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L toy 6lll er, Bolton. 3ossentlal4, NJ) VENT ) .17. of Wesc Teri, for )rocedf v fl, f for lb ° P ar lianien l f hi s broth e l ry, pubbdl ifi; Fitt" ost ottiner, rese nted l' n lie rnee,' ,seeutiow diti° se A legal 1 1 °/ riction ° mpriso o ; l men, F that tb° and a il libettl; ly AO: arell 0 0 ' iaetnie st meetiof as 5 1 ° 1 ind !spotism to whiff iniVC ed to s certsw' to state , ..us d inouocee take ° ~4 6 3g hew e (In 3IP . n , , essr s ' Pok e ' 30 01 e, pro i lte SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Publtc eiptaton. " Who runs may read." ronEXGag. The King of the French, accompanied by General Duros nel, Colon e l D umas, and ie Count de Strada, paid a visit to Saint Cloud on Thursday afternoon, but returned to Neuilly to dinner. In the evening their Majesties received the Turkish Ambassador, the Minister of Wurtemburg, the Duke General Jacqueminot, and M. de Lahaye Jousselin. According to one of the journals, his Majesty will speedily set out for the Palace of Eu, to examine the works that have been executed there lately. The Prince de Joinville, says the Moniteur, being obliged to proceed t o t h e coast of Morocco, wrote, before his depar ture, to Vic e -Ad m i ral Leblanc to express his regret at not being able this year to visit Rochfort a second time, as he had promised. "It would appear," says the Constitutionnel, "that all the Powers are to have a naval force on the coasts of Morocco. Orders have been sent from Turin to Cagliari, that the Sar dinian squadron should set sail for Tangiers." A letter from Toulon, of the 25th, states that no news had arrived there from Algeria since the dispatches of the 20th. A co mmunication received at that period contains the intel, ligence that Abd-el-Kader had been named Khalifat of the eastern part of the kingdom of Morocco, and that the Arabs subject to France were busily employed in getting in their crops, through fear of some razzia. _ News has be en rece i ved at T rieste, from Corfu, stating that forty Italian refugees, among whom were D. Moro and the brothers Bandiera, naval officers, embarked in the night of the 12 t h , in a Neapolitan or Roman vessel, with the intent of landi ng on some point on the coast of Italy. It was be lieved that they had steered their course towards the coast of Calabria. d , Bo - 4 gsbur g h G azette states, f rom Gor i tz, t h at the Duke urination -w( has notiAed to the Courts of Europe his deter mid ,_,to retain the title of Count de Chambord. This is oe for th e purpose of avoiding the alternative of ae pavrting °r , refusing the title of King of France, which his r d'A g o n u a ie s m g e i . ven to him since the death of the Duke in inAt Paris, on Friday, ten condemned criminals were exposed the w e pillory, on the Pl ace d u P a l a i s d e J us ti ce . A mongs t them as a man named Barrois, who has been sentenced to imprisonmect for life, with hard labour, for the murder of his wife. An Amsterdam letter announces the landing of the machine for draining the lake of Haarlem. It was constructed at the foundry of Messrs. Harvey and Co., at Hayle, Cornwall, is 12 English feet square, and weighs 31,0001 b. From Venice we learn that the works on the railroad, be tween that city and Milan, arc being carried perseveringly on, and that the Government has just allowed the importation of 400 tons of English iron at half the imposed duty. So abject is the con di t i on i n wh i ch the S tate pens i oners o f Spain are left, that an old colonel on the retired list, who lived at Ta rragona, died lately in such destitution, that his body received the interment of a pauper. Comrr —wAssioN4l.BX.Z. The Court is expected to return to Buckingham Palace to morrow afternoon, from Claremont. The Earl of Delawarr, as Lord Chamberlain, at the com mand of her Majesty, has issued invitations for a grand dinner on Thursday next. The Duchess of Kent will return to this country on Mon day next, on the morning of which day she will emba r k a t Ostend on board the Princess Alice, Dover mail packet, Master Commander L. Smithett, who is ordered to Ostend on the 7th to be in readiness. The Princess Alice will land her Royal Highness at Woolwich. Preparations are in progress at Cambridge House for the reception of their Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, who are to ar rive on Thursday next, to remain some weeks on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Grand Duchess (Princess Augusta of Cambridge) comes expressly to stay it, is said, until the close of September, with her illustrious parents. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch give a grand enter. tainment, on the 10th inst., to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester; and on the 12th a similar banquet to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Earl an d C ountess of Essex were honoured by the company of a select and brilliant, circle of the nobility at Cashiobury P ar k , near Watford, Herts, on Saturday last. His, Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, Duchess de Coign) , and Madlle. Coigne Countess of Jersey a n d L a dy Clemen tina Villier s , Earl of Mansfield, Lady Lyndhurst and Hon. Miss C opley, Hon. Fredenck and Lady Elizabeth Villiers, the Rev. John Massey Stanley, Viscount Cantalupe, Lord Forester, Mr. Spencer de Horsey and Miss de Horsey, &c., were among the visitors. _cThe Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P. and Dowager o untess of Leicester, arrived at Longford Hall, the Dowager C ountess's seat in Derbyshire, on Tuesday, where they pur- Pose residing some weeks, before going to Scotland. St. Earl and Countess de Grey are not expected to arrive in Jamm'itsquare, from Dublin Castle, until the end of the month, as it is understood to be his Lordship's intention to make a short sojourn at Buxton Wells, en route from Ireland. Lrdshi fordshoire. will afterwards visit his seat, Brest Park, Bed- Mr._ B ar i ng Wall,M.P., received his Excellency M. Dedel, Lord and Lady A sh b urton, and Hon. Miss Baring, Lord and Lady Jemima Eliot, Lord and Lady Methuen, Lady Morgan, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Mrs. Mildmay, Mr. and Mrs. Vivian, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Ward, and a select party at dinner on Thursday last, at the honourable gentleman's house in Berkeley-square. His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambas sador, left Hertford House last evening for Dover, on his way to Paris. His Excellency's conge is limited to the Ist of Sep tember, when the Ambassador will return accompani e d b y the Countess de St. Aulaire. IX 011713. Joe Smith, the Mo D SCELLAIS rmonicandidate for the Presidency of the United States, and is said to have a better chance than " Jack Tyler." The annual distribution of prizes to the students of the East India Company's College at Haileybury, near Hertford, took place on Friday last, attended as usual by a deputation from the Court of Directors. The Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway h ave given instructions that the eleven o'clock a.m. down train stop at Harrow on Thursday next, July the 4th, being the day of the speeches. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland has dismissed Mr. Cornelius O'Brien from the magistracy, for presiding at a meeting to express sympathy for Mr. O'Connell. Glasgow paper says Mr. James Rodger, butcher, of Ayr, has let two acres of Alloway- croft (for which he pays his flandlady 2/. an acre) to the committee of the Burns's festival, or one day's use, for 201. The national enthusiasm will be beneficial to one individual, at all events. slr. Vincent Fitzpatrick has received from an anonymous friend 1501. towards the payment of O'Connell's fine of 2,0001. Mr. Corbally, M.P. for Meath, refuses to attend at Con ciliation -hall instead of the House of Commons, upon the summons of some of his constituents. This act of insubordi nation will most likely insure him his dismissal from the county's representation. "We hea r ," says the Bury Post, " that there are nine pri ntsone our gaol on the ch arges o f arson , an d one f or send ing threatening letters ; at Ipswich gaol, ten for arson, and trewcotifqor sending threatening letters ; at Beccles house of cor burn 'n , waiting for trial at the next assizes. On RESPITE OF DALMAS. Saturday afternoon Mr. Kean, the Governor of Horse- Illoager - lane Gaol, t oge th er with r. Under Sheriff Abbott, ii w a_j_ted upo n Sir James Graham, the Home Secretary, at the ,nne-office, relative to the execution of this criminal, which the High Sheriff of the county had appointed to take place this day, at nine o'lock. Up to a ate peiod on Fri a ni ght' or even so late as c Saturday noon, l there was not the slightest expectation of a reprieve. On Friday afternoon the ::.onvict had made up his mind for the worst, and ex ressed himself rea d y for the change which awaited him. The Un der - Sheriff and the Governor of the prison arrived at the Home -office about three o'clock, and had an interview with Sir James Graham, the result of which was that the Rom e Secretary undertook to grant a respite to the convict until this day week. . We understand that this respite has been granted in order to afford time for the completing certain inquiries respecting On Saturday afternoon the final interview took place between Dalmas and his daughters, which was of a heart parted, description , and the unhappy young women de fully impressed that they had taken their last fare well of Which was well of their only surviving parent. On the respite being placed in the hands of Mr. Kean, the r e rnor, that gentleman, accompanied with the chaplains from the ,-;.. P-won, together with the surgeon, immediately went roes the office of the Secretary of State to the county gaol, Iwhere they arrived about six o'clock, and proceeded to the, ())11ideillned cell, to announce the intelligence to the convict.' portio n of a m e ss at tpriod was busily employed in reading some the Sacred Scriptures, recommended to his atten 141 by the chaplain. The convict rose at the entrance of the gentl emen into hi s ce ll , and when the intelligence of a IN)te w as , c arefully and considerately conveyed to him !nrough the medium of the chaplain and the Governor, it m was on evi dent that i t was totally unexpected, and for a few resselents he W as completely overpowered, but finally ex d his g r atitude to those gentlemen f or th e i n t eres t th ey had i taken n his behalf. Mr. Kean also caused this act of the respite to be conveyed to the daughters. NIIEEEIELD, SUNDA Y MORNING, EIGHT O'CLOCK.— FIREAT LORD WHARIICLIFFE'S FARM, WORTLEY ITALL— About one o'clo c k this morning a large corn stack, in t he press N,Yard stack at W ort l ey Hall, was discovered on fire. An ex fire-engines, - as sent o ff to Sheffield, distant 8i miles for the which ar r i ve d: a b out three o'clock. Owing to the calmness of th e night, and the great exer ti ons o f th e tenants of his Lordship and the inhabitants generally, the fire was confined to;one stack, containing abo u t s i x ty quar t ers . It 13 81113p0Sed to be the work of an incendiary. Lord 'Marneliffe has made himself very unpopular in the West Riding for his advocacy of the new poor-laws. SUDDEN DEATH OF A WATERLOO-BRIDGE TOLL- CoLLETOR.—Last t night Caleb Tilt, a toll-collecto rof the m oney on th e Waterloo -bridge lowe Company, w as b us il y engaged i n ta ki ng Surrey side of the bridge, when sud denly he wa s noticed to fall back o n his seat. Having been removed to the toll-house Mr. Cooke, a surgeon, was in prom pt attendan ce , w h en a large quantity of blood was taken from Tilt's arm, but he never afterwards rallied, and a cab having been procured b Con y Con s t a bl e Goose, No. IGO L, he was it iv home, where, aft er two or three hours lie expired, in hiss `posed,u in an apoplectic fit. The deceased had been ation since the opening of the bridge. Tux CONVICTS BARBE R AND FLETCHER. —Tl:e sultjoined document, fo rm i ng a declaration of the innocence of b' for publicati arber by his fellow. to convict Fletcher, has been s u b m i t t e d us on by Mr. Braman, of Verulam-buildings, the solicitor on behalf of Barber in the late trials. It ap pears to be a complete and apparently truthful exculpation on behalf of Fletcher of his supposed participation in the will for geries and th e i r attendant frauds; and is made at a time :wh en disguise or e falsehood wou bv an aditional iniquitous. Barber and Ftch leerldre a DOW ain both d d on board the Tuvict-ship Agincourt, lying off Woolwich, and will sail on name is ue sdaY next for their destination. The witness whose the c onvic r) t pendedssel to the pap er i s, we believe, an officer of -ve : _ ". solemnly " June 28. belief, declare that, to the best of my knowledge aad the will William Henry Barber had no guilty knowledge that of Anne Slack was a forgery, or that it was other wise than a It%itimate and proper matter of business. As such it was introduced by ire to him, as stated in my first examination at the Mansion -house. And I further declare, that my knowledg e an d b elief he had no guilty knowledge of eithe r of the cases which have recently formed the subject of indictment. I make this declaration with no other motive thaner t . o do an a c t o fj ust i ce to Mr. Barber rs far as lies i n my POW (WitlleSS .J OSHUA FLETCHER. ) " MATTHEW 4t HALL CUTTRISS." O bserver. _ P BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. I In a closely reasoned essay on the " Causes of the Increase of Crime," which leads off the present Num ber, the author states that the habit of strikes, which of late years has been so frequent among operatives, has been one of the principal causes of the alarmi'ag spread of vice, observing that the effects of these strikes invariably appear for a course of years aftrr wards in the increased roll of criminal commitments, and the number of young persons of both sexes, who, loosened by these protracted periods of idleness, never afterwards regain habits of regularity and industry. Another cause, he tells us, may be found in the cus tom, so prevalent in the manufacturing districts, of parents sending out their children at the earliest pos sible period into the factories, who " thus come to be looked on not as objects of affection but as instruments of gain ; in fact, the children are, practically speak ing, sold for slaves, and the sellers are their own parents ! Unbounded is the demoralization produced by this monstrus perversioh of the first principles of nature." This is a sad state of things, but it will baffle, we fear, the ingenuity and wisdom of our most enlightened statesmen to find a remedy for it. We must take the evil with the good; if we will insist on being the first manufacturing country in the world, we must put up with the vices that the manufactur ing system engenders. The " Heart of the Bruce" is a spirited ballad, penned in imitation of one of the Percy Relics. " Memorandums of a Month's Tour in Sicily," skims the surface of things in a very light, readable manner. The tourist is an inveterate John Bull in his predilections, for he actually prefers our English fruits to those mellow and delicious ones which ripen beneath Sicilian skies, arid along the snores of the Mediterannean ! His passing description of a visit which he paid to the ruins of the Temple of Segeste, breathes a glowing spirit of classical enthusiasm such as would have warmed the heart of Eustace. Of the general character of the Sicilian inns he speaks with marked contempt, and is by no means enamoured of the great, healthy, hungry fleas and bugs—which, it appears, are in season all MAGAZINE DAY. the year round—that bivouac in the beds of thos) establishments. " Poems and Ballads of Goethe" contain translations, executed with evident pains taking, of some of the minor lyrics of this great Ger man poet. In the present chapters of " Marston, or the Memoirs of a Statesman" we find the hero once again landed in England, after his perilous adventures among the French Republicans, and seated as a visitor in the House of Comnions in the hope of hearing Pitt rise and defend the warlike, anti-Gallic policy of the Cabinet. The description of the mannerand appearance of this minister's great rival Fox, as he walked up the house and took his usual Feat on the front bench of the Opposition, is very adroitly introduced, and reads just like an extrat from Wraxall's Memoirs. The " Week of an Emperor" is a record of the daily pro ceedings of the Czar during his recent visit to the me tropolis, and is happily adapted to the lounging tastes of magazine readers. There is some ingeni ous speculation, bordering in places on the fan:astic, in the article headed "Traditions of Fairy Tales of Upper Lusatia ;" but, as a whole, it is heavy, and even were it not so, still the subject is one at variance with the tastes of this incredulous matter-of-fact age —an age that seems to have faith in nothing but the steam-engine, the spinning-jenny, and the infallibility of that most fallible of statesmen, Sir Robert Peel. It is nearly two centuries since Bishop Corbett, in one of the most delightful little poems of the day, lamented the decline of the popular oelief in fairies ; and if his lamentation was well-founded then, what must it be now ? From the article on "Portugal," which com prises a short biographi :al sketch of the celebrated .Marquis of Pombal, we quote a description of the great earthquake at Lisbon, which took place, it may be remembered, during the administration of that en lightened statesman : " On the morning of All-Saints' day, the Ist of No vember, 1755, Lisbon was almost torn up from the foun • nations by the most terrible earthquake on European re cord. As it was a high Romish festival, the population were crowding to the churches, which were lighted up in honour of the day. About a quarter before ten the first 'hock was felt, which lasted the extraordinary length of six or seven minutes ; then followed an interval of about tive minutes, after which the shock was renewed, lasting about three minutes. The concussions were so violent in both instances that nearly all the solid buildings were .lashed to the ground, and the principal part of the city almost wholly ruined. The terror of the population, rushing through the falling streets, gathered in the churches, or madly attempting to escape into the fields, may be imagined ; but the whole scene of horror, death, and ruin, exceeds all description. The ground split into chasms, into which the people were plunged in their fright. Crowds fled to the water ; but the Tagus, agi tated like the land, suddenly rose to an extraordinary height, burst upon the land, and swept away all within its reach. It was said to have risen to the height of five and-twenty or thirty feet above its usual level, and to have sunk again as much below it. And this phenome non occurred four times. "The dispatch from the British Consul stated, that the especial force of the earthquake seemed to be directly under the city ; for while Lisbon was lifted from the ground, as if by the explosion of a gunpowder mine, the damage either above or below was not so considerable, One of the principal quays, to which it was said that many people had crowded for safety, was plunged under the Tagus, and totally disappeared. Ships were carried down by the shock on the river, dashed to pieces against each other, or flung upon the shore. To complete the catastrophe, fires broke out in the ruins, which spread over the face of the city, burned for five or six days, and. reduced all the goods and property of the people to ashes. For forty days the shocks continued with more or less violence, but they had now nothing left to destroy. The people were thus kept in a constant state of alarm, and forced to encamp in the open fields, though it was now winter. The Royal Family were encamped in the gar dens of the palace ; and, as if all the elements of society had been shaken together, Lisbon and its vicinity became the place of gathering for banditti from all quarters in the kingdom. A number of Spanish deserters made their way to the city, and robberies and murders of the most desperate kind were constantly perpetrated. " During this awful period, the whole weight of go vernment fell upon the shoulders of the Minister ; and he bore it well. He adopted the most active measures for provisioning the city, for repressing plunder and vio lence, and for enabling the population to support them selves during this period of suffering. It was calculated that seven millions sterling could scarcely repair the da mage of the city ; and that no less than eighty thousand lives had been lost, either crushed by the earth or swal- lowed up by the waters. Some conception of the native mortality may be formed from that of the English : of the comparatively small number of whom, resident at that time in Lisb3n, no less than twenty-eight men and fifty women were among the sufferers. The Royal Fa mily were at the palace of Belem when this tremendous calamity occurred. Pombal instantly hastened there. He found every one in consternation. What is to be done,' exclaimed the King, as he entered, to meet this infliction of Divine justice ?' The calm and resolute answer of Pombal was—' Bury the dead, and feed the living.' This sentence is still recorded with honour in the memory of Portugal.' wess• BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Mrs. Gore—the indefatigable, versatile Mrs. Gore, who appears to throw off a drama and a novel with equal facility—contributes to the present Miscellany a play in three acts, under the title of the " King of the Cobblers."T here are many energetic passages in this play, but the plot is not very skilfully conducted; and there is too much talking and too little action. The authoress knows how to pourtray character with effect, and is eminently happy in dialogue, but she possesses a- very slender portion of the constructive faculty, whether as a dramatist or a no velist. Albert Smith's " Fortunes of the Scattergood Family" contains, this month, a diverting scene— namely, the pic-nic party at Gravesend, where Joe Jollit, a desperate amateur of practical jokes, plays off a hoax worthy of the inventive powers of Theodore Hook himself. The "Murder of the Duke d'Eng hien" is an attempt to elucidate the mystery that hangs over this transaction; the attempt, however, is fruitless, and the matter still remains as obscure as ever. The advocates of the Bourbons have raised a terrible outcry about this act, which certainly reflects no credit on the memory of Napoleon, though it is b no means of so atrocious a dve as the secret murder of poor Toussaint; but we do not find that their ex quisite sense of justice, honour, and humanity, has ever induced them to reprobate the attack which some of their agents made on the First Consul's life, by means of the infernal machine. " Eton Scenes and Eton Men" is a series of personal recol lections of his school-boy days—those days which Gibbon so much disliked to look back upon—by the author of the Puseyite novel, " Doctor Hookwell." Among other sketches, we have one of the late Mr. Praed, an accomplished wit and scholar, and the rival of Macaulay at the Cam bridge Union, with whom he divided the suffrages of this once celebrated Debating Society. " A Ramble through Styria," is by Mr. Fynes Clinton. The purely descriptive portions of this tour are the best. "An Odd Dog" is a highly dramatic story of an earnest, tragic complexion, whose scene is laid in Spain. The present portion of Mr. Murray's " Phy siology of London Life," is devoted to a sketch of the House of Commons, and of the manner in which business is conducted in that spotless House. The description of Hon. Members passing through the lobby and being way laid by one or more of their constituents anxious for a snug berth for themselves or their sons, is true to the letter ; and not less so, is the account of the way in which the Premier replies to an inconvenient question put by some Member of the Opposition. " Though replying," says our author, " he takes care not to answer unless he has nothing to say. In that case he appears communi cative enough, and although his responses are occa sionally full of mystification, his style is clear and whatever the matter of his reply ma. be, the manner never fails." We add Mr. Murray's portrait of Sir R. Peel:— " By the time the presentation of petitions is concluded it may be half-past five o'clock, the hour at which the Prime Minister usually enters the House. You observe that tall man, one aim on his breast, the other concealed under the skirts of his blue frock-coat, walking briskly up the floor of the House, without stop or stay. Now he bows gracefully to the Speaker, and takes his seat in the centre of the Treasury BAich, next to the Home Secretary. He looks round, and seems care-worn and exhausted, as if the official duties of the day were suffi cient for him, without being in addition harnessed to those of the senatorial night. He is what most women and some men would call a handsome man ; his features regular, his complexion clear, his hair fair ; dressed neither above nor under the good taste of a gentleman. If you did not know him, you might imagine him a wealthy merchant, a prosperous manufacturer, or banker ; his expression and manner approach more nearly that of one of the highest commercial class than any other ; that man is the Prime Minister of England. " Yes, there he sits, the Premier, and we cannot help having a good stare at him. Not that he is more or less remarkable in point of physical stature than the gene rality of men :—he is evidently neither an Irish giant nor Tom Thumb the Great ; nor is there anything particularly statesmanlike in his air, manner, or expres sion. He is a prepossessing•looking man, with a letter of-recommendation-face, and there's an end on't. He looks one of those men you would select in a stage coach, or on the deck of a steamer, for advances to wards a travelling acquaintanceship, satisfied beforehand that you would meet with a favourable reception. But when one contemplates the man's position,—when you come to consider how much is in his power for good or, ' evil,—how much depends upon him—what a large small human family look up to him, as to some pre siding genius, upon whose will depend the alternations of public prosperity or distress—when you think of the weighty interests intrusted to his vigilance and care, — when you recollect that, placed as he is, war may be proclaimed from those lips, and that arm, no longer than another man's, can reach the Antipodes in mercy, vengeance, or justice—when you remember that to him, simple as he sits there, is delegated the patronage of the Crown of Great Britain and Ireland, and that the fates and fortunes of the aspiring intellect of England, in every way in which it can be exhibited as connected with public life, are more or less in his hands—that a smile from that man is fortune, and his frown exclusion from expected honours and coveted rewards—l say, whether you regard the weight of his responsibility, the depth of his care, or the height of his power, you cannot behold the Chief Minister of England without some emotion, with which you aro unaffected in contemplating any private man, of a station soever exalted. " The Prime Minister swells beyond the circumference of ordinary mortals. He is not a man ;he is a body politic. We do notbehold a Right Honourable Baronet; he is before our eyes a great gubernating abstraction. In royalty we regard the pride and pomp ; but in him we see the circumstance of executive authority. Yet, great as he is, high as is, above us as he is placed, he is, after all, the creature of the Crown, the humble servant of the law ; the power that gave him power is yet more powerful than he ; he is but as one of the genii, who in his turn is obliged to obey the spirits that obey him ; he is tenant of power only at will ; he holds all that his magnificent position bestows upon him, and enables him to bestow upon others, of the people of this country. Recollecting that the power of a Premier is but the power of the public will, devolved upon one man, ex ercised by one man for the time being, we hare a greater interest in him ; he is nearer us, and all that concerns him is our concern." NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Mr. Cyrus Redding's " Recollections 4 the Author of Vathek" are here brought to a conclusion, and will leave a favourable impression on the reader's mind of the frankness and bonhommie of the eccentric octo genarian. Mr. Beckford appears to have exhibited little reserve in conversation, but gave his opinion of the numerous great men with whom he had come in contact in the course of his protracted career, with the utmost candour. Of the first Lord Chath am he said— " He was much too high-minded for George the Third, who was a man of coarse feelings. High minded noblemen are not royal favourites." The Chatham Correspondence, published within the last five or six years, proves that his Lordship was not quite so high-minded as Mr. Beckford represents him to have been. When it suited his purpose to do so, he could fawn on royalty as readily as even a Newcastle; and some of his letters to George the Third are penned in the most abject style of flattery. Yet, compared with his contemporaries, and keeping in mind the despicable character of the age in which he lived, Chatham was certainly a high-minded states man. He had a more generous, unhesitating confi dence in his countrymen than any Minister has ever shown before or since his time; and had he not, like Palteney, committed the grievous blunder of accept. ing a peerage, which, for many a long year, weighed heavily on his popularity, he might have kept the King in a state of all but vassalage up to the period when he retired from public life. With all his faults, remembering also his egregious, his almost puerile va nity and love of dramatic effect, we must confess to a hearty admiration of Lord Chatham. For five years of his meteoric career he showed himself the loftiest, most energetic, and most triumphant statesman that England ever produced, and centuries may elapse ere she will be able to pro duce his equal. The " Perfidious Engineer" is a slight sketchy story, told not without a certain degree ,of easy humour, and turning upon the causeless jealousy of a lean old woman, as dry as a chip, who has married the engineer of a railway, and mistakes the steam-boat Adelaide, which he is constantly praising, for a female rival of that name. The late Haynes Bailey would have worked up a lively farce out of such materials. " Lights and Shades " are from the pen of Mr. Maxwell, and furnish us with some entertaining anecdotes, bordering on the extra vagant, respecting Irish duels, in the glorious old times when these affairs were of daily occurence in Ireland, and a nephew, from some real or fancied cause of offence, would not hesitate an instant in calling out his uncle and winging him. There can be no mis taking the author of the " Robertses on their Travels" which displays all that coarse, worldly manner for which Mrs. Trollope is so remarkable. We miss, however, much of that broad humour which amused us in her tale of the Barnabys. " Faults on both Sides " is an ingenious essay, in which a common place axiom is treated with no more deference than it deserves. In the " Talleyrand Papers" we find here and there an interesting incident, but the present chapter is much too long and wire-drawn. " Old Cries " are gracefully versified by Miss Eliza Cook, who possesses much of that sweetness and faci lity of versification which are so conspicuous in the poems of the late Mrs. Maclean. The " Libelled Benefactor" is a poetical allegory in Horace Smith's best manner. We subjoin it for our readers' amuse ment : They warn'd me, by all that affection could urge, To repel his advances and fly from his sight ; They eali'd him a fiend, a destroyer, a scourge, And wbisper'd his name with a shudder of fright. They said that disease went as herald before, While sorrow and severance follow'd his track, They besought me if ever I came to his door, Not a moment to pause, but turn instantly back. " His breath," they exclaimed—" is a pestilence foul, His aspect more hateful than language can tell, His touch is pollution—no Gorgon or Ghoul, In appearance and deeds is more loathsome, and fell." Such stern prohibitions, descriptions so dire„ By which the most dauntless might well be dismay'd, In me only awaken'd a deeper desire, To gazo on the monster so darkly portray'd. I sought him—l saw him—he stood by a marsh, Where henbane and hemlock with poppies entwined ; He was pale, he was grave, but no feature was harsh, His eye was serene, his expression was kind. " This stigmatised being," I cried in surprise, " Wears a face most benignant ; but looks are not facts ; Physiognomy often abuses our eyes, I'll follow his footsteps, and judge by his actE." There came from a cottage a cry of alarm, An infant was writhing in agonies sore, His hand rock'd the cradle, its touch was,a charm, The babe fell asleep—all its anguish was o'er. Ile reach'd a proud mansion where, worn by the woo Of consumption, a beauty lay wither'd in bed, Her pulse he compress'd with his fingers, and lo ! The complaint of long years in a moment had fled ! He paused where he heard the disconsolate moan Of a widow, with manifold miseries crush'd ; Where a pauper was left in his sickness to groan,— Both were healed at his sight, and their sorrows were hush'd. He sped where a king, sorely smitten with age, In ♦ain sought relief from the pangs he endured. " I come," said the stranger, " your woes to assuage :" He spoke, and the monarch was instantly cured. Astounded by deeds which appeared to bespeak In the fiend a benevolent friend to mankind, From himself I resolved a solution to seek Of the strange contradiction that puzzl'd my mind. " Chase, mystical being !" I cried, " this suspense ; How comes it thou'rt blacken'd by every tongue, When in truth, thou'rt the champion, the hope, the de- " -- fence, Of the iting and the beggar, the old and the young ?" Thou hast witness'd," he answered (his voice and his face Were all that is musical, bland, and banign,) " Not a tithe of the blessings I shed on the race, Who my form and my attributes daily malign. " All distinctions of fortune, of birth, of degree, Disappear, where my levelling banner I wave ; From his desolate dungeon the captive I free ; His fetters I strike from the suffering slave. " And when, from their stormy probation on earth, The just and the righteous in peace I dismiss, I give them a new and a more glorious birth, In regions of pure and perennial bliss." " Let me bless thee," I cried, " for thy missions of love ; Oh ! say to what name shall I fashion my breath ?" " The Angel of Life is my title above ; But short-sighted mortals have christened me Death !" THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 11644 gress through the western counties of England is the most ridiculous that can possibly be cotietiVeil. He travelled in first-rate style in a carriage and four, and was received by the thick-headed squires at whose houses he lodged on his road, with honours scarcely inferior to those which would have been paid to a sovereign prince. As he was not very particular in money matters, he made a point of borrowing as much loose cash as his entertainers could con veniently spare him ; but, when the promised day of re -payment came round, behold, the Doctor was not to he found. Abiit—excessit—evasit—erupit ; in plain English, he had bolted ! His story is a difficult one for a novelist to handle with any hope of effect, and, ac cordingly-, Mr. Ainsworth judiciously contents himself with just slightly glancing at it. The " Wrong Om nibus" is a strange story, supposed to be told by a lunatic, respecting a murder which he imagined he had committed, and for which he requested as a particular favour that he might be hanged. His commendable wish, however, was not complied with, and he was shut up instead within the four walls of Bedlam. In the critical notice of " Jesse's Life of Beau Brummell," the reviewer states that " the qualities which made this prince of fops what he was, were impudence without limit, and selfishness without scruple." Brummell must have had other and rarer qualities than these, or he never would have ruled so long as a dictator at _ the West-end. Wit, or if not wit, great readiness of repartee we know he had; but , he must have had also imperturbable self-possession, quick insight into character, and a power of turning to his own advantage the weaknesses of those with whom he associated. These are requisites far supe rior to those usually found in the mere fop, and will go far to account for the grinding despotism which Brummell exercised f)r nearly twenty years over the world of fashion. Poor George! With alll his min cing dandyism he was a gentleman at heart. He refuied to make money, when he had scarcely a sou in his pocket, by publishing his memoirs, for which large sums had been offered him; and in his quarrel with the Prince Regent —a man every way his infe rior—evinced a manly spirit of independence and self respect, as rare then as it is now among the courtier tribe. " A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla" is one of Leigh Hunt's discriminating critical essays, who is never so much at home as when descanting on the genius of Spenser, as he here does—a poet whom, to our shame be it said, we have three several times endeaVoured to read, and as often failed in our attempt. We can devour Dryden, with his sounding versifica tion, vigorous sense, and felicitous periphrases, and specially reli s h th e court l y compliments and, con densed cutting sarcasm of Pope ; but the genius of Spenser is too abstract for our sympathies; he dwells in an enchantel world of his own, and few, we sus pect, but men of vivid fancy can properly appreciate him. " A Lapse of Forty Years" is a journal of a man of fashion at two different periods of his life. Here is his diary, penned when he had become a superannuated Roue, 65 years of age : " MAY, 1840.—Took an airing in my nephew's phae ton. Jack drives too fast ; he says it is owing to the march of intellect. I should have preferred walking, if it had not been for the gout. Those last boots were con foundedly tight. Jack drove me home through Regent street, where he said he saw a great many pretty girls, but I think they used somehow to be prettier. Bond street is narrower, and was more convenient for seeing one's acquaintance on the other side of the way. Jack said he could not decide whether to marry for love or for money. I told him love was bad and money worse. The rogue then owned he was in love with a portion less girl, and begged me to . persuade his father to ap prove of the match. I promised my assistance. Jack helped me out of his phaeton very carefully. My cousin Maria called to see me, with her two pretty grand daughters. It is very considerate of her to come and see an old man as often as she does. Maria is always cheerful and has worn vastly well. She does not look her age. I might have been very happy if I had maried her ; she makes her home so comfortable. I often wish Emily had refused me. I wonder why she eloped so very soon, since she liked me well enough to marry me? My phy. sician looked in to know how I was. He says I must go on with the abstemious system. Read the newspapers, Saw a benefit announced for an old actress, Miss B—. who left the stage twenty years ago, and is now in dis tress. She will play, for that night only, the character she came out in. To make the evening more attractive, a celebrated danseuse will sing a song, and a famous singer will dance the cachuca. The whole will conclude with a scene from Norma, in which a young lady will sing the part of the high priest. Now-a-days, the whole aim of the scenic tribe is to do something that they are most unfitted for. Nevertheless, I shall take a box, and twenty pit tickets ; for havin g been at her first, I am bound to be at her last representation. I fancy few of the young men that will go to see her will believe how pretty she once was, poor thing Dined on a boiled chicken and a rice-pudding. Drank toast-and -water as the physician prescribed. If Capt. D-- had never drank anything else, I should pro bably never have married Emily. He saw double, too, when he spoke of her fortune, for it turned out to be twenty, instead of forty thousand. My son called in, when I had half done, to lunch at my dinner. He came to borrow five hundred pounds. I lent it, but with a lec ture. I wish he would leave off his bad habits and take a wife. I should like to see him marry Maria's grand daughter when she comes out. Went to take tea and play at chess with General Blake. He related to me, for the hundredth time, how he had run away with Lady R—'s youngest daughter when he was only a lieute nant. It turned out a very good match after all. Colonel N--, who used to laugh at him, and say he would never get her, was killed in India years ago. I checkmated the General at the first game. His grand-daughter came in to make tea for us. She is a fine girl, and reminded me of her great-aunt, Fanny, whom she is christened after. She was so attentive to all my little wants, that I could not resist taking out of my pocket a ring, which I had intended for my god-daughter, and offering it to her. She smiled, and said she was afraid she might not receive a present except from older men than myself. Her father told her she was a fool, as I was old enough for anything of that sort. The little gipsy is full of good sense and sprightliness. I left the General at ten ; and, as my foot was better I walked home, for we live within a street's length of each other. A poor woman, at a crossing, asked me for money : I gave her sixpence, and, as she seemed distressed, I inquired her name and abode. She answered Caroline --. I had nearly made an exclamation, bnt checked myself, and promised to assist her further. All the way home I could not get rid of the recollection of Caroline on the black pony, and how graceful she used to look. Her merry laugh used to ring in my ears. Who could have thought that her high spirits and her blooming cheeks would pass away, and leave not a wreck behind? I wonder how many fortunes she has got through since Major S— took her off my hands. I must get the poor old soul into an almshouse, and provide for her comfortably. Her support for the rest of her life will not cost as much as furnishing the cottage I once fitted up for her at Brompton. Dreamt that I was a young man again, and galloping to Bromp ton on the bay mare. Was just going to leap a high gate, when I woke with the cramp." Is tbUe ho method to tell her in Spanish June's twice June since she breathed it with me ? Come, bud, show me' the least of her traces, Tread in my lady's lightest foot-fall— Ah, you may flout and turn up your faces I Roses, are you so fair after all ? HOOD'S MAGAZINE. We are happy to hear from Mr. Hood's own state• ment, affixed to the present number of his Magazine, that he is slowly recovering from the serious indispo sition with which he has been lately attacked, and hope that he may live many longyears to come, to amuse and instruct the world by his cordial humour and healthy, unaffected wisdom. Evident proofs of his amendment may be found in his " Domestic Novel," which gives a highly diverting account, full of animal spirits, of a dialogue between a husband and a wife respecting the number of godfathers which it is necessary to have for twins. In an impartial sketch of the " Premier," we find the followink just remarks :—" The prejudice which is rising against Sir Robert Peel, is a move ment against the spirit of the times, and is a strong symptom of the character of the approaching age. It is beginning to be felt that: our age is over mechanical, and that the physical principle is allowed to predo minate over the moral." The " Deception "is a story of a deeply affecting nature, and relates to the desertion of a young Spanish lady by her betrothed husband, Sir Caversham Harley, who had given out that he was dead, in order to escape from her importunities; and is in consequence shot soon afterwards in a duel by her indignant relative, a high. spirited Spanish officer. " Garden Fancies " are by the author of " Paracel sus." We subjoin the first of th e ser i es en titl e d "Th e Flower's Name :" I I arm, such a s h ort w hil e s i nce : Hark, Ipush its wi c k et, t h e moss Hinders n d t e h re garden she wa lk e d across, s the hinges and ma k es them w i nce ! e A r i er's in my n now She must have reached this shrub ere she turned, As back with that murmur the wicket swung ; For she laid the poor snail, my chance foot spurned, To feed and forget it the leaves among. Down this side of the gravel-walk She went while her robe's edge brushed the box : And here she paused in her gracious talk To point me a moth on the milk-white flox. Roses ranged in valiant row, Think will I never she passed you by ! She loves noble roses, I know ; But this—so surely this met her eye ! gave me . W ith p r id e to make no slip, This flower she stopped at, fin ger on lip ; Stooped over, in doubt, settlin g it s c l a i m , meandering Spa n i s h name : Was it lo ve or pra i se ? Till vvlhtas s t l ae softnammeen n 1 d Speech half-asleep, or song half-awake ? I must learn Spanish one of those days, Only for that slow sweet name's sake. • Roses, if I live and do well, I may bring her, ono of these days, To fix you fast kith as fine a s p e ll, Fit you each with his Spanish phras; ! But do not detain me now ; for she lingers There, like sunshine over the ground, at And ever I see her soft white fingers _ Searching after the bud she found. Flower, you Spaniard , look you gr ow not, Stay as you are and be loved for ever ! Bud, if I kiss you, 'tis that y ou bl ow not, Mind the pink shut au cs m i o o hu u es l t r h efioanpvgeees between, a s. r w ie r v e e s r t l ! e For Ti lls Twinklingrno while outn tdhietthdpete3 turn and down th e y nestle— oha,uer mark still to be seen ?ts u thus Where I find her not, beauties vanish ; - Whither I follow her, beauties flee ; FRASER'S MAGAZINE. Notwithstanding his strong Ministerial or rather Conservative predilections, Fraser, like the rest of the world, is not less astonished than indig nant at the late capricious —or, to call it by a fitter term, sycophantic—conduct of the Conservative supporters of the Government, and in an article on the " State of Parties," he observes—" The recent proceedings in the Commons, in regard to the sugar duties, have given a shock to the moral sense of the country from which it will not soon recover. Coming, too, as this unf or t una t e bl un d er h as done, upon the backl of a similar blunder in the management of the Factory Bill, it seems to have completely amazed the lookers-on. For our own parts, we do riot know what to make of it." Fraser may well be astonished, for such vacillation and pusillanimity as the Conser vatives have lately evinced in Parliament, have not been witnessed for the last century and upwards. These men have shown a disregard of all moral con siderations—a barefaced recklessness of character which, had it assumed any other than a political form, could scarcely have failed to ensure them a distin guished position in the dock of the Old Bailey. Toryism was bad enough, but it was at least an in telligible principle ; it possessed the undoubted recom mendations—no slight ones—of boldness and consist ency ; there was no maudlin cant about it ; it did not profess to be other than it was ' • it hoisted no false co lours; it abat e d no t one jot ofits loftypretensions in com pliment to the temper of the times, but stood up for its prerogative, unflinchingly, to the last; but Conservatism has no steady, intelligible principle ; it is a thing of pure caprice changeable as an April sky, ready to receive any impression that the Premier may choose to stamp upon it, devoid of moral courage, and afraid even to stand up for its own party interests, except in a circuitous, indirect, and underhand manner. There is something about this new-fangled, cowardly illegiti mate species of Toryism—this degenerate scion of an old stock—that treachery itself cannot trust; and he must indeed be a sanguine visionary who can antici pate for it any long possession of power. But Fraser is not only vexed and annoyed with the Conservatives, but condemns the Government also for trimming be tween the Church and the Dissenting interests—a well-grounded charge, which even their staunchest supporters scarcely attempt to repudiate. The "Em peror Nicholas" is a rich specimen of old-woman twaddle. The writer is in ecstacies with the eyes, the forehead, the demeanor, and superb dimensions of the Czar, and observes of his conduct while in England, that he " was dignified but not austere, cordial but not flattering, gracious but not servile, and looked, spoke, and acted like a monarch who possessed vast power, estimated aright his capacity for usefulness, and sought to use that capacity so as to benefit and bless." From the sentence immediately preceding this, we learn that the mode in which the Emperor exhibited his capacity for benefiting and blessing, was by giving gold snuff boxes to half the courtiers and servants in - Windsor Castle—a very pleasant method of benediction, and greatly, no doubt, to the taste of the recipients ! It is soothing to learn, on the authority of this writer, that his Imperial Majesty embraced Prince Albert "with affection and interest," and that on visiting Apsley House, he said to his illustrious host, " may you live long, my Lord Duke, to enjoy the gratitude of the na tion!" These are momentous details, though we think we remember reading something like them in the daily papers about a fortnight since. The writer's cursory allusion to the late revolution in Poland betrays the most desperate ignorance ; and his description of the Emperor's appearance at religious ceremonies is so much in the style of Bombastes Furioso that we can not refrain from quoting it—" Jove frozen by eternal cold, or riven by one of his own thunderbolts, could not possibly be more statue-like than Nicholas on such occasions !" The Czar must cut a queer figure at church if he resembles a God split into halves by a thunderbolt ! Of one of his Majesty's daughters we are told that her title is " Grand Duchess of Olga," which is about as correct as if the writer were to style the husband of Queen Victoria, " his Royal High ness the Prince of Albert!" But enough of this ar ticle on the " Emperor Nicholas," which is worthy only of the pen of some manufacturer of " dreadful accidents" for a weekly journal. " Coningsby" is a smart and somewhat satirical notice of Mr. D'lsraeli's clever novel. The Reviewer makes a piteous outcry about its personalities, whence we infer that he is not unconnected with the Rigby and the Tadpole school of politicians, whom the novelist has so wofully mauled. The " Rustic Seat" is a poem, in which occur one or two pleasing thoughts and images forci bly and unaffectedly expressed. From a lively essay entitled " Classics of the Table," we quote a sketch of the Marquis de Cussy, a celebrated French epicure, and whose works on gastronomy are in high repute with his countrymen : " We now turn to the productions of the Marquis de Cussy, who, although prefect to the palace of the Em peror Napoleon, was in every sense a gentleman of the old school, and a mild and amiahle man. Who is there that was a diner-out of any magnitude in Paris from June 1827 to 1830, who does not remember his portly, well set-up figure ? He was a clean-looking, comely, well dressed old man, and, so far as mere appearance went, always put us in mind of the late James Smith, of face tious memory, one of the most gentlemanly-looking, and one of the best dressed and best preserved men of his day. We think we have old Cussy before us now, with his high, open forehead, benevolent countenance, silvery hair, smart blue frock, with the inevitable riband in the button, clean white waistcoot, and black stock. Though associating for years with the roughest and most under bred Marshals and Generals, and the most priggish and pretentious of civil functionaries, he maintained to the last the imperturbable dignity and politeness of the old court. At the moment of the abdication, he flew to Marie Louise, and he abandoned the Austrian's daugh ter, when he found she was about to ally herself with a one-eyed chamberlain. In society, in which he mixed much, the old Marquis was an agreeable, lively man, full of anecdote, and ready-witted. His countenance beamed with kindliness and benevolence, and, if he had a fault, it was certainly in loving to excess the pleasures of the table. But, if he loved good cheer and friandise, he loved it like a gentleman, and a generous social mem ber of a civilised community. If you gave him a dinner, he was always sure to give you one in return. He did not, like a certain friend 'of ours, eat at every man's table, and never see mortal within his own doors. He did not go down to the early market to look for wood cocks for his own private, particular eating, and, thrust ing them into his ample double, carry them snugly homeward, there to gloat on them in solitary sensuality. He loved the pleasures of the table it is true, but he loved them reflected ; and he gave his mutton and his wine with as much goodwill, and as hearty zest, as the author of the most recent and most amusing tour in Ireland. There were many who feared, or pretended to fear, to ask Cussy to dinner, as there are some who pro tend to fear to ask our humble selves, but either these people were humbugs, wishing to be relieved of the expense (the likeliest supposition), or they did not know the simple tastes of the man. With an old friend or a good fellow, who gave the best fare his means allowed, and gave it willingly, he could dine off a whiting or an omelette, but he was severe towards those vulgar par venus who, presuming on their wealth, heap their tables with a culinary chaos worthy of barbarous and benighted times." AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. In the present chapters of the editor's novel of" St. James's" we have a passing glimpse of the notorious Doctor Sacheverell, a shallow blustering bigot, who would never have been heard of beyond the street in which he lived, had not the suicidal policy of the Whigs elevated him for a time into a martyr. The history of this high Church quack's triumphal pro- UNITED SERVICE , JOURNAL. Colonel Cameron here resumes his narrative of " Personal Adventures and Excursions in Georgia, Circassia, and Russia;" and, after mentioning some particulars respecting the Russian navy, which, he tells us, is a very unpopular service in that country, adds that the present Emperor is the first who has ever directed his attention seriously to it, with a view of rendering it as efficient as possible. The gallant au thor then proceeds to describe his introduction to Nicholas and the Imperial Family at the palace of the Hermitage, and gives a glowing sketch of the splen dour of the Court, and the courtly manners of the Czar, whom he represents as being one of the most stately and military-looking men in Europe, and ex ceedingly popular with all the ladies of the Court. "Notices from Kafirland" is written by one who is evi denly familiar with the wild country and still wilder tribes of which he speaks. Among other remarks which will, we suspect, be new-to many of our read ers, he states that the Hottentots have a most per fect ear for music." The fact may be so, neverthe less we could not fancy a party of these melody-loving savages seated in a box at the opera, listening trans ported to the syren strains of one of our Italian prima donnas. We could have dispensed with " Further Remarks on the Waterloo Campaign," for the subject is one thoroughly exhausted, and on which every in dividual in the three kingdoms has formed a notion of his own, which is not likely to be disturbed. " Military Scraps from the Note-book of an Officer," is an interesting article, and gives some curious in formation respecting Norman-cross l prison. We subjoin Colonel Cameron's brief account of his pre sentation to the Russian Imperial Family at the palace of the Hermitage : " I way still gazing upon a small but exquisitely-fi nished Madonna, a master-piece from the hand of Guido, (and whose Madonnas are like his ?) when a stir with out announced the approach of the Imperial party, and almost the same moment the folding-doors at the extre mity of the apartments were thrown open, and preceded respectively by a perfect squadron of chamberlains and demoiselles d'honneur, the former blazing with gold and embroidery, and the latter wearing the rich and singu larly-pleasing Russian national costume, the Emperor and Empress entered. Each passing round the circle formed to receive them, entered into familiar converse- tion with every new arrival as he was presented by his respective ambassador. I was the only military stranger, and on my name being announced by Lord Clanricarde, was minutely questioned by his Imperial Majesty on a variety of points connected with the discipline and inte rior economy of the British and Indian Armies, in a manner which showed him well acqu a i n t e d with both. The Empress, mild, benignant, dignified, as the softened tones of her voice fell upon the stranger's ear, he could no longer wonder at the veneration her eharadter and presence everywhere inspired, and which volumes could not tell so fully as the artless, simple description of a beautiful English girl, who, consti.ntly in the society of the Imperial family during their stay at Ems, exclaimed, She was the most loveable being in the world.' On the breaking up of the Court I was olerwhelmed with con- Lrratulations, and the highest df gree of cordiality, by several persons whom till then I had never previously beheld, but who now reminded me of my having brought letters to them from their various relatives in Moscow, and other parts of the Empire." THE CONGREGATIONAL MAGAZINE. This periodical, always well conducted, is gra dually assuming a higher tone, and is now evidently under the influence of the more educated and liberal minds of the dissenting community. The present number is enriched by a very valuable review of several works on " the Oxford Controversy," in which the whole bearing of the subject upon the status of the Church itself, is discussed in a calm and temperate manner, but with a clearness of statement and a force of reasoning that must command atten tion. The writer proceeds to the business of his arti cle in his first sentence, by asking the plain question, "Is the Church Protestant, or not ?" He then point s out the anti-Protestant character of the Oxford move ment ; and inquiries what has been done in the Church to repelfthat movement, and to vindicate the Establish ment from the charge of sanctioning it. On this head, he shows clearly that the opposition offered in the Church has been of a very light kind ; that such Ai it is, it consists of the opinions of individuals merely, by which the Church is not bound; and that the Tract peopl e can ga i n strong support from citing the opinions of many of the (so called) standard divines of the Church. The contradictory articles of the Quarterly Review, and the clever rejoinder of the British Critic, upon this part of the argument, are ably analysed, showing, as they do, the schisms that prevail in the Church on great and vital questions, and the vacillating policy pursued in high questions. The writer thus warns the Church, that she puts her own existence in jeopardy by indecision on such im portant subjects, and exhorts the body to which he belongs to adhere stedfastly to the great principles of the Protestant reformation. The impression left on our minds from the perusal of this article is that the Church as a body has not met, and dares not meet, the Oxford controversy, in an open straight forward manner. Yet it rxust be so met, or the Church will lose ground daily, not merely with the mob, but with the reflecting and intelligent portion of the community. The public mind is divided on those questions all over Europe; and there is no middle course between them. The Romanists take one side fearlessly, claiming supremacy for the clergy, and assigning the people to hopeless mental degradation. Consistent Protestants as fearlessly take the other side, claiming supremacy for the Bible alone, insist ing on the right of private judgment, and maintain ing the freedom and the consequent responsibility of man. There is no medium between the two, and the Church must take one side or the other. In darker times she might manage to mince, and palter, and hesitate, but education is now rapidly advancing, and thousands of active inquisitive minds are on the watch. Equi vocation will not long be found possible, and the question must be answered, " Is the Church Pro testant or not ?" If the Bishops are not competent to answer, then, we Say, let us try th e C onvocat i on ! If this cannot, for State reasons, be allowed to meet, then we say that, sooner or later, and however un suitable or inconvenient the tribunal may be, the question will have to be settled by the House of Commons, and determined by that very practical, but very unspiritual thing, an Act of Parliament ! We commend the above article to the special atten tion of the moderate men of all parties, particularly clergymen, and hope to see more such in the same publication. The question involved, as has been well said, is " more than a question of Church and Dis sent ;" serious practical attention to it ought to be a part of the business of every man in England, and we are glad to see it discussed upon great and com prehensive principles. BROADSTAIRS, JUNE 29.—This fashionable water ing-place is filling fast with genteel company, and we are happy to hear that the commissioners of this old rattle-trap pier have made up their minds to add to the pier, in the shape of a jetty, a beautiful promenade to the extent of 800 feet into the ocean, which will be most desirable, as the steam-boats can thus land the visitors without the use of boats, which is a very great annoyance to females and young children, as well as danger. This work is to be begun in the course of a few weeks.—From a Correspondent. A HAPPY RETORT.—Dr. Lathorp was a man of generous piety, but much opposed to the noisy zeal that seeketh the praise of men. A young divine, who was much given to enthusiastic cant, one day said to him—" Do you suppose you have any real religion ?" " None to speak of," was the excellent reply. SUICIDE BY POISON.—On Saturday afternoon a most singular case of death, from wilfully taking poison, was discovered at the White Hart public-house, White-Hart street, Drury-lane. On Monday last a young man, dressed in a dark blouse or upper coat, and black trousers, applied to Mr. 'Vaughan, the landlord, for a chamber to be let to him, in which he might stay during part of the day, and sleep in at night. His desire was complied with, and for four nights he slept there, taking his meals with the family, going out very little during the day, but sitting in his room and re tiring to rest early, where he laid till el e v en or t we l ve o'clock each day. On Friday he ate a hearty dinner and tea, and seemed quite cheerful when he retired to his room at night. No suspicions were excited the next day at his not coming down before twelve o'clock, but after that hour the landlord began to be fearful that something had hap pened to prevent him rising. He went up stairs, and on trying the door, found it locked inside, when, determined not to enter without some responsible authority, he proceeded to the station-house in Bow-street, it being then about three o'clock. Sergeant Montgomery, F 4, was dispatched to the spot, and on placing his nose to the key-hole, immediately became aware of the existence of a dead body, which was clearly proved on the door being burst in. The unfortunate man was lying quite naked on the bed, with his clothes on the floor, and his boots placed carefully underneath the bed stead, having evidently been dead many hours. Mr. Walker, surgeon, of Drury-lane, was fetched, but could render no as sistance, nor could he give any opinion as to the cause of death, without a post mortem examination. A bottle was, however, found near him, with a label on it, which denoted opium, and being empty with the cork out 4 there is no doubt he took the draught. The most singular part of the story is, that he is totally unknown to Mr. Vaughan or his family, nor is there any clue by which he can be discovered. He had 15s. 6d. in his pockets, and three address cards, with " Mr. Fea, 25, Wardour-street, Soho," on them, but they were evidently not his own. Ile had also on his person part of a proof of a newspaper, with corrections for the printer in the margin, the purport of it being the rejoicings at Court on the Queen's birthday. Further nothing is known. Infor mation has been forwarded to the Coroner, who holds an in quest this day. A FEMALE DUEL.—A rich and novel scene came off in the neighbourhood of Bayo Bridge, at New Orleans, 30th ult., between Catherine Rouch and Eliza Anni ,s who met for mortal combat. As in the recent duels at Vicks burg, where thousands gathered to see fair play and bet on the result, so at Bayo Bridge, a large crowd met to see which of the frail fair ones would first bite the dust. But the " fancy" in such matters :were doomed after a few passes, when the " sport" was about to begin in earnest, the police interfered, and carried off the combatants. We have reason to believe that this act of the police officers - was denounced by the by-standers as " a cowardly outrage," which they would not dare to perpetrate upon two of their wn sex similarly engaged.—New York Sun, June 15. THE O'CONNELL WRIT OF ERROR IN THE LORDS. —The printed case and reasons in this writ of error were settled in consultation, at Sir T. Wilde's chambers, on Friday night. The following gentlemen are retained for the traver sers :—Sir T. Wilde, Mr. D. Hill, Fitzroy Kelly, T. S. Murphy, Charles Crompton, David Leahy, J o h n Willi am Smith, J. S. Close (Irish bar), B. Peacock, Esqrs. ' and Sir Colman M. O'Loghlen, Bart., of the Irish bar. Sir T. Wilde leads for Mr. O'Connell ; Mr. Fitzroy Kelly for Mr. John O'Connell , and Mr. Hill for Thomas Steele. NEWLY-INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES, OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &C.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, have succeeded in effecting a most scientific im provement in Spectacle and Telescope Lenses, &c., of the greatest transparent power. The extraordinary advantage derived from this invention is that vision becomes preserved and strengthened and very aged per: sons are enabled to employ their sight either by day or candle light at the most minute occupation, and can see with those Lenses of a much less magnifying power, nor will they require the frequent changes to further helps as the Spectacles now in common use. , Also newly-in vented Achromatic Waiscoat-pocket Telescopes and Opera Glasses which are invaluable at the sea-side and on the race-course, as well as at the theatre, &c.—Every kind of Telescope for Shooting, Sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observations with the celebrated Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy ; the powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and bril liant that minute objects at an extraordinary distance are brought completely under the eyes.—Sportsmen, Tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a great treat. Their invisible Voice Conductor gives im mediate relief to old standing extreme cases of deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe.—Only to be had at 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. DEPARTURE OF THE STEAM-SHIP MERMAID FOR Sr. PETERSBURGH.—On Saturday morning the steam-ship Mermaid, Captain Hearn, sailed from her moorings off the Alderman's stairs, Lower East Smithfield, for Copenhagen and St. Petersburgh, with a large number of passengers and a full miscellaneous cargo. She carries out a ship letter-bag from the General Post-office. TIIE LILLIPUTIAN WEST INDI AM AN .--- Si Hee the arrival of the adventurous Lilliputian sloop Hellespont, Capt. I Doe, only 43 tons register, from Bermuda, with a cargo of , arrow-root, she has been for private sale, but as the amounts ' offered for her were considerably less than the sum demanded by the owners, she is to sail in a few days from the St. Ka tharine's Dock, on her return to Bermuda, thus again daring the Atlantic. BANKRUPTCY or WHITMORE AND IV ELLS, LATE BANKERS OF LO MBA RD - STREET.—The bankrupts failed in 1841, and the fiat was issued on the Ist of July of that year. On the filth of November a dividend of 4s. in the pound was paid upon the joint estate, and on the 24th of March, 1842, a further dividend of 2s. in the pound. The separate estate of Mr. Wells, sen., has already paid 20s. in the pound, and the difficulties which prevented the completion of the sale of his e state at Bromley have at length been overcome, and the purchase money (it is said 60,00014 paid in in the early part of this week, so that a further dividend may speedily be ex pected by the bankrupts' suffering creditors. The nuptials of Lord Charles Wellesley, son of the Duke of Wellington, and Miss Pierrepoint, only daughter of the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepoint, are to be solemnised on Saturday next. It has been erroneously stated in a morn - - ing paper, that the ceremdtry was atipointed to takrptace on Thursday. •' I I ` / ::~ /~,~C • POST-OFFICE (From the Lit erprol A • , 4 The following rather sarcastic letter was \ addresit‘.l"-- - J. J. Jackson, of this town, to Sir James Grit - 4114,T Inn • t.t day last. . Jct. a " Liverpool, 93, Church-street, June 27, 1844. " Sir,—On or about the 15th inst. a letter was posted at Ipswich to my address, containing money—namely, half-a sovereign, which has notyet come to hand. " I am induced to address you upon the subject through having seen in the Times newspaper an account of the deten tion of several parties' letters by authority of the Govern ment. If mine should have fallen into the same hands, the letter is heartily at your service, but I will thank you to re turn the money, as, although a trifle to parties in your posi tion, it is an object to the writer. " I am your obedient servant, " To Sir James Graham, &c. " J. J. JACKSON." To the above the Home Secretary promptly directed the following to be forwarded : " Whitehall, June 28, 1844. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th inst., and to acquaint you that Sir James Graham has no information to give upon the subject to which it relates, but must refer you to the Postmaster-General. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant. " G. M. PHILLIPPS. " Mr. J. J. Jackson, 93, Church-street, Liverpool." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - - PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 30.—The Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, came into harbour on Friday, and took up the moorings lately occupied by the St. Vincent. She will be paid off, it is supposed, all standing, in a day or two. Re port says that the Camperdown's crew, after the trial of sailing between the ships forming the squadron of exercise, will be turned over to the Queen, that the Camperdown will be cut down to a 90-gun ship, and the Queen fill her place as flag-ship at Sheerness ; but we have good reason for be lieving the statement we made on Friday to bp the correct one—viz., that, after the trial, the Queen will supersede the St. Vincent as flag-ship at this port, and the latter proceed to the Mediterranean as flag-ship. The Camperdown is ex pected round from the Nore this week. Six new brigs, of 10 guns each, are ordered to be built at this port, Pembroke, and Chatham; these will be of about 380 tons burden, and have commanders, and a complement of 80 men only. These will be commenced after the trial of the experimental brig squadron. The Fox, 44, Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, at Plymouth, will be ready to sail for the East Indies and China, in a few days, via Madeira, Rio, and the Cape. Sir Henry has been ordered to hoist a blue pendant as commodore of the second class, and to proceed to the relief of Commodore Chads, in the Cambrian, 36, in the East Indies. The Childers, 16, Commander Wellesley, is hourly expected at •Spithead, with another million of the Chinese ransom meney on board. She left St. Helena for England on the Bth ult. The Virago steam sloop, Commander Otway, met with an accident to her machinery whilst on her return from Chalcis to Athens, when off Cape Colonna, and was obliged to pro ceed on her voyage under canvass. She has since undergone repair, and on the 9th instant took dispatches from Athens to Constantinople, where for the present she will remain. The Warspite, 50, Capt. Wallis; the Locust steam-vessel, Commander Lunn ; and a French brig and steam sloop were at Gibraltar on the 15th inst. The French brig from L'Eclaire, G. Davenet master, arrived at Gibraltar on the 14th, Marti nique,having on board the master and crew of the British brig Neptune, from Dominica, bound to London, foundered on the 13th May, in.lon. 59 W , lat. 32i N. The Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. IL Fremantle, and the Elec tra, 18, Commander Darley, were at Bermuda on the 23d ult., whence the Electra was expected to sail in a day or two for Cayenne. The Spartan, 36, Capt. the Hon. C. G. J. B. =of, was at Port-au-Prince on the 9th ult. _ _ The Commander-in• Chief on the Irish station, Rear-Ad miral Sir H. Pigot, is ordered to place at the disposal of the Earl of Devon and the Landlord and Tenant Commission for Ireland one of the steam-sloops forming his squadron. The Resistance troop-ship was docked yesterday for over• haul and repairs. The Sydenham steam- sloop, Lieutenant-Commander U. Mapleton, was undocked on Tuesday, having undergone ex tensive alterations. The Wanderer, 16, recently from China, wits paid off on Thursday. The petty officers and ship's company presented their first lieutenant, J. G. Tracy, with a handsome full dreaa sword, knot, and cocked hat, as a token of respect for the universal kindness exhibited by him towards them during the whole time the Wanderer was out. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, will be ready to leave the harbour for Spithead about the 21st July, and sail for the sphere of her command in a few days afterwards. She took her lower deck guns on board in the early part of the week, 'but as they were thought to bring her too low down in the water for safe sailing out of the harbour they were taken out again. The anniversary of her Majesty's coronation was most loyally observed here. The Mayor ordered a general holi day, consequently all business ceased, and gave place to various amusements; at 12 o'clock a royal salute was fired from the St. Vincent, and other ships, and also the Platform Battery ; the Government offices hoisted the royal standard, and the ships in harbour displayed colours from every por tion of their rigging. In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Prometheus, Queen, Rattlesnake, Collingwood, Sydenham, Seaflower, Fearless, and Echo steam-vessels. In Dock—Resistance, Rodney, Prince Regent, Scourge, Victoria and. Albert, Lily, Athol, Pantaloon, Waterwitch. At Spithead—St. Vincent. SHEERNESS, JUNE 28.—A Court-martial will be held here on Monday, on board the Ocean, Captain Fisher, to try Lieu tenant B. A. Wake, late First of the Pearl, just paid off, upon charges preferred by his superior officer, Capt. Stopford. The Camperdown, 104, Captain Martin, will leave the Nore for Spithead on Sunday. The Boscawen, 72, was taken from the Basin to moorings in ordinary on Wednesday. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Maclean, will refit at this port. At the Nore—Camperdown. In Harbour—Ocean, African, and Raven. In Dock—Chamelion and jEolus. In the Basin—Monarch, Vernon, Amazon, Vulture, and Crocodile. (From the Deronport Independent.) PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Puomonoxs.—Commander George H. Seymotor (of the Wanderer) to the rank of Captain. Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals—Jo lip. Liddell, to be Medical Inspector of Hospitals, at Greenwich, vi ce Dob son, resigned. Lieutenants—Malachi Donellan (late of the Crescent re ceiving-ship at Rio Janeiro) and Edward Hill (from the Coast-Guard) to the rank of Commander. George Deccenr doux, to be retired Commander, vide Order in Council of 1830. ArrommENTs.—Captain Lewis T. Jones, to study 'at the Royal Naval College. Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals—Gilbert King (of Bermuda) to Haslar, vice Liddell. Masters—C. Pullen, to the Flying Fish ; F. R. Sturdee, to the Daring; J. S. Hill (acting) to the Osprey—(to be borne on the books of the Victory, until their respective brigs are commissioned ; Benjamin Renard (acting), James Brodie (acting), and George Andrews (acting), additional to the Poictiers, for the Mutine, Espiegle, and Cruiser. Paymasters and Pursers—G. Mowbray, to the Daring; Francis Cole (acting) to the Osprey; Charles Feelon (acting) to the Flying Fish—(to be borne on the books of the Victory); G. A. Lance (acting), J. E. Brooman (acting), and Joseph Lewis (acting), additional to the Poictiers, for the Cruizer, Mutine, and Espiegle. Mates—George M. Jackson (from the St. Vincent), and Edgar H. 131alie ' to the Camperdown ; J. E. Parish, to the Excellent ; M. F. O'Reilly (from the Excellent) to the Albion. Second Masters—W. B. Edwards, to the Caledonia; T. Pitt (of the Comet) to the Redwing, packet ; R. T. Saun ders (of the Blazer, steam-vessel) to the Royal Sovereign, yacht ; Samuel Braddon, to the Hornet, vice Pitt. • Naval Instructor—W. F. Smyth, to the Iris. Midshipman—C. Ross (from the Resistance, troop-ship) to the Albion. Naval Cadets—S. P. Townsend, to the Cornwallis; H. An nesley, and E. A. Tweedale, to the Alfred. S N , 1 / \ i w;iG "ti ~%.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DEtONFORT DTDEPENDENT. Sir,—Having observed in your paper of the 18th ultimo, under the head of Hong-Kong, a paragraph to the following effect :—" February 2d—The Dido has ;ailed with her Purser under arrest," I beg to say that, from - letters received from Hong-Kong, up to the 14th of March, I am enabled to prove that the above injurious statement is untrue, and must, have originated either in error or malicious motives.'' Plymouth, June 25, 1844. A FRIEND. THE NAVY CLUB ENTERTAINMENT TO THE FIRST LORD OF TUE ADMIRALTL—The members of the Navy Club gave their annual entertainment to the Earl of Haddirigton, as First Lord of the Admiralty, on Thursday evening, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. The banquet was of the most sumptuous description, and served , up in a style of elegance peculiar to that establishment. The Earl of Iladdington was accompanied by Captain Hantilton, his Lordship's private secretary ; and the Hon. Henry Lowry Corry and Rear-Admiral Bowles, Junior Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty. Admiral Sir Thomas Ilyant Martin, G.C.8., presided on the occasion; and among the flag and other naval officers present were—Admiral Sir Gco. Martin, G.C.B. and G.C.M.G. (Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom), Admiral Sir R. W. Otway, K.C.8., Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Admiral Sir John West, K.O 8., Admiral Sir George Parker, K.C.8., Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B. and G.C.M.G., Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.H., Vice-Admiral Sir Graham E. Hammond, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral Sir Edward T. D. King, K.C.H. Vice-Admiral Sir John A. Ommanney, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral Lord James O'Bryen, G.C.11., Rear-Admiral Sir R. H. B rom l e y, Bart., Rear-Admiral Brown, Rear -Admiral Earl Cadogan, Rear- Admiral H, H. Christian, Rear-Admiral N. D. Cochrane, Rear-Admiral Lysaght, Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. IL Mac kay, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, Rear-Admiral Lord Radstock, Rear-Admiral Skipsey, Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, G.C.11. ; Captains—Lord Colchester Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., Bl a k e , Si r Th omas Bourchier, Colchester, Sir Hon. George Crofton, Sir W. H. Dillon, K.C.H. ; lion. Richard S. Dundas, Evans, Stephen, G. Fremantle, G. T. Falcon,: Fead, Sir John Franklin, K.C.11., Hon. Frederick William Grey, Percy Grace, Sir Andrew P. Green, K.C.H. Harvey, Sir William Hotham, Sir Thomas Herbert, J. W. John son, E. Lloyd, Maunsell, Maitland, Henry Byam Martin, Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., Prescott, W. Price, Robertson, Lord Edward Russell, Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., Thornton, Sir Thomas Usther, K.C.H., Hon. W. Waldegrave, arid Captain Walpole. The gallant chairman was supportedon the right by the Earl of Haddington, and on the other side. by Vis count Melville. The principal toast of the eveningwas the health of the Earl of Haddington, the announcement of which was very cordially received by the entire company. - The Noble Earl responded to the warm greetings of the asseMbled members of the club in a Fpeech of some duration, in Which his Lordship observed that it would be the constant endea vour of himself and colleagues in the administration of the multifarious duties of the naval department to render the service as efficient as possible in all its ramifications as became a maritime power like this country. It was nearly twelve o'clock when the several toasts had been given, at which hour the party broke up. Our Contemporary, the Morning herald,. fre quently complains (and mostly without the slightest grounds) that news is copied from its columns, without naming the authority from whence it is derived. If this is really the case, we can only account for it by supposing the omission originates in apprehensions that, if the authority was given , it might lead people to doubt the accuracy °kips statement. —United Service Gazette. INDIA MAIL—The next mail for India, via Mar seilles, will be dispatched from the General Post-offiee: on Monday, the Bth instant, the 7th falling on Sunday. THE MURDER AT WORCESTER.—An inquest was held at Worcester, on Thursday, on the body of the bop Ben jamin Hughes, who was murdered by his uncle, Jabez Hooper, as a lii e cly stated in this journal. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Jabez Hooper." The murderer, who attempted to commit suicide, is 5ti11:1574 ; Ma, it is probable, may even yet recover. oral: fr. .c 1 tb. ~\