The Sun. — London, England, 1834-04-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Th e Princess Augusta is a great deal better. Her Royal Highness was able to leave her room yesterday, e r the fi rst time since her indisposition. The Prin acses received v i sits at her residence at St. James'sPa- Gl ol , :e n ste Mmday, from th e D u k e an d D uc h e ss of The Duke o f Gloucester entertained a select party 1 at evening at Gl ouces t er -house. i „ ` 1 ,',.r. Secretar rlto y and Mrs. Stanley left their residence n - garden s yesterday for Windsor Cast l e, on visit to Th e Lo their M a j esties. afterno on with h a d interview yesterday ship with an Earl G rey at t h e Treasury. His Lord lafterwards went to Wimbledon. n Ag r. Bu rge, Age n t f or Jamaica, and Mr. Colquhoun, attehetefor t. Vincent, transacted business yesterday olo nial-office. Yes t e R ight Hon. R o b ert and Mrs. Grant left town !rday for Broadstairs. c lseo unt Melb ourne and Lord Holland visited Earl ',I,Y Yesterday. e Medit e rranean mail was yesterday ordered to Lietained till Saturday. B ede r , L a T r es—Lord J. R usse ll, f or W o b urn Abb e y, uroadia—nuairse ; Ha V n i t s s c . ount Palmerston, on Sunday, for THEATRES. CO VENT-GARDEN. 14 two -act adaptation of HEROLD'S Opera of Le last . 4 .v Clercs, under the title of The Challenge, was beetillight produced at this theatre. The original has Pk:iaPerformed upwards of two hundred times in or ratil ion e. The dramatic portion is the production, te nt ,r the adaptation, of Mr. PLANCRE, the arrange taeut (0)i r music b e i ng i ntrus t e d to th e a bl e manage . 24 Y th as . ; *T. COOKE. Of the plot it will suffice to Perf orm — is identically the same as that of a drama °Pera-be' f or several nights last season at the English nio,,d-iniouse, under the title of The Mask, or Birk that t4 e Olden Time, the only difference being 1143,1°114e the scene of the challenge is laid in the vici sign of h e Pa ris, that of the Mash, as its title would de- Wera was in England. The principal characters Ae x.tye allotted to Messrs. H. PHILLIPS, WILSON, H Slotted ; Miss INVERARITY, Miss SHIRREFF, and 1;11~ lu8 ""W B sv each of whom infused, both into the dia ; 11 4,1 e, a nd music, a degree of spirit which in . othe e doubti. that they would have manifested . Th showed th at were extremely wel l . filled, and th e , that no trouble had been spared in rendering whi:.!, Perfect in the music allotted to !he . m. Th s o ' o n Inost Pleased us were an air in the fi e rs p t act, sun b n I shall behold thee," which was very sweetly e heor Y Mr. WILSON, and met with a well , d , eserved th at ; and the first song of the second act, .§ceirs t eeei v nl ,; can never , " in which Miss SHIRREFF likewise 'het, encore. There is also an extremely pretty th e 'ellteamed resort of beauty's firest flowers," a°nfirst ug by SEGUITond Miss H. CAW WaS much applauded. Mr. PHILLIPS two excel allotted, which were executed in his usual ealieZnotrstyle, and received a degree of applause more 30 ti gs the singing than the idtrinsic merit of the 1 4 4 ofth he dresses, and especially those of the yeo- Ptop r i. te e guard, were extremely magnificent, and ap nnrioth; •, On the fallin of the curtain the piece vas 1 14 ,, i —Leen for r epelt . g to-morrow evening, amid a tre - e-tat e d -e gree f lon applause. The house was ex well attendoed. T HETh e ITALIAN OPERA. K ; , I leXt. s Theatre is fixed to re-open on Saturday t.y F air. Laporte is now in Paris, but will return o by rartiel• Great preparations are making that the _p u_ bird 4,ePartnient should assume its full strength. R anThurini. Ivanoff, and Mademoiselle Giu b liett in a Longo leave Paris this day, that they m of ex4bY Saturday. In the ballet a similar ay degr e decree to wn, l ence will shortly appear. Perrot is already ina i day,. and Teresa and Fanny Eisler will arrive f th e tit, of ew ballet com osed by M. Faucher, under tvhe loffoLrtahEcosin'ern' alga - Ist et°r popular rnl n n o o v v e el No . tre Dame de Parzs. s l t re e f rt l ed t is t o f b o e u fi n r d s e t d am i on SHE GERMAN OPERA. Th e G ents have their erloan Company are expected to commenc e ! rti Performances as soon as the necessary arrang s a weekbeen time completed, and will m. a p d la a y me tw s o e o h r r t ee h d re e e r bevrient, • been dilig d uring the season. country, has e s ii i t r her appearance in this ._ engaged instudy ing the English lan guage, and so fahad she ressed that an engage °f was offered her to Iprog y English characters at one of our national t o p l a y a but the terms not being, as she th ought s ought, sufficientl ' liberal, she has accepted a rare adv I antageous offer, ine prima donna of the y a la n d y ; an G d er w m i a l n l r o e p m e a ra in w in il.l G b e e rm a "'III Hamburg. Euryanthe is in rehearsal TIIE FRENCH THEATRE. The French plays which are to be performed at the pipit will introduce to our notice some French ac rs of cel b not previously appeared in eny, w o N 4)4 don, and will bring before us others more familiar ,'" ) ,.the French playgoer. Laporte is at present the r'l4eipal attraction. SURREY. a s l'hi theatr e re - opene d on Monday evening, after loth il°rt ex r ten e si s y s e , w hich has been successfully occ u pi e d a g attra ct i v preparations f or t h e sp l en di d b allet so e at the Adelphi Th eatre, Lurline ; the tran sfer of A which fr om th e S tran d , to this side of the the te r , has deteri orated nothing from the splendour of tress B :n e rY, the effect of the t a bl eaux , or t h e c h aste- The -31' rrectness of the costume and decorations. er- a b t ._?ffret of the celebrated battle scene was consider to t, ?",aeightened, from the more extensive space afforded Avant Machinist (Kendall), who availed himself of this eesZ nta ge with considerable ability, and complete suc- Ad iphirlie addition of the principal performers of the Hoeneny,ta„e°l?.l?oailyn, including Mr. an d Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Mr. 0. Smith, to the alr eady S T I h Reeve, and s blishm l'oog force of the spirited lessee o . f thi! e t.a tellectnt' h as opened to the Surrey public a rich in tropoliatal treat, not to be surpassed on any of the med in 4 piL boards. Reeve and Mrs. Honey appeared IneznPrhe' Miss Vincent succeeding Mrs. Keeley in and ;on o : a ' n olis are the same as those who . "fought addition' of oil th e boards of the Adelphi, with the °ll e of the C is ! Pairbrother, who, in the . command of ud ii , , attalions, acquitted herself with that talent raip`ll has stainped her deservedly a favourite. Their av'car volutions were most correctly performed, dit ' s drew down enthusiastic and well-merited plan iltr; Grace Huntley followed, in which Mr. and t b ates, 0' Smith, and J. Reeve sustained hileir original characters with that ability which as gained for them the entire approbation of the public. The part of Tibby Craeko, originally sus oh by Buckstone, lost nothing in the hands of that mgt at deserving favourite, Rogers. The Prisoner i c ifra ' e and the M ummy, completed the bill of fare ; ; kll thelle, f ormer of whi c h M essrs . O s b a l d i ston, Vale, a n -. 4 ,1 13 ibdin Pitt, played with their accustomed ability 1 - 4 , 11l the latter, J. neeve drew down that bestl mead h aPProbation for a comic actor, roars of aughter. e house was crowded to excess in ever part, and a s Y l ave no hesitation in saying will b . e 4 ea n t ng as the spirited proprietor contlau e e el s p e e s rf o y o e e rm x % c e :l an a g i ces ; were erer for the public amusement. Th fr_ repeated last evening with incr!ased c success be ' a Most brilliant and crowded audienc • ... _ --............—___ ~...... SPOR TING INTELLIGENCE. ---1.. _ESTER. DETTI N -- MANCHG AT NIGHT. MANCHESTER, MONDAY THI".; CATTERTCK CUP, P P. (TUESDAY NEXT.) 6 to 4 agst Tomboy (taken) , THE RIDDLESWORTH, P.P. ,-, to 2 offered on the field agst Viator 4 to 1 agst Nell Gwyn (taken) 5 - b, . i agst , TIM CHESTER TRADE CUP, P.P . . 7 to : ' 'erseverance 7 to 1 261 SPeculator 11 agsta TBihredcacatrcdhienral(tak,) 1 9 1 t t o o Ito 1 :it IndoDendence 11 to 1 agst Mona's Pride 7i t 0 1 i t , B°l °o 4- ,oritroller (taken) 1 1 6 8 t t o o 1 1 a a g g s s t t It ß a ri t d c e a g tc r h o e o ;.? 1 0 1 agst Mr. Turner's horse (taken) sto i , r ni (t ( a t k ak en ) ) Bto 1 stt Ili, ag4t l'itztli koiNE 4k M e ApHALL B CU P l , . agst Palmflower (taken) ctoer ((tiakenn)) I 8 til to 1 agst The Controller 10 . ...nibasteal to 1 ag s t Mr. Tomes's colt 11 1 0 2 a., THE HEART. t; t o I 7-- i 14 to 1 agst Olympic (inr n .) ) 1 0to 1 aist Bentley (taken) 20 to 1 agst Emigrant (take I % to l aim PIM° (taken) 20 to 1 agst. Delirium ( taken) agst Shilelth (offered) No others mentioned THE OAKS. S? t° I ag't Cotillon I 1 1 to 1 agst Louisa (taken) I" 1 a 551 Rosalie Th e days' ex c ept t St. Leger.±lN3 o to I agst Flycatcher (taken) betting this past few 25 to 1 upon Queen Bess (taken), DOVER HARBOUR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—" Preserve us from our friends," may the inha bitants of Dover exclaim, on perceiving the two let ters, respecting that port, in the Times of the 24th and 29th inst., one signed " A Friend to Dover," the other by the " Engineer of Dover Harbour." The former declares that harbour to be, perhaps, in a worse state than ever • the latter asserts, upon the testimony of the oldest inhabitants, it never was in a better con dition, by which, I presume, we are to understand that it was always as bad as it could be, and therefore can be no worse at present ; or that it is as bad as it can be, but no worse than for:lie-fly. Which ever way we take it, the best illustration of its correctness is, that on the very day the engineer's ambiguous compli ment reached the Times office, a change of wind oc curred, the Ferret, Calais packet, was compelled, on account of the bar at Dover, to run into Ramsgate, and, on the next day, the French mail followed her example. The following extract, from a petition to the House of Lords, in the year 1718, will show the incurable state of Dover harbour upwards of a century ago, and the disease had then been of long standing. From the Historical Register of March 12, 1718 : " Dover harbour hath, for many years, been a bur den to the trade and navigation of this kingdom, by having large sums of money raised on the same, for the repair of the said harbour, under a pretence of making it a convenient place to receive ships in stress of weather. _ _ _ " The situation of the said harbour being such, that whenever the wind blows hard from the sea, that is, from south east to south west, the entrance of the pier is choked up with small stones, washed in by the wind . and sea, that very often, at high water, a hoy of 30 tons cannot get in or out, and likewise the packet boats of the said town of Dover are liable to the same misfortune for two or three days together, so conse quently can be of no benefit to shipping in distress, or bad weather on that coast; for when shipping want a port in distress, it is only when the wind blows hard from the sea, and the coast is a lee shore. All persons that are versed in sea affairs must allow, ships are not in distress for a harbour when the wind blows from the shore. " The mouth of the pier is but one hundred feet broad, and the channel much narrower, occasioned by a lodgment of stones, and at the pier heads the tide runs strong directly across it, which not only makes it difficult, but dangerous to get in or out ; neither is the harbour, nor can it be made, of any advantage to any but the fisher boats and small ships or vessels using . the said place. " And, as the matters here set forth are true, and the moneys raised for the purposes aforesaid are looked upon as an hardship upon the persons who pay the same, and that the laying out the said money upon the harbour of Dover is of no more use than to employ the inhabitants of the said town, they humbly hope your Lordships will not continue a tax upon the trade of this nation, for these purposes, any longer." As this petition very forcibly states, ships do not want a harbour when the wind blows from the land. Dover is accessible with the wind at north or east, and offers shelter when shelter is not required. The inhabitants of Ramsgate may also complain of their friends, if they have not in their memorial peti tioned for the French as well as the Ostend packets. Excuses may be found for not dividing the stations, but sooner or later, eithei to save seventy or eighty thousand pounds in useless experiments, or, after the experiments have been made, and the money spent, the merits of this harbour will be known and appreci ated. The proposed motion for inquiring into the condition of the Kentish ports, if carried, will put the Government and the country into immediate possession of sufficient facts to decide upon the superiority of a port which may be entered by steam vessels, with any wind, and at all times of the tide, without reservation or exception. I am,, Sir, your obedient Servant, Ramsgate, March 29. W. A. 11. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SlR,—Since my letter of yesterday I have ascer tained that the Ferret left Calais so late that there was not sufficient water to enter Dover harbour ; the wind blowing strong, she ran for Ramsgate, where she was sure of entering, in preference to waiting during the night for tide to enter Dover. The bar at Dover was not up. The French packet also left under simi lar circumstances. These are, however, stronger ar guments than even the bar, because vessels must leave the foreign port at a particular time of 'the tide to enter Dover under ordinary circumstances when there are no obstructions. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Ramsgate, March 30. W. A. 11. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Departures from St. Helena—The Herefordshire and Inglis, for London, Feb. 12. Arrival at the Cape —The Mounstewart Elphin stone, from Portsmouth, Jan. 16, and sailed for Ma dras and Calcutta 31. Arrivals at Singapore—The Sylph, from China, Nov. 13 ; and Pyramus, from Manilla, 14. The Thames, from China, has arrived off Portland She sailed on the 29th of November, Table Bay on the 31st of January, and St. Helena on the 12th of February. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 27, 1834 , The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain John Woolmore, Deputy Master of the Trinity-house. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 1 MEMORANDUM. The half-pay of the under-mentioned Officers has been can celled from the Ist instant, inclusive, they having accepted commuted allowances for their commissions :—Captain C. de Gaifron, half-pay Brunswick Hussars ; Lieut. C. Walsh, half pay 3d Foot. The under-mentioned Officer has also bean allowed to retire from the service, receiving a commutation for his commission : —Paymaster M. Rafter, 95th Foot. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk. Horatio Lord Walpole to be Deputy Lieutenant; T. A. Gir. ling, Esq., to be ditto; March 14. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey. Surrey Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—G. Best, to be Cap tain, vice Edgell, promoted, March 21. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN CHILTON, boarding-house-keeper, Trinity ter. race, Southwark. GEORGE WILLIAM ROHRS and FREDERICK WIL LIAM JACOB, corn-factors, Mark-lane. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED, JOHN CHANNON, dealer, Piccadilly. BANKRUPTS. CHARLES ODY ROOKS, coal.merchants, Eagle-wharf, Montague-close, Southwark, to surrender April 12, at one, and May 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms.yard, official assignee; Jordeson and Webb, High-street, Borough. GEORGE BAILEY, victualler, Rudge, Shropshire, April 14 and May 13, at one, at the Wheel Inn, Worfield, Shrop shire. Ronalds, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, London ; Nicholls, Catstree, near Bridgenorth, Shropshire. BAItNETT JOPEPH and HENRY JOSEPH, jewellers, Bristol, April 16 and May 13, at eleven, at the Commercial rooms, Brist o l . Cornish and Son, Bristol; Spyer, Broad-street buildings, L on d on. April HENRY 16 and May 13 , BRET TARGH, hat manufacturer, Manchester, at ten, at th e C omm i ss i oners '- rooms , Manchester. Scott, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Green. halgh, Manchester. DDIV.IDENDS. W. H. Bray, draper, j Brighton, April 24, at two, at the tweive astail, carpenter, Kilburn, Mid_ pm , a a t r, the Court of Bankruptcy— W. Court of Bankruptcv— , bankers, at St. Mildred's.court, dlesex, April 28, at twelve, Fry, J. Fry, and J. Chapman, J. the .Court of Bank_ Poultry, April 25, at twelve Cork.street, at c the Court of ruptcy—J. Hood, sen. and J. Hood, eleven,ri., t d v ors, c our re t eds . , lime. of Bank_ Burlington-gardens, April 30, at ' B he p aPside, April Bankruptcy—T. S. Barnes, warehouseinan 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy ' burner, Hastings, April 23, at two, at the ruptcy—G. Whitehead, jun., Blackwell-hall-facto r§ hall-street, April 22, at one, at the Court of Bankru ,t, Basing. 'E. "Lucas, milkman, ,Shepherd's-market, St. George's, Va l i, ver.square, April 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy °- , D. 0. Blyth, merchant, Colchester, April 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Buchanan, merchant, Oxen. den-street, April 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy— M. Andrew, insurance.broker, Crown-court, Threadneedle_ street, April 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—E. Percy, carver, Tichbourne.street, Golden-square, April 24 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Collinson, sen., cotton. spinner, Lovely Hall, Lancashire, May 1, at eleven, at th, Town Hall, Preston—T. Halford, baker, Bath, April 30, at twelve, at the Office of Mr. Gaby, Bath—G. Wilkinson , sa w manufacturer, Birmingham, April 22, at eleven, at Baden. burst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES.-Apßut. 22. J. P.. Oldfield, merchant, Liverpool—R. P. Gibson, victual. ler, Manchester—J. F, W, Brewer, victualler, Bermondsey, Surrey—W. Fowler, printer, Cirencester—W. Bellamy, horse dealer, Haseley, Warwickshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Drew and H. Combe, surgeons, Gower-street—R. Logan and S. F. Campbell, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house—J. Gudgeon and C. Hinnell, surgeons, Stow-market, Suffolk, and Bury St. Edmunds—J. Harrop, R. B. Hill, and J. Smith Liver.. pool—J. H. and C. Lee, cheesemongers, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden—J. and E. Smith, and G Robinson, lime burners, Houghton-re-Spring, Durham—G. and J. Miller, cloth-dressers, Rawft rds, Yorkshire—T. Druce, T. Hill, and W. Druce, coal.merchants, Swan Wharf, Chelsea—W. Hallitey and H. J. Smith, retailers of superfine cloth, Dewsbury, York shire—l. Balls and W. Cooper, grocers, Colchester—M. A. Brunswick and J. Pook, furriers, Mansion-house-street—J. Shaw and S. M‘Millian, shawl-manufacturers, Mold Green, Yorkshire—T. Nettleshipp and H. Bicknell, attorneys, Grocer's 1 lall—J. Crocker and D. Colegrave, cotton-winders, Wood-street —R. Edmunds and J. G. Hodgkinson, tailors, Maddox-street_j. i:nd G. Bishton, the Right Hon. G. W. Lord Stafford, and the Hon. H. V. S. Jerningham, ironmasters, Dawley, Salop_j. Drew, jun., and J. Lashbrooke, oilmen, Waterloo-road—J. and J. Andrew, cotton-dealers, Brookbottom, Saddleworth, York— J. Radcliffe, T. Barker, jun., and J. Radcliffe, cotton.spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire—J. Jarmin and T. S. B. Maddox, bill.. brokers, Air-street, Piccadilly—J. Booth and J. Harrison, at torneys, Manchester—W. Barker and G. H. Wawn, coal.. factors, Coal-Exchange, London—F. G. C. Briand and J. Tay lor, wine -merchants, Cheapside—J. and T. Taylor, stay makers, East Retford, Nottingham. A trotting match took place last week at Runcorn for the enviable stake of a coffin ! In the island of Guernsey the poor are pro vided for by one general fund, which is raised by a general property-tax of three per cent. The Charivari observes that formerly rank was obtained on the field of honour, but now the Citi zen Princes acquire it on the Champs-de-Mars. It is reported that the Hon. Mr. Plunket, Dean of. Down, will probably be translated to the Deanery of Lismore and Archdeaconry of Aghadoe, vacant by the demise of Sir G. Bisshopp. . . • a• For some days past robberies have taken place in the French capital. It appears, that the law of the Minister of Justice, Barthe, does not apply to the as sociations of robbers.—Mode. Mr. Hollins, coroner for the Stockport divi sion, has, during the years 1832-3, ridden on horse back upwards of 13,000 miles in the performance of his professional duties. the Corsaire says that it is a remarkable fact that for two years past Louis Philip has not walked in the streets of Paris, and for fourteen months has not appeared at the theatres. " Can anything be more droll," says the facetious Corsaire " than anti-national law sanctioned by an ex-Republican, and proposed by an ex-Car bonaro ?" LONGEVITY.—A short time ago three indi viduals died at Wrawby, near Brigg, on three suc cessive days, whose united ages amounted to 254 years. —Boston ferald. Mr. O'Connell has left town for Brighton for the benefit of the bracing air, and; in preference to the tranquil state of the metropblis, will have an opportunity of enjoying occasionally the agitation of the sea. It is said that in New South Wales an old maid is a much rarer animal than a black swan. It is asserted that the fair emigrants from this country re ceive offers of marriage through speaking-trumpets before they land from the ship. INCENDIARISM IN AMERICA.—The to bacco factory of Messrs. W. F. and H. Borne, in Petersburg, Virginia, has been destroyed by fire, sup posed to be the work of an incendiary.—New York Paper. LONGEVITY.—At Colrain (Massachusetts) town, of about 1,800 inhabitants, of which 119 are over seventy years of age, twenty-nine are over eighty, and five or six over ninety ; a degree of longevity perhaps unequalled in the world for the number of inhabitants. On Palm Sunday the usual cracking of the whip, or gad, was gone through at Castor church. The number of strangers (being the day after the fair) was very great. We hope soon to be able to lay before our readers the cause of this singular custom.—Stamford News. EX-SHERIFF PARKINS AGAIN.—An in quest was taken yesterday in the Circuit Court in the slander suit by Robert Usher v. Joseph W. Parkins, in which a verdict for 2,500 dollars was rendered for the plaintiff. .1. Lynch and M. C. Paterson counsel for the plaintiff.—New York Paper of March 6. _ _ CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—In the House of Commons, on Wednesday night, the Highways Bill, the Hemp and Flax Bounties Bill, and the Felons' Property Bill, were severally read a second time.— [These are Ketching titles for legislative acts it must be confessed.] RAIN IN VIRGINIA.—A gentleman in Vir ginia has had a standing bet for twelve or fifteen years that it would rain the first Saturday of every August, which he has won every year except one. Another gentleman bet that it would rain the 25th of July, and won it. He says that it had never failed to do so for the;last sixteen years.—New York Paper. EXTRAORDINARY VORACITY.—On Tues day last a lady purchased from one of our fishwomen a very beautiful cod-fish. Upon opening the fish a codling, about as large as a middling sizeil haddock, was discovered; and in the stomach of the latter a small ling was found ! The trio were in a good state for the operations of the cook.—Sunderland Herald. LIVERPOOL COTTON -MARKET, MARCH 31.—T0-day prices are tolerably firm. Cotton offers freely, but the demand is sufficient to prevent actual decline. Sales to-day 2,500 bales, say 200 Surats, 200 Bahias, 50 Pernams, 50 Maranhams, 1,000 Boweds, Bd. to 81d. ; 500 Orleans, 500 Mobiles, Ala bamas, &c. Francis Douce, Esq., the most tasteful and eminent antiquary of our times, died at his house in Gower-street, Bedford-square, on Sunday morning. Douce was the friend of Stevens, Reed, Malone, Wm. Gifford, and Sir Walter Scott. He has left behind him an invaluable library, printed and in manuscript, of early English, French, Spanish, and German poetry, coins, medals, missals, and prints.—Morning Paper. SINGULAR OPERATION.—A novel opera tion has been performed in Philadelphia, under the direction of Drs. Jackson and Draper, of that place, by the internal application of leeches, by means of sil ver tubes being passed down the throat of a gentleman who was afflicted with what is termed " throat con sumption." The result was satisfactory.—American Paper. _ _ The tragedy of Sardanapalus will be deferred from to-morrow to next week, in consequence of Mr. Bunn having suddehly engaged Mrs. Mardyn to act the part of the lonian Myrrha, a character the illus trious poet wrote for her, and instructed her in all its points. The re-appearance of this lady will excite considerable interest in the theatrical circles. She is at present in Paris. The Marquis of Breadalbane is so dan gerously ill at Taymouth Castle that no hopes can reasonably be entertained of his recovery. In the event of the decease of the Marquis, the representation of the county of Perth, contested on the last occasion by the Earl of Ormelie and Sir George Murray, will be come vacant by Lord Ormelie's removal to the House of Peers. The embarrassments of a Noble Lord holding large and valuable possessions in the north, have at length come to a crisis, which has produced a powerful sensation, but no surprise at the west end of the town. It is said that the creditors of the Noble Lord alluded to offered him 14,0001. per annum, provided he would assign over property to pay at distant periods the full amount of their demands, but the offer was declined. The bricklayers and others employed in building the New ,English Opera House, who struck last week for an increase of wages, having settled their differences with their masters, resumed their labours yesterday, and it is expected that there will be no fur ther interruption to the building. When the walls are erected and the roof is complete the theatre will be soon finished, as the woodwork for the interior has been preparing for some time. A novel is announced under the -title of " Eustace Conway, or the Brother and Sister," which is thought to unite the two qualities of " Tremaine" and " De Vere." Of the former, in the orthodoxy of its tone, when it occasionglly treats of religious sub jects, and of the latter in the lofty character of its poli tics. These two qualities have given rise to many conjectures as to the author, who is believed to be a Tory dignitary of the church. An extraordinary draught of the common fishes called roach and dace was made in the river Welland, on Saturday, a short distance below Deep ing, by a fisherman, named Baker, who frequents Stamford market. In one large net not less than 316 stone•weight was caught. They were taken to Stam ford in three carts on Sunday morning-, and forwarded immediately in a waggon for sale at Leicester and Birmingham. On Wednesday, an extraordinary num- IK.r of wild ducks were hawked for sale in Stamford.— Boston Herald. ROYAL FAMILY OF DENMARK. The banishment of Prince Frederick, son of the Crown Prince, to which we yesterday adverted, has been since explained. It appears that this young gentleman lifted his hands not only against his wife, but also against the King and Queen. Denmark is unfortunate for its family fracas. We believe there is no Court in which intrigue is more rife. The Prince is to be sent on his travels to Iceland. FINE SPEAKING IN TIIE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—M. Salvandy, in opposing an amendment to the associations law, expressed his astonishment and indignation at the audacious display of republican . opinions. This party, he added, wishes to make our young monarchy carry suspended at her girdle, in like manner as a law of Sparta forced a peasant to conceal under his garment a fox which devoured his entrails.— ( Voice from the left, " What a fine metaphor.")—M. Salvandy—lt may not be fine, but it is true. On Tuesday Mrs. Mary Anne Aldersley, aged 49, hanged herself to the tester of her bedstead, at her residence in Union-street, Maidstone. She had kept her bed from illness for four years, and on the previous day was unable to turn in it without assist ance. While, however, her daughter had gone down stairs to fetch some wood, she most unaccountably con trived to suspend herself as above stated. An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, and a verdict of " Temporary insanity" returned.—Maidstone Gazette. The Chevalier d'Assas, called the French Decius, fell nobly whilst reconnoitering a nopd near Closterkamp by night. He had left his regiment, that of Auvergne, at a short distance, and was suddenly surrounded by an ambuscade of the enemy, who threatened him with instant death if he made the least sign of their vicinity. With their bayonets at his breast, he raised his voice, and calling aloud, "A moi, Auvergne ! ce sont les ennemis I" fell, pierced with mortal blows.—Mrs. Hemans's National Lyrics. SEVEN MEN DROWNED AT ARUNDEL, IN SUSSEX.—On Sunday afternoon nine young men be longing to Arundel took a walk by the river side, and having proceeded some distance, they all got into a small punt, for the purpose of crossing over to the op posite side of the river. Unfortunately the boat upset, and seven out of the nine met a watery grave. Only one of them could swim, and he succeeded in saving his own life and that of another. Two of the deceased were horsekeepers, employed by Messrs. Crosweller, of Brighton. A correspondent of the Liverpool Albion says_" I give you a specimen of the President's lan guage and temper. The President of the Girard Bank of Philadelphia called on the President, and stated that, if something was not done, the banks in New York and Philadelphia would have to stop specie pay ment. The reply was, " Let them stop and be —." What would the good people of England think if Wil liam IV. were to make such a reply to any deputa tion."—( We should suppose they would think his Ma jesty had sadly forgotten himself.) It was expected that a trial would be pro ceeded with at the Kildare assizes on Saturday last of a most revolting and extraordinary character. Twelve men are said to have drawn lots -as to which of them should murder a farmer named Broughall, who had be come obnoxious to them. The lot fell upon one less hardened than the rest, who hesitated at the bloody deed assigned him.. His guilty associates were about to sacrifice him, when lie begged for another chance. The lots were again drawn, and the bloody act was consigned to another of the gang, who, in savage exul tation, leaped several feet from the ground ! These particulars are stated in a letter written by a gentleman who has been in attendance at the assizes. ANTEDILUVIAN RELICS.—A few (lays ago whilst the workmen were engaged in an excavation of some earth at the back of Spring Bank Mill, on the Wellington Road, Stockport, they disvovered the entire skeleton of a horse standing upright. To the antiqua rian such a specimen would have been of incalculable interest, and sorry we are that it is not in our power to assist him with any materials which might serve him in his research. Trees have at times been found imbedded near the same place, which, when taken out have been in the most beautiful state of preservation, and our in quiries then could in no way tend to afford us the in formation which would be likely to account for these antediluvian relics.—Macclesfield Courier. _ _ . On Monday an inquest was held in the King's Bench Prison on the body of John Mytton, Esq., who died there on the preceding Saturday. The de ceased inherited considerable estates in the counties of Salop and Merioneth, for both of which he served the office of High Sheriff, and some time represented the borough of Shrewsbury in Parliament. His munifi cence and eccentric gayeties obtained him great noto riety in the sporting and gay circles, both in England and on the continent. Two medical attendants stated that the immediate cause of death was disease of the brain (delirium trenien), brought on by the excessive use of spirituous liquors. The deceased was in his 38th year. Verdict--" Natural death." DEATH OF THE WILD BOAR.—This fero cious animal, which escaped from Mr. Shard's, at Hedgerly, early in December last, and which has re mained at large, ranging the woods near Beaconsfield, was shot on Sunday night last. It appears his visits to a nursery-ground on Farnham Common for some acorns which had been sown was discovered, and in consequence two men armed with guns laid wait for him, and the next time he visited the spot both guns were fired at him ; the boar, on being shot, was seen to fall, but he instantly recovered him self and went away again into the woods. On Thurs day, however, he was found dead in East Burnham Beeches, about half a mile from the place where he was shot.— Windsor Express. At a tavern, called the Throstle Nest, in the Scotland-road, Liverpool, may be seen a dog that be longed to a poor Italian, who wandered about with an organ and monkey. The Italian died, and was buried in the cemetery of the Catholic chapel, adjoining the tavern. For some time hunger alone induced the dog to leave his master's grave, but when the tavern was opened lie became an inmate. Every morn ing, directly the doors are opened, he may be seen going to the, burial-ground—where, " all for getting, by the world forgot," the poor Italian sleeps. A few days ago a monkey was taken into the parlour, and it was a singular sight to see the joy the poor crea ture manifested on the appearance of a member of the country of his old friend Jacko.—Derbyshire Courier. MISERY DISCO VERED.—" John," said the housekeeper in a gentleman's family in Aberdeenshire, about twenty years ago, to her fellow-servant the gardener, " What is't that ails ye ? I've kent ye forty years, an' I never saw ye sae humdrum as ye are just now ; there's surely something the matter wi' you."— " Muckle's the matter," replied he of the spade, " we are a' gaun wrang the gither ; an' the very State itsel is gaun to the d—l." " Hout awa, what needs ye mind the State," said the lady ; " havena ye the same, gude place, the same wages, the same kind master and mistress that ever ye had, and what for suld ye vex yoursel' wi' nonsense ? ye're as well now as ever ye w as, an' ye would only think it."—" That's a' that ye ken," replied John, " but an ye would read the Aber deen Chronicle ye wad fin' out how meeserable ye are."—Aberdeen Journal. FIRE AND Loss ;;; LIFE AT STOCKPORT. —About nine o'clock on Wednesday evening a fire broke out in a cellar-house occupied by a family named Dooley, behind Great Portwood-street, when nearly the whole of the furniture was destroyed; but how the fire originated is mere matter of conjecture. The heads of the family were watching an exhibition of fire-works in the Market-place, having locked the door, leaving three children within. On Dooley's return he found the place on fire, and the fastening of the door offered some obstruction, but when admittance was obtained, a granddaughter, aged 34 years, was found suffocated, his eldest girl, aged 7, was burnt to a cinder, and a second daughter was rescued in time to prevent her meeting the fate of the first from suffo cation. The father had nearly fallen a victim to his natural anxiety to save his children, his face being very much burnt, and he was nearly stifled by the smoke.— Macclesfield Courier. FIRE IN AN ILLICIT GLASS MANUFAC- ToRY.—On Saturday evening, about 7 o'clock, a fire broke out in a small house in that populous neighbour hood known as Back Change, Rosemary-lane, near the Tower. The flames were first discovered issuing from the upper part of the house, and before the arrival of the firemen or engines of the New London Esta blishment the house was entirely destroyed. It ap pears that there had been a melting furnace constructed near the chimney, and in consequence of the inatten tion of some of the parties concerned, the door of the furnace had been left open, and some wood work near having ignited cause d the accident. The premises belonged to Mr. Rossiter, a butcher, in the Dover roads but he was not aware of the nature of the busi ness carried on. The parties that occupied the house effected their escape, but with great difficulty ; and until the present discovery, not the slightest suspicion has been entertained of the illegal traffic carried on in the premises. On Monday morning, about 4 o'clock, Ay ton-house, near Berwick, the property of J. Fordyce, Esq., was discovered to be in flames, and the family and domestics had only just time to escape with their lives, almost in a state of nudity. A messenger was immediately despatched to Berwick, but before the engines could arrive a great part of the roof had fallen in, and the valuable furniture, library, &c., with a chest containing a large quantity of plate, were de stroyed. By the exertions of the firemen the cellar and kitchens, and one of the wings of the house, were saved; every thing else was consumed. The fire is supposed to have originated from a candle in one of the servants' rooms. We understand that the furni ture, &c., is insured to the amount of B,oool.—New castle Journal. AN EASY MAN.—A drover, named Brown, one of those scarce beings who take anything fate chooses to send them with a friendly hand, and never attempt to pick a quarrel with adversity for dropping a few bitters in their cups, pleaded guilty to ferreting rabbits at Waltham. He was fined 405., and 13s. costs. Defendant—What punishment shall I have if I don't pay the money ? Chairman—You will be com mitted. Defendant—The weather is warm now, and I don't care particularly about it myself.—( Laughter. ) Chairman—You will have two months. Defendant-- Very well, Sir, it will be quite sunny and pleasant when I come out.—( Laughter.) He was accordingly committed.—Esser Paper. THE GUERILLA.—There are some epochs which are very resting places of romance—pe riods abounding with that excitement, variety, and wild adventure, which would formerly have attracted the poet, and now form the vantage ground of the novelist. 'rhe Peninsular war is just such a time ; and Don T. de Trueba has been most judicious in selecting it for his scene of action. Spain being his native country, he has a thousand advantages no foreign Writer could have obtained ; and we doubt not that " The Guerilla" is a faithful picture. Love, friendship, battle, murder, and sudden death—all the horrors of a ampaign, when the warfare is brought home to your own fireside—such are the events which these pages delineate ; completely, it must be allowed, out of the ordinary track of the modern novel.—Literary Gazette. SINGULAR APPREHENSION OF A FUGI TIVE SHOPMAN.—On Sunday evening policeman Col lier, 94 N, was on duty near the Angel Inn, Islington, when he observed a young man walking backwards and forwards, during the rain, near the booking-office. Collier ascertained that he had booked a place for the Liverpool mail that evening, and paid four sovereigns; but suspecting from his manner that all was not right, he took him into custody. The young man asserted that he had committed no robbery, and at the same time was preparing to throw something from his hand, when Collier seized it, and found eleven sovereigns. The_ prisoner, on being taken to the station-house, gave up the residence of his father, and Collier, on proceeding there, was informed that the prisoner had lived as shopman to Miss Heath, pawnbroker, of Powis-street, Woolwich. Collier went there, and found that the prisoner had been only a few months in her service, that a quantity of property having been missed, his boxes were searched, and a variety of watches, brooches, chains, spectacles, &c., were dis covered, and that the foreman was sent with the pri soner to London, that search might be made in his father's house. The prisoner, however, escaped from the Woolwich coach on the road to town. He was yesterday brought up at Hatton-garden, and remanded. LOSS OF THE STEAM-BOAT WILLIAM PENN, BY FlRE.—Yesterday afternoon the steam-bcat William Penn, belonging to the Citizens' Line, ply ing between this city and Baltimore, on her way from New Castle, when nearly opposite the. Point-house, was discovered to be on fire. The boat was run on shore between the Point-house and the Navy-yard, and the passengers, amounting to 140 or 150, jumped overboard. The scene presented was one of inex- , pressible dismay ; and, painful to relate, three 1:v a were lost. The Rev. Mitchell Moore, a lady from Lewiston, Delaware, and Colonel Porter, of this city, who all jumped overboard abaft the wheelhouse, where the water was deep, were drowned. The passengers all suffered severely from the nature of the landing, it being very soft mud. The boat was burnt to the water's edge, and, we regret to learn, the loss sus tained will be about 70,000 dollars. A gentleman who witnessed the melancholy scene writes :—" The steam-boat William Penn took fire about one mile below the Navy-yard, and was burnt to the water's edge. There were about 120 passengers on board. The mails, trunks, and merchandise were thrown over board about 30 minutes after the fire took place. Some of the mails were found floating down the river, and brought to the Post-office, and had to have new wrappers on the packages. There were about thirty ladies on board, one or two of them drowned. The sight was horrible beyond all description. I was within 100 yards of the spot, and saw the whole of it. —P. S. The fire commenced about five o'clock, and I have just returned to the wharf, and it is burning yet 8 o'clock."—New York Paper, March 10. Manley acted before his Majesty George 111. at Weymouth, when the farce of the Spoiled Child (a favourite of the King's) was played ; and a re markably masculine woman sustained the character of Miss Pickle. On lighting their Majesties to their carriage, the King said to the manager, " Very good, very good, Hughes ; farce well played, well played ; clever man that Miss Pickle—clever man, clever man." " Man ?" exclaimed Hughes, " your Majesty is de ceived ; the person who sustained Miss Pickle is Mrs. —, a very respectable woman." " No, no, Hughes," rejoined the laughing Monarch ; " a man, Hug - hes-- a man, a man I" " With all submission," rejoined the astonished manager, " I assure your Majesty Mrs. is a woman !" " It won't do, it won't do, Hughes," continued the delighted Sovereign ; " a man, Hughes, a man !—hey, Charlotte, hey ? hey ?—clever man, Hughes—saw his beard, saw his beard—his beard ! a man, Hughes, a man I" The next morning Hughes entered the green-room, and addressed the assembled company :—" Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to tell you their Majesties were very much gratified by The performance of last night—much gratified ! 'And (turning to Mrs. ---, who sat in gigantic dignity in one corner of the room) I am most happy in saying, madam, that his Majesty particularly noticed you." " God bless the King," exclaimed the delighted lady. " And the Queen also distinguished you," continued Hughes. " Lord love them I" said the lady; " I saw they were looking at me, bless their dear hearts." " Yes," said Hughes, his Majesty was vastly pleased." " May the King live for ever !" rejoined Mrs. —, brightening with smiles. " But his Majesty," pro ceeded Hughes,—" God bless him," interrupted Mrs. " his Majesty insists that you are—a man !" " The nasty beast !" cried Mrs. —, as she rose with offended dignity and stalked out of the room.—Dyer's Actor's Life. _ Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Paul's Head, Paul-street, Finsbury, on the body of Mr. W. Betts, a middle-aged man, whose body was found in an uninhabited house in the neighbourhood. The body was of a mahogany colour, and very dirty in appearance. Charles Higley, a letter-sorter at the General Post-office, said that he resided in Providence row, Finsbury ; the deceased took lodgings in his house four or five years ago, and left in lebruary, 1833, to lodge at the Paul's Head ; the deceased had formerly held a situation in the Victualling-office, and subsequently he became an isinglass merchant ; he was of very eccentric habits, and generally appeared in great wretchedness, though he might have 1,0001. about him ; he never disclosed his name, and witness's family called him " the gentleman ;" he placed wit ness's children at a boarding-school in France, and paid for their education ; witness, some months after his departure, heard that he was in great distress, and he endeavoured to find him but without success. Wit ness met him about two months ago, and then offered to assist him, but he declined. Th e d ecease d h a d a sister, Mrs. Cramp, of High Holborn, a lady of re spectability, who had given orders for him to be re spectably buried. An altercation took place between the jurors and the witness, Mr. Higley, as to the pro perty the of the deceased. The witness acknowledged to having some boxes belonging to the deceased in his possession; but it was his opinion that they did not contain anything of value. They were locked and sealed up, and he should now deliver them to the sister of the deceased. Policeman Malin said . the deceased had subsisted for the last seven itionyks by the kindness th w e as ev C° i_de u n n of some charitable persons in the neighbourhood. If was frequently at the Paul's Head. He was permitter' to take Shelter in an uninhabited house in Paul -street and The o i o n q oSeasttuVaasy adjourned ornin g f o h r e dab surgeon as to the cause of death, which is suppose( to.be the want of the neeessailcs of M • Paper, SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We promised, on Monday, to endeavour to establish the expediency of a general registry of instruments affecting land, and we now pro ceed to perform that promise. This question has always appeared to us to lie in a very nar raw compass. We should be content to rest it on this simple question—Do the laws of Eng land afford protection against secret convey ances, and the means of ascertaining the safety of titles ? If the answer were in the negative —and no other answer could be truly given— would not every one at once decide that such a ::leasure was imperiously called for? It is easy to demonstrate that the question must be an swered in the negative—that no other answer can be truly given. We will illustrate the sub ject by an example. Let us suppose that each of two persons is desirous of investing a sum of money—the one chooses a funded in vestment, the other a landed investment. The first proceeds to the bank, and upon payment of his money, the stock he con tracts for is transferred from the name of the former proprietor into his own, and his title is good against all the world ; he can never be deprived of his purchase. And why is this ? Simply, because there is a general registry of stock. Let us now turn to the other. He t c i o l e n ttriat title s s fo c r a t r le purchase e i fulinires o t ga f t e a e d r a eho nd l t d h e estate d e e ; d s are delivered up : notwithstanding this the pur chaser may not have the interest he contracted . for. Suppose the seller to have been entitled to the estate absolutely, and that upon his mar riage lie settled it on himself for his life, and after his death upon his wife and children. The deeds will remain in his hands as tenant for life, and he has, therefore, only to suppress all mention of the settlement to make himself ap pear the absolute owner of the estate. And what is the consequence ? The person who contracted for a fee simple estate finds that all lie has actually purchased is an estate for the life of another. It must be recollected that no precaution on the part of the purchaser can guard against this evil ; all that his profes sional advisers can do is to pronounce an opi nion on the title as it is shown—they cannot tell that there may not be other instruments which, if produced, would give the title a dif ferent appearance to what it is made to bear. And now, let us ask, could the evil we have mentioned exist with an efficient registry ? Certainly not ; for to give the settlement full effect it must have been registered, and the ph a a i s n e e r db its s s e e x a is c t hing ence . the u registry We arewould have able for want of space, to mention other instances of this kind ; it may, however, be observed, that when ever a person would but for a certain instrument have an absolute title, he may by suppressing that instrument commit fraud. A similar power exists in all dealings with reversions, for as the deeds, being in the possession of the tenant for life, cannot be delivered to the purchaser or mort gagee, should the seller or mortgager obtain pos session of the deeds on the death of the tenant for life, lie might again sell or mortgage the estate, handing over the deeds to the new pur chaser or mortgagee. In the case of mortgages, too, great injustice may be occasioned for want of a registry : suppose three successive mortga gees—the third, if at the time he lent his money lie had no notice of the security to the second, may by paying off the first obtain payment of both his debts in preference to the second mort- • gagee. The practical result is, that a person can never be safe in lending money on a second mortgage. One of the precautions adopted in order to guard against the existence of secret in cumbrances, is to keep on foot a term of years the purposes of which have been satisfied ; this term is assigned to a trustee, in order that if the title acquired by the last conveyance should prove defective, resort may be had to the title originally conferred by the term, which is fre quently of very ancient creation. This protec tion, however, sometimes fails. The term may have been secretly assigned—it may have been surrendered or merged—a court of law may pre sume it surrendered—or there may exist a term of still earlier creation. But suppose the term to be available, at what expense is the protec tion afforded? The length of the abstract is . greatly increased ; an additional deed is fre quently required to assign the term, and the death of the trustee without leaving a represen tative renders a limited administration necessary, which is obtained at an expense of 201. or 30/. When there is no term, and in some cases where there is, various searches are made, at a consi derable expense, for the purpose of discovering incumbrances. In the appendix to the report of the House of Commons it is stated, on the au thority of a solicitor, that the expenses of assign ing a term amounted to 731., and of search ing for judgments alone, to 61/. These, however, we admit, must have been ex treme cases. It should be here observed, a deed is estimated at 255. It will be a satis faction to persons who are averse to innovation to know that the establishing a registry would be but restoring the principle of the ancient law. The practice of this country formerly was to give a certain degree o f p u bli ci ty t o every trans f er of land. The most ancient mode of conveyance was by livery of seisin, or actually putting the new proprietor into possession in the presence of the tenants of the neighbourhood. When the statute of uses was passed, which introduced a new mode of conveyance, it was required that every such instrument should be enrolled in order that some notoriety might be substituted for that afforded by livery of seisin. The con veyance now in general use—that of lease and release—owed its invention to a desire to oan-.. teal the manner in which property had beer, set tled. The inconveniences attendant on the want of a registry appear to have been felt soon after the introduction of this secret mode of l a ca tt l e gi i ie n ei p attempts we re conveyance, and that at a time when transac tions connected with land were much less nume rousmade to establish a general retry, but without than at present. N su f le J ra u l st re ice_ vs c yt c ee e dr s ss plait. o a w r g i n Tfchieflyevouo opinions no t i fo h tsh w eo a fni Sir rs measure: e w elAd Matthewdi gested to North , t V e h s , a t r a L i b o o l u i r s s d i Gilbert, and several others of our most eminent l tflhoailie;Lthored a K tt e e e m p p er ts gistry failed, yet the same want of success did not attend some partial measures. Thus acts were passed establishing registries for the Bed ford Level, in the reign of Charles 11. ; for Ire land, for the . West and East Ridings of York shire, and for Middlesex, in the reign of Quezni Anne ; and for the North P . d . of Yorkshire ing .n that of George Most of the English • :lets were introduced into Parliament upon pai ! dons of the magistrates and grand jury of tii:! county. All these registries have eaminu ever since their formation, and althouji some respects defbetive, are still ben;,-iicid. Seothm4 has possessed her present re. - istry for