The Sun. — London, England, 1824-01-27 00:00:00

THE KING. BitIGII.TON, JAW. 26.—1 n my last I informed you of the KING having - had a sudden and severe attack of the gout. The intelligence of to-day is, that his MAJEsi experience less Pain this afternoon than he did yesterday. )",' : ,) e.., ir•-, il i v —:"--7,. c * k alit , iic , ii''''^ •4-le - ~ 5 , , ' z;4 1 6-, 1 ' ." . .---' 4 I L i e — Ct 4 , , ,,, -e ‘i - - - ' .• ; z , ; , --‘ - , !. 4. - - , At '' .—,. ? : I;',.' --, .-;- - -0 it 1 e __, - .),.., p.. , r - • - AAk—! - 'tv•- - - - -?- , \V - ip-ii),;' tri''. 4 • ' . f• r i-• ~ . 4 , - .s , ,}•••-__,- -,- ~..., ". i . :., d'l 4 41) ' ifts V i e' ' FASHIONABLE A RRIVA LS. The Duke of St. Alban's and the Ladies Beauclerk, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Gatton, Surrey; Sir Wm. de Crespigny, at his villa, Champion Grove, Camber well, from his scat in Hants ; Lord and Lady Carrington, and Family, at their house, White-hall, from their seat, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks; Earl Verulam, at his house in Grosvenor- Place, from, his seat in Herts ; Lord Henry Cholmondeley, from the Earl of Ashburham's seat in Sussex; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, in Bryanston-square, from. Brighton ; Mr. R. Gordon, M. P. in Bruton-street, from Kcmble House, Cirencester; Hon. P. Forster, from Brighton ; A. Stratton, Esq. Ibbetson's Hotel, from Montrose, N. 8.; Col. Samewell, at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from Upon Hall, Northaniptonshire; T. W. Stewart, Esq. at Blake's Hotel, Jerniyn-street, from his seat, Sunning Dale. CIIANGE3.—The Countess of Beauchamp, from the Coun tess Dowager of Clonmell's, Portman-square, for Madresfield, Worcestershire; Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock, from Oakley House, for Woburn Abbey; the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury, for their seat, Hatfield; Lord Ellen borough, from his seat at Roehampton, for Brighton ; Sir R. Perguson, M.P. front Raiton, N.B. for Cautley; Mr. Hartoop, MP. from the Hon. G. Fortescue, Holnicote, for Killerton ; Sir Charles and Lady Paget, at'Fair-Oak Lodge, from a visit to the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. His Royal Highness the Puke of Sussex gave a grand din ner on Sunday, at Kensington Palace. Sir George Warrender, Bart. gave a grand dinner on Sun day last, in Whitehall-place. Alr. Henry Traill gave his first dinner for the season, on Saturday, at his house, in Lower Brook-street. Arr. Stratford Canning gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at his } lous e in Berkeley-square. - The entertainments at the Theatre-Royal, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, on Friday evening last, were under the patronage of Mrs. MAYontss, which occasioned the congregation of a great part of the beau inont.'e, in that quarter. The play was SHERIDAN'S admirable Comedy of the "Schoolfirr Scandal." The part of Sir Peter Teazle was on the whole performed in a very respect able way by Mr. 3. CRISP, as was the gay, light-headed Lady Teazle, by Mrs. R. W. HALL. Charles had a pretty fair re presentative in Mr. CARTER; but 'Alr. MunEs's delinea tion of the hypocritical Joseph, was in the general estimation a fair portraiture of what the Author intended that charecter should be. Family jars followed, and the whole went off briskly, and with that eclat that usually attends a crowded house. ( From the A r e:wattle Courant, Jan. 24.) • On the 16th inst. the bells at Chester-le-Street church were rung during the day, being the birth-day of Charles William, the son and heir of J. G. Larnbton Esq., M.P. At noon t h e masons and joi ners , a b out 80 in number, working at Lambton hell, got each a bumper of strong ale to drink his health. In the evening they were all rega l e d at Mr. Cuthbertson's, Lambton Arms, Chester-le -street, with an excellent supper, by order of their employer. The bells of several churches in the city of Durham were also rung in honour of the day. The Concert, at the Assembly Room, Dockwray-square, for the benefit of the North Shields and Tynemouth Dispensary, on the 15th instant was attended by upwards of three hundred and twenty persons. The band was numerous and select, and particularly full and rich in the bass instruments ; and it I was universally admitted by all the musical judges present, that the overtures to " II Barbiere di " Prometheus," a nd " I 1 Flauto Magico," all of them difficult to accomplish, Weregiven with a precision and fire never excelled and rarely equalled in the North of England. For their brilliancy, the band • v as, in a great degree, indebted to the accuracy of the wind in.. '4llll:lents selected from the Scots Greys. The vocal part was 4vdmirably sustained by Mrs. Hammond, Messrs. Huckel, T a kes, Service, Oxley, &c. Great effect was produced in one ee + of Sir John Sevenson, " See our Oars with feather'd D r ay," by a judicious and extremely well played accompani m r ent of two French horns. The fine old song, by D r . Boyce, ('i Softly rise, 0 Southern Breeze," was sang in a tasteful, iii°eningatyle, by Mr. Noakes, and the bassoon accompani efanb by one of the Scots Greys, shewed pr om i se , un d er ioW instr uction, of a first-rate performer. The chor u s, fol voielen, t he air, was g iven with great eff e ct b o th b y t h e scho o l a nd band. An instrumental piece, of the old atte n d on w al. introduced, one of Corelli's Concertos ; and the left in wi th which it was received, proves that there is yet the older masters, sufficient to please a great portion of a mixed audience. Mose ' helles' difficult air of The Fall of was executed on the piano -forte, with surprising neat ne3s and • • e •g e rap di g it of finger, by Master Brown, only 13 ears of „ rs , who, judging by this early specimen, bids fair to } become 'lfillsiet-rwate performer on that instrument. the whole, the : e same t ,' • l t as well sel imbli c ected, have it is grathyiand ng tio to earn, la a time the had a rich rat amuse. f e nt , a most u pwards of 30/. f to its fun useul charityds. has received a seasonable addition 0 L . 0.11 Friday week, the Mayor, Aldermen, and other Members °., the Corporation of Stockton, including several of the resi '4tant Gentlemen and a great majority of the merchants and I,4!tesmen, with' a large party of Ladies, assembled at the 4 ."? a Hall, to present Leonard Raisbeck, Esq. with a piece u , l _ Plate, in the shape of an Epergne value upwards of 1001., . the a mark of their esteem for his various services. Above tins base of the pedestal are the arms of the corporation on one side those of Mr.nor Raisbeck most y . e xecuted in cha se d, f roste d , and polished, silver; the tastefull oppo side bears the following inscription :—" Presented to Leo- Raisbeck, Esq. by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses i e „ 1 111 e Borough of Stockton, whose names are inscribed, as a 4.4 " ci n Pony of the high esteem they entertain for his independent 1,) Judicious conduct in the discharge of his official duties as ,"`Jc!corder of the Corporation—for his constant attendance on all r e 4 ions of public business—for the zeal and exertions he die tlaeY7l in Promoting the general interests of the town—and for in iirlar'k ind gentlemanly demeanour i nvar i a bl y manifested Th e „Public capaci t y, as we ll as towar d s private individuals. " ip eee l l P!rgne . was presented by the Mayor in an appropriate l!e"yo Which M r . R a i s b ec k ma d e a su i table reply. About Towl,lerrien celebrated the day by dining together, at the bells op the Mayo r i n the chair. Throughout the day, the th e river C! church w ere rung, an d t h e fl ags of the vessels on honour t ; f i l i l d of the different public bodies, were di s pl a y e d i n e occasion. INDIAN FETE. ;a Monda CAL c urrA, JULY 3. There was a superb N au t c h g i ven t, th e 30 t h u l t. b y H urrymohun Tagore and z) ,adley nighY i nohun T agore, at the garden residence of the latter in eerpa rah Upper Circular Road ; an d notw i t h stan di ng t h e Per formidable distance of the festive scene from Calcutta, ere Was a brilliant and numer ous assem bl age o f b eauty an d 411 10 i i. The idea usually associated, by up-country sojour 'ell in Particular ' with the w or d N autch, would a pr i or i i m- Pre z t hem with th e notion of a large dull chamber and two or tit'tee" B qualling figurantes on t h e floor, exhibiting before a few trt Nl a 44 Y M o f ussul i tes, lulled to taciturnity by the murmuring atl li°t ° ll Y of their own hook as . I t was a different thing quit e " 441 eY Alohun Togore's House of Mirth. There no drow siness or heaviness was to be seen ; though we must confess, that the length of the drive had rather a soporific tendency. That, however, began gradually to disappear, as the lights that fringed the road side which led to the mansion, promised that the journey would soon have a happy end. We shall not detain our readers at the gate of splendour through which we passed into the grounds, nor overpower them with a description of the illuminated arch that surmounted it, much less describe f the features of arc a di a n l an d scape th at repose d b e y on d, nor o the groupes which -wandered through the light besprinked groves. No—we drive up at once to the terrace, and enter the mansion. Within, all was effulgence, and had the author of Lallah Rnokh been present, we doubt not but we should have several rosy paragraphs, some of which would attribute the burst of splendour, which dazzled the spectator, not to the in fluence of such common-place things as lamps and tapers, but to the glorious illumination of the star-bright eyes which beam ed their witchery around. The company reclined on couches, or seated upon chairs, viewed the minstrels that ravished the senses in the midst of the grand area of the hall, or else promenaded round, visiting the adjoining rooms in the pauses of the music. To describe the mellifluous strains that flowed from the ruby lips of the daughters of Cecilia, who exhibited their personal and vocal charms. nothing loath' is impossible. We know not the names of the Sirens, but doubt not they stand high in the roll of Bengalee warblers. When we use the term Sirens, let us not be misunderstood. Let it not be supposed by the courteous and albeit credulous reader, that three absolute Mer maids exhibited their pretty faces, sported their fishy tails, and gave expression to the most enchanting notes of piscatory melody, at the Beerparah Nautch. • It is very necessary for us to enter this caveat, for we live in an age teeming with marvellous exhibitions ; and so familiarized have we become with nymphs of the sea and monsters from Olraga, that one is almost afraid of trampling by accident upon the tail of a fair daughter of the ocean at a Ball, just as an absent man does sometimes upon the train of a young beauty of terra firma. Whether the day is near when a Dandy may flirt in a corner with a Mermaid, with out incurring the risk of that veracious gentleman Ulys ses, is not for us to say ; but sure we are, that were the Aimee who exhibited the other night at the Nautch, and the three Sirens who of old rendered vocal the rocks on the Sicilian coast, to appear together on the stage of the opera-house in London, that John Bull would stare astonished as much at the Hindoostannee Sirens as the Sicilian ones. We have heard of a gentleman, who on hearing the bagpipes for the first time, de clared it to be most awful music.' If we know any thing of physiognomy, we could perceive something like the same declaration in the eloquent faces of some of the fair visitors at Beerparrah, not merely at the appearance of the fair vocalists, and their accompanying minstrels, but at their Performance. We have been always of opinion, that there is something peculiarly exquisite in the music of Hindoos tan ; nor were our pleasing anticipations of its ravishing powers in th e l east di sappo i nted on Mon d ay even i ng .— Three charming daughters ef Song performed alternately. We regret that we om i tte d to i nqu i re after their names , for the purpose of gracing our columns with them. Suffice it, that the indescribable sweetness of their strains, could only be equal led by the soft charms of their beautiful forms, an d the ex treme gracefulness of their movements. A Nautch girl is a fine study for the Painter ! Such language in the eye__ such poetry of action--such a treasure of drapery ! ! The Indian Miss Stephens was, we regret to say,not there. Miss Nickie will forgive us for this allusion to her, hut really after having once heard her, it will not be deemed surprising that an expression of regret should drop from us at not hearing her again. Why was not Nickie there ? We dare not answer this momentous question—we dare not raise the curtain which flimsily veils the musical world of Calcutta, and the harmony that prevails among the children of Apollo, so creditable to themselves-- so delightful in its effects on the sphere of social recreation. It is whispered that Nickie declines performing in the same nautch with Begum John. We feel quite alarmed at this re port, and would willingly volunteer our services as Mediator betwixt the fair 6 Tweedledum,' and the no less fair Tweedle dee •' but we need not—the for ce o f examp l e, we trust , w ill b e sufficient, and all that need be sa id, i s , fi e now y e s t ars o f In dian melody, let there be no transits betwixt you—no divious ecli psing —no retrograde evolutions in your orbits. Look at moniously brilliant ! No discord there—tie all our galaxy of European musical talent in Calcutta, how har t= • mony, and long may it continue so. harmony to In the inspau attendance the Indian melodies, a ball-room band, which was , struck up a lively country dance or quadrille tune. A billiard-room was also provided for such as chose to amuse themselves at that agreeable game, and as we occasionally passed and repassed, we observed the balls knock ed about with activity and skill. Among the spectators, it was interesting to observe, the children of the host picturesque ly decked in rich native dresses, garnished with brillants.— The masters of the festive mansion themselves went round among their guests, and successfully strove to render the situation of every one as agreeable as possible. The fire-works being announced to be in readinees for exhibition, the com pany rushed in to the front verandah, before which was a tank, ' flanked by a lawn on each side. The fiery spectacle commenced with the discharge of small pieces of ordnance at short inter vals. To delicate female nerves this was rather a startling portion of the entertainments of the evening, and perhaps it is a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance.— Noise often causes headache, headache brings low spirits. We would suggest, then, to our native friends, in future to have no cannonading, for though sounds give pleasure, yet there is a material difference between music and noise. The fire-works defy panegyric. In viewing them, one felt as if all the tales about magicians and enchantments had been realised. The most beautiful rockets rose instaneously, with a curved ascent towards the clouds—dropt at a vast height bells of sappliiae light, and then vanished into darkness. Serpents of fire clove the bosom of night, and after attaining a great elevation, became hydras of light, and then disappeared. had Dr. Tytler been there, the sight of these " accursed" corrus cations undoubtedly would have afforded him a new illustra tion of his peculiar doctrine of the snake. Arabia-Felix, in the best days of her enchantment, could not have furnished more exquisitely beautiful groves of oriental bloom than the admir ing spectators beheld on Monday night from the terrace of Ladleyhohun Tagore's residence. Glorious prismatic boughs, with the most dazzling golden foliage, waved for a minute or two, and then ceased to be. Wheels upon wheels, and wheels within wheels, revolved with astonishing rapidity, flashing forth spangles of evanescent fire. In short, the eye almost became weary with the matchless beauties that revelled before it, and half longed for darkness. All at once the waters of the tank, which had appeared hitherto a placid mirror, that occasionally reflected the fitful pageantry of fleeting brilliance, that shot athwart the air above, became, as it were , convulsed ; and fiery monsters appeared to thrust forth their indomitable jaws vomiting flames. The element of water, now appa rently jealous of the admiration so monopolized by its rival element, interfered most enviously and rudely, and absolutely shed tears of vexation. In plain English, a shower of rain be gan to drizzle, which sent the ladies back to the spacious cham ber whence the fire-works had tempted them. An excellent supper anti a variety of good wines had been prepared for the occasion, under the skilful superintendence of our celebrated Amphityrons, Gunter and Hooper. After supper the band played some quadrille tunes. The sympathy between these and the heels of some of the company was irresistible. The room by this time was not near so crouded as it had been in the early part of the evening, as the Native spectators had retired. Indeed, the fireworks were still going on without, which detained them willingly denizens of the lawn. Some short time afterwards the fashionables began to depart, and, if we mi g h t j u d ge f rom w h at we saw, and from a few cur sory observations made in our hearing, all appeared highly pleased with the politeness and hospitality of their kind and courteous native entertainers—Hurrymohun Tagore and Lad. leymohun Tagore. The festive scene had the boast of what may be called an unique feature in a native entertainment - a quadrille set, which had various interesting attractions to re cenimend it besides the charm of novelty. POETRY. LINES Written on seeing a Rose placed on the Head of an Infant. A Rose, my dear child, has been pluck'd from its stem ; By the hand of affection to place On thy head, 'cause 'twas thought the most apposite gem To set o'er thy innocent face. Its colours are pure as the Midsummer's dew, But more lasting than that is the rose : For the sun, whilst aborbing each drop from our view, Yields the fragrance to it as it blows. More of which nature has not bestow'd on a flow'r Of the garden, the field, or the heath ; Nor given to that whicifbut blooms for an hour, Such sweetness to die at its birth. To this beautiful rose could I fondly compare All the loveliness beaming in thee, And (pixy that Heaven intended to share All its favours between it and thee. E'en the numberless thorns which are seen on the tree, On which blossoms this elegant flow'r, Are emblems and lessons, my dearest, for thee, And the work of Omnipotent pow'r. They remind us that if in the richest attire, Or favor'd with beauty and grace,— Or blest with whatever the heart can desire, Our nature is vicious and base. They show with the snares of the world we're surrounded, As the rose is beset with rude thorns ; They say that the conscience is oftentimes wounded When a chaplet the forehead adorns. May'st thou from the wiles and the follies of youth, Be as far, my dear child, aa the pole,— May thy heart be enlighten'd with virtue and truth, And thy end be the HEAVENLY GOAL. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE.-MST OF HONORS, 1124. MODERATORS. John Philips Higman, M.A. Trin. Henry Hunter Hughes, M.A. Jolt. WRANGLERS. Ds. Cowling Joh. Ds. Wailes Cath. Bowatead C.C.C. Lutwidge Joh. France Trin. Baldwin Chr. Buckle Sid. Start Trim Hall Magcl. Rising Pemb Collins Chr. Remington Trin. Martin Trim Bovine Pet. `Wedgwood Chr. Wood Trin. Arlett I'emb. A rnold Caius 'Warden Emm. Thistlethwaite Trin. Guest Caius Gibson Trin. Tennant Trim Phillips Jes. Cory Caius Crawley Magd, Wedge Cath. Teeson Clare Wilson Joh. Sandys Pernb. Saunders Sid. SENIOR. Da. Greaves C.C.C. Atkinson Pemb. Dayman Joh. Parry 1 w Joh. .1 Walter " 4 Chr. Garton Qu. Burn Qu. Senklcr Caius Wells Sid. Foster Trin. Lawson Joh. Edwards Trin. Malkin Trin. Brown Joh. , PTIME9. 1)s. Hammond C.C.C. Brotnilow Joh. Green Einm. Fu 'cher Sid. Benson Joh. Gatenby _, Eq. : F / Holmes Barham Trin. Ruddock Joh. Baines Chr. Fearon Smith Tr i n. Gurney f Carrighan I Trio. Di. F rost JUNIOR Cath Dunderd a l e J o h.. Mellish Trin. Crosland Magd. Honours conferred T°4l B.A. Degrees PTIMES. Worsley Pemb Furlong Williams Job. 263. SPORTING I.NTET.,LIGENCE. DETUNG- O 0 0 M j , I J I A m N i . .2: g . n '-----STATE OF THE ODDS &WORTH. 7 to 1 agst Don Carlos 8 to 1 agst Cressida 11 to 1 agst Lyrnesa. ST. 4i:cll.:lt. 1 7 to 1 agst Rosanne 20 to 1 agst Ringlet 22 to 1 agst Mandcne 22 to I agat Miss Cranfield. 20 to 1 agst Burly Burly 22 to 1 agat Skim colt. 23 to 1 aget Jessy 25 to 1 aget Bess 26 to 1 agst Cydnus A 0 to 1 agat Dactyle 40 to 1 aget Charcoal. Ks. Nothing done. 1 9 1 to w 42 agst Reformer R P e ru fo d r rnc er e -- El to 2 agst Quadrille no sc .4 STEn o to I agst Altisidora filly 2 to I apt Swiss 7to 1 agst The Miller of Mansfield. 5 to 1 agst Swiss 7 to 1 agst Reformer 11 to 1 agst Agnes 15 to 1 agst Osmond 16 to 1 agst Reticule 16 to 1 agst Cressida 17 to 1 agst Don Carlos H UNTING. MEP.TINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WIEN. Mr. Shard's Hounds, on Wedn es d ay , at Oweslebu r y Down ; and on Friday, at West End T e l egraph. The Hampshire Hounds, on Thursday, at Medeted Green ; and on Saturday, at Chilton Old House. The Northumberland Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at flag don ; and on Friday, at Whittle Dean. The Hatfield Hounds, on Thursday, at Gadsden Park ; and on Saturday, at Hitchwood. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Friday, at Kingsbury Wood ; and on Saturday, at Bonehill. The Somersetshire Subscription Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, Lee Cliffs ; and on Friday, at St. Andries. The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Cannon Hall and on Saturday, at Kennel. The Watnall Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Goding ; and on Friday, at Shelley. Sir R. Pulestone's Fox Hounds. on Thursday, at Gallantry Bank; and on Saturday, at Tythe Barn, near Hanmer. Mr. Hay's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Ercall Heath; and on Saturday, at Whitmore Heath. The Earl of Scarborough's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, Aston ' • and on Frid a y, a t Grov e . The Chester Harriers, on Wednesday, at Coaghall Bridge ; and on Friday, at Huntington. The Holywell Harriers, on Thursday, at Rhosycae. MAx.—Two of these modern effusions of hu mour have recently been practised, one that stated 1 3 /tonEwr to have appeared on the Royal Exchange, and the other that Sir GREGOR AFGREGOIL was himself in the Court of King's Bench during the trial of a Poyais Cause! ! ! DEATH OV VISCOUNTESS FERRAIID.—Died, at Collon, in the county of Loath, the seat of the venerable Lord ORIEL, on - Tuesday night the 20th instant, the Right Hon. MARGARET, Viscountess Ferrard, Baroness Oriel, and Lady of that distinguished Nobleman. Possessed of the most culti_ vated mind anti enlightened understanding, this Lady retained her faculties unimpaired, in her 87th year, to the last moment, and with the strongest and best regulated feelings of religion, she calmly resigned her pure soul to its Maker. Her Ladyship was a Peeress in her own right, and is succeeded in her titles by her only son, the Right lion. Thomas H. Skefiington, one of the Representatives for the county of Louth, but now Lord Ferrard.—(Dublin Freeman's Journal.) TILE Cnuacn.—lt is generally believed that Dr. RYDER, the present Bishop of Gloucester, brother to the Earl of Harrowby, will be translated to the vacant See of Lich_ field and Coventry. Other translations will probably take place in consequence. Who is to be the new Bishop is not yet, we understand, decided on ; but Dr. Blonafield, Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, has been mentioned as likely to be raised to the Bench.-IVe hear that Dr. Hall, the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, is likely to succeed the late Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry in the valuable Deanery of Durham.-- The learned Dr. Russel, of the Charter House, is spoken of as likely to succeed to the Deanery of Christ Church, Oxford, in the event of a vacancy.—(Morning Paper.) Hunt is said to have received a general respite yesterday, and his punishment to have been com muted for transportation for life. TOWER, AT BRECHIN CHURCH-. This tower has long excited the attention of the curious, both as to the period when it was built, and the uses for which it was at first intended. In the course of an inves tigation now making by a Mr. Home, from Edinburgh, among the ancient writings of that burgh, at desire of the Magistrates thereof, it has been ascertained from one of these, which contains an inquiry by the Bishop of Brechin, and his chapter, relative to a pension payable to them from the church of Letlinot, that a person of the name of Elisias Wright had come from the neigh bourhood of Forfar, with a horse and cart, for the purpose of leading stones to the building of the belfrey (or as it is there rendered, ad edificand rampanil), during the incum bency of a Patrick, Bishop of Brechin, who, it has been as certained by the same writings, lived between the years 1350 and 1380.—Hence it may be reasonably inferred that this belfrcy could be no other than the round tower in ques tion, as there is the strongest presumption that the cathe dral church itself was .built .by King David 1., and that the square tower forming the steeple must have been part of the original building, 'from it s appearance of great anti quity. The: charter of erection does not indeed now exist, but as several of these writings, many of which are very cu rious, make mention that King David had conferred upon the Bishop the privilege of holding a market in the city on Sundays, it is more than probable that this privilege had formed one of the clauses of the charter of foundation, and this market continued so for a long period of time, but was at length transferred to the Monday by King James 111., in 1468. During the course of the 14th, 15th, and part of the 16th, centuries, the donations given to the cathedral church of Brechin were exceedingly numerous, and for which th e chap lains w ere b oun d to perform various kinds of divine service, hut these, however di vers ifi e d i n ot h er respects, were almost uni formiy accompanied with the ringing of bells, and, in some in stances, even through the streets. There seems to have been no particular distinction given to one day more than another, and the chaplains and chorusters appear to have been in use to commence about 10 in the forenoon, when the great bell sum moned them to high mass, and were afterwards occupied paying vows and performing masses de requiem at the dif ferent altars, until the tolling of the curfew in the even ing. It was also usual in those days for the persons giv ing donations to the church, to direct that there should be two candles burning upon their tombs, upon the day of the anniversary of their deaths ; and others, of th e more opulent, h a d t h em burning ut stated hours during the whole year. From these circumstance; the performances of religious duties must have been almost incessant, and there fore the utility of such a contrivance as the small tower for such purpose, must have peen very obvious,as it is probable the bells on the large steeple were then of considerable magnitude, and, on that account, heavy and unwieldy; and, from the massive thick ness of the walls, the sound of small bells (admitting such to have been placed in i t ), cou ld not h ave been distinctly heard. This supposition would seem to derive still farther support from the circumstance of the round tower having been raised to such a height above the square steeple as to prevent the sound being obstructed by it, and from the openings at the top of it being so placed as to leave the large steeple be tween two of them, as the most obvious would have been to have placed them at right angles with the church.— Amongst the few remaining specimens of sculpture vhich now remain upon those ancient edifices, is a fi gure o f t h e cruci fixion, u p on th e top of an opening, which appears to have once formed the entrance into the round tower, and which seems to have been very well carved ; a little way down, on each side, are two figures, nearly the same size ; and, at the bottom, are two figures of elephants, of which that on the west side is still very distinct. —(Scotch Paper.) PARIS THEATRES. —I n the Almanac des Spec lacks, and other publications devoted to the stage, appear at this time the numbers and names of all the new pieces played at the different theatres of Paris during the year that has just elapsed, the names of their authors, and an account of the success which attended each. If the quality of this new accession of scenic wealth corresponded with its abundance, the dramatic literature of all the rest of Europe and of the world would be ob liged to hide its ( 4 diminished head." From Malta to the Pole, from Moscow to Lisbon, nay, it may be added, in all the four quarters of the globe (to the exclusion of the department of the Seine) there has not appeared half the number of newpiec es hich have b een ex hibi te d to t h e admiration al i l a w to inhabitants of thi s s i ng l e c it y . It for exa mp l e, on a recapitulat i on, that the Paris stag nf t he l : e has this year received 217 new P 8 are t r a ge di es , 22 come di es, 122 ice v s} : ofnd which eyiii es, 1 9 melodrames,l4 comic operas, and 4 grand operas : the rest are ballets and pieces of various kinds. if our readers have any desire to know the names of the rival establishments which have been thus prolific in new entertainments, and the proportion in which each has contributed its share, the following enumeration may be satis factory :—The Grand Opera, or the Royal Academy of Music, has given five pieces ; the Theatre Francais, 9; the Opera Comique, 14; the Odeon, 16 ; the Italian Opera, 3 ; the Vau deville, 30 ; the Gymnase Dramatique, 36 ; the Varietes, 25 ; the Gaiete, 13 ; Porte St. Martin, 18; the Ambigu-Comique, 22; the Cirque Olym pique, 6; and the Panorama Dramatique, 15. But what number of active playwrights have been en gaged to in vent,disguise,"transpose or trausprose," this immense mass ofdramatic lore? The list exhi bits no less than one hundred and forty-eight authors of dialogue or songs, 15 compositors, and 5 choregrapher or inventors of ballets. The most fer tile genius in this list would appear to be a M. Car mouche, who is down for 13 vaudevilles, perhaps (to use a vulgar pun) indicating by the baker's dozen that he makes his bread by the stage. The class of dramatic authors, though, perhaps, not ,4 the most necessary, will not be thought the least useful at Paris,w hen it is stated that their united productions entertain Rightly about 20,000 people. IS T IDsoa, J.tx. 25.—This morning the Prin. ce.is AUGUSTA, accompanied by the D owager C ountess of Har court, attended Divine Service at the Pariah Church, wl-.ere au excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Gossett —Yes terday her Royal Highness the Duch ess o f Gl oucester, at tended by a L a d y i n Waiting, took an airing in her carriage, from Bagshot Park, and paid a visit to the Princess Augusta at Frogmore, where the Royal Visitor staid some time and after wards returned to Bagshot to dinner. A letter from Valparaiso of the 26th Sept. states that the Government had issued a decree, ordering that all goods which had recently been permitted to be landed at the custom-house in transitu, should he taken out, and the duty paid on them immediately. The Etoile of Saturday states, that the wretched mother Lecoutre, and her son, who were con demned some weeks ago fur assassinating and robbing an old woman who was their neighbour, in May last, were executed together on that day in the Place de Greve. The Journalist remarks that this was the first time for a long period, that the scaffold of Paris witnessed the execution of mother and son as accomplices. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S, DEC. 9.--Two weeks since a privateer ship, belonging to Capt. Natta, arrived, and had on board about 80,000 dollars in specie, gold spoons, forks, jewels, and merchandise. She lay at anchor two days, when the crew cut their cables, turned the officers ashore, and started with every thin g on board, except the ship's papers. It is sup posed she has gone on a piratical voyage. An English brig, belonging to Malta, from Gibraltar, with a valuable cargo of Spanish goods, left this on the 30th ult. for Vera Cruz, and two hours after was taken by a Colombian privateer waiting for her. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, ,TAN. 26. L.-Wind.-Wind S.W.—The Bolina, in 53 days from Demerara passed thro ug h t hi s morr i ng; and the Caro line, Edwa r d, from Faro. Came down lro.n the Fiver and remain the Sal acia , "for Jamaica . ; and Mont rone , , for T r i na d a d . A rrived from Leith the Lune, Fraz,r, from Jam a i ca. The Honourable Company's ship -Thomas Coutts put back yesterday, and remain with theoutward-bound- Powesmou'rx, JAN. 28.—Wind ived the New Blessing, Jones, from Malaga, with loss of main Iniont and to , _ mast. American ship Hudson, from London for New Ye rk. Also arrived the Loyal Briton transport from ---- Indian Tr a d er , Th omson, from Gibraltar. , nit Pr YNOU TA, JAN. 25.—Wind 5.W.—,,-Anived the Regent packet, Collins, from London ; and Miry, Ford, frnyn Li s .," LIVERPOOL, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Atlas, Clark, front Buenos Ayres : s a il e d t h e I st o f November ; Harriet, 3liiter,_ Jamaica : sailed the Ist of December without convoy ; Triton, Dixon, Savannah : sailed the Ist January; Unicorn, 111 6 1(awn, New Orleans : sailed the Bth of - December; Cadelonia, Bis haw, and Wilsons Simpson, Demerara;- and Mediterraneaa packet, from the Mediterranean. COWES, JAN. 28.—Arrived the American ship Ophelia, Haskell, from Batavia, in 105 days, bound to Rotterdam : pu: in for a North-sea Pilot. BOICASTLE, JAN. 25.—The Spanish Pztri)t, Downy, is gone to pieces ; twenty hogsheads and nine pipes of wine have been landed. GREENOCK, JAN. 20. Mit. WATT'S As ITERSA ItY.—Yesterday birth of our distinguished townsman was commemorated by a most respectable meeting. About 60 gentlemen, we think, sat down to dinner. We have already mentioned, that the former meeting, on this interesting occasion, was a most harmonious and agreeable one. This was not less so. The toasts given were numerous, yet exceedingly appropriate, and many of them prefaced by observations, indicative of great good taste and right feeling, which, in turn, elicited much valuable re mark, connected with the trade- of Greened( and its rising. manufactures. A most cordial interest •in behalf of the prosperity of the town was reciprocally manifested through out, which, we trust, will not be suffered to subside, but be carried into active operation in whatever plans may be ete vised for the general welfare. Intimately associated as it was with the main object of the meeting, the. proposed School of Arts in this town (for which the late Mr. Watt most liberally and judiciously paved the way by the donation of one hundred guineas towards the formation of a Mechanic's Library) be came the subject of much conversation in the course of the evening, and most hearty desire was evinced to promote it, by those whose exertions would be most influential and effective. The meeting was honoured and gratified by the attendance of our native novelist, Mr. Galt, who added to its intel lectual pleasures by several appropriate toasts and the pertinent remarks with which they were accompanied. In fi e, its whole scope and tendency was excellent, and particularly important, as regarded the spirit displayed for advancing our common prosperity, not by isolated and irregular efforts, bu'.: by " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether." Tit: WISE MEN OF 'rue EAST.--.A Friar be longing to the order of Saint Francis, gave out a discourse for the benek of his confraternity. It should be remarked, that it is the constant usage of painters to describe one of the Magi who were led tollethlehem,by the star in the east,to present their offerings, at a sable Ethiopian. Of this conception Friar Emanuel took a pleasant ad vantage. Having expatiated at some length on the eternal rewards attendant on pious donations, as w e ll as on t h e peculiar claims of his order on th e bounty of his hearers, he proceeded to speak of th e w is e men of the East, and of their o ff erings.— The first," said he, " my worthy and bene volent auditors, brought gold; the second, frank incense and myrrh ; and the third What did he bring ? It is with concern I tell you that he come empty-handed, on which account God touted him black. You will agree with me that this was a terrible punishment, but not a greater one than was merited by so heinous a neglect.' This being said, each pressed earnestly forward with his donation, insomuch that, on their break ing -up, to the great joy of the Friar, who con gratulated them on the event, not a single black face was to be seen in the admirinecrowd. Should Mr.ll 4 Adant's system of road making be found to succeed in Waterloo-place, it is sup-' . posed that it will be adopted throughout the whole line of the new street, 'as well as in the other principal thoroughfares of the metropolis. The late Mr. MARRYATT, M.P., report says, has left his widow 4,000/. per annum; 31,0001. to each of seven sons, and 12,0001. to each of thre - e daughters. ltoeseax.—CAUTlON.—Th ere is a fellow going about, rather genteelly dressed, 18 or 19 years of age, who makes it his business to ask any little boys he sees to go on soma errand for him which requires speed, and for which he promises them a suitable reward. To exe cute it in haste, be persuades them to leave some part of their supetfluous clothes be hind in his hands, with which he disappears, leaving the little fellows to explain, as they bust can, the loss to their parents ; or he wraps a farthing up in a piece of paper, and sends them to get change for a sovereign, keep ing some article of their drew as a pledge. Seve ral instances of this occurred on Sanday ; and two brothers were both served in this way, pro bably by the same person, but not at the same time and place. Parents should caution their unsuspecting children against this trick. On Saturday a man, who had been committed for stealing wheat at Warminster, effected his escape while on his way to Fisherton gaol. The two constables were rather economical, and having hired a horse between them, they agreed to ,4 ride and tie." When arrived at Burden's Ball, the prisoner refused to walk, and, com plaining of being tired, it was agreed that he should mount the horse and ride the three re maining miles. lie had no sooner mounted the horse than he set off at full gallop, and has never since been heard of. On Saturday night a quarrel took place betwe e n 2 lads at the foot of Ifolborn-hill. They fought two or three rounds, but owing to the darkness of the night it was not observed that one of them was armed with a penknife, and at every blow he either stabbed or cut his antagonist, till, at length, covered with blood, he was taken into the grocer's shop at the corner of kield-lane, and the young assassin made his escape. None of the wounds, we learn, are dangerous. Bow..STREBT.--(T/113 DAY.)----A !Mkt - ley_ coachman, named Maiun, was charged with having taken from Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, the Chief Magistrate, the sum of 75,., whereas his fare only came to 4s. 6d. Sir R. stated, that on Thursday last, himself and Mr. MlNsuuLt. had to open three houses, and accordingly took the coach at Charles -street, drove to Short's Gardens. Drury-lane, then to Serle-street, Lin coln's-inn, and eventually to the Home Depart ment. Sir Richard also added that he told the defendant at the tune his fare was only 4s. 6d. He declined having the ground measured, and was fined 10s., which, with the costs, he paid. 'O.