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DAVENPORT respectfully informs 4 - 7 - 1 1 7 the Public that, after an uninterrupted service of thirty-six years, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, ; the ventures, on her Retirement from the Stage, to an nounce her FIRST and ONLY BENEFIT, which will take place on TUESDAY, the 25th MAY, 1830, when will be aeted the Tragedy of ROMEO and JULIET, in which she will take her farewell in the character of the Nurse; and Miss Fanny Ketnble (who has kindly offered her services) will perform Juliet, for the last time this seas m. With other Entertainments, which will be duly announced. earns, ptible so far ipprO man- number averaged 13,409, being near 5,000 more ships in that year that in 1814, tad 1,200 more than the average number for the three years preceding the reciprocity treaties on which' such an injurious stress had been laid. In the la9t year the entries were 13,659, and the tonnage 2,181;545, being the greatest number ever known in the, commerc-al history of this country. Now, bow was it with foreign ships compared with British, during the same space of time ? In the year 1811 foreign amounted to 5,286, the British to 8,975; in the next year this relative proportion became decreased, until there was an actual and heavy failing off during the last year of their competition. lie he' LONDON, iRI DAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1830. )r the amply n four or the No. 11,753. PRICE 713. TiOtets and Places for the Boxes to be bad of Mrs. Daveupori, NO. 148, Drury-lane; and at the Box Office of the Theatre. THE CHARACTER OF WALLACE. his service, along with his sword. " Service from you, Sir Thomas," said the gallant Scot, with an accent of kind familiarity, " I cannot ac cept ; your friendship is what I desire." On another occasion, in the heat of an engagement, having, as he conceived, given orders to Sir John Graham in a manner too peremptory— IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. COllFe .. - This day were published, in 2 vols., Bvo . with plates, T RAVELS through the CRIMEA, TURKEY, and EGYPT. By the late JAMES WEBSTER, Esq., of the Inner Thus fell this great and exemplary patriot, a martyr to the rights and independence of his country, than whom, if we consider his ex- HOUSE OF LORDS--(LAST NIGHT). The Earl of ELDON presented three petitions, from different places in Monmouthshire, against the alteration of the Welsh judicature. Mr. Hennoust, and other Members from the Commons, brought up the Hungerford-market Bill, It is ie'Re- h ned in • LOYAL "ACADEMY SOMERSZT-HOUSE. TRE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. catat fillon (from Ei g ht o'clock till Seven) One Shilling. •*sue One Shilling - . HENRY HOWARD, RA., See. Temple. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton-street. traordinary personal and mental endowments — joined to his inextinguishable and disinterested love of liberty, a greater hero is not to be found in the annals of any people. Born to a slender inheritance, and unconnected by birth with the opulent families of his country, he derived no advantage from those circumstances which often assisted other distinguished characters in attain ing that place in the temple of fame to which .1s are y at a This day was pUblished, in 2 vols. post Svo. THE COUNTRY CURATE. By the Author of " The Subaltern," " The after the victory had been secured, he came up to his brave friend, and surprised him with a and several private Bills. A person from the Tr6asury presented accounts of the expenses of the Preventive Service. Lord KING presented a petition from Tiverton, again-t •the East India monopoly. The Noble Lord presented similar petitions from three places in the official Details in his hati'd to sustain nerset o the ie two New humble apology for any thing like harshness he might have displayed in his manner of expressing himself. Graham, however, was quite uncon scious of hearing any thing that he had reason to take amiss ; and expressed a hope that he would always act towards him and others in the same manner, when the interest of their country was at stake. these facts beyond the power of eontradic tion. If the British shipping trade were in all these years declining, it was most extraordinary that mere ships should be employed now than be fore, and its competition with the foreign trader rendered more manifest. The same increase ran Chelsea Pensioners," &c. CONTENTS :—The Pastor—The Poacher—The School mistress—The Shipwreck—The Fatalist—The Sin ug - glers—The Suicide—The Miser—. The Rose of East Kent, and the Parish Apprentice. " We 'hive risen from the perusal of these volumes with feelings of unmixed satisfaction."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton-street. front .ed to ,heir ambition was directed. To his own genius hrough the whole of these details, and showed him hat it was impossible a losing trade should have . . he was indebted for &system of tactics eminently calculated for the contest he had in itiew; and thus continued 'to exist. But it might be said that when capitalists had ships *bug • built, they mutt T , • OAK BARK. '"EA -N FOREST, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. AND - HIGH MEADOW ESTATE ADJOINING. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. Br order of the Cormaiisioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, By R. WHITE and SONS, At the Bear Inn, in Nownham, in the county . of Glouces ter, ea MONnci, the 17th of May, 1830, at One o'elosk, precisely, in several Lots, THE BARK of Tito Hundred and Fifty seven Oak Timber Trees, felled for the service of the - Navy; of One Hundred and Eight Oak Timber Trees fellod for Sale, amongst these felled for the service of the Navy ; of Tiro Hundred and Twenty-four Oak Timber Trees, felled for clearing the old Stapledge Enclosure; and of Ten Trees, felled for repairs on York Lodge Hill. Also, About One Hundred and Twenty-five Tons cf Copee and ether BARK, en different parts of the Highmeadow Nstate.. ror a view of the Lots in Dean Forest apply to Mr. L aaghatn:Ellarool, or the different Keepers and Wood. melt; and of those on the Highmeadow Estate to Mr, Turnbull, Branland. This day was published, postBvo., price 10s. 6d. boards, ADVENTURES in the RIFLE BRI GADE, in the PENINSULA, FRANCE, and the NETHERLANDS, from 1809 to 1815. By Captain J. KINCAIRD, of the First Battalion. T. and W. Boone, 480, Strand, near Charing Cross. " Kincaird's Adventures is written with all the frank ness and freedom from study which bespeaks the gal!ant soldier, one to.whom the sword is more adapted than the ptn; but who as now " cedunt arms togas," has, in these 4 piping times t of peace, determined to fight all his battles over again,' and he fights . thetn in a sty le interest ing and graphic. The remarks on the decisive determina tion of the Battle of Waterloo, are striking and con vincing, and to them and the whole book we refer our readers for much amusement and inf9rmation."—Age. its in led to res of .stioot , eedily untrt girch - R , the litude, - Indere 7 the to all ounda. Phi vorks. I part. X IR • leans+. 84 tot 6 6 6 U 6 me to week, • ,ned to I, even lose of gyration, r, and week. araples sale, r. In Pc. 62i. S. 244. 4. a. —a. SM. S. —4. Is. SU. S. 314. a.. 30.. 1. 301. L. i, d. to 0 Si 0 04 4 05 . 6 o'o 3 04 7 '0 oet a hap- Pray, 'hy do ' Why, other, Coin- ady of of a Le lady sq•r Mary, 'Brid- q., to 3. Le iter of te, S. augh- Lan- ataze, tudgr, J. C. laugh- ylleth, liams, Ir. E. ry, of berine or, of 'ter of tr. J. 'sq. of 3, ♦Z LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM. In a few days will be published, for the benefit of the Institution, A VIEW of the ASYLUM (including the it intended Wings), handsomely engraved ea Steel, and dedicated (by permission) to his -Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, the Patron. S;ze two feet five inches, by one foot six inches. The Subscribers to the Institution, the Trade, and the Public are respectfully and earnestly entreated to promote its welfare by purchasing proof copies (which will, in a fe w days be in the hands of the Governors, Committee, and Seeretary for sale, the price not to exceed 215.); at the same time they are respectfully informed that a Litho graphic work, described as a " View of the Asylum, with the proposed Wings," has been published without authority, nor is the same in any Way connected with or intended to tte4e£4 t4e Institution. The " Wings" in that work are unlike tkose intended to be erected. By order, JOHN GILL, Secretary. 15, Old Broad -street, Nay 12, 1830. PUBLIC• NOTICE. IN consequence of the very increasing demand for DAY and MARTIN'S BLACKING, the Pro prietors have erected a Manufactory on so extended a scale, that they will be enabled to execute all orders for Foreign or Home eonsumption at a day's notice, and to secure the Public from imposition an engt aving of the New Building will appear on the label. 97, High Holborn, May 1, 1930. TIRRO METALLIC TEETH AND SILICIOUS ENAMEL.-DENTAL SURGEON. MR. BOULLANCOURT, 20, KEP PEL-STREET, RUSSELL-SQUARE, and for easily with M. DELEBARE, Dentist to the King of France, again solicits the attention of the Profes‘ion and Pali& in general. Since his last invention of the TERRO. _METALLIC TEETH (and which through his means are new used by other Dentists ; but the art of applying them in say colour or shade to match the natural Teeth, with Artificial Gums, upon the Gold Plate, and fixing them without springs or ligatures, thereby preventing irritation, and frequently lois of these Teeth which the spring en closes, is practiced and known enly by Mr. 8., and one set made upon his principle will last as long as three made in the usual way, and far surpateing them in beauty) he has invented a NEW SILICIOUS ENAMEL, with which he can cover discoloured or decayed Teeth, after cleansing away the caries, and filling them with his 'retro- Piletallio _Anodyne Cement, without the least pain, and imitate the beauty and freshness of nature so near as to illy the closest inspection, and yet so firm and durable that neither acids nor heat will act upon it. All opera tions performed in Dental Surgery, charges moderate.— At home from Tea till Pour. PALMERS' IMPERIAL NEUROTIC BALSAM, OR NERVOUS AND STOMACHIC RESTO RA TIVE . THE very great success which has attended the administration of the above medicine in cases of low nervous debility, and the surprising effects which have boon produced in speedily restoring tone to debilitated stomach', and, by so doing, strengthening the digestive organs, erecting an appetite, and invigorating the whole system, have indueed the proprietor most strongly to re *enameled it to the , notice of the public, and to assure them, that, as an antidote against sickness, fainting, and hysteri cal affsetions, and as a Nervous and Stomachic Restorative, it stands unrivalled, and is a speedy cure for the Agne. The most ratisfactory and respectable references might be brought forward in its favour; bat, as this method is fre quently adopted merely to deceive, and as a single bottle of the 13alsem will almost invariably afford the greatest relief, if act wholly remove the complaint, the proprietor prefers recounmending a trial, and leaving it to stand on its own tusrite. Prepared only by Slward Palmer, 249, Tooley-street, near London-bridge, and sold in botties, at 4a. Bd., lls., and 20s. each ; the latter containing as much as six small ones ; sold also by C. Butler, 4, Cheapside ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; R. Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; J. Gif ford, 104, strand ;E. Davies, 43, Wood-street ;C. W. Walthew, 6, City -road ; Fleming, 5, Holborn ; stad by mast rovestable chemists in town and country A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS. THERE is not, perhaps, in the whole Ma teria Aledica any one Remedy which so effectually relieves the pain of a suffering Patient as the AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. Who can watch the writhing tortures into which a lovely infant is often convulsed, during the period of dentition, without feeling sympathy for its sufferings? And who would hesitate to procure a Remedy, when a remedy can be found, which is obvious by the effectual relief afforded in so many distressing cases which are daily coming to the notice of Mrs. JOHNSON ? Therefore Mothers ought never to be without the AME RICAN SOOTHING SYRUP in the Nursery; for i f a Child awakes in the night with pain, by only rubbing the gums with a few drops of the Syrup, it will immediately open the pores, heal the gums, and thereby prevent fevers and convulsions; for should it come in competition with any other disorder, it often d es t roys th e mo th er ' s brightest h°Pes---To be had, wholesale and retail, of Mrs. Johnson, sole Prrprietor of the American Soothing Syrup, 1 . anr . and Stir by ppointtnent, acia's ner. Italian , a ( MIN 28, York-pl ace , City- roa d, London, of all principal Medicine Ven ders in Town and Country, at .2s. 9d. per bottle. N.B. None are genuin e unless signed on the Stamp with Mrs. Johnseu's own hand -writing, as there are spu riots, sorts, ROSCOMMON, MAY 8. As inhuman and brutal a murder as ever dis graced the annals of any. country has been corn- mitted in this neighbourhood a few days since. A poor paralysed creature, a native of this place, and whose support was the charity of the humane, was attacked and robbed on his way from this town, on Saturday evening, not many acres from where Moran attempted to rob and murder the Rev. Mr. Day, for which he expiated his guilt not long since, in front of the gaol of this town. The perpetrator of this barbarous act is from the county of Long ford, from whence, we are told, he was compelled to fly, being charged with an attempt to rob and murder in that place. He is scarcely twenty years of age, and has gone here by the name of Pat Smith. It appears that the deceased was going to a village about a mile from this town, in which also sojourned Smith, as servant. Smith knew that de ceased had accumulated (by begging) some money and accordingly knocked him ;done with a stone, arid demanded his money, which deceased refusing to give, he inflicted two severe wounds oil the neck and chin, with an edged instrument, supposed to be a blunt knife or sword. He also cut him in many places on the head, and kicked him on the face in such a manner that he could not open his eyes till a short time before he expired. After treating him in the most inhuman way, the ruffian robbed him of a 11. note, which the poor fellow had in a tin box in his pocket. About half an hour after, some persons go ing that way, heard his moans, and searching the gripe, found the unfortunate victim almost dead. He was taken to the infirmary, where every means to recover him was had recourse to. He, however, died on Tuesday evening. He fully identified the inhuman villain who beat and robbed him on Sun day, before a Magistrate and some of the police, but such was the state he was in, that his examina tion could not be taken. About an hour previous to his death, he turned round to his mother and two patients who were in the room, and said, "he would soon leave them." His mother asked him where he was going? He replied, "that he hoped he was going to Heaven, and that he was dying." His mo ther said, " Thank God, your senses have returned, and now tell me who robbed and beat you." He said, " It was Pat Smith, and that he took a pound note out of a small tin box that he had in his pocket." An inquest was held on Wednesday morn ing, by BERNARD O'CoNNon, Esq. and a respect able Jury. After some.of the witnesses had been exa mined, the Jury intimated a wish that the prisoner miaht be brought to theiinfirmary. Mr. O'Connor accordingly sent, two of the police for him. On entering the place where the body lay, the wretch at first appeared to feel remorse, but turning round with evidently assumed confidence, lie replied to some questions put to him by the Coroner, first being properly told that he need not say any thing that he thought would militate against himself. On inquiring how it occurred that he met the deceased, and the distance he went with him, he gave evasive answers, and only admitted that he was with him part of the old road, where the deceased was found. His hat and waistcoat were full of blood, and being asked respecting them, he said, that a few days previous, two of the Kil leens (with whom he was hired) had a quarrel, and that on his interfering the blood got on his clothes. This, however, turned out to be a gross falsehood, upon examining the Killeens. Being questioned re specting the shirt be wore on Saturday, he said that on Saturday night he called for his clea❑ shirt, and he left the one he had on under the head of his bed. Search was made, but no shirt was there. How ever, that evening, the people found the shirt hid in a cock of straw, covered with blood. It was proved that that night he had no shirt on him when he went into the house where lie lived. The fellow, after expressing his regret that he had ever left the county of Longford, was reconducted to the prison. Satisfactory evidence being produced, the Jury re turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against the prisoner, Pat Smith."--Dublin Freeman's Journal. A fine specimen of that rare and singular bird the Hoopoe ( Upupa epups of LlNN...sus) was shut on Salis bury-plain, a few days since by one of the gamekeepers of ERNLE WARRINER, Esq., of Conock-house, and is now in the possession of Mr. W. WITHERS, of Devir!s.—Bath Chronicle. A recent writer on the state of Ireland, as a pro , .if with how little currency its internal agriculture is carried on, says that he has known repeated instances where twelve small farmers, renting from six to 60 acres each, were unable to club together 61. at a time, though a'l earnestly desirous of doing so. A most shocking murder was lately committed in the neighbourhood of Shaftesbury, by a farmer of the name of HARRISON, upon his only child. HartatsoN was, it appears, a small farmer, and had accumulated a little by hard industry, which he lent for the building of a chapel for the Primitive Methodists or Ranters. The rental of the pews of the chapel not being sufficient to pay the inte rest of the money advanced for building it, the poor man became embarrassed in his affairs, and fearing his child might come to want, he determined to put an end to its existence, by knocking its brains out against the bed-post I HArreasorr was a preacher amongst the Ranters, and it is supposed that the warmth of feeling evinced by the Primitive Methodists at their meetings, together with the Iss of his property, deprived him of his senses. lie wa. committed under the Coroner's warrant to Dorchester Castle, for wilful murder, where, under the spiritual di rections of the Chaplain, be is becoming perfectly tranquil lised.—Bath Chronicle. The following deviation from the usual course of nature has just occurred. A cat, belonging to Mr. PEA Ai, druggist, of Upper Fitzroy street, Fitzroy-square, made her bed in a cellar on Saturday, and brought forth three kittens, and two were killed. The cellar is not much used, but yesterday morning a servant went into it, anti was astonished to find a young rat and the surviving kitten sucking the mother cat together. Several persons came forward to witness this extraordinary circumstance, and after they were all satisfied respecting the fact, it was determined that the rat should be destroyed, and that it might be done without injuring the cat, she was enticed away from her bed by a saucer of milk. The rat was much older, and much larger than the kitten, it was three parts grown,' and instead of evincing fear at the pre sence of mankind, after the cat was gone, it opened and shut its eyes several times with the greatest composure, and then with - the paws of the kitten across its back, cud dled down to sleep. The kitten was drawn away from it by the hook of a walking-stick, and the rat's head was broken by a blow. with his own arm he gm - lie the first impulse to :he cause of freedom,- which afterwards, on the field of Bannockburn, was crowned with such glorious and decisive success under a kindred spirit—on whom the inspiring mantle of our patriot descended, as he Winged his flight to the regions of immortality. In person, Wallace was adn►irably fitted to grace that elevated station among mankind for which his genius and talents so eminently quali fied him. His visage was long, well propor tioned, and exquisitely beautiful ; his eyes were 'right and piercing; the hair of his head and beard auburn, and inclined to curl; that on his brows and eye-lashes was of a lighter shade ; his lips were round and full. Under the chin, on the left side was a scar, the only one visible, although many were to be found on his person ; his stature was lofty and majestic, rising the head and shoulders above the tallest men in the coup ry. Yet his form, though gigantic, possessed the most perfect symmetry ; and with a degree of strength almost incredible, there was combined such an agility of body and fleetness of running, that no one, except when mounted on horseback, could outstrip or escape from him, when he happened to rursue. All-powerful as a swords man, and unrivalled as an archer, his blows were ,7atal, and his shafts unerring; as an equestrian, lie was a model of dexterity and grace ; while the hardships he experienced in his youth, made him view with indifference the severest priva• Lions incident to a military life. In common intercourse his accents were mild, and his man- ners grave and urbane. In the field, when ad. dressing his soldiers, his discourse was brief and animating, and the sound of his voice thrilled through their hearts like the spirit-stirring notes of the clarion. Great and varied, however, as were the accomplishments nature had lavished on his person, the graces with which she had enriched his mind threw a radiance over all the rest of her gifts. Untaught himself in the military art, he became the instructor of his countrymen, and his first efforts were worthy of the greatest captain of the age. If we may judge from his regard to the sanc tity of an oath, his ideas of morality appear to have been much at -variance with the corrupt practice of the age. Uncontaminated by the pernicious example of the great men of the country, he rather chose to bear hunger and every other privation the unsheltered outlaw might be exposed to, than purchase the advan tage so much prized by others, at the expense of taking an oath he had no intention of hold ing sacred :—still, this inflexible rectitude o f soul could not shame the aristocracy from their convenient perjuries; for the bands by which he strove to unite them together, became like ropes of sand in the hour of trial. Notwithstanding, however, all the difficulties that were thrown in his way, the vigour of his own character, and the wisdom of his measures, enabled him to achieve the deliverance of his native land. To the charges of ambition and usurpation that were brought against him, he gave the noblest refuta tion, by resigning the bauble of power into the hands of those little spirits, who would other wise have betrayed the cause of national inde pendence, or involved their country in all the horrors of civil war. Thus, his virtuous self denial preserved the people whom his valour had set free. In the biographical notices that have been submitted, the reader will perceive the formi dable array of talent and power with which Wal lace had to contend. To an aristocracy, at that time perhaps unrivalled in Europe, and headed by a Monarch as distinguished for ambition, sternness of purpose, and warlike propensities, as he was notorious for the absence of those virtues which constitute the redeeming traits in the character of a soldier—the magnanimous partiot had at first little to oppose, save the innate energies of his own invincible heart, and the resources of a genius which Heaven seems peculiarly to have fitted for the task. That Scot, land, distracted by faction, and deprived of all foreign aid, should, under the guidance of one who ranked among the humblest of her nobles, have again advanced herself to the dignity of an independent state, in defiance of the powcr of England, backed by the resources of Ireland and Wales, was considered by her adversaries as too humiliating to their national character to admit of their relinquishing the contest. The renewal of every invasion was, however, met by an increasing stubbornness of opposition ; and the chivalrous conqueror in Palestine, the high souled" Plantagenet, at last condescended to steal the enemy he could neither bribe nor sub due, and thus purchase the brief and delusive Semblance of a victory, at the price of everlast ing dishonour. The mind of Wallace was illibued with the most exalted ideas of independence ; and the stern and inflexible spirit with which he guarded his own and his country's honour, could only be equalled by the scrupulous delicacy he exercised towards the feelings of others. Loving freedom Tor her own sake, he considered her sanctuary, wherever placed, as too sacred to be violated. ue, Among the many proofs of thi s e l e v a tion of th mind,e surrenderth fo o f w d i e n g may Lo cr beveil mentioned high h :— h On spi rited Frenchman was anxious to know the name and the character of his conqueror. On the name of Wallace being announced to him, he fell on his knees, and thanked God that so worthy an enemy had been his victor ; and, ac cording to the custom 01 the age, he tendered In the division of spoil, the portion that fell to the share of Wallace he set apart as a fund from which those were rewarded who had distin guished themselves by their valour or good con duct, while contending for the liberty of their country—thus'stitnulating their efforts in their own -catibe, by the sacrifice of his personal ad vantage. The delicacy, also, which he evinced ; in excluding his relations from any participation in those grants and emoluments with which he rewarded the services of others, showed him ex empt from any selfish or mercenary feeling, and decidedly averse to the aggrandizement of his family at the national expense. In those times, when driven to the woods and natural fastnesses of the country, where his little party were ex posed, from the scarcity of provisions, to the greatest distress, the expedients he had recourse to for their relief, and the self-denial he exer cised in order to husband the slender supplies for their use, impressed his followers with sen timents of . admiration and gratitude. The sys tem which he introduced, during the short period of his regency, of disciplining and subdividing the nation, evinced the clear and comprehensive views he entertained of the true interests of the country ; and had his successors in power followed up the same measure, it would doubt less have been productive of incalculable benefit to the kingdom ; as, independent of the great force the Legislature might thus have been enabled to bring into the field in cases of emer gency, it would have *undermined, and eventually overthrown, the feudal superiority of the Barons, and those petty confederations among clans, which have been for so many ages the bane and curse of Scotland. His views, however, for the immediate and permanent prosperity of the country, took even a more extensive range than what is embraced by the above wise and salutary measure. Aware of the benefit which Scotland had formerly derived from her commercial inter course with the continent, we find his attention, within a month after the battle of Stirling, seriously turned towards the re-establishment of this important object ; and while the nation was mustering at Roslyn for the invasion of England, her leader was actively engaged in dispatching in formation to the different Hanse-towns, that the ports of Scotland were again open to the trade of all friendly powers.* The plan which he pursued in his invasions was the most efficient for exhausting the enemy's country, enriching his own, and encouraging his countrymen to flock to his standard. Though often severe in his retaliations, yet towards women and children he always exercised the greatest humanity. During his Guardianship the country was beginning to feel the return of her former pros perity. With the spoil of the enemy he had diffused plenty over the land ; the poor were protected ; thieves were promptly and severely punished ; cheats and liars were discouraged; and good men met the reward of their virtues. The vigilance with which he watched over the public weal was unremitting, and never for a moment gave place to any object of personal consideration. Even those duties which are often considered paramount to every other, were with him secondary to the interest of his country ; for, on the death of his 'mother, his presence being required elsewhere, he intrusted the performance of her obsequies to his friend John Blair and a confidential servant ;—which duty they discharged with becoming solemnity in the Cathedral of Dunfermline. To this cemetery, it is conjectured, the fragments of his own body were secretly collated by his companions, after the barbarous and impolitic exposure had taken place. At his execution, that self-command and nobleness of soul, which formed such luminous traits in his character, never for a moment for sook him. Without deigning to breathe a mur mur, either at the injustice of the tyrant who condemned, or the unhappy man who betrayed him, he submitted to his fate with that becom ing dignity which extorted even from his enemies expressions of unqualified admiration. A revulsion, the natural consequence of the in human cruelty of Edward, and the undaunted demeanour of his victim, took place in the minds of the people of England immediately after his execution ; and the story of an English monk who pretended to have seen a vision of angels conducting Wallace out of purgatory with much honour, was quickly circulated, and re ceived with pleasure all over Britain. The following lines, translated from the ori ginal Latin by Hume, of Godscroft, are under stood to have been composed some time after the execution of our illustrious patriot, by his afflicted friend and chaplain John Blair ; and with this elegant and pathetic tribute of genius at the shrine of departed greatness, we shall close the present chapter : " Envious death, who ruins all, Hath wrought the sad lamented fall Of Wallace ; and no more remains Of him—than what an urn contains Ashes fur our hero we have— H e , for his armour, a cold grave. He left the earth—too low a state! And by his acts o'ercame his late. His soul death bad net power to kill, His noble deeds the world do fill With lasting trophies of his name. hadat th ou v i r t ue loved, or fame, Thou could' s t not h ave i nsu lt e d s o Over a br ave , b etraye d, d ea d f oe , Edward, nor seen those limbs expos'd To public shame—fit to be clos'd As relics in an holy shrine. But now the infamy is thine. His end crowns him with glorious bays, And stains the brightest of thy praise." --Constable's -Miscellany, Vol. LIV. Life of Sir Wel. liam Wallace. * However singular this statement may appear to s )me, the author has fortunately produced the most incoatro vertible evidence of the fact ? in his Appendix. Devonshire. The same NOBLE LORI) presented a petition from the town and neighbourhood of Tavistock, against the importation of foreign lead. The Marquis of CLEVELAND presented a si milar petition, signed by several thousand persons, from the parish of Stanhope, in the county of DUfbarn. _ The same NOBLE LORD presented a petition from Gainzford, in the county of Durham, in fivour of a commutation of tithes; and a petition to the same effect from a place in Yorkshire. Earl BATHURST presented a petition from North Shields, for the abolition of the punishment of death in cases of forgery. The Marquis of B UTE presented petitions against the East India monopoly, from the Merchants' House, Glasgow, and Forfar, from Ashton-under- Line, and from two places in the Wes: Ruling of Yorkshire. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the magistrates and other inhabitants of Frome, in favour of the reduction of the beer duty, and also for an increase of the duty on gin. The NOBLE MARQUIS likewise presented a peti tion from a place in Gloucestershire, against the East India monopoly, and from Nottingham, for the abolition of slavery in the West Indies. Earl STANHOPE presented a petition from the riband-weavers of Coleshill, Warwickshire, com plaining of distress. The petition, the 'Noble Lord remarked, was signed by 2,400 persons, who stated that they were involved in the deepest distress. They stated that riband-weaving had been reduced full 50 per cent_ ; that the workmen's wages on an average did not exceed 4s. a-week, and that out of 2,800 looms, which were formerly employed, there were at present 1,500 out of employment. He quite concurred with the petitioners in thinking, that the distress and misery to which they were re duced had been mainly owing to the operation of that pernicious system called free trade. The NOBLE EARL also presented a petition from the trustees of the society of ship-owners and seamen of the port of Whitby, complaining of the charge of 6d. per month made upon seamen's wages, for the Greenwich Hospital Fund. SHIPPING INTEREST. VVOU Earl STANHOPE said he now rose to pre. sent to their Lordships the petition which the ship-owners of London had done him the honour to intrust to his care. He thought it was a petition which well deserved the most serious attention of their Lordships, and he should make a few observa tions upon it, as he conceived that it related to a subject of extreme importance; not only to the pe titioners themselves, but to the general interests of the country. In doing so he should abstain, on this occasion, from entering into any detailed statements, because he did not consider this a proper or fit occasion for them, and because he intended pre sently to move for certain papers, which, when produced, would furnish their Lordships with most important information on this subject, and would tend to remove much of the delusive errors and mistaken notions which were abroad re garding this question. • It would be in the recollec tion of their Lordships, that when the present new fangled principles of commerce were first introduced, —at the time when those new and mischievous prin ciples were proposed by a Minister of the Crown, who had since retired from office, but whose perni cious principles appeared still to sway the councils of his Majesty's Government,—it would be in the re collection of their Lordships that at that period the ship-owners of London, and indeed of every other port in the kingdom, strongly protested against the measure, and expressed their opinion—an opinion repeated in the present petition—that the change in troduced by that measure would be followed by the most detrimental consequences to their own inte rests, and to the interests of the country at large. A melancholy experience of the effects of that measure had fully verified those predictions, and the result was, that the measure had been productive of the most dis astrous consequences to the shipping and commerce of this country. It was in vain to expect that B ritish shipping, taxed as it was with such a variety of expences, could hcpe to compete with foreign. In building and wages they paid neatly double. Now what was the .effect of the alteration of the naviga tion laws, on which their ancestors had relied for the main strength of their commercial marine ? Why, evidently to lower the rates of British freights, and so far deteriorate the home shipping. Besides, the treaties of reciprocity, as they had been called, had gone exactly to produce the same effect, —they had advanced .the foreigner at the expence of the British shipper ; they had not only reduced the capital of the owners, but also materially reduced their rate of freightage. The petitioners request, that articles purchased by British subjects in foreign countries should be imported in British ships, leav ing foreigners t 9 pursue the same course in the em ployment of their own capital as they pleased. Perhaps it might be said, that as these reciprocity treaties were fixed for a certain date, they could not now be repealed, till the expiration of the time so stipulated, but still there would be some hope for the sufferers were Government to-declare that acts so pregnant with evil should not be renewed. It was competent for either of the patties, in the treaty with the United States of America, to notify a time for its termination, and the shipping interests would feel the benefit of such a pledge. He had heard elsewhere, that notwithstanding the important com mercial alterations to which be, in common with the petitioners, had referred their subsequent decline, that there had been an increase of tonnage. Now, were inquiry granted, this lie would prhve to be au error ; for in the mode of calculating the tonnage in some of these return:, the same tonnage of a single vessel was multiplied each voyage which she took; for instance, if the ship of 300 tons made 20 voyages, she was calculated at tonnage for 6,000 tons, in stead of at her regular complement of 300 tons. If Parliament did not depart from the principles whicli modern philosophers had so unhappily instilled into it, the whole groundwork of the British navy would in time be destroyed ; indeed, this was admitted by Mr. Ricardo as a consequence of his mgasures, for he freely declared that he would buy wherever he could get the article, be it freight or produce, cheapest. At all events, he hoped inquiry would not be denied to these petitioners ; they would at least have the satisfaction of knowing whit were the ultimate views of the Government, and with them what would be the fate of their trade, which was the nursery of the maritime strength of Great Britain. He moved that the petition be brought up. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he felt b is le N L ob o l r e d F fo r r ie t i h al e A ( V ii a s s tr e e t s i s ti o re f ly at y in as offi ac c ia u l te d i: t a a s ils al t ly ha ls t io h Blass of the com munity, but he could prov e from error respecting his view of the present condition of the shipping interest of Great Britain; and that they keep them in use or lose the whole of their Would they, however, go on building them; and, that they did, he-was in a condition to show from the papers which he held in his hind. In 1814 the number of British ships built were 733 ; in 1815, 949; in 1816, 856; and so ou varying, until their average for the three years preceding the reci procity treaties was 591, and three years afterwards it rose to 834.. With reference to these reciprocity treaties, he was quite free to admit . that they were adopted with a - view to. decrease the price of freight in this country, so as to enable the- British mer chant to take his goods-abroad ; and bring back • his return, on cheaper terms than before,' and thereby to enable him to compete with the new state of things which it was foreseen must have arisen in the new condition of the external relations of British commerce. It was well-known that freights would be rendered cheaper, but then the trade since 1814 had nearly doubled, the voyages were made quicker, and of course, though the sums paid were smeller, e advantages of more rapid commercial intercaurso Id more than make up the difference. When Noble Lord said that nothing had been dcne . or the shipping, but that every thing wns done against them, he must appeal to facts against the assertion- Were there not greater facTities now Afforded in quarantine regulations,—a greater reduc tion of colonial fees ? The stamps on registers and shipping bonds were reduced from 35a. to ss. ; the same was done on ship transfers and on Irma gages. In all the stamp shipping•department ductions had in fact been made : the tonnage duty had been repealed, the light and harbour dues greatly reduced, and a greater latitude allowed for ship re pairs—they could repair abroad, to break down cows bination at home; half the hemp duty had been re peated; and all these regnlations must surely be atl- . mitted to have been benefits, during the time which the Noble Lord says that nothing was done by the Government to protect the interests of this class of the community. And when these were taken into consideration with the opportunities of making more. frequent voyages, he thought they must refute the statements which the Noble Lord was so anxious to convey. He was at a loss to see what good could result from the proposed inquiry ; for it could only bring out the same details which he had already given from official records, the general tendency and result of which could not he thought he mis taken, and they were as he had already mentioned. Earl STANHOPE, in reply, contended that the Noble Duke's statement referred to the exports only, and not the imports, as irutcative of the pteeent state of the shipping interest. The Noble Duke inferred from his documents that that interest was at present prosperous; but what •aid the parties most interested and best acquainted with the fact— the ship-owners themselves ? '1 he very reverse; that their trade was now ruinous, and had been since the reciprocity treaties had been enacted. If the nominal amount of tonnage was greater, it should be borne in mind that the market had been increased, and the freightage charge greatly lessened. Lord ELLENBOROUGH begged leave to say with respect to what End fallen from the Noble Earl in relation to the alleged increase of the tonnage of American shipping engaged in the British trade, that within the four years which have expired since the Reciprocity Act had passed, the American ton nage entered into our ports had decreased 48,000 tons, while the British tonnage trading with Ame rica had increased 60,000 tons. The eut►re'British had increased two per cent, within the last two years over what it amounted to in the three preced ing years. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought the present low state of the shipping-trade well worthy of inquiry, with a view to devising a remedy ; and that the thanks of the country were due to the Noble Earl (Stanhope), for his zealous entleavortra to bring the case of the ship-owners before Parlia ment. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM maintained that the British shipping had increased since, and in con. sequence of, tile Reciprocity Treaty Acts. Earl STANHOPE then moved for certain papers connected with the shipping trade, in order, he said to show that that trade was not in the flourishing state alleged by Ministers. The motion for returns was agreed to, after a few ‘N E T, A rd s s T fr R om ur t i he oR D D uk D e I o s f F \ R V A TLNG IS T E TALL. The examination of witnesses on this Bill was then resumed, and continued till nine o'clock, when their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(LAST NIGHT). Doyley's Divorce Bill went through a committee. Mr. C. GRANT presented a pet►tion from Brigh ton for Jewish Emancipation. Also a petition from John Lawless, for the introduction of poor laws into Ireland. Mr. TENNYSON presen:ed a petition for the Abolition of Negro Slavery. BEER BILL. Petitions against this Bill were presented from Birmingham, by Mr. TENNYSON; from Old and New Sleaford, by Mr. CHAPLIN ; and from Marlborough, by Sir T. HEATIICOTE. The Esri of BELFAST presented a petition from the proprietor• of newspapers in Belf4st, against the increase of stamp duties in Ireland, Mr. FYLER presented a petition from the weavers of Coventry against the system of half-pay apprentices. Sir M. W. RIDLEY presented a petition from the tobacco manufacturers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, against the imposition of any duties on home-grown tobacco. Mr. STEWART presented a petition from a Mr. Bennett, late assistant-collector of revenue in the island of Ceylon, praying that an inquiry be insti tuted into the proceedings of Sir E. Barnes, the Governor of that colony, and that the correspond ence bete een himself and that offieer, relative to the flogging of a native who had not been tried, might be submitted to the consideration of the House. Sir G. MURILAY said that he had no objection to the production of the correspondence required by tilt! petitioner. The petitioner had been removed from his situation by Sir E. Barnes, and he had no objcction to grant the petitioner an inquuy into the circumstances of his removal, if he thosiyht proper to require it. The rest of Sir G. Murray's aaswer was quite inaudible in the gallery. NEW SOUTH WALES ST E wis led to kit ?n , what coarse MRS. ware published, in 3 vols. post Bvo. T HE FORTUNES of PERKIN WARBECK. By the Author of " Frankenstein," " The Last Man," &c. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton-street.