The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-17 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. D EAL, JAN. 16.—Wind S. W., moderate—Arrived from the river and remains the Roberts, Wake, for Madras. PO RTSMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind S.W., blowing hard. . P LI - MOUTH, JAN. Is.—Wind W.N. W. to S., blowing strong, With every appearance of a gale approaching.—Arrived the Menerva, Major, from Cadiz. F ALMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind N.W. to S.S. W., fresh gales and squally, —Arrived the Delta, Wallace, from Pernambuco, and Pelican, De Heaune, from Valencia. MARGATE, JAN. 16.—Arrived off' port the Sisters, Ramsey, from Demerara, and Favorite, Young, from Zante. COWES, JAN 16. Arrived the Falcon, Udall, from Rio Janeir o,and ' A . urora, - Prayere, from St. Übes, leaky and with 108 8 of boats, bulwarks, &c., bound to Krageroe. SToca.Tox JAN. 15.—Arrived the Matilda, Cutty, from °Porto. HARWICH, JAN. I6.—Arrived the Cossack, Konig, from Riga. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 15.—Arrived the Canton, Harwood, from C harleston ; India, Cook, from Savannah ; Mary, Turner, fr om Newfoundland; and Esther, Thompson, from St. An drews, New Brunswick. ISLE OF MAN, JAN. P2.—The Neptune, Phillips, from Li .7'11)001 to Londonderry, was driven on the rocks near Pool ''4ll, but has since been brought into Port St. Mary, with very little damage. The George and William, Miller, from Jamaica to London, Was wrecked near Guernsey, l2th inst. Only the mate and °lle man saved. The William Hamilton, Hughes, from Sierra Leone, was to an t —Y wrecked near Lymington yesterday morning. One of the crew drowned. The Lylla, Dower, from Rio Janeiro to Liverpool, put into loU ghal—cargo supposed to be greatly damaged. The Isabella, from Liverpool to Portrush, sprung a leak off the Giant's Gauseway and sunk—crew saved. The Borthwick, Hall, from Tyne to Southampton, put into " t arraouth Roads leaky, having struck on a shoal. The Jonge Pieter, Nannings, from Ostend to Amsterdam, is lost on the Hoaks. - IRE WILL OF THE LATE RICHARD HE ins E sQ--This gentleman's will was proved on the 13th ant by his sister, Mrs. Cholmondeley, who is ap- P °l ntefl sole executrix. The personal estate was sworn under 600 ,0001. He gives to his sister a life intrest in the whole of his property, both real and personal, after discharging all just debts and incumbrances, subject to the widow PaY meat of an annu i ty of 1001. per annum to the of 250/.o fl 6 brother, the late Bishop, and two annuities the Bish Per annum eac h t o hi s n i eces , th e d aug h ters o f Cholmondel e ci " and, after the decease of his sister, Mrs. Y, he bequeaths his real estates to Miss Heber, his eldtoest nieee, Subject to the paymenrof 250/. per an num her sister during her minority, and the sum of T OOOl. on her ikttaining the age of 21, when the annuit is to cease. No ot h er persons are named in the will. y POST-OPPICE REVENUE.—A n accoun t o f the amount of postage collected in the nine cities or towns producing the greatest revenue --- London .............. 1531 . 1832. Dublin .............................. £628,644 Liverpool ................. ** ....... . 101,529 , Manchester .................. 70,974 Edinburgh ~,,,,,,,,,,,'•• ""' 52,320 • Glas g o w ............. . 42,621 Bristol 35,641 Birmingham 36,670 Leeds 29,864 20 United Kingdom, net produce 1,167,9€43169 29,315 1,399,246 SUDDEN DEATII.—An event occurred in de neighbourhood of Kin sln d on Wednesday night, about five o'clock, which h as thro wn agloom over the parties connected with the Sunday village. Mr. Rainis, the deceased, Scho o l s residin i in n that g wick-place, Kingsland, was a Teach er , or in some way - connected with the Sunday schools, and b e i ng the anniversary meeting held at the National School, the subscribers and the children had met. The deceased, in Lis way to join the assemblage, fell in the street and in. ' , tautly expired, reeretted and respected by a numerous accillSiutance DODDRIDGE ' S CORRESPONDENCE.--The concluding volumes of Dr. Doddridge's Correspondence, tiac u loghis cl* Sacramental Meditations, lately published, will be read with more satisfaction than any of the pre ceding. We have now Dr. Deddridge presented in his true ch aracter. A sound sc h o l ar an d an accomp lished di vine, devoting heart and soul to the labours of his rot "try, and dedicating his great acquirements to the service of reli g i on; adorning the doctrine he preached by holiness of life, and presiding over his pastoral charge with a sim plicity Of purpose, a singleness of heart and a fervour of anxious watchfulness, rarely equalled, and never surpassed. Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, a young woman, named Alice Fisher, housemaid in the service of Mad. de Puissaye, a lady residing in Sey rnonr-atreet, Purtrnan-s back d raw i n quare, was l ean i ng out o f the g-room window to hang up a birdcage, when she overbalanced herself, and was precipitated into the yard, a height of about thirty feet. The unfortunate young woman struck the left side of her head, as she fell, against a dust-bion, with such force that a portio n of her skull, of about the size of half-a-crown, was forced upon the brain : her right arm was also severely fractured. She was immediately taken to the Hospital, hut is not expected to survive. SUICIDE.--On Wednesday evening a Chel sea pensioner named Jeremiah Saunders, a resident at 41, George-street, Chelsea, terminated his existence by cutting his throat in a dreadful manner with a razor. He did not expire until yesterday morning. THE DRAMATIC LICENSER AND CAPTAIN Ross.—The refusal of Mr. Colman, the Dramatic Licenser, to license a drama written expressly for the Hull theatre, by Mr. William Leman Rede, has been evaded by producing it under the title of " A Voyage to the North," f oun d e d on t h e l ate P o l ar Expedition, in stead of hs origin al cognomen, " Captain Ross;" and the scruples of the licenser have been (it is presumed) satis fied by the name of the Captain being entirely omitted. We understand that Captain Ross laughed most heartily when he heard of Colman's objections to his name being the title of the piece. On Sunday, a grinder's apprentice was at tacked with diarrhoea, and in a short time became a corpse. His master, in consequence, went to the public house, and got drunk. In the course of the day, some one carried to him the news that his wife was ill in bed. His answer was, " but I have a worse job than that ; my apprentice lad is dead." When he got home he was beastly drunk, and went to bed to his wife without un dressing. When the surgeon called to visit his patient, he found the husband in the state described—his wife ill of English cholera, and his apprentice in another chamber dead of a similar complaint. The husband, when he awoke next morning, set off drinking again, and after two days' absence was taken home in a wheelbarrow by his fellow-workmen. The wife is getting better.— Chesterfield Courier. SERIOUS DESTRUCTION BY A RAT.—A c g o e rnrtesetioand ent a t N orthallerton informs us that a certain • kiving cons i derable money engagements to comp n lete o n the commencement of this year, a few months ago placed in his escrutoire, in than 10,000/. On coin pap er money, n o l ess a sum to his astonishment lie fo! nd to his horde, a few d ays ago, atoms. A rat had penetratend a lar ge h o l e throughearly the whole reduced the to back part of the drawer s but a beingeatzrealphdbeen a part'- plac e d, it was a s ce rtained that a small pator in this work of destioction. Thi s shows how careful people should be in keepi inch Property out of the way of vermin.— York He ra l d erald. g IRISH FOOLS.--" In the whole neighbour says Colly G rattan,- there hood of my early life," was scarcely a gentleman's house that had not attached to it a semi intelligent, half-witted Ornadthuun, vgh the knife cleaner, yard-sweeper, cow-ealler, pig..femectonr•W a t n ia a d e s B:rvant of the servatns, the link between the beasts of the establishments." HONOURABLE EXAMPLE.—About seven years ago Mr. Wiliam Johnson, then of this tow n owing to the ptessure of the times, was under the'nelyer, ee city of making a composition with his creditors, and r e . moving to Liverpool, whete a better prospect seemed to )pen upon him. As he had anticipated, his circumstances Loon began to improve, and by industry and frugality he vas enabled to realize property. The first use he made if his accumulations was to visit Leetk and there to dig :harge all his outstanding debts, by paying to etch of his :reditors, 20s. in the pound. The creditors in their turn ire preparing to present Mr. Johnson with a piece of plate o mask their sense of his honourable and upright con luct.-- Leeds Mercury. AI,LEGgD MURDER—ADJOURNED IN lue't• Last night the further investigation into the cir_ :vuhmosstances attendant on the death of a female infant, 4iltoe remains were found in a box, in Type-street, n-ste e , t vah before on Saturday evening last, was proceeded ore m r. espectable j o Payne the city coroner and a highly he evidence r i Y, at the Three Bucks, Old Jury, when Liter deliberati laving been brought to a close, the jury, 'The deceased" _for some time, returned a verdict that h! injuries which hfahnt came to its death from the effects of buries had been inflicted been described, but whether these by accident, i.cted intentionally, or had been occa ionedtrove." t here was no evidence before them to GLASGOW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-Have you glanced at the correspondence between a learned Knight of the University here, Sir D. K. Sand ford, and the Editor of a Trades' Union Journal, and can you give us any idea of our political adventurer's present tack ? Talking of the present House of Commons, he says, " the humbling spectacle of the least possible quantity of TALENT, KNOWLEDGE, INTEGRITY, and PRINCIPLE in an assembly of 658 individuals." Was not the House of Commons chosen on the prin ciples of the Reform Bill, about which Sir Dan made such a kullabako some time ago, lauding it to the skies at every meeting into which he had the remotest pretext for thrusting his nose? And was it not into this same House of Commons of which he now affects to talk so contemptuously [sour grapes] that he was so eager to be admitted? As to the talent and knowledge that would have been added to the House by the admission of this ambitious pedagogue, I cannot say much, and it would be curious to know the learned gentleman's own ideas as to the amount of integrity and principle that would have accrued from the election. Sir Daniel's political faith appears to me to resemble very much the dial of the scientific projector in Lagada, which was attached to a weather cock, and possessed the amazing and highly useful property of accommodating itself to every turning of the wind. Leaving it to some one more at leisure to refute the paltry sophisms, to point out the common place cant, and expose in its true colours that pretended air of kind necs and condescension assumed towards the labouring classes, by this political soap-bubble. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, BRISTOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An anonymous letter appearing in your columns of yesterday, addressed by way of information to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and charging the Dean and Chapter,of Bristol with a scandalous neglect of their duties at the Cathedral, you will very much oblige a lover of plain and uncoloured state ments by giving an early insertion to this in your widely-circu lated Journal. "We have had," says this writer, " neither Dean nor Prebendary in residence for many months; and on Christmas Day the entire of the duty of this establishment was imposed upon one solitary Canon." It is very true that, from the middle of November to the end of December last, no Pre bendary was in residence; but I can hear of no other period, during the year, in which either Dean or Prebendary was not in residence. The fact of the case is, then, that instead of the " many months" of your Correspondent, about six weeks forms . the whole period of this scandalous neglect. Christmas Day happens to fall within this period; and, as the Prebendary whose turn it was to be in residence was not in attend ance, some one of the minor Canons took a similar li berty. It certainly is to be regretted, that the absence of one of the officiating Clergymen of the Church thus opened the way for that of another, and, what is perhaps more lamentable, to the false and scandalous statements of your correspondent, who has converted a few weeks into many months. " The Prebendaries," we are next told, " receive, exclusive of valuable benefices, full 6001. per annum each, the minor Canons getting about 401. As to the valuable benefices, not more than three out of the seven, who form the Chapter, hold any one of them ; and of these, one so holden is but of little value; a second only pro tempore, for the sole advantage of the parish. Not more than one of this body therefore seems to have availed himself of this source of wealth. So much for their moderation. And with respect to the full 6001 per annum, it must be reduced, I believe, by one.third at least to be brought near the truth. Whether the 401 which the minor Canons are said to get is their due proportion of the proceeds of the establishment or not, it is not in my power to say. I have, however, some reason for believing that if it is not, it is very nearly so. This Ido know, that within the last two years not fewer than five minor Canons have received what is thought to be good preferment from the Dean and Chapter. I do think, therefore, that they have been liberally dealt with. I must be allowed to say, moreover, that within the period just named, the Dean and Chapter must have expended in repair ing and beautifying the buildings belonging to the Church not much less than 1,5001., when 3001. would have sufficed for the ne cessary repairs. I must say, therefore, that the Dean and Chapter have, as a body, deserved well of the public. If, indeed, an indivi dual belonging to them has wilfully absented himself from the post of duty, and this has led to the absence of another, then, in the name of everything that is fair and honest, let those individuals suffer the punishment due to their crimes. 1 am, Sir, your very humble servant, A FRIEND TO TRUTH AND FAIRNESS. Bristol, Jan. 15, 1834. P.S. I find, since writing the above, that in fact, the statutes of the Cathedral require the Dean to preach only on Christmas and Easter day annually, either himself or by substitute; and that each prebendary preaches four times, at least, in the year, either himself or by substitute. The Dean, however, when in health, has usually preached during three months, once every Sunday ; and each of the Prebendaries has done the same du. ring his residence, which makes up the whole year. In fact, then, this body gives to the public just twice the number of sermons exacted by the statutes annually; and even, in the case of the absentee just noticed, they must have given more than their statutable number. The afternoon sermons, too, are, so many, not required by the statutes. Ido not mean to say or insinuate that this is more than ought to be done; but only to state my belief, that the Dean and Chapter have not betrayed their trust in the instances adduced. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The continued boisterous state of the wind occasions the supplies of Grain to be small this week. Fine Wheat and Barley meet buyers readily at Monday's terms, other qualities remain dull. Beans and Oats maintain their last quotations, with a slow sale. Flour unvaried. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish 3,580 Foreign - , - 100 SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, was unusually limited, but the trade was very dull throughout, at barely Monday's quotations. Mitch Cows, though in limited supply, f old tardily at last week's prices, a useful Short-horns, with her,;small Calf; producing from 161. to 18/. PRICES PER STONE OF SLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d.l s. d. s.d Inferior Beasts 2 0 2 2 . 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen 3 8 310 310 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 0 4 2 410 5 4 Inferior Sheep 2 6 2 8 3 0 310 Second quality ditto 3 4 310 310 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 6 .to 28, each. Southdown Wethers 4 6 4 8 to 18p.each SUPPLY, AS PER CL: Beasts. I Sheep. 341 j 1,650 I Large Lambs.. Prime small ditto Large coarse Calves Prime small ditto Large Hogs Small Porkers Suckling Calves 11. k. Quarter old Pigs 12s. ERIC'S STATEMENT. Calves. Pigs. I 120 llO NE WGATE AND LKADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. tog. d. inferior 222 4 I Mutton, inferior... middling 2 4 2 6 - middling.. - prime large 3 2 3 6 - prime - prime small... 3 4 3 8 Pork, large. Veal 3 4 5 0 -small Seel, 5. d.tos. d. 24 2 8 30 3 2 3 6 310 30 3 2 34 4 4 LEEDS COltN MA RK ET.—Jan. 14. Wheat, Norfolk and Sufiblk, 601 b. --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. 353 to .545. [ eir .-i Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnsli ire , Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe —healing, For. 12d. to 13d Eng. 9d. to 10 d. per st Shelling Rapeseed, English, 251. to 27, Foreign, —l. to —l. per last SOU MALL MARKET. Jan. 15. This day's market exhibited an average time of year supply throughout, and was rather numerously attended by London and country buyers, particularly the latter, each kind of meat met with a dull sale, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to sink the offals Beef •••••••••• WO4 3s. 4sl. to 4s. 4d. 1Vea1w.....„„. 4s. 6d. to ss. Sd„ Mutton 310 410 Pork---- . 4 -3 6 4 Veal The foregoing quotations are from 2d. to 4d.. per stone cheaper than on this day se'nnight; prices of Beef, Mutton, and Pork, .stationary. Beasts, 263 ; Sheep, 2,040; Calves, 39; Pigs, 42. A considerable portion of the supply left the market unsold. LEWIS MARKET.—Jan, 14. reef. 3s. 6d. to 4s. 4d. Veal Od. to Os Od. I Mutt on 4 4 5 0 Pork. 3 8 4 4 A moderate supply • trade with the primest Beef and Mutton rather brisk but otherwise dull. Itl./MFURD SIA_ d. s. d. I :l:e u r i . ; .............. to s.d. s. 2 4 2 Veal Suckli4 - 6' . ....... 3 6 4 8 Pork 3 4 4 4 ivi l le s,l . 2 , :. to 28s• ; Quarter old Store Pigs, 12s. to .19. SuPPiY Cows, with their small Calf, 91. to 151. rather limited, and trade dull. IiKE I.—Jan. 13. APrussi a n -------'------------- ' yelled during thenal::Ying whom she was e v essel, having on board 160 Poles, men of liberated g the prisoners. forcibly to America, was coin sls, to enter Havre, the young We we a rerrg to n learn cises of cholera in this tow n that there have been three proved fatal.— Clonnael Li era t i l d''' week, one of which has " Gale Middleton" is full c riched with a variety of incident O. interest, en. ; and the leading cha racters are admirably portrayed. mingled the humourous and the Horacepatht Smith has so a t ttentiou is readers laugh and cry alternate' by a happy union of the entertaining and instructive, t 1 his being kept up in all its vigour, and several import'aen pravical utility are forcibly inculyca;tewd.):iisTat shistoamatt lesson sa ra k c e attractiv e i l v ioi e : novel will add much to the reputation the autho r from his former works, and serve to justify ranked amongst the first writers of fiction in th e pre_ sent age. LITERATURE. ENTHUSIAST, AND OTHER POEMS. By JOHN MACKAY WILSON. EDINBURGH, 1834. These poems have one great recommenda tion, they are written with considerable feeling and simplicity by one who understands what he is about. With less elaborate polish and har mony of rhythm than our poetical contributors to Annuals, as a matter of course, exhibit, Mr. Wilson is worth them all in the straight forward, unaffected character of his genius. A well written preface— to every word of which we cordially subscribe— furnishes us with his ideas of what poetry is, or should be ; and when we say that he puts forth Burns as one of his poetical idols, we have said, we conceive, quite enough to im press the reader with a favourable opinion of his judgment. None but puling sentimentalists and namby-pamby versifiers affect to underrate the works of Scotland's best poet. The " En thusiast," which is the longest, is also the best poem in the present collection. We subjoin a specimen : " Or, when brown Autumn touched the leaves with age, The heavens became the young Enthusiast's page Wherein his fancy read ; and they would then Hand locked in hand, forsake the haunts of men; Communing with the silver queen of night, Which, as a spirit shone upon their sight, Full orbed in maiden glory, and her beams Fell on their hearts, like distant shadowed gleams Of future joy and undefined bliss, — Half of another world and half of this. Then rapt in dreams, oft would he gazing stand, Grasping in his, her fair and trembling hand, And thus exclaim—" Helen, when I am gone,— When that bright moon shall shine on you alone, — And but one shadow on the river fall, Say, wilt thou then these heavenly hours recall, Or read upon the fair moon's smiling brow The words we've uttered—those we utter now ? Or, think, though seas divide us, I may be Gazing upon that glorious orb with thee At the same moment,—hearing in its rays The hallowed whisperings of early days ? For, 0, there is a language in its calm And holy light, that bath a power to balm The troubled spirit, and like memory's glass Make by-gone happiness before us pass." Among the minor poems, that entitled " To morrow" is the best. There are many fine thoughts scattered through it ; as, for instance, where Mr. Wilson defines to-morrow as the " pillar where misfortune leans," and speaks of "the power Of Knowledge and of Science, walking forth In silence and in strength, and o'er the earth Flinging the glory of a sun snore bright Than that which heav'n can boast." In this poem our author has evidently had an eye to Young; not in the structure of his blank verse, or the ascetic, gloomy turn of his feelings, but in his frequent point, and epigram, and antithesis, and more especially in his lux uriance of imagery. But Young, sublime as he is on occasions, is not the best model for a poet. He is cold, stately, and at times stiff and pedantic. There is nothing plastic or yielding in his imagination. With much of the polish, it has still more of the hardness and rigidity of marble. Mr. Wilson, however, has wisely avoided these faults. We must give one more extract from his volume—a sonnet on " Mid night," which is finely felt. The cheerful, soothing ideas conveyed in the two last lines, contrast most artfully and felicitously with the images of awe and solemnity by which the rest of the sonnet is oppressed. The effect, on reading them, is as if a nightmare were sud denly removed from one's chest. The sea is silent, and the winds of God Stir not its waters; on its voiceless waves Thick darkness presses as a mighty load, Weighing their strength to slumber. O'er earth's graves One lonely star is watching ; and the wind, Benighted on the desert, howls to find Its trackless path as would a dying hound. The thick clouds wearied with their course all day, Repose like shrouded ghosts on the black air; Or in the darkness having lost their way, Await the dawn. 'Tis menight reigns around— Midnight, when crime and murder quit their lair, When maidens dream of music's sweetest sound, And mothers breathe the fond, the yearning prayer. ADAM THE GARDENER. LONDON, 1834. A very agreeable child's book, conveying in struction in that sportive, familiar style, which young folks so much like. There are many light tales scattered throughout the volume, by way of off-set, we suppose, to the more solid matter. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. 39, FOR JANUARY 1, 1834. We are loth to say it, but say it because it is the fact: the present number of the Westmin ster Review is, upon the whole, duller than any which has for some time issued from its office. The perusal of the very first article induces a weariness which indisposes the reader to view what follows with favour. This unlucky article is a review of Dr. Chalmers's " Treatise on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man." The review is better than the treatise, but it has one great fault in common with it ; both are perfectly un called for. Dr. Chalmers has a great name, but no apprehension need have been entertained that any thing in his treatise would have turned even a half-fledged Utilitarian out of his course. One feels throughout the article, therefore, that both the writing and the reading of it is a work of superorogation. The " Voyage of the Ship Amherst" is rendered amusing by the long ex tracts made from the Parliame►►tary Paper, which stands as rubric to the article ; but it has the fault of being stale. There are certainly few, if any, readers of the Westminster Review who must not long since have become acquainted with every particular of the important and inte resting expedition here reviewed. It would be an ungrateful task to go through the Number carping at each article, and we shall not assuredly undertake it. One on short Parliaments we have elsewhere adverted to ; but there is another which appears to us to contain a recommendation directly opposed to those principles of free trade which the Westminster Review in general so ably advocates. We allude to the article on the Law of Partnership. The law says that where two or three men agree to trade together, they shall each be liable to the whole extent of their property for the debts they may thus in partner ship contract, just in the same manner as they would be if they were not in partnership. This is perfectly natural and perfectly right. Upon the principle of free trade, the same rule must hold good, if the number of partners be ten, twenty, or a hundred. In the case of the larger number of partners the public with whom they deal have just as much right to come upon all - their property, as if they traded in twos and threes. It is true that the Reviewer does not say in direct terms he would limit responsibility, but he proposes an interference by the legisla ture, which the experience of many joint stock banks in Scotland and England proves in prac tice to be perfectly unnecessary either to the security of the partnership, or convenience of the public. In the observations made upon the present system connected with the passing of private Acts of Parliament, we perfectly concur. Before closing this brief notice of the West minster, we must, in justice, call the reader's attention to an article which, though neither political nor politico•economical, will, we venture to say, be read with delight by all. We allude to the musical one, principally treating of the life of Eulenstein, the Jew's-harp player. It is written with great taste and good feeling. MUSIC. PATTEN'S COLLECTION OF SACRED MUSIC. NovELLo. This is a very excellent collection of Sacred Music, consisting of Psalms, Hymns, Chaunts, and Anthems, composed, selected, and arranged, with a separate Accompaniment for tire Organ or Piano Forte, by William Patten. This work contains some very delightful pieces. It is perhaps difficult to choose, where all is so good; we cannot, however, refrain from noticing in particular those compositions with which we were most pleased. The air which Mr. Patten has com posed to the 63d Psalm, N.V., possesses great me rit, and the chorus which follows it is very full and fine. The 36th Psalm, N.V., by the same com poser, is equally entitled to our approbation. Psalm 137, N.V., composed by G. W. Chard, Mus. Doc. in E minor, is really very elegant, and displays a light ness seldom met with in music of a sacred character, but it at the same time accords in every respect with the subject. We were much gratified also with a Hymn composed by Mr. Patten, the words of which are from the pen of the Rev. H. H. Mil man; the melody flowing, and the accompaniment well arranged. This is followed by another of equal merit, composed expressly for this work by Vincent Novello. It is arranged as a duett and a chorus for four voices. There is a Hymn written by Bishop Heber, the words of which possess great force. The music is arranged from a composition of S. Webbe, sen., by Mr. Patten. It is perhaps unnecessary to add, that this combination of excellencies produces a fine effect. The last piece to which we shall call the attention of our readers, is an Anthem "Incline thine ear to me," opening with an excellent bass solo composed by Himmel. The quartette which follows is beautifully harmonized by Novello. We can recommend the work, for it has been most ably got up. The vocal parts will suit voices of moderate compass, and the accompaniments may be executed by any tolerable performer on either the organ or piano -forte. The long list of subscribers inserted at the com mencement of the book gives us the gratifying assu rance that compositions of this character still meet with support, and we hope they may continue to do so, for while the more fashionable and ephemeral productions display little else than a series of conse cutive fifths and octaves, besides other examples of imperfect harmony, concealed in showy flourishes— passages of mere execution—the principles of true counter-part and pure composition will always be preserved in the works of men devoted to the com position of sacred melody. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S. The room was thinly attended yesterday, and business, always slack at this season, does not seem likely to im prove till the meeting of Parliament, by which time seve ral of the most influential subscribers to the room will be in town. The betting was confined to THE DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 10 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Viator (taken) The others as before. There will be a Coursing Meting on Epsom Downs on Tuesday and Wednesday next, for a Silver Cup. HUNTING APP OINTMENTS. The Hove Harriers meet on Tuesday at Whitelock Bottom Saturday, at Erringliam—at half past 10. The Brighton Harriers meet on Monday at Patch= ; Wedi nesday, at the Race-cou i se; Friday, at the Dyke —at half past 10. The Brookside Harriers meet on Monday at Newmarket-hill ; Wednesday, at the Race Course and Kennel, alternately; Fri day, at Telscombe Tye —at half past 10. Mr. Meynell's Hounds meet on Monday at Chartley ; Thurs day, at Catton ; Saturday, at Hoar Cross—at half past 10. The Herefordshire Hounds meet on Tuesday at Bredwardine Bridge; Friday, at Callow Turnpike at 10. The Shropshire Hounds meet on Monday at Alan Sadler's Tuesday, at Bryn-y-Pys ; Thursday, at Shocklach Village; Fri day, at Gredington—at half past 10. The Albrighton Hounds meet on Tuesday at Whittemore ; Thursday, at Sheriff 'rates; Saturday, at Tuckh ill —at half past 10. The Hambledon Hounds meet on Monday at Preshaw House —at half past 10. The East Sussex Hounds meet on Monday at Milton Court— at a quarter before 11. Lord Petre's Hounds meet on Monday at Capons; Wednes. day, at Pishiobury House; Saturday, at Cumbelow Green— at half past 10. The Inglewood Hounds meet on Monday at Scratchmanscar Thursday, at Mid-Gelt Bridge —at 10. Sir John Cope's Hounds meet on Monday at London Bridge —at half past 10. Mr. Codrington's Hounds meet on Monday at Sherrington Pond—at 10. Mr. Mure's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Beyton Green ; Fri day, at Balsham Wood—at half past 10. The East Kent Hounds meet on Monday at the Kennel; Wednesday, at Sole Street; Friday, at Chambercrown—at half past 10. The Thanet Harriers meet on Monday at Monckton Beacon —at 10. The West Kent Hounds meet on Monday at Green.street Green, Farnborough. Mr. C. Brock's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Little Comber ton; Friday, at Westwood—at half past 10. The Mathon and Colwell Hounds meet on Monday at Rough_ borough ; Friday, at the Duke of York Inn, Tewkesbury Mythe road—at half past 10. The Cheshire Hounds meet on Monday at the Abbey Arms ; Wednesday, at Shipbrook Bridge; Thursday, at Glutton Park; Saturday, at Appleton Thorn—at half past 10. The Tickham Hounds meet on Monday at Milsted Church ; Thursday, at Long Beach—at 10. The Cambridgeshire Hounds meet on Monday at Ettisley Green; Friday, at Sandy Warren—at half past 10. Lord Fitzwilliam's Hounds meet on Monday at Aversley Wood; Wednesday, at Abbots Ripton ; Thursday, at Pilsgate ; Saturday, at Barnwell Wold—at 10. The Doddington Harriers meet on Tuesday at Wimblington Toll; Friday, at the Golden Ball—at half-past 10. The Cottesmore Hounds meet on Monday at South Luffen ham ; Tuesday, at Owston Wood; Thursday, at Holywell—at a quarter before 11. Sir R. Stittml"s Hounds meet on Monday at Saxilby ; Wed nesday, at Fiskerton Long Wood; Thursday, at Langworth ; Saturday, at Coleby—at 11. Lord Yarborough's Hounds meet on Monday at Grainsby House; Wednesday, at Somerby House; Friday, at Thonock House; Saturday, at Stallingborough—at 11. The South Wold Hounds meet on Tuesday at Winceby Vil lage —at half-past 10; Friday, at Spilsby Town—at 11. The Somerset Vale Hounds meet on Tuesday at Blagdon Village, near Taunton ; Friday, at Dillington Oaks. The Burton Vale Hounds meet on Tuesday at the Green Man. The Burton Harriers meet on Tuesday at Ham Hill. Mr. Bulteel's Hounds meet on Tuesday at I'uslinch Village; Friday, at Glade. The Warwickshire Hounds meet on Monday at Swacliffe ; Tuesday, at Upper Eatington Village; Thursday, at Whimp stone Bridge; Friday, at Waverley Wood; Saturday, at Top Farm —at half past 10. Mr. A. Smith's Honnds meet on Monday at Oare; Tuesday, at Everteigh House; Thursday, at Doles Turnpike; Friday, at Tedworth House—at 11. Mr. Portman's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Shillington ; Friday, at Down House. The Cadbury Harriers meet on Monday at Down House; Wednesday, at Galharnpton ; Saturday, at Sparkford Bridge. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and drove for some time yesterday, in Hyde-park. Several of the Cabinet Ministers were occupied with Earl Grey and Viscount Althorp, at their residences in Downing.street, till a late hour on Wednesday night. Earl Grey left town yesterday morning, in a carriage and four, for Brighton, to have an audience of his Majesty. The Cabinet Ministers were in constant communication yesterday. The Lord Chancellor and others of the Mi nisters assembled in the afternoon at the residence of Lord John Russell, at the Pay-office, Whitehall. A deputation from the United Committee of Protestant Dissenters had an interview with Earl Grey on Wednes day, at his Lordship's residence in Downing-street, on the subject of their claims. The Spanish Minister paid a visit yesterday to the Rus sian Ambassador. Lord Howard de Walden and Lord Stuart de Rothsay transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign Of f ice. The Right Hon. Edward Ellice left town yesterday morning, for Brighton. BRIGHTON, JAN. 16. Yesterday being the anniversary of the birthday of the Duke of Gloucester, his Royal Highness having completed his 58th year, he received congratulatory visits from great numbers of the Nobility and Gentry resident here. The King and Queen drove out together, in their cha riot and four, along the Cliffs, passing several times between Brunswick Terrace and Kemp Town, previous to their re turn to the Palace. Their Majesties appeared in excellent health. The Earl and Countess of Moray, the Ladies Stuart, the Earl of Belfast, the Chavalier de Vial, Lord and Lady Maryborough, and most of the elite of the town, visited their Majesties in the course of the day. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Maryborough, Colonel Sir George Teesdale, Lieut.-Colonel Wynyird, and Sir Willoughby Cotton, were the invited guests at the Royal table. - Lady Noel Byron and her daughter, Ada, after a lengthened sojourn here, have taken their departure for the season. General Phipps has left here to join the gay circle at Hatfield. He was a constant guest at the Royal table during his stay in Brighton. M. Lichtenberg (Secretary to the Hanoverian Minister), left this morning fur town. The Chevalier de Vial left yesterday afternoon. The Dowager Duchess of Richmond and her daughter, Lady Sophia Lennox, are also in the departure list. The Palace, last evening, presented an extraordinary scene of gayety, the entire suite of rooms being thrown open, and brilliantly illuminated. The company, which amounted to nearly 700 persons, began to arrive at nine o'clock. At a quarter to ten their Majesties, attended by the Earl of Belfast, the Countess of Mayo, Captain Pechell, and several of the Royal Suite, entered the music room ; the company rose to receive them, and the band played " God save the King." His Majesty was dressed in a blue coat with a star, black pantaloons and boots. The Quern was attired in white satin, with a sable boa, and a head-dress of white roses and diamonds. Their Majesties promenaded the rooms, conversing with many of their guests, until a quarter after twelve o'clock, at which hour their Majesties and attendants retired, the band of the King's Dragoon Guards playing the National Anthem. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Chevalier de Vial, in Wimpole.street, from Brighton ; Viscount Lorton, in Eaton-square, from Ireland; Lord and Lady Walsingham, and the Hon. Misses De Grey, in Upper Portland.place ; Mr. and Mrs. Barrington, in Jermyn.street, from a tour; Thomas Ponton, Esq., in Hill-street, from Brom ley; A. W. Robarts, Esq., M.P., in Hill street, from Roe. hampton ; the Dowager Countess Poulett, in Piccadilly, from a tour; the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, from Brighton; Mr. and Lady Helena Cooke, in Portman-square, from a tour; Lady Georgiana Fane, in Grosvenor.square, from Belvoir Castle; H. T. Hope, Esq., M.P., in Mansfield-street, from Gloucester; Colonel and Mrs. Henry Hanmer, in Devbnsh ire place, from their seat, Stockgrove, Bucks; Francis T. Cun ningham, Esq., Mrs. Cunningham, and family, at Marshall Thomson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; W. H. Ashurst, Esq., and the Messrs. Ashurst, jun., at ditto; Rev. J. Blofield, at the Albion Hotel, Cockspur.street, from Norwich; Craik, Esq., at ditto, from Ireland ; Captain Jones, at ditto, from Brighton ; John Smith, Esq., at ditto, from Cambridge; Capt. Carey, Ist or Royal Regiment, and Mrs. Carey, at the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, from Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Watson, at ditto, from I)over ; Captain Micklethwaite at ditto ; J. Woolf, Esq., at ditto, from Dover ; J. Pitt Taylor, Esq., at ditto, from ditto. DEPARTURES. Fred. Freeman, Esq., from the Albion Hotel, Cockspur street, for Henley ; Dr. Salmon, from ditto, for Eaton ; Colonel Vernon Graham, from ditto, for Portsmouth; Alexander Hun ter, from ditto, for Brussels ; Andrew Hunter, Esq., from ditto, for Falmouth ; A. Cheyne, Esq., from ditto, for Edin burgh ; Captain George, from ditto, for Sandhurst; Counts Leon, Huen, and Leopold Hohensteins, from ditto, for Brigh ton ; John Maher, Esq., M. Maher, Esq., Miss Maher, P. O'Kelly, Esq., Mrs. O'Kelly, and family, from Marshall Thom son's Hotel, Cavendish square; Mrs. Archer Houblon, the Misses Houblon, and Mr. Houblon,jun., from ditto ; Benjamin Boddington, Esq., from ditto; Audley Lovell, Esq., from ditto; Rev. Henry Drury, Mrs. Drury, and the two Misses Drury, and H. Drury, jun., Esq., from the Blenheim Hotel, Bond.street ; Sir J. Hamilton, from ditto, on a tour; C. Broughton, Esq , from ditto, for Cheltenham ; J. Elves, Esq., from ditto, for ditto. ARRIVALS AT BATH. The Marquis of Worcester, Lord and Lady Thynne, Col. Gore Langton, M. P. ; Captains Phillips, Walcott, R.N., Bisdee, Fitzgerald, Brazier, Dr. Eden ; Rev. Messrs. Wil. hams, Curties, Webb, Oxenham, Austin, Burlton, Burne, Johnson ; Mr. and Mrs. Wicks, Ramsay, Templeman, Maber, Thring, Tucker, Raymond, Estcourt, Barton, Allen, Tolley, Quantock, Tucker, Messrs. Afileck, 13ur1ton, Barry,Brouncker, Booth, Boyd, Cole, Dugdale, Davis, Gilbert, Guy, Hampson, Heaslop, Hunt, Lax, Luxton, Lott, Orme, Ro bertson, Pycroft, Tucker, Tanner, Waysey, F. Footh, Burl ton, Lowther ; Mesdames Alexander, James, Potten, Provis, Roberts, Cimenes, Knatchbull ; Misses Brooks, Barker, Crocker, Davies, Roberts, Jarvis, Wood, Wakefield, Words worth, &c. &c. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 16.—0 n Friday last the Rev. Geo. Attwood, M.A , Fellow of Pembroke College, was insti tuted to the vicarage of Saxtborpe, Norfolk, on the pre sentation of the Master and Fellows of that society, and vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Wood. On the 15th inst., the Lord Bishop of Peterborough instituted the Rev. Edward Francis Beynon, to the rectory of Creaton, in the county of Northampton, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas — Jones.—Patrons, the Rev. Edmund Turner Beynon, of Carshalton, Surrey, and Martha, his wife. On the 9th inst., the Rev. Thomas Scott, chaplain of Bromley College, Kent, was instituted to the rectory of Onehouse Suffolk, on the presentation of Mr. Pettiward. The following are the subjects of examination in the last week of the Lent Term, 1835. 1. The Gospel of St. John. 2. Paley's Evidences of Christianity. 3. The Eleventh Book of Homer's Odyssey. 4. The Tenth Book of Qoinctillian. THE DORMANT PEERAGE.--Mr. Burke, the able author of the well.known Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage (a new edition of which has just appeared for 1834), has rendered an essential service to our annals by the completion of another work of great labour and research, entitled " A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Extinct, Dormant, and Suspended Peerages." History, it has been justly observed, takes but a transitory view of the great men who illustrate her pages, and records but their public deeds. Once retired from the scenes, whether of military adventure, or political contest, we hear no more of them nor of the families they founded. This defect was long since felt by lovers of historical research —a defect, which, in the seventeenth century, the cele brated herald, Sir William Dugdale, powerfully attempted to remedy. After a le .our of thirty years he published his 13aronige of England, which, though replete with deep and learned investigation, is, on account of its great size and development, precluded from general use. Banks and others since pursued the same track and cornmitt,d the same faults. Mr. Burke alone merits the praise of having attained the desired object, by producing a popular work in the compass of a single volume. ALLAN BRECK•—The subject which Mr. Gleig, the distinguished author of "The Subaltern," has selected for his forthcoming new novel, is one which involves in it as much of exciting mystery and passion as that of "Eugene Aram," so ably brought into the service of fiction by Mr. Bulwer. The story is no doubt founded on that memorable trial in Scotland, w h en a Mr. James Stewart was charged with being concerned in the murder (supposed to be committed by Allen Bred.) of Coli❑ Campbell. The proceeding excited a wonderful sensation at the time it occurred ; the opinions of men for and against the accused ran high ; the facts were shrouded in mystery highly tempting to the romance.writer, and the tale cannot be in better bands than those of the author of "The Subaltern." LONDON UNIVERSITY. A lecture was delivered on Wednesday evening by Captain Maconochie, R.N., Professor of Geography, on , Captain Ross's late expedition, and on Captain Burnes's journey in central Asia. In the first portion of the lecture the Professor described, with great minuteness, the details of Captain Ress's expedition, and the results which may be derived from pursuing the discoveries which Captain Ross's attempt suggested. He dwelt with fervour on the disinterested liberality of Mr. Booth, who furnished from his private resources the means of fitting out the expedi tion, and on the enterprising spirit which bad actuated Captain Ress to encounter the perils and privations at tendant on his undertaking, and which had induced Capt. Back to give up the repose and ease he was enjoying, and to devote himself to the generous task of endeavouring to rescu e his friend from the dangerous position in which he was believ e d to be placed. The second portion of the lecture was devoted to the account of an expedition undertaken by Captain Burnes, with the sanction of the Govern ment of India, for the purpose of exploring the mouths and course of the Indus, and an extensive tract of country in central Asia, the greater part of which is almost un known to Europeans, and of none of which any accurate account has before been made public. The time which bad been consumed in the earlier part of the lecture precluded the professor from entering as fully as be was prepared to do upon the particulars of the journey, but he announced that a narrative from the pen of Captain Burnes was pre paring for publication, in which would be contained all such details of the route, and of the events which marked the expedition, as could be properly made public. The lecture was received with marked approbation by a numerous body of auditors. There were not less than 350 persons present, among them were Lord Auckland, the Bishop of Chichester, Sir John Franklin, Dr. Richardson, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Captain Ross, Sir Astley Cooper, Mr. Lubbock, Sir Alexander Johnstone, Colonel Colby, Mr. Murchison, Dr. Fitton, Dr. Roget, Mr. Brande, and Colonel Alexander. CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION INQUIRY. The Commissioners were occupied for a considerable portion of the morning in examining the Controller and Master of the Bridge-house Estates, and Controller of the Chamber, touching their duties and emoluments; but there was nothing elicited in the course of the examina tion of any interest to the public. In the course of the day Mr. Lutyens, one of the sworn brokers of the city, presented himself to the Commissioners, and stated, that he came on the part of the body to which he belonged, who were anxious to have inquiries made with respect to their appointment, duties, &c., and that he and any other members of the body would be happy to attend the Commissioners, and give them every informa tion in their power on the suhject. Sir F. PALGRAVE said that the Commissioners would particularly attend to the suggestion, and would give Mr. Lutyeus timely notice when his attendance might be required. The attorneys of the Mayer's Court again attended, and gave evidence respecting the constitution and practice of the court. Mr. Pearson complained generally of the constitution of the court, which he said indisposed suitors to resort to it. The late Recorder in his decisions in that court, in cases where the corporation was a party, was suspected of a leaning towards the hand that fed him,—namely, the cor. poration, On a question respecting the construction of one of the by-laws, that officer declared that a gentleman who carried a lady's reticule and did not surrender it when requested by a city porter, who offered to carry it, was liable to a fine of W. Mr. Deputy Wood here asked the Commissioners whether they considered it a part of their duty to hear insinuations thrown out upon judges for acts done in their judicial character ? - Sir F. PALO RAVE said that the Commissioners could not help receiving any evidence which was offered them. Mr. Pearson's evidence was, that in consequence of the mode of the Recorder's election an impression was made upon the public mind that he had acted harshly. Mr. Pearson said his phraseology was not, perhaps, as courtly as Mr. Wood's, hut, perhaps, the Commission ers would not take down in evidence the homely phrase which he had employed with respect to the late Recorder. Mr. Wood said that he thought the Commissioners ought not to allow attacks to he made upon any individual, but more particularly a Judge, in his absence. Mr. Pearson begged it might not be supposed that he had availed himself of the absence of the late Recorder, to make the statement which he had submitted to the Com. Council, i had l, i ins the presencethesam e o t f h t i h n a g t n n d i t v h i e d u C a l o , u w r t h e o n f ra co h m si m ot a ie n rs c ; o he was in the plenitude of his power. Sir F. PALGAAVE asked Mr. Pearson whether the im pression on the public mind against the Recorder was because be had enforced a harsh bylaw, or because it was thought that he had strained it beyond its fair extent ? Mr. C. Pearson—Because be extended it beyond its fair import. Mr. Wood said, that in such a case the party aggrieved bad his remedy, and the Recorder's conduct ought not to be made the subject of extra-judicial inquiry, Mr. Richard Taylor said that the Recorder presided in the Mayor's Court in a case in which he was opposed to the corporation, upon a question which involved property to a great amount, and he felt bound to say that he felt as much confidence in his impartiality as he would have done in that of any Judge of the King's Bench, The Senior Attorney of the Mayor's Court said, that to prevent misunderstanding, be thought it necessary to state that the Recorder had not given any decision of the nature described by Mr. Pearson, but had merely stated that one of the by-laws of the city was so harsh, that if such a case as bad been mentioned should occur, the party would be fined 5/. Here this conversation dropped, and nothing further worthy of observation occurred until the adjournment. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SlR,—The evidence I gave before the Commissioners was founded on the Report I presented to the Common Hall on the 24th of June, 1830, which you will find in the public papers of the following day. Upon that occasion, a great many Com mon Councilmen were upon the hustings at Guildhall. They made a great noise, and, in whispers on the hustings denied the correctness of my statements. I challenged them re peatedly to the proof, but none of them came forward. The Auditors were desirous of ascertaining the number of houses belonging to the city estates, and this could not be done without inspecting the leases, as in many instances several houses were let to one person, and in the Chamberlain's book they appeared in one item; for example, the Duke of Grafton holds, if I remember correctly, ten houses, but his rent appears in the book in one item, without any specification of the number of houses. In order, therefore, to avoid reading all the leases, which could not be done before Midsummer-day, when the Auditors were obliged to make their Report, they endeavoured to ob tain this information from the City Officers in attendance upon them. They were told that the number was about 7,000; they were asked if they were sure there were 6,000 ? Their answer was, undoubtedly. By the same process of inquiry, the Auditors ascertained the number of those houses situated within the City to be about 2,000, which are let for 33,365/. 4s. Zvi, averaging less than 171. each per annum. The Report then, states the mode of letting many of these houses, which are, to a great extent, in the principal streets, and are worth, in most instances, from 100/. to 250/. a year. It was ascertained by the same means that the Conduit Mead Estate consists of about 600 houses, situated in Hanover-square, Maddox-street, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Saville-row, Grafton-street, Albe marle.street, Boot-street, and other streets in that neigh-, bourhood on both sides of Bond-street, which are let at 3,456/. 4s. 5d., averaging less than 61. each, subject to a premium every fourteen years, equal to from five to seven years' rent. The Report alluded to contains everything F stated to the Commissioners respecting those estates, word for word; and was agreed to by three Auditors, and signed by them, as may be seen by reference to it. In my evidence I have cast no reflection upon any one ; I merely give a state ment of the amounts as I found them, which is confirmed b.y two gentlemen who served with me the office of Auditors ; and iePt „ Peacock talks of my statement "havi ng remained u r n . V n r A d. I will not, upon the present occasion, trespass furth er yet, M upon your columns than to observe, that Mr. W. A. Pe aeock was a member of the Committee of Common Coun c il Who drew up c l o a the Report, and to which his signature was attached, recom mending the Chamberlain to withhold th e production' of bills o f particulars to the Auditors, upon which recommendation the present Chamberlain has acted, which in effect and in fact, renders the ancient office of Audit ors a mere farce. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Watling-street, Jan. 16, 1831. W. WILLIAMS. THE BLACK WATCH.--" The author of The Dorninie's Legacy' has here broken new ground. The time of the novel is the middle of George, the Se cond's reign ; the scene is laid in Scotland and England, with an excursion to the field of Fontenoy and to the Court of Louis XV. at Paris. The incidents are nume rous. We have a graphic history of the celebrated Highland Regiment, The Black Watch,' now the Forty-Second ; its'fardiation; its march to London ; t h e desertion o f a l arge body of its ' shentlernen;' th e i r retreat through p ar t o f E ng l an d ; t h e i r i nte rception, trial, and the final execution of the ringleaders. The Black Watch' is the best of Mr. Picken's productions."—. Spectator,