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LITERATURE. ROOKWO OD. A ROMANCE. BY W. HARRISON AINSIVORT , I, ESQ. This Londo n : Macrone, 1836. popular Romance having reached a fourth edi tion, is now published in a single volume, embellished With:a v ar i ety o f G eorge C ru ik s h an k' s a d m i ra bl e illustra tions. The artist has realized every description of the author, upon which he exercised his pencil, with a gro tesque fidelity su p er i o r to the very best of his own inimi table illustrations of Don Quixote. The figure of the old sexton in the vault is one of those fearfully interesting object s which Cruikshank invests with a power and a truth of which no person would believe him capable Who studied only his more laughable sketches. The Pile of coffins arranged on each side of the vault ; the "Mil upon which he sits ; the implements of his calling scattered on the ground at his feet ; the sleep 111g cur, i n w hi c h w e see the superior influence of the hour to the place, and the situation of his master ; and th e dim outline of the knightly effigy in the back ground, are merely appaling objects : but in con junction with the human figures introduced—the shrivelled sexton, and his lawless looking companion, who in the abode of the (lead rests upon a musket,— she impression which they make on the mind is that of undefined horror. The rescue of Lady Rookwood is an admirable performance. The clenched hands and kneeling attitude of the lady, are in excellent keeping with the stern look in which fear, hate, and curiosity are equally well depicted. The calm determination of Luke—the dare-devil courage of Doctor Titus Tyrcon nell, flourishing a poker, and delighted at the prospect of a " scrimmage"—the horror of poor Coates the attorney, at seeing himself in, the, presence of robbers actually intent on bloodshed—and the hesitv.tion of Turpin as he prepares to level his pistols, evidently amazed at the strange part acted by his quondam associate Luke—are inimitably well executed. The " inauguration" and the " Bridar' are not altogether • so good. In the former Turpin is altogether a different looking person from what he is represented in the other sketches of him ; and the sexton of the " Bridal" is no More the sexton of the " Vault" than we are George Cruikshank. Turpin's Ride to York is the subject of four capital sketches. The "Leap of Hornsey-gate," less to the amazement than the vexation of the toll-taker, who is thus deprived of the toll ; the " Flight through Edmonton," in which Black Bess is clearing a donkey and his cart, to the delight of the gaping town's-folks ; "Black Bess at full speed," her rider smoking a pipe, and his three indefatigable pursuers in sight ; and, last of the four, the " Death of Black Bess"—unquestion ably a master-piece. Tthe grief, the despair, the abso lute misery with which the wearied, half-famished, haggard-looking highwayman regards his faithful steed lying dead before him, cannot be communicated by any • Power of words. Of the literary merit of " Rookwood" it is unneces sary for us to offer an opinion, after the reception it has Met with from the public. The present edition is, however, greatly superior in every respect to any.that preceded it. The author himself, in the introduction, lead s us to suppose that it has received his last touches; so that it is now as perfect as he intends it to be. The work, he assures us, is to a certain extent re-written ; and we ourselves can bear testimony to the introduc tion of several lyrics of unquestionable merit in their way. The following is by no means the best, but we are obliged to select it as most suitable to our co lumns THE HAND OF GLORY. From the corpse that hangs on the road-side tree, (A murderer's corpse it needs must be) Sever the right hand carefully : Sever the hand that the Aced bath done, Ere the flesh that clings to the bones be gone; In its dry veins must blood be none. Those ghastly fingers white and cold, Within a winding sheet enfold ; Count the mystic count of seven ; Name the Governors of heaven, Then in earthen vessel place them ; And with dragon-wort encase them, Bleach them in the noon-day sun, . Till the marrow melt and run, Till the flesh is pale and wan As a moon.ensilvered cloud, As an unpolluted shroud. Next within their chill embrace, The dead man's awful candle place ; Of murderer's fat must that candle be, (You may scoop it beneath the road-side tree) Of war, and of Lapland Sisame. Its wick must be twisted of hair of the dead, By the crow and her brood on the wild waste abed. Wherever that terrible light shall burn, Vainly the sleeper may toss and turn, Hi.; leaden lids shall he nc'er unclose, So Jong as that magical taper glows. Life and treasure shall he command, Who knoweth the charm of the Glorious Hand But of I:lack cats' gall let him aye have care, And of screech-owl's venomous blood beware OLD TOBY'S ADDRESS TO HIS FRIENDS. London : Houlston, 1836. This unpretending little volume contains a number ( 3 f familiar essays on the common business of life, put in th e form of the paternal councils of an old man ad ilressed to his young friends and acquaintances. The e ssay on taking things quietly" is the best. The l u ° o k througl.out is replete with the germ of good B ense, and the evidences of an enlarged humanity. It -13 embellished with a portrait, and well adapted to the apacity of children. Any.—The provincial papers contain several ae- Q clunts of this scoundrel's swindling transactions. He is send ing out his letters in every direction. It thus appears , that Lue mercy which was shown this vagabond by commuting the lc utence passed on him, is likely to be very mischievous to the Public. The policy of .clemency exercised in the cause o f a notorious and convicted cheat, may be justly questioned. Why ' ,' l llll the fellow permitted to remain in the country ? 'THE Cow CABBAGE.-L—The papers have lately a nnounced the introduction into the agricultural world of this 4 'gantie vegetable production. A specimen of the stem was, few days ago, exhibited in the Canterbury market. Its il eight was upwards of ten feet, and its bulk equal to the I tuntion hop-pole, of which it was stated it would prove an e eu • substitute. The proprietor, in speaking of the nomicaa ;, I Tep or ten cows a whole day, with proper management. ; s "e • g •f • -to nine to twelve feet high, and about fifteen feet v,""_eni.)reiirnlteincee.." It is affirmed that the extra quantity of u I produced by sheep reared on this article is more than do uble what is produced from their ordinary food.—Kentish 'Gazet;e. THAMES TUNNEL.--1113 stupendous un ta.king is proceeding slowly but steadily towards comple , " nor has any umserios obstruction occurred since the works -er e -e-oeeed. The en work night . a , nd day ; there are 'Z e e l tght sotof men employed, which relievt. each other every hoses J. FiehLet constits of 112 men, and there are e uero ug supernumeraries, ready to supply an y casual vacancy. P i ngt h t i l the eight hours of work they are allo w ed onl y a single hour for refreshment, which is brought W the 4 m r_ on the spot. per week, a od e Wages ptrid- are high, as much as 40s. and 4,„ hence the engineer is enabled to command t a hl services of f ,Lrate b-icklayers. The men are not cane upon to per tall h • • d.• that they 4t as - -work; tat is require is, Thwork, and that the bricks be laid in u workmanlike manner. I, e cement furnished is of the very best quality, only about t /4,'‘arrel of fine sand being used to 100 barrels of cemen te: l A e eoncrete thus formed hardens very rapidly, and within . h ours after any new work is completed its solidity put of 1. ve ry severe test. The overseers go round with harnmer . s o ° , llr teen pounds weight, with which each separate . brick is To r- , e „'' a hard blow. If the cement yields so as to disclose the sli,"st fissure between the bricks, the workman is imme ahllY called back to repair tire defoct, and is, besides,. tined one te l l 4 l , ll g to the sick fund. If the brick shakes in its place o i n *' l .l7' s truck, nothing but a special plea in excuse can save . t the tr o ' ,', T r' an from an immediate discharge. With every exertion, %1 0 , — 't B peculiar nature the work is unavoidalste - tedious and •;• It is considered a good piece of work when at e nd Th""e i t , tY-four hours the shield can be advanced nine inches, teZ s i iliel. l contains 36 boxes, and the work is being simulta slii Cair;ed on in each, so that the push in g forwar d the fe e t :,:,' - can onl take place when the work d at) arch is pe•- kr 4 - " ; to tin/extent from the bases to the key - steno , It wi l l liappen that a whole day is occupied in the trf, pushing forward the shield. The extent of archway 41 L0 is ab ove 620 feet, mei what remains to be don e is ue u ye i,,1 ' 1 ', 200 feet, but of this e*t4,l4. a large portion being ")w-water mark and through a 544 stratum of earth, 141 e "arried forward without such estreow r:w,ition as at Cess, t 11 4(1 1 ';: e '''..t. part of the work, through a loose seedy 4 4.64, P. 4!" t " i Very centre of the bed of the stream, is indisperwailitY ary.re COURT CIRCULAR. The Prince of Orange, the Duke of Cumberland, the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, the Princess Sophia Matilda, Prince George of Cambridge, the Hereditary Prince, and Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, and Prince Erneste of Hesse Philippsthal, lunched with their Majesties yesterday. The Queen, accompanied by tlieir Royal and Serene Highnesses (with the exception of the Duke of Cumberland), and attended by the Countess. of. Sheffield, Miss Eden, Miss Hudson, and Earls Howe, Denbigh, and Sheffield, afterwards went to Goldsmiths, Hall. Her Majesty and the Royal party occupied, four carriages. . _ Th; Queen remained near two hours at the hall awl then returned to St. James's. The Duchess of Kent and the Poi►:cess Victoria drove and ►calked in the Parks yesterday. . . The King will hold a Privy Counel this day at St. .James's, after the Levee. The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, the Duchess of Gloucester, Prince George of Cambridge, and the thmo verian Minister, dined with their Majesties on Wednesday evening„ at St. James's. The visits at Kensington Palace yesterday were exceed ingly numerous, of those persons who were unable to call on the Duchess of Kent, on the Princess Victoria's birthday. Most of the nobility and gentry in town have left their names on his Serene Highness the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha's Look. The Queen honoured the li;ng's Theatre with her pre sence last evening to witness the performance of I Paritani and Leßossignol.s His Serene Highness the reigning Duko of Saxe Coburg Gotha visited the Duke of Wellington yesterday. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 27.—1 t is with very great concern that we have to announce to the 'public the death of Mr. Sergeant Frere, Master of Downing College, and of Dungate, in this county. This excellent man was, in the closing scenes of his existence, not unworthy of himself. He exhibited to his fa. mily the value of those principles of Christian piety, which he had taught them through life ; and he died composed and tranquil, in perfect resignation to the will of his Creator, and humbly trusting in the merits of his Redeemer. lie was edu cated at Eton and at Trinity College, and obtained the highest classical distinctions in the course of his academical career. He was an ornament to the University—a gentleman, a scholar, and a Christian, and his loss will be long, and deeply felt by all who knew him, more particularly by those, to whom his car was ever open—the friendless and the poor. He died in the evening of Wednesday last, in the sixty-first year of his age. At the Congregation on Wednesday last, the following de grees were conferred DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.—The Rev. Hastings Robinson, St. John's college, (comp..) LICENTIATE IN PitYstc.—Ferguson Branson, Caius college. MASTERS oP.,.AaTs.—George Williams, Trinity college ; Rev. John Clay, St. John's college, (comp.) ; Rev. Thomas Newte Hamilton, St. John's collate, (comp.) ; Rev. George Gooden, Jesus college ; Edward Hedges, Queens' college. BACHELORS IN THE CIVIL LAW.—Charles K. Jones, Downing college ; William Wenman, Trinity Hall. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Thomas Hodgson, Trinity college ; J. J. Evans, Trinity college ; Henry Percy, St. John's col lege ; Abraham R. Ford, St. Peter's college, (comp.) ; John Campbell, Queen's college ; Edward Charles Awdry, Catha rine hail ; Martin H. Gosselin, Christ's college. At the same congregation Thomas J. Marker, of Exeter college, Oxford, was admitted ad eandem. HEBREW SCHOLARSHIPS.—On Friday last Philip Carlyon, B. A., of Emmanuel college, was elected a Tyrwhitt's He brew Scholar of the first class; and Frederick Myers, M. A. of Clare Hall, a Scholar of the second class. A gratuity of 20/. was also adjudged to Edward Huff, B.A. of Queen's college, in consideration of the knowledge of the Hebrew lan guage displayed by him in the examination. On the Btli inst. the Rev. William Potter, M. A. Fellow of St. Peter's college, in this university, was presented by the Muster and Fellows of that society, to the rectory of Wit nesham, Suffolk, vacated by the death of the Rev. Jos. G. Whaley. The Rev. John Haymes, M. A., Fellow of Clare Hall, has been presented, by the Master and Fellowi of that society, to the vicarage of Wrawby, in the county of Lincoln, void by the death of the Rev. John Holt. The Rev. John Spurgin, B.A. has been instituted, on his own petition, to the vicarage and parish church of Great and Little Hockham, Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Skrimshire. On Friday last the Rev. Edward Holley, 8.A.. was insti tuted to the rectory of ilackfield with \Vhitwcll, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Rev. Francis Edward Arden, of Gresham, and William. Repton, Gent., of Aylsham. On Saturday last the Rev. Stephen Oakle► Attlay, M. A., was instituted to the vicarage of St. Stephen, and licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Saviour's, on the presentation and nomination of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. ------- _ On Saturday last the Rev. William Henry Holworthy was Inatltutod to the rectory of Blickling with Erpingham an nexed, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Dowager Lady Suffield. The Rev. John W. 'lave], B. A. has been instituted to the rectory of Ridlington with the vicarage of East Ruston an nexed, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. —Cambridge ( lu•onicle. VISIT OF lIER MAJESTY TO GOLDSMITHS' HALL—Yesterday the Queen honoured the Goldsmiths' Com pany with a visit to their new hall. Her Majesty was received at the entrance by Mr. Boyle Smith, the Prime Warden ; by Mr. Bateman, the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Twining, the War dons of the Company; and Mr. Hardwick, the architect, who conducted her Majesty to the suite of rooms, where the mem bers of .the Court of Assistants had the honour to be severally introduced to her Majesty. The Queen was accompanied by her Royal Highness the Landgravine, the Prince of Orange and his two sons, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Er nest of Hesse Philipsthal ; Earl Howe, Earl Denbigh, Lady Sheffield, Miss Eden, Miss Hudson, Mr. Wood, &c. Her Majesty, on retiring was highly greeted by a large concourse of people who had assembled on the outside of the building. The Bishop of Leon, about whose movements there has been some discussion, arrived in London by the Batavier, from Rotterdam, yesterday, at 11 o'clock. _ _ We are able to contradict a rep of the Bishop of London having suffered a relapse. His Lordship is gradually recovering, and left town for Fulham on Monday. Grand official banquets will be given to-morrow by his Majesty's Ministers and Great Oil eers of State, in honour of the King's birthday. The Drawing-room, the last but one of the season, is expected to be unusually splendid. T. Wiley, importer of wines and spirits, dealer in ale and porter, and General News-agent, No. 12, Haymarket, Sheffield, particularly recommends every Tavern, Colfee, and Beer-house-keeper, to take in Belts Lite in London and Sporting Chronicle, the price of which will, after the sth of July. be reduced about one-third. DEMISE OF THE DUKE OF GORDON.—WC la ment to state that this Gallant Peer died yesterday morning, at his house in Belgrave-square. The title is extinct. The Earl of Aboyne, born June 28, 1761, the next of kin, suc ceeds to the title of Marquis of Huhtly. Gordon Castle and 30,000/. a year go to the Duke of Richmond. The late Duke of Gordon sat in the Peers as Earl of Norwich. lie was born February 1, 1770; succeeded his father, fourth Duke, January 17, 1827 ; married December 11, 1813, Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Brodie, Esq. His Grace was General in the army, and was appointed to the Coloneley of the 3d Foot Guards on the death of his Royal Highness time Duke of Gloucester. lie was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, Governor of Edinburgh Castle, Hereditary Keeper 4f the Castle of Inverness, Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen, and Chan cellor of Maresehal College. Ile was brother to the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, to the Marchioness Cornwallis, and the Duchess of Bedford ; brother-in-law to the Duke of Man-. cheater ; uncle to the Marchioness of Tweedale, to Viscount Mandeville, M. P., to Baroness Braybrooke, to the Lady of Lord Eliot, and to the Lady of C. Ross, Esq., M. P. His Grace's sis tors are co-heirs presumptive to the Baronies of Beauchamp and Mordaunt. It will be perceived by the above, that many noble families will be put in mourning by this melancholy intelli gence. The Duke of Gordon was a Conservative, and a more kind-hearted, noble, and gallant gentleman never breathed. His death will be universally lamented, more particularly in the north of Scotland, where his Grace had endeared himself to the inhabitants by his acts of kindness and philanthropy. The convivial powers of this chivalrous Peer were well known and appreciated, and he was wont to keep the table in a roar by his unceasing flow of humour.-21forniig Paper.—[We hear that the Earl of Errol, who is justly entitled to it, will be the new Lord Lieutenant of, the County of Aberdeen.—En. SUN.] FUNERAL OF THE LATE HON. H. A. B. CRA vEN.—At an early hour on Wednesday morning, the funeral procession of the Hon. Mr. Craven left his late residence, No. 17, Connaught-place, Edgeware-road, on the way to the able, is situated at Begley, near vault of the noble family, Cromi. , , in Warwickshire. A number of psr;gns were assem bled upon the ovv,lsion. In addition to the hearse, which was drawn by six horses, tisOV acre two mourning coaches, con taining the Hon. Augustus Cra+, eii , r u lpbew to the deceased ; Livd Molyneux, Charles Gronfell, Esq., M. P., a;la James wi c k et ,;;, Fso. (the deceased's solicitor), the private carriages of the Duke Of Besiifert ; Earl Craven, Earl Sefton, and seve ge",l44TO followed. The Hon. Fre ral other noblemen and derick Craven, brother to the decased, was loft groping hourly expected front Italy ; and in the event of his arrival in time, he till be presefi t 4 t, thg interment. It is expected that the re mains of deceased will Li followed to the last resting-place by the whole of the tenantry of STRANGE DOINGS IN THE CIIURCII.—Wt; have reetut.i 7 yeral communications on the subject of the very disgraceful*cot+~.:,ra clergyman in a ni ighbouring county, in the diocese of Winclies4.44. he name of the clergyman has been furnished to us, but for Obvious cke:sl9 we decline to pOlish it. The clergyman. was charged on oath wi4t an at teMpt IA ciol;ge one of his maid servants, afterwards took in decent freedbms 41 ?4,4 tlig,k,Pihter of a clergyman, and again made a violent assault to Pitiii4 i'VP P i n wire of a cler gyman. Th e Bi s h o p of Winchester lint, It 44;4, had the evidence in all the c:lses laid before him, but he tenses to strip him of his gown, and only forbids o implicatedrbisclshi spt.ea is ehing sa a i t d t t i o me b s e ce a n d e i o s. l hip offences. The clergyman tinOW44,4 panuelical prcacher.—Morniny Paper. POST-OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—That part of the Sixth Report of the Commis sioners for inquiring into the management of the Post-office department, which relates to Dover, will again bring before the attention of Government the propriety of removing the French and Netherland's mails from that port. With re gard to the abuses in the management of that department at Dover, I shall have nothing to say—l am afraid such would occur in any place, unless constant vigilance were employed to prevent or correct them. It is not, therefore, on account of mismanagement I advocate the removal of the packets from Dover; but from a long confirmed opinion as to its unfitness as a port for so important a point Of com munication with the Continent. In spite of the immense sums expended for its improvement, the bar which is formed at the mouth of the harbour, tvhen the wind is at south or south-west (and these winds prevail half the year), still exists, and at whatever quarter the wind may blo.v, no steam vessel can enter Dover Harbour at low water. It appears from the S xth Report of the Commissioners, that Captain Hamilton considers a loss of 4,000/. per annum takes place in consequence of leaving Dover at a certain hour, in order to reach Calais by eleven o'clock every day to suit the French Post dike arrangements, for being frequently compelled to lay off the harbour the mails are carried on board in boats, and consequently families having carriages, and wishing to cross over, are prevented going in the mail packets. To alter the arrangements of the French Government, something more is necessary than an accommodation to the tides of Dover Harbour, unless indeed no other contiguous port were to be found. It is well known that the French packet vessels, whose commanders have no local prejudices as to English ports, frequently put into Ramsgate when the bar is up at Dover Harbour, and occasionally when with a strong wind the lowness of the tide renders the debarkation at Dover in boats dangerous or disagreeable. Ramsgate is about thirty-two miles distant from Calais, and forty from Boulogne, which is eight miles further than from Dover to either of those .French ports ; but the run across is generally effected in about the same period, be cause the current in the narrow part of the Channel sets Strongly, and has more effect on the speed of a steam vessel in crossing direct than in a more diagonal direction. Rams gate is eight miles nearer to Ostend than Dover ; but its chief recommendation for a foreign packet station is, that it may be entered at any time of the tide, so that it is of no importance when the vessels leave the Foreign ports for Ramsgate Harbour, as they are always certain of getting in. I remain, Sir, your obedient Servant, W. A. 11. THE SUN,, LOSIDO:' , 4. FRIDAY. MAY 27, Ik43i. ALMACK'S GRAND BALL. On Wednesday evening there was a very brilliant assembly ; the music was Colinet's, who introduced some new and beauti ful gallopades. The spirit of the scene was kept up until three o'clock. There were present— The Duke of Roxburgh. The Duchess of Cannizzaro. MARQUISES— Headfort, Downshire, Saumarez. MARcinotiEssEs—Londonderry, Downshire, Ely. EARLS—Clonmel, Aboyne, Norbury. COUNTESSES—BrownIow, Mansfield, Ashburnliam, Bosse, Euston, Listowell, Norbury. LORDS—Burgh ersh, Combermere, A. Loftus, Cranstoun, Fincastle, Maidstone, Loftus, Aberdour, Castlereagh, Glan dine, Melgund, Boston, Alford,'W. Graham, Earlsfort, May nard, C. Hamilton, Newry, Dalmeny, Berehaven, and Fitz- A llan. LADIES—A. Beresford, Conroy, Murray (two), Dillon, E. Balfour, Stafford, Gage, King, Willoughby, E. Dickens, J. Blatchford, Kinlock, Fitzroy (two), Rendlesham, M. Comp ton, B. Codrington, Dimsdale, C. Bertie, Trollope, Hill, (two), Dunsany, Gerard, Ashburnham, Domville, Parsons. Scott (two), M. Cotes, Eastnor, E. Markham, F. Beauclerk, Toler, Chatterton, W. Poulett, Grey Egerton, E. Smythe, Coote—Dowager De Clifford. SIRS—J. Gerard, R. Dundas, R. Otway, J. Trollope, C. Knightley, W. Gossett, J. Preston, R. Stopford, C. Dec Vceux, J. Beresford, J. Reid, Weall, C. Domville, R. Wil son, W. Chatterton, W. Stephenson, D. Kinlock, C. Dal biac, P. Malcolm, W. Riddell. COLONELS—Porter, Johnstone, Pratt, Rowley, Kinlock. Major Wilm.t. CAPTAINS—O'ReiIIy, M'Dougal, Beresford, Roche, Cotton, Eden, Blake, Gordon, King, Pelham, G. Drummond, Cust, E. Freke, Rose, Fremantle. COUNTS—De Stirum, Esdody, Restilests, Gorouski. 13anoNs—Dimsdale, Lobzeltern. MESSRS.—Wodehouse, Gordon (two), H. Fitzroy, Need ham, Jerningham (two), Fitzmaurice, Maynard, Boyle, Lei evster, F. Petre, Cholmondeley, Kenyon, Plunkett, Spencer, G. Scott, Duncombe, W. Ashley, Gordon (two). MISTRESSES—Cuss, Ponsonby, He.ahcote, Meade, Lan-e, W. Ashley, Gage, Hobhouse, Herbert, C. (Miley, Irby, Colville. MissEs—Thelluson, Irby, King, Gage, Cootes, Graves, Ilyng, cotton, Maynard, Napier, Graves, Wellesley, E. King, Pluriket, Colton. • The Earl of Eldon is passing the Whitsuntide recess at his seat in Dorsetshire, intending to resume his rtsidence in London when the Parliamentary campaign re coalmences. Lord Howden's health, we are happy to say, was much improved yesterday. Our 'distinguished poet, the author of " The Plea sures of Hope," leaves London this week on a visit to his native country. We could only wish that his journey may produce a series of Letters from the North, as pleasant and. intelligent as his Letters from. the South, which were the re sult of hii trip to Algiers. ANOTHER MARRIAGE BROKEN OFF.—It is re p•rted that, the marriage between the Hon. Col. G— and diss F— is entirely at an end : the supposed cause is the defi ciency of fortune on one side. A horse at Ramsgate, which has been occasionally troubled with gravel, for the last three 'years, was, a few days since, taken seriously ill. A veterinary surgeon was called in, wlio, after a minute examination, found a calculus in the urethra, near the neck of the bladder which he succeeded in extracting. It was found to be of the size of a trap-ball, and weighed four ounces. The operation was performed in three minutes, with the greatest skill, and has been attended with complete success ; as the animal has quite recovered, and is taking his exercise.—Kentesh Observer. Lord Dames says, that before agriculture arose, a Scotch country gentleman often spent his forenoons merely staring around him from the top of a neighbouring knoll. Certainly a little well regulated mechanical knowledge would have been of great value to such a person; it. would have been a valuable substitute for that recommended by the old country laird, who, not knowing what to make of himself on a rainy day, said to his man, " Jock, the day is so bad, there is naething for it, lad, but for us to shut the shutters, light the candles, put down the punchbowl, and see what kind of a night it will mak.' "—Ayr Observer. HYTHE LOYAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL PRE SERVATIVE' ASSOCIATION.—At a meeting, held on the 9th inst., it was resolved unanimously—That the thanks of the Association be presented to Stewart Majoribanks, Esq., for his vote in favour of Mr. Rippon's motion, to relieve the Bi shops from their Parliamentary duties. There are two sets of police officers stationed 4t Nlivart's Hotel—the one attendant upon the Prince of Orange, the other upon the young Prince of Naples and his bride. In either case would not a guard of honour have been more ap propriate? Bonaparte stigmatised us as "a nation of shop. keepers." It is to be hoped these illustrious forCigners will not deem us to be a nation of thieves. The present month of May very much resembles that in which the play of Pizarro was produced, and to which Sheridan made a happy allusion in the prologue. The Thames Tunnel was yesterday visited by the Ambassador from the King of Oudz and suite, as likewise by the Marquis of Bristol and a large party of friends. We understand that very many newspapers which arrived in the London mail yesterday experienced so much in jury by friction, in consequence of the practice of transmitting the large Parliamentary papers in the same bag, as rendered it impossible to decipher their addresses ; in fact, they were totally mutilated.—Edinburgh Advertiser. WESTERN PACKET STATION.—Where has been a meeting in the open air, just behind the Commercial-build ings, this afternoon, the Mayor in the Chair, to .consider Mr. M. Barrington's recent letter upon - the advantage of a western p;..cket station from the Shannon, in connection with a Rail. way between Limerick and Dublin, objects of such great local importance as to receive at once the approval of the meeting. A variety of resolutions recommendatory of the measures were passed, and a Committee appointed to institute such inquiries as may be expedient in this preparatory stage of the business. —Limerick Paper of Saturday, _ MEN OF TALENT.—" Before we had read or heard more of Mr. Fielden, than that he was the friend and political patron of the late Mr. Cobbett, we set him down as a man of talent. Quintilian, who, as all know, - was a teacher of elo quence, mentions that in his experience he had acquired one unerring test of the fair promise of a young orator—did he admire tl4 l .§PA'Pre grapes of Demosthenes? We have estar blished, for ourselves, something like tho Satup orlteriun of po. , litical s peakers and writers--do they admire the Cohlictt style? We do not say that all Mr. Cubbett's admirers are men of genius, for this were to render the populace of genius nume rous indeed ; but, we do say, that we never met a man who thought or spoke lightly of Mr. Ccbbett's intellectual power wfiß ??Qt 4 blochheadi and, when we f.und a man whose pgliT tical symp4thiq g a ve hit i i tipportimity o f 10 .1 1,101 4 en thusiasm of Ornieation for °Tip, whose tolderstanding w e rated at the highest, we were led to believe that the enthusiast must be himself it man o f talent,"S;orichti.d. it Thomas Peevor, and some score a Mr. {.loll tews tid;Tti,,e ‘ ,# 9 .'1 04 g l etttly obliged to ou r evening contemporary for the liberality with which he has invested them, with what no oue ever before supposed them to possess. That Mr. Cobbett was a man of genius, and that he was distinguished above all writers of his day, for his raFy §ax.on style, is too generady admitted to allow his i'ell',# , g . tidei admireks to .A 4141 4101 mevit on that account. flOvvirer,we tbC . 4tliPlastie extravagance of otti:epntempoittrY. It reinip4:s - Of the old proveyb, 41:4 f‘ they gre fond of liptien who . 1k:1; where the owe lay." Eiy the bye, when our uoutempora‘.y calls all those blockheads who thought or spoke lightly of Alt.. Cobbett's in tellectual powers, dPes he forget Printing. House-square? SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TER .SA IL' .5-:—YIi7STERDA Y. THE ASCOT CUT', P.P. (THURSDAY NEXT). .5 to 4 agst Mr. Cooke's Sheet Anchor—take n 6 to 4 agst Lord Westminster's Touchstone—offered 4 to 1 agst Mr. Theobald's Rockingham—offered E; to 1 apt Captain Williamson's Ainclerhy—take 10 t 1 15 to I agst Mr. Robertson's Lucifer—taken 15 to 1, agst Sir G. Ileathcote'i Valentiisimo—taken From the eagerness with which the odds were offered against Tonch , ,tone, some are led to doubt whether he will start. 0 to 1 ol..red on tr against the field, and (3 to 1 on three. DONCASTER. ST. LE: E 1:. The following six were backed at 11 to 1 each, in one bet Lord Wilton's Gladiator, Colonel Westenra's Wedge, Lord Lichfield's Elis; Mr. Mak:dock's Black Diamond, Mr. Bird'a Ilpishank. and Mr. Most n's Trapbali ; 4 to 1 asst Gladiator and Trapball (taken) ; :old I ;Ildiat“r are quoted at 8 to I each, but nothing definite done about either; oilers to take t 2 to 1 about Wedge. THE DERBY, 1837. SA , eral thousands have been laid even at the Clubhouses betwren eighteen and the field, and . Brother to Mouche has been !Licked to a considerable amount at 30 and 35 to 1 ; Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton is first favourite. REIGATE RACES —l' EsTEnnA r. the Croydon Plate of 100 . guineas, given by the inhabitants of Croydon and its neighbourhood, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 snvs. each. Heats about a mile and a half. Three yrs old, ist. ; four, Sot. 61b. , five, 9st. 2b. ; aged, 9it. 61b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 400 soya., &c. 9 Subs. Mr. Robertson's Olympia ...... ...Macdonald 2 1 I • Mr. Gardner's Ethilda, 4 yrs Mr, Steward's Lender, 4 yrs 3 3 3 . Mr. Crommelin's Zitella, 5 yrs Each heat won cleverly. The Surrey Farmers' Plate of 50 toys., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 curs. each. Four yrs old, lOst. 10Ib. ; five, I Ist. 61b. ; six, Pst. ; age& I2st. 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, &boat a mile and a half. The winner to be sold for 40 soya., if demanded, &e. _ _ Mr. Duck's Peterborough, aged J Day 1 1 Mr. Agate's Nonsense, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Chitty's Black Swan, 4 vrs . 3 dr Mr. Webb's Creeping Jane, aged dis The -first heat won by half a length, the second by two lengths. The following Stakes are proposed for next year : A Dinner Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for all ages. Two miles. ( There are already lb Subs.) The Reigate Stakes Of 20 son. each, 10 ft., only 5 if de clared, &c., with 50 added by the Committee. Two miles. (4 Subs. already.). The Surrey Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if declared, &c., with 100 added. Two mile?. MANCHESTER MEETING, IrEIINESILir. The Wiltini - Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ; threeyrs, Gst. 51b ; four, fist. 41b ; five, Bst. 121 b ; ag►ed, 9st. 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. 7 Subs. Mr. Bristow's Abercrombie, 3 yrs Mr. Buckley's James, 4 yrs .. Captain Lambe's Count d'Orsay, 3 yrs Lord Stanley's Donald, 5 yrs, and Mr. A. Bower's Bucephalus, 4 vrs, also started, but were not placed. Betting-5 to 4 tt.; - st Abercrombie, and 2to 1 agst James. Won easy. Tile Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for three yrs old; colts, Sat. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. ; untried stallions, &e., allowed 31b. Mile and a quarter. 7 Subs. Lard Westminster's Sarcasm Mr. R. Turner's b. f. by Olympus... 2 Sir T. Stanley's b. f. by Filho Betting-5 to 4on Sarcasm. Won easy. A Free Handicap Stakes of. 10 sovs. each, with 30 added, • for four yr olds. One mile and a quarter. (7 subs.) Mr.. Wya.t's b. c. Fidelio, Stump, Gat. 121 b 1 Mr Nanney's br. c. Cymro, by Banker, 7st. 31b. Mr. W. Lonsdale's b. 1. Gipsy, by Tramp Bettina;--5 to 4on Gipsy. Won by a head. His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. fc;r three-year olds and upwards ; throe-year olds, 7st. 21b. ; four, 9st. 21b. ; five, 10st. ; six and aged, lOst. 51b. Three miles and a dis. Mr. Barrow's b. m. Cathcrina, 6 yrs. Sir it. Bulkeley's gr. g. Isaac, 5 yrs. Mr. Richardson 's b. m. Lady le Gros, 5 yrs. ... 3 PARIS RACES-Mr 5. A Prize of 1,200 f. for three-yr-olds. Once round. 200 f. entrance. Lord H. Seymour's b. c. Frank ...Robinson 1 1 Air. Lupin's ch. f. Belida Duke of Orleans's br. c. Brougham 3 3 Both heats won in a canter. _ The Meudon Prize of 3,000 f., added to a Sweepstakes of 200 f. each. Heats, once round. Lord H. Seymour's b. m. Miss Annette......... 2 1 1 Duke of Orleans's b. f. Angelic The first heat won by a head, the other won easy. • Sweepstakes of I,ooof. each. Once round. Prince de la Moskowa's cb. h. Anglesey ...... ...Pavis 1 Mr. Palmer's Camlet . Mr. Lufelle's Coroner The llercules Prize of 5,000 f., added to a Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each. (4 Subscribers.) Lord H. Seymour's Bliss Annette walked over. MAY 8. The Orleans Prize of 3,000 f. Lord Seymour's gr. h. Morotto Match for I,oool.—Mr. Lupin's ch. 1. Belida, 3 years. 9st. 71b. Mizen),•beat Lord Seymour's Robert, 4 yrs. 1141 b., bolted. The Ladies' Pi:ize of 3,000 f. Heats, once round. Duke of Orleans's gr. f. Volante. Pavis 1 1 Lord 11; Seymour's b. m. Miss Annette 2 2 THAMES YACII7' ('L ÜB. Yesterday the first match for the season of the yachts of the Royal Thames Yacht Club came off. The City of London steamer was moored off the Tower-stairs for the accommoda tion of the commodore and stewards of the Club, and the visitors who were invited to be present. A military band was on board, and a vast quantity of all kinds of meat and drink was provided for the exigencies of the voyage. Ever) thing w as con , lucted in a style of elegance and profusion. The steamer reached Greenwich shortly after 10 o'clock, when the commodore went ashore to give Admiral Sir J. M. Harey i the vice-patron of the club, an opportunity of seeing the A m Cu') cu:l cover, the prize of the successful vessel. The oup was, of very elegant manufacture, the handl , a Tepreaenting dolphins, and the top surmounted with A Wkwn and flags. The start took place from Greenwich, and the matoh was for the boats to round the flag,boat qt Oravesend, and return to the place of starting. The boats that started were the fol lowing : Messrs. Swain ant i 'M a k ; s to ta n r s . ; owners, blue, i J t a h n se:b Pi;ncess Victoria, 25 tons; owner, G. Barron, Esq. ; im perial crown, on white ground. Telemachus, 21 tons.; owner, J. Williams, Esq. ; scarlet and white, diagonally severed. Rob Roy, 16 tons; owtlor 4 a, gouthatn, Esq.; black and scarlet, checkered, ALrt, la Wiwi awrior, W. Lyon, Esq. ; white with 'green cross, Lady Louisa, 13 tons ; owner, B. T. Smith, Esq. ; blue. The start took place at eight minutes past 11 o'clock, the wind blowing due east and very fresh. The favourites were the Princess Victoria and the Lady Louisa. The Alert was also backed to win, The start was managed in beautiful style ; the vessels wore all abreast, and so continued for a few minutes, when the Lady Louisa broke away and took the load. It, however, very soon became apparent that the Prin cess Victoria was making the running, and that the wind, which increased every moment in strength, was in her favour. The Lady. Louisa was in a short time obliged to take in a reef. In Bugsby's hole the wind was too much for her, and she was obliged to he laid-to, In consequence of an accident by which the Teets of the mainboom were carried away. From this time she became hors de combat. The Princess Victoria now took the lead, and was running away from her competitors. She was followed by the Ada Jane, the Rob Roy, the Alert, and the Telemachus. At Long-reach an accident occurred to the Princess Virtorla ; the end of her bowsprit snapped short oil', and before the jib could be again rigged out she had lost upwards of a mile of way. The Ada Jane then took the . lead. At 27 minutes and a-half past 3 she rounded the flag-boat at Gravesend. She was followed by the Rob Roy at 31 minutes past 3. Next came the Princess Victoria, within a minute after. Tho Alert was the fourth. At 33 minutes past 3 o'clock the Telemachus was, in the technical terms, nohere, and the •Lad Louisa was no more aeon. On retu w rning, 'the Ada -Janey still maintained the lead which the disaster of the Princess Victoria bad given her. The latter, however, was so excellently handled, and her speed was so great, that she very soon distanced the Rob Roy, and began to gain upon the Ada Jane. Both she and the Ada now hoisted their galf topsails. The Ada had, however, so greatly the lead, that it was plain the match was safe, and that she would be the win ner. At a quarter before 6 o'clock, she rounded the winning flag off Greenwich, amidst the shouts of thousands of specta tors. Within a quarter of a minute she was followed by the Princess Victoria: next came the Rob Roy; the Alert was fourth. This match, from the state of the weather and the freshness of the wind, was extremely . interesting. The cir cumstance of the accident which occurred to one of the fa vourites, and the incapacity of another to contend with the wind, caused some heavy sums of money to exchange owners. The arrangements, under the direction of W. H. Harrison, Esq., were highly satisfactcry to everyb o dy. Th e accommo dations on b oar d the City of London steamer were also of that character that nobody was long in search of what way required. The whole scene was peculiarly animating and de lightful. MATCH AGA INS7' TIME. Tho matoh of Townsend's, to walk six miles forward and four wiles backward, each within an hour, was decided on Tuesday, at Lower Tooting. lie did the four miles. ward in Ilfty-one minutes, and the six miles fe,pward In fifty epg lit minutes, inning eleven minc'ei tc,i,pare. Ile then rested a couple of hours, and vieut (Mt° do another match, which had. been rPtldp i4j the course of the day. It was to pick up 40 stones, a yard apart, with his mouth ; walk a mile ; run a mile ; walk backward a mile ; draw a barrow a mile ; and. 440 1 c! 4 hoop a mile all which ho performed I seC, within 'the It was rather wartn vt ti. ; ;; p;i4tb.:slonal " did not ap: p 1 2.4 kw; at all at *ult. He'is a most astonishing lasting man. " Of upwards of 300 Poles who arrived at Trieste front Cracow," saws the .21/cssayer, "only 120 are to come to France, and th e res t are t o b e 'sent to America, at the Ciipose of the Au s t r i an Governmeni. A pi.. , :oltso t x4qqisio',‘ is sl{d to have Y e r "ititbb tyffii (,?41,)1twtq pf earls and , the i; s lt'iintite destiny pr thew c.xi)es, The 12 P '‘lto, are i'ii:cnnie into base, it iikmrivrted, obtained tbis hospit a li ty un l y un 'Agning declaration in presence of the Fsencti aeTricste, that they arc so far provided with means of subsistence as to be able to dispense will all pecuniary ald from the Geverurrie4t," 0 *CONNELI: DINNER AT B Git Y. On the 21st of May, it was annoutne.l in the Suffolk papers that Mr. O'Connell intended to dine at Ipswich on the 2701. The Reformers in Bungay in the middle class of society immediately sent the followintr invitation to the Honourable Member : _ _ _ Bungay, :',lst May, 1 536. TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ•, M.P. SIII,—We beg .the himour of your coal:mu; at a public dinner in Bungay, on an ea , ly day, during your aornaching visit to Suffolk. We shall be gratified by an onartunity of testifying our admiration of the consistency hrul the effect with which you have advocated the p inciples of liberty and justice. We arc interested in. requesting your a' ter:dance, as we believe your presence, and the vigorous ex session of yonr sentiments, would rouse the sympathy of a d 4riet and torpid beneath the influence of a clerical and landed aristoc racy. Our tow - n is central to an extensivi . agri !uliur .1 tract, and a number of considerable towns. We beg your reply, with thetappointment of the first convenient day, if compatible with your engagements, by return of post. On the 2t:d, t'ic following reply was se to Mr. Jol.n Childs : London, May :13. 1836. - . Sir,—l feel honoured and delighted with the invitation to I3ung-ay, but regret that I cannot name Monday as you desire, because the House sits that day, and I have busi ness of the first importance to bring before the Commcns at the sitting. If Saturday had answered your purpose, I could have fixed that day ; but the reasons you state are all-sufficient to prevent your assenting to it. Should that day, however, afford no insuperable objection, you can command me. I will be . at Ipswich on Friday. I beg you will express to the gentlemen who signed the invitation my deep sense of the honour and kindness done me. I, am personally grateful ; I am doubly grateful for the sympathy expressed in the object of my political efforts, namely, the establishment of equal rights and liberties in all parts of the British Empire, and the full enjoyment of civil and religious freedom by all classes, creeds, and per suasimr,freed equally from tests and taxes. I have the honour to be, Your most faithful and obedient servant, DANIEL .O'CONNELL. Saturday was immediately fixed on, and intimatio❑ to that effect sent to Mr. O'Connell. The Dinner takes place at. Four o'clock, at the Theatre, Bungay. SUMMER CIRCUITS. The Judges have appointed the next Summer Circuit, as follows : SOUTH WALES—Lord Denman. NORTH WALES—Mr. Justice Vaughan. Nor.roLK—Lord Chief Justice Tindal and :Nit% Juitico Bc sanquf t. IlomE—Lord Abinger and Mr. Justice Gaseiec. MIDLAND—Mr. Justice Park and Mr. Baron Bollard. OXFORD—Mr. Justice- Littledale and Mr. Justice Patteson. NORTHERN—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Coleridge. WESTERN—Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Williams. AT CHAMBERS—MI. Baron Gurney. IRELAND. ANTI-TITHE MEETING IN DROGHEDA.—On Monday an aggregate electing of the inhabitants of Drogheda took place, the purpoAe of expressing their unqualified dis approbatioe of the infamous attempt of the Tory Itords to insult the Irish nation and rob it of its just rights and pri vileges by the rejection of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. The same devotedness to the cause of good government, the same patriotic enthusiasm which distinguished the Dublin meeting, marked the proceedings of the men of Drogheda. MEETING IN CORK.—At this meeting a petition to the 'House of Commons was adopted on the subject of the Lords' "amendments." The Chair was . taken by the senior Member for the city, who opened the meeting in an do quent speech recommendatory of the rejection of the Lyndhurst Mock Municipal Reform. Mr. S. 0:BRIEN, Esq., M.P.—This gentleman, in an address which has just been published to the constituency • of the County of Limerick, says :—" I am no advocate for a repeal of the Union, provided Ireland be dealt with as an equal and integral part of the United Kingdom, but from the moment that we are treated by the British Parliament as a subordinate province —as an inferior race—l shall seek an independent Legislature for my o.vn country, as the• only means of preserving it, from oppression, contempt, and disgrace." Tut: REBELLION MEN.—The latest accounts from the seat (or rather the seats) of war are—the marauders have had no success latterly in Carlow—in military parlance, they are broken down by long.and ineffectual marches-__ like "the ever to be lamented Abercromby," they 'are un able to find nne rebel. In the county of Wexf , -. d t h e ma gistrates, Messrs. Walker and Arrostrong . 'Wnether from an innate horror of pinnder or from + . 1 .1e hopelessness and danger of the campai! , n, refused lo serve. In Tipperary the notorious officer of Philip Ryan, has not yet fallen. We are in C "A - Med by a Tore bulletin, that he is "still alive and stirring —he is engag,ed in the service of upTlrds twenty clergymen of the Establishment." Not so .oeimis Flynn—he has been grievously wounded. The following is the despatch Denis Flynn, fortne!ly con stable of police, lately appointed an officer of rebellion, having orders to serve writs for 'tithes due to the Rev. Mr. Thompson, was furiously attacked, and received a blow of a stor.e in the Main -street of Templemorc, on the 12th inst., and would have been otherwise maltreated but that he re ceived protection by getting into a house and remaining there till his assailants separated.—Register. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BUSSELS, MAY 25.—The Senate is convoked for Wed nesday, the Ist of June. The. Chamber of Representatives continues the discus sion of the project of law relative to the cases in which officers may lose their rank. VILSNA, MAY 17.—Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, accompanied by Prince Metternich, went this morning to the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, to see a large steam-engine, just arrived from England. We hear that her Majesty the Empress Dowager will be absent two months. As warm weather has at length set in, the 21st is fixed for the day on which their Majesties will go to Sehonbrunn ;part of the Court will on the 19th and 20th. MUNICH, MAY 20th.—The departure of the Duchess of of Leuchteuberg for Stockholm, is fixed for the 10th of next month. CIIPASTIANA, MAY I.6.—The Stockholm mail has brought orders to fit out eight • gun-boats to cruise along the coast. They are to be stationed as follows,—two at Drontheim, two at Bergen, two at Cluistiansand, one at Fredericksvarn, and one before . Frederickstadt.—Hambingh Papers, May 24. 'BELGIAN FUNDS, BaUSSELA, May 21. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ...... Rothschild'; Loan, 5 per Cent. lot Loan or City, 1832.4 per Cent. 9 4% Society of Commerce, 4- per Cent 132 Batik of Belgium, 5 per Cent l2l —Brussels Papers, May 25. • AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViuxNA, - MAY 17. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. -1.1..nk Shares —.ll/gemeine Zeilung, May 2'2. DUTCH FUNDS—AmsrEnoau, MAI' t Mont.:, R.lls. Aet0...1 Debt, 214 per Cent. .5644 57 Loan (1S30) 5 per cent. A • ort .:,vntlic, 4.4, per cent ~ .. .. 117 1 4 954: Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent 52 ,2% ConnnercialTompany, 4 , per c tit 1.45 15.1 Divo (103.2 and 1833) 5 per tent. Lictliange on London, One mouth l2 .2% Two months —Dulet Papers, May 25 HAMBURG BORSEN HAI,LE, May 21, FOREIGN FUNDS. rifts. Money Austrian Metalliques, 5 per rent. Ditto ditto 4 Iwo' ct,nt. Ditto ditto - 3 percent. Ditto Bank Shares l3 9 13.i7 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. "1 ' A.tgio-Itussian Loan l'ap, Inscription, 6 per cent. — Itus.dan I ascription, Ilope and Co., :1d :old 4th .„. . . _ • Ili% 9 . '3 , 4 Series Ditto, Certificates rot ttlgtattKe lie,reitey litniik. 5 per cen t 8 0 34 St , I)itt.o, 0 per eent it 514 i 14, . I>nte IN per Cent, Onto 5 per Ueots — Poiedi riontl§, 0 per cents, A ngin..l)innsh Loan, 3 per I ,lits 7Ti 74 Notuegian Loan of ittl4, lil r cents. ~,,,:,,,,slt, in Oast, es, 3 per Ce -t, CM tog Loan, 5 per Cent Cheek Ilam per cents. 18:11, guaranteed nY r""co 9- -` - 4 I'S ' burg Pap Mky 41. . CHoLERA PrALy.—Accounts from Sinegaglia announce open in th e P apa l G overnment has defewed the openg a the celebrated fair of Sinegaglia, whirl sho'.id be held in June, in consequence of the re-appevAnce of the cholera in Venice and Upper Italy.—Gat' ot Paper. THE COUILTIER4 I TATE.SUAN.—Th c character of Bolingbroke % as di,awn in Mr. Bulwer's work " Devereux," is ono of those vital and stirring creations v.hich render fiction, in the hands of' a master, far more effective than any of the °Gramm forms in which reality itself is found to subsist. It is interesting to note the author's own remarks upon this indi vidual portraiture, expressed in his preface to tlao new edition of " Devereux :"—" Of the principal elv~ter introduced, the celebratod and graceful, hNt Ottttrlaintlio Bolingbroke, I still think," he observos, v• that my shetoh, upon the whole, is sub- Ak‘st % We xuust trot judge of the politicians of one ale ikght of another, Happily we now demand in a a E.'..4tetti'ln a desire for other aims than bis own advancement; but, at that period, ambition was almost universally selti,h—the statestrom way yet a courtier—a man whose very destiny it was to intligae, to plot, to glitter, to deceive. Compare flaling t ; broke n ot w i t h the men, and by the rules of 'lay, but the men, and by the rules, of the 144, Lie will lose notllt i l , f , in co mpar i son w i th . a Walpole, with a Marlborough. on one atk Ward Or a Swift, upon tbe other." SINGULAR RECOVERY OF PROPERTY. It will be recollected by• our readers that on Saturday morning last, while some labourers were employed drain:ng out the canal near Macclesfield-bridge, Jslington, a boy, who was searching after eels, picked up a box, containing Bank stock receipts to a considerable amount, and other property. In consequence of the report of the extraordi• nary circumstance appearing in the newspapers, Mr, Maurice, surgeon of •the Borough, Southwark, ha.; Mile forward to claim the property, and gives the &Moving t , :ina gular account. It appears that some time ago he 'was lE resident of Warboroughgreen, Petworth, Sussex, when lift had occasion to come to London for the above property. He hired a cabriolet, into which he got with the cash-box containing the Bank stock receipts, 300 sovereigns, nod 2001. in Bank of England notes. On alighting he left tks property in the cab, and the driver drove away with it, and he heard nothing of him or the property until he r s ultimately apprehended and taken to Queen-square %lice office, where he was charged with the felony, an d corn_ mitted for trial. lie confessed the robb.'a q , saying that on opening the box he took out the 3 sovereigns, but nat wishing to run the risk of bein , found out, he. determined on getting rid of the and he procaeded s and the other papers and note,, to the Regent's Canal, near the Maccles field brid.r, , ,T, and threw them into the water. On that oc casion he employed men, at a heavy expense, to drag after the property, but they did not succeed in finding it, and he gave it up as lost, until Monday last, when he read the re port in the newspaper of the cash-box being discovered, with his name and address upon it. He accordingly pro ceeded to Inspector Miller, of N. division, to make in quiries on the subject, and ascertained that a person of re spectability in the neighbourhood had given the boy half-a crown for the box and its contents, and he was in posses sion of it ; and he (Mr.,M.) expressed his belief that the whole of the notes (and not only 10/0 were in the box. Inspecto: Miller immediately repaired to the person who had the property, and intimated that there must have been more money in the box when he received it, and that, if the money was not instantly delivered up it would be his pain ful duty to take him into custody. The party after some hesitation confessed that there was more money in the b.ix when he received it, and produced a 1001., three 101., and two or three 5/. notes as part of the property, but still it is said that 100/. are missing. Mr. Maurice has eirculLtad bills offering a reward for the restoration of the whole of the property, but it is not forthcoming. The cabriolet, driver was tried at the Old Bailey a few sessions ago, where he was found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years. The peculiarity cf the eiremmtar,ce has caused considerable interest and conversation in the imme diate neighbourhood, and crowds of persons assemble near the spot, many of whom eagerly look oat under the im pression that it is probable that more money may be found in the cauci. EWRIORDINARY CASE OF MIN- SLAUGH I ER. (From the Boston Ile;a111.) A very great degree of excitement has been r exasioned in this neighbourhood by the death of Owu, ali as John, ltowlatt (a player on the violin at fairs), who vras stabbed by Alexander Milligan, a hawker of tea. On Thursday last an inquest was held on the holy, "oefore Mr. C. Mastin, Coro:ier, at the Barley Shear, iti rosdylce-fen, when the colowing evidence was reeeivcd. John Lynn, bricklayer, of deposed that, at about half-past five o'clock on Te.-!sday evening last, he was re turning home, about halt a mile from the Barley Sheaf, he saw the prisonerillilli;aq lyin g on the bank of the North Forty-foot Drain ; soon afterwards he (witness) noticed the deceasad, Rowlatt, retreating backwards, pursued by Mil ligan, and on coming up with him observed that he was wounded and bleeding from the right side. Deceased ex claimed, " You tea man (meaning Milligan) has stabbed rne." After inflicting the wound prisoner ran away. James Allen (a lad, apprentice to the former witness) deposed to seeing Milligan lying on the bank by a tunnel, and to shaking hith, :supposing he might be going on the road to Boston. Witncss's master having desired him to let the man alone, he did so, and went on. His master went into a house, and ho remained outside walking to and fru upon the bank. Whilst there he saw the deceased go up to the prisoner, and trying to awake him by pain.- him by the ear. Milligan then jumped up, and asked, "is that what you mean ?" to which the deceased replied. " Yes !" On this prisoner drew a sword from a stick, and pointed it towards deceased, who retreated backward, but was pursued by the prisoner, who plunged the sword into his right side, and t},c blood immediately flowed through his clothes. Aften'iaabbing the man the prisoner deliberately returned tke' sword into the stick, and ran away. 'Witness. saw the deceased put into a boat to be conveyed to the hnse at which the inquest was held, and then went home with his master. [This witness identified a sword which was produced as being the weapon with which the wound was inflicted.] James Wells (a youth, son el Mr. Nicholas WellP, far mer and grazier, of Fosdyke-fen) deposed that. ,b ou t. half-past five o'clo:!k on Friday night he was walki..g by the, side of the ;idler (meaning deceased), and when they Nadi reached the tunnel they saw a man lying upon the ground,. apparently resting himself. The fiddler took hi nt by th e ear, and then, by the hair, in fun, on which the teatogn said, "Do you mean that ?" The deceased replied, " Yes." The prisoner then drew a sword, which he, piffled at the fidler, who ran backwards a few yards, but the teaman followed, and stabbed .him under the right arm. The Rev. William Braithwait, Minister of Holiand-fen ellapel, deposed that he proceeded to the spot where the. wounded man was lying. He was then in a bout, ar a l witness felt satisfied he was dying. The. Rev. Gentlerinnt attended the poor man to the Barley Sheaf, but be expired bolore reaching the house. The Jury, after some consideration, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Alexander Miltig- A n, and the Coroner immediately l issued the warrant for his commit nu to Lincoln Castle, to take his trial fur the offence at.. the next as!izes. The appearance of the prisoner betokens the grer Aes t anguish of mind, and he was removed in custody w' A b out uttering a xvord. Ile has always been knowh as a man o f violent passions, bat the dreadful crime he has now coin mitted appears the more remarkable from thy.. fact that he and the deceased were on terms of friendsh' l3 , an d h a d b een drinking together just before. Immedir, t o y after inflicti ng the deadly wound he went to a hour' in the neighbearhood 4 and proceeded to transact busiw. iss as if nothing whatever had' occurred. It is altoget l '.er one of the most extraordi nary cases which has occurred for many years. The distance to which the unfoetunate deceased re treated, when pursued, before he was stabbed, is just six yards from the spot 10.;:re Milligan was lying. The weapon is not an ordinary stick sword, but an infantry sword, to. which a sheath was made by hollowing out a stick, and there wrapping it over with le2ather. " PERICLES AND ASPASIA."—(By Walter Sa vage Landon) Our readers will find this to he the pro duction of a man of first-rate powers. In a series of scenes you hare presented great events in the lives of the hen) and Leroine, standing forth from the midst of the intellectual glories of their ages. It contains many fragments of fine verse. The conception of the scene supposed to have passed. in the shades between Agamemnon and his dang rater is stLiaing ; it is embodied in the purest language, atiet, in the perfection of classical feeling. There is no passage in Goethe'a " Iphigenia," that master-piece of the German poet, more deeply imbued with the Greek spirit. The important eclipse of the sun made itS first ap pearance on the earth, at the north pole, in kite, 1295, and proceeded more southerly at each successive period of eighten years, ten or eleven days. It reached the north of Europe, on August 27, 1367 ; in 1439 it was visible over all Europe ; in 1601, which was itseighteenth appearance, it was central in London ; on May 3, 1818, it was visible in 'England and Scot land ; and on the - 15th of May instant, as already known, it. was central in this neighbourhood. At its 38th appearance, on the 10th of August, 1980, the moon's shadow will have passed the equator; and as the ecli•,se will take place nearly at midnight, it will of course be invisible in either Europe, A';'a, or Africa. At each of the nineteen subsequent periods, the eclipse will go more and more towards the south, until finally, on September 30, 2665, which will be its 77th appear ance, it Will goog at the south pole of the earth, and disap pear. altegother. —Edinburgh Courant. GILA NNY'S GRAMM A. R.---Th C HMV, last Tues day, made some remarks relative to our Post-office regula tions, and indited an article upon the subject, in which, aca cording to the practice of the good old lady—who, perhaps,. wisely thinks that the laws of language are more honoured in. the - breach titan in the observauce—the number cf grammaticali inaccuracies bore throughout a most bountiful proportion to tit aof the sentences which contained them. The article -at cleverly and very consistently concluded in the following ace o rate terma—" Befere concluding these general remarks, to the mofe minute details of which we may attend at another op pea:unity, we bei to suggest," &c., &c.—"the more minute de;ails of which "—of what ? Details of remarks ! Again, " We have beard it (the treaty) poken of in Parliament, but. it is desirable that the public should see it. and begin to de-- rive from it whatever benefit it is capable of altardi . tg." What lX‘aut i ful application of it! Whtit force—whaz versatility is"iron to it. We see time Old Lady's it play tive differeu parts in the same sentence. How admirable is Grandroamnar.'s iteration of it. Thore's certainly , nothiog like it. I s:out:An, MAY 20.-1 he weath c r i n thi s qt,nr . tot . has b ,.,„ bri ht tied wg.rni for the last three weeks, tine the aa 'aaattiti lambs arc now doing well—i n d ee d much I:ratter - than' was generally expected. hair:, however, is much Ix wited, and would do good to every thing. The field potatoes are 110a ni„ady planted, and it would be ungrateful to deny that the d ro ught so far favoured prodigiously the cleaning of every kind of land. - Put long sets of weather of any sort are rare) y good for the British farmer ; •the pastures ealiceially are "tar too bare, mul the :,()'.iii Bras es it: so critical a static, that• the cisterns of the sky cannot be opened a moment tom) see 11.— D/Im/ries Couricr.