The Sun. — London, England, 1834-09-22 00:00:00

-EX INTERMEDIATE SESSIONS, (THIS DAY.) Thes e _______,_____ kb Sessions commenced to-day, before B. ROTCH, Esq. ii, and a bench of Magistrates. l ated e th nAl amaNT, in addres,sing the Grand Jury, congratu ten, , ern on the lightness of their labours, and requested tie..olo consider the bills as they were marked, as the adop _u_ f ) that course would greatly facilitate the business of the tr t u a r, and prevent partiality. • There are 126 prisoners ie for of . 4 , ? n .t ,the offences with which they are charged are eh fly ynvlai nature. was i fite . Grim 1. i w`t'iBf together with Emma Jones (not in custody) de Meted for stealing, from the person of Christopher Al aatirs°B4 Alderson, bank notes to the value of 651. and a watch ~eals . Nr. A re x f ‘'DoLtares appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. HEA cer th e d efence. farterlst°Pher Alderson Alderson stated that he was a 17 th r i, and resided at Hihwood Hill, near Hendon. On the . 4ank ° ~ April came to London, bringing 100/. with him in 1',4 citi,4ftland notes. Paid vay 3 - 0/., and got change for wat c h " 01 . notes. Had then about 751. Had also a metal 'an t ' W gold seals. A lady took a fancy to him, and he a re , w ith her to the house of the prisoner, in Little Charles- The Tottenham Court-road. Another female joined them. Mseneeinales stopped but a short period at the house of the use r ' w ho ordered them out. Witness stopped in the • " and girls w treated the prisoner and Emma Jones. When the Pocketse.re turned out his money and watch was safe in his 6 repti T : e Prison er an d Jones repeatedly asked witness to ich ° “'llg, and he at last consented to have some brand, l iquo r was brought to him in bed. It tasted very unlike that f great lap ome time after he had taken it he began to el Her,lothes. and observed the prisOner overlooking h t i t ri k. r y aso dross sy, that he had not the power h. e s 'eket „Id not wake till morning, and on looking over i ill me ; ne found all his notes were gone, except a Bank post . loth eh la note which he found in his waistcoat. On stating the niZsLener that he had been robbed, be asked him if he knew I ll iitn.z e i r of the notes, to which witness stated he did not. ita, Radio al lost his watch, ' which the prisoner stated Jones he av e :_g h. co ld o get back either his money or watch, 1 "'ill: 1 1),`"em into c u usto n d t ,The women were discharged on veca - re -a 'en before a magistrate. y From inforrtation that had 'ery e -eei7 Pd, the prisoner was again taken buttsin .custody,_ t d C ry had been made to find Jones, ithout effec . tnsgiZezarained by Mr. HEATON.—Had stated before . the cloth-",te that he had seen the prisoner overlooking his h e lk I-1 ° use of ad not been drinking previous to going to the b Nid th e Prisoner, and drank nothing there except the acme n ot aware , of the reason the two girls that r th hirn were 'turned out of the house. The prisoner note to/ . Ile tearffetched the brandy. Witness did not give h , i , RiCh arci l'irha purpose, having sovereigns andsilver. ss pas • i amells, Police S, 199. On the . 18th of April th e tn o , sl , n g through —"I/ g Mil h risoner, who stated that Little Charles-street at eight o'clock in Sec was _ , when he was called by t e p . I ° , th e 'gentleman in the house who said he had been robbed. thsthe hadosecutor, who appeared ill. He said to witness Petty ba c k b een robbed, but he hoped he would get . his p betty without prosecuting. Witness said he did not do kli e 4 that w ay. 4t L e man The prosecutor left the house, and the followed him. He said he was going to the Bull, L a gain fate, and would see . the policeman there. On witness e "se i n ee , i ng the prosecutor he said he had again been to a , and de..4.attle Charles -street ; that Jones had got h qfit w h a s in e4ayrs'lred witness to take her into custody. Gri I tsteh 4t len with witness, admitted that Jones had got ' the ttil(l a;,. (:41 taking Jones into custody be found the watch, Dori numbe r of duplicates about her. . octot4lth7e_es ngi:iatitietinhieeee,xamination Mr. Heaton rose to objecttepart r u sis hielr g t , he Chairman overruled. The Learned fool 4 '`netairtys addressing him said, " Now don't make a tilt iieurself out of your turn." `'early t,E4TON, with great warmth, clenching his fist, and ' Th at !'rusting it in the face of Mr. Adolphus, observed, t. 4 lnh e if he did not know how to conduct himself as a gen le n, Thi s t W°lll d make him." ''' li a - ? ° k Place in the face of the whole Court : several of they foglstrates e ros i s c at the present, b y gestures , expresse d th e sur prise p conduct of the Learned Gentlemen. luntaril Mined by Mr. HEATON—The prisoner came vo 4eseYtol.ura to inform him of the robbery. of Jli,tii,ortehniasxcatronwrtinietenTide,---ssrhe watch was found upon Jones. . policeman, 79, S, corroborated the evidence bll ke rt n i i. B Y r °n, on the 18th of April, was bar-man at the ;'arne for Grafton public-house, New-road. The prisoner .11 ay r a clUarterll ofgin, for which she tendered a 5/ : note alt n4 , lll , ?nt. Witness would not change it, and the prisoner th e s`,"etY paid for it with a shilling. When she gave witness 1,,, a w `i,r i l l ot e h e , saw several others in her hand. Emma Jones said te T j }ter, As they were leaving the shop the prisoner nd tent hirennes, " We have done well by the old beggar, a E rill gton. " nr ne safe." They both gave him the name of r th Eton • r e ba r, ana nntled by Mr. HEATON—Had seen the prisoner at °. N b i a r d . i s h a - ra ' et J e lp r n . es many times ; and knew them - to be women ,-. Ham ash, the lan dlordofthe Nelson public-house, ila nl axi-r d, stat it linen ost 13ill, n t ed that Emma Jones tendered him a 101.. on the On looking at it, and seeing This otsed , he ° said took p i a said it was no use and would not change it. and at i r t . w il as t be e r e wT l ee t h te e 1 - hlBth. Jones was then alone, fours dby the and lt or ave o'clock at night. ~ Morni ng ,' --e prosecutor obs 4 erved h :t w h that his the 101. waistcoat-pocketank Po sf * t h ß e i 11 neatwas lecirhe Prison er This was . th e ea'se for the prosecution. - _ teirt;.n a written defence, T g h e : f r, th e robbPdenying any know tinitte;-tainjw „. . A' , summed up the evidence, and the jury ac- The" the prisoner. , the trialß/ULLMAN add ress i ng M r . Heaton stated that now _ Court w as concl u d e d h e s h ou ld f ee l himself wanting to the the7and the B ar, i f he d i d not ma k e some obsetrlyeamtiaonns (ir intoupon ekt;t e jPerate conduct of the Learned Gentleman °est " during th e p er i o d w h en his client's( n the prisoner's) mil t , , e rects were almost at stake. The conduct he had been 1 14 11 J 0 f Was of such a nature as made it utterly impossible for fur Ns (i le Chairman) having a due regard t ile he r °lnch more importance, the propriety . o h f ini th s e elf &r e ur r w t, h o a r t mtbesPect he owed to that °ll t strong animadversions.He his brother Magistrates,. to pass over was willing to hope th g txr e „ 0 Learned Gentleman was . not aware of the full 11 41 4 ,, t of the impropriety of his conduct, and that it t ilis 'l, 4. en place when he was in a state ot excitement, but tie l , e ;'e Must say that he (Mr. Heaton) . never could and tir ed 7ould regain his station at the bar until he had apolo , or his intemperance. tO gi re r ; lIRATON said, that had not the Chairman felt it his duty sor l . o :rt to the subject, he should have stated to the Court the ew Dale, he felt for what he had done. He was most happy n of which to make an apology to the Court, for many members h, t uleb he had the highest respect. He was perfectly aware . a nd n il , at nre had given him a most intemperate disosdio h n e , rarei s t er so_, n Was more conscious than himself of the errors . ,eltth p - `v,._tt in consequence of . that disposition. He sincerely 14 44; unPropriety of what he had done under the momentary he " . ,ee of that temper which he could not restrain, and silg..N to make the most ample apology to the Court. Con lt that he also owed Il ith eg a n li g t he age of his learned friend, he fe • . _ ce e c ourt. q th itpc ' n gY, which he begged now to make in the presen 4111)11ING INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) 1/4 41 , , (FRO M L LOY D'S.) Scne R ioe SEPT' 21.--Wind E. N. E. to N. E.—Arrived from and sailed, the Nile, steam ship, for Alexandria ; h atsHi aThrnond, for South Seas ; Canton, Garbutt, from leL l flople ; Hannibal, for New York ; Baring Brothers, 4° P e e f °r Cape Verd ; Eliza, Harris, for Cape of Good t he 11!. Charlotte, Rees, for St. John's, New 13 . runswic 4 k a ; . a m n . d , 4131.7he5s of N orthumberland, Jobling, for Sidney *are t!PParently in quarantine, arrived here from west- Pos 4 l , llu a_ r enlain s . 14.,11, SEPT• 20, Calm; 21, Wind E. N. E., brisk. Dl,rfit'odeutifor,elll. Chatham,. his . Majesty's ship Zebra, for Cape_ titil m Ws L a 1,7 , ,. Augusta, Jessie, from Edinburgh, for Van , Hannibal, HebOrd,.and sailed for New York ; 'I• 4 Y , f or Locker, for Madeira, and his Majesty's ship frkm,4sky ,Gibraltar. 20 Arrived the Ann and Maria, Shears, 1 pri. (1.41 41sR1°‘;:, °.-41 04 1 , 0 1 Zi on , Ducker, f Port,the Atlas, from rey, from Trieste. Xitt a r• 21. —Arrived the Earl a l i iiv G er l p ob ol, Bailey, e o ,Eisdon t4/14,r Smyrna Margaret, Williams, from Leghorn ; Erwar- N 11 -Po ßt) ' 4l 'orn Memel. SEPT.I. 21.—Arrived the . Traveller Gormace, e horo °vering, and Earl of Kellie, Hm arsh, from to t • Ith liP°° L. SEP 20 —A ived the Edmond, Strong, from 28, Ne w . BT. .• • IT Lat us, Chapell, from St. An iatics, New Brunswick , Eagle, Rowell, from Newfound d - Ati olph, B . u 'fromS nezal • Emma, Parry, an S inlon, from Palerm o ; e EeXelo'Amico, Miorich, from Mary Ann, Kemp, from Lisbon ; and the Thomas and , P;',. ars loeswick, from Charente. I(Qi;;:konni, SEPT. 19 and 20._ A thick fog.—Sailed the Haswell, for the Cape of Good Hope. th, ;4.44, r) u'rti, SEPT. 19 and 20.\yil variable.—Arrivrel e aa ( s T I ° (staer), and sailed for Lisbon.Sailedt the Af ) for St. Do: ea , lll -ship), for Lisbon; Reinder ( ' "ataica, Mexico, and Havannali i ; and c the Rnard e t), for the Leeward Islands. 0- - 41.Tuesdav a ball and supper was given at Birr reeate" by Major Will cocks and the .. officers - of the 81st regi tOrts: to the beauty and fashion residing at Bisisrrueadndupitesnentvihe -I:Pward of 300 invitations were lion s Itrrw„,et:e:tns for the d nothin fe g stv could scene. uldsu surpass the excellence of the Stn4rte understand that Major-General the Hon. P. bellot Cemrnander-in- Chief for Scotland will Lin Links, at il c:fithe 42d Royal Highlanders,. on the that ; 15t1 '' Ze‘ °e • It is just 20 years since °I. Wat t t r j reviewed on our links previous to the d ir is s t e n t t. t ihge i i n uws g isdht o ahe u yde ; , Qen e , ll , ---- Aberdeen Observer. . a.-ecietly i n ,' koren o is not only still imprisoned, but 1,_,, e - e t ti ne be,„rerrieofnaed ; arrested, d e n r o a o s n u e p k po n s o e w d s !krg l vQ4 to bini P k assi "- rt lin. England, for going to Ham nWhanty,e unless wh it be Illg p heog., f r knowingly in mr.4nce---- Q"luotwidhieenn lir a° . . z e. he was to travel into Italy, travers ing t he v..... , ) ° has arrived in this city, and is no t i F v r v en is c i h t: No i s „r.l°llB public establishments. As this emineft . Prin eiPl '` °nIY distinguished for science, but for his liberal tracy will nojB as a plitician, vfe hope that our Reform Ma man so wort h y oret, confer the freedom of the city upon a ve rY public h onour.—Scots Times. 1 ,24 '9l 1 ~ 9 1 ,••• o'. 694 04 4 'o ilr* d• ' 1 0 . ' 1) 0 61 . , 'IIOP e, sift r , t he C tl 6 1a 5 . 01.7 c ite to COURT CIRCULAR. M. G. W. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, was expected to arrive in town last evening from Windsor Castle, where his Excellency has been staying on a visit to their Majesties. Viscount Palmerston was expected to return last evening to town from a visit to their Majesties at Windsor Castle. Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Co lonial-office for Sir W. Nicolay, the Governor of the Mauritius. appear to be exceedingly complicated and difficult. He has given proofs of this faculty, of an extraordinary, indeed, of a most laughable desCription. Upon one of the very few occa sions on which he missed a Government contract, he said to a fellow-citizen, immediately after the successful party was de clared, D—n it, Sir ! I missed it only by fourpence in three pigs !" and upon examination of the accounts, his calcu lation was found to be correct. Sir Charles has left behind him property to the amount of 550,0001., about 400,0001. of which he has bequeathed to his eldest son. To Mrs. Perci val, his eldest married daughter, he has left 31,000/. ; to Mrs. Goodwin, his second married daughter, 20,000/. ; to Mrs. Magnay, his third, 20,000/. ; to two of his unmarried daughters 30,000/. each, and to the third unmarried daughter 430/. a-year. Observer. WORTHING, SEPT. 19.—This p lace i s now quite fall to an overflow. The following arc amongst the latest arrivals :—Lord Byron, Lady Burrough, Sir James Riddle, Lieut.-Gen. Clarke, Mrs. Augustus Jessup, Capt. and Mrs. Crofts, &c. ST. LEONARD'S, NEAR HASTINGS. -- This newly-established and flourishing little watering-place is quite gay at the present time. Lord Lyndhurst paid us a visit last week, and we number amongst our recent arrivals Lord So merville, Sir John Eustace, Sir George and Lady Harrison, Sir Augustus and Lady Frazer, Colonel Dacre. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, Lady Augusta Baring, Hon. .T. Ashburnham, &c. Our races take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next, and on Thursday there will be a meeting of the St. Leonard's archers. THE QUEEN O F Po RTUGA L.—While it is stated in London that the Duke de Leichtenberg seems to decline. the honour of espousing Donna Maria, we "%din sthabitk: Mercury the following, under date Of 18ith, Sept -- 9 We learn from good authority that tW - governments of France and England are no longer opposes to the marriage of Donna Maria with Prince Augustus of,Xeichtenberg, and that negociations for this union have been filtered upon at the Castle of Isinanning, where the Duke's fairily now are." Sir Charles Wetherell is at prose o at Wisbaden. The facetious knight went to Ostend byte steam-boat, and from thence to Bruges, in " one of the setty packet-boats that navigate that noble canal," as Mrs. Ttollripe observes, in her entertaining tour. Sir Charles departed' from thence in his own carriage, attended by an English servant ; he stopped a few days in Brussels, took a peep at Spa and Aix-la-Chapelle, places he had not visited for many years. 'He embarked on the Rhine at Cologne, and if the time permits lie will visit his friend the Duke of Cumberland, who, accompanied by the Duchess, and the ex whipper-in of the Heise of Commons, are at present at some of the watering places in Germ-any..-- ROBBERY AT LORD SPENCER'S, AT ALTHORP. —lnformation was received at the police-offices on Saturday of a daring robbery committed on the Sunday night preceding at Earl Spencer's seat, Althorp, Northamptonshire, by two men, who broke into the porter's lodge, and plundered it of wearing apparel, an old-fashioned gun, and a sword, a quan tity of loaf and moist sugar, tea, bacon, soap, bread, cheese, butter, &c. The robbers got hold also of five bottles of wine, which they drank in the house, and proceeding to the bed-room of Mr.. Sturman, demanded money. They ob tained two sovereigns and 17s. 6d. in silver, with which, and the other articles already mentioned, they made off, leaving behind them two calico shirts, a plough hammer, and an old knife. A reward of 101. has been offered for the discovery of the villains. MR. COBBETT.—The Hon. Gentleman arrived in town to-day ; but disappointment of Sunday, and the unfavour able state of the weather combined to prevent his public entry being very numerously attended. The procession consisted of a very few vehicles of different descriptions, and some horse men, headed by Mr. T. Reynolds. Mr. Cobbett was accom panied by Sir G. Cockburn, Mr. Finn, and some other gentle men. Passing the Bank, Mr. Reynolds halted the procession, and addressing Mr. Cobbett, he pointed to the building, say ing, that was formerly the House of Representatives of the Irish people—that it had been changed into a den of money changers—but, by the blessing of God, it shall be th e people's House again. Mr. Reynolds's address was loudly cheered, and the procession moved on to its destination, Dodd's, in Sackville-street, where an address was to be presented to Mr. Cobbett.—Dublin Evening Post. THE MAID OF KARS.—The new Romance— Ayesha, the Maid of Kars, by the author of " Zohrab," has attained a more extensive popularity than even the latter ad mirable story. This has fully met our anticipations ; for, the hero being an Englishman, his many strange adventures come home to the hearts and feelings of the reader. We follow him, as it were, through the varied scenes in which he figures. Having exhausted the wonders of Europe , he travelS into Asia. At Kars, the frontier town of Turkey, he sees Ayesha, and falls in love. The story now becomes intensely interesting. The subsequent imprisonment and trial of our hero—his ad ventures among the frontier banditti, the' abduction of the Maid of Kars by Cara Bey—his escape with Ayesha to Con stantinople, where he has no less a personage than the Grand Seignior himself for a rival, are among the leading attrac tions of this delightful picture of Turkish life. BURSTING OF THE BOILER OF A STEAM ENGINE AT THE LONDON DOCKS.--011 Saturday, as J. Lloyd, engineer in the employ of the London Dock Company, was stoking the fire of an engine at work in pumping out the water from the upper Dock, to allow the workmen to hang a new pair of dock-gates, the boiler suddenly burst with a tremendous explosion, and overwhelmed the unfortunate man with boiling water. He was found lying in a state of insensibility, scalded in a most extensive and dangerous manner, and was directly conveyed to Guy's Hospital. The accident is attributed to some defect in the bottom plate of the boiler. HYDROPHOBIA.—A few days ago a girl about twelve years of age, named Ruse, residing in the Fcn, about two miles from the village of Soham, in this county, was taken ill. She, as well as three or four other children, w as bitten by a cat in May last, and, notwithstanding the part was excised and cauterized freely at the time, symptoms of hydrophobia appeared on Wednesday, the 10th instant. The child complained of headache and thirst ; but on drinking soma water she shrieked out, and fell into convulsions. Se veral medical gentlemen attended her ; but she died, after much suffering, in forty-eight hours. The inhabitants are greatly concerned for the safety of the other children bitten. Cambridge Press. INFLUENCE OF THE STOMACH.—The emotions of the mind have a powerful influence upon the stomach. Let a person who is going to sit down to dinner with a good appetite, receive a piece of news, either exceedingly joyful or exceed ingly distressing, his appetite goes in a moment. Children who are about to set out on a pleasant journey, it is well known, cannot eat. This, when I was a child, used to be called being " journey-proud." On the other hand, a blow upon the stomach will sometimes take away life instantly ; a drink of cold water, when the body has been very hot, has often had the same effect. Attend to your companions when on a journey afoot ; as their stomachs grow empty, how sullen and silent the whole party becomes ; let a crust of bread, a little cheese, a glass of ale or wine be taken, and cheerfulness immediately reigns, even long before any nutriment had time to reach the general circulative system. These things all show the general sympathy between the stomach and every other part of the body.—Carbutt's Clinical Lectures. NEW NOVELS AND ROMANCES, Just published by Richard Bentley, New Burling ton-street :- In 3 vels. post Bvo. ALLAN BREC K. By the Author of " The Subaltern." " The most striking production of Mr. Gleig."—United Ser vice Journal. Third Edition, revised and corrected, in 3 vols. post Bvo., ZOHR A B, THE HOSTAGE. By t the Author of " Hajji Baba," " Ayesha," " The best novel that has appeared for many years past."— Quarterly Review. New Edition, revised and corrected, 3 vols., post Bvo. THE CHAPERON, Edited by LADY DACRE. " Writ ten with so much simplicity, and such refined taste, as to be perfectly delightful."—Times._ Iv. Second Edition, in 3 vols. post Svo.,_ • THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER. By the Author of " Sayings and Doings," &c. " An exquisite story, combining strong interest with humourous portraiture."—Literary Gazette. v. Second Edition, revised and corrected, 3 vols. post Bvo., REVELYA N. By the Author of " A Marriage in High Life." " The best novel, in many respects, that has appeared since Miss Edgeworth's Vivian.' "—Quarterly Review. THE HEADSMAN. By the Author of " The Spy," &c. 3 vols. " Full of hair-breadth ' stapes and increasing interest. —Lite vary Gazette. VII. Second Edition with New Introduction. 3 vols. GODOLPHIN ; or, THE OATH. Will be universally read, and as universally admired." --Town VIII. MR. GALT'S NEW NOVEL, in 3 vols., post Bvo., EBEN ERSKINE, or, THE TRAVELLER, By the Author of " Lawrie Todd," &c. " A eapital novel. The discrimination of character throng houi is of the highest order."—Atlas. ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS.--The most affecting details of a recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius have reached us. In a former account we stated that in August an eruption had taken place, which on the evening of the 25th began to subside. On the 27th, 28th, and 29th, new craters opened, and produced ravages awful to contemplate. Thou sands of families were seen flying from their native land, old and young, dragging through heavy masses of heated ciad!rs. The writer of this article passed twenty-two hours in the midst of piercing shrieks. Fifteen hundred houses, palaces, and other buildings, and 2,500 acres of cultivated land, have been destroyed by the fire. The eruption, which had been previ ously expected froiti the drying up of th e f ounta i ns , s urpassed everything which history has transmitted to us. The first ex plosion destroyed the great cone situated on the top of the mountain. The abundance of inflamed matter produced flashes which darted through the mountain's flanks. A new crater burst open at the top of the great cone, and inundated the plain with torrents of lava. The King and the Ministers hastened to the scat of the catastrophe, to console the unfortu nate victims. The village of St. Felix, where they first took repose, had already been abandoned. The lava soon poured down upon this . place, and in the course of an hour houses, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1834 churches, and palaces were all destroyed. Four villages, some detached houses, country villas, vines, beautiful groves, and gardens, which a few instants before presented a magnificent spectacle, now resembled a sea of fire. On the 3d inst., at the time of forwarding this account, nothing but stones and cinders were ejected, and every prospect existed of the erup tion being soon at a close. The palace of the Prince of At tayauno, and 500 acres of his land, are utterly destroyed. The cinders fell during an entire night over Naples, and if the lava had taken that direction there would have been an end to that city.—French Paper. - - - - - The Exhibition of Wax Figures by Madame Tas saud, is removed to Grove House, Camberwell, where it will remain a fortnight longer. Those who wish to visit this unique collection will thus have an opportunity of so doing. We understand that a requisition is in course of sig nature among the Reformers of this city, to invite the Earl of Durham to a public dinner. It has been suggested, and the suggestion, we believe, is acted upon, that the requisition should be placed in the bar of both Coffee-Rooms, to remain there till one o'clock this day, to give an opportunity to the friends of liberal principles to subscribe it.—Scots Times. The number of persons who ' have died of the cholera, at Madrid, from the 28th of June to the 2lst of August, amounts to 4,867. In the last three days of June, the deaths from this disease were 21. During the first fort night in July, they were 372 ; during the second fortnight of that month they were 3,495; during the first fortnight of August they declined to 802; and from the 15th to the 21st of August they were 170. ~LAW CHANGES IN SCOTLAND.—Lord Cringle 'dieS state of health has led to his resignation, and the Solici tompeneral (Mr. Cockburn), succeeds to his vacant gown. Although Mr. Cockburn's successor is not yet appointed, wejilelieve that we run little hazard of error if we name Mr. Johl Cunninghame, Advocate, as all but nominated to his offie:t. We highly approve of this nomination, and certain we are that it will be warmly applauded by every man who loves intetrity in public and private character, and appreciates the known and professional talent which adorn the gentleman of whnin we now speak. Let Ministerial patronage be alwals thuebestowed, and our rulers will find that the people will rarely quarrel with their exercise of power and influence.— Scots Times. GREENOCK..—Among the many proofs of the prosperity of this. town, the yearly increasing number of valu able vessels owned by its inhabitants is one of the most gratify ing. A few days ago, the Perfect, a large and handsome ship intended for the East India trade, arrived here from Quebec, where she was built, and is now fitting up in a style of great comfort and elegance. Her main cabin extends, athwart ship, the whole breadth of the vessel, and there aro, besides, nine comfortable state rooms. The Perfect registers upwards of 650 tons, and is the property of Messrs. John Maclellan and Co. On Saturday another large ship intended for the same trade arrived here from Ayr, where she was- launched a few days before. She is named the Tamerlane, and is the pro perty of J. and W. Stewart of this town. Mr. Bennett's fortheomino• t , " Narrative of his Wan derings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore and China," comprise, besides a record of his travels and ad ventures, his journal f a Naturalist in those countries. This will be found to contain many interesting particulars relative to the Physalia, or Portuguese man-of-war, the monkey bread tree, and the gigantic boabat, the manna and tulip trees, tree hoppers, the lyre bird, the kangaroo, the fly-catcher, alligators, the areka or betel-nut, the tea shrub, the ungka ape, the cam phor tree, the pitcher plant, and other subjects of the highest interest to the inquirer into natural history. CURIOUS PUBLISHING ACCOUNT.—CadeI and Davies have sent me my account. The expenses of printing, paper, &c., are exorbitantly increased, and I had near 5,0001. to pay for expenses, besides all the booksellers' profits, partly in consequence of my having given more for the money than any book that had lately appeared. As you know, books do not sell in proportion to their intrinsic value, but to their size. I was vexed to see Miss Smith's " Fragments," excellent as they are, and Mrs. Montagu's " Letters," two shillings a set more than " Ccelebs," though there is not much above half the paper and letter-press. I do comfort myself that I have sold an honest, if not a good, book. Notwithstanding these dis advantages, you will be glad to hear that I cleared within the year 2,0001., to be paid by instalments, 500/. a quarter. I have had the first,quartcr. That Walter Scott's two-guinea poem should produce 2,000/. is not strange ; but that a trumpery twelv shilling one, so cavilled at, and abused too, should prodUce the same sum so soon, was what I had no reason to expect. The copy-right is still in my hands.-.-Mrs. H. More's Life and Correspondence. A LARGE SPIDER.—As some men were sawing a piece of logwood at Prestwich near Manchester, on Saturday week, they surprised a huge spider, which crawled out of its hole. It is supposed to be the great American spider. Its body is about two inches and a half long, and about an inch thick. Colour a dark brown. It has ten legs, of great length, and eight eyes ; its nippers arc black, horny, and sharp, but not serrated. They were scarcely discernible, until a piece of quill was inserted, and then we found them to contain a small house-fly, which the insect must have caught after its exhuma tion. There are no antennae visible. Its body is partially covered with a soft down, and partly with a very long and strong red hair. It weighs within a few grains of half an ounce. But the great singularity is the habitation which this insect has occupied probably for years. Mr. Eames purchased the logwood in which it was found two or three months ago at Liverpool, and be thinks it not unlikely that the wood may have been two or three years in England. ANECDOTE OF DR. YouNG.—neing in a prosing humour just now, and supposing you to be fond of literary anecdote, I will give you the story. I was dining in a par liamentary party with Lord Castlereagh, and he produced, for our amusement, in the evening, some volumes of original let ters, curiously preserved by Lady C . Perhaps you know of, or have seen the collection, which her ladyship de rived (through Lady Buckinghamshire, I think) from the Duchess of Suffolk, to whom they had all been addressed. When t his lordship showed us the index, comprising the names of all the wits and great men of the last age, my curiosity was immediately fixed by that of Dr. Young. I professed my enthusiastic admiration of his ' Night Thoughts,' and begged to see and admire as a relic, the original letter of such a man. My request was immediately complied with, with a significant smile ; and what had I the mortification to read? Horresco referens It was the most fawning, ser vile, mendicant letter, perhaps, that ever was penned by a cler gyman, imploring the mistress of George the second to exert her interest for his preferment l It was of course laughed at very heartily. But I had the consolation to find in the letter among his mean pleas of former adulation to the Royal Fa mily, in his works, &c., a notice of his being fifty years old ; and to recollect that the ' Night Thoughts' were written many years later, with confessions of former ambition, and prefer ment-hunting, which he professed, I dare say, sincerely, to have abandoned, and to look back on with shame I—Hannah More's Letters. On the 30th ult., as Mr. J. Negus, farmer, of Flitwick, was walking down the village, he was accosted by a person named Adams, one of a gang of poachers who infest that neighbourhood, who asked Negus to drink with him. Negus, however, declined the invitation, and a conversation ensued, during which Adams said, " It is a foolish thing of you farmers to interfere with us poor fellows, who go on your land to shoot a few birds---you may have some injury done to you." Negus made some re mar k s i n a ll us i on to soc i et i es f or the protection of property, to which Adams replied, " But as yet there is no society to protect a man's life - I would as soon s hoot a man as a bird." They then parted, Adams going into a beer -shop opposite. When Negus came back, in about three-quarters of an hour, he stopped and spoke to Joseph Billington, at the gateway of his house, about 30 yards from the beer-house. A few minutes after a gun was fired from the inside of the doorway, and Mr. James Negus, Mr. Joseph Billington, and Mr. Jonathan Abbott, were all struck by the shot, the two former were seriously wounded, Negus being still confined to his bed. From the testimony taken before the Justices, there seems to be no doubt that Adams fired the gun from the inside of the beer-house. Every exertion is making to capture the villain.—Cambridge Chronicle. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE STEAM-MILLS, CIIESTER. — The steam corn-mills of the Messrs. Frost, which are, perhaps, among the most commodious and complete in the kingdom, have been, we regret to say, the objects of de struction by fire. About a quarter-past three o'clock on Sun day afternoon, Mr. Thomas Frost, in crossing the canal over the Union-bridge, discovered some smoke issuing from the mill. He immediately proceeded thither, and the flames di rectly afterwards burst through the windows. Four engines were promptly on the spot ; but such was the combustible na ture of the interior, and the rapidity with which the flames had spread throughout, that nothing could resist them. In about half an hour, the roof fell in, and the whole of the mill became one mass of flame, extending to the engine-house at the west side of it. The origin of the fire cannot be otherwise accounted for than as proceeding from friction of the ma chinery. The building, the stock in it, and all the machinery, are totally destroyed, with the exception of the engine, which is only partially insured. The loss will probably amount to between 5,0001. and 6,0001. During the consternation which prevailed, some injudicious persons broke open the counting house in the yard, which was in no danger, with a view to save the books and prpers. This afforded an opportunity to persons with less disinterested motives to break open the iron chest also, which they did effectually ; and the consequence was, that some seven or eight pounds in silver, and some cop per, disappeared in the melee.—Chester Chronicle. SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.—Ort Saturday.lTlOrri ing, about six o'clock, a young woman, of very interesting ap pearance, named Mary Wilson, committed self-destruction by cutting her throat, at her lodgings in Castle-street, Westmin ster. The young woman having been found weltering in her blood, with the deadly instrument by her side, was conveyed with all possible speed to the Westminster Hospital, York street, and had every surgical assistance, but notwithstanding she died two hours afterwards in the greatest mental anguish. The deceased, who was a discharged lady's maid, had been seduced by an officer of the 17th regiment of Lancers, with whom she had been cohabitin' in the same house in which she committed the melancholy and fatal act. The circumstance of this officer being ordered to join his regiment, now in India, preyed heavily on her mind, and his departure threw her into a state of frenzy. To support herself she became a nymph of the pave, and her miserable mode of life produced a very visible effect upon her mind. She went to several chemists and druggists in Westminster to purchase laudanum and prussic acid, but her wildness of manner caused suspicion, and her applications were refused. The deceased, who was twenty years of age, was the daughter of a respectable trades man residing at Chelsea. WINDSOR, SEPT. 21. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester arrived at the Castle about half-past four o'clock on Friday afternoon, from their residence at Bagshot-park. Their Royal Highnesses joined the dinner party, which included Prince William of Orange, the Princess Augusta, Prince George of Cambridge, the Mi nister from the Netherlands, Lords Melbourne and Palmer ston, and the ladies and officers of their Majesties' Household. Their Majesties and visitors rode out in carriages yesterday : in the afternoon the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester took their departure and returned to Bagshot-park. The Queen, attended by her Ladies in Waiting, and ac companied by Prince George of Cambridge, attended divine service this morning in St. George's Chapel. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Markham (canon in residence. ) The service was Ebdon's in C. The anthem "In the begin ning," Haydn. The solo and recitative by Mr. Harris and Mr. Mitchell. _ The troops did not go to the Quadrangle of the Castle this morning for inspection by his Majesty. The Dean and the Rev. Mr. Markham dine at the Castle with their Majesties this evening. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 20. W. J. Le Fevre, Esq., was, on. Friday, chosen Mayor of this town for the ensuing year. . _ The Church Missionary Meeting on Monday, at the Long- Rooms, was very fully attended, and very interesting reports were made by the speakers of the success of the missions, who strongly urged their auditors to increased exertions, to keep pace with the increasing demands upon the Society. The Anniversary Meeting of the Southampton Auxiliary Bible Society, on Tuesday was well attended, and the reports of tha success of this as well as other branches, and the Pa rent Society, were most gratifying. A Bazaar has taken place this week (Thursday and Friday), at the Archery, in aid of the funds of the Society for the Civi lization of the Gipsies, which was attended by a great many visitors. Considerable purchases were made, which will be the means of furthering the objects of so laudable and useful a Society. The return match at cricket, with Southampton and Aires ford, was decided in favour of the latter. HARROGATE, SEPT. 18 The bustle and animation of a full season still continues at this fashionable watering resort. The waters continue to be drank by the usual numbers, and the baths are in frequent re quest. The almost weekly assemblies at the greater inns and the racing and other amusements continue to attract and inte rest our visitors ; and Harrogate will account this as a favour able and good season. The following noble and respectable families have this week sojourned here :--Baron and Lady Gurney, the Marquis of Queensbury, Lord and Lady Hawke, the Hon. and Rev. E. Taylor, the Countess of Hopetown, the Hon. Baron and Lady Bolland, the Earl and Countess of Carbery, Lady Pepys, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cust. the Hon. Mrs. Cust and family, Sir William Dunbar, Bart., Lord Hope, Lady Wedderburn, the Hon. Mrs. Taylor and family, the Right Hon. F. Blackburn (Attorney-General for Ireland) Sir G. Head, Bart., the Hon. Miss M'Donald, Hon. Miss J. M'Donald, Lady Cope, the Hon. General Taylor, Lady Langham, the Hon. Mr. Butler, Lady O'Donnell and family, John Hardy, Esq., M.P., T. Hudson, Esq., M.P., Mr. Handley, M.P. Admiral Preston, Colonel and Mrs. 011ney ; Majors Uppleby, Gloster, Thornhill, Pratt, Cruikshanks, Booth, Russell, and Rowan ' • Captains Ince, Bowker, Gran tham, Hardy, Wallace, Alpin, Mitchell, Bowlby, Stewart, Cobbe, Dunne, Lawrenson, Connor, R.N., and Jebb; Reve rends C. Palmer, W. Clough, Dr. Procter, H. A. Coles, J. Lodge, Mr. Blawin, J. Dunnington, H. Waldo Sibthorpe, J. Calvert, Mr. Jones, H. Hawks, J. Donovan, Mr. Marsden, Mr. Gumnis, and J. Graham; Doctors Hannath, Thorp, Harland, Hughes, &c. DOVER, SEPT. 19. This town is now completely full. Every house as soon as vacant is eagerly sought after. 'Many new ones are being erected, and will, when finished, possess every possible accom modation for the largest families. The Ship Hotel is, as usual, thronged with persons of the first rank, many to enjoy the very superior bathing and the romantic and diversified scenery of this truly delightful place, and others crossing to the Continent. It is impossible to name more than a few of those who have recently embarked, but we have noticed the Countess Bathyany, the Hon. J. Vanneck, Mr. Barrington and family, Mr. Vernon Smith and family, Sir Charles Wetherell and family, the Hon. Major Burdett, the Hon. Mr. Watson, M.P., Mrs. Bennett, the Ladies Louisa Stuart and Louisa Bromley, Mr. and Mrs. Pulteney and family, Mr. and Miss Sturge, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury, the Right Hon. the Lord Lyndhurst and family, Lady Charlotte Hamilton and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Blount and family, General and Mrs. Bradshaw and Miss Bradshaw, the Baroness N. M. Rothschild, Hon. Mr. and Lady Sarah Wandesford and family, Lord and Lady Brude nell, for the Continent. The following have arrived from France :—Lord and Lady Strathaven, Captain Bastard, Mr. Sclater and family, Sir Thomas Biker, Baron d'Eichthal, the Rev. G. White and brother, Sir Henry and Lady Blake, Mrs. Lister, Lord and Lady Howirk, Mr. and Mrs. Halliday, William Evans, Esq., M. P., his Lady, and family ; W. H. Hope, Esq., Mr. Bridg_ man Simpson and Lady, Mrs. Orby Hunter, Lady Williams, General Bayley, Sir Loftus and Lady Otway and family, Lord de Roos and brother, Mrs. L. Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Dundas, Mrs. Shannon, Lady Sykes, Rev. Dr. Woodcock and family, the Rev. Mr. Greene. IRELAND. His Exellency, the Lord-Lieutenant, arrived at Dublin Castle, from the Phcenix Park, on Friday at three o'clock, and presided at a Privy-Council, composed of the following members :—Bishop of Kildare, Dr. Radcliffe, Mr. Littleton, and Sir Hussey Vivian. The Council remained sitting till five o'clock, when it broke up, and his Excellency returned to the Vice-regal Lodge. Henry M. Archdall, Esq., M. P:, has left Rivcrsdale to join his regiment, the Enniskillen Dragoons. Earl Belmore gave a grand entertainment to a select party on Monday, on Castlecoole. General O'Leary has declined the invitation of the citizens of Cork to a public dinner. Major Wemys has left Danesfort, his seat in the County of Kilkenny, and is at present at Cottage, County of Wexford. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Tennent left Belfast on Monday for Tempo House, whence they go to Colonel Percevai's, M.P., County of Sligo. Lord Duncannon proceeded to Garrahill, County Carlow, on Monday last. The Hon. John Ponsonby, and Major Curry, left this City on Tuesday to meet his Lordship. They all returned to Bessborough House on Thursday. —Kilkenny Journal. The sub-inspectors of the Irish constabulary force are look ing for an increase of pay for the multifarious duties imposed on them. . . _ _ ___ Th 4 Earl of Norbury has left Gresham's Terrace, Kings town, for Kilbeggan. The Marquis of Ormonde has arrived at Tunbridge Wells. The Countess Dowager of Carrick, Miss Maxwell, arid Lord and Lady Dunlo left Archardton on Londay morning for Wellbrook, the residence of the Rev. Luke Fowler, where they intend remaining for a few days. Of thirty-two chairmen of counties in Ireland, four are Ro man Catholics—Messrs. Cruise, Farrell, O'Gorman, and Howley. Mr. Woulffe was the fifth, but he resigned the county Galway. The Bishop of Meath has arrived at Alderham Abbey, Walford. The Knight of Kerry has arrived at his seat in that county, from England. The late Bishop of Raphoe was author of the life of the celebrated Edmund Burke. The Kingstown Railway will be open for the locomotive en gines the 22d of next month. GENERAL O'LEARY.—This distinguished officer proceeds in a few days, from hence through Lonon to the Courts of Hol land, Paris, Madrid, Austria, and that of Rome. In the spring he revisits his native city.— Cork Herald. The Duke of Wellington is at Walmer Castle, where a select party of relatives and distinguished persons arc on a visit to his Grace. The Duke seems to take an active interest in the works now going on at Dover for enlarging and extending the pier, by which greater facilities will be given to the entrance and exit of shipping, especially in stormy weather. More than two millions sterling have already been expended on this pier, and, it is said, that one million more is required to complete the present plan. The Duke of Welling ton, accompanied by his brother, Lord Cowley, have in spected the progress of the new works every day since their arrival in Kent. Tbey usually go from Walmer to Dover in a sort of jaunting-car. . Lord Lowther has taken his departure for the Con tinent. Hi s L or d s hip' s i n t en tio n is to pass the winter in iN pieswhere a large conservative party are preparing to assemble, . including the Marquis of Hertford and his extensive suite, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, and others of the adhesive cliqu e. SlRclique. SIRCHARLES Russell square, was one of the most FLOWER,extraordinßarAyßcTha. Flower, who died on Monday last at his house in appeared in the obituary for small cheese and butter — rac S te i r r s that have _ many years. His father kept a shop in Hom d d' i s itch, and was a per son in such narrow circu mstances mind, as never to throw away a thought and of such contracted upon the education of his son, who laboured away in the butter, line, with so accumulating a spirit, thatr i3acon, and cheese he soon outran the other little dealers in these articles, and was market ready-money visits, which threw all enabled to pay the competition quite into the shade. Although Sir Charles could scarcely write his name, he had a most wonderfully accurate knowledge . of all the accounts in the various departments of trad e he afterwards became so extensive, and was able, in h whieh with greatest nicety, to calculate the profits upon any article .the in which he dealt, although, to a bookkeeper, the de tails might c !'*~ f C •: LITERATURE. SCENES FROM PARISIAN LIFE. 72RH4OUS, CHIEF OF THE DEronANs. Translated from the Original French of M. de Balzac. Frazer, London, 1834. M. de Balzac is one of the most original writers of his country. He is much and deservedly admired, as well for the novelty of his style, as for the deep interest which he always contrives to throw into his narratives. His " Peau de Chagrin" is one of the most bizarre, yet beautiful productions, we have ever perused—a wild, yet not ungraceful, fiction, replete with all the peculiarities of thought and style which so eminently distinguish him from his contemporaries. The present work is no less singular than his former productions ; but as it is only the first of a series, an episode, as it were, in a greater drama, we can not, as yet, judge of the ensemble, in which is to be developed the secret history of a most extraordinary union of thirteen per sons for the most wild and romantic purposes. These Devorans, as they styled themselves, existed in France in the reign of Napoleon (according to our author). They were philosophers and men of wealth, and were bound together by the most mysterious and binding ties, and used their fellow-creatures, of every rank, as the instruments of their pleasures or their vengeance. They were as secret and powerful as the Inquisition, and almost realized, says M. de Balzac, the fantastic power falsely attributed to Faust, to Manfred, and to Melmoth. Whether such a society, armed with the most secret and tremendous powers, did actually exist, we cannot say, though, we must own that we are in credulous. However, it is admirably adapted to in crease the effect of a tale ; and the interest attached to the unfathomable proceedings of their Chief is well sustained. The heroine is a gentle and noble character—a being all redolent of grace and conjugal love. Though the incident's of the story cannot be said to be supernatu ral, yet they overstep considerably the boundaries of the marvellous, as indeed do all our author's produc tions. It was due to M. de Balzac's genius that the English public should be made acquainted with his works, and the fair translator (for it is the work of a lady, the same who translated the " Recollections of the Marquise de Crequy), has performed her difficult task with talent and judgment. She has looked upon her author with all a woman's enthusiasm, and this en thusiasm has made her catch some of the inspiration of his genius. We do not wish to find fault with her, and we are far from being inclined to cavil or to spy out petty im perfections ; though, if we were in such a mood, we would say that her sentences were often ill and clum sily turned, and that there were too many gallicisms scattered through the volume to please, or even be un derstood by the majority of readers. However, the book is a good book, and we cannot better close our notice than by extracting, for the entertainment of our readers, the following observations upon " Grisettes," a class of women so peculiarly French : " The grisette is only to be found in Paris--she is made in Paris, like.the mud or the pavement of Paris. • * • * *__ She is truly an original creature—twenty times seized by the painter's brush—by the caricaturist's pencil--by the crayon of the artist. She yet'escapes all analysis, because she is not to be taken in all her fashions, any more than the fantastic and changeable Paris'. In fact, she only holds to vice by a tittle, .and is separated from it by the thousand other points of the `social circumference. Besides, she only allows one trait of her character to be found out, the only one which renders her blameable. Her fine virtues are concealed—her open impu dence is her glory. Incompetently translated into dramas and _books, where she has been brought forth most poetically, she will never be really known but in her garret, because she will always elsewhere either be calumniated or flattered. Rich, she grows vicious ; poor, she is misunderstood—and this can not be otherwise. She has too many vices, and too many good qualities—she is too near a sublime asphixy, or a wither ing laugh—she is too beautiful and too hideous—she too closely personifies Paris, to which she furnishes tooth less porteresses, washerwomen, street-sweepers, beggars-- sometimes admired actresses, impertinent Countesses, and ap plauded singers. She has even formerly given two quasi queens to the monarchy. Who can seize such a Proteus ? She is all woman—more than woman—less than woman. From this vast portrait a painter of morals can only give certain de tails—the whole were boundless." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—Highly admiring the impartial eye with which The Sun has watched the official life of that noble benefactor to his country. Earl Grey ; and pleased with the undeviating consistency with which it has avowed its sentiments, I here with send you a short tribute to his worth, hoping, if it meet your approbation, you will insert it in The Sun, which will much oblige, Sir, your's, respectfully, EDWARD KAY. Thornton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, Sept. 15, 1834. TO EARL GREY. Honest defender of the people's rights, Thy public life is closed. Beneath the weight Of office and its cares, age could not bear Increasing pressure. But did Statesman e'er Close public life more spotless? Virtue, truth, Have mark'd thy ev'ry step ; now, full of years, Deserved honours and undying fame, Domestic joys attend thee. Well hast thou Performed thy duty to thy native land ; And, spite of faction's—envy's—slander's arts, Pursu'd the path of honour. Not a cloud Obscures the beauty of thy setting sun. Alike undaunted by corruption's friends, Or democratic foes,—thy master-mind Mark'd out the line, which prudence, reason, right, Alike dictated. Power was held by thce, Subservient to the public good : and now Calm contemplation retrospective looks, And nods assent. The errors, faults, and Injuries of ages has thy hand repair'd In Britain's constitution ; and left firm The far-fam'd bulwarks of fair Freedom's isle. Than thee—" the mountain nymph, sweet Liberty," Had ne'er a stauncher friend : nor did her smiles E'er sit more lovely on Britannia's cheek, Than when thou gav'st " Reform." 0, British youth ! Natives of Hampden's—Marvel's—Sydney's land, In lays immortal sing the worth of Grey. Noble in dignity as well as rank, Corruption fled thy presence. Slavery's chains, Those fetters which inhumanize the man, Thou hast for ever broken. Not a slave Now lifts his head beneath the British crown. But these, 0 Grey ! with all thy other deeds, Appear on history's page; and, long as Time Shall use his scythe among the fields of life, Thy name will be rever'd. Consistency O'er all thy actions casts a heavenly glow Of most exalted feeling. Not a stain Rests on the laurels gain'd in struggling for Thy country's freedom ! . Half a century's suns Have rose and set, since thou did first embark On politic's rough sea ; and shall the tongue Of gratitude be silent, now that thou Art safe from danger? No ! respect for worth Kindles that rev'rence in a Briton's heart, Which grac'd the ancient Romans. - - - London—Shields— Newcastle—Morpeth—Edinburgh—but speak The language of the nation. Ev'ry pulse That beats for freedom beats with love for Grey. Now in retirement's calm—enjoy her sweets ; Bask in the sunshine of a mind at peace, Until stern duty summons thee again To plead thy country's cause ; then nobly rise Again to fight her battles : till at last, When honour's representative must bid To life's fleet joys adieu ! oh, may'st thou gain The greatest victory that man can win. E. K. The Calypso, from Montreal and Quebec, arrived last week at the Broomielaw, drawing 15 feet water, and came , up the whole way without taking the ground. This is the.. greatest draught of water drawn by any vessel which ever,. arrived at Glasgow ; and if the river is improved at this rate;.. canals or any other expedient to supersede our noble river wilt be considered quite unnecessary.—Glasgow Herald. A LUCKY LEGATEE.—The Journal de Roueit-' relates the following singular disappointment :—" M. ---9; a Deputy under the Restoration, lately died, leaving an ity come of 45,000 f. a year, which by will he bequeathed to llfl G , a notary, alleging the legacy to have been made # a compensation for the affectionate care the testator had re ceived at the hands of the legatee and his wife for many year 4. M. G., not dreaming of the possibility of a will of a later date, immediately began to assume the ton befitting his ne* circumstances, and a splendid carriage, with English hors* were accordingly exchanged for the old hacks of the decease!. A few days afterwards some kind friend presented to him the later will of his supposed benefactor, accompanied by the fal lowing flattering explanation :- 4 M. G., the legatee under the former will, is a fool, and his wife is a —, with the knowledge and connivance of her husband. They shall haV,t nothing from me, and, in order to repay the hypocrisy th 4 have uniformly displayed towards me, I cause this will to be kept back for a short time, which will leave them an opportu nity of displaying their real joy, and perhaps induce them to , run into ruinous expenses—a punishment they richly deserve.'' vor COURT-MARTIAL on BOARD the SAN JOSEF, TO TRY Mr. JOHN CHRISTIE, ASSISTANT-SURGEON of H. M. SHIP DUBLIN. DEVONPORT. SEPT. 20. (FROM OCR CORRESPONDENT.) A Court-martial was opened this morning on board the flag-ship, Captain Falcon, for the trial of Mr. Christie, as sistant-surgeon of the Dublin, 50, Captain Lord James Townshend, for various acts detailed in letters addressed by his Lordship to Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Bait.: K.C.8., at Rio de Janeiro, and to the Hon. Capt. Elliot, at the Admiralty, with further accounts of the causes of his Lordship's complaints against the prisoner s and slato that, on the Dublin's arrival at Rio, from Valparaiso, it was found that Sir Michael had died, and for which reason the inquiry wasnecessarily postponed until the arrival of the Dublin in this country. In consequence of these ters, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty had . dered Captain Superintendent Ross, R.N.C.8., to assembld the Court, at which the gallant Captain presided, and was , assisted by Captain Sir William Montague, Capt. Falcon, Capt; Lockyer, and Capt. Pennel. We observed Capt. ; Sir William Younge, of the Rover, and Capt. Stanley, • of the Wolf, also in the Court. Lord James Townshend was directed to prosecute, and called the following wit nesses :—Mr. Henry John Giles, mate ; Mr." Wm. Craw- : ford, mate ; Mr. James Archibald Hodgkins, mate ; Mr. Henry Braddick Yule, second master ; Mr. Charles Smith, assistant surgeon ; John Collier, gunner ; Lieut. William Allen Henderson, and Lieut, William Friepd Hopkins, >1 and Sergeant James Crosse, of the Royal Marines. After the examination of theie witnesses, the' Court ad- i:• journed at five to Monday at nine. A - The prisoner was brought from the Dublin in custody, and on arriving upon the deck of the San Josei; was trans ferred *. to that of the Provost Marshal. It is confidently expected that the inquiry will not end with the case of Mr. 4 Christie, as it appears that a very bad feeling had for a long time existed amorg the junior officers of the ship. Mr. George Eastlake is the officiating Judge Advocate. Mr. I. E. lwortby, is the professional adviser of the. prisoner. DUBLIN, SEPT. 18. (From a Correspondent.) I perceive that the Limerick Chronicle, a church-militant journal, has taken arms against a few stubborn things called facts, which a Dublin correspondent of The Sun communi cated, touching the Lord Bishop of Limerick, and some two or three of his clergy. The letter denounced is cha racterised as being " replete with falsehood and misrepre sentation." "By my troth, Captain, these are very bitter words ;" but where is the proof? It is sometimes a conve nient thing to get rid of specific accusations by a sweeping contradiction. But the statements which I have made af fecting individuals, I do now repeat, because I think that the value of the hostility which those persons have ex presSed towards the Government cannot be illustrated in a more convincing manner, than by letting the world know who and what they are. Let me, at the same time, embrace this opportunity of correcting an error with regard to the Rev. Charles Warburton. He is not the incumbent of Valentia, but only Archdeacon of Tuam, in the County of Galway, Chancellor of Limerick Cathedral, and Rector of the Union of Rathkeale, in that diocese and county, and Rector of Clonmel and Templerobin, in the diocese of Cloyne, and county of Cork. I plead guilty to the crime of having left out all mention of his Cork preferment, and misnamed his benefice in Limerick. Thereby, perhaps, I may have incurred the charge of misrepresentation ; but it was undesigned, and I now atone for it. It is not surprising that such tripartite divines should quake at the signs of the times, for of a verity their " craft is in danger." The Evening Mail of yesterday gives the model of a re turn which the Conservative Society is desirous to procure from the parochial clergy. It sets forth the value of each benefice, the number of acres in the parish, distinguishing those which belong to Catholic landlords and those which belong to Protestants, the public charities, and the respec tive contribUtions of Catholics and Protestants for their support. This return, which they have exhibited for a pattern, is from three parishes in the county of Cavan. It. is defective as a statement of the income of the clergymen ; for it only communicates the amount of composition for tithes, omitting altogether the extent of and the value of the glebe lands, which in the North of Ireland especially constitute a large portion of the clergyman's income. One of the parishes mentioned in this return, Druinlane by name, contains 16,605 acres. The amount of composition 5001., and the chatities—nothing ! The incumbent is a Beres ford. The other two parishes have dispensaries. A meeting of that county (Cavan) has been called by the High Sheriff for the 22d of this month " to consider what constitutional steps ought to be taken in the present alarming crisis." The requisition to the High Sheriff is signed by thirteen Magistrates and two clergymen, Mr. Martin (Bishop Mant's son-in-law), and Mr. Marcus Be resford. With that name to the requisition, it was well to restrict the purview of the meeting to "constitutional steps." Another meeting, composed of persons not often parti cular in picking their steps among the dry places of the constitution, has hailed witk delight the intention of the Cavan gentlemen to meet. These are the Orangemen of Rockcorry, in the neighbouring county of Monaghan, who have published some very curious resolutions in the news papers. The first is characteristic :—" Resolved, that we concur, to the most unlimited extent, in the resolutions agreed to by the glorious meeting of the Protestants of Ire land, held in the Mansion-house, Dublin, on the 14th of last August." These may be honest fellows ; at least they must be ab solved from the petty-larceny curse denounced by Shaks peare against " limited professions." But their notions of Christian morality are not strictly according to the Gospel, for they exalt the practice of duelling, which is a combina tion of murder and self-destruction, to the roll of Christian graces. The Earl of Winchilsea is said, in one of their resolutions, to have " justly entitled himself to the un bounded gratitude of the Protestants of the United Em pire," not only by attending at the Dublin meeting, but for " the at once manly but Christian devotion to the Pro testant cause he manifested in the year 1828 (9?) in op posing, even at the risk of his life, that most banefnl mea sure, then in progress of enactment, the Roman Catholic Relief Bill." The Parthian glance at the Great Captain is in villainous taste. Is he never to be forgiven? After the Oxford show he ought to stand cleaner with the party. Further, as an illustration of the unlimited extent to which the Rockcorry Orangemen are resolved to concur with the Dublin meeting, they have published another resolution, ex pressing their own determination, and " recommending our Protestant brethren to hold themselves in readiness to de fend to the utmost, and at a moment's warning if neces sary, our lives, properties, religion, its ministers, and our Constitutional King." This declaration is in answer to O'Connell's letter, for the author of which they express, at the same time, their unqualified contempt. The harsh terms in which that Learned Gentleman alluded to the Orangemen, whom he had before so recently flattered and courted, challenged a retort, and he has got it. GLASGOW ASSIZES, SEFT. 18. John Boyd, hatter, in Greenock, was accused of mur dering his wife in his own house, in Harvie's Close there, on the 11th July last. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was in the habit of indulging to the utmost excess in spirituous liquors, and that betwixt two and three o'clock of the afternoon on the day libelled, she was seen going to her own house very much intoxicated, followed in a short time by the prisoner at the bar, who had no sooner gone in than sounds as if of a person dashing on the floor were heard, and on a female neighbour going and at tempting to lift the deceased, who was then lying on the floor, the prisoner protested against this kindness, ex claiming, " Let her lie—l would tramp her guts out, were I not afraid of being hanged." At this time there were no marks of violence on the throat of the deceased, and the witness left the house. In a very short time afterwards the neighbours heard three heavy falls on the floor, and three deep moans, and on a boy going to the door and looking through the key-hole, he observed Boyd pulling his wife alobg the floor by the hair of the head. In a few minutes after this the neighbours came into the house, when they found Mrs. Boyd dead, and livid marks on her throat, as if it had been clutched with violence by a hand. These livid marks the medical men helievecl.te be the• - immediate cause of death, and gave it ,ias b theirNinion that the deceased had met her fate by 'strprigulatioti, from pressure on the throat. 'The DmsUTE-Arty9CATE then addressed the Jury for the. Croypt,Z.and.affpr an excellent speech by the Counsel for .the ,piidener, LOid Meadowbank summed up the evi dence, and the 'ehalge took a very unfavourable view of the case for the Prisoner. The Jury then relired for upwards of an hour, and on coming into Court returned a verdict finding, by a plurality of voices, the prisoner Guilty, but on ac count of his own previous good character, and the irregul ar habits of his wife, recommending him to the mercy of the Crown. 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