The Sun. — London, England, 1834-10-30 00:00:00

~.* OAK. AMATEUR MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Pailairhee eyefist'esrtdaP; n g belv' e cr n ehearsal or these performances . took at Exete r -h a ll, St ran d. This testi -1). Is P e culiarly i nteresting to the musical public, from its am " the first in which there is a union of professional and the Performers—a custom which, although prevailing adopted Continent, has not been in this country previously on so large a .scale. The ball appears well calcu kofuir but b the effct would be increased were the th e b a more lofty construction. The orchestra extends readth of the room, and is said to contain 700 per -liners. w eie n t e present to the view of our readers a state ,cne,„rot the comparative strength of the orchestra and those stminster Abbey and Birmingham. At Exeter-hall :418 re are 395 in the chorus, 161 stringed, 35 wood, and 22 instruments ; at the Abbey there were 357 chorus it-"e4`,.krui-chorus, 152 stringed, 44 wood, and 28 brass in wooendlents tat Birmingham, 214 chorus, 1100 stringed, 18 fporlils,e,rialnydestserdbaryasesvenince. instruments . The principal vocal per were Mesdames Knyvett, Bruce, e efi t i ans, and Clara Novello Sapio, Hawkins, A. Novello, was Dr P Yue, and Turner. Mr. F. Cramer led, with whom ragonetti Lindley, and about a dozen other profes "al gentl • • tkar s . e melt ; the host remaining was formed of ama bie Alessrs. Hensbaw and Jones presided at the organ. irokse‘ipings performance consisted of a selection from the k t • Handel, Mozart, BeethoVen, and Pergolesi, and is wiloavildence of the sound judgment and good taste of those wer e aye had the choice in this particular. The chorusses pallyk e i s P a e. well performed, although, from a . want of I°ll the time, unity of - tone, and due mixture of fr ht an d shade, the effect was not such as might be expected jje42o„nuteerous a band. The chorusses from the "Te were not so well executed as some that follovved. i ts4ei cow not with whom Mr. Harper had the honour to be ch or4 ,, a t ( 1 , but in the symphony for the two clarina in the trop,6 s ' ‘‘ TO thee, Cherubim and Seraphim," the second rif t i l . a had fallen into very incompetent hands. The close . be a l :, i 'c'rus at the words " Heaven and earth are full," is At tbi'll specimen of grand effects from simple causes. Ikli4,,eiceulmencement of the fine corale, " 0 Father . In ' l mighty power," there was a little unsteadi 'ollol. the time, but the brilliant fugue which l'ee'' 'ed W as very effectively performed. " Fallen is the tkin ed is a great specimen of choral writing, and had . it ob the r : %ere attention in the piano passages, the points at kerePetition of the word " fallen" would have stood out ht ,,,tte r t i cently, and the power of the orchestra been P'aYed. The " Chorus" from " Jephtha," and the N at -aatioo Anthem," were much better done, and deserve "4„ecrattiendation. The whole of the " Gloria," from V r t's 12th Mass," was performed, of which the htlincere" is the best movement, and abounds with good The ,very delightfully disposed for the orchestra.. kid i s "e Is not equal to Mozart's usual style of writing, ni . °4 rathe r a vulga r subject : there is, however, a good f arti?l•L aa nt'' Pedal point, which subsequent writers have made to our ears. In the " Hallelujah," of Beethoven, Performers appeared at ease, and it consequently was the pia with much spirit ; and the strict attention paid to ti ratios and fortes added much to the effect. We know l het ° ro te l aeon why Beethoven should not have introduced 440,41,00nes into the score, to draw out the unexpected f re bop bones by the sharp sixth upon the E, instead ' ' ervin g them for °Win the less important point upon the D 'th at , hut, in our opinion, the effect would be greatly kr; e l n Y such a disposition of those instruments. _ ~,..‘„aYvett, in the songs " From mighty Kings" and 11 1 ° . tIr P a ":," Ye limpid streams," and Mr. Phillips, in " Ho 'artti.,; Ar ms," and " Lord have mercy," each sang ' r ith - g`Y• The " Total Eclipse" of Mr. Sapio was sung e : c h feeling and expression, particularly the exquisite m -Pea the natural, and its subsequent ascent to the t k :riv a e t ,lie words " Sun, Moon, and Stars are dark to edl e de ,.`:;ct not expect the usual ' " Tweedledum and i n ' the ld o e n n cr z f a r from s s a o m go s o o d n,, a ; musician as Miss C. ppiaushowever, had the effect, and M o r m .Harper p and the lady divided the ,, e.hetween them —somewhat like " Old Timotheus 1 , 114 44 0 4 : at , Cecilia" the' crown in ancient times, but on peat or, e i t. n er a similar occasion. The "Da Capo ' move- Ny be me song is much the better one of the two. It :t.' t rt t 6 h rl i ":ro: l orri e v n e ti L ' i a b e r cl a: , ll, 7 , a literary curiosity, that a first sketch 0 1 ,rini a meat in the author's MSS. is found in " the from which it would seem Handel Vat sio,Y•oe'aatemplated to set the words to a chorus bearing , L 4 a s to the openingof the song. To Mr. Hawkins ,, sin ,' i elt s tr e d the difficult song, " Call forth thy powers, IN A ated e ger executed u correctly , but the accompaniment , r e h earse eli aN l, and was but indifferently performed. The composition, "Angels . ever bright and ' l3c, t r; ' s Po is o i ii t i s 4 :xtr t e he me simplicity, which should be met by a f rom "%il l t o chasteness in its performance ; which Miss .1 'Midst o f h er appog i a t uras and departures i,. us ana il i t l,.ived text, overlooked. Her " Scena," from , to %t • it i s f - magnificent co m . position, but wants re `l aro till of orchestral situations for effect, and ry , 4ce pt repo an one who might undertake the task. axis, au% at of the seventh upon the E flat, at the words Y fall," is one of the very fe; happy effects gi t : to e c ele ot . " hat is termed, " a musical p n n." P The last w aY sPoiled, and Handers score . was _ma e de to life re tl Jones's organ accompaniment. W . beg 4 , 113 gentleman, it is neither usual nor te m s u th si e ci f a i n dl hut -etn),auYing a song, to sustain the no /44' eith er - P o ' f ay them staccato, which . he may . learn by t 1), o tbi s °lir cathedrals during . the service. The i ' llo de of 'organ accompaniment is to produce ened on the present occasion, uncertainty k,t,„4 a tll Vie, nu perplexity to the singer. The same thing ti lt 'ar tier Tle Performance of " Luther ' s Hymn." Until .4 0bat a s the "tours de force" of B . raham, we know 11 a 4t her' s "Ise lie may have for altering the melody inßro o - f h 3 Alth e ' r ale. We can hardly look over it TO kid Nil it is done to exhibit the extraordinary coin- P'Z'do„ Pe wer o f from tit s ' Lord his voice. Bartleman's great son t , Ni t , to thee," fell into the hands of Miss ki t h f or quite misunderstood its character. Originally t °s °4 gh io a ., b ass voice, it never gained by the change, N e ea t t!e bands of Catalini, and we have no desire Po iVulitations of this singer without her voice or . 4.a e qt o ,Niti o „ , Trio," from Beethoven, is a highly dramatic m ore 1118 % :"1"t why was it severed from the b f ea r u th tif n u o l fro lth f ollows it ? The fine song, " Pour kllP lll tha„ tn Jeph th a, was sang by Mr. Novello. The ra kti 411)1i/C'q Deborah," of Handel, abound in beautiful mo ‘'ements, and we hope they will be the o t e ar e 4 , 18 co,ulPoser next brought before the public. t ra o ' alid -u tt c : ,,, delighted at the talent f di t s h p e la e y h e o d ra in l i h th o ' n e d or is - Ne t general performance o t e b e. T i ; and what is most praiseworthy, they sing well ' s tra" , e co mmittee should have formed the " small N,'aa to t uPletely o f profess i onals ; had this been done ' 11 4 14 1j: 1 . d Piano pa r t s o f th e c h oru sses would have Pete 4 pe nt '" ooint o f e ff ect. Th e organ i s an indifferent hid e ai ni ' much out of tune, which we trust will be ;41, 1 !,0 b e onY the next performance. The pedal pipes were 4 kp h i' t hey til e keys, but cc heard very little of 11 Y , co n a „ re in c haracter with 7vliat we did h_ ear, m w o e re a . re t tth Profit'''atulating ourselves that we , heard no pi tai e sof this festival are to be applied tothe increase HOS.. 41 01 1 8 ; of , the Westminster and Charing Cross a.. tti2 "Pe t hey r ealize a handsome sun ;: d • tcler n Was not so crowded as we should have - N AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. SUN. 4 %t k 7'4r) TITE EDITOR OF THE the ° 1/11-4111e111ve felt considerable surprise at te from ri d, ..._ ex!.racted its your paper plielrursanlinog, tittli'tiluiriaitil‘heayssubj?l,th o d f o tl t i r e ino Southampton and Great o. t there held : 114 t 4, 4 (llllPany. has bee e n fortunate e enough (no matter Railway, tahtater be °: :,tliti:4o4;)_ tiolnobtasain an Act for constructing a . h to a klt . , •ai tl ext:,o try confessedly ill-chosen, but Cams of ,tip is in the direction towards an important 'bie' city t i,',. l llth ,", 00 miles off ;that therefore It is th e bad r that city must p t o Ni t 4 line, and not choose a better for itself. wa g °ll silek'n conceive a proposition more unfair than sh t o h n is ld ; 4,, t he s e " :1 Principle, it needs but that a Company a rry 14 ,4 of nampton Railway Company the land -10 e tlitway through country wholly unfitted for the have done) c L 'i Ner ' s ' t uat whereoutheyahaZ the consent '„gglit , i, 9 defeat Ili first vq land this it s P anY measure, however application, be defeated b t h e e cut up with n landowners.well-digested, c,ll!icie,,tinciple, the whole country would the great Ject s e and ill-contrived measures, wherebyand economy, 111c1‘ to be attained by railways, viz., speed Manchester Rail is ithe "efeated. The Liverpool and 4i -431%.11 to be a striking proo . f of the disadvantages .an d e! ersn! 4n ad line, to meet the wishes of particular 1 source rnea to4st'arltna the inclined planes on that 1 are turd th expert inclined Rnd inconvenience. ON t ease put forth by the Morning Railway, still Id ~, toe Great Western and Southampton Railway, b y all titi"`°l,'l,l,-.llFe'• The first measure is supported . Herald, with , i :tt iv t . i o Iv. itliciotheeitey. seeks to have the best possible co.mrnu.n kir i,The li n _, !tY of London, and has no other th 4 ule b . e which has been chosen for the purpo o s b e j tile teriera3i fa .1,,, :e15, towns, and its approximation to large ~ eisetlivorL amities which it affords both for the execution , of ad ore eli 4 a nd it adapttuattic to th t epurposes of a main branch : 411 , lit 11,11„el leading The Soi . ith of England. 7'ketolailway. and the bWoth Railway from Basing: 4t h ted .orkti, th ' 'are sc outed pr b o oth in Bath and Bristol, P o r r o e th4elk thr,""e worst lines in the kingdom, m on , O r e times themes e excavation necessary it t 4 „eat w__, er . amount o.involving ,i carried f ar pc:insider 040.11!sta,,e'ostri .1), Ilne, and after a., .. ‘,l , be ftiways t 4 c are dis tan t av__, melined planes, which 5h0..0 LArks'llo any work of this nature, ti le (4" of a large commercial traffic. °tl4°ll "eat 'Western ltailw a is intended to join the intended for inid Birmingham itailwaYy four miles from London, and will afford sources of communication with Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and the mining districts of South Wales. The London and Southampton Railway is to ter minate at a little wharf, measuring 30 yards by 80, and the line chosen from Basingstoke to Bath, south of the High Marlborough Downs, would utterly preclude the possibility of connecting the main line with Gloucester, or any of the midland districts. The estimates of the Great Western Railway have been deemed sufficient for the permanent execution of the work, by all the most eminent engineers in the kingdom. Those of the Southampton Railway have been held • absurd by every engineer who has examined them, except the one in terested in supporting them. Shall it then be said by the Legislature, that because Bristol has been defeated in its first attempt to obtain a Railway, on that line best calcu lated for the permanent convenience of the public, and con sequently for the advantage of the country at large, that therefore all their future efforts shall be made to succumb to a rival, with no other pretension to public support than a temporary success, obtained merely by truckling to a few landowners, and at the sacrifice of every object of advan tage to the public ? I cannot think so ill of our Legislature as to suppose they would ever recognise a principle so unjust as this. It is for the benefit of the public they are called on to legislate, and I feel very well satisfied, that whichever scheme ap pears to them to afford the greatest prospect of public ad vantage, that scheme they will adopt. If this be the case, the friends of the Great Western Railway need feel little apprehension as to its success. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, Oct. 30. AN INHABITANT OF BRISTOL. DUBLIN. " The devil was sick—the devil a monk would be — The devil got well—the devil a monk was be." The Freemen of Dublin are on the eve of electing their Triennial Parliament, who meet in Common Council in William-street, for the transacting of all affairs, great and small, within the ken of eyes muni cipal. The Common Council of Dublin is a select, and an exclusive body ; but heretofore has been more remarkable for the arrogance, than the respectability of its Members. Men should be what they seem—yet the men in the Common Council of Dublin are very seldom what they seem. For example, there is a Guild called the " Guild of Merchants," represented in the Common Hall by thirty-one Councilmen, very few of whom are—or even had the slightest pretension to call themselves merchants. There are some mer chants in Dublin, but the most conspicuous persons in its Corporation are Merchant-tailors and Attorneys, interspersed with a variety of small craftsmen and walking gentlemen, of no vocation or occupation what ever, beside the Corporation trade. Out of these worthy gentlemen, Dublin has been supplied with Sheriffs, Aldermen, Police Magistrates, and Lord Mayors—and many a Knight among them have our Viceroys dubbed on the shoulder, though poorer than the poorest of the Knights of Windsor. Now the measure intended by the Government for the reformation of Municipal Corporations, must re form this altogether, or it will be of no value ; and our excellent Corporators themselves begin to suspect that it must come to that. Often as they have been reprobated, and reproved, and ridiculed, and hooted for the base and piperly materials out of which it has pleased them, as best answering their own purposes, to construct the edifice of their Civic State, they never before could be made to see that it was wrong, or derogatory, to select the meanest individuals to represent the wisdom and the wealth of -Dublin. But now they see it : now, when the power which they have so long and so reck lessly abused is about to be taken out of their hands, they see that their elections have not been carried on decently and in . order ; and in the hope of preventing the reform intended for them by the parliament, are setting about, most lustily, to reform themselves. Lists of competent persons, of wealthy merchants, respect able traders, and sufficient manufacturers, are prepared ; and the freemen have been enjoined to support these lists, by those whose instructions they have been al ways hitherto in the habit of obeying. There is no doubt of their compliance on this occasion, and thus we shall have a more respectable Corporation to attend at the funeral of this hoary iniquity, than ever assisted at her feasts, or lent a hand in her manifold sins and wickedness. We are told indeed by the Corporation press, that such self-reform " will deprive their foes of all reasonable pretext for interfering with them." But if this were deemed a good plea, delinquents would get off on easy terms indeed. Reformation between the trial and the sentence, if it be sincere, is good for a culprit's soul ; but if that were held sufficient to ensure a free pardon for the body, I fear there are but few culprits who would "go and sin no more." Most certainly the Corporation of Dublin is not one of those juvenile and misled offenders whom justice or the in- terests of society can suffer to be quittes pour la peur. The law must take its course, or the citizens will be again pillaged and walked upon more audaciously than ever. The Clerical Society lately formed under the auspices of the Primate, and all the other Bishops except the Archbishop of Dublin, has signified to the Tory Papers which have taken up its cause with their usual personality and abuse, that " the objects of this society are so entirely distinct from party virulence, that it is unfair towards them for their friends of the Press to drag them under its unhappy vortex." This is dis creet ; but it is strange that the Secretary employed to make the communication is the Rev. George Dwyer, the same gentleman who was the first to reject the authority of the King's Commission, and address two letters to Mr. Barrington in the public prints, in which he plainly insinuated that the object of the inquiries instituted by the Commissioners, was to hold up the Protestants of Ireland to persecution and extermina tion. Nay more, he was chosen Secretary to the Clerical Society, on account of those very letters. But they are growing cool. Authorised returns have been sent up from the pa rishes in the dioceses of Leighlin and Ferns to the Conservative Society ! containing many statements which can be proved to be erroneous. If these returns come from the Bishop, his Lordship is the first digni tary of the Protestant Church who has communicated with a political society. The Catholic Bishops were in the habit of corresponding with the Catholic Associa tion, and were severely censured for doing so. But they did the thing openly, and signed their names to what they sent. RICHARD HIL L.-The following letter respecting this unfortunate individual was received yesterday by Mr. Ewing, M. P. : Whitehall, 24th October, 1834. Sir,—Viscount Duncannon having caused full enquiries to be made into the case of Richard Hill, a convict under sen tence of death in the gaol of Glasgow, in whose behalf you in terested yourself ;—I am directed to acquaint you, that, under all the circumstances, his Lordship has had the satisfaction of recommending the prisoner to his Majesty for a commutation of his sentence to transportation for life. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, S. M. PHILLIPS. James Ewing, Esq., M.P., Glasgow. - The above was transmitted by Mr. Ewing to Bailie Gil mour, who immediately communicated the same to the prisoner. —Glasgow Herald. THE NEW CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT ACT.— Some considerable inconvenience has arisen in various quar. ters, on account of the above Act coming into operation so soon after the close of the last Old Bailey Sessions. The re gular Session was to have been on the 26th of November, but, in consequence of the new Act coming into operation on the Ist, it was found necessary that the Court should meet pro orma on that day, when the period for holding the regular Sessions will be fixed. According to the new Act, there must be a Session in every month, but they may be held at any time within that period that may be convenient to the Judges, and not to interfere with the Terms. It is calculated that by the tibl7 Act there will be an increase of about 1,200 prisoners in the year. fiy ,necial clause introduced into the Act, all the retired Judges are eitgiblp 19 try the prisoners at the Old Bailey, COURT CIRCULAR. The King and Queen arrived in town at half-past 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. The Duke of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia lunched with their Majes- ties after their arrival. His Majesty held an investiture at St. James's Palace, at half-past 2 o'clock, of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath. The following Knights Grand Crosses, in their man tles and collars of the Order, assembled at the Palace—viz., his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Viscount Beres ford, Lord Hill, Lord Cowley, Sir Lowry Cole, Sir William Henry Clinton. Sir Charles Colville, Sir James Kempt, Sir George Walker, Sir Thomas Hislop, Laid Howard of Effingham ' the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Farnborough, Sir Henry Fane, Sir Stratford Canning, Sir Edward Barnes, Sir W. Lumley, Sir W. Gordon, Sir Thomas Hardy, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Davidge Gould, Sir Charles Manners Sutton, and Sir Herbert Taylor, attended by Walter Aston Blount, Esq., the Genealogist of the Order, Algernon Greville, Esq., Bath King of Arms, G. F. Beltz, Esq., Gentlemen Usher of the Order, and Sir William Woods, Officer of Arms, Atten dant on the Knights Commanders of the Order. The Knights and officers having been robed by Messrs. Hunter and Ede, went into George M.'s Room, where they were called over, and afterwards proceeded to the presence of the Sovereign in the Throne-room, advancing towards the King with the usual reverences, between two ranks of his Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. The King wore the mantle, collar, and jewel of the Order. Then, by his Majesty's command, Admiral Sir John Wells was introduced into the Royal presence, between Sir Charles Manners Sutton and Sir Herbert Taylor, the two Junior Knights Grand Crosses present, preceded by Bath King of of Arms, bearing the riband, badge, and star of a Knight Grand Cross, upon a crimson velvet cushion, and by the Gen- tleman Usher of the Order. The Duke of Glocester having then received from Bath King of Arms the riband and badge, presented them to the Sovereign, and the King was graciously pleased to put the same over Sir John's right shoulder Sir John, rising, had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand, and having received from his Majesty the Star of the Order, retired. Lieutenant-General Lord Edward Somerset was then intro duced, and was invested (with similar ceremonies) with the Ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the same Order. Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Brace was conductod with the usual reverences to his Majesty, preceded by Sir William Woods, the Officer of Arms, Attendant upon the Knights Commanders, bearing upon a crimson velvet cushion the Star, Riband, and Badge of the second class of the Order. The Sword of State, borne by Mr. Mash, the Gentleman Usher in Waiting, was thereupon delivered to his Majesty, and the Rear-Admiral kneeling, was knighted therewith, after which he had the honour to kiss his Majesty's hand. Then the Officer of Arms kneeling, presented the Riband and Badge of a Knight Commander, with which the King was graciously pleased to invest Sir Edward. The Rear-Admiral having again had the honour to kiss the King's hand, and having received from his Majesty the star of a Knight Commander, retired from the Royal presence with the usual reverences. Major-General Sir John Taylor was then introduced, re ceived the honour of knighthood, and was invested with the ensigns of a Knight Commander of the Bath, with the like ceremonies. vv . _ The Knights Grand Crosses and the officers of the Order then retired from the presence of the Sovereign. The officers of the Royal Household present were the Lord Steward, the Vice-Chamberlain, Viscount Torrington, and Colonel Armstrong, Lord and Groom in Waiting; the Master of the Robes ; Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting ; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet ; Lieutenant- Colonel Reid, Silver Stick ; and the Page of Honour. Sir Herbert Jenner was presented to his Majesty by the Lord Chancellor, on being appointed Dean of the Arches Court and Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbnry. Dr. John Dodson was presented to his Majesty by the Lord Chancellor on being appointed the King's Advocate, when his Majesty conferred the honour of Knighthood on him. Dr. Joseph Allen, Bishop of Bristol elect, was presented to his Majesty by Viscount Melbourne. Captain Sir Richard King had an audience of his Majesty to deliver the riband and badge of the Order of the Bath worn by the late Vice-Admiral Sir Richard King. His Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Aful grave, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Auckland, Lord Holland, the Right Hon. J. Abercromby, and Sir John Hobhouse. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Sir Herbert Jenner was introduced, sworn in a Privy Coun sellor. and took his seat at the Board. The Recorder of London was introduced, and made a report to the King in Council. His Majesty gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne, Lord Auckland, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Thomas Hardy, Lord Hill, Lord Holland, and Sir John Hob house. The Court broke up at half-past 5 o'clock. - The Lords of the Privy Council assembled yesterday after noon in the Council Chamber, and resumed the examination of witnesses respecting the fire at the Houses of Lords and Commons. Mr. Cooper, and several witnesses from the inn at Dudley where Mr. Cooper stopped on the Thursday night and Friday morning, were examined before their Lordships. The Privy Counsellors present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Strangford, Viscount Duncannon, the Speaker, Mr. Charles Giant, the Earl of Rosslyn, Hon. J. Abercromby, Mr. Secretary Rice, the Earl of Munster, and Mr. Cutlar Fergusson. Their Lordships adjourned soon after 5 o'clock. The Hanoverian Minister and the Adjutant General of the Forces had audiences yesterday evening of the King. THEIR MAJESTIES ARRIVAL AT BRIGHTON. We have heard, with a degree of astonishment which we find it difficult to express, that the fireworks announced by Mr. Jones for the night of their Majesties' arrival in Brighton, will not be allowed to take place ! ! Is this prohibition seriously intended? If it is, what can be the object? It has all the appearance of studied insult to our Royal Visitors and Patrons, and if actually carried into effect , will st am p indelibly upon the town that stigma of Radicalism which it already to a com fortable extent enjoys. The plea, we understand, is that if Mr. Jones be suffered to display his unoffending pyrotechnism upon the Steine on the Ist of November, the little boys cannot be prevented from letting off their squibs and crackers on the sth,—as if there were any real analogy between the two cases. But this cannot be the real motive : whatever that may be, no High Constable we are Sure, will gravely tell us that it is. The measures taken for the sth are highly proper ; since the nuisance and dangerous state of the street on that night have, for many years, been the subject of loud complaint. But that the loyal inhabitants of Brighton—for such the majority of them most certainly are—should have no public means of ex pressing their joy at the arrival (4f our good King and Queen among us, is monstrous. The fireworks had been made on former occasions to supersede a general illumination : we have heard of no notification to restore the previous practice, now that the fireworks are to be suppressed. But, we again ask, will the loyal inhabitants suffer all this ? " Talk of the tyranny of lthd-owners, indeed !" as one of our correspondents indig nantly exclaims, " where is there any thing to be compared with these Liberals, the moment they get into power ?" We have reason to know that their Majesties have been ac customed to regard this exhibition of fireworks with much pleasure ; and we have even heard—(but that may be only a rumour)—that their dinner hour next Saturday was ordered to be hastened, expressly for the purpose of enabling them to observe the display. Surely, the inhabitants will take up this matter. We are utterly ashamed when we look to St. Leonard's, and contrast what is going on there with these proceedings at Brighton.—Brighton Gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, THUIV,DAY, OCTOBER, 30, 1834. BRIGHTON, OCT. 29. As the period (the Ist of November) approaches for the return of the Court to Brighton, fashionable arrivals come thicker and thicker upon us. We have heard it stated on the best authority that upwards of one hundred families arrived during the past week. The Speaker has taken up his temporary residence with Mr. James Baillie, the member for Bristol, in Seymour-place, where her Ladyship and family joined him on Monday. The Countess Batthyany occupies 30, Brunswick-terrace. Lady Keith left Brunswick-terrace on Sunday for town, where the family join her on Wednesday, when they will set out, via Dover, to join Count Flauhault at Paris. The Count and her Ladyship design to pass the winter at Vienna. Lady Elizabeth Tollemache and family came from the Isle of. Wight to Walton's Hotel on Thursday. The Marquis of Tavistock and Mr. Coke have recently been visiting the Duke of Norfolk at his seat, Farnham St. Gene vieve, near Bury St. Edmunds, where his Grace will remain until Christmas. Sir William and Lady de Bathe are prolonging their so journ at Mills's-terrace. Their Graces of Montrose still remain at the Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Collier have removed from the Bedford to .a private residence. Among the arrivals at the Sea House Hotel are Mr. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Teinings, and Mr. Ludlow. Lord Holland has been recently suffering at Holland House under a severe visitation of the gout. Captain and Mr. J. Lawrence Spent the end of last week at the Egremont Hotel. Mr. Hume is gone to Rotterdam ; but the honourable mem ber is expected " to move for his return " as soon as his Ma jesty shall summon Parliament to meet for the despatch of business. Lord Maynard arrived on Thursday, at 13, Brunswick-terrace. Captain Payne and family occupy 2, Mills's-terrace, Hove. Mrs. and Miss Clayton are continuing their sojourn at the Norfolk. The Countess of Surrey, from Dunrobin Castle, joined the Earl at Littlehampton yesterday se'nnight. Mrs. 0. Langford, from Southwood, arrived at 6, Bruns wick-terrace yesterday, with the intention of passing the twelfth winter at Brighton. Dr. and Mrs. Callaway and family, who have passed the summer at Mills's-terrace, Hove, left yesterday for their town residence. The Lord Chancellor, who, since the adjournment of the Privy Council, has been visiting Lord Dacre and Lord Yar borough, is returned to his residence in Brtinswielc-terracc f Lady Manners Sutton, the mother of the Hight Hon. the Speaker left us this day se'nnight. The Earl of Westmoreland, with his duughter, Lady Geor gians Fane, have closed a protracted stay at the Bedford. Sir Charles Greville arrived at the Norfolk yesterday. ST. LEONARDS ON SEA. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria arrive on Tues day next, the 4th of November, and the town is all on the tiptoe of expectation waiting their arrival. The inhabitants intend to have a grand illumination. Great preparations are making in every way for the recep tion of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess of Victoria. Every demonstration of loyalty and per sonal attachment will be evinced on the occasion, and every individual seems anxious to vie with his neighbour as to the mode of testifying his joy upon this most gratifying event. We lament that the route by which it is understood the Royal party will enter our town, is that of all others the most unpre possessing : the principal, and, we may say, the natural, en trance from the London side is by the North Lodge, descend ing the hill with a most magnificent view of the sea till the ar rival at the arch, when the picturesque and beautiful appear ance of the garden and its surrounding villas give the most imposing and the most favourable impression upon the entrance of any visitor or traveller ; how much more desirable is it, therefore, that in the present most important visit, and by visitors of such discriminating taste and judgment, the most eligible and judicious point of entrance should be pointed out to them, so as to leave no opportunity of disappointment to arise in their minds by an approach through five miles of country at once flat and dreary, and by an entrance unfinished and unsightly. We think this and ought to be better managed ; but from whatever quarter these Royal and august personames come, their reception will be of the most enthu siastic description. (We can testify to the appropriateness of our correspon dent's suggestion. We remember even now, at the distance of several years, the striking impression produced at our first visit to St. Leonards, by the appearance of the town from this entrance.] We are happy to state that St. Leonards is still very full of company. The South Saxon Hotel has been so full for many days, that the landlord has been obliged to send visitors to other hotels. ARRIVALS AT THE SOUTH SAXON HOTEL. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cockerell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Craig and family, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf and family, Mr. Warner and friends, Mr. Carthew, Mr. and Mrs. Elderton and family, Mr. and two Miss Eldertons, Miss Clarxe, the Venerable Archdeacon Clarke and family, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Atkinson, Mr. Blackley, Mr. and two Miss Buttons, Mr. ' and Mrs. Shearman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mills and family, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and family, Mrs. and Miss Carthew, Mr. and Mrs. Abbott and family, Mr. Hyams, Mr. Newton, &c. &c.— Brighton Gazette. DINNER TO LORD DURHAM. The arrangements regarding this festival are now complete; and, as we remarked two weeks ago, good weather alone is required to make it one of the most interesting political dis plays Glasgow has witnessed since the Reform procession of 1832. Some alteration has taken place in his Lordship's movements. Instead of coming direct to Glasgow, his Lord ship will arrive at Hamilton Palace, on Tuesday afternoon, where he will dine with his Grace, and where the Chief Ma gistrate, Treasurer, and Bailies of Glasgow, Mr. Oswald, and Mr. C. Dunlop, have been invited to dine with his Lordship. He will remain there till Wednesday morning. A deputation of the Trades are to meet his Lordship near Parkhead, at eleven o'clock, and escort him into town with bands of music and banners. The Magistrates have also ordered the bells to be rung on the occasion. The procession on reaching the town will draw up in front of the Court Hall, in which the Magistrates and Council will present his Lordship with the freedom of the city; and the deputations from the various towns will present their addresses. Thence his Lordship will proceed to the Green to receive the addresses of the Trades. The Pavilion or Banquet Hall, which is now nearly completed, will present a most brilliant appearance ; in the opinion of those who have seen both, it will eclipse the Edinburgh Pavilion. We may add, that a deputation from the Press had an interview yesterday with Mr. Bell, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Lang, jun., and Mr, Hamilton; and those gentlemen, with the greatest cordiality and attention, at once offered any situa tion in the room which was thought preferable for reporters ; and a situation was fixed on, which will give entire satisfaction to all parties. The influx of strangers is greater than had been anticipated, and much difficulty is experienced to obtain tickets of any sort. The galleries have been preferred by many to the body of the pavilion —a circumstance we are delighted to communicate for the benefit of the ladies of our good city.—Scots Times. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS The Duke of Manchester, at Grosvenor-gate, Park-lane, from his seat, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire; George Wilbraham, Esq., M. P., and Lady Ann Wilbraham, in Upper Seymour-street, from their seat in Cheshire ; Charles Fox, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour ; Sir William and Lady Lumley, in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, from their seat, Winkfield, near Windsor ; Hon. Lindsay Bur rell and sons, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork streets, from Essex ; Sir Charles and Lady Mill, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Hants ; the Rev. A. Strickland and the Misses Strickland, at ditto, from their seat, Hexham Castle, Northumberland ; Captain and Mrs. Talever, at ditto, from Bognor ; Charles Foley Wil mot, Esq., at ditto, from Paris ; Miss Morshead, at ditto, from her seat, Richmond-hill, Surrey ; Captain and Mrs. Porter, in Regent-street, from Leamington; B. A. Lochlan, Esq., at Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar-square, from Dublin; Capt. Nichol son, Grenadier Guards, at ditto, from a tour ; W. Ward Jack.. son, Esq., at ditto, from Stockton-on-Tees ; Sir Charles Wol seley, Bart., at ditto, from his seat, Wolsely Hall, Stafford shire ; Rev. G. H. Paley, at ditto, from his seat, Boxted Hall, Suffolk; Captain Burton, at ditto, from Great Yarmouth; Sir T. Baker, Bart., at ditto, from Walmer ; - Netterville, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; George Cash, Esq., and family, at the Albion Hotel, Cockspur-street, from the Continent ; John Stedman, Esq., at ditto, from Paris ; Messrs. Maxwell and Robert Grwme, at ditto, from ditto ; Manuel Johnson, Esq., at ditto, from Brussels ; Captain and Mrs. Harris, at the Green-park Hotel, 103, Piccadilly, from I3ourdeaux ; John Ferard, Esq., in Charles -street, Berkeley-square, from Scotland. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Pembroke, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, for Paris ; Captain Hawkins, from ditto, for Brighton ; Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., for his seat, Horton, Northamp tonshire Sir Henry Fane, Bart., from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Southampton; T. L. Yates, Esq., from ditto, for Hants ; Sir Bouchier and Lady Wrey, from Sym mons's Hotel, St. James's -street, for their seat, Tavistock, Devonshire ; the Earl of Belfast, from Arlington-street, for his seat, Ottershaw ; W. Robertson, Esq., from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton; M. M'Carthey, from the Green-park Hotel, Piccadilly, for Clare, Ireland ; C. Fisher, Esq., from the Albion Hotel, Cockspur-street, for Manches ter ; E. Burdekin, Esq., fro m di tto, f or di tto ; A rc hib a ld Gra ham, E sq ., from ditto, for Gl asgow ; T. B a lf our , E sq ., f rom ditto, from Weywouth ; Li eu t enant E rs ki ne , 33 d R eg i ment, from ditto for ditto ; Captain Dixie, R. N., from ditto for Crawley ; J. Normandie, E sq ., f rom M or l ey ' s Hote l , Trafal gar-square, to join Melton Hunt ; the Hon. H. Monkton, from ditto, for Chatham ; J. Barney, Esq., from ditto, for South ampton ; C. Burham, Esq., from ditto, for Lpnn ; F. Ples ton, Esq., from ditto, for ditt o ; R . P eter, Esq., and family, from diito, for Liverpool : Captain Austin, 51st Regiment, from ditto ; J. M. Wain, Esq., f rom di tto f or P h il a d e l ph i a ; Captain Lovewell , from ditto, for St. Albans ; Sir James and Mrs. Fellowes, from ditto, for Brighton ; the Marquis Cam den, from Arlington-street, for Bayham Abbey ; the Ea r l an d Countess of Erroll and family, from Richmond Park, for Brighton ; the Earl of Westmoreland and Lady Georgiana Fane, from the Bedford, for town ; Lord Arthur Hill, Earl Beauchamp, Mr. Hurst, M. P., and Mr. Blunt, from Brigh ton, for Worthing ; Sir George Beaumont, from Addington place, for the Continent ; Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, from the Earl of Wilton's, Heaton Park, for Eaton Hall, Cheshire ; Lady Mary Hussey, from hesham-place, Bel grave-square ; Hon. Major Keppell, from Hertford -street, for Holkham Hall, Norfolk ; the Earl and Countess Cowper, from Maddox-street, for Pansanger, Herts. Sir Richard Sutton and family have arrived at Lin coln, from their mansion in Norfolk. TIIE LATE EARL OF DERBY.—The celebrated villa called " the Oaks," at Banstead, Surrey, was the pro perty of the late Earl. It was erected by a society of gentle men called " the Hunter's Club." It was afterwards the pro perty of General Burgoyne, the author of " The Maid of the Oaks," a drama. The General built a dining room to the villa 42 feet by 21, with an arched roof elegantly finished. When the late Earl purchased it, he much improved and en larged the whole building, and his Lordship used to boast that he could accommodate his guests with more than fifty bed-chambers. Here Sheridan and other " choice spirits" used to meet his Lordship. LORD RECTOR FOR GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.— Preparations are making for a sharp electioneering campaign for this office. The liberals bring forward Earl Durham as their candidate. Judging from the strength of their party in the College, and from his Lordship's popularity, there can be little doubt of his success. We shall be happy to see the office filled by i Nobleman so distinguished as a practical reformer, and as an active business man, since there is great need of such a one in the Rectorial chair. Some older bands than usually interfere in elections of Rectors, have been straining every nerve to get a Tory chosen ; but we should think that there is too much spirit in the young constituency to receive a Con servative for their head. By all means let disunion be pre vented, and the triumph of liberal principles will be secured.— Scots Times. IMPORTANT INVENTION.AS the Mort, ir minghatn and Cheltenham coach was proceeding down Bromsgrove Hill a few days since, one of the wheel horses suddenly fell, and the reins were broken, when the coach would inevitably have been overturned, had it not been for the instantaneous application of the lately invented sfety drag, by one of the passengers, fop,, AR the direction of the coachman. We hope, for the sake of the preservation of human life and limb, that universal advantage may be taken of this clever in vention by the proprietors of public conveyances, Nttiftil aA 4 is in emergencies. We understand Yougue, • tSck, Of WOrPOlihr, Js tlift lr t genlety gentternan to wilomAe pu 131 :19: 1 $ indAtecl lor t p cPlitrlY4llCP2 fqr wlliffi l llloo 4;~53 salmi. a patent hav boon granted, intiopeaddiatt‘...• reward that lattends the (14—.-- toe pecuniary happiness of b • .....„overy,. the in ven t or w ill h ave th e eing classed with the benefactors 9f mankind,— Cheltenham Chroniclel SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. Tuesday Night. In our account sent from the course we omitted the betting on the last race ; it was 7 to 4 agst Robinson Crusoe ; 5 to 2 agst Bucephalia ; 5 to I agst Veronica; and 10 to 1 agst Lady Albert. All got off well except Lady Albert, who, after a few strides as whipper-in, dashed through the lot, mas tered the little fellow on her back, went right away, was never caught, and won in a canter by eight lengths. It was a race for second between Veronica and Ridotto ; but the others were either beaten off or pulled up on finding they had no chance of winning. The lad who rode the winner was Richard Perren, and did not draw more than sst. 21b. with his saddle ! The other races were well-contested, but were not of suffi cient interest to call for additional particulars. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE NURSERY STAKES (FRIDAY). Lord Egremont's Ethilda, Bst. 71b. Mr. Grant's Knobsticks, Bst. 61b. Mr. Sower by's Constanfia ' 7st. 121 b. Sir M. Wood's f. by Whisker—Dromedary's dam, 7st. 121 b. Duke of Rutland's Flame, 7st. 41b. Mr. Forth's c. by Lottery—Pimlico, 7st. 41b. Colonel Peel's Weathercock, 6st. 121 b. Lord Lichfield's Cajeput, 6st. 121 b. General Grosvenor's b. f. by Bizarre, 6st. 101 b. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; two yrs old, ist. 21b. ; threes, 9st. T.Y.C. 4 sub.. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs. if de manded, &c. Lord Chesterfield's f. by Pantaloon, 2 yrs ..........Nat 1 Mr. Thornhill's Hamm Scarum, 3 yrs Mr. Yates's Clarence, 2 yrs 3 Mr. Farrell's f. by Figaro, 3 yrs Won by half a length ; 6 to 4 agst Vexation, (taken), 6 to 4 agst Clarence, and 4 to 1 agst Harum Scarum. Match, 25 sovs. T. Y. C.—Mr. Thornhill's Ophelia (Robinson), beat Mr. Forth's Pagan by a length, Bst. 71b. each. 6 to 4on Pagan. Subscription Plate of 50 soya. ; two yrs old, 6st. 71b. ; three yrs, Bst. 101 b. T. Y. C. Colonel Peel's b.. f. by Partisan, 2 yrs Pike 1 Mr. Hunter's Sister to Forester, 2 yrs Also started : Amadou, 3 yrs, Trinket, 3 yrs, f.—Sketchbook's dam, 3 yrs, b. f. by Godolphin, 2 yrs, Orpheline filly, 2yrs, Vaulter, 2yrs, c. by Camel—Friar Tuck's dam, 2 yrs. Won by a length. 10 tb 1 agst Henrica, 4to 1 agst Sister to Forester, 5 to 2 agst Amadou, 7 to 1 agst Trinkt.t, 7 to 4 agst Orpheline f. Handicap Plate of 50 sous. for three - yrs old and upwards. A.F. Mr. W. Edwards's Llewellyn, 4 yrs Robinson 1 Lord Verulam's Little Cassino, 4 yrs Mr. Forth's Louisa, 3 yrs Lord Exeter's Cactus, 4 yrs Duke of Portland's Cactus, 4 yrs Won by a length ; 7 to 1 agst agst Llewellyn, 6 to 4 agst Cactus, 2 to 1 agst Cactus. Match, 200 sovs., h. ft. D.M.--Colonel Peel's Nonsense, Bst. 31b. (Pavis), beat Lord Chesterfield's Coiwick, Bst. 71b. Newmarket, Wednesday Night. MATCH ON THURSDAY. 7 to 4 on Preserve agst Cameline agst f. by Bustard. DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanus. 12 to 1 airst Lord Jersey's Silenus 20 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle colt (t a k en ) 25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Luminary, by Lamplighter (taken) 4 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's lot (taken) The following races have been made for to-morrow : Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. for three yrs old and upwards. D.I. Mr Gardnor's Messenger, 5 yrs, Bst. 11b. ; Chantilly and . Famine. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for twos and threes. T. Y. C. Herbelle, Pat, by St. Patrick, c. by Partisan—Flounce, and f. by Greyleg—Whale's dam. CALEDONIAN HUNT, Ocr. 2. A Whip, given by his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, added to a Stake of 25 sovs. each ; four yrs, 7st. 111 b. ; five, Bst. 81b. ; six, Bst. 131 b. ; aged, 9st. Four miles. Lord Kelburne's Sister to Retainer 1 Mr. Watson's Despot Mr. Ramsay's XXX Fifty Pounds, given by the Caledonian Hunt, added to a Stake of 10 sovs. each. Two miles, Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse, 3 yrs Duke of Cleveland's br. c. by Muley 2 Fifty Pounds given from the Racing Fund. Heats, mile and half. Sir J. Boswell's Miss Margaret Mr. Dawson's Brown Stout 0 2 Mr. D. Ross's Prince Mr. Hornby's System 0 0 Mr. Hobson'sDavid 2 dr Lord Kelburne's Jerry 0 dr General Sharpe's Myrrh& ... fell lame A Subscription Purse by the Inhabitants of Dumfries. Two miles. Mr. Douglas's Galloway Lass Mr. Halliday's Dunkeld - Mr. Grieve's Gazelle 2 3 3 Mr. Commin's Shepherdess dis Mr. Ewart's Miss Quotem bolted OCT. 24.--Fifty sovs. given by the Southern Meeting, added to a Stake of 5 goys. each. Two miles. . Sir J Boswell's General Chasse Walked over His Majesty's Plate of 105 sows., granted to the Cal.-eaonian Hunt for any horse. Four miles. Mr. Skipsey's Inheritor . 1 Duke of Cleveland's Mule: 31n1 och 2 Lord Elcho's Phillip „. 3 Mr. Ramsai'll Sr i .;;: ier 4 Lord EF,titon's Zillah Fifty sous. given by the Caledonian Hunt. O n e m il e . Th e win- __ . _...... .... ...... . Tier to be sold for 200 sous. if demanded, &c. Mr. Hobson's David Mr. Alexander's Little Go Lord Eglinton's Byzantium 0 1 odr Sir W. Scott's b. f. by Champignon 2 0 odr Mr. D. Ross's Morpeth Sir J. Boswell's The Barber Mr. Smellie's Cistercian Three others drawn Sweepstakes of 5 sots. each, p.p. Heats, once round and a distance Mr. Lyon na. Matilda Lord Eglinton's Lady Susan Mr. Walker's Pilot Match, 100 sot's. Two miles.—Sir J. Boswell's Masetta beat Lord Kelburne's br. f. by Jerry. Match, 100 soya. Two miles.—Mr. Montgomery's Galloway Lass beat Mr. Corrie's Mary Gray. Lord Yarborough has arrived at Brocklesby to pre pare for the hunting season. NOCTON HOUSE.—The Earl of Ripon, who is now on a visit to the Dean of Windsor, has decided to erect his new mansion on the site of the old one. The new struc ture is to be in the Elizabethan style of architecture.—Boston Herald. The Marquis of *Wellesley has transmitted to John Browne, Esq., M.P., the liberal donation of 501. for the relief of families in Erris, in this county, who have lately suffered from cholera. He has directed that none of this should be expended in defraying the expense incurred, but in assisting those whose families have actually suffered. Mr. Browne has forwarded it for distribution to Captain Nugent, Rev. Mr. Lyons, and Mr. Meredith.--Mayo Constitution. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM HICKS, BART.--This worthy and respected Baronet died on Thursda}• morning last, the 23d instant, at his seat, Witcomb Park, near this town, in the 83d year of his age. In our last Chronicle, anticipating this painful event, we published an account of the character and public services of the deceased Baronet ; and have only now to add that this county has not for many years mourned the lass of a better landlord, a more upright magistrate, or a more benevolent friend to the poor. Sir William was born October 21, 1752, and succeeded to the title, as seventh Baro net, on the death of his father in 1801. The title now de scends to the desceased Baronet's grandnephew, Michael Hicks Hicks Beach, Esq., of Williamstrip Park, eldest son of Michael Hicks Beach, Esq., Sir William's only brother.—Cheltenham Chronicle. EMIGRATION.—The ship Rookery sailed on Sa turday last for Jamaica with 65 emigrant passengers, and on the same day the ship Alfred cleared for New York, with 75 voluntary exiles: On the following day the Henry sailed for the same port with 134 emigrant passengers on board.—Li verpool Standard. PRICE OF CORN.—There is a very general im pression that ere long there will be a rise in the price of both wheat and barley. The quantity of wheat sold in the London and country markets leads to the belief that the farmers have thrashed out more rapidly than usual, and consequently that a very large portion of the last crop is already in the hands of millers and corn-dealers.—Bristol Journal. Yesterday the Recorder made a report to his Ma jesty of the prisoners in Newgate capitally convicted at the last Sessions, viz.---Benjamin Thinley, 19, for burglary; Ben jamin Underwood (alias Nicholson), 18, Henry Sullivan, 23, and James Anderson, 23, for highway robbery ; Robert Nichols, 28, for stealing a letter from the post-office ; and George Bell, 30, for cutting and maiming; all of whom his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite during his royal pleasure. VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP CHANTI CLRER.—The voyage of this ship, commanded by CaV a i n Foster, whose valuable experiments in the Polar Re- of his Majesty 'while serving with Sir Edward Parry, attracted tb notice 'undertaken by order Majesty when Lord High Admiral,. wa., of Government, with the view of setting at rest some impor tant geographical problems. the result of the enterprise was of the utmost consegrlnce, and its details, as given in the narrative about to be published, are as interesting in adven ture, in sketches of various countries and their inhabitants, and in particulars oennected with the natural history of distant lands and seas, as any which can be found in the kindred voyages of discovery of Cook, Parry, Beechy, or other cele brated navigators. ABERDEEN.—The foundation of a new church, at Gallowgatehead, was laid on Friday week, in presence of the minister and tho members of the Kirk Session, and of the 'Church Association of Greyfriars parish. It will contain, when completed, 1,100 persons, and is to be immediately fitted up for 600, to which extent, from the large unprovided popu lation of the district, Chore is little doubt of its being occupied as soon its tiro AeNnamodation is prepared. The Itev. Ambrose Lane, lat,t y a Qastlecolm, was I'd''' . one of the Curates so ex aacfuerwacdyanyesasrinNelea,naenhdester in A - I" 7 1 ,1 e incumbe v n e t d di t e o d ..emely attached were the parishionersthteoy unanimously Mr.Lane(thoughso short a time amongst them), that peti tioned their Bishop to appoint him to the vacant living, worth worth about 6001. His Lordship was pleased to comply with their request.—Dublin Evening Mail. THE EAGLES 0' LOCH AVEN. ( From the Noctes Ambrosirinw, No. 68, in Blackwood's Magazine for November.) SHEPHERD—Oh, Sir ! but you've a profound knowledge o' human natur ! Latin' at ane's.ease, ane's imagination can flee up into the empyreanlike an eagle soaring up the lift wi' a lamb in his talons, and then fauldin' up his wings, far abune the shot o' the fowler, on the iaprnost o' a range o' cliffs, leisurely devourin't, while ever and anon, atween the rugs, he glances his yellow black-circled een far and wide owre the mountainous region, and afore and after every moothful, whattin' his beak wi' his claws, yells to the echoes that afar aff return a faint but a fierce reply. TICKLER—Does he spit out feathers and fur ? SHEPHERD—He spits out naething—devourin' bird and beast stoup and roup, bones, entrails, and a', and leavin' after his repast but a wheen wee pickles o' bluidy down, soon dried by the sun, or washed away by the rain, the only evidence there had been a murder. NORTH—The eagle is not a glutton. SHEPHERD—Wha said he was a glutton ? NORTH—Living constantly in the open air— SHEPHERD—And in a high latitude. - NORTH—Yes, James—for hours every day in his life, sailing in circles some thousand feet above the sea. SHEPHERD—In circles, noo narrowin', and noo widenin' wi' sweepy waftage, that seems to carry its ain round among its wing—noo speerally wundin' up the air staircase that has nae need o' steps, till you could swear he was soarin' awa' to the sun—and noo divin' doon earthwards, as if the sun had shot him, and he was to be dashed on the stanes intil a blash o' bluid ; but, in the pride o' his pastime, and the fierceness o' his glee, had been that self-willed headlP:ng descent frae the bosom o' the blue lift, to within fifty fathom o' the croon of the greenwood—for suddenly slar,tin' awa across the chasm through the mist o' the great cataract, he has already voyaged a league o' black heather, and, cell' another arc o' the meridian, taks majestic possession of new domain in the sky. TICKLER—No wonder be is sharp set. SHEPHERD—I was ante in an eagle's nest. TICKLER—When a child ? SHEPHERD—A man—and no sae very P young ane. I was let down de fac• o' the red rocks o' Loch Aven, that affront Cairngorum, about a qua/ 4 :er o' a mile perpendicu lar, by a hair rape, and after swingin' like a pendulum for some minutes back an` l , forret afore the edge o' the plat form, I succeeded -; :n establishin' mysel in the eyrie. TICKLER" - - . What a fright the poor eaglets must have got! SHE l . ) ."itEaD—You ken naething about eaglets. Wi' them fear and anger's a' ane—and the first thing they do, when taken by surprise amang their native sticks by man or beast, is to fa' back on their backs, and strike up wi' their talons, and glare wi' their een, and snap wi' their beaks, and yell like a couple o' hell -cats. Providentially their feathe , : s werena fu' grown, or they wou'd hae flown in my l'acf, and driven me ower the cliff. TICKLER—Were you not armed ? SHEPHERD—What a slaughter-house What a ceme tery ! Hale hares, and h a l ves o' hares, o' hares and lugs o ' hares, a' confus e d, and fuds o' hares, and tatters o ' wi' the flesh and feathers o' /11 11i rkol and wild d yeuc k s, and ither kinds o' ggemm, fresh ar.d rotten, undevoor'd and di gested animal inaitter, mixed in blue-mooldy or bloody -red masses—emittin' a strange charnel-hoose, and yet lardner smell—thickenire the air o' the eyrie —for though a blast cam sughin' by at times, it never was able to carry awa' ony o' the stench, which I was obliged to breathe, till I grew sick., and feared I was gaun to swarf, and fa' into the loch tl:;at I saw, but couldna hear, far doon below in anither warld. TICKLER—No pocket-pistol SHEPHERD—The Glenlivet was ma salvation. I took a richt gude wullie-waught—the mistiness afore my een cleared awa'—the waterfa' in my lugs dried up—th e soom i n ' i n my head subsided—my stama c h gied owre bockin'—and takin' my seat on a settee, I began to inspect the premises wi' mair preceesion, - to mak a verbal inventory o' the furnitur, and to study the appearance or character o' the twa guests that still continued lying back on their backs, and regardin' me wi' a malignity that was fearsome, but noo baith mute as death. NORTH—They had made up their minds to be murdered. SHEPHERD—I suspect it was the ither way. A' on a sudden doon comes a sugh frae the sky—and as if borne each on a whurlwun( l .—th e yell and the glare o' the twa auld birds! A mortal man daurin' to invade their nest ! And they 'lashed at me as if they would hae dung me intil the ':bek—for my back was at the wa'—and I was haudin on wi' my hauns—and aff wi' my feet frae the edge o' the ledge —and at every buffet I, like an insect, clang closer to the cliff. Dazed wi' that incessant passing to and fro o' plumes, and pennons, and beaks, and talons, rushin' and rustlin' and yellin', I shut my een, and gied mysel up for lost ; when a' at ante a thocht struck me that I woud cowp the twa imps owre the brink, and that the parent birds woud dive doon after them to the bottom o' the abyss. TICKLER—What presence of mind ! NORTH—Genius ! SHEPHERD—I flang mysell on them—and I hear them yet in the gullerals. They were eatin' intil my inside ; and startin' up wi' a' their beaks and a' their talons inserted, I flang aff my coat and wastcoat, and them stickin' til't, owre the precipice ! TICKLER —Whew ! SHEPHERD—Ay —ye may weel cry whew ! Dreadfu' was the yellin', for ae glaffand ae glint ; far doon it deaden'd ; and then I heard nocht. After a while I had courage to lay mysell doon on my belly, and look owre the brink—and I saw the twa auld eagles wheelin' and skimmin', and dashill' amang the white breakers o' the black loch, madly seekin' to save the drowin' demons, but their talons were sae en tangled in the tartan, that after floatin' awhile wi' flappin' wings in vain, they gied owre strugglin', and the wreck drifted towards the shore wi' their dead bodies. TICKLER—PI ay, may I ask, my dear Shepherd, how you returned to the top. SHEPHERD—There cam the rub, sirs. My freens abune, seeing my claes wi' the eaglets flaffing, awa doon the abyss, never dooted that I was in them—and they set up sic a shriek ! Awa roon they set to turn the right flank p' the precipice by the level o' the Aven that rins out sae yellow frae the dark-green loch, because o' the colour o' the blue slates that lie shivered in heaps o' strata in that lovely soli tude—hardly hopin' to be able to yield me ony assistance, in case they sould observe me attemptin' to soom ashore— nor yet to recover the body gin I was droon'd. Silly cretars! there was I for hours on the platform, while they were waitin' for my corp to come ashore. At last, ashore cam what they supposed to be my corp, and stickin' tilt the twa dead eaglets, and dashin', doon upon't, even when it had reached the shingle the twa savage screamers wi' een liehtenin' ! TICKLER—We can conjecture their disappointment, James, on findin' that there was no corpse. SHEPHERD—I shooted—but nature's self seemed deaf— I waved my bannet—but nature's self seemed blin'. There stool the great deaf, blin', stupid mountains—and a' that I coud hear was ante a laugh echolike lauchter frae the airr n heart o' Cairngorum. TICKLER—At last they recognised the Mountair. Bard SHEPHERD—And awa' they set again to the tap to pa' me up ! but the fules in their fricht had let the rape drap, and never thocht o' lookin' for't when they were below. By . this time it was wearin' late, an d thfc huge shadow s were stalkin' in for the nicht. The twa auld eagles cam back, but sac changed, 1 could na help pityin' them, for they had seen the feathers o' them they loo'd sae weel wrapt up, a' drookit wi' death, in men's plaids—and as they keep't in' slowly and disc , :msolately before the eyrie in which there was naebody s'!tin' but me, they werena like the same birds, NoPTP—No bird has stronger feeling than the eagle, SHEPHERD—That's truth. They lay but twa eggs, NORTH—You are wrong there, James. SHEPHERD—Twa young ones, then, is the average, for gin they lay mair eggs, axle's aften rotten, and I'm mista'en if ae eagle's no nearer the usual numme':. than fowre for an eyrey to send forth to the sky. Tken they marry for life— and their annual families bela' sma', they concentrate on a single sinner or twa, or t l ):ree at the maist, a' the passion a' their instinct, and sarag e though they be, they fauld their twhiedecluiff, a ings s oure 'ale d own i n th e i r " procreant cra d le " op tenderly as turtle-doves on theirs, within t!„ 0 shadow o' the tree. For beautiful is the gracious or? er "P.!,,ur, sirs, and we maunna think that the mystr, y _. hasnaits ain virtues in the den o ' th e wild bP...ast and the nest o the bird o' prey. TICKLER—And did not remorse srdiite you, James, for the murder of those eaglets ? o' life SHEPHERD—Aften and . salt.; What business had Ito be let doon by a' hair rape ;ntil their birth-place ? And, alas! how was I to be gotten up agin—for nae hair rape cam' danglin' atweer, me and the darkenin' weather-gleam. I began to doot the efficacy of a death-bed repentance, as I tried to tak' account o' my sins a' risin' up in sair confusion —some that I had clean forgotten, they had been committed sae far back in youth, and never suspected at the time to be sins ava' but noo seemin' black, and no easy to be for givon—though boundless be the mercy that sits in the skies. But thank Heaven, there was an end—for a while at least —o' remorse and repentance—and room in my heart only for gratitude—for, as if let doon by hands o' angels, there again dangled the hair-rape we a noose-seat at the curl o't, safer than a wicker-chair. I stept in as fearless as Lltnardi, aneath my hurdi es , i nterlaked wi' a net andwals wi' my hauns aboon my head g l ue d to the teth.er—and my atul a' knots, I felt my se ll aseendin' and ascendin' the sd,ietl loops andl heard the voice s o' tbtrn hoistin'. Launded lk:vtia o'r, at the tap, you may be sure 1 fell doon on my knees—and while my heart was beginnia' to beat and loup again, quaked a prayer, NORTH—Thank ye, James ; I have heard you tell the tale better end not so well, but never before at a Noctes.