The Sun. — London, England, 1830-10-29 00:00:00

POLICE.-(THI DAY.) BOMMEET. A tall young Man of gentlemanly exterior was brought ty before Mr. ithnsatuLL this morning, charged with at fempting to force his way into the presence of the King at Drury.lane theatre yesterday evening. Serjeant M'Sweeny of the police stated, that he and a Party etaisa,Men were on duty at the Royal entrance about nine'on Thursday evening, when the prisoner and 'other young man forced their way through the line of men, and were making their way boldly to the stairs lead. lug to the Royal box, when witness said " Gently, gen tlemen, where are you going ?" The defendant replied in an authoritative tone, " Where are we going, Sir, what is that to you ; we are seeking his Majesty, and have business with hims—look at this, Sir," and at the cams time he produced a letter addressed " To the King's Most Excellent Majesty,"and endorsed in the corner" Treasury." "This is rather an unseasonable hour for transacting busi- Ben with hie Majesty," said the witness---" he is very agree ably engaged up stairs, and I should presume would consi der your intrusion, even if you h ave b us i ness , rat h er ill timed." " Don't t a lk to me, s i rrah, " replied the defen dant, " I must see his Majesty, and deliver this letter in person; and who will dare to obstruct me in transacting the King's business?" Witness said, " Really, Sir, 1 must take the liberty of doing so, for the King hay just taken (toffee, and it occurs to me—l repeat it with great defer etce......that you have t a k en too muc h w i ne, and I think you Ltd better postpone the business if possible until to-mor row." Still, however, he insisted on being admitted to the King's presence, and at length went se far as to threaten instant destruction to any one who opposed him. Wit nese, upon this, took him into custody, and his friend ran Way- When he got to the station -house his conduct was most violent, and he swore he would annihilate the man Om had dared to obstruct his way to the presence of his King, Mr. Thomai produced the letter to Mr. Minshull ; it contained an application to his Majesty for a place under Government, and was couched in a wild rambling man- He subscribed himself, " Your Majesty's gracious, tumble servant, T. p, D. Ross-6, Serampore-place, Ha mmersmith." • The defendant in answer to the charge this morning, Pleaded that he Was intoxicated, and could account for his conduct in no other way. Two gentlemen came forward and said they knew the defendant's family to be highly respectable. Mr. Mtnanuu. said his conduct was so extraordinary that he must make him give bail ; and he was ordered to find bail accordingly. ALARMING STATE OF KENT. (From the -Kent Herald of yesterday.) We fear it cannot he denied that a considerable portion of the peasantry of Kent is in a state of reckless insubordi cation, Outrages on property of the most alarming de scription are manifestly on the increase. Bodies of men almost nightly, a n d o f l ate even by s l a y, asse mbl e and pro teed from one farm house to another, destroying in the Scott open and daring manner the agricultural machinery LI ,. th e premises ;—and, far w orse , t h e secre t i ncen di ar y P l ies hit, dreadful Occupation with a frequency and sue 'Asa that must, if continued, ere long desolate the whole khntri. Alarm natur a lly p reva il s a ll aroun d. N o man o Imsa!ettes and dwells amid property of this &scrip ."' cart la.f hist head on hi s pill ow w ith ou t th e f r i g htf u l teticipation of being roused to witness its destruction, lthe ed endeavour to rescue his dwelling and his family from flames. Since our last publication several serious fires have oc tarred, and demolition of thrashing machines been corn- Stilted in every district of East Kent. No measures of precaution among the owners of such property have tya iled. Leniency and severity s ee m a lik e employed in t a r ns Many of the depredators have been committed to p ri son' and the military are constantlyengaged in attempted Prevention or pursuit—with what effect the augmentation Sl outrage and calamity bast shews. On the other band ell u nexpectedly lenient sentence passed by the Magistrates As some convicted rioters et the Sessions last week seems tul qually to have failed in impressing favourably the minds t hose asseciated in crime. Not that we are surprised !A this, for these unhappy men feel that leniency will not better their condition nor can severity make it worse. The fact is that the labouring classes have been long Larne down, oppressed in every way by their superiors-- T by the political system upheld by their superiors. hey have been gradually thrust down, and trampled on, despised, driven to starvation, misery, and despair. The lendeney of the whole social arrangement in England fur t nanY years hue been to fester and protect the great P ro perties at the expense of the poor and industrious. The l'AvSsur e has work e d through the middle orders, and de beeatled at last with its full weighs upon the lowest. The labourer has been literally ground down to thievery 4 „, in t. Every law, every t a x, ever y consequen t c h ange i n Sc anners, hest been. prejudiehl to him. 'The c onso lid a ti on o f estates, the destruction of small firms, the enclosure of common laude, the heavy impositions i n then c ec , es- , 4"1". of the temptations and c"o, tyranny the accursed Game Laws, the f vexatious A rereitteil by the rural magistracy—the ever-memorable Unpaid," the canting, hypocritic interference with his re remaining pleasures under the pretence of tcach lnit him religion and morality, form part of the list of " unfavourable circumstances" (as Mr. Owen The * "tild say) w hi c h h ave ma d e him what he is. v L l ?nal Which once att a ched the agricultural labourer to .41 employer, has long, too, been revered. The farmer °l ss once l oo k e d up to b y hi s servan t s as th e i r friend, 4 i , n d almost their father. They formed as it were a part i h e. hilt f amily, generally seated not the same hoard and All g to a degree of the comforts of a common home. .." th is has passed away. An insuperable barrier has been raised, between the " parlour" and the " kitchen."— The servant has not been recognised any more than as a lah ntAring animist on the estate. The roaster has been a gentleman, and the servant sunk into a brutal slave. prom theme causes has the agricultural population bren suffering, until at lest h uman na ture refused any rther endurance without bitter complaint, and that flailings—for who, o f our wea l t h y an d power f u l St a t esm en Save beetled the cry of the poor, who have bettered their e°rul iti° l ) by self-sacrifice ?—they sought, not redress, for "f thet b y long suffering they have become hopeless, but Mind indiscriminating revenge upon society itself. They "An ready to exclaim with Pierre— " The wo r ld I s not our friend, moor the world's law." That there is little direct political feeling among the rd e trators of th e present excessea we are convinced,Pie even of pers ona l v i n di ct i veness, s i nce t h e o bj ects "their attack s are almost promiscuously taken. Smile unpopular and arbitrary individuals have indeed been *kited; hut others of mild and liberal character have list , NCApeti. It seems, in fact, a war o f poverty aga i nst property, of destitution aga i ns t p ossesa i on. 'Th e poor feel Inni 7* they a re nut perm i tte d ,to en j oy, and they are deter .d that the rich s h a ll no t. Thi s i s t h e natural feeling shtna Ignorant coerse-miniltal, nnd ill-treated men, and it to have spread with', and taken deep root. If so, T r e is no remedy in forcible or in conciliatory treatment, 1. 'them change of the whole system. Absolute despera -441 ran neither be cajoled nor We f ervently trust then that no harsh, despotic, and ti gainer iagnitiary means' will be attempted, convinced that it ,‘ u l aggravate rather than remedy the existent le that can be done by the occupiers of exposed property however exerci se a constant and complete watch of prevention, inconvenient. Aud let the great proprietors imetliately offer poor/empl o y ment on t h e i r estates to all the labourers in th e i r respective neighbourhoods—howevert IPen sive- This inconvenience—thi s expense will in the "11 . he fo un d the least. Thus a calm ma y b e p reserve d Legislature ;re enacting thole great reductions, a alterations , and re f orms, without which this country must -"only femm e a scene which the imagination shudders to contemplate. .....11.1.1111.1111111111001,11 LimEnlcK,Ocr.2s.—Three revenue cruisers ore tying in the river, laden with 8,000 stand of arms, Pipe end canister shot, a mmun i t i on, k c. f rom t h e Ord nee starer here, for the Ordnance stores at Cove. At a meeting of the rate•payers of St. An drew, Holborn, held in the Board-room of the work-house Yesterday evening, it was agreed to call another meeting to consider the heat means of getting rid of the Assessed ' Ta xes and the New Police. liirritirtgliam is to be the common centre of !et feWer than five different railways—viz., one from Lon "; one from Liverpool, one from Hull, one . from Bristol, Littll,4e (rots' rty rady Wolverhampton. Canal prope_ a 1 71 1 11 to feel the effects of these various projects , al asd ,ail'elinatiort to purchase shares has become very general "It" in the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, 14 J OY Were at 106/ . are now offered at SO/. Winch Major.Getteral the Hon. P. STUART has Ih stet o t '„ rn4 finm th e C ont i nent, and resumed the command of " r eel in gcotland, after his temporary absence on the ii.elaneholy duty of attending the widow and children s f 14 16 lainented brother, Lord BLANTYRT, to England, whof e 'l4 ot ni tnit we understand, are on the passage to his seat in elllit. Pre ur terttor gh Observer y to their being interred i n the family ....-Zdinb. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE-(THIS MORNING.) At a few minutes past three o'clock this morning an brining fire broke out in the extensive premises of Mr. J. J. Smith, oilman, No. 39, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields (late churchwarden of the parish of St. Clement Danes), who has also another warehouse in Clare-street, Clare-market. A few minutes before three, Airs. Smith who was very unwell, and consequently had been restless during the night, got out of bed, and was alarmed by a strong smell of fire, and upon opening the bed•roorn door the smoke was overpowering, and a crackling noise below could be distinctly heard. Mrs. Smith shrieked violently which alarmed her husband, and four children, the latter of whom were in bed in the ad joining room, when Mr. Smith ran down stairs in his shirt, and discovered that the warehouse behind where he kept his oils and combustible matter was in flames, and spreading rapidly in every direction ; he ran up again im mediately and warned his family of their impending dan ger, and Mrs. Smith, her children, and the servants, effected a difficult escape down stairs, and took refuge at a neighbour's opposite. Policeman Reynolds, of the F. division, who was on duty at the time, alarmed the neigh bourhood, and was particularly active in endeavouring to save whatever part of the property he could, and in doing so he fell, and would have fallen a sacrifice to the flaotes had he not peen providentially saved by another policeman named Samwell, the well-known wrestler, who saw him fall, and caught hold of the collar of his coat, by which his lift, was preserved, but he was terribly burnt. The flames before the arrival of any engine had taken possesssion of the whole building, and burnt with awful velocity. By about a quarter past three the Protector arrived, followed by the Sun, West of England, Alliance, and others, and having obtained a plentiful supply of water, the elements were opposed to each other with great energy ; but the water had but little or no effect in checking the flames, which bad now gained possessio❑ of the adjoining premises, No. 37, belonging to Mr. Callam—the institution for curing deformity—but before they caught tire most of the household property had been removed into the street.— The flames continued to rage with great impetuosity till they were partially smothered, occasioned by the roof of Mr. Smith's premises falling with a heavy crash. At this moment all further danger bad ceased (at least front Mr. Smith's house), hot the fire raged furiously in the bonseof Mr. Callam, and therefore the firemen were occupied wholly in playing upon the flames, which they at length subdued at about six o'clock, leaving Mr. Smith's premises and those of Mr. Callarn a perfect wreck. There is no thing known at present as to the origin of the fire. Mr. Smith is insured ; but whether his insurance (in the Sun) will cover his loss we could not learn ; every vestige of property was consumed. Mr. Gallant is insured in the Protector. There were two other fires during the night: one at Stamford-bill, and another in the London-road, which consumed some workshops belonging to Mr. Turner, cabinet-maker, opposite the Philanthropic Institution. SLAVERY AND THE EAST INDIA DIRECTORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. S IR ,—As it must he of importance at the present nument that the public should be made acquainted as ex tensively as posvilde with the policy of all our Institutions, but especially that which monopolises so large a branch of the trade of the empire, I beg leave, through the medium of your widely-circulated Paper, to quote the opinions of the East India Directors on the conduct of the late Sir Stamford Raffles, who had ventured, upon his own authority, to exercise the policy of emancipation in favour of the slave population committed to his care during his government of the several colonial stations in the Eastern Archipelago, of Java, Sumatra, and Singapore. After his arrival in England in August, 1826, and after the disastrous accident by the burning of the Fame, which deprived this very distinguished personage of a great part of his property, and the country of an invaluable collection of materials for illustrating the history of the several possessions he had presided over, he was above all things anxious to ascertain the opinion of the Court of Directors on the general character of his public conduct, when they at length complied with this desire, concluding the detail by the following summary ; " The government of Sir Stamford Raffles appears with sufficient evidence to have conciliated the good feelings of at least the great majority of the European and native population ; his exertions for the interests of literature and science are highly honourable to hint, and have been attended with distinguished success ; and although his precipitate and unauthorised emancipation of the Com pany's slaves, and his formation of a settlement at Pulanius. chiefly with a view to the suppression of a slave traffic, are justly censured by the Court! his motives in these proceedings, and his unwearied zeal for the abo lition of slavery, ought not to be passed over without an expunction of approbation!" Here we have upon one side the policy of as able and enlightened an individual as probably ever presided over the dektinies of India, acting under the practical influence of his own conviction, giving freedom to the slave and laying the foundation of a system for abolishing slavery in every settlement under the dominion of the Company ; while, on the other hand, we see contrasted with this en lightened policy the narrow•minded and arbitrary dictum of a body of men whose principles of government must be on all occasions Ito powerfully influenced by their own per soual and individual interests as to see nothing so pro minently as the loss of this darling attribute of power, and the loss of empire beside., in any further extension of either liberty or privilege to the children of mankind, whose fate it it to be connected with or placed under their contrail. Another commentary on this contrast will appropriately clone the foregoing observatiuna ; it is extracted from the Quarterly Review (p. 84):--" Chance and opinion are unquestionably two powerful agcnta for good or evil ; but we cannot help hunpecting that, considering the placid and pliant material, to work upon in that empire (India), if a !taffies were placed at the head of each of the three pre sidencies, and of a foul th or central one, which ought, as we think, to be entablinhed, chance would Ire less liable to injure, and opinion the influence most likely to strengthen, the frail thread which binda to a foreign yoke from eighty to one hundred millions of human creatures!" LUCIUS. I am, Sir, yours, REPEAL OF THE UNION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sea,--I wonder it has not entered into the bead of Mr. O'Connell, or any of those violent exclaimers for a repeal of the Union, to consider that by such a measure Ireland would lose all share in the Legislation of the British Em. Aire, coil that the Members which she now returns, in stead of forming a pin thin of the Imperial Parliament, would sink into little more than a mere Provincial As sembly. What will Ireland get to compensate for this?—Dn mestic legislation. But will domestic legislation bring capital into the country to set her industry at work, whereby alone her present superabundant population can earn their bread ? or will it crease a market for the pro duce of the land, which it bat not the power to consume ? On the contrary, will not the partial separation of the kingdoms prevent the introduction of capital from the only country which can supply it; and may not the re stricted intercourse, thus occasioned, materially affect its exports? But it will keep the absentee landlords at Lowe. What avails that, as long as those landlords must he supplied in the greater part of their luxuries, and, indeed, in articles of necessity, from abroad? The only difference between their absence and their presence is, that, in the latter case, they give food to a few more mouths, in the shape of do medic servants. Would not the upper and middle classes, by a disso lution of the Union, lose all the advantages levy now possess in the provision afforded to their sons in all the de partments of our foreign and colonial estehlishnents ? No trilling consideration, since the claim of genthmen has so exceedingly increased. The grand panacea for the evils of Ireland ha. already been administered. Let her remain quiet to giv, e ff ec t t o that remedy; for without peace, and the comfit)] of poli tical and religious animositit a, there can he no room for the development of the faculties of the people, T for the operation of the natural advantages of the county. That Ireland has some serious grievances to crnplain of will be readily admitted, and foremost among time is the overgrown establishment of a church not profewd by a tithe of the people. But let her stop to see stud effect the reform in the Imperial Parliament (now malty pro greasing) will have on her local interests. In ae mean time let her apply herself to returning Memberselio will fairly represent the voice of the people, and whiwill j o i n themselves to the liberal patty in England; anithis she can well do, for Ireland ha* it in her power* return many more independent Members, in proporon, than England, being free from the curses of the botughroon gering system. No one will presume to say that Scotland harlot hem. fitted by the Union with England ; and why me the l not Ire land ?It is idle to say that she cannot, beau: ast 30 years have evinced no signs of that improvelent ; for, in tact, until lately the Union has not been trul consum mated. I am, Sir, your obedien tt Seri ant BtCLIS. COURT CIRCULAR. T'he►r Mut:tams honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The managers of the , Theatre made very splendid prepsratione for the reception of their MAJESTIES, this being the first visit to a public place if entertainment since their accession to the Throne. The Royal box was fitted up in the form of a tent, and was lung with pink; the ceiling irradiated, with an ornament in the centre, the edges fluted with fringed draperies. A .andsome candelabrum was placed on a marble slab, on which were bouquets of the choicest flowers ; a small pier 'lass was cn each side of the candelabrum. The ante. rOOOl was furnished in a style to correspond with the Royal lmx ; from the centre of the ceiling hung a large or-mwhi chandelier: the sofa and the other furniture were hand iotnely gilt, and were covered with crimson silk several ,tandelabra and bouquets were placed in different parts of the room. The Royal box was put forward 11 inche'. Sir It. BraNu , . and Mi. HALLS, the magistrates, of Bow-streer, were in attendance at the Royal entrance, having and, r their direction, TOWNSEND, SAYfiK, all the principal officers of Bow-street, and a party of police, and made the requisite arrangements to preserve order. A guard of honour was also stationed at the entrance in Russell-street. The Yeomen Guard lined the Entrance Hall, and two Unmounted Royal florae Guardsmen were at the top of the stairs. Their MAJEsTIEs and suite arrived at the Theatre at seven o'clock in seven carriages. They were received by Capt,tin Pourtt.L., M.l'., Mr•. LEr, M. WALLAcK, and Mr. Boos , the bnx-book-keeper, who were in full Conn dresses, end conducted their MAaesTirs to the Royal box. The KING and QUEEN were accompanied by Prince Groncr. of Cumberland and Prince GEORGE of Cam bridge, and were attended by the Lord Chamberlain, the. Master of the Horse, the Earl of BELFAST, the Vice• Chain. berlain, the Captain of the Yeomen Gourd, the Marquis of WlrtcursrErt, as Lord in waiting ; Sir W. flousToN, as Groom in waiting; the Treasurer of the Household, the Countess of BuowEt.ow, the Larly-in-waiting on the QUEEN. Thy-re were also in attendance Miss DR Roos and Miss SNEVI), Mairl■ of Honour ; the Hon. Mrs. Hoer, Bedchamber Woman ; Colonel RICHARMON, Silver Stick in waiting; Messer. MAsit and MAnTIN, Gentlemen Ushers in waiting to the KING ; Colonel Ussnan, Gentle man Usher in waiting to the QUEEN ; the Equerries and Aidea•de-Camp in waiting, the Exon in waiting, 11. CVERIANI, Esq. &c. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, the Princess SOPHIA, and the Prince and Princess of CAROLATII, visited the KING and QUERN yesterday, at the Palace at St. James's. Count Murtsrsn had an audience yesterday of his MAJESTY. Among those present at the KING'S Levee on Wedner day was the Danish Chargé d'Affaires. The Rev. Mr. HARVISY, preceptor to Prince Groan): °I Cambridge, was presented to the KING by the Duke of CA3IDNIDGE. The Rev. Mr. Worn), sub-preceptor to his Royal High ness Prince GEORGE of Cambridge, was presented to his MAJESTY by the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. The Rev. Dr. CHALMERS, Dr. .M‘Kmatir, Dr. STEWA RT, and Mr. Paw:, accompanied the Rev. Dr. ,:tscEn, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, with the address of the Church of Scotland. His MAJESTY inspected a Battalion of the Foot Guards on the Parade, in St. James's Park, yesterday morning. The Duke of CAMISKIDGE, and a number of General Officers, attended the inspection. The Duchess Die DINo visited the Duchess of CUMBER LAND yesterday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St, James's. Mr. C. E. JENKINS, the Director of the Eclectic. So ciety, had an audience, by appointment, of the Duke of Caatenumr, when his Royal Highness was pleased to in scribe his name in the Society's book as a member. The Duke of BRUNSWICK visited the Earl of MITRDEF.N yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Pliace T./ma:vital:l), the French Ambassador, had a conference with the Duke of WY.LLINOTON yesterday, at the Treasury ; his Excellency also visited the Earl of Aurttnavt4, at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign AfEtirs. The Ambassador from the Netherlands, the Russian and Spanish Ministers, bad interviews with the Eul of ATOM rx yesterday, at the Foreign Office. The LORD CIIANCELLOW entertained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner on Wednesday evening, at his residence in George.street. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Mansfield, in Portland-place, from Hastings ; Lord and Lady Suffield and family, at their house in Park.placc, from their seat Gunton flail, Norfolk the Earl of Essex, from his seat Cashiolittry Park, Herts ; the Hon. George Agar and Lady Georgiana Ellis and family, at their house in Spring gardens from Itoehatoptcon; Moor O'Farrell, Esq. M.P., at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, front Ireland ; Lady li. Thorpe, at ditto, from Scotland ; the H o n. Mi ss S pencer, at Gould's Hotel, jermyn-street, from Herb; ; Robert Nicholas, Esq., at ditto, from Portsmouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Booth, in Grosvenor.street, from iltighton ; Sir Charles Burrell, Bart. M.P., at Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, from his seat in Sussex ; V.scount Althorpe, M.P., from his seat Wiseton Hall, York. shire; Capt. and Mrs. Allen, in Wimpole-street, front Worthing. - - DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. Bowyer, from Begent-street, for Brighton ; Captain Colman, (non the Pultney 11, tel, Alliemarle.streot, for Bath; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, from ditto, for ditto ; Thomas Musgrave, Eq., front the Britiih Hotel, Jermyn.street. fur Cambridge; J. Parnell, Esq., from ditto, fur ditto. - - - WEYMOUTH, OCT. 28, 1830. Our searion is rapidly drawing to a close, and 'most of our fashionable visiters have left us. Lord and Lady Thymic have taken their departure; also Mr. Byng, M.P. John Denis Browne, Esq., leaves on Tuesday for Dublin. This gentleman, during his stay, has entered with great spirit into all the public amusements of this place, t o which be has been a great ptornoter. Mrs. Radelyff has given an elegant ball and supper to all the rank and fashion in and about Weymouth. Among whom we noticed Mr. Gordon, M.P., and Mrs. Gordon ; Mr. J. D. Browne; Sir John Hawkins; Major Windham, and the Officers of the Scotch Greys; Mrs. and Miss Arundel, &c. &c. It is generally supposed that some of the Royal Family will honour Weymouth with their presence next season. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, CA :kill ILIDGE, OCT. '29.—On Wednesday Mr. Charles, Lesitighitto Smith, B. A., and Mr. Midgely John Jennings, 8.A., were elected FeHowe of Chriat'a College on the foundation of Sir John Finch and Sir Thomas Baines. The Rev. Alexander Thurtell, 8.A., of Caiom CO was on Wednesdry last elected a Senior Fellow of that Society. The Rev. S. B. Dowell, M.A. of St. Peter'. College, was on Saturday last elected a Bye-Fellow of that Society. At a congregation on Wednesday last the following degrees were conferred : JIONOR ART Tit A STICR or ARTS. The Hon. Francis Jarvis Stapleton, Trinity College, son of the Right Hon. Lord Le Despeneer. • MASTERS OF ARTS. Williatn Hutt, Trinity College. Robert Andrew Riddell, Christ College. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Arthur Tour Russell, St. John's College. , BACHELORS OF ARTS. James Lendrum, Trinity College. Rev. Charles Longhurst, Qqeen's College. Rev. Wm. Mason Dudley, Cath. Hall. Stephen Westbrook, Cath. Hall. Gerald Carew, Downing College. Alex. Henry Fewnrs Luttrell, Persil). Col!ege. The Rev. George Gilbert, M.A., has been presented to the vicarage of Syeton, near Grantham, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Scott; patron, Sir J. H. Thorold, Bart. The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench has appointed Wednesday next, at Westminster-hall, for the trial of the prosecution by the Metropolitan Com missioner. in Lunacy of Mr. Wit.t.tam Awes, an eminent surgeon and apothecary, indicted for certifying to the in sanity of a patient without previous personal examination. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL conducts the prosecution, and Mr. BROUGHAM is retained fur the defendant. Although the death of DE PABLO (CHAPA.. LANGARRA) is mentioned by most of the Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday, on the authority of letters from St. Esprit and Bayonne, of the 21st, one of our Paris correspondents, who is intimately acquainted and connected with the Chiefs of the Spanish Constitutionalists, doubts the correctness of these statements, having received a letter from Os PABLO dated the 10th of October. The disfranchisement of Cranbourn Chase is now proceeding in good earnest, by the exter►nination of the numerous head of deer with which it has hitherto been stocked ; and so numerous and incautious are the shooters engaged in this slaughter, that it has become dangerous to traverie even the neighbouring roads. Last week a man was shot by • person in pursuit of venison. THEIII MAJESTIES' VISIT TO DRUM'. LANE THEATRE. Their Maar.sms last night honoured this Theatre with their presence, fur the first time since their accession to the throne. Many years have elapsed since the British public had an opportunity of witnessing so gratifying a spectacle as that of a King anti Queen of England mix ing familiarly with their subjects, entering into their amusements, and displaying before them that unity of feeling and reciprocity of affection, which must, and ought, in a very great degree, to give the tone as well to polished and fashionable society, as ta that which moves in a less exalted sphere. Many circumstances, some of them ad, ventitious, others emanating purely front himself, conspire to render WILLIAM IV. a popular and a beloved Monarch. Under the former head we may place his profeasion ; tinder the latter, his domestic habits, his unassuming, though not undignified demeanour, and the strong desire which he has manifested to see, and to he seen by, his people. His reception on this oc casion abundantly proved that the plain and straight forward course which he has pursued since his assumption of kingly power, has earned fir hint " golden opinions from all sorts of people." It is :in honest populirity, and he may well be proud of it. The announcement of the intention of their MazEsrtys to visit the theatre was hailed with pleasure by every class of society. Early in the evening, long, very long, before the time arrived fir opening the doors, crowds of people began to assemble.— The whole of the boxes had been taken many days pre viously ; and, when at length the doors were thrown open, the multitude assembled around them would have tilled half a dozen theatres. The crush, as is always the ease, was tremendous, but no accident occurred. Shortly before seven o'clock the Royal cavalcade arrived at the en trance to the private boxes in Little Russell-street, where a temporary awning, illuminated by lamps, had been erected. Theis MAJ ESTIES were received by Captain Por.n ILL, M. P. (who on Tuesday was presented at his 111.mi:ray's Levee), Mr. A. LEE, Mr. War.Lacx, the Stage Manager, and Mr. Bucxe, tire box-bookkeeper, who appeared in full Court dresses, and conducted their MazvsTr Es to the Royal box (the first proscenium-box on the right side of the stage), which they entered precisely at seven o'clock. Prince GEORGE Of Cumberland stood at the left hand of the QUEEN, and Prince Granny of Cambridge on the right band of the KIN°. The KING wore the full dress of an Admiral, anti looked exceedingly well ; the QUEEN was attired in white, with hat and ostrich feathers ; she seemed rather delicate. The Duke of CiMBEIDGE occupied the box formerly be longing to the Earl of CHESTERFIELD, exactly opposite that in which their Mazitsms were. The whole au dience, which was as brilliant as it was numerous, im mediately roiar on the entrance of their ALAJ ESTIES, and manifested, by the most enthusiastic plaudits, the delight which the presence of their MAJESTIES inspired. The wav ing of hats and handkerchiefs in the pit and galleries was general, and, in the boxes, many ladies and gentlemen, with their handkerchiefs, " gave sign of gratulation." Their MAJESTIES expressed the pleasure which they re ceived from this wartn and cordial greeting, by repeated obeisances. The scene was altogether animated :and im pressive. When silence was obtained, God care the King" was perfirmed. The admirable band, excellently appointed and finely conducted, did perfect justice to the instrumental part ; and the numerous and well-instructed vocal corps acquitted themselves in a very meritorious style. Many of the audience joined heartily in the chorus, and made np by warmth of feeling for want of skill. The performance then proceeded. The pieces originally an nounced for representation were, The Brigood, The Illus trious Stranger, anti Masaniello; but at a very short no tice the command for Mosunicllo was withdrawn, and the opera of The .illorridge of Figaro, with which the per formances commenced, was substituted. Their MAJ ES. TIES paid the utmost attention to the opera. They ap peared, especially the QUEEN, who is, we are informed, a proficient in music, much pleased with the highly-ac complished style in which Mrs. Way LETT and Miss S. PIIILLIPS executed their two duets. IlantEv's drunken gardener, which was, in truth, very comical, excited their risible faculties more than once. At the conclusion of the opera " Rule Britannia" was loudly called for. It was sung, but it was not sung well, because the performers were quite unprepared for such The Brigand followed ; and here the acting of Mr. Wat,bacx, whose performance of the character of Alas saroni is as perfect as any thing that we have ever seen i n this line of the drama, strongly rivetted the attention of the Royal patty. They were, however, speedily re lieved from any melancholy ideas by the irresistible powers of Mr. Lissom. His representation of Bowhell in the Illustrious Stranger was infinitery humorous. We know 'sot whether it lie a sin in Royalty to laugh. If it be, then certainly their MAsEsTars, and indeed the whole Royal party, committed themselves greatly, for they laughed heartily and incessantly during Lila whole of Ltyro N's performance. At the close of the entertainments "Ood save the King" was again sung, and their MA.resTiEs retired amidst the same plaudits which hail marked their entrance. The Royal box w,a, on this occasion, ornamented in a rich and elegant style, A new panel, extending a few inches Iron the ordinary one, was fixed in front of the hot, on which were displayed, on crimson ground, the Roy a l arms, encircled lay an exceedingly handsome scroll ornament. The bax was sat-mounted by a figure 44 Fame, a and supporting a crimson drapery, t s ) t n ' : d vl i i?t g !h oa were agot embroidered, on that purt next his Ma- JatsTy, the letters "W. II." and on that part next the ()tit:EN, the letters "A. 1t.," the effect of whieh was very beautiful. It is understood that their MaaEsms intend, in the course of the season, to visit each of the winter houses three times. THEIR MAJESTIES' INTENDED VISIT 'I:0 lart,arin.—At the Levee on Wrdnesday, after the Address from the Corporation of Dubin had been presented to hi s MAJESTY, he said to the Loan MAYOB, that be should pay his Irish dominions a Visit in the eourse of the ensuing year. Her Majesty the QUERN was also pleased to say that site too should accompany her Royal Consort to that country. Them: civic officers attended Drury-lane Theatre last even ing, and eat in a box opposite to that in which their MAJESTIES were seated. The Duke of CLARENCE in October, 18.11, being at Ramsgate, asked after tlie grave of an old ship. mute, who he knew had died there. He was shown it, and after a little pause, asked where the monument was, and being told the relatives of the deceased officer could not afford to put up one, " Then" said the Prince, " send for a mason, and 1 will order and pay fi,r one." Taking a pencil, he wrote the following, and it is inscribed and fixed in St. Lawrence Church, on marble, giving the mason an order for all the expense This Monument. to the Memory of the late Rear Admiral WILLIAM Fox, who died the ael of December, NM, aged 77 years, is erected by His Royal Highness Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence ‘nd Si, Andr ew ' s , an d E ar l o f murnacr,K.t.i. and K.T. Admiral of the Red Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet, Front a sincere regard for the character of the late Rear Admiral, And from an uninterrupted friendship which autsitted for Thirty-one yeark. Oct. 11.-1811. In the event of his Majesty King WILLIAM carrying into effect his intention of visiting this metro polis next summer, it is CHARLES'S intention to make * tour through the north of Scotland, no as to leave the coast clear for the reception of our own Court. Lieutenant EYTON, R.N., who brought CuAnn X. from Poole, has been presented by the ex-King with n superb gold snuff. box, which was furnished by Messrs. MARSHAL and s o w, jewellers to his Majesty, North-bridge, and bears the following ins; Given by CHARLEs X. to Lieut. , EYTON, MO." It was the Due de POLIGNAC, brother to the Ex-Minister, and nut the Due de DunAs, who came on shore at Newhaven with Cuant.rs on Wed nesday. The suite of the Ex-King, we understand, is composed, besides the Due de Bon unrAux, of—The Due de PouerlAc, brother to the Prince de Pouottac ; the Baron de Deans ; the Marquis de IlattuaNcots; Mon sieur de IIattANTN ; Monsieur de la VIGLATY ; Dr. Bon. GON ; and the Abbe de BounnEvw.x.—Edia. Observer. The following extract of a letter from Bay onne confirms our owe statements, and those of the French papers, respecting the entrance of 141itta into Spain :- 46 On the 2164 at day-break, MINA arrived before Vera, s military position nn the frontiers, where there was a gar rison of 200 men, —viz., 100 carabineers, awl 100 tercios (militia). Alma sent them a p aliamentaire, and they immediately abandoned the town, in which MINA found a great quantity of arms and ammunition. In the night several carabineers joined MINA, rest would soon follow. E very w h ere Mma an d hi s troops h av e been extrem e ly we ll rece i ved by the inhab i tants an d the Alcades."— Times, who expected the As a mark of the clemency of the autumn t h e re is at prevent in Craigleith.gurden, Scotland, an app l e -tree, bearing numbers of I,lossums, and several for mations of apples as large as filberts. PABLIANIENTARY ABSENTEES. Mr. Brougham has urged the necessity of some measure for facilitating the public business during the present Ses sion of Parliament, and the question will probthly give rise to much disetnasion in the coot tot of the next week. The absence of Members from their duties in the House in, perhaps, a subject equally worthy of attention, and might be advantageously considered at the same time. The long Parliament in I when several Noblemen and Gentlemen, Members of the two Houses, left the Parlia ment, and went to the King at Oxford, issued a very rigorous order against " the deserters of the Common wealth in times of danger." Hon. Members will tin well to peruse this document ; and if the Parliamentary ab sentees in these (to borrow SW Joseph Yorke's phrase) "tremendous times," continue refractory, why then e'en " let them go and do likewise :"—" Such men as shall willfully neglect their servire in the House, by departing the cities of London and Westminster, or otherwise, • without paetteular knee tir.t obtained from the House, ~, h all he reported and taken in the same condition as those that ought to. hatie their estates s•qucstrated, and shall have their estates sequestrated accordingly, for de serting the service of the Commonwealth in the time of inuninent danger," INIPROVENIENTS IN THE CITY. Application Will be made in the present liailittmcnt for several Bills, bavingfor the.* object projected improventents in the City. The principal of Blest, is an Act to obtain !tower" for the keeping in thorough rcpait Blachfriars bridge, the etate of which Las so long formed a snliject of well-grounded general complaint, it 18 alleged by the City authorities, as a species of dtletwe for their apathy respect ing this bridge, that they have not tife fonds to devote to its repair since the expiry of the Art of GeO, cap. 37, wh'eli authorised the levying of a Semi ly toll o•Ver the bridge, and the collection of which was continued until February 1809, although the Aet which legalised this tax ation expired on the 4th of July, In the previous year. The object of the Act about to be now applied Ifiri le to enable the City to burrow and raise a stun sufficient for the repair and maintenance of the bridge in good condition, or to an , thorise the laying atoll on horses, carriages, and cattle pass ing into the City, allowing then to mortgage these tolls in order to raise money. The announeentehe of this intention, on the part of the Corporation, to apply for pitWer fo this has already excited considerable opposition on the Surrey side of the bridge, and ineetioq,a to oppose the Ili are spoken of. The Bill also ronternplAttx the eibbinkment of the river Thames within the jurisdiction of its conser vator, the Lord Mayor ; i, e. from Yaritlet Creek to Staines, and the application of the funds tleus raised to the repair of the bridge. Another Bill, for which application is to he made, has for its object to open a new street from Holborn-bridge to Clerkenwell-green, an opening to which, in the direction sought, has long been wanted. A third application relates to the contemplated arcade from London. wall, near Coleman-street, to terminate at the Bank Chambers, in Lothbury. It is thought that a further ap• plication to Parliament, on the part of the Corporation, will be deemed necessary, hefote the approach so to the New London Bridge, at the City side, can be completed. These are the improvements contemplated within the City. In addition to these, the General Cemetery Company, which was formed last summer, mean to apply to Parlia ment for power to carry their object into effect ; and a new road is in contemplation, to run from the end of Orchard-street, Westminster, crossing the llorseferry-rand, opposite Carey•street,:and thence to Vauxh Bridge-road, opposite the Royal Standard Hotel. The funds for the latter project it. is intended to raise by a rate on the in habitants of the parishes to be benetitted by the pro jected road. GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. A meeting of Proprietors of this Comp my held yesterday, at their house, in Cornhill, when a resolution way proposed by Mr. Hunter, and seconded by Mr. Tate, to the elf,ct that no Director thenceforth to be elected should receive a larger M o m for his services than an allow ranee of 201. annually, until he should become the eigh teenth Director by seniority of election, after which he should receive the salary of 1t 0/. annually, as at present paid. 'flue SECRETARY read from the books the record of an application made by the Board of Directors, in March, 1t329, to Sir N. Tyndal and Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet, un the following lour points: whether it were► competent to the majority of Proprietors assembled at a Conn of Pro prietors to alter the regulations upon which the Society had been established? Whether it were competent to such a majority to apply to Parliament for a Bill to alter the regulations? Whether, it such µ Bill were introduced, it were advisable for the Directors to further its progress in Parliament? And fourthly, whether it was competent to the Proprietors to make a reduction in the number or in the salary of the Directors? The answers to the tirst three of those queries were in the negative; but respect ing the fourth, it was the opinion of the gentlemen CAW stilted, that the Court of Proprietors wits competent to nt eke alterations in the salary of the Directors, though not in their number. Mr. COOMBE considered that the tfteet of the ►neasure proposed at present would be a virtual reduction of the number of Director*, and therefore at variance with the opinion which the Secretary had just read. Mr. Pittrustoart did nut think that the saving of six or seven hundred a year, which the resolution contem plated, would zoitopensate the Society for what, it should lose, by having a less number of respectable Directors at Ithe head of its aff.irs. Mr. THANT wished a ipimion of KO much importance to be diaeusied ut a future time, when the Proprietors ga• nerally ahoull have au opportunity of C44llSitiaing it. After a short conversation at the table, in which the Chairman, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Edward Gohhimid, and se veral other Proprietors took part, the meeting separated, with the uuderstanding that the quo.tion shell by consi dered at a General Meeting of the Proprietura, to be held, we believe, in April. DEATH FROM FIGHTING, On Monday last one of those pugilistic. encounters which frequently disgrace the environs of the metropolis took place between two men named Truitt and Neale, for a miserable stake of ten shillings. The ring was formed' on the Isle of Dogs, and a great number of persons, as well as the combatants, came across from the Surrey side to wit ness the combat. Tyason was seconded by a man named Sweeney, brother to a prize-fighter of that name, and the other man was seconded by a person named Scott. The men fought for upwards of hell an hour; but Neale, who was a blacksmith, being far the heaviest and strongest, punished his antagonist so dreadfully, that be WAN taken sty the field in a pitiable state, and conveyed to the hospital ship Grampus, lying off Greenwich, when, in a few mo ments after he had been taken there, he died. The seconds and principals, when they learned the fatal result, kept out of the way. Infm illation of the occurrence was sent to Mr. Baker, the Coroner far Middlesex, who forthwith directed that a Jury should be summoned to investigate the affair; but an unexpected obstacle presented itself, as it was filund that the Grampus lay on the Kent shore, and consequently out of his (Alr. B 'kW's) jurisdiction. Mr. Cutter, the Coroner for Kent, however, wished Mr. Baker to hold the inquest, stating at the same time that the body had been moved to the Ferry-house, on the Middlesex side of the river; but, upon summoning &Jury, it was ascertained that the body still lay in the Grampus, consequently professional obstacles still presented them. selves to Mr. Baker ; because, if the inquest was composed of Middlesex Jurors, be could not take them into Kent to view the body, and if they returned a verdict, the guilty parties would, in all probability, escape justice, from the illegality of the Coroner's w4rrant and proceedings. Under these circumstance's Mr. Baker preferred leaving the in quest to Mr. Carttar, and waited on the Magistrates et Lambeth-street yesterday, to apprise them of the eirctun stance that had occurred, so that they might, if they thought fit, issue their warrant for the apprehension of the offenders. The Magistrates, learning that the officer* at Union-hall were in pursuit of the parties implicated, con sidered that it would be better to leave the floater in their hands until the inquest had been holden by Mr. Center. The deceased was a trunk-maker by trade, and has left a wife and two infant children. The Literary Correspondence of Mr. Pia. ERTON with which the public may alertly expect to be gratified, includes many valuable letters cc interesting rub pato from Sir W. Dummy, the Earl of Firr, the Earl of lluertax, the Hon. Mamie WaLrotx, Grew; the Historian, Dr. Ermines, Sir Jusirrn IlAurs, Mr. Gott. wiw, the Marquis of Bien, Lord NArma, Dr. AIKiN, Sir WALTER Spore, Wallop Pram Mr. Dover, the Marchioness of STareortm Lady ANCRAIII, the Earl of SIAVOATII, Sir RUFANE DONKIN, Lord Glti:N VILLA:, Air. ROSCOE, Earl of Slitlerigt.M Mr. COUTTS, Dr. BEArrIK, Mr. Densmtr, Ler I Ilau.rx, Mr. Ittnuas WA ItTON, Dr. J. WARTON, Mr. PKNNANT, Earl of 1111.17.411A1.11A thwra, and other eminent characters. None of these letters have ever before seen the light, and they are now published from the originals in the possession of DAWSON TURNSR, Esq. SPOItTiNO INTELLIGENcr. TATTERSALL'i. Although the room was very thinly attatnled, the offer* to take and bet the otitis about several of the Derby Et eourites, not only *bowed an actual change in two or three of them, but induced us ter autpect that other ellingot are not far otr. The Caleb party it any thing hat sarong, nor are the Bohemian* either numerous or sanguine;- Cressida iv likely to become a good favourite, en are Pea. • tile end lbernus—intleerl it will be strange if, out of a _ . _ liotolred and six horns, a large field for betting is not se• lotted,.The betting civicl as follows Tit r Pram. 18 to 1 agat Mr. W. Chifney's Caleb 10 to 1 dot Lord Ezeter's 17 to 1 apt Lord Jerse)"s Cobweb rot 17 to 1 agst Mr. Ileardsworth's Colwick 20 to 1 agst Lord SUgo's Bras de Fur 2fi to 1 agst Colrmel Pitney's Antiope colt 25 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's 'Pastille colt (token) 25 to I ago% Lord Jersey's blunder colt 27 to 1 apt Lord Jersey's Filtio - es colt 30 to 1 apt Sir J. Shelley's Crmsida colt 30 to 1 agst Lord Ex..ter's Ilastnus (taken) 83 to I agst Mr. Pore's Rattler 85 to I apt Mr. Thornhill's Africanus OA.Et. 5 to 1 apt Duke of Grafton's Oxygon 13 to 2 apt Mr. llouldsworth's Circassian II to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight 20 to I agst Lord Carentli4i's Esprignolie 7 to 1 apt Delight and Espagnolls (taken) It is reported that Sir M. Wood has purchased Delight for 1600 guineas. carrEatoN STAIMI (PI M NIONDAY). 4 to I on the field, r. r. norcemitta ST. I.MIER. Ziny the favourite, but nu pads photeii. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. ♦rrottr"tHU+NTS FOA 'rug YNSUINQ The Warwickshire Hounds meet on Monday, At .Upton ; 'Tuesday, ut Wollord Wood ; 'Thursday, at Chesterton Wor+rll and Saturday, at Tainhorough—at half-past ten. The Hrhithton Harriers meet on Mouthy, near Pateham ; W a ditesday, nest' the Rate Course; sad Friday, near this Dyke—at half-past ten. The Brooksids Harriers ram on Al!twitiny4, at Newmarket 111110 Wednesdays, at Asheomte, (the altsrnste twines. day at the Kennel, Ilford) ; and Friday, at Telscambe Tye--at hall .past ten. Sir John Gerard'. Hounds meet on Monday, at. Ilas. worth ; Tuesday, at Wharton ; Thursday, at (Cott Hill; and Saturday, at Lindley—at eleven. The Banderstead Harriers meet on 'Monday, Wednesday, end Saturday, at the Kennel—at ten. Mr. Lester's Harriers inert on Monday, nt entre Mina ; Wednesday, at Parkstonr ; and Saturday, at M ijor-Gen. Le Mesurierix Cottage. The Cambridgeshire fronts& meet on Trimilay, at Eltialey Green ; and Friday, at Posen Wood—at half-past ten. The Puckeridge 119.1E16 inset on Monday, at the Afire?, llatlhanl ; Weilnesdiy, tit Ilunedon and Saturday, at Combelow—at half-past tea. Sir Richard Sittfon't Hounds meet on Monday, at Fir. kertoa Long Wool ; Tuesday, at Thornry-ball ; Thins day, at Stapleford Moor ; told Satnrilay, at Wiekenby Village—at eleven. Lord Vit'borough's Fox hounds meet on Monday, At Kingerby; Wednesday, at Dunham ; Friday, at Maltby ; and Saturday, at Grainsby !lomat —at eleven., Mr. 1)1j/untie's Hounds BIM on Monday, at Matterrq Bridge; Wednesday, at Cantley ; And Friday, at Barlbro' Mall—at half-past ten, The Kurth \Vold Subscription Hounds meet on 'Tues day, at the Tower on the Moor ; Thursday, at rimndleby ; and Saturday, at Greenfield Wood—at liall.pact ten. Lord HEADFORT han addrmed a latter to the Editor of a Morning Piper, detailing MI the circum stances connected with a .riutanw assemblage that lately took place ht the Commune of Loyd, near the town t• 1 Della, in the north of Ireland. It appeared that a crowd of poor persons collected on some marnelosed lands, be, longing to the Corporation of Kells, for the purpose of taking forcible possession of them, and actually pro ceeileal to erect habitations there, by which ronduct they had rendered themselves liable, under the Vith of Gni. 111., to transportation for even years, or to fuse and ha pri•oninent. Lot d Ilt:AnroaT merely dispossessed people of the lands which they hurl forcibly and illegally seized upon, and, in doing en, exercised all the forbearance that was consistent with the execution at bit ditty as a Magistrate. THE MUSSULMAN, OR LIEF: IN TURKEY. —The diseleauree made in this work of the prirate man ners and habits of the Teaks, of the state of tamale society, And of the interior of the Hann. (which have hitherto been inaccessible to strangers) have, it appears, provoked the wrath of the Turks towards its author (Dr. 1111.* DUEa. ) A late number of the Smyrna Cormier, atter iodolgiog in the bitterest invectivca, proceeds to say :—" An English nun travels in our country ; ha is every where kindly re ceived and entertained among us--and in return for the hospitality .hewn him he violates the confidence reposed iu him, by ;diusing our religion, despi4iug our institutions, and traducing our national character. We hope this will prove a lesson in future how we admit foreigners into our limiliew." Wire Dr. Mations again to visit 'Turkey it is a matter of doubt whether he woula favour the world with any further revelations. We trout it is not true, as has been stated, that Dr. Putt.t.rorrs, on his elevation to the see of Exe ter, is to be permitted to retain, or to hold (as we believe it is ridiculously enough called) in cmn►rrcudtrrn, his pre sent living of Stanhope, in Northumberland, the income— and, it is to be supposed, the population—of .which is enormous. We have the highest authority for knowing that " nu nun can serer tw• toasters," nor, by the same rule, 1111104% the Bishop of Exeter and the Hector of Stanhope were endowed with the power of ul►iquity, do we are how he can 1101 moral or religious justice to two such important pieces of preferment, lying not less than 300 miles from each other. No physician, we suppose, would undertake the charge of the health of patients in London sod York at one and the sAIVIC tie►e ; and, unless the physician of the soul is of less value arid importance than the healer of bodily diseases, we would ask with what satisfaction to hie own conscience can any good man receive the wages which it is impossible for Ilion, in the nature of things, faithfully to earn' Besides, crowded as the clerical profession now is with deserving candidates for its offices, and olive as public fediug is to the tcau daluas alum of pluralities, with what conscience cim those who have the distribution of the Church patron go of the Crown permit tho inure il3 of au evil which isevery day working so much mischief to religion ?—/Eforniey Herald. DIGNITY OF SLIPItit3TITION.---In the year Iltt, the Bishop of LAON pronounced sentence of ex. communication against the caterpillars anti geld mice that did 6 , / much mischief to the harvest. *Will it be'believed that in the reign of Fa A wcrs the First, an advocate ir v . appointed to plead the cause of these reptiles against the farmers. Several examples miglit be cited, but we will speak only of the sentence pronounced by JaAN Mitrw, Official of Troyes in Champaign.. on the 9th of July, " The parties having siren heard, in the cause of the inhabitants of Villerenv, we ;rimonish the eaterpiheFe to withdraw within six days ; aud, in ass of defat4t, we declare them cursed and excommunicated." itARA Avis.-•-.A bird rather rare. British Ornithology was Ilia a few days ago, near to Newton hall, in the vicinity of Durham. It is known in this country by the name of the rose-colortred starling or thrush, or ouzel. In the Linnwan catalogue it is tanned the turdus roseus; and Burrom drat:ate it as le me*, couleur de rose. Mimic': states, in his " history of Birds," that two of this species were shot in a Millard, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and one at North Sander rind, near Berwick.upon-Tweed, in the year 181/. That which was killed a few days ago, has been added to the in tereating collection of Mr. Joratt Ilurcuttraosr, the Town Clerk of Durham. Of all the hospitable tnen in the most hos. Pitable country of the world, this extraordinary old gen tleman, Colonel ItfattTni, stood foremost. li e hid a large well fornished house, and received with a hearty welcome as his guests, all who chose to come to it. Be had II cellar, or go-down, as it is tl,ete styled, full of the choicest liquors, and amongst the test, pipes of Madeira of various ages, slung by ropes from the roof, to which he decreed an European voyage, us he called it, every time the dour was opened, by uttking a servant swing them about for some minutes. Ilia wine was never tined, and seldom bottled, but drawn tiir immediate use. lie was a loan of few words, and directed his Fervauto by snapping his fingers, or by whistling. A native of B.tvoy o r pot tugal, of tt diminutive form, being under the middle sire, with a visage more resembling a baboon than the human species, and manners the roost uncouth and wart', Colonel MARTINZ was still the father of his corps, mid the kind friend of alt his link conommity.—Codonei Irthh'N lttt ditury ilminlievices of India.