The Sun. — London, England, 1825-11-18 00:00:00

salonghi as extretnely I t would th i) P e ar that great discontent was reigning raughout his army, and that KARASKAKI lad been placed at the head of all the Greek ';urillas, organised in Acarnania and in Livadia. A n the b eginning of September he passed the f h 'lnus and th reatened the important pos i t i on , o , l4 "hala, and pus h ed on his forces to Katouna b ulis t anoth er detachment established itself at oc ra " r nvstri, at a little distance from the sea, cu lling the roa d to Candili. REDSCHID 4 4C1 1 14. was thus obliged to send troops to ".iala and whi c h i t was hoped would 1,. 1 : 411t any furth er attempts on Mi sso l ong hi, T h - a r a'Y being thereby much weakened.— Ni : re is ) how ever, no date given in this article, fr "l a statement in a letter, dated Trieste, \ T n . V. t appears th a t on t h e st h o f O cto b er r:lssololighi was still invested, but that all w t"t was cut off by the Greeks, in case the tol7 should b e ra i sed, and the Seraskier attempt , r " a n' off his t roops . hot,hat F rench Th ree per C ents. on W e d nes d ay three o'clock, were 68f. hsc. l i llrus seis and Frankfort Papers to the 10th and 1\; :".1 were this morning received by the t on n d b " r s Mail. Ext;Acts from them will be 41t el ow, but th e y con t a i n no thi ng of any i: rie4 t. Th ere i s a long article i n one o f t h em ti a i allswe r to the accusat i ons o f t h e F renc h Jour ''which have been indulging in some remarks t the Political institutions of the Nether lands. r Pr 0771 the Brussels Papers, Nov. 16.) Nov._ _. , 4 t n .:, Bnussrf.s, N 12 tat e ', gate letter fiorn the Hague says, that the Sittings of the .. the '‘ietieral are bus in examining the first two books de o t l this weds of Co mmerce! This examination will he c l *hi e }, e lc.: they will there discuss the budget, the d_e o b n o a c t. te n s on the thoilth will probably • take place towards the end .it wi i* AS for the Code de Procedure it is not certain that %i c , Ibe i „„ • • 4111 1 1 0 1: ell i : _ 11 1_, t a i r , e o n r t r e . 4 this year •; in case it should not, the Ses of pupils in the new gratuitous schools at L b e e ig en e Alit aw eg Yesterday to 945, not includir , those who haye ra , Iner, on account of illness or uncleanliness. T"" to p r ia e eive 0 7 r enders it necessary to provide additional room Th e 7 lll . the , i, `JaPtain of the Dutch ship, the Snelheid, who arrived in nattliZel on the sth inst. states, that on his voyage from o S ne ur o i: Ilillich t bet, in the o -n ea two Brazilian schooners, Ith° sent a boat Ofi board with an officer and four sailors, hitott!4°ootrikefp'roolindtrhini a bale of Foffee, halfchest of sugar, a Lt? 1111, WlNhed 11' and other things. The a pirates, when they et _ct w is Aia:_B. llni .good voyage. t h u hs to 4e_ tY the King of Prussia has just granted 70,000 cdt a i of emPloyed, during six years, in repairing the Ca -I,z,_ Cologne. of our: 4.---Their Royal Highnesses the Prince aild , Princess f.l.°ln England set out this morning for the Hague. —Two wo mails ~ are now due. ' Front tin: Frankfort Journels, 11th November.) 1' ti , is m - -e Q -, le"tY the Ring havi g graciously lA-A nT z i"j a n x n ° o ' u N n c o e v ti 9 th . at tetlidet,uc'ell now had chosen n our city for her future 4 4 1 t i,.v_e . it' c o e f ` ttishe Magistrates, in concert with the Reprysen „,..hich .e Commune, resolved to send a . deputation to :',: 4 titue , t ° offer to the King the expressions of their :che r A I f ir this new Proof of his goodne", 7 tl t l th. aJeitY the Queen Dowager their joy at this resolution, t and there to testify Neil Out for with which she is expected. This depu a unic i yesterday. ,0 14 ~ cr .' DARMSTADT, Nov. 9. 7, O N R :,64 Gazette contains a - Inotice from the office of the ' t' el ° la t i ; I°l. roreign Affairs to the following effect :—" As the t °ths 1, I of the Grand D . h of Baden relative to the (his suc y h h e ,r,ave essentially changed t _e rel tions, according to which lt tiN -eat r °f Coni I Se a tember, 1824, was con adof 8t i Highness hes ordere d -oi %Y.th Baden ate e43 e to be in -1 his Royall., 1826, after which k ri e, of „_ vigour from Ist Janua y that it ''hs e a wilich 'lll.leltiodt.ice or manufacture of the Grand Duchy of ported in t hAt ~,.1343' the gellet2l-M ( Ith''' .4 Y he al duty on contosutmneptiC)bn. Grand TheDl c hy of il stipulations esse, e t wo , ,te to favour the retail trade etw , een the frontiers f,_ tates will be published in due time. ' 13i' 9 Unt (pp lis et, die., ,Yher, Minister Plenipotentiary of Denmark t t. FRANCFORT, Nov.NN 1 0 0 t . he he alth, ".on tlie 6th iat Pratzeburg in the house o 1 L i. "411 11. 458 Excellency Thad long been in a precarious state o Th e s --meow— btis, . t4tes-General of the Netherlands aere thi '' in the formation of a Code of Laws, som 1 eod g ' \ W r e "Ppose, on the plan 'of the celebrate( i tl tiel aPuleon. There are not wanting those th e "is c°ontry who would be be n , willing to give Li% 4 Q od ent of a similar work, and who think that te r , W ill be the remedy for long suits in Chan °llr "d lighten the labours of the Judges in 4w C°llr ts of Law. To deal however with the Na. 8 of- Langland in a body is a task of fearful h itud e 0 11tid --) and accordingly none have beert ton s b°4l enough to attempt it, notwithstanding I,ithulidators of Acts of Parliament are to be found Nt ° , 1 , 1t d ifficulty in all the four Inns of Court. e o f ti co nsolidati on o f the provisions of the Acts 17 1 arli a ole nt on a ny g i ven sub j ect is a work o f A e "3 " diff ere nt nature f rom th e f orma ti on o f N ll °4 ; a nd alth oug h per h aps b ene fi c i a l i n thtino l e ins t end is n o t so on t h e w h ole, an d never teild.o sweep away the smallest portion o s e nu Nu rne l'ooq t omes, which form the sine qua _ of f6v *hich has b c 1.9 l e awyer's lib rary . E very endeavour s tbk B en hith er t o ma d e to re d uce this 4 bo t . °T legal l ore has not only proved totally Atid C l 4) but even considerably augmented it , 11 ( 1 ill% fevv instances has increased the confusion d Th i raised doubts where none previously existe itl the 1'444, however, does not originate entirel y f 11 1 .e execution of the work, but is the effect d o 4 Yst ein _ 44(1 w e upon which the work has been gra . ft h e e_ , re f i t . 11 question, indeed, whether it is not in 48 h l - the natur e of an Act of Parliament, telllo-illg passed in most instances from il4 • urary causes, and which as time removes 4 (i ' ,,k tille also brings another, calling for ...„tai_. . ilf 1 1 4 . " In g like legislative interference. Acts 411 4 thlll4tneut proceed upon faits and effects, Ltils, erefere must be mutable. The Common Pr oceed s upon the principles of reason an d natural justice, and therefore is altogether (or at any rate in a great measure) immutable and fixed. The same objection, therefore, which lies against the consolidation of Acts of Parliament, does not apply to the collecting.together and arranging the principles upon which the common law stands, and this arrangement might be called " The English Code." It is very true that these principles have in some cases been departed from, or given a larger operation than they formerly had, both by the decisions of the judges, and the positive provisions of Statute Law. But, in the former case, the old prin ciple has been gradually worn away, andthe new doctrine introduced by degrees, so that the change is effected without producing any con sequence injurious to the Public. The law thus adapt's itself to the notions of the day, and so little is the change known, that the discovery is reserved for the deep read and diligent in quirer into the laws of his country at a distant period. Besides this, the change consists not so much in the principle as in the application of the rule. Where the change is effected by an Act of Parliament, it has hitherto been done upon a review of the decisions of the Judges, and, in point of fact, is only giving the force of law to a train of decisions beforelacted upon. It cannot therefore be considered as the sudden in troduction of a new principle. A remarkable instance of this kind of interference is to be found in the Act limiting Quo Warrant() proceedings against the Officers of Corporations. With these exceptions the principles of the comet 6a Law are immutable, and, therefore, it becomes the fit subject of a Code. In this opi nion, both as to the non-expediency of conso lidation, and the expediency of reducing the body of the English Law into a Code, we are fortified by the observation of Mr. Justice BLACKSTONE, in his Commentaries, that it has always been found that where an Act of Parliament did not proceed upon the known principles of the Common Law, numerous amendments and alterations were necessary to render it at all effective, and it not unfrequently happened that the Legisla ture found itself compelled to abandon the point, and repeal the Act. But Acts proceeding on these principles were not only more simple and intelligible, but mostly attended with beneficial consequences, and seldom required an amending clause. Extract of a Letter from Nuremberg, Nov. 9. --" The last news from Constantinople states, that the Divan has of late been occupied with the affairs of Greece, the result of which was, not to grant the least terms to them, but to subdue them, at all hazards, and to undertake another campaign. It is assured that some members of the Divan, who proposed to grant to the Greeks some trivial concessions, have been looked on with suspicion, and treated as partizans of the Greeks. All the Turkish Commanders, as well as Ina.Axist l'AcitA, have received orders to act with the greatest energy, and to continue the campaign, notwithstanding the advanced state of the season." ATTEMPT AT POISONING.—A case of attempt ing to commit murder by poison was tried before the Assize Court of Paris on Monday last. The name of the prisoner was Denis Plessis, a jour neyman cooper—the intended victim was his companion, called Bachelet. On the 15:h of July Plessis and Bachelet supped together in the house of the widow Berthe, in who , e es:abl.sh ment they were employed. The latter felt a d s• agreeable taste in his soup, and mentioned it at the time, but was assured by the mistress of the house, that it could he nothing but the shells of the eggs with which the soup was made. Ba chelet, however, felt unwell after supper, awl was only relieved by applying to a physician.— It was afterwards suspected that this soup con• tained arsenic, and it was recollected that Plessis, when working in the cellar of a grocer on the 6th of July, had taken some of this dangerous sub stance from a barrel of it which had been broken open. On examination some of the white oxide of arsenic was found in the pcckets of his panta loons, and in the place where he slept. No cri minal prosecution was, however, at first institu ted against him, nor was any intention manifest ed to arrest him, till he had the impud, nee to go before a Commissary of Police and enter a formal complaint against his mistress and the physician who had administered relief to his companion, for defaming his character, by spreading false rumours respecting the cause of Bachelet's illness. He was then arrested. The widow Berthe deposed to the circumstances above-mentioned. Bachelet likewise appeared as a witness. He was linable to walk except with difficulty, in consequence of the effects of the poison. He likewise deposed to the facts of arsenic being found on Plessis, and arsenic being found in his soup. The physican being examined, declared that he had no doubt Bachelet's illness proceeded from poison.— The well known Doctor Orfila deposed that he had examined the contents of Bachelet's stomach, and of Plessis' pocket,and found arsenic in both. On this evidence, joined to the report of some conversations which Plessis' had held with other persons respecting his comrad e , th e Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, by a majority of seven out of twelve; and the Court having added its decision to the majority, the prisoner was condemned to suffer death. 0 - e N% ti 4, 4 vi - 4.1... v. c-0 -, i• i ;,) rt . \ 'tt . -3. li - s.l . j . ... -e ) . it, C''" , ',lA`,.. - '• #,,,t ~,- ' 4 ,-,.? - -:-. er''',,:-, i 1 _ci, t ~,,. ,•,,,,,,,c., ,;,- , ~, ilt* 4 x , GE -z,i,,ve i . b ,it ' ~404\if1,...r40f ' THE KING, &c. WI smolt, Nov. 7.—On Tuesday afternoon, at two o'clock, the weather being very fine, his MAJESTY, with his usual at tendants and retinue, left the Royal Lodge, and proceeded by the Obelisk, the Royal Shrubbery, and Blackness, to Ascot Ileath, and returned by Fern-hill and Sandpit-gate, to the Royal Lode.—Yesterday forenoon Si: Charles Long arrived at the Loyal Lodge, on a visit to his Majesty ; in the afternoon, at half-past two o'clock. his Majesty, accompanied by Sir Charles Long, left the Royal Lodge in his phaeton, followed by the double-bodied phaeton, with the usual attendants, &c., and taking various drives for upwards of two hours, through the New Plantations and the Great Park, returned to the Royal Lodge a little before five o'clock. —Same extra company are expected to arrive this day and to-morrow, - at the Royal Lodge, by invitation of his Majesty. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, Sc.c. The Duke and Duchess of Rutland and family. from Chevely M Park, for Belvoir Castle ; the Marquis of Titchfield and Lord Geo. Bentinck, for Nottinghamshire ; Earl and Cotuitess of Scarborough, from Sandbeck, for Lumlev Castle ; the Earl of Besborough, from Roehampton, for Camalford House, Dorset shire ; the Earl and Countess of Jersey and family, for Mid dleton Park, Oxfordshire ; Countess Dowager of Poulett, from Sussex, for Twickenham ; Lord and Lady Grantham, for Paris; Hon. Edward Petre, on a Continental tour, for three years ; Hon. G. W. Forrester and .Lord Clonmell, from Lord Anson's, for Shrewsbury ; the Hon. Captain' Henry Moly_ neux, for Croxteth Hall; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Saunders, for Southampon. From the Burlington Hotel, Old Burling ton-street—Viscount Kinnaird, Hon. W. Evre, and J. Upton, Esq. on a tour. From the London Hotel. Albemarle-street — Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, for Hants; Thomson Bonar, for Kent. A RR! VA LS IN TOWN. The Earl of Orford, from Woltanton, Norfolk; Hon. Geo. and Lady Charlotte. Grenville. from Somersetshire. At the Burlington Hotel—The Marquis of Hastings, from Paris ; Ad miral Moorsom, from a tour. At Gordon's Hotel. Albemarle street —Dowager Lady Stratton, from Yorkshire ; Josh. Wells, frotn Hants. At Warren's Hotel, Regent-street—Mr. and Mrs. Watson Taylor, from tour. At the St..James's Hotel, Jermyn street—Mr. and Mrs. Polhill and family, from Kent. I‘IMIIIIAGE IN lIIGII LlFT..—Married, at :pinto, Rox burgh-hire, on the 14th inst., J. P. Boileau, jun., Esq., eldest son of J. P. Boileau, Esq., of Mortlake,. Surrey, to Lady Catherine Elliott, daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Mint°. 1.0. d Rivers gave a dinner yesterday, at his elegant residence in Grosvenor-place, to his Grace the Duke of Dorset, Mr. and Lady G. Blakely, and Mrs. Fox Lane, &c. On Monday a dinner was given at Morrison's, in Dublin, to the Catholic Prelates, on the occasion o f th e dedication of a Homan Catholic Church. Doctors Murray and Doyle,. having preached a sermon and granted indulgences, were present. Earl Gower has arrived at Earl Grosvenor's, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, from a tour. It. B. Phillips, Esq. has arrived at I►is seat in Hants, from a tour through North \Vales. ROYAL ACADEMY. The Introductory Lecture to the Course upon Anatomy, was yesterday evening- delivered by the new Professor, Mr. GREEN, the successor of Sir ANTHONY CARLISLE. Mr. THOMPSON took the Chair in the absence of Sir T. LAWRENCE. The PaorEssoit commenced by hoping that his audience would not accuse hint of the affectation of that Greek sophist, who, when Hannibal entered the ttehool, immediately turned his discourse to a treatise on war. If ever his office, as Lee turar upon Anatomy, as subsidiary to painting and sculp ture, caused him to touch upon points of taste, he trusted that they would consider him, not as a high priest at the altar of taste, but as a humble devotee.—Notwithstand ng this preface, most of the Lecture was upon taste, which, however, the Lecturer treated in a manner which proved he had not slightly studied it. Among the points of more general interest which the tenor of his discourse led him to, was the ancient and vulgar error, that tastes are, not to be disputed—that the elpollo Belvidere may acco r d w ith Vie taste of people here ; a pagod with those of China; and the monstrous forms of their artificial deities, with the taste of the inhabitants of the Friendly Isles ; and that there is no criterion to determine to which taste the preference is to be given. This • gregious error arose from the false idea that the arts of paint. and sculpture were exact imitations of nature, just as it IS presented to the eye without selection or combination. If such a principle wee admitted, the wax-worker would be the great est. artist, since he is the most exact imitator of her parts. The Professor opposed to this mistake of considering individually alone as beauty, the contrary and of forming an abstract idea of beauty without any reference to n a t ure . Th e ra pid insipi dity which necessarily results from this practice Is exemplified in the prints from Cipriani. The Pa OF Esson had, at the commencement, stated that he would not declare unconditionally that anatomy was essential to painting and sculpture. In this he alluded to the Greeks, who had attained such eminence in their arts without a know .ll sge of anatomy, as the evidence of Pliny and l'ausanias, and t ie blunders of their medical books testify - ; but this is no rea son why the modern artist should not avail himself of the op portunities which are afforded hin t o f stu d y i ng t h at sc i ence . 7 1.. he Greeks beheld a constant exposure of the human body at their games and festivals ; their climate admitted this, and their manners were agreeable to it. These advantages the moderns possess not; it behoves them, therefore, to make use of those advantages which they have, in the place of those which are denied them. The PROFESSOR declared painting to be a language, of which anatomy was a grammar and syntax: these not only enabled us to attain correctness, but, by habitual correctness, to acquire such confidence that a noble thought may instanta neously and involuntarily, as it were, find its true expression. lie compared the progress of the human mind, in its prepara tion for any of the noblest arts, to the progressive revolution of a wheel. In the first instance, in the difficult acquirement of rudiments, the spokes are singly and deliberately counted ; as the student advances they pass quicker and quicker, until at last the revolution of the wheel is entirely lost in its powerful products. With whatever astonishment we view the facility with which the sublinscst thoughts of Milton and Michael Angelo were followed by powerful expression, such were at first their tedious and laborious effbrts, and such their regular progression, till at last thought and execution, review and approval, became respectively one. The Professor con cluded by observing the difFerent powers and acquirements essential to the artist, who he considered would be great in pro portion as the man was great, and instanced Leonardo da - Vinei, the great father of modern art; and perhaps the most extraordi nary and universal genius the world has ever seen—The ap plause was loud at the conclusion. A letter from Calcutta, dated June 18, has been received by a mercantile house in the city, which states that the whole of the transport ship ping, which the Government at Calcutta had an nounced would not be required, had been again taken up, owing to the failure of the negociations at Prome. Another campaign in Ava was there fore considered inevitable. The last accounts from Bogota mention the death of MATTHEW MACNAMARA, Esq., formerly Cotnmissary-Ge►ieral of the Irish corps in the service of Colombia. Ile was drowned near Hunda. His son, a boy aged 15 years, was in humanly put to death at Maracaibo, by Morales, some years since. DORMANT BEQUEST.—It is at length ascer tained that the sum bequeathed to the different parishes in the City of Winchester, about 50 years ago, and which had been accumulating unknown to any one, till its recent discovery by the Commissioners of Charities, is about 1,2501. The expences attending its division, &c., are ex pected to be between 501. and 100/., so that each parish (six in number) will ultimately receive a sum little short of 2001. TliE THEATRE. 7 - COVENT-GARDEN.-The favourable opinion of the new Comedy entitled Love's Victory, as ex pressed by the audience on Wednesday last, was fully confirmed by the reception which it expe rienced on its second representation yesterday evening. We presume that it would have been► repeated, without interrupting its course, if the Managers had not conditioned to bring forward Madame VEsTais for a certain number of nights in the week, and to give her an opportunity of displaying her abilities in Letitia Hardy. The new Comedy affords the Victory of talents, as well as of Lore, for Mr. C. KEMBLE and Miss LACY never appeared to more advantage than in the characters which they respectively sustain in this amusing piece. The Comedy has been cur tailed, without affecting the main substance, but rather to improve the general interest, yet there .are so many supernumerary characters that it will still admit of truncation, not indeed by tits axe, but at least by the pruning knife. ANECDOTES', &c. REMARKABLE DAY7—This day is remarkable as the anniversary of the deaths of Cardinal Wol sey in 1530, and Cardinal Pole in 1558. Wolsey was made Minister to Henry the Eighth in 1513, Archbishop of York 1514, Cardinal 1515, and Chancellor the same year; Legate 1518, resigned the Seals October 18,1530, was stripped of all his possessions, and died at the age of fifty-nine, at the Abbey of St. Mary de Pratis, Leicester. CATHERINE DE MEDIC'S made a vow, that in case a certain enterprise succeeded according to her wish, she would send a pilgrim to Jerusalem, who should perform the journey on foot, and in such manner, that for every three steps forward he should take one backwards. It is related that a man was actually found who had strength enough to bear the fatigues of the journey, and sufficient patience to abide by the conditions. lie fulfilled the undertaking. and on his return he received a large stipul a ted sum as a requital, and soon after a patent of nobility. BIG SAM.—SAMUEL MACDONALD, R soldier in the Sutherland Fencibles, was seven feet four inches in height, and every way stout in proportion. Hewes. too large to stand in the ranks, and generally stood on the right of the regiment when in line, and marched at the head when in column ; but was always accompanied by mountain deer of uncommon size. This animal was so attached to Macdonald, that, whether on duty with his regiment,'or in the streets, the hart was always at his side. The Countess of Sutherland, with great kindness, allowed him 2s. 6d. per diem extra pay, judging, probably, that soNarge a body must require more sustenance than his military pay could afford. Ile attracted the notice of the Prince of Wales, and was for some time one of the porters of Carlton House. Wben the 93d was raised, he could not be kept from his old friends ; and joining the regiment he died in Jersey, in 1802, much regretted by his corps. EXTRORDINARY ANECDOTE OF AN .ABCII - following anecdote is taken from a scarce work, called " Artachthos," containing an account of all the remark. able famines which have occurred in England since the Con quest. "A. D. 1234, the 18th of Henry 111. was a great frost at Christmasse, which destroyed the come in the ground, and the roots of hearbs in the gardens, continuing till Candlemasse without any snow, so that no man could plough the ground, and all the yeare after was unseasonable weather, so that bar rennesse of all things ensued, and many poore folks died for want of victual's, the rich being so bewitched with averice that they would yeeld them no reliefe. Amongst whom Walter Gray, then Archbishop of York, was not least covetous, of whom it is recorded that his come being then five ycares old, pee doubting the same to he spoiled with vermine, did com mand that it should be delivered to the husbandmen, that in habited his mannours, upon condition that they should pay him the like quantity of new come after harvest, but would give none to the poore for God's sake ; whereupon it came to passe, that when men came to a great stack of his come, which stoode neare the town of Rippon, there appeared in the sheaves all over the same, the heads of wormes, serpents, and toads ; besides, a voice was heard out of the come mow, saving, Lay no hands on the cerne, for the Archbishop and all that he hath is the devill's.' To conclude, the bailiffs were obliged to build a high wall round about the come, and then set it on fire, lest the venemous wormes should have gotten out, and poisoned the come in other place. How this Bishop died,.l have not heard, and whether he went to God or the devil!, it is not for pie to determine." EXECUTIONS.—WIivn jor-G enera HA nn sox was hanged, for being one of the Judges of Charles I the rope broke, and the undaunted regicide., previous to being tied up again, struck the hangman a sound box on the ear for his negligence. A more wonderful, though less tragical in stance of audacity, took place in Cork some years ago, where a tailor was hanged, but animation, restored by the exertions of Glover, a player, at that time performing at Cork Theatre. The first use the incorrigible rogue made of his revivification was to get very drunk, in which' state he went to the Theatre, where Glover was performing that evening, and from the gal. lery thanked him for his exertions in his behalf, to the great astonishment of the audience, and dismay of the actor. MAcKrAN.—Much has been said of the age of MAcxtlx, the actor, and several works state that he had ex. isted a century at the time of his death. The following is a copy of the plate on his coffin :—" Mr. Charles Macklin, co median, died on the 11th of July, 1797, aged 97 . years." Of the twelve friends who followed his remains in three mourning coaches, Munden, who enjoys good health, with the exception of an occasional touch of the gout, is the only survivor. THE DEVIL'S SONATA.—W hi iSt TA RTI NI, the celebrated musician, was pursuing his musical studies in his youth, he dreamed one night that he had made a compact with the evil one, who promised to serve him on all occasions. During this vision every thing succeeded to his mind ; his wishes were anticipated, and his desires more titan gratified. At length he imagined that he presented the arch fiend with his violin, in order to discover what sort of a musician his Satanic Majesty might be: when to his great astonishment he heard him play a solo so singularly beautiful, and which he executed with such superior taste and precision that it surpassed all the music he had ever heard or conceived in his life. So great was his stir prize and so exquisite his delight, on this occasion, that it al most deprived him of the power of breathing. Ile awoke with the violence of the sensation, and instantly seized his violin, in the hope of expressing what he had just heard, hut in vain. He, however, composed a piece, which is allowed to be the best of all his works, and which he called the Devil's Sonata. But it was so inferior to what his sleep had produced, that he de clared he would have broken his instrument, and abandoned music for ever, if he could have found any other means of sub sistence. Mr. KELLY must be mistaken (which he sel dom is) in stating that Mr. SHERIDAN had never seen KEAN act, in consequence of a vow he had made never to enter Drury-Lane Theatre. Mr. SHERIDAN certainly was present at that actor's performance, and as he left the Theatre declared to Mr. Dow Tori that he never was more disap pointed, or words to that effect. That he might afterwards send for KEAN to rehearse Othello, to please Mrs. SHERIDAN, when indisposed, as stated in the rest of the story, is not improbable, for he was really an indulgent husband, but we question the truth of the panegyric on the actor's concep tion and delivery. THE T R OMBONE.—Curiosity led us last night into the Surrey Theatre, in order to hear a Con certo on the Trombone. This instrument we considered only in the light of a loud accompani ment to a full band, but felt no little surprise and satisfaction on finding a Mr. BRINE R render the notes as soft and harmonious as a full -toned flute. In Eft s I K V I o N , 7 fjanahe was peculiarly happy. M r . the Leader of this Band, has much merit in raising it inferior to none, as far as its numbers go. We understand this rare and extraordinary Concerto will be repeated to-morrow evening, with a full accom paniment. THE ARMY. THE NINETY-STXTH REGIMENT.-It gives us great pleasure to be enabled to announce, that Lieutenant-General FULLER, the Colonel of this fine Corps, has received an ac count of the safe arrival at Bermuda, of the three Divisions of the Regiment that had embarked at Halifax on board the Speke, Arab, and Joseph Green, transports. This Corps has, through the commendable exertions of its Officers, completed its aug mentation establishment. The last division of the 32d Regiment of Infantry has arrived ' on board the Borodino transport, at Portsmouth, from C or f u , and is ordered to Plymouth, where the remainder of that corps is w present stationed. The depot of the 12th Regiment of Foot has received orders to embark on board the Borodino transport, on her arrival at Plymouth. for conveyance to Cork. The last division of the 83th Regiment of Infantry is ordered to en!bark on board the Borodino transport, on her arrival at Cock, for conveyance to Corfu. A division of the 36th Regiment of Foot will embark on board the Borodino transport, on her arrival at Corfu from Cork, to return tc England. _ _ _ . ,• A detachment belonging to the East India Company's Ser vice embarked, on Wednesday, at Billingsgate, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham. A detachment belonging to the let battalion of the 60th Rifle Corps, marched yesterday from Westminster, for Weedon. A detachment belonging to the 2(1 Regiment of Dragoon Guards, marched yesterday from Westminster, for Dorchester. Detachments belonging to the 53,1, 07th, and 90th Regiments of Infantry, marched yesterday from Westminster, for Ports mouth. A detachment belonging to the 70th Regiment of Foot, marched yesterday from ‘i'estminster, for Wincli2ster. ' Detachments belonging to the 35th Regiment of Infantry, and the Royal African Colonial Corps, marched yesterday from Westminster, for Albany Barracks. General Sir Thomas Bradford and suite sailed, on the 13th inst., on board the Exmouth, from Portsmouth. for Bombay. The 2d and 3d Divisions of the 99th Regiment of Foot sailed on the llth inst., on board the Southworth and Layton trans ports, from Portsmouth, for the Mauritius. Three companies of the lst Battalion of the 60th, marched on Monday, in pursuance of previous orders, from Weedon to Stockport. A detachment belonging to the 56th Regiment of Infantry marched on Tuesday from Westminster, for Hull. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, Nov. 17.—Wind S.W. moderate weather.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Emperor Alexander, Morris, from Messina ; Margaret Hall, Deveron, from Demerara ; John, Armstrong, from Richebucto ; Electra, Harris, from Phila delphia ; Mary, Wennerd, from Portsmouth (A) ; Queen of Brixham ; James, from Faro, asvitiMitehell Grove, Seller, from Cardiff: Passed through the Louisa, Burns, for St. Michael's. PouTsstouTtr, Nov. 17.—Wind S.W. thick weather with rain—Arrived the Kennersly Castle, Crouch, from Quebec in 28 days; Sorry transport from the coast of Africa, and is under quarantine ; Catherine, Hammon, from Cork, and the Lord Nelson, —, from London for Fayel. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived the Mary, Wilson, and Happy Return, Carthem. from Memel ; Merc!.try. Brant, from Oporto ; and George Canning, Lang, from Xatia. FALMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind \V.—Arrived the Mary, Quick, from Cork. Sailed the Fawey, Bone, for London, and Mector, Banks, for Waterford. LIVERPOOL, NOV. 16.—Wind \V.—Arrived the Notting ham, Sharp, from Quebec; Doris, Penny, from St. John's. N. B.; andltobert. —, from Pictou. COWES, Nov. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived the Spartan. East. brooke, from George Town in 31 days; and his Majesty's sip Calliope, from a cruise. Arrived off' Penzance the Maria, Nings, from Messina. Arrived off Dartmouth the Ibis, Smith, from Oporto. The Hercules, of Whitehaven, Kerr, from London to Liver pool, was run down by a sloop in the Bristol Channel, and totally lost; crew saved. His Majesty's ships Eden, and Ringdove, arrived at Trin'.. dad the 12th of September, from a cruize. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE or TilE ODDS.—B ETTING-ROOM, Nor. 17. 6 to 1 agst Monarch 10 to I agst Bolivar 16 to 1 agst Br. to Cedric 18 to 1 agst Tredille c. 20 to 1 agst Zuleika c. 20 to I agst Br. to Twatty I) 61 7 to I agst rawn 9 to 1 agst Moses 9 to 1 arc. f. out of Master henry's dam 12 to 1 agst Parasol B Y. 29 to I agst Sophist 20 to I agst Advance c. 20 to I agst Grammane 25 to I agst Canvas 25 to 1 agst Pranks colt 25 to 1 agst The General. 12 to I agst Mignonette 14 to 1 agst Bo.peep 15 to I agst Elizabeth 15 to 1 agst Quadrille. IN MEETING, TUESDAY. !ach, fur horses not thorough subscribers. FARLEY HILL AUTUN All aged stakes, of 7 sov. sov. bred. Eigh Mr. Thwaite's hr. ni. Sallytart Mr. Houldsworth's Sphynx Captain Honvyman's Boger Mr. Davison's Rarity - - - - - 4 Six started. Mr. R. Udney's Charcoal fell while making play for the field, but neither jockey nor horse were hurt. Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each. Mr. Owen named Mr. Goddard's Reuben's c. - - 1 Captain Gilchrist's Pilot - - - - 2 Mr. Lushington's Phebe - - - - 3 Two others started. A good race. Hunters' Stakes of 501. Heats. Captain Ross's Lavender - - - 1 3 0 1 Mr. Fitzhush's Mermaid - - - 31 0 Major Robinson's Dart - - - 4 2 3 dr Mr. Goodchild's Giovanni - - - 2 4 dr Mr. Arnold's Gift - - - - 5 5 dr Mr. Jasper Frolic - - - - 6dr Very fine racing between the first three. Nine started. LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 18. There are moderate supplies of most kinds of t=rain this week, and a considerable quantity of Flour. Wheat of prime quality alone finds buyers at Alonday's prices, other kinds are excessively dull. Barley for malting supports its value. other sorts are evidently falling in value. Beans and Pease are un altered. Oats find buyers with tolerable readiness at Monday's terms. AnnivALs—English Wheat, 5,160 ; Barley, 9,200 ; Oats, 4,750; lrish Oats, 690; Foreign Wheat, 2,85 t) ; Oats, 2,410 qrs. ; Flour, 11,060 sacks. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 18 , The following is an accurate Report of the numbess and prices at Smithfield Market this morning:— CATTLE AT MARKET Beasts 6 2 .7 `Sheep . Calves 175 I Pi-rs . _ _... 4,760 100 To sink the Offal, per stone of Ott I3eef 4 6d to 5s Od t Veal ...... 5s Od to 6s Oil Mutton 4s 8d to 5s 'ld Pork 5s Od to 6s Oil .. ... . Lamb Os 6(1 to Os Oti. ITAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Bay £3 5 to £4 17 6 !Clover £4 6s to X 5 15s Straw £1 16s to £2 2s. STONE COFFINS IN ORKNEY.—A Correspon. dent in Orkney informs us, that in digging lately below the floor of the north wing of the transept in the cathedral of St. Magnus, Kirkwall, the workmen came ❑pon two stone coffins or sarco phagus. One of them is hewn out of a block of freestone, with a place for the head, and is upwards of five feet long. It was filled with lime, and is broken through the middle. Thht other was composed of separate stones, and ap pears to have had a wooden coffin within, part of which, as well as a number of human bones, were found. These coffins must be of some antiquity, as it has not been the practice to bury in this manlier la Scotland for many hundred years. There is no inscription.--( lnverness Journal.)