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Iveinente, n t o e xecutic * of charactett ak to you ai Dora. ody but 00, 1 ' 1 but myself " D'Sbane,. l 01 „ 'rota yow f l too ceforWard, sbee lsbt " said f o r low entirelf carlet ;ions, Sliee J langeq, d eg 'tit d ink you, " , rc h trters sad °' npat• nt l l' br r essity to f e l itood for 5 .,1 1 le to go fro )ora, asys,' i mean r Iti t; n't Mean It / Hermitage nll O ,c j e an 0- I , o a him, co 33 ber t rning !..""ho Ormondt 0' ARV; he has saved all desirous of acquiring a know , ledge of the facts hire collected. OR LAWS AND PAUPERS ILLUS TRATED. No. 11. THE HAMLETS," A TALE, 131 r HARRIET MARTINEAU. We have for some time been impatiently looking for the second part of the work on pau perism by Miss Martineau, published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, in hopes that that popular authoress would have pointed out an efficient temedy for the disease which is devouring the eery vit a l s of the country. In her first Number fearfully correct illustration of the working of 41:elePoionr pasgLaws was given ; in her s econ d, we h ave picture of how they oug ht t o wor k, t ut which it would, in the language of the Poor v ommissioners, r equ i re th e p erpetua l ~,'`ael Commissioners,e of th e e l ec ti on o f 11,000 extraor di nary f ien every y ear to see i n actua l operat i on. Our 1. rs tade shall j u d ge f or th emse l ves o f t h e like °°d ther e i s o f Mi ss M art i neau ' s w i s h es be 11,1.'1:ceomplished in the way she points out. „ he bo o k opens w i t h t h e d escr i pt i on of a I " 41. sh, m uc h i n t h e con di t i on of many parishes p ri t he south of England at this moment. o . 4ll Pers have gradually increased, charity has t oasis died, the f a rm ers h ave b een gra d ua ll y t: " ln eci, land h as gra d ua ll y gone out o f cultiva te It ) labourers have gradually become more idle ' • b improvident, an d i nso l ent , peop l e o f pro ;:ttY have b een gra d ua ll y l eav i ng t h e par i sh to th ' e alle the rates, and the poor are about to find h i t they have eaten up the fund that ought to 4ve given t h em emp l oyment, w b en a gentleman, po sses sing a small property in on e o f th e 411 ets comes to the sea side for the benefit o f 6 ' daughter's health. His first steps arc thus ese rihed ili s :„ lkt r. Barry f oun d no t on l y d runkenness i n the streets, Pit h .„ -4 on the do wns , di scontent i n t h e f arm h ouse , and tp,'"g miser y in the hovel, but fraud, spreadin g from the tcj i a etions of the overseer's office till it tainted all the le'', l , ° D of the place. The servants he bad brought . with teati l : e _ r e 1 1,0 longer what . they had been ; and it became is to " difficult to his daughters to deal with . tradesmen, tot as eB caPe from beggars. For his part, his income was Poo r ,„ l arge, but that he felt the pressure of the heavy thi e ,;', B te to be a great grievance ; and it was a melancholy . he 4 `e look forward to the annual increase which must lie wasd under the continuance of the present system. h°Ptippre, V!ty explicit on the subj . ect of his concernan ride:enensions with the neighbouring gentlemen at whose 8 he dined, and whom he met at church, or in his . th e 4 " %talk s • but though they agreed as to the evils to thgeneral state of thin g s (which nobody could . pret . end l eg tank a good state), there was great difficulty in bring- Rickety t`47o to assent to any one remedial method. 11Ir. wages at , the f armer , would hear no more against paying di eh out of te rate than Copland, the builder, against tdad„'lrging then ents frona the same so urce . Colonel Lee Pe tat jt see ho w t h e allowance system was to be die u With; and th e curate , Mr. Shaw, thought it the tk B duty of Chri st i ans to give more and more willingly 'e indi g ent, the more indigent there were." 11 Ultimately, however, he is appointed to the d ! ° fateful and dangerou s office of o verseer. H e blvides the aged and helples s f rom the able- P:°ltd rates every cottager in the p ar i s h , ap his a new governor to the workhous e , roun d f o li o e " a high wall is built, and then proceeds as lc Ras INl°l 'k had been to ask for his quarter's rent, thinking t ° avoid all notice of what he had heard of the 114te d ilti " ° f makin g no more such payments. Mr. Barry I ;,:lief °ld a h , i m that the law did not authorize this mode of mad b '"nk had declared himself unable to pay it, and t ad hided offer e d a n order for the workhouse, for himself ,t , t hos e tlisfamilY, as th e on l y ass i stance offered by the law to ore tt.'"o could not p rov id e t h emse l ves a shelter . Monk Ptrt„"tered something about the magistrates, and de- Lad very angry at bein g offered the workhouse, thou g h -; calked to his wife about claimin g it." Cg 11 • • • • • Nitl • 2, next man who applied declared that he and his qel da ° wife must starve if their five shillin g s were with hicilited Mad e no scruple about entering the house ; for t lero e B n order was t h ere fo re i mme di ate l y supplied. A 1 * (4 114 °I . idle persons followed his example , . knowing that q e considered no bad lot to live in Hurst workhouse, i k leel i Pt t he People bad hitherto been allowed to do pretty to o , i vihat t h ey pleased, and whither many would have t,ileit'''ng ere thi s , b ut f or t h e conven i ence o f rece i ving t hei r ?ay at ho me . They found to-day, however, that llsulations were not at all suitable to the actual state of 1 40 1 , 11 1 e d oors were thrown open to them without the ille t ,,Tt hesitation, and Millar, the n e w go v ernor , rece i ve d it 4 .,,i0d1y. • i°ll Will find everything comfortable, I hope, as °ll ar e o bli ge d to b e here ; and I shall be happy It tit "'to t' • - „anY informayou aga in tion whic. Meantime, h may help you ou to employ t,lld rele ase y will find I ‘'lle4°llc ready for you in the yard. I will show it you yon changed our t ake , y .f dress ; and my good woman Cu NI °rantarge of your wi e.— . W . alk that . way, friend, find Mrs. Millar waiting to give you your tg 4414: t) th ere was to b e a wor kh ouse d ress ! t h at was a t e Y and what might the work be ? at.' °° e-euttin g , and a daily portion allotted to each B b a d could not cu t stone ;it was h ar d wor k, ▪ Tr ad never tried it. it no w , then • and if you cannot do it, th ere p/ Y earl t ° broken . ' ' You shall have a h a m mer ; an d seder I°r break b ones ; b ut t h e atone - cutting is the t of work.' ' t ltti: 4(l What is my wife to do, while I am breaking LeShe • ttwill be employed with the other . women, at H ie leb a ; (1 . the house. Mrs. Millar will see thatshe N r ," ' 4 e wants, in the way of work and everything p ‘ , 4 'lled move on, if you please ; and when you are Ile 1 1 , - 1 7 dressed, I shall have done speaking to the , • I'd you.' li t Ad abs • • • • • 1 1 0 7 8 had soon had enou g h of it. The stone-cut -I,"'+ 1 1, 11 1_4 hi s arms to the shoulder-blade, he declared ; ;th l t 4 ,, t °°oe•breaking seemed as likely to break his bones 1 1 ,: 8 4t tvh*ch he as employed back would never , One ' other w choice remained ; there was the wl• the shed. On hearing of the corn-mill fiv e -Pillie ."at ; i : n ed Adams in choosing that kind of work ; hem there would not be room for more than half t o ttl their 80 that the other half might take their ease. fil e tl ,great d i sappointment, it was found that the preatilight be e x t en d e d to any l engt h , so as to admit the :t k l / ulati o ° , s O f any d egree o f power , an d t h at the entire Play ed " the wor kh ouse , w h en fullest, might be it grinding corn. • • • • itt; N tn o ,, .oree ever tossed his head and shook his sides le,ilera atisfaction on being unharnessed, than these l ; 1 4 eg run ade their way to the dinner table, on the the 4f There was something, however,. te „ele aw . e aPartment which at once quieted their glee. ` 4 ~p ot e Na Testi and order put them in mind of Sunday , 'Utida Yil which they did not like to look back 1, 4 4E1 ( 1 4 : W t here Mail nothing very tempting in the share t u t , r t W e :" mug of water, which was set for each man. c . qUite enou g h food for the most hungry th at ever longedgfor his dinner, yet where was the b I; t ers oat was allowed in the workhouse. The la 4'tle d:ors found , it difficult, u t i c) g d et beer, an rt d it? raupers, whom they eipe to suppo k;) b ti t ll. .ould eel 2 , was ever such a thing heard of? Then , tu ne t me baste and finish eating, that they might Ili k :INoe 8 ° . 4ll oke a pipe, before they set to work again. cheer. °•,..tobacco was even more out of the question e 'l t o Div now should their neighbours out of doors e atvay luxuries when they could barely get I. Q reli -q t foveae hemselv es ? ),(holit the wonder what Goody Gidney would do ; et. snuff and Adams's poor old father without ki t t h t ea. aed all the aged women, up at Weston, without kt t ,t ha ve 11./‘l"eil was said about cruelty—much that lhace op -e b en spared—for it was presently explained eer, and tea were allowed at Weston. 4 • ther • • • • Waa nothing to be done at table but to eat bread and drink water, under the eye of the governor, every one was rather glad of the signal to be moving again. Several bad already begun tattooing the floor or the benches with heels and knuckles, and one or two seemed half asleep, when their munching was done ; while certain fidgety persons near swung first one leg and then the other over the bench, leaned first one elbow and then the other on the table, and finally folded their arms and gazed all about, for something to look at. These jumped up, like schoolboys from their lessons, when the half hour was up ; but not at all to hasten to work. " I can't work any more to-day, Sir ; that confounded grinding has half broke my back; I can't work any more to•day.' "'I am sorry for that. You cannot eat any more to• day, then.' " Lord ! Sir, I must have my supper.' " Certainly, if you earn it. Not without.' And this was all that could be got out of Mr. Millar. " I can't work any more to-day, Sir,' declared another ; lam not fit for work.' " lam sorry for that; what is the matter ?' " lam not well ; no more fit for that work, than a ma❑ just out of Barham hospital.' " The doctor will call presently, and he shall see you. You can wait here till he comes.' e • • • • • " The doctor came, and considered that there was no immediate danger, general as this pain of the inside seemed to he. He thought an emetic this afternoon, and plenty of camomile-tea to-morrow, would most likely send it away for a good while. He would probably have been proved right, if the case had continued as had as when he saw it ; for the mere sight and scent of the emetic restored the patient to his place at the corn mill, and prevented any return of the pain for that day. " The corn mill was unavoidably noisy, like other corn mills, and there was some delicate personages among these paupers who could no more abide noise than some others could reconcile themselves to quietness. While one was telling his neighbour that he would not stay to be sent to sleep with dulness over his meals, three times a day, an other vowed he would not remain to have his head shaken to pieces with the grating of the mill. Others had mis givings of a different kind. " ' I say, Jem, what's to be the end of all this?' "' No end, that I see. Here we may work away, I suppose, sawing and sawing, grinding and grinding, as long as we have to stay.' " Without ever seeing the colour of money for all our pains ! Well, work is work everywhere ; but it is twice as hard where one gets nothing for it.' " Except such food as one can mostly manage to get without being kept in prison for it. I had rather have half a meal, and eat it where and how I please, than a whole one in a prison. I have no notion of being made a prisoner because lam poor ; I won't stand it. I will go and tell the governor so.' " ' And so will I ; and it is odd if my wife is not of my mind by this time, if they deal with the wome❑ as they deal with us. My wife won't consent to go without her tea, I will answer for her. I'll go and see.' " The governor came as soon as called, to be told that it was a very wicked thing to imprison people because they are poor; to which he fully agreed. " Then why do you make prisoners of us, Sir? All because we are poor.' " ' I always thought that a prison was a place where people were put in and kept in without their will ; which is not the case here. You asked to come in ; ani if you choose to go away again, nobody hinders you.' " ' I'll take you at your word, Sir, and go ; I'd rather do anybody's work than yours, any day, and have my li berty.' " With all my heart ;if you can get other work, you have no business to be here. If you cannot, you will be thankful for having this place to come to, to earn food and shelter. As soon as you think you can get work, I would advise you to go. The doors will be open to-morrow morning.' " I'll go to-night, now, before the hour strikes.' " You know you cannot. The overseer told you that our gates are opened only once a-day.' " But you can bid them be opened.' " Certainly not, to let folks out at night to come back in the morning. The doors are open once a-day. Go or stay, as you please; but whichever you do, make your choice for the day. And now, if you risean to have your support, it is time you were earning it.' " Where is my wife? I want to speak to her.' " She is at her work ; you will have time to learn her mind in the morning, before you go.' " There was no resource but work, as before, or idle ness and hunger; so back to the corn mill went the com plainers. Those who were not complainers—the very few who had come into the house because they really could not find a living out of it—worked silently and stea dily, as a means of getting bread. They did not turn aside at every noise that made itself heard from without, above the creaking and grating of their machine." This is all very well on paper, and no doubt would work well where a Mr. Barry and a Mr. Millar are to be found as overseer and gover nor ; but eleven thousand of such pattern people are not easily found. It is only such people who will stick at all hazards to the rule that the pauper must be confined to the workhouse, and must have harder work, and be worse off than the independent labourer who helps to support him. Nothing less than a compulsory enact ment of the Legislature can bring such a system into universal operation, and it is only by some such process that we can hope to arrive at such a state of things as will enable us gradually to dispense with forced contributions for the sup port of able bodied labourers. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DE►L, OCT. 21.—Wind S. W.--Arrived the Claudine, Heathorn, from Madras—sailed the `_'6th June, and Cape the 22d August; Pomona, Galilee, from Richebucto; and Rhoda, from Leghorn. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2l.—Wind S.W., blowing hard—Arrived and sailed from the river the Tam O'Shanter, Cosde, and Branken Moor, Crosbie, both for the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius; and Penyard Park, Middleton, for Mauritius. Arrived the Orestes transport, Blake, from London, for I'ly_ mouth and Bermuda; Elizabeth, Phillips, ditto, for Jamaica; Lord Nelson, Trieste, ditto, for Lisbon ; Severn, Clifton, ditto, for Constantinople; and Prima Donna, Buchanan, ditto, for FALMOUTH, OCT, 20.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Globe, Mann, from Bahia; and Five Brothers, Cousins, from Newfoundland. BRISTOL, OCT. 21 . —Arrived the Brothers, from St. An. drew•s, New Brunswick. LITERPOOL, OCT. 19.—Arrived the Sheffield, Harkstatt, from New York; Jessie, Thompson, and Aleyme, from Que bec ; Alagonquen, Capper, from Philadelphia ; Minstrel Boy, Taylor, from. St. John's, New Brunswick; Royal Adelaide, Tait, from Miramichi ; and Anna,Hutchinson, from Archangel. Off' Port, the Bay Chalem, Tay, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Mary Ann, from Palermo, and Fanny Connell, from Lisbon. Sailed the Caledonia, for Bombay; Hibernia, Wilson, and Constitution, Wilson, for New York; and Ellen, Clare, for Genoa LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 9.o.—Arrived the Zephyr, Turnley, from Quebec ; Pacific, Taylor, from Trieste ; Rachel, from Smyrna ; and Catherine, Penton, from Malaga. Off port the George town, from Demerara; Sir Walter Scott, from Quebec; and Britannia, from Medway, N.S. NEWRY, OCT. CO.— Arrived the Princess Charlotte, Roche, from Quebec. WATERFORD, OCT. 19.—Arrived the O'Connell, Warren, from Newfoundland. DUN DEE, OcT. I9.—Arrived the Scotsman, Reid, and Craigie, Cook, from Archangel. ABERDEEN, OCT. 19 .-Arrived the Evander, Edgar, from Archangel. MILFORD, OCT. Z.—Arrived the Aurora, from Gut of Canso; and Paragon, from St. Übes. GLOUCESTER, Ocv. 19.—Arrived the Charles Henry, Coul. son, from St. Petersburgh. PETERHEAD, OCT. 19.—Arrived the Superior, Manson, from Davis' Straits. SUNDERLAND, OCT. 19.—Arrived the Johns, Fox, from Amcrica. HULL, OCT. 19.—Arrived the Mary, Frost; Express, Akesler ; and Lord Wellington, Chew, from St. Petersburgh. LOWESTOFF.—Arrived of Blackeston, the Adycli and Star, Gibson, from Onega. Yaasiotrrit, OCT. 20.—Arrived the St. Lawrence and Edward, from Miramichi. The Charlotte, from Malaga, has arrived in the Channel. The Tinker, Morrice, in making Helen Sound, Orkney, the 14th instant, struck on a reef and filled with water—crew and part of the stores and cargo saved. Arrivals at Madras.— Kellie Castle, Patullo, Castle Huntley, Johnston, Vansittart, Scott, Warren Hastings, Sandys, Buck. inghamshire, Shea, Larkins, Campbell, and Arab, Sparkcs, from London ; Leda, Robb, from the Cape of Good Hope ; and Exporter, Anvill, from Mauritius. . - Arrivals at the Cape.--Governor Stirling, and Britannia, Ferres, from London ; Edward, Given, from Liverpool ; Os. mond, from Hamburg; Tourville, from Havre and Mary, Roome, from Rio Janeiro, COURT CIRCULAR. Baron Butocv, the Prussian Minister; the Chevalier de VIAL, the Spanish Minister ; and the Marquis de FUN cHAL transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Swedish Minister visited the French Charge d'Af faires yesterday. Captain Ross transacted business yesterday at the Ad miralty, at the Colonial-office, and also at the Treasury. The Duke of RICHMOND paid a visit yesterday to the Earl of ALIIIMA ALE, at the Stud-house, at Hampton Court. WINDSOR, OCT. 22. Yesterday evening Captain Ross and his nephew ar. rived at the Castle to ply their respects to his MAJEsay. They were both received by the KING in a very flittering and gracious manner, and had the honour of being intro duced to the QUEEN and Royal visiters, with whom they dined and spent the evening. Captain Ross appeared in excellent health, and wore a Swedish Order. We are in. formed that he penetrated to 70 deg. 5 min. N. lat., and arrived at the point where there was no variation in the magnet. The nephew of Captain Ross is a roan of con siderable talent, and appears to be about 37 years of age ; they both left the Castle at 11 o'clock in the evening, and proceeded to town. The Rev. Dr. KEATE, the Hon. and Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the Rev. ISAAC Gossrrr, the Rev. Provost of Eton, and the Rev. Mr. PRIM-, had the. honour of being of the Royal dinner party. This morning, his MAJESTY, accompanied by Sir H. WHEATLEY, Sir GEORGE SEYMOUR, and Colonel Sty 3toua, proceeded to Hampton Court. Colonel SEYMOUR, returns to the Castle with the KING, and the other gentle men will proceed to London. Her MAJESTY did not leave the Castle to-day in conse quence of the unfavourable state of the weather. This morning Sir JAMES KEMPT left the Castle for town. On Wednesday, his MAJESTY goes to St. James's. This morning a detachment of the 3d battalion of Gre. nadier Guards marched hence fur Brighton. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Manchester, at Grosvenor.gate, Park-lane, from his seat, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire; Lady Barnard, in Stable-yard, St. James's, from Worthing; Sir Wm. and Lady Lumley, from a tour; John Foster, Esq,, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Liverpool; M. M'Gre gor, Esq., at ditto, from Yorkshire; Sir William and Lady Oglander, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Isle of Wight; Lord Henniker, and the Hon. Mr. Henniker, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Suffolk; Miss Wil. liams, at ditto, from Plymouth ; Miss Brummell, at ditto, from Brighton ; Captain Hutchinson, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover street, from Bognor; Mr. and Mrs. William Jones, at ditto, from their seat in Essex ; Sir Harry and Lady Neale and family and suite, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Lea mington ; - Gale, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, at ditto, from a tour; C. G. Dupre, Esq., and Mrs. Dupre, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from Italy; R. B. Gardner, Esq., at ditto, from Southampton ; R. Mountain, Esq-, and Mrs. Mountain, at ditto, from Colchester; J. Clowes, Esq., and Mrs. Clowes, at ditto; R. W. Cox, Esq., and Mrs. Cox, at ditto, from Paris ; J. Powell, Esq., at Mivart's Hotel, from Clif ton ; J. H. Peacock, Esq., at ditto, from \Vardour Lodge, near York ; the Hon. Miss Caroline Powell, at ditto, from Brighton ; J. M. Robbins, Esq., at ditto, from Hastings ; C. Rawlle, Esq., at ditto, from the Earl of Coventry's seat, near Worcester ; Miss Ann Kentish, at ditto, from Bath ; the Earl and Countess of Harrington and family, at Pembroke House, Privy Gardens, from Elvaston Hall, Derbyshire ; the Duke of Richmond, in Cavendish-square, from Goodwood ; Lord George Bentinck, at Harcourt House, from Newmarket; the Earl of Stradbroke, in South-street, from ditto ; the Earl of Kerry, at the Marquis of Lansdowne's seat, Bowood, from a continental tour ; Lord Claude Hamilton, at Argyll House, from Haddo House, N. 8.; the Earl of Orford, in Spring-gardens, from Newmarket. DEPARTURES. General the Hon. Sir Alexander and Lady Duff, for the Continent; Lady Morland and family, for ditto; Captain and Mrs. Pulteney, from Weald Hall, Essex, on a tour; Viscount and Viscountess Fordwich, on a Continental tour; the Earl of Orford, from Newmarket, for Woolterton Hall, Norfolk; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kenyon, on a visit to Lord Kenyon, at Gredington Hall, Flintshire ; Viscount Strangford, for Dub. lin ; the Earl of Verulam and Lord Grimston, from New. market, on a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield, Herts ; Sir Charles and Lady Grey, from Portman-square, for their seat, the Oaks, Epsom; the Earl and Countess of Ux bridge, from Bruton-street, for Beaudescrt, Staffordshire; George Pryme, Esq., M.P., for Cambridge; Admiral Lord Colville, on a tour; Lord William and Lady Caroline Powlett, at their seat, Downham, Suffolk; Earl and Countess Jermyn, from Putney, for the Marquis of Bristol's seat, Ickworth, Suffolk; Lord and Lady Conyngham, for Newmarket; Mrs. Bleek Lye, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Hereford. shire ; Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Lady Mary Herbert, from ditto, for Wardour Castle ; G. Frampton, Esq., from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Warwick; Captain Charles Ramsden, for his seat, Byrom, Yorkshire; J. Duff Dingwell, Esq., for Oxford ; the Marchioness of Clanricarde and Miss Kington, from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat, Sydney Lodge, Hants; Lord Boston, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley.square, for their seat in Berks ; Dr. Robinson, from ditto, on a tour ; Sir D. and Lady Goold and family, from ditto, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for their seat in Wales; Capt. Hopkins, from ditto, for Brighton; Major and Mrs. Pritchard, from Arlington-street, for Fort George, N. 8.; Sir Montague and Lady Georgina Cholmely, from the Brunswick Hotel, for Lincolnshire; Mr. and Miss Tomb, from ditto, for Ireland. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Henry the Eighth was performed last night. The novelty was the appearance of Mrs. SLOMAN as Queen Katharine. It was decidedly and beyond all question the most able piece of acting she has yet exhibited. The trial scene was a noble struggle of feminine greatness. The opening address to the King was full of feeling, and con trasted admirably with the tone used towards lVolsey. The delivery of the celebrated passage— " To you, Lord Cardinal, I speak." was worthy of the approbation even of those who remem ber SIDDONS. The latter part of the scene, too, was in perfect keeping, and evinced a true appreciation of the character. The dying scene was not less able, although from its character it was less generally effective. Mr. MACREADY was IVolsey, and he played the character far better than on previous occasions. His personation was somewhat too crabbed and too confined, and wanted all of that majestic air that did so much toward making the performance of Mr. KEMBLE altogether unrivalled; but the effort was nevertheless one of superior talent. Mr. COOPER mangled the Monarch vilely. All the nice points were lost ; even the commendation of Katharine, which on the stage almost redeems the injuries the King does her, was delivered without the least claim to effect. Of the less prominent characters, Gardiner and Buckingham were extremely well played by Messrs. BLANCHARD and YOUNGE• The music of Patience was beautifully exe cuted by Miss INVERARITY, and Mrs. Gans was clever as Lady Denny. Cromwell, that used to be so delight fully played by Mr. C. KEMBLE, was indifferently sus tained by Mr. MATTHEWS ; and Mr. BENNETT was im perfect as Surrey. The performance was frequently ap plauded, and afforded very considerable satisfaction. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Last night a new melodrama called The Ferry and the Mill was produced here, which rumour assigns to the practised pe❑ of Mr. POCOCK ; and, from the tact with which a single powerful incident is made to sustain suc cessfully the fate of two long acts, we should have taken it for granted that the piece was certainly not from a a new hand. The plot is taken from the somewhat worn materials of the dangers and escapes of a Monarch, the Czar Peter, and the fidelity of some of his more humble subjects. Peter (Mr. `Noon) is pursued by his enemy, Galitzkin (Mr. DIDDEAR), and arrives at the mill of Cornholm (Mr. BARTLEY), where another fugitive, Ca therine of Livonia (Mrs. VINING), is also driven in disguise, and exposes ber life in defence of the Czar, whom she personates in order to protect him when they are pressed and made prisoners. Cornholm has a son and daughter, the latter of whom is betrothed to Ugo (Mr. YARNOLD), a ferryman, who is an honest friend of the Czar, and a rival in Mary's (Miss TAYLOR) love with Maximus Middleman (Mr. HARLEM), a collector of the poll tax, employed as a spy by Galitz kin. Grist, the miller's son (Mr. MEAnows), is another comic character used in assisting some of the action of the piece, although we cannot assign him any particular portion of its business. The parties, after en countering various dangers and hair-breadth escapes, are all seized in the mill by Galitzkin and his followers, and are about to be carried off, when the waters of the river rise and blow up the mill. The innocent parties cling to the remnants of the building, while the guilty are swept ' away by the waves, until boats are brought to their deli verance by Menzekoff (Mr. G. BENNETT), a friend of the young Czar, who has been secretly raising the Livonians in his favour, and by Ugo, who carries off the miller's maid from a situation of the most prominent peril. The above is an outline of the story, but it is filled up by a quick succession of incidents, calculated to show the talents of the particular actors. We cannot, indeed, say much for the novelty of either the jokes, the characters, or the aituations, always excepting the last grand scene of the blowing up of the mill, which is a most ingenious piece of scenery and mechanism, the rush of the waters o❑ the stage being met by a torrent of applause from the audience, which drowned all the discontented, if there were any, before the curtain simultaneously with the destruction of the evil-doers behind it. The mu•ic of the piece is supplied by Mr. A. LEE. Before the new piece the opera of Der Freischutz was performed, and gave Mr. 11. PHILLIPS an occasion for his debut in Caspar. ADELPHI THEATRE. This actively.managed Theatre presented two novelties to the public last night, the Wooing a Widow, performed for the first time by this company ; and an entirely new Farce, entitled P. P., or the 21Ian and the Tiger. In the former piece Mrs. WAYLETT sustained the character f a widow very cleverly; and Mr. WILKINSON, in the disguise of the widow, brought peals of laughter from every part of the house. The second piece was an excel lent vehicle for the bustle and activity of Mr. YATES and the droll humour of Mr. J. REEVE. Mr. Splasher (Y ATEs) is in love with Miss Staotte, whose father, Old Staotte, (Sir. BENNETT ' ) contrives a surprise of a dinner, at which he is to announce to Splasher that his daughter is to be his wife. Young Sonterhill (Mr. HEMMING) is resolved to circumvert the old man's scheme by shooting Splasher, and calling on him for the purpose of picking a quarrel he finds him half dressed, and in one of his merry splashing moods, so that the meeting goes off simply in a wager of 5001. that Splasher does not continue in that dishabille until six in the evening. To win the wager Splasher even goes to the dinner half dres,ed, with his tiger—his cab-tiger (Mr. REEVE) —in similar costume. They are pelted by the mob, and arrive atStaottc's house covered with mud. Splasher is taken to be mad, and it is suggested by his tiger that he has the hydrophobia from a bite he had recently received from his dog. Mad doctors are sent to his assistance, and, as he calls for a glass of wine, his tiger, to try if he really is mad, presents him with a glass of water. The affront puts hitn i❑ such a rage that he is seized and handcuffed, and a scene of laughable confusion ensues. At length six o'clock arrives, and the wager is won, and Splasher is allowed to put on his clothes; but in this interim Somerhill has contrived to marry the lady, and Splasher wins his wager but loses his match. The piece, or rather the latter part of it, was full of bustle. We have scarcely witnessed a better display of Mr. YATES'S talents. The other characters were well sup. ported, and the Farce promises to be a favourite for some length of time. LAW SITTINGS. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London before the Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and after Michaelmas term, 1833. IN TERM. Middlesex. Wednesday Nov. 13 Friday Nov. 15 Wednesday Nov. 20 Friday Nov. '22 AFTER TERN. London. ➢liddlesex, London. Tuesday Nov. 26 Wednesday Nov. 27 N. B. The Court will sit at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on each of the days in term, and at half-past 9 precisely on each of the days after term. The causes in the list for each of the above sitting days in term, if not disposed of on those d iys, will be tried by adjournment on the days following each of Ouch sitting days. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Sittings appointed to be held in the Ecclesiastical Courts, Doctor's Commons, in the ensuing Michaelmas Term, 1833 :—. ARCHES' COURT.—First session, Saturday, Nov. 2; second session, Monday, Nov. 11; third session, Tuesday, Nov. 19; fourth session, Wednesday, Nov. 27. By-day, Thursday, Dec.s. ADMIRALTY COURT.—First session, Tuesday, Nov. 5; second session, Wednesday, Nov. 13; third session, Thursday, Nov. 21 ; fourth session, Friday, Nov. 29. By-day, Saturday, Dec. 7. PREROGATIVE COURT.—First session, Thursday, Nov. 7; se cond session, Friday, Nov. 15; third session, Saturday, Nov. ; fourth session, Monday, Dec. 2. By-day, Tuesday, Dec. 10. COURT OF DELEGATES.—FirSt session, Friday. Nov. 8 ; second session, Saturday Nov. 16 ; third session, Monday, Nov. 25 ; fourth session, Tuesday, Dec. 3. By-day, Wednesday, Dec. 11. CONSISTORY COURT.—First session, Saturday, Nov. 9; second session, Monday, Nov. 18; third session, Tuesday, Nov. 26; fourth session, Wednesday, Dec. 4. By-day, Thursday, Dec. 12. Caveat Day.—Prerogative, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1834. Extra Court Day—Consistory, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1834. Default Day —Admiralty, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1834. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. DERBY, 1834. 9to agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes (taken) 14 to agst Mr. Yates's Bentley 16 to agst Duke of Cleveland's Guardian 20 to agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo (takers) 18 to agst Mr. Gardnor's Comet 20 to agst Mr. Walker's Delirium 25 to agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana colt 30 to agst Duke of Grafton's Olympic (taken) 40 to agst Mr. Dilly's Freedom 2,000 to 50 agst Mr. Gully's Viator (taken) 3,000 to 60 agst Lord Berner's Black Daphne colt (taken) 2,000 to 50 agst Mr. Mills's Old Bill (taken) 2,000 to 40 agst Mr. Watt's Alaric (taken) 1,500 to 150 agst Comet and Delirium (taken) 1,000 to 50 agst Olympic and Turquoise (Olympic taken) The betting on this Stakes was pretty brisk towards the Close. OAKS. 7 to I agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon 9 to I agst Colonel Peel's Rosalie filly 20 to I agst Mr. Walker's Zulima (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Nevill's Amadon (taken) 9.0 to I agst Mr. Bigg's Muleyana (taken) LORD CHESTERFIELD'S STUD,. A draft from this Nobleman was put up yesterday at Tattersall's, and fetched the following prices:— GS. The stallion Dunsinane, bought in at , B7 Rowena, by Haphazard—Prudence 2:2 Chesnut snare, 3 yrs., by Partisan—Sultana 4O Bay mare, by Muley, dam by Patriot 55 Brown snare, by Filho—Miss Catton (bought in) Bay mare, 4 yrs. ' by Menelaus, dam by W a nd e rer 5O Lady Jane, not thorough bred '26 Two year old filly (not thorough bred) by Mameluke Ditto (not thorough bred), by Leviathan Ditto, (ditto), by Leviathan—LadyJane .. 46 Yearling filly, by Dunsinane—Muley mare 4O Ditto, by Dunsinane—LadyJane 25 The Theban, by Tiresias 7 Arnbigutty (bought in) 205 HUNTERS. GS. Kitty 72 Pugilist Bell the Cat .Julius Czesar 3oq Oriana Eaglet. 1301 Some lotl of carriage horses and hacks were also sold. A remarkably beautiful pony fetched 125g5., stated to have been purchased for the young Queen of Portugal. The sal• was numerously attended. PERTH RACES, OCT. Is. A Gold Cup, given by Lord Ormelie. Twice round. Sir J. Boswell's Meretrix Mr. Marley's Palmflower Mr. Ramsay's Spider 3 A Sweepstakes of 5 says. each, and 50 added. Two miles. Mr. Ramsay's XXX Lord Licho's Gondolier ! -2 Mr. Crompton's Prince A Plate of 50/. Heats twice round Mr. Dawson's Brown Stout 2 1 1 Mr. Gilmour's Brunswick THE EARL OF D UDLEY ' S W ILL.—The will of th e l ate L ord Dudley, which is of considerable length, oc cu PYiliß 22 closely-written sheets, is dated on the 26th of July, 1931. It consists entirely of devices of his real and personal property (chiefly estates in the counties of Stafford, Worcester, Middlesex, and Merioneth), in trust to the Earl of Aberdeen and the Right Hon. James Abercromhy, Lord Chief Baron of Scotland ; and, also in trust, to the Bishop of Exeter, the Right Hon. J. Little ton, Mr. Downing, and Mr. Benbow, for the benefit of his cousin, the Rev. William Humble Ward, and his family. The former has a specific annuity of 6,0001. Various sums are bequeathed out of the trust-estate to Mrs. Ward, and to the two sons and daughter of Mr. Ward, with contingent remainders of a complicated character. The accounts of the trust estate are to be' audited by "Jr. James Loch, of Bloomsbury, who is to receive an annuity of 5001. a year for that office. (Some other person had been named, as Mr. Loch's name is written over an erasure,) In case of his declining, or death, two auditors are to be named by the executors, with a salary of 2001. a year each : the amount of this salary has been altered since the will was written. The Bishop of Exeter (Dr. Phillpotts), Mr. Littleton, Mr. Downing, and Mr. Benbow are named executors. The codicils are four in number; the three first are dated in September, 1831 ; the last in October, 1831. They are all autograph and written upon note paper. By the first, the Noble Earl has bequeathed 25,0001. to Mr. Frederick William Spencer, son of the late Commissioner Spencer; the interest to be paid to him during his minority, and the principal on his attaining the age of 21. By the second, his Lordship bequeaths legacies to the following persons :--111r. Abercromby, 6,000/. ; Mr. Benbow, 5,000/. ; Mr. Downing, 4,000/. ; the Bishop of Exeter, 2,000/, By the third, he bequeaths an annuity of 800/. to Mrs. Spencer ; the relict of Mr. Spencer. By the last, hie Lordship has left an annuity of 2,000/. a year to the Baroness Lyndhurst, secured to her sole and separate use, with a proviso that the bequest shall become void in the event of the annuity being assigned or sold by her Lady. ship. Probate of the will and codicils has been taken by all the four executors, and the value of the personal property within the province is sworn to be under 350,000/. His Majesty on Friday last honoured the Earl and Countess of Erroll with his company at dinner, at their villa in Richmond Park. There were present to meet the King, the Prince and Princess Lieven, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Col. and Lady Mary Fox, the Hon. E. G. and Mis. Stanley, and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst are expected to arrive this week at tbeir residence in Hyde-park -place, from Paris. Saturday, the 2d of November, is the first day of Michaelmas Term, on which day the pre sence of the Chief Baron in the metropolis will be in dispensable. Earl de Grey will give a grand entertainment to-morrow, at Wrest House, Beds, to four hundred persons, in honour of the marriage of his daughter and heiress, Lady Anne. The Earl of Stair, almost a constant resi dent in the French capital, intends to entertain, in the course of the approaching winter, all the British noblesse sojourning there. His Lordship, 'we believe, retains his residence in Seymour -place, Curzon-street, for his accom modation when he comes to England. The Hon. Susan Liddell, a daughter of Lord Ravensworth, who has bestowed her hand on Cap tain Yorke, the Member for Cambridgeshire, is one of a family of sixteen children. Captain Yorke is a nephew to the Earl of Hardwicke, and heir-presumptive to the Earldom after his uncle the Right Hon. C. Yorke. A. sister to the Hon. Mrs. Yorke is understood to be en gaged to Captain Trotter, the Frst Life Guards. The party at Hatfield House will not break up until the close of the present week. The annual review of the Hertfordshire yeomanry will take place about the second week of the present month, when the Duke of Wellington will be the guest of the Noble Marquis, on which occasion his Lordship's splendid man sion will be thrown open for one of its winter meetings. No Viceroy ever retained so many of his predecessor's establishment as the Marquis Wellesley has done. Lord G. Hill, the Comptroller, and Captains Clements, Henry and Stewart Page, the Aides-de-Camp, are still in office. Mr. Montgomery, a youth of 16, has been named one of his gentlemen at large. Mr. Franklin, clerk to Baron Tuyll, has been sent to the Chief Secre tary's office, and his successor, as clerk to Colonel Shawe, is a Mr. Fabian.—Evening Mail. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LITE.—Oti Satur day, the 19th inst., at St. James's church, by the Hon. and Rev. Lord Wriottesley Russell, Lady Georgiana Paget, daughter of the Marquis of Anglesea and the Duchehs of Argyll, to Lord Crofton. The following personages were present at the ceremony, and at a breakfast afterwards given by the Duchess of Argyll, in Upper Brook-street : —The Duchess of Argyll, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Marquis and Marchioness of Conyngham, Countess of Jersey, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Earl and Countess of Errol, Lord Villiers and Hon. A. Villiers, Lord and Lady Templemore, Lord and Lady Charles Churchill, Lady Caroline Stewart, Mr. and Lady Agnes Byng, Mr. and Mrs. St. George Caulfield, Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, Mr. and Mrs. D. Tighe, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Cavendish, Earl of March and Lady C. Lennox, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Cuthbert, Hon. E. Stewart, Sir A., Lady Augusta, and Miss Paget, Lady Wriottesley Russell, Hon. B. Paget and Miss Paget, Sir William and Lady Jolliffe, Hon. Sir Charles Paget, Hon. W. Crofton , Mr. Lowe, Mr. Grah am , Mi ss S tewar t, & c . S oon a f ter one o'clock the bride and bridegroom left town for Hal.. naker Cottage, Sussex, the seat of the Duke of Argyll. It is in contemplation that the students of the Naval College, prior to their leaving that establish ment, shall take a cruise for a given period, say for four or five months, in a similar vessel to the Rapid brig, which they are to assist in working, for the purpose of acquiring some practical knowledge of seamanship before they are appointed to men-of-war. We understand the Surveyor of the Navy has been called upon to select a brig for this purpos*, which will be placed under the orders of the Lieutenant Governor of the Co llege.--Hampshire Tele graph. CITY CLUBHOUSE.—The new subscription clubhouse in Old Broad -street, Threadneedle-street, oppo site the church, is nearly finished. It is a plain but handsome building, in which convenience is more con sulted than decorative architecture, as it has neither portico, nor columns, nor pilasters. Over the door is a large projecting copingstone, adorned with a festoon of flowers, running from the middle to the corners, from which are suspended two wreaths of a similar pattern. There are six windows on the ground floor, three on each side of the entrance, which is not yet finished, and in the story above there are seven windows with balustrades. The entrance leads into a spacious ball, part of which is occupied with an ascending flight of broad steps, ter minated by a landing place, from which another flight ascends, branching into two others, which lead to the apartments above. THE JERSEY FAMILY.—A further delay of ten days has been announced. This arises from the ex treme debility of the Noble Lord, who never had such an attack before. It is called a repelled gout. However, at last he has been enabled to get out ; twice in the preceding week he took the air in Hyde Park, and felt relieved. Mr. BUCKINGHAM.—J. S. Buckingham, Esq., M. P., delivered a course of lectures at Scar- borough, during the last week, on the manners and customs of the Oriental World, which have given general satisfaction, and were numerously attended.—Sunderland Herald. Sir Coutts Trotter, owing to the great pres sure of business, is still here. However, in a fortnight the Baronet expects to be enabled to meet his Lady at Vevay, in Switzerland. They then go to Rome, and thence to Naples for the winter. The Duke of Athol still remains on the same sequestered spot where he has so long been an inmate. PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES.—The whole space occupied in the Mirror of Parliament, by speeches, is 1057 columns, of which 185 are occupied by the new Members, and 872 by the old. DIPLOMATIC INTELLIGENCE.—Mr. Ad dington, the late Envoy at the Court of Madrid, arrived in Albemarle-street yesterday, from Paris. The Hon. Gentleman had a long interview with Lord Palmerston at the Foreign-office, and afterwards proceeded to Richmond Park on a visit to his uncle, Viscount Sidmouth, who resides with his family at the Ranger's Lodge. If Mr. Addington should be shelved, or placed on the retired list of diplomatists with Lords Stuart de Rothsay, Heytes bury, &c., be will be entitled to a pension of 1,8001. or 2,000/. per annum. Mr. Addington was Minister Ple nipotentiary to the German Diet previous to his appoint ment to the Embassy at Madrid, and for the last fifteen years he has bee❑ actively employed in the diplomatic department. DEATH OF ARCHIBALD CANIPRELL.—We regret to have to record the death of this very old servant of the town, and well known character. For upwarris of 40 years he has been one of the town•officers, and most, if not all of that time, he has been the " Provost's man." Whoever was Provost, "Archi e " was hi s "most ohe- dient, humble servant," and a very useful and trust worthy person be proved; and we are sure Caleb Balder- stone never felt more anxiety for the "credit of the House of Ravenswood," than did Archie for the credit and re- spectability of the gentlemen of the Council: He was no meddler in politics—he never questioned, or thought of questioning the propriety of any of the acts of bis superiors; we believe he deemed them immaculate. Archie was as good a representative of his Highland country men as we remember to have met with. His den,- tion to his " chief," the peculiar shrewdness and caution which he always manifested, and above all, his love for the "bawbee," and habits of economy, all declared him a true native of the hills. He was much esteemed by all who knew him, and his name will not soon be for gotten. Archie was in the Council Chamber on Thurs day, and this morning he died, so that his illness has been very short. For some time past, however, he has been evidently on the decline. In conclusion, we may notice the coincidence (which we dare say will occur to many), of Archie's demise with that of the system under which he has for so long a period enjoyed " the sweets of office."—.. Scotsman. GIRDLENESS LIGHT-HOUSE.—The "inde fatigable exertions" of the Shipowners of Aberdeen, coupled with the large sum which the port pays to the revenue of the northern light-houses (2001. a.year), have, at length, secure d anot h er most i mportant " mariner ' s guide" to the eastern coast of Scotland, by the erection of that splendid tower on the Girdleness, which dis played, for the first time, its " beacon lights" on the evening of Tuesday last. The description and bearing! , of that lighthouse have been repeatedly advertised in this and other newspapers, tut VII congratulate the public on the admirable manner in which the eastern coast is now lighted up. From the Bell Rock to Kinnaird Head, a distance of less than one hundred miles, we have ❑ow four distinguishing lights, giving confidence and security to the mariner and his employers where formerly all was darkness and danger. A contemporary justly remarks that the Girdleness light, from its proxi mity to the entrance of Aberdeen harbour, cannot fail to render the part a most desirable fishing station. We may add also, that the Aberdeen Harbour Act wisely exempts from tonnage dues all Md.') fishing vessels frequenting the harbour, when employed in the deep sea or herring fishery, and having ❑o cargo on board but their fishing implements, an exemption also extending to ebore-dues on all fresh fish in hulk ; and as those advantages, among many others which the port of Aberdeen possesses, are not to he met with in any other on the northern coast, we trust the harbour trustees will take care to make them generally known to the numerous fishermen who annually frequent our shores.—Aberdeen Heradl. The Town-Council of Edinburgh last year ti,d a surplus of 1781. over the city expenditure ; a novel circumstance. How TO CATCH THE RIIEUMATISAI.—Sit in a punt on the river Thames in the month of October to catch fish. DANIEL LAMBERT, JUN.—.A male infant, not ten months old, is now exhibiting at Gloucester, weighing ninety pound,. MARRYING WITH A VENGEANCE.—On the 9th inst., at Leeds, Mi. T. Higgins, cloth dresser, to Mrs. Mary Turner, both of Woodhouse, she being his sixth wife, and he her third husband ! CONSOLIDATED BOARD OP STAMPS AND TAXES.--Mr. Leggett's long public services as his Ma jesty's Solicitor to the late Board of Taxes terminated on his retirement on the 10th of October. Mr. Timm, the Solicitor for Stamps, succeeds him in the united law duties of the new Board. Master Incledon, grandson of the late cele brated vocalist of that name, is about to make his debut at the Victoria Theatre, in a ballad opera composed ex pressly for him. He has, it is said, a voice of great sweet. ness and compass. Tie comes forward as the pupil of Mrs. G. Wood, a lady long known to the musical world. NEW BANK IN PERTH.—It is proposed to establish in Perth a Joint Stock Company, under the denomination of the Central Bank of Scotland, for the purpose of transacting the business of banking in that city and neighbourhood. The capital stock of the Com pany is to be 250,0001. ; shires 1001. each. No indi vidual to hold more than 50 shares.—lnverness courier. On Friday a meeting was held at the Town ball, Brighton, to adopt means for rebuilding the Anthaum at the western part of Brighton, which lately fell down. The Rev. Dr. Everard in the chair. Mr. Phillips, one of the proprietors, proposed the following plan :—To issue 120 silver tickets at 501. each, bearing interest at five per cent., or single and family tickets of admission at given prices. Another gentleman said 10,000/, was required to build the Anthaum ; 120 silver tickets would produce 6,0001., and the remainder of the money was already in hand. A committee was appointed to confer on the subject. The parishioners of Cumnor, Berkshire, who pay tithes, have a custom of repairing to the vicarage immediately after the conclusion of prayers in the afternoon of Christmas Day, where they are entertained with bread and cheese and ale. They claim on those occasions two bushels of wheat made into bread, half a hundred-weight of cheese, and five bushels of malt brewed into ale and small beer. The fragments are distributed among the poor, on the following day. In Cumnor-place, formerly the seat of the Abbots of Abingdon, Sir Walter Scott has laid the death scene of Amy Robsart, the heroine of " Kenilworth." PORTUGAL VOLUNTEERS.—The agents of Don Pedro having been actively recruiting in this city, no less than 172 individuals embarked in one of the Canal boats o❑ Tuesday last, 80 on Wednesday, and a farther number will take their departure this day. In short, we believe that about 400 are expected to be the Edinburgh quota. They will be conveyed to Greenock, where they will sail for their final destination. We understand they will be regularly embodied, placed under the command of our gallant townsman, Colonel Shaw, and will be deno minated the Scotch rifle brigade. Several pipers, buglers, he., accompany them.—Edinburgh Observer. ENORMOUS LOBSTER.—There is at present In the possession of Captai❑ Jenkinson, of the Brothers, of Hull, a lobster of enormous dimensions, caught during a recent voyage of that ship to America, off Cape Codd, near Boston, U. S. When alive its weight was nineteen pounds and a half, its length from the tip of the tail to the extremities of the antennas, 3 feet 6 inches, and the breadth of the second joint of the large claws 7 inches and a half. This formidable looking monster was boiled soon after it was caught, for the purpose of aiding in his preparation for the cabinet. The Echo de la Frontiere, of Valenciennes, relates the following distressing circumstance:—A lady of this town, just returned from Brazil, brought with her, as a servant, a man of the country, who, although origi nally a savage from the interior, appeared by his calm and docile character to have lost all the habits of his tribe. This man was intrusted with the care of her child. One day lately he and his charge were missing, and no time was lost in searching for them. At length the wretch was discovered in a forest, in the act of devouring the remains of the unfortunate child. The sight of a fine child revived in him the cannibal appetite, which he could not resist, and so fled into the forest to gratify it. The all absorbing question of reform, in days past, put fire into our townsmen, and the embers were gradually dying away, but a blast from the surveyor of the assessed taxes in his extra charges by a new survey, has blown up a flame, and the only difference between then and now may be safely compared to our beautiful oil lamps in the streets (making, as Milton says, ‘, Darkness visible,") in their contemplated change for gas, which we hear will shortly take place. Extremes in report are never wanting —every body is put up, though in tact some remain in statu quo, and some are a little lower. The notices of surcharge, were served, some two and others three days ago, and " the day of appeal to-day !" How can 28 days' notice be given to the collector, which seems the law ? Some of our small respectihle houses are charged u much as many of the country gentlemen's seats, and therefore nothing short of memorialising Lord Altborp will serve to extinguish the flame. This course has been re solved on by a requisition to the Mayor of Henley to call a meeting, which is fixed for Monday, and which is ex pected to be very fully attended.—Berko Chronicle, THE SILL TRADE.—Yesterday an unusual number of persons interested in the silk trade, assem bled at the usual periodical sale at the East India House. J. Muspratt, Esq., was the presiding Director. The Act of Parliament reserves to the Court of Directors the power of continuing the trade in silks for some time after the expiration of the charter, and Mr. Moore observed that it was highly important that the Company should regulate the quantity of silk declared for sale by the state of the market, the Directors having the discretion of in creasing or diminishing the quantity. Mr. Muspratt read a resolution which had been come to by the Com mittee of Buying and Selling. It stated that there was no necessity for making any change at present in the pe riods for making the sales, and that no change would be made without due deliberation, and notice being first given to the trade. Mr. Brocklehurst expressed his gra titude to the Company for the increase that bad been made in the present declaration, especially at a time when the market was so high. The declaration had been increased from 2,400 bales to 2,832. They will not be disposed of for some days. As compared with the prices obtained at the Company's sale in July last, the quotation given to yesterday established an improvement amounting to about 20 per cent. In the year 1762, and for several years after, no theatrical notices were given in newspapers, except of . . a new piece or a new performer. Daily—at least, fre quent—criticisms were commenced, shortly after the establishment of the Morning Chronicle in 1768, by Mr. William Woodfall, its editor. In the years from 1762 to the establishment of the Morning Chronicle in 1768, there were extant (as well as our informant remembers) four daily Morning Papers, three three-times a week papers, and one Saturday Paper ; the plays for the evening were then published exclusively in the Public Advertiser and the Gazetteer, and it was understood that each of it was these papers paid 701. a year to each of the two patent g 3 e r v o e r n n i i n n g g , theatres for the right so to publish. Here were times for theatres ! Fore gad, if we could get such terms from all the papers now we would not mind becoming a lessee or two ourselves ! ! At the time we have spoken of, the custom to give out the p w la a y , f p or aid the o ; u t and the our u n r a inform ant, m e of the farce bibyllowthien but not the farce, unless the latter was a new one. A tphreoamnputoeurnc(ethmeent father of the of p lay, person of the name of Richards, who played in the orchestra of Drury Lane, , C O, ll oronki knew elewtoHowpakt Hopkins, the John Kemble), has often obliged the said Richards y farce for —Athenceunt. g a o n i d ng ru t n p Htoopteinpar,sinrtoinogm-oatEncdefiweihtilni