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preventing the adoption of a measure which he was convinced was contrary to the real interests and dig nity of the Chamber, it was still his duty to endea vour to regulate it in the least obnoxious manner possible, argued that the proceedings of the Cham ber constituted into a court of justice ought to be assimilated as far as possible to those of the ordinary tribunals, and that the accused should be surrounded by at least as much protection as he would have be fore a jury. He therefore proposed as an amendment that the accused should be acquitted unless t tvo thirds c f the members voting pronounced him guilty, in which latter case the President should put to the vote the minimum of the punishment pronounced by the taws. buchatel, in opposing the amendment, drew a . distinction between an ordinary jury and the legisla tive assembly uniting in itself judicial and political functions, and concluded that there was no reason for departing from the rule observed by the Court of Peers, which established the majority of the Cham ber as sufficient to pronounce on the guilt or inno cence of the accused. M. Odillon Ba:rot energetically deprecated the idea of any political feelings being allowed to mix themselves up in the proceedings of the Chamber as a court of justice, contending that the moment the Ch tmber had assumed its judicial character all distitiell'ons of majority and minority ought to dis appear, and each deputy ought to become a dis passionate and unpnjudiced judge to pronounce, ac cording to his conscience, on the guilt or innocence of the accused. If this position were admitted on all hands—if it appeared that all were di'posed fret kly to act in its spirit, it might be sufficient to leave the question to the decision of the majority only ; but as the contrary appeared to be the case, as it was evident that the question was to he liewed with party feelings, that the majority and minority of the political Chamber were to be reproduced without change in the judicial Chamber, by which means the majority announced the preformed deter mination to sanction their own system as a point of faction, not of justice, it became necessary to pro tect the accused against the cotrequences of such a system, and he therefore, in the interest of impar tial juatira, supported the amendmen t of M. Merilhou. buvergier d'Hauranne, protested against the suspicion implied in the speech of M. )3 arm against the judicial impartiality of the majority, and maintained that it was absurd and unjust to wish to submit the opinion of the ma jority to that of the minority, when not only abstract reason hat all the precedents, whether taken from the United States, the Chamber of Peers, or the tribunals themselves, when judging offences com mitted against themselves, agreed in declaring a simple majority to be sufficient for a decision. M. Gaetan de Imitochefoucauld supported the amendment of M. MeriThou, and, after urging argu ments similar to those of M. BArrot in its favour, proceeded to examine the propriev of those inte rested in, or affected by, the question abstaining from any part in the proceedings. " When," he said," a similar case occurred in 1826, MM. Villele, Peyronnet, and Corbieres, the Ministers present, re fused with dignity to take any part in the vote; in the present instance, on the contrary, the Ministers, who have the majority on their benches—(Violent murmurs from the centres.) General Jacqueminot—lt is an impertinence— The President—Let the speaker finish his phrase. The discussion, ‘vhich up to this moment had been conducted with calmness, now changed into perfect fury. Numerous members of the extremities, particularly MM. Luneau, Demarciy, and Chara maule, violently accused the President of partiality in not having called M. Jacqueminot to order. The centres, on the contrary, vociferated that M. Roche foucauld ought to have been called to order for his remark. The tumult continued until General Jacqueminot succeeded in being heard for a moment to disclaim havirg, intended any insult to the speaker, and to declare that the opinion of M. Rochefoucauld was, as he understood' it, an im pertinence towards the majority, of whom he was one, and who were not in any manner chained to the Ministers' bench. The tumult here recommenced with increased vi olence ; at length The President, who in the interval had been con versing with M. Rochefoucauld, succeeded in ob taining silence for the latter to complete his Fen ten ce, which he did in these words—" The Ministers have the majority in the Chamber, because the day before yesterday the majority against the order of the day v.as only eleven, among whom six Ministers voted. If they had voted with us, we should have had the majority."—(A general laugh.) Gen. Jacqueminot, with great good humour, said that he withdrew his observation. The President—You see, gentlemen, how unjust is the war you are waging against your President. If you had heard M. de la Roche fnucauld to the end, you would have seen that there was nothing disorderly in his remark; and as for M. Jacqueminot, it was to M. Roehefoucauld that it applied, and it was M. Rochefoucald himself who wished me nor to notice it, as he saw it arose from a misapprehension which would be removed the moment he was allowed to finish his sentence.— (Applduse.) The discussion was then resumed with compa rative tranquility. Extract of a letter of the sth inst. from Blaye : "Every preparation is making for the erecoechement of the Duchess, which, according to M. Denetix, is likely ?c) take place between the Ist and the sth of May. This gentlem in lodges above the apartments of the Princess, and is con.tantly near her. Biron Du bois is at the Cafe Francais, waiting for the moment of witnessing the delivery, and M. de Meniere has arrived from Paris for the same purpose. A new telegraph has been established, and post-horses sta tioned from distance to distance between Blaye and Bordeaux, acid from Paris to Blaye. The Duchess Ends herself very well, in consequence of the at ten tions and care which have bten bestowed upon her. To-day she took her usual walk in the interior of the citadel. M. de B issac never quits her. It is re ported, ho•a ever, that although he is convinced of the pregnancy of the Ditches., he refuses to affix his signature to the act relative to the birth of a child. Hence a report is current, that some agents from f o r e ign powers are to come to Blaye, for the pur pose of certifying the delivery, in conjunction with the authorities. of the town, and with the pincipal legitimatises, if they wish to attend. Cop es of the proccs verbal will, it is said, be transmitted to the Chambers, and rendered public. We also learn that preparations are making on the river for the depar ture of the Duchess, who, immediately after her delivery, will be at liberty to proceed either . to her sister in Spain, or to her fatal) , at Naples. That she is anxiously waiting for that time, is proved by the following incident :—To amuse her, a beautiful water hen was given her a few days ago. After having kept her one day, the Duchess said, She must, like me, wish for liberty ; let her be set free.' By her orders a gendarme placed the bird near the borders of the water, and let it take refuge among the reeds. The same gendarme, who was a rion.com rnissioned officer, and had always paid great atten tion to the Duchess, has just been promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant." Napoleon, by his will made at St. Helena, left to his S" ins arms, which he thus described :—" My arms, namely, my sword, the same which I wore at Austerlitz, the sabre of Sobieski ' my poniard, my cu tlass,&c." MM.llertrand, Marchand, and other companions of Nap o l eon ' s ex , le were app ointed de positaries, and were to transmit the object s deposited in their hands to the son of Napoleon on his attain ing the age of 16. When young Napoleon became of age he was labouring under a mortal disease, and died before he could receive his father's legacy. The objects are still in the hands of the depositaries, who have thought proper to rake counsel's opinion as to what they are to do, in order ro or be n legally d dis- Paty, an avo engaged from responsibility. care of the Royal Court of Paris , has drawn up an opinion, in which he proposes the following three questions :—" Do the arms of Napoleon belong to Maria Lowsa, that is to say, the Austrian ? Do they belong to the father's family at Rome ? Do they belong to the French nation ?" The opinion of AI. Odillon Barrot, Paillet, and Philip Dupin, in conformity with that of M. Patorny, is that the arms of Napoleon are national property, and that the state hai a right to claim them, to be deposited in a pub lic establishment. &ECON I EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Half past Five. CLOSING PRICES Consols Ditto for Account 87i Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres... Milan Ditto.... Columbian 1824 =FOUR O'CLOCK. 1. Danish — Greek Mexican Peruvian • Russian,.. •,.. Spanish OLD BAILEY.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our First Edition.) OLD COURT. Cross-examined—The night was rather dark. Did not see the fiers of either of the men, and only judged by the beilzht. Sarar Runden, the wife of the last witness, corroborated his evid , nce in every particular. Robert Paviour, the father of the boy—Followed Marshall and the others to the Docks, and ceuld find no such ship as the Hereford. Marshall was quite as unacquainted with the D.p-ks as witness. Daniel Williams, one of the lock keepers of the Re.. gent's Canal, said, on the Ilth of March, he found the body about half a mile from the bridge, at the York and Albany pub6c-house. Both arms were broken. There was five feet water there. One of the barges, heavily laden, threw four feet. Did not think a barge would drive a body for. Richard Somerville, a boy, 11 years of age, knew R. Paviour. The night before he was missed he was in John-street with him, and thinks that Taylor was the same man that came np and spoke to Paviour. He came from Taylor's house. The man was speaking angrily to Paviour. Had seen Paviour peeping into the keyhole of Taylor's door. The man shook his hand at Paviour, as if threatening him. Did not hear any of the words that passed. Cross-examined by Taylor—Could not say posititively that he was the man, hut he was dressed in the same way. for pubication. From all the appearances of the body, he should certainly say that death had been caused either by drowning or the blow on the head. Gmsidered that the body had been in the water from a week or a fortnight. Dr. G. Burrowes, a physician, stated that he examined the body of the boy on the 15th March, the Friday after the Inquest, and coincided with Mr. Curtis as to the ex ternal appearances, and such of the internal appearances, as he witnesses. He came to the same conclusion as to the treatment of the deceased prior to death as Mr. Curtis had. The i•low on the head alone was sufficient to de prive him of sensation. Isabella Eliza Crawley and Henry Britton were called and sworn, their naniee being at the hack of the indict. ment, but it was deemed necessary to ex imine her. Mr. Pavions, the deceased's father, identified the body before the Coroner as that of his son. Mr. CHURCHILL submitted that there was no evidence to show that 'he body taken to the York and Albany was the same as that taken out of the canal—the men who carried it not having been called as witnesses. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE said it was a question for the Jury to decide. Patrick Crawley saw the body at the York and Albany rivern, about 10 and 11 o'clock on the 11 th of 111.trch, but he was not able to identify it as the body of 11. , ,t,ert Pavittur. Wm. Wiggins saw the body at the York and Albany. and recognised it as that of Robert Paviour. The prisoners were then called upon for their defence. Marshall and Evans said they would leave it in the hands of their Counsel—the former saying he could prove where he was on the night in question. Taylor protested his innocence of the crime imputed to him. ""Wm. Foreman deposed that in the latter end of Fe bruary be found a cap nem- the York and Albany public hong?, on the banks of the canal. Keys, an officer, deposed that, on Monday, March 11, in consequence of some information, he took possession of the clothes that were on the body of the boy, which he produced. Also received a cap from Foreman. There were marks of blood on the neck of the shirt, and on the bottom of it; also on the lining of the cap. On the outside of the cap there was the mark of a blow, which, from the make of the cap must have been on the fore.. head The marks of blood within were in the same place as the blow appeared to have been given. Mrs. Paviour identified tbe clothes as those worn by her son, on the night he was missed. Joseph Curtis, a surgeon, at Ciunden-town--On Mon day, lith March, he was called to the York and Albany public-house, to see tie body of a boy, which he stripped and examined. The witness then read the description the body, which he hail furnished at the Coroner's inquest. From the difference of the fractures of the arms, he judged that one must hive been done before the blood had ceased to fl iw. Judging from the appearances of the head, one of the blows, if given while alive, would have caused death. Other parts of the witness's evidence was unfit G-orge Henry Hudson, of 91, John-street, examined by 111 r. WALESBY—W4S a writing-master and accountant. Had known Marshall three or four years up to the present time. He never beard anything against Marshall', cha racter for humanity. Cross-examined—Marshall got his living in gentlemen's service. He last lived in Mrs. Anderson's family ; but witness could not say how long that was ago. Did not know how he got his living in January or February last ; but he had written to Marshall's sister, who bad remitted him money. By the the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE—Did not know where the prisoner Marshall lived in December, January, or February. Had written to Marshall's sister only once for money, and that was on the day he was apprehended. Ann Kent was examined, for Marshall lived at No. 5, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, and her husband was a shoemaker. Marshall came to lodge at her house in October last, and up to February. He was at her house between six and seven in the evening of the 19th of February, and chi not go out again that evening. Witness had only known him since October, when he and his wife and one child came to lodge with her. Cross examined.—Had known his wife before October. Believed she first knew Taylor by going to the funeral of Tai nes wife, on the 19th,of February. Had never sean Taylor at her house. Since October Marshall had been supported by his wife. His wife had been cook and honsekeeper to a gentleman whose name she had forgot, in Hanover-square. Never knew Marshall out after ten or eleven o'clock. Was not called to give this evidence before the Coroner or the Magistrate. Was first asked to be a witness the night before lest; Keyse called after he was in custody, and asked where Marshall was on the night of the 19th February, and she then said, she not tell, but she since recollected it; she bad not howev.-r gone before coroner or the 11Iagistrare ; Keyse called 6 or 7or 8 times, and never told him, Marshall was at home tbat night. The witness here prevaricated considerably as to the answers she always gave to Keyse ; her husband was out of town on the night of the 19th February; was unwilling to state where he was at that time; be was not at home ; (the Lord Chief Justice said she must answer the question.) He was in the Alarshalsea prison, where he had been since the 9th of January—she had other lodgers at the time, one named Neat, another, Iculiens, and a third, Jones. Could not say that either of them was at borne on the night in question. She went to bed at 11 o'clock, but could not soy whether all the lodgers were then at home. Mr. CLARKSON—Has not Keyse repeatedly asked you if Marshall was at home that night, and have you not always said you could not tell. Witness—Keyse surprised me by taking the prisoner out of the room all of a sthiden. I think he only asked une once. Eliza Marshall (sister-in-law to the prisoner Marshall) —Flad known him three years, and gave him a good cha racter for humanity and kindness. Cross•examined—M trshall and Taylor bad been ac quainted about two months. Saw them together, at Taylor's hou'e, four days' before Taylor's wife's death. It was,tive or six months' ago since Marshall was in service. Mary Madden, a dress-maker, had known Evans hince was 14 years old, and he was an industrious hard work ing young man. _ . _ Ml. Walker, stable-keeper, had known Marshall 20 years, and he bore a good character for humanity. No witnesses appeared for Taylor. Keyse was recalled. He knew Mrs. Kent's house, but did not apprehend Marshall there—it was at a public house in Warren-street. He put the question to Mrs. Kent at least four times, whether Marshall was at home On the night o f t h e 19 t h o f F e b ruary , an d h er answer each time was she did not know, for he sometimes slept out, and sometimes slept at home. At a quarter to four o'clock the Lord Chief Justice commenced summing up. HAY i►IARKETS.—tAt per Load of bo Trusses., CU M BE RL A ND. Supply rather limited, trade dull, and prices stationary. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 'slew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Usefulold Ditto. 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw......£l Bto .£1 10 i Wheat Straw SMITHFIELD. A limited supply, and a very dull trade; prices as last quoted. Coarse neavy Lowland Meadow Hay .E. 2 15 to z 3 0 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... .... 3 15 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s O... Generally .... 4 0 4 15 oat Straw ... X 1 Btq .£1 101 Wheat , traw.... 1 12 1 13 DEATH OF THE REV. ROWLAND HILL.- We have to announce the death of this popular and excel lent clergyman, who expired on Thursday afternoon, at a quarter before six o'clock, at his uwn residence, adjoining chapel, Little Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, in the 89th year of his age, 66 of which he had passed in the ministry of which he was an enlightened ornament. The Rev. Mr. Hues physical powers had been long in a de_ cluing state, but his intellectual energies remained almost unimpaired to the last moment of his existence. He at length sunk under a gradual d , cay of nature, and died without a groan. On Monday morning, April 8, he preached for the last time to an immense audience, com posed principally of the boys belonging to the Sunday School Union, whom he had been in the habit of address ing on every successive Easter Monday for some years past. On Tuesday morning he expressed some desire to address the girls connected with the same schools, which was also his accustomed practice; but being very unwell, he was dissuaded from it by his friends ; and his assistant, the Rev. Mr. WAITE, officiated in his stead. During the morning of that day be found it necessary to lie down in bed, from which he never rose inure. His friends, who attended him during his last moments, state that although arttcutation failed him, they have no doubt but he was perfectly conscious of everything► transacting around him until he breathed his last. Thus has died, at a good old age, this somewhat eccentric, but much respected and venerable Christian. BEER-SHOPS.—At the conclusion of the labours of the Grand Jury at Lewes, they made a present. ment to Chief Justice TINDAL, expressive of their opinion that the different beer-shops distributed about the country were productive . of much evil, and tended greatly to the increase of crime among the lower orders, by the easy means they afforded of men meeting toge.her for the pur. pose of concocting schemes of robbery, then of drinking a quantity of beer, and afterwards of carrying their plans into execution. Tney merely threw out these suegestions ior the purpose of his Lordship's making such use of them she might think proper. The Grand Jury of Essex also expressed the same opinion as to the evils the beer-shops had caused in that c. , unty. The Learned Judge (Sir N. C. TINDALL) on all occasions had spoken of them as the source o f great mischief ; an d i n a tr i al, the other day, where °ure the locus of the robbery was a beer-shop, iris Lord ship observed, that it was utterly imp issible to expect any diminution of crime so long as the Legislature allowed the beer-shops to exist. There is in circulation a large quantity of b a se sovereigns, of Birmingham manufacture, so admirably executed that it is difficult to distinguish them, even when compared together, from the true gold. The plating is of pure metal, and their weight nearly tFat of the sovereign, sdwt. 2 grs., but they look somewhat larger, and are somewhat 'fuller in sound. Their pre •ise value has been ascertained 0 be 7s. 033.--- Glasgoe Chronicle. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 11. —The sales effected in the cotton-market to-day consist of 400 Brazils, in Pernams, at 9id. to 10d. ; Bahias, at SP. ; and Maranhams, Bid. to 9-id. ; and about 1,000 in American descriptions, from 61d. to Sid, SPAIN. (PROM THE " MORNING HERALD " CORRESPONDENT.) MADRID, APRIL 1. It would appear that the interview of the King with Don Carlos, before the departure of the latter from Madrid, was most affectionate. Ferdinand, after telling his brother that he wished his daughter to inherit the throne, because she had a right to it in virtue of the laws of Castile, showed him a will he had just signed, and containing the following im portant clauses : " lst—lt is his wish that his eldest daughter shall inherit the throne. " 2d—That she shall marry Don Carlos' eldest son, when she shall be 13 years of age. "3d—That Queen Christina be Regent of the kingdom during the minority of her daughter and her guardian. " 4th—That a dowry of 200,000 ducats, and the Riyal Palace of Seville be granted to Queen Christina. " sth—That the Cortes, by estamento, be con voked immediately after his death to impart the necessary solemnity to those acts, and to appoint the Council of Regency agreeably to the laws." Although the King is represented as enjoying good health, the physicians are of a contrary opinion, and consider him to be in a precarious, if not immi. oently dangerous state. His physical constitution is so much impaired that the least excess of diet or fatigue throws him back considerably. A glutton by nature, he cannot moderate his appetites, and the physicians, in order to keep him within the bounds of prudence, are obliged to frighten him with the idea of death. He has, moreover, three wounds open, which must debilitate him considerably. Then he is overwhelmed with political cares and beset by the intrigues of the foreign Ministers, who avail themselves of his situation and uncertain disposition to bring him into their views. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL 12.—Wind N.N.W. moderate.—Ar rived his Majesty's ship Donegal, Vice-Admiral Sir P. Malcolm, from Sheerness, attended by his Majesty's steamer Salamand , r, and retna , n with his Majesty's ship Talavera, two French frigates, and a French brig of war. Arrived from the river the Emperor Alexander, Hurt, for New South Wales, and remains with ti.e rest of the outward hound. Arrived the Westhrooke, from Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 12.—Wind W.S. W. to N.E. by N.—Sailed tide Thomas K'ng, Williamson, for De merara, and the rest of the outward bound; also sailed his Majesty's ship Serpent on ,a cruise. PALMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind W., fresh gales and squally. _ . _ STANGATE CREEK, APRIL 12.—Arrived the Re.to ration, Stohie, from Cotfu ; Bricish Sovereign, Thomp. son, from Palermo ; and Thrte Brothers, Fleming, from Gibraltar. MARGATE, APRIL 12.—Arrived off port the Mercury, Gilbert, from Newfoundland ; and Salus, Everett, from Londonderry. LIVERPOOL, APRIL ll.—Arrived the Jahnmtone, M'Pher•on, from Demerara ; Starlinz, Paul►n, from Porto Cabello ; Alceope, White, and Walter Sent', Heath, from Nrtv Orleans ; Atlantic, Johnson, from Savannah ; Mexico, Kellirman, from Virginia ; and Janetta, Ellis, from Ancona. GREENOCK, APRIL 10.—Arrived the Czar, Russell, from Savannah ; and Romulus,Callender, from Charleston. BELFAST, APRIL 10.—Arrived the Archibald, Seller, from St. Michael's ; and Liverpool, Brown, from London. ABERDEEN, APRIL 10.—Arrived the Pilgrim, Allen, from Memel. The John, Blampried, from Jersey to Shorehatn, was driven on shore near Newhaven on Thursday night. The crew, materials, and about two-thirds of the cargo saved. The John and Susan, Merry, from Pembrey, put into Newhaven, with considerable dam ge and part of the cargo thrown over, having been on shore. Arrivals at Trinidad :—The Archimedes, Oliver, from Bristol ; Perseverance, Campbell, and Argyle, Luteb, from the Clyde; Wanderer, Jenkins, from Dublin ; and Eclipse, from Beifast. Arrived off the Wight the York, Nye, from New York, THE MARKE I'S.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply of Vegetables at this morning's mar. ket, but that of Fruit was rather limited ; trade with the latter and the best of the former somewhat brisk, but otherwise very dull. Cabbages, Brocoli, Rhubarb, Chesnuts, Radishe., and Strawberries, cheaper; prices otherwise the same as on this day se'nnight . s.d. s.d. Potatoes (cwt.) Ca' baaes,Savoy(l2) 1 6 3 0 Brocoli 0 0 1 3 Norse Radish(bundle) 3 6 5 6 Rhubarb 0 9 1 3 Celery 0 6 1 1 Carrots ,12b.inches) 3 6 5 6 Turnips Coleworts or Greens 2 6 3 6 Leeks. 0 6 1 Young Onions 2 6 3 6 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 0 0 0 English, Forced 10 0 12 0 Pine Apples (lb.) New Potatoes 0 9 1 0 Strawberries (ounce) 4 0 6 0 Small Salad (punnet) • 0 3 4 0 Sea Kail 0 9 1 6 s.d. s.d. Spinach (half-sieve) 0 4 to() 8 Apples 20 80 Anions 2 6 4 0 Seville Oranges (100) 7 6 10 6 Sweet Oranges 3 6 8 0 Lemons 7 0 13 0 Asparagus French Beans 2 0 3 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 5 0 8 0 French ditto Spanish tlazlenuts 4 0 6 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Turnip Greens (hush.) 0 6 0 8 Broceli Sprouts 0 8 1 0 Radishes (12 hands) 1 6 2 0 Parsnips (dozen) Young Carrots (bunch) 0 9 1 3 Cucumbers '2 6 3 6 FINE ARTS. LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRATIONS TO SCOTT'S WORKS. Nos. 16, 17. FEMALE PORTRAIT DITTO, No. 5. We have so often spoken in terms of praise of this work, as it has periodically appeared, that we shall content ourselves at present with the remark, that the numbers before us are not unworthy to vie with the best of their prede cessors. LITERATWRE. THE PARRICIDE. A PLAY. LONDON, 1833. Thank Heaven, we have at length got a play worthy of our age and country ! After a lapse of upwards of two centuries, a second Shak speare has arisen in the person of a Mr. Wil liam King ; and Edmonton—the place whence this surprising dramatist dates—will henceforth vie with Stratford in celebrity. The Parricide is, beyond all question, the most startlingethea trical production of the age. Its author, with the modesty inseparable from true genius, calls it a " play," but this is a misnomer ; it is, in every sense of the term, a tragedy ; for it contains abundant tribulation, some fighting, an abduc tion, two deaths, a murder, and a ghost I But lest these accumulated horrors might prove too oppressive to our sensibilities, Mr. King has judiciously relieved them by a few brilliant comic dialogues between the heroine's lady's-maid and her sweetheart, the peculiar drollery of which consists in one calling the other "an ugly beast."—The opening scene of the Parricide introduces us to the acquaintance of two bandits Oswald and Leoff, who are taking a professiona stroll in the woods by night, near their " sub terranean abode." The conversation is coin. menced by Oswald, who observes that he has secured a valuable prize for the gang in the person of Earl Randolph's " hopeful son," horn he has persuaded, with some difficulty, to take to the high-way. Transported with such auspicious tidings, Leoff makes answer in this energetic style ; "By Hell! thy words are music to my ear; Proceed, how caught you him ?" a professional rejoinder by which the dramatist would artfully insinuate that LeofF, to his other contraband accomplishments, added that of poacher. Oswald proceeds to gratify his col league's curiosity, by detailing the particulars of this remarkable capture, to the effect that he had overheard Lord Randolph, a few nights pre viously, bewailing the unaccountable coldness of A pretty, prattling toy, Blushing Sabina, Walworth's darling child ;" on which he instantly made up to him, and " Putting on a gloomy, priestlike look," his eyes all the while being " filled with alli gator's tears," respectfully begged leave to in quire what might he the matter with his Lord ship. His Lordship, with singular affability, replied that he was in love with Sabina, but that his father, having an indifferent opinion of his principles, had forbidden the bans, where upon the crafty foot-pad impressed on him the expediency of committing instant parricide : " In short, I raised his amorous hopes so high, He hastened home, and with a villain's aim Plunged deep his dagger in his father's heart," and not content with this very indecorous beha viour, actually volunteered to serve as Vice or Sub-Lieutenant in Oswald's band, " which," says the brigand, still addressing Leoff— " Will throw a veil o'er keen suspicion's rye ; By him protected, we'll defy the frowns Of partial justice and pale, meagre want.— The wealthy fool though stained with every crime, By the vile herd is deemed a demigod, While the poor wretch who filches, scarcely aught." It is a deplorable sign of the tunes indeed, when a pickpocket ranks next to nobody in public estimation ! But the argument, though ingenious and gracefully expressed, is scarcely tenable, for Barrington, if we mistake not, still occupies a distinguished station in the eyes of all readers of the Newgate Calendar.—The next scene places before U 3 Sabina and her father, Sir William Walworth, the former of whom, ad dressing the latter, remarks that she is singularly dejected, and all in consequence of a dream she had had the night before. " A dream," says her aged parent, with a sternness that at once conveys a lively idea of his character " A dream ? absurd—however tell it me." Upon which she commences a somewhat copious account of her troubles. She dreamed, it seems, that she was wandering in the woods, while the moon On the distant bills meekly threw Her sympathetic rays of silvery white," when suddenly it began to rain, and " The autumnal leaves (to add to my distress), Now too began to rustle all around." While looking about for a place of shelter— for she had forgotten to bring out her umbrella— she suddenly saw through a quick-set hedge her lover Struggling in the pangs of death Beneath a sanguine robber's murdering grasp," and on investigating matters more closely, she was horror-struck at perceiving that the " san guine robber" was no other than Lord Ran dolph. This part of the dream has a visible effect on the nerves of her venerable parent, for immediately Sabina has concluded, he observes with bewitching naivete, " And yet I cannot say I feel at ease," and forthwith advises his daughter to retire into her boudoir, and sing a song or two, by way of dispelling her gloom, while he remains behind to cogitate. The third scene indul ges us w i t h a fi ne full length of Lord Randolph, who is soliloquizi ng in a Gothic apartment as follows : With what his Walworth to upbraid my name But with this deed—this worst of parricides," ( a gentleman endowed with the average no tions of morality would have thought " this deed" quite enough ; but there is no accounting Feeding gu lc ; . h : eb g yi h committed, ie dier. e n d .pj conscienc eci veiled with from on bring bmriyngg human s to guilt, tl light,eight, Now for tastes F So that the rabble as they pass atone, Hint at my father's death, and cry "Tis strange ?" And no wonder ! Parricide is at all times a strange experiment.—While Lord Randolph is thus soliloquizing, Oswald enters, and informs him that his rival, Sabina's betrothed, is on his return home from the wars— " Hall, smacks it so ?" inquires his lordship ; Oswald assures him on the honour of a gentleman that such is the actual fact, and adds that Sabina is to be asked in church on the following Sunday—a piece of intelligence which so enrages the peer, that in the phrenzy of the moment he bursts forth with the following terse and pointed anathema : "Id, I'il see the minion damned first !" and at once closes with Oswald's project of despatching his rival, who, in return, gratifies his Lordship by the assurance that he will " Mince him like meat, leave not a vein unbreathed." Accordingly the very next night, Randolph, Oswald, Leofr, mid the rest of the brigands, take their station in the forest (of course in the midst of a thunder storm) when the Parricide, while preparing for action, is most unexpectedly way laid by his father's ghost, who sticks to him with an uncourteous pertinacity that might put a bailiff to the blush, till finding that shadow ha but a poor chance against substance, the goblin discreetly vanishes, and Randolph falls senseless into Oswald's arms. Now it happens that just at this crisis, Hubert (Sabina's sweet-heart) and his attendant, Dunstan, cross the forest on their way to Walworth Castle, when the following sprightly dialogue takes place between them : " DUNSTAN. Aye, f may hallo, 'till my wind-pipe bursts, Before a soul comes near to give us aid. Yiw what a pretty pickle we are in ! HUBERT. Was ever man s'unfortunate as 1 ? DUNSTAN. Yes; that am I, and sore against my will. HUBERT. Can'st thou not form some notion where we are? DUNSTAN. Yes, lost in a wood, and half drowned with the rain." We protest we are utterly at a loss to give adequate expression to our admiration of the above passage. Its ease, archness, graceful homeliness, but above all, the euphonious elision " s'unfortunate," are as irresistible as they are original. Scarcely is this bright dialogue con cluded, when the speakers are attacked by the bandits, one of whom, however (our old ac quaintance Leoff), being smitten with an extem pore paroxysm of penitence, instead of despatch ing Hubert, gives him a seasonable hint to bolt— Mr. King, we hope, will pardon the homeliness of this phrase—which he avails himself of with an undignified abruptness, more remarkable for its discretion than its heroism. We next find Hubert at Walworth Castle, in company with Sabina, her father, and a snug wedding party, consisting (in addition to the neighbouring squirearchy) of Bacchus, Vertumnus, Pan, and Endymion. How these gentlemen came to be among the visiters, Mr. King does not conde scend to inform us; we can only conjecture, therefore, that they must have received, like the rest, a formal card of invitation from Sir Richard, an, opinion in which we are strengthened, from the fact that they all came in full-dress. But to resume. Pan having sung a song, the rob bers, headed by Lord Randolph and tailed by Oswald, suddenly make their appearance, mix in disguise among the guests, and on a con certed signal cry out " Fire, fire." Of course a general scramble is the consequence of this un toward exclamation, in the confusion of which Randolph makes off with Sabina, having just previously levelled Hubert with the insulting remark— " Down, puling wretch, to hell." The rest of the gang follow their chief's ex ample, while Hubert's attendant, Dunstan, who, it should seem, was a young man of remarkable pluck, remained behind, expressing his disgust and astonishment at Lord Randolph's very ungentlemanlike proceedings in these eloquent and emphatic terms : —" Oh, Could I But catch the caitiff ; I would make him writhe Like a skinned eel— " Cowards, knaves, A set of dastard hell-hounds, wanting hearts To back their precious actions; waiting maids (the comparison of robbers with waiting maids is singularly felicitous, and the difference of sex improves its originality) "To fly one thus; Oh, by this hand, Pd brain E'en will the feather of a butterfly, Such milk-and-water rascals." " The feather of a butterfly !" What an ap propriate implement to knock down a " milk and-water rascal" with ! We can imagine the execution it must have done in the hands of such a fierce fellow as Hubert. The plot of the tragedy now begins to thicken. Poor Sabina, who has been carried off and locked up in the cavern, makes a point of going mad, while Hubert bewails her loss in the " Gothic apart ment" at Walworth Castle. Suddenly, how ever, he bethinks himself—for love, like poverty, is fertile in expedients—of letting loose a blood hound on the robbers' track—an idea which so excites the jealousy of Dunstan, that the frisky wag exclaims— " Oh, brainless blockhead, idiot, dolt, and ass, Not to have hit on such a scheme before." The propriety of these epithets, as applied by Dunstan to himself, we are far from presum ing to question.—Well, no sooner is the blood hound let loose, than the pig-headed animal makes a point of running the wrong way, on which Hubert's wits are completely at fault, when behold ! just in the nick of time, Leoff arrives at Walworth Castle, betrays the secret of the robber's cave, and conducts Hubert, Dun stan, and a select party of retainers, to the spot. Here they find poor Sabina, with her hair dishevelled, singing snatches of mad songs (from which, with exquisite propriety, every particle of poetry andcommon sense is banished), asd the whole band of brigands ready prepared to give them a warm reception. But Provi dence, it has been well observed, never deserts the good ; and it is with infinite satisfaction we are enabled to assure our readers, that virtue triumphs anti vice is discomfited ; in other words, that the robbers are captured (and, we have every reason to believe, hanged, with the exception of Leoff, who becomes an honest member of society), and that Sabina and her sweetheart are in due time married, and, as a matter of course, live very happily afterwards. Such is a slight outline of the Parricide, which, in point of originality, w e w ill b ac k layaCwhethe r b e f ore or s i nce the e. S o s t art li ng a d rama de e congenial criti c to d o i t j ust i ce ; b ut dsearyls where,s: agai nstf in aaSni'y akipe these days of hopeless common-place, shall such a phenomenon be found ? Who shall insist, with the fitting emphasis, on the lively confusion of scenes and personages --the the loquies so boldly disdainful of g ramme.. o dazzling play of wit—the astoun din g ebullitt; of fancy— the fire, the pathos, el d . e ? energy, which stud every page of the Parrietuu Yet, like all works of first-rate genius, the trsgeq, is not without its defects. Th e i ntroduction ; Itcchus, Vertumnus, and Pomona, to a oo ding party in an English county , though me,ol to be original, is a somewhat servile imitat!hal of that immortal scene of confusion 1.00 P: " Rovers," where Curius I)entatu s, Lord dru terborough, Cicero, Frederick 11 ., two tei mers, and an Austrian fiddler, are repress ° as returning home from the seven years' to the tune of "Oh the Roast Beef of us England !" s d o e siret nobleo a knowtiradramatic a o tie whom effo r t t h a e s v t a h r e e Particl e ; The majority of our readers will, douhtlets6:l We hasten to inform them. Mr. King' 1J modest modest assurance which cannot be 1 00 u . °lo commended, informs us in his preface that is a gentleman engaged in business "fti urt i et , hours a-day ;" that be lives at Book Edmonton—the number is not given, which pity—and that he " writes by starts to fait the gloom which sometimes overhangs his L i ll Alas, then, he is unhappy' ! But why need be ask ? It is ever the curse of g enius t ° indebted.,w, afflicted with undue sensibility. ore pi We subjoin a sort of Variorum ve rsi- 0 poetical paraphrase of the Parricide, *ch ic OP / are but too well aware has nothing but a d admiration of its subject to recounn en t he " The words of Mercury are harsh after songs of Apollo." THE PARRICIDE—A PARODY' • Oswald and Leoff were prigs of degree, g est And they took a long walk "in a wood by the And there while a-chatting On this thing and that thing, They met my Lord Randolph, as pale as his e hir4 • Bewailing the scorn of S.ibina, a flirt. " Ho, stand and deliver," both highwaymen c•rtie:elp'lielle " Or we'll hocus and burke you," but Randa l ? " Ye scamps do your worst, For may I be curst If I give you a rap" (hare he rapped out an netil Then flung off his inlet, and squared at the° 1,0 Now, the robbers astonished, as well they in i g btbe, ioteg At such pluck in a lad but just turned tweaer Spoke him kindly and said, "If you'll take to our trade, We'll dub you our Vice, make you wealthy forli And give you Sabina for mistress or wife.' ; " Agreed," quoth my Lord, and th e very neat sight 4 Robbed the parish attorney, and shot him au r.g Which reaching the ear Of his father, the Peer, (Who disliked such irr egu l ar me th o ds of killieep In the height of di.gust cut hi m o ff with a ' hi " - Entned at such conduct, the scamp of a son Knocked out his dad's brains with the atookof ' Then .urrinion'd his t-ands, And one day on tbe sands h Waylaid poor Miss Sah. stopped her mouth with -e Gagged her, and carried her off in a huff. While thus they dashed onward, the baud and Sh e h l e i A voice, like a coal-b e aver's, bellowed " stop stiff as a post, Lo ! up popped the ghost Of old Randolph before them, gaunt, grislytl in And black as a shoe•brush from nozzle to Olio' The warlock grinned ghastly a horrible smile, de And snouted for help—you might bear him *' But the deuce a soul came tbeg AWhichnd bid t he the n o )b l bogier But, mark, how just Providence punishes sins e jio Sab's sweet - heart (a ploughman) overhearing tu Of this Rape of the Sabine. As the troop passed his cihin, OO P Alirmed the whole parish, who thought be wa%; l 64' And arrived just in time to prevent her from G 4 OO O Then a battle commenced ; Sab.'s sweet-heart “1:0, Doub'ed up the vile Peer by a blow in the *0 While the rest of his clan Floored, each one, his man, Till Oswald and Lt off—in strict, the whole 1 0 4. Were captured and band•cuffed and carried ° I of . ; to n is d r tazea Ler l Next County Ass 7 ses I read in the Times, j I That my Lord and his gang wer e all s crag (And each corpse by direction Given up for dissection,) W (' While Sab. and her sw ee t•h e art, 'mid rare villag e Were married, and lived vrry happily after. COURT CIRCULAR. eft' The Duchess of KEN T an d th e Princess VIC O° and walked yesterday in Hyde Park for some tir e d I ra; aIM. Van de WEY ER , th e B e l g i an Mi n i s ter, , terviw with Prince TALLEYRAND yesterday. lency transacted business at the Foreign-office• e$ c n " I The LORD CHANCELLOR, Viscount GODg Earl of RIPON), an d Vi scoun t MEthouaNep 04 GREY yesterday at the TI ea.ury. rt „, n;i ge The Baron de GERSDO RFF , th e Saxon PA : W. - Ire P pied the the Ki ng 's b ox on W e d nes d ay at the }Ur ns : a o• ( atre, and on Thursday Sir HILGROVE Tuataii• w: e or Grooms in Waiting on the King, and a pair' 101 the Royal b ox . ft Sir J. GRAHAM, accompanied by his WY/ e ~d t on Thursday fur Tunbridge-wells. o°' The LORD CHANC ELLOR b a d an i n t erv i e w vg- 14 MELBOURNE on Thursday at the Home-office. - - P " CONSTANCE ; OR, LI FE AS IT f l wi o th k c c ) a u s t e a fullsi sing le modernexag exaggeration novels. " Here is a story from th e p en o f a l a dy (Mrs. 'P'- o orts; author of the Life of Henry the Eighth') that ' 9 le dee ' aft ho t u h a o n u e t , B o sing r tore in the incidents from the experience of eel . 0 0 e lp sentiment, this is one of th e m os t touching and e o '',; te; natural tales that many seasons hav e produced• r i o per ° e place this work beside the 'R e coll e cti on s of a `"„ P s 'it• They are worthy of each oth e r. Th e y both ae.::esnir an intimate knowledge of the human heart, o%g, n o able power in the delineation of character La ce ,theA BRUTAL HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— Tuesday evening, Mr. GEORGE EADON, °I near Sheffield, was re t urn i ng h ome , w hen nes'hy ed Bridge he was attacked by three ruffians, whorrotriPPiiis blows, completely stunned him ; they then en tir ,,'ptis 4 be him of every article of dress that he had on, el- r e as a ° 41 1 trousers and shirt, and left him. Soon afterW i ; c occe' 0 same road, they robbed a publican, named l'"," had Heeley, of about M. in cash. It is said that u . :„, f ied drinking in Sheffield, and had imprudent l y " l ot money. A iZe S ti % fith CURIOUS CASE.—At the Cor k --ssh for week, Lieut. R. WALL, R.N., Commander of !' e d i c teJ o d revenue cutter, on the Cork station, wa s I. dreo, g o t, stealing a diamond ring, and several articles n' of os llla ,r , jewellery, the property of A. HARGRAVIC , k: g :' an d near Cove. The d e f e nd t nt, w h o is about 4. "' s Y f or rid man, R as intimate with Mt. HAa GgA iie t0 01 ‘,,04 ago, and he lately renewed the intimacy- e hou ge opportunity which his frequent visits to th 1 , 4 0. }-1 40 CRAVE, to engage the affections of Miss sua a on t he CRAVE, the eldest daughter of Mr. IL , who StoPiCteld of last February was missed from home . _ ~tiOn f the r t b, were then, for the first time, entertained . 9 _ A „ % , breach of hospitality, and young Alf. HARG R t he p f friend, and two police officers, went on boarusio be, had e r e l ar ebt soner's vessel. The defendant denied thal_ eate oe. 4 ‘ pi GRAVE was on boird, and on search being " ll _ oat. bed their a _d jewe ller , l e gut the vessel under weigh, and in his hurry n ::: . , rto e u m th e t he harbour r()ck,. of CastleTlw parryT owpnesie:i persisted ( h i e in then found several articles of female dres', ee a iro „ s ic t o o including a diamond ring, a pearl neckis.,:k dea l( ro' ring, and a handsome brwoch, besides x . _ b i, identified as t sP dress e s, which Mr. HARGRALE ao l .0 perry. Miss H was under 21 years. of i.agg'os__ a f te r peared she was recovered by her I' , lent nn ma _ e al A -e4rch. Her evidence was necessary to k , P o; bringing her forward, and the prisoner quence, discharged. against the prisoner, but her friends pru vr de a nt , , Y ia coot -: ~, r J , 435i8 natu 1 r le l an 44014