The Sun. — London, England, 1831-08-02 00:00:00

TAKING THE VEIL. How many strange, wild, and romantic associ ations are connected with " taking the veil !" Th. romances of our early days,—the tales, that pro fessed to reveal the mysteries of the cloister, crowd -.upon our memory ; we see standing before us the creatures of our imagination—the inflexible lady abyss—the trembling nun—we hear the authorita Live question, and the timid reply—we see the mid night procession, and hear the anthem of sweet and, holy voices—and a crowd of mysterious and half forgotten dreams and visions I had learned to doubt the reality of,—l had already caught occasional glimpses of those mysterious creatures who inhabit convent walls, without finding any realization of MN vision of charms more than mortal. I had learned to know that nuns grow old, and that the veil does not always shadow loveliness; but having under stood that the victim about to sacrifice herself wat: scarcely seventeen, I dismissed from my mind all the realities that warred with my romantic illusions, and recurred to the dream of my earlier days. At the hour appointed, the abbess entered the room on the other side of the grating, accompanied by all the nuns, and by several ladies, friends and relatives of the novice, She entered a moment after; and immediately knelt down, with her face towards the grating, so that I had a near and dis tinct view of her. Se was attired in the novice's robe of pure white, and wore a crown of flowers upon her head. She seemed scarcely more than sixteen. Her countenace was gentle, sweet, and interesting; there was an expression of seriousness, but not of sadness in her face; and a skin, fairer than usually falls t 9 the lot of Spanish women, was sensibly coloured with a fine carnation,—the glow of youth, and health, and happiness, yet lin gering on her cheek, end connecting her with the world of light, and life, and freedom, about to close upon her for ever. The administrator now entered by the chapel, and placed himself in a chair close to where I Was stationed, and at the side of an opening in the grating of about a foot square. The novice then, rose, and walking forward to the grating, presented him with a paper, which he read aloud : this was the act of renunciation of all property, then and for ever; and during this ceremony the novice retired and knelt as before, holding in her hand a long lighted taper, with which the abbess presented her. The preparatory service then commenced by reading and chanting ; and this, although monotonous, was pleasing and impressive, according well with the so lemnity of the scene that had introduced it ; and in this service the novice joined, with a clear sweet voice, in which nothing of emotion could be dis tinguished. When this was concluded, the novice again rose, and advanced to the grating, and pro nounced slowly and distinctly the three vows than separate her from the world,—chastity, poverty, and obedience. Her voice never faltered; nor could I perceive the slightest change of countenance; the colour only, seemed to be gradually forsaking her. The lady abbess, who stood close by her side, wept all the while. Ah ! if each tear could have told why it flowed, what a history might have been unfolded. Indignation was the feeling produced in my mind. I wished for the cannon of the Constitutionalists, to throw down these most odious of prisons; and even to the priest, who stood by me in his crimson and gilded surplice, I could not restrain myself from say ing, half audibly, Que infamia! When the vows that could never be recalled had been pronounced by this misguided child, she stepped back, and threw herself prostrate upon the ground,—this is the act confirmatory of her vows, — symbolical of death, and signifying that she is dead to the world. The service was then resumed,—a bell continued slowly to toll ; and the priest read : while the nuns who stood around their new-made .sister, responded,—" dead to the world—separated top from kindred—bride of heaven and the nun who t j i lies prostrate is supposed, at the same time, to repeat 4- . 0 ". to God-in secret, the vows she has already pro - S bounced aloud. When this was concluded, a slow organ ptel, and a solemn swell of voices rose, and died away ; and the abbess then raised the nun from the ground, and embraced her; and all the other nuns and her relations also embraced her. I saw no tear upon any cheek, excepting upon the cheek of the abbess, whose face was so full cf benignity, that it half reconciled me to the fate of the young initiated who had vowed obedience to her. When she had embraced every one, she again knelt for a few moments, and then approached the grating along with the abbess; and the priest handed to t he abbess, through the opening the vestments of a nun. Then came the last act of the drama :—the crown was lifted from her head; the black vestment was put on, and the girdle and the rosary ; and the black hood was drawn over her head ; she was now a nun, and she again em braced the abbess and all the sisters. St,ll I could not discover a single tear, excepting on the cheek of the abbess, who continued to weep almost without ceas'ng to the very end : the countenance of the young nun remained unmoved. The crown was again replaced upon her head, to be worn all that day ; the sacrament was administered, and one last embrace by friends and relations terminated the scene. I had thus seen what I had long felt so much anxiety to see,—" taking the veil ;" and I found it, at the same time, a stirring and a melancholy spec. tacle : stirring, because it filled the mind with indig nation against those whose cruel and insidious counsel had misled an innocent girl ; and melan choly, because it pointed to a life uncheered by life's sweetest charities,—unblest by its holiest ties,—life without interest, without change, without hope ; its sources of enjoyment dried up ; and its wells of affection frozen over.—Spain in 1830. KENNOWAY.—In almost every city, town, village and parish of the kingdom, according to the late census, the female= outnumber the males by a great ma jority. This parish, however, is an exception, there being more males than females; and this circumstance, it is said, has excited new hopes in the bosoms of many spinsters, who were beginning to despir of ever enjoying the sweets of connubial felicity.--Sco!smatt. MUSICAL TEST OF THE FEMALE VOICE.- The influence of the temper upon tone deserves much con sideration. Habits of querulousness or ill-nature will communicate a cat-like quality to the singing, as infallibly as they give a peculiar quality to the speaking voice.— That there really exist amiable tones is not an unfounded opinion. In the voice there is no deception ; it is, to many, the index of the mind, denoting moral qualities ; and it may be remarked that the low soft tones of gentle and amiable beings, whatever their musical endowments may be, seldom fail to please; besides which, the singing of ladies indicates the cultivation of their taste generally, and the embellishment of the mind. For an instant com pare the vulgarity of a ballad-singer, her repulsive tone of voice and hideous graces, to the manner of an equally un cultivated singer in good society ; or watch the treatment of a pretty melody from the concert-room, at the west-end of London, until it roaches the ears from under the parlour window, and observe how it gains something new of vul. gatity with every fresh degradation.—Harmonicon for August 1. 'Two SOLDIERS DROWNED.—The bodies of two fine-madestoutmen were brought to the Lying - in (one of the Ilo•pital receiving houses for all cases of ap parent death) on Thursdayevening, about half-past nine o'clock. It appea rs that the unfortunate men, who were comrades in the rifle corps stationed in the barracks of this town, were bathing now atThrostle Nest, about a mile and a half down the river . One, One, not bring able to swim, and having unfortunately got u ing, when the ether , a good swimmer, of his depth, w as drown mm assistance, but a fter man y v ain atetemos4pd struggles they both su nk. The y were immediatelyr'jumped in to his after h e minutes sought for, and the first was taken out about fi ve sink. The bo d y of the other was not found tilt a quarter of an hour or more bad elapsed. They were then pl ace d on a flat of the Old Quay, and brought to Manchester with all possible speed. On their approach to the hospi tal, messengers were despatched .for all -the neighbouring surgeons. 11Iessr9. RADFORD, HUNT, JORDAN, and STE THENs, were promptly on the spot. The tw o o surgeons of e r the regiment also spee dil y arrived. But ent that little or no hopes could be entertained of resuscitating them, there not appearing the least spark of life.--Man . cheater Guardian. ~~ '. .. S POLAND, General Ski zynecki, Commander-in •Chief of the Polish army, has written the following letter to the King of Prussia : " Siennica, July 9, 1831. " Sire,—l take the liberty of addressing you, in the hope that your Majesty will deign to admit that my character of Commander-in-Chief of the Polish army, and the impor :ance of the subject to which I am about to call your Ma rsty's attention, warrant my adopting this course. " Sire, since your elevation to the throne, justice and uprightness have never ceased to illustrate your paternal reign. In appealing to those sublime virtues, I experience 'ome relief, amidst the vexations and annoyance occasioned to us Poles by the civil and military authorities of Prussia. In conjunction with several other European cabinets, yon have proclaimed the principle of non-intervention, and I have no doubt but the Ministers of your Majesty have re ceived instructions in accordance with your royal wishes. The Polish army would consequently be wrong were it to complain of your Majesty. They are only anxious to ac quaint you with their grievances. " Every day we witness occurrences which convince us that in spite of the neutrality your Majesty officially agreed to observe towards Poland, the civil and military Prussian authorities not only violate the spirit of the laws of neu trality, but, what is more, they afford direct and efficacious assistance to the Russian army, without which the latter would have been long since compelled to retire from our country. "1. The Prussian authorities supply the Russians from the magazines of Thorn, and the vicinity of that place, with provisions. " 2. Prussian artilleries have been admitted into, and embodied in, the Russian army, and fight against us. " :3. The Russian forces draw warlike stores from the Prussian fortresses. " 4. The clothing of d severi e ßossian regiments was made in Prussia 4 4 " 5. A Prussian a d in fn Marienwerder was corn missioned to collect nec ary materials for the construc tion of bridges, t able the Russian army to cross the Vistula' at Ziot • " I could refer to various other circumstances to show the hostile intentions and acts of the Prussian authorities. I confine myself to facts I have mentioned, persuaded tia . I am that as soon as your Majesty shill have been. made ac quainted with them, you will deign' to prevent the .r.Fcur rence of practices, which, no doubt, take place•unktown to your Majesty, because they are directly in contradiction with the sentiments of political probity you have ever professed. " Begging your Majesty to excuse my troubling you with this despatch, I entreat, Sire, you will listen to the voice of humanity, addressed to you through the organ of those whom, he they ever so weak, giants would he un equal to overcome, were they not secaltl4 assisted by the civil and military Prussian authorities." The letter was returned to General Skrzynecki, with Phis declaration—" That his Majesty the King of Prus sia could not enter into correspondence' with a power that was not acknowledged by the Emperor Nicholas." KIRKALDY.-The Reform Bill, the cholera morbus, and dull trade, are prevailing topics of conversa tion in this place. A public meeting may soon be ex pected here for the purpose of accelerating th,g, progress of the Reform Bill through both Houses of Parliament. Every legal means ought to be tried by the people to prevent the return of the old Tories to power, whose anti quated system of legi,lation, thong twirl', may inflict a lasting injury both upon the countreand the cause of free dom in general.—Scotsman. j PRECOCIOUS MUSICIANS.—JuveniIe vir tuosi are much in fashion at Berlin just nirm. They have a clever pianist, THEODORE STElNAtflbar Hamburg, eleven ye3rs old, and two brothers, AuoLrit and Juttus STAT.): NECHT, the one ten, the other only six, playing the violin and violoncello, and giving concerts ; while young. Ma RIM, only twelve, performed some of MAYSEDER'S va riations at his father's concerts.—Harmonicon for Aug. 1. EFFECT OF IMAGINATION.—The following case, in illustration of the operation of mental causes on the bodily frame, is related by Dr. J. C. WARREN, the professor of anatomy and surgery in Harwood University, Boston, in a lecture on the importance of Physical Educa tion, a copy of which we have lately received. " A short time since a female presented herself to me with a tumour, or swelling of the submaxillary gland of the neck, which had become what is commonly called a wen. It was about the size of an egg, had lasted two years, and was so very hard, that I considered any attempt to dissipate it by medicine to he vain, and advised its removal by an operation. To this the patient could not bring her mind ; therefore, to satisfy her wish, I directed some applications of considerable activity to be made to the part, and these she pursued a number of weeks without any change. After this she called on me, and with some hesitation begged to know whether an application recom mended to her would in my opinion be safe. This con sisted in applying the hand of a dead man three times to the diseased part. One of her neighbours now lay dead, and she had an opportunity of trying the experiment, if thought not dangerous. At first I was disposed to divert her from it ; but recollecting the power of imagination, I gravely assured her she might make the trial without ap prehension of serious consequences. A while after, she presented herself once more, and, with a smiling counte nance, informed me she had used this remedy and no other since I saw her; and on examining for the tumour, I found it had actually disappeared."— The Lancet. EDUCATION.—To diffuse information among the people, and render them capable of comprehending sound reasoning on public business, was a favourite object of CECIL. In contradiction to the absurd idea that igno rance is the parent of good order, that men will prove the best subjects when they bestow no thought on their social relations, it was the maxim of this sagacious statesman, " that where the people were well taught, the King had ever good obedience of his subjects. Considering the church as the grand channel for the moral as well as reli gious instruction of the people, he earnestly laboured to fill every ecclesiastical office with able, learned, and active teachers. To impress these sentiments on his sovereign as well as his political colleagues, he warned them that where there wanted a good ministry there were ever bad people : for they that knew not how to serve God, would never obey the King. —Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol. XXL - - MISERY PERSONIFIED.—The following ex traordinary instance of avarice and deception has, we think, been hitherto without a parallel in the annals of human wretchedness:—On Saturday last was committed to the House of Correction at Cockermouth, for one month, a vagrant named ROBERT FERGUSON, a native of Stirlingsbire, who for several days past had been soliciting charity in that neighbourhood. The external appearance of this remarkable impostor was well calculated to excite equal astonishment and commiseration. He had neither shoes nor stockings, and in lieu of breeches wore some thing like a blue apron, while the skirts of his ponderous upper garment partly coveted his thighs behind. Thus accoutred, with the addition of large black whiskers and a beard long unshaven, Lis aspect was altogether t,rrific, and had often impressed terror on weak and timorous minds. Upon examining his per son when in prison, it was found that his coat, which ' was in some places two inches thick, with patches of various colours, contained between twenty and thirty pockets, filled with pamphlets, tracts, schoolbooks, songs, kc., and in one of his private receptacles were discovered a promissory Edinburgh bank note for 130/., and two of the British Linen Company, one for 431., and the other for 42/. 13s. In the packets of his waistcoat (about twenty in number) was deposited 21. 7s. 91(1. in silver and copper, almost every shilling and sixpence being separately placed ix the fingers of old gloves, and crrefully tied up. The whole sum found upon this wretched disciple of 'Mammon amounted to 2181. 2s. 91(1., which, by order of the Rev. E. FAWCETT, has been lodged in the bank. The entire motley habiliments of this sturdy beggar weighed nearly eight stone, including about seven pounds of bread and a small quantity of oat meal.— Scotsman. THE CHARMS OF THEATRICAL PROPRIE TOASITIP.—A paragraph appears in the Chester Courant, imperatively calling for explanation ; it is perfectly fright ful. There must be some aggravating facts connected with the case that are suppressed, otherwise the punish ment is so infinitely disproportioned to the offence, that it will excite alarm throughout the whole country. The statement is, " that the late manager of a ninor theatre in Manchester, a Mr. NEVILLE, is now in prison, and actu ally on the tread-mill (!), for his inability to pay a fine of 501. imposed on him for allowing an Italian opera to b e e performeda,tmed f u r th e purpose ! Hi s family in that h ouse , when no other place could ar If this be true, f or M anc h ester we ought tor e ea s d ta Morocco rocCO ' : such an exertion of power is more itba character with the justiceover Government and vilest despotism under the sun, than in w han that professes to be regulated by the laws of humanity.”-.Dilettante in Harrnonicon, for Aug. 1 • PRICES OF THE STOCKS Bank Stock " 19914 `200 , 4j 3 per Cent. Red WW/i 3r Cent. Cons. -.8'2% 3 2%14 3! per Cent. 9l IX, Ditto Red 9l 4 9074, 'ew 3%per Cent 90 %N 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 4 per Cent. 1f41. 4 99 4 Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 1860 17 5-16 3-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, IP6O Jan. 5, IR$O April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 !WOES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ' Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 °ankh Greek Bonds Ditto, 182.5 Guatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 THIS DAT AT owx o'cLocx. Neapolitan — Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds , Prussian, Old S7 B ! -: Ditto, New ....4 • Russian Spanish, 1921 13% 1 S'l3 French Rentcs, 5 p. c. —f — . Exchange —l.'— c. • 5 per cent. --f.i— i _t c —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. rer Share. Bolanos Mining Co. £lso 145 Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Co lO 7 ,', 3 ' Canada Company - Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 2074 !:2 11A I LS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0, Hamburg O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon O Flanders O. . 0 Malta ... ............. .. 00 1 France 0 ' 0 Swed en O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 —Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-JIORROW. Ninrning 24 minutei after 9. I Evening... 3 minutes after 10. *MA LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1831. His MAJESTY, accompanied by the QUEEN went this day in state to the House of Lords, for the purpose of giving the Royal Assent to the Bill granting an annuity of 100,0001. per annum to her MAJESTY in the eNent.,of his MAJEsTI's death. The Reform Bill comes on again to-night, when the merits of schedule C will come under discussion. We hope and trust that no further unnecessary delays will take place on the sub ject of this all-important measure, and that we shall be able to ampunce to-morrow the passing of the entire schedule. Its principle has been discussed a hundred times already, and we know of no new lights * that can be thrown on the subject. The Hamburg Reporter and other Papers from the city have been received of Friday last, but they add nothing authentic to our accounts from the theatre of war, with the exception simply that they give a much more cheering pros pect of the state of public feeling in Warsaw than is contained in the Prussian State Gazette. The Russian army was making every endeavour to advance upon Warsaw, but the watchful ac tivity of the Polish Generalissimo constantly threw obstacles in their way. A general battle was hourly expected, and that it would be san guinary in the extreme no doubt was entertained, as the greatest enthusiasm prevailed throughout the Polish army. The unfortunate termination of the expe& tion into Lithuania seems to us to be as unac countable, as it was unexpected from all the pre vious intelligence of the operations in that quarter. General GIELGUD must either have been coldly received, or was false or unequal to the sacred cause intrusted to his patriotism. At the same time there can be but little doubt t hat, but for the infamous conduct of Prussia, the war in Poland would long ere now have been at an end, and Polish independence completely re-established. However, should France be compelled to do justice to the brave Poles, Prussia will pay dearly for her partiality to Russia, and that too in breach of her professed neu trality. We have no news from Paris to-day. Th e question of peace or war mainly depends upon the fate of the election of the Presidency of M. LAFITTE, or the nominee of the Minister.— One thing is, however, very clear, that if France do not go to war at present to support the Poles, she will be compelled in a short time to rosort to it in vindication of her own institutions, which can never be deemed safe after the triumph of Russia in Poland. If Louts PHILIPPE thinks otherwise he will be grievously disap pointed. German Papers have been received this morn ing. It appears that Lord CoWLEY is on hi return from his embassy to Vienna, and is to be succeeded by Mr. LANIB. We wish Ministers would recal all the Ambassadors of the late Anti-Reform Administration, and replace them by tried friends to liberty. It is ridiculous to expect that the confidential friends of WELLINGTON and PEEL will act cordially in seconding the views of the present liberal and enlightened Government. No, unless the friends of Reform get more willing assistants to repre sent the Majesty of ENGLAND abroad, we fear they will never have justice done to themselves or their measures. At the death or downfall of how many Constitutions was Lord HEYTEsBURY pre sent as the Ambas3ador of England ?—and does he wait to witness that of Poland ? At Constantinople too, might not England have a more friendly representative to cheer on a brother Reformer in the great work of stimu lating the march of intellect and regeneration in the East ? Ministers by their Reform Bill ought to know that they have offended the Ultras past all then hope to conciliate them forgiveness—wliy by half measures, which only provoke the con , tempt of their foes and excite_ the pity, if not DAY AT ON! O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 2 3 pin. South Sea Stock ... 9IN "”4 Old Annuities New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO ...... 12 11 pin Ditto 500...14 11 12 pm Ditto Small l4 11 12 inc. Ditto Commercial —pm Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account. Cons. for Aug. 26 S27i, the scorn, of their friends ? They cannot serve two masters—the KING, a Reformer--and the Ultra-Tories opposed to all Reform. Let them therefore persevere in the good cause, supported by a Patriot KING, and backed by the cordial exertions of a generous and loyal people. The following are extracts : VIENNA, JULY 20.—Letters from Pesth of the ISth, which we have just received direct from that city, speak of some disturbances which arose from the opposition of part of the population to the measures of precaution taken against the cholera. It is said that a number of students, crying out " No cholera," led the discontented mob, which, among other excesses, drove away the guard placed before two houses that were infected with the cholera. By order of the Archduke Palatine the bridge by which Ofen com municates with the right batik of the Danube, was re placed, which had the good effect of soon restoring order, and the people passed rejoicing over the bridge. The night passed over quietly, nor was there any further disturbances on the 18th. The unemployed labourers were summoned to the Town Hall to have work assigned them.—(This is the substance of our letters, which prove the falsehood of the exaggerated reports that have been spread here.) At Lemberg the cholera has greatly abated, both in violence and malignity ; but in the province of Gallicia it rages as before From the 10th to the 13th July news was received in Lemberg of its having manifested itself, in above fifty places in addition to those already infected. VIENNA, Jut 21.—Lord Cowley, the English Am bassador, had his final audience yesterday at Baden, to take leave of the Emperor, and will set out and return to London the beginning of next week. Mr. Lamb, his successor, will probably arrive soon. FRONTIERS OF SERYIA, JULY 21.—The plague which has been brought from Asia Minor is very destructive in the interior of Turkey. The presence of the Sultan in the provinces has had a very good effect there, and has relieved them from many apprehensions. At Adrianople the Suit in assigned a large sum from his private treasury for the relief of the poor, and promised to repeat the gift in the succeeding years : it appears he will soon return to his capital. The military events in Poland excite as much interest among the Turks as in the rest of Europe, and all accounts of the progress of the contest are eagerly received at Constantinople. It seems to be still a favourite notion with the Porte, that the good opportunity to recover its lost provinces should be taken advantage of, but it wants money and resolution to seize the favourable moment especially as it is deprived of the advice of Count Guille minot. The latter is said to be highly displeased with Count Sehastiani, who, he says, has placed bins in a situa tion of extreme embarrassment. In the Principalities many horses are now purchased for the army, which has greatly raised the price. Two divisions of Russian infantry in Wallachia have received orders to be ready to march at the shortest notice to the interior of Russia. Prince rlilosch is exerting all his influence to persuade the Bosnian insurgents to submit to the commands of the Sultan ; but his expectations have hitherto met with little attention. VIENNA JULY 21. JULY 2.2. Four per Cent. Bank Shares CHOLERA MORBU S. (From the Hamburg Reporter.) In Deyschen Hoff, close to Konigsberg, a woman was attacked by cholera during the night from the 22d to the 23d instant. She died the following evening. The next day five more persons were at tacked, and during the following night three more. Deyschen Hoff is a parallelogram of buildings, in which about sixty poor families live closely crowded together. A communication with the neighbonr hood is rendered impossible, the place having been immediately surrounded by military, and hopes are entertained that Konigsberg may still be preserved from contagion. In two villages close to Thorn the cholera has shown itself. Neither from Thorn nor Konigsberg are any passports granted at the present moment. In Posen, on the 23d and 24th inst., there were 17 fresh cases, 10 recoveries, and seven deaths. In Riga, down to the 13th of July, 4,571 indivi duals had been attacked, of whom 2,458 had re covered, and 1,865 died. During the three days following, there were 71 fresh cases, 113 recoveries, and 110 deaths. There remained sick on the 16th 196 persons, of whom 75 were recovering. At Pesti), in Hungary,on the 14th inst., a coach man was taken ill, and died on the following morn ing. Several medical men pronounced the symp toms of his illness to be that of cholera. All com munication was immediately cut off with the house, in which another person was likewise found to be suffering under similar symptoms. In other parts of the town seven individuals were taken ill in the course of the 15th, of whom six died the following day. The bridge of beats over the river to Buda was immediately broken up, and the navigation of the Danube ordered to be stopped. In Szolnok, down to the 15th, 57 persons had been taken ill, of whom 20 recovered, and 13 died. In Petersburgh, on the 12th instant, there were 515 fresh cases, 30 recoveries, and 272 deaths; on the 13th, 569 fresh cases, 77 recoveries, and 247 deaths ; on the 14th, 482 fresh cases, 100 re coveries, and 272 deaths. A subscription had been set on foot for the relief of the poor families. Stieglitz, the banker, had subscribed 20,000 rubles, Anatol Demidoff, 10,000 rubles; Klein, the banker, 5,000 rubles ; P. Demidoff and Lord Heytesbury, 2,000 rubles each, &c. The Jews in Tarnow have been forcibly ejected from the city, and lodged in barracks outside of the town. Their shops have been closed, and are watched by the military. Notwithstanding this energetic measure of precaution, the mortality had reached 200 a day. In Warsaw there were 7 fresh cases on the 11th, 13 on the 12th, 8 on the 13th, 6 on the 14th, and 9 on the 15th. In Czenstochau, according to official reports, the daily mortality averaged from 5 to 6. Private letters from Berlin say that the cholera has broken out at Frankfort-on-the-Oder. SWARM OF NAUTICAL BEES.—As the ' Honiton packet was leaving a port in Wales, on her voyage to Lyme, the master perceived a swarm of bees settle on a rock which the rising tide would soon have covered. He sent a boat with a tub, which was sugared for the pur pose, and took the bees in and brought them on board. They took up with their new habitation, began to work, and, on removing them to a hive at Lyme Cobb, it was perceived that they had commenced a comb. During the voyage they flew ashore for honey, and followed the vessel again, which was at times sailing with a strong brerze. She rborne Mercury. CLEMENTI AT EIGHTEEN. —He not only surpassed all his contemporaries in execution, taste, and e xpression, but had already composed (though it was not published till three years afterwards) his celebrated Opera 2, a work which, by the common assent of all musicians, is entitled to the credit of being the basis on which the whole fabric of modern pianoforte sonatas has been founded, and which —though it is now, from the immense progress which manual dexterity has made in the last sixty years, within the powers of even second•rate performers-- was, at the period of its production, the despair of such pianists as J. C. BACH and SCHnam, who were content to admire it, but declined the attempt to play what the latter professor declared only to be executed by its dwn composer, or by that great performer of all wonders, anti conqueror of all difficulties, the Devil.—H armo „, - ,,, for Aug. 1• WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS.--41APHAEL HYTHLODAY, the Utopian traveller, describes his visit to England; where, as much as in oth er countr i es, h e found all proposals for improvement encountered by the remark that " Such things pleased our ancestors, and it were well for us if we could but match them ; as if it were a great mischief that any should be found wiser than his ancestora.--Dr, Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol XXI. INTELLtoEscu—(rins DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. EX-PA RTE DES rItES. This matter has been several times before the Com t lately in a piecemeal sort of manner. Mr. LOVEDAY, a b irrister, who has appeared on beha4 of the p arty applying, has often professed himself to he ignorant of the practice, and that the mention of this matter a few days ago had afforded him the first opportunity he had ever had of addressing the Court. The applica tion he made was on behalf of Mr. Despres, that his Lord ship would be pleased to order the discharge of that gentleman, who had been arrested in Stone-buildings, at the suit of a Mr. Sots, for 6501. alleged to have been lent to Mr. Despres by Mr. Soh. The arrest was made while Mr. Despres was returning from having made an irregular application in person to his Lordship, for the purpose of being allowed to prosecute a claim in bankruptcy in forma pauperis ; and the ground of suing for the order for . the discharge was rcdeundo from the Court. It appeared from the affidavits that were read yesterday, that Mr. Loveday was an interested party, and that he had been interfering in such a manner out of Court as to make his Lordship think it right to order the matter to stand over till Mr. Loveday had made an affidavit ; and also that Mr. Despres might amend his affidavit if he thought proper. Sir E. SUDDEN appeared against the application. When the matter was called on to-day, Mr. LOVEDAY said he wished his Lordship to order where the affidavits should be filed, as be had not been able to ascertain. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that he could not sit from day to day to direct what should be done. He had directed sufficiently yesterday. Mr. LOVEDAY said his client only wished the Court to order the appointment of a solicitor for him, and then many irregularities would be avoided. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not do that, until Mr. Despres had put himself in a situation to entitle him to have such an appointment made. It was necessary for him to make an affidavit that he was not worth 5/., and also to produce the certificate of a barrister that be had merits in his case. Mr. LOVEDAY said all that had been done. The LORD CHANCELLOR—From whom has he got the certificate ? Mr. LOYEDAY—From myself, my Lord. The LORD CHANCELLOR--Bolt I won't allow that. You yourself are a party interested? Are there no more Counsel than you? Mr. LOVEDAYI don't know. The LORD CHANCELLOR—WeII, but I can tell you there is no gentleman at the bar who will refuse to look at his case ; and further, I won't allow any Counsel to get up day after slay, and speak by way of gossip. Mr. LOVEDAY.—My Lord, I must say a word on the subject of a retainer. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I shall not hear you, Sir. If you act rightly in your profession you need never speak about retainers. The Court of Chancery sits to hear causes, and nothing of this kind. lam too good-natured with you ; but I will positively hear no more. Call the paper, Mr. Registrar. The Registrar called on the first appeal in the paper, and Mr. Loveday rose and walked off. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL CK. By the arrival of the American Papers to the 9th July we have received later accounts from Jamaica and Tampico. From Kingston (Jamaica) to the 17th June, files of Carthagena Papers have been received, stating that the country was bankrupt, and that John Bull bad at last found out that he only shipped goods to Colombia to enrich her General, but it has been discontinued, and the Colum biana are in a towering passion ; Mr. Watts, our Consul, is grossly abused for his endeavours to protect the English interest and British commerce. A report was current at Kingston that all the British subjects at Santa Fe had been murdered. Two clerks in the employ of Duncan, Haldane, and Co. were mentioned. The advises from Tampico of the 12th of June state that the colector at Tampico had notified to the Mexican Consul at New Orleans that the law of the Ist of May, which laid a duty of one per cent. o❑ foreign goods,wares, and merchandize going into the interior, went into effect on the 13th of June. One per cent. more will be paid in cash after the 10th of December next. Montreal Papers to the 3d of July, and Quebec Papers to the Ist of July, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Quebec Papers.) " EMIGRANTS, WAGES IN UPPER CANADA, DISTRESS, &c. " In the recent discussions which have taken place on the conditions of emigrants, and many of whom, it mast be confessed, are in a state of great wretchedness, the rate of wages has been variously estimated for both provinces. In this province it is more difficult to fix a standard than in Upper Canada, but we are ena')led on good autho rity to state, that in Newcastle district the following were the general prices paid during the past month :—Carpen ters and masons 7s. 6d. per diem, without board ; la bourers by the day, 2s. 6d. to Ss. and found in board, by the month 40s. to 605., and board; women servants living in the family, earn from 15s. to 20s. per month. It is also stated, that tailors and shoemakers find ready em ployment." The private letters from Hamburg this morning state, that the cholera morbus has now appeared within eighty miles of Berlin, likewise in the vicinity of Vienna ; at Hamburg preparations are making to prevent it reaching ' that city. The general topic of conversation in the city this morn ing relates to the magnificent display yesterday at the opening of the New London Bridge, which has highly gratified those persons who were present. We have no political news yet of any consequence ; the public are much disappointed in the meagre accounts from the theatre of war by the arrival of the Hamburg steamer. Consols, which left off yesterday, at twelve o'clock, at 82i j for the account, opened at the same price this morn ing, with little doing ; they have reache d 82k, buyers, but are at present 824 The Foreign Market is scarce worth mentioning—no thing doing. BRITISH Bank Stock, WO% 2C43% India ditto, 200% I% 3 per Cent, Cons 82% Ditto, for the Acct. 812% 1.4 3 per Cent. Red. 83 , A 3s, per Cent. FUNDS. 3y, per Cent. Red. 91 1 ,,i Ditto, New, 90% % Four per Cent. (Infi) 99% India Bonds, 1 3 pm. Exchequer Bills, 11 12 HALF-PAST ONE. Consols, since the early part of the morning, h ave re ceded per cent., from 82:,} to 82 s *for the account, and at present they are 82a I for the account. The above de cline was owing to a report of warlike letters from Ham burg. It was also rumoured that the Emperor of Rus sia was dead, but we are informed there is no foundation for this report. The Foreign Market is entirely void of interest, there being nothing doing. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 82i I. FOUR 0 CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols B2f Danish Ditto for Account 821 Greek, 1825 — Brazilian Bonds.. Mexican, 1825 3B Buenos Ayres.... Chilian Ditto Columbian, 1824. Peruvian — Russian 93 Si 1 l3l paiiish. REFORM.---The spirit of the North is be ginning once more to arouse itself on the subject of Reform. The frivolous and vexatious opposition to the Bill's pro gress through the Commons, has affected all classes with disgust, and the deep indignation of an insulted people cannot be much longer suppressed or concealed. We have already received letters from various quarters on the sub ject, and public meetings will shortly be resorted to, as the only constitutional means of expressing the nation's opinion en the babyish trifling of the Legislature. Delays are often dangerous, and in the instance of the Reform Bill, if dalliance proceeds much farther, it is painful to contemplate the consequences ! The voice of a united people must again come forth—it is strong and powerful and has happily been compared to the voice of God! PAGANINI AND lIIS SINGLE STRING.— To effect so much on a single string as Signor PAGANINI does, is truly wonderful ; nevertheless any good player can extract much more from two than he produces from one, and two are always to be bad. But, say the panegyrists, the silver string gives such delicious tones! Then employ two silver strings, we reply. Would any man out of Bedlam hop from Hyde-Park Corner to St. Paul's on one leg, if he had a couple to walk on ?—Certainly not— unless, indeed, he could get a thousand pounds, or so, by each journey ! If PAGANINI really produces so much effect on a single string, a fortiori he would draw forth mach more from two. Why not therefore employ them because be is waxing exceedingly wealthy by playing on one only. Then lie is a sensible person for so doing ; lie understands mankind : so did the famous quack, Dr. ROCK, whose sagacious reply to Dr. CIIEYNE is well known : so does Mr. ST. JOHN LONG. --Harmonicas for Aug. 1. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY), FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, AUG. I.—Wind N. moderate.—Arrived from Shields and remains, the Glafyra, Riekaby, for St. Heleo 3. PonTsmoUTII, AuG. I.—Arrived the William Harril transport, from Leith. PLYMOUTH, JULY 31.—Wind E.—Arrived his 1113' jesty's ship Pearl, from a eruize; and Eliz 'heti), Hall, fool Quebec. FALmouTit, Jut.v 31.—Wind moderate.—Passed the Wanstead, Friend, front Bengal, sailed the 28th of February, Madras the 16th of March, St. Helena the 6th of June, and Ascension the 12th ; Bengal Merchant , Fox, from Bengal, sailed the 15th of February, and from Sand Heads the let of March. HOLYHEAD, JULY 31.—Arrived the Dews, Wilkinson , ' from New Orleans. I,lvEttroot, JUrx 31.—Arrived the Britannia, from, Buenos Ayres ; Malay, Coverdale, from Trinidad ; a nd Shaw, from New Orleans. BRISTOL, AUG. 1.-Arrived the Thomas Daniel, Gatd' ner, from Barbadoes. CORK, .1u UV —W ind S. S. W.— Arrived the Layton , from Deptford, fur Halifax. RAmscATE, Auc. I.—Arrived the Britannia, Richaril' son, from Riga, with loss of rudder, anchor, and cablo haring been assisted off the Goodwin Sand, bound td Bridport. STANDGATE CREEK, AUG. 1.-Arrived the Jane, S'e't from St. Petersburgh. Arrived at Savannah, the Olive Branch, Harding, fro° Liverpool ; at Philadelphia, the Trescott, Bishop, frooi Liverpool ; at Virginia, the 1. , .d5, Nichols, Madison, Cormiek, and Margaret, Craig, from Liverpool ; at Nei ] York, the Britannia, Marshall, from Liverpool ; 11 6 ' Waverly. Bartlett, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston. The Elizabeth Courns, from Liverpool to Wyburg, wa g driven on shore in the Sound of Sunda the 28th ult. ; par t of the cargo thrown overboard. TIIE MAGAZINES. NEW MONTHLY. There is some excellent reasoning in the fitSt article—" If the Lords reject the Bill w h a t will follow ?"—though the line of argument a dopts might have been more pointed and decisive' The subject is a stirring one, and should b° treated in a stirring manner. '' The Prayer 1 the Wilderness" is by Mrs. Hemans, 3 11 d nothing can exceed its pure fervent spirit 0 ' piety but its sterling poetical feeling. " Stanley in Ireland" is a misnomer ; it has 1e 55 1` to do with the Right Hon. Gentleman in fil l !: sister country than in the House of C om mous' i ' Ample justice is awarded him as a debater, 3 °' one or two characteristic anecdotes are adduce d which contribute greatly to enliven the article, The writer indulges in very lofty prognosti c ' : of the future celebrity of the young Cabinet, Minister. "We shall see," as Mathews' blind man says. " Sketches of the Engli sh Bar, Sir Charles Wetherell," is amusing l j written, but, indeed, it is next to impossib ie t to write dully upon so tempting and attract°, a subject. " Scenes near the Five Waters" c° ll tain one or two brief but eloquent touches feeling, excited by the sight of the mighty 14 1, 1 ,. malayas, whose " snows know no thaw." " First and Second Husband" is a strange which the author expressly assures us is fouo de , on fact, and occurred in the sixteenth cent° l as noticed in Les Causes Caebres. It is impressively written, and with a due regard brevity. " Wishes," by T. H. Bavly," are in drawing-room poet's mast drawing-room sti c We think, therefore, we shall be excused in fraining from an extract. " Sketch of the C h , l , racter of Earl Grey" is temperately and impartiA' written. It is a theme, however, in which th e is little novelty. "My Aunt's Bequest"is fear the sprightly pen of Mr. Poole. It is dO• r we take for granted, from life ; at least ther e ., quite enough truth in it to justify our ( ference. A more pungent satire on len, hunters we have not lately met with. It reul°l us of Sir W. Scott's masterly scene of the sad I r ,, character in " Guy Mannering." The po rt of Mr. Ward, author of " Tremaine'' - '1 know not whether it be a likeness or noll spiritedly executed, and conveys the idea ° I , man of shrewdness and intelligence, but of one who would write novels in the sty le ' " Tremaine." The number, on the w hole' an excellent one. MONTHLY REVIEW. The cholera as usual forms a prominent ture in the current number of this Review. lengthy notice is given of the probable e° o and progress of this frightful disorder, th ° o we cannot say that it does much more recapitulate the newspaper arguments o the subject. The " History of Polan d ,, i reviewed in a more inquisitive and intek spirit, and will interest those who have is (and who has not ?) turned their atteuti °f ie the subject. " Galt's Lives of the Playe d also an amusing review. THE CHURCH.—The pastor is then, I' ll ; termed, inducted to a living, the meaning of whie ll .) takes possession of a good house, built at the Pu bil er 't poise, and receives the tithe of the produce of th e industry, for which he reads a serman (probably '( /' 4 by sonic poor wretch for a dinner) once a week, ° e go ally does the farmer the favour of riding over his 0 0 , fields after a pack of fox-hounds, attend& all the b 0 card parties in the neighbourhood, and, being &t e lt gain the affections of his parishioners, be once 0 upon the magistelial bench, to transport some poorirti for shooting a partridge, or, as at'Peterloo, by °lir', his holy authority, sends forth a noble army of 'lot' to slay those for whom his master died. This i 9 tory of many, very many, of our clergy ; there ' exceptions, we know, but they are to be fct o tr amongst those whom poverty has kept from tett'? who are the most worthy and efficient part of t be to ti; but who, without patronage or the means of po ec of starving upon a scanty moiety of the inconle bloated incumbent. —Newark Times. / BEAUTIES OF PRIZE FlGHTll4'.ibti" " conveyancers" were particularly successful at i, near Warwick ; they robbed Mr. HALL, of the br and Spade, Warwick, of 3001., of which I° s , te co l o cash ; a gentleman of Coventry of 25/., and 'sheet. ties had their pockets picked of 101., 51. a nd ti t / et During the fight, a gentleman of Manchester ura6 l o , 7001. The Mulberry Tree Inn, at Stratford , ‘ v o ,o l ll , of 200 sovereigns, and notes and plate to the : p ep 1001. or more. The Unicorn Inn, at the ore( was also robbed of 90/. Both these robberies sveolt)„, by parties who requested to be accommodated rote' stair apartments, contiguous to which the p r , both instances, was deposited.— Warwick P(iP" VIRTUOUS YOUTH OF LOUIS X trelp XV. in the first year of his marriage, faithf ul " - f ia c el jogai vow, put his courtiers in despair, not 1081,tee . any hold on his morals. These men are 00t bei mincer over Princ e s exempt from passion ' t 00 01 serve passions which Princes have nut, and 4°,04i obtain the recompense of these services• e lte t e' adopted the r e solution to concert among their% ;V snares for the young King, and to plung e r ;.„1, ruption : th e ir first attempt was not sucees"iidii, , them sought t o inspire him with a taste ter :0? ) Court : he replied to him, "La trouveriez:i. Vie vie la nine? '--Lardner's Cziclopredia, Ant Of 1 4 , e; • tiR 811 th e fa Lend, by, rl and ,5, It d u ha s c , has a , pri • 1 in tl bor ic giv el in c tom, n ialE czer the app s Was rall y bee arose all tl epee nun tend rnan an a Wer, 1 8e to c Pat co L t% 1 s o , tAi