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T he g his re34l'fri Lord allt at, Sbugbervie from the .1 9' lk ) k arket ; 13we ll ° 000 i f, .em ha ~ on , and IP " re i-street► a tou r; e n , , „ e et r ;" Grafton sir", &ore .9 1 0 ; Pa r '' ington fro n Knight , heir seat ado" 1 0 ku w e t; t U, ttt Wisae , ' . 1 ' ' :er, F 441 ,iit 6 tO pj i reg, sq. frf , Kirithikol fooovii, . Kirkham to, ,10 t t, from 1 ( o eot e et, vok-str ca pooel for the, ae l, 0 4 ' on ; Co:o jaw! ;ale, De'l:9ll 0 ;4 the at Caldwell' lt apt} Esq. .1 ! R. v d e n,,, finer, 4' ''Atiltie , Y re rain Fr iu TaY l°l, o '. TllOned° 01,0, ‘. Ebq• 3° 501i e ,,,,5 0 Mood • re ' otO' P to ; c Eta r" i . from " On the OLD BAILEY. —(THIS DAY.) ------ OLD COURT. „ (Before Mr. Serjeant Aitasix.) steslaalinrriett Har ran , age d 19 , stoo d i n di c t e d f or ilelas.co g , 7/. ill the dwelling house of Henry Abraham and John 10s., his money , an d Elizabeth Watts Roge rs f or rece i v i ng t h e same, we ll k now- Henry A, ing it to h ave been stolen. k Bela sco ( t h e ce l e b rate d fi g h ter ) swore e at a h et li ves in Denmark -court, Strand, and taught t (Laugh t : i . r .) fenc iT ing, he meant two months' pugilistic . fencing.-- twoabout --- "arran had been his servant for ight b ' The prisoner Watts was her sister. The night b e f or Th e Prisoner Watts was her sister. The reign ef°r e the robbery witness had 701., two sove oalbBa, and a hill of exchange, in a pocket book, and betweenliar.tnihght the book, with its contents, was quite safe a t this ian -is bed and the mattrass. When his wife rose, wa s admitted into the room to light the fire ; he ftime Witness was afleep. When he awoke, due ° ,l un i d , t he window of his room open, which in come ' ll4l to call for his servant, this being an un the mon ci rcumstance, but she did not appear. He h 11 sea rched for his book,which he found where -e b ad 1 tWo s eft it; but two notes, a twenty and a five, of itavereigns and some silver, had been taken out dee It ewes then ascertained that Harran had Watts • arniled Soule time afterwards witness saw tb e ' and asked her what her sister had done with searched elv itothing kr' 41 "eY she had taken ; Watts said. she sst then about it. On her ho - use being S e , several new things were found in it. t i ll et, she WOUld S41(1) ii the prosecutor would not hurt her tell him where she was, and where In es e s re rn t y: a i l st f 'e s s Y h l a w h a a : ta:""eennitt.to Harran and promised her f s he would make a confession; she did con ?r.tn begat-et A N could not allow her state ek to related. RAßl at larnibation continued—The 20/.note was found Roger ' ' , In Bth al-green. Witness had 'leer ' 13 - -, e n On further •,..(1 be au convicted in this Court. a 1 1 1 r- e x amination, witness admitted that his house b 445 frequented by persons, particularly females, of a 4 ," z e haraeter, and that he had been convicted of " t n ing, and imprisoned for it for twelve months. L A t n. Jury here intimated that they could not be sve the prosecutor. 11 • :' r. Sergeant ARABIN then said the case was at nendrs e, and order e d th e J ury to acquit all the pri n--VE-lict—" Not Guilty." li er a sin gu l ar scene too k place. The pugilist as ked 2oi to 4 allowed his ex p ences , an d to h ave t h e • on the table n ate. vabich b a d b een pro d uce d , and was lying The efused to but r CcAiRT ordered him to have his expences, the note. is , ~ u tation make any order as to ' the disposal of A cons 1 • then took place between a par -4:-.."1. attornies as to its fate, but before they par came to a decis i on , butcher, who had given valuei for th e 11 ot, a and who supposed . himse lf . 4 best able to say into whose pocket it ought to $ rap ' : r Pran g forward took it up, pocketed the piece of laughter ' a nd Walked off unmolested amidst a roar of . tl i We understand Belasco will not be able to recover the no te' the b utc h er h av i ng g i ven va l ue f or i t, an d (t. ri ' c 'ner having been acquitted of stealing it. -we Mr. Justice PARE and Mr. Baron GARROW.) FORGERY. e ? , fi) r f :9 Gunson, a clerk, aged 19, stood indicted 19 , - , "Ow 1 201 . and uttering as true a forged cheque for bat i k:i r ected to Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., B ePt etn ' a, Threadneedle -street, on the the 21st of In 'lel' last, with intent to defraud them. t ls lD ,?" s equence of the contradictory evidence of \\744'1,041:1P41 witness for the prosecution, the prisoner %ably acquitted. k e L, COINING. Joh n r'd Rowland, aged 18, George Riley, 19, aZ i litt S 25, Elizabeth Cole, 29, Elizabeth Smith, let t - " 4l fary Milton, 25, were capitally i n di cte d 41,4 j i t to rously coining several counterfeit shilli ngs Pences. V. 46 e Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty" against recommended Smith strongly to mercy. teQtt v erdict of " Guilty" against Smith was di- Lej c ontrary to the obser va ti ons made by th e 4 m4 1141 Judge in the course of his summing up; 4,„7 -, the return of it, universal disapprobation was Ned throughout the Court, and hissing. NEW COURT. J (Before Mr. Serjeant ARABIN.) for G Snlith and William Buckley were indicted 44o1 r b obbI ng, kb ..... 46 b1ng, in company with two John 470 , a sailor, at Rotherhithe, on the 25th of 4 10 4 ;"`.st• The girls were convicted last Sessions, Th. - L them transported for life.—" Guilty." 411 (1 ea f i ' 4 4 Sergeant ordered them to be called ran SPOrt a ll t i ter a severe address sentenced them to , John z ti n for life. L 9t h f 8„„ r `. 8e ° 11 , was indicted for stealing on the — till, ° i n pt ember, a watch, seal, and key, from Isaac -.'tarY-street, Hampstead-road. Inf or jury found him " Guilty," and the Judge Nit t lned him that he would be sent out of the 'rY for life. . , A MISTAKE. 1 4v 1 .. e , niy Snoto ,7, 1 ', s hammer, the pr9perty of his master. was indicted for stealing a brick 11,:ne prisoner ota!ed in defence, that he had pawned 4 11 h arnmer in mistake for his own. He received Okeellent character, and the Jury instantly ac '4'tted him. PUBLIC SALE _• DAY.) I+ 1 1 Mr. W. ROBERTS, at the Malt. Th y k , e Absolute Revers 4:ll,fed, and receivable on the death of a widow lady , '' 'm 61 Years—knocked down at 1851. Parion' th e morning of the 22d inst. Mr. Carter's Barnes - common, was robbed of a %list, ,_mildeboard, at Barnes' and . seven spoons.— NO d `‘sliot and stand, a pint mug , it,°a,l:tttiahe thief was disturhed,lf4orephoeolneef: beenidihxedplaiLi.lrn ofa ife.ret,, Nita . nd with cruets Q 4 " which were stan ding -EDINBURGH, in the same place. °el% INT THE FRITH.— Itadvezi r w l ii:C e b Y h e a s s ter b d ee ay n there wthaseret•hienh t ig h h e est tideryat of-N New fl 117,7 1et1 t• At four o'clock in the afternoonniem height, I N 1 4 , 1 : et quinns of water, which rose to a g reat the stone the spray Pier. 'in g into rooms in the second story, at . -ki. , . 00,,InsItead of bringing up in the Roads, the C ity of. found Clne of the the Frith, and .. and her goods and passenge rs at - from li tafe r 7,,91 tea m -packet bore up in Queensberry tile L boatk whi ch takes goo d s an d Passengers 6h.°lldoo,and Vilitiburgh st am-packets, during Monday °" " 'tweed from her e • driven up the Frith ild dashed to nip moorings, . kin,d„„, +1 • -,ces' The boat belonging to the United tidy ' -",:1"gla koored in chains, was forced.df Yeater_.; tiii4n a fathom or i ‘lile ill°lThli g• It so happened t that ' the chain snap ped 'e4 a nd was eventually placed in safety. Hardy and e as the 7411fght of encoNue:tehrllZ so of teanchor, and she drifted slowly ti fi le she la rm te e g n al a ee re ; a n o o d ne yeete of t r h d e e m y i i ) are iltea m-boat venturea to cross the Frith.—Scotstnan. 1 11 St ft,T () -411. TEST ' Y A CHT ri a A/ 01144 _ . 4 Y 8 . 0 I N DANGER.— ,q (1, recti Y la- . !, two officers of Excise stationed at Dept t‘l • ' P4 slim - L 'Esl b ved information that a vast quantity of w to o b f ac h c i o e ~ ajez i t v . ~gled over from Holland by the Te '"Yed 6, 6 Y s eht, the Royal Sovereign, which cre w con ffiqt "e Queen of Wurtemburgh to the Continan • _ ml, ii 4seertained that the tobacco had been removed fr om of 1,, i1l Yacht on board the Bacchus hulk, for the purpose il (4 (tliken from thence on shore, as opportunities present ... - N ed n the t day above mentioned, as the officer was ea vai t " the " 100k -out," he met a woman ibtln,,y side, carrying a basket, which, on e xamining, es ti_ close .. to t he e ii(),, i ` i t 0 contain'thirteeli pounds of tobacco. On fr P , 1, 4 !. her as to the manner in which it cam e . into her ~I t i , 41, 1, she the that she was the wife of one t,,, I') seaa.en on board the hulk, adding, that the tobacco_ hy to Night over by the yacht, and that she was employed ~ q a pe of the crew to dispose of it to the best advantage d . N q • p: et klaY this woman was taken before J. Barnard an il e in 4, Escirs., at Greenwich, when the circ.um la ti,sll having been stated against her, she was convic t4a,s7.full penalty of ' OOl., and in default of payment, q,:::itted to gaol during the pleasure of the CoTmis iii „ t 4 Excise. The officers, it appeared, obtained a soklyL,4t tO search the hulk, but did not succeed in seizing e ' Mu) contraband articles on board. They, however, , I N_ a Il eizure of a quantity at a public-house, called the No r t h Stst.,, Wheat Meal orl Flour Oatmeal Aggregatee Flouorf 575 3 6 1 52,192 1 251 PREFACE TO THE CHR.ONICLE4' . 'A OF THE CANONGATE. BY SIR WALTER SCOTT. (From the Literary Gazette of this day.) It was my original intention never to have avowed these works during my lifetime, and the original manuscripts were carefully preserved, (though by the care of others rather than mine) with the purpose of supplying the necessary evidence of the truth when the period of announcing it should arrive. But the affairs of my publishers having unfertunately passed into a management different from their own, I had no right any longer to rely upon secrecy in that quarter; and thus my mask, like my Aunt Dinah's in Tristram Shandy, having begun to wax a little threadbare about the chin, it became time to lay it aside with a good grace, unless I desired it should fall in pieces from my face. Yet I had not the slightest intention of choosing the time and place in which the disclosure was finally made ; nor was there any concert betwixt my learned and respected friend Lord Meadowbank and myself upon that oc casion. It was, as the reader is probably aware, upon the 23d February last, at a public meeting called for establishing a professional Theatrical Fund in Edinburgh, that the communication took place. Just before we sat dorm to table ; Lord Meadowbank asked me whether I was still anxious to preserve my incognito on , the subject of what was called the Waverley Novels ? I did not immediately see' the purpose of his Lordship' s question, although I certainly might have been led to infer it, and replied, that the secret had now be come known to so many people, that I was indif ferent on the subject. Lord Meadowbank was thus induced ; while doing me the great honour of pro posing my health to the meeting, to say something on the subject of these novels, so strongly, connect ing them with me as the author, that, by remaining silent, I must have stood convicted, either of the actual paternity, or of the still greater crime of be ing supposed willing to receive, indirectly, praise to which I had no just title. I thus found myself suddenly and unexpectedly placed in the confes sional, and had only time to recollect that I had been guided thither - by a moat friendly hand, and could not, perhaps, find a better public opportu nity to lay down a disguise, which began to resem ble that of a detected masquerader. I had therefore the task of avowing myself to the numerous and re spectable company assembled, as the sole and un aided author of these novels of Waverley, the pater nity of which was likely at one time to have formed a controversy of some celebrity. .4 now think it further necessary to say, that while I take on myself all the merits and demerits attending these compo sitions, I am bound to acknowledge, with gratitude, hints of subjects and legends which I have received from various quarters, and have occasionally used as a foundation of my fictitious compositions, or woven up with them in the shape of episodes. I am bound, in particular, to acknowledge the unremitting kind ness of Mr. Joseph Train, supervisor of excise at Dumfries, to whose unwearied industry I have been indebted for many curious traditions and points of antiquarian interest. It was Mr. Train who recalled. to my , recollection the history of Old Mortality, although I myself had a personal interview with that celebrated wanderer, so far back as about 1792,, when I found him on his usual task. He was then engaged in repairing the gravestones of the Covenanters who had died while imprisoned in the castle of Dunnottar, to which many of them were committed prisoners at the period of Argyle's rising : their place of confine ment is still called the Whig's Vault. Mr. Train, however, procured for me far more extensive infor mation concerning this singular person, whose name was Patterson, than I had been able to acquire during my short conversation with him. He was (as I'may have somewhere already stated) aliative of the parish of Closeburn, in Dumfries-shire, and it is believed that domestic affliction, as well as de votional feeling, induced him to commence the wan dering mode of life, which he pursued for a long period. It is more than twenty years since Robnt Patterson's death, which took place on the high road near Lockerby, where he was found exhaust ed and expiring. The white pony, the companion of his pilgrimage, was standing by the side of its dying master; the whole furnishing a scene not unfitted for the pencil. • These particulars I had from Mr. Trani. Another debt, which I pay most willingly, is that which I owe to an unknown cor respondent (a lady), who favoured me with the his tory of the upright and high-principled female, whom, in the Heart of Mid Lothian, I have termed Jeanie Deans. The circumstance of her refusing to save her sister's life by an act of perjury; and un dertaking a pilgrimage to London to obtain her par don, are both represented as true by my fair and obliging correspondent; and they led me to cofisi-, der the possibility of rendering a fictitious personae interesting by mere dignity of mind and rectitude of principle, assisted by unpretending good sense 'and temper, without any of the beauty, grace, ta lent, accomplishment, and wit, to which a heroine of romance is supposed to have a prescriptive right. If the portrait was received with interest by the public, I am conscious how much it was owing to the truth and force of the original sketch, which I regret that I am unable to present to the public, as it was written with much feeling and spirit. Old and odd books, and a considerable collection of family legends, formed another quarry, so ample, that it was much more likely that the strength of the labourer should be exhausted, than that materials should fail. I may mention, for example's sake, that the terrible catastrophe of the Bride of Lammermoor actually occurred in a Scottish family of rank. The female relative, by whom the melancholy tale was communicated to me many years since, was a near connection of the family in which the event happened, and always told it with an appearance of melancholy mystery, which enhanced the interest. She bad known in her youth, the brother who rode before the unhappy victim to the fatal altar, who, though then a mere boy, and occupied almost:entirely with the gallantry of his own appearance in the bridal proOession, could not but remark that the hand of his sister was moist, and cold as that of a statue. It is unnecessary further to withdraw the veil from this scene of fa mily distress, nor, although it occurred' more than a hundred years since, might it be altogether agreea ble to the representatives of the families concerned in the narrative. It may be proper to say, that the events are imitated; but I had neither' the means nor intention of copying the manners, nor tracing the characters of the persons concerned in the real story. Indeed, I may here state generally, that although I have deemed historical personages free sub jects of delineation, I have never, on any occasion violated the respect due to private life. It was indeed impossible that traits pro per to persons, both living and dead, with whom I have had intercourse in society, should not have risen to my pen in such works as Waverley, and those which followed it. But I have always studied to generalise the portraits, so that they should still seem, on the whole, the productions of fancy, though possessing some resemblance to real individuals.— Yet I must own my attempts have not in this last particular been uniformly successful. There are men whose characters are so peculiarly marked, that the delineation of some leading and principal feature inevitably 'Nees the whole person before you in his iridividuality. Thus, the character of Jonathan Old buck, in the Antiquary, was partly founded on that of an old friend of my youth, to whom I ana indebted for introducing me to Shakspeare, and other invaluable favours ; but I thought I had so completely disguised the likeness, that it could not be recognized by any one now alive. I was mista ken, however, and indeed had enda ngere d w h at I de sired should be considered as a secret; for I afterwards learned that a highly respectable gentleman, one of the few surviving friends of my father, and an acute critic, had said, upon the appearance of the work, that he was now convinced who was the author of it, as he recognised, in the Antiquary, traces of the cha racter Qf a very intimate friend Qf my father's family: I may here also notice, that the sort of exchange of gallantry, which is represented as taking place be twixt the Baron of Bradwardine and Colonel Talbot is a literal fact. The real circumstances of the anec dote, alike honourable to Whig and Tory, are these : _Alexander Stewart, of Invernahyle—a name Which I cannot write without the warmest recollec tions of gratitude to the friend of my childhood, who first introduced me to the Highlands, their tradi tions, and their manners, had been engaged actively in the troubles of 1745. As he charged at the battle of Preston with his clan the Stewarts of Appine, he saw an officer of the opposite army standing alone by a battery of four cannon, of which he discharged three on the advancing Highlanders, and then drew his sword. Invernahyle rushed on him and required him to surrender. " Never to rebels !" was the un daunted reply, accompanied with a lounge,which the Highlander received on his target ; but instead of us i n g his sword in cutting down his now defenceless antagonist, he employed it in parrying the blow of a Lochaber axe, aimed at the officer by the Miller, one of his own followers, a grim-looking old Highlander, whom I remember .to have seen. Thus overpowered, Lieutenstnt-Colonel Allan Whiteford, a gentleman of rank and consequence, as well as a brave officer, gave up his sword, and with it his purse and watch, which Invernahyle accepted, to save them from his followers. After the affair was over, Mr. Stewart sought out his prisoner, and they were in troduced to each other by the celebrated John Roy who acquainted Colonel Whiteford with t S h t e lar quality of his captor, and made him aware of the necessity of receiving back his property, which he was inclined to leave in the hands into which it had fallen. So great became the confidence established betwixt them, that Invernahylo obtained from the Chevalier his freedom upon parole ; and soon af terwards, having been sent back to the High lands to raise men, he visited Colonel Whiteford at his own house, and spent two happy days with him and his Whig friends, without thinking, on either side, of the civil war which was then raging. When the battle of Culloden put an end to the hopes of Charles Edward, Invernahyle, wounded and unable to move, was borne from the field by the faithful zeal of his retainers. But as he had been a dis tinguished Jacobin, his family and property were exposed to the system of vindictive destruction too generally carried into execution through the country of the insurgents. It was now Colonel Whiteford's turn to exert himself, and he wearied all the autho rities, civil and military, with his solicitations for pardon to the saver of his life, or at least for a pro tection for his wife and family. His applications were for a long time unsuccessful: I was found with the mark of the beast upon me in every list,' was Invernahyle's expression. At length Colonel Whiteford applied to the Duke of Cumberland, and urged his suit with every argument which he could think of. Being still repulsed, he took his commis sion from his bosom, and, having said something of his own and his family's services to the House of Hanover, begged to resign his situation in their service, since he could not be permitted to show his gratitude to the person to whom he owed his life. The Duke, struck with his earnest ness, desired him to take up his commission, and granted the protection required for the family of Invernahyle. The chieftain himself lay concealed in a cave near his own house, before which a small body of regular soldiers was encamped. He could hear their muster-roll called every morning, and their drums beat to quarters at night, and not a change of the sentinels escaped him. As it was suspected that he 'was lurking somewhere on the property, his family were closely watched, and com pelled to use the utmost precaution in supplying him with food. One of -his daughters, a child of eight or ten years old, was employed, as the agent least likely to be suspected. She was an instance, among others, that a time of danger and difficulty creates. a -.premature sharpness of intellect. She made herself acquainted among the soldiers, till she became so familiar to them, that her motions escaped their notice; and -her practice was, to stroll away into the neighbourhood of the cave, and leave what Slender supply of food-she carried for that purpose, under some remarkable stone, or the root of sonic tree, where her father might find it as he crept by night from his lurking-place. Times became milder, and my excellent friend Was relieved from proscrip tion by the Act of Indemnity. Such is the interesting story which I have rather injured than improved, by the manner in which it is told in Waverley. This incident, with several other circumstances illustrating the tales in question, was communicated by me to my late lamented friend,William Erskine (a Scottish judge by the title of Lord Kinedder), who afterwards reviewed, with far too much impartiality, the Tales of my Landlord, for the Quarterly Review of Jan. 1827. In the same article are contained other illustrations of the novels, with which I supplied my accomplished friend, who took the trouble td write the review. The reader whO is desirous of such information, will find, the original of Meg Merrilees, and I believe of one or two -other personages of the same cast of character, in the article referred to. I may also mention, that the tragic and savage circumstances which are represented as preceding the birth of Allan Mac Aulay, in the Legend of Montrose, really hap pened in the family of Stewart of Ardvoirloch. The wager about the candlesticks, whose place was sup plied by Highland torch-bearers, was laid and won by one of the Mac Donalds of Keppoch. There can be but little amusement in winnowing out the few grains of truth which are contained in this mass of empty fiction. I may, however, before dismissing the subject, allude to the various localities which have been affixed to some of the scenery introduced into these novels, by which, for example, Wolfs- Hope is identified with Fast-Castle, in Berwickshire; Tillietudlem with Draphane, in Clydesdale ; and the valley in the Monastery, called Glendearg, with the dale of the Allan, above Lord Somerville's V ill e, near Melrose. I can only say, that, in these and other instances, I had no purpose of describing any particular local spot ; and the resemblance must therefore be of that general kind which necessarily exists betwixt scenes of the same eharacter. The iron-bound coast of Scotland affords upon its head lands-oomp and ea ;isioGnps everyir el o i n m kcdeo o et n uah t or promontories trß• Glendearg; Baron noa fifty dns ota. f castles sa c i h il dee c sylv a l ami castles e irn s e e as Tillietudlem, s a or l re are now Wolf's -Hope; re semblingo o le f ss ii f t 7o s t e t r e i n in tly na to te be de m st e r t u w et i i t o l r t i , it is , mostt! ot . casesT l Ie tacked d s owing ir as to r t e he rage removed in or ruined so many monuments of antiquity, when they were not protected by their inaccessible situa toof in or from memory, but, in the general case, are these novels, are sometimes quoted either from read ingpure invention. I found it too troublesome to turn tphoeetbreygiiNir;ihiniegh.of haveapbteeerns to the collection of the British poets to discover ap •posite mottos, and, in the situation of the theatrical mechanist, who, w hen the white paper wh ich repre sented hi e shower of snow was exhausted, continued the storm by snowing brown, I dreW on my me mory as long as I could, and when that•failed, eked it out with invention. I believe that, in some cases, where actual names are affixed to the supposed quotations, it would bir to little purpose to seek them in the works of the authors referred to. And now the reader may expect me, while in the confes sional, to explain the motives why I have so long persisted in disclaiming the works of w hi c h 1 am now writi ng . To this it would be difficult to give any other reply, save that of Corporal Nym—lt was the humour or caprice of the time. I hope it will not be construed into ingratitude to the .public, to whose indulgence I have owed much more than to any merit of my own, if I confess that I am, and have been more indifferent to success, or to failure, as an author, than may be the case with .others, who feel more strongly the passion for literary fame, probably because they are justly conscious of a better title to it. It was not until I bad attained the age of thirty years.that I made any serious attempt at distinguishing myself as an author; and at that period, men's hopes, desires, and wishes, have usually acquired something of a d ec i s i ve character, and are not eagerly and easily diverted into a new channel. When I made the discovery,--for to me it was one,—that by amusing myself with compo sition, which I felt a delightful occupation, I could also give pleasure to others, and became aware that literary pursuits were likely to engage in future a considerable portion of my time, I felt some alarm that I might acquire those habits of jealousy and fretfulness which have lessened, and even degraded, the character of the children of imagination, and rendered them, by petty squabbles and mutual irritability, the laughing-stock of the people of the world. I resolved, therefore, in this respect to guard my breast (perhaps an unfriendly critic may add, my brow,) with triple brass, and as much as possible to avoid resting my thoughts and wishes upon literary success, lest I should endanger my own peace of mind and tranquillity by literary failure. It would argue either stupid apathy or ridiculous affectation, to say that I have been insensible to the public applause, when I have been honoured with its testimonies; and still more highly do I prize the invaluable friendships which some temporary popularity has enabled me to form among those most distinguished by talents and genius, and which I venture to hope now rest upon a basis more firm than the circum stances which gave rise to them. Yet feeling all these advantages, as a man ought to do, and must do, I may say, with truth and confidence, that I have tasted of the intoxicating cup with moderation, and that I have never, either in conversation or cor respondence, encouraged discussions respecting my own literary pursuits. On the contrary, I have usually found such topi cs , e ven when introduced from motives most fl a tt er ing to myself, rather embarrassing and disagreeable. I have now frankly told my motives for concealment, so far as I am conscious of having any, and the public will forgive the egotism of the detail, as what is necessarily connected with it. The author, so long and loudly called for, has appeared on the stage, and made his obeisance to the audience. Thus far his conduct is a mark of respect. To linger in their presence would cinitusion. I have only to repeat, that I avow myself in print, as for merly in words, the sole and unassisted author of all the Novels published as the composition of the Author of Waverley.' I do this without shaMe, for I am unconscious that there is any thing in their composition which deserves reproach, either on the score of religion or morality ; and without any feeling of exultation, because, whatever may have been their temporary success, I am well aware how much their reputation depends upon the ca price of fashion ; and I have already mentioned the precarious tenure by which it is held, as a reason for displaying no great avidity in grasping at the pos session. I ought to mention, before concluding, that twenty persons at least were, either from inti macy or from the confidence which circumstances rendered necessary, participant of • this secret : and as there was no instance, to my knowledge, of any one of the number breaking the confidence required from them, I tun the more obliged to them, because the slight and trivial character of the mystery was not qualified to inspire much respect in those , en trusted with it. As for the work which follows, it was meditated, and in part printed, long before the avowal of the novels took place, and originally corn et with a declaration that it was neither to have introduction nor preface of any kind. This • long proem, prefixed to a workintended not to have any, may, however, serve to show how human pur poses, in the most trifling as well as the most im portant affairs, are liable to be controlled by the course of events. Thus, we begin to cross a strong river with our -eyes and our resolution fixed on the point of the opposite shore, on which we purpose to land ; but gradually giving way to the torrent, are glad, by the aid perhaps of branch or bash, to extri cate ourselves at some distant and perhaps danger • ous landing-place, much farther down the stre:‘4 than that on which we had fixed our Hoping that the courteous reader will affo-d to known and familiar acquaintance some portion of the favour which he extended to a disguised candi date for his applause, I beg leave to subscribe my self his obliged humble servant, " WALTER SCOTT. " Abbotsford; October '171627: - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. The East Sussex Fox-hounds meet on Monday, at the Kennel ; Thursday, at plumptou ; Saturday, at the Rocks —at a quarter before 11. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, near Patchatn ; Wednesday, near the Race Connie ; Friday, near the Dyke—quarter before 11. The Lewes Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at New market Hill ; Wednesday, at Ashcombe (the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel, Ilford); Friday, at Telescombe Tyc--half-past 10. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Manton ; Tuesday, at Somerby 'House ; Thursday, at Thoaock House ; Saturday, at Irby Dales-11 (except Thursday, at 12). Lord Scarbrough's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Clay worth Village; Wednesday, at Gate House; Friday, at Aston—half-past 10. Lord Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Monday, at Kilnhurst B ridge. The Badsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Polling ton ; Thursday, at Marr Village; Saturday, at South Hiendley-10. Sir George Sitwell's For-houndi, on Tuesday, at Sut ton ; Friday, at Handsw or th Bar-10. The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at the Fos, Al. Brighton ; Wednesday, at Ercall Heath ; Friday, at Bore atton ; Saturday, at Cressage Village—half-past 10. The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Him bleton Village ; Friday, at Stone Bow Turnpike—at 10. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at sth milestone on the road from Shrewsbury to Ludlow ; Thursday, at Hen ley Hall ; Saturday, at Berrington-10. Sir R. Puleeton's Hounds, on Monday, at Bangor Bridge; on Wednesday, at Sarubridge ; on Saturday, at Marford Hill-11. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Monday, at Tuck Hill— half-past 10. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Saudiway Head; Wednesday, at Ox Hayes Farm ; Friday, at Duddon Heath ; Saturday, at Highway Side—hall-past 10. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF KINGS BENCH. Mr. Justice LITTLBDALB sat this day at Guild hall, in the absence of Lord TBNTERDEN. CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. TUE KING V. TREVETT AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against W. Dunnam, R. Trevett, and others, for a conspiracy to defraud Mr. Hannam, a wine-merchant, by falsely representing W. Dunnam to be a person in solvent circumstances. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and Messrs. GURNEY and PLATT, conducted the prosecution; and eight Counsel appeared for the several defendants. The ATTORNBY-GENERAL stated, that the de fendant, W. Dunnam, had been seijeant at mace, and was in very embarrassed circumstances, a fact which was well known to all the defendants. The prosecutor, Mr. Hannam, was a young man who had lately commenced business as a wine -merchant, and his clerk, whose name was May, having learned that Dunnam had taken a public-house called the Three Tuns, in Coleman-street, inquired of Trevett, who was a shoemaker, as to Dunnam's circumstances, and Trevett represented Dunnam to be as safe as the Bank of England; May then applied to Dunnam for his custom for his master, Mr. Hannam, and on the strength of Trevett's representatiens to May, Dunnam obtained credit from Mr. Hannam to the amount of 3601. for wines and spirits. Dunnam had taken the Three Tuns in July 1825, and became .a bankrupt in October, when his stock consisted of port, sherry, claret, and burgundy, which he had obtained in large quantities, on credit, from different parties. As soon as the wines purchased from Mr. Hannam, and which were in the King's stores, had been transferred to Dunnam, and became his property, a warrant of attorney was issued by Trevett, and the property was taken possession of, by him, for a debt alleged to have been incurred by Hannam , so far back as th e year 1819. Hannam afterwards became a bankrupt, and there was good reason to suppose that many factitious debts were proved under the Commission, but the Counsel admitted that their acts could not be brought home to the defendants, though they were all aware of Hannam's abject in solvency. • Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said there was no use in proceeding with the case, as the indictment could not be supported, according to the Attorney-Ge neral's statement. After some consultation, his Lordship's opinion was acquiesced in by the Counsel, and the indict ment was withdrawn. This case having been expected to occupy the en tire day, the parties in the causes which followed were not in attendance, and the Court rose at twelve o'clock. This was the last day of Sitting, at Guildhall. Lord Tenterden sits on Monday, at Nisi Prins, in Westminster; and Mr. Justice Bailey, Mr. Justice Littledale, and Mr. Justice Holroyd, sit in the Bail Court, in Banco, under his Majesty's warrant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. WALES V. PHILIPS. The Court was occupied 'up to the time of our going to press with this cause, which was an action by the owner of a ship, against the underwriter, to recover a policy of insurance effected on her. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, but the trade throughout was very dull, and prices about the same as on this day se'nnight. Elderberries have nearly, or quite disappeared, but their juice is still selling at from 2s. to 3s. per gallon. s. d. s. (I. I Potatoes (per cwt.) 36to 7 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1 0 20' -Ditto Red 1 0 2 0 Cauliflowers 2 6 5 0 Cos Lettuces (score) 0 9 1 6 Horseßadish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Celery 1 0 1 6 Brocoli Carrots (12 bunches) 4Si 9 0 Turnips 2 3 4 6 Onions Coleworts or Greens 1 6 3 0 Leeks 1 0 1 6 Grapes (per lb.) 0 6 2 0 Peaches (pummet) 0 9 2 0 Orleans Plums 1 0 2 0 Radishes (12 hands) 0 9 1 6 s.d. s.d. Spinage (half-sieve) 0 6to 1 0 French Beans 1 6 3 0 Small Onions 1 3 2 0 Apples, Common 1 6 0 0 Ditto, Choice 0 0 6 0 Damsons • 2 0 3 0 Commbn Plums 1 6 5 0 Pears 1 6 7 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 3 0 6 0 French ditto 2 6 5 0 French Walnuts • 2 6 4 0 Spanish Hazlenuts 3 0 4 6 Filberts (121b5.) 7 0 12 0 Hazlenuts (bushel) 3 0 5 0 Walnuts unshelled 5 U ;9 0 Lemons 7 0 14 0 English Walnuts 1 0 1 9 HAY MARKETS.-(AI ST. JA 8. E. s Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 4 10 Upland Ditto 4lO 510 Rye-grass Hay 410 510 New Meadow Hay 4 0 r 5 0 New Meadow Hay ss. per lm prices of other things no alteral dull trade. SMITPI s. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 3to 4 0 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 New Meadow Hay 315 4 5 Best Meadow Hay ss. per loaf prices of,other Hay, with those short, and trade dull Wheat Barley ........... ' Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or liidiari Corn Buck Wheat Beer or Bigg Aggregate ot Corn & Grain t per Load of 36Trusses.) MES'S. .... £. s. L. s. Clover Hay 4 10to6 6 Oat straw llO 114 Wheat Ditto ll4 118 iad lower than last quoted ; in bon. A moderate supply, and a Fl ELD s. X. R. Cloy. Pt a y generally 4 10 to 5 15 Do. extra tine 0 0 6 0 Oat Straw 1 8 110 Wheat Ditto llO 1 1:3 it lower than on Thursday; in of Straw, no alteration. Supply FISF.MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. The market this morninc , exhibited a limited supply of any description of fish. Codfish and Soles were still very high in price, as were most other kinds.—The following were the prices : Prime Turbot, each l2B. Od. to 28s. Od. Fine Dories, each 7 0 10 0 Fine Cod-fish, each l2 0 21 0 Ditto small, per do. ' 7 0 9 0 Fine Whitings, per 15 5 0 10 0 Fine Soles, per three pairs 5 0 10 0 Live. Eels, per 51b. Live Flounders, per quartern • 1 6 .3 0 Fine Lobsters, per score 3O 0 40 0 Inferior ditto 0 0 20 0 Fine Prawns, per lb. Shrimps, per gallon Smoked Salmon, per lb. New Cod Sounds, r barrel 6 0 0 0 pe Dutch Pickled Herrings, per keg 6 0 7 0 Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 8 0 0 0 Scotch ditto 5 0 6 0 Best Common Oysters, per bushel Natives ................................................ No alteration in the prices of other kinds of fish. 1,229 7 Cwts. qrs. lb. 575 3 6 WAREHOUSED. CORN. BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS. MONTHLY RETURN. An Account of the Total Quantity of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour, admissible to consumption under the Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV. cap. 57, remaining in Warehouse in the United Kingdom on the Ist of October, 1827, dis tinguishing the Produce of his Majesty's Possessions out of Europe from the Produce of Foreign Countries. (Published in conformity to the '7th section of the Act.) Quantities admissible to Consumption under Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV. cap. 57, remaining in the Warehouse on the Ist of October, 1827. species of Corn,l Grain, Meal,' and Flour. • Produce of Fa reign Produce of his w re arehoused, Countries or Majesty's Posd reported in sessions out of• wards to be Europe. warehoused, on or before the Ist o(July, 1827. itr ,, ; i9 /31„1:0 Qrs. Bue. 119,359 5 1,980 4 3,84 5 13 0 134 3 155 7 Total. Qrs. Bus. 120,580 4 1,960 4 3,842 5 13 0 134 3 155 '7 194 2 167 0 10,057 1 Cwts. qrs. lb. 52,719 0 20 20 0 11 52;768 1 3 Note.—The quantity of Beans admitted to consumption during the month, includes 420 quarters, which formed no part of the Stock of Corn warehoused, or reported in wards to be warehoused, on or before the Ist of July, as exhibited in former returns, but were admitted by Trea sury Order, on the ground of the vessels in which they were imported having arrived in the quarantine station previously to that date. By order of the Commissioners, Custom-house, Oct. 2.5. T. WHITMORE, Sec. J. Franks, who was sentenced to suffer death at the last Exeter Sessions, for forgery, has had his sen tence 'umlauted to that of trataportoiwa for life. 194 2 167 0 125,82: 3 Cwt.. qrs. lb. 52,172 1 14 20 0 11 WRESTLING. Corr AND SAUNDERS.-This match will take place on Monday, at the Eagle Tavern, City-road, the whole of the stakes having been made good last night, at the Ship, Ivy lane. Betting is about even.—Saunders is a Cornishman, and a private in the Coldstream Guards; his abilities as a wrestler are not so well knoWn as Copp's, but those who have seen Lim play appreciate them highly, particularly since his struggle with James Cann. SAILING MATCH. On Thursday morning at an early hour, notwithstand ing the unfavourable state of the weather, a considerable number of the members of the Thames Yacht Club as sembled at Blackwell to witness a sailing match from Blackwell to Gravesend and back, for 501., between the Don Giovanni, J. Davy, Esq., Chelsea, 11 tons ; and the Royal Eagle, Stokes, Esq., Rotherhithe, 11 tons.--M half-past eight both vessels started, the Don taking the lead, but on her arriving at Bugsby's Hole she got into a calm,. and the Royal Eagle catching a brisk breeze astern, passed her, and arrived at Blackwell only one minute and a half before her antagonist. Both vessels were steered by their owners. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 25.—Our Cotton market has been heavy to-day, and lower prices have been sub mitted to, yet we can hardly say that it will admit of the quotation of ath of a penny per pound on some descriptions on last week's quotations ; yet it may be quoted on others, and the quantity sold to-day may be estimated at 1,800 to 2,000 bags. WELSH PoNiEs,ln crossing the Black Mountains, which are perhaps the most bleak and sterile spots upon the island, you meet ,frequently with a kind of table-land of most boggy and unstable surface. Upon these miniature Steppes, hundreds of black, shaggy ponies , not much larger than Newfoundland dogs, are found appa rently wild. They graze on these wild mountain-plains in droves, and are as much alarmed at the eight of a human being, as a - herd of Antelopes on the Arabian Desert. When the owner wishes to catch any of his ponies for sale, lie goes in search of them as a huntsman in search of game ; and hunting a pony is sometimes attended with, as much sport and difficulty as running down a fux.t.-London Weekly Review. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS Last night's Gazette contains the notice of an ecclesiastical promotion in the Church of Scot land, which reflects credit on . the 'Home De 7 partment of the present Ministry, and furnishes a solid ground for rejoicing that the hateful Dundas despotism, which so long oppressed and disgraced the Scottish nation, is now irrevocably ended. The Rev. John Paul has been appoint ed to the church and parish of St. Cuthbert, commonly called West Kirk, in the Presbytery of Edinburgh, vacant by the death of the R ev . Sir Henry Moncrieff. This .parish is in the gift of the Crown. Under the Ministry of Lord Liverpool, and the imperiuns in imperio of .Lord Melville, whose business was to " manage" Scotland,—that is, to sell to the best customer the loaves and fishes as they fell,--this living would have gone, like other political merchan dise, to bear 'its part in consolidating that exe crable systein, which made it impossible for any man or corporation to raise hand or voice against the domineering power. On the formation of the present Government, it became a thing un derstood, that there should be no jobbing iniddl-- men for the management of Scotland—that for its degradationiinto a family borough. Tile; distribution of offices was to enure to the i'vlini ster especially responsible for the manner in which the trust should be exercised. The Home Se cretary, obnoxious to blaMe for bad appoint ments, thus became the recognized authority under which all vacancies were to be filled. In the present instance, on the death of Sir Henry Monerieif, we have heard and believe, that the parish was offered to the most eminent minister of the Gospel in Scotland, the eloquent and en= lightened Dr. Chalmers. Dr. Chalmers, as it is said, conceiving that the sphere of his useful-• ncss was more extensive as a professor of divinity in St. Andrew's, where a large body of the youth of Scotland might receive his instructions ; than as the pastor of a single parish, gratefully de clined the favour. On which the Noble Mar quis at the head of the Home Department let the heritors, at whose expence the stipend of the clergyman was provided, and to whose benefit his ministry would in great part redound, to select a At member of • the Church according to their own judgment ; and, approving their choice, without hesitation confirmed it. This, we repeat, is another ground of congratulation to Scotland, that she has been at last set free.— Times. It is an extraordinary thing, that while Spain is in such a miserable condition as to be indebted to French troops alone for protection, from the horrors of anarchy, and while Colombian priva teers make a prey of her commerce in the very mouths of her harbours, she should dare, and, what is still worse, be allowed to insult the Bri tish flag, and plunder British vessels, under the batteries of Gibraltar ! It is not a solitary in stance of such aggression to which we allude. It appears by all the recent accounts from that quar ter,„ that the first 'audacious insult to our eolour hav' en allowed to go unpunished, a seriP , ,-, of _ at attacks have been foll owe d Up b y t h e s T , .rs against our Merchantmen,. and .tie been taken by our - Authorities at • or, as far as we know, by ourGovern home, to protect our commerce from ,:uch violence, and vindicate the honour of the .country. Na doubt the Spaniards, if called to account for this conduct, would attempt to jUstifc thenuelves on the ground of their attacks 'being directed to the prevention of smuggling ; but! this-is no plea for a violation of the law of—na dons. If they have not adequate force to protect: their own coasts against the inroads of smugglers, surely that is no reason why they should break through the usages of civilized States, and in sult the British flag in its own waters ! When' hiS Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence some time since presented a pair of colours to'the Royal Marines, he, very properly, as we men tioned at the time, alluded, in eloquent and for- cible terms, to the conspicuous share which the Royal Marines had in the capture -of Gibraltar, which he designated as one of - the most im portant conquests that had ever been made by a , British force ; but little did the Lord High Ad- , miral imagine at the time that he would so soon hear of the British flag being insulted under the very ramparts of that fortress. We are sure that, whatever want of national feeling and energy may exist elsewhere, the Lord High Admiral will never connive at any attack upon the honour of the country which may fall within the line of his duty to vindicate. We are friends of peace, and peace is best preserved by showing a deter mination, whenever it is necessary, to resist and punish aggression.--Morning Herald. Next to furnishing its readers with the current events of the time, we know of no more useful way in which the popular part of the press can be employed, than in bringing to light and correct ing those manifold frauds and abuses which, in a complicated state of society like our's, must be for ever arising. To this object we flatter our selves our own endeavours have long been not un successfully directed, and, without hazarding any charge of knight-errantry, we may lay claim to the merit of having laid bare and protected the , public from a continuance of more imposit , nn than it has probably fallen to the lot of tijo o ),:if t iihinwtleig:lfe-lriboc.oThmEot Bubble falioleltrahelrt,esoe impostorsceehaffr,ese e tam e iai t e en . ssdsloly ‘ vot N ief ' r i sw t ta n ltlt e tlha s ak s denkr.d o as u l vdtui r nipe e ot x mhn p ea o gnscatium ; : we m p i o n s t s i , o n b s e the , high or low. : Of the various a i prac tised upon the public,l none are more reprehen sible than those which are carried on under co lour of the law. Few people have time, courage, or inclination, to question the right or the ho nesty of those who profess to be armed with that , authority to which all men pay either a ready or implicit obedience. W e are iuduced to make these remarks, owing to our attention having been drawn to what we believe to. b e a gross fraud, fo r e ver going on u nder the colour of law, .in the shape of certain awn f (ri from (in a e nt t T hy e e c w t p ) ; s o p h kr a eo in ts, !noted by it. We had thought with our corre spondent, for the militia , by which lar g e sum s of of many, and thos e very often needy persons, service without are tiw cpou n b t l i i i c ui s alY e l v that this abuse had been confined t o one County ; but another, whose letter we pub lished on Thursday , convinces us that such is n ot the case ; though we still think it will b e spondent, found to prevail principally in the counties more immediately connected' with the metropolis. What we would contend is, that an y d rawing for the militia at a time when there ' is no inten tion of calling it out either for ' service or for exercise, is useless ; and we 'will venture to Arm, that upon inquiry it would be found that of the persons drawn for the militias of the coun, ties where these perpetual drawings prevail, not one half would be found to their they called upon ; and t h at, consequently, fresh balletings must take place whenever they are to -1 1