o f fifty" retired to finish hi s su ppe r below stairs, and the orphan w as complete. The sergeant gave up a world. uas ret urne d to the nursery, name d a ft er th a t amorous THE NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. No. XXX VI. The character of this work is so well known, that further comment on the plan and details is not re quired, and we shall, therefore, give two extracts from this number which contains many interesting references to the rebellion of 1745, the victories of Montrose, and the numerous battles fought by hostile clans in Inverness-shire and the neighbouring coun ties. The following is only one proof among fifty of the ardent devotion of the Highlanders to the house of Stuart. On the I6th March, 1746, (a month before the battle of HECTOR O'HALLOI?AN. Part I. By W. H. Maxwell.' Author of "• Stories of Waterloo, 4.c. , Hector O'Halloran, and his foster-brother, Marc Antony O'Toole, promise to be two of as adventur ous and amusing companions over a jug of smoking poteen, as ever crossed the channel which separates us from that region of fun, frolic, and adventure, the Emerald Isle. We are in this Number merely intro duced to - them ; nevertheless, we can predict that each of them will approve himself the " broth of a boy," whether in fighting, love-making, or punch-making— all Hibernian qualifications for greatness ofthe very first order. The story opens with great spirit. Col. O'Hal loran, the father of our principal hero, having lost an arm in the service of his country, settles upon his pa ternal estate in a lonely part of the county of Done gal in the year 1795, when disaffection in the North of Ireland was at its height. With a young wife, an infant child, and the straggling household of an Irish gentleman, he occupies the Castle of KnoCkloftie, where he gives mortal offence to the peasantry, by granting refuge to persons suspected of betraying their leaders in rebellion into the hands of the Go vernment. A midnight attack upon the castle is re solved upon, but the one-armed Colonel, who fights like a hero, triumphs.over force without and treachery within. The description of the night attack of the rebels is excessively vivid and picturesque. We pre fer, however, as a specimen of the story, Mr. Max well's account of the " birth and parentage " of the future illustrious Marc Antony O'Toole : In a short time " the heavy tread of marching men" ceased, as a party of ten or twelve soldiers halted imme diately in front of my father's barricade. " Stand! aho goes there?" was demanded from the loop-hole. " A friend," repled a voice, redolent with the richness of the .Shannon. " Advance, friend, and give the countersign," returned my father, whose phraseology, from military habitude, "still retained the parlance of the camp. " Countersign!" responded the leader of the belated wayfarers; "devil a countersign have I but one. If my ould Colonel's above the sod, he's spakin to me now fair and asy from the windy." " Who are you?" demanded my father. " Oh! by Jakers, you'll hardly mind me, Colonel ; Private Phil Brady of number eight' when you had the regiment; but now, glory be to God and good conduct, lance sergeant in number five.'" " What is your party, Brady?" " Upon my conscience„ Colonel, a quare one, enough; tin invalids, a dyin woman, and a fine man-child." " Unclose the door, Father Dominic." The priest lifted a heavy key from the side-board, and proceeded to give admission to the travellers, when Hackett, who had been hitherto an anxious listener, ven tured a remonstrance. " Why not," said he, " give them meat and whisky before the door ? Every room was already crowded with idle people, whom nobody ,would have harmed had they remained where they ought —at home.. If the house was to be turned into an hos pital for sick trampers and their trulls, why every ser vant would quit a place liker a jail than a gentleman's.'" Colonel O'Halloran preserved an ominous tranquillity; and Hackett, mistaking the cause, became more inso lent as his speech proceeded without interruption. But the storm burst at last. " Villain !" said my father, in a voice which induced the chief butler to recede some paces backwards, " dare you, a menial, prescribe to me, yonr master, who shall be'received and wild rejected ? Tell me that a comrade shall be turned from my door, and recommend that the weary soldier be ejected from the house of him under whom he has fought and bled ! Off—we part to-morrow. The roof of Knockloftie shall never cover for a second night a sneaking scoundrel who has neither welcome for a brave man nor pity for a helpless woman ;—show in the sergeant !" Without venturing to reply, Hackett shrank from the presence of his angry master ; and in another minute Sergeant Philip Brady made his military salaam, and, with a capacious bundle in his arms, stood full front before his ibrmer commander. " Phil !" said the Colonel, as he examined the sol dier's outer man, "if I judge tightly, thou, like myself, art but lightly indebted to the Low Countries ;" and my father held up an empty sleeve. " teaks ! and ye may say that, Colonel," replied the sergeant. " All that I have gained in Holland—barrin the stripes—is a slashed cheek, a threadbare jacket, and a fine child." BRANDE'S DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART. Part XI. Another number will complete this work, and in the course of the present month the twelve parts will be published in one volume. The price (31.) is con - siderable, but to those who have the means, and who take delight in acquiring general knowledge, the acquiSition will be found worth the money, both as a source of information and amusement. It fur nishes a clear and succinct history and description of every branch of human knowledge, with the deriva tion and definition of all the terms in general use, the whole illustrated by some hundreds of engravings and diagrams in wood, many of them beautifully exe cuted. It is printed in a small clear type, and will extend to about 1,350 octavo pages. Mr. Brande, the well-known chemist, is the edi. tor. He has been assisted in the various departments by Cauvin, Galloway, Gwilt, Lindley, Loudon, M'Culloch, the two Merival es , an d Owen, all distinguished in their respective pursuits. And looking at the character of the contributors, and the style of execution, it will be found the most use ful book of reference yet published. The present number possesses one remarkable feature, as it con tains descriptions of three of the greatest discoveries of modern times " Steam-engine printing," under the head " Stereotype" and " Telescope," as well as two articles of consumption brought into use only two centuries ago, and now producing about one sixth of the whole revenue of the country, namely, " Sugar" and " Tea." Brief extracts from these articles will be read with interest, and at the same time enable the reader to judge of the work. STEREOTYPE (Greek CTMEO; solid, and 7'0 , 7'4 a figure) masses of letters, called letter-press plates of the size of a page, cast from a plaster mould, in which an exact representation of the types has been made, and thus forming the permanent plates from which books are afterwards printed. As the art of printing began with the impression of whole blocks, it may be said that in its progress towards perfection it has again reached the same point by the introduction of stereotype plates. •(The invention and process are then described.) STEAM ENGINE.—The nature and properties of steam were altogether unknown to the ancients. Some accounts have come' down to us bearing a very early date of engines ; such, for example, as that proposed by Hero of Alexand r i a , i n w hi c h the mechanical agency of steam was more or less used ; but it does not appear that those who invented and applied these machines comprehended the properties of , vapour, or had any correct notion of the phenemena produced by the application of heat to liquids. The article ex tends to 17 pages, and includes, steam-engine, steam boiler, steam-carriage, and steam-navigation. TELESCOPE (Gr. TIM) distant ; TXO7rEW I look at).—An optical instrument for viewing distant ob jects. The invention of the telescope has been ascribed to various persons ; by Sir David Brewster, to Roger Bacon or Baptista Porta ; by Descartes to James Metius, a citizen of Alkmaer, in Holland, and by others to Lippersey or Jansen. Lippersey, who was a spec tacle-maker at Middleburg, in 1608, however, ap pears to, have the best claim to this great discovery. The different kinds of telescopes are described, from that of Galileo, to the great telescope of Herschel, erected at Slough, in 1789, illustrated with seven dia grams, and reference given, as in most of the articles, to the most approved writers on the subject. • SUGAR—(Fr. sucre, Germ. zucher).—Sugar is to be ranked rather as a necessary, than as the most desir able of luxuries ; and a larger sum is, we believe, expended on sugar in this country than on anythin,g else, except corn and butcher's meat. The sugar con sumed in England is all derived from the sugar-cane, and was, for a lengthened period, almost wholly sup plied by our colonies in the West Indies; but, latterly, we have derived very extensive supplies from the Mauritius and India. Foreign sugar is vir tually excluded from our markets by the prohibitory duty with which it is loaded. It is raised also in South America, Java, Siam, the Philippine Islands, &c. An account is given of the different processes for refining sugar, with a table of the quantities en tered for home consumption, the amount of duty, and the differential duties from 1830 to 1840. The net produce to the revenue, in 1840, was no less than 4,449,0701. TEA.—The late rise and present magnitude of the British Tea trade are the m cst extraordinary pheno mena in the history of commerce. Tea was wholly unknown to the Greeks and Romans, and even to our ancestors, previously to the end of the 16th, or the beginning of the 17th century. A brief history of the trade is given, with the quantities imported, and the duties, since 1784, when the great increase in the consumption of the article took place. In 1841, 36,396,0781b5. were imported, and produced a gross revenue of 3,978,1981. SECRECY OF INCOME TAX COMMISSIONERS.—PeeI has boasted that no facilities will be afforded by his income tax commissioners for ascertaining the profits and circumstances of those against whom the inquisito rial powers of his new act are to be exercised. The em ployees of the Government are to be sworn to secrecy ; but they are to consist mainly of the old machinery. Now, some opinion of the old machinery may be formed from the following fact. A gentleman, residing in Ken dal, happening to call, some time since, upon a friend in Sedbergh, was informed that this friend had formerly purchased, for waste paper, and kept by him and still retains, the accounts connected with the collection of the old income tax in Kendal and the neighbourhood, in which the returns of some firms reached no higher than 500/., although the parties were in all probability real ising as many thcusands. Another gentleman states that he remembers the collectors' books being sent to the bookbinder's, in Kendal, in whose office they lay for some clays, open to the inspection of all the journeymen. The old living machinery -may be secret enou g h ; b ut who shall an swer f or the silent machinery ? "It be hoves us," says Milton, "to look how books demean themselves as well as men ;" and secrecy is just next to a matter of impossibility.—Kendal Mercury. THE PROVISION TRADE.—Mr. Gladstone's reply to the Cork merchants is anything but satisfactory : " Whitehall, 26th March, 1842. Sir,—l am desired by Mr. William Gladstone to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 23d instant, on the part of the Committee of Merchants of Cork. Mr. Gladstone apprehends that you are mistaken in saying that coast ing vessels only use fresh meat ; but it is unnecessary for him to enter into detail upon that point. With re spect to lard, I am directed to acquaint you that Mr. Gladstone cannot hold out any hope of the Government consenting to raise the duty on that article to Bs. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, R. W. RAwsoN. J. J. Murphy, Esq." We can only repeat that our country men engaged in the provision trade must not allow the disheartening appearance of affairs to prevent them from making the utmost of the time and opportunity still open to them. Let them meet—memoralize--petition.— Dublin Mail (Tory paper). Culloden,) Lord Loudon with the King's army was at Inverness, and understood that Prince Charles Stuart was to sleep that night at Moyhall, the seat of the laird of Mackintosh, which is eleven miles south of that town, with a guard of '2OO of Mackintosh's men attending him. His Lordship, with 1,500 of his men, proceeded imme"- cliately to Moyhall, in order to take the Prince by sur prise, and thereby to put a speedy end to the rebellion. Mackintosh himself was absent in Ross shire, in the King's serviee, but his lady, who was a daughter of Far quharson of Invercauld, entertained the Prince, and was so enthusiastic in'his cause, that she raised a r eg i men t of her husband's cl an and followers to support him.. She got privnte information in the forenoon of that day, of the intended advance of the King's forces, and having consulted with Donald Fraser, blacksmith, at Moybeg, a clever and active man, he agreed to go along with five other men whom she named, to reconnoitre the royal army along the high road to Inverness. Donald having armed himself and his party, lost no time in proceeding, upon their expedition. It was' in the dusk of the even ing when they reached the pass at the hill of Craig-an oin, at the boundary of the parish of Daviot with that of Moy. Here there was a quantity of feal and divot set up to dry. Donald and his men, in order to watch the motions of .the enemy, placed themselves a few hundred yards asunder, amongst these heaps', soon afterwards they perceived Loudon's troops coming forward, and, when the army came within hearing, a command was passed by Donald, and then from man to man, in a loud voice, along a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile, " the Mackintoshes, Macgillivrays, and Macbeans to form in stantly the centre, the Macdonalds on the right and the Frasers on the left,"—all this in the hearing of the com mander-in-chief of the Royal army. Fraser and his party fired a few shots, when a soldier of the advanced guard was killed. Lord Loudon, suspecting in the twilight that the heaps above noticed were the Highland army, and that the whole of the Prince's forces were ready to attack him, instantly faced to the right about in great eonfusion, and retreated with the utmost expedition to Inverness ; and, not thinking himself safe there, he con tinued his route across three arms of the sea to Suther ' landshire, a distance of seventy miles, where he took up his quarters. This affair was humorously called the Rout of Mop. The greater part of the moor upon which the battle of Culloden was fought on the 16th of April, 1746, and the spot where the Prince stood during the engagement, a little to the north-west of the farm-house of Culchin nock, lie in the parish of Daviot. After the Prince's defeat at Culloden, he left the field with a few attached friends, crossed the River Nairn above the mains of Daviot, passed byTordarrcch, and proceeded to Gorthieck in Stratherrick. . Here is another extract fearfully descriptive of the thirst for revenge, which so often sullied the character of a brave people. The Cummings, conceiving they had received some offence from the Mackintoshes, were determined to be revenged, and, concealing their bloody purpose, invited the Mackintoshes to the Castle of Rait, where all ani mosities should be buried in oblivion at the festive board. One of the Cummings, from compunction of conscience, or regard for one of the intended victims, sent private notice to one of the Mackintoshes to meet him at the grey stone, to which, addressing himself in the audience of his friend, he disclosed the bloody and treacherous intention of his clan. The Mackintoshes being thus made aware of the design of the rendezvous, nothing daunted, repaired to the castle at the appointed hour, and before the Cummings could give the signal for attack, each Mackintosh plunged a dagger in the bosom of a Cumming, and only saved the life of the man who communicated the treachery to the grey stone. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION. ALTERATION OF LECTURES. TO-MORROW,. TUESDAY, APRIL 5, a LECTURE will be delivered at the Institution by JOHN WALLIS, Esq., on COMETS, at Three, P. M. Dr. RYAN'S COURSE of LECTURES en the STEAM ENGINE will commence on TUESDAY NEXT. By order of the Council, LEWIS H. Y. TONNA, Assistant Director. THE WEATHER.—NooN, APRIL 4. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 44 1 Highest 45 1 Lowest 30 Barometer 30.24.—Wind N.E.—Freezing Point :2 Peg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning...... 1S minutes after S. i Evening 2 mitiutes alp 9. gb t L' - 4-trolli bfttion, SUN OFFICE, Three o'CloO. ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL. INDIA AND CHINA, DREADFUL INTELLIGENCE FROM CABUL.-ENTIRE DE STRUCTION OF THE BRITISH CABUL FORCES.-ONE EURO , PEAN ESCAPED. Advices from Bombay to the Ist inst. mention that the British troops, under a convention with Ukhbar Khan, Chief of the rebels; quitted their encampment on the 60:of Jan., and immediately after were engaged by the rebels, their rear being first attacked. In the course of three or four days, in which communications were carried on with the Chief, and the ladies given up, as well as several officers as hostages, the troops were fiercely engaged, the Chief pretending that he could not restrain them. Finally the sepoys succumbed, then her Majesty's 44th. All ranks rushed towards Jellalabad, but only one European reached that city. TI e news from Jellalabad is more cheering. General Sale's position had not been attacked. They have pro visions enough till April. Reinforcements are expected to arrive in February. Report says that the new Governor of India has ar rived. CHINA. Nothing has occurred of importance. Dates to the 17th of January from Macao. The Admiral is waiting for reinforcements. The Cornwallis has sailed for the Admiral. The Chinese are building new works at Canton : very strong. All say this city must be soon attacked a second time. But it will not be so easy this time. ANOTHER ACCOUNT, The Oriental steamer arrived at Marseilles on Thurs day evening at five &clock. She bears, the following disastrous intelligence : The news from Bombay is to the' Ist of February, ac cording to which it appears that after death of Sir William M'Naghten negotiations were resumed by Major Pottinger, and a convention agreed on for th,9 evacuation by the British forces of Jellalabad, Ghuzni, Cabool, and Can dahar; that in pursuance thereof, the troops, to the number of 10,000, set out, and were, in treacherous'defiance of the treaty, all massacred. Two or three natives alone escaped. General Sale has refused to surrender Jella labad, and is prepared for a vigorous defence. General Elphinstone is not dead, although wounded. He is a prisoner in the hands of Ukbar Khan. There is no news of the unfortunate ladies and other hostages now at the mercy of such treacherous savages. The Indian army is to be increased by the: addition o a company to each regiment. " The accounts from China are to the 2d of January, but add little to what is already known. • The Chinese, notwithstanding the treaty entered into with k;ir H. Pot finger, were rebuilding the fortifications of Canton and Ningpo, and there was question of a second attack upon the latter place. Another ship of war of 60 guns had arrived. [We will give the details at length in a Third Edi, ion.] 1 - 'We are someti me s h a lf inclined to think that the Fr ench' are exceedingly fond of us. There :is some thing so coquettish in their abuse 'of England---some thing so expressive of jealousy rather than of real dislike in their denunciations of alliances formed by ' England with any country but France, thalL we half suspect that, after all, we are prodigious f:avourite3 with our Gallic neighbours. So wrlike ar id defiant a people cannot care three straws about col nbinations of a defensive character ; and as for offensive alliances, all Europe holds in abhorrence the very ideal. of mak ing ' war upon France. When, therefore, we find them one day abusing England for keeping a my terms with Russia, and exulting the next over the prospect of a rupture between these Powers, arising out of occurrences now taking place in Syria and at Con stantinople, what can we say but that Franco wants us all to herself—that hers, is the only lap upon which Great Britain should cradle her love and, fries ndship ! But the French are jealous of us wit bout a cause. Whatever appearances may seem t o war rant, there can be no real sympathy between E ngland and Russia, the bear and bugbear of Western E urope. Even the Tory party in this country regard with contempt the higher classes in Russia, &atm the CZAR upon the throne to the humblest official within the wide range of the Russian Empire. Sh Auld this fact be doubted in France, we refer the incredulous to an article on the present state of Russia b a the last ' number of the Quarterly Review, published on Satur day. The writer, a rank Tory, has no symi )athy with any class in Russia but two—the serfs and the Greek priests. Indeed he paints all the rest in mac :h colours, as exhibit; engrafted:upon an infant mon: trchy, the matured vices of a State rapidly hastening .to inevita ble destruction. He describes the EM? ERROR as a meddling drill-sergeant, the EMPRESS as . a virtuous but extremely frivolous Princess, who is .4 lemoralising the women of Russia by the contagion ( if her tastes ; all the officers of the State as open to ;the grossest bribery, and spies upon one another; the ; administra tion of justice as an affair of open traffic: ; the nobles as rude and barbarous, mistaking Freni h frivolities for civilization ; and the Chinovniks, or Crc , wn-created, be-titled middle class, as a pack of as a rrant rascals as ever peopled the dismal regions of Si) eria. Upon these various points it may be Li ost satisfac tory to quote the Reviewer's own words. Of the EMPEROR he says—" His firmness is unalterable ; his industry unfailing—his justice, as it emanates di- rectly from himself strict—his preferences steady— his consistency rigid. Not a few will s oy, here are already the prime materials of a great man ! But we have added neither the cultivation of mind which should lead to clear views and sound ju ; dgment, nor the native intelligence that might suppl: their place: And both these necessary qualities bei ng wanting, those we have enumerated are as often s, :en violently impelled in a wrong direction ,as in Ib he right —as often expending their strength in the re a tification of mere nonsense as in wrestling with deep-rooted errors." And after quoting, with approbf ttion, the de claration of a Russian nobleman, that th e EMPEROR, with . good inte n ti ons , i s profoundly IG/. UORANT, the Reviewer attributes to his pig-headed oh tinacy and ignorant spirit of meddling " the degrading frivolity and extravagance of his Court—the em EJtiness and vanity in which his own family have bees I educated, the child's play of his military taster - 4 an d the im mense importance attached to the length of a spur, or the breadth of a button." Does t/ „tis Tot y portrait of our ally NICHOLAS excite the et Ivy of our French neighbours ? Nor does the EMPRESS fare bet ter than the Empm Ron at the hands of this stern critic of the vices of Russian society. " Her MAJES TY," says the Re viewer, " not considering that all, that is sin in ap pearance is sin in reality; that is infinitely less harmful to public morality I .hat \Ace should assume the mask of virtue, than tht it s virti to should sport in the garb of vice, has spreaii over Ik'.ussian society a mantle of frivolity, wide enough to L screen the vices as well as the . follies of h er female s objects. The Empress CATHERINE THE SECOND and: the present stand in strange conj unc t ;ion and oppositilon--the one was all vice, the other ; i s all purity , • ye' who may say that she who renCiered vice less odious, _has done more harm to the Nv omen of Russia than she who renders virtue less lo• s ! the / rely ? CATHERINE k. k ;ECOND drew sin, as it werc;, with a cart-rope ; but, present illustriovs matron bas hooked the cu trds of vanity unto the car of virtue. The one &serve ' execrations of her fel low-creatures, but th• other matter to make the angels in heaven weep ! 11 /5 paradox to say, that had the present E3fruzs 9 l 4. 0 bi less virt uous , h er examp l e h ad b een less pernicinu ;. In the " e l ements o f l oyalty, the prom i se ," 111 '1 other qualities equally with these," the Be ° states the " Russian nobles are beneath their Unlike his serf," continues the Reviewer, " th e Li sian noble rarely respects anything that is n aP no , He depreciates the real merits of his countrrio tatizes from her real virtues—abjures her rich , flea energetic language —and in short, glories in 11° • 1 0 that belongs to her except her domination. 19 t in rebellion has no reference either to her Wav e co . her resources. Hi s h e l p, w h en obedient, is not th tt, operation of conviction. Profiting generally_.9b4 imperial rage f or th e outer s em bl ance o f civillo".o to graft only its sa pl ess b ranc h es, i ts me re fashlo°bp, luxuries, upon his own barbarity, the RussialL e f even if not tainted by the all-pervading, Cor ri c r ii place, is too ignorant to form any schemes for benefit of his country r In. all Government offices, and all Courts of Jti'lii; corruption is the rule, an d j us tice the except t y throughout Russia. Every public officer Inn oto empire is a spy, an d t o suc h an ex t en t is this ou s . o ded carried that th e i r I mper i a l M AJESTIES are h urr for tIO by them, a n d th e i r very l oo k s repor ted. AS n d lif EMPEROR the Reviewer states that mere eye bU service is all that h e can comman d . " Th e very ° o he observes, " w hi c h hi s M a j esty se es wi th his fo c oll eyes, and rectifi es w ith the viva-voce u k ase of h is , . , t ,i tongue, are re -i ns t a t e d b e f ore t h e post-ber s es rst o whirled him a w a y are returned to the san e s be r of The contempt attending his orders, the no lll ces o instances of officers either not fulfilling, or ei re ditel their instru c ti ons , i s more t h an wou ld be c 10 beneath the terror of an a b so l u t e Governmen t ', Meo last observation is exceedingly unphilosophiem', i 5 are never so strictly governed as when they tip p o 6 laws to go vern th emse l ves. I t i s on l y un der a sn ' d do and absolut e Government that officials can sor p, systemati ca lly l aug h t h e w i ll of the M ona rch t e : o oet knowing that none dare denounce thei r : re lefl i without the certainty of being ruined. """ e ion of may change with the Imperial temper, the 01 0 , i ir such as were f rame d i n pass i on must, i n tbe re ' ture of things, be general. no t ii The entire policy o f th e R uss i an Gover n iai pia based upon t wo p r i nc i p l es — esp i onage, and th e isow ei'er up of an immense army. These principles , ",„ e ptl! carried out, can never render any people perli-tio great and powerful. An empire based upon ,r or must fall, should it ever have the misfortun e r e e lr quer a nation more civilized than itself. rib sbo vij ments of stability are wanting to Russia, an haliJ the reins of Government drop into a less caP sb ia , 0 0 than that of the present EMPEROR, S O UnW ie c e s ill-cemented an empire must fall to pieces. 1 0 0 and so general is the corruption throughnu t . t ip t bt' that a traveller on qu itti ng it m i g h t a ddress 1 ore memorable words of J IIGURTITA , w h en taking• $ ti stic e ' well view of th e e t erna l c it y . P atr i o tism, •I t eO lO religion, humanity, l o y a lt y — a ll, i n short, 6300; the human character, have their money pri ce d ole° . the upper classes i n Russia. The imperi 3l , , o cl ls only wants a purch aser r i c h enoug h. `With be t country there can be no f r i en dl y a lli anc es Nou' 01 not mutual self-interest for their foundati°ll%,slll we can have no int eres t i n common withl lllllsl lf 51 such as are purely co mmerc i a l. Sh e cannetti belo,to in any way, and we are t oo w i se l y j ea l o us 01 . sent power to unite w ith h er i n ex t en ding 1 expense of more civilized nations. eoi ° France has therefore no real grounds for .d liv: of the seeming f r ie n d s hip b e t ween E ng l an d 811 , , sia. Of that we can assure them with th e confidence. We learn from the Edinburgh papers, of Sit t . r slle ;hat the leaders of th e Non-Intrusionist par t f 1 11 P. Kirk have "draw n u p a p l an f or a new Ch.ie ; :ablishment, in the e ven t o f a l eg i s l a ti ve illeft su j, ng passed to which they ca nno t su b m it." T he ho r may be describ e d i n a f ew sen t ences. On t' ' to 9 0e paration from the State, they will still adher e l ii iii i another, and form a " protesti ng a nd t i Church, to be entitled the " N on -E ras tian Ch ute e l Scotland." Fund s f or th e ma i ntenance 0 1 L".,,,c1 and the building of churches are to be „I I :0 4 'j large donations at th e commencemen t, a nd by monthly or weekly contributions ; the toolle,,j;' is to form a common stock out of which the set' tars are to be paid at th e ra t e o f 1 501. or 0 1 ' $ other Presbyterian b o di es are to b e invited ter,e;ti'' rate with them ; pa r i s h es l e f t i n the han d s °f all ti/e, incumbents are to be d ea lt w ith as vacan t, 39 " . .,10; funds raised are t o b e p l ace d at t h e di sposa l °' central committee composed of elders,.de 3s o ll l, communicants, exclusive of ministers. We Choi approve of this plan. It is evident that a Std e tth n with ministers claiming total independenee- ° : - fel ! power, and making laws for an Establishineo l h c 'ol 3°. by Act of Parliameiiis an anomaly whirl .9 .0 1 /r to long exist. It is infinitely better, therefore' oft! rate in peace, and put an end to the unseeolli g o olitY,; which have so long agitated the Christian e° 11) 4 . 02 . it The experiment has already been tried; j o f th e only a repetitiOn of the Secession scholleal ERSRINES and BOSTONS, which was adq t ;ill th o e somewhat similar circumstances, and l e j Non-Intrusion outcry commenced vos ac t „ work admirably. The 'Secession Chure"b, as a check ,upon the Established Cli_ i irc f orVj respective clergy became rivals in the got- 1 0i,, instructing the people and improving their Ore t!cil religious habits, and to this circumstance 1 any other may be attributed the great changeobto' has taken place in the social condition of th e tants of Scotland. t he . .4. , , to rep' oer Lord ABERDERN'S able and conclusive 4 is re ,e note of Mr. STE VENSON on th e Ri g ht of the freP o t d i e tion is the principal subject di sc ussed in ' • p g ; isn erl' journals. They all find fault with it, -a - v i s itaa England, in insisting upon a right e t. , it ioie e ;, seeks only to establish a system of 111 , 3 ' oc er. 4 e v piOnage. The Journal des Debats disc treme adroitness in Lord ABEan° oj eitt: h i Co ,h ments ; and the Courtie r F ranca is, the deli - . ~t o the National, and . the P resse , e xpress a Ol ri.o l l • conviction that they w ill ma ke n° I ., P sal d le upon the Washington C a bi ne t. As we h a ' s' ,boleo,i ' another article, we can h ar dl y b e lieve su ch ve t li n t senseless abuse of us to be sincere. A nd . t h e bes . at for upon this country are but sorry jokes a_ . ", t he he They, however, divert public attention fro yes, fr, tifications of Paris, the prosecutions of the Pali rotor" •ad der delinquencies of the Chamber, and the gi a on of France to a yoke more galling than ex iste CHARLES the Tenth. ot Or fi of le ,i V ti tv i A letter of the 9th ult. from Cons tar h j at e nounces the intended departure on the eun tfl' , ii Effendi, Minister Plenipotentiary to th is c foie' o f Akif Effendi, Minister to Vienna. The 0' I ) N t he ~,, ~ `.- 1 bearer of a present from the Sultan to t he , Wales, of a magnificent Damascus bind e % res t 1)11 bard of pure gold, an d 'the hilt of t he 11.1 ' liants. o° l our suv' eti iil In addition to what is contained in _ orito ,io the following extracts include all that is " if' ~410 , the French papers : t t o o t f ho search, 41,e w O r tain s '.. • c' f . t" The Breton, of Nantes, of 31st ult., uu u _ , history oie," e ing :—" We have ' another episode to add t ° _,"roogli s T of P o i, mortification muclt ofto otohreowgroa.tificcaaotpiontaireafta_t;:irewtebpahicarht; .::::x0111;,0:: r an ig d h Astree, lately arrived in the Loire from Gore,_ G obi „ e i , lows :—' On Jan. 6, I was sailing from I fell in with the English frigate Madag o as e bu 7 t hat °:,,,, I ' , blank cartritlge. Supposing, without 1 a ;hotted !' s ,tie u-t i . j j 'ed. i c edqot was not hoisted quick enough, she &cosa though my colours were at that time disi t ) o ) , estien ,: _ , , peaceably my course ; the wind began 4 ea gt eo a h: , p i preparing to enter harbour before night, w ; to Pu t 31'1) 0 0° 5 fell close enough to my ship to warn I * .sc , . w ale , for . , breeze we's not very fresh, and the v t 7 , - .s , v _ i f u s.e, _ r in effecting the evolution. During this hton"" bav e be - n i l l , would h 03° Of shot again fell near us. However, i out forcing me to change my eoutise, 6;_ no ret ro:. __ask y of us, and sc:s not far distant- I 1 1 2a w a e . : of w hater w itp o j for the captain of the frigate to co mialun .i i ,oe t sh s e v h it a d osoc ath e ioi j a o the matter, well knowing that a shiofa , he hag , to ct? , s tr , she may be, is always in the right when s _, her , „er Iw e • o ii caused all the hatchways to be opened, - over , le too' the search was aha not a suspicious craft. When trading vessel. She made me bring tot; ander w ho ' it W" to wait for the orders of the comm coarse. 'H o c does I , l e after, allowed me to continue my hear of El - 10$ remarks the Breton, that we never ~ being visited by French ships of war? 2. 1 AT, A PRIL 11, BOURSE—PARIS, SATURD Low, ri,o I Irst Highest _tit. 07.10 Price ?WC.. .F 1,7 75 , 101 . 117 85 ... ' l7 63 .. 101 4 0 ." E'' !ti trench 5 per Cent, .......... • 101 40 ... 101 40 ... 81 60 60 _ 4 per Cents. ... SO ft: , - ;so ...0), 3 3 per Centf... ...... .. ie. ti_ ~. C 0.,, .. %36 I 0 .107 ascertain i 0000 Loan . ....... - ......... 3t s i t ) N .; :1 2 a ' .. _ I i .0.1 0 'a " 01 rrance ............... 107 50 ..14.17 50 •* i j i .lo '.. 0.- Lame 1..11.s 1,0001. St axes . __., ... 2 ... 06 5,00(11 sNares ..040 ...5 4 . , !, , . t( 50 . ts SO ••• su',, 10Z0a IP" ~eint, rank ~... ... 1n.., g ••• ..,..- ....' ,t ii, Belgian 5 per Cents. ......... I.:F.lge, , tot3.3e ... i!J . , ~ , t ,ei Cerns., i 540... 11)141 - ~ • ... '"' . Is tb}t .- ''''' , ` 9 5% P' ~,,,,,sti Active... ............ . __ ... ,i., ... ... Passive .................. 5 , : s i ... y, , Vortuguese 5 per Cents. ...... 'zb ve:,"rnain 11 0 , 1 / 41 , L ...... 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