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LITERATURE, vila TO THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND. Jr OBORGE AND PETRI! ,INDBBSON. Murray, 1834. The title of this volume by no means does justice to i ts content s . Guide-books, in general, are little more than, imperfect gleanings from county histories, mixed - up with recommendatory puffs of bad inns, ' eul o • gies of the little great men of the neighbourhood, Of*h • om no one knows, or wishes to know, anything, an d laboured descriptions of barrenness in the very worst possible language. Such a name, therefore, exc ites no very favourable'jexpectations ; but in deft knee of so inauspicious an augury, this work is one of Ilia ordi nary merit and presents a mass of valuable know edge) the result, in a great measure, of actual ob servation. The tourist, who carries this book with i nn], will need no other guide through the remotest wild s of the Highlands, and, what cannot be said of /flan Y cicerone s , he will possess in it an agree :,l)le companion. alternately playful and scien -6 , with e ' amusin g and instructive ; now narrating spirit' the romantic legends of olden t ittles, or dwelling with a poetic fancy on the sublime scenery) and now measuring roads and distances, lee og geology, or explaining the secrets of the 'a ieottsb Fl ora . Some alowances—perhaps large al 4Av an ces•—are to lie made for the noble, warm-hearted enthusiasts o f a S cotchman, when descr ibi ng hi s na tive la nd ; but after eveiy exercise of a cautious judg er:t in stripping off the colours of fancy, it will yet be found that the Highlands present as magnificent eenc rY, and as many o bj ects o f d eep i nteres t, as th e trio re betravelled .parts.of Europe. It is true they cann ot pretend to the clear warm skies of Southern °ll44 ies, yet the mist a nd the storm have their pecu tdiiiar c h ar ms no less th an the b r i g ht sunshine of Italy ; t he subli mer f eatures o f nature a b oun d i n t h e i r wildsf and m ounta i ns, and when the summer v i s i ts t h e tile v allies and the lakes, dotted with picturesque harts, an d embosomed in green hills, the beautiful will Ybe de n i e d to t h em. A Hi g hl an d tour wou ld, m ost cases; b e muc h more to t h e trave ll er ' s advantage tha n the visit which fashion has prescribed to Rome or p • be 'ari l , In the keen breeze of the mountains he w: much more likely to find health than in the stifling the of the Fre nc h sa l ons ; an d a d m i ra bl e as m ay be - " e Work s of art in the Roman capital, that from their o ult itude fi rst d azzle and then satiate, they w i ll never t h I ' l6 exalt the mind or purify the imagination as e Sublime and beautiful of Nature. Nor is there any a nt of th ose many modern appl i ances w hi c h h ave ma de .travelling a matter of recreation even to the e valid; exc e ll ent roa d s, with abundant means of con boYanee, and rivers and canals navigated by steam tn:Lts, offe r the ready means of access, and at a cheap into the very heart . of Scotland. If, moreover, i . e tourist should entertain any Epicurean fears as to phr cr eature- com f orts , to borrow the Cromwellian : a se, he may di sm i ss th em a t once with perfect t a ': t Y' He will fi n d pl en ty o f su b s t an tial fare, though 1:1-1,Inneh refinement or elegance,—abundance of eggs, P onit and whi s k ey, —no lack of black-faced mutton an d ex „ r Y , with t h e a ddi t i on o f sa l mon, an d var i ous ot h er 6 -cell ent fish on the sea-coasts, while there i s scarce l y a ru that does not afford trout. All these luxuries o t a ea Y g e nerally b e o b ta i ne d t h roug h ou t S co tl an d a t a whi ch er r ate tha n in France, and even at Inverness, " s ma Y be call e d the capital of the Highlands, Sd t ekee Ping is rem ar kably moderate ; mutton sells at th e 4 d. per impe r i a l pound—beef at 4d. to 5d., th . same —herrin gs , ten to fifty, for 6d.—a pair of t , Bd. to I s . 6d . geese an d tur k eys at 2 s . 6d. g a r . 6de each—whiskey at 7s. to 95., the imperial tu l k "--- verY good, s t rong a l e , a t 17 s . or 18 s . a n r e -I. ' which will run five dozen of bottles. House fifltlts ar e in the same proportion, averaging from ten to f j n „ Y P°tlnds per annum, and in the neighbourhood too let ver ne ss, there are generally some country houses fi n d o ll , it h garden-grounds, office-houses, grass-parks, inzi Eller accommodations. .The air, too, is exceed -YPure and healthy, so much so that we have known in exceed ed the Ptive patients sent there, who have recovered t o th Course of a single twelvemonth, in opposition o fy r e doct r i ne , w h ic h recommen d s t h e warmer c li mate of untpelier and Nice. If, however, the tourist be oni a * h ardier f rame an d more enterpr i z i ng spirit, he has b e Y to attempt the Grampians, nor does there seem to muc h occasion to deviate from the beaten track, and 114 : i ll find enough to put his mettle to the proof,— wiled'etually, indeed, as if he had wandered into the wild s y, Calabria. Par exemple-- tri al , °lie of these routes should be attempted by the p.edes hts with„ t a guide, and each of them will require, in the two can the greater part of a long summer day. The first fro be undertaken, either from Castletown,. in Brae ideSr irem Aviemore, in Strathspey, at both of which places pist b A n t i tly be hired ; and the third route, in . like manner, " 10 , 4 Y t ( C D !'egtin either from Blair Athol, terminating the same ,ot it inns taettedcw s in Badenoch ; or this order may be reversed. th e 1 sh- aid be distinctly borne in mind, that when once at either end of these journeys . are found ot : a single hut or place of shelter is to rob s l l th the hills, and that none but persons in , - teti s s .,:altu an • tempestuousccutomed to stalking should try these ' p unt h lB ' In weather they should no ac- N o , i t att f empted by any one. The length of each is at least e r rl tlisnd . ?rtY miles -and as the visitor must start from . o . ne ° sr ,' lind• ri eeP next night at the other, without the possibility s' a ° ,, s .. e icartl3' intermediate place o . f refreshment, we would rssibl e rYing provisions with him, and loitering as shortly . Y the Way. -41 ' A • I ling the first rote we cross the Spey at Inverdruie, vi vv etn it °re, and pro u ceed eastwar . d through Glenmore, 0 1 Its 0 ,, uont being picturesque, is a magnificent high and .‘„%utolte,Pen basin -like form rising at once up the ig I.l'4llfool'illltsen.ntains which Lrround it from_ its, Everywhere extent,. 0 1a1Pcit o "Me grandeur of character. Every here is seen nours..tive simple grandeur of various ages , promising, vtey when centuries 111 411 the t u iT t : CI away, to.reos_tothree anciento the 11 its former ho forest which arrests ore „att erw , the wreck rho t han a w and which renders Glenmore a melancholy—. t liej, M elancholy —a terrific spectacle. Trees of enor ke"'Pe t .rt , which have escaped . alike the axe and the their" standing, stripped by the winds even of their I) e , v Whi te gigantic skeletons, throwing to far and wide lift ti e le tt.; Nh ii 'l e u et b,leach e d bones to the vio s storms and rains of sistetieelrasplit and b f e ra rs c , tu b r r e o d k t e r n un b k y s lence of the gales, a thousand shapes of re toncos bi d of destruction, or still display some knotted and gefi an -at'elies, stretched out in sturdy and fantastic forms iot a fiance f ee to th e 1 11 0 v a t i ° e ' v tleath whirlwind and the winter.. It is one wide t.riertts that oifhteahsesiigffahtlhte angel of destruction had passed over . ciitteregPand witherinieneven sfolrestt of a f i e t l h led tree is painful ; still all its green branches ; and at rest, where once they thnthis 'dew ana'the en su'n and trembled in the . . breeze. ih - tl l 4l :Pressi o ti : a a n ss tul es a i ge of vegetable death : it is familiar, and , lip eakin I nk the ogfig 4E c sy h . olte l s t oisfththeenafterdesstksetlieltlonesrebclte,acthhe '4ed, record s en or _ o .lgor ous T he eirnei..hou o s L e r7Eli t f l)t e, ,ag an h d icho fstrength still unsub- Glenmore one we .renders th ose I ghlands a b ound more than most countr i es to tradition which, though they leave us cau se s, and re . u regret that the good old times of " r ugging little 'yule have passed away, are . yet not a i nod e P° l . t ent in waking up the torpid fancy of "nIP-41.1 life, Of thes e the Guide has a fair portion, loareireafiddyelifat.ymiliar, and others again, to all appear rledof itielently collected from oral information, but all and spirit. For the most part, they a d a 1 _ r r( and iQu al 1 gloomy colour, redeemed only by 11 " a ge b • g eam m of light, the fiercer passions of the sit ei lls at times rest4:4Yls_oand a contrastedattaehm e N n v t it , h wh tr i a c i i t l s , f o ro f looks like crim e . The l" I st ney after Part of the work is devoted to the Ork that '3hetland Islands, and is replete with matter follo has. s"' ll the intereA of fiction. How would the a nd wi4 g il a -- heightr escape f rom s hi pwreck have spread . 0 int a tal e o f t h e deepest interest, had it ever been touched by the wand of the Northern enchanter? CO "In the storm which arose on Wednesday, the Ath of March, 1834, the Star, of Dundee, a schooner of 78 tons, was seen, along with others, standing-in on the lee shore,. which, it was evident, she could not weather, and, as she came directly towards the Black Craig, three miles west of Strom ness, the spectators ran to the precipice with ropes, to render assistance. The violence of the storm, and the shortness of the time, prevented the crew from benefiting by the good in tentions of the people on land ; for the first wave that bore properly upon her dashed her so powerfully on the rocks, that she was instantly converted into countless fragments, which the water washed up into a cave at the bottom of the overhanging cliff, or strewed along the beach, and the spectators retired from the awful scene without the gratification of having saved even one fellow creature. During the remainder of the week nothing of consequence was saved, and no vestige of any of the crew was seen. On the morning of the following Sun day, however, to the ineffable astonishment of all, and the terror of the first beholders, one of the crew, who could scarcely be believed to be a human being, pre.. sented himself at the top of the precipice, saved by a miracle. It appeared that he was washed up into the cave which we have mentioned, along with a con siderable portion of the wreck, which afterwards remained at the mouth, checking the violence of the waves, so that they did not again penetrate so far as to carry away some red her rings which had been washed in along with the seaman, and which served him for food. By means of an oil tin can he collected fresh water in drops, as it trickled down the rock. Two pillows were also washed in for his comfort, pne of which he made his bed, and the feathers of the other he stuffed into his boots for warmth. He did not complain of cold ' • for the sea, which at high tide nearly immolated him alive by throw ing in huge stones and blocking him up in his den, gave him sufficient employmcnt at low tide to restore things to order before the next attack. The principal inconvenience which ,he suffered, was from a sense of suffocation, when the waves darkened his abode by filling up its mouth, and condensing the air within, so as to give the sensation of extreme heat when the wave was in, and of cold when it retired. The ban's name was Charles John Son, cook and steward of the vessel, who, after recruiting himself by a short stay at Stromness, was enabled, through the kindness of the rich inhabitants, to re urn home in comfort to his friends."--( Page 664.) Who after this will say that the romance of life is over ? And yet—horribile dictu f—the schoolmaster, that goblin of Toryism, has found his way, birch in hand, even into these remote islands, and has used it to some purpose, too .; for it appears that education is more diffused amongst the Orkneymen and Shetlanders than it is in many parts of England—Lancashire, for instance, where the inhabitants are not many degrees better than the Kentuckians, even supposing the latter to be as bad as they are guessed to be by Mrs. Trol lope. Yet, notwithstanding this intellectual advance, the 'men of Shetland and the Orkneys actually follow their humble and laborious occupations, probably more contented, and certainly not less so, than their southern neighbours, who have all the blessings of ignorance in full abundance, whatever these blessings may happen to be. With them, " all the present generation can read, most:of them can write, and arithmetic is com monly taught." As the sagacious Pompey has it, " here be facts !" and upon these facts we leave the friends of night and darkness to ruminate at their leisure. MERITS OF WHIGS AND TORIES. STATIONERY AND PRINTING. We gather the following conclusions from a statement of the several arrangements made by the Treasury in 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834, in regard to the charges made by the King's Stationer in Ireland, the King's Printer in England, the Printers for the two Houses of Parliament, and by the King's Printers and King's Stationers for Scotland ; and in regard also to the expense of printing at the Printing Press of the Excise Office. By a negotiation with Sir A. B. King, the King's stationer in. Ireland, he surrendered his patent for the supply of sta tionery and binding for the public departments in Ireland, which, by a Treasury minute, dated 23d March, 1830, was placed under the controul of the Stationery Office,. London. Annual average saving 14,7751. On report of Lord Nugent and Mr. Vernon Smith, dated Feb. 31, supply of paper for Parliamentary printing placed under the controul of the Stationery Office, to be supplied by contract. Actual saving in two years 32,0001. On the same report, 20 and 25 per cent. were saved on the Parliamentary printing charges of Messrs. Nicholls and Messrs. Hansard. By the same report it appeared that the charges made by King's printer for Acts of Parliament promulgated under the resolutions of the two Houses of Parliament were— Per sheet folio 2d. For ditto per sheet quarto 4 For private and local acts per sheet The - public acts in folio, sold to the public offices by re tail, were also charged per sheet at And those sold to the public at large, at per sheet 3 Which charges were reduced as under : For acts of parliament promulgated in folio, per sheet O 3/ For ditto ditto, in quarto, per sheet ll For local and private acts, per sheet 24 For acts supplied at the public offices, per sheet 1 For act supplied to the public at large, per sheet The Acts of Parliament promulgated in 1832, and charged at the old prices in the King's printer's account of that year, consisted of 1,088,141 sheets, and the amount charged was 12,2951. 17s. Id. The Acts promulgated in 1833, and charged at the above scale of reduced prices, consisted of 1,100,877 sheets, and the amount charged is only 6,3351. 7s. led., showing that this arrangement alone has produced an annual saving of 5,9601. 9s. 1 lid., notwithstanding an increase of upwards of 12,000 sheets in the numbers printed and promulgated. And by the same regulation the public departments of Go vernment, as well as the public at large, have procured the advantage of purchasing all Acts of Parliament, of whatever dates, at one-half of the former prices. By a negociation with the King's printer and King's sta tioner in Scotland, for the surrender of those portions of their patent which conferred upon them the privilege of supplying the public departments in that country with Acts of Parlia ment, stationery, printing, and binding, the supply of the ar ticles hitherto furnished under patent was transferred from the Ist of January last to the Stationary -office in London. It appeared by the accounts of these departments, that the annual amount of the supplies under the patentees had been 10,500/. ; but the vote for this head of service in the stationery estimates of the present Session was only 4,5001., and from the quantities already issued for the service of the current year, there is little doubt that this vote will cover all charges, and that a saving will be effected on the amount of the sup plies required for Scotland of about 6,0001. a year, by this ar rangement with the King's printer of that country. In June, 1832, the Lords of the Treasury took into con sideration the circumstances connected with the printing office at the Excise Office, and the Commissioners of Excise having reported that the establishment of printing-presses immediately under their own controul had been attended with great advantages as well as economy, and that they con sidered their continuance essential to the safety of their revenue, directed an examination into the condition of that establishment with a view to ascertain whether the printing work of other departments, convenient in point of loca lity, viz., of the Customs, Post-office, Ordnance-office at the Tower, might not with advantage be transferred to it. And their Lordships having ascertained that it could be made effi cient for the performance of the additional work in contem plation, with a comparatively small additional expenditure, and that the capital already expended upon it would become by that means more productive, directed preparations to be made, so that the transfer in question might take place on the Ist of October next, and such preparations are making accordingly. Various regulations have at different times been issued by the Treasury, and more frequently and strongly within the period comprehended in this statement, for the purpose of stopping the practice which had prevailed to a considerable extent of purchasing articles of stationery, printing and binding for the use of several of the public departments at home, as well as in Ireland and the colonies, from private retail tradesmen, who, it was well known, charged for those articles double the price at which they could be procured through the Stationery-office. There is reason to believe that this practice has now en- tirely ceased, and although it is impossible to specify ,the effect of its abolition in point of economy, yet a comparison of the charges of the retail stationers so employed, with those of the Stationery Office, many of which have been laid before Parliament, as well as before the Treasury, will show that this regulation is not the last important of those which have recently been made in this branch of the public expenditure. It has also in several recent eases been directed by the Treasury that " Papers presented to Parliament by command of his Majesty," should be printed for that purpose under the superintendance of the Stationery Office, and various papers presented to Parliament in the present Session, as the papers on the slave trade from the Foreign Office, the statistical tables of the Board of Trade, Dr. Bowring's reports on fo reign trade, and the several reports of the Commission of Excise Inquiry, have been printed in this way, and at a price less by 25 per cent. than the prices which would have been charged by the parliamentary printers, even at their reduced rates. It is, however, only fair to these gentlemen to add, that reports of this description, which partake more of the nature of a continuous work than the great mass 'of parlia mentary papers, and are not required to be performed with the same expedition, can be completed at a less cost to the printer. DERBY CHEESE MARKET, AUG. 26. There was a very fair show to-day of the several qualities of cheese produced from the dairies of this county. We understand that a considerable quantity had been brought into the ware houses previously, the factors having made liberal offers. This induced the farmers to ask high prices in the morning, but the factors were not eager to purchase, and sales were in consequence heavy ; lower terms were submitted to in the after part of the day by those who were anxious to sell. Co loured cheese obtained the preference—general prices for plain, 50s. to 525. • for coloured, 525. to 555. We h ear d of a fine dairy being disposed of at 575. We hear that it is not a general opinion that these prices will rule the fair. --Derby Reporter. Alt, Lord Auckland left town yesterday for Portsmouth, on an official tour as First Lord of the Admiralty. Sir George Grey, M.P., attended yesterday at the Colo nial-office, and transacted official business for the first time since his appointment as Under- Secretary of State for that department, in the room of Mr. John Lefevre. The Earl of Mulgrave has left town for 14Iulgrave Castle, Yorkshire. His Lordship had an interview with Mr. Secre tary Rice at the Colonial-office on Wednesday. • M. Dedel, the Dutch Special Minister, transacted business on Wednesday at the office of the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs. Earl Grey's furniture is being removed from Dovvning-street to his Lordship's, residence in Berkeley-square. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. BAN AND THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29,. 1834 SIR D. K. SANDFORD.—We learn with sincere pleasure that Sir D. K. Sandford is at length gradually re eovering from his severe indisposition. The quiet and the fine air of Bute have produced a favourable effect upon his health ; and on the 21st inst. he thus writes to a friend:--" Thank God 1 my strength is now considei ably restored, and I have every hope that, by continued care, I shall recover all the physical vigour I was ever possessed of."--.Glasgow Courier. "We are glad to see," says the Spectator. ". a third edition of England and the English ;' for it cannot be but amongst the thousands who have read that exciting work, very many have had a fresh impulse given to their minds, or a new direction to their thoughts, upon matters connected with our own country, most interesting at the present time. In a pre fix to this new edition, Mr. Bulwer takes a rapid, but com prehensive, view of the changes and events of the last year : it is popular in sentiment, vivid in description, fertile in illus tration, and pointed in expression." AGRICULTURA L SCHOOL s.—The trustees ap pointed by the Irish Relief Committee of 1822, for the pur pose of establishing agricultural schools in Ireland, having obtained the lease of a quantity of land for a model farm, have erected suitable buildings thereon, in the province of Con naught. It is proposed in the first instance to receive forty pupils, thirty males and ten females, who will be boarded and lodged in separate divisions of the institution. The site of the school is near the centre of the province, at Hollymount, county Mayo.—Stewares Dispatch. THE WOOL TRADE.—Sorne sensation was pro duced among the mercantile interest in the City yesterday, by the announcement of an extensive failure hi the woollen trade. The firm is that of Hicks, Brothers, near Stroud, which has been established upwards of forty years. A meeting of the creditors in London was held yesterday afternoon in the City, at which arrangements were made for an investigation of the Concerns of the parties. The total liabilities are stated at about 80,0001. to 85,0001. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S MODERN VANDALS.--TWO paintings, by M. Serrur, which appeared at the late Paris Ex hibition, were destined by the Government to adorn Lille, the native city of the young artist. On their arrival, however, at the gates of the town they became victims of the careless and violent manner in which the officers of the 'entrance duties per form their office. Notwithstanding the nature of the contents • The Bank of Ireland has now fifteen branches of that esta blishment in the fourprovintes, viz. 'ln Ulster—at Belfast, Londonderry, Newry, and Armagh. In Leinster—at Drog heda, Carlow, Wexford, and Longford. ln Munst er — a t Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Clonmel; and in Connaught —at Galway, Sligo, and Westport. The Provincial Bank of Ireland has fourteen branches in Ulster alone, viz. Londonderry, Coleraine, Ballymoney, Bel fast, Armagh, Banbridge, Downpatrick, Monaghan, Dun gannon, Omagh, Enniskillen, Cavan, and Strabane—and they propose establishing seven more, viz. Carrickfergus, Lisburne, Newry, Ballyshannon, Donegal, Cookstown, and Lurgan. The Provincial Bank has established four branches at Birr, Athlone, Kilkenny, and Wexford ; and they are about to esta blish two more, viz., New Ross and Enniscorthy. In Con naught four, viz., at Sligo, Ballina, Ballinasloe, Galway ; and are about to establish five more; viz., at Castlebar, Roscom mon, Carrick-on-Shannon, Tuam, and Loughrea. In Mun ster, the Provincial Bank has branches at Cork, Waterford, Youghal, Tralee, Clonmel, and Limerick, and are about to_ extend their establishments to Dungarvan, Cove, Fermoy, Charleville, Tipperary, Cashel, Nenagh, Roscrea, Thurles, Bandon, Clonakilty, Killarney, and Ennis.—Frecinart'sJourna/. At Stockholm, an opera, entitled Ryno, is at this moment being performed, the greater part of the music of which was composed by the Prince Royal of Sweden. It is said that policies .of insurance to the amount of 186,0001. were effected on the life of the late Lord Glent worth, eldest son and heir of the Earl of Limerick. Fontanelle, at an advanced,aa p e, was the on ly man, perhaps, who said—" If I was to begin my career again, would do as I have done through life." IMPORTANT.—WeIIs dug on the sea shore, above the high water mark, to the depth of the low water nark, fill with fresh water as the tide ascends. THE CHURCH SINCE THE UNlON.—Since the Union above 600 churches, 600 glebe-houses, and above 1,000 working clergymen, have been added to the Establishment in Ireland.—Steward's Dublin Dispatch. The Richmond Theatre opened for the season on Monday last, under the direction of Mr. Lee. The play chosen for the occasion was Virginius, in which Mr. Macready dis played his unrivalled talents, and was welcomed with enthu siastic applause. STOCK EXCHANGE SPECULATION.--M. Bou cherot and M. Thieaudieu, two gentlemen well known upon the Parisian Bourse, shot themselves on Sunday morning last, at their respective resid ences i n P ar i s , i n consequence or -losses incurred by the,great fall in the Funds on the preceding day. Four deaths of cholera have occurred at the Pottery near Kensington, during the past week, and one of typhus fever. The medical men would do well to look to and report to the parish authorities the nuisances which pollute the atmo sphere of this place. LIBELS.—A person one day told Frederick the Great that some one had spoken disrespectfully of him. " Can he command :100,000 men ?" asked the King. The answer was No." " Then," replied Frederick, " I can do nothing. If he had 100,000 men I could declare war." The August show of the Ballinasloe Horticultural Society for. Connaught was held on Tuesday, in the great room of the Farming Society-buildings ; it was extremely well attended, and the exhibition far surpassed that of the former year.—Freentan's Journal. The Doge of Venice formerly observed the cere mony of marrying the Adriatic. He went on board the Beau centaur, and cast a ring into the sea, to take possession of his bride. One of the Sultans with whom the Doge was at war, said jocosely, " I have a strong desire to make him consum mate the marriage." The herring fishery has •been pretty good during the week ; but in consequence of the great demand for fish by the present .buyers and the country people, the price is kept up. They _have been selling from 4s. to '4s. - 6d. per hun dred. Large quantities of fine mackarel have been caught, which were - sold at four to eight for a shilli ng .—M ona ' s H era ld . OUSE ICAVIGATION.—The steam dredge which has for some time past been building at Naburn Lock, for the improvement of the navigation of the river Ouse, was launched on Thursday afternoon, with.much ceremony, in the presence of the trustees, several members of the York Corporate body, and a numerous assemblage of spectators. BIBLES FOR THE NEGROES. --Several philan thropic individuals of Bradford have employed themselves du ring the last week in canvassing the town, for donations towards supplying the emancipated negroes with the word of God. We understand their success has surpassed. their most sanguine expectations..—Bradford Observer. During the war in the Peninsular, an Irish ser jeant entered one of the churches with his halberd in his hand and laid it at the foot of the confessional. The confessor, a man of austere character, heard him accuse 'himself of being the servant of the Devil. " Then take up your halberd," said the priest, "and go and serve your master." " Foreign nations have no taste for our Shakspeare," said Bishop Sherlock to Voltaire. " That is true," replied he, "but they only know him by bad translations. Slight defects are exposed, and great beauties concealed. A man born blind can never , persuade himself that a rose is beautiful when the thorns wound his fingers." NATURALIZED FOREIGNERS IN BELGIUM.— The Moniteur Beige publishes a general view of the native countries of the persons (710 in number) who have made the declaration presented by Article 133 of the Constitution of their desire to be naturalized as Belgian citizens ; among them are 386 Frenchmen, 132 Dutchmen, 128 Germans, six Eng lishmen, two Irishmen, and one Scotchman. A satirical writer wrote one day to Voltaire, " Sir, I have printed, a libel on you. There are 400 copies ready for publication. If you wish to have them send me 400 livres. I will faithfully remit all the copies." Voltaire wrote in answer, " Sir, I will not take advantage of your generosity. We should both be losers by such a bargain. The sale of your book will produce you much more." A DISINTERESTED MINISTER.--LOUIS XVI. frequently pressed Malesherbes to remain in the Ministry. One day the King offered him any department in the State. Sire," answered that illustrious man, "in all things lam at your disposal. lam ready to devote my life to your service ; but I ask, as a mark of especial favour, that you will never g i ve me places, honours, and money." MILITARY FLOGGING. --TH E 93D HIGHLAND REGIMENT. --It is highly creditable to the officers and privates of the 93d regiment, at present stationed at Canterbury, that no military flogging has occurred in the regiment since the year 1813, a period of twenty-one years ; and only the week before last the Commander-in -Chief complimented the officers on the excellent discipline of the regiment. D on Telesforo de Trueba, who has lived so many years in this country, and distinguished himself by his dramatic and other writings, has returned to his native country, and is now one of the Secretaries to the Cortes at Madrid. We have heard some traits highly creditable to the character of we .are assured, re f use d the means when offered Trueba, who, to him by his relations of living without labour, choosing rather to support himself by his own exertions. —Brighton Gazette. Lord Bolingbroke conversin g with Voltaire upon English dramatic writers, the hero of Ferney said, " Addison had-much taste, but the abyss between taste and genius was immense. Shakspeare had astonishing genius, but little taste. He had spoiled the taste of the nation. He had constituted a taste which had lasted two hundred years, and would con tinue two thousand. It had become a religion, and there were many fanatics with respect to that author." EXPORTATION OF THE PRECIOUS METALS.— The official returns state, that the actual exports for the week ending on Thursday last are on the increase. The actual ex ports are—to New York, 6,223 ounces of gold coin ; and to Oporto, 465 ounces, total, 6,688 ounces . Of silver coin, there were shipped off to New York 7,830 ounces; to Ham burg, 12,700 ounces; and to Oporto, 1,417 ounces ; making a total of 21,947 ounces. ' ' of the cases in which they were inclosed - was inscribed on the outside, these officers pierced them in every direction with their pointed instruments as they would have done a bale of wool or cotton, and wh en t h e p i ctures came to be unpacked they were found to be full of holes.—Paris Paper. The quality of the new. wheat is found to differ so much, that at Uxbridge market it has already varied in price from 31s. to 565. the quarter, or nearly one-half. -SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE AT CHICHESTER. —On Wednesday evening, exactly at half-past ten o'clock, the inhabitants of this city were thrown into the utmost alarm, having a fourth time experi ence d t h e shock of an earthquake, which lasted, as it is said, for three or four seconds, but no damage was occasioned. The shock was felt at Goodwood and at Arundel, but in a less alarming degree. The noise to persons in the houses resembled the rumbling of carriages in a gateway. GRAND BALL• AT WENTWORTII.—Great: pre parations are making at Wentworth House, the seat of our Noble neighbour, Earl Fitzwilliam, for a grand ball, on the 30th September next, in honour of Lord Milton's coming of of age, which was postponed at the time in consequence of the lamented death of the late venerable Earl Fitzwilliam. We understand there will be such an assembly of the nobility and gentry of the country as has not been in Yorkshire for many years.—Sheffield Iris. PROFITS OF LONDON FILTH. Mr. Holmes, civil engineer, has published a pamphlet, in which he suggests the propriety Of rendering available as manure the filth which now runs from the common sewers into the Thames. He es timates that " the amount of manure now passing into the river Thames, and otherwise wasted, exceeds 12,000 tons per diem ;" and that it " may almost, without expense, be concentrated to about 7,000 tons, which will yield a profit of 400,000/. per annum, after paying all expenSes attending it." CHOLERA IN GENEVA.---We were alarmed yes terday by a report that the Asiatic cholera had made its ap pearance within three leagues of the town, in the communes of Clancy and Soral, contiguous to the frontier of Savoy. An epidemic disease has been evidently prevailing in these rural districts for some time, but the faculty have been very cautious in giving it a name ; the symptoms, however, which have now become generally known, lea ve no longer any doubt as to its nature.—Geneva Letter, Aug. 21. EMIGRANTS.—The number of emigrants arrived at St. John's up to the 12th instant, amounted to 3,610. Since that time 404 adults, 61 children, between seven and fourteen years of age, and 70 under seven years of age, have 'been entered, making a total of 4,152, exclusive of those on board the vessels at quarantine. At St. Andrew's, also, a large number of emigrants have arrived this season. The total number has not been published, but we observe by the arrivals at this port last week, that three vessels from Ireland brought out 371 passengers.—American Paper. The trustees appointed by the Irish Relief Com mittee of 1822, for the purpose of establishing agricultural schools in Ireland, having obtained the lease of a quantity of land for a model farm, have erected suitable buildings thereon, in the province of Connaught. It is proposed, in the first in stance, to receive 40 pupils (thirty males and ten females), who will be boarded and lodged in separate divisions of the in stitution. The site of the - school is near the centre of the province, at Hollymount, county Mayo.—Mayo Constitution EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF VESSELS During the present month not less than 900 vessels have at this port, 300 of which are from foreign ports, the re mainder from Ireland and coastwise. The docks are conse quently crowded. The trade of the port continues rapidly to increase. As 'connected with the increase of trade we may mention that the number of subscribers to the Exchange News-room, who. are all engaged in commerce, was never greater than it is at the present moment.—Liverpool Standard. DONNYBROOK FAIR.—On Saturday "the Brook" re-opened with its usual splendour. The array of tents and booths, and provocatives of merriment, and, better than all, of jocund faces, is quite as attractive as on any previous occasion. " Dame-street". shines in all her transplanted glories ; and the outpouring of liquor in the tents, and the prancing of steeds in the " circus," and the talent, tragic and farcical, of the Thespian troops, which have located in the fair, shine as con spicuous as anything that has been heretofore exhibited at Donnybrook. After two o'clock yesterday ( Sunday), the fair was crowded until a very late hour.—Dublin Dispatch. It blew here on Thursday last, from 1 to 3 o'clock, a.m., a complete hurricane. Several trees were blown down, and quantities of hay and corn, in cocks and stacks, wore, with corn yet uncut, prostrated. One large tree fell with great force from the 'Castle pleasure-ground (a perpendicular height of about 40 feet) upon the point of entrance to the Canal-walk, where a few seconds before a number of persons had sought shelter from the storm, and where, had they re mained a few seconds longer, their lives would have been in imminent peril. We have not heard of any serious injury or losses being suffered.—Kilkenny Journal. BOLD POACHERS,--At Corgarff, on the Earl of Fife's moors, Lords Craven and Mollineux, and the Hon. Mr. Villiers, were assailed, last week, by a large gang of desperate poachers, who not only shot the birds at which those Noble men's dogs were pointing,' but had the audacity to plunder their bags of their day's sport. This is a fresh proof that there is something wrong in the game laws, or the mountaineers are returning to the habits of their ancestors, only substituting "black game" for "black mail." A similar circumstance oc curred last year on Lord Panmure's hills, with the exception that the game bag was spared. TOM DURFEY.—The remains of this author, who was contemporary with Dryden, and who owes much of his notoriety as a writer to his being mentioned by Pope, in his Dunciad, were interred near St. James's Church. A stone slab, inserted in the brick-work opposite the south entrance into the church-yard, is often passed, but seldom noticed from its sombre appearance. It simply notifies as follows : " Tom Durfey, Dyed February 26th, 1723." USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.—The Trades' Unionists at Farnley, near Bradford, finding that they derived no more benefit from the profits of their Society than from the promises of the Reform Bill, have had the good sense at last to vote the Union a humbug. The directors were always preaching philanthropy ; but it appears the effects of their brotherly love were never seen beyond the increasing good looks of their own precious persons. On recovering their independence the brothers sold the insignia and other mummery of the body, and converted the cash into gin and beer,_ and thus the last night of the Union was the mos t ra ti ona l o f its whole existence.-- Halffax Guardian. We receive from all parts of the country the most favourable accounts of the state of the harvest and the state of the crops. The bulk in the farm-yards is not so great as it has been in some late years ; but the quality of the grain is said to be very superior. It is very seldom, indeed, that Britain suffers from a dry summer. The danger is almost all on the other side; cold, wet weather has been the occasion of nine-tenths of the scarcities and deficient harvests we have ex- perienced. It would be premature as yet to enter into any speculations as to the future state of prices; but if the crops in Ireland and Scotland be safely got in, there must be an end to all expectation of a rise. A lawyer, retained in a case of assault and battery, waecross-examining a witness, in relation to the force of the blow struck. " What kind of a blow was given ?" asked the lawyer.—" A blow of the common kind." " Describe the blow."—" lam not good at description." " Show me what kind of blow it was."—" I can't." " You must."—" I won't." The lawyer appealed to the Court. The Court told the wit ness that if the counsel insisted upon his showing what kind of blow it was, he must do so. "Do you insist upon it ?" asked the witness. The counsel replied that he did. " Well, then, since you compel me to show, it was this kind of a blow," at the same time suiting the action. to the word, and knocking the astonished disciple of Coke upon Littleton over.—New York Advertiser. EFFECTS OF STRIKES AMONG MASONS.—It is a fact not generally known among stone masons, that two emi nent practical engineers, in the North of England, have nearly completed a machine of the most ingenious construction, for the working and dressing of stones used in buildings ; it is ca pable of preparing them, either broached, chiselled, or po lished, at the rate of for cubic feet per minute !—and is also calculated to set the stones in their proper position with the greatest facility and precision, and might also be applied to the mixing and raising of mortar, &c. Surely the misguided men who are led away by a set of designing adventurers for their own private aggrandizement, will soon see into their fatal error ; when, alas rwe fear it will be too late. —Newcastle Journal. THIS. EVENING. EXTRAORDINARY ABSTINENCE.--The Anzi du Peuple, a paper published in Montreal, relates the following curious circumstance. It mentions having seen, a few days ago, in the Court House, a curiosity, in the person of T. Saumur, wife of Joseph Plout, from St. Martin. " This woman has scarcely taken any nourishment for two years and a half, but supports her existence by a few spoonfuls of milk tea or oat water, which she can only swallow drop by drop. She even sometimes passes three or four days without this tri fling nourishment. She does not feel any habitual pain, but when she drinks her stomach swells, and she is often subject to vomiting. Her appearance is healthy, and she walks with out difficulty. Medical men have in vain attempted the effects of treatment upon her. She generally carries a piece of sugar which she occasionally applies to her mouth." DONCASTER AND SELBY ROAD. —The' works of this link of the great chain of important public improvements between London and Edinburgh are now rapidly approaching completion. So much are they advanced, that within a fort night from this time the whole line, with the exception of the works near Doncaster, will be ready for the passage of horses and carriages. By this road, a most convenient and short communication will be opened to the public, not only from the metropolis of o ld Eb or, b ut to all places i n direct northern po sition to it; and when the contemplated improvements between that city and Selby are completed, a saving of near five miles between Doncaster and York will be effected, avoiding all the hills, and between Doncaster and Selby a distance of six miles. The northern approach to the town of Doncaster will, by this improvement, court the admiration of the stranger, and ap proximate to the beauty of the celebrated and universally ad mired southern entrance. The line of road is well laid out; the country through which it passes is luxuriant ; and the _ nu merous interesting objects which are p resen t e d to the.view:: the traveller, w ith th e new cas t-i ron b r id ge over the .. Air e at Haddlesey (a beautiful and substantial structure), will ren der this road the most pl easan t an d safe route to the north.of York. and Edinburgh.—Hull Observer. T. R. • AL sted, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE ' ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUGUST 13, 1834. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Is7.inight hood upon Samuel Thomas Spry, of Place, in the county of Corn wall, Esq., M.P., Lieutenant of the Honourable Carps of Qentle men at Arms. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AuousT 20. , The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon the .Right Hon. Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay, and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUGUST 29. The King has been graciously pleasecrto approve of Mr. Thomas Dennison, as Consul at Bristol for the United States of America. WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 29. 2tl Life Guards—Lieut. T. Naylor, from the 15th Light Dra goons, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, vice Duckett, who ex changes, August 29. 2d Dragoon Guards—Cornet H. C. Paulet to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice cholmeley, who retires ; A. Prescott, Gent., to be ,Cornet, by purchase, vice Paulet, Aug. 29. Ist Regiment of Dragoons --R. Corbett, Gcnt., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Campbell, whose appointment has not taken place, Aug. 29. 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet and Sub-Lieut. G. F. Duckett, from the 2d Life Guards, to be. Lieutenant, vice Naylor, who exchanges, Aug. 29. sth Regiment of Foot--J. 0. C. Barnes, Gent., to be 'Ensign, by purchase, vice Martin, who retires, Aug. 29. 7th Foot--Lieut. J. Vereker, from half-pay 27th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Meade, appointed to the 43d Foot, Aug. 29. 12th Foot—Captain H. B oys , f rom the 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice Gold, who exchanges, Aug. 29. 17th Foot--W. B. Kelly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holden, who retires, Aug. 29. 43d Foot--Lieut. J. Meade, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. Jackson, who retires upon half-p ay 27 t h Foot, Aug. 29. 56th Foot—J. F. Burke, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Thornhill, who retires, Aug. 29. 59th Foot—Lieut. A. D. W. Richardson to be Adjutant, vice Heathcote, promoted, Au g . 29. 74th Foot—Ensign G. T. Evans to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Horton, who retires ; A. E. Obins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Evans, Aug. 29. 75th Foot—Capt. H. Y. Gold, from the 12th Foot, to be Cap tain, vice H. Boys, who exchanges, Aug. 29. 78th Foot—Ensign J. Gillespie, from half-pay 89th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sutherland, August 29. Ceylon Regiment—Lieut. A. Grant to be Captain, by purchase, vice Law, promoted in the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Compa nies; Second Lieut. R. Lisle to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grant; J. W. Grylls, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lisle, August 29. Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies —Captain R. Law, from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Major, by purchase, vice Burke, who retires, August 29. • - COMMISSARIAT. To be Assistant-Commissaries -General. —Deputy Assistant- Commissary-General G. Maclean, May 28 ; 'Deputy Assistant- Commissary-General W. Bishop, July 24. . DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. GEORGE ROWLAND, innkeeper, Plymouth. FRANCIS BONNAFFE, merchant, St.. Michael's-alley, Cornhill. EDMUND PETER POWELL, tailor, Southampton. JOHN BRADLEY, joiner, Clown, Derbyshire. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN MORGAN, grocer, Newport, Monmouthshire. BANKRUPTS. JOHN LARKINS KENSINGTON, merchant, Mincing lane, to surrender Sept. 3; at one, and Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Owens, Holyhead ; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, Lend on; Whitmore; Basinghall-street. official assignee. PELLEGRIN ARCHER and GEORGE ARCHER, mer chants, Botolph-lane, Sept. 10, at twelve, and Oct. 10, at ele ven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, offi cial assignee ; Brown, Martin, and Thomas, Mincing -lane. WILLIAM MITCHELL, grocer, Abingdon, Sept. 17, at twelve, and Oct. 10, at ten, at the Lamb Inn, Abingdon. Graham, Abingdon ; Graham, Mitre -court Chambers, Temple, London. JAMES WILLIAM BELL, upholsterer, Rotherham, York shire, Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, at one, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. Butterfield, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Potter; Rotherham. JOHN BURLEY, brushmaker, Birmingham, Sept. 3, at one, and Oct. 10, at four, at the Law Society's Rooms, 13 rmingharn. Taylor, Roscoe, and Turner, Bedford-row, London ; Ryland, Bir mingham. ILLIAM MASON, coachsmith, Margaret-street, Cavendish square, Sept. 3, at two, and Oct. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Locock and Greville, Sun-court, Cornhill ; Carman, Lothburv, Official Assignee. HENRY WALLINGTON, builder, Stockport, Cheshire, Sept. 16, at twelve, and Oct. 10, at two, at the Commissioners'- rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester. Gadsden, soli c it or , 7, Fur nival's Inn ; Coppock and Woollam, solicitors, Stockport. THOMAS ASHCROFT and JAMES TILTSON, timbcr merchants Liverpool, Septe m b er 10 an d O cto b er 10, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Atkinson, Liverpool ; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London. BENJAMIN TUMMON, painter, Sheffield, September 11 an d October 10, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Rodgers, De vonshire-square, Bishopsgate-street, Londen; Rodgers and Son, Sheffield. WILLIAM SEDDON, flour-dealer, Eccleston, Lancashire, Sept. 24 and Oct. 10, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Baxendale, Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, King's Arms-yard, Cole man-street, London; Shackleton, Wright, and Hunter, Liverpool. JAMES BACH, inn-keeper, Aintree, Lancashire, Sept. 10 and Oct. 10, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Ad lington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ;J. and J. Brown, Liverpool. WILLIAM- EDWARDS POWELL and JOHN POWELL, linen-drapers, Oxford-street, Sept. 6, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Burt, Mitre-court, Milk street; Turquand, Copthal-buildings, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. H. Benns, cordvvainer, Norwich, Oct. 9, at two, at Messrs. Beckwith and Dye's offices, Norwich. J. Gosport, victualler, Gosport, Southampton, Oct. 2, at twelve, at Mr. Compigne's office, Gosport. . J. Jay, Upholsterer, Welbeck-street, Cavendi.sh-square, Sept. 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Stonebridge, corn-merchant, Wivenho, Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Lion Inn, Colchester. J. Warren, currier, Ellingham, Norfolk, Oct. 9, at ten, at the Offices of Messrs. Beckwith and Dye, Norwich. W. Ellis, mister, Fuller's-hole, Norwich, Oct. 9, 'at twelve, at the . Offices of Messrs. Beckwith and Dye, Norwich. CERTIFICATES—SEPT. 19. J. Prince, innkeeper, Bath. 11. Roberts, ship-chandler, Liverpool. W. Atherton, merchant, Everton, near Liverpool. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. L. Spelt and G. Moose, schoolmasters, Southampton. C. Gooch and W. Blake, Custom-house agents, Harp-lane, Lower Thames-street. F. Roope and J. D. Rock, commercial agents, Lolnbard-street. H., T. Y., S., and J. H un t, an d R . Chatfield, Pentwyn Iron Works, Alonmouthshire. W. Lee and Isabella Mary Lee, builders, Honiton, Devonshire. W. J. Cooper and T. Hornby, apothecaries, Tuxford, Notting hamshire. Porter and H. Porter, copper-smiths, Liverpool. Warr, W. H. Piggott, and'W.W. Thompson, tailors, Bristol. Cooper and Mary Jennings, schoolmistresses, Hemel Hemp- Hertford. H. C. Payne and G. Dyke, tea-dealers, Clapham, Surrey. J. Hobson, H. Hobson, andJ. Broadbent, carriers, Manchester. R. Horsefield, S. Goodier, and J. Holden, engravers to calico printers, Manchester. J. Leathley and W. Mortimer cloth-manufacturers, Batley, Yorkshire. J. i\lellin and T. Leonard, grocers, Ponty Pool, Monmouth. W. and S. Heald, Woolstaplers, Leeds. T. Morgan, tallow-melters, Tottenham Court-road. - J., J. and W. Cappe r , linen-drapers, Gr acec h urc h- s t ree t. J. Whitworth and W. Whitworth and Sons, Rochdale. An excellent second crop of grass has been cut in a meadow belonging to Mr. Gall of Bury, which had been dressed with decomposed salt after the first crop. It is ex pected that this preparation may be applied at a cost of aboat 18s; per acre., RFTURNED EMIGRANTS.-- The American ship Francis, arrived at Greenock on Wednesday, after an extra ordinary short passage of 22 days. There were 40. passen gers, principally tradesman, who, owing to the depressed state of trade at New York, arising out of the dispute on the Bank question between the United States Bank and the President, found it difficult to find employment, and , so re lurned to the land of their birth. Another vessel left New York for Liverpool at the same time with the Francis, with about 150 emigrants, several of whew had been in the country for a year or two.—Glasgow Courier. RAPID SAILING.—Th e brig John Gilpin, of Bal timore, left Baltimore about two rears since, and arrived in Batavia after a passage of 82 days : proceeded thence to Can ton in 11 days ; from Canton to Manilla in 5 days ; from Ma nilla through the Straits of Sundy, round south of New Hol land, to latitude 48 or 50 degrees to Valparaiso, in 85 days, and from Valparaiso to Lima, in 6 days and 17 hours ; making an aggregate distance of 34,920 miles in 189 days, 17 hours ; averaging a fraction more than one hunched and eighty-three miles per day. We have the above from an authentic source, and incredible as it may appear, it may be relied on as cor. rect.—New York Evening Post.. BARRY, THE CELEBRATED PAINTER.—In Gould's " Biographical Sketches of Eminent Artists," we find the following passages of a letter from , Barry, dates' Rome, in 1769-70 :—" Oh I I could be happy on my going home, to find some corner where I could sit down in the mid dle of my studies, books, and casts, after the antique, to paint this work, (the Pandora), and others, where I might have models of nature when necessary, bread and soup, and I coat to cover me, I should not care what became of my work when it was done ; but I reflect with horror upon such a fellow a s am, and with such a kind of art in London, with house-rent rv e e e to pay, duns to follow me, poinandemployersteedin J une proceed d th t : to look f or . B OND ING IN INLAND TowNs.--A meetin g of merchants and others , interested in the trad e o f the port of heldpois p ne deputation, e propositi on o f Mr. Poulett The nto t o ,• n a fw days ag last, t to to ec i rLl n ei t opu r no o l Iddr, report of to o oc was e the fthep bonding syst em i nto inland towns. Mr. Alder man Terry having been called to the chair, the project, a series of speeches were delivered, and reso l ut i ons d, stron l condemning been defeat e d. I t was further resolved to and expres s i ve of their asse satisfactiL y at its having " agitate" against the measu re , s h ould it be re-introduced next Session, and for this purpos e th e committee who had Organized the opposition to the plan was re-appointed.—Liverpool Standard. NEI SEA f St. Luke% n the subJ ec t eir beanthlu aded by the rs of the P 3 , - , mas Lands, •emity o f the 3aron de no c procession. their fello w the follow form to the ordered ba admission in e's, Chelsea, to knock the Pre ceded- ok as i on s) to , he assembled ision of Mr• ;e lands ha ve sh from time Kensingt IlegallY h i e „ i s q ring the r cattle upon spirited el. oc hial Coot: to the gre at .onsist of ee o f the banks ' a few Ye a r ig if hbourhe"'"' Rogers , t . ii _ u e or the pa r ' ssessmen t l u nder vill°'" )n. t h e erseer of °9 " Vestry/ fr all d ie ta—e Lbts cis of nour" - the [rigs on L , ) ther refrOtj. ret i re d to Ow Baron's fail pt it up t° (takes) (taken) ne e n cooeque ED. Tle ) " — Of p a r cove° Vi c e sernent. ree-yeer° la io 1 lapP 9 ..... to ..... at 7 • Cha7ty. we, Teat did led, 6 Sub, t ;apple 9 .. ... ....... he Brava. obe re stand , t abrea s "' he a d won bY, betterck. 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His Grace the Duke of Stackpole, and Dr. Halliday, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park Place, from France ; Mr. and Mrs. Bourne, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Mr. and Miss Inksman, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Norton, in Harley-street, from Brussels ; Mrs. Higgenson and family, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Caven dish-square ; R. Godsal, Esq., at ditto ; Henry O'Shea, Esq., and J. Calderon, Esq., at ditto. DEPARTURES R. G. Townley, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Townley, and family; from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; J. M. Whit e , Esq., J. Ridgeley, Esq., and Captain Claxtcin, from ditto, to Brigh ton ; Mr. and Mrs. Feilding and family, from the Hyde Park Hotel, for Lancashire ; Mr. and Mr. Hepburn, from ditto, for Berkshire ; Henry Payton, Esq., from ditto, for Oxfordshire ; Lady M ary Acheson, from ditto, for Suffolk Sir John Hay, Bart., M.P., from ditto, for Scotland. ARRIVALS AT BATH. Marquis of Down, Earl of Shrewsbury, Sir Octavius Carey, Sir A. and Lady Wilson, Hon. Captain Foley, CounteZs Edderdown; Capt. Guilder, Capt. Thewles, Capt. Peley, Capt. Muttlebury, Captairi Williams ; 'Lieut. Waldegrave ; Rev. Mr. Evans, Roy. Mr. Saunders, Rev.,Mr. Jones ; Dr. Bazin •, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Coventry, Mr. and Mrs: Cassin, Mr. and Mrs. Codal, Mr. and Mrs. Noyal, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Holme ; Mr. Montague, Mr. Gore, Mr. Launton, Mr. Hood, Mr. Wigney, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. Bull, Mr. Lawbridge, Mr. Nuge n t, Mr. Melluish, Mr. Graham, Mr. Arliss, Mr. Long, Mr, Shaw, Mr.. Barnett, Mr. Beale,. Mr. Cain, Mr. Coffin, Mr., Warrener, Mr. Read and family, Mr. J o h nson , M r . Radford, Mr. Tomkin son, Mr. Croome, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Camill, Mr. Shakespeare, Mr. E. Jones; Mrs. Ashtown, Mrs. Ashe, Mrs. Avery, Mrs, Bennett, Mrs. Browne, Mrs. Dolmage, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Long, Mrs. Wil liams, Mrs. Gye, Mrs. Nugent, Mrs. Nugent, Mr. Lellistone ; Miss Adams, Miss King ; &c. • THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND THE TIMES. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.) Sir—lt seems to me that the motives of the Times in its disgusting attacks on its former friend and patron, the Chan cellor, have not teen as yet accurately detected and clearly exhibited to the public admiration. About three or four months since, the Chancellor presented a petition for the re moval of the taxes on knowledge, and then took occasion to advocate the principle of the petition. Being aware of the jealousy of the Times in all that regards its prodigious mono poly, I narrowly watched its remarks next day, and the suc ceeding days, in reference to Lord Brougham, and was re warded for my sagacity by detecting an immediate change in its tone towards his Lordship—at first guarded and cautious, but increasing in artfully-disguised rancour, till the Poor Law Bill enabled it to burst on its victim with all the hostility of an envenomed and open foe. Am I correct, Mr. Editor, in my surmises ? Am I right in thinking that the monopoly of the Times is dearer to it than knowledge, truth, honour, and the civilization of the people ? The above, at any rate, are the conclusions that an assiduous reader of the Times has silently arrived at; and I had hoped that some practised pen would have laid bare the deceit ere now; but having seen no such exposition, I beg to submit this hasty note to your editorial perusal, and remain, Sir, yours, respectfully, London, Aug. 28, 1834. A. SCOT. DOVER Aug. 27: This place is now filling rapidly for the season. Travelling equipages in quick succession arrive at Worthington's and the other principal hotels, the majority, however, en route for the Continent. The races are fixed to take place on the 11th and 12th of September, Sir J. R. Reid, Bart., M. P., M. Fector, Esq., R. Rice, Esq., and M. Kelinett, Esq., Stewards. Our Regatta Ball took place on Monday evening last, and was attended by all the nobility for miles around. The theatre was splendidly fitted up for the occasion in imitation, of a Grecian saloon, brilliantly illumi na t e d. Arrivals from France.—Lady W. Paget, Sir Robert Gell, Sir W. H. Poland, Captain Gooch, Lord and Lady Stratho.- ven, Chevalier de Ligny, Mr. and Mrs. Montagu, Mr. Bun bury, Colonel Webb and family, Colonel Hughes, and Mrs. Duncombe. Departures.—Lord and Lady Mahon, Captain Rowles, Mdle. Grisi, Sir J. and Lady Cross and family, Mr. H. F. Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Cunliffe, Viscount d'Anshald, Sir Gregory Lewin, Mr. Ellis, Col. Kemys, Madame Curioni. Pegwell Bay Regatta took place off the Isle of Thanet, so admirably adapted for, aquatic contests, on Thursday. The spectators assembled to participate in the sports of the day were computed at not less 5,000, among whom were all the rank and beauty in the island. The venerable Sir William Garrow gave invitations to a numerous party, who partook of an elegante ddeuizg d la fourchette in the pleasure grounds, commanding a view of the sailing matches. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda, who is residing for the season at Broadstairs, gave a donation to the fund ; a n d J . p . Plumptree, Esq., M. P., forwarded 5/. for distribution among the poor and deserving fishermen who could not otherwise avail themselves of the benefit of the Regatta. HASTINGS. It is confidently expected that their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, will honour this ancient town with a visit in the cours3 of next month. Great sport is anticipated at our approaching races. Seve ral celebrated sporting characters will be present. The change of company is now very great, as many a s fifty or sixty persons arriving and leaving this place daily by the coaches. The Hastings regatta is fixed for Friday, Septemb er 5. Many inquiries have been made during the pa s t week for houses for the winter, and several of the best are engaged from the middle of September for families of distincti on . Hastings Castle is in a state of great delapidatisn. W e may suppose that it was built for the protection of the town ; yet it is difficult to say where the town then was, for on the spot where the most ancient part of Hastings now stands its guns could not have been brought to bear effectually, either for of fensive or defensive purposes by reason of the high land which intervenes between the castle and the town. The probability is that the castle was of much greater extent, and that the town was inclosed within its walls • indeed it is not many years since, by cutting down the cliff for the purpose of building Pelham Crescent, &c., that the extent of the castle walls and ground was necessarily reduced. There remain within the walls, to the present day, the ruins of what was doubtless a chapel of large dimensions, having a stone stand, hollowed out on the top, apparently for holy water. Hastings Castle is first mentioned in the Chancery Roll, 25th and 26th Henry VI., restoring to the Bishop of Chichester his right of jurisdictio n over Hastings College, which document distinctly mentions a parish church of St. Mary within the Castle of Hastings, in the Saxon times. BRIGHTON. (From the Brighton Gazette.) The Earl of Westmorland, on his departure from. Brighton, is expected to go to Lyme Regis for a week or two, and thence to Apthorpe, to receive his usual visitors. The Noble Lord takes equestrian exercise frequently on the Downs. Earl Grey of Groby arrived at the Bedford Hotel on Thurs day last. Lady Howard of Effingham has returned to the Albion Hotel. Sir George. Westphal, who lately returned from the West India station on account of ill health, has returned to his re sidence ;n Brunswick-terrace. Lord Chief-Baron Joy has taken a house on the Marine- Parade, and has removed from the Bedford Hotel. The Countess of Rothes and Lady Mary Leslie, left the Norfolk on Monday, for Dorking. Mr. Frederick Webb arrived on Monday at the Bedford Hotel, from the Continent. Mrs. Webb and family remain at Boulogne ; Mr. Webb will shortly rejoin them, and it is ex pected that they will pass the winter there. Mons. Le Marquis d'Elesse Chatillon has engaged apart ments at the Bedford, and is expected from France to-day, by the Mountaineer steam-packet. The Mountaineer steam-packet sailed on Saturday with fifty passengers, including Captain Marryat, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Donovan; and returned on Monday with forty-eight. She had a very stormy passage on the latter occasion. ARRIVALS AT THE BEDFORD HOTEL. Colonel Smith, Captain Luddell, Mr. Ravenshaw and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sykes, Mr. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Chap man and family, Major. Copeland, and Major Mildmay. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM THE NORFOLK HOTEL, DURING THE WEEK. Mr. and Mrs. Gillies, Mr. Girardot and family, Mr. Starr and family (since removed to Bedford-square), Mr. Palmer Morewood and family (removed to Regency-square), Mr. and Mrs. Rivington (removed to Marine-parade), Mr. and Mrs. Tuffnell (after a short stay,. gone to London), Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop and family (prolonging their stay), Dr. and Mrs. Brey, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Blunt, and Miss Browning. ARRIVALS AT THE ALBION HOTEL. Mr. Stone, Mr. Waterfield, Mr. Langford, Mr. Nagg, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Symmonds. Mr. and Mrs. Northage, M r , Max well, M.P., and Mr. Bastard. ARRIVALS AT THE BRISTOL HOTEL. Mr. Poyntz, M.P., • Mr. and Mrs. Bourke, Mrs. and the Misses Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Lane, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Sawyer, &c. Lord St. Helens has engaged apart ments at the Bristol. GENERAL ARRIVALS. The Dean of Gloucester is at 14, Regency-square ; Gifford, 4, Egremont-place ; Mr. Read, Sharp's Boarding house ; Mr. Massenger, Marine-house ; Mr. Palmer, 10, Arundel-terrace ; General Sir T. Widd r i ng t on , 7, Brunsivick terrace ; and Mr. W. Churton, 70, King's-road. A new comedy, from the pen of Mrs. C.-Gore, will be shortly produced at the Haymarket Theatre. It is taken from a French piece that is highly spoken of in Paris. 2:55224,