The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. The Chevalier de Vial, the Spanish Illin'ster, tran sacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sir James Graham has arrived in town, from his seat at Netherby. Sir James had an intervie w yesterday with ' Mr. Secretary Stanley, at eh,: Ce , onial-office Lord Holland visited Earl Grey yesterday, at his resi dence in Downing-street. The Commissioners for the Reduction of th e N a ti ona l Debt held a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. Count Bjornstjerna, the Sweedish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Count Ludolf, the Neapolitan Minister, left his residence at Norwood on Friday, for Brighton. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council met yes terday in the Council Chamber. Sir James Parke gave judgment on the part of their Lordships in the appeal, from Thmeal, " Haiman Chull Singh, versus Roomer Gemshearn Singh." The decision confirmed the decree of the Sudder Deevanny Adawlut, except so far as relates to the third parties, which is left to the decision of the executive Government. The Learned Judge complimented the Counsel for the talent with which this case had been argued. Mr. Miller resumed his address to their Lordships in the appeal " Gopee Mohun Takoor and others v. Raja Ratlhanat," and was followed by Mr. Wigram. Mr. Ser geant Spankie replied on the part of respondents. The case is a claim of 60,000 rupees, alleged by the appellants to be due to them from th respondents, from certain transactions between the parties. The respond ents dispute their liability for the amount. At the conclusion of the case the Solicitor General was heard by their Lordships in an appeal, in which the Bank of Bengal are the appellants and the East India Company the respondents. A promissory note for 9,400 rupees, with interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, had been signed by the authorities for the East India Company fur the loan of money - from the Bank, promise of repayment, after three months' notice had been given in the Gazette, but no cer tain time named for repayment. The note was negotiable, as Government notes are transferrable by endorsement. The cause had been twice tried in the local courts ; the Present appeal was from the Supreme Court of Calcutta, discharging a rule Nisi to enter judgment for plaintiffs. Their Lordships adjourned at 4 o'clock. BRIGHTON, JAN. 6. Yesterday the King and Licly Mary Fox took a T. risge airin g a l ong the Cliffs, and continued their drive till towards th e evening, His Majesty appeared in par ticularly good health and spirits. The Queen and Lady Mira (her Majesty's Lady in Waiting) h ear d di v i ne service at St. George's Chapel in the afternoon, and returned to the Palace at half-past four o'clock. Prince Talleyrand and the Duchess de Dino, Prince and Princess Lieven, Count Ludolf, and the Countess of New bMa ur je gh st ies. and the Ladie s E yre, paid their respects to the i r The characteristic hospitality of their Majesties at their marine residence is in perfect keeping with that of the festive season, and must naturally give a favourable and correct insight to their foreign guests into the true national character. The Royal boards are daily groaning under the luxuries and delicacies of this and other countries, and the representatives of our foreign allies have an opportu nity of judging of true English hospitality at its fountain, where in other climes its source is, perhaps, the least fluent. All the diplomatic corps at present at Brighton are daily invited to the Royal table. Amongst those who had the honour of dining with their Majesties last evening were the following :—Prince Talleyrand and the Duchess de Dino; the Prince and Princess Lieven ; Baron Gersdorff, Count Ludol, Baron Bulow, Baron Wessenburg, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis and Marchioness Conyng ham, the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, Lady hi ,ry Talbot, Lord Saltoun, and Sir C, and Lady Rowley. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, in Eaton.square, from the Pavilion, Brighton ; the Earl and Countess St. Jermyn, at the Duke of Rutland's seat, Belvoir Castle, from Ickworth Park, Suffolk; Hon. Mr. Craven, in Charles-street, Berkeley_ square, from Coomb Abbey, Coventry; Mrs. Mytton, of Shropshire, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from the Continent; C. S. Dickins, Esq., at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley. square, from his seat, near Chichester; Mr. and Mrs.T. Gambier, in Gr osvenor -street, from Essex ; Captain Ferguson, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Bath ; George Knox, Esq., at ditto,from the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, in Harley_ street, from their seat, in Essex ; Lord Frederick Beauclerk and Henry C. Maxwell, Esq., at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Yorkshire; Wanley Sawbridge, Esq at ditto; Charles G. Fairfax, Esq., at ditto, from Gilling Castle, Yorkshire; Mr. George and Lady Elizabeth Repton, in New Norfolk.street, Park-lane, from Encombe House, Dorsetsbire ; Mr. Benjamin Oliveira, in Great Cumberland -street, from Naples ; Mr. and Miss Howard, in York place, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. Lord Lilford, from Great Stanhope street, for his seat, Lilford Oundle, Northamptonshire; Lord Gardner, for Melton Mowbray ; George Lane Fox, Esq., and family, from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Bramham Park, Yorkshire; the Earl of Onslow, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his villa at Richmond ; William Huskisson, Esq., from ditto, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. T. Morton, from Regent-street, for Brighton; Henry Owen, Esq., from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Oxford; the Earl of Granard and the Ladies Forbes, for Paris ; the Earl and Countess of Albemarle and L a dy Caroline Keppel, from the Stud House, for Bath ; Lord Bagot and Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Newton Lane, from Blith field Park, for Hastings; Admiral Sir William Hotham, from 1-Uncle-street, for ditto ; Hon. Algernon.and the Misses Tolle rnache, for ditto; Sir Charles and Lady Blount, for Brighton; Sir George and Lady Berkeley, from Park-street, for ditto; the Marquis and Marchioness of NN orcester, for the Duke of Beaufort's seat, Badminton, Gloucestershire; Lady Charlotte Bury, for Brighton ; J. K. Tynte, Esq., M.P., from St. Leonard's, for Halsewell House, Somerset ; the Right Hon. Charles Grant, for 13roadlands ; G. Colquhoun, Esq., J. Col.. quhoun, Esq., and Miss Colquhoun, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Robert Bartholomew, Esq., and Mrs. Bartholomew, from ditto. KENDAL ELECTION.—A requisition has been attempted to be got up, requesting Colonel Maude to come forward as a candidate for the representation of this borough, in opposition to John Barham, Esq. ; but the attempt did not succeed ; for a requisition bad been sent to the latter gentleman, signed, as we are informed, by a great majority of the electors, and insuring his election without the shadow of a doubt.—Kendal Chronicle. The High Sheriff of the county, John Quicke, Esq., in consequence of his having received a requisition from owners and occupiers of land, has ap pointed a county meeting, on the subject of the tithe laws, to be held at the Castle of Exeter on Friday nrxt, the [oth inst.--North Devon Advertiser. COLBURN'S MOD vIIN NOVELISTS.--Lady Charlotte Bury's celebrated Novel of Flirtation," in three vols., forms the January Number of this cheap and popular New Monthly Publication. T he noble authoress, it will be i recollrstected u , is the sister of th e D uke of Argyll ; and on ts fi publication she had the honour and pleasure of receiving through the medium of th e Duchess of Glou cest app er, roval of the w, and anticip at i ng the good effects it ladies of high birth. morals, cond uct, and - taste of young During the time of divine servic e on Sunday last, the house of the bailiff to rata Methuen, Es t therefrom Salisbury Herald. Corshan3, was broken into, and 37 q., a .ov Noe stolen There is in the Custom-house at 13ru sse i m • valuable object, whi c h ap p ea r s to h are b een quit e i 3 L'. 1 . 1 gotten and abandoned. It is a ful l- length statue of Tai in white marble, enclosed in a case, throu g h the crevices o f which may be distinguished the Roman toga. Ti,. clerks state it to be the work ci a celebrated English bcu lptor, who executed it fur th e pur p ose o f b e i ng placed in the Thea!re de la Monnai, but died soon after its arrival and that neither those who ordered it, nor the representa tives of the artists, have since laid claim to it. --French Paper. THE PERIL OF MR. SADLER.—One evenit,g, at the commencement of the present week, a cway from Hudder s fi e ld to L ee d s, and ebwamong:lie on its insidepassengers were Michael Th omas Sadler, Esq. an d a Reverend C lergyman. O n e o f t h e wheels of the c oa ch, in t he darkness, went o ver a very large ston e , an d t h e ve hi c l e , in ritliting itself, gave a ter rible lurch on one side. At this moment a passenger thought that some one was precipitated - from the roof of the coach,- and she stated her apprebensiontothewould be M.P. a n d hi s Reverend companion. They, however, were too deeply engaged in conversation to lend the slightest attention to the representation. Onward the party travelled a couple of mil es , w h en the co ach drew up at an inn where the h orses usua ll y teste d. Wha t w.a the astonish ment of the hostler, when comkg with h i s lantern, to find that there was no coachman upon the box, l The fact was, that he had teen drown from his seat by the jerk we have just described ; some sailors, who were outside passenLers, imuediately rendered him all the assistance in their power, aid when the we4senger• fro the inn arrived, they found him slowly recovering from the effects of his fall. The horses had proceeded at their usual pace, and had stopped at their accustomed halting. place.—Leeds Times. It is said that the Duke of Somerset, with the consent of Lord Clifford, will cut a canal from Tein mouth to kin that in Newton Marsh called the Stover Canal. —North Devon Advertiser. At the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions, on Tuesdly, a letter from Lord Vernon was read, dated St. Clair, D;cember 21, resigning- the office of Chairman of the Sessions. —Macclesfield Coin ier. The Northampton Free Press, states that a meeting consisting of thirty persons met at Northampton on Monday last to petition Parliament against the intended Church Reform Bill. On the night of Tuesday se'nnight, some mis creant broke into the Independent Chapel, Monmouth, and stole several articles, among which were two bottles of wine and a small amount of money.—Bristol Mercury. THE CHURCH IN DANGER !—The follow ing is a true copy of a letter received by the churchwarden of a parish situate between Gloucester and Chepstow, front an inhabitant of the same parish, dated Mc. 20. 1833 : " Sir,—.The tap part of the spire is give way and will be down, unless prevented immtdirtely ; he shakd very much to-day, and the church had another rattler this day. Bristol Mercury. The fashionable parties for the season hare already commenced, and there is every prospect of a gay winter. The houses of the nobility and other persons of distinction at the West.end of the town ate getting ready for their immediate reception. The clubhouses are better attended than they were at this period last year ; and the gambling-houses in the parish of St. Jame, are preparing great allurements to catch simpletons of fortune. On the night of Wednesday last some mis creants broke open the shop of Mr. Young, seedsman, in North -street, Taunton, and carried away a large quantity of money, chiefly is silver. Tney effected an entrance through the window, having previously displaced the shutters. Mr. Young is a collector of taxes, and had in his possession at the time money to a large amount, of which it is supposed the thieves had some intimation.-- , Salisbury Herald. An Observatory and Professorship of Astro nomy is to be immediately established in Edinburgh. It is proposed by Government to give 3001. per annum to a Principal Observer, who is to be a Professor of Astronomy in the University, and 100/. to an Assistant Astronomer; 1,0001. for the erection of a house for the astronomer, and 100/. to keep up the establishment. The right of appoint ment of the first and all future professors and assistants to be in the Crown. The above terms having been approved of, the long-desired object of the Edinburgh astronomers will be forthwith carried into effect. CAUTION.—On Sunday last, whilst the family were at church, some practised villains entered the house of Mrs. Johnson, situate in Ashron-street, and succeeded in packing up a quantity of silver plate, a writing desk, and other articles, with which they managed to get clear off. The writing desk has since been discovered in an entry adjoining the premises of Mrs. Johnson, being, it is supposed, of too little value to carry away.—Liverpool Chronicle. Next Monday is the day appointed for the Quarter Sessions of this borough ; but up to the present time there is not a single prisoner• for trial. Barnstaple may, from this, be said to be a very honest borough ; but the circumstance is mainly attributable to the summary way in which our magistrates administer justice, whenever it .s within their jurisdicton to do so, thus preventing in many instances, the enormous expenses to which parties would be subjec•, and superseding, in others, unnecessary punishment and suspense.—North Devon Advertiser. The Liverpool Chronicle, of Saturday, min• Cons the arrival of the Columbine, one of the vessels which went out with Lander, of Wednesday last; but for some cammerci reasons the mercantik house concerned had refused to satisfy any inquiries respecting the expedi Lion. The account which had appeared in the newspaper of Lander's second return to Fernando Po was incorrect. He and Lieutenant Allen, R N., were at Aitde on the 20th July last, in•ending to proceed up the Niger in the Alburkah steamer. The early and romantic history of that re alm kable body of highlanders known under the name of the Black Watch, is given in a most spirited manner in Mr. Picken's new novel of that name. The circumstances of their being brought to the court of George the Second, in London, under false pretences, which led to their me morable defection, is dwelt upon at length, involving a series of extraordin iry advert. ures ; and their capture on their retreat to their native hills, together with the san guinary execution of some of their officers in the Tower, fixes, in no ordinary degree, the reader's attention. TEMPERANCE TEA PARTY.—The third tea-party of the Preston Temperance Society was cele brated on Christmas Day, in the Exchange Rooms. The company amounted to about 1,200; the tea-kettle was a boiler containing 200 gallons, erected in an outhouse, and forty reformed drunkards officiated as waitms ! A band of music assisted ; two temperance songs were sung, and se veral addresses delivered. The R corder of the Borough with a party of ladies and gentlemen honoured the meet ing with their presence, and pleasnre awl enjoyment beamed from every countenance.—Preston Chronicle. Captain Glasscock's huinourous Novel of " Sailors and Stints," in tl.ree vo!s., forms the Second Number of the Naval and Military Library of Entertain ment, a new monthly publication, forming a desirable acquisition to every m ,, ss and gunroom at home and abroad. The Edikburgh Review attests the merits of this production in the following words :—We never met with a work which savoured more stongly of the sea. The language, habits, and feelings of the siilor are deli neated with a spirit which shows that the author heartily sympathizes with the beings he describes. Their reckless ness, humour, bravery, superstiiion, and contempt and ignorance of every thing on shore, are iii dexterously portrayed ; and the whole forms a picture from which w e conceive that a landsman might learn as much of what is passing afloat, as from any book that has yet appeared. To,re are several humourous scenes, some of which are worthy of Sinollett." ITN IHE EXPEDITION TO AFRICA.—The ar rival of Mr. Lander at Liverpool, which was announced in most of the papers, turns out to be incorrect. Mr. Laird returned in the Columbine, not Mr. Lander, who, according to the Liverpool Chronicle, is still engaged in the prosecution of his discoveries, having been with his fellow traveller, Lieut. Allen, R.N., at Attale, on the 20th July, in good health. They intended proceeding up the Niger, in the .441burkah steamer, in a few days from that date. The account of Mr. Lander's second ratan to Fernando Po from the interior is also incorrect. The letters received from him by the last conveyance represent him as " burning with high hope" of establishing ulti mately a successful system of commercial intercourse between this country and Africa, although the present expe , liti3n has not fulfilled all the brilliant results expected. DEATH OF DR. INGLIS.—We regret to announce the death of Dr. Inglis, one of the Ministers of the Old Greyfriars Church in this city. He had been complaining for some weeks, but his death was unexpected. His death took place on Thursday last about twelve o'clock. Dr. Inglis was in his 71st or 72d year. He was ordained in 1786, and succeeded his father in Tibbermuir, whence in 1796 he was translated. He was a talauted min, but not fitted for a pr.acber, and his sermons were usually delivered to very thin audiences. He published a work on the Evidence of Christianity, and another in defence of Church Est a bli s hmerrs. As Dr. Inglis was minister of the collegiate churches, this presents a favourable oppor timity for reducing their number, and the Town Council c w . i b ll c . y. l o ..E do d u in la b c, ur i g n i, the meantime, decline filling the va- SI ft.JONAH BARRINGTON'S HISTORY OF Tux ti, ioN Round Robin giv en j u cw.. . , -- im. A . mong the numerous curious documents a ttr4Cting 5. ~, Il e i° this impor.ant well:, which is now AuLll attention, will be found the celebrated from Counsellor gee Irish Members or boh g t t h eerfie ws entered into in 1789, by the a few hours heforneryhi Ss Houses of Parliam e nt; a L e tt e r Houses to Si r J ona h B arr i ng t on , M 1798 ; a Lette r from r. execution for high treason, in the Aticlrtss to the Thro ne i f r I to Mr. Ayie, respecting 1785 ; a letter fr om the Rigi,j,4l the Irish Commons, in Sir Jonah Barrin g t on ; Res o lurioini". Henry Grattan Co l of the Earl of B e l v id ere , against non. Lin the hand-writing 1799; and a Letter f rom M. Crowe l egi,lative U n i on , i n relative to L or d Castlereaglt's Proposals Lord B e l v id ere . ing work i s a l so ill ustrated w i th portraits pis interest ing men of the time i n I re l an d ; f orm i ng all the l ea d- a compl eze Irish Gallery. 4 We have learned from authority on which the public may rely, that it is the intention of our represen tative in Parliament, Mr. Kennedy, to resign his of of a Lord of the Treasury, and also his situation as M.P., so soon as Parliament assembles in February next. We un derstand the Hon. Gentleman has been induced to adopt this resolution is consequence of 11, ;tare 4,1 which, we regret to say, has ben considerably imp tic by the late or rather early hour to w; ich the sittings of the House of Commons are so frequently protracted ; but al though Mr. Kennedy finds it necessary to decline acain to encounter the fatigues consequent on a faithful and efficient discharge of his public duties io Parliament, and at the Treasury, still his general health is not so seriously affected as to cause any alarm among his friends. The intelligence of his intention to retire from public life (which produced a considerable sensation) was received yesterday morning, and already are the electors on the qui vice on the subject of his successor as represents iv.• of the burghs. T. e names of two or three gentlemen were currently mentioned on Monday and Tuesday, as hkely to he put in nomination, in consequence of their connection with this district; among others, Lord Patrick James H. Crichton Stuart, brother to the Marquis of Bote ; James Campbell, Esq., younger, of Craigie ; and Sir David Baird, of Newbyth, who is united to Lady Anne Kennedy, daughter of the Marquis of Ailsa, have been much talked of by their admirers, as fit and proper men; while some gentlemen, who entertain politic ,l sentiments of an opposite tendency, talk of Charles Ferguson, Esq., younger, of Kilkerran, as a gentleman well qualified for the office of represents. tive. Lord James Stuart, we learn, is at present on the continent—in Italy, we believe. --Ayr Observer. INTERESTING TO THE ARMY AND NAVY. —Mr. Colburn, having established the monthly publica tion of the United Service Journal,—a work pro nounced by many to be the most interesting, even to many civilians, of all the periodical works of the present day, has determined to render his Weekly Newspaper, the Naval and Military Gazette equally deserving of the public attention, and he has accordingly increased its s;ze to a royal quarto of sixteen pages, which will enable sub scribers to have their numbers bound into a handsome volume, forming a complete record of all important matters connected with the two Services, India, and the Colonies. By this improved mode of printing, greater scope will be given to the general topics of the week, so as to constitute the publication a more complete Newspaper for the Army and Navy than has yet been produced. With the Number for Saturday, January 4, was com• menced a most interesting Narrative of the late Polish Revolutionary War, by an officer who was actively engaged in all its principal scenes. The new year affirding the most favourable opportunity for commencing with the publication, early orders should be forwarded to the news men, by whom this Paper can be obtained throughout the United Kingdom and all the Colonies free of postage. It is currently reported this afternoon (Mon day) that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will take the opportunity, immediately after the assembling of Parlia ment, to give a public notice of his intention to repeal the whole of the House and Window Taxes, to be carried into effect as speedily as possible. Various conjectures are afloat as to the oat aseres to be taken to supply the defici ency in the Revenue occasioned by such repeal. There is a prevalent belief that no other taxes will he substituted, but that there will be a further issue of Exchequer Bills, which can be done without the slightest risk of injuring public credit. The moneyed interest could take, and with avidity, three or four millions of Exchequer Bills, without reducing the premium on them below 355. or 403. There are, it appears by an official return, no less than thirteen millions of deposits or savings, as they are termed by some people, in the hands of the Bank of Eng land at the present moment waiting for an opportunity pia senting itself of profitable investment. Many capi talists will most probably be disappointed in their expectations relative to the Compensation Loan of twenty millions sterling, for it is now understood among well-informed classes, that during the whole of the present year, the claims fairly established by the West India planters will not exceed one_half of the amount, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, inste id of contracting for the Ilan in the regular way, by which the public might lose a Leavy per centage, will give to the planters an equivalent amount of stock. There is nothing in the state of the Money Market to justify the belief that any steps will be taken by Lord Althorp which may cause a depreciation of funded property. The 4 per cents of 1826 have, in fact, been much depressed within the last month, by the idea that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, so far from being emb,rrasstd either by the repeal of the assessed taxes, or the claims of the West India proprietors, will be bold enough to submit a plan to Parliament for the reduction of the 4 per cents, by the substitution of a new 3: 1 2 . per cent stock, irredeemable for tLe space of 20 years. The 31 per cent. redo. ed are within 21 per cent. of par, and the new 31 per cents, with the dividend just deducted, within 3 per cent. of par. On the whole, look ing to the possibility of a dissarrangement in our foreign relations, it would he more wise on the part of Govern ment not to attempt too much within so small a space of time. A newly created stock, bearing interest at the rate of 34 per c,aat. per annum, irredeemable for even 15 years, fur eleven or twelve millions sterling, would be taken by 0 e moneyed interest at pat, or within one per cent. of it, by which a saving of per cent. would be effected.—Morning Paper. INVERNESS EXECUTIONER.—Time Inver ness Town Council have resolved to diTense with the farther services of the executioner, whose extraordinary emoluments are thus described by the Inverness Cou• rier:—.. Donald Ross was appointed executioner in 1812, with a salary of 101. per annum. As most public ap pointments of a rare and difficult nature are accompanied with fees and petquisi!es, independent of salary, atnald had various bites and nibbles at the public purse. First, be was provided with a house, bed, and bedding. Second, he was allowed thirty-six peats weeLly from the tacks man of the petty customs. Third, lie had a bushel of coals out of every cargo of English coals imported into the town, Fourth, he was allowed a piece of coal, as large as he could carry, out of every cargo of Scotch coals. Fifth, he had a peck of oatmeal out of every hundred balls lan.led at the shore. Sixth, he had a fish from every creel or basket of fish brought to the market. Seventh, be had a penny for every sack of oatmeal sold at the market. Eighth, he had a peck of salt out of every cargo. Ninth, he was allowed every year a suit of clothes, two shirts, two pairs of stockings, a hat, and two pairs of shoes. Added to these fixed and regular sources of income, Donald levied black mail on the lieees, in the shape of Christmas boxes, and had besides a sum of Si. at every execution at which lie presided. Now all these items must have amounted to 501. of 601. per an num ; and, as there have lien just three executions since Donald acceded to office, they must have cost the town nearly 4001. each execution ! It is worthy of remark, that the last haneman here experienced a very untimely end.' He had gone to Elgin on professional business, and was attacked on his return about Forres, by a mid) of mischievous buys and lads, who maltreated him in so shameful a manner that he died on the spot. The most active of the mob were, however, very properly tried and transported." THE ARISTOCRACY.—The exclusives not only keep entirely aloof from their natural supporters and friends in their own counties and vicinity, but they gene rally associate with each other alone in migrations from province to province. Is there a battue given, or a select party held in any of the great houses of the kingdom, the persons who are admitted to share in its delights are none of their natural supporters, but the exclusives from other and distant counties; and they, in their turn, return the compliment by inviting the grandee from their own distant place to a similar reunion of rank and fashion. Wherever you go, it is Almack's and St. James's-street, the coterie of a few London drawing rooms, which are assembled. The great and fashionable travel in England from one great house to another, from the Earl of this and the Duke of that, and kr.ow as little of either the people or the gentry of their own county, as they do of those in the continental states through which they pass in their travelling carriages and four. Amusement, field sports, and exclusive society seem the great objects in life to numbers whose talents, knowledge, and principles fit them for better things. * * The landed proprietors know little of the great houses which are dotted through their counties; they sel dom enter their gates ; and they, in their turn, are stran gers to their inmates; they are envious of, because they are excluded from, their superiors enjoyments. Not one in ten of the middle cla-ses even know them by sight. The secluded and exclusive aristocratic families frequently lead a luxurious, indolent life, associating solely with each other, studiously keeping their neighbours at a distance, and knowing as little of the people, whose support is ne cessary to preserve their own estates or honours from the clutches of the Radicals, as they do of the Kali:noes or Hindoos. The excitation of foxhunting, the whirl of dissipation, the attractions of the opera, the soirees of the exclusives, the country parties of the great, occupy them as entirely as if no danger threatened them and their ' country—as if no Reform Bill had transferred to impas sioned millions, guided by ambitious hundreds, the influ ence which should be centred in those whose measures are steadied by the possession of property—as if the evil days were not fast approaching, and the dagger was not at every honest man's throat. They appear absolutely blind to the state of the country, even when their more clear-sighted inferiors have almost lost hope; too many of them will be feasting like Belshazzar, when the handwriting on the wall is before them in characters of fire ; they will be marrying and giving in marriage, when the deluge is at hand..—Blachwood's Edinburgh Magazine. THE ARMY. (From the Limerick Chronicle.) The 83 , 11 Ligbt Infantry, under Colonel Warb r - on, landed Dubi ti, o❑ Saturday; and, at eight o'clock on Sundry maro4ig, kit George's.street Barracks for th's zarrison. This fine corps arrived in the William the Fourth steam.packet, by which vessel the first division of the 28th regitnent embarked for Liverpool, o❑ route to Monchester• The right wing and five companies of the 85th, or King's Light Infantry, wiil march into the new barracks of this garrison, Monday next, the 6th inst. The 85th, Sir H. Taylor's favourite corpv, have molly re. cruited in Limerick, as stated by Sir Herbert before the House of Commons. The depot companies of the sth regiment have not arrived at Fermoy, nor have the 92d Highlanders yet embarked for Gibraltar, Lor have the depot companies of the 51st regiment arrived in this garrison, as stated in the United Service Gazette. The head-quarters of the 82 .1 regiment, from Edinbutgh, are now at Glasgow, where Captains D vies, Rawson, Robertson, and Slater's companies joined last week. The four companies of the 821, lately landed from the Mauri tius, are still at Portsmouth. THE RUSSIA TRADE. Commercial advices were received from the Russian capital yesterday to the 22d ult., which are of some im portance to the mercantile and shipping interests. An official notice had been issued by order of the De parttnent of Trade, intimating to merchants and others that the silver rouble for duties payable In 1834, would be ca l m ! ; r e d at the rate of 360 c ipiques (B. N.) at all the custom houses and barriers of the empire. The following statement is supplied of the number of ships of different nations which arrived at St. Petersburgh during the navigation in 1833 :—Of British vessels, 694 ; Russian, 52 ; American, 62 ; Bremen, 17 ; Hamburg, 8 ; Hanover, 28 ; Spanish 2 ; Dutch, 38 ; Danish, 49 ; Kuyshausen, 3; Lubeck, 43; Mecklenburgh, 7; Nt.mpo litan, 2; Norwegian, 42 ; Oldenburg!), 8 ; Portuguese, 1; Prussian, 77 ; Rolstock, 5 ; Sardinian, 1 ; French, 55 ; and Swedish 44. The total number of ships which arrived at Sr. Petersb irgb in the last year was 1,278. The accounts further state that there remained wintering at St. Petersburgh fourteen vessels, and at Cronst4dt eight. At the date of the lateit letters the feint had been so severe that the navigation had closed for the season. A good deal of snow and rain had fallen, and the sledge-roads in the interior were good. The Exchange on London at the Ru,sian capital was 10i- 41-64. The ice below the harbour at Cronstadt bad disappeared, but towards St. Pete, sbui gh it was firmly fixed. WILTS QUARTER SESSIONS. (Before Mr. LocKE.) William Harper, aged 26, was indicted for assaulting Ann• Parsons, an old woman apparently 60 years of age, in the parish of Caine, in the month of July last. The prisoner wis committed for assaulting, with intent, &e., but indicted merely for a common assault. It appeared, that between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, in the month of July, as the prosecutrix was walking between Sandy-lane and B3wood, the prisoner overtook her, and laying hold of her unawares, threw her down ; she struggled hard to get up, but without effect; at list she requested to he allowed to get up to put on her bonnet, which the prisoner granted. Immediately she was on her legs, she ran away, and cried " Murder !" The prisoner followed her, and on overtaking her, said he would soon stop that cry ; he then dragged her into the plantations, and was using ereat violence towards her, when a la• bourer named Ford, who had been attracted to the spat by the cries of " Murder," came up, and took him from her person. The prosecutrix was at this time in the greatest distress, and screaming for help. As soon as she was released from 'he prisoner, she went on her road. The pri soner, not content with the brutality he had before exer cised, again fo lowed her, and beat her in a most barba rous manner. Upon this Ford secured him, and took him to a con•t ible. The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Locke, after commenting upon the heinousness of the offence, told him that the punish ment he should inflict upon him would have been very different, had be been indicted in the form that he de served. The prisoner was then sentenced to 12 months' impiisanment in the County Gaol, and to pty a fine of ss. Mr. Locke highly complimented the conduct of the abourer Ford.—Salisbury Herald. HORRIBLE MURDER. It is our painful duty to commence the labours of the new year by having to record one of the most horrible murders which has ever been committed in this part of the country. On the evening of Satur day last, betwixt five and six o'clock, an honest and industrious labourer, of the name of William Ritchie, residing in Langbride, while proceeding homewards from Capt. Stewart's, of Lesmurdie Cottage, where he had been employed trenching ground, was most inhumanly murdered about sixty yards to the east ward of the second milestone on the turnpike-road leading from Elgin to Fochabers. So de•ermined had the murderer been to take the life of his vic tim, that although the body was found, by two per sons proceeding along the road, within ten, or, at most fifteen minutes of the time when the deed had been committed, the poor sufferer only gave a few groans before he expired. Mr. Brown, procurator fiscal, addressed the assembled multitude, request ing them to co-operate with the officers of justice in endeavouring to detect the murderer; and, after despatching parties to all the passes of the county, proceeded with the Sheriff to examine several persons, but nothing further was elicited, than that a tall person, having on a light coloured coat, and broad bonnet, had been seen walking back wards and forwards near the spot, a few minutes before the murder was committed. It would appear, from the dreadful fractures the skull received, that this horrible murder was committed by some power ful person, considerably taller than the object of their attack, as the wound referred to was quite ho rizontal, and must have been inflicted before he fell to the ground, as although the body was found in a small ditch, about six inches deep, the upper part o f hi s c l ot hes were not in the least soiled. On Sun day Sheriff C3tneron and Mr. Brown went to the spot and examined every part near it, but, we un derstand, found nothing ni the neighbourhood of any importance. They continued theT labours on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, when the whoie of the persons residing in the parish of St. Andrews, Langbride, were examined, and are persevering by every means to detect the murderer. The murdered person has left a wife and two children. Her Grate the Duetess of GJrdon, on hearing of the murder, on Sunday, immediately forwarded one pound and a pair of blankets to the widow, and his Grace, while passing through Langbride on the fol lowing day, on his return from Elgin, went into the cottage of the widow and gave her a guinea, and told her lie would see that she was taken care of.— Elgin Courier, Jan. 3. SAFE METHOD FOR EXTERMINATING RATs. --Let those who wish to poison rats, instead of applying to the chymist, intimately mix a pound of pies. ter of Paris (in its unslaked state) with about double the quantity of oatmeal. Let them place this within the reach of the rats; they will cat it eagerly, and without bring deterred by any bad taste. 't Itrough the humidity con tained in their stomachs, the plaster of Paris will "set" a nd form an indigestible hard mass• which will, in fact, present upon dissection a good cast of the rat's stomach, and speedily produce a kind of Aldermanic death, i. a., by irremediable. indigestion. COOPER'S NEW NOVEL.—The American Novelist's descriptions of mountain scenery, of the sublime in landscape, find no rival : he may he termed the Salve tor of literature, so magnificent are his pictures, so fine his conceptions of the woods and wilds, stotins and tem pests. He is truly a sea- king ; and we almost feared bis re putation would suffer by his choosing an inland country as the scette of action ; but the very first chapter of " The Headsman" set us at rest on this subject, for we found Itim on the borders of the L,mau Lake, steering his bark like a practised mariner across her blue and tranquil waters. The good boat Willientied, bearing the author's dramatis persona, goes gaily forward, until overtaken by one of those hurricanes which are as frequent as dangerous. In the storm scene, this magician, who revels in the whirlwind and the wild sea foam, almost excels himself.. It is essentially different, both in its details and results, from the shipwreck so fearfully described in " The Pilot,' or from any of the water scenes in " The Bravo," and yet it almost surpasses the former in awful magnificence."— New Monthly Magazine. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. THE DERBY.—Bentley, Plenipo, Olympi.:, and Emi grant, were backed at prices quoted undernmtb, without making any advance. Bubastes, Delirium, and She!alai), are merely given at their nominal prices, as nothing was said about either. One or two parties seemed anxious to back Viator, but could not " get on." Colonel Peel's colt by Etnilius—Bee in a Bonnet, is not dead, as was stated here last Thursday, and mentioned by us; however, he is still in considerable danger. The prices at the close of the room were—. __ _ 7 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 71 to 1 .agst Mr. Yates's Bentley (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo (taken) 15 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Shelalah 18 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Delirium 20 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Olympic (taken) 23 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Emigrant (taken) At Manchester Bubastes and Bentley are severally quoted a point less than above, and Delirium at 15 to 1. ST. LEGER. —NO betting. The nominations amount to 70. The Duke of Richmond is a subscriber, but did not name. From Colonel Cradock's Emigrant not being named, we presume it is intended that he shall remain in the South country. D ONCASTER RACES, 1834. Besides the St. Leger, the following nominations were also made for this meeting :••••••• FIRST DAY.—The Champagne Stakes of 50 each, h. ft., for two-yr.-olds. . _ Mr. Newsham's b. f. Agnes, by Peter Lely; Mr. Attwood's b. f. Calista, by Velocipede; Mr. Watt's ch. f. by Velocipede— Ballene ; Mr. Gully's ch. c. by Langar—Georgiana ; Mr. Pow lett's b. c. by Langar—Giovanni's dam ; Mr. Powlett's ch. f. by Rolla—Peri; Duke of Leeds's ch. c. by Actaeon—Gin ; Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Actaeon—Reveller; Major Yarburgh's br. f. by Lottery—Belinda; Mr. J. Mills's gr. c. Plantagenet, by Falcon ; Duke of Cleveland's br. c. by Giraffe—Longwaist'ddam ; Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Longwaist—Stratherne's darn; Lord Kelburne's ch. f. by Actteon—Georgiana ; Mr. Walker's ch. c . Curtius, by Emilius—Quadrille ; Mr. Walker's ch. f. Alice, by Langar ; Mr. Walker's ch. c. by Langar—Velocipede's dam; Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Mundig (brother to Guardian) ; Lord Ches terfield's br. c. Fergus, by Waverley ; Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. by Emilius—Linda ; Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Divan; Mr. Houlds worth's br. c. Felix ; Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Hectic; Mr. Col lins's b. c. Bucellas, by Emilius ; Mr. Mostyn's be. c. The Mag nate, by Battledore ; Mr. Kirby's br. c. Master John, by Emilius —Lady Sarah ; Mr. Skipsey's br. f. Violante (sister to the Sad dler); Mr. Fox's b. f. by Langar—Lady of the Tees ; Mr. Fox's b. c. by Lottery—Catgut ; Mr. E. Peel's bl. c. Cyrus, by Camel. THIRD DAY.—Four-year-old Stakes of 50 each, h. ft., and 25 added. Leger Course. Mr. Townley's Algiers, Mr. Watt's Belshazzar, Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch. FOURTH DAY.—The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 each, 30 ft. fin. three Ir.-olds. Mr. Watt's Bubastes ; Duke of Cleveland's c. by Blacklock— Mrs. Rye; Duke of Cleveland's c. by Muley—Bequest ; Duke of Cleveland's Guardian; Duke of Clevelend's Shelalah ; Mr. Walker's Delirium ; Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Mammoth, by Le viathan, dam by Figaro; Mr. G Crompton's br. c. Mellerstein, by Corinthian; Lord Sligo's Bran. Two-year-old Stakes of 20 soya. each. T.Y.C. Mr. W. Turner's Equator, by Battledore; Mr. Newsham's Agnes; Mr. C. Attwood's Calista ; Mr. Vansittart's gr. c. Ca vendish ; Mr. Watt's ch. f. Sister to Bombastes ; Mr. Powlett's ch. f. by Rolla ; Mr. Powlett's b. c. by Roller; Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Longwaist, dam by Walton ; Duke of Leeds's Gin colt ; Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Action, dam by Reveller ; Mr. Foulis's br. c. De Roos, by Velocipede; Duke of Cleveland's c. —Stratherne's dam; Lord Kelburne's b. c. by Jerry—Purity; Mr. Walker's b. c. Demon, by Young Phantom ; Mr. Walker's Curtius ; Mr. Walker's b. f. Guerdon, by Tramp ; Lord Ciester_ field's Fergus; Mr. Dyson's b. c. Hobby, by Merlin ; Mr. Rids dale's br. c. by Chateau Margaux--"Marchesa ; Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. by Emilius, dam by Waterloo; Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Mundig ; Mr. J. Scott's ch. c. Pilgrim, by Lottery; Mr. Marson's ch. c. The General, by Confederate; Mr. Barrow's b. c. by Langar— Alecto ; Mr. Houldsworth's br. c. Felix; Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Caliph ; Mr. Collins's Bucellas ; Mr. G. Crompton's b. c. The Stag, by Action; Mr. Tilburn's b. f. Miss Camarine, by Langar ; Mr. S. Fox's ch. c. by Bustard, dam by Comus ; Mr. E. Peel's b. f. Eveleen, by Bedlamite, or Belzoni. FIFTH DAY. —The Filly Stakes, of 20 sovs. each, and 20 added. St. Leger G:urse. Mr. Orde's Lily of the Valley; Mr. Salmon's Isabella, by Lottery ; Mr Ridsdale's Marceline; Gen. Sharpe.'s Matilde ; Mr. Bowes's Maid of Lune; Mr. W. Richardson's b. f. by Young Phantom ; Mr. Vansittart's br. by Lottery, dam by Abjer ; Mr. Houldsworth's Festival, by Reveller; Mr. Mostyn's Queen Bess; Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime; Mr. Nevill's Amadon. Scarborough Stakes of 30 SOV9. each, 10 ft., for three•yr - olds. One mile Sir J. Boswell's General Actmon ; Mr. Powlett's c. by Figaro or Lottery—Miss Fanny's dam; D. of Leeds's Valparaiso ; D. of Cleveland's c. by Muley—Bequest ; D. of Cleveland's Guardian ; Mr. Walker's Cotillon ; Mr. Walker's Velocity ; Lord Chesterfield's- Mammoth ; Mr. French's Miranda; Mr. Vansittart's f. by Lottery, dam by Alzer—Slight ; Mr. Mostyn's Queen Bess; Mr. G. Crompton's h. f. Flight : Mr. W. Crampton's b. f. Mayflower ; Mr. Heseltine's Warlaby Baylock ; Mr. Skipsey's Inheritor ; Mr. S. Fox's ch. c. by Comus, dam by Blucher; Sir W. .Milner's ch. c. Currency, by Velocipede ; Mr. Nevill's Amadon ; Mr. E. Peel's Tarick ; Mr. E. Peel's Bardolph. LAW SITTINGS. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at .Nisi Prius, appointed in and after Hilary Term, 1834. IN TERM. MIDDLESEX.—First Sitting, Wednesday, Jan. 15th ; Second Sitting, Wednesday, Jan. 27th. LONDON.—First sitting, Saturday, Jan. ISth ; Second Sitting, Wednesday, Jan. 29th. The Court will sit by adjournment on the 20th and 27th of January, in Middlesex. AFTER TERM. MIDDLESEX.-SitUrday. February 1. LONDON.-Monday, February 3. To sit at 10 o'clock each (lay. New Causes entered for the Sittings in Term will be tried in Term. Remanets from last Michaelmas Term will be tried in Term, by consent of both partie. The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bmch and Mr. Baron BaHand will attend the chambers of the Lord Chief Justice on Monday the 13th of January, at seven o'clock in the evening, to hear Norices of Motions, &c., in the Commcn Pleas of L incast.-r and Durham. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Lead 0135 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Supply limited, trade rather dull, and prices stationary. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to .t. 3 10 New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 6 Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and aye-grass Hay 4 2 4 6 Clover Hay 4 5 5 0 Oat Straw £1 Bto £1 10i Whe4 traw ... 1 10 1 13 SMITHFIELD. Supply moderate, trade dull, and prices as last quoted. C :arse i:eavy lauwial,a Meadow Hay 0 ty £3 5 Ne w Meaaow Day 3 10 4 4 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and itye-grass Hay......... 4 0 4 C:over Hay (catra fine)....£s 0 ..Gene:ally 3 10 4 15 Oat Straw... $1 4to Z 1 61 Wheat Straw.... 1 8 1 1 c ANECDOTE OF BURNS.—WhiIe at Moffat once, with Clarke the composer, the poet called for a bumper of brandy. " Oh, not a t.urriper," said the musi cian ; " I prefer two small glasses." " Two glasses ?" cried Burns, " why, you are like the la•s in Kyle, who said she would rather be kissed twice bareheaded than once wi;h her bonnet on."—Cunningltanz's new Edition of Burns: SPORTING AT TENDRING HALL, STOKE. —December 26, at the Osier Grounds, six gentlemen shot 31 hares, 28 p:lea,ant•, 14 rabbits; total 73 first day. December 27, in the Park, si x gentlemen bad 507 shots, and killed 143 hares, 38 pheasants, 12 rabbits, two woodcocks ; total 195, second day. December 28, in the plantation and furze, nine gentlemen hail 399 shots; game killed, 113 hares, 68 pheasants, 21 rabbits, one pirtridge ; total, 203. A brace of foxes were uoicennelled each day. —Essex Standard. TFIE SUICIDE AT HAMPTON COURT PA LACE. —Yesterday Mt. Stirling proceeded to Himpton to hold an Inquest on the body of Willi im Furdham, the butler to Lady Emily Montague., housekeep-r to Hampton Court Palace. It appeared, however, that an inquest Was held on Saturday, by tile deputy of Mr. Adams, the Crown Coroner, the deceased having died within the verge of the Palace. The deceased bad received notice to quit Lady Montague's service, and be left behind him several Jett-rs, complaining that her Ladyship allowed the footb,y and other servants to domineer over him. He has left a wile and child. _ _ DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yeste rda y after noon a hoy named Challener, about nine years of age, was playing on the foor-path in Ilommerton-road, when lie overbalanced himself and fell into the road at the moment the waggon of Mr. Manson, the market gardener, w as passing. Tne occurrence was so instantaneous that no help could be uff irtled in time, and the wheels passed over his head and killed him instantly, his head being com pletely crushed. The inquest, it is u:ider s tood, will be Led to-morrow, but we believe no blame whatever is attached to the waggoner, GLASGOW WINTER ASSIZES, DEC. 30. (Abridged from the Scots Times.) CAPITAL CONVICTION UNDER LORD ELLEN BOROUG H'S ACT. Hugh Kennedy was charged with having, on the 2d day of August last, thrown at, or otherwise applied to, the face of James Goodwin, head boots in the Buck's Head Inn, a quantity of sulphuric acid, or some other corr , sive substance, pleaded not guilty, when four declarations, vo luntarily emitted by the prisoner, were proved by the Sheriff, Mr. Salmond, and Mr. Baird. A plan of the interior of the inn, taken by Mr. M.Quisten, civil engi• neer, was produced, and explained to the Court arid Jury. From the examination of James Goodwin, the person injured, it appeared that, on the 2d of August last, he was awakened by feeling something thrown upon his fac , which was followed by an explosion, as if fire bad flown from his eyes—and a strong sul i alturous smell. He re ceived a blow on the brow over the left eye ; and his eyes immediately felt as if they were full of sand, or some thing else, and the pain was intolerable. His face and head were all wet; and he never saw from the moment be heard the explosion, when be instantly sprang out of bed, and proceeded to the door leading into the pantry, calling out for assistance ; but the door be found to be fastened; and he could not get out. On turning round, however, from the door, he came against Kennedy, whom he asked to cry for assistance ; but he would not. Panel spoke to witness angrily ; and did not seem to be sur prised. He (panel) asked what was the matter; and on his going to the door, it was instantly opened. Goodwin h w e a s t a r t: e r d e t h o e o b i tt e d n theha K n e d u l e n of d the do ywnsionr the h h n eh i s a hand b itofl sleep ing with (Lod win, but that night he was not in bed when the latter went to it—ncr did lie feel him lie down, although he slept at the wall. After ee,ting into the pantry, Kenn-tly brought a pitcher-full of water, which he (witness) beg .in to lave on his face to alleviate the burning pain ; and which Kennedy als) did, saying he was burned too. Tile pitcher uas used for holding spring water ; and Kennedy had wit time to go out for it, when he produced it. Kennedy had 7s. a week, besides his bed and board—;;e had no right to any rr quisites ; but shortly before the occurre:xe he askeil more wages from witness. Tile request was refused, as he thought panel got as much as be deserved. Witness, however, never had any quarrel with panel. Goodwin was blind of both eyes for about three weeks; and bit face and neck were all burned. His left eye is comp:etely out, and the lashes grown together. By the Guirt—No vitriol was used in the house. They did not make their own blacking. George Thirkell is a waiter in the Buck's Head Hotel, and recollected being awakened by the cries of distress on the morning when the accident held Goodwin, the head-boots. Kennedy, who was under-boots, was wash ing the head boot's face with water. Tue head- boots ordered him (witness) to procure oil, for he was terrib!y burned. Witness went down stairs but could not procure any. Witness obserted a rope fastened to the outside handle of the door leading from the boots' bedroom to tha pantry. Tile other door leading to the passage was shut. Kennedy said he took 5 or 10 minutes to open the door; but he did not say how it was fastened—he opened it, he sad, by merely pulling it. There was very little fi,e in the pantry. Kennedy asked witness for the loan of a shirt—as his own was so wet he could not put it on. Kennedy did not show witness the injur i es which he said he had sustained. Mr. Atkinson, of the Buck's Head, recollects the morning en which the accident hefel Goodwin, the head hoots of the hotel. Witness was awakened about thra-e o'clock by Hugh Kennedy, who said Goodwin had got his fare scalded with boiling water. Witness immediately arose, and went to the pantry, where he saw Goodwin and Thirkell. He heard no noise previously to being awakened. Goodwin was laving water on his face, assisted by Thir kell. There was a wooden dish kept in the pantry for washing glasses ; but he does not recollect whether it was that vessel or a pitcher which was in use at the time. Went hack to his bedroom to tell Mrs. Atkinson the situation boots was in. Recollects seeing a small copper pan on the pantry floor when he returned from the be.'-room. Kennedy said it and a pitcher of water had been thrown on the lied through an opening at the foot. On going into the hoots' room, he observed at the foot of the bed, immediately under the aperture, a great deal of water, but which appeared to have been thrown from the inside. and from the head of the bed. Examined pat Ceti:- lady the partition in Which is the npenine, but saw no marks of water or any thing else. Kennedy said the lour was fastened when they were first alarmed. Witness saw a rope hanging from the handle of the bed-room doer, and Kennedy said it had been fastened from the outside. Panel 'aid he and Goodwin had pulled it open. The door handle, from the handle of the pantry dresser, is about six inches; and he (witness) put the rope through the hand's f the latter, and drew it inside of the loom, when it cached to tlie bed-side, the door being at the time close, and a person sitting at the bed with the rope in ban could easily keep it so. The rope, when he entered the pantry was hanging from the handle of the door, with its and inside the sleeping room. Witness here described the state in which he found the bed. At the head, where Goodwin lay, the pillow was stained with some corrosive substance; and the slip, which was produced and identi- Ii at tile place where Goodwin's head lay, was literally reduced to shreds, as was also the upper portion of his night shirt. Witness did not think two persons had lain in bed that night. Some days before the accident, some thing bad been thrown into tire eye of a dog, which became greatly discoloured. He talked to Dr. Aitken about it; and witness also recollected seeing a cat one day in the yard, apparently in great distress, with its heal much swolen, and the hair destroyed. Dr. Aitken remembers being called to visit James Goodwin early on the morning of the 2,1 August. In the eye., there was a quantity of coarse sand. The shirt tasted strongly of acid (vitriol). When cleaning the eyes, he ordered the sand to tie collected, which was done, and taken to the Procurator F-scat's office for inspection. There was a recent cut over the left eye-brow; and an indentation in the edge of the copper pan, which corre sponded with the wound on the eye-brow. Kennedy said he was scalded too, but on an examination he found only a slight mark on the inside of the right wrist. Found no stains or marks on either side of the partition in which was the aperture, nor about the bed, but where Goodwin slept, at the head ; nor were there any marks in a clothes press at the ;tack of the openin. Tire indentation on the side of the pan was so small that it would not rtvite a blow of great force to make such an impression. Tire sulphuric acid would make the pan have the appearance of copper, if it remained in it for two or three dats. Here tee witness described the experiment made by Mr. At kinson with the rope and the handle of the door, from the interior of the boots' bed-room. Saw no marks on the hack part of the heal. Some spots of acid were, however, visible on the vest, but none e shirt of Kennedy. Tire acid acts sooner on woollen than on cotton. Saw nothing particular about Kennedy's appearance. Mr. Penfold, chemist, described the nature of the sub stance which had been thrown en the blankets, and deposed that none bad come in contact with the partition at the foot of the bed, and is which was the aperture. - Harvey, shop-boy with Mt. Penfold at the tine oi the accident, was next examined. The substance of the buy's evidence was, that a short time before the ecear rence, panel had purchased a pennyworth of vitriol, and that a day or two before tire accident, he again called ant purchased 2d. or 3d. worth of the same destructive liquid. Tire next witness was Mr. Penfuld's porter, woo de• posed that, on one occasion, before the catastrophe, lie also sold panel Id. worth of vitriol. Four declarations of the panel were here read, setting forth that he was 27 years of age, and that he was a native of Perthshire. Tie vi riot, he stireel, had been purehas,il for a gentleman's coachman; but tie denied having thrown the acid upon Goodwin, and declared teat he was asleep . at the time the injnry was inflicted, and that he himself received some of the water and a small portion of the buries ing acid. William Watson was called in exculpation. Witness f his two mild years having ago n been i j u n b t a e rgh. t lu i r d tc r i: essed by the Advoate Depute servantgN vaivTtetii::hsjewua Jury p isyto a h n :v e p: l , i a k, nteh g he o nii o gb d ai, mild disposition. s for the Crown, and by Mr. Anderson for the panel. Lord Moncriaff summed up, and after five minutes' deli beration, the Jury, by a plurality of voices, bound the panel Guilty as libelled. He was accordingly sentenced to be hanged at the commoa place of execution in this city, on Monday the 20th day of January, between the hours of eight and ten in the morning. Some of the scenes in Portland-place in the new comic novel, " Gale Middleton," by the author of "Brarnbletye-house," are irresistibly amusing; one in par ticular, where Lady Barbara Ruspoi t condescends to arrange a p irty to ba given at the house of a city knight, the conditions of which are that none of thee friends of the host and hostess are to be invited, and that the knight himself is, on that evening, to be precluded from his our. rooms ! To these stipulations the Loste.s, ambitious ni entertaining petrs at.d pteresses, is fain to ace-'t', and to bribe her poor, but noble chaperon, with a large such to secure her agency. Excessive as this pitiful lolly may appear, it is not without its prototype in actual life.