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been given by the Right, Hon. the President of the Board of Trade, upon the motion of the Hon. Member for Harwich, a few nights since, rendered it almost unnecessary for him to bring it forward, unless as a matter of form. Those explana tions of the Right Hon. Gentleman had totally altered the aspect of the case, and therefore relieved him ( Co lonel Evans) from the necessity of taking any serious steps in it.—( Hear, hear.) The Honourable and Gallant member here alluded to the large tract of territory comprising a population of 10 or 12 millions, which he understood it was the intention of the Executive Government of India to take into its own hands, and which he trusted would • not be allowed without proper investigation.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member concluded by moving his resolution " That ' in the opinion of this House, the British Government is not bound to interfere, and ought to be extremely cautious in interfering for the recovery of loans from native states in India, unless such loans were contracted with its previous knowledge and concurrence ; and unless the guarantee of the British resident was given upon the face of the bond, and sig nified by the resident in the despatch written at the time to his own Government, as approved as well by that Govern ment as by the native princes contracting the loan." The resolution, as we understood, was postponed till after the order of the day should have been disposed of. WILFUL BURNING BILL. On the order of the day being read for the House to resolve itself into Committee upon this Bill, The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said that this Bill effected a most important alteration of the law upon this sub ject. There were a great variety of shades in this Bill, which required the most profound consideration. He was sure that at that late period of the Session it would be quite hopeless to enter upon the discussion of this bill, which even if it passed this House, could not b e expecte d to pass the other House. Mr. AGLIONBY said that the reasons stated by the Hon. and Learned Member were well worthy the consideration of the House. He would not allow his own individual feelings upon this subject to interfere with the public business.—( Hear, hear.) At the same time he wished the House to recollect that there was an exceedingly strong feeling amongst the public with respect to this Bill ; and as he did not understand the Hon. and Learned Mem ber to express any decided opinion against the Bill, he (Mr. A.) hoped that during the recess it would be taken into the con sideration of Government. He hoped he would not be considered as flinching from his duty in acceding to the proposal to with draw this Bill for the present.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped also that it would be recollected that this Bill, in principle, had received the assent of the House of Commons, and he hoped that early next session a Bill similar to the present would be introduced. The Bill was accordingly withdrawn. The Roman Catholic Marriages Bill, and the Norfolk Island Bill, were severally postponed till to-morrow. The Militia Ballot Suspension Bill, the Arms Importation (Ireland) Bill, and the Almanacks and Stamps Repeal Bill, were read a second time. CHURCH (IRISH) TEMPORALITIES BILL. Mr.' LITTLETON said, that in consequence of a vote last night it had been found necessary to make some slight alterations in some of the clauses of this Bill, and therefore it would now have to be recommitted. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The clauses from 1 to 21 were gone through after consider able conversation, when the House resumed, and the Chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again to-morrow. TITHES (IRELAND) BILL. On the question being put that the House should resolve itself into a Committee on the Tithes (Ireland) Bill. Colonel DAVIES rose to move a resolution to the effect that it was inexpedient to make any payment out of the Con solidated Fund in order to carry into effect the provisions of the Irish Tithe Bill. He admitted that through the proceed ings of last night he must be deprived of much support that he could otherwise have expected, yet, he said, the question was of so much importance that he felt it his duty to submit his Resolution. He contended that, unless some such measure was adopted, the charge on the Consolidated Fund would be 130,0001., or 140,0001., which would never be repaid, and con cluded by moving his Resolution, Lord ALTHORP opposed the amendment. If he were disposed to criticise, he might say that the - question had already been debated. If the Resolution were adopted there was at once an end to the Tithe Bill. He denied that the money would not be repaid ; but even if it were not repaid, the sacrifice would be well made if it assisted in giving peace to Ireland. Mr. G ILL ON supported the amendment. Mr. SHAW said that, as an Irish Member, he would be practising a delusion on the English people, if he did not protest against a loan being granted from the Consolidated Fund as a loan, when he well knew that it never would, and never could be repaid. If the principle which his Majesty's Government seemed inclined to adopt was once established, all law in Ireland, as far as regarded the payment of tithe, relit,' and taxes, would be thrown over, and the people of England would have to bear the expense. Mr. SHE IL recommended the Hon. and Learned Gentle man, if he was really anxious to save the Consolidated Fund, to propose a further reduction in the Irish Church Establish= ment. If he did so, he (Mr. Sheil) would support him. Ten Bishops were too many for Ireland, and if their number was reduced, and if the income of the Primate of Ireland, which was at present 16,0001., was reduced, there would he a sum in the Perpetuity Fund more than enough to remove the neces sity of now applying to the Consolidated Fund for aslistance. Mr. RICHARDS was obliged to the declaration of the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary, for a strong argu ment in favour of the view he took of the present situation of Ireland. It was evident, if they went on legislating by piece ineal upon the question of tithe, the Irish people never would be content until They succeeded in totally overthrowing the Church Establishment. He implored, therefore, the Govern ment at once to settle the question, and not endanger the per manence of the Church. He was willing to go as far as to fix a - settled income for the working clergy, and then apply the Church revenue to the purposes of the State; but whatever was to be done ought to be done immediately, for, if it was postponed from session to session, there would in the end be nothing' to transfer to the public purse. Mr. LEFR 0 Y said that the Hon. Member had only told the House what was already known perfectly well, that he was quite unacquainted with the state of Ireland. The effect of this measure would only be to increase agitation in Ireland, and to impress upon that agitation very aggravated features of mis chief. Two-fifths of the tithes were already cancelled, and the Hon. Member had told the House that there must be an appro priation of the remaining fifth. Twelve Bishops had already been sacrificed, and now there was a call for further sacrifices. He denied the assertion that the Lord Primate of Ireland had an income of 16,0001. a year ; his income was only 10,0001. a year, and the Noble and Venerable Prelate had expended upon improvements of his diocese a sum not less than 30,000/ ( Hear.) He asked would the House respond to the calls of the Hon. Member to reduce the Primate's income ? The landlords of Ireland had been relieved from vestry cess last year to the extent of 40,0001., and now the House was told that the cess fund was to be reimbursed from the outgoings of the Ecclesiastical Commission. He had had accounts from Ire land of the actual dilapidation of churches in that country ; and in the case of one church, St. George's, in Dublin, although the building was in such a state that the parishioners could not attend divine service, the Commissioners were actually with out funds to put the building in a condition of repair. Not withstanding that fact the House was to be told that the Com missioners would have funds to reimburse the total of the cess fund. If tithe property had been levied under the Act of the last session, as it might have been, there would have been funds for answering all the purposes of the Irish Church. The prin ciples of property had been violated, and agitation had had its reward.—( Hear, hear.) He feared that it was not possible to restore the Irish Church to the condition in which it had stood. He called upon Hon. Members to resist the progress of the Bill, for it was one of the most mischievous measures that had ever been introduced. The Bill would enable landlords to get additional rent, but it would be of no benefit to the pea santry. Mr. WARD said that the only question before the House was whether it would unsay and undo all that it had said and done throughout the Session. The question had already been discussed and settled twice this Session, and it would be re gularly before the House in the ensuing Session. Mr. FINCH opposed the Bill, and read numerous extracts from private correspondence in order to show the violence of Catholics towards all who read the Bible.--(The :Honourable Member was continually interrupted by laughter and cries of " Question, question.") Mr. L'YNCH was surprised that the Hon. Member had travelled so far from the question before the House. The House divided, when there appeared— For the original motion 7B Fur the amendment Majority —64 On our return to the gallery, we found the House in Com mittee. Mr. LITTLETON said, that if they then proceeded to make the alterations which were necessary to carry out the principle of the amendment adopted on the preceding night, they must begin with them in the middle of the Bill. He, therefore, proposed that they should commence the Bill de novo. After a few words from Mr. SHE IL, Mr. BERNAL left the Chair, and the House resumed. The report was then brought up, and it was agreed that the Bill should be re-committed. The House having gone into Committee again, the first clause was put. _ Lord A fTHOR P stated, that in consequence of the amend ment which was agreed to on the preceding night, he had to propose that the redemption of the tithes should be completed in payments of five different instalments, to commence in 1835—( Hear, hear)--and the deduction of 40 per cent. to be allowed on those payments. Mr. S HEIL said a concession had been made by the Go vernment, for which he and those Hon. Members who acted with him were truly grateful. He rose for the purpose of in quiring whether, in those cases where the clergy of some parishes had not as yet applied for relief out of the one mil lion, the grants to be made for the future would be subject to the deduction of 40 per cent. ? Mr. LITTLETON said it was proposed to re-open the fund, for the purpose of enabling parties, who had not hitherto applied for relief, to make their application on the same terms as heretofore. Mr. LEFROY said that if they were to attempt to recover the 600,000/. from the landlords, the country would be in as great a state of agitation as it had been in any of the last five years. Lord ALT HOR P said that after the great reduction which had been made, he did not think the landlords had any reason to complain. The clause was then agreed to, as was the 2d clause. On its being proposed to strike out clauses 3 and 4, Mr. ORRISTMAS complained of the course which Go. vernment was - pursuing, in so often changing their minds with ": regard to this measure. He did not wish to apply hard names to the Administration—they had had enough of such names applied to them of late--(a laugh) ; they had been charac terized as a " thimble-rigging " Government.—(Laughter.) He would not repeat the description ; but he must say, with reference to the proceeding of Wednesday evening, that there never had been witnessed a more complete cross.--( Loud laughter.) The effect of the measure, as it now stood, would be to bring landlord and tenant into collision. The clauses were then struck out. Clause 5, as amended, was agreed to, after a few words from Mr. Shaw, Lord Althorp, and Mr. Sheil. Clauses 6 to 15 were allowed to remain as they were. Clauses 16 to 28 were agreed to. Clause 29, as amended, was agreed to. Clause 30 was agreed to. Clause 31 was struck out. Clauses 321md 33 were agreed to. On clause 34 being put, Mr. SHEIL moved that it be struck out. The Committee divided, when there appeared For the clause Against it Majority The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 40 and 42 were struck out. Clauses 46, 47, and 48 were agreed to. Clauses from 49 to 56 inclusive were struck out. Clause 57 was agreed to. Mr. Secretary LITTLETON then moved that the clauses from 58 to 130 inclusive be struck out. ( A laugh.) Agreed to. Clause 131 was added to the Bill. Mr. Secretary LITTLETON next moved that the clauses from 132 to 144 inclusive be struck out.—( A laugh.) Agreed to. Clause 125 was added. The clauses from 146 to 152 were struck out.—( A laugh.) Clauses from 153 to 165 were agreed to. Clauses 166, 167, and 168 were struck out ; and 169, 170, 171, and 172 were agreed to. Mr. Secretary LITTLETON then brought up several new clauses, which were added to the Bill in consequence of the omission of the redemption and appropriation clauses, and the increase of the bonus from 15 to 40 per cent. Several clauses having been postponed, the Chairman re ported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow, . 83 HACKNEY COACH BILL. On the question that the House do resolve itself into Com mittee on this Bill, several Members opposed it on account of its complicated nature, and the lateness of the session. The House then divided, when there appeared— Ayes 21 Noes 4l Majority -20 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICERS' BILL, Mr. GUEST moved that the House do resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Mr. HUGHES and several other Members opposed the motion on the same grounds that the Committee on the last Bill was opposed. On dividing, there appeared in favour of going into committee 49; against it, 1. The House immediately went into Committee. On the first clause, reducing the salaries of future Speakers from 6,0001. to 5,0001. being put, Mr. HUGHES asked whether the propositions of the Committee in which this Bill was founded, met with the ap probation of the Noble Lord the Chancellor of the Exchequer? Lord ALTHORP said that when he considered that the salaries of the highest Officers of the State were not more than 5,000/. per annum, to which they were reduced in con sequence of the changes in the value of money; he could not say he thought the salary proposed to be appointed for future Speakers was too small. Mr. T. ATTWOOD said that if the change in the value of money was the principle on which they were to proceed, all salaries ought to go down to what they were in 1791. But he hoped the time would soon come, when the change in the va lue of money could no- longer be pleaded for cutting down salaries. Mr. WARBURTON approved of the prospective legisla lation adopted in this clause. Mr. HUGHES hoped the Committee would recollect that the Speaker's salary was only raised in 1832 to its present amount. Was it becoming in the House of Commons to be changing its Speaker's salary every two years ? Mr. FRANCIS BARING said that the Hon. Member was mistaken. The Speaker's salary was not raised in 1832; all the change then made was to transfer a part of it paid from the Civil List to the Consolidated Fund. Mr. T. ATTWOOD asked what the salary was in the year 1791 ?—( A laugh.) The LORD ADVOCATE—The same as it is now. Mr. T. ATTWOOD—Then don't reduce it by any. means. —( Laughter.) Mr. EDWARD RUTHVEN thought the arduous duties the Speaker had to discharge would be inadequately paid at 5,000/. a year. Mr. Alilerman THOMPSON begged to move that the blank be filled up with 6,0001. instead of 5,000/. It was true that certain high officers of state had only 5,000/. ; but it must be recollected, that besides the great fatigues to which the Speaker's office subjected him, he was put to considerable expense in duties of hospitality. Mr. T. ATTWO OD certainly could not see why the salaries of future Speakers should be less than that of past Speakers. The talents which would be required hereafter would be the same as heretofore, and he was sure the duties Would not be less than they were in 1791, when the present salary was fixed. M. Alderman WOOD was as anxious to save the public money as any man ; but whilst any officer of state at all had 6,0001., he did not see why the Speaker, whose duties were heavier than those of any other officer, should have less. Mr. HUGHES reminded the Committee that the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench had 8,0001. a year, and who could compare his duties with those of the Speaker ?—( Cries of "Oh !") The Reformed House of Commons would show their taste indeed, if they did not allow sufficient to their Speaker, the first Commoner in the country, to maintain the dignity of his station. Mr. O'REILL Y did not approve of reducing the sala ries of public officers so low as to make it impossible for any man, without a private fortune, to take them. Now it was impossible for any one without private property to take the office of Speaker with less than 6,000/. per annum. Colonel WILLIAMS thought that the time of the Speaker might be much better employed than in entertaining the Members of that House ; and if they discharged him from the duty of giving them dinners, they might not only without injury, but with great advantage to him, reduce his salary one-third.—( Hear, and laughter.) He had throughout his life opposed the eating and drinking of the public money, and should now. Mr. E WART certainly thought the custom of the Speaker giving dinners to the Members of that House both onerous and unnecessary. He ought to be exempted from it, and it would be easy for the House to testify the respect they felt for him by attending his levee. Mr. P. MAX WELL considered this a paltry kind of saving. Mr. GUEST said that the Committee up stairs had, by a large majority, approved of the 5,0001. As to the saving being paltry, it would be large, if the House adopted all the propo sitions contained in the Bill. Mr. F. YOUNG observed that the salaries of the Judges and the Speaker could not be fairly compared ; for the Judges were employed the whole year, and they had no official resi dence like the Speaker. The Committee then divided, when there appeared 36 for the 6,0001., and 18 for the 5,0001. Mr. HUGHES gave notice that he should, on the bringing up of the report, move that all the provisions of the Bill be made prospective, as well as that relating to the Speaker. The other clauses were then agreed to, and the House re sumed, and the report was ordered to be received this day. The orders of the day having been disposed of, the House, on the motion of Alderman WOOD, adjourned at half-past one. On Wednesday Lord Melbourne, Lord Althorp, and Sir John Cam Hobhouse, inspected the new Palace in St. James's-park, when it was determined to take down the White Horse Livery Stables, and several houses adjoining. Their Majesties intend to visit Brighton, as usual, in the ensuing winter, and will return from thence, it is under stood, to the new palace, which will be soon ready for their reception. Fires are now constantly kept in all the apart ments. and the palace greatly improved by the late altera tions. The trouble and inconvenience experienced by his Majesty in coming to town to the old palace and returning again the same day, after transacting business, will be obvi ated by the new royal residence, which possesses all those conveniences in which the old Palace is deficient, and it will be ready, if required, to receive their Majesties in the autumn. In consequence of a grant obtained for repairing Westminst er H a ll , workmen have b een employed during the last three days in taking up the stone flooring, which is to be lowered eighteen inches, and a better ascent to the Courts of Law made by adding to the stone steps. The foundation un der the old pave, which was supposed to have been injured by spring tides, is perfectly dry. Many repairs are contemplated in order to put this ancient structure in a safe and better con dition. The hall is no longer an avenue leading to both Houses of Parliament, the doors at the upper end having been closed. NEW NOVELS OF THE SEASON. Just published by Richard Bentley, New Burling. ton-street, and to be bad of all booksellers, In 3 vols. post Bvo. The DISINHERITED and the ENSNARED. By Lady CHARLOTTE BURY, Authoress of " Flirtation," &c. IL AYESHA, the MAID of KARS, By the Author of " Zobrab," 3 vols. " A more animated and exciting story could hardly be eonceived."— Quarterly Review, June 1834. ..... ROO KWOOD. A Romance. 3 vols. " One of the most spirited and romantic of the season's productions. Full of life and fire."—New Monthly Magazine. HELEN. By Maria Edgeworth. 3 vols. "This work is in every body's hands. Miss Edgeworth never writes without adding to the stock of public amusement."—Quarterly Review. V. ALLAN — BRECK. By the Author of" The pubaltern." 3 vols. " The most striking production of Mr. Gleig."-- , United Service Journal. VI. Second Edition, revised and corrected, 3 vols. post Bvo. TREVELYA N. By the Author of " A Marriage in High Life." " The best novel in many respects that has appeared since ..-:. ' 4 r , fiss 'r..agewortb's ' Vivian.' "—Quarterly Review,, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, ATJGUST 1, 18S4, shall be made the arena of murder and devastation to support a system of misrule or not. I support not a system of outrage, but I contend that the interests of Ireland and our own are permanently connected. We must act in concert with each other. I fully subscribe to what the worthy Chairman has stated. I have resisted the blandishments of the fair, and the frowns of the Aristocracy. Ido not pretend to be a man who never committed any follies. lam satisfied no man has been exempt from follies. I can say with the Poet— " Nor do I blush to own my follies past, " ' But own those follies should no longer last." No man in the House of Commons has more reason to be proud than I have. In you, my constituents, the merit of my election rests, and I beg leave to drink your healths--' The healths of the independent electors of Finsbury.' " The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst a tremendous burst of applause, which lasted without interruption for many minutes. Mr. EASTHOPE addressed the meeting, and proposed the health of the Chairman. Mr. WiLas returned thanks for the honour done him, and proposed " A speedy reform to the Church, a redress of grievances to the Dissenters, and right of conscience to all men." Mr. WILKs then proposed the " Health of Mr. O'Connell," which was received with great enthusiasm. Mr. O'CONNELL said—As it is late, I am unwilling to de tain you, and the more so because no length of time employed in speaking could express my feelings at the manner in which my health has been received. I owed you a debt of gratitude, and lam here to repay you. lam indebted to you for the lesson you have given the Tories. I saw a clinging in some parts of the Ministry to the aristocracy. I saw Tories creep ing into the House of Commons ; that House was, I will not say, perfumed by their arrival, but it began to smell of their presence. I thought that beasts had crept into the House, I thought I had become a Daniel in the lions' den ; but when I heard that honest Tom Duncombe was again amongst us, I considered that Daniel was himself again. The Learned Gentleman proceeded to eulogize the conduct of Mr. Duncombe, and after expatiating at some length on the abuses of Church and State, and rejoicing in the victory gained on the Irish Tithe Bill, concluded, amidst the applause of his auditors, by saying—l anticipate that the people of England have only to obtain a Government accord ing to their will to extend the advantages of it to Ireland. Let England, Ireland, and Scotland act in concert and in concord. The CRAIRMAN then gave the healths of " The present Ad ministration, and may their future conduct merit the confidence the country is willing to afford them." The health of the Members of Parliament present was then drunk. Messrs. Philips, Potter, O'Dwyer, and Bish, returned thanks. Mr. HOLT returned thanks on the health of the Stewards being given, and Mr. CROUCIIER performed the same duty on behalf of the Committee of Mr. Duncombe's election, after which the company separated. COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty, after dining with Lord Holland, at Holland House, Kensington, on Wednesday evening, proceeded to Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the re sidence of Viscount Althorp. It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscounts Althorp, Duncannon, and Palmerston ; Mr. Secretary Rice, Lord Auckland, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord Holland, Lord John Russell, the Right Honourables E. Ellice, J. Abercromby, and Sir John Hobhouse. The Minister& remained in deliberation an hour and a half. The Portuguese, Greek, and Spanish Ministers transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. Vail, the United States Charge d'Affaires, and Sir Edward Barnes, had interviews yesterday - with Mr. Secretary Rice at the Colonial Office. Vice-Admiral Sir Josias Rowley has been appointed one of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's Equerries. Earl Grey went yesterday to Woolwich, and returned to town in the course of the afternoon. Mr. O'Connell had an interview yesterday with Mr. Fran cis Baring. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart., in Portland-place, from Oxfordshire ; General Swaine, at the Pulteny Hotel, Alb emar l e - s t ree t ; Mr. and Mrs. Scott, a t ditto ; Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Peter Maxwell, Esq., at ditto; Captain Hinde, at ditto ; Captain A. Hope, at ditto ; H. L. Hunter, Esq., at ditto ; Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, on the Ter race, Piccadilly, from Brighton ; Lord Cloncurry, from ditto ; Sir Patrick Walker, at the St. James's Hotel, from the Continent ; the Earl and Countess of Beverley and the Ladies Percy, in Portman square, from a tour in Italy ; Sir Edward Disbrowe, in Cumber land-place; Lord Norreys, in Grosvenor-street, from Wytham Ab bey ; Viscount Morpeth, in Grosvenor-place, from St. Leonard's on-Sea; the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormond, in Weymouth street, from Kilkenny Castle. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Halford and family, from Charles-street, Berkeley-square, for Brighton ; Chas. Harland, Esq., M.P., from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street; Earl of Onslow, from ditto; J. Vail, Esq., E. Vail, Esq., Mrs. Vail, J. D. Salis, Esq., L. Stewart, Esq„ Mrs. Stewart, Henry Wheaton, Esq., and Miss Wheaton, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Rev. H. W. Whinfield and family, from ditto ; Mrs. Walker, from ditto ; Charles Parke, Esq., and Mrs. Parke, from ditto ; G. K. Jarvis, Esq., and Mrs. Jarvis, from ditto • John A. Puget, Esq., Mrs. Puget and family, from ditto; William Jones, Esq., from ditto. KING'S THEATRE. Last night was repeated BELLINI'S Opera La Sonnambula, and, the performers having by repetition become perfect in the music, it went off with much better effect than on any previous occasion. It is impossible to describe the numberless excel lencies which are visible in the execution of GRISI and RUBINI. These accomplished singers appear to exert themselves more, and to sing with more expression, than they did in any Opera previously produced. Nothing that the latter has at tempted in vocalization can equal the exquisite finish of his performance in La Sonnambula, and the prima donna has created a fame for herself which will be of lasting duration. An announcement with regard to the ballet of the Sylphide, which was advertised for performance, was made public before the commencement of the opera, stating that Mademoiselle Taglioni had been seized with indisposition, and was prevented from appearing that evening, consequently the first act of Masaniello was performed, and the theatre closed at an earlier hour than usual. SURREY THEATRE. A great variety of novelties have lately been produced at this theatre in such rapid succession that we have not had an opportunity of noticing them individually. We will now en deavour to give them a brief notice. The Eddyston Elf, or the Destruction of the Light House, is one of those romantic, melo-dramatic, terrible, horrible, jocose, and lachrymose at tractions which usually draw a full audience to a minor theatre. The new scenery is remarkably good, and some of the actors exerted themselves with excellent effect. The Lord Mayor's Fool, or the Grand Secret, a Tale of 1462, is of a different character, approximating more to the ludicrous, and less to the sanguinary, than its predecessor. The Vampire, or the Bride of the Isles, is a specimen of dramatic diablerie of the same school as Frankenstein, Der Freischutz, and similar other dramas, for the dramatis personae of which we have no sort of sympathy, and their incidents, are too revolting to give us any pleasure. The scenery in this piece is remarkably picturesque, and the manner in which the drama has been produced confers great credit upon the management. DINNER TO T. DUNCOMBE, ESQ., M.P. Yesterday the constituency of this gentleman celebrated his election for the borough of Finsbury, by dining together at White Conduit-house. The great room of the tavern was, long before the hour appointed for dinner, crowded with his supporters, and not less than 350 o f th e electors sat down at the tables to partake of the excellent fare provided by Mr. Bleaden, the landlord, and to evince their satisfaction of the conduct and principles of their representative, Mr. Duncombe. The room was decorated with flags and banners, and presented an imposing appearance. A military band was in attendance, and the repeated discharge of small pieces of artillery en livened the enjoyments of the day. Amongst the company assembled were J. Wilks, Esq., M.P., who was the chairman, T. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., in honour of whom the meeting was assembled, D. O'Connell, Esq. M. P., R. Potter, Esq., M.P., T. Bish, Esq., M. P. A. d. O'Dwyer, Esq., M. P., T. Easthope, Esq., J. C. Bulteel, Esq., M.P., J. Holt, Esq., &c. Immediately after the removal of the cloth, J. WiLics, Esq., the Chairman, rose, and addressed the company. The Hon. Gentleman said—The days are gone by when the Kings of Europe claimed the blind respect of their infatuated subjects from the mere accident of th e i r b e i ng ki ngs. Th e times !0 which we live should teach monarchs the wholesome truth, that respect was no longer paid to mere elevation of rank. Let them look to Sweden, to France, to Greece, and to Bel gium ; let them consult the pages of history. In those countries the monarchs held their crowns by the election of the people. It is not because the kin g o f t hi s country is a monarc h on ly, but it is because he deserve s th e h omage of the hearts o f the people over whom he rei g ns--it is because h e h as done more for the general eman c ip at i on o f the world than a ny king re corded in history—it is becaus e h e h as protecte d t h e sa cred rights of the people—because he has resisted the Tories and the Lords—because, under him, the slaves have been set free —and because, by his firmness, he has within this last month resisted a combination which strove to enslave us—that I pro pose the health of " the King, and may God bless him. ( Great applause.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the Queen." The health of her Majesty was received with applause min gled with partial disapprobation. The health of " his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the old and tried friend of liberal institutions and popular rights," was drunk with enthusiastic applause. " The Army and Navy" were then given. Mr. WILKS then rose—He commenced with saying, " now approach a sentiment in which you will all concur—the people, the basis of all authority, the object of all government. I will not enter into a detail of their oppression, they have for ages existed only as a means by which the oligarchy have do mineered. But those days are past, the sandy foundation by which the few oppressed the many has given way. I propose The People,' the greatest possible happiness to the greatest possible number in the least possible time." (Im mense applause). Mr. Wilk s t h en took a retrospective view of the House of Commons previously to the passing of the Reform Bill. By the efforts of many illustrious men, by some of whom he was surrounded, and some of whom had contended for the liberties of the green isle of their birth, a victory had been gained. When lordlings and aristocrats affected to sneer at the metropolitan boroughs, let them look to the wealth, the respectability, and the intelligence of the constituency of those boroughs ; let them look to the gentle man, Mr. Duncombe, who had been chosen to represent one of those boroughs. The electors had exerted their rights. It was true men who had many just claims had been opponents to that gentleman, but the electors bad chosen him who was the most excellent,--a man who was no novice,—a reformer who, in spite of the blandishments of the fair, and in despite of the frowns of the proud, had unhesitatingly pursued his course of liberality. The Chairman concluded with proposing the health of "T. Duncombe, Esq., the most excellent representative of the borough of Finsbury." As soon as the extraordinary ebullition of applause which followed this toast had subsided, which was not till nearly ten minutes had elapsed. Mr. DIJNCOMBE rose, and spoke to the following effect:.— " Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I' would not present myself to acknowledge the honour you have done me, unless I were sure of your indulgence ; but, relying upon that, let me beg you not to measure by my inadequate expressions the extent of the obligations I feel towards you. Gentlemen, since I have become your Representative I can congratulate you but little on the assistance I have rendered you, because no opportunity has occurred to me to do so ; but I. can congratulate you on the dangers you have escaped within these six weeks —you have been threatened with the possibility of a Tory Govern ment. The people, by the lesson they have read in this borough, have deterred that deluded faction from future expe riments. It has given them a hint not to be mistaken,—it has shown, that however contemptible the vacillation of the late Whig Government, still Toryism is more the object of detes tation—it has shown that England will never submit to the 'despotism of Tories or the bigotry of priests. The Tories have sunk into the oblivion of contempt, and let them be con tent to bedoctor each other with the honours that Oxford can confer..-- But the people had a right to say, Have we been bettered?' I cannot say that as yet they have been bettered; but this I say—the recent changes in the Ministry have all been on the side of liberality, and let us hope for still better things. The Ministry must go on with the spirit of the age ; the people will not be deluded. They will not suffer trifling with them to conciliate the Lords.—(Great applause.) Let the Ministers go on in a straightforward course ; let them make no reference to the reception, of their measures in what was called the Upper House. I warn the Upper House with re spect to one thing,—i . - whether h ere dit ar y countries.wisdombe the result of hereditary descent, —let them h e r' et them beware of mooting the point and voting by prone_ will be put t o th e ..are of the questions I believe the present Ad prof Peers residing in foreig n Ation to be sincere, but their sincerity ile '' ra ° t f i o w n h , e w n htehne the reform du r o a t f i o t n h e o f C h p u a r r c l h i a m s hall Parliaments c s o h m a l e l u h n e d er debated,co nsi and when the Vote by Ballot shall be proposed ; when the question of governing Ireland shall be mooted,—whether it MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKW OOD'S MAGAZINE, No. CCXXV. BLACKWOOD, Edinburgh ; CADELL, London. Blackwood is remarkably heavy this month. There is nothing light or airy about him—no set-off against his now nearly exploded political opinions, of which he always gives a surfeit. The Noctes are not equal to what they have been ; though still the best article in Maga. There is much noble-mindedness in the allusion to Leigh Hunt's London Journal, something which we do not fully comprehend in Old Christopher's criticisms on Goethe and his critics, and an abundance of food for philosophical reflection in what the " Shepherd" calls a " Treatise on the fawze theory of the ruling passion, a' divided intil separate heeds, and ar gufied back and forrit." Mrs. Siddons is little more than a verbatim copy of the first volume of Campbell's life of the celebrated tragedian. The CeEsars are concluded, and we are glad of it. Indeed, how good soever papers may be, we do not approve of piecemeal publications in a magazine, unless. when the subject is so loose as to hang together like pearls in a necklace, of which each forms a little perfect whole in itself. The cruize of the Midge, especially the Episode of the Stick Leg, is full of stirring life and the unpruned merriment of the quarter deck, with some capital touches of nature, and scraps of right feeling. The Results of the Triumphs of the Barri cades, a review of M. Sarran's work on the late revo lution in France, will be read with much interest even by those who dissent toto ctelo from the writer, in the inferences he has drawn from that great event. The Fall of Earl Grey is a violent, but not a ribaldrous, attack on the policy, foreign and domestic, pursued by the present Reforming Administration, from the late Premier's accept ance of office till his resignation. Such treatises are per fectly harmless. England would not give her Reform Bill, imperfect as may be its working, for at least a tithe of the amount of her national debt ; and as for the lament about curtailing the influence and power of the Peers, why if that were an evil, which we know it not to be, better that four hundred Peers should be shorn of the plumes of feudal irre sponsibility than that twenty-four millions of free-born British subjects should be robbed of rights, in defence of which England had poured out the best brood of her own children. FRAZER'S MAGAZINE, No. L VI. FRASER : London. Regina Queens it most royally this month. We have not seen a livelier number than the one before us. It is full of sterling wit, cutting satire, and sarcasm, such as a person of weak nerves would rather breathe the atmosphere of an apartment in an Egyptian Pyramid than be the object of. But why so severe on the Ettrick Shepherd ? Hogg is an honest harmless fellow—a little vain, and sometimes insuf ferably egotistical ; but undoubtedly possessing genius of a high order, and with a heart, too, of such sterling stuff that we can hardly forgive those who could wantonly wound it. There surely must have been some mistake here ; for Fraser is too generous to intend the strict application to the " Shepherd's" character, of the strictures on him contained in the Review of his Domestic Manners of Sir Walter Scott. Were it otherwise we would use stronger language with respect to such treatment even of a Tory—especially such a Tory as the author of the Queen's Wake. Prince Pungent is as biting as ever. The Schoolmistress, by Galt, is, as its author describes it, " a sad and simple tale." Alas ! for such a tale how many heroines might not be found ! Sartor Resartus has betaken himself to dandy dressing this month, and truly he has a most exquisite taste. Tom Moore is not so great a man as we take him to be if he do not laugh heartily over the history of his own rogueries in the Front Papers. They are exquisitely humourous, and the cleverest of the kind we have met with. At the hazard of being charged with pedantry in these utilitarian times, we give the following version of Moore's beautiful melody, " Lesbia hath a beaming eye," for which, did he never write another line, Father Prout is deserving of im- mortality : Lesbia semper hint et inde Oculis et raptis erres Oculoriun tela movit • Contemplando ambulantem ! Captat omnes, sed deinde Veste Nora tam decori Quis ametur nemo novit. Semper indui memento, Palpebrarum, Nora cara, Semper purse sic nature Lux tuarum non est foris, Ibis tecta vestimento. Flamma micat ibi rara, Sed sinceri lux amoris. Lesbia mentis prmfert lumen, Nora Creina sit Regina, Quod coruscat perlibenter ; Vultu, gressu tam modest° ! Sed quis optet hoc acumen, Hwe, puellas inter bellas, Quando acupuncta dentur ? Jure omnium dux esto! Norte sinu cum recliner Dormio luxuriose Lesbia vestes auro graves Nil corrugat hoc pulvinar Fert, et gemmis,i uxtanormam ; Nisi crispm ruga roue. Gratire sed, eheu ! suaves Nora blanda, lux amanda, Cinctam reliquere formam. Norm tunicam preferres, Flante Zephyro volantem ; Expers usque tenebrarum, To cor mulccs per tot dulces Dotes, fons illecebrarum ! Sir Morgan O'Doherty is still a fine lively old fellow. Fraser as usual, winds up with a long tirade against the Whigs, which, as it is a habit now, " bred in the bone,"— " disease incurable," the public will forgive him for, in con sideration of the excellences with which it stands insepara ble. We had almost forgotten the Gallery of Portraits. The present number contains an arm-chair-full of Thomas Hill, author of the Mirror of Fashion, looking at you as he rests after a perusal of the Morning Chronicle. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.—No. XX. Curry and Co., Dublin ; Simpkin and Marshall,London. Ireland is the only country in Europe in which religious rancour and party hate convert every blessing which boun teous Heaven has bestowed on her soil, clime, and locality, —every good gift with which God has endowed the minds and bodies of her people—into curses which creep through and wither the very marrow in her bones ; presenting her to the world a frightful example of how successfully a com bination of hatred, pride, bigotry, and ignorance, may mar the best and brightest enjoyments which the Eternal has permitted to his creatures. We have in this country political partizanship in abundance, and creeds creating animosities which every good man deplores, and every wise jean endeavours to prevent ; but in hatred of a dark and deadly hue—in zeal kindled at the faggot, and lighting to e xtermination, we bear no comparison with unhappy Ireland. There the evils, which with us perish in the bud, luxuriate in full-grown from; — ;—ripening in the sun of party power, coast to coast. and casting their seeds at the bidding of every wind of Heaven, o t w o n be m s a t t r u e r , i v t n y Moro the appearance of th e p er i o di ca l now before us, cabinet—a man the most high-minded, honourable, digni fied, and upright, that ever steered the British vessel through the stormy waves of a fierce, furious, and headlong opposition, we leave the country to express its own opinion —our's of such calumnies are already known. Scenes from the Life of Edward Lascelles, Gent., Chap. V., is a clever sketch. We hope the writer will con tinue it in the same bold, masterly, headlong spirit. We read it with great spirit, and should recommend to the government to re-enslave the West Indians, were negroes in the habit of indulging their fancies in the composition of such lively sonnets as that with which poor " blackie" enter tained his comrades on the way to the " Stai." Hardi man's Irish minstrelsy, No. 11., is full of poetic feeling, and discloses much acquaintance with the Irish heart and character. Our only objection to it, is the subject which the writer has chosen to embellish with the effusions of his fine mind. The following observations are not made for the first time, but they are still so new that we shall be for given submitting them to the public : Desire,rehrdeee dread spair, prodtmheptheros of song.rribler Whoever eality ef actual fir fa s m t famine— these the:e are the Song of Sorrow had felt them all ; but desire was his para mount inspirer, and the concluding stanzas rise into such a fervid frenzy of undisguised desire, that we shrink from exhibiting them in their literal English. Yet there is nothing impure, nothing licentious in their languishing but savage sincerity. This is the one great characteristic of all the amatory poetry of the country ; and in its association with the despondency of conscious degrada tion, and the recklessness of desperate content, is partly to be found the origin of that wild, mournful, incondite, yet no uncouth, senti ment which distinguishes the national songs of Ireland from those of perhaps any other nation in the world. We say that in this is " partly' to be found in the source of that peculiarity which marks Irish sentiments ; for we believe that the great proportion of the cha racteristics of a people are inherent, not fictitious ; and that there are as essential differences between the geniuses as between the physical appearances of nations. We believe that no dissipating continuance of defeat, danger, famine, or misgovernment, could ever, without the absolute infusion of Milesian blood, Hibernicize the English peasant ; and that no stultifying operation of mere security, plenty, or laborious regularity could ever, without actual physical transubstantiation, reduce the native Irishman to the stolid standard of the sober Saxon. * 4 * * * * " Let us no longer imagine that humour is the characteristic of the Irish. Their sentiment is pathetic. Desire is the essence of that pathos—desire either for the possession of love unenjoyed, or for the continuance of love being enjoyed, or for the restoration of enjoyed love lost. We know no Irish song-addressed to the judg ment : if an Irish song fail to go to the heart at once, it fails out right. Even in the most whimsical there is some touch of senti ment, some appeal to the pathetic principle." As to the conjectures about Burns being of Irish descen we care nothing about them ; they are just about as much worth as if we were to maintain the writer to be a Tartar, be cause Cain,Abel, and Seth were born on the confines of Eden. Decline and Fall of Poetic Genius, is elegant, but unjust towards the present age. Surely a person who can write such beautiful poetry in prose is the last who ought to pre fer a charge of a want of poetic feeling and taste against this world of ours, cold and dull as it is. Adventures in South America, No. IV., is equal to what preceded it on this subject ; but would it not be better if magazine writers were wholly to drop continued narratives ? Consolation, is is not well sustained. We expected something better from he opening. Here it is : " There lived some time gone by in modern France— Whose sunny clime the human bosom warms ; The land of love and bravery and romance— A youthful dame of most transcendant charms, Who, on a fatal day had the mischance To have her husband wrested from her arms By the rude hand of death ! a blooming youth, Whose looks were love, his soul's best treasure, truth ! " Who can describe her grief; it passed all thought ! Handsome, and young, and wedded scarce ten days ; A handsome husband, too, who only sought To love, and please, and humour all her ways ; Who just the day before he died, had bought A phaeton for her, drawn by two smart bays. O married wives! imagine if you can, Her grief at having lost so dear a man. 44 Oft would she sit, and o'er his portrait dream For hours together heaving heavy sighs ; Then she would start, and wring her hands and scream, Rending the very heavens with her cries, Till she sank down exhausted, and did seem As dead; saving that from her half-closed eyes, The tears welled copiously, you could not trace One sign of life on her pale marble face. " And sometimes by the full moon's silver light, She'd wander on the banks of the Garonne ; Where he and she, on many a summer's night, Had fondly wandered, hand in hand alone, Ere their loves met this rude and sudden blight. And sometimes she would stand and gaze upon Her phaeton, or her husband's favourite horse; But this invariably made her worse." THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY, No. XCIL EDITED BY W. J. FOX. Fox ; London. No mirror held up to the Hierarchy this month ! This is strange, and stranger still that the declaimers and peti tioners against the Bill, for admitting Dissenters to the Uni versity honours, have only the little finger of a note held up threateningly against them. But for all that, this is an ex cellent number ; light, varied and agreeable. A London Sunday is a sketch of rare merit. Beneath that Starry Arch, a song, by Harriet Martineau, contains some good lines, but there is a want of connexion—of relationship in the imagery and objects brought, or rather huddled to gether, of which we do not approve. Campbell's Life of Mrs. Siddons is an able paper—the most marked by thought and reflection of any of the reviews of that work which have yet fallen under our observation. " But it is for other reasons that they are, both men and women, generally disesteemed; and those reasons mainly are, that the former are often known to be improvident, and the latter are sometimes supposed to be unchaste. Improvidence is only pardonable under privilege of Parliament, and finds no shelter beyond the folds of that mantle which hides so much better than even all-covering charity. And as to the other offence, it is the loss of woman's virtue ; she has but that, and surely ought to keep it, as it exone rates from the practice of all the rest, and alone constitutes the gulf between good and bad in her sex. She may be full of envy, ha tred, malice, and all uncharitableness; ' as ignorant as an ass, as obstinate as a mule, as blind a s a b ee t e , as poisonous as an asp, and as savage as a hyaena, and yet be a virtuous woman. She may, from sheer vanity, excite affection which she means to disappoint ; she may marry without a spark of love, and procure clothes, board, lodging and money, by the legal barter of her person ; she may vend the heartless form, if it wear well enough, again and again, and renew the disgusting bargain, and perform its conditions to the end of her days, and yet be a virtuous woman. She may, by her wasteful expenditure, scatter to the winds the hard earnings of her husband.; she may withhold all sympathy from the honourable but not profitable exertions in which he needs it, and ever influe nce towards sycophancy and selfishness ; she may abandon her children to hirelings, or only teach them lessons better unlearnt, training them to leave and make the world worse than they found it, and yet be a virtuous woman. For none of these things does she lose caste. She still retains her virtue." We have only time for a passing observation on the Memo randa of Experiments on Education, and House Building and Housekeeping. They are worthy of being read atten tively, and whoever does so read them will meet with much useful information which he may have forgotten, and more which he may never have heard of before. The Lines to a Glow-worm are really beautiful—full of poetry ;we regret that we cannot give them, nor an extract from A London Sunday, which we cannot get out of our head, it so pleased us. With less utilitarianism, and more fancy, this periodi cal would become agreat favourite with the public. NEW MONTHL Y,—MONTHL Y. There is something quite startling to our notions of propriety in the behaviour of the two Monthly Magazines, considering their relative positions. The Old Monthly has indeeedropt the " old," an epithet by which few people are anxious to be distinguished, but for all that it is indis putably the senior, and ought, therefore, in the nature of we had hoped that the regeneration of Ireland would be assisted by such publications ; and therefore it was not with a common interest that we watched its progress. We expected that its conductors—men evidently possessed of great abilities--would bend all their energies to heal the wounds under which the public mind is and has been long suffering. We hoped to see sectarianism give way to charity, and a mutual forgetfulness of wrong. We antici pated something approaching to liberal sentiments from per sons assuming the representation of the only university in Ireland. But in all these things have we been doomed to bitter disappointment. The very first article in the num ber now on the table before us, The Irish Church Com mission and the Coronation Oath, is a seditious attack on the King's government, addressed to a people in a state of such excitement from similar publications, that it is found necessary to suspend the constitution among them, in order to preserve life and property in the kingdom. And yet the writer of this tissue of untruths, whose every principle is an error, is not ashamed to remind as many of his readers as have sworn to the truth of the thirty-nine articles, that Popery is DAMNABLE!—that Papists ought to be EXTER MINATED !—that the King is perjured by recommending a reform in the Irish Church Establishment !—and that a proper distribution of the revenues of the hierarchy and beneficed dignitaries among the working clergy, and for the maintenance of schools, as approved of by the venerable Dr. Whateley, the Archbishop of Dublin, would be followed by the all but immediate extinction of Protestantism in Ire land ! Of the personal abuse of the head of the late things, to be a grave, 'steady gentleman, "content in sober decencies t o d we ll," w hil e i t was to b e expecte d that the New Monthly, so many years its junior, should be gay, o r it might be, even wilder than was exactly agreeable to folks at a certai n ti me o f lif e. N ow a ll th i s reverse d with °IIr two Monthly friends, which by some inexplicable char°, seem to hav e s h u ffled and chang e d p ar t s i n the dance °, life, so that th e sen i or i s w il d and frisky as a three, Yearg' old colt, while his youthful competitor marches on with steady step, and though he may often smile is rarely tempt eu ._ into laughter. W e suppose t h e cause is to b e f o und im their respective code of politics ; the Old Monthly being $ Radical affects the manners of his class, is ever read , ' to strip for a fight, and holds all refinement in ut ter abomination as so many, signs of weakness. The Isretp . Monthly, per contra, as a merc h ant wou ld _ p h r ase It, eschews all vulgarities, would rather be feeble than ru de and too often polishes away its energy. This, perhaps' of no great consequence as regards the lighter articles , au at the worst, only unfits the work for one class of reade rs ' while it renders it yet m ore a d ap t e d to anot h er ; but the case is materially, changed when we come to the In l9 re serious question of politics ; th ese are no t t i mes to speak with the voice of a fl u t e ; if we wou ld b e h ear d am idst til e frantic shouts of radi ca li sm on th e one h an d , and the c lis' ntlt appointed yells of Toryi sm on th e o th er , we mus t speak" with a force that may command attention ; the gra kith t . facts fall unrega r d e d on th e li s tl ess ear, if not en f orc ed corresponding ener g y o f l anguage . F rom t h ese hasty re' marks will be ea s ily i n f erre d th e na t ure o f our o bjeeri° ns to the leading article on the " Democracy of Englu nd, which yet abounds i n acu t e o b serva ti ons, an d i s wr itten • a style of faultless e l egance . B u t i t i s co ld , passwnlesl and even as an appeal to the reason, is much too lane has The writer is evidently anxious for the truth ; be t h sought earnestly for it, an d i n mos t cases h as grappled it ; but truth s , so t o ld, carry w i t h t h em l i tt l e con vi: c tic's when addressed to a busy public. The lighter articles at of the usual average of merit. In selecting from them t specimen, it is o nly f a i r t o o b serve we quote from hat, which most ea s ily a d m it s o f d etac h e d f ragments, a nd no from those which might do most credit to the Magazine• oci EMERY, KEMRLE, AN D OTHERS .—Wh en Morton's 66 8 1 ,1 of Reform" was accept e d, E mery expecte d , on w h at groin s cv know not, that J o h n K em bl e wou ld act L ord Avonda l e (a heatild inefficient part, which p o o r C oo k e , t o w h om i t was ass i gne d, e i c l e i p do nothing with). Aft er t h e great hi t the comedian made is Tyke, he was accustomed to say that Kemble knew what wa s _ i e him, and would no t t rus t hi mse lf b es id e h i m. Once o r Im ery publicly some ill-feelin g was di sp l aye d b y Kemble, which resented wrathfully, and joi ne d G eorge Frederick ooke in ansZ o , matising " Black Jack." A conversat i on between Incl7,„ce Emery, and Cooke, at th e Ki ng ' s H ea d , I nn, Holborn, I ''ihe heard, when every ill " the drama is heir to" was attributed t ° great Coriolanus. A few words from each may suffice : near EMERY—" He has no natur e ; no t a bit • but, then, he wur the feyther of a child, and that accounts for it." and sif COOKE--" With the voice of an emasculated French horn , the face of an itine r a n t I srae lit e , h e wou ld compete w i t h me, his me, George Frederick Cooke ! Wanted me to play Horatio toda Hamlet, Sir ! Let him play Sir Pertinax, Sir, that's all. Is h like to hear him attempt the dialect." at' INcLEnox—" Attempt! The fact is, my dear boys, be ' , at, tempt anything." H ere Ch ar l es ill ustrate d some of Kemble Bible tempts in a way the reader must imagine, and that it is to repeat, and wound it up by saying, " and lastly, he au". 0 .1 attempted to sing ! d— me , i n t h e presence of the natlo" singer of England, Charles Incledon, d— me." ELLISTON IN A PRIVATE Box.—Elliston, who c ertairkp tated John Palmer in hi s manner o ff t h e stage, had an 07 hiS morality of demeanour which ill-accorded with his real life; r g er e youth this was peculia r ly th e case. Ch arles Incledon said ~,, To was a capital parson spoiled th e d ay Elliston turned player. b l e d style of hypocrisy in which th e great come di an i ndulge d reseal the that of his stage mann er , w h en A was to b e deceive d presence of B. Thus Elliston always appeared 0 ,her cajoling one set for th e sa k e o f amusing another, 'lOl, than for any thing to be gained by the process. When at 5 0 00 , the boys called him ' the young crocodile,' for he had tears of ‘ Tio • trition ready at the shortest notice. His love-adventures wer e o f merous, and he was not ver y f or t una t e or taste f u l i n t h e se lect his dulcineas ; among others (when he was scarcely e i g hteen) pes t a tavern-keeper's d ame a t W app i ng. O ne day, wh il st in ea oe • conversation with the lady, an alarm was given; and as it Ilia / we d cessary to conceal Robert Williams, he was placed •in a ° five ch<st. There was Elliston whilst the lady ran to the bar. , he minutes passed, still the noise continued, nay, increased ; ti it• tried to raise the lid, but she had prudently (?) fastened He listened ; the confusion in the house became more ev h- ' O - pi e He could hear persons running to and fro • they sought 5 , 01 1 one ;—no. Some calamity had occurred. What? He too ' cr y guessed, for he heard the dripping of water and t he a f e ty of Fire ! ' All considerations but those of personal 5 .40 ; vanished; he sought with all his might to extricate himself in vale, frightful recollections of beings buried alive flashed across his d hi s mory, but to be at once buried and burnt was too much, ands struggles were renewed till he sank back helpless and exila l " At last," I quote his own words, " I had nothing for it ha r tience and prayer." " Prayer," I ejaculated, " under the el . c7 O , stances that brought you there, should have been preceded by re. pentance." pentance." " Sir," he replied, " I did not pray directlY, form self, but that those who were endeavouring to subdue the are in "` be induced to take care of the furniture." We have already noticed the peculiar youthfulnes s 01 the Monthly, in d e fi ance o f it s grey l oc k s. It opens tisitb a furious tirade against the past and present Ministry , - f seems very willing to load them with the whole burthen° the national iniquiti es , an d t urn th em out as scape-goa ts i nt o the wilderness. A rgumen t it h as s none ; o bj ect i t h a s nl i , s ing —unless it be to vilify ; b u t f or a ll t h at i t i s exc eedirg amusing, and not th e l ess so f or i ts not conta i n i ng a ty syllable of fact. It would almost seem that the writer 3 tributed the r e si gna ti on o f E ar l G rey to some unto ld e l... S ees tions of his own, and was celebrating his victory by a de joie, s uc h a pop—pop--pop does he keep up in ise the teeth of the n ew Mi n i s t ry . B ut a ll t hi s smo k e an d 0 °„ may be forgiven f or th e sa k e o f t h e many amus i ng a rticl e s in this number ; and most heartily do we regret the rl straints imp ose d upon us b y our li mits, which neces sarl , confine us to a ver y b r i e f extract. The best for our Pu r pose will perhaps be found in the Nights in the Galleq: do " We had been in the habit of daily sending to the dock - YT p re number of men to perform the numerous trifling duties th a always necessa r y i n harbour--the rope-m a k ers , swa b-makers , - 05 penters, sail-maker s , an d a num b er of other parties; and, a 5;, that tedious to call them all by name, the First Lieutenant hatt tie of morning ordered me t o ca ll th em away i n a body, under the t l v to Away there, artifi cers , away !' I proceeded to the gangted execute my orders, summoned the boatswain's mate, and an . '", A te him to call the ar tifi cers away. I nstead of his usual promPif his swer of ' Aye, aye, Si r ,' h e appeare d to h es i tate—tak i ng ° t cb hat, and sqiurti ng hi s qu id o f- to b acco i nto i t, he began to scrciog his head and look q u it e p uzz l e d. I o b serve d th i s, but not knritye, the cause, I called t o hi m t o i nqu i re if he had heard me- - , se as aye, Sir ;" but in su c h a s l ow , h es i tat i ng tone, tha t ' 1 00 inclined to think him drunk, and was about to cal l eto on deck, to interrogate him, but at the moment he put his Pr r ti• his mouth, gave a shrill note, and sung out, " Away, there , 0 1 ficlalers, away !" I smiled, but it was too late to contradict,: „ r ti; applied myself to the duty of preparing the boats for these •hea ficialiers." Aft er wa iti ng some t i me, I was somewhat asto°lspc'll that none of these gentry were forthcoming. Our ship was Il l h w good orde r , an d th e men did the i r duty so well, that it seldom v to pened that th ey were behind hand. I turned by the gangl'O' make inqui r i es w h y t h ey did not appear, and overheard the f° ing conversation between our old friends, Will Gibbon Jack M urray : " I say, Jack, what the b—y h-11 was that yarn the boats,i; t hat " mate pitched u s j ust now—hartificialers ! I ' ll be d—d arn't a five-decker." " You may say th a t, when you write home," returned oil?, Murray. " Let's a s k th e bosen's (boatswain' s ) ma t e . I s al, . 0 ? what the h—l wa s that ere five-decker as you l aunc h e d j us to " I'll be —if I know," replied the boatswain's mate, sc py , more nor one o'the reefers ordered me to pi pe th e artificialers °delis I'm sure that w as th e wor d h e sa id , b ut I never heard of std' word afore ; you'd b e tt er go and ask Mr. Martyn—he was the shipman as give me the orders." the During this conversation I was standing at the break "' s iva hatchway; whe n I h ear d t h e resu l t of their conference I °host' aft, expecting them to follow, and aft they came. The ,per, ir sdti was nh s i rge aft f th saystobacco aae f Jack quarter ue m 3ar te um t er h ror e andyye,k o t, mu )h, , t ad h tot eh jst they yc Ik t h n i e nba, eo a c : c, r, swain's-mate, Will Gibb on , an d Jack Murray, having ono d to s g ei t s m f h e r r e ea or c —t ke t s de p : , r v t p h h t d l e y e n r a ow a coming u m piped a way j ust now ? " " I an' 5- ,cha t said I, " I do not know ; you ought to know best, ia ler , party you belong to." "So I do, Sir ; but I'm no hartin e : I'm in the swab-making party." "Oh ! well, well, artifiee, t ',t, elude all the parties ; so get your men up, and into the Pc)-0,1, " Aye, aye, Sir," and away we went. The - boatswain's rn 2to si Will Gibbon made their way forward, looking at each othertseo in doubt whether I was not humbugging them. I could n °t :pal 4 it any lo nger , b ut b urst out laughing, and the First-Li eu r i,ing' coming up at the moment, caught me (as he thought), skY l e ci o lg instead of a tt en di ng to my d uty, and, of course, reprima nd rather severely ;at the same time pointing to the mast-In t o ld way of hinting that there was such a place of elevation. re d a . : him what had excited m y r i s ibl e f acu l t i es, and aPPe;oot much amused as myself ; an d w hil e we were ta lki n g a vo te the sail-maker came aft to inquire of the " hofficer" of th e firsti whether he was to go to the dock-yard as usu a l. Th e h inise' , Lieutenant heard him, and asked hi m if h e h a d not h e ard erp it' called away. " No, Sir," said the sail-maker, " I've been a',l vo ing on the gangway ever since the hands were turned uP, ~ 50, parties have been piped away what somever. " Th en prol e , the First-Lieutenant, " what did the boatswain's-mate e jers• just now ?" " Nothing, Sir, I assure you, but the hartitie l i On Friday last a very melancholy accident o ccllr iog io on Everton-brow. Miss M e dl ey , an e ld er l y l a dy, was 1•1°' an airing in a Bath chair, which was drawn by two young e t i ii irf In turning out of Shaw-street to go down the brow, t h !,: e d through some mism anagemen t o f t h e mac hi ner y, ace s or impetus which forced the girls to quit their hold. 11 0 0 1 petus, thus increased, the chair descended the brow a t s betA, rate. Miss Medley was thrown out, and, falling on b el t. Oa was killed on the spot. Dr. Squires saw the w a n. : i d e : l o t : A hurried to the assistance of the unfortunate lady, b ut 4veYe efforts were, of course, unavailing. The body to the coffee-house, and a coroner's jury having b 1 1 1 , tie ; moned, it was afterwards conveyed to the dwelling "s a e gv; ceased. Miss Medley was the daughter of the late lie s ' ms r' ley, and author of several poetical pieces. Liverpooh'" -.. 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