The Sun. — London, England, 1836-11-15 00:00:00

BRIGHTOK-MONDAY. The sun shone this morning in all the brilliancy of a May Morning, and their Majesties availed themselves of this agreeable change, and drove out to Shoreham. In the af ternoon, the King, accompanied by Viscountess Falkland, again drove out for about two hours. The Duchess of Gloucester, accompanied by Lady Taylor, joined the promenaders on the Pier ; and the Princess Au gusta, accompanied by Miss Wynyard, rode out on the cliffs. Yesterday the Queen attended the evening service at the Palace Chapel. The Rev. Mr. Wood road prayers, and the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson preached from Luke, chap. xvi. ver. 2. Lord de Lis]e and several of the Royal suite rode to the Downs, to witness the flight of the Grand Falconer's hawks, this morning, Lord and Lady Wynford have arrived, and paid their re spects to their Majesties this morning. The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland called and paid her respects to their Majesties this morning, on passing through Brighton, to visit the Earl and Countess of Surrey, at Little Hampton. Prince Esterhazy, and his son, Prince Nicolas, quitted the Norfolk Hotel yesterday for the metropolis. Sir Wm. Fremantle, Treasurer of the Household, Lady F remantle, Miss Hervey, and Miss Bathurst, have arrived for the season. The Duchess of Cannizaro has taken Western House for the winter. Lady John Townsend has left Hampton Court Palace, for Tillington, near Petworth. This morning the Duke of St. Albans, in his full uniform as Grand Falconer of England, rode towards the Dyke, for t , h eburpose of entertaining the fashionables with a flight of is hawks. Their Graces gave a dejeuner a la fourehette t ° a distinguished number of fashionables, which was suc ceeded by a dance. General Gascoyne, an old friend of his Majesty, who has dined with the King every evening since his arrival, quitted Brighton this morning, with the intention of returning in about a week. The General's son-in-law, the Hon. Captain C ampbell, R.N., Groom in Waiting to his Majesty is among the arriv a l s . Th e on ly gues t s b y i nv it a ti on at t h e R oya l Milner table yesterday evening were General Gascoyne and Captai n Campbell, R.N. The M arc hi oness an d t h e L a di es C ornwa lli s, w h o are honoured with the friendship of the Princess Augusta, ar rived on Friday. at the Marine Parade for the season. Sir Edward Codrington also arrived on Friday, and joined his family at Hampton Lodge. COURT CIRCULAR. Summonses were issued to the Cabinet Ministers, yes terday morning, to attend a Council in the afternoon at the Foreign Office. At three o'clock the following Ministers assembled : viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount P almerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Earl of Mint°. The Lord Chancellor joined his colleagues at the Foreign Office at half-past three o'clock. Lord Holland was unable to attend, owing to indispo sition. The other Cabinet Ministers had not arrived in town. The Council broke up a quarter before six o'clock. the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Eng land afterwards arrived, and had an interview with Viscount Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the residence of the Noble Viscount. Messieurs Alontefiore, Attwood, and Marshall, from the Provincial Bank of Ireland, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing -street. The Right Hon. Henry Ellis (late Ambassador to Per sia) transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Sir Peter Laurie transacted business at the Home Office Yesterday. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Melbourne, the Earl of Shelburne, and a select party dined with Lord Holland, at Holland House, Kensington, on Sunday evening. Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Chairman of the E xc is e , and Mr. Gl yn , h a d interviews with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Earl O'Neill from Dublin ; Mrs. William Villiers Surtees, at Leamington, from Harrogate ; Lieutenant- Colonel Probert and Major Mackenzie, at the Royal Hotel, from the lonian Islands ; Major and Mrs. Warren, in Green-street, Park-lane, from Paris ; Lieut. Willett, in Cockspur-street, from the Mediterranean; Colonel and Mrs. Desvignes, in Jermyn-street, from Paris ; Colonel and Mrs. Duncan, in Half Moon -street, from Germany ; Captain Crompton, in St. James's-street, from Lisbon ; Captain John Beckett, in St. James's-place, from the Netherlands ; Colonel Alexis Rourj o t, in Albermarle-street, from Vienna; Captain Mil burn, in Cockspur-street, from Dublin; Mr. George Drum 'fond, in Wilton -crescent, from a tour. DEPARTURES. Major and Mrs. Moody, for Clifton; Major and Mrs. Pergus t ;on, for Bath; Captain Scott, for Hounslow; Colonel Mrs. Brace, for Woburn ; Major Onslow, for Bath ; Captain Pitzmau rice, for Liverpool ; Captain Wilkinson, for Dover; Major IL Mier, for Paris ; Colonel and Mrs. Hale, for Brigh ton ; Ca stain Farquhar, for Canterbury ; Major and Mrs. F rancis Stephenson, for Bath ; Captain Adair, for Canter bury; Lieut. Ashton, R. N., for the Mediterranean. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's will leave t ronsvrick Terrace, Brighton, to-morrow, for Stratton street, Piccadilly. , Duke of Devonshire spent some hours yester maY in inspecting the collection of Egyptian Antiquities now exhibiting at Exeter Hall. The D u k e o f Cleveland paid a visit last week to th e Is ..ep of Durham at Auckland Castle. ~., The D uc h ess o f Gordon, on her return from th e ,Z"tiner r t, w h ere h er Grace has proceeded for the winter i s expected to repair to Huntley Lodge. • Lord ;Ind Lady Rolle were sponsors at the christen thc• infant son of Sir Edward S. Prideaux , Bart., at i u leoutli. After the ceremony the party proceed e d to e t°e, wh e re a numerous party were invited by Lord and tad Rolle. ""rd Ossillston, M.P., who has been on visits to e , Duke and Duchess of Northumberland , at Alnwick Cas tle, and Sir Charles Monk, at Belsay Castle, has left ..e residence oi' the Hon. Baronet for London. bMr. and La .dy Louisa Rabett have returned to town r r ° Shillin g l ee P a rk, Sussex, the seat of her Ladyship's other, the Eai i of Winterton. Counte ss S e .:bastiani will have a diplomatic soiree t Nilorro w evenin.w, in Manchester-square. The E ar l and, Countess of Warwick and the young Lord Brooke hav•.e arrived at Warwick Castle, from Wor it'g• Lady Ca ruling Neeld has been on a visit to the arl and Counte: ss. aThe Countes s of Jersey and her eldest daughter, dY Sarah Villi. ers , arr i ve d in Berkeley-square on Sun t.Y, at ,sight P.M., fr o m W a l mer C as tl e , w h ere her Lady- E . !la Paid a short visit en route f rom th e C on tinent. The arl and, Countess w ill l eave town i n t h e course o f th e 0 - 7ek for - Middleton P ar k, w h ere P r i nce E ster h azy an d 'tier s o f ' the corps diplomutique are expected to assemble. Vise( s untess Deerhurst i s ex p ecte d soon at t h e E ar l 0, Cove a t rY 's hou.se, in Pic ca dilly, b e i ng i n a d e li cate statet f h s eal t 1 ; and her Ladyship will n o t p ro b a bl y l eave town Sezi note until after Christmas. t The _Earl of Aberdeen and his family are expected ° arri, ' e at A rgy ll H ouse , ear l y next wee k, from Haddo. tichard and Lady Acton, daughter of the f r u " cr., klberg, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday, lenham Park, Shropshire. C 1 Sir I !,dmund and Lady Hartopp arrived at the a 'endc .n Hotel on Saturday, from Staffordshire. T he Marquis Graham and his noble bride will le ase Clarendon Hotel to-day on a visiting tour. , t1 . 4 -40rd Gardner left Bute House, South Audley- P 4 e l P, tt , join a shooting party at Lord Suffield's, Glenton f ro ," , orwich, where the Earl o f Ch es t er fi e ld arr ived Nie wmarket. 1 1 1 e Earl of Aleath is making a Continental tour. 1, 0 ; .e Mon. T. Barnewall and his bride, the niece of e 04 4, 'l'4"; DuLlsany, is gone on a wedding-visit to Turvey House, tA w ,` Y of Dublin, the seat of his father, Lord Trimles- Mr. Barnewall is his Lordship's only son . F rom eY Home the bridal visitors will proceed to Dunsany s i e, M ea th, th e res idence of Lord Dunsany. oc e4 r Augustus and Lady Clifford and family will Utitil'Y the Duke of Devonshire's mansion at Kemptown t i 'e meeting of Parliament. Lord Newborough, f 0 a ie ow . P erceval, of the Guards, and a pa rt y , have be en ear n g the sports of the field at his Lordship's seat, i n earn , wa s The late Lord Stowell, when Sir William Scott, ad mi t ;Te a t sight-seer, confining himself to those of_ls. at o n, .nee, of whi c h h e i s sa id t o h ave f o und in London , and the same time, no less than 700. C ll4 . a rci Suffield is entertaining a shooting party at t'ore t°tr Park, Norfolk. The Earl of Chesterfield and Ga rdner have been of the party. LA.R.I.RIAGE OF THE KING OF NAPLES.—It was b• so liza that the King of Naples would come in his own iTw o tt to cond uc t t o his capital the future Queen of the tertl() S jellie s ; b ut hi s M ajes ty's unc l e , t h e P r i nce d e Sa 'fg who was to have returned to Naples this week with at eb ily, has deferred his journey, in consequence of des ebn . 1 I which, it is said, have decided him to remain till I,,it't4t ua ri rY• f Hence it is concluded that the King, in consi q existin g circums t a nces, will have his marriage ' 0 Young Archduchess celebrated by proxy, and that —4 e) ' !le will be chosen to perform the office.—Swabian ' 4 l try, OBSERVATIONS ON COLONEL FLINTER'S LETTER. At the present moment, the current of public feeling is running very strongly against General Rodil, and in favour of Colonel hinter—possibly with good cause ; but justice requires that sentence should not be passed without FULL information as to facts, and I think that information is not before the public. I am free to admit, that, as far as we are at present acquainted with Me circumstances, appearances are rather against the General. lam not competent to bear any evi dence as to the ski 1 or gallantry of the Colonel, who may be eminent for both ; but there are points in his letter, which require elucidation. The whole question turns on the degree in which ALMA DEN was defensible—since, it is clear, that if the post was of such strength, that it mig ht have been maintained for two or three days, we h ave no evidence that General Rodil might not, in that time, have been enabled to surround Gomez, by bringing up his different divisions from Cordova, &c., while the rebel chief was besieging the town. Before noticing the various points in Colonel F.'s letter in detail, I am here to observe, that the general tenor of it is not satisfactory. It enumerates all the disadvantages of his position, as if to make out a case before hand to justify surrender, and terminates with an expressed resolution of perishing in the ruins, which was but ill borne out by a sur render within thirty hours !—after a loss, not stated, but probably small. Now, to particulars : The Colonel's first statement is, that he has " no provi sions." The reply is obvious. Why did he not collect a supply, by means of his cavalry ? The second—that he has " little ammunition." Now, the accounts of the capture state that Gomez " took pos session of the warlike stores," implying a tolerable stock of " materiel." But, if deficient, why did not the Colonel apply to General Rodil for a supply ? Thirdly—He is in " an open town, commanded by hills within musket shot," and cuts trenches and erects barri cades. Now, without adverting to the very little loss which musketry could inflict from any " hill"—for, unless a mole hill, it must be at a tolerable distance—l ask, why did not Colonel Flinter retire to the " FORTRESS," in which Fuente shut himself up, and employ his troops and the inhabitants in strengthening THAT, instead of wasting his time in at tempting to effect what all military men know to be int practicable—viz., make an " open town" into a fortress, capable of being defended by one thousand men against thirteen ? Finally—Why did not Colonel F. report to his General, that the town could not be defended forty-eight hours ? He had known the position of Gomez fr three days—why did he not inform General Rodil of it ? Why did be not inform him of the commencement of the actual attack on his out-posts ? Finally, why did he not demand reinforce ments, or permission to retire from a position, which he was able to state, on his own inspection and responsibility, it was impossible to retain ? It has been said that he maintained himself " thirty hours of the forty-eight required." But no officer need be told, that thirty hours may be wholly insufficient to effect a movement, which in forty-eight would be easily accom plished—the eighteen hours wanting, might have brought up Espinosa or Batron. SCRUTATOR. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1836 a passive than an active part, intercession from very high quarters is said to have been made, which have been an swered by the assurance that his exile, which is as tolerable as possible, will not be for life. But should Prince Radzevill be pardoned, the same favour can be the less refused to his companions in misfortune, because he performed in the revolution a part more active indeed, but subordinate. On the other hand, it is said that all intercessions in favour of Prince Czartoryski have failed, which cannot excite surprise, in spite of all the generosity of the Emperor, since this man, ever since the last catastrophe, continues in foreign coun tries to prove himself an inveterate enemy to Russia, and may still be considered as the entire and chief support of tr~ie discontented and the emigrants.—Swabian Mercury, Nov. 9. In consequence of the late heavy rains, the Rhone, in France, has risen to a height which has not been wit nessed since ISI2. A very considerable injury has been done to houses and property lying upon some parts of its banks, at Lyons and other places, by the overflow. At Paris, too, the Seine had overflowed its banks ; but, by thci last accounts, the waters were receding in both streams. Late on Monday night the servants of a house in Cheltenham informed the Rev. J. Williams, of Aber pergwm, who was lodging there, that two men were se creted in the out-house. Mr. Williams went out unarmed and seized one of the fellows, when the other fell upon him and struck him to the gronnd ; both of the ruffians then bru tally ill-used the Rev. Gentleman, and the servants of the house, through fear, did not come to his assistance. Both escaped. ANECDOTE OF MALIBRAN.—A young English singer in the chorus of the Italian Opera in Paris, - not hav ing the means to follow the company to London, resolved upon taking a benefit concert, Malibran having promised to sing for her. By chance, on the evening fixed for her concert, Madame Malibran was summoned to the Duke of Orleans' party. The beneficiare, uneasy and alarmed, re quested the audience to be patient. Eleven o'clock had struck, and Malibran came. After singing several romances, she took the lady aside, and said, " I promised you my evening, you know : well, I have contrived to make a double harvest of it. Before I came here I sang for you at the Duke of Orleans', and here are the 100 crowns he has sent you."—Musical World. We have to record another instance of " accidental death" resulting from the exposed state of the shaft of a steam-engine. A day or two ago, a girl named Eliza Clegg, aged 16, whilst employed cleaning her winding frame, inad vertently went to the back part of her frame, where she had no occasion to go, and in the act of stooping down, her clothes were caught by a shaft which was revolving in one corner of the room. She was carried round the shaft se veral times in that position ; three girls who were in the room gave an alarm, and the engine was stopped. Her clothes were so tightly wrapped round the shaft, that they were obliged to be cut before she could be cut down. She became insensible, and at length delirious ; the only words she made use of were, " leave loose," which she repeated several times. She died in two hours after the accident.— Manchester Guardian. Mrs. Gunning, an English lady resident in Paris, was lately an applicant to the Commissary of Police under rather unusual circumstances. She possessed a parrot, in her estimation, of infinite value. This bird, brought up by her from its infancy with maternal affection, attained un der her care an advanced age, without having yet arrived at years of discretion, for one fine day this native of the East ungratefully and most unwisely deserted its kind mis tress. An exact description of the fugitive was imme diately published, and presently information reached Mrs. Gunning that her beloved favourite was in the hands of a currier named Boyard. He denied all knowledge of the parrot, but the devoted affection of the lady was not to be thus baffled. She had him brought before the Commissary, where the parrot-loving currier thought it expedient to change his ground—he now acknowledged himself the finder of a bird which bore all the external marks of Mrs. Gunning's parrot, but the lady frankly admitted it could not be hers, for whereas the object of her affec tions spoke English, would reply to her questions in the kindest manner, and sing " God save the King" if required ; the animal now produced not only replied to her endearing appeals in the rudest terms, but sullenly refused to utter a single word of anything except French ; as to singing " God save the King,' he was too good a subject of Louis Phi lippe to do anything of the sort ; in short, he was a French parrot. Mrs. Gunning had no remedy, and to all appear ance Boyard was i nnocent. I t was, however, a most re markable coincidence that on .the day she lost her parrot he should have found another exactly alike in all external fea tures, and a witness was produced who swore that at the time Mrs. Gunning called on him for her parrot, he had one concealed which exactly answered to the description. Still Boyard was acquitted, for the evidence went only to the bird's exterior, and not to those higher qualities which the lady so greatly prized.. Two precognitions, of rather a singular nature, are at present in progress before the authorities in Banffshire. The law against some journeymen house-painters for paint ing a part of the body of one of their fellow-workmen, bright green ; and the other against a blacksmith for steal ing an article of no less weight than an iron plough.— Aberdeen Herald. About two months ago a hawker exchanged a shawl with a country wife who resides some miles south from Forfar. The matron soon made the discovery, no extraor dinary thing, that she had got hold of the worst end of the bargain, and that her shawl had seen service to an extent which she never calculated on. To be revenged, sooner or later, upon the " false loon," became her fixed resolve. Accordingly, about ten days ago, while she was turning over the ashes of a large turf fire, " nursing her wrath to keep it warm," the packman paid her another visit. Shawls of divers complexions were immediately laid before the of fended customer, who, after some hesitation, took up one, and under the pretence of seeing it better at the fireside, inspected there, and then returned it to the owner, desiring him to be gone for a cheat and a rascal, and that she would never purchase another article from him again. The hawker, observing the altered countenance of the wife, took the hint—bundled up and left ; but be had gone but a little way whe❑ his movements attracted the attention of a num ber of boys, who ran after him, crying, " look at this!" The merchant, being not in the best of humour, turned round, and reproached them for their annoyance—adding, " did they never see a packman before ?" " Ow, aye," said one of the urchins, " we have seen pack merchants mony times, but we never saw ain gauin by steam before !" The cause which attracted the boys is explained in a moment. The vindictive wife had placed a bit of live peat into a fold of the shawl, which being put on the top of the pack, and exposed to a breeze of wind, caused the smoke which the boys imagined to be steam.—Montrose Paper. Saturday last, a farmer from Rhosilly brought a quan tity of malting barley to Swansea market for sale, which was purchased by Mr. Glasbrook, of Llangavelach, and conveyed to his malt-house. On the same evening, when the barley was being emptied into the cistern, Mr. Glas brook's son observed a " shot-bag " dropping heavy from one of the sacks, and he immediately examined and weighed it, conceiving that the barley was paid for according to weight, and he found it to contain fourteen and a half pounds weight of silver, principally in half-crown pieces. The farmer returned home quite unconscious of having parted with his hoard, but having had a restless night he awoke early, and exclaimed like Shylock, " There is some ill a brewing towards my rest, for I did dream of money bags to-night. He went to his granary, and then discovered he had sold his treasure for corn. He immediately mounted his horse, and having about 18 miles to gallop, he reached Mr. Glasbrook's houSe on Sunday morning, in a state of great agitation and anxiety, when his bag of silver was res tored to him with a hearty good laugh, at his novel mode of securing his money.—Cambrian. NEWLY-INVENTED CANNON.—We CANNON.—We yesterday had the opportunity of examining at Chalk Farm the model of a newly-invented cannon, which appears likely to realise a most extraordinary improvement in these formidable en gines of war. The inventor, Mr. Steibel, a Swiss engineer, attended in person, and explained the principles on which his discovery rested, and gave several practical examples, which were satisfactory as to his full success. The main improvement which he has effected is, that the cannon, in stead of being loaded at the mouth, and the cartridge rammed home, according. to the present fashion, is loaded at the breach, and the cartridge is replaced by the hand of one man the instant after a discharge takes place. The in creased rapidity is therefore self-evident. A secondary ad vantage derived from the plan is, that, as the breach is de tached for an instant from the barrel, a stream of air passes through the gun at each discharge, and the circumstance of the piece becoming overheated, by which artillery is now so often useless after a hard day's work, is by this simple contrivan ce effectually prevented. However the invention may serve when applied to cannon of a large calibre, we cannot pre tend to say ; but its success is absolute on the reduced size of the model, and it is impossible to imagine -a more perfect or rapid practice than it exhibits. The principle is much the same as that of the Fusil Robert, for which a patent has been taken out in France ; but Mr. Steible's plan is more simple and more certain ; and we have no doubt but that one day it will be generally adopted. The use of match, powder, and touchhole, is dispensed with, and the result is accomplished by means of a spring -lock and de tonator. It must also be observed that one-third less pow der is necessary for each charge, and one-third of the usual labour employed in working a piece is dispensed with. Mr. Steibel says that he has applied the same principle to the simultaneous loading and discharging of a battery of ten pieces of cannon with equal success ; but he did not ex hibit this compound machine, and his experiments were yes terday confined to the model of his single gun.—Moriting Paper. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Julius Crsar was very finely performed at this theatre last night. All the characters of any importance were filled by actors of intelligence and ability—a thing that sel dom happens to the multifarious personages in Shakspeare's pieces. The whole accordingly was in good keeping, and its effect uncommonly satisfactory. Macready's Brutus is not so grand a picture of " the noblest Roman of them all" as John Kemble's ; but it is not less beautiful. It wanted that indescribable dignity with which Kemble alone could invest his heroic characters ; but, at the same time, it was less stoical, and its moral elevation seemed more tempered by the softer emotions of human nature. Kemble produced the pleasure arising from the contemplation of an object too lofty and sublime to produce sympathy, while the spectator feels strongly both with and for the Brutus of Macready. At the same time the impassible stoicism which pervaded Kemble's representation rendered some touches of feeling which he threw into it, inexpressibly pathetic, such as the scene where Brutus, in his tent, contemplates his sleeping boy, and gently removes his instrument from his hands. The great scene of the play, the quarrel between Brutus and Cassius, was admirably given, though Vandenhoff (who performed the latter part) carried the impetuosity of the cha racter rather too far. Charles Kemble's Marc Antony was, as usual, masterly. The oration over Caesar's body was delivered with consummate art. We must add that the blunt and testy humour of old Casca (a part which seldom meets with justice) was admirably preserved by Wallack. This play is more independent of female attraction, we believe, than any other in the whole range of the drama. It has no love, and can hardly be said to have any female characters ; for the two or three trifling scenes in which Portia and Calphurnia are introduced are hardly worth notice. These ladies were represented by Mrs. West and Miss Pelham. The house was crowded, and the play received with great applause. The Earl of Wilton has arrived in Grosvenor square, from Heaton Park, near Manchester. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has nominated James Power, Esq., M.P. for Wexford county, one of its Deputy Lieutenants. Mr. Power, it need hardly be stated, is an uncompromising Reformer , and the appointment is one sure to be popular. A handsome synagogue has recently been erected in Cincinnati, by the worshippers of the Jewish persuasion in that city, it being the first building erected for such a pur pose in the Western States.—Montreal Courier, Oct. 20. DISINTERMENT OF MALlBRAN.—Thursday Mr. Bagshaw wrote to his proctors at Chester directing them to withdraw the caveat in his name ;against the issuing of a faculty for the disinterment of Malibran. His reason for this was, that there was another caveat entered from a more authorised party (the senior churchwarden of Manchester), and that he had no desire, by multiplying difficulties, to put M. de Beriot to more expense than was requisite in the proceedings to be taken by M. de Fiennes, his agent. Yes terday a citation was served at the house of Mr. Sharp, senior churchwarden of Manchester. He is at present out of town, but as the Ecclesiastical Court at Chester, before which he is cited to appear, does not open its sitting before Thursday, it is probable he will return in time to take such steps as he may think advisable. As the Bishop arrived here yesterday M. de Fiennes went to the house of the Rev. C. D. Wray, Fellow of the Collegiate Church, where his Lordship is staying, but in consequence of the Right Rev. Prelate's engagements, the interview could not then be granted. He is to wait on his Lordship this morning. We believe that we may state that his 'Lordship has ex pressed himself disposed to grant the faculty sought by M. de Fiennes.—Manchester Gurdian of Saturday. Fox HOUNDS.—The appearance of a pack of fox hounds on their way to the fixture is impressively beautiful ; so much so, indeed, that every passenger with whom they come in contact pauses to gaze on the interesting assem blage : with the first whip in advance, and the second in the rear, the hounds, around the huntsman's horse, proceed as orderly as a regiment of soldiers. Arrived at the place of meeting, the utmost regularity is still observed, until the arrival of the gay and cheerful field—until indeed the cover is approached ; when at the signal " Halloo in !" like winds let loose, they dash into it. A trembling suspense ensues : the hunters prick their ears, paw the ground, and tremble with anxious expectation ; at length the knell of pug is borne on the breeze. " Hark to Rallywood !" responds to the pleasing sound, and confirms the truth of the announce ment. Another and another tongue are heard—" Yoie ! have at him ! Chanticleer !"—" Hark ! Tally-ho ! he's off !" On Wednesday last the Senatus Academicus of the University and King's College, Aberdeen, unanimously re elected the Right Hon. the Viscount Arbuthnot Lord Rector of the University for the ensuing year ; and Chas. Bannerman, Esq., of Crimonmogate, John Garioch, Esq., of Heathcot, Robert Grant, Esq., of Tillyfour, and Thomas Abercromby Duff, Esq., of Haddo, assessors for the same period. On Sunday evening the Northern and Central Bank, in Sheffield, was entered by some thieves. It was ascer tained that the thieves had been up stairs, and possessed themselves of four keys ; with them, they it seems then made their way into the bank, where several drawers were found broken open, but no cash had been left in them. A private entrance to an inner room, where the cash, in an iron safe, is deposited, fortunately the thieves did not dis cover ; therefore after spending, it is supposed, nearly an hour on th e prem i ses , th ey d epar t e d without effecting their object.—Shejfield Independent. The late tempest of snow and rain has at length been succeeded in this quarter by clear frosty weather. The raising of potatoes has been diligently pursued for some days, and we are glad to find that this valuable crop has suffered less from the frost than was feared would be the case. In the hi g h er di str i cts t h ere i s st ill snow . Th e guar d of the mail reports that the snow lies very deep between Dalwhinny and Dalnacardoch. A gentleman from Ross shire informs us, that in the districts of Strathpeffer and Ferrindonald a great quantity of corn is still out, partly uncut. One farmer has no l ess th an a h un d re d acres of oa t s still in the field, into which a sickle has not yet been thrust. The potatoes that were dug and left above ground have severely suffered.—lnverness Courier. The weather continues adve rse i n t h e extreme t o the securing of the outstanding crops. S carce l y any progres s has been made since Monday. There i s ever y rea son to fear that it will le a terrible spring for the poor.—Glasgow Chronicle. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 13.—1 t was reported at Toulon, after the arrival of the Sphynx, that the expedition to Constantina was deferred till the 15th November, on account of the bad weather and the heavy rains, which have rendered the roads impassable. A letter from Tunis says :—" The Bey of Constantina has notified to the Government of Tunis, with a protest in his character of bearer of full power of the Ottoman Porte -Ist. The demand of a free passage for his arms, ammuni tion, &c., the sending of which has been stopped. 2d, A demand of permission for the departure of his recruits, en listed by his agents in the provinces south-cast of the Re gency. 3d, That of all the succours of every description which he may have need of in his war against the Infidels who seek to dispossess his Highness. . " The Bey and his Ministers, in order to give more weight to their deliberations, thought fit to take the opinion of all the persons usually summoned to extraordinary meet ings of the Divan, &c. The result was, a 'refusal for the third time, of all the demands, on the ground that his Highness cannot desire the ruin of his kingdom of Tunis. All the measures against the intrigues of Achmet, in the the interior, are continued with vigour, and most of the emissaries, declared partisans of the Porte, have embarked for Constantina or Tripolis. If Achmet is seriously at tacked, he cannot hold out a month." The Meteore, steam-boat, Captain Barbotin, arrived at Rochefort on the 6th November. This comes from Lisbon. It is not stated on what day it left Lisbon.—Journal du Commerce, Nov. 13. In consequence of an order from the King, Napoleon Louis Bonaparte has been taken out of the prison of Stras burg, in which he was confined, to be conveyed to the United States, on board a vessel of the State.—ltioniteur. FRANKFORT, Nov. s.—The mad attempt at Strasburg produced here a deep impression. Some of the conspira tors escaped, and on the very day it occurred they passed through the small town of Offenburg, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, travelling as extraordinary couriers, by w hi c h means they obtained post-horses immediately. They brought the intelligence of the insurrection, and one of them was the bearer of a large sum of money.—Journal des Debats. On Saturday morning, M. Charles Cave!, 28 years of age, a proprietor at Auxerre, was arrested in the Rue Castiglione, No. 12, by a commissary of police. This ar rest is connected with the affair of Strasburg—Gazette de France. The Moniteur Algerien of the 2d contains an order of tho day of Marshal Clause], appointing General Rapatel Governor of Algiers ad interim, during his absence. An other edict of the Marshal, in 119 az ticles, regulates the organization of the African militia, or national guard, in which all Frenchmen and foreigners, from 18 to 60 years of ago, are obliged to serve in their respective districts. The Arabs, Moors, and Jews, licensed, or sons of licensed pa rents, or landowners, may be admitted therein by a special authorization of the Governor-General. Several slight en gagements had taken place between the French and natives in the direction of Belida, but no fresh accounts of ths intended expedition against Constantina had reached Algiers up to the 4th instant. M. de St. Priest, the French Ambassador in Portugal, has returned to Paris. The weather was extremely bois terous during his sea-passage.—Courrier Francais. For some years back the town of Verdun has been ap plying to the British Government, in order to obtain the execution of an article of the treaty of 1815, which gua rantees the payment of the debts contracted by English prisoners, to the amount of 3,500,000 francs. The num ber of claimants exceeds 300. Their cause, which belongs to the political law and the law of nations, has been pleaded by M. Routhier, their counsel, before the British Cabinet. That gentleman has lately returned to London at the head of a deputation.—Journal des Debats. At the moment of going to press we were informed that a courier from Portugal reached Paris this afternoon (Satur day), bringing intelligence of a counter-revolutionary move ment having taken place in the Alemtejo. It is stated that the greatest agitation prevailed in Lisbon.—Messager. The dowry of the Archduchess Theresa, who has been asked in marriage by the King of the Two Sicilies, is (we are told) fixed by the Archduke Charles at 6,000,000 florins (about 15,000,000 francs), which will be placed at the disposal of the husband. This sum will be given by the Archduke out of his private fortune, which is esti mated to amount to 20,000,000 or 25,000,000. It is stipulated, that out of the 6,000,000 the King of Naples is to lay out 1,000,000 in the purchase of land in the king dom of Naples, in the name of the future Queen.—Courrier Francais. _ _ A letter from Turin, dated October 26, positively an nounces the discovery of a treasonable plot, which was to have been carried into execution at the fair of Moncalieri on the 28th of the same month, it being intended to take advantage of the confusion which would necessarily arise from the collection of a vast multitude on that occasion in the neighbourhood of the Royal residence.—C'ourrier de lain. lIOLLAND. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10.—The Handelsblad has an ar ticle containing extracts from official documents, communi cations, &c., respecting the affairs of Holland and Bel gium, the object of which is to prove that the total separa tion of the two countries is both the wish and the interest of Holland. That the Dutch, who had hoped that on re covering their independence they should likewise recove r their free commercial system, saw this hope disappointed by the union with Belgium, by which the Government was obliged to adopt a system of high import duties, equivalent to prohibition, in order to favour the Belgium manufac turers. The Dutch, sensible of the difficult situation of the Government, bore their lot without murmuring, an d would never have attempted to break by violence, the fetters which restrained the most valued of their liberties. But when the Belgians, in an evil hour for themselves, raised the standard of rebellion, and forgetting all the ad vantages they derived from the union, were so stupid as to call for separation, it is no wonder that this cry was loudly re-echoed in Holland. The Government soon showed that, sensible of the in terest of Holland, it gave up all idea of a re-union with Belgium, the object of the negotiations during six years was a total separation on - equitable conditions. That this was the general conviction is proved, by the recognition of Leo pold by the great powers, and by all our own official docu ments, by every speech of the King, every communication of our Mini s ter s , e v ery no t e o f our plenipotentiaries in Lon don, and every address of the States-General. It therefore appears strange that two of our Dutch journals have lat terly begun to lose sight of what we have for years con sidered as the fact. They come forward as the advocates of what they call an administrative separation, and would make it appear that the Government never had any other object in the negotiations than by this means to bring Bel gium once more under the Government of the House of Orange. _ _ _ " In order to refute this last (in many respects dangerous) position, we shall content ourselves with quoting some official documents that have been published within these latter years." The journalist then quotes various passages from ad dresses of the States-General, &c., in which the wish for a total separation, and the intention of effecting it are plainly expressed, and promises further extracts to the same effect. RUSSIA. COPY OF A COMMUNICATION FROM THE IMPERIAL MINIS TRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO THE RUSSIAN ENVOY, M. DE BOUTENIEFF, DATED ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY 7 (19), 1836. Your Excellency is aware that soave years back the Im perial Government caused a regulation to be promulgated, i❑ virtue of which it is forbidden to foreign navigators who might wish to visit the eastern shores of the Black Sea to land at any other point on the coast but those where sana tory establishments and custom houses exist—viz., Anapa and Redout-kalch. _ .....„... It having happened, that vessels attempted to elude this prohibition, and to entertain illicit communications with the inhabitants of the coast, our cruisers have been obliged to become more vigilant and severe, in order to prevent similar infractions, and it is thereby occasionally under the necessity of detaining, and even of visiting, vessels which, without having evil intentions, give rise to suspicion, by coming too near the coast. Similar cases, which had occurred more than once, have taken place even duri ng th e course o f l ast year . The Imperial Minister, therefore, has considered it ne cessary to devise measures likely to prevent in future in cidents of this nature, or at least to render them as rare as possible. To this object you are requested, Sir, to avail yourself of the opportunities which will occur in the course . of your relations with the corps diplonzatipe, as well as of those between your Cancelleria and foreign Consuls, to in form them that the above-mentioned prohibition, which already has been made known t o t h em t h roug h your chan nel, in 1831, continuesin vigour ; th a t a squa d ron o f arme d vessels watches over its maintenance, and consequently that the merchant-ships not bound for Anapa or Redout-kaleh will do well not to approach, without necessity, near the coast of Abasa, should they wish to avoid exposing them selves to being detained and visited. POLAND. OCT. 29.—A report has been spread i n th e ki ng d om of i Pol an d, on w h a t f o undation s not known, that on the ap proaching file (Saints -day) of the Emperor various acts of clemency will be published. Among th e persons w h o ar e supposed to have hopes of being the objects of them are Generals Krukawiecki and Prince Michael Radzevill, who since the suppression of the insurrection have been living in exile in Siberia. For the latter, who indeed commanded for a time the Polish revolutionary army, but played rather COURT OF REQUESTS. KINGSGATE-STREET, MONDAY.-It was a pleasing sight, yesterday morning, to observe several ladies and gentlemen in the inner Court, and still more pleasing to record the fact, that one gentleman gave his card and address to seve ral of the most wretched of the defendants, at the same time desiring them to come to him in the morning early. Among the three hundred and ten cases heard before Mr. Commissioner DTBOIS, and a very respectable and intelli gent Jury, the following is a haphazard selection : ANOTHER DANIEL !— Daniel Flyn, a very knowing looking (as far as the outline of his features went) blind beggar of the parish of St. Marylebone, was summoned by a depraved-looking, gin-shortened Irishwoman, for the sum of 335., for thirty-three weeks' attendance on the defen dant, at the rate of I s. a week, board and lodging included. The cat was sadly let out of the bag in this case. Mr. Commissioner Dußois inquired how it happened that the defendant could afford to keep a servant ? Plaintiff—Wish, me Lord (said the complainant), many's the long time he's tould me he finds over 2001. a year for begging; he's got the length of the fut of a mighty num ber of gentlemen, and in regard of his being blind and not able to say (see), and being altogeder no small time thrunk entirely, its them sends him the money, and I wonst tuck in a rale paper note meeself, five pounds weight.— (Laughter.) Its meeself that's seen him wid scores of goulden suvreigns in his pockets, and now (less power to him!) he refuses to pay me, bckase he's got sich a world of tin (money), its nothing be don't know what to be at wid it, except to pay me !—(Laughter.) COMMISSIONER—ReaIIy begging appears to be a most profitable speculation ! Plenty of brass in the face, it seems, is sure to attract gold to the pocket. What have you to say to this, Mr. Flyn ? Defendant (sciatching his left ear, and making very cu rious faces)—l've heard that bastely woman's tongue— (laughter), and sad is the sorrow brought to me own door, that I tuck her to my house. Many's the good turn she's done to me—(laughter). She stole me a flock bed, and she tuck away the tick ; she 'stole me a pair of shoes that did'nt belong to meeself; she stole a large sheet of linen without my consint—(laughter) ; she stole me a pair of snuffers, and she stole me two pillows and tuck away the cases— (roars of laughter) ; and she stole me half a dozen of the finest knives and forks that ever was put into mate ; but, me Lord, the most bastely thing she done was washing for two men without me consint, and wid me own soap and starch—(laughter) ; and last of all she stole— COMMISSIONEIL—For pity's sake stop, Daniel. She must have been a capital jackall to provide so handsomely for such a lion. Do you mean to say she actually stole all these things, and that you received them ? Defendant—Me resave them !—Glad would I be ;—but she stole all of 'em from me, and in regard of that I contind I don't owe her a brass fardin. COMMISSIONER—Oh ! oh ! the things were taken from your establishment. Pray, Sir, how do you get your living? Defendant—There's a great number of rale gentlemin as sists me. I make a regular collection.—(Laughter.) COMMISSIONER—A sort of rent, I suppose? Defendant —Exactly so, my Lord.—(Laughter.) COMMISSIONER—WeII, Sir, I must say begging seems to be an excellent business ; and the only way we can decide upon this knotty question, is, for you to .put a value on the goods you say you have lost, and we will allow it as a set-off. After a long squabble between Daniel and his ex-hand maiden, it was decided that the rint-seeking " Daniel" of Marylebone should hand over 10s., with all costs ; and he immediately pulled out a bag of money and was about to pay, but was informed that it was not required until Wed nesday next. I shall pay it with considerable pleasure, Sir," said Dan, and groped his way out of Court, followed by the termagant plaintiff, who, dissatisfied with the amount awarded to her, vowed vengeance upon Daniel the little ; and the l?eggarman was very efficiently clapper-clawed before he was out of the precints of the Court. LORD PRovosT.—At the meetilig of the Edin burgh Council on Thursday, Mr. Spittal was unanimously re-elected Lord Provost. The present snow storm is unprecedented at this season of the year, especially on the range of hills from Liddlesdale across Teviothead to Eskdalemoor Pen, where the fall has been so great that several of the farmers in that range have already been obliged to have recourse to feeding with hay.—Edinburgh Courant. As Mr. Fry, of Chippenham, was shooting on Sa turday last, with a double barrelled gun, one of the barrels burst; and considerably injured his right hand. The acci dent occurred in consequence of its having been loaded some time previous. —Wilts Herald. The Waterloo of Ipswich, Cloid'master, bound to London, with flour and grain, from that port, was ran on board by the brig William of Sunderland, on the 7th inst. ; thereby, carrying away mainsail, fore stay, bowsprit, &c., which rendered it necessary to be towed into Harwich. Mr. Wason, according to Saturday's Sqffolk Chro nicle, has sent a letter to his constituents, in which he says he never contemplated otherwise than " being at his post at the opening of Parliament, or at the hustiags in the event of a dissolution." LORD RECTORSHIP.—The Campbell party have achieved a great triumph. They have successfully driven Lord Lyndhurst and Mr. Colquhoun from the field, and have forced their affrighted opponents into the forlorn hope of wasting their votes on Sir Robert Peel. We say wasting their votes, because there is not the slightest probability of his being elected. The Churchmen dare not vote for the man who was rejected from Oxford on account of the laxity of his church principles ; the Whigs will not vote for a Tory ; and those students who have the least regard for common decency will not i nsu lt th e name o f t h e i r U n iver- Sity by voting for a man who, two years ago, refused to be come a candidate for the rectorship, and who is opposed to reform in every shape.—Glasgow Chronicle. The Rev. Charles Boyton, to the great rage of the Ultra/Orangemen of Ireland, has declared himself in favour of the National Board of Education. A Paris musical work concludes a memoir of Ma dame de Beriot, which has been compiled entirely from the Musical World, with the following characteristic flourish : Madame Malib' an terminated her engagements among foreigners. She was about to return to us in all the force of her admirable talent ; she was about to find in the midst of her countrymen that genuine sentiment of enthusiasm, of lively and sincere affection—exclusive with the people of Paris—and which was her only hope."—Not one word of which, either as regards herself or themselves, is true.— Musical World. • In consequence of the great rise of the price of coals, it is the intention to re-open a coal-mine in Leicester, and to strike a shaft in Northampton, where, from the ex periments made, they expect to find a productive field of excellent coal. It is mentioned in the Canadian papers that eleren steam-boats were building on Lake Erie. BEES.—The following extraordinary circumstance cannot but be interesting to naturalists :—A. hive of bees, belonging to Mr. J. C. Shaw, Derby-breck, and which are kept in lateral boxes on Mr. Nutt's humane principle, threw out a swarm on the 13th' October last, and which were secured in a common cottage hive. After remaining three weeks incapable of laying up any portion of nourish ment for the winter in consequence of the unusual early severe weather, they returned to the mother hive, and were re-admitted. This fact almost proves that these in teresting insects have reasoning faculties.—Liverpool Albion. Very seldom has the announcement of the death of a private individual possessed one-tenth part of the interest which will be excited in every part of England, among the friends of the Church, by the intelligence that on Sunday, in the 77th year of his age, at King's College, Cambridge, departed this life, and entered upon his glorious rest, the Rev. Charles Simeon, Senior Fellow of that college. LORD BYRON.--- " At the v period of my exile in England Lord Byron was at the school of Harrow, a vil lage about ten miles from London. He was a boy ; I was young, and as unknown as he. I was destined to precede him in the career of letters, and to remain in it after him. He had been brought up on the heaths of Scotland, on the sea-shore, as I had been on the heaths of Brittany, on the sea-shore.. He was at first fond of the Bible and Ossian, as I was fond of them. He sang in Nevvstead Abbey the recol lections of childhood, as I sang them in the Castle of Coln bourg. In my long solitary rambles in the neighbourhood of London I several times passed through the village of Harrow, without knowing what a genius it contained."— Chateaubriand.; Sketches of English Literature. Last evening an inquest was held at t h e Bl ac k Horse public-house, May's-buildings, Bedfordbury, on the body of Mr. Andrew Flockhart, a clock and watch-maker, formerly of Ki ng -street, Covent -,garden, who hanged him self on the previous evening in his back kitchen. It ap peared that the deceased, who was between sixty and seventy years of age, had of late had some misfortunes in business, which preyed upon his mind, and he had lately shown occasional aberrations of intellect. The Jury re turned a verdict of " Insanity." The brief of the United Cathedrals of England and Wales against the Bishops amounts, we understand, to 120 folios. It contains an analysis of Episcopal patronage for 70 years. The object of the analysis is to show to the Houses of Parliament that the Bishops themselves have not been entirely innocent of that crime of nepotism for which, as Ecclesiesticoal Commissioners, they have confis cated the patronage of the Chapters and conferred it on themselves ; the nimblest and neatest transfer of property and the most disinterested decision, in the opinion of readers of ecclesiastical history, which has ever occurrEd in the an pals of the Church.-11forning Paper. r' t.` ': ~~ ; SPIRIT OF•THB PUBLIC JOURNALS It gives us great satisfaction to learn from'i- - 07- City' Correspondent that the feverish apprehensigi lately prevailed in the commercial world has be ' ceeded by an appearance of tranquil confidence. ite-TiC-p; k ' . i../ Irish Banks have stood their ground ; and it may assumed that the danger in the sister island is at an end. The apparent illiberality in the conduct of the Bank of Ireland with regard to notes of the Bank of England has been satisfactorily accounted for by the circumstance of those notes being no legal tender in Irelaed, and consequently the possession of them would not secure the Irish Bank against a demand for gold. The Exchequer Bill Market is still heavy. They closed yesterday at 6s. to 4s. discount for the old Bills, and at ss. to 3s. discount for those at the im proved rate of interest. - The Manchester Guardian of Saturday last contains an interesting extract from a letter from a Bank Director to a gentleman in Man chester, on the subject of their intentions and wishes with respect to accommodation. " It is very gratifying," says that Journal. " to be quite aware that the Directors of the Bank of England do not see anything in the circumstances of the present times to induce them to contract the accommodation they have been in the habit of affording, in the discount of legitimate commercial bills. We mentioned in our paper of Wed nesday, that a letter had been addressed, on the previous Saturday, by one of the Directors of the Bank, to a gen tleman in Manchester, stating this fact ; and we are now enabled to supply an extract from this letter, which will place the matter beyond cavil. After some previous obser vations—which there is no occasion to quote—the writer says— " But Ido think it necessary to assure you that the Directors of the Bank are, one and all, anxious to give every possible facility to the nianu*turing and C01111)10 , cial classes at this moment ; and so far from any impedi ment to the circulation of bills, founded on real business, being either promoted or desired by the Bank, it is their wish to act with the utmost liberality in their discounts, and in declaring this I beg you will distinctly und ers t an d th a t I speak with authority, and am desirous that any use you can make of this letter, with a view to the inspiring of confi dence among the trading classes of Manchester in gene ral, you will not scruple to do ; and it will afford me the greatest possible satisfaction if the result of our cor respondence should be to check the sad effects which would inevitably follow were the erroneous impression with refer ence to the intentions of the Bank of England to remain uncontradicted. Let the houses of Manchester and Liver pool try the experiment, and I can assure them they will find no dculties whatever in obtaining credit for their paper, when it is based upon real, bona fide transactions.' " This, we think, is quite as much as the Bank of Eng land can be expected, either t o p rom i se or to perform ; an d to us it is a highly gratifying communication, as clearly in dicating that the Bank, although the exportation of gold and the imprudent proceedings of some of the joint stock establishments have compelled them to raise the rate of their discounts, are yet satisfied of the fundamental sound ness of the condition of the mercantile and manufacturing interests. We trust, therefore, there need be little appre hension that, during the approaching winter, any consider able scarcity of employment will be added to the too likely calamity of a high price of food." With respect to the price of food, we have also the satisfaction of being able to announce that the price - at Mark-lane fell yesterday 3s. a quarter. However, it would be premature to pronounce vet any decided opinion with respect either to the extent of the defi ciency, or the means for supplying it.—Morn. Chron. By intelligence from Dublin a day later than that which appeared in our paper yesterday, it would appear that the scuffle between the various " authorities," Whig-Radical and Papist, has been settled (after a fashion), as follows :—Mr. O'Loghlen is to be the Puisne Baron of the Exchequer : Mr. Scipio Fitz simon has surrenderad the fruits of the victory he had already won, and declines being Accountant-General T. With regard to the Puisne Baron, report states that originally Mr. Attorney-General O'Loghlen did, as we assumed yesterday, demand the contingent Chief Barony of the Exchequer or Chief Justiceship of the King's Bench, as the understood sequel and condition of his accepting the seat left vacant by the now doubly lamented Sir W. Smith ; that the learned gentleman actually signified his acceptance of the Puisne Judge ship without waiting for the positive assurance from Ministers of any future promotion to the higher office ; that in consequence the patents were all ordered to be made out, but that from the operation of some new (it is easily guessed what) influence upon the mind of the late Attorney-General, lie repented of his pledge to become a Puisne Baron, without security for; any thing more, and did his best, but too late, as it seems, to back out of it ; that Lord Mulgrave put an end to his coquetry by declaring that the patents of Attorney and Solicitor General being in preparation, should be completed out of hand in favour of Messrs. Richards and Woulfe ; and that the late Attorney-General might either act upon the arrangement to which lie had already assented, and go upon the bench as Puisne Baron of the Exchequer, or might go upon the shelf, as the Right Hon. Michael O'Loghlen, and nothing in the world more. Now mind, we state these proceedings as reported to us ; we, of course, were not present at, nor parties to, them. The narrative nevertheless, until con tradicted on good' authority, not the vague ipse dixit authority of a mere out-dcor Radical gossip, but the formal statement of some individual personally conver sant with the circumstances of the case—until then, we repeat, the substance of the facts above related shall have from us implicit credit. Nor do we think it wou'd be fair to throw blame upon Lord Mulgrave or the Whig Government for standing out against the preten sions of one of O'Connell's most servile instruments and assiduous Privy Counsellors, to become a mortgagee upon the Royal prerogative of appointing on so me fu ture occasion the chief judicial functionary of one of his Majesty's superior courts. It is true Lord Mulgrave was obliged to bully a little, but he did so effectually, as the result demonstrates, though in a direction opposite to his usual course ; and before Mr. Richards, the be spattered of O'Connell's foul eulogy, has a chance of jumping into the succession, thus snatched from the O'Loghlen gripe, it is possible that a new order of things may have arisen, and the Administration of Ireland he placed in keeping more worthy of general confidence and support from the friends of Church and State, and of Great Britain. Respecting Mr. Fitzsimon, it has been circulated that Lord Plunket positively refused to swear him in as Accountant of the Court of which the Learned Lord is President. Chief Baron O'Grady, if we remember right, made a similar experiment with an officer of his own court, appointed by external and higher authority, but failed. However, if the Dublin accounts be true, Mr. Fitzsimon has fled the field, without showing much pluck or bottom. The excuse alleged for 17iin is a lame one, and more satisfactory, we should suppose, to the feelings of Conservatives than of Repealers—namely, that the registries of voters for the county of Dublin have gone with such mortal force against the revolutionary faction, as to make the trial of a new election an attempt too desperate for the nerves of the agitator, or too costly for the yet unprobed resources of the rent of 1836. We perceive that one of the agitator's numerous announcements to his seditious association on Thurs day last, was one relating to the " rebellion rent," so named by Mr. O'Driscol. Now, if a man could fish up by any known apparatus what lies in the bottom of ,O'Connell's heart at this moment, we little doubt that it would be a feeling of bitter jealousy and annoyance at the growth of this new contribution, so inconside rately set on foot at his own suggestion, some two or three months ago. Unless the resources of the pau per peasantry, who arc always ready to swear that they have not a halfpenny wherewith to pay their tithe— unless, we say, those resources be quite inexhaustible, it i s obvious enough that what goes to " rebel lion rent must subtract something from what goes cg f or O'Connell's rent," an d that in such case the learned mendicant will have encouraged (what is not usual with him) a system of plunder from which he derives no individual profit. Doubtless there is a story current that the impost levied by, or under the name of, the old Roman " Catholic Association," somehow or other found its way into channels which terminated in the estuary of a certain Kerry election ; and if such a precedent be acted on in tne instance of the " rebellion rent," we admit that it little imports to the agitator whether the money now wrung from the poor of Ireland bears the nickname of the O'Connell" or " the rebellion" fund, the - destination of both being the same. Much fresh mischief being promised by Mr. Daniel O'Connell, in the shape of new contrivances for disturbing the peace of society, we shall, with what patience we are able, wait their advent, watch oss ,