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intabitants of Kenilworth, Who differed in opinion from lilose of Leamington, and stated that, if the latter place Ras averse to the franelii.re, they would gladly accept it. Sir GRAY SKIPWITH said, as the people of Lea mington were averse to the j unct i on w i t h W arw i c k, an d sh ould 'moldered it would be injurious to their property, he joinmove as an amendment, that Leamington be not ed t o W ar „.i rk. The CHAIRMAN said the proper time to move an amendment would be when the clauses of the bill came to be discussed. I • 11 . HUGHES said a few words, but they were llr ndistin ctly hea r d, ow i ng to the noise which prevailed. th e • HAL C OI IB next spoke, but was inaudible from H cause. t „ . Ide• GOULBIJRN said if Members would not listen to — aardeto:ent,it trouldbemuch wore becoming and proper n t h e d i s cussion. reb RALCOMB said his chief object in rising was to °llAhithe person a l — h e might say insolent attacks made el by the hon. member for Cht shire. 11". I lEbelieve the member alluded to) l aid be h ad risenmoßnEß' ( a (we e mer occasion, and made some • ;17 1 :Z 1 'o purely out of admiration for the manner in which 'IL member had opposed the question. The hon. 0 113 1 t r er bad, with the usual approbation and admiration f 'e house, now spoken three times, and he anticipated L er ° ; : ll speech froth one who seemed to voltOntser his in the cause of every deli thought nonquent before the h ouse. :41.' 011 LBURN hon. member, in dis -1 ue" e a measur e o f t h at ki n d , was j ust ifi e d i n making plPeisonal remarks. Th e b e tter course would be to i - P t ie ntlY, and then answer objections. 'rwtI,ALCOMB then defended the conduct of the Earl otess a a ~M oney, it was said, had been paid by his psid r " for electioneering purposes, but that money was ba t the noble earl's brother, and surely there was no "' HI one brother lending money to another.—(oh.) fo t 4lll , e not a right to lend motley, though it . should be u. electioneering purposes ?—(oh.) The influence of `ThCastle, he believed, did not at all affect the election. b 10i: e l ks !: member for Banbury wished Leamington to e abet Warwick, probably because he had property in %tad: w i n. With regard to the charge of bribery,.lie to l 467 sa y , most of the money spent had been paid , se t clerks clerks and others, who had stopped for six or log peke at the inn, drinking Champagne, and watch sfr.e registration of voters. ha, mLANGDALE, in allusion to a remark made by an r e, Pot said Mr. Porker had not drawn up the . be k s t. sw , tie had been engaged as counsel, but (as far as Si t fl i b ad nothing to do in drawing up the . port. 'PHILLIPSon said there was a great disinclination to th - Part of the inhabitants of Leamington to b Nap e frandthe with Warwick ; but the house had a great • 'Io shit Id see no hope for the isd e ,„ o Y to perform, and he cou elbg too 7"me of the borough but from a union with Lea parE is attention should be ed o ASTINOR thou ht some lae tt , the wishes of the people of Leamington, and .. a their 40t pressed which they declared would injure Pr o Si t 4 Perty. * bath I NGLIS was of opinion, the question was not o f a erthe franchise should be bestowed upon Leamington = Witi.-11);other place, but whether it should be taken from ' t eelai t h „ .eic * The right of conferring the privilege of re sit,' m ember or lba 6 a members to that house was one that a nd 4 ,7 disposed of as a thing which was held in trust, the • as 55 much property.—(Hear.) The . house was, alid Present cote discharging a sort of judicial function; 44 . it w as, t . in his opinion, by no means justifiable to b,.l4ol.;ollipareouviesde a constituene • of 1,279, because bribery had against 21 ) of them. If, indeed,. the great geost Y h ad been convicted of bribery, then might be feting Motile how far this house would be justified in suf abl2 a Privilege to exist which had been so shamefully the C But, in the present case, he again called upon 1,3 0 : 55 5 to recollect that, out of a constituency of nearly k r. ~° , nY 21 cases of bribery had been proved. i r th it e li co t ~..,4 s l° l . t V t V e e- L; R a nw d a , s understood to defend t ie . report of in reply to the observation o the 4tt en , °b• baronet, would impress upon the boos, " brrh_ e ° Acuity of proving even one, much less 21, cases l'i;j 7 * -- "( Hear.) Ot t ._ te Port of the bill was then brought up and received, ,I,Loorne verbal amendments. house then resumed. 11 1 -V iott i: TOOL DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. onto ts.„,---•IETT moved that the house do resolve itself a ilmlitre on the Liverpool Disfranchisement Bill. kittee r- DON objected to the house going into cf.rn twelve a n t , that late hour of the night. It was then after votin g 4 .., ed 'ek, and the house were not in the habit of .ithy s p iu l i 7, any of the public money at such an bour, liberty?....(HtioY vote away any portion of the public Mr. 13 ,A , ear.) BO lon '4.4ETT said, as the question bad been already ther dgelbefore thie house, he could not consent to any fur questio delay, Lord%• lie feared it was sought to get rid of the A nt i t s f r b el Y oN "o the preset Bession. vide the house ratbelv Co move an adjournment, and di boar. go into committee at that late th_After .some conversation, Mr. BENETT agreed that ilisetretion should be postponed till Wednesday, upon . the du.s understanding that if the other public business Aar h i 'llosed of before twelve o'clock, it should be then t for fur d scussion without any further op t )... ai lli h e ',... ll ALCONlß gave notice that on the third reading t warwiek Borough Bill he would move f fo a r n aalslee select bp a i rtee to inquire into the circumstances o le t t ;," : of privilege, as regards the signatures,. and t pgre tiglis-pa'M to this house, of a petition purporting o . be foe r,7, by certain inhabitants of Leamington Spa, praying tui t i t " o e n wens ion of the borough of Warwick to Lea tolkair G• FERGUSON obtained leave to bring in a bill sire an act passed in the reign of George 111., to ti d ; r a . ge the improvement of waste lands upon entailed u tvs In Scotland. 1111°UGHA.111 obtained leave to bring in a bill to pti tish a general registry of all deeds and instruments 'Zing to real property in England and Wales. s u _ r ,• !MURRAY presented the Foreign Enlistment Bill, , e __7 was read a first time, and ordered to be read a .04rl time on the 31st inst. 11 11,. 01 11 ' GORDON presented a bill for the better ma- Iheerit GORDON the poor of Biadord, Wi bootie adjou rne d as one f o'clock.lts. Of 41S- 7 (Tol e T OF THE MINORITY fling r 4 includ e d) , who voted aga i nse the Second of For th he S e Second fford Bo Disfranchise r l ough Disfranch : ient Bill. t 67 A gainst it 5 B Uffe r Majority F,. Total in the House 17° g r atkell , I:,,,North Staffordshire Halcomb, J.—llover L °n",.Ca'u'''Wonlock ktron HPL—statford TELLERS. Orce stgi l i r e e ° l - H.—West Fryer, It.—Wolverhamptor! Chetwynd, Capt. W.—Stafford 0( 2 7 -LIS I, _ OF H — E MINORITY (Tellers included), T who voted at a quarttr past two s' To eau. . in the morning, tcl'tor the attention of the House to the o e n a fi se ne o d f 11 , i fo rd 4 " the Brighton Guardian, A t.ettenrel: I n c. C C he ol l ' in en s- , itio4b7,li. 4 A l 'd to move for an Address for c a remission of his -4!.lelerk, c C e l ?,t i rrn . 0F..12, BlZ r e r . e4 Aubrey tulhin% sii 'le.Galway Co. pleirre thantles--teliesteard Itarteie: if rt---11P--Ye itsl, e-.-31----ret Sussex 441....5t n0i1, c. r13.F.,--.Brighton I;ir:h4---, Dublin Co. mtleftrleVvyt• 11.--Newport, Isle t alor, p:a glt--Middlesex torPli, taunt halFetgaaCdoivisic Itiez il ls at th e late hour of half th e e+ c' J°llo Russell Howl( reajZod, Sir J. Graham. gain..,.._st the motior. _____„...................... kr. wily -------- , renre formerl) r Foil N . d Smith, ant who d o f Mr. Po ° Mich in Parliarnent, and was the frier! gr e ly n n u d !h e f his principles for a consistent supporter o the sepli Pot % ttli r of years, has lately addressed a . letter to the r atio t ant dissenters, dissuading them from urging t ut 1:1 of church and state in their petitions to the leg isla . thee' 1%.1r. Skiith urges with great truth that . I nertt s of mind is no Prepared f _, the question may be, the public whatever t institutions of the cou otet , for sa great a change in the ilnpi r. " " the overthrow of that connection ins would kr, thatith GI,G.--A Correspondent observed getn ie t t apb,ogy for the recent appointment of this of 1)i:11V ,4 chaplain to a Military Hospital, belie ve 7'4 been originally in the army. is the fact we . soortly after h• he wrote his celebrated story of IS return 0 baltern ;, and hiore recen tly from the Pen l i t ns w u as la:that 4 still hi or another work, which has obtai ned _ " The ou ensioner: er degree of fame, namely, for bins club f • i '' 4 series of tales supposed to be written by a "The Chelsea kr oh retired officers. These tales form, we observe, the e _ Estaereainnumoienhetr of the Naval and Milita f ry t L h i e hr fe tt e r l y lion f °I th e e h eiv‘ 1 4_ no, publishing monthly, a ter r .0 I. Lennox,LordW.—King's Lynn O'Connor,;Feargus—Cork Co. O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda Ord, W.H.—Newport, Isle of W Pease, Joseph—South Durham Ruthven, K S.—Dublin Ruthven, Ed.—Kildare Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Vigors,:N. A.—Carlow Walter, John—Berkshire Wason, R.—lpswich Wallace, T.7-Carlow I - TELLERS. Kemp, T. IL—Lewes Wigney, I. N.—Brighton on of interest to the Ministry. (past two, Lords Althorp, Pal. Lck, and Duncannon ; Messrs. l, and Sir F. Burdett, voted in - 1 to move for a Committee. THE KING'S LEVEE. The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived at St. James's about halfpast one o'clock, yesterday afternoon, from the Palace at Windsor. His Majesty was received by the Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Gloucester, the Princess Augusta, and the Lord Steward. At two o'clock the King held a Levee. The King's Guard were on duty in the Standard Court-yard, and a Guard of Honour of the Royal Horse Guards were sta tioned in the large Court-yard near Marlborough-house. In the Entree circle the following presentation to the King tok place : Mons. Anatole Brenier, Secretary of the French Embassy, by the Prince de Talleyrand. His Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Viscounts Melbourne, Palmerston, and Althorp, Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Eight Hon. Charles Grant, and Sir James Graham. The Hon. Win. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Sir John Bayley was introduced, sworn in a Privy Council_ lor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. An alteration was made in the lists of Sheriffs for the present year by the appointment of Gibbs Crauford Antrobus, of Eaton, Eq., to serve the office of Sheriff for Cheshire. Several slight inaccuracies in the list were also corrected. At the Entree Levee there were present the Russian Aus trian, and French Ambassadors ; the Prussian, Swedish, Belgic, Netherlands, Danish, Bavarian, Mexican, Portuguese, Bra zilian, and Saxon Ministers; the United States, Hanoverian, and Grecian Charge d'Affaires; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the three Principal Secretaries of State, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the President of the Board of Control, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamber lain, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentleman Pen sioners, the Master-General of the Ordnance, Lord Hill, Gold• Stick in Waiting; Sir Edward C. Disbrowe, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden ; the Treasurer of the Household, the Adjutant-General of the Forces, the Attorney-General, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Master of the Robes, the Rev. Dr. Blomberg, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, Lieut.. Col. Cavendish, Silver Stick and Equerry in Waiting, and the Page of Honour. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and Colonel Taylor were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Amongst the general company were the Admiral and Corn. mander-in.Chief of his Majesty's fleet, Admiral C. E. Nugent, the Judge of the Arches Court. EARL—Sefton. LORDS—Stafford, Euston, Waterpark,/Muskerry, Mahon, Ravensworth, Kenyon. RIGHT HONOURABLE.—CharIes Grant. HONOURABLES—Edward Petre, Lieut.-Col. Molyneux. SIRS—John Campbell, Gore Ousley, J. Smith, John Bayley. DEAN of Chichester. A C HDE A CON—Wix. REV. MESSIEURS—Tate, T. Collingwood Hughes. MESSIEUItS—OnIey, S. Onley, John M`Cullom, Savill Onley, Hector A. Macneil, Hall Dare, M.P., Win. Fielden, M.P., Charles Wood, M.P., William Bankes, Wm. Ponsonby, Fitzgerald, M.P., Philips, Dewar. ADMIRALS—Sir Charles Ogle, Gosselin. GENERALS—Sir Howard Douglas, Sir Hudson Lowe, Adams, Evatt, Salmon, Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart., Sir Lowry Cole, Sir Charles Dalbiac. CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—Boss, M.P., Rochfort, Eton Travers, K. H. COLONELS—Sir Charles Thornton, M`Caskill, Sir J. R. Eustace, E. Elicombe, Sir John Savage, Boldero, Cleaveland. COMMANDER—John Townshend, R.N. MAJOR—CoIe. CAPTAINS—Irwin, Sir J. A. Gordon, Freke, Campbell, C. Dalrymple, Forbes. LIEUTENANTS—Hudson Lowe, De Blaquiere, Cleave. land, Edwards. CO lt NET—Feilden. ENSlGN—Caithness Murray M`Gregor. Lord Kenyon presented a petition from the inhabitants of Whitchurch Shropshire, expresSing their veneration and at tachment to the Church, from the numerous blessings derived from it for three centuries, and praying his Majesty to maintain its union with the state, to strengthen its foundations, en large its boundaries, and increase its usefulness. Also, a similar petition from the inhabitants of the Chapelry of Woore, and of the parish of Muccleston, in the counties of Salop and Stafford. Mr. Flail Dare, M.P., accompanied by Mr. Savill Onley, pre sented an address from Chelmsford, in favour of the connection between Church and State. The following were presented to his Majesty : Sir John Bayley, on resignation, and promotion to the dignity of a baronet, by the Lord Chancellor. Rev. Mr. Tate, on his promotion to be canon residentiary of St. Paul's, by Earl Grey. Sir John Campbell, on being appointed Attorney-General to his Majesty, by the Lord Chancellor. Hon. Lieut.-Col, Molyneux, 67th Regiment, on his return from the West Indies, by the Adjutant-General. Captain Boss, R.N., M.P., on promotion, by the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham. General Sir Lowry Cole, G.C.8., on his return from the Go. vernment of the Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. Secretary Stanley. Captain Freke, Grenadier Guards, on promotion, by Sir John Woodford. Captain Irwin, on his return from the Government of Wei. tern Australia, by Mr. Secretary Stanley. Lieut. Edwards, on his return from Foreign Service, by the Earl of Orkney. Captain Clarence Dalrymple, on his appointment as Master Attendant at Madras. Lieut. Cleaveland, by Lieut.-Col. Cleaveland. Lieut. de Blacquire, on return from Foreign Service, by the Earl of Orkney. Ensign Caithness Murray M'Gregor, on his return from India, by the Earl de Lawarr. Second-Lieut. Hudson Lowe, King's Royal Rifle Corps, on his appointment, by Sir Hudson Lowe. Mr. Hector Archibald Macneil, by the Right Hon. Lord Foley. Mr. Hall Dare, M.P., by Lord Kenyon. Capt. Rochfort, MN., on his marriage, by Sir J. Graham. Lord Meskerry, by the Marquis of Landsowne. Rev. Thomas Collingwood Hughes, by the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe. Archdeacon Wix, by the Lord Bishop of London. Sir John Wyldborn Smith, Bart., by the Right Hon. Wm. Ponsonby. Lieut.-Col. IWCaskill, on his appointment to the 98th Regi. ment, by General Lord Hill. Captain Eaton Travers, R.N., K.H., by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham. Captain Campbell, 46th Regiment, by Colonel Campbell, C. 8., A.D.C. His Majesty gave audjences yesterday to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Melbourne, Sir James Graham, Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord Hill, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Duncannon, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Holland, Sir Wiliam Woods, and Captain Woolmore, the Deputy Mas ter of the Trinity House. A deputation, headed by the Members for Liverpool, Vis count Sandon and Mr. W. Ewart, had an interview with Vis count Althorp yesterday, respecting the Liverpool bank. Viscount Melbourne entertained the Cabinet Ministers at dinner last evening, at his residence in South-street. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Mansfield, and the Ladies Murray, at Caen Wood, from Scone Palace, Perthshire ; A. Banner_ man, Esq., M.P., in Berkeley-street, from the North ; Rear Admiral Adam, in Berkeley-street; Right Hon. James Aber cromby, at his new residence in White-hall-yard ; Hon. Newton Fellowes, in Bryanston-square, from Eggford, Devon; Sir W. R. Clayton, Bart, M.P., at the Brunswick Hotel, Jer myn-street ; W. R. Denison, Esq. M.P., in Pall-mall ; W. E. Gladstone, Esq., M.P., in the Albany; J. A. Murray,Esq.,M.P., Duke-street, 'Westminster, from Leith ; R. A. Oswald, Esq., M.P., in Hill-street ; Mr. and Mrs. John Wright, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Witham, Essex; General Gleig, at ditto, from Chester ; William Pugh, Esq., at ditto, from Merionethshire; Gutteres, Esq., at ditto, from Sidmouth ; Mrs. Puget, at ditto, from Totteridge ; Captain Ellis, at ditto, from Bath ; Henry White, Esq., at ditto ; Major Mill, at Ben nett's Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, from Scotland; William Morley, Esq., at ditto, from Bath; James Franks, at ditto, from ditto; Colonel Walpole, at ditto, from Brighton; Lieut. Watkins, R.N., at ditto, from ditto; Colonel Robertsy, at ditto, from Dover; James Whitmore, Esq., at ditto, from Dublin. DEPARTURES. Lord Harley, from Bennett's Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, on a tour; John Down, Esq., from ditto, for Paris ; Colonel Charitie, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Roberts, from ditto, for Bucks ; the Rev. Wm. Eagle, and Mrs. Eagle, from ditto, for ditto; the Rev. James Heniker, from ditto, for Bath ; Captain Williams, from ditto, for Brighton ; the Rev. John Jones and Mrs. Jones, from ditto, for St. Leanard's ; the Rev, Edward Wilks and Miss Wilks, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Thomas Harvey, Esq., from ditto, for his seat in Yorkshire ; the Countess de Walterstoff, from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street,'for Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Rug gles Bresse, from ditto, for ditto; Sir Charles Chad, Bart , from ditto, for Hastings; Edward Griffiths, Esq., from ditto, for Herefordshire; Edward Higgenson, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; Col. Rolt, from ditto, for Windsor. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Right Hon. Lord Seagrave, Right Hon. Countess of Ath. lone, Lady Fraser, Lady Cockerell, Lady Cromie, Sir W. and Lady Hicks, Colonel and Mrs. Hopkinson, Colonel P. Stewart, Colonel Bayly, Major Montgomerie, Major Jones, Major Bragge, Capt. W. Baker, Capt. Yeoman, Capt. W. H. Penny, Capt. Battersby, Capt. Tinling, Rev. P. Taylor, Rev. T. Winniatt, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs. Huddlestone, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. G. Evered, Mr. and Mrs. Grange, Mr. and Mrs. Somers, Mr. I. I. Ansell, Mr. W. Wood, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Hare, Mr. Barry, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Agge, Mr. Wilkes, Mr. Swallow, Mr. Rock wood, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Bolton, Mr. Butler, Mr. Street, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Domville, Mr. Spurrell, Mr. Bristowe, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Maurice, Mr. Clayfield, Mr. Mant, Mr. Holford, Mr. Coome, Mr. Cowrie, Mr. Harnage, Mr. Beevir, Mr. Hopner, Mr. Watson, Mr. Daly, Mrs. Stuart, Mrs. Whinyates, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Crickitt, Miss Hampton, Misses Huddlestone, &c. &c. FINE ARTS. THE PEDLAR. In telling a 'homely, domestic story—in bring. ing out all its most naive points, and rigidly excluding all that is irrelevant, and that does not immediately 'bear upon, and tend to elucidate, the subject, 'Wilkie is unequalled among modern artists, and scarcely surpassed by even the best masters of the Dutch and Flemish schools. All his paintings., his Scotch ones particularly, are marked by exquisite truth and propriety of cha racter. They betray evidences of patient thought, unflagging assiduity, and first-rate powers of de sign. The most hypercritical eye can detect nothing slovenly, nothing harsh, nothing false in taste or sentiment in them. They are carefully finished in detail, and possess an harmonious uniformity as a whole. Though dwelling, for the most part, on the rudest and homeliest subjects, yet they are as free from any thing like vulgarity, as the bald, racy, sylvan descriptions of old Cobbett. They have a ll the vigour and literalness of Morland, with out his breadth and coarseness. All the freshness and minuteness of observation of Gainsborough, without his occasional exagge rations, and frequent love of sacrificing the details of a picture to one favourite figure or group in a foreground. The ground-work of Wilkie's genius is common sense. On this he erects his superstructure of mingled humour and fancy, which will wear well, for it is the palace which was built upon the rock. Many of our more showy, meritrecious artists build theirs on the sand, the consequence of which is, that the very first wave of popular caprice sweeps them away. There is nothing sickly or affected in the quality of Wilkie's intellect. It is as healthy and vigorous as that of Shakspeare and Scott. We can understand and sympathize with his creations, for they are those of the world a bout us. Nevertheless, his paintings are not to be coldly and hurriedly glanced at, but to be read and studied, for they teem with idea and cha racter. Every inch of canvass is made the most of; every minute part is strictly subordinate to, and in keeping with, the whole. Look, for instance, at the Pedlar. The story may be read at a glance—such is the truth and distinctness of Wilkie's conceptions—but the details require to be studied, in order to be adequately ' appreciated. The Pedlar has just entered a labourer's cottage, and is displaying his choicest wares to its inmates, while an old dame with keen eyes peering above her spec tacles, is looking him full in the face, and expos tulating, in energetic terms, on the preposterous price he demands for some flowered muslin, which one of her daughters has knelt down to investigate more closely. They are well matched, the Pedlar and the old woman. His face is symp tomatic of a hard bargain ; hers, of a perfect con sciousness that such is the fact. The one would fain do, the other is bent on not being done. Nothing can be more characteristic than the Pedlar's figure. He is lean and lank, as if every atom of flesh had been worn off his bones by the prac tice of constant walking. His face is a piquant compound of shrewdness and good humour, of smiling obsequiousness and downright tenacity of purpose. He will not bate a penny of his price, not he ! He is a poor man with a large family, and these are hard times. Taking all this quite as a matter of course, the old lady sticks close to her text ; she will give " so much," and not one farthing more. If he cannot afford this, he can pack up his things and be gone. But no, there sits the Pedlar, diligently be thinking himself how, with a due regard to the decencies of character, he may abjure his resolution, and come down to the old woman's terms. The doubtful look and outstretched ap pealing hands (which in themselves denote a world of argument) of the perplexed itinerant, are in the shrewdest and truest style of humour. The underplot--if we may use such a term—or episodical portion of the story, is made up of the " gude man" and his wife, the former of whom, in reply to the latter's request to be al lowed to become a purchaser as well as the grandmother, is evidently " pooh poohing" away in reply to her supplication, and adding— or we know nothing of physiognomy—" Ah, you women are so fond of finery !" Were he not smoking his pipe, he would get into a pas sion, but tobacco has made him philosophical, so, after a few more gentle grumblings, his wife will gain the day, as wives generally do. The grouping of this picture possesses allWil kie's simplicity and quiet nature, and its minutia —such as the Pedlar's hat hung on the back of his chair—the little hit of looking-glass fixed to a peg in the wall—the tall wooden clock—the one sporting engraving, in a cheap black frame —the spinning -wheel, and pendant flitch of bacon in . the back ground—all these minor, but characteristic accessories, are like so much ce ment to bind the whole firmly and appropriately together. The engraving is executed by Stewart, in a style that cannot fail to please Wilkie. FAIRY MAB. A very animated picture, engraved by Rad don,' in his best manner, from a painting by Fuseli. In point of spirit and delicacy of handling it is almost, if not quite, worthy to vie with the famous engraving of Newton's Dutch Girl, which appeared some months since. ENGRAVINGS FROM THE WORKS OF SIR J. REYNOLDS. PARTS 3, 4. This, when completed, will form a valuable addition to the stores of modern art. We have here the best of Sir Joshua's paintings, engraved, for the most part, in a style worthy of them. The picture of the Prince of Wales (his late Majesty we presume) is admirably executed. He is represented as just in the act of mount ing a charger, whose look and attitude are full of vigour, as if, like the war-horse in Job, the noble animal " snuffed the battle afar off." The portrait of Sir Joshua himself conveys also as correct an idea of the original, as engraving, with • its limited means, can convey. The " Snake in the Grass" is remarkable for that peculiar beauty and expression of eye, that the late President knew so well how to give to his female pictures. HIDE AND SEEK. This is clever as an engraving, but if we may judge by it, the original must be sadly destitute of character, though the painter has evidently taken pains to show off " his learned lore" in that respect. FINDEN'S GALLERY OF THE GRACES, PART 11, Contains three lovely female faces, illus trated by as many appropriate pieces of verse. The work, we perceive, is to be completed in another part. It might be very advantageously extended, for there are abundant materials for such a work, and the room is just now unoc cupied. MAJOR'S CABINET GALLERY. A respectable number, and that is all we can say of it. LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIBLE. PART I. This is a good idea, and proportionably well executed. The part before us (which is the first) consists of four engravings, of which Tadmor in the Desert is the most elaborately and successfully finished, and the Dead Sea the worst. There is a hard, stiff, formal look in the mountains, which is very repulsive to the eye. The group i►► the foreground exhibits far more freedom and delicacy of touch. ILLUSTRATIONS OF BYRON. PART 23. Another part will complete this work, and we shall then have as finely an illustrated edition of the works of our great poet, as was ever yet published—even by Murray himself. The landscape portions of the embellishments are not of so much consequence ; but the portraits of the great writers who flourished in Byron's times, with whom he was in habits of intimacy, and to whom he perpetually refers in his cor respondence, are valuable, and indeed in dispensable additions to the work. The present number contains portraits of Campbell and Hobhouse, of which the last is the most charac teristic, and the first the most flattering. The landscapes are engraved in the Findens' most careful manner. LITERATURE. HELEN. 3 VOLS. LONDON, 1834. Miss Edgeworth shows in this, her latest production, that age has mellowed, without in the slightest degree impairing, her powers. All that acuteness of observation, sound good sense, unimpeachable morality, and tact at piercing below the surface, and analysing the motives to action, that we admired in " Tales of Fashion able Life," are nearly to an equal extent to be met with in" Helen." Perhaps we miss a little of Miss Edgeworth's vigorous condensation in the matter of dialogue ; here and there, too, we detect " passages that lead to nothing," and stand in the way of the narrative, encumbering, and almost blocking up its progress ; but, then, to make amends for this, we find a deeper vein of reflection than is usual with Miss Edgeworth, a more enlarged philosophy, and more luxuriant powers of description. There are one or two sylvan sketches in " Helen" worth all that the ac complished authoress has ever written in that line She was always a niggardly landscape painter, deal mg chiefly with mannersand the human heart ; but she here varies her theme, attempts the pictu resque, and, by way of back-ground, portrays one or two sylvan scenes, with all the truth and delicate finish of Cowper. The characters in " Helen" are excellent, for character is Miss Edgeworth's forte. Her males are the best, and we might search far and wide before we should find a more shrewd or skilfully developed conception than that of Churchill. It is no fancy sketch, but breathes of actual life. We must not omit to mention that " Helen" con tains one of the most generous and eloquent tributes to the memory of our great idol, Sir Walter Scott, that we have ever read—and we have read some hundreds. OLD MAIDEN'S TALISMAN. 3 VOLS. LONDON, 1834. The merits of this work may be summed up in a few words. They consist in great breadth of humour, and extravagant powers of carica ture. The author is not without the skill to delineate character ; but his love of fun is perpetually leading him astray from the right track. His sole object seems to be to make one laugh, and, to do him justice, he is pretty nearly always success ful. Those who can read the tale of the " Lodging.house Bewitched," without giving vent to many an outrageous laugh at its broad humour, must be compounded of very strange materials. This story should have been published in November. It might have prevented many a suicide. J OHNST ONE' S EDINBURGH MAGA ZINE. A periodical which is popular, but not a whit more so than it deserves to be. Sound common sense, blended with a dash of the satirical, are its chief features, and both these attractions meet i n h a ppy accordance i►► the masterly analysis of Lord Brougham's character, which is completed in the present number. There is no shrewder article than this in any of the magazines of the month. We wish we could give extracts ; but space and time forbid. NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. The main recommendations of this number are its engravings, one of which is a portrait of Nimrod (a gentleman named Apperley), well known as an ingenious and experienced writer on all sporting subjects. We cannot speak of this engraving as a likeness, but as a work of art, it is excellent. IMAGINATIVE BIOGRAPHY, 2 VoLs. LONDON, )5334. Considering that this is the production of a veteran in years, whose name has been before the reading public for the best part of half a century, it is surprising how much freshness, and vivacity of remark, and acute analysis of character there is in it. Sir John Egerton Drydges shows himself in every page the accom plished gentleman and scholar, full fraught with knowledge. Here and there he is apt to indulge in a fanciful, untenable theory ; but we forget this in the ingenious way in it is propped up. BRITISH itIANL EXERCISES. Those who are ambitious of a' taining ex cellence, or, at any rate, a competent know ledge of our various sorts of out-of-door amuse ments, especially of the mysteries of riding, driving, and sailing, will find many Useful practical hints on the subject within the boards of this little, unassuming volume. ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIAN MAGA- ZINE. A clever work, but by no means equal to the " Asiatic Journal," which is its precursor in the same field. The best article is the tale entitled " The Baron Von Judenberg," which is, however, too long, and would have been improved by a rigorous condensation. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The English public have been lately under obligation to the Paymaster of the Forces for his protection of a reverend and anti-reform pamphleteer. The people of Scotland are under some alarm of a similar favour and compliment from his Lord ship. A report is in circulation, that some public provision is to be obtained through his influence for a Mr. M`Gregor Mur_ ray,formerly an officer in the Austrian service, but who has lately had the better fortune of uniting himself to a daughter of Sir ThomhsHardy.Now we are certain that the noble lord will thank us for raising our warning voice against such an appointment. indeed, it could never have been in contemplation. M`Gregor Murray is well known to the freeholders in Perthshire as the most active and bitter opponent of the reforming member, Lord Ormelie; and it is even understood that his politics carried him so far in the last election, as to induce him to press his influence with his father's tenantry against the declared wishes of their landlord, that they should support the liberal candi date. Sir C. M`Gregor Murray is, we believe, at this moment. a governor of one or the West India islands ; and we should hope that one situation of this description might satisfy the family. His son, under present circumstances, will act with more discretion, and assuredly snore kindly by his friends, by returning to the Austrian service, where his politics will insure him promotion, than by pressing them to force him into pub lic employment in this country, in opposition to the feelings of the people.—Horning Chronicle, Wednesday. The cause of the delay in granting a charter to the London University, was yesterday stated in the House of Lords. The Earl of Durham, on presenting a petition from the Dissenters of Frome, in Somersetshire, called the attention of the noble and learned lord on the Woolsack to one point in tke petition, because it related to a subject in which the noble and learned lord was deeply interested—namely, that in which it was stated that the petitioners were excluded from the public schools, and from the two universities of Oxford and Cam bridge ; and that in the University of London, where no rule for excluding them existed, they were prevented from enjoying the benefit intended, by the fact that, for want of a charter, degrees could not be conferred in that university. " Now," added his lordship, " if there was one part of the life of the noble and learned lord which more than any other was the admira tion of his fellow-countrymen, it was that which had been de voted to the cause of public education. He was sure, there fore, that there must be some cause which .the noble and learned lord's influence could not prevent, that disabled the government from granting this charter." Lord Brougham stated that the cause was a protest which had been entered by Oxford and Cambridge against granting a charter, which, if not recalled, must be laid before the Privy Council in the usual manner. His lordship expressed himself glad that his noble fliend had given him the opportunity of stating this, as the most unaccountable reports had got abroad that he had relaxed in his desire to obtain a charter for the London University. We certainly think, with Lord Durham, that if the objections are not removed, the favour ought to be granted in spite of the Universities, in accordance with the spirit of the times. We do not doubt of the fervour of the noble and learned lord; nor do we believe, for a moment, that his ardour in behalf of the University has cooled; but it seems to us, notwithstanding, unaccountable, that with such high fervour a simple question like this remains to be disposed of in the fourth year of a liberal administration. The whole question must lie in a nut-shell. If the Universities will not withdraw their protest, ' the question surely can be heard and disposed of in a day or two. The two Universities, the " two ancient Universities," as the noble and learned lord styles them, much wish to retain i the monopoly of conferring degrees, and it is natural that they should be liberal of their protests on the occasion ; but it would be a libel indeed on the British Constitution to suppose the sovereign power precluded, by a monopoly in favour of two Universities, from the power of granting such institutions as are necessary to enable one-half of the inhabitants of a country to participate in the benefits of education.—Well for the two Universities if the Dissenters claim no more from them than their withdrawal of the illiberal protest !—However, we will not enlarge further on this subject at present.—Morning Chronicle, Wednesday. ' If the object of the Devon petition, which occupied so much of the morning sitting of the House of Commons yesterday, was correctly described by Mr. D. W. Harvey, and we believe it was, as an attempt to be relieved from 3s. out of every ss. which they now pay in tithe, we cannot accuse the fair county of Devon of being over scrupulous and rigid in its notions of honesty. It is, we all know, a very agreeable thing to be re lieved from the trouble of paying money. There is an instinc tive propensity in the human hand to close on its palm being touched with the King's coin, or even with Bank paper, and it is not always that an appeal to the understanding or the con science can relax the gripe sufficiently to disengage the enclo sure, even though it should be an undoubted and unquestionable claimant who tries his eloquence in the task. But this instinct acquires a great accession of force when there happens to be an outcry against the claimant himself, as, we are sorry to say, there is at this moment against the Church of England. We are far from imputing intentional fraud to the good people of Devon; but as, in the instance alluded to, they cannot put P2s. out of every pound into their own pockets without taking them out of the pockets of other people who had a prior claim, we would suggest to them the propriety of reconsidering their advice to the Legislature; and if upon such reconsideration they should perceive that it savours a little too much of spolia tion, it would be doing them injustice to suppose they would hesitate to retract and renounce it. If Church property be deprived of all legal protection, We may be certain that every description of property will suffer. The ecclesiastical taint will sink deeper and spread wider than people may be prepared to anticipate, and every creditor, whether he has ever seen the inside of a church or not, will soon find himself identified with an establishment which nobody pays. From the opposition which Lord Ebring ton and Lord John Russell, and other members of the adminis tration, has given to the petition, it is evident that government do not go the length suggested in its prayer. This is so far satisfactory. But it were much to be wished that a calmer spirit were abroad. The petition to which we have been re. ferring is an evidence of the delusion under which men of good intentions may sometimes labour when public excitement lends a gloss to proceedings which under other circumstances, their advocates would be ashamed a—Morning Herald, Wed. nesday. The Courier of last night has the following paragraph : " A rumour has reached us that Captain Elliott, of whom the public heard a great deal some time ago, as engaged in the service of Don Miguel, has been appointed to his Britannic Majesty's ship Revenge, and is going to Lisbon. Can this be possible ?" The above paragraph must, we presume, be altogether un founded; for if, unhappily, it should turn nut to be true, that the Captain Elliott alluded to has been selected for promo tion in the British service, after having done all he could to forfeit rank and pay therein, by engaging to command the navy of Don Miguel, all the world will agree with us that the Board of Admiralty has committed a most un becoming and disgraceful, if not unlawful act. Captain Napier's name was erased from the list of the British navy, and for what? Because he chose to hoist the flag and receive the pay of Donna Maria, the acknowledged Queen of Portugal, and intimate friend of William IV., who recognized her right to the throne, and took the most avowed and cordial interest in her fortunes—a Princess, struggling to overthrow a base and treacherous usurper, and to restore the rights and institutions of a people connected by a thousand recollections, sympathies, and motives with the British nation. But this Capt. Elliott, it appears, thought fit to throw himself into the opposite scale—to oppose legitimacy—to abet usurpa tion—to fight against the known wishes and predilections of his Sovereign and of the British government—and to make war upon his own conntrymen, already forming the crews of the Portuguese navy under a brother officer, and (as we have been informed) a personal acquaintance and friend. Yet Captain Napier, the Queen's man, was dismissed; and Captain Elliott, if the Courier speaks truth, the Miguelite Captain Elliott, gets the command of one of the finest ships of the line in our service! Why, we might as soon expect to hear of Marshal Beresford being made lord-lieute. naut of Ireland for his services to the usurper. But, in fact, it is not possible to believe such a tale. It would almost lead us to suspect that Lord John Russell was first lord of the Admi ralty, and that Captain Elliott's foreign toryism had obtained at his lordship's hands a like measure of grateful acknowledgment (and for nearly parallel services), as Lord John Russell only could have been capable of tendering to the Rev. Mr. G leig. This liberal preference of enemies to friends is a broad hint to candidates for promotion generally, through what course of action they may best obtain it !—Times, Wednesday. We were yesterday led by a paragraph in the Courier newspaper (which, indeed, we quoted a s our authority) to assume a fact, anti affix to it a commentary, both of which we now find to be utterly groundless, and for the insertion of which we feel ourselves called upon to apo logize as well to Sir James Graham and the Board of Admiralty, as to a moat gallant and meritorious officer, viz., Capt. William Elliott, R.N., whom we had mistaken for another person. It is no., in lac., the Capt. Elliott ,vho has become celebrated by his acceptance of a naval command under the usurper Miguel, and who may have been previously, though we never heard it, celebrated in the service of his own Sovereign—it is not the Miguelite who had b.en made a Post Captain in 1830 or 1831, a little before Lord Melville quitted office, and who, we have been told, knows something of music, whatever be may or ,nay not know of seamanship,—it is not this gentleman 'hat has been, as we were erroneously led to understand, appointed to his Majesty's 76-gun ship Revenge. The exc llent officer just named to that command is Captain WI liana Elliott, a veteran and distinguished seaman, who sot the rank of Post Captain and became Companion of the Bath in the year 1810, to which honours and to hie present appointment he rai-ed himself from a very but - table station in life by his own unassisted but exemplary merit , Captain William Elliott, we have been assured, has nt interest of any kind to rely upon, nor has any been ex erted for him on this occasion, beyond the recomtneada lion of his own high character and the sense entertained of it, and of the claims derived from it; by the First Lord of the Admiralty, whose choice reflects de much credit ot± himself and his colleagues as the selection erroneously imputed to them yesterday would have done the reverse: We rejoice to have this opportunity of correcting a Otli 4 - 1 take so injurious to the feelings of more than one party, to whom public esteem and gratitude are owing, and We have seizA it with cordial satisfaction.-7'ime.4, The business inParliamentlastnight consisted almost ej..;, elusively of the disclikon of proposed tneestikes for the puritl.: cation or extinction of boroughs charged ttitb torruption,:, Carrickfergus, Stafford, and Warwick suceessiVey engaged the attention of the house. Each was pronounce° 4' the; legislators of the House of Commons guilty of the 1w putel crime, and deserving of a special and peculiar rnea sure of punishment. We do not know whether the present House of Commons adheres to the opinion, which was so often and so warmly maintained ira the last, that the elective franchise is a valuable and important privilege. But, if we might venture to infer any thing from its conduct, we should certainly conclude that this among other opi. nions of the unreformed Parliament was abandoned—ut terly rejected as an antiquated and obsolete prejudice un worthy of the present age of intelligence, liberality, and reform ; for it has been determined, by the House of Commons, not only to take away this privilege from cert lin numerous bodies of their fellow countrymen, the evidence of whose guilt is so loose, informal, and inconelu. sive, that no criminal court in the kingdom would sentence any of the King's subjects to pay a fine of a shilling °port the strength of it, but to take away this privilege trout numerous bodies of their fellow-subjects, against whom not guilt of any kind is even alleged. The House of Com mons may be right in intimating that the elective Fran• chise is now of so little value that no injustice is com mitted in depriving men of that privilege ; but we sub. mit that there is some danger, nevertheless, in the ex. ample of subjecting men to any deprivation, however in sigrOficant, without something like judicial evidence of their having (lore wrong. It is not very probable, we admit, that even the lowest or most ignorant re those classes of society, from which English Juries are selected, should generally think of looking up to the present House of Commons as an example for their guidance in the administration of justice. But if only one man in twelve of those classes should imbibe the lesson which the cases of Carrickfergus, Warwick, and Stafford seem calculated to instil, it is evident that the fountain of justice would he entirely corrupted, and that the fortune, charac ter, or life of no man in England would be safe for a single day. However indifferent it may be whether Car rickfergus, Stafford, and Warwick cease or continue to send members to the House of Commons, or whether their representatives be elected by ten pound householders merely, or by these in conjunction with freemen, yet, when the subject is regarded in the point of view in which we have endeavoured to place it, it is still of some im portance to the community that, in a proceeding which cannot be divested of the judicial character, manifest injustice should not be done to Carrick fergus, Warwick, and Stafford. It is fortunate fur the nation, certainly, that it does not depend wholly upon the House of Commons whether these boroughs shall or shall not be condemned without a fair and satisfactory trial. The House of Commons may manifest its disposition to condemn upon vague and imperfect evidence, but its power extends no further. The example of injustice will remain incomplete ; the pernicious lesson of condemning, in the absence of conclusive evidence, will not have been promulgated by authority until the other branches of the legislature shall have concurred with the House ot Com mons ; and it is consolatory to reflect that one of those branches is an assembly which has not hitherto been prone to deprive its fellow-subjects of their legal right-, without a full, fair, and dispassionate investigation of the charges alleged against them.—Morning Poet. SCARBROUGII AND LEEDS RAILROAD. —We hear that the Scarbrough and Leeds Railroad Company are using active exertions to promote that un dertaking, and, that in the course of a few days they will be prepared to report to the public. To the York ,ind Leeds projected railroad, a line from Scarbrough uniting with them would be productive of much profit, and we think some arrangement to that effect might be entered into with a prospect of much mutual advantage. CADIZ, FEB. 23.—The Envoy from the Portugu se Government to the Court of Spain landed here yesterday, and it is quite impossible to describe the good reception he met wish. It is curious to remark that the City of Edinburgh steamer, which conveyed him here, was cot fainished with a clean bill of health, and an officer who acc,nnpanied the ambassador on his way to Marva() had no passport; these difficulties, however, were soon overcome. General Bassa, the governor here, showed the minister, M. Sarmento, every possible attention, and to ,!ay is to give a grand fete to him. In fact, M. Sarmento Las entered Spain with his right foot foremost. The new novel of " Allan Breck" by the author of " The Subaltern," is a work of strong power and deep interest. It contains passages scarcely to be ex celled in graphic di scription and intense excitement. We more particularly allude to the gambling scene at Luckie Bawden's, and to the trial of Fergus, as possessing ex traordinary dramatic power. Several of the characters are forcibly drawn. Parson Neil is a perfect specimen of a secret yet active mover of the elements of mischief, and Allan Bieck is a fearful portrait of a noble nature utterly ruined by vicious propensit;es.—Morning Post. THE LATE MR. SHIPP.—We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. Shipp, the governor of the workhouse, which took place at eleven o'clock on Thurs day night. Mr. Shipp was in perfect health up to ten o'clock on Monday morning last, when he was suddenly seized with a severe at!ack of pleurisy, while dictating a letter in his office. Dr. Macrorie, Mr. Nightingale, the house-surgeon, and Mr. Manifold, were immediately called in to attend him, and in the course of the ensuing forty eight hours no less than 120 ounces of blood were taken (mom bins. By this severe method of treatment, the dis ease was controlled for three successive times, but it re turned with increased violence, and finally carried bins off. He died in the fifty-first year of his age. Mr. Shipp has left behind him a family of six children, two by a former marriage, and four by his second wife, now his widow. The youngest child is now only four weeks old. Mr. Seipp enjoyed, up to the time of his death, a pension of 501. a year, on account of his military services in India. That bounty will now, of course, cease.,—Liverpool Chronicle. Saturday night a terrific explosion took place limn the bursting of a boiler at Great St. George Mine. The boiler was torn in atoms, and some pieces, weighintr from half to three-quarters of a ton, were thrown 100 yards from the spot, with such force that on coming to the ground they were buried two or three feet deep. Not ,t particle of the boiler-house remained; the doors and windows of the engine-house were smashed to pieces, and such a scene of devastation presented itself as to beggar description. The boiler was of the very best manufac ture. The only individual in whose power it was to i I r l e e e d o without ery._ Faiinouh uttering t Packet. impart information as to the cause of the accident , was i crushed to death in the engine - house : h e has left a wife and nine children. Monday , William R oberts , while de seen ling one of the eng i ne -sh a fts of the same mine, mat k e v over stepped himself at 20 fathoms from the surface, and, falling a groan. His widow about a fort n i g ht b e f ore was con fined ; and she has received so s evere a s h ock, that great fears f are ortyfathoms entertained of further, her ti It was IRE TRADES' UNIONS.--About one hun dred bricklayers and labourers, in the employ of Mr. Bird, the great contr ac t or f or t h e making and. repairing the sewers in the metropolis, have struck for an advance of w tgcs. The men have been working at Kensington,. making a new sewer, and ou 1 ist Saturday they refused . to go to wor k ou t h e M onday without an advent.e of sixpence per (lay, and they all iiined the Trades' Union. Mr. Bird refused to comply with their demand, and the work is at a complete stand still. The men have con ,lucted themselves very peaceably, and for the last few days they have p a r a ded K e nsington in a very quiet and orderly manner.