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IRELAND. '' DUBLIN, OCTOBER 12. IMPORTANT.—Commercial advices were received yester day from New York, which announce that flour had risen to ten dollars per barrel, and wheat in proportion. It was thought that a supply from Europe of not less than one million two hundred thousand quarters would be required to supply the wants of the American market. We need not point out the importance of this intelligence, nor the effect it must hayssrpon the exchanges and the value of gold. TRADES POLITICAL UNION.—This body met last night at the Corn Exchange. The principal subject of discussion referred to the explanation which Mr. Reynolds gave in an swer to the resolutions drawn up by the Committee, and transmitted to that gentleman. In Mr. Reynolds's reply he answers the charges seriatim. With respect to the charge relative to Feargus O'Connor, Mr. R. admitted that he had not read his letter attacking Mr. O'Connell when he went forward with his amendment—that in the course he had adopted he was actuated by principle alone, and a love of radical reform, of which Mr. F. O'Connor avowed himself the champion ; but that having read the letter asssailing the Liberator of Ireland and the justice rent, he now denounced him as much as any member of that union possibly could. Resolutions then were - carried that Mr. Reynolds answer was satisfactory ; and that both resolutions and answer be inserted on the minutes, and be received as an apology by the union. Mr. Reynolds addressed the meeting, and was received in the most enthusiastic manner, and the meeting soon after separated. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GERMANY. HAMBURGII, OCT. B.—The Nicholas I. steam-boat, which left Cronstadt on the 2d at six o'clock in the morn ing, arrived yesterday morning, at half-past one o'clock, at Travemunde, with 12 passengers, among whom are the Baron Burante, and the English Cabinet messenger, Kaye. But little has been done in the funds to-day. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 1 I.—Conformably with Art. 97 of the Fundamental Law, the Session of the States General will be opened on Monday next, the 17th of October, by his Majesty the King, with the usual ceremonies. THE HAGUE, OCT. 10.—His Imperial Highness, the Grand Duke Michael, will go to-morrow, as we hear, for a few days to Amsterdam, and at the end of this week, or the beginning of the next, will embark for London. FRANKFORT, OCT. 7.—The garrison of Mayence in time of war is fixed at 24,000 men. On the breaking out of the July revolution it had been reduced to 6,000. It has since been raised to 15,000. It has now, however, been resolved that it shall be reduced to 8,000 men, and this re duction has already commenced. The Prussian troops are now reduced to the proposed number. The troops in Frankfort arc considered as detachments of the garrison of Mayence. BL RAREST, SEPT. 14.—According to accounts from Galatia the reigning Prince of Moldavia was expected there ; he intends to have great improvements made at that place, which is of great importance to the commerce of the Danube. The nomination of Colonel F. Balch, as Gover nor of that town, is a happy event for the merchants, who congratulate themselves upon it. Baron Ruckmann returned to this place three weeks ago. The affairs of Moldavia seem to he finally adjusted. LErpsfo, OCT. 2.—Our Catalogue of New Books for *Michaelmas fair is larger than ever. It has 324 pages ; .509 publishers announce 3,467 works, and 39 maps, as pub lished ; and 83G others as nearly ready, among which latter is the edition of Sanconiathar, by Wagenfeld.—Journal de Frankfurt, Oct. 10. NORTHAMPTON, OCT. 12.—This morning we were visited by a dreadful hurricane, which commenced Aunt six o'clock, and continued till nine, levelling every thing befre it, bay and corn-stacks, trees, cattle, &c. The property of lsted, Esq., of Ecton, a little village be tween Weliingboroug►h and Northampton was considerably damaged. Yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock, a gmtleman of the name of Simpson, accompanied by two youths, one 15, the other 13 years of age, was rowing be tween Vauxhall and Battersea, in a small wherry, when he came in contact with a barge moored on the river. As soo❑ as the boat struck the two lads became alarmed, jumped from their seats, and, overbalancing the boat, caused it immediately to fill. Mr. Simpson, being fortunately a very expert swimmer, soon caught hold of the eldest boy, whom he placed in safety upon the barge, whilst he went after the other ; but it was not till after a lapse of some mi nutes that he succeeded in reaching him, he having fortu . nately caught hold of one of the sculls, by means of which he was enabled to keep his head above water, and the tide running very strong at the time, carried hire a considerable distance. Mr. Simpson, though almost exhausted, succeeded in reaching the barge with him in safety. In this unfortu nate predicament they were compelled to wait till a water man passing in his boat put them on shore, when they made their way to the nearest coach-stand. Mr. Simpson's coat and hat were lost, as well as the wherry, which was said to be Mr. Simpson's own property. Sunday evening last, Mr. James Kay, son of John Hilton Kay, Esq., of Heywood Hall, put an end to his existence by cutting his throat in his bed-room. He had been in a low state of mind for some time ; and had only that day returned from a journey with Mr. Goodlad, sur geon, of Bury. He was about 25 years of age. Mr. E. FORREST.—(From the United States Ga zette.) —Early yesterday morning the avenue to the box office of the Chesnut-street theatre was crowded with ap plicants for seats, and before five o'clock, p.m., the whole front of the theatre was filled with anxious expectants for the opening of the doors. The house was soon filled, even to the orchestra, the musicians having been banished by the crowd to their old quarters behind the scenes. When the scene was prepared for the entrance of Mr. Forrest as Damon, the greeting commenced ; and when he presented himself, the uprising of those who could rise, and the deaf ening shouts of all, showed how much esteemed was the man and the actor. There were no rounds of huzzas and clappings, but all joined in one long shout, until the hand ached with applause, and the throat grew hoarse with wel come. Such a welcome never met an American actor—a better one never was deserved. The following case came before the Court of Con science at. Bath, last week :—A female vender of oysters summoned a man for the value of seven score of oysters, which he had devoured. The man resisted it, on the ground that he had made a bargain with the woman, to pay her half-a-crown for as many oysters as he could eat, and de clared that instead of seven score he could have ate seven hundred ! The woman denied having made any bargain ; she said the man asked her how many oysters would fill his belly, she answered " half-a-crown's worth," but did not undertake to fill his belly for any particular sum. The Court decided that the woman had made out her case, and that the man should pay the demand. On Friday the Blucher coach, which runs between Edinburgh and Melrose, was about two o'clock overturned on the road, a little beyond the Gallows-hall toll-bar. Luckily no one was materially injured, although the coach went over with a dreadful crash, and all the outside pas sengers, together with a prodigious quantity of heavy lug gage, was precipitated promiscuously with great violence to a considerable distance. As the coach lay on the ground, one of the horses became restive, and the fate of the inside passengers was inevitable, but for the admirable presence of Mr. Macaulay, the sculptor, who, although unable to ex tricate himself in time, called to Mr. Barry, general agent, then on his feet, to seize the horses by the reins, which he (lid with great tact, and thus relieved them from their pe rilous situation. LODGING IN PARIS AND NEW YORK.—ID New York, the writer has a house with two drawing-rooms, a dining-room, eight bed-rooms, dressing-rooms, four good servants' rooms, with excellent cellars, cisterns, wells, baths, water-closets, &c., for the same money that he had an apartment in Paris, of one drawing-room, a cabinet, four small and inferior bed-rooms, dining-room, and ante-cham bers, the kitchens, offices, cellars, &c., being altogether in favour of the New York residence. In Paris water was bought in addition, and a tax of 40 dollars a-year was p a id for inhabiting an apartment of a certain amount of rent — a tax that was quite independent of the taxes on the house, doors, and windows, which in both cases were paid by the landlord.—C'ooper's France. AN IMPROVISATORE.—Tommaso Sgr i cc i , the improvisatore poet, died a short time since at Flo rence, in the 38th year of his age. His talent was of the most extraordinary kind, for it was not confined to mere extemporaneous political effusions upon a given theme, but extended to dramatic composition, one of the most arduous walks of poetry, and apparently of insurmountable difficulty, when not the dialogue alone, but the plot and characters are all to be provided by impromptu. Sgricci recited many five act tragedies, among which may be mentioned his Bianco Capello, and Morte di Carlo Primo, with which he asto nished his audiences in Paris in 1824. Some of these picas were afterwards printed, having been taken down by a short hand writer during their recitation, and, when the peculiar mode of their constructio n is considered, they astonish even in that shape. Sgricci may fairly be allowed to have pos sessed the talent or other faculty of improvisatorship in a much higher degree than the most eminent of his predeces sors, his subjects being such as not only required the usual poetical estro, but a sustained flow of it, together with in conceivable readiness of conception and power of arranging continued scenes and dialogues. Herein he eclipsed the renowned Gorilla, Fantastici, Bandettini, Gianni, and others, of whose extraordinary powers an interesting account is given by Fernow in his. essay " Ueber die Improvisato xem."—Foreign Quarterly Review. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. 205% 5 India Stoek 3 per Cent. Red. 86% 7 1 4, j Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons..„ 87%4 8% 8 % ISouth Sea Stock — 3% per Cent 96% ' Old Annnities Ditto Red 953¢74 New Ditto — New 3% per Cent 97 67 8 774 ! 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 3_per Cent — 1 Exch. Bills, ..E.1,1;00 2 dis. 1 pm. Bank LongAnnuitiesto expire 'Ditto 500 — 2 dis. Jan. 5, IMO 14% 11-16 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1850 14% ' Ditto Commercial - dis. Jan. 5,186 C — Ditto Advertised —— pm Jan. 5, 1880..... ; Bank Stock for Acc0unt........ April 5, 1880 !lndia Stock for Account — Jan. 5, 1870 — : Consols for Acconnt 87% 81. i% mnium pm. 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account . Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 7 74_, Buenos Ayres Bonds I)ittn Account Cnillian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, :RM Ditto Account . Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1325 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan 23!ti THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account ...... Portugueseßonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds SO Ditto Account 5O Ditto, 3 per cent 33 2 3 / 4 34 1 Prussian Bonds I Russian Bonds, 182 , 10(3y4 1 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic ....... • Spaniel Bonds 1 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1634 M 2134 Ditto Account 231,4%%% French, 5 per cent..... ..... 104 t. 30c. -- 4 per cent. —f. —e. 2 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange 251.50r. Dutch, 25s per cent 5214 y 25,4 Ditto Account -214% Ditto, 5 per cent 9314 Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT UNE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Candonga Mining Company 7% 7% Rhymncy Iron Mining Company Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Company 2O 32% 3 Brighton' Rennie's) London and Greenwich Ilailway Company 2O 23% London Grand Junction Railway Manchester South Union Railway Company' 2 3% Northern and Eastern Railway Company ... South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 2 3 %.,.% British North American B an k Colonial Bank London Conveyance Company 3 3 1 4 National Provincial Bank of England Arrived. Due 0 America 0 Brazil Buctins Ayres 0 Carti' agena 0 1 Dablin 0 Flanders MAILS. Arrived. Due. Ari ire]. Due. 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Omni'. &Jersey 0 n Malta 0 Hamburg tl 0 Mexico 0 1 Holland 0 Jamaica 0 Leeward Islands (1 0 Waterford 1 molt WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO—MORROW. 7 ntuutcs after 5 I Evening 3' minutes after 5, HAMBURG, SEPT. 28, 1836. 0 UR Friends, and all those who may have to write to us, are requested to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURG, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 101., 201., or 30/., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 101. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. To save expenses that may as well be avoided, we request our Correspondents not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of THE SON NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. _ (--.4.:, , . ---,,,,t-- - -...,- • - ---L , •-,-,,,r-i-_,...,, „ , :,...,,/,,,,, ~...._ .4 1/ ' 9,4 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1836. We have received the whole of the Paris Papers of Wednesday. An extraordinary sitting of the Repre sentative Council of Geneva was held on the 7th inst. to deliberate upon the dispute between France and Switzerland, when not a single voice was raised in favour of submission to the demand of MONTEBELLO. On the contrary it was unanimously voted by the Council that the Deputies should be instructed to inform the Diet that the Canton of Geneva, even when she gave a negative vote on the decree of the Diet of the 23d of August, did not the less consider that such decree ought to be carried into effect, as soon as it was adopted by a constitutional majority of the States. The Deputies were likewise to represent to the Diet the expediency of placing the Cantons in a state of defence. We may here observe that the Canton of Geneva is among the most aristocratical of the Federal States. M. le SYNDIC RIEU, Pre sident, who addressed the Representative Council in the name of the Council of State, animadverted in severe terms upon the words of MONTEBELLO'S note—" We appeal from Switzerland misled and en- slaved, to Switzerland enlightened and free !" " These are hard words for republican ears," observed the President, repeating them a second time ; " they are severe towards you, Gentlemen, and severe also to wards the people of Geneva, who know no other liberty than that allied to order, who have no other master than the law, and who have so lately given more than one pledge of their wisdom. But these words we will neither admit for ourselves nor for our confederates. We only acknowledge and serve a Switzerland truly free—a Switzerland which grants no more than it can grant without humiliation, and where, without doubt, the passions have sometimes spoken ; but where they have kept silent, and always will keep silent, as soon as a common danger menaces its soil." The French journals contain various accounts of the severity with which the French gendarmerie enforce a non-intercourse along the entire frontier. Every per son, Swiss or foreigner, attempting to enter France from the Cantons, is driven back by force. Even women were not excepted. Hundreds of waggons, laden with goods for the use of French merchants, have been stopped at the Custom-offices, to the great detriment of the frontier trade. The effects of the system of non-intercourse already begin to be felt at Lyons. The following extract from a leading public journal of " the second city in France," will be found to embrace the prevailing opinions of the principal merchants upon the non-intercourse system : " The commercial men of Lyons are beginning to be seriously disquieted at the coercive measures adopted by the French Government in order to punish Switzerland, and revenge the honour of MM. de Montebello and Con seil. The Genevese merchants, who form a class apart from our bankers and manufacturers, both rich and power ful, who have a voice in the Municipal Council, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Bank, who have always been devoted to the juste milieu and exclusively to the Bourse—these men arc loud in their outcries, and find no words severe enough to characterise the equally unjust as unskilful conduct of our diplomacy. Our commercial re lations are compromised ; the diligences and waggons still continue their intercourse, but with distrust. Travellers who wish to go into Switzerland remain here, waiting for the conclusion of the affair ; all the merchants and French travellers hurry back, and fill the public vehicles. Our merchants are afraid lest the Swiss, who derive from our entrepots almost all the colonial productions which they consume, should give their orders to Holland, and there is no doubt that the German Princes on the right bank of the Rhine, notwithstanding the blockade, would not prevent the establishment of commercial relations which might be come so advantageous to themselves. We may conclude from all this that France has played the part of the cat, and taken the chesnuts out of the fire for the benefit of the Hob' Alliance." We have not the least doubt but that France will soon manifest her disapprobation of the policy of the Government, with respect to the Swiss question, in a manner far from satisfactory to the present Cabinet. Th e principle of centralization adopted by the French executive necessarily weakens the power of the Go vernment towards the extremities. On all ordinary oc casions, to govern Paris is to govern France ; but this principle does not hold good when certain local inte rests are forced, in self-defence, into opposition to the tiovernment. The French Ministerial Journals are silent respecting the convocation of the Chambers. With all their boasting, Ministers are in no hurry to meet the De puties. It is probable that the meeting of the Cham bers will not take place before the middle of Decem ber, unless the Swiss Diet adopt a system of repri sals, or otherwise menace France. In that case the convocation of the Chambers cannot be delayed an instant. The Swiss military force is calculated at 202,000, including federal contingents, cantonal reserves, and troops serving in foreign countries, liable to be recalled in the event of a war. In addition to this force, the Government would readily obtain the support of all the men between 40 and 60 years of age, who, though exempted from military service, would cheerfully take arms in defence of their liberties. The Paris Papers contain some advices from Spain, which, however, are of no importance. The follow ing extract respecting the navigation of the Danube is deserving of attention : " The brig the St. Joseph, which was freighted at Bole for Galatz, having declined to submit to the customary visits, and to pay the Russian tolls on entering the Danube, was threatened to be fired upon. The brig was anchored to the south of the last branch of the river at Kera Ker man, and the Turkish authorities, who considered her firman insufficient, disputed her right to carry French colours. Being threatened with annoyance from every quarter, and being unable to hold any communication with the land, the St. Joseph sailed for Anatolia, where her freighters will no doubt take the necessary steps to obtain redress."—Courrier Francais. PARIS, OCT. 12.—Baron Rothschild had, this morning, a conference with the Charge d'Affaires of Switzerland. It is believed that the Baron was authorised to speak, on this occasion, in conciliatory terms on the part of the Ministry and Court of the Tuileries ; yet, in spite of all the in trigues, matters do not seem to take so pacific a turn as might be wished. The people of Switzerland are animated by a high feeling of honour and independence. The question at present is to allay this fermentation, and to free the Diet from all the influence of anarchy, which can not fail to injure credit, and revive the confidence of the enemies of order. M. Rothschild and the Charge d'Af faires have drawn up various instructions for agents, who were to set out for Switzerland in the course of the day. After the conference, M. Rothschild waited on M. Mole, and the Swiss Charge d'Affaires on Count Appony. An approaching conference between the High Powers is also talked of, which would exercise on Switzerland the influ ence which weighed on us during the first year of the re storation.—Journal du Commerce. A letter from Milan, of 2d October, says—" The army in this kingdom is augmented by 20,000 men, who will be in the cantonments by the end of the month. Ten thou sand of them are to be on the line of the Po, including Parma, Cremona, Mantua, &c., to Rovigo. A new park of field artillery, with a regiment of Hulans, will be placed at Rovera ; 6,000 or 7,000 more than at present on the line of the Navarrese. Some new battalions will be be tween Sandro and the lakes, with two small batteries."— Messager, Oct. 12. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAnts, OCT. 12. Five per Cents., 105 f. 40c. 35c. 25c. 20c. Four per Cents., 98f. Three per Cents., 78f. sc. 79f. flank Actions, 2,275 f rtente de Naples, 97f. 70c. C('c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%. Spanish Actives, 24 %%% Spanish Passives, 7', 7. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 101. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, :13 3244. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 53f. 50c. 53f. haytian Loan, 315 f. EXCHA NCR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2.5 a. 30e. ; money, 251. 271¢e. Three months, paper, 251. 10c. ; money, 251 5c 4iuthen:e2ne. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.-The market has been very flat to-day. The Three per Cents. opened at 78f. 35c., and dropped to 78f. 10c., sellers. The Spanish Active Stock is also lower ; they opened at 247, and fell to 24+. LAST PRICES.-Five per Cents., 105 f. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 78f. sc. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, Gueb bards, —; Differes, New Loan, —; Active:, 24 ; Pas sives, 7 ; Ducats, 97 30 ; Romans, 1014-; Pedros, ; Belgians, 100; Dutch, 53f. —c. ; flaytians, 345 f. ; Mi g-uels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 231- ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 101; Five per Cent. Perpe -; Royal Loan, —; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 32+. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Ocr. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto (alto 4 per cent. Ditto ditto 3 per cent. Ditto Bank Shares 1337 1325 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. A riglo- Russian Loan lO-13.3 104 Paper Inscription, 6 per cent Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th _ _ . . Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bands. 5 per cent 5l 50% Ditto, 3 per cent 35 31. / ii Dutch •23 , ,, per Cents. S3M 53 Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Londs, 3 - ..,: i;u. _ per cents. New Tickets 1491 149 A uglo.Danlsli Loan, 3 per cents 72% 7234 Norwegian Lean of 1834. 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 25!9 25 Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 90 .—Harnsurg Papers, Ott .8. DUTCH FUNDS—AmsTmint, OCT. 11. Money. Bills. Arni , .l Debt, 234 per Cent 52% 53 Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Syndic, 4y, per cent 94 94 34 Ditto, ditto, :14 per cent. 75 76 14 Commercial Company, 4!,.' 2 per cent l7l 174 Ditto (15.32 and 1833) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 u 714 Two months ...... —Dutch Papers, Oct. 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Oct 3. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. , 99% Three per Cents. Bank Shares —4llgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 8. Letters from Bayonne to the 9th inst. have been re ceived. They rep . resent the loss of the Carlists in the engagement of the Ist inst. as very serious. The cou rage of the Legion is warmly applauded, but unfortu nately the French authorities are disposed to throw every obstacle in the way of its success. Mo ney is still very scarce, and ME ND IZA BA L has not succeeded in raising the supplies as quickly as he expected. The Bayonne Cor respondent of our Contemporary, the Chronicle, gives a somewhat ludicrous account of the tricks of the Carlists to obtain soldiers at the expense of the QUEEN, and likewise to foster a spirit of disaffection in the Le gion. We quote the passage for the information and guidance of the QUEEN'S Agents in this country : " While on this subject of desertion from the Legion, I may as well mention a circumstance which has come to my knowledge within the last few days, and which it is per haps fitting should be at once disclosed. I shall now only allude to it in general terms, as in the course of a few days I shall have to forward you some documents for publica tion, in which not only this matter, with every circumstan tial detail, will be stated, but several other not less im portant disclosures of Carlist manoeuvres detailed, by an individual who, having been a prisoner in their camp for many months, has just managed to escape. It ap pears that there is in London a Carlist agent, a fellow of considerable shrewdness and ability, whose sole em ployment is to recruit both there and in the neighbouring counties, deserters from the British Legion. This sounds oddly, but still it is the fact. There has been scarcely a vessel dispatched of late from England with recruits for the Legion which did not contain a number of men pledged to desert to the Carlists as soon as possible after their arrival at St. Sebastian. Take the case of the Glasgow steamer for instance. It was announced that that vessel was carrying out 210 recruits for the Legion. Out of that number there were 47, who having been first enlisted by the Carlist agent in London (and from him received a small bounty) were then enlisted by the recruiting agent for the Legion, on the express under standing that they should go out to Spain as Christina's soldiers, and, having arrived, pass over to Don Carlos's camp, when it was stipulated they should receive 20 dollars bounty, and in the event of their bringing over any of their fellow-soldiers, an additional reward of ten dollars each man. This, I repeat, is a system in full operation, and so perfectly is it arranged, that each of the principal outposts of the faction, in the vicinity of San Sebastian, know exactly the names, ages, and description of every man who is to desert, and on their, arrival, either together or singly, they are ensured a warm reception and safe con duct. Thus is accounted for the desertion that has taken place, and it is by means such as this that the character of the Legion has been assailed. I mention the circumstance thus generally for the present, though in full possession of the names of the several Carlist agents engaged in the trans action, because I think no time ought to be lost in ap prising the Christino recruitin g agents in London of the deception hitherto practised on them, with the view of their being henceforward more c aut i ous as to w h om they receive. I should mention that I have had the informa tion I now give you forwarded to St. Sebastian, for the in struction of the General. We have received a file of Quebec papers to the 24th ult. inclusive. Their contents are uninteresting, with the exception of the speech of Lord GOSPORD, his Majesty's Chief Commissioner, upon opening the third Session of the fifteenth Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada on the 22d ult. It will be seen by the following extract from this document the only pas sage it contains of general interest—that it has been framed with a view to reconcile, if possible, the two great parties whose contentions have proved so detri mental to the repose of the colonists : In compliance with the injunctions of his Majesty, I have again to recommend to your attention the estimates for the current year, and also 'the accounts, showing the arrears due in respect to the civil government, which were laid before you during the last session. The King has ob served, that you were induced in that session to grant sup plies only for six months, and to prefer the complaints con tained in your address apparently in consequence of the pub lication of a few detached passages from the instructions to which I have alluded, and of inferences drawn from them which a knowledge of their entire contents must be expected to remove. His Majesty thinks it, therefore, but just that you should not be held to be committed to a course adopted under a misconception, and should have an opportunity of reconsidering your conclusions, with the full information as to the views and intentions of his Government which you will derive from the perusal of the whole of the documents to be laid before you ; and he trusts, upon your becoming acquainted with their general tenor and spirit, you will accede to the application which I made to you at the com mencement of the last session, and which I am commanded now to renew, for payment of the arrears due on account of the public service, and for the funds necessary to carry on the civil government of the province. " That the business of Government cannot be carried on successfully whilst the salaries of the public ser vants remain unpaid, is too obvious, I hope, to leave room for a suspicion on the mind of any one that, in making this renewed demand for the liquidation of these just claims, either his Majesty's Ministers in England, or I, who bear his delegated authority in this province, can have any object in view separate from the public good." M. PAPINEAU and his supporters are in no mood to pay much regard to these recommendations of the British Government. Lord GOSFORD thus speaks of his own conduct as his MAJESTY'S representative : " From the day I entered on my arduous duties, I have to the very utmost of my ability, acted up to the princi ples I professed ; nor have I ever ceased to remember that the two first objects of my Government were the removal of abuses, and the reconcilement of opposing parties. By caution, by forbearance, and by the exercise of what I be lieve to be a liberal policy, I have sought to promote the welfare of the country, and to gain your confidence. If I succeed in this latter object, I - shall rejoice at it, princi pally because it will afford me the means of doing the greater good ; and if I fail of success, I shall always be consoled by the consciousness of having laboured earnestly to deserve it." At the Court of Common Council yesterday, the resolution passed on the 15th of September last, for adjourning the report of the Committee of the whole Court, " till the report of the Commissioners of IVluni- cipal Inquiry on the Corporation of London shall have been obtained," was rescinded, on the motion of Mr. CHARLES PEARSON, by a majority of 24. We are glad of this result, for the original resolution had obviously no other aim, than to throw obstacles in the way of Municipal Reform, under the specious pretext of proceeding with all due caution. The very eager ness of the City Tories to stifle, or at ally rate, to pro tract this reform, to the latest possible period, is a proof of its imperative necessity; for if there were not " something rotten in the state of Denmark," they would not be so zealous in their endeavours to put a check to all discussion on the subject. The summary rescinding of their resolution yesterday will, we trust, have the effect of teaching them a lesson of wholesome discretion. Manoeuvre as they may—and we are far from undetrating their innate genius for intrigue—they cannot stop the progress of Corporation Reform. They had far better, therefore, sail with the stream, instead of attempting to make head against the current. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, and Dutch mails ; with ship-letters from Teneriffe, New Brunswick, Rio Janeiro, and from Bombay to June 17. THE FUNDS. To the present time we do not learn anything to be de• pended upon, respecting the payment of the Spanish di• vidends. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 87,i ; same for money. The agitation which prevailed yesterday, owing to the general report that the Bank were about to raise their rate of interest to six per cent., has subsided. Exchequer Bills, 6to 4 discount ; do. 2d. par. to 2 discount par ; Bank Stock, 204 20.5 ; India Stock, 255 256. In the Foreign market Spanish Active, 23 ; P or t uguese; 491 50 ; 3 per Cents., 32i 33. __ _ _ HALF-PAST ONE. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 871 s for the Account, have improved to 88k. The bankers, who refused yesterday to discount good bills at 5 per Cent., owing to the idea that the Bank were going to augment their rate of interest—this not taking place they are now willing to discount at 5 per Cent. ; Consols for Money 88i ; Exchequer Bills, 11d, 1 to 2 discount ; 2d., 1 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 5 prem. ; India Stock, 255 - ; Bank Stock, 205 ex. div. ; Spanish Bonds, 23 1 1 ; Passive, 6i ; Deferred, 98 ; Portuguese, 50} ; Three per Cents., 33 4 1 - ; Mexican, 23 ; Columbian, 23-1 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per cents., 521 Money still scarce. Consols for the Account, 88h. THREE O'CLOCK. A letter of the 29th ult., from Prague, states that Charles X. was about to proceed to Linz from Kirchburg, and that he will return next year to Bohemia. A new kind of robbery was committed a fess nights since on the diligence which passes between Paris and Rouen. When it arrived at Pontoise, a passenger on the imperiale got down, but did not again make his appear ance. The conductor could not wait for him, and did not discover the end of the ma tt er un til, on un l oa di ng th e dili gence, he discovered that a bag containing two thousand francs had disappeared. It is supposed that the thief had thrown it from the coach a short distance before it stopped, and that he afterwards picked it up and made off. He has not been caught.—French Paper. LIVING IN FRANCE AND AMERICA.—Food of all kinds is much the cheapest with us, bread alone ex cepted. Wine can be had as a whole better and cheaper in New York, if obtained from the wine merchant, than in any European town we. have yet inhabited. Even French wines can be had as cheap as they can be bought here, for the entrance money into the country is actually much less than the charges at the gates of Paris. The transportation from Bourdeaux of Champagne or Burgundy is not, as a whole, essentially less than that to New York, if indeed it be any less. All the minor articles of table luxuries, unless they happen to be of French growth or French fabrication, are unmeasurably cheaper in America than here. Clothes are nominally much cheaper here than with us ; but neither the French nor the English use habitually as good clothes as we, nor are their clothes, generally, as well made.— Cooper's France. A young lady, under twenty years of age, eloped from her governess at Brighton, on Wednesday last, and it is supposed has taken the road for Gretna Green. Her companion is suspected to be the son of an apothecary, a young man, not twenty years of age, who had been con stant in his attentions to her. The lady, when of age, will have a fortune of at least 6,0001. per annum. A boy about 14 years of age, the son of the land lord of the White Hart public house, in Millbank-street, accidentally fell into the river yesterday morning, whilst playing on some coal barges, and in falling he caught hold of a schoolfellow about the same age, named Fowler, whom he pulled into the water, and both were drowned. CANINE ATTACHMENT.—About six months since• a funeral took place at Clerkenwell Church, when a small black terrier dog, who had been long attached to his de ceased master, was fou n d press i ng t h rough the surrounding mourners while the funeral service was performing in the church. After the burial it was found impossible to drive it away altogether, f or it a l ways too k t h e fi rst opportun i ty of obtaining ingress, and has now become regularly domi ciled under the protection of the sexton. SIR J. M. DOYLE AND COL. SAAVEDRA.—An article which appeared in the Revista, reflecting upon the conduct of the British officers engaged in the service of Portugal, has excited some interest at Lisbon. The author of the article was Colonel Saavedra ; and Sir J. Doyle and some of his brother officers taking fire at the affront, the former sent to the Colonel to demand an apology. An apology was refused, an appeal to arms was also refused, upon which the Colonel was told to consider himself horsewhipped, but the Colonel not considering any such thing, stuck to his first determination, and so the affair has ended in —nothing. On Wednesday, the sth instant, a match came off between the Earl Kilmorev, Mr. Clive, of Stych Hall, and Mr. Broughton, of Tunstall Hall, for 50 sovereigns a side, on his Lordship's estate, at Broomhall, near Nantwich, to bag 30 brace of partridges in twelve hours, to be walked up to without the aid of pointers. His Lordship accomplished the extraordinary tusk of bagging 301 brace from half -past six in the morning to half-past five in the evening, with comparative ease, besides several brace which were killed, but not found.—Salopian Journal. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) JAn Finn was indicted for stealing a pewter pot, value Is. 4d., the property of Mr. Bowman, of the Red Lion pub lic-house. There were three other indictments against the prisoner, charging him with similar offences, to all of which the pri soner pleaded—Guilty. The Learned CHAIRMAN sentenced him to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. Joseph Storey was indicted for stealing 3lbs. of sheet cop per, the property of William Cordwent. The prisoner pleaded gully, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation. John Harris, 20, was indicted for stealing a jacket, trowsers, and a pair of boots, the property of Felgate William Dennis. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Anne Wilson, 17, who was indicted for stealing a gown and other articles, value 55., the property of Eliza Day, also pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. John Juman, 15, was indicted for stealing a watch, value 65., the property of John Juman, sen. The irisciner, who has been frequently before the Court, pleaded guilty. The CHAIRMAN—I siderstand, my lad, you wish to be transported? Prisoner—Yes, Sir, if you please. CHAIRMAN—We cannot comply with your request, although I fear you arc irreclaimable. The sentence of the Court is, that you be imprisoned two months and twice whipped. Anne Middlebrooke, 20, was indicted for unlawfully con cealing the birth of a female child, of which she had been de livered on the Bth Sept. last. Sarah Cowten, a milliner, deposed, that the defendant was in the employment of Mrs. Jones, of Regent-circus, as a ser vant of all work. Witness was app r i se d b y M rs. ones that defendant was with child about a week before the child was discovered. The defendant stated, after the child was found, that she had provided some clothes for the baby, and intended to purchase others. Sarah Gunning, a fellow servant, deposed to the finding of the child wrapped up in a blanket early on the morning of the Bth of September. It was lying in a back kitchen, which was dark, but through which the people of the house frequently passed. Mr. French, a medical man, who was called in the follow ing day, deposed that there were marks of injury on the child's head. There was a fracture of the parietal bone, and extra vasation of blood on the brain. It was very difficult to say whether these injuries occurred before or after the death of the child, or were the result of accident during delivery, or of actual violence. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the Jury for the defendant, and the Learned Chairman having summed up the evidence, and pointed out the provisions of the Act, The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Shortly after the above case had commenced, Mr. Flood, a young man who was during the Session of 1835 committed to the custody of the Sergeant -at-Arms, for throwing papers from the gallery of the House of Commons into the body of the House, addressed the bench. His object was to complain of the conduct of the Clerk of the Indictments, who had re fused to lay before the Grand Jury a bill of indictment for conspiracy, which he (Mr. Flood) had prepared. The Clerk explained that the offence was not an indicta ble one. Mr. Flood maintained that it was. He had been obstructed in a similar way when he attempted to bring the case before the Judges at the Old Bailey. The object evidently was to screen the Ministers of the Crown, who were implicated. He was, however, determined to have justice, if not in the infe rior, at least in the higher courts. Mr. Justice Bosanquet's opinion was in his favour, and the indictment had been pre pared according to Chitty's instructions. The CHAIRMAN regretted that he could not assist the applicant. Nir. PRENDERGAST, the Barrister, requested to see the in dictment, and he would give him his opinion upon it. Mr. Flood would not give up his opinion to that of any man. He hoped the Westminster Magistrates were not leagued with the Whigs against him. The indictment was then handed to Mr. Prendergast. It charged Viscount Melbourne, Lord Morpeth, Lord Hather ton, Mr. Spring Rice, and others, with conspiring to slander him, and with having employed persons to insult, waylay, and assault him, and a variety of other matters. Mr. Prendergast having assured Mr. Flood that the indictment could not be sustained, the latter expressed his determination to apply to the Court of King's Bench by mandamus, and was subse quently induced by Mr. Lee, the High Constable of West minster, to withdraw. The Lord Mayor of London was sworn in a Magistrate of the City and Liberties of Westminster. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) HA 7'T 0 GARDEN. Thomas Gee, a soldier, was charged before Mr. ROGERS, by Carter, policeman 78, with being drunk, and incapable of taking care of himself; and Kitty M. Carthy, a notorious prostitute, who for one infests that sink of iniquity St. Giles's, was charged by M'Gee with stealing his watch, bat, an'd pocket handkerchief. M‘Gee stated that yesterday evening he was accosted by the female prisoner in St. Giles's, who asked him to treat her, which he did several times, but, after being in her company a short time, he became quite stupefied in consequence, he said, of some drug having been mixed with the liquor, which made him almost insensible, during which time he missed the pro perty mentioned. The watch had not been found, but the hat and handkerchief were found on the prisoner. The policeman stated, that seeing M'Gee in a state of in toxication, and the female prisoner leaning over him, he ques tioned her as to who M'Gee was, when she said that he was her husband; and suspecting all was not right he conducted them both to the station-house, when M'Gee accused the female of robbing him. The prisoner, to account for the possession of the lost hat, said she supposed she picked it up. Mr. ROGERC remanded her until next Wednesday, to allow the policeman to trace the watch. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 183 g. UNION-HALL. A young man named Hartley, of respectable appearance, was this day brought before the sitting Magistrates, at this office, charged with being drunk. A policeman of the Ifdivision stated, that yesterday after noon he was in the Walworth-road, when he observed the de fendant driving a gig, apparently so drunk that he did not know what he was about, and totally incapable of driving. He watched him, and he had not proceeded far before he run the gig against something, overturned it, and injured himself very much. Witness, when he went up to him, thought he was dead. He was completely covered with blood. Mr. TRAILL directed the defendant to be discharged after admonishing him to take care in future not to get drunk. THE SPANISH LEGION.—A young man named Day, who stated that he had been a member of the British Legion, but had been discharged in consequence of ill-health, was brought up in custody, charged by Mr. 'Waller the relieving officer of Rotherhithe, with having broken a pane of glass, value 4s. Mr. Waller stated that the prisoner applied to him yes terday for relief, and on his refusal to give him any, he picked up a stone and broke the pane of glass. Mr. TRAILL—WeII, Mr. Day, what have you to say to this charge? Day said that he had been a private in the Spanish Legion, under the command of General Evans, from which he had been discharged in consequence of ill-health, and sent to England without a shilling in his pocket, and being in a state of starvation he had applied for relief, and, being refused, he thought the best thing for him would be to get into prison. Mr. TRAILL ordered the prisoner to pay 4s. for the damage, or be committed for a month. The prisoner being unable to pay the money, was committed SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, OCT. 13.—Wind S. S. W. to S. W. It came on to blow very hard, E. from S. S. W. to S. W., and has continued this day, during which the Larkin, Ingram, for Calcutta, weighed, and proceeded for Margate Roads. The Shepherd, —, from Swan River, lost her anchor, and proceeded for Ramsgate Harbour. The Ann, Burgess, for Tobago, and the Mellisent, Cousens, for Jamaica, lost anchor and chains. Most of the outward-bound drove. Several vessels let go their second anchors, and ride, apparently all well.—Eight P.M. Wind more moderate, blowing from W. S. W.—Arrived from the River and remains, the Zion, Baker, from Constantinople. PORTSUOUTN, Orr. 13.—Wind S. W. to S. S. W., during yesterday, it blowing hard from the above points, and increased almost to a hurricane, with a very lofty tide, and has done much damage to several buildings. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 12.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Minerva, from a cruise. It commenced blowing yesterday at sunset, very strong, from S. S. E., and afterwards veered to W. FALMOUTH, OCT. 12.—1 t commenced blowing a strong gale from S. S. E., about noon yesterday, and increased to a com plete hurricane. We expect to hear bad accounts from the coast. Arrived the Five Brothers, from St. Mark's ; Trevor, Getterwick, from Odessa, and Vigilant, Langdon, from Seville. MARGATE, O CT . 13.—Arrived off th e Good Intent, Mudie, from Cadiz, and Symmetry, Dare, from Bordeaux. WEYMOUTH, OCT. 13.—Arrived the Victoria, Knight, from Teneriffe. The Isis, Nelson, of Exeter, and Farmer's Adventure, bound to Shields, were driven on shore yesterday. On Sunday afternoon a female was seen floating down the river, borne on the surface by her dress. A man from the crowd which the sight collected on the Quai de la Conference, jumped into the river and succeeded in bring ing the unfortunate lady, for such she proved to be, on shore. She was young, hands ome , f as hi ona bl y d resse d , an d h a d ornamental jewellery of value on her person. On recovering her senses, the Commissary of Police demanded her name ; this she at first refused to give, but on being told that it she did not she must be sent to an hospital, she confessed her self to be the wife of a gentleman holding a distinguished office in the department of the finances. Information was sent to her husband, and an elegant carriage soon after ar rived, and she was conveyed home wrapped up in blankets. The cause of this extraordinary occurrence is not known.-- Galignani's Messenger. A man was boasting about his knowledge of the world, when a wag in company asked him if he had ever been in Algebra? " I cannot exactly tell," said he, " but I think I once passed it on the coach." LITERATURE. FRIEND SHIP'S OFFERING. Smith and Elder, London, 1836. • l se' The Annual season i s sett i ng i n w ith its us" it verity. We suppose for a month at least to com e ' will rain Ann ua l s ; an d tru l y we s h a ll no t be sorrY for it, if all are like " Friendship's Offering," which, as it is one of th e o ld es t, so a l so i s i t avie o f the ablest Of the showy fraternity. Th e pictorial illustrations, in particular, are se l ec t e d an d engrave d w ith great taste and skill ; and if we mistake not, are more nutria! certainly more various in their character, this year, t . 4 . 3 _ , they have yet b een . Th e v i ew o f " G ou ri descending to the lak e o f O o di poor ," i s a str iki ng or iental la n t scape, displayi ng cons id era bl e fi neness o f touch' ' noble oriental mosque, standing on the banks of a large sheet of water, w h ose sur f ace i s em b e lli s h e d by m an y gorgeous galli es , s t re t c h es a l ong t h e fore-gr(nind while in the di s t ance , are a range o f l o fty mounta tus i the lower summ it s o f w hi c h are crowne d w ith ruins . °f old castles. Al ong t h e spac i ous terrace that bor ders the lake, appea r crow d s o f fi gures , grace f u lly grouped' and imparting lif e an d sp i r i t to t h e l an d sca pe. Good all is the engraver of this littlegem, which is e xecutedf r° ,.. a design furnish e d by P urser . "J enny ' s first Lo pe - letter," is an ill us t ra ti on somet hi ng a f ter t h e md"ner of Wilkie. The f ace o f th e care f u l o ld f at h er w hO has Ju st got possessi on o f th e com b ust ibl e ep i st l e , i s f a ll of ch: • racter ; nor less so i s th e f r i g ht ene d aspec t of the b e e . tected Jenny. All an C unn i ng h am h as ex plained t . subject of this print by a lively tale, written in an eP ls : tolary form. " Early Morning " is a delightful sp van landscape, fr om th e penc il o f B arret . The fres h light gleaming on the slightly ruffled waters ; the dear unclouded sky ; the Claude-like temple in the fore ground ; and th e d ar k, f rown i ng bi t o f crag , again st which the tide is gently breaking, form a truly Pie tu. resque assemblege of objects, which Mr. Barrett ha s turned to the best accoun t. Th e ' li terary contents °f " Friendship's Offering " are worthy of its illustrations' Among its contributors we find Allan Cunningham' Barry Cornwall—who furnishes a striking little pe al ' entitled "Il Penseroso and Allegro "—T. Miller, Haynes Bayly, C. Webb, T. K. Harvey, and some few others of minor note. The most interesting articl e in the volume is the " Bridal of Gertrude," a tale by Mr. James. I EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY. No. X XI. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1830. The volume before us contains a history of the P` o ; gress of dis cover y i n t h e P ac ifi c O cean, from t h e day of Magellan d own t o t h ose o f C apta i n Coo k, the particulars of w h ose unt i me l y d eath on the shores °f Owyhee, are copious and interesting. The Work ° course, is little more than a compilation ; but it is v ei l ably done, and abounds in curious knowledge. THE LONDON AND WESTMINSTER REVIEW. Macrone. We have seldom known alliances, whether ina tr r monial or literary, increase the sprightliness of the allied ; though we cou ld c i te numerous instances f their astonishing effects in the way of promoting di ness. Taking thi s as a genera l ru l e, we may defy all the political economists in the world to cite the Pr e ' sent Number of this periodical as an exception. ' be e article on Shak s p eare a l one re d eems i t f rom b e i n g 00 , of the very dullest Numbers of which we could p° s9l ; bly form a concepti on . Th e fi rst art i c l e treats o f, a n ° attempts to fix, the definitions of political economy ` subject long sin ce worn per f ect l y threadbare. The third article is on th e su bj ect o f M ed i cal Reform , ,f which we willingly acknowledge the great importance' The writer's views are very correct ; his argume nts are cogent and convincing ; and his materials °re , ample ; but s till t h e art i c l e i s so heavy, as to b e all but unreadable. The other articles are, for the m ost part, tedious dissertations on Timber Mono P Scotch Law Reform—Factories—Endowment 9 " - ci the Volunt ar y P r i nc iple--and the policy of Eng lB9 with respect to the aboriginal inhabitants of the , Cape of G oo d Hope all, no doubt, importa nt in th e i r way , b ut very unsu i te d to appear altoge ther in one N um b er o f any per i o di ca l i ntended for ge neral perusal. The article on Shakspeare is evidently the production of one to whom the subject has long b een familiar. We quote the commencement of it :-- o f " The curiosity un i versa ll y f e l t respect i ng the life ar Shakspeare, and the early history of his writings, hes rived food t o sa ti s f y i tse lf f rom two sources—the disl;he ries of researc h an d th e creat i ons o f t h e imagination. '0 fictions are of tw o kind s , p ro f esse d an d unprofesse d' the imaginary tales and scenes of Tieck and Landor, and ro .; equally fictitious, though less beautiful and pleasing , t io , ductions of tradition and gossip. Until recently, the graphy of Shakspeare was a heap of fictions and 0 11 i e , tures. The traditions shaped into the narrative of ft, l ' oe the ingenious guesses, about dates, of Stevens and Ma' ° A i o : and all the labours of his biographers previous to the u ti , coveries of Mr. Collier, possess a value which ma y be e s o r mated from the fact that they leave our knowledg e to Shakspeare—th e p r id e an d id o l o f our nat i on—con flne7 o , little more than th ose f ew part i cu l ars w hi c h form t he . graphies usually inscribed on the tombs of ordinary rne ri v ' e s " This circumstance is itself characteristic, It PO ks , how far the moral as well as the mental q the of S r ba peare placed him alo o f f rom the common vices ei he poetical character as usually exhibited in his day. g ad w p possessed them, they would have made themselves lor the and conspicuous. His character was not made LIP (/' j a a elements which made the character of a poet by prof!: o f distasteful to the right-thinking and well-regulated mind .Locke. If you would not have your son the fiddle in li t e jovial company, without whom the sparks could not relish t yid wine, nor know how to spend an afternoon idly ; if you vi°_ o a not have him waste his time and estate to divert others , 5 00 t contemn the dirty wares left him by Ms ancestors, I a ° „,.. think you will much care he should be a poet.' bl i P rw d e . dente, licentiousness, and sycophancy, the malice v vhich„_ t , fames in defiance of evidence, and the meanness which l' is 4 i ters and defames according to the influence of Pee l° t he stimuli, are not mere l y th e v i ces w hi c h especially peen times preceding the days of Locke had made the 7 0 ., poet synonimous with parasite ; but they are noisy o' l o ticeable characteristics which draw attention to the Per e• who possess th e m, an d cause t h e i r names to li ve in t he w e cords of scandal an d goss i p . I t i s a grate f u l f ac t that re , have no such reminiscences of Shakspeare. Had he 0 1) faced his po ems w ith t h e flattering sonnets of his file in , ► he would h ave f urn i s h e d us w i t h a store of biograPhiftiee, formation by the very act of puffing himself. Th e prai , eini4 common enough among th e p oe t s o f hi s d ay , of ex to , j money annually by e ul og y an d sat i re, a melliffn", 9 on honey-tongued sonnet f or a handsome sum, and a b itter u if unscrupulous madrigal f or a n i ggar dl y p i t t an ce, via s wi t h he had practi se d it a t a ll, h ave p l ent if u ll y sup plied u of a biographical matter. By placing himself at the h". tc _ l ,. te rs, poetical party, consisti ng o f th e i m i tators an d poeta'iht who would nat ura lly see k s h e l ter un d er hi s w ing, he m Be have secured himself an admiring biographer ; and. oppo miniscences of his friends, and the sketches of h is _ , An d ee dotr st the nents, in the shape of songs, epigrams, an pamphlets, would have enabled us to live again amid t he scenes in the green-room of the Blackfriars, an. an d Globe on the Bankside,' and listen to the bright w n e sts merrl l ll, :ts , the sweet poetry which shed delight among the of the Mermaid. His private talk, his his dramatic triumphs, narratives of his early !,_ o 7,, a d histories of the growth and processes of his intelr at g iveo indications or revelations of the inner man ;' a ; " t t n his vivacity and distinctness to biography, might, -n have made the life of Shakspeare a living picturef. ll this ful and complete ; but we question if the want I a 0 .t. wh i c h is not more than made up to us by the assurance h rivai rieg ' it furnishes us of his superiority to all the petty tie w as peculiar ha and the paltry plaudits of taverns and poetasters. not the Sir O rac l e o f a c l u b ; Sh a k s p e are was n 0 t an spired toadey." that a ARRIER PIGEONS.—The longest flight b carrier-pigeon A h as b een k nown t o m ake i s 800 miles, whife. an Antwerp bird will perform at the rate of a mile a millu,frt' In so long a flight the bird is supposed to roost at ° nig renewing his journey with the day-break. The tremendous oale of Monday night and 1 11 ` b _ day morniner, has occasioned considerable mischief throtig_ out the West of England. In Bath and its immediawg neighbourhood much damage has been done to ehitnnea roofs, and trees. The orchards have everywhere t e r extremely, both in fruit and branch. At Bridgewater river was swollen by the rain to au unusual height. f. ( t