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LITERATURE. P4IPY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. VoL. VII. the London, 1834. the chaPters relating to the struggles betw e e n Ch ar l es Pirst and hi s P ar li ament, an d t h e P rotectorate of u hver Cro mwell, have always been considered the most i h tua l and unsatisfactory in Hume's History of England. 'lll turt eBe chapte rs are contained in the volume before us, and fi n f our gto them, a second time, after the lapse of some I l i, °I. five yea rs , we fi nd no cause to change the opi de; w e originally f ormed of them. Still it cannot b e peri gted • that as models of composition they are all but Q ie ec t Hume was a cold, phlegmatic metaphysician, b ut , 11 h t ,°rY of Ch ar l es ' s sufferings took an extraordinary hold he,2B s Ympathies, an d supp li e d hi m w i t h a ll t h a t h e hi;jeci-ssensibility. Few people who have read his history port e , ti tertain a vivid reco ll ect i on of this subtle and dangerous 4 1 1°11 of it ; w h erefore we cannot but rejoice that v ie ; it wi , ll, in his late admirable history of the Common mr has bee n i n d uced to do his best to right the balance It4lties, and see f a i r p l ay b etween C ava li e rs and "'U teadS Hi Is! attract4l.s re publication o f H ume, i n i ts presen t c h ea p and tad a 7e f orm, Mr. V a l py h as acte d w i t h hi s usua l t ac t kap v - ; a g a eitY• It is a history that, notwithstanding its of rose seeuracies, and the singular negligence in matters 14y 1.61 Which it betrays in its earlier portions, will al of i ts n e a favourite with the public, if only for the charms s tyle, $ easy, unadorned, and beautifully idiomatic RI: . 13 " the present is not merely a republication of iot t : ci e ; i t is of a far more comprehensive character, being ti kess _ s e g to continue English history down to the present gentl e a difficult task, b u t w hi c h h as b een ass i gne d t o a 'key . n nlan capable of doingit every justice—we mean the r, nu,hes. THE STANDARD NOVELS. tlirt AX ainAnzAN L, BY W. BECKFORD, ESQ• I 4'4.8 OF orRAN TO TA , BY E THE EARL OF ORFORD ; AA vp ' l / 419 ;" B RAVO OF VENICE, BY H. G. LEWIS, ESQ. e 41st Number of the Standard Novels. R. BENTLEY. 111 4 • London, 1834. to the 11; °lle of the most delightful volumes -er presented Vet; "'era fiction. Neither " Vathek" nor The Bravo of onoeh has ever before appeared in a cheap form, and the o at combined in one volume with the Earl ofO rf of or t d h ' y e s kith: B nntance, enriched by an exquisite portrait h Elba a ltfo r d,memoir from the pen of Lord Dover. - Mr. 114 e id s a Vathek" is illustratedby two copper plates. We t his at i arrived at the age of cheap literature, when all cat h e . The . "ended for six shillings ! dated A ppearance, in its present form, of" Vathek" has in tettilt again to read that very remarkable work, and the ou r b een, that the impressions derived from the tale af tta 1 1 .ns43'°llth are mo re th an con fi rme d. This does not o f 13 . 1) eu, and can only be brought a b out b y t h e h an d bet tni • It is not t h at i n our present perusa l we have o. ikide:tre 'charmed t h an b efore w i th t h e chain ofasruerptrisasteinr,d 1, 41 141 8 teeni ng through the story, but we h more t ,,, nr e Perfect relish the subtle flavour of the wit have t eea 14)- Perceived the significance of the allusions:have nitu t Z a hled to view, as with an enlarged visio . n, the n g grandeur and luxury of the descriptions "cvel -.. ‘0401 ...or e at large in the poetical beauty of the ttiL ts a nd the felicity of the language, and, what e is tOti th ir, as necessary in reading a story where "more the 4ot me ets the ear," have unequivocally seen, spite q t he t A be writer, and, therefore, do not hesitate, which he R ev i ew, be t he fev er ,, •to say, that his purpose l . n isone ew e , st moralist must approve.. He is, it must tei nPt • sscl x betrayed into an occasional licence by the a hoas " •h' h ill not be sup -4aq; but ex an ever-ready wit w lc w (1 1 1 %le b ' his design is lofty and good. That the " Faust" t p -e ' and the mystical and allegorical romances of La r vi t “;, kic ia 6 , should be praised by saintly persons Chop . he t endency, is proper enough ; but how such : f ere e : °44l fail to detect the same intention in the st . ory aPPears unaccountable. Vathek, from his birth ; 444 e ht al e v re ° , ln is i l tearY, and, like Faustus, a cultivator of for _ tempted by . supernatural agents,. falls into 4 1( 4 . 014 .' 4 ' elthe evil one, and, having committed all sorts of Ili tY ° II earth, is condemned "to wander in an eter haiing anguish." This is an awful picture of the l'cre h e— awaiting sinful indulgence. %lei) ha a t'e alluded to the fictions of La Motte Fouque, b tt ve been so celebrated over Europe ; and we have the Nip;:t"elk that they would never have been written had her not studi e d an d cop i ed " Vathek. " Thi s i s not so ttlie rt en ai t at first on account of the dazzling wit which every gane i nates the pages o f th e Englishman, and which l in .e,r P, a e was utterly unable to imitate ; but in them. .41:4 h alf all egor i ca l p ar t s , i n th e eccentric in excursions 1/4)1(1iu i magination, in the lavish fancy, the Neeii ear nations of abstract things, and in giving an 48 i f tl l . Bi g n ificance to every adjunct, however mean, fe et world, an i mate and i nan i mate, h a d cons pired to ° Pillio n "l e grand object, La Motte Fouque has, in our Nirap e ' ta ken his cue f rom M r . Be c kford . Look, for at tb at p ar t o f " Si n t ram and his companions" ;. es crihes the journey of the knight through the ae "coll a ~ heY 0 t - V" 11l and terrors, and then at the magnificent . th e i r ° L the nocturnal procession of Vathek and his train Nash,: IvaY towards Istakhar. In both cases the gaunt, : e rn e t ,"its, the wild beasts, the birds, and the reptiles, if 0 4 Y 1 0 ik -aVe a character over and above their own, as ca p s the conscious agents of some fearful . power. d *etrihi Zees of the imagination can be more striking an 4a tho e , f 4a4 thiS ; but the merit of the idea rests with the ktii;;* V athek," w h ose b oo k appeare d b e f ore F ouqu e this The conclusion of Mr. Beckford's romance, s Lita, or - a wful vi s i on of the Hall of Eblis, i s the most oh 1, 0 1 4 411 b t he creations of fiction. t te fixe? °v er's memoir of the " Life of Horace Walpole," le .4 . 1 t 4 . to the Castle of Otranto," in the present vo um , Nee e ttY interesting, instructive, and, no doubt, authentic, d 44( 4 blog raw Y• We have no room for extract, an attl ; in( ' eP our brief notice of this number of the Sta ” nd . - kk N ov els hY stating, that " The Bravo of Venice No- e- u Y a Life of the Author, and by some critical as of the tale 2% ( - Jr ;-.RR IN WALES. Br TmomAs MEDWIN, tllB4 th e -Q. 2 Vas. Bvo. BENTLEY, 1834. itee WithaPhic powers of Captain Medw . in at all kept 41 1 a deri t • In a experience of life, he had obtained at least a re..3 llllrrie rt_Mity,—th a t is to say, his work would have t'ltu py ' kid admired through a moderate segment of a L lti t'rin t jle has seen much, and heard more, amidst the -94 ,net -- ` a f et Y in which his lot has been cast ; but either he , v eh lft ~e't strongly, or he wants the peculiar gift of .con °tit 4111 44 impressions to others. The result is a slight, 1 1 , 1 '6 it ed 4B * l ng work ; half fiction, half reality, on trout-fish °holt „titer-hunting, Wales and India, Walton and Lord 4 141, 4 ,'Ce whol hoearing a tole ra bly c l ose resem bl ance t o r.e t i,er'S p, and l eav i ng t h e rea d er not a li tt l e 13 ,t t his juxt a -p os i t i on o f names . an d subjects, which hr voetiied nt the nature of things to be for ever separated. itho rat Captain is one of those pleasant companions ttl e stetsas e n s captain on all topics, never checked by any mis .Btilii t° ee tnPetency, and as ready to leap at a gate as R ' u llee t. ; Ye t in defiance of his absurdities, or it may be in : e hlok - 2 1 ? (f them, he is almost Uniformly entertaining. itX 4 . 1 e dull but when attempting to be sentimental, Itith h: character of a certain Mr. Julian, who is troubled l ,NtitbK ti l ° dical fits of melancholy, and dies in the very com "ave ue lief that " death and life are mere names, and rher identity than what our very limited senses tat colou rs give them, being mere creations of the brain,. gave th -", are °f the eye." After this, no one, surely, will kota;h7rdbood to deny that Bedlam has its school of 1 11 ta' ea ' vol ter, L Li mes are supposed to be the journal of an Inatue Who, with the aforesaid Julian . and a friend . of the of Charters, sets out on a fishing -excursion through be ko s . t , e n s i e d e ar o t r Y Caantde_learned are their disquisitions . on the tiotl the e ic4inst hing trout—fly-fishing agaist . trolling, c 3 of salnion-paste. But the most amusing por -044 • t he work are • , xioo „ precisely those which have the least 4 % 1 it. For instance, there is a story about a eller °ear-hunt tip.ll,;hilvre teere_atsal tsapkoertu, Pthnoutghhenise "Ixnable extent of morasses, k finallylves to play the hunters, denfoe:toedh.y the e t n was om i e niA , „(k.a, where numbers of hogs are turned out to fatten 4,0 fti , 114 leaf, and becom e so savage that none but suds were approach them. } Amidst desolation e surprised by a wild host drawn up in battle ~, ;UDED•) c, Friday ; miles._ ..... ..... • 3 the latter other two 7e The Mr' olts and 61- ...... - iwn) 4 5 3-Yr- ..... 2 i,;a — a, half. 4 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 sdr 2 dr r 5 pas 4 sing! dr be been decided 2 to 1 ags t / 3013 o 1 • neral Chasse 16 to . 1 af one 'l.sinee I to a Swe e r bs 1 ....... t 3 ....... , m il e s 4 1 50'4' %Ir. Davy ~°11.5 a. f e u 25 added, mbs. 1 3 „ heats by P."' i distance, scas, Mr. 13r°v`v for horses ofto beating ts` n two heal 3, Mr. Ft as won in tau S'S G1a01011... nor Lass, beat' subs. alked ocers.o. Y. 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" 1 02:2: ......... •. _dd throughot" s• t 0.4 ok'FAT; c ) 6 4 6 0 •• • ..... 5 .••• 4 4 t 0...... 3 6 4 tto..••• 4 .1 3 urs ••• 3 ........... v 4 ne NT• rie rt K s • s ti '2 ......... $ ; ...... 6 ....... 1 1. .......... 6 ........ ig.. 9. a far oel d ie " c elt ( 50 yh e WitP rtet. c wolose iull a t le ref; free 6aola 1 0 0 array, the veterans of the herd appearing to direct their movements. The weaker party turned and fled. The porcine phalanx came thundering after in a semicircular curve, the horns or wings of the troop making an echelon movement in an ever-narrowing circle, like a regiment of cavalry bringing their right and left shoulders forward to outflank and then enclose them. In the very crisis of their fate, the fugitives gained a ruined shed, whereupon their enemy made a halt, and collected together, as if to hold a council of war. The besieged interrupted the debate by discharging from the window four barrels loaded with small shot, when the leaders, being wounded, they grunted the signal for retreat, and the whole party scampered off into the covert. But our author and his friends in general were especially unfortunate in their feuds with the brute creation ; on one occasion, while wading in Llyn Egnant, a bull rushed down to the water's edge, filling them with dismay, he being bull the second that had thus challenged them to the combat, and found them any thing but willing ; at another time, an otter kills two of their dogs ; and one unlucky wight, in a boar-hunt, coming to the ground, the uncivil brute turns short round upon his pursuer and amuses himself with dig ging his tusks into the back of the prostrate enemy. But what better could have been expected from a hog ? The hyenas seem to be the only animals that inspire no fear and are uniformly defeated without damage to the victors. A single proof of this is given in the case of a Shikkarie, who forces his way into a hyena's den, muzzles the brute's jaw, fastens his fore and hind feet, and trium phantly drags him into daylight. What the creature was about all this time is not said, though some might possibly imagine that therein lay the very cream of the story. Wonderful as this forbearance was on the part of the hyena, it would be hard upon Mr. Julian that he should find any thing less than implicit credit for these or any other fancies of his teeming brain, seeing that he himself is ready to believe any thing and every thing ; his accommo dating faith receives without doubt or hesitation the moni tor of Socrates and the dream of Carden, the ghost of Brutus, and the metempsychosis of the Hindus, Shelley's double, and the visions of Nicolai, which last by the bye is more than the honest Berliner himself did ; he attributed his spectre to a disordered stomach, and accordingly took physic and was bled, the best specifics in the world against phantoms. Leaving these knotty questions to the learned in such matters, we hasten to that which will be considered by many as the most interesting portion of these volumes— namely the anecdotes and portraiture of Byron. Here, at least, we had expected to find something new, but alas ! to depreciate the immortal poet is no novel matter in this country. Would any one imagine the following was intended for his portrait ? " His figure was any thing but good It was short and devoid of symmetry. His voice was effe minate and without compass ; and then there was an affec tation in the way, in which he modulated it." " His face, that was pallid and fleshy, betrayed no signs of a single hair, being closely shaved up to his ears, giving his visage an unmanly and unbecoming appearance, rendered still more so by the downward fold in his collar, and the lowness of his white cravat, that showed a considerable portion orhis neyk, of whose bull thickness he was not a little vain."— pp. 172, 181, vol. ii. Here is a portrait of him as a lover and a father : " News came of Allegra's death. Byron sent directions that her corpse should be transmitted to Drury, and buried at Harrow, where it now lies. It was a strange caprice to commit to English ground one whose fortune was to have been forfeited in case she married a person of that nation. He told me it was his intention to have divided his property equally between Ada and her, had she lived ; though only a few weeks before, he, by a codicil to his will, bequeathed her, with the condition I mentioned, five thousand pounds, i3 leaving the bulk of his estates to his sister, and disinheriting " Ai Florence I met several times the mother of this child, then living en pension. She was a brunette, with very dark hair, and eyes that flashed with the fire of intelligence, and might have been taken for an Italian. Her history was a profound secret. As she possessed considerable talent—spoke French and Italian, particu larly the latter, with all its nuances and niceties, she was much courted by the Russian coterie, a numerous and fashionable one in that city. Though not strictly handsome, she was animated and attractive, and possessed an esprit de societe rare among our coun trywomen. She might be about twenty-five or twenty-six, and supposing me unacquainted with the particulars of her unfortunate connexion with Byron, never mentioned his name, or that of her daughter. " No part of his conduct is more mysterious than his neglect of this interesting young woman ; and the reason of his abandoning the mother of his child after withdrawing it from her care, is one of the many problems I leave others to-solve in this enigma. I have often heard Byron speak of Allegra. The little creature took a violent dislike to him, as it was just she should to one who so cruelly renounced and injured her who gave her birth. Ido not accuse him of seduction as regards this lady."—p. 182, Vol. 11. It is hard to believe these things of such a man as Byron, nor do we much admire the feelings which in any case could dictate them. Even if they be truths, they are truths which had better have remained untold. What thanks would that immoderate lover of fact deserve, who should seek to qualify our admiration of female beauty by reminding us that the form, so fair without, would fill us with disgust if once stript of its integument ? But it is the fault of all common minds, that, instead of endeavouring to raise themselves to the great and the good, they are in variably bent on reducing them to their own level—and great Lord Byron most assuredly was in his writings, what ever he might be in his actions. Had he, however, been ten times worse than either malice or feebleness have yet been able to show him, the world would only lose by the disclosure. By demonstrating how very little may be greatness, a lesson is taught of diminished respect for the highest exertions of human intellect, and in proportion to that result are we lowered in the scale of existence. In the simple yet striking language of the old Greek fragment, " Let the earth cover and protect its dead." Upon the whole, the reader will most probably be amused with these volumes, and, as they are not likely to weigh much or long upon the recollection, there is every chance of their obtaining with many a second perusal. THE ROMAINE OF HISTORY-ITALY, WITH TWENTY-ONE. ILLUSTRATION S . BY T. L.INDSEER. Vol. I. BULL AND CHU.RTON, HOLLES STREET. 1834. The merits of this work are too well known to leave any necessity for notice, except as far as regards the form in which it is now presented to the public. The three vo lumes are to contain one-and -twenty engravingi ; in the pre sent volume are seven, affording very clever specimens of the degree of excellence to which engraving on wood may be carried. This branch of the art has of late years been much neglected ; we cannot see why ; it is sufficiently sharp - and clear in its effects, the operation is much cheaper than with either steel or copper for the material, and a single block will yield, without retouching, many thousand impressions. These are no slight considerations, when the public demand both cheapness and excellence as the price of their hard-won patronage, and refuse to be satisfied with less than both combined. Thus embellished, this work, which was always highly popular, will no doubt find a conspicuous place in every cabinet library. THE MAN OF HONOUR, &c.—We are requested to state, that the " Man of Honour" and " The Reclaimed," in two vols., post Bvo., will be published by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street, on Friday, the 15th inst. Orders should be forwarded immediately to the various booksellers, to insure the early delivery of this work. Letters from New York, received at Liverpool, state that the riots which disgraced that city were promoted by planters and others interested in slave, property in the southern states, for the pnrpose of checking the formation of associations for the immediate abolition of slavery. Dr. Cox, who was formerly an advocate of the American Colonization Society, th e o bj ect o f w hi c h was to sh i p o ff t h e bl ac k s to Afric a , was i n En gland last year, and, from the information obtained here he became, on his return to America, as warm an advocate fOr immediate as he had previously been for gra dual abolition. Hence the , attack of the hired mob on his church and dwelling -house. WOMENMOR TAR - CARRIERS.—AtVienna women at e always employed to carry mortar. In 1827, when Mr. Hawkins, the engineer, was building a sugar-house there nine stories high, he employed a hundred bricklayers at one time, and fifty female mortar-carrier s . The women carried the mortar up four-story ladders outside the building ; and thence up seven other ladders inside, from story to story. Each woman serves two bricklayers; and when these bricklayers leave work, the woman who attends on them cleans their trowels and other tools, and wraps th em up in the men's aprons, and puts them in a secur e p l ace till the morning, when she must have them ready for the men at their time of beginning to work. It is singular that a custom which we are apt to think belongs only to a very rude age, should prevail in such a highly civilized and humane society as that of Vienna, where all classes, from the lowest to the highest, are edu cated; and where all, without exception, are polite. But in this very country, where women are thus daily employed in the labours of men, it would be thought shocking if a female were to be seen on the outside of a coach. Such are the anomalies of society.—Architectural Magazine. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1834, MADRID. CHAMBER OF PROCERES.—SirTirm of AtrotTsT 2. The Duke de Bailen took the chair at ten o'clock, the order of the day being the discussion on the draught of the address presented to the Chamber the day before yesterday. After the reading of the minutes of the last sitting, the Duke de Rivas, one of the Secretaries, communicated to the Cham ber a letter from General Palafox, excusing his absence in consequence of his being a prisoner in his own house, but ex pressing his readiness to take the oath if allowed to present himself to the Chamber on his parole d'honneur. After some discussion on the rights and prerogatives of the Chamber, the report of the committee on the address was read by Senor Cano Manuel, one of the Secretaries of the Chamber, and also one of the members of the commission. Senor Angel Saavedra made some observations which were not very intelligible, on the exercise of the Royal prerogative by the Queen Regent ; and he was followed by Don Javier de Burgos, the late Minister of the Interior, who contended that the sole duty of the commission was to have prepared an answer, an echo of the speech in conformity with the practice of France and England. Martinez de la Rosa, the President of the Council, de fended his Administration from the charge which appeared to have been brought against it by Senor Angel Saavedra, and argued that the speech was frank and explicit in all its parts. As to the liberty of the press, which had been alluded to, he contended, that in all political matters it was already free, and that for the present it was necessary to confine it within rea sonable bounds. The Chamber then proceeded to discuss the answer to the address paragraph by paragraph. The three first were adopted unanimously, without even the proposal of an amendment. On the 4th, sth, and 6th, some slight alterations were proposed, but on being put to the vote they were carried as they ori ginally stood by large majorities. When the paragraph which relates to the Pretender came to be discussed, Senor Cuadra inquired if General Rodil had had sufficient powers to make Don Carlos prisoner. Martinez de la Rosa began his reply by enumerating the diplomatic negotiations which had taken place in France and England preparatory to the conclusion of the quadruple treaty. He added, that when the Spanish army had arrived at Zamora, the Pretender had already embarked on board the British ship of war the Donegal, so that he could not pos sibly have been detained a prisoner by the forces of her Ca tholic Majesty. Much of what has been said in France and England on the subject of the pension granted to Don Carlos, and on the confiscation of his property in order to compel him to renounce his pretensions to the crown, was repeated, and confirmed by the Minister, and was evidently received with attention. The Marquis of San Felices made some observations on the present state of public education, to which Martinez de la Rosa replied that a bill would be sent down to the Chamber within a few days, having for its object the establishment of a new system of primary instruction. A paragraph having been introduced into the address on the subject of the urban militia, a subject on which the speech had been silent, Martinez de la Rosa spoke in praise of the body generally, and took credit to himself for the extension it had received during his administration, but did not object to the laudatory paragraph introduced by the committee. The massacre of the 17th was repeatedly alluded to by seve ral of theecclesiastical dignitaries ; and the Duke de Rivas, one of the secretaries, who has the reputation of being a dis tinguished contributor to the journals of the capital, spoke, as was to be expected, with considerable animation, in favour of the liberty of the press. CHAMBER OF PROCURADORES, AUG. 1. Aftsr some discussion on the qualifications of members, the President, Count de Almodovar, stated that the committee appointed to prepare the draught of an address to her Ma jesty, in answer to her speech delivered in the Royal sitting, was now ready to present its report. It was then brought up and read : " DRAUGHT FOR THE REPLY OF THE ESTATE OF PROCURA DORES OF THE KINGDOM TO THE SPEECH READ BY HER MA JESTY IN THE ROYAL SITTING OF JULY 24, WHICH DRAUGHT, DON JOAQUIM MARIA LOPEZ, THE PROCURADOR FOR ALICANT WAS CHARGED WITH THE DRAWING UP BY^THF.• COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO THAT EFFECT, WAS NOW READ TO THE SAID ESTATE. " Senora—The estate of Procuradores of the kingdom ex perienced the greatest satisfaction at seeing your Majesty seated in the midst of them on the day of the opening of this session, and the more especially at hearing fall from your royal lips those principles and wishes, the execution of which will be sufficient to secure the prosperity of this heroic nation —a prosperity to which it is now summoned by a concourse of fortunate circumstances, but from which the vices of an absurd legislation have for a long period obstinately withheld it. To regenerate this unfortunate country, to put in action all the springs of its greatness—to endeavour to secure full latitude, and all necessary guarantees to social rights and to raise upon these bases the august monument of the alliance and union between the throne and the people—such are the desires of this estate, and such the noble object to which it will conse crate its labours. " A desolating pestilence, which afflicts a great part of the nation, which in the capital has spread misery and , death, and which, up to a certain extent, has paralyzed all relations, was not, however, able to deter your Majesty from appearing in the midst of your children, and sacrificing your own security to the desire of gromoting their happiness ; nor has it prevented the Procuradores from coming forward to second your great designs. To those who love the country every other considera tion is secondary, and of little consequence is the loss of life, if their duties be fulfilled, the public will be satisfied. Be this, then, the political profession of the Procuradores, and the rule of their future conduct. " But if in the very midst of danger these consolatory ideas could be cherished, room only can be found for a just indigna tion for the excesses which sullied this heroic city on the 17th and 18th of July. This Estamento is guided by reason and candour, and will never fail either in the one or the other. The Procuradores well know that personal security is the first interest and the first right of man in society, and that Govern.. ments cannot neglect to guarantee it without committing a monstrous violation of the first of social compacts. States ad vance to perfection only by the path of justice, and justice de mands that the persons of all the associated individuals be re spected ; where there are laws and Ministers to execute them, there alone is it the duty of the citizen to obey and respect them. The Procuradores request more particularly your Ma jesty's attention to this point, and are desirous that the most efficacious measures should be adopted for discovering and chastising the delinquents, whom a lamentable want of fore sight had favoured, and to fix public opinion in a manner which will do honour to a nation whose noble sentiments ought never to be confounded with the sinister ideas of a handful of p er _ turbators. " When your Majesty submits to the deliberation of this estate the conduct pursued by the ill-advised Prince, it will devote itself to the consideration of that subject with the cir cumspection and zeal which the interests of the reigning dy nasty, and of the people who place in it all their hopes of happiness, demand. - But it is expedient, Senora, not to give way to illusion, and the Procuradores would consider them selves culpable were they, in meeting an emergency of so much importance, to withhold the frank and austere language of truth, and yield to timid and dangerous considerations. The laws of the monarchy, public utility, the general will, whi c h i s essentially the most solemn and most indestructible national element, all have declared in favour of your august daughter, and all have announced and consecrated her rights. But ne vertheless a rebel party raises the cry of sedition, chiefly in one corner of the peninsula, and that party the strong hand of an energetic government can alone repress. The experiment of lenity and clemency has already been tried too much, and with melancholy result, not to renounce all the deceitful hopes which have been conceived. The malcontents are encouraged by impunity, and he who closes his heart and his ears against the piercing cry of his country is only to be reduced to obe dience by the inexorable arm of the law. " This estate perceives with satisfaction the settlement of the affairs of Portugal, and the friendly relations which exist between the government of your Majesty, that of France, that of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, that of Her Most Faithful Majesty, and others. If some governments have delayed the acknowledgement of your august daughter, think not that such a circumstance can offer any impediment to the progress of those salutary reforms which are in course of preparation, or to the glory and happiness they are destined to produce. " The picture presented by the interior of the kingdom, your Majesty has informed us, is far from being so flattering as your patriotism could desire. The Estamento will add, that it is without doubt far more deplorable than your Majesty can sup pose. Many years of an arbitrary system of erroneous legis lation, of a blind administration, and of a formidable reaction against principles which are acknowledged as axioms in every social organization, have progressively sunk us to a marked state of degradation and misery. Agriculture is in the lowest state of depression, because the exorbitant nature of the taxes, the violent mode of exacting them, the low price of produce (owing to other errors which it would be out of place to ex plain here), the difficulty of communications, and various other causes, have rendered unavailing the calculations and the la bours of the unfortunate cultivator. Commerce, surrounded on all sides by obstacles, is paralyzed in its movements, as well through the influence of that first evil as through others which have operated to its prejudice. The arts and industry in all their branches have, by an inevitable consequence, shared the vicissitudes produced by the disasters of the period. Your Majesty is called to the great task of reanimating this fallen nation, and of associating with your name the high glory of having accomplished an undertaking at once so important and difficult. " The fidelity of the Army and Navy fills the Estarnento with pride, and must inspire your Majesty with the utmost confidence. The brave men who have vowed to support the Throne of Isabel will faithfully fulfil their oaths, and annihi late by their bayonets those odious hordes who are the enemies of the public peace. " There is, besidez, Senora, another force well deserving of consideration and gratitude, and that is the Urban Militia , which has rendered up to the present moment so much service to the throne and the cause of liberty, and which, by its very institution, is the bulwark of public order, of our present in stitutions, and of the peaceful enjoyments of the citizen. " As soon as this estate may have cognizance of the obli gations of the Government, it will be able to resolve upon the mode of fulfilling-them. In the mean time, it will by anti cipation give expression to an idea which may serve as the thermometer of its real opinion. To enforce strict economy, to alleviate the lot of the people, hitherto oppressed by the weight of insurmountable burdens, will form the first duty of the representatives of the nation and the first object of their philanthropic views. " ' The Estatuto Royal (said your Majesty in the conclu siqn of your speech) has laid the foundation—it is for you, illustrious Proceres and Procuradores of the kingdom, to co operate in raising the edifice with that regularity and order which are pledges of stability and firmness.' " Responding to this frank invitation on the part of your Majesty, this estate will lose no time in establishing the cha racter of its principles and its convictions. The political ma chine is composed of a variety of wheels, of which it is neces sary that in their progress all should have a corresponding movement, impelled by a primary agent. All social rights should be equally protected, and without this exact correspon dence the object of society will be defeated. The liberty of the press, that sentinel and advanced post of every other gua rantee, ought to be freed from the restrictions which amongst us have hitherto reduced it to a nullity. Wise laws can pre vent abuses, and chastise them when they take effect, so as to deter from their repetition ; but never is it just or prudent to sacrifice positive advantages to the apprehension of a danger, perhaps imaginary, nor can the liberty of propagating thought by means of the press ever exist, when a previous censorship or arbitrary authority represses it." " The support and most favourable organization of the Urban Militia is another of the objects of primary interest. The character which these individuals possess of being citizen soldiers, stationed in the centre of a family, the numerous and agreeable objects which identify them with their country, and the ties which bind them to their duty, speak abundantly for them, and give full assurance that every thing may be expected frorri their civic virtue and discipline. " Equality of rights before the law, and civil liberty, must not in a less degree be consecrated to the full extent which reason and justice demand. Personal security should be pro tected equally against the attacks and abuses of power • and let the inviolability of property be announced as one of the chief symbols or the second clause of the social compact. " Adding to these principles the independence of the judi cial power in all its branches, and its responsibility for the acts it performs ; the equal responsibility of the Ministerial authority for its administrative act ; the opportune establish ment of the trial by jury, the essential safeguard of innocence, —and having reduced all these maxims to an elemental code which may form the table of our political rights and obliga tions, and the bond of intimate union between the throne and the people (to whose support let the ablest men in all branches be called), this estate will then venture to promise that the condition of the nation will speedily be altered, and that the people, blessing the name of your Majesty, will ac knowledge the difference between an absolute Government, which treads everything under foot, and a paternal system, which only makes use of authority to promote the general welfare. " The frankness with which the Estate of Procuradores has thus expressed itself will suffice to convey a true idea of its principles, and to hand down to all ages the praises due to your Majesty. Your Majesty has told us that we may always reckon on your disposition to do whatever may redound to the happiness and profit of Spain, and we, penetrated with joy and gratitude, abandon ourselves to the most pleasing presen timents. Our duty is to point out the necessities of the nation, of whose rights and confidence we are the depositories, and the fortunate disposition of your Majesty to hear and remedy them is the most flattering presage for the future. " The interest of States may be misunderstood, and under the semblance of fatal glory they frequently experience de gradation and misery. But to regenerate a people by the influence of wise laws—to raise the magnificent trophy of ra tional liberty upon the ruins of a devastating despotism—to unite all the citizens of a nation into one family, guarded as well against the furies of anarchy as the bayonets of arbi trary power —to publish to the world in a well-digested code the sacred maxims of morality and politics, from the observ ance of which springs public and private happiness, is the im mortal task reserved for privileged minds and hearts. Your Majesty possesses both these gifts, and the nation, which already owes so much to yoii, hopes for everything at your hands. Complete, then, the august monument of justice and concord of which your Majesty has traced the first lines, and accept the testimonials of indelible love and gratitude with which the present generation and posterity will surround your name and memory " VINCENTE CANO MANUEL. " MANUEL MARIA DE ACEBEDO. " FRANCISCO DIEZ GONZALES. " JOAQUIN MARIA LOPEZ. " PIO LABORDA. " RUFINO GARCIA CARRASCO. " MARQUES DE SOMERA,ELOS. " JOAQUIM AVARGUES. " TOMAS MIGUEL POLO." " The reading of this draught of the address, in answer to the sptch from the throne, being concluded, the President proposed that it should be printed for the purpose of being distributed to Proeuradores, submitted to discussion on the 3d instant. ‘ 4 This proposition was agreed to : the sitting closed at 12. The Prucuradores are summoned for 10 in the morning of the 3d." The following is the address of the Proceres, which we ex tract from Galignani's Messenger : " Your faithful subjects, the Proceres of the kingdom, ap proach the foot of the throne to present the Queen their Sove reign, Donna Isabella, the homage of their loyalty and obe dience. To your Majesty, as Regent during the minority of your august daughter, they offer the expression of their pro found gratitude for the sentiments which, in obeying the im pulse of your heart, you condescended to manifest to us on the solemn occasion of the opening of the Cortes General of the Kingdom. " On this memorable occasion the Proceres acknowledge with your Majesty the blessing of Divine Providence, and, in imitation of your Majesty, they hasten to offer up their thanks givings to Heaven for having acceded to their wishes. " The Proceres of the kingdom deplore with your Majesty, that the august ceremony of the meeting of the Cortes should have taken place at the very moment when the Asiatic cholera was extending its ravages to the capital, after having afflicted diverse provinces of the monarchy. In so melancholy a situa tion, the calamity has doubtless been attenuated by the public charity which has been excited by the august munificence of your Majesty, by the generous succour of the Government of yo u a r hu au n g da u n st tly daughter, hestowed andnp upon n y the the consolations sffiieted. which have been so " Nevertheless, Madam, what admits of no consolation, is that a handful of ill-designing people, taking advantage of the terror which the sudden invasion of the cholera had produced, should have circulated among the people absurd and calum nious imputations, and that, aided by the frenzy thus excited, they should have attacked divers religious establishments, pro.: faning the churches, and dispersing or assassinating their in nocent officiating ministers. Such atrocities are not only in contrast with the noble and pure blood of the Spanish people, but, by their execrable impiety, they belie its religious cha racter. They impress an indeliable stain upon our political regeneratioitn,thaneyd twheeryewnooutldsebvreinregly pis it into discredit, and render it odimis, " The Proceres of the kingdom admit the justice of those sentiments which compel your Majesty to submit to the deli beration of the Cortes the disloyal conduct of a Prince of your f am il y, w ho, even during the lifetime of his brother and King, dared to harbour ambitious designs, and who after the death of that Monarch, endeavoured by civil war to wrest the sceptre from its legitimate heir. Your Majesty thinks, with reason, that the present tranquillity and future destiny of your kingdom may depend on the decision of the Cortes, and you do them justice in believing that their decision will be worthy of them. The proceres of the kingdom, Madam, will justify this high and honourable confidence. The laws, the customs, the national gratitude, and above all, public happiness depend on the justly anticipated success of this cause. Th a nks are due to your Majesty for having caused the Spanish troops to enter into Portugal, and, for having in a few days put an end to a long contest by contributing opportunely and efficaciously to expel the two Princes who disturbed the tranquillity of the Peninsula. The Proceres of the kingdom offer their felicitations to your Majesty on so glorious a result. It is an omen of the fate which awaits insensate conspiracies and attempts at new commotions. We congratulate your Majesty on the repeated testimonies you have received of the amicable dispositions of our august allies, the King of the French and the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and also on the good harmony which happily exists between the Government of your august daughter and that of the Most Faithful Queen Donna Maria 11. The bonds which Unite the two Govern ments, and which your Majesty has formed in the interest of the two Peninsular Monarchies, will doubtless be drawn more closely when the treaty which your Majesty has made for the purpose of insuring the tranquillity of both shall have been put into execution in conformity with its spirit, and when this execution shall have extended to all its consequences. " The Chamber has seen with patriotic satisfaction that many Gove r o n t m h e e rPowers n tand thaty renewed e ne Majesty, ed their un relations der theg u w i d i t a h y n ce o your sound policy, has recognised new States in the interest of commerce and navigation. The Governments who have hitherto postponed the recog nition of your august daughter could never think of inter vention in our domestic affairs. On the contrary, it is natu rmaillltoof be t v n e at t i h o a n t ., r , eason and time will bring in their train the tcroibnutitneuoefs : homage_ which is so - justly due to the Conservative army, e principl e o f l eg i t i macy , an d t h a t these Governments will eventually recognize a Sovereign who has been elevated to t h e throne by the laws of the monarchy, and is supported by the After having paid a tribute to the firmness and fidelity of the and to the zeal of the Urban Militia, the address The Proceres will employ all the attention which com ports with their loyalty and patriotism in investigating the several engagements which the Government may be called upon to satisfy. It will inquire into the resources upon which it calculates, and the extraordinary means of credit to which it may have to resort, in order to avoid augmenting the charges of the people. " The Proceres believe with your Majesty that economy, w t kw h i i i e n. t t h mhd. order and the intervention of the Cortes, will re - esta blish the balan ce between the wants and the means of supplying The settlement of the foreign debt, and the amelio ration of th e h ome d e bt, will be seen happily to concur in effecting thi s d es irable object. The proofs of good fa i t h which y our M a j esty h as g i ven , and which honour the entire nation, make it imperative to recognize the urge nc y of these engagements_, and to discharge them according to our means as T m h u e c much fateo f punctualityt heall State any creditors other interests the the same dignity and prosperity of the nation." A supplement to the Gazette of the Ist inst. contains a re port, dated Salvatierra, July 20, in which General Rodil gives an account of a battle which was fought the day before in the Borund a , near Ci or di a an d Alazagoitia. During his march t c o a wa eg rd u s y Salvatierra the General-in-Chief halted between these two villages, a n d hi s t roo p s having piled their arms , Zumala rr ca them in the narrowestmesuddenlydown part of the v from the mountains, ; hn thes i in ht a hope of su r prisingt the first gun-shot of the enemy, the General made the neces- sary dispositions, called in his other divisions, and quitted the spot where he had halted, in the hope of drawing the rebels into more open ground. The ardour of the troops, however, prevented this manoeuvre from having the intended result, and the only step to be taken was to drive the enemy from his po sition. This was done, and he was pursued for three leagues. Zumalacarreguy had 5,000 men under his command ; some of them were taken prisoners. The Queen's troops had 2 killed dnd 29 wounded. General Rodil concludes his report in the following terms :—" I am afraid that this my narration of the affair at Alazagoitia has given more consequence to the action than it deserves. But, although it had no immediate decisive result, it acquires a moral importance, and will have a great influence on my future operations from various causes, which it is not necessary for me to point out to your Excellency." The Gazette has also the following :—" The Queen has ordered the celebration of a funeral service in the church of San Fran cisco-el-Grande, for the victims of the 17th ult., and to ex piate the crimes and outrages committed upon the sacred places on that day." PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. LIST OF THE MINORITY n the House of Lords, on the Bth of August, for the Bishop of Exeter's motion to omit the 55th Clause of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill PEERS PRESENT. DUKES. Cumberland Gloucester Beaufort EARLS. Mountcashel Orkney Orford Poulett Romney Rosso. Shaftesbury Sefton Verulam 'Warwick Westmoreland Wilton VISCOUNT. Strangford BARONS. Alvanley Bexley Boston Colville Kenyon Ravensworth Redesdale Rolle Teynham Wynford MARQUISES. Bristol Bute Lnudonderry Thomond Twecddale EARLS. A ylesford Delawarr Falmouth Jerseys BISHOPS. Cashel Exeter Ox ford Rochester KinnOil' DUKES. Buckingham Dorset Newcastle BA BONS. Loftus Manners Rodney MARQUISES. Cholmondeley Hertford Sinclaii St. Helen's Walsingham Wodehouse EARLS. Brownlow Clancarty Dartmouth Eldon BISHOPS. Bristol Carlisle Guilford . Durham Hereford 2.alisbury St. Asaph Worcester Hardwick° Harewood Longford )RITY )ur of going into Corn -losure Bill. ITalbot, J. Willoughby, Sir H. TELLERS. Aglionby, H. A. Childers, J. W. LIST Of 36 (Tellers ii Baines, E. Brotherto J. Buckingham, J. S. Chichester, J. P. B. Oxirington, Sir E. Colborne, It. Crawford, W. Duncombe, W. Ewart, W. Harvey, D. W. Hawes, B. Hobhousc, Sir J. C. Hodges, 'l'. L. OF THE MAJC 'eluded) who voted ag; Hotham, Lord lrton, S. Kemp, T. R. Marjoribanks, S. Pelham, C. A. W. Perceval, Colon 1 Potter, R. Ruthven, E. S. Sullivan, R. Tower, C. T. Troubridge, Sir E. Waddy, C. , RITY Linst the Motion. Wall, B. Walter, J. Warre, J. A. Wason, R. Whalley, Sir S. Wilks,.J. Williams, Colonel Wood, Alderman Young, G. F. TELLERS. Beauclerk, 1113jor Tooke, W. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. J. Foley Wilmot, Esq., Secretary of Legation at Berne, at Craw ley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Switzerland ; the Hon. Charles Bortle Percy, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Italy ; C. M. Su'ton, Esq., in Palace-yard, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Charles Fitroy at Burlington House ; Lord Edward So merset, from Gloucester ; H. S. Hope, Esq., in Mansfield -street, from a tour ; M. Obreskoff, in Albemarle-street, from Vienna ; Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in the Stable-yard, from Windsor Castle ; the Earl of Lisburne, in Weymouth-street, from a tour. DEPARTURE. -- - Mr. and Mrs. Bates and family, from Portland-place, for Wim bledon. DUBLIN, AUG. 9. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The satisfaction spread over this country by the prospect of a speedy and final settlement of the Tithe question, is only countervailed by the anxious suspense and apprehension which the rumours of the Bill being likely to be thrown out in the Lords, have within these few days excited. It is not easy to describe the almost universal feeling of content and expecta tion, of an improved order of things, which the Tithe Bill, as it has passed the Commons, is diffusing among us. The non contents are in fact much less in number on this side of the channel, than might be supposed from the diatribes of those few journals that still rail against " the spirit of the age." But in proportion to the joy and satisfaction alluded to, is our deep sense of the responsibility which their Lordships must in cur, should they reject a measure of so healing and salutary a kind to Ireland. It will, in truth, not only retard the future prosperity,but may possibly endanger the present tranquillity of this country. It is in vain to deny that the people at large, and Government itself, have been long since convinced of the impracticability, as well as the injustice, of continuing a sys tem, which more than any thing else has for nearly a century been productive of bloodshed, and various other evils to the community. And though Government has been endeavour ing within the last two years to adjust matters so as to prepare and reconcile all parties to the final extinction of tithes, with out infringing on vested interests, they have not succeeded in devising means which approximate so much to public opinion, and the approbation of the parties concerned, as that which now awaits the fiat of the second branch of the Legislature. It is, therefore, not at all surprising that we should look with intense interest to their Lordships' proceedings during the en suing week. The question before them affects the happiness of the United Kingdom in a greater degree than they perhaps imagine. For, should they reject the Bill, or alter it mate rially, the immediate consequence must be—a partial change of Ministry—a postponement of the tithe adjustment, and and consequently a resuscitation of that spirit which has al ready produced some outrage at least in this part of the united kingdom—not to mention the description of that social feeling and goodwill which parties are now inclined to enter tain for each other. This last consideration is the most im portant of any ; and as things are now in a position to pro mote, it would be worse than infatuation to prevent it. The disposition manifested by Government during the progress of this Tithe Bill, to concede to the voice of the people of this country, by making such alterations as were called for, has greatly augmented their belief, that Ireland will no longer be ruled by an exclusive and domineering party. All but the ra bidly factious, who can only exist in times of intolerance or agitation, begin to understand that moral force of the march of events which is effecting so sensible a change in the ma nagement of Ireland. Mr. Littleton has contributed much to this understanding, not only by his Parlia. mentary conduct, but by his distribution of patronage during the short time he has been connected with the Irish Government. Never before his Secretaryship has fitness and merit been so much regarded in the disposal of appointments at the Castle ; and the circumstance of a few individuals hav ing no other recommendation than impartiality and good con duct, being preferred to situations connected with the admi nistration of justice, to the exclusion of some proteges of the old retainers of monopoly and corruption. has contributed more than can well be imagined to reconcile the people to the Go vernment of England. The greatest misfortune, therefore, that could at this crisis befall Ireland—next to the rejection of the Tithe Bill—would be such a modification of the Ministry— total change is out of the question—as might bring to Ireland a chief Secretary, less disposed to suppress the old system of patronage and partizanship than him, who by his timely con cession on this national question, has, within a few days, gained golden opinions from all that is worth conciliating in the land. The Great Western Railway Company are taking active measures to carry into effect the undertaking of an en tire line from London to Bristol, as originally projected, and great success has already attended those exertions. Time only prevented their making the necessary arrangements last year, which will now be accomplished within the requisite pe riod for making application to Parliament early in the next session. The line will be carried through Reading, and con tinued in a direction to embrace the Gloucestershire and Wilt shire clothing districts, with a branch to Bradford and Trow bridge. The importance of this undertaking has been proved, and is, indeed, universally admitted. - AYESHA, BY THE AUTHOR OF ZointAß.—Of this new oriental romance, the " Metropolitan" for the present month observes, " Whoever takes Mr. Morier's admirable new romance, Ayesha, merely as a romance, does the author great injustice and himself still more. He omits to lay in a fund of the most valuable information with his amusement. This new work must be studied, for a mere perusal would not do it jus tice, and its author, already so well known from his former popular works, " Hajji Baba," and " Zohrab," must certainly be placed in the van among our very best writers." REV. ROWLAND HILL.—He was, soon after his ordination, preaching by dawn of day, and the shades of even ing would close over him engaged in the same exercise, at a distance, perhaps, of many miles from the scene of his morn ing labours. When night came, instead of being tired, his spirits seemed to rise to their greatest height, and he allowed them full vent in the overflow of his animated conversation. After a day's exertions, which would have completely pros trated the strength of an ordinary man, he appeared uncon scious of the slightest fatigue ; and when supper was at an end, he became unusually communicative and entertaining, and would tell of his preaching adventures, declare of the experience of his own mind, and enliven the social circle with remarks and anecdotes, given in a manner such as those only who knew him in retirement can possibly conceive ; and this, perhaps, after four sermons preached to assembled thousands, with an energy of manner and power of voice of the most ex traordinary nature. Suddenly when all the party were raised to the highest pitch of interest, lie asked, " What's o'clock ?" and, finding it was late, he would exclaim, " Dearest me, only think of that !—it is time for all Methodist preachers to be in bed, I'm sure." Then, after his night's rest, he began the next day with the same ardour as ever in the service of God. Sheridan used to say of him, " I go to hear Rowland Hill be cause his ideas come red-hot from the heart." Never was there a truer description of ,the preaching of an y minister ; h spoke as he felt; and the tears he shed, and the smiles that beamed upon his countenance, soon " wakened up their fel lows" in the listening throng that heard him.—Sydney's Life of the Rev. Rowland Hill. On Tuesday last a field of white wheat, of 12 acres, was stacked in beautiful condition at North Deighton, near Wetherby.—Leeds Mercury. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.—AR order has beets received at this Dockyard to report the state of All the flat bottomed boats, and what time it will require to-complete them for service. —Hampshire Telegraph. A noble agriculturist of East Suffolk is understood to have sold 1,500 coombs of his growing wheat 'for as many sovereigns. The buyer is to be at all expense of 'harvesting, thrashing, and carrying to market, and to leave the straw for the seller. The Frankfort Journal gives the - following from Baden :—" Our fields have been so overrun ,by mice that in one commune, containing nearly 20,000 inhabitants, no fewer than 20,000 of these mischievous little animals have been killed. It is impossible to form an idea of the destruction they com mit. No sooner is the harvest over than they betake them selves to the vineyards, where they make a greater devastation than amongst the corn. In an adjoining country there is a race of small black rats which appear to be multiplying tb an equal extent with our mice." THE MEMORY OF ROBESPIERRE.--fßObeSpierre ' S sister, who was always hitherto supposed to hold the, character of her brother in the same light as the rest of the world, a few years before her death, which took place the other day, it ap pears, made a will, in which she disowns such views, and wishes to represent the deceased, as a person of virtue. Her testament is to the following effect :—" I, Marie Marguerite Charlotte Robespierre, the undersigned, being in the enjoy ment of all my intellectual faculties, and wishing, before pay ing the debt of nature, to make known my sentiments towards the memory of my eldest brother, do declare that I, have al ways acknowledged him to be a man highly virtuous.(plein de vertu), and I protest against the letters contrrry to his ho nour which have been attributed to me, Paris, Feb. 6, 1828." Signed, "De Robespierre." This lady, it is said, received a good education, but had been for several years a sufferer from severe illness. Her chief support was a pension. of 1,200 francs (501.) which Bonaparte settled upon her, he having once seen her at Nice, in 1793. There is a party now in France ready to canonize Robespierre. GLOUCESTER ELECTION.---Friday and Saturday have been devoted to real action on the part of the candidates and their friends, as Thursday was to talking by the same parties. A thorough scouring canvass of the various districts of the eastern division of the county was again resorted to, and many a voter who either before concealed himself from the candidates, wishing to remain one of the neutrals, or escape their notice, has been successfully caught in the elec tioneering net, and as the phrase goes, booked for the one side or the other. The Conservatives of the landed interest are making a desperate exertion to secure the return of Mr. Codrington. There are also many rumours in current circu lation, that certain half-pay officers of Cheltenham (where there are always numbers of them, and amongst them some most excellent characters) are busying themselves in the affairs relative to the election, and are trying by their in fluence, in connection with matters of business, to do a trifle of electioneering in the way of obtaining promises from their tradesmen. The tradesmen of Cheltenham, however, are above the sphere of such influef:ce. Squibs and handbills are very generally circulated in the district. CAPTAIN JAMES SCOTT'S 66 RECOLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL LIFE.--Both information anal amusement (ob serves the United Service Journal for the prestZnt month) may be derived from the perusal of these volumes. I:,bere is much good feeling and plenty of incident, while the style is manly and perspicuous. The attack on Martinique, and the gallant capture of La Guerriere, are extremely well told, and the nautical details are masterly. Besides these merits, Captaiiit Scott has unavoidably let us into a personal secret respecting himself—viz. that he has seen more active service, and expe rienced more vicissitudes, than any of those officers who have as yet favoured us with their autobiography. A frightful crime was committed at Mortagne, in the department of Orne, a few days ago. The body of a female child about two years of age was discovered in a well, and on taking it out the body of another child, about a year and a half old, was found. A girl of the neighbourhood, named Hono rine Pelois, and well-known for her depraved habits has since been proved to have thrown both the children into the well. This depraved young creature, who is only 11 years old, de coyed the children to the well under pretence of giving them some cakes, and then, without any provocation, pushed them into it. This juvenile assassin was known in the neighbour hood for her spiteful behaviour to children, and had previously been charged with pushing a child into a well.—Gazette des Tribunaux On Sunday last a tremendous storm took place at Littleborough, near Rochdale, which exceeded both in dura tion and fierceness any thing ever remembered. On the above day a sermon was to be preached for the Sunday-school at that place, and which circumstance brought together more than the usual congregation. Soon as the service had com menced (three o'clock) the storm also commenced, and the rain was such, that it literally came down in sheets ; this, with the fact that several reservoirs had burst, caused so great and sudden an inundation, that the whole valley in which the church stands was completely flooded. The lightning :was so vivid and so continuous that it cannot be designated othei• than as one continued blaze, and which lasted nearly the whele of the service. The thunder was so loud, terrific, and conti nuous, that the congregation was thrown into the •utmoit ton. sternation. The atmosphere was so dark, that at times the service could not be proceeded with, although it seas over at five o'clock. The congregation was compelled to remain in the church for nearly two hours after that period. The roads were many feet deep in water. At Stoney-Heys, a woman and child were struck by the fluid, and instantly killed, and although there were many persons in the same house, no other individual was even injured. The adjoining house was much shattered by the lightning, and a stone of 24 feet in thickness was perforated by it. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER AT WOOLWICH. We have much concern in announcing the death of the eldest son of the celebrated Dr. Olynthus Gregory, Professor of Mathematics at the Military College. Mr. Boswell Gregory was returning home to his father's house from the East India House, where he held an appointment, on Wednesday last, by one of the steamers, and had got into a boat with two other fellow-passengers for the purpose of landing at Woolwich. They had pushed off from the steamer, which was already at some distance, when a heavy swell, caused by the action of the paddles, gave a sudden jerk to the boat, and destroyed the equilibrium of one of the gentlemen who was standing up, so that he fell over the boatman and upset the boat. Mr. Bos well Gregory and his companions were of course immediately thrown into the water. The latter being good swimmers were enabled to keep themselves above water, and were at length with difficulty saved ; but he did not rise once, and bis body has not yet been found, although the most active search is making on both sides the river, above and below Woolwich. The deceased was only 21, extremely amiable in his disposi tion, endowed with a superior judgment, and possessed of an excellent education. This melancholy accident has caused the deepest affliction to his family and to the whole neighbourhood, by whom he was generally known and highly esteemed. It appears that no blame whatever is attributable either to the captain of the steamer or to the boatman. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—An event that has plunged a highly respectable family into the deepest affliction, and caused considerable sensation in the neighbourhood, oc curred on Wednesday afternoon at Whitstable. It would seem that the eldest son of G. M. Taswell, Esq., of Burgete-street, in this city, accompanied by a junior brother and a young gen tleman who had been visiting at the house of their respected parents, quitted the railroad station about noon, oil a marine excursion. On their arrival at Whitstable they engaged a boat belonging to Mr. Barnes, landlord of the Pearson's Arms, and put to sea, accompanied by a boy (a son of Mr. Barnes) who engaged to manage the vessel. Unfortunately, his inexperience led to the fatal catastrophe ; for no sooner had they reached the offing than he crowded all sail. Several persons on the beach observed the imminent danger that surrounded them, and kept a close watch, when presently the boat capsized near the station-house, and at the same time the four youths were seen struggling in the water. A spirit, generous as it was brave, actuated all those who witnessed the accident, and in an instant several boats were manned and pulling for the spot. Mr. Taswell was observed swimming about, supporting his brother in his arms, and imploring assistance for him, when a young man named Baker dashed forward and relieved him from the grasp of his brother, who immediately sank and did not rise again. Their companion had previously fallen a victim to the deep. The boy Barnes was saved by one of the boat men. More than half an hour elapsed before the bodies were found, when every means that could be devised by the medical and other gentlemen present were resorted to in vain for the purpose of restoring animation. Mr. Taswell was a fine pro mising young man. Canterbury Paper. - - SUSPECTED MURDER.—Chatham has again be come the scene of much excitement, particularly in the neigh bourhood of Jenkin's-dale, in consequence of a supposed mur der. It appears that an old gentleman of the name of Hadden had been residing at Waterloo-place, near the turnpike, for some time past, with a man and his daughter, in a very disre putable manner, having separated himself from his wife and family, who are for the most part living in London; that, be ing possessed of property, and a man in years, his family na turally became anxious about him, and requested as a favour of some of his neighbours to let them know, from t on ime to time, how things appeared to go on. Accordingly, Mon day se'nnight his son-in-law, Mr. Taylor, a patten-maker at Chatham, was informed that a large can had been seen car ried into Hadden's house, though nothing had transpired to indicate that any one had been ill there, nor was such a cir cumstance even known to the next door neighbours. Taylor sought out the undertaker, and ascertained that it was for the old man, who had died the day before. Taylor immediately wrote to the deceased's son, and on his arrival accompanied him to the father's house, but too late, for the coffin had been screwed down and prepa r ations imadseofore foulth ein p te l r a m y, en c t a . l :: e r d he a so n, however, insiste d that it should not ta ke place till he had sCeoernontehre's Jbuordyyt b ; o an e d e u mpanelled, and on 'Wednesday -the body underwent a post modem examination by Dr. Dodds and Messrs. Jeston and Greenly, when it was manifest he had died told.o Thefpoison j (arsenic),assembledThursday, butby whoseo hanudrdy, t ssraem a lnd sa ins- yet t to al b: late hour in the evening, intending to resume their inquiry on . Friday. Thus far we have felt it right to give our readers notice of what is passing, reasons, from sayin g but we abstain, from prudential more at present.— Greenwich . Gazette. PROXIES. EARLS. Nfacclestield Malmetury O'Niel Onslow Pembroke VISCOUNT. Combennere BARONS. Arden Carbery Carrington Delamere Farnham Grantley Heytesbury The Earl of Abingdon pair, LIST OF THE MIN( Of 16, (Tellers included,) who voted in furl mittee on the Common Fields Ini Ashley, Lord M . Leod, R. Barnard, E. G. Poyntz, W. S. Blamire, W. Sandon, Lord Finch, G. Sheppard, T. Houldsworth, T. Sinclair, G. Howard, P. H. Steuart, It.