The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-28 00:00:00

Lival ,do tt. 9% 1 i j~~ „~ LITERATURE. THE BOOK OF BRITISH BALLADS. . How and Parson.s,,London,,.l&42. Dr. Percy's Relics of Ancient English Poetry," which—notwithstanding the supercili- OUR sneers of Johnson—produced no slight effect on the literary tone of the age-in which they appeared, have evidently suggested the idea of this work, whose editor—Mr. S. C. Hall, a gen tleman every way qualified fur the task—pro poses to avail himself of the researches of Evans, Ritson, Pinkerton, Scott, Motherwell, and other poetical antiquaries, so that his collection of Bri tish Ballads will, if ordinary diligence be used, he the most extensive in the language. " Each ?ballad," he tells us h his Prospectus, " will 'be preceded -\ by two pages, giving its history, and supplying such information concerning it as the Editor may be enabled to obtain. Into these pages will be introduced generally the airs to which the ballads were sung, and any pictorial illustrations that may serve to explain the text." This is a considerable improvement on Doctor Percy's plan, and not less judicious is Mr.. Hall's determination to admit into his col lection such ballads only as appear most worthy of preservation, and not to reprint those which have no stronger recommendation than their rarity. -Percy and.Ritson, notwithstanding their tact and judgment, were both reprehensible in this respect, for they gave insertion to many trashy ballads, simply, because they were rare, When they should have considered that it was most probable that their rarity was occasioned by their worthlessness. - As regards the pictorial Portion of the present collection, it is scarcely possible to praise it in too warm terms, for the deSigns, which are remarkable for their excel lence and variety, are furnished by some of the ablest artists of the day, and the engravings from them display no less signal ability. PERCIVAL KEENE. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1842. Though not among the best of its author's (Captain Marryat's) novels, yet '= Percival Keene is an entertain= production, and in some of it; Iniresprightly and spirited scenes will be found tint unworthy of the genius that conceived Peter Simple." The hero 'is the illegitimate son of the Hon. Captain Deltna-, and derives the nam e of Keene from his mother, who is man iel to a.ptivate marine. By her means he obtaini a midshipman's berth on board his father's ship, who aMets an utter ignorance of ihe young Man's close affinity to him, and keeps him at a• respectful distance. In the course of time, c . val obtains promotion in the navy, is made a post-captain, and, ultimately, heir to his aunt, the-Hon. Miss Delmar, when he takes the op ptittnnity of marrying Minnie Vandervelt, whom, sevetal , years before, he had rescqed, together with her father, from the clutches of a pirate. ili§ o ehegnered course of life is detailed, for the Inittt part, with spirit, but it is in describing his h6o's - jocular adventures that the author has been most successful. His sea scenes, too, are unitbrmly good, and the interview between Per eivali when left alone on board a water-logged and a negro pirate chief, who has taken an mil never to spare a white man, is full of terse, dramatic rigour. WILLIAM LANGSHA WE. 2 Vas. • Bentley, London, 1842. It. would seem almost impossible for an author, ever skilful and practised in his or her calling, to excite anything like a romantic interest in the for tunes of a Manchester cotton-lord, usually not the most imaginative, chivalrous, or refined of crea t e d b e i ngs ; b ut Mrs. St one h as contrived to do so in her present tale; and, despite his close connection with ginghams, cot tons, billy-rollers, and over-worked factory girls, we feel an interest in the fortunes of William Langshawe and his pretty daughter Edith, which we never felt in the heroes or heroines, say, of Mr. D'lsraeli's novels, n otwithstanding their undoubted rank and fashion, and that they lived in the selected quarter of the West end, and had a proper conte:npt for those who \vac not ;g0 fortunately located. But though - Mrs. Stone has liroduced a readable story, we do not think the subject any means well chosen—(though recent circum 4.4nces such as the riots in Lancashire, may, perhaps, give it a temporary interest)—for it lies too much !:91 1 0ug.the matter-of-fact common-places of commer cial life, and is, consequently, deficient in that stir, and bustl e , an d . excitement and variety, which consti tute the very salt of fiction. We must acknowledge, n evertheless, that the portrait of William Langshawe is drawn by one perfectly familiar with the class to ivhich he belongs,. and shows frequent marks of an observant and discriminating intellect. 71 SONG OF THE RED INDIAN. tint toilet (From the Dispatch.) !„wby should the white man hang on my path, ...z444the hound on the tiger's tra c k ? ,( )tbP,e flush of my dark cheek waken his wrath ? of 4),ogs he covet the bow at my back ? 4611114 rivers and seas, where the billow and breeze It), near ri c h es f or h i m alone ; And the sons of the wood never plunge in the flood That the white man calls his own. Then why should he covet the streams where none But the red-skin dare to swim? O !: why should he wrong the hunter one Who never did harm to him? The Father above thought fit to give To the white man corn and wine ; There are golden fields where he may live, But the forest wilds are mine. The eagle bas its place of rest, The wild horse where to dwell, And the spirit who gave the bird its nest Made me a home as well. Theri - back, go back from' the red-skin's track, • Poi the bunter's eye grows dim TO find that the white man wrongs the one Who never did harm to him. ELIZA COOK. LONDON ELECTRICAL SOCIETY The first paper read last Tuesday evening was a co mmunication from Mr. Weekes, relative to the his tory of the :Hail Galvanici. Repeated observation has proved to him that, whatever be the origin of theie tereatures, the species are propagated by the ordinary "bade of generation. He has seen race succeed race, observes that the survivors prey upon the defunct. 111 $ hopes of secur i ng spec i mens o f the insect have been entirely frustrated; the gradual decrease in the number of insects led to his opening their hermetic .prison ; and the only one insect within it, and that a :microscopic one, soon disappeared. He anticipates tome interesting. results, in relation to the spongy ag gregation found in the oxide, which promises to form an arris . , E sq., paferi or oxide of silicon. A p a p er , b y W. S now was then read, being observations on I ' lr .Walker's papers o n Lightning Conductors. The /natter at issue with regard to lightning was , w h e th er a spark w ill or will not pass from them to vicinal bodies. Mr. Harris admits that it will divide among Fnntinous conductors, but not among semi-isolated bodies ; and appears to give the two cases as instances, the one of " the division of the discharge," the other 'Qf the lat era l di sc h arge ." I n denying the latter, he 4 enics the. necessity of connecting metallic masses Witit'the prime rod. As Mr. Walker had given rea sons to show why the Leyden jar shoiild be banished from lightning experiments, our author analyses ~.1 4e se reasons , under the conviction that a -40 'vden discharge - does resemble a flash of '!gi'nning. With the principles of the expe -I.4';icnts he agrees, but not with the deductilns ; one ac ialowledo.es the distinction between the two dis- T c 'lazges but not the difference. The direction of a ' -4 eY4len discharge does not alter its character ; and t he shortness. of the Leyden spark is entirely an ` 4 l: f ii. l * of intensity. He gives reasons for objecting to ` l 7 experiments with the prime conductor, and shows what he conceives deficient in them to complete the : s ria l,ogy , with nature. He alludes to the security p ro duced by an efficient lightning-conductor, an dconcludes that there is no need of connecting detached metallic masses with it. Mr. Weekes's Electro-Meteorological Register for August was then laid before the Society. We observed that i n more tha n one i ns t ance the intense heat of the 'weather melted the cement by which the insulating ,PParatuses are held together, and that the wire fell i . ° ll l St. Peter's Church. It was stated that Mr. 'a , lris's paper would be printed immediately, to ap- Pear in the same part of the Proceedings with Mr. Wedket's. late accounts from the Cape of Good Hope, we learn that her Majesty's ship Fly, commanded by Blackwood, Esq., and her Maj es ty' s sc h ooner b ra 4nble (tender to the Fly), were lying in Simon's .', 4 3, on the 9th J u ly, but would sh o: tl y pro c ee d to torrea' Straits, to survey that passage, according to -in structions. COST OF STRIRES.—There has been expended in atr.i.kes of late years, among the Glasgow cotton spin "2l3l 4 7,000!.; the Manchester cotton-spinners, 370,000/. ; , t 'd the woolcombers, 400,000!. ; Leeds mech a ni cs , . 487 P 0 01. The late strike in and aout Manchester h as i t.° "ably cost as much as all these pat together, and yet e eu productive of no satisfactory results. Lonu MORPETIL—Lord Morpeth, we understand, -r:ot expected to return from his tour in the United otat.t.a and Canada until the beginning of November, when his Lordship will join the Earl and Countess of e 'rlis , 'e who are now at Chatsworth, at Castle Howard, orks hire.—Leeds Times. Mk.. General Steam Navigation Company's . vessel the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arr ived off the Custom boas() on Mcnday, with the Dutch ' Baroness Lehzen is, we are given to understand, on th e eve of departing for Germany, for, it is said, the benefit of her health.--Mornin g Herald. We regret to state that Captain Basil Hall is in a very precarious state of health, from an attack of paralysis DUNN'S CHINESE EXHIBITION. SECOND NOTICE. This splendid exhibition 'still continues to attract visitors from all parts of the town, in as unprecedented a manner as might be expected. The Duke of Wel lington has visited it no less than five times, accom panied by the Marchioness of Douro, and if further proof were needed of his satisfaction beyond his re peated visits, he has, we understand, expressed his gratification most unequivocally. At this immediate period, when the nobility and gentry are abroad, or at their country •seats, the magnificent apartment which contains pll the riches of Cathaia appears to be as fully thronged as ever by delighted and sur prised spectators. We had the pleasure of observing one or two recent additions, comprised in the case numbered XLI. It contains, among other curiosities of a recherche order, one of those esculent nestspro duced by the Java swallow, chiefly among the rocks and caves of Karang-bolang, and to secure which forms as perilous a task as the gathering of samphire on slanting cliffs. The appearance of this epicurean trifle is that of a crisp, sweet, honey-comb delicacy, and when moistened by the rich s.oys with which it is eaten, would doubtless enrapture the palate of Apicius. In the same case is a specimen of a dwarf-tree, for which Chinese art is so celebrated. The Titan of the hills—be he of the bamboo, cypress, elm, or orange genus —appears here reduced to dimensions less than Liliputian, and grows in full health for its full forest-life of fifty years within the compass of a flower-pot. The one in question is an elm, and the dwarfed stature of this umbrageous tree is admirably shown. But the grand, and perhaps, primary beauty of the exhibition consists in the women of the " land of flowers," the ladies of Cathaia the fair,"—not, how ever so much in themselves personally, for the "bright bevy " of them on the whole, does not number more than six or seven, arrayed in their vestures of silk and satinity ; but in the thousand little miracu lous ornaments which appertain to them—which the arts, whether of carving, music, sculpture, or paint ing, have one and all laboured to administer to them and their pleasures. Turn to case I. or case IV., as enu merated in Mr. Langdon's excellent synopsis, and " Muh-wang," or the " King of Woods," as the rich rose-wood of China is called, has devoted the smooth ' and splendid texture of its timber, to fabricate for them alone their exquisite work-tables, foot-stools, and screens. Ivories, in every delicate shape, form their chess, their fans, and their baskets, and the beauty of the cut-work in these specimens, out-para gons beyond measure, the opus reticulatum, and its best specimens, among the ancients. It is for them that the highest literary graduates of the realm, those who wear the white stone called the Chay-hew, or who have attained to the rank of Keu-jur, dedicate their time and talents to produce the charming novels, which so enamour the fancy, and of which Mr. Lane, it will be recollected, has given us recently many in an English dress, under a series of poetic tales and " fragrant" histories. Nor is the element or style in which they live other than the most refined and pleasurable. Waited on by sedulous attendants, their tables are constantly strewed with flowers, brilliant in their profusion, and exquisite of odour : tasty baskets filled with the same, are mixed with diminutive plates, which contain a vast variety of cakes, sweetmeats, and delicious nick knacks, of which the forms are as ingenious as they are varied. Administrant to their taste, the ruby rinded lichi affords them its aromatic flavour, finer than any fruit of the tropics, while the pears of Pekin decorate their boudoirs and sideboards. If their taper fingers are soiled in the least by touching these, napkins steeped in tepid water, and fragrant with ctto of roses, immediately rectify the abuse. It must not be supposed, however, that the women of China are thus universally the beings of a per fumed and undisturbed existence. The same case (IV.) which presents us with ladies of rank magnifi cently attired, and their hair in wreaths of flowers, presents us also With representations of the common domestics in their plain coarse garments, handing the tea, or otherwise menially employed. Again in 'case VI. there appears a still coarser specimen of these females, in the person of a Chinese boatwoman, carry ing a child on her back, and another boatwoman, mother of the former, with a pipe in her mouth. Not that a pipe is a sign of female barbarism : the scented lady lips her pipe as gracefully in China as the dark eyed beauties'of Seville and La Granja, while indeed the former carries undeviatingly at her waist the never-absent tobacco-pouch, consistently elegant, of course, in material, form, and workmanship. Besides her pipe, however, the boatwoman carries other implements. Representing a large class in China, she has in her hand a painted block of wood, resembling a gourd, which is the safeguard for her child when on the water, while she wears, at times of rain, the common rush cloak, which hangs upon the wall, made of bamboo-leaves, and of a very rough ap pearance and texture. Her chief means of subsistence is rice, which, when out of the husk is called " Me," and when boiled "Fan ;" with her and her family it is the " staff of life." Of the general cast of Chinese beauty, Englishmen, who have made it a study abroad, have no very extra ordinary conceptions. he full blue eye of the north, or that of darker ray, cannot he put in contrast for a moment with the mere optical loopholes, or glistening eyelets of the Chinese women, though the lover and the flatterer designate them by the fanciful, but ordi nary epithet, of "silver seas." The full cheek of the British lady, with its admixture of " crimson and native white," is peerless, compared to the universal run of Chinese faces, which are never without due complements of paint or rouge, and a box of which last article is among the usual presents to a bride on her nuptials. The symmetry of shape, which is the distinguishing recommendation of European loveliness, is totally spoilt in the Chinese beauty by the contracted " willow-waist ;" and gracefulnesss or agility of step is totally destroyed by the bandaged foot and its limps ing movements. Still there is much to praise in them ; their hands are as exquisitely delicate and slender as those of the " rosy-fingered Eos ;" their eyebrows have a curve of beauty as fine as a pencil line, and their coun t enan ces, if deficient in strength of expression, are possessed of great prettiness and sweetness. With regard to the moral and social virtues, they flourish in a Chinesehome, and in the persons and deportment of the Cathaian ladies, in as amiable proportion as any where on earth. Repeated visits, instead of diminishing, only tend to augment, in the mind's eye, the magnificence and in structive nature of Mr. Dunn's exhibition. The pro vinces of the earth, the air, and the sea, have each contributed their quota. In one case the "Ring-ne,cked Pheasant," groups with the " Golden Oriole, and and the "Mandarin Duck." In another , the conehology of the seas and shores, from Pekin to the southern most province of the empire, may be scanned. The butterflies that have flitted over the flowers of impe rial gardens. the birds that have glistened in the fields of honour, the fishes that have swam in the waters of Singsuhay, and the tea-plants that have bloomed on the cliffs of Quang-tong and a score of other pro vinces, have here contributed their wings, their forms, their blossoms, and their brilliancies,to furnish a treat to European eyes, which never could have been con templated in a collection. Yet this unprecedented work has been wonderfully effected by the research, industry, and genius of the proprietor. To enumerate the personages of title and quality who have visited this exhibition, or made it a favourite promenade, would far exceed our space, since, follow ing the example of her Majesty and the Prince, scarcely any one of note but has done so. Among those we may more especially mention are the Duke of Wellington, the late Marquis Wellesley, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Northumberland, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Duke of Devonshire, the Countess of Blessington, the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta, the Sardi nian Minister, the Duke of Beaufort, the Prince of Saxe Gotha, the Russian, Austrian, and Swedish Ambassadors, the Duke of Brunswick, lord Alfrcd Paget, Lord Amherst, Lord Jocelyn, Air. J. Davis, &c. REMOVAL OF THE NEW FINCIILEY-ROAD TOLL BARS.—At the yearly sale of those trusts of Tuesday last, a condition was entered into by the Com missioners with the parish of Marylebone, that after the first day of November next, all the side bars in that trust should be abolished. This liberal proceed ing upon the part of the functionaries of the parish will not only give universal satisfaction, but will put an end to the squabbles and litigations constantly oc curring, and frequently to the great annoyance of the Magistrates who were called upon to adjudicate he twezn the belligerent parties. By this stipulation the road leading out of the Regent's Park to Redmond's Swiss Tavern, and the road and side bars leading from St. John's Wood, will be free, and after the time mentioned the toll will commence at the turnpike near the Swiss Tavern. Even this gate, it is supposed, will, in the course of time, be removed further north, inasmuch as it is well known that when her Majesty was in the habit some time since of taking equestrian exercises that road, she expressed her astonishment that a turnpike-gate should be stationed so near one of her Royal Parks. LECTURERS IN THE REGENT'S-PARK —On Sun-. day afternoon, a man commenced a course of lec tures, are to be continued every succ eedin g Sunday, on the Bible. He began with the Book of Genesis, referring particularly to the creation, and to the Mosaic dispensation, both of which he treated with the utmost contempt. Hundreds of p ersons, chiefly of the working classes, congregated round this man to hear the awful blasphem u tt e red by him. In other parts o f th e Park were Socialist debaters, who promulgate their views with the greatest pertinacity. A more disgustin g and revolting scone than the Re gent's-park presents every Sunday afternoon can scarcely be conceived.--plat. Ili** ►utb iioas have l's; , G• ition n sols for itoeo more than Bilis n • the Let' , r ved• 3,514 o don 1 04 . the I 58 ; OS' ' Loo, 0 0 ~24 i i tts • " ;•••w i lf" 3. 4 P0 49 lt• .../ i .." 10 • _f• _f .••••103 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1842. HAYMARKET TIIEITRE. A most touching and beabtifill drama, entitled r Grandfather Whitehead, was prOduced at this theatre i last evening. It i; an adaptation from the French, , by Mr. Mark Lemon ; and if all our adapters had the taste to select, and the skill to adapt that Mr. Mark Lemon has exhibited in the present instance, we shcaild be for the establishment of a free trade in dramatic literature with our continental neighbours at once. Grandfather Whitehead (Mr. W. Far ren) is an old man of ninety, kind-hearted, in dulgent, and benevolent, who lives with Dray ton (Mr. Tilbury), a builder, his son-in-law, and whose great delight is in indulging and spoiling his grandson, Edward Drayton (Master George Webster), a boy about eight years of age. Grand father Whitehead is now poor, having only an an ' nuity of fifty pounds a-year, independent of his son in-law, which annuity is paid him by Driver (Mr. Strickland), a sharp, cunning attorney, but of whose bounty Driver is the instrument Grandfather White head is ignorant. But although now poor, Grand father Whitehead was once a thriving merchant, rich in worldly wealth; but the unsuspecting, trusting, kind heartedness of Grandfather Whitehead had been no match for the keen worldly knowledge of his quon dam partner Langley (Mr. Stuart), and the benevo lent old man had been utterly ruined by the machi nations of one whom as an orphan foundling he had adopted, brought up, and enriched with half his for tune; yet Grandfather Whitehead is happier far in his honest poverty, than Gabriel Langley with his ill got wealth. Langley is indeed miserable—he feels that he is the, despised of all good men, and in order to ease the pangs of his conscience, he, through Driver, allows Grandfather Whitehead, the annuity of fifty pounds. At the period when the action of the drama commences, Drayton is in difficulties, and has applied to Driver for a loan of thirty pounds, offering as a security Grandfather Whitehead's annuity. This is done without the knowledge of Grandfather White head. Driver accedes to Drayton's proposal, and goeS to his house with the money. Grandfather Whitehead is present when Driver arrives, and greets him cheerfully, telling him that he had had a presen timent that he should that day receive his half yearly allowance. Driver is about to undeceive him when Louisa Drayton (Mrs. Edwin Yarnold) interferes, begging him not to let her grandfather know the real state of affairs, as it would distress him unnecesssarily, and having received twenty-five pounds from Driver (who charges five for expenses), puts the same in a bureau, and goes to seek her father. Grandfather Whitehead having seen her put down the money, goes to the bureau, and finding exactly the amount of his allowance, then takes it, and goes out; and having paid certain little debts which he owed in the neighbourhood, spends the remainder in a gold chain as a wedding gift for Louisa, and in toys for his pet Edward. On his return, Louisa explains to him the fatal mistake he has made, and tells him that her father is ruined. He stands thunderstruck. She flies to her father—he is heard without threaten ing to turn Grandfather Whitehead out of the house. The old man hear 3 him, and saying, he will not force Drayton to commit that sin, prepares to quit the house, without seeing any one. As he is about to cross the threshold, he meets his little pet Edward coming into the house, and the parting between the old man and the child, was one of the most affecting scenes ever witnessed. The acting of Farren went o the heart—so intense was the interest of the scene, that, save the sobs of the audience, not a sound was heard throughout the house as the old man hugged the boy to his bosom, and prayed for blessings on his head, and then directing the child's attention to the toys, tottered forth alone. This scene concluded .the first act. The whole of the action in the second act passes at Langley's house. Restless and con science-stricken, Langley rises in the early morn, and sends his nephew, Bob Lincoln (Mr. Webster), who is articled to Driver, to fetch his•master. Lincoln has, during his visits to Drayton's on Driver's busi ness, fallen in love with Louisa, and also be come acquainted with Grandfather White head, whose history he has heard, although he knows not that V Langley is the rascal who has ruined him. On his way to Driver's, Lin coln finds Grandfather Whitehead sitting shivering on the step of a door, and takes him into Langley's house, where he seats him by a fire, and brings him wine. Grandfather Whitehead, on discoVering be neath whose roof he had taken shelter, declares that he will not quit the place until he has seen Gabriel Langley ; but on being told that his being found there may -bring Lincoln into trouble, he consents to withdraw, and suffer himself to be concealed in a closet, until Lincoln comes to fetch him. Lincoln in the meantime goes to inform Louisa &f Grandfather Whitehead's safety. Langley enters, and shortly after Grandfather Whitehead, imagining that he has been forgotten by Lincoln, quits his con,. cealment. Langley and Whitehead meet. The for mer demands what Whitehead would with him, and offers him money if he will quit him, and rid him of the presence of an enemy. Old Whitehead calmly replies that he had come to offer him forgive ness; that he rejects his dross, and that since his offer of forgiveness is refused, he will quit the house. Langley leaves him, and Louisa and Lincoln enter. Louisa rushes into the arms of her grandfather, who learns from her that her father is in prison for the debt. Grandfather Whitehead, on • hearing this, sends for Langley, and says he will ac cept his offer of money, that for the sake of his children he will humble himself to him, and, over come by his feelings, the old . man sinks exhausted into a chair. Then the memory of other days comes upon him, and he is again the prosperous merchant—le hears the cries of distress—he rescues a boy from death—he learns he is an orphan, and the orphan boy, Gabriel Langley, is pressed to his bosom as his adopted son. Langley, , overcome by his feelings, falls at the old man's feet, and begs his forgiveness. Ms pet grandchild Edward I comes in and caresses him—the old man's senses gra dually return, and once again Grandfather Whitehead is the happiest of created beings. Great as Farren is in other characters, Grandfather Whitehead is certainly his greatest. Never was the kind-hearted, honourable, 1 indulgent old man, better personified. There is a natural truthfulness about Farren's Grandfather Whitehead which goes direct to the heart, and the tears of his auditors bore witness to the touching pathos which he infused into the character. At the fall of the curtain he was loudly called for, and an nounced the piece for repetition amidst reiterated bursts of applause. We repeat it, Grandfather White head is Farren's greatest character, and no lover of the drama should omit seeing him in it. We cannot close this notice without bestowing our approbation of Master George Webster's acting as Edward Dray ton. lie supported Farren admirably. SURREY THEATRE. A two act drama, entitled Blanche Heriot, or the Chertsey Curfew, was produced here on Monday. TM action of the piece is supposed to take place in May, 1471, and the scene is laid at Chertsey. This gives an opportunity for the display of picturesque costume., of beautiful scenery, and, we need scarcely add that the management have availed themselves of it to the fullest extent. The story turns upon the fate of a certain Neville Audeley (Mr. 11. Hughes), a young Lancasterian soldier, who, having been taken prisoner by Hugh Lanerest (Mr. N. I'. Hicks), a Yorkist trooper, is to (lie at the tolling of the Curfew, unless before that hour a pardon arrives from the King. The hour approaches, and the mes senger dispatched for the pardon has not yet arrived. Blanche Heriot (Mrs. R. Honner) the betrothel of Neville, ascends the bell tower, and as the bell is about to toll, seizes it, and is swung back wards and forwards (in a situation of the greatest peril), but prevents its tolling until the arrival of the messenger with the pardon. This last scene in the Belt-tower was a most effective one, and was loudly applauded. The acting of Mrs. R. Honner through, out was beautifully pathetic, and the success of the piece was in a great measure owing to her exertions. It was announced fur repetition every evening amidst tumults of applause. The nautical drama' of My Poll and my Partner Joe followed, with T. P. Cooke as the 'hero. This piece, on its first proluction, had a run of 135 nights, and, judging from the enthusiasm with which it was received last evening, its revival bids fair to have an equally lengthened run. The house was cramin ed to suffixation. THE ADELPIII THEATRE.—This theatre, which!. under the management of the - late Mr. Yates, was so long one of the most attractive places of public amusement, will be opened on Michaelmas-day next, under the management of the gentleman who was ac customed to act with him in his arrangements. It having been currently reported yesterday hat a serious accident had occurred to the up train on the South Western Railway, in consequence of the boiler bursting, by which the engineer and three pas sengers lost their lives, we made inquiries at Vaux hall, and learn that the mail train was detained yes terday, near Basingtoke, for two hours, owing to some derangement of the engine's machinery. We are happy to state that no lives were lost, nor any person hijured. HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS IN SCOTLAND.—The accuracy with which her Majesty's progress to and from the north was timed, has frequently been remarked upon ; but when the number of horses employed, and individuals having charge of these animals are considered, it is truly surprising that only in one instance We believe (at Linlithgow), and that only for a few minutes, did the slightest 'delay occur. .There were no fewer than 656 Lost horses engagedfin conveying her Majesty and suite to and from Taymouth. From Dalkeith to Scone 164 ; Scone to Taymouth, 152 ; Taymouth to Drummond Castle, 136 ; and Drummond Castle to Dalkeith, in all 65G horses.—Scasman. NEW FRENCII STEAM FACTORT.—The Railway ,Illoniteur announces that immense workshops for a foundry and engineering establishment are being built by the Govern=Pt tit Recouvrance, near Brest. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET, MONDAY NICHT. The Trial Stakes did not fill. Buckingham Stakes.—Colonel Peel's Garcia filly is scratched. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes.—The following have paid :—Broth er t o Ph cen i x, E qua tion, Reversion, Albion, Valance, G un t er , T e d wort h , Flytrap, Pelopon nesus, and Firebrand. • , Hopeful Stakes.—Turk, Mary Ann filly, Caen, and Rosalie colt. The Match between Tom Noddy and Edgeworth Bess is off. NEWMARKET.—FIRST OCTOBER MEETING TUESDAY.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst. 71b (Ro binson), beat Lord Exeter's Aby dos 6st. 71b, both 4 yrs old, T.Y.C. ; 200, h ft. 6 to 5 on Oakley. Won by a head. Abydos swerved near borne, or he would have won. The Backenham Stakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft.. for the produce of mares covered in 1839. Colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. T.Y.C. O ne to the post. (11 Subs.) Col. Peel's b c Murat, by Sl ane (Nat) 1 Lord Exeter- 1 .; br cby Velocipede, out of Galata 2 2 to 1 on Murat, who made all the running, was never caught, and won in a canter, by two lengths. The Grand Duke Mich ae l S ta k e of 50 sovs. each ; for 3 yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 31b. A.F. (22 Subs ) Lord G. Bentinck's b c Misdeal (Rogers) I Lord Exeter's Revocation ................................... 2 Lord Albemarle's cby Plenipotentiary—Antiope 3 Mr. Greville's b c Canadian Betting-7 to 4on Canadian ;sto 2 agst Misdeal—t. The Antiope colt made the running, followed by Mis deal and Revocation into the bottom, where they went up, Canadian at the same time reaching the front ; the moment, however, that the latter faced the hill, he gave up, and Misdeal, taking the lead half way up the cords, won easily by two lengths. Lord Albemarle's Buffalo, 4 yrs, 9st Olb (Robinson), beat Mr. Osbaldiston's the Devil among the Tailors, 3 yrs lOst 71b. Any odds on Buffalo, who won by nearly a distance. Match; 200 h ft, and only 25 if, &e.--Duke of Bedford's John O'Gaunt, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, recd. 25 sows. ft from Mr. o.baldiston's Skipton, 3 yrs, 7st 41b. A.F. Match ; D.M. 100, h ft—Mr. Byng's Tom Noddy, Sst 71b, agst Mr. Greville's Edgeworth Bess, fizt 21b. Off by consent. FOUR o'CLocK.—An opportunity of forwarding our parcel by a private hand, induces us to close it without waiting the result of the Hopeful, for which .the filly w;11 run ; the Vulture colt ; Poison, RhOdacantha and Bizarre fillies; Tilcho and Peloponnesus; the very slight interest that'it' • had excited is completely dissipated by the rain, which has descended in torrents throughout the day, and appears " set-in". for the meeting. The First October Meethig, - so called, although this time beginning and ending in September, commences to-morrow. A more meagre bill o ffare could hardly be presented. Several of the matches Wiltalot be run. Farintosh, Murat (the Colonel will not lie afraid to meet him this time), and one of Mr. Wreford'itthree beaten ones, will go for the Buckenham. Canadian-is; reported to be in force. If this report be true, he must win the Grand Duke Michael in a trot. There will be a good field for the Hopeful. Matches ex cepted, there is no other race on the list but the Rut land. Many of the horses engaged in the Hopeful also meet here. But if this meeting reads small, how much the more brilliant does the next appear? A word on the Cesarewitch. I cannot see why the handicap for this race should appear before Don caster. True, the winner of the St. Leger is doomed to carry 101bs extra, which, in this pnuliar instance, is a fortunate condition, Blue Bonnet, a mare that had never started, being by some singular and unac countableoversight, handicapped at Est 131 b. She has, therefore, to carry 6st 91b. But, suppose Ca brera had chanced to win the St. Leger, his weight for the Cesarewitch would have been then Bst, a weight as effectual in excluding any three vrs old as Ost 51b. The weight appropriated to Charles the Twelfth effectually deprives any horse that ever was' foaled of the most remote chance in the world. The object of a handicap is to give each and every horse an equal chance ; and I maintain that this design is not best carried out by publishing the weights so many Weeks before the race. You may argue that if the ,weights were not declared before the Yorkshire handicap was run, horses would he pulled up in the latter race, to get more favour ably weighted in the Cesarewitch. f differ. The fonner stake is as (if not more) valuable, and cer tainly much ea s i er to win than the latter. ton may win more m one y in bets on th e Cesare w i tch ; but ' there will b e equa lly heavy betting on the Yorkshire handicap in f u t ur e, that race being in future to be run on the day a ft er , instead of on the day before, the St. L eger . While the winn er of the St. Leger or Cup (p oor Ch ar l es ! it is lucky for you you did not win the Cup, list. Ilb. would have been a quietus, methinks) carries 101 b. extra; the second in either race escap e s penalty. The unin itiated ma y i nfer, if thelol s. betteryhplease ththaatnthtehefirsseteohnodrse7 I am fool enough to in a race is generally think oth erw i se . doubt on Phe The acceptances for this race nu mber thi rty - one only; I say Leger fright ene d many otherwise W illing ones aw a y. One only is left in out of the ten high weights. as weight last put on therethe winner were o fifty. fthe I have no Twenty stables have here horses engaged ; there is every prospect, therefore, of the field bein g lar ge i n proportion to the numbe r accepting. Scott leaves in three ; Dawson, four ; Forth, three • ; Edwards, three; Boyce, two; Stephenson, t w o; John Day, one ; Kent, one; Trenn, one ; Isaac Day, on e ; Jones, oe; Prince, one; Smith, one; Sadler, one; Lord Mnil town, one ; Lord Orf or d, one ; Captain Price, one ; Mr. Graydon, one. Thus all the principal train:Ts have horses engaged, and, being obliged to come to Newmarket, will probably bring others for the diffe rent plates and handicap races. There are fifty-four acceptances for the•Cambridge shire Stakes, one of the best handicaps I ever remember. I observe in the last calendar that there are already one hundred and fifty-six subscribers to the Good wood Stakes. The public may not *be aware of the fact, but I can tell them that there would have been nearer two hundred had not Lord George Bentinek transferred many of the willing subscribers to the March Stakes (gentlemen riders), which race numbers sixty-two subscribers. It grieves me to see so much good money wasted; if I live nine hundred years and stand alone, I will continue to bring forward my annual motion, that the Goodwood Stakes be in future divided into two classes. Sept. 26. -----'- JUDEX. . . _;ORONER'S INQUEST.-011 Saturday afternoon, an investigation, which lasted several hours, was gone into before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, at the Black Horse, Kingsland-road, touching the death of a fine robust man, mune unknown, who was found dead in a cab under the following suspici o us circumstances John Hawkins, driver of cab No. 1,175, said that on Friday afternoon he took the deceased up at the corner of Warwick-lane, ill N ervgate - s t ree t, who was in company at the time with tw o wome n and a man. - in Deccaged was very much liquor, being quite in sensible, and was told b y one o f the women to drive him to Goldsmith' s - row ,. Hackney-road. ' He then proceeded, and saw the woman and man walk hastily away. On arrivin g at the turnpike in the Ilackney-road, the dec eas ed was seen at the bottom of the cab, as if he was dead, by the collector, who requ i re d th e t o ll of him. He was removed immediately to Dr. Betson's sur gery, where it was found he was quite dead. On his pocket being searched, 12s. in silver was found, and several memoradums of receiving money in various sums—viz., 2,1121. 19s. Bd., 160/., 1081., and also a letter, signed Ellen, posted from Boston. He has the appearance of having been some traveller for a meat salesman, being attired in a dark moleskin frock, blue checked silk waistcoat, and dark blue trousers. On his shirt were the marks A. I?, No. 40, and No. 2 ; likewise on his stockings were A. p. He is about 5 feet 9 inches high, light hair, and 40. The Coroner observed it apparently about Was a very suspicious affair, - and he should - not be-doing his duty if he did not adjourn the inquiry. In the meantime a post mortem examination should be made of the body, and endeavour in ob ltineinhionpge d t h t o h s e e police would withsNevheov7deceased was last seen alive. The inquiry was then adjourned. MEETING OF THE ANTI-CORN. -LAW LEAGUE.—A meeting of the -members of this body, was held in Newall's-bifildings, on Thursday evenin g , a t seven o'clock, M r . Wm. Rawson in the Ch a i r. In the ab sence of Mr. Brindle, the Secretary, Mr. Ilicken read minutes of the proceedings of the previous meeting ; after which he announced that, during the last week, 14 registration sheets,, containing 462 members, had been received from the borough of Manchester. Twenty eto of lorks sheets had al s o been received from Liverp oo l, contain ing 606 si gn atures. Of_ these 606 w h o ha d enro ll e d themselves members of the League, 133 were f ema l es , and 198 non-electors, ther emain ing 2 75 were electors. The.. League had decided on again sen di ng out their lecturers. Mr. INltirray had be n sent hiDerbyshire,re ; a\r. G and i theAlrri.ffiyhal‘,.leyastaobott to East and was to take with him a lar ge number •of Anti- Corn-law tracts, which he had translated into the Welsh language since lie came to M anc h ester. Mr. proceed South Wales, to Finnigan was going to Yorkshire ; M r . A uckland to the neighbourhood of the Duke of Cleveland's ; and Mr. Paulton to Worcestershire and Herefordshire. The minutes of proceedings having been confirmed, and no other business . being before the meeting, ad dresses were delivered on the evils resulting from the Corn-laws, 1 , 11Ie•;srs R. R. R. Moore, Owen, O3, .. . • Ack land, 8:c. , and the meeting adjourned at half-past nine °'(-I°ek•—ilicnichesi67 Guardian. At the Council at - NV indsor on Saturday directions were given to the Archbishop of Canterbury to prepare a form of thanksgivinefortlie late abundant harvest and favourable seasor. 2 . '. •' - SoAlNAmituusm.--rA few nights ago a young wo man hi this town got up in her sleep, and, W i t h a pair of scissors, cut off the whole of her ringlets, and retired to bed again without living (onscious of what she had done. What is more remarkable, she had taken mere than -usual pains with her hair the night before.—Bradford Heroic!. , ‘. PORTUGAL. By the Liverpool, Captain Evans, arrived at Val mouth on Sunday at neon, we have our usual Penin sular advices of the following dates:—From Gibraltar, September 15 ; Cadiz, 15th, passed the Tagus steamer, bound southward, off Cape St. Vincent on the 16th, at four A.M. ; Lisbon on the 19th ; off Oporto on the 20th, but could not communicate; from Vigo, 20th. The Liverpool had passengers from Gibraltar, Mr. Cahill and servant; from Cadiz, Mr. Hickey and Mr. Christmas ; from Lisbon, Mr. C. Desforges, Mr. J. Monto, Mr. E. Affonso, Mr. P. Voss, Mr. S. Sabad. She had a further supply of fifteen oxen—one died 6n the passage, and, it ap peared, as no more could be obtained for shipment by this steamer, that the stock suitable for the British market was becoming exhausted in the neighbourhood of Vigo. The leading news is of a partial change of the members of the Portuguese Government. LISBON, SEPT. 19.—The adjournment of the Cortes and recomposition of the Ministry, which had been so long talked of, have at length been brought about somewhat precipitately. The knowledge that Senhor Campelo would not resume the duties of the marine department, and that the Minister of Justice, who had more than once tendered his resignation, would retire as soon as the Cortes were prorogued or adjourned, seems to, have excited the hopes of the various candi dates for office to such a pitch, that it was resolved, at last, to take our Portuguese Downing-street by storm ; and meetings were held, attended by certain& a majority of the majority, who were further dissatis fied at the Duke of Terceira's continuing to hold the seals of the Foreign office together with the War De partment. At length the Ministerial camp became in a complete state of mutiny, and a sort of round-robin address was communicated to the Duke, as President of the Council of Ministers, stating in effect, that the majority of the Chamber had not confidence in the Government as actually constituted. The Duke of Terceira taking offence at this out-of-door vote of want of confidence (for be it observed no manifes tation of opinion had been made by the majority within the walls of the Chamber), went at once to the palace, and tendered his resignation. This was on Monday. An entire break up of the Mi nistry was anticipated. The Council of State was summoned. Senor R. F. Magalhaes, as one of the Council, gave it as his opinion that there was no reason whatever to justify the resignation of the Ministry, no hostile demonstration having been made against them in Parliament, and that they ought not to be guided by meetings 'out of doors. He was asked, both by the Duke of Terceira and Costa Cabral to take office, but this he declined. The matter finally terminated thus. The resignation of l the Ministers of Justice and Marine were accepted ; the Duke of Terceira remained President and Minister of War, giving up the Foreign Depart .spent to Senor Gomes de Ca..tro, a friend of H. F. gagalbaes, and Vice-President of the Treasury tribunal. .9Costa Cabral and Baron Tojal re tain their posts;: and the departments of Marine and Justice have been filled up by Senhor Falcao, a Deputy and Treasurer of the Navy, and Senhor J. M. Sousa e Azevedo, a Councillor of the Treasury, and considered as a protege of the Duke of Palmella. The Government gains greatly in oratorical strength by the changes now made. Senhors Gomez de Castro and Sousa e Azevedo are both very good speakers, hut, as yet, they are neither of' them in the Chamber, which,perhaps,may have been one reason why the sudden adjournment of the Chamber was resolved on, as they will no doubt be chosen when the elections, to supply the double returns, take place. However, the fact is, that the Chambers, which had been obliged to post pone the important measures before them during the Ministerial crisis—no Minister being present in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, Tuesday, or Wed nesday, were, on their meeting on Thursday ad.. journed by Royal decree, communicated in a dis patch from Costa Cabral, to the Ist of December next, when the session will be resumed, in order to pass the Government measures, now in various stages before the Chambers, as the Douro 'Wine Company Bill, the Bill establishing courts-martial in cases of murder committed on the persons of public authorities, and the Bill for the sale of the foros, the latter of which had passed the Deputies, and been carried into the Chamber of Peers. The Douro Wine Company Bill had passed the Deputies, with the exception of the 14th article, by which the en dowment of 150 contos a year, out of the export duties, &c., is granted to the Company: this article was postponed, on Senhor Avila's motion, till the Minister of Finance should be present. There was a resolution passed by the late Cortes, that no additional expense should be moved by the Government, with out the Minister presenting simultaneously the means of meeting it, and it was urged by Senhor Castello Branco that this was applicable to the present case, which was denied by some of the Ministerial Mem bers. However, the question now stands over till December. The Court Martial Bill had not been debated at all; the Committee to wh ch it was re ferred, had, however, reported in its favour. The " majority" it is said, is not over satisfied with the result of its extra-parliamentary proceedings. It was expected that the three posts of Justice, Marine, and Foreign Affairs, would have been filled up from its ranks. Senors Albano, Simos, Gorjao, and many other candidates were put forward ; the misfortune here is, that everybody thinks he has a right to be Minister, and after a set of Ministers have been in office for six months, there is a great tendency among the unemployed to grumble, and combino against them. The Correio di Lisbao, in reference to this state of things, on a former occasion, ironically recom mended that every office, high and low, should be held in turn for twenty-four hours by every adult male throughout the country, thus far outbidding your universal suffrage and quarterly Parliament people. The Lynx, her Majesty's four-gun brig, returned to the Tagus from Cascaes Bay, on Thursday. The affair of the General Marinho has been transferred to the hands of the new Minister of Marine, and it is to be hoped will be soon decided. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 16.—Notwithstanding the con spiracies, active and passive, interval and external, against the peace of Spain, its peace still continues, and is bringing into view much of hoarded wealth, more of active ,industry, and still more of sanguine speculation and hope for the future. The capitalists of this city do not exactly know what to do with their money since Senor Calatrava, has refused to borrow it at usurious and ruinous interest for the use of the State, but they seem to have made up their minds that the civil war is over, and that property will henceforth be secure, so they are busily engaged in every street rebuilding old houses, and really beauti fying, if not enlarging, Madrid. In the pro vinces every body who has a dollar to spare is vest ing it in mining operations, although the majority of the societies formed with the object of exploring minerals are altogether destitute of the profes sional knowledge or practical experience proper to such undertakings; and the central schools of mining in Madrid and Almaden have not a scholar left fit to send into the mountains, so great has been the call already for the pupils vho have acquired the slightest practical knowledge of mining, chemistry, minera logy, and engineering. The monastic orders have been swept away, no further inducement remains to train up the youth of Spain it crowds, as heretofore, in a knowledge of theological subtilities and contro versial divinity ; and the result is, that yesterday the Minister of the Interior took the liberty of further sweeping off the stage the•two Collegiate Universities of Onate and Vittoria, which had lately little better occupation than quarrelling with each other for pre cedency and funds. This Minister has set on foot some admirable measures for establishing a working police, under the control of engineers, on the roads, both old and new; but, on the other hand, there is a sad want of a protective police everywhere for the prevention of crime. As soon as the evil obtains a head in any district, there is no want of courage, zeal, and perseverance, to face the danger, and extirpate the perpetrators, or at least drive them to another district ; but this is only effected by ac tually making war upon the robbers. Prevention of the evil seems beyond the power or the capacity of those either in local authority or invested with the direction of affairs in Madrid. It is gratifying to be able to state that the Minister at the head of the Finance Department is. (notwithstanding all his em barrassments) not adding to the burdens of his coun try, but, on the contrary, has shown a degree of firm ness and foresight, the more pleasing because unex pected, in resisting offers of temporary relief upon. terms which would have only compromised him and the nation still more. It is understood that he is prepared to lay before the Cortes a fair statement of the debts, the expenses, the income, and the capabili ties of the country (the first time, erhaps, that such a thing has ever been attempted in Spain), and to de mand their assistance, or rather their permission, to pursue undisturbed his measures for the restoration of the credit of the nation. DOVER, SEPT. 2G.—Arrived from Calais, the French steam-packet Courier, with his Excellency the Count de Saint Aulaire, Ambassador from France. His Excellency has landed under the usual honours, and will proceed to London immediately. The colliers have, at length, to a considerable ex tent, resumed working, in the immediate neighbour hocd, we believe at the old prices, and affairs wear something of their old appearance. We should be happy to have it in our power to record an inlprave ment in the trade of the town and district. —Stafford shire Examiner. Mr. Carew, the sculptor, having just completed two companion figures of surpassing beauty , in marble, viz., " A boy playing at mar bles," and A girl la menting the death of her favourite bird," has just returned from a ten days' visit to the Earl of Egre mont, at Orchard Wyndham, near Taunton, where he has been sojourning for the prpose of selecting proper positions for the exhibition of the figures in question in his Lordship's mansion. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Windsor, the 24th day of September, 1842, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Parliament be prorogued from Thurs day the 6th day of October next, to Thursday the tenth day of November next. _ At the Court at Windsor, the 24th day of Septem in bl., 1842, present, the Q ueen ' s M ost E xce ll ent M a j esty Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury Al mightypre? a G re ed a fur rthe of late eer abundant and harvest thanksgiving;andto that such form of praye r and thanksgiving be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-on-Tweed, on Sunday the second day of October next. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 24, 1842. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton to proceed, as her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on a Special Mission to the Court of his Majesty the King of Saxony, for the purpose of investing his said Majesty with the ensigns of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 27. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieute nant Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Allen, who retires ; Ensign T. G. Lord Gla nds, from the 69th Foot, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Sir W. W. Wynn, Sept. 27. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. R. IL R. H. Vyse to be Captain, by purchase, vice Curbet, who re tires ; Cornet C. 11. G. Lennox, Earl of March, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vyse ; F. C. P. A. Stuart: Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord March, Sept. 27. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. W. H. Megan, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Francis, who exchanges, Sept. 27. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. T. J. Francis, from the 4th Light Dragoons, vice Megan, who exchanges, Sept. 27. 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant -Surgeon D. Cooper, from the Stuff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Leslie, who resigns, Sept. 2. 17th Regiment of Foot—Ensign L. J. M`Pherson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Baird, deceased, May 30. 19th Foot—Lieut. F. Deacon to be Adjutant, vice Calley, promoted, Sept. 27. 26th Foot—Ensign R. F. Synge to be Lieut., without purchase, vice SWeeny, deceased, Sept. 26 ; Ensign H. De Quincey to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Hon. W. G. Osborn, who retires ; F. J. Cresswell, Gent. to be Enssign, by purchase, vice De Quincey, Sept. 27. 40th Foot—Ensign F. Huey to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Armstrong, deceased, March 5. 46th Foot—Lieutenant A. Maxwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thompson, who retires ; Ensign A. R. Garrett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell ; W. Hardy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vi:e Garrett, Sept. 27. 631 Foot—Ensign W. G. L. Crowther to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Spier, deceased, May 25. 66th Foot—Colour-Sergeant Reiley to be Quarter master, vice W. Hornby, who retires upon half-pay, Sept. 27. 69th Foot—D. S. Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Lord Glands, appointed to the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, Sept. 27. 70th Foot—Brevet Major L. Grwme, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice J. J. Graham, who ex changes, receiving the difference. 72-J Foot—Major W. H. Sperling, from half-pay unat tached, to be Major, vice F. Hope, who exchanges, receiving the difference ;. Brevet Major H. Jervis to be Major, by purchase, vice Sperling, who retires ; Lieut. J. 'l'. Hope to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jervis; En sign W. Parke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hope; J. S. Clark, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parke, Sept. 27. 87th Foot--The Hon. R. W. D. Shirley to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moore, promoted in the 41st Foot, Sept. 27. 93d Foot—Ensign C. Maxwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice T. 11Plinight Crawfurd, who retires ; J. H. Barclay, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Max well, Sept. 27. 94th Foot—Lieut. C. D. C. O'Brien, from the 63d Foot, to be Capt., without purchase, vice Stoddard, de ceased, Sept. 27. 95th Foot—Lieut. J. R. Ford to be Adjutant, vice Rogers, promoted ; Ensign G. J. Dowdall, to be Lien tenant, without purchase, May 14. 97th Foot—Brevet Major G. Hutchison, to be Major, without purchase, vice Cannon, who retires upon full pay, Sept. 27. 99th Foot—Lieut.-Col: H. Despard, from Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice J. G. Le Merchant, appointed an Inspect ing Field Officer of a Recruiting District, Sept. 27. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. J. Marchington, from half-pay 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ostheyden, promoted ; Second Lieutenant 11. Lucas to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Marchington, who retires ; 11. Bird, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Lucas, Sept. 27. PARTICULAR SERVICE.—Brevet Lieut. Col. P. Young, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major on a particular sers ice in Canada, July 12. MEDIORANDU3L—The promotion of Ensign G. J. Dow dull, of the 95th Foot, to a Lieutenancy in the 84th Foot, on the Bth of April, has been cancelled. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. 3d, or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia.—The lion. Berkeley Wodehouse, late Major of the Bth Hus sars, to be Colonel, vice Lord Wodehouse, resigned, Sept. 9. Erratum in the Gazette of the 23d instant. Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry-For James Powell Mancott, Gent., to be Cornet, &c., read, James Powell Marriott, Gent., to be Cornet, &c. BANKRUPTCY SUPE RSEDE D. MOSES BUCKLEY, draper, Oldham, Lancashire. I3A NK MIPS. JOHN BADCOCK, grocer, Shrivenhain, Berkshire, to surrender Oct. 12, at twelve, and Nov. 8. at eleven, at the Bell Inn, Farringdon. Haines, Farringdon. HANNAH SIMMONDS, milliner, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, Oct. 11, and Nov. 8, at two, at the Lansdowne-Hotel, Leamington Priors. Parkes and Son, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn ; Cope, Leaming ton Priors. RICHARD HODGSON smyrni, merchant, Corn hill, Oct. 8, at one, and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Bevan, Old Jewry. HORTON PAYN, merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 8, and Nov. 8, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John street, Liverpool. Cross, Liverpool; Vincent and Sher wood, King's Bench-w a lk Inner Temple, London. WILLIAM HENRY BALL, livery stablekeeper, Kennington-cross, Oct. 8, at eleven, and Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official asssignee, Basing hall-street ; Miller and Carr, East-cheap. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Stansbury, bookseller, St. Matthew's-place, Hack ney-road, Oct. 18, at half-past eleven-G. Stovell and R. H. Maddox, upholsterers, Lower Grosvenor-strut, St. George, Hanover-square, Oct. 18, at one. In the Country. C. Parker, flax-spinner, Houghton-le-Skerne, Dur ham, Oct. 18, at one, at the house of Mr. Peter Wilson, Darlington-C. Dunderdale, merchant, Manchester, Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester-R. Ferns, J. Langford, and J. Hadfield, mer chants, Manchester, Oct. 22, at one, at the Commission ers'-rooms' Manchester- -T. Claughton, salt-manufac turer, Haydock-lode, Lancashire, Oct. 21, at twelve, at the Commissioner2-rooms, Manchester-A. Barnard, money-scrivener, Norwich, Oot. 18, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Norwich-R. and IL Steane, ribbon -manufac turers, Coventry, Oct. 22, at one, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry-J. Tollitt, bookseller, Liverpool, Oct. 21, at one, at • the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool-J. N. Lane, druggist, Birmingham, Oct. 26, at two, at the We. terloo-rooms, Birmingham-W. R. Rayne, paper-manu facturer, Naughton, Northumberland, Oct. 24, at twelVe, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon- Tyne-W. Yates, sen., iron -founder, Worcester, Oct. 19, at one, at the Waterloo rooms, Birmingham-W. and C. Burton, iron bedstead manufacturers, Birmingham, Oct. 19, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham -W. Rolfe, grocer, Birmingham, Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-W. Ridout, linen draper, Ringwood, Southampton, Oct. 20, at eleven, at the office of Mr. R. Davy, Ringwood-D. Hadinghain, linen draper, Cambridge, Oct. 19, at one, at the Red Lion, Cambridge-T. Dicken and E. Bromby, bankers, Market Drayton, Shropshire, Oct. 31, at one, at the Cor bet Arms Hotel, Drayton in a les-L. Frost, jun., and S. Drinkwater, merchants, Liverpool, Oct. 22, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool-J. Clarke and 'l'. Parry, drysalters, Manchester, Oct. 21, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-S. Wilson and J. Knight, builders, Radford, Nottinghamshire, Oct. 20, at one, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham-T. Beal, }layman, Sandwich, Kent, Oct. 25, at seven, at the Bell Inn, Sandwich-W. B. Mitchell, merchant, Shef flab Oct. 29, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield-J. Gillutt, slate merchant, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Oct. 20, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield-J. Fogg and G. A. F. Steen, merchants, Manchester, Oct. 29, at twelve , at the Commissioners' - rooms, Manchester-H. W. Jackson, wine merchant, Haverhill, Essex, Oct,. 18, at half - past two, at the Rose and Crown Inn, Saffron Wa lden-X. Huinberston and S. Frodsham, commission merchants, Liverpool, Nov. 7, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Li verpool-W. Dickenson, T. and M. G _ al/ and Dickenson, jun., bankers, Bi rm i ng ham, , Oct. 22, at one, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-T. and R. Hatch, Scott, • I way car calico printers, Eccleston , La ncashire, Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston -John tat tinge lamp manufacturer, Birminflia l i_n, Oct. 18, at two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingtiatille OriclioAmas Barter, ntelope Inn, Pool Benjamin Pearson, woo s apYork, Oct. 28, at . the Guildhall, York-Richard Burgess surgeon, Poole, Oct. 22, at one, t a t • Cilcen, Eagles, pi Coed-du, at twelve, Flint,Oct. 22, at don-rooms • one, at the Clarendon-rooms, , Liver grocer Kin provision-dealer, , tailor, Pool-John Coupland, factor, Liverpool, Oct 24, at one, at the Oa- Bristol, a ren d on -rooms,Liverpool - William Watts, Lynn Norfolk, Oct. 26, at eleven, at the Duke's Head Inn, king's Lynn-James Roach 20, at two, at the Commercial-rooms Bristol-JohnOct. Lloyd and William Lloyd, builders, Ath erstone, War wickshire, Oct. 20, at one, at the Red Lion Inn, Ather stone-Bailey Hillyard, timber-merchant, Bristol, Oct. 28, at twelve, at the Comm erc i al , Lawson Bell, linen-drap er , Nov. 4 Commercial-rooms, Bristol-John rendon-rooms, Liverp oo l -- Hen , at two, at the Cla ry Dartnell, clothier, Cam, Gloucestershire, Oct. 2 6, at ten, at the Old Bell Inn, Dursley-David Worthington, Man chester, Nov. 5, at f our, at tlieom m flour-dealer, ,-room Manchester-Siimael Lee s , innkeeper, Manchester, s si e rsOct: 27, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms chester- Mark Marks and Samuel , an Barnett. tailors, Liverpool, Oct. 31, at twelve, at the Clare d n on-rooms, Liverpool-James Wilson, maltster, Manchester, Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Commissioners -rooms, Manchester - Charles Lewis Bahr, ship-broker, Liverpool, Oct •2-2 i at-tweke, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool--James Bannister and Di : nab Simpson, shipwrights, Liverpool, Nov-1, at twelve, k at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—William Stewart, . I merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 21, at two, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool—James Graham, seed-dealer, Natland, Westmoreland, Oct. 25, at one, at the Commercial Inn, Kendal—John Herdman and Edward Herdman, jun., millers, Congleton, Cheshire, Oct. 27, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—Nathaniel M'Knight, Sa lintel M'Knight, and John M'Neille, merchants, Liver pool, Oct. 22, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver pool—William Wright, corn-merchant, Liverpool, O c t. 20, at three, a t th e Cl ar endon-rooms, Liverpool —Joseph Round, plumber, Stourbridge, Worcester, Oct. 22, at one, at the Talbot, Hotel, Stourbridge--John Ramsbot tom, stage-coach proprietor, Manchester, Oct 22, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—Tho mas Geary ‘ and Dennis Horne, woollen-drapers, AtanFlie ter, Oct. 20, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester—James Hopkins and John Drcwitt, bankers, Arundel, Oct. 24, at one, at the Norfolk Arms Hotel, I Arundel—Robert Barker, druggist, Manchester, Nov. 3, at 'three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester — John Fi s h er an d J ohn Barnard, horse-dealers, Bristol, Oct. 26, at two, of the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—Da -1 vid Edwards, merchant, Milford, Pembrokeshire, Oct. 24, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—Evan lo Ci enie v a, e n n aat J t o hs n e : ic s : ao t inn i : nsl b e e ri r e : hi m aol e m_ r r e oa h so a rn t j i s t mu G ets. l i o st u do c lra e — s p tF ra , s7 O uie c ,li t % .. se 2 rhp 4 iool , lg a l_ t , .t.n2l7v, l a ii t ti t e l y ir , ee m , o a n t ey t . l s ie er i C v e l a n r e e r n , d Liverpool,o 'Il -r°°m s' Oct. 21, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool Liverpool-- John 18. James Crutchett, pawnbroker, Stroud —William Ro bert Rayne, paper manufacturer, Haughton, Northum berland7Francis Bayritun, surgeon. dentist,Bath James Clark, wine merchant, Great Tower -street. PARTN ERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and G. Simmons, paste-board man.ufactureri: Nottingham —J. Barnard, S. W arren, and W. Bell, con ; n and coal merchants, Norwich —J. Blackman and J. John son, farmers, Hildersham, Camb r id gesh i re—C. B. Pool and 'J. Harrison, trunk inanufactur e uskinson and W. E. Bousfleld, mill ers , Kirkstead, Lin ci‘oialnnschhierset—erS—. J l . ` B ho e r a p r a a n n d d w l . W. Brook, srtskeepers, limns. gate—G-. P. Dewey and J. Jefferys, farmers, N orth , Stoneham, Hampshire—H. Lunn, J. Crowther, and W. Crowther, cloth finishers, Paddock, York.shire—J. Treble and J. Newcombe, linendrapers, • Oxford -street w . Crookes and J. P. Crookes, undertakers,. High-street, f S r li i a l s w r . e o l a l— d— C , . r L . a i nneds D. d l T. id g A ie p y p , s ii c u o d a ( c i e h rs b; 1 1 d d . ers, Bl ac k- SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIO;N S. WILLIAM MELDIWM, manufacturer, Dunferm lituie,?rmctie..in3 and Nov. 1, at eleven, at Hutton's Inn, . pnf, WILLIAM THOMSON, carpenter, Kinghorn, Fife shire, Oct. 1 and 22, at twelve, at Smith's Harbour Head Inn, Kirkaldy. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, SEPT. 27. Wind this day at noon, northerly, fresh, hazy weather. DEAL, SEPT. 26. Wind N.E., strong.—Arrd. Exchange and Kerswell, northward, and sailed west ward. Sld. Mary Row, Berbice. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Wind N.N.E. to E., mo derate.—Arrd. Liverpool steamer, Gibraltar, left 15th inst., Cadiz 16th, Lisbon 19th, and Vigo 21st. MARGATE, SEPT. 26.—The Susan, from Liverpool to London, got on Margate Sands this morning; during a gale from the eastward, sank, crew saved. OFF TILE START, SEPT. 23.—Herald, Rio Janeiro. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 23.—Arrd. Mountaineer, Carey, Quebec. DUBLIN, SEPT. 24.—Arrd. Hannibal, Richebucto. HULL, SEPT. 23.—Arrd. Dolphin, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 26.—Wind E.N.E. moderate. Arrd. Clio, Mesam, Barbadoes ; Union, Gill, Black River ; Magistrate, Mounsey, AfriCa. Sid. Ina, China; Ann, Maranham ; Duke of Cornwall, Hali fax ; Bickley, Sierra Leone. Arrd. oIT, Charlotte, Africa; Priscilla, Paraiba; Lydia, Antigua. CORK, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Ceres, Anderson, Quebec. TROON, SEPT. 22.—S1d. Sarah Akria, Quebec. COWES, SEPTEMBER 25.—Arrd. Liebau, Conser, Havannah. LOSS OF A RUSSIAN 74.—A letter received at Lloyd's, from Christiansand, dated September 23, states that the Ingennanland, 74, from Archangel to Cronstadt, struck on a sunken rock to the eastward of this place, on the night of the 12th inst. during a gale from N.E. and filled, about half the crew (consisting of 935 persons) saved. The wreck has drifted to sea, and was last seen off Jeddereen drifting northward. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Aigrette, bound to Havre, sth inst., lat. 41 N., lon. 30 W.; Alder July 15, lat. 28, S. lon. 34 W. ; a Ilaniburgh vessel, No. 103 on a white flag, 25th, at 4 S., lon. 30 W., bound southward ; Pick wick, South Seas to Liverpool, 28th, lat. 2 N., lon. 30 ; Thomas Fleinder, South Seas to Liverpool, Aug. 1, lat. 11, lon. 29 ; Lutin, Guilbaut, bound to Bourbon, 2d,' lat. 11, lon. 27 ; Reis Effendi, of Liverpool, from Monte Video, 15th, lat. 30, lon. 38, by the Nouveau I'erseverant, arrived in the Gironde. Orestes, ltiu Janeiro to Lisbon,7th, lat. 2 S., by the Maunder, arrd. at Bordeaux. Daley, bound to Sydney, C. 8., 25th ult. lat. 47, lon. 59, by the George Guildford, arrived at Berwick. Innocence, s to Rio Janeiro, 22d ult. lat. 12, lon. 27, W. by the llerald, arrd. off the Start. Emanuel, Bristol to Quebec, Bth inst. lat. 45, lon. 45 ; Combatant, of London, 15th inst. lat. 49,.10n..27 ; Bellona, of Bideford, 29th inst. lat. 48, lon. 11, by the Mountaineer, arrived at Southampton.. St. George, of Glasgow, for Africa, 15th inst. lat. 50, lon. 7, by the Protheroe, arrived in the River ; Ethelred, from Jamaica, lat.' 38, lon. 38, by the Lady Sarah Bayley, arrived in the River. Gem, Aber deen to Quebec, 19th ult. off Matave ; Queen of the lales, Newporyo Palermo 18th inst. lat. 50, lon. 7, by the Sthis, arriqd in the River.i WOOLWICH-MONDAY. The Lightning steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander George Snell, left Woolwich yesterday afternoon for Hamburgh, with the Earl of Wilton, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir William Young, and several members attached to the British Court on board, having full powers to invest the King of Saxony with the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the object of their mission to the Continent. The Royal George yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, left her moorings opposite the dockyard, Woolwich, this afternoon, and was towed down the river by the African steam-vessel. The Royal yacht will resume her station at Portsmouth during the winter, no order having been issued to change the station to Woolwich, as has been stated in one of the weekly papers. The Sinbad sailed on Saturday for Portsmouth. There is not one word of truth in the statement in the United Service Gazette of Saturday, that " Courts martial have been ordered on Captain Washington, of the Shearwater, and Commander Hamond (not Capt. Hamilton) of the Salamander ;" • and there is scarcely a probability that such will be the case in either in stance. Indeed it is certain there w ill no t even b e arr inquiry in the case of Commander A. S. Hamond, of the Salamander; and should an inquiry, which is the utmost that can be made in the case of the Shear water, take place, Captain Washington will be able to show that no blame can be attached to him or those under his command. The explanations already given, there is every reason to believe, have proved satisfac tory to the highest naval authorities. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF WELLESLEY. Immediately on the announcement of this melan choly fact, an express was sent off to the Duke of Wellington, who was on a visit to her Majesty at, Windsor Castle. The Noble Duke immediately re paired to Apsley House, and after staying a few minutes proceeded direct to convey the melancholy intelligence to his brother, the Earl of Maryborough, • who is at Walmer Castle. A messenger was sent to Ireland, de- Sir R. Peel on Monday morning, informing him of the occurrence. Al t ar he Y i t r ru father hail With the Marquis all those titles whichanwdre the re Ba rony ug h , con ferredi on himself become extinct, but the Earldom of 111orneinfgmtmei,rntliiiejgAte'rins,coiunnwleof peeragel N 'el l esl e o y f , nest brother, honour Lord which be cause stead t these i s enjoyed. Lord Maryborough, now Earl of Morn ' ' gton is in his 79th year. R e assumed in , Pole on inheriting the estates of his the name of - Pole, of 13allvfin. His Lordship's co4sib, William lion. William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, eldest son, the as is well known, the daughter .0 married, James Tylney Long, Bait and heiress of Sir and Mr. Wellesley married, ' ; this lady died in l 8')5„ ter of Col. Paterson, and r in 1828, the third daugh 'Air. Long \Vellesk will now of Edward Bligh, Esq. title of Viscount Wellesley,Ynow enjoy the courtesy Mary borough, whichever he or that of Lord ay choose. The number of families ln event is, of course put into mourning by this Lord Mary boro e, h considerable, including those of the Duke of Wellington, Lord CowleCowley, the Hon. ' . y, of andßev. Gerald V. Wellesey, the Westmoreland, the Marquis of Tweeddale, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Cadogan, Sir Chas. Bagot, Lord I' , itzroy Somerset, Lord Robert Grosve nor, the Earl of Winchilsea, &c. By the death of the Marquis, a stall in the Order of the Garter falls to the patronage of Ministers, and the office of Custos Rotulorum of the county of Meath also becomes vacant. The Marquis was a knight l of the Turkish Order of the Crescent, and of the Persian Order of the Lion and Sun. The Marquis enjoyed a pension of 2,6931.,fi e _ mem brancer of the Exchequer in Ireland. as TILE WILL OF TILE LATE MR. LONGMAN —The will of the late T. N. Longman, Esq., of the firm of Rees, Orme, and Co., the well-kn own b oo k se ll ers o f P a ternoster-ro‘N, has just been proved, by the execu tors, in the Prerogative Court of the A rc hbi s h o p o f C a nterbury, in Doctors' Commons. The personal property of the deceagM has been sworn under the value of 200,000/., which is principally left to his widow and family. The Royal mews at Windsor, for which a Parlia mentary grant was obtained, will be ready reception of h er M a j esty ' s stu d a t the . end oft e present we e k, w h en t h e h orses w ill be immediately conveyed to th e i r new quar ters. for theh