The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-20 00:00:00

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It to ine lf ij wake h is ? a ka er n h n and the par trp r ise tvlizo! le of !fail/ just been 8'; lie propriet ° o dashed tiP t „ Teen the I' 3 'j bailiff I's it he inig t ll o Ice he nos •, 1 hie setO an d orde r ', P y and if e° lo beginolog J f "lee thost ,o , ~g an to regret, f'o, UV With I.B;iii Nag t Ca o ot lirtyjets omraclie or but i r e ol Dire po.Yl'oo bo l '. of kilt Pe - to d ha Pr • Icy A ‘' ‘ gitillo r / ? f barge` Apse „ e th)C 0 !wok rtia ll°1 : 1 ; will looiclio the CI : ( o 1v ;aid his iend, li e o rDc' 9 11311111.,11 .tieing "1( tP ° th Wore toi f lo t , of j j wake fie e o o i n 01$ ai A te rst ee . " talk, al' 0 0 coWlero ~~ *he n the supposed Culprit entered the apartment. His ar 'ival, as usually happens in such'a case, put an instant stop io the discussion Of which lie had furnished the subject.- 43 14.1 he was received by the company assembled with that ' h iding silence, which, more than a thousand excla- Natioes, tells an intruder that he is unwelcome. Sur anO'ised and offended, but not appalled by the reception ' ic h lie exp er i enced, Robin entered with an undaunted he 11- e b v " a haughty air, attemd no greeting as he " received with none, pte and placed himself by fire, a littl e apart f rom a ta bl e , at w hi c h Bonn, - '' Y r isk«-field, t h e b a i l iff , and two or three other per have a w e" '" L ed The ample •Cumbrian kitchen would ration. 4"led Plenty of room even for a larger sepa- Robin for a • -4 4 seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call th:plot of twopen • ::: I P .s ate no ter? enee ale," answered Ralph Heskett, lace td ; " but as thou find'st thy own tobacco, it's f —OO liaay 'at find thine own liquor too—it's the wont tay country, I wet.' hous e B4„,:,l3le, goodnian," said the landlady, a blithe bustling hasteni herself to supply the guest with liquor Th ou k . ar ot , novvest well enow . what the strange man knot ' it's thy trade to be civil, man. Thou Elhouldet that if the Scot likes a small pot, he pays a sure pen ny „ lil i thout t a ki ng any not i ce of this nuptial dialogue, the N t i 4 "ler to o k t h e flaggon in hi s h an d , and addressing opany generally, drank the interesting toast of ° °d markets," to the party a ssem bl e d : '3 " better th a t th e w i n d blew fewer dealers 'from the said one of the farmers, " and fewer Highland runts s' eat u p the Euglish meadows." an: 84 -_, 41 "my poly, put you are wring there, my friend," lea 11 °bin, with composure ; nit i s your f a t English "that eat up our Scots cattle, puir things," tl ei said a w a 1- -e was a summat to eat up their drovers," w ithiti n4 a - k te e r ;" 4 plain Englishman canna make bread li k ning of them." " ""eNt Servant keep his master's favour, but t heY Will come sliding: him and the sunshine," said t h e ha;liff in between " If th ew , • "'Po:Ai re P e jokes," said Robin Oig, with the same " 34r 4. i t 3 " th ere i s ower mony j okes upon one man. k ° joke, b u t d ownr i g ht e arnest," said the bat . i . r . 1 4'4 Ye ' 141. • Robi n Ogg, or whatever is your n ame , i t ' s t h e we sho uld tell you that we are all of one opinion, and frienl that you, Mr. Robin Ogg, have b e h ave d to our Harry Wakefield here, like a raff and a black. cr. ( ' Nat doubt, nae doubt," answered Robin, with great who• " an d you are a set of very feeling judges, for wh ose , Plains or pehaviour I wad not gie a pinch of sneesh i',lt' If lelr. Harry Waakfelt kens where he is wranged, ", k4l B where he may he righted." , ' Re speaks truth," said Wakefield, who had listened t ‘,,,' what passed, divided between the offence .which hishe . had a. f 7'hi at Robin's late behaviour, and the revival of h ',teal habits of friendship, • , Renow rose, and went towards Robin, who got up 'Ran seat as he approached, and held out his hand. led ~ , ,`,l V i.at'. right, liarry-- go it—serve him out," resoo . ?.. sides tip him the nailer—show him the mill. fi e ld llO l4l your peace all of you, and be --e" ; aud then addressing his comrade, ' he teak him by e t fi e . said Wake extendedfi ite , bend, with som ething alike of respectme ill a d ,h ie dal " . R I obi ll, e h e sa id, cc . thou hastusr el l iew, to shake h ands ' ' Ut if you mean, like a f ra nk a enough th, ' 5 " ,1 take a tassel for love on the sod, why I'll „ forgie ne;‘ e' A nl e " ' a nd we shall be better friends than ever. . h ~;°•-i Would it not pe petter to be mod friends wit - kt te " ° f r e of the matter ?" said Robin ; " we will ti . e , muc h R%' rie "ships with our panes hale than proken.. taih.,a,-rY, Wekefield dropped the hand of his friend, or ~-, t o tl 4'ew it from him. three 41 not think I had been keeping company for ~ Years With a coward." , tol e .., "V 140%, alu PPIOIIgS to none of my . name,' m ' m sa an id d ß e o f b h in is , '*llll,e Yes bega n to kindle, but keeping _co I it tie r ' " it was no coward's legs or hands, Harry Weak \l':ar: - . 1 .14 .t drew you out of the fordseef Frew, when you , ;,,,,,.'''ftiu g ower the plack rock, and every eel in the ~ ;IPeeted hie share of you." stre,Liii4 that is true enough, too," said the Englishman, ''' h` t h at the appeal. 11 ) 'hi, Al . : 11(4411 ' exclaimed the bailiff—" sure Harry . Wake `'''e' e tll. ,', 4a ttieet lad at Whitson Tryste, Wooler Fair, Car whit gath er?'4 Stragshavv Bank, is not going to show l 'ilt : Ab this comes of living so long w ith 44;1 bonnet bo nnets—men forget the use of their daddies. " l 'aY teach y ou, Master Fleecebumpkin, that I have (i t ,. "t th e use of mine," said Wakefield, and then went '11) ,< the will never do, Robie. We must . have . a turn :!'; shall he the talk of the country side. I'll be f eetle l I Inirt th I'll put on the gloves gin, you like. ,(I),:tarid forwar d ee— like' . a 111A s tl i " ' 'N4lii neaten like a dog, a'd Ro d bin . , is there any 61, 41 1 " that? If you think I har one you wrong, I'll 11i4144:0 You r s h u d ge , t h oug h I neither know his law nor A ha gc. ,. heli n g i Need cry o f " No, no—no law, no lawyer ! a " L a ti ll be friends," was echoed by the bystanders. 'kill ,: t, ' conti nue d Robin, " if I am to fi ght, I have no "" ti continued • jackanapes, with hands and nails.' ::I' R e ,- t like a thou ,- „would you fight then?" . " 4 ac e4 e „T i l ant thinking it would be hard to bring you to (i v.,'" anyhow." 4 ' t 144 0 4 ,1 '4 ,, (1 tight with proadswords, and ainepoint on the ; A l oud 'l4,4nvii—like a gentlemaus." . `,. r i d "'i 110 1 ut of laughter followed the propos!il,'which 15t: In oreittli!r escaped . from poor Robin's swelling heart, I Germ"' dictates of his sober judgment. . tl'otit "lan, quothar was echoed on all sides, with a ;'hi ° ,, unu rtinguishable laughter : " a very pretty gen ' , fi g 't i, '' t ' _":"1 Wot--- Canst get t , w , o swords for the gentleman , 1 1 / 4 , with, Ralph Heskett ? Ived " L s, but I can send to the armoury at Carlisle, and t ilie, t ,? el it two forks to be making shift with in the mean ., e, he n Jusli, man, " said another, ' the bonny Scots come ' l 4 " World with the blue bonnet on their heads, and , ',NI pistol at their belt, " S ' ‘. 1. VI bUrripkili, " to the ye e . e eenu post, salu me. ..,eece Nti,,,W . Corby Castle, to com e and stand second to the I "Reol .ii -• ligbi 44,4 midst of this torrent of general ridicule, the , .. tot instinctively griped beneath thefold,s of his plaid. .; A 1 0 t We better not," he said in his own langnagf.— Ne se ""dred curses on the swine -eaters, e x ., civility !" who know neither ti '" d en : h e room, the pack of you," he said, advancing to tu t I *. ' Pl)es,,i',.'', former friend interposed his sturdy bulk,. anil t ''n ' ''s le • the house ; and when Robin Oig at tiee.r%dittei ra a k 'v e i r„ wa y by force., .he.hi_t him down . of . the A . 4 al m o d ease as a boy bowls dow n a nine-pin. "fter, ' l ng, a r i ng le was now shouted, until th e dark aim 51 ' 41 "1 the h' • that hung on them, trembled again, ' 41 41.. 4 ' `etY plattein•ss , bi n k clattered against each li , . . . on tue ~ ‘c Give it him home, '"Y.".„"ell done, Harry, -- i i kli . l'S he care ofhim now—he sees his ow n blood !" ~ng ti q ,,, A w e v re the e xclamations, while the Highlan der, . stall 'tatte feet"' greundall his coldness arid caution lost in . il y_, and iea; :iiiti'r at ' his antagonist _ W .. ith n t s h ed e f t u ig r e y r ,_t e h a e r. ac ß t u i- t ,) ;'4 . 11 (*IQ to _'etw e purpose, of an incensed t m er? Robin ii,u'g again w ge encounter science and e p as the „I W w e . e ot down in the unequal contest ; and ','Jii t cd•, tleeessarily a severe one, he lay motionless on the ieit r i ', t"e kitchen. The landlady ran to offer some aid, e r. Fh.ece-bunipkin would not permit her to approach. . L,,ii.nd com e up ti,_ Let bon alone he said, " he will come • to within ' to the scratch again. He has not got , his broth yet." 01:44; Re has got all I mea n to give him, though," said his mist, whose heart began to rele nt towards his old tei ate ; cc and I would rather by h alf give the rest to te, lie ll 'ed, Mr. Fleece-bumpkin, for you pretend to know .a /, re t or two, and Robin had not art enough even to reel hiel." s etting-to, but fought with his plaid dangling ab out In thu d up Robin, my man ! all friend s now; and tilt heat' , l'cit,i, t he man that will speak a word against you, or 4_.eo.nutry, for your sake." NI 41-4 4 Oig was still under the dominion of tie passion, re, ; i ter to renew the onset ; but being withheld on the Lth,' l de by the peace-making Dame Heskett, and on the teti-6t:tti,are that Wakefield no longer meant to renew the e c "is fury sunk into gloomy sullenness. . 4 k L, °WO, come, never grudg e so much at it, man," said ' pi,,ve-sirited Englielnuan, with the placability of his "\'sr.: } ' , " shake hands, and we will be better frields than p. fri e d lerids !" exclaimed Robin Oig, with strong emphasis-- e s --Never. Look to youi self, Harry Weakfelt." It ei Np i ieli the curse of Cromwell on your proud Scots Iy,tkiee, as the man says in the play, and you may do your Nlie r 444 afte re ---- for one man can say nothin g more to Ober - lt tassel, than that he is sorry for iL" t ci these term* the friends parted ; Robin Oig drew out, sstt'ice, a piec e of money, threw it ou the table, and then eethetl 4 - vv ieh , ° "e• But turning at the door, he shook his ~ 1 4 4, t ,' a4e field, pointing with hie fore.finger ores'upwar `'l4th,„--"ner which might imply either a threat a i!ife„.' Re then disappeared in the moonlight. liff7 words passed after his departure, between the , l ‘ti. ) . / ; t i r '° Piqued himself on being a little of a bully, and i ce, 1 .akefield, who, with generous inconsistency, was I`,l,;:ur,t !ndispotted to begin a new combat in defence of "V* reputation, `,‘ althYugh he aouhl pot use his daddies like and Englishman, did not come it as natural to him." But Dame Heskett prevented this second quarrel from coming to a head by her peremptory interference. " There should be no more fighting in her house," she said ;•" there had been too much already. And you, Mr. Wakefield, may live to learn," she added; " what it is to make a deadly enemy out of a good friend." " Pehaw, dame! Rohin Oig is an honest fellow, and will never keep malice." " Do not trust to that—you do not know the dour tem per of the Scotch, though you have dealt with them so often. I have a right to know them, my mother being a Scott." " And so is well seen on her daughter," said Ralph Heskett. This nuptial scarcasm gave the discourse another turn; fresh customers entered the tap-room or kitchen, and others left it. The conversation turned on the expected markets, and the report of prices from different parts both of Scotland and England—treaties were commenced, and Harry Wakefield was lucky enough to find a chap for a part of his drove, and at a very considerable profit ; an event of consequence more than sufficient to blot out all the remembrances of the unpleasant scuffle in the earlier part of the day. But there remained one party from whose mind that recollection could not have been wiped away be possession of every bead of cattle betwixt Esk and Eden. This was Robin Oig M'Combieb.—" That I should have h a il no weapon," • he said, " and for the first title in say life !—Blighted be the tongue that bids the Highlander part with the dirk—the dirk—ha! the English blood !—My =tune's word--when did her word fall to the ground ?" The recollection of the fatal prophecy confirmed the deadly intention which instantly sprang up in his mind. " Ha! Morrison cannot be many miles behind; and if it were an hundred, what then !" His.impetuous spirit had now a fixed purpose and motive of action, and he turned the light foot of his country toward the wilds, through which he knew, by Mr. Ireby's report, that Morrison was advancing. His mind was wholly en grossed by the sense of injury--:-..injury sustained from a friend ; and by the desire of rengeadce on one whom he now accounted his most bitter enemy,' The treasured ideas of self-importance and self-opinion—of ideal birth and qua lity, had become' more precious to him, (like the tioard' to the:miser,) because he could only enjoy them in secret.— But that boat d was pillaged, the idols which he had secretly worshipped bad been desecrated and profaned. Insulted, abused, and beaten, he was no longer, worthy, in his own opinion, of the name he bore, or the lineage which he belonged to—nothing was left to him—nothing but revenge; and, as the reflection added a galling spur to every step, be .determined it should be as sudden and signal as the offence. When Robin Oig left the door of the alehouse, seven or eight English miles at least lay betwixt Morrison and him. The advance of the former was slow, limited by the slug gish pace of his cattle ; the last left behind him stubble field and hedge-row, crag and dark heath, all glittering with frost-rhirne in the broad November moon-light, at the rate of six miles an hour. And now the distant lowing of Morrison's cattle is heard; and now they are seen ereeping like moles in size and slowness of motion on the broad face'of the moor ;. and now he meets thent---passes them, and stops their conductor. " May good betide us," said the Southlander—" Is this you, Robin M'Combich, or your wraith ?" " It is Robin Oig M'Combich," -answered the High lander, " and it is not.—But never mind that, put pe giving me the skene-dliii." " What ! you are for back to the Highlands—The devil —Have you sett all offlefore the fair ? This beats all for quick markets." " I have not sold—l am not going north—May pe I will never go north again.—Give me pack my dirk, Hugh Morrison, or there will be words petween us." " Indeed, Robin, I'll be better advised or I gie it back to you—it is a wanchancy Weapon in a Highlandrnan's hand, and I am thinking you will be about some barns break ing. " " Prutt, trutt ! let me have my weapon," said Robin Oig impatiently. " Moly and fairly," said his well-meaning friend. " I'll tell you what will do better than these dirkine.'-do ings—Ye ken Highlander and Lowlander, and Border men, are a' ae man's bairnes when you are over the Scots dyke. See, the Eskdale callants, and fighting Charlie of Liddesdale, and the Lockerby lads, and the four Dandies of Lustruther, and a wheen mair grey plaids, are coming up behind ; and if you are wranged, there is the hand of a manly Morrison, we'll see you righted, if Carlisle and Stanwix baith took up the feud." " To tell you the truth," said Robin Oig, desirous of eluding the suspicions of his friend, " I have enlisted with a party of the Black Wateit, and must march off to-morrow morning." " Enlisted ! Were you mad or drunk ?—You must buy yourself off—Dean lend you twenty notes, and twenty to that, if the drove sell." ." I thank you—thank ye, Hughie ; but I go with good will the gate that I am going,—so the dirk—the dirk !" " There it is for you then, since less wunna serve. But think on what I was saying. Wan me, it will be sair news in the Braes of Balquidder; that Robin Oig M'Combich should have run an ill gate and ta'en on." " 11l news in Balquidder, indeed !" echoed poor Robin ; "put Oat speed you, Hughie, and send you good marcats. Ye winna meet with Robin Oig again either at tryste or fair." So saying, he shook hastily, the hand of his acquaintance, and set out in the direction from which he had advanced, with the spirit of his farmer pace. "There is something wrang with the lad," muttered the Morrison to himself; "but we will maybe see better into it the morn's morning." But long ere the morning dawned, the catastrophe of our tale bad taken place. It was two hours after the affray had happened, and it was totally forgotten by almost every one, when Robin Oig returned to Heskett's inn. The place was filled at .once by various sorts of men engaged in busy traffic, with the laugh, the Ong, and the riotous jest of those who had nothing to do but to enjoy themselves.— Among the last was Liarry Wakefield, who, amidst a grin ning group of smock-frocks, hobnailed shoes, and jolly English physiognomies, was trolling forth the old ditty, "What though my name be Roger, Who drives the plough and cart-.-" when he was interrupted by a well-known voice, saying in a high and stern voice, marked by the sharp Highland accent, " Harry Waakfelt—if you be a man, stand up !" " What is the matter ?—what is it ?" the guests de manded of each other. " It is only a - Scotsman," said Fleecebumkin, who was by this time very drunk, "whom Harry Wakefield helped to his broth to-day, who is now come to have his cauld kailhett again." " Harry Weakfelt," repeated the same ominous sum mons, " stand up, if you be a man !" There is something in the tone of deep and concentrated passion, which attracts attention and imposes awe, even by the very sound.; The guests shrunk hack on every side, and gazed at the Highlander, as he stood in the middle of them, his brows bent, and his features rigid with resolu tion. " I will stand tip with all my heart, Robin, my boy, but it shall be to shake hands with you, 'and drink down all unkindness: It is not the fault of your heart, man, that you don't know how to clench your hands." By this time he stood opposite to his antagonist; his open and unsuspecting look strangely contrasted with the stern purpose, which gleamed wild, dark, and vindictive in the eyes of the Highlander. " 'Tis not thy fault, man, that, not having the luck to thou canst n o t fight more than a school gbeirla.n Englishman, school girl." I can f ig ht," answered Robin Oig sternly, but calmly, " and you shall know it. Yuu, harry Waakfelt, bbowed nie to-day how the Saxon churls fight—l show you now how the Highland Dunniewassal fights." He seconded the word with the action, and plunged the dagger which he suddenly displayed, into the broad breast of the English yeoman, with such fatal certainty and force, that the hilt made a hollow sound again the breast-bone, and the double-edged point split the very heart of his victim. Harry Wakefield fell, and expired with a single groan. His assassin next seised the bailiff by the collar, and offered the bloody poniard to his throat, whilst dread and surprise rendered the man incapable of defence. " It were very just to lay you beside him," lie said, " but the blood of a base pick-thank shall never mix on my father's dirk, with that of a brave man." As he spoke, he cast the man from him with so much force, that he fell on the floor, while Robin, with his other hand, threw the fatal weapon into the blazing turf-fire. " There," he said, " take me who likes—and let fire cleanse blood if it can." . _ _ The pause of astonishment still continuing, Robert Oig asked for a peace-officer, and a constable having stepped out, he surrendered himself to his custody. " A bloody night's work you have made of it," said the constable. " Your own fault," said the Highlander. " Had you kept his hands off me twa hours since, he would bare been now as well and merry as he was twa minutes since." It must be sorely answered," said the peace-officer. " Never you mind that—death pays all debts; it will Pay that too." Before he was carried from the fatal apartment, he de sired to look at the, dead,body ? which, vaised fora the floor, ~. had been deposited upon the large table, (at the head of which Harry Wakefield had presided but a few minutes before, full of life, vigour, and animation), until the sur ryons should examine the mortal wound. The face of the corpse was decently covered with a napkin. To the sur prise and horror of the bystanders, which displayed itself in a general Ah / drawn through clenched teeth and half shut lips, Robin Oig removed the cloth, and gazed with a mournful but steady eye on the lifeless visage, which had been so lately animated, that the smile of good humoured confidence in his own strength, of conciliation at once, and contempt towards his enemy, still curled his lip. While those present expected that the wound, which had so lately flooded the apartment with gore, would send forth fresh streams at the touch of the homicide, Robin Oig replaced the covering, with the brief exclamation—" He was a pretty man!" Sir Walter proceeds :—My story is nearly ended. The unfortunate Highlander stood his trial at Carlisle. I was myself present, and as a young Scottish lawyer, or barri ster at least, and reputed a man of some quality, the po liteness of the Sheriff of Cumberland offered me a place on the bench. The facts •f the case were proved in the manner I have related them ; and whatever might be at first the prejudice of the audience against a crime so un-English as that of assassination from reven g e, yet when the rooted national preju dices of the prisoner had been explained, which made him consider himself as stained with inde lible dishon6ur, when subjected to personal violence; when his previous patience, moderation, and endurance, were considered, the generosity of the English audience was inclined to regard his crime as the wayward aberra tion of a false idea of honour, rather than as flowing from a heart naturally savage, or perverted by habitual vice. I shall never forget the charge of the venerable Judge to the jury, although not at that time liable to be much affected either by that which was eloquent or pathetic. " Gentlemen of the Jury, it was with some impatience that I heard my learned brothel who opened the case for the Crown, give an unfavourable turn to the prisoner's conduct on this occasion. He said the prisoner was afraid to encoun ter his antagonist in fair fight, or to submit to the Jaws of the ring; and that therefore, like a cowardly Italian, be had re course to his fatal stiletto, to murder the man whom he dared' not uueet in manly encounter. I observed the prisoner shrink from this part of the accusation with the abhorrence na tural to a brave man ; and as I would wish to make my words impressive, when I point Lis real crime, I must se cure his opinion of my impartiality, by rebutting every thing that seems to me a false accusation. There can be no doubt that the prisoner is a man of resolution— too much resolution—l wish to Heaven that he had less, or rather that he had bad a better education to regu late it. The jury, according to his instructions, brought in a verdict of Guilty ; and Robin Oig McCombich, !alias Itl`Gregor, was sentenced to death, and left for execution, which took place accordingly. He met his fate with great firmness, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence. But he repelled indignantly the observations of those who accused him of attacking an unarmed man. " I gave a life for the life I took," he said, " and what can I do more?" vol. i. p. The Princess AuGrisTA has nearly recovered from the effects of her' late indisposition. The Duchess of KENT and ,the Princesses VicTouta and FFonoaE are staying at Claremont, on a visit to Prince LEOPOLD. Mr. Husictssow has arrived at Claremont, on a visit to his Royal Wellies& The LORD CHANCELLOR and Earl DUDLEY visited Viscount GODERICH yesterday, at his residence in Dawning-street. Lord HOLLAND and Mr. TIERNEY had con ferences yesterday with Earl DUDLEY, at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Hon. EDWARD STANLEY transacted business at the Colonial Office yesterday, for the first time since his appointment to the office of Under-Secretary of State for the Colonial department, in the room of Mr. HORTON, who succeeds Mr. GRANT, as Vice-President of the Board of Trade. Mr AKERBORIE, a Messenger attached to the lonian Government, arrived at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, yesterday morning, with despatches from Vice-Admiral Sir E. CODRINQTON, the Commander of die British fleet in the Mediterranean, dated, it was un derstood, up to the 9th inst. Prince LiEvElq, the Russian Ambassador, sent off a courier yesterday evening, with despatches for the Russian Ambassador at Paris. DEATH OF THE EARL OF TRAQ:UAIR.--- On Sunday the Earl of Traquair diedat his seat, Traquaia House, Peebles-shire. His Lordship was in his 83d year. His only son, Lord Linton, succeeds to the title and estates. Caledonian Mercury. The Session's Ball, generally the most select and respectable of the Taunton assemblies, took place 'at the Rooms on• Tuesday night. The attendance was ex tremely fashionable and elegant. Tbe company, to the number of 160 (among whom were Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Bart. M.P. and family), under the polite and assiduous attention of T. G. W. Carew, Esq., as Steward, kept up their recreation until a late hour next morning.—Bath Should any of our readers be disposed to visit the Thames Tunnel, or the progress of the new Lon don Bridge, they will do well to pay a visit to the ex tensive Warehouse of Mr. EvAxs, in Fish-street Hill, near the Monument, where they will behold the most complete assortment of all matters connected with the com forts of good house keeping-stoves of every variety upon the most approved principle, with steam apparatus for the economy of fuel, and in short every utensil in the culinary line, as will be seen by reference to an advertisement in our front page. But the chief attraction of the large show rooms is the beautiful collection of Italian chimney pieces, some of which are chiselled with peculiar elegance. We owe Mr. EVANS this notice for the pleasure derived from' iewing his Welt arranged repository, which is well worth a visit by any gentleman preparing his house for the winter season. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.--The Hon. A. Chichester, from iferts ; the Hon. Colonel Edwardes and the Hon. Richard Edwardes, from the North ; the Earl and Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molyneux, in Arlington-street, from Newmarket; Captain and Mrs. Drummond, in Grosvenor -street; from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Cunliff, at Lord Crewe's, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from their seat, Medley Hall, Staffordshire ; Captain and Mrs. Mama'', in Baker-street, from Worthing ; Colonel and Mrs. Madan, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Caven dish-square, from Brighton ; Captain J. W. Bowen,. Mrs. -General Borthwiek, and Mrs. Brooks, at ditto ; Sir Da niel l3ayley, at ditto, from Brighton ; S. Gumbleton, Esq. at. ditto;' Henry Heathcote, Esq. at ditto; Rev. George Preston, at ditto ; Mrs. Wilbraham and Ladies, at Nerot's Hotels, Clifford and Cork-streets; Ball Dare, Esq. Mrs. Hall Dare, and Ladies, at ditto, from their seat in Essex ; Dr. Richardson and Lady, at 'Warne's Hotel, Conduit-street ; Captain White, at ditto ; Mrs. Clark and Miss Harkness, at Hakes's Hotel, from Ireland ; the Rev. Parker Voules, at ditto, from Somerset; Mr. and Mrs. Gaily Knight, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook -street, from Spa; IL Oxenden, Esq. at ditto, from Broome Park ; James Pretty„Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Brighton ; J. Van Hoff, Esq. at ditto, from the Continent ; Charles Eden, Esq. at ditto, from the Con tinent; Mr. and Airs. Pares, at Kirkham's hotel, Lower Brook-street, from East Bourne; John Eyre, Esq. at ditto, froth Cheltenham; H. Harrison, Esq. at the Burlington Hotel, from Ireland. DEPARTURES.— The Marquis , and Mar eltioness Pastoret, for Paris; Lord Lynedock, from War ren's Hotel, Regent-street, for his seat, Cosgrove Priory; Lord Walsingham, from Lis house in Upper Harley-street, for Brighton; Dr. and Mrs. Booth, front Kirkham's Ho tel, for Birmingham ; Captain Loftus, from ditto, for Bath ; Captain Hall, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, for Cheltenham ; Airs. Thompson Corbett and the Misses Corbett, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, for Bath; Captain Harrington, R.N. from ditto; Sir Edward Chohnley Dering, Bart. and the Rev. E. C. Dering, from ditto ; Thomas Curtis, Esq. from ditto; 'William Davidson, Esq. from ditto; La Baron Cetto, from Nerot's HotelS ; J. Seals, Esq. and friends, from ditto ; the Count Soroliski, from ditto ; Sir E. M‘Gregor and Lady Charlotte M'Gregor, from Warne's Hotel ; Sir James and Lady Whitshed, from Hakes's Ho tel, for Holbrook Farm, Sussex; T. F. Best, Esq. Airs. Best, and family, from ditto, for Wiarton ; Henry Pearson, Esq. Mrs. Pearson, and family, from ditto, for Spinfield Lodge; the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, Mrs. Wilkinson, and family, from ditto; Mrs. Pitcairn, from ditto, for Culver Lodge; Mr. Beekford, from ditto ; Colonel and Mrs. Os bourn, and family, from ditto, for Brighton ; Mrs. J. Dor rien, from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Chi chester ; J. Dorrien, Esq. from ditto, for Oxford ; Madame Money Nee ¶le Bourbel, from l‘iivart'B Hotel, for Paris. FROM LA'ST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Windsor, the 18th day of October, 1827, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the Parliament be prorogued, from Thursday, the twenty fifth day of this instant October, to Thursday, the twen tieth day of December next: Whitehall, Oct. 16, 1827. The King has been pleased to present the Reverend Donald Mac Naughten to tho church at Duror, in the parish of Appin, in the presbytery of Lorne and shire of Argyll. Eiroto9,ehirg DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. William Anderson, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, bookseller. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Matthew Moneyment, Swaff ham, Norfolk, cabinet maker. BANKRUPTS. George Stevens, Islington-green, Middlesex, victualler, to surrender Oct. 26, at eleven, Nov. 2 and SO, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Hall, Great Ames-street, Bedford-row. 'Thomas Stephenson, New Mahon, York, grocer, Oct. 26, at twelve, Nov. 2, and 30, at. eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Smithson, and Co., New Inn. William Booth, Worksop, maltster, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, and SO, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Helene, Frampton, and Loftus, New-Inn, London ; Wake, Worksop. Matthew Hale Rodway, Swell's-hill, Rodborough,butcher, Oct. 31, at five, Nov. 1, at nine, and 30, at ten, at the Fleece Inn, Rodborough. Slade and Jones, John-street, Bedford-row ; Mullings, Cirencester. Samuel Barber and Thomas Phillip Hillary, Dowgate hill, wine-merchants, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, and SO, at eleven, at the Court of. Commissioners. Ogle, Great Winchester street. George Gilbert, Burgh in the Marsh, Lincoln, maltster, Nov. 6, at five, at the White Hart inn, Spilsby, Lincoln, at ten, and 30, at eleven, at the Red Lion, Partney, Lin colnshire. Scott, Princes-street, Bedford-row ; Bourne, Alford. • Thomas Potts, Rotherbithe-wall, baker, Oct. 26, at eleven, Nov. 2, and 30, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners. Chester, Parsonage-row, Newington-Butts.. DIVIDENDS. Andrew Jameson, Green-street, Bethnal-green, builder, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—James Purdie, sen. and Jame .s Purdie, jun. Norwich, bombazine manufacturers, Nov. 8, at four, at the Angel inn, St. Peter of Mancroft, Norwich—R. Edmeads, T. Atkins, and Geo. Tyrrell, Maidstone, bankers, Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners--Wm. Prior, Kemerton, Glou cestershire, bleacher, Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Hop-pole inn, Tewkesbury—Thos. Reddish, Stockport, corn-dealer, Nov. 1 2, at ten, at the Wellington-bridge inn, Stockport —James Nichol, Preston, draper, Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Red lion inn,Preston—Sam. Henry, Chester, draper, Nov. 9, at nine, at White's hotel, Manchester—Thomas Clemence, Truro, Cornwall, cabinet-maker, Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Court of. Commissioners—Solomon and Moses Almosnino, Bevis Marks, merchants, Novem ber 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners —William Jackson, . Rochford, Essex, banker, Novem ber 13, :at eleven, at the :Court of Commissioners— Michael Fowler, Birmingham, grocer, Nov. 9, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—Thomas Alfred Kendall, Paternoster-row, silk-manufacturer, Nov!'l3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners--William Mindham, Holt, Norfolk, carpenter, Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Thomas Maltby and Henry Buckland, Gutter-lane, lace-manufacturers, Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Thomas Cross, Southampton street, Covent-garden, coach-master,.NOv. 9, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. CERTIFICATES—,Nov. 9. William Harvey, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen-manufac turer—Robert Burt, Lucas -street, Commercial-road, master mariner—Edward Kirby, Stafford-street, Bond-street; bookseller—John Housurm, Smith -street, Northampton square, colour-manufacturer—Edward Nicoll, jun., Hen don, Mildlesex, hay and straw salesman—Edward Crop ley, Frith-strect, Soho, merchant—William Iredale, ,Don caster, horse-dealer—Charles Pettit Blackburn, • Paradise street, Botherhithe, carpenter—Samuel Clegg, Thomas Mather, jun., and Kenneth Pringle, Etna Iron-works,' West Derby, founders---. Thomas Pattinson and Matthew , Proctor, Leeds, wine-merchants—William Hudson, Stam ford, ironmonger—John Moon, Manchester, cotton-mer chant—Thomas Cross, Southampton-street,Covent-garden, coach-master. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. John Mott and .Richard Mott, Newington-causeway, tailors—John Baddeley, William Archer, and Emerson Archer, Golden-lane, wadding-manufacturers—Elizabeth Webb and Mary Stovill, North-street, Finsbury-street, dress-makers—Thomas Farrer and Joseph Gardiner, Wramplingham, Norfolk, millers—Edward Humble and John Leslie, Wapping -street, biscuit-bakers—John Wy broo, Charles Gibson, and William Wybroo, Bridge-street, Westminster, cheesemongers—Thomas Clover and John Luckie, Chatham, porter-merchants—Edmund English, Robert English, and Andrew Berkley Becks, Milsom street, Bath, cabinet-makers—Charles Causer and William Thakemore, Shiffnal, Shropshire, tailors—Andrew Kellie and John Cross, Poltoii-le-Moors, drapers—Charles. Hod son and Obadiah Burgess Rogers, Pershore, Worcester shire, attorneys--Thomas Lane and Joseph Lane, Birming ham, gold-beater s--Joseph Ashton and Robert Stephen Oliver, Cornwall-road, Surrey, hat-manufacturers—John William Sowerby and Joseph Backwell, London, mer chants. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Smith, Aberdeen, stone-merchant, Oct. 30, and Nov. 13, at one, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. Robert Tait, High-street, Edinburgh, merchant, Oct. 25, and Nov. 9. at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee house, Edinburgh. BANK NOTES. An Account of the total number of Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the value of ,51., which has been issued during each and every Week from the 10th of September, t 827, until Saturday preceding the 15th of October, 1827; and also the total number of Notes under the value of 51. actually in circulation at the close of the business on every such Saturday, punmant to Act 7th Geo. IV., Cap. 6. r..£itunber of Notes of 1 issued. Amount in. Circula tiou of Notes under the value of .zES. Both inclusive. From Sept. 10 to Sept. Prom Sept. 17 to Sept. 22... From Sept. 24, to Sept. 29... From Oct. 1 to Oct. ti... From Oct. Bto Oct. 13-1 N. B. No other Notes under tlu (Signecl) Bank of England, Pct. 15. Nil Sept. 15 473,581 Nil Sept. 22 470,146 Nil Sept. 29 467,022 Nil Oct. 6 464,409 Nil • Oct. 13 461,377 to value of 51. have been issued. /M. DAWES, Acct.-Geueral. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. IsONDON ADJOURNED SITTINGS, BEFORE LORD TBNTEBDEN, GladstonesSvP. RCol cUIEW JUSTICE.. Whvatt V. M ac ki ntos h Ohlfield v. Mitchell nt Hunter v. Co nnor Buttenha v. Perrin SPECIAL JURIES FOR MONDAY. Oliviera v. Naylor Smith v. Mills Tarbutt v. Satner Carter v. Maitland Dave v. Baynes Wilson v. Pennington Elias v. Varnhant. We are glad to perceive that the maltsters in this town and neighbourhood intend to meet, to take into consideration the grievous and oppressive clauses of the new Malt Act. The conditions of this Act are extremely vexatious —and its operation must prove highly injurious, as well to the interests of agriculture nn the one hand, as to the commerce in that article on the other; and at va riance, on the whole, with the interests of the publi c ._ Doncaster Gazette. SCENE.-THE STREET OE A VILLAGE.-- A Funeral procession entering the Cluny.le-yard. STRANCEIt.-Pray, Sir, who is it they are taking to his long home? FA R 24 Elt. -Mr. M'Quirk, Sir, a great attorney in these parts. STRANGER.—What ! do you bury attorneys in this county ? FA RMER, --Bury them ?—to be sure lye do !--why, don't you ? STRAWOEn.--.oh, no !--we never think of such a thin... ,When an attorney dies, we lay him out, throw open the w►ndop, anti lock the door—in the morning the body is gone! There, is, to be sure, a strong smell of brimstone in the roon►._..but it goon goes off. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. FRIDAY, OCT. 19. Second year of a Renewal of the subs . cription of 5 cove. for four-yr-olds and upwards. R.C. (7 Subs.) Lord Egrernont's Chateau Margaux walked over. Match-200 soya- T.Y.C. h. f. Lord Exeter's Enamel, Bst. 121 b. received ft. from Lord Jersey's Dragon, Bst. 21b. Match-200 sot's. D. M. Duke of Richmond's Gulnare, 'lst. 111 b 1 Lord Anson's Noureddin, Set. 81b. Won by a neck. Match-200 soya. T.Y.C. Mr. Payne's Oppidan, '7st. Mr. Greville's Dandelion, Bst. 121 b. . Won by a length. The Prendergast Stakes of 50 soya. each, for two-yr-old colts, Sat. 51b. and fillies, Bst. Slb. T.Y.C. Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 1 Lord Exeter's Folly colt Mr. Prendergast's Kildare, by Regent Duke of Grafton's Sister to Goshawk 0 Lancastrian Lord Exeter's f. by Tramp--Bess 0 Mr. Rogere4Scribe Mr. Greville's Elinor Mr. Rush's c. by Merlin—Romp's dam Mr. Payne's c. by Merlin 0 Mr. Wyndhain's Urganda Major Milner's Stoughton Lass 0 Mr. Lumley's c. by Srnolensko—Olivera Fifteen paid. Match—l 00gs. T. Y. C. Dake of Richmond's Starch, Bst. Slb. Lord" Exeter's Augusta c. Bst. 11b. •Won by half a length. The Frogmore Stakes of 100 cove. each, 60 ft. for three yr-old colts, Set. 71h. fillies, Bst. 81h. D.I. Lord G. Cavendish's Espagnolle c01t......... 1 Mr. Wyndham's Grampus ................... 2 Lord Jersey's Glenartney, by Phantom ...... Teti paid.—Won by half a length. The report that the Handicap Plate on Thursday was given to the second horse turned out to be premature. HOLYWELL HUNT RACES.+MEDNPSDAY, OCT. 17. The Pengwern Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 sovs. ft. One mile and three quarters. Colonel Yates's Paul Pry, Set. 91b... 1 Lord Grosvenor's Burlesque, let. 91b. Six drawn. Match-50 sovs. 109 t. '711). each. One mile. Gentlemen riders. Lord Grey's b. f. by Bustard, S yrs, paid to Lord 1 17 ,1 ; . ton's ch. c. • Teniers. The Halkin Stakes Were not run for. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Cheshire Hounds meet on Monday, at Minshull; Wednesday, at ; Thursday, at the Fox and Bar rel ; Saturday, at Bartington Heath. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Wormelow Tump; Friday, at England's Gate—at 10. The Devon Foxliunting Club, on Monday, at the King's Arms, Chtmleigh. Lord Fitzwilliain's Hounds, on Monday, at Aldwark Bridge ; Tuesday, at Keppel's Column ; Thursday, at Wombwell Wood. The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Acton Reynald ; Wednesday, at Wolf's Head Turnpike; Friday, at Atting ham ;• Saturday, at Leeton Shelf—at 10. The Worcester Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Goose Hill Wood ; Friday, at Wootler's Hill, Mr. Hanford's—at 10. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Monday, at Moseley Court ; Wednesday, at Smestow Gate. H. Julliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Chal don; Wednesday, at Reigate Hill ; Thursday, at Platt's Green ; Saturday, at Kingswood Gate-11. The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Monday, at the Rose and Crown ; Thursday, ut Godatone ; Saturday, at Wester ham—half-past 10. The Surrey Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and Sa turday, at Sa»derstead-10. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 94tli and 96th Regiments of-Foot, and the Ist Battalion of the 60t1► Rifle Corps, arrivedin town, on Thursday, from Chatham, on route to Plyinouth. Alletadmient helOnging to the 9th Regiment of Infan try embarked yesterday, on board a canal boat, at Pad dington, on route to Manchester. A Detachment belonging to the 84th Regiment of Fool arrived in town on Thursday, from Chatham, on route tc Jersey. A Detachment belonging to the 7lst Regiment of in fantry arrived in town on Thursday, from Chatham, or, route to Hull. A Detachment belonging to the 79th Regiment of Foot arrived in town on Thursday, from Chatham, on route to Belfast. A Detachment belonging to the 98th Regiment of In fantry arrived in town on Thursday, from Chatham, or route to Tralee. A Detaelnuent belonging to the East India Company's Service is ordered to embark this morning, on board a steam-vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on route tti Chatham. The Depot of the 27th Regiment of Foot is ordered to proceed direct from Portsmouth to Jersey, to relieve the Depot of the 64th Regiment of Infantry, which is ordered to Cork. The Depot of the 76th Regiment of Foot has arrived at Cork from Jersey. A Detachment belonging to the 99th Regiment of Foot arrived in town on Thursday, front Chatham, on route to Clare Castle. A Detachment belonging to the 70th Regiment of In fantry arrived in town on Thursday, from Chatham, on route to Fermov. A Detachment belonging to the 40th Regiment of Foot have received orders to embark this morning, on board a steam-vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham. The six service companies of the 58th Regi ment, which sailed from Cove on Wednesday, were em.. barked as follows :—Head-quarter division on board the Southworth, commanded by Captain Firebrace, with his, and Captains Fitzgerald, and Leyne's companies ; on board the Arab, Lieutenant-Colonel Darley, Captains Frith, Fuller, and Sadlier's companies, with Lieutenants Stewart, Grant, Bell, Mann, M'Kenzie, Ensign Hon. H. Howard, and Dr. Jones.—Cork Southern Reporter. The depot companies of the 58th for the pre sent remain at Cork, under Lieutenant-Colonel Rowan, with Captains Sargeant, Wynward, Jones, and Markham's. companies ; Lieutenants Pack, Fletcher, and Parker ; Ensigns Dobson, Creagh, Campbell, and Phillips. • Lieut. Pack is appointed Paymaster to the depot.—lbid. The destination of the 58th is the Cape of Good Elope, where they are to remain for four years, and then go to India ; they take out six women to each com pany. The 26th Regiment, ordered direst to India, take twelve women to each company.—lbid. At a Garrison Court Martial, of which Cap tain Leslie was President, held on Saturday last, at Go vernment-house, private James Bullock, of the 4th com pany of Royal Sappers and Miners, was brought to trial on the following charges:—lst. For absenting hitusell from the quarters of the company, on the 6th inst. with out leave, whilst on duty as orderly to the Commanding Royal Engineer; and returning to the same in an intoxi cated state. 2d. For using highly insubordinate language to acting Serjeant-Major Lewis, of the same company, when endeavouring to obtain from bins his arms ) prepara tory to his being confined by a person or persons sent in Search of him. idly. For kicking or striking violently and maliciously with his foot the said Serjeant-Major Lewis, in the execution as above of his duty as a non-com►nis sioned officer.—The Court adjudged the prisoner, James Bullock, guilty ,of the whole of these charges, and sentenced him' to receive a corporeal punishment of 300 lashes. Major-General Sir John Cameron approved of this sentence, but in consideration of the general good conduct of the company, at the intercession of the Commanding Engineer, and the officer commanding the company, he was pleased to remit the punishment —Plymouth Journal. THE WEATHER.—The •weather continues very unfavourable for concluding the operations of the bar vest. A good deal of rain has fallen since our last, and as there has been very little wind, the earth is so soaked, that in some low lying fields the water is standing between the potatoe drills. Very few potatoes have yet been stored iu the pits in this quarter. As the soil has been washed of! a great many of those at the surface, should the present soft weather be followed by frost, it will injure those left exposed. Some of the farmers are employing their do mestics in gathering those above ground, and others are talking of running their crops up with the plough us soon as circumstances will perruit..4cotsman, SPIRIT OP, THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The contest for the great Scotch county of Lanark has terminated in the election of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, the popular candidate. Thus the staunch .and independent representa tive, Lord Archibald Hamilton, whose recent loss has occasioned this new appeal to the sense of the freeholders, is replaced by a man of cor responding principles, who will support a liberal Administration, and join the almost unanimous voice of his countrymen in keeping out, now that we have got them out, the sordid faction from whom his Maesty and his people have ex per id e b d e. joyfulso ßut it his the local band of Scotch T or i es i n Lanarkshire i a s not release. that r result for is w a h s i c it the had prepared themselves, or with the hopes of which the Tory press of ! London had for some weeks laboured, by the regular expedients of bullying and boasting, to re-animate the cold partisans of a dying cause. The country was threatened with a series of Tory triumphs, of which this Lanarkshire election would be the first. The landed interest was to be .‘ true to itself," and it has been so ; but not in the ex- Minister signification—not by starving the poor manufacturers of Glasgow and Paisley, and im poverishing the commercial interest, from the prosperity of which alone can landholders expect to maintain full prices, to enjoy steady and well- • paid rents, and to escape the locust-plague of innumerable paupers. This overthow of a desperate effort of the Tories may be bailed as a satisfactory evidence that the political monopoly which afflicted our Scotch neighbours for more than 40 years—the Dundas abomination, the Melville blight—has begun to palsy the hand which wielded it, or to spend its virulence on its former agents. It will be glori ous to see a fallen tyrant wasting away miserably in a corner of his own revolted empire, enduring the most terrible punishments —the contempt and indifference of his once abject slaves. Never was an unrighteous rule more absolute than the Dundas dominion over Scotland. In no respect was the late tunny!' of King and People more illustrious or more. reviving than in the exchange of this dynasty of usurpers for the legitimate sway of George Iv., whose desire and necessary policy must be, not only to cast down the usurpation, but to cut away the roots of it, that no base barriers may hence-. forth impede that easy movement of a free con stitution, which brings the people into unob structed contact with their Sovereign, and encou rages them to contemplate his Majesty and his Parliament as the natural redressers of wrong, and the immediate despositaries of the public confidence. It is needless to say how this direct and salutary relation between King and subject has been intercepted during the long supremacy of the Melvilles. For two generations the nui sance lasted—the sceptre was transmitted from old Harry to the son, as smoothly as that of Hy der to Tippoo ; and as completely, do we trust, is the northern domination extinguished, as was its prototype and parallel in the East. It will, we believe, be"found in every part of the United Kingdom, that the same spirit which has now shown itself among the Freeholders of Lanark, will act with equal vigour and success whenever, the public is afforded an opportunity of attest— ing its own true bias. The• chronic incubus once shaken off, the national' frame recovers health and elasticity—it wakes to a sense of power—or, without uneasiness,, yields itself to repose.— Times. It is impossible to attach more importance than it deserves to a subject which we brought a few days ago under public notice, and which our readers may have seen, from the Times of yester day, has occupied 'and continues to agitate the minds of the great body of medical practitioners in this country ;—we mean the necessity of ex tending, by all practicable means, the profes sional knowledge which is to constitute their legal qualification for entering on their very se rious duties. The meetings which were alluded to in yesterday's Times have been the channels through which some deplorable and alarming, facts have made their way to the public. It is a dismal thing to hear the very men to whom our lives and those of our families are committed, Mate, before the whole world, that they are them selves by far more ignorant, and therefore by far less capable either of curing disease, or of in structing the medical generation which is to suc ceed them, than the physicians, &c. of Italy, France, and Germany—regions which, in the fulness of contented arrogance, Englishmen are generally accustomed to look down upon as in all points less enlightened than themselves. It is admitted that the course of English medical edu cation is too confined ; that the youths who come to London for instruction do so with the. view of making that instruction the passport merely to their reception as members of what ever branch of the profession they may aspire to—not with that of qualifying themselves to save their patients' lives ; that the schools abroad give knowledge more enlarged and more profound than in this country ; that the chiefs of great public esta blishments here are wanting in punctuality and diligence where the business of instructing pupils is concerned ; that-the pupils themselves are so utterly and stupidly careless, where the object of passing an official examination, is not concerned, that a' man so eminent and able as Dr. Chohnon deley, Physician at Guy's Hospital, has rarely more than one or two students to attend his cli nical lectures at the patient's bed-side —the most' really efficient class of lectures that can he given, and by the most competent instru c t or ; t h at, i n fine (and we believ e this to be the sober truth), the whole profession in London—and if in Lon doe, in the country also, which takes the tone from London—is degraded into a mere money netting trade, having no characteristic oivirtuous and humane compassion, or of lofty and generous ambition, and being in a great degree composed of men, and governed by maxims, disgraceful to the art itself, and most frightful in relation to the safety of those human beings who are afflicted with disease and exposed to danger. We d e , think th a t mo r e solid good might be effected by bringing this Augean stable under the imme diate ken of Parliament, and by devising mea sures for its thorough purification, than by 50 committees for transporting the poor to Canada, or exasperating the empty stomachs of those who remain by doses of religious controversy:— As what is called the London season ap_ p • roaches we look with increased dismay at t h e formidable preparations that the monster, g am _ ing, is making to undermine our national cha racter and individual happiness. The infernal. Temple of Fraud and Robbery, which, to the disgrace of the age, has reared its audacious front in the most public thoroughfare of the me tropolis, approaches towards its completion, and is now receiving, at unbounded expellee, the last touch refilled art and gorgeous luxury can be stow. Around this hell of hells, numerous minor dens of infamy abound—some of then "-'"Viz"!494