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COURT op CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) EARL PORTARLINGTON V. SOULBY. Mr. BA GSHAWE was heard in opposition to the appli cation that was made yesterday to dissolve the injunc tC that had i ssue d aga i nst t h e d e f en d ants, to restra i n o n m , fr °ra proceeding upon a bill of exchange for • '(),, that had been given by the noble plaintiff in PaPnent of a gambling debt. of Rot.ra replied. A Mr. Booker was the holder the bill ; he was in pecuniary embarrassment and fo?Plied to the defe n d a nts, who we re wine merchants, n ° ,, r ,a sai stance. They agreed' to advance him 7001. f - a ; 1 4 . S Oving to them two acceptances of his own t f; ' 5O /. each, and also upon his depositing with TV , as a c o ll a t era l secur i t y, th e bill i n ques ti on . cc , eY consented at the same time to sell him 300/. ° rth of wine, but ultimately only 38/. worth of wine was delivered. Mr. Brookes became an insolvent, and : , 113 ° 1 finding they could not get their 7001. paid back n ini, Messrs. Soulby thought to make the collateral s'eatity available. The bill filed was for a discovery, ° co il tile ground that that discovery was essential to a tatnon law roceeding in one of the courts in Ireland, a I I Z I th e injunction granted was a special injunction. 0" defendants, when they parted with their money had t ° notice that the bill which they took as a colla etal security had not been given for a valuable asideration. They were in no way implicated in Junillegal transactions respecting it, and, as the in uetion that had issued was quite unprecedented, the eitt ned counsel submitted it ought to be forthwith dissolved. 111 0 LORD CIIANCELLOR would consider the case. T he Court proceeded to hear appeals. Vep , I --- ' - k'll ANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) In this Casel,N RE NEPTON'S CHARITY. in the year 1713, a person of the sine of Thomas Nepton, by will, gave for the benefit L,ue Shoreditch Charity School an annuity of 201., Well, -a similar annuity to a lady of the name of Bos sh leaving the residue of his property to his wife. a e' by her will in the year 1723, in addition to the t he cities given by her husband, gave 401. a year for , relief of the poor of the parish of Barking, and a s ar , ;l t a rsum to the parish of St. Botolph, Al ate, leavin -e resid ue o f her property to the Poulterers' Company,g V t ern she appointed as the administerers of her bounty. P to th e year 176 4 the annuities were regularly paid, . 11 , t from th at per i o d to 1813 , t h e estate being at seve tk4i times insufficient, several defalcations occurred in C e Payment of the annuities. In 1813 the estates, e leonaing more valuable, were m ore than suffi beent for the payment of th e annu i t i es, and there ing a surplus of nearly 2001. in th e h an d s o f ` l 4 l e Poulterers' Company, the parishes of St. B o t o lph, fiAl and Barking presented a petition, praying ;at th e ' arrears of the annuities which had occurred ti e nt 1 764 to 1813 mi g ht b e pa id out o f t h e surp l us p a Zis in the hands of the Poulterers' COM.. !. Upon that petition a reference was made Te Master, to take an account of the moneys that e d by the Poulterers' Company, who reported certa in sums had been received, that Mrs. Boswell tras dead, and that, therefore, her annuity had ceased hand ats% that the company had a surplus of 2001. in that The Present pet i t i on praye d t h e con fi rmat i on o f t rePer t, and al so f or a d ec l ara ti on th a t the Poul t,erers' Co mpany were entitled to the surplus fund, the th at e construction of the meaning of the testatrix being fo r v _ t he annuitie s s h e h a d gran t e d were t o b e app li e d and the use of th e poor of t h e different parishes yearly ; , ei,, t hat, if at any t i me the funds s h ou ld not b e su ffi - Istiti . a to Pay the annuiti e s, the annuitants were to go th ef cut h er b ounty, and could ' not at a future period, if arrearsds should be more than sufficient, claim any hi s i f co lor ?Nona wa s o f opinion that such was the true tha uc tion of th e intention of the founder of the cos: l s t Yynd directed that, after the payment of the shoal " of d t he surplus f un d s i n t h e h an d s o f t h e company tlooethe found er . m laid out in charity, according to the ten- MEREWEATHER V. TURNER. pins Was the petition of Mr. and . Mrs. Mereweather, the Mg that they might be at liberty to go in before the ,uaster, and prove for the sum of 3,0001., against i ; estate of the father of Mrs. Mereweather. The aepteunistances under which the petition was presented or m ear ed to be, that, in the year 1817, the father 'r,,;:lrS' Me reweather, a gentleman of the name his of dau %e, residing at West Ham, agreed to give _ th g t r fortun e of 3,0001., on her marriage with e lietiti 'ner, her present husband. . Some cor ininated by th 'tt'3"ll4eTiee t" k place between the parties, which ter fusing to give eljnisatch being broken off, the father re l., ~, ovvever ttraatelv h , c l t a h u e gl . iter the sum in question. Ul 13arties were married, the young ' -ig e y leavin g her father's house, and proceeded to i . 7 shford, where the indissoluble knot was tied. The tZ.'tther died, but the portion of the young lady was ter paid, and it was for the purpose of claiming t h . amount as a debt against the father's estate, that 'c,present petition was presented. 2 1 r E. SEGDEN appeared for the petitioner, and t 'zir WILLIAM HORNE and Mr. KEENE, for the de "lee. ti , his HONOUR considered it clear that the treaty for ..e nlarriage was at an end, and dismissed the petition. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) In otil,_ CITY, TWELVE 1 0' C winds s C w K e are deprived i'ece exception of i with the of . the o n r o n rt e h g - , easter y w th e p rene % and vils this morning, mails. I , The only inf ort:a rn ti on Q of cons equernee speebeytiethgetehxeplreeesist -tr_stn Paris is the there Gill be for, and for which we apprehend Spanish dear, e so me d e l ay It Lc* aPPears by accounts from 1 e a3' the Carlists, as h before the contract ß takes place. il enzo has received arepu.se from lima. ks,rdhe_rnanded assistance from PamPe as it is t w. ” account of the riot, which . tosokepatluarcee abuts ilda to to be of a more serious hc:ldv ascertained that order has been restored, it has no T b all Y effect on the funds this morning. p ts-•,,e r,eported entrance of the Spanish troops into 1:1,-:'ggal IS not, as t confirmed. na 1 for the Ae‘"•eo,,llsols, left iv hich e, off yesterday at 9-4 8 ~,,a 7 , 11% '.llt, opened at 90i ; at present they are uu4 ' w , A d • Spanish doing, P CII , Which had reached 32, / to 67• 1 , .i. 6 r s eceded to 311 i ; N tl '' es e • also lower, from 67 8 , , ~ ° arrivals from Portugal as yet. Owi 1 114 k e: to the great deartlhA of. L i,n F te f lig A e S nc T e in O th N e E ca . intyy t tecul a ° Z s g Te . have li e tt e l e e . ac lt ti w vi e ty s at the , o importa g in en th e e ra f l u ly nd e s x e or wouldc t e d tiloklttei,, otecree of the Queen Regent of Span, a 4 dv e •'g' her intention to contract s fo ae r is a h losatne,ekthis ttl .given • Ise to the 1 3 than in the °4 'in • " impu may N t h, R ; instead of which, l :' ' pa rt stead When they were 32 ; at_ present i it quoted' a , aii i. Portuguese, 41 Nl:r 3 e lls°l s !flay be quoted at 90* to 9 6 1_ f o o rt ; u t h g e a. A . ccount. 41'e still with arrivals from P 1 (.;o r , O'CLOCK' .4°lB for the Account, T 9 H- O* R 9 E I E . I\- p t....• nial kh , I. ; tt Nz.A.-We 1/,4rts °f kin' raging with great unders v t i a ol n e th.:' kin eardineshire. some fadmncieutehisnastesemvteaelrliaysl its to 14alates and servants ha in vebee t n he at l t a t e e r d s a e t f on th c e e 1'41. 1 Ni t an almost entire stop to • '"•-•elberdeen Herald. • it L. IN A ss t da m nourt of Inquiry o Wednesday, y j ,. Court, Li l'irief. , ges at the suit of Lord Car ße e c rY ord 4.l4teri4,ther, Esq., held in the County ;rdDoableck, before the High Sher e i er ff e a d nu a ' s a ee h u ig e h se ly l rfeer e,rl;i4rY, Mr. Cooper app f.4thel. Cartier ; no one appeared on behalf of Mr. Pen h'ttle One he witnesse 'l , ti d4eZ ° re that Mr. Pennef h f L e o r rd a s- a t e- x e r i l n o e o d k i f n o g r ow Iktrid niell flew into a bush, ,, s a a e id d h s e he w e o t u h ld im ch e r e ist; 4 (4 T „ e ge ' Lord Carbery, e°4'.--..t,:,4°.---Damages were assessed at 201. and 6d. W e4i49 Pcket. e Et , fr eer lN- s e 'solo that the Queen's Bazaar, in Ox tk ' be converted into a theatre. have leel"1 t h,, , a t ~„, Q , 4 ~ . , ti, o x. —Upwards of 2,000 k persons C`' ' st th re 't l iatharme s and LodndoLnewdoecr persons tiCan 1,411 vie n e Weeks for Upper an and New ff ini, 4 l : B Land New South Wales, 'ttin g a - Lucre are not less than 20 large shi e p f s eneoew lf,•eYiug• cipilkst Arisen the above docks for . the purpose I;eorge e„.vngers to the colonies. 'l'44 ,`""410a, American ship, and the Y A es d te r d London g ock, N.essel left the St. Katharine's an rednatuyret,hae j4tets ‘With , 'Awards of 300 emigrants on A board, !k re r' es,eattrllo , in the United States. t k e k t o r e In es of the United description, princi—planlerlingetohwnehi i:% and etropolis ag cultural labour .. others Th n fenture id, • 0 George Clinton and the Ad great 0 ca rry out a great number of cabin pas- LITERATURE. FA UST, a Tragedp . Translated by J. S. Blackie. Edinburgh, 1834. In the preface to his translation of Goethe's master piece, Mr. Blackie takes credit to him self for having made it " altogether indepen dently" of any former translations. Now, we apprehend he is a little in error on this point, and that Shelley's splendid version of the Wal purgis night scene, has left such a vivid im pression on his mind, as to have compelled him, unconsciously, no doubt, to adopt, not merely the same structure of rhythm, but sometimes even the very lines of his predecessor. Thus we find in Shelley this emphatic couplet— " The giant-snouted crags, oho! How they snort and how they blow," which Mr. Blackie must have had in his eye when he translated the same passage, as fol lows : " And each rock from jagged nose, How it snorts and how it blows." Again Shelley says, " The stubble is yellow, the corn is green, Now to the Brocken the witches go;" Mr. Blackie's version is, " The witches to the Brocken gallop, The stubble is yellow, the corn is green." This last resemblance is most likely fortui tous, as it is not a question of poetry, but of fact, but the former bold, expressive line has evidently been suggested by Shelley, as is also the case with the line, " Honour her to whom honour is due," and a few others that we could point out. These are trifles, such as we should never have dreamed of alluding to, if Mr. Blackie had not put us on our mettle by vaunting his own origi nal claims as a translator—by assuring us, in short, that such a man " must stand on his own feet and flap his own wings." The " Prelimi nary Remarks" are well written, and display erudition ; but why does Mr. Blackie go out of his way to sneer at " Marlowe's farce"— as he calls the Dr. Faustus of that powerful dramatist ? As a matter of policy this is bad, as a matter of taste, worse. The death of Faustus, as portrayed by Marlowe, is one of the most impressive things in the language. Out of Shakspeare we know of nothing equal to it, whether we regard its truth—its energy, or the burning agonies of shame, remorse, and affright, that it reveals to us. Of Mr. Blackie's translation we must say, that it evinces more industry than talent. It may be correct, but as a whole, assuredly it is not animated. To our thinking, the best portions of the translation are the earlier ones, before Mephistopheles makes his appearance on the stage. There is something very solemn and stately in Mr. Blackie's ver sion of Faust's soliloquy in his study ; nor must we omit to notice the description of the poet's longings after his by-gone youth, which are not only well expressed, but are also singu larly melodious in versification : " Then give me back the time again, When mine own spirit too was growing, When my whole being was a fount Of thronging songs within me flowing." Oh, si sic omnia ! Altogether, Mr. Blackie's translation does more credit to his scholarship than his poetic sensibility. He understands rather than feels, the power of Goethe's Faust. It seems to have convinced his intellect, but not to have touched his heart. In a word, it reminds us of Potter's CEschylus—a very meritorious translation, so far as accuracy goes, but cold as marble, and destitute of the vigour and daring sublimity of the original. We have hazarded these few remarks in no disrespectful spirit to Mr. Blackie. He has shown himself an accomplished scholar, and if he have not rendered " Faust," as such a drama should be rendered (his version, by th e bye, is superior to Lord Leveson Gower's) —he has only failed where success, except to such men as Coleridge and Shelley, was all but impossible. We question whether even these two master-minds could have satisfied public expectation. The fire, the fancy, and the metaphysical subtleties of Goethe would have lost nothing in their hands; but they would have failed in giving adequate expression to his shrewd, worldly sagacity, and the terse, cutting sarcasms that are constantly falling from the lips of Mephistopheles. It is a mistake to sup pose..that " Faust" is' merely a wild, imagina tive poem. Its worldly tact and apprehension, its rich and various knowledge, are to the full as remarkable as its fancy ; for the genius of Goethe, like that of every great writer we ever heard of, was bottomed on common sense. He did not put words into the mouths of his witches that might, with just as flitch propriety, have been spoken by their broom-sticks ; but imparted individuality to all his characters, old or young, male or fe male, in the flesh or out of it. How true to nature, for instance, are these remarks of a young, sanguine, ambitious student, greedy of knowledge, but by no means disposed to give up all pleasure in pursuit of it ! " I aim at universal erudition, And whatsoe'er of great or splendid In heaven or earth is comprehended ; Science and nature's wide extent, I seek to know from your tuition ; And yet I cannot choose but praise A little freedom and merriment On pleasant summer holidays." Where is the country in which the truth of these remarks will not at once be felt ? They are of as universal application as anything in Le Sage or Shakspeare. We should observe, by the bye, that Mr. Blackie is very felicitous in this dialogue between the young student and Me phistopheles. The latter's advice to the former to digest what he reads, and " Not with flickering gyration Will-o'-the-tvisp it to and fro," among the various fields and mazes of know ledge, is aptly as well as expressively rendered by the phrase " will-o'-the-wisp it." We have no space for further comments. LARDNER' S CY CLORXDIA, Vol. LIII. London, 1834. We have read this volume with some atten tion, and have been struck with the various research it exhibits, and the condensed, straight forward style in which it is written. The author never rambles into those long, perplexing di gressions of which historians are so fond, but sees his way clearly before him, and keeps along the broad high-road of his narrative. The " Middle Ages," of which he here treats, afford many temptations to deviate ; but he has resisted them ; and, accordingly, his history makes rapid progress in every successive chap ter. His details of the Anglo-Saxon period are managed with much skill and precision. On the subject of " clerical marriages," during that remote epoch he furnished us with many novel and amusing particulars. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL LIFE. 3 Vols. London, 1834. We are indebted for these " Recollections" to the pen of Captain Scott, an officer in his Majesty's navy. They are sketchy and de sultory, as might be surmised from the title of the work, and abound in short, piquant anec dotes, told in an agreeable, off-hand manner. Captain Scott is a gentleman who has seen much of the world, and has turned his know ledge to good account. The great charm of his volumes is the constant presence of a frank, sociable spirit, that in the course of a more than ordinarily chequered life, seems invariably to have looked on the sunny side of things, and treated difficulties and dangers with all the skill, coolness, and indifference of a disciplined jack-tar. We shall occasionally make extracts from these volumes as time and space may warrant. They are capital club-room reading. THE CHURCH AND THE DISSENTERS. Dr. Smith, the learned divinity tutor of the Homerton College, the oldest and most cele brated of the Dissenters' Colleges in the vicinity of London, has recently published " A dis course on the necessity of religion to the well being of a nation, with an appendix on the subjects at present agitated between Churchmen and Dissenters." From his advice to the latter we quote with pleasure the following passages, which well deserve attention : " Let us not, with servile credulity, repeat the twenty times told cry, that the Christian religion flourished in extraordinary purity and power, and shone brightly in the beauty of holiness, till it was adopted and incorporated into the imperial institutions by Constantine. From the days of the apostles them selves, it began to be invaded and perverted ; and, after the death of the apostle John, the departures from scriptural purity were rapid and fearful. Besides dangerous errors in the primary doctrines of the Gos pel, we find many corruptions in discipline and order, long before the close of the third century. Obser vances and ceremonies, snatched up from the abro gated Judaism, and even imitations of heathen rites, were obtruded upon Christians. Ambition, usurpa tion, and the love of worldly pomp, showed them selves in many ways. Efforts to obtain dominion were zealously made, and the spirit of persecution was displayed among the primitive pastors and their churches. A synod of orthodox bishops applied to the heathen emperor, Aurelian, to obtain the deposition of Paul of Samosata ; and the emperor decided that the party whom the bishop of Rome might acknow ledge, should have the bishopric. Superstition, self righteousness, and very gross formalism acquired a firm establishment in current notions and usages; and a comparative superseding of the Scriptures by a tra ditional rule of faith, the reluctance to an unrestricted communication of the sacred books, and the mixing of gentile philosophy with Christianity, were powerful obstructions to any immediate and effectual expur gation of corruption where it had discovered itself.' The comparative quiet which the Christians enjoyed, at intervals of imperial mildness or altered policy, was much abused to the nourishing of a secular and con tentious spirit. 'When days of suffering returned, it was lamentably proved that the fires of persecution are not necessarily purifying. Christian ministers them selves had amply prepared the materials and the means of further debasement. But even them we should not judge harshly. Utterly destitute of the knowledge which modern times have derived from history and ex perience, and overjoyed at their deliverance from the savage persecution which raged till Constantine threw his protection around them, they too readily, yet very naturally, became dazzled with the new sunshine of court-favour, and were drawn into measures for the purpose of converting security and ease into affluence, power, and authority. The emperor was, in a great measure, guided by their suggestions. Lucinius had made the honour of the gods, temples, and priests, and the suppression of Christianity, the public ground of his war against Constantine, on whose side there fore the interests of Christianity became necessarily and most righteously a chief object of defence. Jus tice and kindness to the Christians greatly conduced to the security of his throne, and thus a good end ap peared to be obtained by good means. Himself, a rude soldier and deeply infected with the vices of military despotism, though an able statesman, pretended not to be a judge of Christian questions; but he trusted to the learned and supposed pious men who pressed their advice upon him. His general measures, I must venture my humble opinion, considering the circum stances of the case, were for the most part highly com mendable. That worldly men now professed Christi anity, in order to further their personal and party in terests, was not chargeable upon him. That would have been the case, had Constantine been a practical and consistent believer, upon even the purest plan of what we consider scriptural religion. The chief mis chiefs were done by the violent and ungodly strifes which had long subsisted among the Christians them selves, by their crafty ambition and covetousness, and by their shameful want of faithfulness in the represen tations which they made to him of the principles and obligations of Christianity. Had Constantine re remained a heathen, continuing the measures of his predecessors, the stream of deterioration would have flowed in some other channel ; and it is too probable, from the facts of ecclesiastical history previous to his accession, a more pernicious channel. Notwithstand ing the deplorable evils, some important benefits ac crued, which we ought not to overlook. The Scrip tures were circulated more openly and abundantly, were more studied; and were upon the whole better understood than they had been at any period since the days of the apostles. The Christian cause now re ceived strength from a succession of authors superior in theological value to the most of their predecessors : Eusebius, Athanasius, Chrysostom, Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine. And who can estimate the benefit to myriads of persons, of the middling stations in society, in every part of the empire, from the free teaching and extending of Christianity, by men unknown to his tory? Their names are written in heaven;' and their labours and their successes." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER. 11ANCHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT. ;WORTH, P.P. (5 to 2 taken freely) 6 to 1 agst Prudence 6 to 1 agst Custard nte backed agst Viator. 'RADE CUP, P.P. 12 to 1 agst Mona's Pride(tak.) 14 to 1 agst Bridegroom (OB.) 18 to 1 agst Ratcatcher 25 to 1 agst Capt. Ross (taken) 6 to 4 agst Perseverance, So. lon, & Speculator (tak.) 7 to 2 agst Controller & Bird. catcher 5 to 4 The Controller agst So lon (taken repeatedly) BETTING AT .0 THE RIDDLES to 1 agst Viator 7 to 2 agst Nell Gwynne 7 to '2 agst Darius Custard and Nell Gwy] THE CHESTER 1 5,1 to 1 agst Perseverance ',tak freely) 7 to 1 agst Controller (taken) 7i to 1 agst Solon 71 to 1 agst Speculator 71 to 1 agst Independence 8 to 1 agst Birdcatcher (very freely backed at 9 to 1) 10 to 1 agst The Cardinal (free ly backed at 11 to 1) THE MARKETS---(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are small, and the return of Flour inconsiderable. The trade for Wheat, Barley, and Beans, is unaltered from Monday, being still very dull. Good Oats meet a better demand, and fine parcels are rather dearer. Flour unvaried. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 11 imr. English 3,080 ii r s 2,920 qrs 41' qrs. I ,€ . 6osacks Irish - - 900 - Foreign - - - -- PUBLIC DEBT ; PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AND WHEAT. From the account of the funded and unfunded debt of the United Kingdom, and the charges thereon, printed by order of the House of Com mons, it appears that since 1816 the funded debt has been decreased 64,653,0571., and that the unredeemed debt is now 751,658,8831. The charge of the unfunded debt has been reduced during the same period 2,676,0911., and remains 27,782,1161. The unfunded debt (in exchequer bills) has been decreased since 1815 from 57,941,700/. to 27,906,9004, and the charge being for the interest thereon from 2,256,707/. to 779,7691. From the same paper it appears that the average price of 3 per cents. in 1816 was 581; 13s. 9d. ; in 1834, 87/. 1 ls. 3d. The price of wheat in 1815 was 635. Bd. per quarter ; and in 1833, 525. 11d. per quarter. The average price of wheat for the 14 years, ending in 1833, was' 58s. 10d., the highest price being 665. 4d., the lowest 435. 3d. The highest price of 3 per cents. 94/. 3s. 6d., the lowest 581. 13s. 9d. SARDANAPALUS. The part of Myrrha will at last be played by Miss E. Tree, owing to the receipt of the following letter this morning from Paris : " Paris, Sunday Afternoon. " Sra—Overwhelmed by a medley of mortifications, and with a spirit absolutely prostrated from a disappointment of its fondest wish, it is my irksome yet in •vitable duty to address you. " On the morning of Friday last, I apprised you (through a friend's medium) that my indisposition had so far abated, as to permit the commencement of my journey with the ensu ng day. " Either I had deceived myself as to the degree of my convalescence at that moment, or some hours afterwards I had incurred a new attack, through the fatiguing pro cess of parking my dresses (in an ante-room where I thoughtlessly was exposed to different draugl.ts of air). By some fatality or other my illness returned with so sudden an access of violence, that I was forced to send for medical aid during the night. Departure at the hour proposed became impossible, still I admitted the delusion of hope up to the present moment, the latest to which I dared delay. I feel too feeble to cross the chamber without support, and the state of my throat will only allow me to swallow liquids. My medical friend assures me it must be many days, perhaps a fortnight, ere my strength can be sufficiently recruited to encounter the liabilities of my long journey. Under such a conviction I dare not ask, nor even wish, that you should adhere to your proposals with me, or delay the production of Sardanapalus another day on my account. I cannot explain by language the feelings which distress me. I have already passed the Ru bicon of my voluntary retirement, and presented my name once more upon the broad field of public 1 fe. Yet now, at the very instant when trumpets flourish and banners are unfurled, I seem to fly ingloriously from the fight my rashness had in. yoked! But it is my destiny—and my cross.grained planet is in the ascendant now May the evil beam exhaust its malice upon me, and leave the theatre untouched in its ca. price? Yes, let me hope—devoutly hope, the delay which has already occurred may in no respect prove prejudicial to your interests. lam too weak to write more. May the suc cess of the tragedy be everything you can desire. Many names of talent will doubtless be enrolled amidst its dramatis persons', but not one upon which you might have relied for zeal, (what. ever were the talent) more steadfastly than on that of, Sir, your deeply afflicted, but most grateful servant, CHARLOTTE MARDYN. P.S.—So soon as I can possibly venture into a carriage, I shall remove to my country house, near Fontainbleau, for a change of air. To A. Bunn, Esq. Theatre.royal, Drury-lane, London. LONDON SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) These sessions commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, assisted by the Recorder, Aldermen Sir John Key, Sir C. Marshall, and others. The grand jury having been sworn, and the usual proclamations read, the jury were charged by the Re corder. He said the London calendar contained the usual sort of charges, such as forgery, uttering of forged instruments, burglary, and picking of pockets, but to gentlemen so experienced as those he addressed they required no comments from him. It was also pro bable that they might have charges of perjury and conspiracy preferred before them ;—and then entered into the usual charge upon the necessity of strictly watching such cases, and the state of the law of evidence upon them. They were then discharged till to-morrow morning, when they will assemble at the Old Bailey. _ _ The Court then proceeded with a few assault cases. None of those heard, before we left, were of any public interest. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY. (FROM LLOYD'S) DEAL, APRIL B.—Wind N.E., strong breezes.— Arrived from the River and sailed the Royal William, Ireland, for Madras ; Thomas King, Williamson, for Demerara; Water Hen and Crown, Terry, for Que bec ; and British Tar, Crawford, for Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL B.—Wind E., hard gale. FALMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind N.E. to S.E., mo derate.—Arrived off port the Lord Nelson, from Terceira. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind E. BRIGHTON, APRIL S.—Arrived off port the Ceres, from St. Croix. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 7.—Arrived the Tarquin, Gif ford, from New Orleans ; Andes Dawson, Mobile, from America ; and Matthew, Apala, from Chiola. Sailed the Mary Jane, Winter, for Mauritius. The Napoleon, Cozen, bound to New York, got on the Buries Sands, and has put back. Two brigs, with bright sides and figure heads, are aground near the Dove Point, and an outward-bound aground in the Rock Channel, with painted ports and water galleries, and no figure head. Coax, APRIL 6.—Arrived the Governor, Corney, from London. SHOREHAM, APRIL B.—The Rosetta, Hunter, from Sunderland, having taled on shore, canted across the channel, and the current scouring the ground from under her she strained considerably and made a great deal of water. YARMOUTH, APRIL B.—The Trusty, Menzies, from Leith, was run foul of, off Hasborough, by the Faith, of Dartmouth, and stoved her bows. She has put in here to repair. ELSINORE, APRIL I.—The Levant, Borth, from Whitby to Memel, got on shore below the Castle Point, this morning, but was soon got off and proceeded. KILRUSH, APRIL 5.—A jolly-boat, marked " Cos sack," of Shoreham, Clarke, was picked up in Malbay this morning. The Sarah and Elizabeth, bound to St. Thomas's, having got in contact with the Anne, Underwood, in the Mississippi, received so much damage, that she would be obliged to discharge. The William Fawcett (steamer) caught fire at Dublin, 6th instant, and sunk ; the cargo previously discharged. The Mary, Gill, from Newcastle to Sonderberg, was totally lost on the Grassholmes, 28th ult. ; crew saved. The Caroline, Schlie, bound to , has put back to Griefswald, and discharged to repair, having been run foul of. The Gaspio, from Gibraltar, is capsized off the bar of Tamfield—crew drowned. VESSEL SPOKEN WITH. Camillus, Clyde, to New York, 30th ult., lat. 49. long. 26., by the America, arrived at Liverpool. SHOCKING SUICIDE IN CLERKENWELL PRISON.—This morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a suicide was committed in Clerkenwell Prison, by a prisoner, named Edward Pollard (40 years of age), under store-keeper to Mr. Broadwood, piano-forte maker, Broad-street, Golden-square. On Monday last the deceased was remanded from Marl borough-street Police-office, until this day, on a charge of stealing 90 yards of silk. This morning the person who daily attends the Clerkenwell prison to shave the prisoners went, as usual, when the deceased asked to be allowed to shave himself, which being granted, he immediately cut his throat in a shocking manner which shortly put a period to his existence. A tradesman of this town has adopted rather a novel mode of hastening his " long-winded" custo mers to settle their accounts. In his window, in High street, he has expotpd a copy of the bills sent in to them, with the several items for which they are in debted to him ; and we are told it has cleared his books qf several sums he never otherwise expected to receive. --Stamford News. DUKE OF YORK'S MONUMENT. The operation of raising the bronze statue of the late Duke of York ~to the place prepared for it on the monumental column, oree ;1, irate subscription, in memory of his Royiil Carlton-gardens, having, at half-past seven o'clock last evening, been completed in the presence of a v<:4t number of spec tators, the following may not be uninteresting to our readers. The subscription for a monument to commemorate the public services of the Duke of York, as Comman der-in-Chief of the Army, having, in the year 1829, amounted to the sum of about 21,0001., (which was afterwards increased, by an accumulation of interest and further contributions, to about 25,0001.,) the com mittee of noblemen and gentlemen for managing the application of that fund invited seven or eight of the most eminent architects in the country to offer their suggestions, and to make designs, with a view to the accomplishment of that object. Great zeal and talent were displayed on the occa sion by the several competitors, who, in the month of August, 1829, delivered in their respec tive designs and estimates. The committee, however, did not come to a decision upon those designs till the month of December, 1830, when that which had been submitted, at the same time with the rest, by Mr. Benjamin Wyatt was finally adopted. Mr. Nowell, the mason, of Grosvenor Wharf, Pimlico, became the contractor, under an engagement to complete the column, in every respect as it has appeared for the last 16 months, for the sum of-15,760/. 9s. 6d., and within a period which should not exceed two years from the time of his being put in possession of the ground. Fortunately the great opening from Carlton Gar dens into St James's Park had been decided on before the exact site for the column was fixed upon ; and thus an opportunity was afforded for placing this ornamental and stupendous feature in one of the most imposing positions imaginable, whether with reference to its effect as viewed from the top of Regent-street, or from the park, below the steps. Possession of the ground having been given over to the architect and the con tractor on the 25th of April, 1831, the excavation for the foundation was commenced on the 27th of the same month and finished on the 25th of the month immediately following. The peculiar nature of that foundation is not one of the least re markable among the characteristics of the masterly construction of this great work. The ground being in an artificial and a very loose state, to a great depth below the general level of Carlton Gardens, in the part where the column was to stand, it became necessary to remove the loose ground, and dig to a solid stratum of natural earth which was not to be had at less than 22 feet below the general surface, and from thence to bring up such a foundation as should be fit to receive the enormous weight of the intended column. In the course of only twenty-eight days from the completion of the excavation, a body of concrete, consisting of stone-lime, river stones, sand, coal-ashes and water, in certain proportions, was formed, of sufficient magnitude and solidity to fill up the excavation, and to sustain the vast superincumbent weight of the column ; and in seven weeks exactly, from the time at which this body of concrete was commenced, the masonry of the pe destal of the column was begun to be placed upon it. This artificial foundation was, to a certain degree, of a pyramidal form, its base lines forming a square of 53 feet, whilst its top lines formed a square of 30 feet, with all four sides inclining equally and regularly (as to wards the apex of a pyramid) from the base to the top. At the height of 11 feet 6 inches above the base line of the concrete, was introduced a strong course of Yorkshire stone slabs, seven inches thick, lying over the whole surface of the concrete, at that level—an extent of upwards of forty feet, each way—and com posed of stones of such magnitude, that nine of them were sufficient to cover the whole superficies ; effectu ally equalizing the pressure from above, upon the body of the concrete below. Again, at the top of the line of the concrete, this same expedient was repeated, and another course of Yorkshire stone slabs introduced, to complete the artificial mass which was to form the foundation for the column and its pedestal, and which in a short time became as solid and compact as if it had been a natural rock of granite. Upon this huge, newly created body of composition (which was com pleted on the 25th of June, 1831) the first course of , the masonry was, in only three weeks afterwards, commenced. The column is of the Tuscan order, and is com posed of granite of different colours, all brought from quarries in Aberdeenshire. Its surface throughout is, according to technical language, " fine axed" (not polished or rubbed), and, as regards hardness, colour, and external appearance, we do not perceive any infe riority between this granite and the red and grey Egyptian granite of ancient times. The pedestal underneath the column consists of ten courses of grey granite, from the quarries of Aberdeen, above the level of the ground, and is 16 feet 8 inches high, to the bottom of the base of the column, having one course of rough granite (from the island of Herm) between the first of these ten courses, and the course of Yorkshire stone slabs, on the top of the concrete. The plinth of the pedestal measures 22 feet 6 inches on either side ; and its die is 18 feet and a of an inch in diameter. The base of the column, consisting of two members only—viz., the Plinth and the Torus— are formed also of granite from Aberdeenshire ; but of a bluer tone of colour than that of the pedestal ; and are, together, 5 feet 4 inches in height. The shaft of the column, which is of red granite, contains twenty six courses, and has six apertures on one side, and seven on the other, for the admission of light to the staircase within. The bottom diameter of the shaft is 11 feet 7i inches, and that of its top, immediately under the capital, is 10 feet 14 inches; whilst its whole height is 84 feet 10 inches, from the top of the basement to the bottom of the capital. The capital consists of two courses of the same coloured granite as the base, and is 4 feet 2 inches in height. Upon the outer lines of the abacus of the capital is fixed a plain but very sub stantial iron railing ; and in its centre is con structed the acroter, which at once forms a roof or covering to the internal staircase, and a pedestal for the statue to stand upon. This superstructure is of the same red granite as the shaft, and contains seven courses in height between the top of the abacus and the feet of the statue. The gross altitude of the whole structure from the surface of the ground to the top of the acroter is 123 feet 6 inches ; and the statue itself being 13 feet 6 inches, the whole distance from the ground to the top of the figure is 137 feet. The spiral staircase within the pedestal and shaft of the column consists of 168 steps, of 2 feet 4 inches wide, and very well lighted in every part between the pedestal and the outlet upon the abacus of the capital. We cannot recur to the mention of this staircase with out repeating our admiration of the ingenuity and skill of the architect, in the use which he has made of it for the purpose of firmly binding together all parts of this fabric, by means of the bond-stones, of which we gave a minute description in The Sun a few days since. When we advert to the gigantic dimensions of this column; to the heavy expense of creating a founda tion for it ; to the difficulties of procuring blocks of granite in Scotland, or vessels with hatchways, to convey them, of adequate size ; to the expense of land carriage and freightage from such a distance ; and to the excessive labour of working so hard a stone, we are surprised at the smallness of the sum for which this work has be6n accomplished, and we cannot but feel that the committee (of which the Duke of Wel lington is the Chairman) has well discharged its duty, both in the administration of the funds intrusted to their management, and in their selection of an archi tect and a mason, who have proved themselves so emi nently well qualified for the undertaking. The statue contains about eight tons of metal. The scaffold for raising such a mass was most ingenious and simple, and, considering that there is no example of a scaffold constructed of mere poles and cords per forming what this scaffold has successfully performed, reflects the highest credit on Mr. Nowell. We sup pose that the sculptor has concluded that, at the vast distance to which it will be removed from the eye, it will be but indistinctly seen, and, consequently, that it will be less obnoxious to the acuteness and severity of criticism than if it were to stand within the range of more minute observation. But as a correct portrait of the indilidual whom it is intended to represent : or as a work of art—chaste and classical in conc eption, or dexterous in execution, we regret that we cannot give to it the praise which we should have been glad that it had appeared to us to merit. In the first place, as a resemblance, we do not recognize in it either the expres sion of countenance, or the general mien and portliness which characterized the person of the late Duke of York. His Royal Highness, although of large sta. ture, was far from a clunisy man ; and his attitude, when standing up, was always remarkably commanding and dignified. We cannot trace the resemblance of these characteristics in the statue. Seeondly, as a work of art, we cannot reconcile to our minds the marvellous ironsistency of the costume with which this statue is invested. If it had been an equestriqn statue we might •-ot perhaps have objected to the Nile of its boots as hey are ; but to give t , ) a. figure, destined to be placed I;tQ it were upon a pinnacle, at a height of 123 feet from the ground, a pair of boots of a form appertaining ex clusively to cavalry uniform, does appear to us to be very incongruous and improper; and then to as sociate with those boots, the robe of the order of the Garter, characterized by its star, &c., on the left breast (which robe is never worn with boots), merely because its length was convenient to assist in supporting the statue, seems to indicate either a want of foresight as to the effect,—a carelessness in the study of the subject,—or a sterility of invention stshich, we own, we should not have expected to find in an artist of such experience, employed on such a work in the nineteenth century ! It would be unpardonable in us to disguise our ge nuine sentiments on any such occasion ; and we are therefore obliged to withhold from the sculpture that admiration which common justice, and our duty to the public, compel us to bestow on the architectural con struction and practical masonry of this distinguished monument, which we have no doubt will stand, through a long succession of ages, to bear its own testimony in justification of our applause. COURT CIRCULAR. Prince Talleyrand had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign-office. His Ex cellency afterwards visited Earl Grey at the Treasury. The Chevalier de Vial, the Spanish Minister, ac companied by Count Florida Blanca, the newly ap pointed Spanish Minister, paid a visit yesterday after noon to Viscount Palmerston, at the office of the Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Lord Chancellor and Viscount Althorp had in terviews yesterday with Earl Grey at the Treasury. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgic Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches from Sir Robert Adair, Minister at Brussels, were received yesterday morning at the Fo i•eign-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVA LS. Lord Rendlesham, at LOng's Hotel, Bond.street, from Rendlesham-hall; Major Crossley, at ditto, from India; Cap tain TroLope, at ditto, from ditto; Captain Lamb, at ditto, from Gloucestershire; Walter Wilkins, Esq ,at do., from Mas. sleough,; Clement W igny, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; F. Corbyn, E q., and Captain Stockton, at ditto, from Liverpool ; George Brown, Esq , Bth Hussars, at ditto, from Brighton ; Wyndham Mallet, Esq., at ditto, from Wiltshire; Viscount Palmerston, in Great Stanhope.street, from Broadlands ; the Earl of Aberdeen and family, at Argyll House, from a visit to the Earl of Harewood, at Harewood, Yolk. shire; the Dowager Marchioness Chulmonoeley and Miss Bentinck, on Carlton-terrace, from Long Ditton Hall ; the Earl of Selkirk, at the Sacks/11e Hotel, Sackville-street, from St. Mary's Isle, North Britain ; Lord Russell, at the Marquis of Tavistock's, Spring gardens ; Lady Langley, at the Hano ver Hotel, Hanover-square, from her seat at East Kent; the Baroness de Roil, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cav, ndish square ; J. Puget, Esq., and Mrs. Puget, at ditto; Rev. C. H. B. Bazeley, at ditto; John Buckle, Esq., and Captain Wynne Baird, R.N., at ditto. DEPA RTURES. F. W. Tome, Esq., from Long's Hotel, Bond-street, for Ireland ; G. Granville, Esq., from do., for Germany; F. Brock man, Esq., from ditto, for Cambridge; Sir Cavendish Hum_ bold, Bart., from ditto, for the Earl of Orford's, Fakenham, Norfolk ; the Rev. R. F. Martin, and Mrs. Martin, from ditto, for Leeds Castle; H. Wykeham, Esq., frum ditto, for Thame park ; R. Prime, Esq., from ditto, for Sussex; R. Warner, Esq., and Miss \Varner, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Mrs Cuthbert, from ditto; Rev. Brook Henry Bridges' and J. Bridges, Esq., from ditto; Colonel Solway, from the Hanover Hotel, Hanover square, for Egham Park, Surrey; Lady Langharn, from ditto, for her seat in Surrey. KING'S THEATRE. The Italian Opera last night achieved one of the most brilliant triumphs which it has obtained in this country for many years. Rossini's Gazza Ladra, re garded by so many excellent judges as his best work, was given in a style, taking the performance as a whole, very decidedly superior to any other represen tation of the opera upon the same boards. The fol lowing was the cast:--. Giannetto . Fernando Gottardo Ninetta Signor Rubini. Signor Tamburini. Signor Zuchelli. •••• Signora Giuti t a Grisi The reputations of the three male singers are suffi ciently known here to render it almost superfluous to add that the three parts have never before combined such eminent talents in one representation. But the Ninetta was a debutante ; and although fame-had been loud in her praise through the ordinary channels, that is so much a matter of course, arising either from the partiality or the management of friends, that there are few who place much reliance upon it. In the present case, however, we are in the unusual and agreeable position of having to state that the effect produced by this young cantatrice upon the whole audience, and certainly upon none more than ourselves. was very far beyond any expectation which had been previously excited. Her part in the canone, Oh nume benefice, was given in a spirit quite on a level with the two accomplished artists who were associated with her, and its perfect execution twice drew down the most rap turous applause. In all the fine music of the latter end of the act Signora Grisi continued to gain in the estimation of the audience, and her duet in the open ing of the second with Giannetto was encored with an enthusiasm rarely exhibited by the audience of the King's Theatre. From this point to the end of the opera all she did, but especially the beautiful air Deh to regyi, where she kneels in front of the church, was so perfectly triumphant that we cannot specify parti cular parts as possessing more merit than the rest. Signora Grisi's voice is a genuine Italian soprano. It is all pure from the chest, remarkably equal, brilliant in tone, luxuriant in its flexibility and compass, and combining apparently any extent of power which the singer chooses to exert, with a softness so delicate and exquisite that the ear strains to catch its minutest vibration. After the fall of the curtain the singem have named came forward, and were received with the most marked expressions of approval. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mr. Mathews was " At Home" for the season for the first time last night. The theatre was numerously attended, though not crowded, and he was received with marked favour. He appeared in excellent spirits, and, notwithstanding he announced that he was born in 1776, there was nothing in his performances indi cative of a man verging on sixty years of age. The entertainments presented no novelty, but consisted of a series of old acquaintances, which were cordially welcomed frem their popularity of old. The narra tive portion of the Comic Annual comprises The Youthful Days of Mr. Mathews, and the dramatic part pictured The Polly Packet. Most of the lovers of laughter, and of those who seek to appreciate character through dramatic representations, are familiar with both the one and the other ; and, therefore,. to enter upon anything like a detail of their construction would be, indeed, to repeat a thrice-told tale. The most triumphant of the sketches was still " the old Scotch lady's leetle anecdote," which was as nicely finished and as admirably characteristic as ever. The songs also were in high favour. The curtain did not finally fall till half-past eleven. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green last night in troduced a Mrs. FISHER, a lady of considerable pro vincial fame, as Bess, the beggar's daughter. Ti is lady owes her introduction to the metropolis to the author of the drama, and her performance justifi. d Mr. Knowles's judgment : she played it with mush gentleness, and made no attempts to do more th an t h e author designed. The part is one of those which call rather for excellent taste than for any other requisite, and would be marred by overacting. Mrs. F.'s voice and person are good, and she will prove a great ad dition to the company. The Countess of Harrington was in a private box, and the house was well attended. LORD ELDON'S STATE CARRIAGE— The old state carriage in which Lord Eldon, as Chan cellor, usually went to Court, was yesterday exhibited at a sale in the Pantechnicon, where it had remained some time for the accommodation of any new Lord Chancellor who might desire to proceed ul on safe constitutional principles. while thele Mr.. Richards, forenoon o f the Meadow 27th of Place, las u t month, runtstie ld Links, dera b wa e s r w ou a p l k o i n f g in bees i i hanging a g n a g rd in e g n . , he 0 nt h e noticed a n upper pa rcto of_si the summer seat, for which he immediately obtained a hive, and had them all safely secured in the course of ten minutes. This affords certain proofs of a warm spring, and a promise of an - early supply of good honey, _Edinburgh Paper.