The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-01 00:00:00

• Y.) , "aim, anti from tbis t pin, an d o f 2 1 1,1r3. 1: e teaunt ) sai d be for trial kY.) bed a' s 5 e et, I‘.-- ated that ag ° , l ' l , • that ss ha nded of his °s„,t -inge '''ith he Magis. k being' Cil o f ingtotit oP ht roug is an/ c ad' On tbe the P u i b o lie l ,a the -,: teatiu l° ii;e ; a ny ef ob . w day no ver e they l o ve )%%n to.vere notes t° ` r e rty °„ . f n r t i ° as pect e tti oug h „Po re be— the in s , been trolrej rec l9 ` bl ic , the P u lit°4 CO- I . l i i s t nesse' or d th 6 q ao toy s c Court' 0 13 ' beid i o j e . o )11(1:1 , ;t. G e° bat e ClO but 11 ,0 ' RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize : ended Name of Railway. Miles Total. Opened. X. s. d. Sept. 24Birmingham & Derby Janet. 48 1,389 10 4 23 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 2,214 7 3 17 Brandling Junction 25 8,812 ft- 4 23 Chester and Birkenhead .. • Dundee and Arbroath ... 24 Edinburgh and Glasgow 25 Eastern Counties ........ Glasgow and kyr .. 4O 24 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 22* 24 Grand Junct, Chester &Crewe 113 24 Great North of England 45 25 Great Western —. Hayle 24 Hull and Selb_y 3l Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 23 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 24 London and Birmingham ll2* 29 London and Blackwell ... ... 24 London and Brighten ---- Ditto Shoreham Branch 27 London and Croydon 22 London and Greenwich 3l 25 London and South Western 22 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 24 Manchester & Birmingham 27 Manchester and Leeds 24 Midland Counties s7i 24 Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi 22 Newcastle and North Shields 7 25 Northern and Eastern • 3ok 24 North Midland 23 North Union ... 24 Preston and Wyre 24 Sheffield and Manchester 7 29 South Eastern 24 Taff Vale . 3O 25 Ulster 24 24 York and North Midland 2B 1,996 3...6 1,077 13 6 900 9 5 7,606 5 5 1,323 4 3 14,632 7 11 1,062 5 10 4,539 10 0 17,264 6 3 748 9 11 4,523 14 '0 305 0,.11k 709 14 4 6,657 16 10 562 8 91 2,348 6 1 5,018 0 7 2,841 6 01 1,b66 2 0 - 422 18 5 1,317 1 11 4,822 19. 4 1,023 0 1 '265 0 3 190 2 8 1,559 13 0 606 13 .0 395 10 7 1,818 16 9 FRENCH MAIL PORTS. (TRANSLATION.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Sept. 29, 1842. c kir e . t.bo Ed at itof —On the 27th instant the English pa bearing the Dover mail, arrived off Ca but being unable to enter that harbour she was • iged to fall back upon Boulogne, at which port she landed her dispatches. On the 28th, the weather continuing the, same as on the preceding evening, we "Peeled that the English mail would, as on the previous occasion, arrive at Boulogne. We saw no arri?g_ief it, however, and the estafette from Calais nia ;;t'o here at half-past two, under the idea that the " Packet had come direct to Boulogne. The esta fetteo was detained here until nearly four o'clock, and 8 that hour, nothing being in sight at sea, it was dispatch on to Paris. About six o'clock a telegraphic "'Patch announced that the packet, with the mail, which had l e ft D over a t h a lf-p as t e i g ht i n th e morn .shad arrived at Calais at four o'clock, after a pas sage of eight hours. The letters could not be forwarded to Paris, and will not be until to-day. l• i eu Prance and Europe in general will have to suffer from a delay of 24 hours in the arrival of their l etters, through the absurd obstinacy of the Captains o f the English mail packets in refusing to come to Boulogne, and that notwithstanding the orders which have been given them to make for this Nit whenever there is a probability that they will be unable to reach Calais before the hour fixed for the departure of the estafette. No one, either at Calais or Boulogne, had the least doubt as to the im -I)ossibility of the packet reaching Calais in time, especially after what had occurred on the previous evening. The entrance to the harbour of Boulogne was yesterday so easy, that the packet from London ar rived at eleven o'clock, tusd the Dover packet, with x°• rty-two passengers on board, and three car riages, made her passage in two hours and fifty-five minutes. Nothing, therefore, can ex cuse the obstinacy of the Captain of the English Mail packet. As these circumstances are of frequent recurrence, we cannot be too severe in ob serving on the conduct of men, who seem to make a ll_port of compromising the most important interests. • is time to put a stop to such a state of things. I have the honour to be, Mr. Editor, • • . Your very humble servant, The Mayor of Boulogne, AL. ADAM. T.S.—At this moment the English Mail Packet, : Which left Dover this morning at half-past six, has arrived at ten o'clock in the harbour of Boulogne. If the others had thus made for this harbour instead of eridegfOuting to reach Calais, those delays of which such just complaints are made would not take place. (Translation.) 4wste 'QR.; TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. tsK 3.ll- Boulogne-sur-Mer, Sept. 30, 1842. Mr. Editor,—The occurrences of the last three days ought to be sufficient to make the Captains of the English Mail Packets determine no longer to compromise the public service by seeking to l -• ? avoid b r i ng i ng the mail to Boulogne. Dread- K, no doubt, the consequences of the grave E., faults Which they have recently committed, by volun tarily delaying for 24 hours the correspondence of the whole of Europe, without being able, as they have ?Lc, so frequently before do ne , to allege the lea s t p re t ex t ,t,t to excuse these delays, of which, for such a length of tz x time, such frequent and just complaints have been made, they this day, as well as y esterday, at once made for the o."t of Boulogne, and at ten o'clock this morning •‘ they , landed their dispatPhes, which will await h ere until half-past one o'cl the arrival of the et t tte from Calais. It is absolutely necessary that strict measures should be taken to secure a continuance of this improvement, and to prevent a return of former abuses. Be pleased to accept, Mr. Editor, the assurance of my distinguished consideration. The Mayor of Boulogne-sur-Mer, AL. ADAM. P.S.—I have just learned that the estafette from Calais was detained there yesterday, and did not ar rive at Boulogne until five o'clock, although the let ters from England were here at ten o'clock in the morning. I have been informed that all the letters, except those for Paris and for Boulogne, have had to be sent back to Calais, where they are sorted for the other towns. Thus, if the este fette coming from Paris had not been delayed, so as to take these letters from hence to Calais, or if the • packet had not arrived here until after the estafette had passed through, all the letters for Line Rouen, Havre, and other plac es , wou ld h ave been delayed for four -and-twenty hours. It is sufficient that such a faulty arrangement should be pointed out to secure its correction. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, SEPT. 30. The supply of new hops at market, on Saturday last, amounted to about 2,500 pockets. The demand being brisk, most of the samples were sold, and at the close of the day, 2,163 pockets new, and 17 old, were weighed at the public scales, and 1,250 new, and 22 old in the week. Prices from 80s. to 90s. to 955. per cwt.—Worcester Herald. A STAGE TRICK.—A Brussels journal says—" M Lonppi, formerly director of an Italian opera corn pany, had long been a prisoner for debt in the prison of St. Leonard at Liege. He had made three different attempts to escape, but had always been defeated. To Prevent any future attempt a gaoler slept in his room as a watchman. One day last week, however, he contrived to deceive his Cerberus, by putting lauda num into his drink, having previously procured the kys of all the doors between him and freedom. When the deceived guardian was fast asleep, Louppi stole quietly out, leaving a letter behind him, promis ing the gaoler that he should never have the trouble , of watching over him again." Loss By CORN SPECULATIONS. — It is estimated that the late speculations in wheat have inflicted a ;on upon the speculators to the amount of two mil lions of pounds sterling! This enormous loss is mainly owing to the annual lottery of the sliding scale. DEATH .01 , THE "LEEDS CONSERVATIVE JOURNAL." ---Tbis . paper, which was commenced by Mr. Perring On leaving the Intelligencer, and of which the first • - number was published on the 7th of May, has this -Week ceased to exist. A letter in another column from Perring shows the circulation of the paper to hay been considerable,—Leeds Mercury. Wakefield Cattle Market continues to be supplied in a great degree with foreign cattle. A considerable Portion of the beef sold in the shambles is imported, and the quality is so good that the difference cannot he distinguished. Prices continue about the same. The last arrival from Algiers gives an account of the trial and condemnation to death of a Moor, against whom there were not less than 26 charges for atro cious crimes, Amongst the witnesses who appeared was a poor Germsn widow, whose husband he had murdered. After this murder, and having stripped the house of his victim of Xlll that was valuable, the Wretch carried off the woman and her two children to the environs of Aiba, where he treated her with the most brutal indignity, and broke her arm. She at length obtained her liberty, and arrived at Milianah With one of her children. The other had died of h unger.—Galigneazi• SpORTING.—The grouse shooting last week was nearly a blank to the swisman. Birds were very and packed in flocks of from sixty to eighty, looking about them on the bare hill teps, ready for 'start down the wind with the velocity of hawks. ?ley defied cartridges or any other projectile reach ing them, and tantalised sportsmen with the sight of What it was impossible for them to ShAot• Frosty nights and clear days are now looked for, 0 enable goir southern friends to make up a good bag wee sdonally before leaving the north. In deer-stalking, %erne very successful shots were made lately, At Invereshire, Walter Gisborne, Esq., killed three stags in one day. One of them weighed twenty-four stone, and had a royal head of horns ; another weighed eighteen stone, with ten antlers on his horns.—ln tertian C•iiri•r. ~t': . 44 4 .! APPREHENSION OF FEARGUS • O'CONNOR. Feargus O'Connor, who had hitherto steered clear of the meshes of the law in any part he might have taken in the recent Chartist disturbances, has at length been apprehended by the police authorities, and lodged in custody on a charge of sedition. It appears, that in consequence of certain discove ries recently made by the Magistracy of Manchester, it was determined by that body to issue a warrant for the apprehension of Mr. O'Connor, and that the warrant was placed in the hands of an officer, who came to town for the purpose of effecting his capture, in which he succeeded on Friday morning at an early hour. Mr. O'Connor was taken at his own residence at Hampstead, at half-past six o'clock, and conveyed to the police station-house in Gardener's-lane, West minster. Informatim of the fact of his apprehension having been given at the Home• office, a messenger was dis patched to request tha presence of the Solicitor-Gene ral, Sir W. Follett. Mr. Hall, tht Chief Magistrate of Bow-street Police Court, attended by Mr. Burnaby, his clerk, arrived at the Home-office shortly afterwards, for the purpose of taking a private examination of the pri soner; he was, however, removed to Bow-street, where, shortly after one o'clock, he and John Arch bold Campbell, who keeps a shop for the sale of Char ... tist publications, No. 180, High Holborn, were brought up in the custody of Inspector Hughes, A division, and M'Mulle, of the Manchester police, for the purpose of entering into recognizances on a charge of sedition at Manchester in the month of August last. The case was disposed of in the Magistrate's pri vate room, Mr. Hall not being the sitting Magistrate of the day. Mr. Waddington, barrister, and Mr. Faulkner, solicitor, attended on the part of the Crown to watch the proceedings; and Mr. Concannon, a solicitor, ap peared on the part of O'Connor. Mr. Henry, the Magistrate of Lambeth-street, and Mr. Wray, the Receiver-General of the police force, were also present; O'Connor being conducted into the room, Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, proceeded to read the warrant of Mr. John Frederick Foster, a Magis trate of Manchester, which charged O'Connor with " having on the 17th of August, with divers other persons, unlawfully and wickedly conspired, confe derated, and agreed to excite her Majesty's liege sub jects to sedition and disaffection against the laws of this realm, and to cause insurrection, riots, tumul tuous and illegal assemblies, and by force, violence, and intimidation, to prevent certain of her Majesty's subjects from following their lawful occupations, and to force them to depart therefrom, and to disturb the peace of our said Lady the Queen, and the kingdom of England." Mr. Waddington said, he had the honour to appear on the part of the Crown, and he was willing to hear what answer the defendant had to make to the charge. The defendant replied, he had performed a most magnanimous act, in preventing the people from com mitting outrages, and he never considered he should be called upon to account for such conduct. Mr. HALL said, that whatever confessions the de fendant had to make, or whatever examinations he had to undergo, should be taken in the regular course before the Magistrates at Manchester, it being his duty merely to apportion the amount of bail after a plea had been put in to the charge. The defendant replied, he had no answer to make, except that he was not guilty of the charge, but he wished the examination of his physician to be taken as to the state of his health. He would in a short time be prepared with bail if required, and, as to the charge, he had no more to say, except that in conse quence of the active measures he had adopted to pre vent serious outrages taking place on the Corn-law question, he had been charged by th' press with being in the pay of the Tory party. Mr. HALL—Then I am to understand you mean to put in bail ? The defendant replied in the affirmative. Mr. Waddington observed, that if bail was pro cured in London, the defendant could not know the nature of the depositions, but if that was not done, he should be forthwith conveyed to Manchester, where the case would be gone into. The defendant said, he would prefer putting in bail before Mr. Hall, from whom he would meet with every kindness; but if he was compelled to appear before the Bench in Manchester, he was sure to meet with insult, although he had done much good, which the Magistrates there would not readily admit. Mr. HALL—Then you are ready and willing at present to put in bail?—The defendant said he would before the rising of the Court. Mr. HALL—Are you under other recognizances at present ? Defendant--Yes ;to keep the peace. Mr. HALL—Was that upon a Government prose cution ? Defendant—Yes ; I was obliged to find bail after I was discharged from York Castle. Mr. Waddington begged to observe" that the Go vernment did not wish to press for excessive bail, although the charge was of a very serious nature. Mr. HALL said, the charge in the warrant was of a character very little short of treason, and the public would naturally expect that the amount of bail re quired would be commensurate with the offence, and in case it was procured within a reasonable time, the defendant might be saved the trouble of being sent to Manchester. The amount of bail he should call upon the defendant to enter would be, himself in the sum of 1,000/., and two sureties in 500/. each, to answer to the charge at the next gaol delivery at Manchester. The defendant thanked the Magistrate, and he was conducted by the officer into an adjoining room. The other defendant was then brought in, and having admitted he was the person charged in the warrant, said, that having been only a few hours in custody, he had had no time to communicate with his friends, who would procure the required sureties. Mr. Waddington told him the same time would be allowed him to find bail as if the offence was commit ted in London, which was until the rising of the Court. Mr. HALL told the defendant he had time enough to send to his friends, and the amount of bail he should require would be, himself in 8001. and two sureties in 4001. each, to answer the charge at the next gaol de- livery at Manchester. Defendant—Oh ! that's impossible ; in fact it's tantamount to saying I must be sent to prisan, for I cannot procure such bail. Mr. HALL said, the only reason why he made any difference in the amount of bail was, that he was in a more humble sphere of life than the other defendant, although the nature of the charge in the warrant was the same. • Mr. Waddington said, it only remained to have the defendant conveyed to Manchester in custody by the officer.—The defendant was then removed. In the course of the evening Mr. Cleave, of Shoe lane, Fleet-street, and Mr. Oldfield, of Bolt - court, Fleet-street, were accepted as sureties for O'Con nor, and after a description was taken of the several letters which were found upon him, he left the Court accompanied by his friends. ARREST OF TEN CHARTISTS FOR CONSPIRACY. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY. — This morning consider able interest was excited in Manchester in conse quence of the arrest of ten individuals, on warrants granted at the instance of the Government solicitors, on charges, it is said, of a very serious nature, arising out of the recent outbreak in the manufacturing dis tricts. It is said the charges are of a much more grave character than any which have yet been made, and in which are included several leading Chartists. About one o'clock the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Maude, and several other Magistrates, took their seats in the New Bailey Court. There were also on the bench Colonel Wemyss and Sir Charles Shaw. The following prisoners were then placed at the bar :—The Rev. James Scholefield, James Leech, John Massey, Robert Ram-den, Bernard M'Cartney, Thomas Railton, Christopher Doyl e , James Ellison, John Norman, and William Scholeeld. Mr. Gregory, the solicitor, employed by Govern ment, said the prisoners at the bar were charged with a conspiracy, along with a great number of others, not as yet in custody, and, under these circumstances, he had to apply, on the part of the Crown, that they should be remanded until Tuesday next. He under stood that there was one person in custody along with his son, and that it would be a matter of very great inconvenience for both of them to be absent from their duties at once; and it having been intimated to him that if one of the party were at liberty it would be of very great importance to them, he was ready to con sent to any reasonable application which might be made, so as to secure attendance on Tuesday next. Mr. Cobbett, who appeared for the two Scholefields and Leech, said the application was for rather a long remand, when no other reason was state 1, except that other parties were implicated in the same charge. Under any circumstances the cases could be as easily proved against the parties in custody in the absence as in the presence of others implicated with them ; and, therefore, five days' imprison ment was rather too long, unless it was intended to take bail for their appearance in the meantime. After the offer made by Mr. Gregory, he should say nothing with respect to the Scholefields, but, in the case of Leech, he begged to make a particular application. That individual was already under particularly heavy bail to appear and take his trial at the Special Com mission, and would be unable to traverse. He was at present engaged in preparing hii defence, and that lie might not be prevented from properly getting up his derepee f he (Mr. Cobbett) asked the Court to permit him to 1 4e 41 Prated on his undertaking to appear on Tuesday. Mr, Bent also applied of behalf pf PCartney for his liberation on bail, He said he was in business at Liverpool as a bo o k se ll er , which business :could not go en without his presence. He therefore applied for h;s -~. .c THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY VVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1842. liberation, in order that he might provide for his wife and family, who were solely dependent on his exer tions, and his wife was in that state that her confine ment was hourly expected. The other prisoners were then separately asked what they had to say against the remand. They all declined saying anything. Mr. Gregory said he had very little to say in answer to what had been said by the professional ad visers of the prisoners. With regard to Leech, he had only to observe that the charge now made against him was totally distinct from those on Which he had been held to bail ; and although those were of a serious nature, yet not so serious as the present. Mr. Cobbett—PQrhaps Mr. Gregory will. state what the charge is ? Mr. Gregory—lt is a charge of conspiracy. _ Arr. Bent hoped Mr. Gregory would say what were the particulars of the charge. Mr. Gregory—Certainly I shall not. It is a charge of conspiracy of a very serious nature, and quite dis tinct from any yet brought forward. Mr. MAUDE said the question for their considera tion was, whether the remand asked by the prose cution was a reasonable one to give them sufficient time to prepare the evidence to be adduced against the parties. The Bench. were of opinion that it was, and should therefore grant it. The Rev. Mr. Scholefield urged on the Bench the necessity of admitting him to bail, as he had duties to perform which no one could do but himself; and, with regard to his son, he understood the charge against him was for publishing the seditious placard, with which he had no more to do than Mr. Gregory himself. He trusted, therefore, both would be set rd liberty, and, if life was spared him,. he would ap pear on Tuesday. _ Mr. Gregory stated that he understood the applica tion made to him was, that the son might be set at liberty, and to that he was ready to consent on his giving bail. Mr. Maude—Then let that be so. Mr. Cobbett then applied for Leech's liberation. Mr. Maude said the case must stand remanded to Tuesday, and the only indulgence that could be granted must be the liberation.of the younger Schole field on his giving two sureties in 1001. each for his appearance on Tuesday. Mr. Cobbett said Leech must be tried in a few clays by the Special Commission, and by that means he would be effectually prevented from preparing his defence. If that were so, it would be a complete defeat of the ends of justice. Mr. Maude said he had already had a month to prepare his defence, and every facility would be afforded him for that purpose during his imprisonment. The prisoners were then remanded, with the excep• tion of Wm. Scholefield, whO was liberated on bail. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD' S MAGAZINE. The concluding volume of Mr. Alison's " Eu ropean History" tbrms the subject of an eloquent but prejudiced notice in the present Number of this Magazine. The Reviewer. is, of course, an ardent panegyrist of the historiaUilfor the poli tics of the one are, with scarcely a shade of dif ference, the politics of the other; and observes of his work, that it is one of the " noblest" pro ductions of the age. The work is certainly an able one--that is to say, it shows great variety of research : great skill and patience in comparing and sifting evidence ; and great impartiality, considering that the author is a zealous Tory, and that the • exciting period of which he treats, is one calculated to call forth all political pre judices; but while . we 'allow that Mr. Alison's history possesseS these u , :questionable recom mendations, we must observe, on the other hand, that its sketches of character are often erroneous, and still oftener superficial ; that it lays down hasty premises, and draws from them still hastier c'jnclusions ; that its descriptionm—especially of battles, in which the author evidently delights— though frequently picturesque and spirited, are defbrrned by tawdry and inflated verbiage ; and that its style abounds in Scotticisms, and is too thickly studded with trope and simile to suit the grave, sober dignity of the historic muse. Still, even with these drawbacks, it is by far the best English history we have of Europe during the gigantic wars of the R evo l ut i on , an d if judiciously abridged, would be invaluable as a work of re ference. Alluding to the grand and comprehen sive subject of which Mr. Alison treats, the Re viewer says, " The French Revolution has wholly passed away. We have seen its cradle, its maturity, and its grave." This may be true, as regards the great outbreak itself ; but the bold democratic spirit which prompted that out break, still walks the earth. We can trace its in fluence in every recent popular movement in France ; while in England, it makes itself felt and feared as Chartism, which is the alias by which it is no'w best known among us. The de mocratic spirit, quickened by the French Revo lution, has yet a mighty task to achieve ere it can be said to have fulfilled the mission on which it was sent by destiny. Speaking cursorily of modern historians, the Reviewer, after paying a generousand deserved tribute to the transcendant merits of Gibbon, remarks of his celebrated contemporary, Robertson, that he " has sincerity, knowledge, and a serious, yet forcible eloquence." This is very vague, general criticism, and like a general invitation, it means nothing. Robert son's chief excellence is the clear arid distinct views he exhibits of periods and events which the nature of his subject will not allow him to do more than just briefly glance at, as in, his intro duction to .• Charles the Fifth," where. he gives a brief, butadmirably digested and lucid summary of the rise and progress of the feudal system; and his chief defect is the heavy, languid monotony of his manner, and the cumbrous and artificial construction of his sentences. With the Re viewer's opinions of Hallam we cordially agree ; but not so with his remark, that " the later writers of history in England have scarcely risen beyond the yank of compilers." Surely Sharon Turner, the laborious, exact, scrupulous chro nicler of the Anglo-Saxon ages; Lingard, the more than rival of Hume —his superior in all the qualities, save style, that constitute the historian; Tliirlwall, whose history of Greece is beyond all question the best that has yet ap— peared, Mitford's being a mere school-boy's essay compared with it; —surely, these writers are something better than mere compilers! The Reviewer, we suspects is wholly unacquainted with their works, or lie would not have hazarded so flippant an observation. His character of Carnot is still more to be o b j e cted to; but this , not from its flippancy, but its fierce prejudices. He condemns the sturdy Republican, because he was a member of Robespierre's Government, forgetting —or, what is more probable, not caring to remember—that Carnot had nothing at all to do with the cruelties then practised, but uni formly kept aloof from his Terrorist colleagues, and confined himself exclusively to the war department, and the creating and provisioning of fourteen vast armies, which he precipitated on the frontiers, and by so . doin g saved France, when almbst every one but himself despaired of her salvation ! " We believe," adds the Reviewer, " that Carnot was one of those who voted for the death of Louis the Sixteenth." He might g have been positive of the fa ct with p erfect safet y , for th e great Republican's Vote was iven in `theSe. memorable words, which - the Reviewer ought not to have forgotten—" Death, and never was a deci s i on come to with such reluctance 1 " " Poems a n d Ball a ds of Schiller" are translated with singular spirit and eleg ance, b y one . whose powers of versification are of no ordinary character. it Ricardo and Adam Smith" is a it with about .the same clever essay, but by no means so interesting or imaginative as a fai r y-tale. We have read p l e asure that we should read Cocker's Arithmet ic, whose p lot, characters, and incidents,&c•,so puzzled poor James : Hogue, that lie p roaounced it to be the most bewildering love -story that had ever been recommended to his perusa l. " Sketches of Italy" are som ew h at d u ll an d treatment. common place; but the subject is scarce l y sus ceptible of novel " Caleb St o kely" gives the bio graphical sketch of a ouno- gen tlewoman, Miss Em ma Fitzjones, wh ose MiitbrtUne it was to be descended from a race of drunkards; and who took special care that the family failing should not be extinguished in her pers on. Accordingly she indulged in strongwaters till her nose blushed like a mulberr an d resembled " the tower of Lebano n that looketh toward Damas cus." Her reminiscences are exciting and pala table enough, for theflavour of brandy and water impregnates every li ne . " The League's Re venge" is a political diatribe, full of mis-state rnents. From the review 9f ~ Alison's Europe," we quote a graphi c s k etch o f t h e waning glories of Napoleon in the memorable year, 1813: — The spell was now consciously- broken. The star whose influence had hitherto gro wn into a kind of gallant and illustrio us credulity, a brilliant supersti tion of soldiership, was now swept from the sky. Even the name of Napoleon was no longer the sound of a trumpet ; and the Man of France had suddenly , sunk down from that exaltation which, whether fic titious or true, makes men soldiers, and makes sol diers heroes ; into the level of which all things must become common-place, and small and personal inter ests supersede the splendid illusions of our general being. The heart of imperial France was broken, and she was thenceforth to be prepared to meet her ,hare in the common burdens and contempts that be long to the sufferers and strugglers among mankind. Posterity will not believe things; and in a hundred or a thousand years hence, the philosopher, turning over the eloquent pages of this history, will attribute a large portion of their fervid imagery to the ardour of a contemporaneous mind—the overwrought pres sure of the time. But the philosopher will be wrong, and the historian right ; the only defect in. the de scriber will be the native weakness of human expres sion to speak of impulses and causes beyond the re sources of language. No speech of man can realise the actual sensation with which the power of France was really regarded in its days of power. No con eption of after times can approach the mixture of fear, astonishment, and anxiety, the sasmn won der, and even the mysterious and fearful admiratiOn, with which Europe looked on the throne of Napo leon. ' Yet, what must be the effect on the general human mind, of living in the perpetual presence or a sovereignty which had concentrated all the powers of the vast French e mpire on con q uest —which had turned every monarch into a vassal ; whose armies were poured out by the hundred thousand-whose march was from capital to capit a l and whose tri umphs had the extent, _rapidity, and completeness of something beyond man ! Even th e language of the time felt the impression of these extraordinary events, and the phrases of "Invincible," " S on o f Destiny," "Irresistible," " King-maker," though given in other days in the sycophancy of courtiers or the terror of slaves, were given to the head of this fearful empire and army, almost by a natural use o f wor d s , Th e impression is wearing away now even among our selves, but it was not the less vivid while it existed. In the conquering days of Napoleon there was but one name in the world, and that name his His guilt, his personal vices his teas i awn. , r , er f; A v , . 4 T - A his reckless love of blood , were 1 1 4 filly "'" " _y aolirlowledged then as at this moment, when W O ore recounting the causes which brought him to his grave ; but success, genius, grandeur of plan , and triumph o f execut ii m, ' w a n d gichiven no man, him an for e a le thousand vation in the e y e o f -.-. • Anrnpo• to Year's hero him, had been raised, and to FrallOo 4 Power, not merely over the frame of nations, hut the mind, which almost divested submission of its disgrace, and to which the simple resistance, as it was resisted for many 4 pas siv e and painful year by England With 4 %tic to glory. .. ; --------- among them io 40 ingenious sto r y BRNTI,EI P S MISCELLANY . There are several entertaining tales a n d sketches in this month's "c Miscellany ;" find ihremost ~ Huang John Dory, which d escr ib es the dis appointments endured by an epicur e i n hi s h un t pia ki / 4 . inqum es as to its destina after this daintiest of sea - fish. He had t seed} il i shop, Rti ci 09 lying full-length on the sl,q3 g.f . q 40,,i l d„ g e r , s destina tion, fnntidiltai tt wasjust going t o b e despatched to th e h ouse of one of his most inti mate fr i en d s; Off he goe s there without a,u. 11st1%\ i loss of tine hoping. to T e e p e ive an invitatio n to dinner; c in tatirse of conversation he lear ns l th a t his iend intends to dispatch the dainty, by way of resent ? to a neighbour. The ,NT ' ev,ie entitle U e citM visit is to that envied neighbour; but here again he is disappointed; at last, after tracking the John Dory from house to house, with the despe rate pertinacity of a bloodhound, he achieves the great object of his ambition, and makes a hearty dinner off the fish, which by some means or other has found its way into the kitchen of Sir Robert Walpole. These incidents, it will be seen, bor der closely on the extravagant, but they are Skilfully wrought up ; and here and there occurs a touch of genuine humour. " Mr. Ledbury's Grand Tour" recounts the adVentures of an un sophisticated cockney who journeys to Paris, in company with a sprightly, rakish adventurer — one Jack Johnson, who leads him into all sorts of scrapes. This amusing scamp's character is hit off with infinite ,drollery; and we have a diverting by-sketch of a pretty French grisette, who, desirous of being thought to speak our lan guage with fluency, says, " I spik Angleesh— rosbif—Got-dam—pot-portare," which she thinks is an unanswerable proof of her perfect acipaint ance with the English tongue. "My First Client, the Bishop," is a story of clever Irish rogues, one of who'd p isses himself off as a Bishop to a simple and inexperienced young London at torney. This hoax is improbable enough, but still more improbable is it that a London attorney should possess either simplicity or innocence. 'We should just as soon think of suspecting Satan of Methodism. All attorneys—whether young or old, -rich or poor, metropolitan or provincial— are necessarily as keen as Sheffield razors; and even the dullest-among them is as sharp as the appetite of a crocodile after a banyan day. This is an axiom which—unlike the patent safety cabs —cannot be overturned. The " Forged Will" is a story of wild and fearful interest, professing to be founded on fact. "Bartholomew Fair, Past and Present" describes the glories of this rollick ing holiday festival, as it existed in the good old times—say, half a century ago. It is now, we fear, numbered among the -things that were, greatly, no doubt, to the satisfaction of the im mortll author of the " Lord Mayor's Voyage to Oxford," who some years 'ago, feirmally de nounced-it from the pulpit at Pimlico, as a scene of awful vice and villainy, where reckless liber tines were constantly on the look-out for un sophisticated maid-servants, whom they too often tempted to "cut away the anchor of their virginity If we remember rightly, these were Dr. Dillon's own words; and wonderfully ex pressive they are, and sure to create an intense sensation, when delivered from a Pimlico pulpit. "A Campaign with the Christinos" contains some graphic descriptions, together with charac teristic sketches of well-known Spanish leaders. "The Philosophy of Time" is somewhat obscure and enigmatical as regards the letter-press por tion of the article; but the embellishments are lively and fanciful; and the engraving entitled "To-day" forms a striking pictorial allegory. We close with an extract from Ingoldsby's whimsical version of the legend of the "Babes in the 'Wood." The wicked uncle, having re solved •pn getting . rid of his deceased brother's children, sends for two Bravos, as is duly stated in the following stanzas : Having thought on the How and the When To get rid of his nephew and niece, He now sent for two ill-looking men, And he gave them five guineas a piece.— Says he, " Each of you take up a child On the crupper, and when you have trotted Some miles through that wood lone and wild, Take a knife,out and cut its carotid ! "-- "Done" and "done" is pronounced on each side, While the poor little dears are delighted To think they a cock-horse shall ride, And are not in the least degree frighted; They say their " Ta! Ta!" as they . start, And they prattle so nice on their journey, T hat the rogues themselves wish ,to-their heart They could finish the job by attorney. Nay, one was so taken aback By seeing such spirit and life in them, That he fairly exclaimed, "I say, Jack, I'm blow'd if I can put a knife in them !" " Pooh!" says his pal, " you great dunce ! You've pouch'd the good gentleman's money, So out with your whinger at once, And scrag Jane, while I spiflicate Johnny !" lle refus'd, and harsh language ensued, Which ended at length in a duel, When he that was mildest in mood Gave the truculent rascal his gruel ; The Babes quake with hunger and fear, While the ruffian his dead comrade, Jack buries ; Then he cries, " Loves, amuse yourselves here With the hips, and the haws, and the - blackberries I " I'll be back in a couple of shakes ; So don't, dears, be quivering and quaking : I'm going to get you some cakes, And a nice butter'd roll—that's a-baking !" Ile rode off with a tear in his eye ' 'Which soon ran down his rough cheek and wet it, And he said to himself with a sigh, " Pretty souls !—don't they wish they may get it !" From that moment the Babes ne'er caught sight Of the wretch who thus wrought their undoing, But passed all that day and that night In wandering about and " boo-hoo"-ing. The night proved cold, dreary, And - dark, So that, worn out with sighing and sobbings, Next morn they were found stiff and stark, And stone-dead, by two little Cock-Robins. These two little birds it sore grieves To see what so cruel a dodge I call, They cover the bodies with leaves, An interment quite ornithological ; It might more expensive have been, But I doubt, though I've not been to see 'em, If among those in all Mensal Green You could find a more neat Mausoleum. Now, whatever your rogues may suppose, Conscience always makes restless their pillows, And Justice, though blind, has a nose, That sniffs,out all conceal'd peccadilloes. The wicked old Uncle, they say, In spite of his riot and revel, Was hippish and qualmish all day, And dreamt all night long of the d—l. lie grew gouty, dyspeptic, and sour, And his brow, once so smooth and so placid, Fresh wrinkles acquired every hour, And whatever he swallowed turned acid. The neighbours thought all was not right, Scarcely one with him ventured to parley, And Captain Swing came in the night, And burnt all his beans and'his.barley. There was hardly a day but some for, Ran away with his geese and his ganders, His wheat had the mildew, his flocks Took the rot, and his horses the glanders; His daughters drank rum in their tea, His son, who had gone for a sailor, 'Went down in a steamer at sea, And his wife ran away with a tailor. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Mrs. Trollope quizzes the " Whims and Oddi ties" of brother Jonathan with, if possible, in creased relish this month. Her notable " Wi dow Barnaby" is now on a visit at the country seat of Colonel and Mrs. Beauchamp, near New Orleans; and is of course smitten with a sudden admiration of the slave system, which she looks on as the pride and the safeguard of Ys--• ....- land. Equally as a matter 0f..00.- ~urse, her ,Kee host and hostess are astonished'' find so much ge nuine liberality of 0-_ n tirne - t k° . ina thorough -bred EnglishwoJmn i and the fl compliments that pass between the parties in conseu i e . nce—each striv ing which ( 3 44 ii pepper the ci of ughcst''—are con ceived in the broadest spirit . c aricature. i It is impossible Pot to be diverted wit 1 Mrs. Trollope's ludicrous and sarcastic sketches of American character, even while we utterly.repudiate them as studies front nature, " More Hullaltbaloo" is s a good-h umoured quiz on Mr. Hullah' m u sical o r s ystem, which is just now in such hig hha v with,__ the long-ear e d d en i zens o f th e W es t-end. " Apigram on a late Cattle-show in Smithfield" is in Mr. Hood's archest manner. • But our read ers shall judge for themselves : ' " Old farmer Rail is taken sick, - Yet nat with any sudden trick Of fever, or his old dyspepsy ; But having seen the foreign stock, It gave his system euolt a shock, He's had lit of cattle-epsy." In " Short Rides in an Author's Omnibus," we meet with some shrewd aphoristic remarks. Desdemona," says Mr, Horace Smith, " saw the Moor's complexion in his mind; and a dark or dirty deed may assume a very fair aspect, when we look at it through the purse. That ;Ann must be a sturdy moralist, who does not prefer his cash to his conscience ; and what casuist ever wanted an excuse for a profitable transgressionl" Here is another aphorism equally trIAO 40 litk3--" For stopping a man's mouth, when ho is in the habit of uttering disagreeable truths, there is no gag like gold. Complaint having been made to a certain bishop, that a vicar in his diocese mks nl‘voys preaching against pluralities, twill silence him in less than a week' said, the prelate; and so he did, by giving the vicar an additional benefice." Sir Hubert 'Walpole, it may be remembered, udopted a similar method for silencitq patriots. When their clamour h,e 7 Bata inconvenient to him, he wavo them a flit sinecure ; and their noise coase.d iq Ekn , instant, as if by miracle. ‘c AeuliP t isC-enoe3 Of a Medical Student n are wAtre4 iNnh Impressive ear ißeAtAess o, 1.1.44. 1 1rier, that keeps the reader's gctc.“tiuo on the stretch throughout. The denouement, however, is somewhat too tnelo-dramatic in its character. From the " Five Incumbents" we quote a brief, droll sketch of a mischievous school-boy. "As a boy," observes the young scamp, " I was fond of science, and investigated the powers and proper ties of a squirt; but being soon tired of squirting at insects, I made up my mind to have a shot at a man or a woman--I did not care which. Our garden pales ran parall e l w i t h th e hi g h roa d. I hid myself behind them, and loaded my squirt with dirty ditch-water. I heard a step approach ing, caught a glimpse of a well-dressed man, and let fly ! I felt I had succeeded, for I heard a hearty and well-developed oath. In a few seconds the thee and neckcloth of a gentleman appeared above the paling. I :was then sure I had been successful, for both were covered with duck-weed and green slime. He wielded a bamboo at me, and threatened to break every bone in my skin." In an amusing essay, entitled "Horse and Foot," Mr. Hood thus alludes to his own deficiencies as an equestrian : The chase of course excites my admiration and wonder, and, like Lord Chesterfield, I unfeignedly marvel—but for a different reason—that any gentle man ever goes to it a second time. A chapter of Nimrod's invariably gives me a Crick in the neck. I can well believe that "it is the pace that kills," but why rational beings with that conviction should ride to be killed, exceeds my comprehension. For my own part, could such a pace eve*-come into fashion, it would be suicidal in me to attempt to hunt at a trot, or even in a walk. Ride and tie, perhaps, if, as I sup pose, it means one's being tied on—but no, my evil genius would evade even that security. Above all, but for certain visits to Epsom and• Ascot, I should have set down horse-racing as a pleasant •fiction. That Buckle, without being buckled on, should have reached the age he attained to—or that Day should have had so king a day—are to my mind " remarkable instances of longevity" far more wonderful than any recorded in the newspapers. How a jockey can bestride, and, what is more, start with one of those thorough-bred steeds, is to me a standing, or rather running, or rather flying miracle. Were I a Robinson or a Rogers I should certainly think of the plate as a coffin-plate, and that, the stakes were such as those that were for merly driven through self-murderers' bodies. It would appear, then, that a rider, like a poet, I must be born and not made—that there are two races of men as differently fated as the silver-spooned and the' wooden-ladled—some coming into the world, so to speak, at Ryde, others, like myself, at Foots cray, and thus, by necessity, equestrians or pedes trians. In fact, to corroborate this theory, there is the Championship, which, being hereditary, is at least one instance of a gentleman being ordained to horseback from his birth. As to me, instead of re trograding through Westminster-hall on Cato, I must have backed out of the office. It is probable, how ever, that beside the causes already enumerated, something of my inaptitude may be due to my pro fession. It has been remarked elsewhere as to riding, that " sedentary persons seldom have a good seat," and literary men generally appear to have been on a par, as to horsemanship, with the sailors. The au thor of " Paul Pry,' in an extremely amusing paper, has recorded his own quadrupedal mischances. Coleridge, for a similar or still greater incapacity, was discharged from a dragoon regiment. Lamb avowedly never went "horse-pickback" in his life. Byron, for all his ambition to be thought a bold cavalier, and in spite of his own hints on the sub ject, appears to have been such an indifferent per tbrmer—and Sir Walter Scott, as we read in his life, tumbled from his galloway, and Sir Humphry Davy jumped over him. Even Shakspeare, as far as we have any account of his knowledge of horses, never got beyond holding them. Lord Chesterfield has de scribed Doctor Johnson's 'appearance in the saddle ; but the catalogue would be too tedious. Suffice it, if riding be the " poetry of motion," authors excel rather in its prose. MORE ARRESTS. SHEFFIELD, FRlDAY.—Arrests are the order of the day. George Julian Harney has been arrested and sent to Manchester. LEEDS, FRIDAY.—The Rev. William Hill, the editor of the Northern Star, and Mr. T. B. Smith hive been arrested, and immediately sent to Manchester. The charge is a conspiracy at a meeting, held on the 17th August, at Manchester.—Weekly Dispatch. MONEY MARKET and CITY NESS CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—It was settling-day in the Foreign mar ket. The differences were not so considerable as to olve any trouble in the adjustment. They were con fined exclusively to the Spanish funds, and in these they were not of importance. The account was made up at about the former price of 21. The transactions for the new account were at much the same figures, except in the Spanish securities, which declined per cent. The Mexican market was also sluggish, a change which seems to have been produced by the knowledge obtained of arrangements having been con eluded between Messrs. Lizardi and Co. and the Tax office for the deduction from the forthcoming diii (lends of the Income-tax. Brighton Railway Shares have improved to the extent of 10s. per share. Other kinds of joint-stock property are pretty much the same as last quoted. Another 'failure on the Corn Exchange has to be noticed. The firm of Messrs. Rays, Irvine, and An derson, has been under'the necessity of suspending its payments. The liabilities of the house are said to reach 100,0001., but, according to some reports which were current on 'Change, they do not much exceed 60,0001. Two or three more cases of suspension are looked for to•morrow. Of one considerable house there is, it is believed, no doubt. The party was drawn upon by the lately failed Dantzic establishm4nt of Lubienski and Co. ; and it i s un d erstoo d that ix ceptances of their paper to the large amount of 50,000/. are on the point of becoming due. The German letters received in town this morning speak of a failure of some consequence having taken place at Memel. The name has not transpired, but the house has, it seems, become involved in the pre vailing embarrassments of the corn trade. A second Dantzic house is reported to have suspended its pay ments. The event is attributed to large speculations in wheat. The firm is said to have held 1,500 lasts. Its liabilities are put down at 250,000 thalers, and the losses will, it appears, fhll principally on the corn dealers at Dantzic. Tne Anger/wine Zeitung contains an article, dated Vienna, bept. the 'Bth, in which it is stated that the new treaty of commerce proposed between England and Austria is nearly brought to a conclusion. A re duction of duties on most articles of trade, and also an approximation to the German Custom-house League, form the basis of the treaty. SUN.—A report being current that favourable intel ligence had been received from India, the Money Market exhibited a degree of firmness, and Consols improved a shade, notwithstanding the mercantile accounts are of a very gloomy character. The corn market has again been much unsettled by the suspension of a highly re spectable firm, whose assets, it is stated, are more than sufficient to cover its liabilities. This has been occasioned by the failure of certain large speculators on the Continent, with whom it was connected, and it is apprehended that its extensive connexions may be all more or less sufferers ; hence may be tracod several unpleasant rumours which have been current during the day. Consols left off at 92i for Money, and 93 buyers for the Account. India Stock, 247 249. The circumstances above alluded to caused a continued demand for money, and the premium on Exchequer Bills declined to 51 49 fur the Old, and 50 48 for the New. The principal occurrence in the Foreign market was the announcement that a fresh loan would be brought forward on account of the Dutch Government; this caused a decline in the price of the bonds, and the Five per Cents. closed at 102 1021; and the Two and-a-Half per Cents., 51 ft 51 ; Belgian, 102 103 : Danish, 83 84 ; and Brazilian, 66 67. The Mexican bondholders and the agents of that Government have been brought into collision, in con sequence of instructions from our officials to deduct ths. Income-tax from the dividends. This is an ex tremely harsh proceeding, so much so, that it would appear to be only necessary to repreient the circum stances under which the money is to be received, in order to obtain a remission. The quotations for the Bonds were rather lower, being 34i. 358. The receipts of the railways this week exhibiting an increase generally, the firmness of the Market has continued, and the shares in the Brighton line have improved, the sum received having amounted to 4,5231. London and Birmingham Shares were 183 185, earnings 17,2641. ; Birmingham and Gloucester, '39 41 ; Great Western. 81.82 ; the Half Shares, 59 59i, earnings 14,632/. ; South Western, 57i 58, earnings 6,657/. ; North Midland, 56 58 ' • the New Shares, 27 28, earnings 2,8221.; South Eastern, 231 23:k ; Eastern Counties, 8188, earnings 1,077/. ; Northern and Eastern, 35 36 ; Blackwall, 68 7 ; and Brighton, 35 35/. The Shares in the following lines are not so frequently offered in this market as to warrant a constant quotation, but their takings in the past week were—Hull and 'Selby, 1,062/. ; Birmingham and ' Derby, 2,2141.. Greenwich, 735/. ; Great North of England, 1,3231.; Midland Counties, 7,841/. ; Man chester and Leeds, 5,018/. ; and Edinburgh and Glas gow, 1,9981. The Exchanges were again rather higher. Amster dam, 12 61, 12 68 ; Rotterdam, 12 61 ; Antwerp, 12 41 ; Hamburgh, 13 111 ; Frankfort, 1501 151'; Paris, 25f. 80c., 25f. 85e. ; Vienna, 9 56, 9 56i ; Trieste, 9 57, 9 58 ; Naples, 401 401 • Leghorn, 30 25, 30 30 ; Lisbon, 521 ; Madrid, 36i 37. The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 201 21 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five ;per Cents., 35/ 351 ; the Three per Cents., 21 214 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 151 154; the Three 'per Cents., 201 201. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.I' Amsterdam CF. 12 9 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U l2 9k Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 14k Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine... 151 i Petersburgh, 3Us ... 36} Berlin Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 959 Trieste, ditto lO Madrid Cadiz 36k Bilbao ...36 Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn ... 30 .40 Genoa 26 0 Milan 3l Venice 47 Naples Palermo, per oz 120 Lisbon 52 Oporto s2f, Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia Buenos Ayres .. . New York, 21days sig ht 461 Philadelphia 4g PRICES OF MULLION, PEI 0... Foreign Gold, liars R 3 17 9 Portugal Gold C0m...3 17 5 New Doubloons ......0 0 0 New Dollars... ...,,...,0 4 9j Silver in Bars... ..... 0 4 11i P I a correspondence lately commenced betwixt the Pope awl poiro of the T g eriP§i whilst praismg to the skieilt quiiat§ tion, hinted that he wished his Excellency Woula enter into the true road to hissalvation. The Minister; who, as you of course know, is a Protestant, answere4, t 4 El 4 gn Ilia ^ p hp daily Offered tip prpyers f or th e ont?crsia4 V4t.74.4!e10 " ERASER'S MAGAZINE. In an introduction to a " Life of Sir Murray Maxwell," which heads this Number, the Editor expresses his gratification at having obtained such a memoir, which, he adds, is " at once original and authentic." We think he over rates the value of the biographical communica don he has secured, for the gallant Baronet, however exemplary he might have been in his private capacity, was, as a public character, of little or no importance, and is already almost. forgotten. He achieved no naval triumphs, dis played no striking talents for naval warfare, and is only remarkable for having stood for the city of Westminster, in opposition—if we remember rightly—to Sir John Hobhouse. Here is an anecdote of his infancy, which is the only enter taining one we can find in the present portion of his biography : Captain Maxwell had in his service a lad who had often exhibited signs of a bad as well as of an idle temper, but whom no one suspected of being imbued with a disposition absolutely diabolical. One day this youth committed some fault, for which his master corrected him. He took his beating sulkily, as he was apt to do, but no more was thought of the matter ; and, by and by, Captain and Mrs. Maxwell, leaving the children at home, went, according to a previous I engagement, to spend a day or two with the Earl of 1 Galloway. That very night the groom set fire to Penningham Manse, and so managed his horrible scheme, that, but for the working of some remnant of better feeling within his own breast, the whole of the inmates must have perished. There was, it appears, one of Captain Maxwell's children, we believe his eldest son, to whom the lad was much attached. The thought of giving him over to certain death was more than even the incendiary could endure, so he rus' ne a through the smoke and flames into the apartment where his favourite lay and called him by name to rise. Happily, there were other occupants of that chamber than one. The alarm was instantly given, the cry ran from room to room, and without pausing so much as to put on their apparel, the members of the family ran into the open air, They met, but it was to discover that two wore still missing, of whom Murray was one. We have been given to understand that of the horrors of that moment, when, awaking suddenly out of sleep, he f oun d his chamber filled with smoke, Sir Murray Maxwell retained, to the last day of his life, a distinct recollection. Neither could he tell, except from the reports of others, how he and his younger brother escaped. " A strong arm," he used to say, "seized us. I was three and my little brother a year and a-half old, and being wrapped up in the coverlid, we neither saw nor heard more, till we found ourselves in the midst of a crowd of people, all of wham were shouting lustily." The fact was, that a blacksmith, who used to work for the family, not finding the two boys beside the residue at the muster, eagerly inquired for them. It was then ascertained, and not before, th a t th ey h a d not been removed from their chambe r; and in th e i r c h am b er they would have doubtless perished, had not the promptitude of the black sm ith b een as conspicuous in action as it had first shown itself to be in deliberation . The gallant 'fellow dashed through the blazing lob by , tightly in the coverlid, and ran up-stairs, burst open the children's door, theru up helew to receive his burden.Heuncorn.seciousebosz,inatnodtheyavinunswt.. called to , wrap the "mob t 3 / 4 " dr:opped the _ s soutstretched the garden. _self by leaping into My Life and brought to re . ' Times" by Nimrod is here . close. We have read the memoir w e , ..erest, and have been particularly amused the biographer's account of his early studies, and the classical criticisms in which he freely indulges. He tells us that " Tom Jones" was the first work that ever called forth in him a decided love of reading; and that the next which made a deep and lasting impression on his mind was " Roderick Random." He adds, that he tried hard to get through Richardson's novels, but could not succeed—and no wonder, for despite the interested eulogiums of Doctor Johnson, the author of " Clarissa Harlowe" was a prolix and insipid writer, who, in stead of taxing the sensibilities of his readers, taxed only their patience. Yet it must be confessed there are some fine things in Richardson. The spirit, and grace, and wit of Lovelace's letters will not easily be surpassed; and the morning scene at the notable White house in Soho-square is one of the most forcible bits of painting in the language , _ as minute, as vigorous, and as matter-of-fact, as Hogarth's " Gin-lane." But these rare excellences will not compensate for whole pages of trite and fi rm but tame prolixity. Quitting Englis h auth o r s , Nim rod proceeds to speak of t he Latin o nes , and says of Virgil's pet hero , th at he is " wise, just , n and that characters, a a ctcearsnt,inag egotist, sentime al seducer. His mean, tricky condu c t to p to iou i s ii , s va p l u ia r i p it o , s g e., ood-nFaitnue red,patien and epithets these, wholly unmerited by the " Pius ./Eneas," w h o w as a m m o s e t th h ( e ) d a s t t l i c e :: Dido whom lie deserted, as he pretended , at h mand of Apollo, is not to be f or o t ttep e Com , ff i yen . Having seduced her ca r t& • or Ma jesty under promise of marriage , s.gentan —as Winifred Jenkins wo.ald- le was bound an honest woman Of der ;" say.(c to snake Dido's advisers, We should and had we been commended I,er brin g i ng certainly have re ef pron.ase,,, which wou ld , action f or "b reac h brought lEneas t o his senses, for he had a won derful care for his own personal respectability, and was never so well pleased as when complimented on his morals and his piety. Referring to T erence, Nimrod observes, f " he has n o charms or me." Nor for us either, for we think hi m an elegant, but insipid dra matist, whose best scenes scarcely ever excite more than a lan g uidsmile. t ho ug h Plautus, so elmiee or l h Po ed in his language, is worth a dozen Terences. His " Arnphitryon"abounds in sterling humour, and contains one or two serious and impassioned passages that rise almost to I poetry. Of the ineffable beauties of the Greek language—the fitting dialect of Gods—Nimrod speaks with the generous fervour of a scholar. " Motion and music," he remarks, " are in every tone; enthusiasm and enchantment possess the mind. The powers of the language set transla tion at defiance." This is strictly true, for what version—no matter how skilfully executed—can give an adequate idea of the fullness and gran deur of Homer's melody; or of the incomparable majesty of one of Sophocles' dramas ? " I was al r w e a e y k s is o of opinion,"a t We think s o. to o , though the general impression, t cult l i a n n u g es ua N ge hn tl r i o a d n , L a tin." we are aware, is otherwise. At any rate for all purposes of intellectual enjoyment, Greek, though not so useful perhaps, is infinitely better worth studying than Latin. " Irish Dragoons and English Guardsmen' is a lively, rattling, off-band notice of Mr. Lever's lately published tales cf " Harry Lorrequer" and ' Charles O'Malley." The notice is penned in a friendly and discriminating spirit. In "Some of the Pic. ture Galleries in England," we find a judicious criticism on Sebastian del Piombo's magnificent painting of the " Raising of Lazarus," which it will delight —and perhaps surprise —some of' our readers to know may be seen for the small sum of Nothing in Trafalgar-square. The " Last of the Homeric Ballads" is by the late Dr. Maginti, As it was written within a week of his death, and under circumstances most unfavourable to coma position, we feel that we are precluded from speaking, of it otherwise than in a ki n dl y sp i rit. We subjoin the Editor's in troductory observations: This ballad was finished in the golde n sun li g h t of a summer's eve. On the following Sabbath, abou t same hour that I had penned the concludin g stanz , and mthe dictation ntaetioffinnoed, awaiting h of the author t , I e lastb beheld him cold dead, an Cerem on y of interment. The lips that but a short w ee k b e _ fore had flashed forth choice and beautiful wit w ere closed and colourless ; the spirit that shone within his eyes had vanished away, and, let us hope, had winged its flight to some sphere of peace. All that was m oz , tal of William Maginn lay before me —my eyes filled with tears. And I thought within myself, whither had sped that grand eccentric genius whose learning had been the luminary of his age, and whose wit had charmed thousands. .All was silent! Th e only sound was the soughing of the cold and melan choly wind as it swept amid the branches of the trees that surrounded the cottage, and passed onward. moaning as it went. On the Sunday before he dical, Maginn had been remarkably cheerful, eloquent, a.n?, witty. These qualities, indeed, he possessed to t'ae last ; but I had often seen him in health, when be was not so brilliant as now in his setting, and wi , :hin a brief space of the twilight of death. During the day he had related innumerable stories of an t'ae great writers with whom be had lived in intimacy; had talked about books and men with that mingled vein of humour and philosophy which was the great orna ment of his conversation ; and had amused hikn self in detailing one of those literary proj- t et s in which his mind was always running, but which, alas ! were never fated to be ful -1 filled. Death had not , at any time entered into his discourse ; apparently he sought to keep it altoge ther out of his thoughts. Though so weak as to re quire to be lifted in my arms across the room, he seemed to think dissolution by no means near ; or, if he knew that he was dying, he certainly bore it with a philosophy that would have immortalised his name in the days of Socrates or Cato. About four o'clock I left him for an hour or two, when he slept, and re turned to him in the evening. He was then up, propped by pillows in an arm-chair, and us gay and intelligent as if he had never been ill. After we had talked a short while, " K—," said he, " shall I take some work out of you ?" I, of course, assented ; andi having got some paper and i n k, I sat down oppositx, to him. He then took Homer in his hand ; and, af'Wr a brief interval of thought, dictated the latter pare of the following ballad, evidently with no mental labour, but with au ease that could have resulted only from his intimacy with the Greek, and his extraordinary power of versification. When he had finished, I read for him the entire translation, and marked out the Greek for the printer. He desired me to correct the; proofs. I have done so, but I scarcely anticipated when we sat together that it was to be the last of Li, compositions. AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. The "Miser's Daughter " is apparently - -d raw _ ing to a conclusion—at least we judge y o from the two marriages that are solemnised 411 the pre sent chapters ; for in most modern works of fic tion, the chief personages' are prstty sure to bee matrimonially addicted towards the end of the third volume; and we see no "just cause or im pediment" why, this rule should be violated in. the tale before us. If not the best, the " Miser's Daughter" is among the best, of Mr. Ainswortk% fictions. If it have not all the vigour, and &Wil -1 nesS, and fancy of" Ro o k woo d," it exhibits an ease of manner utterly wanting in that rotnance and is far more pleasing in its moral tone, and more refined in its general character, than " Jack Sheppard," with its eternal display of ruffianism and flash vulgarity. As Mr. Ainsworth is not very ramarkable for his powers of humour, and therefore usually eschews the comic, we quo*,,P. his description of the marriage of Beau Vli liers's valet, Cripps, with a widow, Mrs. Ne:ttle ship, who has accepted him on the supposition that he is, the Beau himself, the shrewd valet having passed himself off for his master, imi tated his manners, worn his clothes, and even accepted bills in his name. Just as the marriage service is commencing, the indignant Beau makes his appearance, infinitely to the dismay and tonishment of Cripps, when the following scon e ensues, which exhibits a sprightly vein of hu mour, quite unusual with Mr. Ainsworth, 'and reads like a dialogue in one of Vanbrugh's or Farquhar's comedies : Mr. Cripps presented a very chop 'fallen appear ance. 'lrance deserted him. Hi s h ands dro pped A to ll • h h is is as asle s , and he scarcely dared to meet his, master's angry gaze. " I exclaimed Villiers, " I have at iast fairly detected you. I'll teach you to put on my clothes—to assume my name ---" " What!" screamed Mrs. Nettleship, droppin g a bottle of salts, which she had placed to litre nose— " isn't it really himself—isn't it Mt. Willar s ?" • " No, mem, ,, replied the beau—" I um Mr. Vil liers ; and thist rascal is only my valet, Cracken thorpe Cripp s ." " Oh, the villain I ,—the base deceiver l—the postor !" cried Mrs. Nettleship, clenching her hands, and regarding the valet as if she. would annihilate him, rn tear his eyes out ! To deceive and ex pose me in this way--to—to—to—oh! I shall never ! survive it, Support me !" she added, falling into the arms of' the fair Thomasine. " This is really too bad of you, Sir," said Mr. erkps, who began to recover himself a little. " You've deceived me. I Thought you were at Newmarket." " I received information of your practices, rascal," replied the beau, " and determined to see to what ex-, madeou carried them. And a pretty discovery I'vt ! My house filled with company—my servant s turned into your servants—a dinner, supper, covie n . tionary, wine, fruit, musicians , and the devil knows what, ordered at my expense. Sir;' " Well, away, ell, they are not thrown , replied Mr. Cripps. " You can marry the lady y our z i; if you think proper. I've no doubt she'll consent to the exchange, and she bas fifty thousand po un d s : , " Oh, t h e i m pudence 1" exclaimed :Mrs.. second Nettle ship, jumping up. "I'll not be tak en i n a reven ! oed on all the se x " time. I'll be " You are not av‘ are, Mr. 'Pillars, of the, extensive frauds this resea l has p ract ised upon Rathbone. "He has actually signed you said Mr ' a bond for is th o usand pounds in your name, which five whi pocket." I have n my ~ The devil he has !' exclaimed Villiers. ~ But it is of no effect sincethemarriage Las not taken place," said Mr. C • r , " and if Mr, Villiers chooses to take the lady, rims, • lie will of himself."course pay you In spite of himself, the beau could not )lelp "Bad as Mr . Cripps il l he is not -worse ltahuagnhinthge. other party," said Truss ell, stepping he was duping them, th e tried. he du f pe orw h ar im d . ; " Il i n e derstand from Mr. Tuke e s y , Rho has it on unquestion able authority, that Mrs. N 4l ettleship, so far from being a wealthy widow, is h e o tt„ greatly toin debt, k fi h v e e r friend th there, Mr. Rathbone,twhthilee sand pounds secured by i tte bon p cl : . lc he has mentioned o . u " - an escape " After all, th en, i t seems I've had 1" cried Mr. Cripps. 44 You have, replied Trussell ; "and your uncle would have told you all this before, if you had not kept him at a distance." " I won't stay here to be laughed at !" cried the widow, looking defiance at the jeering countenances around her ; " Mr. Rathbone, your arm. " You had better go away by the back stairs," said Trussell, stopping them ; for there are a coupleof bailiffs in the ball, waiting to arrest you!" " Curse on it ! I sent them myself," said Mr. Rath bone, "to compel the rascal I supposed to be Mr. Willars to pay your debts." And hurrying out of the room, he actrA upon True sell 's suggestion. "And now, rascal," said the beau to the valet, you are no longer in my service-4 discharge you. And you may th an k your stars that I let you off 5° easily. , ' " I was about to discharge you, sir," rejoine4,,the valet, imp ert i nently. " I don't desire to live wilieel gentleman wh o t a k es hi s servants b y surpr i s e * 11 as bad as a jealous husband." " Stay !" cried the beau—"you don't leave me in that way. A n t o i ne stan d b y hi m . Now, sir, take on that peruke—take it off carefully—now the sword. ,