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LITERATURE. ADVENTURES IN THE MOON. Longman, London, 1836. There are many valuable truths and sound moral e3"43 contai ne d i n thi s vo l ume , w hi c h i s wr itt en i n the all egorical form, something after the manner of the "Nisi ons of Quevedo," and is evidently the result of m ulch diligent speculation on men and things. The author., takin g f or th e groun d- wor k o f hi s pl an , A r iosto's fanciful'p notion, that everything lost on earth may be fo und its the moon, takes a trip to that well-stored P la net, where he finds every book which was neglected at the time of its publication, by sublunary readers ; every piece of advice that failed of its effect on the Person advised ; and every dull speech that the hearers f orgot the instant after it was spoken, &c. &c. On t his theory the author constructs a very amusing satir e , Whi ch will be read with the greater interest, in astralch as there is nothing of cynicism in its tone ; fr om first to last there is not one ill-natured passage, or sneerin g personal allusion ; all is gay good humour, s uch as wle find in Arbuthnot's " John Bull." But this is by no means the sole recommendation of the volu me. Its shrewd, worldly wisdom is full as re- Inarkable as its good nature, as the following passage wil l show., which has reference to the very common Prejudice in favour of the superior virtue, morality, ab stinence and so forth, of old age. "1 cannot here avoid a reflection on the hard lot of yin. the in bein gso commonly th© successor of vice. When ,e ho use . being torn to pieces by the riots of vice, is a bandon e d as no l onger habitable, with the foundation s un dermined, the roof fallen in, the furniture destroyed, and the W alls tott e r i ng , it i s m a de over to virtue, and she is d es i re d t t ake polcsession of the ruin, and make herself comfortable ior lifer surrounded, were covered with deep snow, and over the dreary waste the wind in piercing blasts swept violently, driving the hail and sleet in our faces, so as to render it a most difficult matter to get along. At intervals, rain poured down with such tremendous force, that our open and strag gling columns were compelled to halt, and close up into a solid body, in order that only the exterior of the mass might be exposed to the pelting fury of the storm. To clear away the snow from the spot on which we halted was our first employment, at the termination of each day's journey ; and a most delightful frigid bed-chamber was modelled out, the damp ground our couch, with the canopy or heaven for a curtain ; the furniture was completed by the fragment of a rock, turning the softest side of which upwards, to make it serve for a pillow, our slumbers, during the few short moments allowed for repose, were sound though unrefreshing. Occasionally crowding in groups around a huge fire, when wood could be obtained (which was not always the case), we gathered in without much ceremony, with our feet towards the blazing faggots, and stretched ourselves out, somewhat after the manner of wild animals, patiently awaiting the unwelcome summons that was to start us from our cold and cheerless lair. _ " It was truly melancholy to behold this dismal picture of the exterminating consequences of war. The ravages unavoidably committed by the troops were excessive. The weather and season of the year caused it to be almost im possible to procure timber for fuel, otherwise than by de stroying the miserable hovels, that lay dispersed among the hollows and ravines of these wild regions. The frame-work of doors and windows, as well as that of the roof, were put in requisition, the extreme emergency of the case de manding such resources, without which the army must have been inevitably lost." The contemplation of such a picture as the above were enough to make thousands of men vow never to handle a musket. Mark its effect upon the gallant author, in the following description of the pleasures of a military campaign : " Yet, in spite of circumstances of this kind, the life of a soldier on service, taking all things together, is the finest in the world. While he moves on, a roving adventurer, care, pain, and trouble are banished from his mind ; and though he is at times on short commons, and often driven to his wits' end, he but seldom repines. His sufferings give him a greater relish for the enjoyment of any good things that may be forthcoming, or any windfall that fortune may throw in his way. Once fairly on the road, it is astonishing how rapidly the hours glide away. The formalities of parade or drill marching are now at an end, and every one indulges in that mode of perambulation which best suits him. When the commanding officer is not one of your strict disciplina rians, the regimental juniors congregate together in groups, some in front, some in rear ; while the men, though keeping their sections, travel in open ranks, filling the entire space of ground over which the route extends. At the head of the column is to be seen a host of seniors, or old hands, among whom the laugh and joke pre vail ; and there many a long-winded veteran inflicts upon the ears of his patient auditors a narrative as endless as the road. Ever and anon the second Major falls back, and, in , order to shew his consequence and zeal, especially if a General with his staff should chance to be passing, he calls out, in a most important tone, Gentlemen, get into your places !" Keep on the flanks !' and other friendly admoni tions. As soon as he is convinced, by the approving looks of the great man with the long feather and epaulettes, that his vigilance has been duly noticed, he gallops off to his old station, and the gentlemen betake themselves again to theirs, till another appearance of the chief, when the stray sheep are again called back to the flock. By the by, I know of nothing else that these second Majors have to do, unless it be to act the part of moveable pivots for dressing up the line (in which they aro generally very fussy), or in whipping-in the young subalterns, whom they endeavour to keep in order. " The surgeon, who is often a very hearty fellow, with better things than boluses and pill boxes in his panniers— together with the adjutant, and his brethren of the staff— attract around them, in the rear, a batch of thoroughly plea sant men, who keep up such a volley of jest and drollery, as frequently to beguile the weariness of the longest march. Thanks to their amusing powers, we have often found our selves at the gates of the town, or on the camp ground, without being aware that we had travelled any distance. " At intervals of one or two hours, each day, the troops are halted for a few minutes' rest. Then all, as if by magic wand, are quickly squa tt e d, an d h aversac k b e i ng ca ll e d for, the whole of them, like hungry cormorants at their prey, are soon engaged in one grand scene of mastication. Some perform a solo on the shank-bone of a well-picked ham ; others display their talents on the drumstick of a half starved fowl ; while the majority gnaw their way through the skinny junk of an old tough bullock. The vultures and other birds of evil omen are, meanwhile, hovering in mid air, ready to pounce upon the remnants of the feast when we are gone. In the valley of " Lost advice," which, as might be Imagined, forms one of the most extensive districts of the 111 °on, it being the receptacle of all those sage admo ti°ns and remonstrances which failed of their effect With those on earth, for whose benefit they were inten ded, the a ulthor says with much archness— "t In thi s . mu l t i tu d e o f vo i ces I h ear d one i n a reso l u t e Pe giving .counsel to a friend who was labouring under t hat domestic affliction called the tooth-ache, which the ad tjosr very courageously exhorted him to relieve by extrac n, givi ng many hints of what he would do himself if a to oth _, of hi s gave him similar provocation. It is a great !t o antage that in all exigencies requiring a painful remedy, th ere is always some man who thus freely undertakes to fur nish resolution., while his friend undergoes the pain." There is considerable truth in the author's defini tion of a naodern novel and poem, which is sug gested to hi al by a whole host of these pretty Ephe mera 'which he meets with in the lunar libraries, W hither , having failed with a sublunary public, they had made their way quite as a matter of course Description is another beauty in which the old writers C he re very barren and defective. By universal consent, this now the :noblest way of writing ; and those authors who ar e ewlverssant only with the reason, and the passions are prov ed, by incontestable arguments, to be far inferior to l iterat ure who. t rea t o f moun t a i ns , woo d s , a nd wat e r. M o d ern therefore, is overrun with trees, and diversified W ith hill and valley, far beyond the bleak writings of former !es. Nor arc these landscapes confined to poetry. It i tg 8 inmos siblo that even a novel should succeed without sev eral w-ell-wooded chapters, and indeed there is scarcely 4 n Y subj e , et too austere to a d m i t t hi s k i nd of b eauty ; the most abstruse reasoning may be rendered more clear by a I W ell..vrric-t en grove or mountain. Any young man, there , o r e , vrlao res o l ves t o b e a poet , i nstea d o f app l y i ng hi mse lf has b00k,,, and filling his mind with the thoughts of others, re.,:ourse for his education to rocks and woods, which, in modern language, are called nature, and from these he de rives all his knowledge and poetical spirit. Indeed, he has only to roam amongst mountains, and write down the verses Which they dictate. Some of our best modern poems were entirely composed at the instigation of wood and water, and without any assistance from books." The voyage to the Moon occupies but half the volume, the remainder of which is made up of imagi nary dialogues, penned in a sagacious, and not unfre 911ently in a philosophical, spirit. That between " Truth and Falsehood" is the best, as its satire is the Host obvious. A " Letter from Posterity to the Pre sent Age" is a clever hit at the vanity of those authors Who, because they are neglected by their contempora :s, make sure o f b e i ng we ll rece i ve d b y f uture t i mes . vosterity" is ma d e t o sa y, an d w ith muc h j us ti ce , th at v : she h as so many bl oc kh ea d s o f h er own to d ea l Oh, that s h e canno t a ff or d t i me to h unt out t h e block eads of the " Present Age," who must therefore con anle themselves for being utterly forgotten, in the best Way they can . We shall be glad to find that thi s vo lume is favourably received by the public, for it is the sl ow l y -forme d resu l t o f su b t l e an d a n x i ous th oug h t. dhe author is evidently one who has read much, and g Ned wh a t h e h a s read. He thinks, too, for him self; hence his reflections have a boldness and raciness about them, which mere scholarship can never supply. " At the well-known sound of pipes, or bugle, the war riors are again (to use a Parliamentary phrase) on their legs, stretching them out with renewed vigour. Among the soldiers there is likewise much of drollery and mirth, nothing makes much difference with them—it matters not whether trumps turn up or not ; whether the chance be a battle, or a good billet, they are still the same, and trudge along, devoid of care. Give them their allowance, and a little rest, and they require no more. Day after day I have lis tened to their jokes and stories, and been highly entertained by their originality and humour." With these extracts we shall conclude our notice of this very interesting volume. It is dedicated to the Queen, and we trust her Majesty will give it a gracious reception. A VISION of DEATH'S DESTRUCTION, MIS CELLANEOUS POEMS, AND THE PORTE FEUILLE. ADVENTURES of Captain JOHN PATTER. S °- 2 V, of the . QUEEN'S 0 TVN REGIMENT, from 18 07 to 1821. BY TNOJEAS JOHN ANSELRY. London, Whittaker and Co. 1836. The author of this volume moves in the wake of Mr. Robert Montgomery. Whether the religious world will receive his productions with equal favour, is a question which we shall not attempt to solve. With the exception of the " Porte-Feuille," these poems have reached a second edition—a no bad criterion of their popularity. The pieces, now published for the first time, are infinitely superior to those which pre ceded them. Their main defect is want of originality, both of thought and form of expression. London, Boone, 1837. th Captain Patterson's adventures are the records of e Military career of a brave soldier—of a dashing hiB 1, mlnded British Officer, who never feared a rival, arid neve r k new w h at i t was to h ave an e nemy, or to hat e a I.lY man Dangers he despised ; disappointments he ati t i • • t • and wh en elpated, an d f ort ifi e d himself against , .1 00 aelf r ned to s u ff er p ersona l annoyances he amused him the by lau g hi ng at t h e aut hors of them, and turning .1 0 rn into r idi cu l e . Wi t h a goo d constitution, a fine ‘, of animal spirits, a determination to look at the ri ght side of thi ngs , an d a re li s h for society in all its phases, he passed unscathed and indifferent through n t ,ers that would have appalled less energetic dare -levil• spirits than himself. The adventures of such a Than—the more especially as he served in the Penin sula during the late war— cannot but be well received by the public. His description s are remarkable for their Avidness and accuracy ; and his anecdotes will bear repetition once a week for life. Veterans who give social dinner parties so often will hence readily compre -1 4e nd their v a l ue . Captain Patterson is n o t a mere ;" ° °k-maker, an d h e h a s thegood sense to acknowledge I t ' He writ es b ecause h e h a s nothing better to do ; tt e , e ause it is the fashion ; and because he has some \vh "Ilg better to c ommun i ca t e th an n i n e-tenths of those So L have preced e d hi m as ve t eran au t o biographers. he following is his accoun t o f t h e su ff er i ngs of the rttish army under Sir John Moore, during the cele brated retreat to Corunna ;- 1 4 4 The greatest suffering we endured was want of sleep. %d our nocturnal wanderings, those who were exhausted th e overc ome with fatigue (and few were not) supported e t i r °, B elve s b e t ween the men ; and, ea c h l ean i ng on hi s %vet: 4l3 ° ll r, dozing we arily along, would every now an d t h en of t3 ; 43 11 P by a sudden bump, or push, against the knap sac k et o "e roan in front ; thus, alternately bumping and dozing, I , 4 ll tr avell e d with a staggering pace through the dreary and toti ft t V 1 ) 4 11 Those who were made of weather-proof and tf materials kept their places in the ranks, while others, th e 'n'e feeble frame and constitution, unable to withstand mo t °f effect of cold and drifting snow, of famine and ,toti o „. °f . rest, sunk to the earth, upon the bleak and barren 4a 4 ,1: am, where they speedily perished, or fell into the wi th of the enemy. Heavily burthened as the men were tvh o -I ntalunition, there was but a small proportion of them tt se re able to maint a i n th e i r s it ua tion in . the ranks. o ld , e le lltenant M'Carthey, of our regiment, an excellent f ere c i e er and intrepid soldier, was among those who su f he h most from excessive fatigue. He kept up as long as I tr v i 4 e d th e p ower , but bein g somew h a t worn o ut by hard l 'oa t h e ' he was indifferently calculat e d to weather out the the w °rk of this retreat. Faint and half frozen, he fell a e rav e i i s n°w, and g iving himself up to despair, lay for a con- o te % ‘ , l , period in an insensible condition. Meanwhile Zec ust ° ' his companions, having missed poor Mac from his l le(' lace, quicky retraced eir steps, and fund "rep s -e °lost lifeless on the l cold earth. th By giving him a o few li ells o , °f rum, they in some degree restored him to his w ard ; "El raising hi s d roo ping head, they helped him for (4° t o o t he next halting place, from whence he struggled 14114, Corunna, where he was severely wounded in the 4 tht luen t battle It was about this time that General ta t 0 t,l~u;her died,.ipd, in consequence of privations and exposure , %% 4 ,e, weather, for the greater part of our march, was ' 42 7 de s p erate ; the mountains, by which we were The alterations in the House of Commons are nearly completed ; the house is much improved in its appearance, and the whole will have a good effect when the painting is finished. The plan adopted for ventilating the Chamber, and rendering the speakers more audible to the Members and others present, will be available, no doubt, in the construction of the new Houses of Parliament. There is no Member of the House of Commons who has made so rapid an improvement in his manner of speaking, the elegance of diction, and the excellence of arrangement and sound reasoning, as Lord Howick. His Lordship's father, the very first Session he was in the House of Commons, dis tinguished himself as an admirable debater and an accom plished orator, and was held in the highest estimation by Mr. Fox and his party, who admired him for his talents andin flexible integrity. In 1830, when the state of theatricals was at a low ebb in Paris, the Theatre Francais was saved from extinc tion by the generosity of Count Demidoff, who volunteered a loan of 5,000 livres (about 2,0001.) to the treasury, of which, throughout the recent successes of the theatre, he has never demanded payment. The Count was also a liberal contributor to the Abbotsford subscription. Considerable excitement prevailed yesterday morning in the neighbourhood of Windmill -street, Haymarket, on account of a report that a child had been suffocated by its father, at a house in Queen-street. It appears that a journey man tailor resided with his wife at one of the houses in Queen street, and yesterday morning he and his wife got up, leaving the infant in question in a truck bed in a room which was ap propriated to the reception of the customers who came to see him upon business. While he was at breakfast a person came to try on a coat, and the father ran up stairs to the room in question, in order to receive his customer there, and forgetting that the infant was in the bed, be hastily turned it up, and the child within it. It was some time before the child was missed, and when the bed was let down it was quite dead. Informa tion of the circumstance was immediately given at St. James's Workhouse, and the parish authorities took the necessary steps for the holding an inquest on the body of the unfortunate infant. DISCOVERY IN CENTRAL AFRICA.—Dr. An drew . Smith, who was sent out by the Cape of Good Hope Association into Central Africa, has recently presented to that body a very interesting account of his travels. The expedition under him consisting of 50 persons, 150 head of cattle and horses, an d 20 waggons, which started from Graaf Rniet on 12th August, 1834, returned in the spring of the present . year, aft er penetrat i ng to t h e l at i tu d e o f 23 deg. 26 nun. north. The mission became acquainted with members of 27 tribes, and had information of 16 others, and realised a very extensive a n d va l ua bl e co ll ec tion in na tural history,including 180 s ki ns o f new or rare quadru peds, 3, 379 skins of new or rare birds, three barrels of snakes and lizards ; one box of insects, three crocodiles, and two skeletons, 23 new and rare tortoises, 799 geological specimens, and one package of dried plants. They also ascertained that the Hottentot race was much more sx tended than has been hitherto believed, and that parties or cu aiunaiLs tv it ialidbit intulior as far as the inland lake, which they were told was not less than three weeks' journey to the north of the tropic of Capricorn. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1836. my heart those who have made themselves my enemies, and more particularly those who have been led away by the ad vice of others. I have forgiven them for a long time before God—to my grandson will devolve the happiness and glory of pardoning them before men."—Quotidienne. The Duke of Devonshire and a select party were present last night to witness the performances at Madame Vest ris's theatre. Mr. Forrest and Mr. Booth appear together in Othello to-morrow evening at Drury-lane. We are sorry to announce that our county has again become the scene of incendiary fires. On Monday, some miscreant, yet undiscovered, set fire to a large barn, in the occupation of Mr. William Johnson, of Greens Norton, which contained a quantity of corn, straw, potatoes, a new cart, and two fine cows, all of which was completely con sumed ; no portion of the property is insured.—Nortkamp ton Hcrald. Mrs. Wade, wife of Mr. T. Wade, farmer, of Whep stead, now in her eighty-fifth year, after being blind twenty eight years, has had her sight restored within the last few weeks, without the attendance of a surgeon, or taking any medicine whatever.—Bury Post. It is the duty of the examiner of plays to make a written report to the Lord Chamberlain upon each dramatic bantling submitted to his approval. The late George Col man's reports to the Duke of Devonshire, when his Grace was in office, are said to have been bound up and preserved in the Duke's library, as off-hand specimens of the deceased examiner's peculiar wit and humour. The Ministers of the three Northern Powers met yesterday at the house of the President of the Council. It is said that the conference, which lasted a considerable time, had reference to the affairs of Spain. M. d'Appony after wards had an interview with Louis Philippe, accompanied by M. Mole.—Gazette de France of Tuesday. Great as the foreign trade of this country is, and has been, there is no period at which it has exceeded one eight of our home trade. A circumstance has, within the last few days, taken place at Poplar which has created a good deal of gossip, and not a little laughter among the inhabitants of that parish. It appears that the mate of a ship called the Catherine, at present lying in the East India Dock, became desperately enamoured of a dashing cyprian residing in the vicinity of Euston- square, whom he had met at one of the large theatres ; and after spending sotbe time in her company, he made a formal pro posal of marriage to her. His offer was accepted, a licence procured, and a day fixed for the wedding. On the day so fixed on, the parties, accompanied by two friends, proceeded to the parish church of All Saints, Poplar ; and the cere mony being performed, the bridegroom, at its conclusion, asked Mr. Smith, the parish clerk, if he would take a check for the marriage fees. Mr. Smith observed that such a thing was quite unusual, upon which the bridegroom ob served, that it made no difference—that he had come out without any money, and that if he (the clerk) accompanied him to his lodgings he would at once discharge the debt. Mr. Smith agreed to go with him to Strong's-buildings, where he lodged ; and on their arriving there the bridegroom called on a friend, whom he had invited to the wedding, to discharge the claim. This his friend readily did, and the parties commenced enjoying themselves. In the course of the afternoon the pleasure of the party was interrupted by the presence of a Sheriff's officer with a writ for nearly 201., being the amount of a west-end milliner's bill for the wed ding dress worn by the bride. All efforts to stall off the man of law proved unavailing—the money or good security he must have. The first, unfortunately, was not convenient ; and in order to get rid of so unpleasant a guest, the good natured friend of the bridegroom, who had before paid the wedding fees, consented to give the necessary bail, and so far matters were amicably arranged. The bridegroom, feeling much elated at his success in overcoming such difficulties, indulged so freely that he ultimately went to sleep, and on his awaking discovered, to his great mortification, that during his nap his bride, who, no doubt, considered her bargain from what had occurred a bad one, had vanished, and he has not since been able to find out her retreat. . -- Mr. O'C onne ll r egistered his vote on Saturday ; when he passed through the forms, one of the Orange agents ludicrously said, " I object to Mr. O'Connell on the ground of his being an alien—l can prove it on the authority of Lord Lyndhurst."—Freentan's Journal. Distillation of spirit from potatoes is a Norwegian staple, and Mr. Laing remarks of the root, &c.:—" The po tatoes all over the country carry a white flower. In whole fields not one with red or purple flowers will be seen. I do not know if this be a better or worse variety of the plant, or whether it be not the effect of the climate, which seems to have a tendency to produce every thing in the ' albino style. Horses, cattle, even children, appear white varieties of their species.—Laing's Norway. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Nov. 22. No change in our Cotton-market to-day—sales about 1,500 bags of all kinds at Friday's quotations. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, Nov. 22.—1 n the supplies of Flour and Oatmeal there is this week a con siderable increase ; those of Wheat, Oats, and barley are still very light. The decline noticed last Tuesday has been followed by a further reduction in prices generally, and, as respects the leading articles of the trade, by a disposition to press sales. On Friday, English Wheats were offering 3d. to 4d., and Irish 4d. to 6d. per 701bs. below the quotations of the previous market ; a few parcels were retailed at this reduction, and there were inquiries of a speculative nature, but the amount of business during the week has been un usually light. Prime brands of Flour, which were ten dsys ago selling at 655., may now be bought at 545. to 565. per 2801bs. for old. Oats, though by no means plentiful, have declined in value 2d. to 3d. per bushel, and few or no sales effected. Oatmeal is offering at 365. to 375. for new, 355. to 365. per 2401b5. for old. Some parcels of Barley of middling quality have been retailed at ss. to ss. 3d. per 601b5., but in the finer descriptions very little business has occurred. Several cargoes of bonded Beans have changed hands at 445. to 455. per imperial quarter ; the prices of free rather lower. Peas may also be bought on better terms. With the exception of the above-noted transac tions in Beans, the sale of two or three thousand quarters of Danzig Wheat of fine quality at 7s. per 701b5., forms the only business in lock Corn ; nor has there been anything passing in bonded Flour. At this morning's market prices of Wheat fully recovered the depression of Friday. Fine Irish old red Wheat again reached 9s. per 701b5., the quotation of this day w ee , and a little choice new brought the same price. At these rates a good busi ness was done both to the trade and on speculation ; some parcels of old were also taken for the north of Ireland. Not much business was done in Flour, but there was less disposition new. to press sales. A few parc e l s o f wes t o f I re l an d new Oats were sold at 3s. 9d. to 3s. 10d. p er 451b s . V er y little done in Oatmeal, 375. per 2401b5. an ex t reme p r i c e for Yesterday morning, on the brow of Pcntonville hill, a very slim and tall young gentleman was observed hurrying forward during the short lulls that occurred be tween each squall of wind, and taking shelter under the lee of every place that was available, when the wind freshened. A slight shower of sleet happened to fall as ho approached King's-cross, and he was so incautious as to hoist a very dandy-looking silk umbrella ; by adroitly watch ing the weather he contrived to reach the New North road in safety ; but here the blustering South Wester fairly took him aback, and being unwilling to let go his um brella, or, in other words, to shorten sail, he was dragged by the action of the wind, headlong into the shop of a Mr. Dodge, a fishmonger, upsetting in his course a tub of oysters, and finally depositing himself in a tub of water ; his hat went spinning along on' a. voyage of discovery, and the new silk umbrella was terribly split. Every assistance was afforded by Mr. Dodge and others, who witnessed the ac cident ; and th e y oung gen tl eman very w i se l y procee d e d on hisjourney in one of Hansom's patent safety cabs. MARSEILLES, Nov. s.—Yesterday, whilst a painter was working upon a scaffold, suspended by two cords to th e stern of the brig La Jeune Adele, coming from Senegal, a l arge monkey stood attentively observing the painter's floating workshop ; not satisfied with the charac ter of observer, he sometimes took the air of a critical buf foon, and shouted with great bursts of laughter, accompa nied with chattering and grinning of his teeth, in order to humiliate the painter of nauticaCdecorations. Annoyed by the teasing animal, the painter with his brush daubed the monkey's face, who instantly hid himself in the hold of the ship. The captain of the brig, knowing the disposition of 3', told th e paint er t o b eware o f the ani ma l' s ma paid no a tt en ti on t o th e cau tion, and, l eav i ng , l . ent as usual to the Caffe Escofier, to t a k e a his ss epra;:bofrnukckte he vhocolate. During his absence the monkey mounted between deck, got out at the loop-hole, and so com pletely gnawed the ropes of the painter's workshop, that, at his return, in placing his foot, be was precipitated into the sea, and very narrowly escaped with his life. The vindictiv e animal ran up the shrouds, and, standing at the top of the ship ladder, made all kinds of comical gam bols and grimaces at the painter ; who, although revived, was drenched to the skin. Judge of his anger, when he behold all his ingenious workmanship nearly - buried in the deep. He arms himself with a pole to knock down the Vandal destroyer of his workshop ; but the nimble animal, in three bounds, was at the top of the highest mast, shower ing down his grins upon his enemy. The Captain, to pre vent worse results, was obliged to act as mediator ; the painter (bein g one o f t h e fi rst mar k smen i n a c i ty f amous for sportsmen) ran t o th e ca bi n an d presen tly re t urne d witha musket,land thi s ti me th e m o nkey would not h a v e l a ughed the last, when th e C ap t a i n th rew hi mse lf b etween th e mast and the sport sman , an d generous ly o ff ere d t o i n demnify him for the whole of his losses. The painter, touched with the Captain's 1,-; ; --n( , llogg, gave up bic gun. The monkey. at the tune I am writing this, stiii remains at his aerial post, doubting th e sincerity of the peace concluded between his master and his enemy. BRIGHTON.-WEDNESDAY. This morning, at twelve, their Majesties took a carriage airing before luncheon. The King and Prince Ernest have also taken a carriage airing this afternoon. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta took a carrive airing together this morning before luncheon. Prince Ernest And Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, ac companied by Sir Charles Thornton and the Hon. Captain Curzon, rode out on horseback this morning. Prince Ed ward took a promenade in the afternoon. Among the calls at the Palace to-day are, the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, from Worthing ; Earl of Westmorland, Captain Eden, R.N. ; Lady Augusta and Miss Tavel, Lord and Lady James Hay, Mr. H. B. Cur teis, M.P. ; Sir John and Lady Brooke Pechell, the Dowager Marchioness of Clanricarde, and Captain Pc chell, M.P. Prince Esterbazy, who was expected yesterday at the Norfolk Hotel, has deferred his departure from town till this day. This evening the Prince and his son will dine at the Palace. The Royal dinner party yesterday evening, by invitation, comprised—Sir John and Lady Brooke Pechell, Vice-Ad miral Lord and Lady Colville, Lord and Lady James Hay and Admiral Thomson. Sir Charles and Lady Burrell arrived yesterday from hnepp Castle. The Earl of Erroll quitted Brighton this morning, to join a hunting party at Aylesbury. Lady Henry Paulett entertained a distinguished party of fashionable: yesterday evening to a dance. Among the company were—the Earl and Countess of Rosse and the Ladies Parsons, Lady Manners Sutton, Lady and Miss Tierney, Sir R. and Lady Fitzwygram, &c. COURT CIRCULAR. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and Sir George Grey, had interviews with Vis count Melbourne yesterday in Downing -street. Dr. Lushington, Mr. Buxton, M.P., and other Trustees of the Mico Charity, accompanied by Mr. Wainwright, the Secretary, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Office. Viscount Duncannon arrived on Tuesday at the resi dence of the Marquis of Lansdowne, Bowood Park, Wilts. Mr. Adam, Accountant-General of the Court of Chan. eery, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday in Downing-street. Lieut.-General Sir S. W hittingham, Commander of the Forces in the Leeward and Windward Islands, have em barked at Portsmouth for Barbadoes. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Manchester, at his seat, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, from a tour ; Lady Colchester and family from Liverpool; Captain Anthony Barry, in Pall-mall, from the lonian Islands ; Captain Fitzwilliam, in Cockspur-street, from Sicily ; Major and Mrs. Glynne, in Park-street, from Paris ; Captain Henry Collins, in Mount-street, from the West Indies; Captain and Mrs. Dacier, in Jermyn-street, from Paris; Major Phillip Powell, in Cockspur-street, from Madrid ; the Rev. John, Mrs., and Miss Austin, at the St. George's Hotel, from Chevening, Kent; George Holbach, Esq., and the Misses Holbach, at Crawley's Hotel, from Brighton ; Mr. and the Misses Blanc, Captain Blanc, and D. Blanc, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; Miss Paley, at the Pulteney Hotel, from Cheltenham ; Captain and Mrs. Higgins, at Raggett's Hotel, from the Continent ; William Selby, Esq., at ditto, from Oxford ; the Rev. E. Moore, at Fenton's Hotel, from Berkshire ; Colonel D'Aguilar, at ditto, from Ireland ; Charles Milner, Esq , at ditto, from Maidstone ; J. Hodges, Esq., and Mrs. Hodges, at Marshall Thompson's Hotol ; C. S. Wright, Esq., at ditto ; John Turnor, Esq., at ditto ; J. Tipping, Esq., at ditto ; William Needham, EFq., at ditto. DEPARTURES. The Hon. General Arthur Upton for the Grange, Hamp shire; Sir Davidge Gould, Bart., on a tour; T. G. B. Est court, M. P., for his seat in Gloucestershire; Talbot Patterson, Esq., from Connaught-square, for Berkshire ; Colonel and Mrs. Lloyd for Bath; Captain M'Mahon for Dublin; Major and Mrs. Hayward for Colchester; Captain Boyle for Maid stone ; Captain Gordon for Dublin ; Colonel Gavaron for Paris ; Major and Mrs. Nicholls for Dublin ; Captain Mars den for Canterbury; Major and Mrs. John Smith for Brighton ; Captain Osborne for Portsmouth ; Colonel and Mrs. Grant for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Scott for Win chester ; Major and Mrs. Davidson for Hounslow; Mr. and Mrs. Botfield, from the St. George's Hotel, for Hopton Court, Worcestershire; Captain and Mrs. Sturt Grindall, from the Pulteney Hotel, for Tubncy Lodge, Bcrks ; Mr. and Mrs. E. Waddington, from Fenton's Hotel, for the Continent; James Daly, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland ; William Gordon, Esq., and Mrs. Gordon, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, for the Continent ; the Rev. Godfrey Wright and family from ditto ; J. B. Lawrell, Esq., and Mrs. Lawrell, from ditto ; J. Par sons, Esq., and Mrs. Parsons, from ditto; W. W. Rooke, Esq., from ditto. The Duke of Rutland left Bolton-row yesterday morning for his shooting-lodge, near Derby. _ _ _ Lord Forester is at Belvoir Castle, hunting the hounds of the Duke of Rutland, and not at Willie Park, in Shropshire, as has been stated. . . Lord and Lady Sydney are still at Frognall, near Footscray, in Kent, entertaining a select party. . . Mr. and Lady Mary Townley are passing the honey moon at Stoke Farm, the villa of the E ar l of t 'Sefton, near Windsor. There is no truth in the statemont that the Marquis of Westminster intends to add a new wing to Grosvenor house, by the removal of the mansion lately occupied by the Viscount St. Vincent ; the latter has been presented to Lord Robert Grosvenor by the Noble Marquis. The dinner party at the Earl of Minto's, at the Ad miralty, on Tuesday evening, consisted of the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Mary Wood, the Hon. Capt. Cowper, the Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, the Hon. Sir John Edmund Elliott, and the Hon. Miss Fox. The Countess also received a small evening party ; among whom were the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Edmund Phipps, Mr. and Mrs. H. Tuffnell, &c. The Duchess Countess of Sutherland arrived in Hamilton-place yesterday, from Motcombe House, near Shaftesbury, where her Grace has been on a visit to the Earl and Countess Grosvenor. The Countess came into town with the Duchess to meet her Noble relative the Duke of Sutherland, who is expected to arrive at Stafford House next week, from Lilie Hall. The Duke of Wellington, previous to quitting town on Monday, for Strathfieldsay, visited the Duke d'Ossuna, in return for a compliment paid by the Duke d'Ossuna at A pEhry House, while his Grace was at Weimer. The Ex-King, Jerome Bonaparte, has arrived on a visit to the Count Survilliers (Joseph Bonaparte) at his villa near Acton. We hear that the former will accom pany the latter to America. A divorce of the Queen of Portugal is talked of, and a report is renewed as to a new pretension to the hand of Donna Maria for the Duke of Nemours. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner, of Shirley Park, are about to return to their mansion, in Portland-place, where their agreeable re-unions will be a great advantage to the dull time in London, especially for foreigners, who were mu c h indebted t o th e h os pit a lity th e y received there during the last three or four years. The house in Portland-place is now occupied by Major Pringle Taylor, author of a recently published military work, and whose lady, likewise literary, is niece of the late M. G. Lewis, Esq., the author. It is reported in Lincolnshire, that Mr. C—, a gentleman of large property in that conaty, is about to be united to the beautiful sister of a Noble Duke, whose es tates are also in the same county. A fatality appears to attend the matrimonial alli ances of the female vocal corps, both native and foreign. Letters from Paris state that Madame Grisi and " the gentleman of moderate fortune," to whom she was married last spring, have separated by mutual consent. It is also added, though we hope the report may prove unfounded, that, since her recent accouchement, she has lost her voice. The remains of Miss Vaughan, who died on Friday, at Richmond, have been removed to her house in Man chester-square, and from thence are to be taken to the family vault, in Yorkshire, to-morrow. It is circulated in the clubs and the law circles, that the publisher of a certain Review, who is about to bring an action for a most brutal assault, has laid his damages at 6,0001., and as this cannot be distorted into a party ques tion, all persons connected with the Press will be glad to see their interests protected, according to the verdict.—Morn ing Herald. At Leamington the hunting season has commenced vvith great spirit. The in-door winter amusements are also on the eve of commencing, with a very fair number of dis tinguished fashionables. The Emperor of Austria has ordered that the pre sent of silver which, upon his coronation, the States of Bo hemia, according to immemorial custom, made to him, should be applied to purposes of charity, and accordingly 12,000 florins are to be given to one hospital at Prague, 6,750 to another, 2,000 for the relief of the indigent blind, and 2,700 more florins distributed amongst the various cha rities at Prague. The whole value of the present, accord vas to these accounts, would be in English m one y, about 1,8801. Prince Puckler Muskau has just taken up his resi &nee in the island of Ithaca, the native country of Ulysses. He has purchased some hundred acres of land in this island, and has procured labourers from Germany, for the purpose of cultivating them. The spaol by the ex-Kiilg Charles X. prior to his decease have been communicated to us by a party for whose exactness we can vouch I forgive from IRELAND. Dublin, Nov. 22. THE BANKS.—For nearly three weeks have the intelli gent people of Ireland been seized with a panic. We be lieve, however, that we may state that the run on the banks for gold has subsided, and that business and confidence are restored to their just position. At three o'clock yes terday afternoon, a letter addressed to the people of Ire land was received by the -Dublin Evening Post from Mr. O'Connell, who is the Governor of the National Bank of Ireland. The expedience of calling a public meeting in Dublin in order to secure the public confidence in the sol vency of the joint-stock banks had been intimated previously to the publication of the letter referred to. Now, however, it is thought that no necessity whatever exists for any such meeting. Indeed the Dublin Evening Post affirms that " the run is now completely over." It is stated in Mr. O'Connell's letter of this day, that whilst the run for gold continued on the National Bank, he would not interfere, although solicited by persons unconnected with the esta blishment, to use his influence with the public "to put a stop to the unwise demand for gold in lieu of National notes." He thought the people ought to have shown more confidence in him. He was grieved to see the people in juring themselves. " It also grieved me (writes Mr. O'Con nell) to see that the Irish people—intelligent though they be—did not understand the security against any ultimate loss, which arises from the constitution of a joint-stock bank, where every shareholder is liable to the full extent of all his property. Every bank note is in the nature of a judgment debt, and binds all the real property of the shareholder. This, I tell you as a lawyer, and pledge my professional credit thereupon. For example—the Agricultural Bank has ceased to pay its notes with bankinc , regularity. lam sincerely sorry for it—it was kind ° and useful to the farmers and traders. I have no sort of connexion what soever with that Bank, or with the respectable class of persons who are its shareholders ; but I am bound to tell the people that I am perfectly convinced that every single note of that establishment will be ultimately paid in full, and I declare it my opinion that no man should part with an Agricultural note for less than its full value." Mr. ' O'Connell then proceeds to declare his confidence in the Agricultural Bank, as well as in the Provincial Bank, with neither of which he is connected. Mr. O'Connell says,—" With respect to the Bank of Ireland—the Government Bank—l beg leave respectfully to thank their Directors for the liberality with which they have come forward to sustain public credit. I do not know of greater madness than that of the people who made a run for gold on some of the branches of the National Bank—it was sheer insanity—again striking down the prices of their own commodities, and taking away the means of employment." After calling on the people of Ireland to allow the Banks to do them good, he says, " I instituted the National Bank merely to do good to the people of Ire land--r-I call on them to assist me to serve themselves. Every shilling of property I have in the world—all the pro perty of my eldest son and his family—all the property of my son-in-law is involved as security for the notes of the National Bank, together with the property of all the other shareholders, The run has ceased—the demand is over— I now only ask the people to return to the tranquil enjoy ment of those advantages which I sought to secure to them by establishing the National Bank of Ireland." Mr. O'Con nell confesses that several of the Conservative landlords have come forward to sustain public credit, sinking political con siderations, in order to do good. Mr. O'Connell's counsel will, no doubt, be promptly acted upon, and with him we think that " every man will be the better for taking the advice in this instance" offered by him. In reference to the general subject, we give the following extracts from the same journal in which we find Mr. O'Con nell's letter : " It does, we confess, astonish us, that although more than a million of sovereigns have been imported to Ireland within the last month, the reduction of bullion in the Bank of England only amounts to 264,0001. This would, of itself indicate that the exchanges are becoming more favourable, for it would prove—had not the present crisis occurred in Ireland—that the Bank of England would have shown an increase of their gold to nearly a million, since the last quarter's return. " A large quantity of bullion arrived to the Bank of Ire land, and the other Banks are equally well prepared with specie and Bank of England notes, which are now, it need not be repeated, a legal tender in Ireland, or tantamount thereto. " This, indeed, is absolutely necessary, with a view to the stability of general credit—for, if the drain for gold con tinued on the Bank of England, that establishment would speedily be drained of all its bullion. " We are:said not to be friendly to the Bank of Ireland, and we do not, indeed, pretend to any special regard for that establishment, continuing to be of opinion, that though not the cause, they did not act, as they might have done, with an energy which would have arrested the run. But waiving, for the present, all considerations" of this nature, we are glad that the Bank has left it in our power to say, that of late they have become alive to the alarming conse quences of the old system, and that they have evinced every disposition to comply with the requisitions made upon them, and with the public necessities. We shall only say, that had they evinced the same dispositions earlier, we might have been saved eight or ten days of panic and confusion— and we are certain that the Agricultural Bank would have stood its ground." By the Cork Paper of Saturday, we find that the run has continued upon the three banks in that city, with una bated violence. We copy the following from the Cork Southern Reporter :—" The ' run' on the three banks here continues, the ignorant and deluded country people being, of course, the principal, indeed the only applicants for gold. When they will cease their folly is as little within our ken, as when it shall please the Almighty to restore reason to the madman or sight to the blind. Meantime, let them draw an instructive lesson from the market notes." A meeting was held at Mitchelstown, county of Cork, yesterday, pursuant to requisition, signed by the High Sheriff, the Hon. Robert King, and by the leading men of that part of the county, including the Protestant and Ca tholic clergymen, with a view of " allaying the present alarming panic," and taking steps to restore confidence. In the county of Waterford the run has been more severe, par ticularly on the Bank of Ireland branches, than in other places. We have not received any fresh intelligence from Connaught, but we are led to believe that this part of the country is less pressed than others. On the northern Banks the run has very much subsided. We understand that on Saturday and yesterday very large sums of gold, and in Bank of England paper, have been received ; and we do, therefore, expect, that in a short time the notes of the Bank of England will become of frequent occurrence in our circulation. But as the Bank of England does not issue any paper under 51., the great bulk of the circulation will be in our own paper. But, notwithstanding all notwithstanding the entire solvency and security of the National Bank of Ireland—notwithstanding that it has showed its strength, and the prodigious extent of its re sources, by sustaining a pressure, unprecedented in severity and duration, still there is an insane disposition to push demands upon this as well as other establishments. THE AGRICULTURAL BANK. We have great pleasure in stating that the Branches of the Agricultural Bank continue. The following are from the country papers : LlMERlCK.—Notwithstanding that the Agricultural Bank in Dublin has been obliged, by unexpected circumstances, to suspend its exchanges,for a few days, yet it is gratifying to state, that most, perhaps all, of the provincial branches of that establishment continue to pay their own paper. The Agricultural Bank here has been paying the notes that have been issued by its managers, and is open every day, as usual, for that purpose. GALWAY.—We feel pleasure in stating that the run on the Agricultural Bank, made here and elsewhere, has ceased, and that all demands made on this establishment were met with promptitude. The cause of this run has not, as far as we can judge, been yet ascertained. There is an opinion, however, that the thing originated from some intrigue of an opposite party.—Galway Patriot. WATERFORD.—Compared with the preceding days, there was an evident slackening in the demand for gold this morning at the banks in this city. A meeting of the shareholders was held at the Bank House yesterday. Nothing could be more cheering than the proceedings.-11'atcybrd Chromelc. ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN.—NoIan, the panegyrist of that Manchester fellow, swa i ne —N o l an , w h o represented this drunken outcast, as a s aint of the first w a t er , w hil e h e was flogging his wife, or the woman that he lives with, and scalding his wretched offspring. almost to death—this Nolan, himself also a renegade, has been inhibited, by Dr. Whately, from preaching in the dioceses of Dublin and Glcndelagh. The consequence has been an uproar among the paragraph grinders of the faction, who have loaded the Archbishop with all manner of vituperation for exercising his undoubted authority, and wisely too, —Dublin Evening Post.--[ln the inhibition it is stated that Nolan has officiated without license or authority, " contrary to the laws and canons of the Church of Ireland]. LONGFORD ELECTION.—Tho Tories, after a prying search, have at length found a candidate. Mr. Charles Fox is the person. lie is a high Tory. CITY R EGISTY.—The numbers registered were, Orange men, 13 ; Liberals, 10. Of the Orangemen ten were free men sworn yesterday.—Freeman. The clergy of this diocese intend to celebrate an office and high mass in St. James's chapel, on the 2(1 of Decem bpr, fir the repose of the soul of tie arniAle and virtuous spouse of Ireland's Liberator.—KaennY Journal. AcconNTANT-GENERAL.—We have heard, and we have some reason to believe, that the rumour is not unfounded ' that Mr. Samuel Barrington, the Barrister, and the Ix ro ther of Mr. Barrington, the Crown Solicitor for Munsr.er, is appointed Accountant-General of the Court of Chancer. v. Should this rumour prove true, we shall have to congra tulate the Liberals of Limerick, and, indeed, our pa; ty ge nerally, on the appointment of a gentleman not more dis tinguished by the rectitude of his public Principles than by his private worth. It is needless to add, that the entire family have been always the most strenuous supporters of the Liberal interest in Limerick.—Dublin Evening Post. We have just learned that Mr. Trail Hall, K.C., (red this morning, at his residence in this city. Mr. Hall was a man of the highest personal character, but, in politics, he was a decided Tory. His death causes a vacancy in the Chairmanship of the County of Cavan.—lbid. DEPOPULATION.—On Friday night a formidable baud of twenty armed men visited the lands of Fanningstown, in this county, the estate of T. Jackson, Es.q., and compelled one of his tenants to give them admittance, after which they entered other houses, and beat with their muskets in a brutal manner herdsmen and care-takers of tiie name of Frawley, whom they threatened with more signal vengeance if they did not quit the premises.—Limerick was only two days before the perpetration of this reputed outrage that 120 individuals were thrown upon the mild by the depopulatin g system in this very locality.] Sir Harcourt Lees has just sent forth one of his mani festos, calling upon the people to be prepared with " bait cartridge," in order to defend the King, religion, and liber ties ! all of which, says this rancorous simpleton, are in the most imminent danger. Sir Harcourt makes a most libaral use of the words " Blood, Massacre, Rebellion, Dismem berment, Irish Rebel Parliament," and such like phrases. He seems like a war horse to snuff blood afar off, and is apparently quite enamoured with the beauties of a civil war. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. HOLLAND. AMSTERDAM, N0v.20.---On Sunday, Nov. 13, twenty one houses at Ommen, in the province of Overissel, in which several persons of the reformed religion resided, and after the clergyman, M. Von Reale, had administered the sacrament, were furiously attacked by the populace, and the windows destroyed and the roofs much damaged with large stones. None of the persecuted persons were injured. Nov. 21.—1 n the answer which our Government has made to the observations of the States General ont i h lo o Budget, it expresses its regret that it is out of its power to realise its own wish respecting a regular paying off of t debt, in consequence of the difficulty of its situation ; in particular the general pecuniary crisis in many countries is alleged by the Government in defence of its proceedin gs ; this is especially the case with respect to the 5 per cents., the whole interest of which is placed in the Budget, though otherwise the Government, as it says, would have proposed a law to apply 140,000,000, at 4 per cent., to pay off, and an equal sum at 5 per cent., which in the present crisis cannot even be taken into consideration. But in the spring of 1831 financial laws will be proposed to maintain public credit in general, especially that of the East India posies. sions, and to relieve the Budget of the State. "DUTCH FUNDS—AIarm/Liam, N0v.21.1 Money. Mills. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent 5•2 12% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mot t Syndic, 454 per cen t Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent " , -5 3i 754 Commercial Company. 4L.', per cent 177 175% Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. GERMANY. VIENNA, Nov. 12.—Yesterday evening the Vigil was performed in the church of the palace, and this forenoon mass for the late King, Charles X., at which the Emperor and Empress, accompanied by all the members of their household, attended, in mourning. The two court theatres were closed yesterday. Count Lucchesi, the husband of the Duchess de Berri, has arrived at Goritz, it is supposed respecting the disposing of the mortal remains of his august relative. Immediately on receiving the news of the King's death, the Emperor and Empress sent the Prince of Sayn Wittgenstein with autograph letters of condolence to tho Duchess of Angouleme at Goritz. The Coronation at Milan is not to be in tho spring, but in September next year. VIENNA, Nov. 12.—Five per Cents, 103 4 ; Four per Cents, 99 ; Three per Cents, 73 ; Bank Shares, 1,364.--• Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 18. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Nov. 19. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. — Ditto ditto 3 per cent. Ditto Bank Shares 1123 int Anglo-Russian Loan 10•2% 102 Paper Inscription. 5 per cent Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., :3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 5136 51 Ditto, 3 per cent. 32.% 311% Dutch 2h, per Cents. iiiiiosl;Weents — _ Polish Bonds, 3 per cents l3O 129% New Tickets 149 148 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 72 72 Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Lean, 5 per Cent l9 1854 Greek 4 per cents. 1533, guaranteed by France 95 1 ,,i 91 RUSSIA. BERLIN.—It is again affirmed that in the grand reviews which are to take place next year in the environs of Ber lin, 4,000 Russian Guards will be present, who will be conveyed by sea thither. His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, and the most distinguished Generals in the Russian empire will, it is said, command their chosen bands, and thus repeat the scene of Kalisch. It is also said the cele brated Caucasian Regiment will be ordered to Berl.n. Of the Prussian army there will be 3 corps, to the amount of above 50,000 men. This military spectacle will exceed is splendour all the preceding. The King has given a new proof of his clemency by a Cabinet order, which directs that in the case of military punishment in which arrest for more than six weeks is ordered, the person condemned (in order to prevent any injurious effect on their health) shall not undergo it with out interruption in duration, and that the duration of it is to be fixed by the advice of the physicians. BUCHAREST, OCT. 31.--A letter from Constantinople of the 20th of this month reports that the Russian Imperial Legation at Constantinople had addressed a circular to the diplomatic body, by which the whole coast of Circassia is declared to be in a state of blockade, and only the harbours of Anassa and Redont Kali remain open to foreign ships. The circular declares that the unfavourable sanitary state of Turkey renders this regulation necessary to protect those countries from the plague ; but diplomatic jealousy looks on it only as a pretext to put an entire stop for the future to convey ance of arms and ammunition to the warlike inhabitants of the Caucasus. This letter further states that the Russian Government had purchased in the United States of North America a considerable number of steam-boats, as it is said, for the Black Sea, the knowledge of which fact had also excited the attention of the diplomatic body in Constanti nople. The Legations, especially the English and I:1 - e ach (notwithstanding- the ravages of the plague), arc in remack ably active communication with the Porte. Acco rdin g to a letter of the 25th, the number of victims to the p la g ue in the present week was estimated at 9,000. Yesterday a meeting of the Society of East India Commanders took place at the Jerusalem Coffee-house for the purpose of discussing a question relative to the erection of a monument to the memory of the late Captain Hors burgh, hydrographer to the East India Company's serv i ce , to be raised by public subseption, in consequence of the valuable acquisitions given to the last named service by his charts, at which meeting it was resolved that a subscription should be opened forthwith. Several persons connected with the East India Company's ser‘i2e hay e already come forward liberally. . _ During last month 1,887 passengers arrived at Boulogne from England, and 2,880 crossed the Channel to England. The floating bridge, which is impelled by steam, at the mouth of Southampton river, where it connects the rail road with the two banks of the river, was to have been opened yesterday at high tide with_ great ceremony. CALMS AND RAMSGATE NEW MAIL PACKET STATION.—Orders have been received, we understand, at Calais, from M. Lecomte, the Director-General of the Post-office at Paris, announcing that the arrangements with the English Post-office have been finally settled since his recent visit to Calais for transferring the Government mail packets from the port of Dover to the harbour of Ramsgate. It is expected that, from the Ist of January next, the mail Post-office packets will commence running from Calais to Ramsgate, instead of Dover. Some villians entered the apartment of M. Joubert, who keeps the baths at Versailles, one evening last week, between six and seven o'clock, and, having stabbed him in several places with a knife, made off with his plate, and a sum of 1,500 francs in money. Happily the wounds are not mortal. _ Thursday a boat was upset at Barn by the storm, and five fishermen, one Flaherty and son, Corielly, Guthrie, and Hynes, lost within a short distance of the shore. They were taken up the same evening. The father and his son were found locked to each other by the hand, and a third was holding an oar, to which he had clung endeavouring to save his life.—Galway Patriot. A man named Mallent, condemned to three years' hard labour on the public works for desertien, escaped from the prison at Lyons, on the 16th, by the assistance of a fe male who had obtained permission to visit him. She had called to take leave of Mallent, who was the next day to be transferred to another prison. After having passed some hours with the prisoner she stopped to wish him a last fare well close to the outer gate ; and in an instant flew at the turnkey and placed her hands on his eyes. Mallant seized the opportunity, opened the wicket, and disappeared, leav ing the lady and the turnkey to fight the matter out. French Paper.