The Sun. — London, England, 1832-11-29 00:00:00

WEST COWES, Nov. 28. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Being just returned from a cruise, with his Majesty's brig Pantaloon, I was surprised at seeing in Your paper of the 26th inst., under the head of Fal ronuth, that the Pantaloon out weathered the Water W itch, hut carried away her topmast-yard. As the para °aph is in every respect, incorrect, I think I am en ed to your insertion of a contradiction. The follow ing particulars, if worthy a place in the paper, will he TheTiVater Witch sailed on Friday with the Pantaloon, 4, th e purpose of trying her rate of sailing—the result of W hich was Water Witch beat Pantaloon five miles dead windward in four hours and forty minutes, with same ails set, strong wind, and heavy sea, and afterwards, to company witliPantaloon, spared her top-gallant sails I'd mainsail, and that neither vessel carried anything away. earless of contradiction, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD CURIE, S tiling Master of the 11. Y. C. Water Witch. RAILWAYS AND CANALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. , Arr..„-1 am a plain matter of fact man, have been in 'l!iness all my life, and acquired habits of coming as 4, ekly as I can to the point on any subject which I `4 up. You must know, then, that sometime ago I became a I hscriber for twenty shares in the London and Birming- Ira Railway, believing, from all 1 had seen of the Liver and Manchester Railway, and from what I myself tees of the importance to the country of a more cheap, stain, and speedy communication between the mstro- I lla, the manufacturing districts, and Ireland than we at present, that my speculation would prove a pros abl e one. Por some time oast, however, and particularly since it '" been known that our Bill was to he brought into t tliament a ga i n , I have been a good deal di s t ur b e d b y I ring, in various quarters, of a discovery sail to have made in the North, of a method of navigating cana's, etch Was to supersede the use of railroads. An article on this subject in a journal conducted by Got don, mentions that the writer is well aware that 'at lie has stated, as to the superiority for tree( lling on gal s on the new system, will draw down upon him the ehosity of railway proprietors. Letters, too, in the Manchester, Birmingham, and Lon papers, especially caution the subscribers to the London Birmingham Railway from risking their capital in undertaking which this newly discovered power in Ills would render ruinous. i really Sir, I f or one d ec l are t h at I can on l y f ee l titude to the individuals who, without any of that sort h ies which prompted the leather Feller to recommend 'tiler for the purposes of fortification, disinterestedly ad me not to make ducks and drakes of my money ; and °else the correspondent of the Courier will not think l eb of the trouble of giving us a little information on mat !cm which h e h as ex p resse d suc h a d es i re to set us r i ght. ' take for granted, as it is stated, that 100 passengers be conveyed by the Paisley Canal, which is twelve es lon g , " one of the most curved in Great Britain," without a lock, at the rate of ten miles an hour, some t he passengers paying Id. per mile, the others id. we deduct a third of the length fur the winding of canal, we shall have eight miles passed over in a direct in an hour and a quarter for Is. in the one case, and in the other. l ut, then, as there are no locks in the Paisley Canal, 'e results will not apply in a comparison of the saving in and expense with a railway through a country in eh a canal must have locks to surmount the difference "vela. et us see how the case will stand as to the London Birmingham R a il way . in the data furnished by the Paisley Canal it is as led, that, were the proposed railway established, " the al Companies might not only possess themselves of the van and carrying trade, but also of a large portion be coaching or passenger trade." rankly, Sir, whether from ignorance or dullness, I tot reconcile this assertion with the facts before me. he railway from London to Birmingham will be 111 long ; this distance will be performed in five hours a half; and the exi ense of the journey, at 2d. per mile acli passenger, will be 18.. 6d. h e distance by canal is 153 miles, which, at 10 miles lour, would be performed, if tbere were no locks, in 'oUrs; but there are 142 locks, which it requires on 4 rage 21 hours to pass. o that at the rate of Id. each passenger per mile for miles the journey between London and Birmingham, ''nalt would, at the assumed speed of 10 miles per take 36 hours in time, and cost 12s. 9d. ; whereas, V w aY, it would be performed in five hours and a half 1 ". 6d. ut is does not follow that because one penny per mile l eave a profit on passengers to a canal without locks 'Seth Britain, it would do the same by a canal in la id, with nearly a lock per mile ; and where the a ge of each boat between London and Birmingham es it necessary to raise or lower, as the levels may be, t ons of water, 1,136 feet. t 4 ing the c h arge , h owever , at on l y Id . per m il e, I k to know where is the saving in money which is to ea a passenger to spend 36 hours on the canal, instead hours on the railway? Surely the time and Stance of the canal travellers must be counted for 'thi ng . Want also to know, what is to be done, when the Is are stopped by repairs or frost ? Because, if other travelling are to be superseded by canal naviga. it is not to be expected that they will be taken up for the temporary accommodation of the canal rt9s. e xplanation of these obstacles to canal ascendancy, have, no doubt, been maturely considered, would he '4l ady desirable at this time ; because, as I am eiv.n 'demand that the principal opponents of the Bill in i " Session are withdrawing their opposition, we Probably obtain our Act in the next Session ; and thi nk, Sir, in what a cruel situation we shall he, if, i we have spent all our money in this undertaking, the turn round upon us, and carry people cheaper, and nt time than 'ee cin do. Sure I am, that it passen -5n but b e conveye d at a ll t i mes , w i nter an d summer , n a miles by canal, in fi ve h o u rs an d a half, for ' 7 d. each, there is no occas;on for our railway. A SUBSCRIBER TO THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. h- following anecdote of GARRICK is re- Aladame D'ARBLAY, in the memoirs of her father, U ttNEy:—" An appointment having been arranged tuRNEY for presenting his friend Mr. TWINING GARRICK, the two former, in happy conference, er 'ioyinz the society of each other, while awaiting rotnised junction with Mr. GARRICK, when a violent '' ° g at th e s t ree t d oor , w hi c h pr e pared them for his tl 'e arrival, was followed by a demand, through the an, whether the Doctor could receive Sir JEREMY t? o ttouGH, a Baronet, who was as peculiarly distasteful " k the gentlemen as Mr. GARRICK was the reverse. '''sven's sake, no !' cri e d Mr. T WINI NG ; and th e 'tt echoing No ! no!' was with eagerness sending off ercu.e, when the footman whispered, Sir, he's at eels ! he's close to ti e door ! he would not stop!' s tr enuously flinging open the library door himself, in hat, an old-fashioned blue roquelaure, over a ee or of which the collar was turned up above his ad a silk h an dk erc hi e f held, as i f from t h e tooth ° his mouth, the fo r bidd en gues t en tered ; slowly, )t 11 44 '1 solemnly bowing his head as lie advanced, Quaker -like, never touching his bat, and not he ro a word. The Doctor, whom Sir JEREMY had )1 , re visited, and to whom he was hardly known, t w e Pen di ss i m il ar i ty upon some li terary su bj ec ts, and IN ING, to whom he was only less a stranger to h;tOre obnoxious, from having been at variance equally concluded, from th e ir knowledge theuleible character, that the visit had no other view tot °f demanding satisfaction for some offence sup tiluave been offered to his high self-importance ; e aWkwardness of such a surmise, they could not d isconcerted, n a y a b as h e d, a t h av i ng proc l a imed °, "'sene ss to his sight in such unqualified terms, and ri l :!, el Y within hi s h ear i ng . F or a m i nu t e or t wo , e nce like his ow n , th e y awa i te d an ex pl ana ti o n 1541 i r P"e, when, after some hesitation, o st en t a ti o usly g , 0 ( 1 ;5 hand, while the other still h e ld his handker ,i, "'s mouth, th e unwe l come i ntru d er , to t h e i r utter w tae nt, came forward, and composedly seated him arrn-chair near the fire, filling it broadly, with : }f domineering authority. Th e gent l emen now 0 ; t e ach other, in tome doubt wheth er th e i r v i s i tor f ound his way to them from the vicinity of i The s Pause that ensued was embarrassing, and e . free f rom alarm, when the intruder, after an dinary nod or two, of a palpably threatening na tidd en 7 started up, threw off his slouched hat and ', i tkl ate, sung his red silk handkerchief into the Bad displayed to view, lustrous with vivacity, the L , ttir e , , the sparkling eyes, and laughing countenance kater,.....the inimitable imitator, DAVID GAR COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses, the Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA, drove and walked in Hyde Park yes terday forenoon for some time. Despatches from Brus,els, for Viscount PALMERSTON, were brought by a King's Messenger to the Foreign-office yesterday morning. The Duke of RicirttoND and the First Lord of the Ad miralty visited Viscount ALTHORP yesterday, at the Treasury. A model for the new National Gallery has been sub mitted to the Lords of the Treasury and to the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests. The President of the Board of Control transacted lin sine-s yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches for Viscount GitaNvILLE, our Ambassador at Paris, were sent off from the Foreign-office on Tues day night. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Ranfurley, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Ireland ; W. Everett, Esq., at ditto, from his seat Andover House, Hants ; Colonel and Mrs. L. P. Jones and Miss Jones, at ditto, from the Continent; Colonel and Mrs. Packe, at the Burlington Hotel, from their seat in Northamptonshire ; Captain Fullerton, at ditto, from Antwerp ; Lord Arthur Chichester, at ditto, from Falmouth; Captain Maitland, at the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris; Colonel and Mrs. By and family, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from Canada; Major and Mrs. Hughes, in Pall.mall, from the lonian Islands ; Lady and Miss Harvey, in Gloucester-place, from Chelten ham ; Admiral Sir Davidge and Lady Gould and Miss Atty, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat in Herts ; Captain and Mrs. Moore, in Brook-street, from Cheltenham; Douglas, Esq., and Mrs. Douglas, at Fladong's Hotel, from Scotland; H. Street, Esq., and Mrs. Street, at ditto, from Chel tenham ; T. Markham, Esq., at ditto, from Cumberland; Learmouth, Esq., at ditto, from Scotland. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Sefton, for his seat Stoke Farm, near Windsor; Captain and Mrs. Forbes, for Bath ; Lord George Lennox, from the Royal Hotel, Jermyn.street, for Sussex ; the Hon. Captain Westenra, for Ireland; Major and Mrs. Paske and family, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Worcestershire; his Excellency Baron Fagel, from ditto, for Holland; Hon. Mrs. Fane, from the Burlington Hotel, for her seat in Lincolnshire ; Robert Burnett, Esq., from ditto, for Aberdeen ; J. Taylor, Esq., from ditto, for Brighton ; G. Chamberlyn, Esq., from ditto, for Cranbury Park, near Winchester ; Bransby Cooper, Esq., from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mrs. Welch, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for their seat Worcestershire ; Captain and Mrs. Scott, from Park-lane, for Bath ; W. Hornby, Esq., from Fladong's Hotel, for Cambridge; Vincent Corbet, Esq., from ditto, for Berkhampstead ; Sir Charles Chad, Bart., and Mrs. Chad, from ditto, for Pinkney Hall, Norfolk; Dr. Haines, from ditto, for Hastings; Rev. J. Billington, from ditto, for Kent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM MEETING, Nov. 28. FOR THE GOLD Cur—Second Class.—Mr. De Burgh's Nonpareil beat Mr. Knight's Coquette; Mr. Hope's Hec tor beat Mr. Wells's Wowski ; Mr. Ladbroke's Lottery beat Mr. Ladbrooke's Legacy. TIES FOR THE HEADLEY STAKES.-Mr. Wells's Whimsey beat Sir W. Jollffe's Meteor ; Mr. De Burgh's Norwich beat Mr. Reid's Rainbow. TIES FOR. TIIE UNION STAKES,-51T. Reid's Roger Baco❑ heat Mr. Floud's Nettle; Mr. Reeves's Rufus beat Mr. Knight's Harpy. EWELL PUPPY STA KES.-111r. De Burgh's Nell beat Mr. Hope's Hercules ; Mr. Collins's Crocus beat Mr. Reeves's Rosa. ASHSTEAD STAKES.—Mr. Floud's Blucher beat Mr. Pouchee's Poltroon ; Mr. Hope's Heron beat Mr. Wells's Wasp. CREAM STAKES TOR PUPPIES.—.Mr. Hope's Hermit beat Sir W. Jolliffe's Extsey ; Mr. Wells's Wilbelmioa heat Mr. Reeves's Romulus. MATCHES.-Mr. Floud's Hero against Mr. Collins's Countess—undecided ; ➢lr. Floud's Cora beat Mr. Reeve's Dart ; Mr. Reid's Remnant beat Mr. Knight's Cerberus. The coursing was on Ashstead Common fields ; this day (Thursday) it will be on the Downs. The contemplated marriage between Viscount DiLLoN and the beautiful Miss STOREY, a near relative of Mr. ALEX. BARING, and descenfie I from an ancient Nottinghamshire family, is expected to be solemnized in the course of the ensuing week. His Lordship has lately succeeded to his title, and estates to the amount 0f30,0001. per annum, and the young lady will also inherit great wealth. The Noble couple are expected to pass the honey-moon at Ditchley P.ark, the seat of Lord Dutoti, in Oxfordshire. His Lordship is in his 24th year. Lord ELPIIINSTONE, the newly-appointed Lord of the Bed-chamber, is a Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards, and his Lordship was about to proceed to Corfu, as Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Sir FRE • DERICK ADAM, when that distinguished Officer was re called to receive the command of Fort St. George, at Madras. Lord ELPHINSTONE is a Scottish Peer. At the last election of the sixteen Representative Peers his Lord ship was a candidate for that honour. Mr. KENNEDY, the newly-appointed Lord of the Treasury, in the place of Lord NUGENT, continues to perform the functions of Clerk of the Ordnance, in which he succeeded DTr. TENNYSON, but it is understood that the lion. Gentleman will shortly resign the situation, and that Colonel MABERLY, the present Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, is to he his succe.sor. We have not heard whe- ther Colonel Kazan Ly's present appointment is to be filled up, or whether it is in contemplation to consolidate the two offices, Colonel AIABERLY discharging the duties of both. Notices have been given that application will be made to Parliament next session for acts authorizing the erection of a new iron bridge over the Thames, from Pimlico, contiguous to the entrance of Lord GROSVENOR'S canal, to Battersea, on the opposite shore, near the Red • house, also of a market for the sale of meat, vegetables, fish, corn, hay, and other articles, in the parishes of St. John the Evangelist, and St. Margaret, Westminster. The proposed site of the market is near the Penitentiary, and the bridge will be about midway hetweenVauxhall and Chelsea bridges. The important fact was stated on Saturday last by Mr. CRAWFORD, who from his personal connexion, is likely to be accurately informed upon the subject, that Government have determined to throw open the East India trade, with the exception only of the article of tea, and that even that is under consideration, with the view of removing the fiscal difficulties which have alone delayed a decision. This is the first intimation which has transpired of the intentions of Ministers upon the subject.—Brighton Gazette. It has been remarked, that all the Foreign Ministers at Paris attended the opening of the Chambers, with the exception of the members of the Russ;an Em bassy, none of whom were present. As a power essen tially Asiatic, it was possibly their opinion that a matter so purely European was no concern of theirs. We should have thought, however, that M. Pozzo nt Bonn°, who was born and educated in the west of Europe, would have had better manners than to offer so unnecessary a mark of disrespect to the French King as to be absent on such an occasion. The days of the last Boroughmonger Par liament are numbered—another week will not elapse ere it will be a matter of history. Gatton, Old Sarum, Lud gershall, and all the other relics of the " wisdom," &c., have run their course ; and no small number of Honour ables and Right flonourables, pensioners and would-be pensioners, will yield up their political lives, and all their hopes of the loaves and fishes. Every thing indicates the approaching struggle. The different committees of the metropolitan candidates were unusually busy the whole of yesterday ; and no doubt seems to be entertained that the writs will be issued the beginning of next week. The usual orders from the War-office for the removal of troops from places where the elections will be held have been issued, and Wednesday next is the day fixed for the march of the troops to the places named in the orders. In many instances no little embarrassment has been ex perienced on this subject, as the number of poling places renders it very difficult to find adequate quarters for the men. The troops at Maidstone are to be removed to Seven Oaks ; and the garrison of Bristol will, it is be ll be removed to the village of Westbury, a spot just be) ad the legal distance, and where, in case of another emeute, they may be recalled almost by the sound of the bugle. The depot of the 12th Regiment, under the command of Major JONES, marched from Islington yester day morning, on their route from Wymondham to Ports mouth. _ _ ATROCIOUS MURDER.—DeScriptions of a man and woman have been sent from Drogheda to the head police.office, enclosed in a letter to Mr. FARRELL, with a statement of the murder of a pedlar, named Trro• mAs WADE. He was murdered on the evening of the 2.2 d on the public road near Ballincolla, as the letter states, by the man and woman described. The pedlar's throat was cut, and 501. in notes, all bearing the endorsement " TirollAs i WAnE," was taken from his person. —Dublin Paper; LITERATURE. FAMILY LIBRARY. LONDON, 1832. The present number (which is the thirty. sixth) consists of a republication of Mr. Nelson Coleridge's clever little work, " Six Months in the West Indies," with the mere addition, as the author observes in his Preface, of one or two notes, and a few verses. As Ile noticed this work when it made its first appearance, we shall say nothing further at present, than that its republication is a proof of sound judgment on the part of the Editor of the Family Library. D TTERB 0 URNE. —3 VOLS. RICHARD BENTLEY, LONDON, 1832. Otterbourne is a spirited tale of the Walter Scott class, and bears, in every page, indications that the author has studied the domestic history and legends of the time which he writes about with more than ordinary attention. One quali fication, however,--and that a material one—he is sadly in want of, we mean compression, or the " art to blot." He has spread over the ample surface of three vols. the materials which should have been comprised in two. Hence in many of his pages there is an air of feebleness and vagueness, which is greatly prejudicial to effect. We regret This, for there are passages, and indeed whole chapters in Otterbourne, which prove that the author has a quick eye for the picturesque, and much vigour and liveliness of fancy. Of such a character are his details of the furious battle of Otterbourne, which Percy has immortalised in his delightful " Reliques," and which was one of the bloodiest and most obstinately contested border feuds that ever took place on the northern marches. The Percy and the Douglas—names renowned in song, and specially dear to the writers of romantic fiction— here showed the high mettle of English and Scottish chivalry. These two chieftains figure with considerable effect in Otterbourne. As a favourable specimen (though not the most so) of the author's powers of descriptions, we give a portion of his details of this border feud : " Raimond Farneley was one of the earliest to catch sight of the impending storm. It came oil in imposing character. Displayed by a flood of moonlight, the Cale donian power in full battalia present.d itself, advancing with rapid force to the attack. Bold as he was, the spectacle of such a formidable and compact body, pressing forward with all confidence of anticipated victory—making the very ground shake beneath its heavy passage, and the quiet night-air ring with wild cries, he felt momentarily dismayed. But he fought under a leader as quick to dis cover the perilous visitation as himself, and to whom dis may, for any cause, was a feeling unknown. Danger was to him delight, and the shape in which it now threatened did but rouse his energies. "' Ho, mates ho !' he shouted, making his deep but sonorous voice audible above the general din. ' The foe's main battle's on our right ! Knights ! look to your pen nons !—serry spears, Berry ! change front. The knaves think they've limed us ; we must speak them a rough nay-say. What prickers are those that loiter 'mong the spoil ? dalesmen, I warrant —up, up, and take your ground, ye landraking rogues ! is this a time for pilfering ?' " By prodigious efforts, in which he was well seconded by other leaders, he succeeded in bringing his force into hasty alignment against the nearing charge. This done, or rather the moment it appeared in a fair way to be done, be spurred out beyond the foremost ranks. " We will not let our horses cool, my hearts !' he ex claimed. Forward to the meeting !—upon 'em !—St, George for England ! and Esperance fur Percy !' "He appealed to boiling blood. At the words, the English chivalry dashed on amain, and ere a fresh breath could be drawn the rival hosts closed with a shock awfully tremendous. In a few moments more every arm, of horse and foot, on either side, was engaged in the strife. " A fight, the most inveterate, sanguinavy, and pro. longed which the history of ages, rife in such events, has handed down to us, ensued. Order or arrangement of action there was none. Sometimes, the murderous iron wave surged tumultuously one way, then rolled heavily back the other, mat king at each flow rather the indomit able spirit of the struggle, than any change in its fortune. The war-cries, at the beginning frequent and piercing, gradually became less otten iterated, and then, in tones hoarse and distinct. Several, which erst had waked the echoes, sunk altogether, leaving the unhappy fate of their owners to be sadly inferred. But the rain of blows—the clash and clang of steel, increased rather than diminished, and yells, not of defiance but of suffering, began more to afflict the ear. The bright moon, now high in the hea vens, threw a pale radiance over the fearful scene, render ing the horrible fleshings of bill, brand, and battle-axe, but too distinct, as they swung and circled above the ed dying throng. The whole contrasted strongly and strangely with the hour, and the wild stillness of the neigh bouring hills. " The slogan of the Douglas, a sound which usually repelled and oiverted elsewhere the tide of ordinary adver saries, was the breath of attraction to at least three des• perate warriors on this eventful evening. Need we say that the foremost of these, and he who hacked and clove a path . or his fellow-braves, was the invincible Hotspur. The planet of his house literally and figuratively ascendant, eventfully rewarded efforts memorialised in gouts of Scot tish blood : for, gaining a temporary vantage-ground, he saw its beams kissing the white outline of the Brabant-lion —his captured insignia—streaming in the wind above the heads of a knot of Scots. To behold, and to make his destrier bound, through all intervention towards it, was one act. Doughty indeed must that enemy have been who could have wittistohd the more than mortal power that nerved bins. " Riimond Farneley and De Neville were both in his rear, and simultaneously saw his object: saw him lop away, as a woodman clears a copse, the weak branches of resistance offered to his career, with mingled sensations. The first could not help feeling pride in the prowess of his lord, even though forestalled by it in a darling desire : the last, looked on with envy indeed, but also with a sort of satisfaction that the prize was about to be won by a competitor so pre-eminent, and one he did not, in a cer tain sense, regard as an obnoxious rival. "It was won. The hapless esquire, Glendonwin, to whom the unlucky honour of bearing the trophy had been committed, gave up life and trust together. " Ha-hah ! a rescue! a rescue!' shouted Hotspur exultingly waving his recovered banner in the air. ' The Percy, for himself !—What Scot dares the Percy ?' " ' I—the Douglas !' rose in answer from a little dis tance, and with the defiance, the furious utterer could be seen working through the press to back it. " The par ies here being in the very centre of the mel'ie, a dire confusion reigned around, and blows were dealing so fast and discriminately that each man's constant care was neces,arily that of his own head. Farneley des perately tasked at the moment by a huge Lothian man-at arms, found exclusive employment most unpropitiously for the juncture. " Farnely, my bold esquire,' cried Hotspur, snatching a hurried look about, before springing to meet the Douglas. ' where art thou ?' There was no response. ' Ha! De Neville ! (recognising the young knight) thou art well at call. There is the toy you covet ; keep it as thy love dic tates—l care not for it now, and must have free hands. Douglas, have at thee !' " Thus speiking, he threw to De Neville the banner he had just regained, and urged on to a collision with his raging foe. " Raimond dismissed to earth his personal opponent barely in time to note, with a bitter pang of disappoint ment, the above transfer. He felt as if the genius which had guided and sustained him hitherto, had wilfully de serted him : but the soul of a warrior--the inflamed blond of manhood still lent him the, now as it were mechanical, impulse of conduct. He spurred vengefully after his lord, to the place where Douglas, Swinton, Lundie, and other famous Scottish lances created a whirlpool amidst the billows of the conflict. " Esperance ! esperance !' repeated Hotspur, riding at the Lithilesdale thane with a force that overthrew an esquire, man and horse, who chanced to impede his career. This hour's worth a life-time !' " ' It shall end that of one of us,' bellowed the Douglas. " Thine—and this for it,' retorted Percy, driving the point of his lance with such amazing force as to pierce through Douglas's shield And even penetrate his hauberk." OLYMPIC THEATRE. Another novelty, The Conquering Game—and, as it proved, a very pleasant and successful one—was produced here last night. It is founded on a supposed adventure in the early life of Charles XII. of Sweden; no less re markable for his bright career of conquest (beating the united powers of Russia, Denmark, and Saxony, before he had reached his 21st year), than his professed dislike to women, whom be termed the source of all broils, whether in Court or cottage. At this period Charles (who is ably personated by NVEmsTert) is destined to fall a captive to the charms of a Swedi , h maiden, Catherine Ormsdorf (Madame Yam:as), near his Court; but i❑ this fall he preserves the philosopher and the disciplina rian. He has been introduced under an assumed name to the young lady by the agency of her mother, The Ba • roness of Ormsdorf (Mrs. KNIGHT), and he proposes drilling her to the same state of perfection as his troops, reducing her to complete subordination, and then publish ing a code of regulations for the benefit of weak-nerved husbands. He thinks in this manner he shall trove his sphere of government not to be confined, and that such a conquest will be permanently useful to his people. He makes known his intention to his secretary, Frederick Von Lieben (Mr. J. VINING), who happens to be in love with the same lady, and who immediately con veys to her the intelligence. Catherine, roused by all the heroism of her sex, resolves to contest the field with the great commander, and see which will come off the conqueror. The King, at his arrival, by appointment, at her house, is accordingly received with the most determined independence, and gradually, through the fascination of her manner and her will, submits to all her whims and wishes, till at length he is so overpowered in this novel strife as to consent to put on her grandmother's cap and gown, in order to enable Catherine to complete the drapery of a painting. When her triumph is thus fully achieved in the prostration of the hero's dignity, the house is suddenly surrounded by the palace guard, under the command of Major Rapp (Mr. J. BLAND), who are in search of a meeting of con spirators, supposed to have taken refuge here. The King starts up in a frenzy at being caught by his soldiers in such an extraordinary costume, from which he is on'y relieved by his secretary, who has witnessed the scene from a closet, where he had been purposely placed. Fre derick here claims the fulSlment of his promise to make him happy with the unknown object of his affection., which, to the King's surp , ise, proves to be Catherine. Charles, hereupon, throwing off his cap and gown, re sumes his hat and sword, and pressing a kiss on Cathe rine's forehead as he consigns her to her lover, forswears the sex, and pronounces glory for ever after to be his on'y mistress! From these hastily-described incidents a very interesting little drama has been constructed. There was an excellent house, and in one of the pri►ate boxes we observed the Lord Chamberlain, his Grace the Duke a DEVONSHIRE, and party. Madame D'ARBLAY, in her clever and amusing memoirs of Dr. BURNEY, gives the following spe cime❑ of the mode in which Dr. JOHNSON not unusually defended his dearest friends :—" From Scotland, the talk fell, but I cannot tell how, upon some friend of Dr. Jox N SON, of whom I did not catch the name, so I will call him Mr. THREE STARS * ;of whom Mr. SEWARD re lated some burlesque anecdotes, from which Mr. * * • was warmly vindicated by the Doctor. " Better say no more, Mr. SEWARD," cried Mrs. THRALE, for Mr. • • " is one of the persons that Mr. JOHNSON will suffer no one to abuse but himself ! GARRICK is another ; for if any creature but himself says a word against GARRICK Mr. JOHNSON will brow-beat him in a moment." " Why, Madam, as to DAVID," answered the Doctor very calmly, " it is only because they do not know when to abuse and when to praise him ; and I will allow no man to speak any ill of DAVID that he does not deserve. As to • * ',— why really I believe him to be an honest man, too, at the bottom. But, to be sure, he is rather penurious; and he is somewhat mean ; and it must be owned he has some degree of brutality; and is not without a tendency to sa• vageness, that cannot well be defended." LADY BLESSINGTON'S JOURNAL.—One of the leading features of the December number of the New Monthly Magazine, we understand, will be the continua tion of the Conversations of Lord BYRON with Lady BLESSINGTON, to which a considerable space will be de voted. They will contain his Lordship's reflections on London fashionable life, and the anomalies of English so ciety—a new definition of tact, and a new doctrine re specting bores—a piquant disquisition on love and friend ship—clever wives and their opposites—companionable qualities—notions regarding thin women—the pleasures of fear—remarks on lost and living friends—anecdotes connected with the composition of " Don Juan"—thoughts on hypochondriasm, and observations on the manners of Italian women. ANOMALY IN THE KING'S REGULATIONS FOR THE PROMOTION OF CAPTAINS TO THE RANK OF FLAG-OFFICERS.—By the existing laws on this head, a Captain may now be eligible by his simple servitude of five or six years as such in commission to become a flag. officer, and to command a squadron, though not qualified by his standing on the list of captains to command a single line-of-battle ship ; or he may be eligible to com mand the line-of-battle ship by his seniority, but not to hoist a square bit of bunting. In the latter case we had an instance a year or two since of a Captain whose early career had been most brilliant, and who was in command of a guard-ship in Hatnoaze, and had for a short time the chief command, with a broad pendant, of the harbour and port altogether ; but when the promotion ensued, which, according to the previous regulations, he had been looking up to as the summit of his glo rious hopes, he had the mortification to find him self declared ineligible to be placed on the halt-pay list of flag-officers, and by a board of which more than one had never commanded a ship in a general ac tion, because, forsooth, he wanted a few weeks of complet ing the newly prescribed time, which he was then on the high road to, had he not been moved from his ship in a manner most unparalleled. Now-a-days we see (whom shall we say ?) constantly going from one ship to another, in order to get this qualification for a flag. Let the naval observer answer and say, whether it is the officer whose experience end brilliant exploits in the lower grades of the service best entitle him to look forward for this consumma tion of his views and early struggles, or whether it is the officer who knows little or nothing of the arduous parts of the service, or of the tug of war, from the conduct of immense convoys, and blockade of the enemy's fleet, tip to the fighting of line-of-battle ships in decisive and splendid general actions.—Devonport Telegraph, Nov. 24. SUICIDE OF THE PERSON CALLING HIM SELF CAPTAIN THOMAS BEAUCLERK, IN HORSEIIONGER LANE GAOL.—On Tuesday night the person so calling himself, in custody for aidieg in the escape of Captain NICItoLL, charged with the commission of an unnatural offence, destroyed himself by cutting his throat in Horse• monger-lane gaol. BEAUCLERK was taken into custody on Monday, tt e 19th instant, at a cottage he occupied in Spring-place, Paddington, and brought to Union-ball Po lice-office in the course of the same evening, and exa mined. The principal witness who appeared against him was a youth named JOHN STEYNE VERES, WilO had been living with him in the o,tensible capacity of a servant, for the last three months. The witness VEERS also gave such evidence on the occasion as to leave no doubt that a capital offence had been committed upon him by BEAU CLERK. BEAUCLERK was brought up from Horsemon ger-lane gaol for re-examination on Tuesday, about half past 12 o'clock, in a hackney•coach. His appearance was rather altered since he was first taken into custody, looking much paler in the face, and apparently more de jected in his spirits. He was told by Mr. MURRAY, that as the party in wh ose escape b e h a d b een concerne d was not yet apprehended he would be remanded until next Tuesday. He was accordingly conveyed back to Horsenonger.lane in a coach. On being placed in his ward o n T ues d ay, B EAUCLERK was served with his dinner at the usual time, which he partook of, and at 5 o'clock was taken from thence and locked up in the cell whi c h h e ha d slept i n s i nce he had been a pri-over in the gaol. The next morning (yesterday) on the turnkey unlocking the cell where Captain BEAUCLERK was confined, between 7 and S o'clock, lie observed a stream of blood at the side of the bedstead upon which he was lying. On approaching the bed the turnkey dis covered the wretched suicide covered up under the clothes, with the exception of his head, which was lying at the edge of the pillow on the left side in such a position that the blood which had issued from a deep wound in his throat, and which had severed the jugular vein, went on the floor of the cell, which it covered in the way described. The wound, it appeared, had been inflicted with a small penknife, and in consequence of the desparate nature of the given himself, lie must have expired almost in Y. He was qu i te un d resse d, an d his clot hes we re lying on a small form at the other side of the bed stead. When th e d eceased was first taken into custody a sum wounde bti t t f a : h , ne e it of inyney, amounting t o b etween 3 0 / . an d 40/., was f oun d i t s his possession, besid es two di amond r i ngs w hi c h he had, on his finger a, and wh i ch ar e now in the handcf the neW police. When the d ecease d was f i rst taken i nto custo d y s mall bottle of pru ss i c ac i d was found in his possession by an inspector of th e police, WESTMINSTER ELECTION. Last night, a very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the electors of Westminster, out-voters of the parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, was held at the Belgrave-hotel, Ebury.street, Pimlico, for the purpose of hearing the principles of Lieutenant Colonel Evans, as en titling him to be nominated a candidate for the city of Westminster. The Gallant Colonel, upon entering the great room, soon after 7 o'clock, was received with loud acclamations, when Mr. WATERMAN, an overseer, was appointed to the chair. The CHAIRMAN observed, that he introduced the Gal lant Colonel as a Gentleman most fit to be returned their representative. He had opposed Lord Grosvenor's Act, which was very oppressive to the out-voters of Saint George, Hanover-square.—(Cheers.) Colonel Evans had fought their battles abroad, and had returned home with laurels. Mr. BALDWIN proposed that Colonel Evans should state to them the reasons by which his conduct will be guided, should he be returned their representative. Lieutenant-Colonel Evans observed, that he appeared before them in censequence of having been called upon by a considerable body of the electors of Westminster, in conse quence of the Member now representing them refusing to give an answer to certain questions proposed to him, Far from this being his desire, he (Col. Evans) was willing to render his principles as explicit as possible ; and he considered that, unless he acted in this manner, he could not expect that the electors would be such fools as to give him their votes. In a speech delivered at some former period by Sir John Cam Hobhouse, he stated that " the clamour raised against what is called demanding a pledge, has no founda tion in theory nor practice. Every elector has a right to demand the opinion of any candidate."—(Hear, hear.) There were four questions, which, if Sir John Cam Hob house had acceded to, there would have been no neces sity for his appearing to solicit their franchises. The four questions he called their attention to were the Sap- tennial Act, the vote by ballot, the taxes on know ledge, and the house and window tax. If be were re turned their representative in Pailiatnent, he would usa his utmost exertions to do away with these odious Acts.— (Avoice, " Give them time, Col. Evans, but not too much time." Cheers.) They were Acts which were most partial and abominable in their nature. With respect to tithes, hr considered them as a most obnoxious impost, which neither promoted religion, agriculture, nor good government.— (Hear, hear.) Tithes are public property, and the Church is the whole body of the people—(That is right)—and he considered that the Bishops were out of their place in the House of Lords.—(Cries of "He will do.") He would support a total reformation in every department of the financial system. With respect to the question of flogging, as it refers to the Hon. Secretary of War, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, he would say a few words. Your representa tive has said, previous to accepting office, that flogging was not merely a physical, but, in the highest degree, a moral infliction. In these views, then, it could not be that any diminution of the number of stripes could affect the moral consideration ; yet, what has Sir John done ? He has simply reduced the quantity from 500 to 300 ; and since he has been in office, has acknowledged that he finds it necessary to agree with the opinion of the officers of the army. But he (the Gallant Colonel) is strongly of opinion that the Whigs intended a trick on Sir John HA/- house, by putting him Secretary at War, it being his duty in that office to introduce the Mutiny Act, one of the bases of which is the admission of the necessity of military flogging. Upo❑ a subject that referred most interestedly to them, namely, the Grosvenor Act, he would say few words—(Cheers)—it was really most monstrous thai by this Act power should be given to a certain number of gentlemen in possession of 1501. a year, to impose a t ta upon them, and that they had no control in the manage ment of the same. At that time, when the tax was passed in the House of Commons, Sir John Cam Hobheuse was their representative; and it was most astonishing to him (Colonel Evans) what their . representatives could have been about. He would support a motion to abrogate this Act. —(Cheers.) He was willing to reform the corn laws ;to modify the system of the metropolitan police, that the local authorities might have some influence in its administration ; to obtain a free trade in the East India commerce ; and an alteration of the Bank Charter; all of which were so many impositions upon the industry of the country, fur the sup. port of the rich. A Gentleman asked Colonel Evans, if during the last five months he had not held a communication with a person at Charing-cross at the time he was enjoying the intifnicy of Sir Francis Burdett, during which the suiject of his return to Parliament as a representative of Westminstet, was spoken o!? Col. EvANs stated, that he had no hesitation in saying that such a proposition was made to him : and by some of those who were the most active partisans of Sir Fran cis Burdett's Committee ; but it was in the understanoirez that the Worthy Baronet was about to be raised to the Peerage, and from no other motive, he (Colonel Evans) being told chat in case Sir Francis should be so removed from Westminster, there was a desire on the part of many influential electors to nominate him. And it was only within the last few days, when, upon his return to town, he heard of its being the intention of some electors of Westminster to propose another candidate for Westminster, as a report was circulated to the prejudice of Sir John Cam Hobhouse, relative to Mr. Home's return for the county of Middlesex ; but, whether justly or not, he could not tell. He was informed that the electors were determined, on this account, to propose another candi date, and he had the authority of Lord Dunboyne to say, that in case he (Colonel Evans), who was better known to the electors than the Noble Lord, should decline standing the contest, that he (Lord Dun• boyne), would expend whatever money was necessary for the purpose of obtaining the franchises of the electors.— (Applause.) He was sorry to perceive that Sir Francis Burdett had mixed personal feelings in the question. The question, however, was not one of private, but public im port; and on that ground he would pledge himself. The Gallant Colonel concluded by observing, that if it were their pleasure to confer on him the honour of being returned their representative, they would find him constantly at- tending to their duty.—(Applause.) The question was then put from the Chair, that Lieute nant Colonel Evans is a fit person to be chosai as repre sentative of the city. It was carried amidst loud cheering. Three cheers were proposed fur Sir John Cain Hob house. The motion was received with groans.. Mr. WILLIAms, in proposing the formation of a local Committee, expressed his willingness to support Colonel Evans. It was ever the pride of the city of Westminster not to have a placeman as their representative. The electors have not had an opportunity for some time to make choice of a representative. Having it now, it would be their fault if they did not return a person who, in 8,) fearless a manner, had expressed his determination to sup port all measures introduced for an amelioration of their state.—(Cheers.) A local Committee was then appointed to promote Colonel Evans's return. Thanks were voted to the Chair man, and the meeting adjourned. SIR F. BURDETT TO LIEUT.-COLONEL EVANS. Dear Evans,—l have not the least idea of the means by which you have ascertained the fact you assume, that West minster is dissatisfied with itself, and a I the country with Westminster. I suspect you derive this impression from those whose '' wish is father to the thought." Be it as it may, it will soon be determined by the electors of West minster themselves; and determine as they may, I, for one, shall he satisfied, because I always am with doing my own duty. As to what passed between Mr. De Year and you, to draw so largely on your forbearance, I can be no, ways answerable for it. I certainly mentioned to him that I omitted to conclude my letter with the word " you," and substituted " any one else," least it might have borne an appearance of personality. I was near putting "my own Brother," so far from my mind was any thought of personal objection. The subject is now so dwindled that the sooner it is dropped, I think, the better. I cannot, however, finish without again repeating my sorrow and regret at this unfortunate and uncomfortable termination of our intimacy.—l remain, your's, sincerely, (Signed) F. BURDETT. St. James's place, Nov. 28, 1832. G s NE uSsAthAe fo C ilo l vi T i Y ng .— cu il triou r s e !li p tv eo d t 3 a t t:i : e_c , o , r o e in s- e lent a s ma ll span i e l bi tc h (still my sendspus stPel°lsnnsCeidoesnAni)ntNeteol lent friends who were atnusio7, themselves hunt ing rabbits. One was started in a po',atoe field, and closely pressed, till in tie heat of the ',;n;se the bitch plunged into a deep coal-pit, full of water co within seven feet of the brink, and conipleteiy bid 'irom view by thick shrubs and brambles. sle continued swimming about until nearly .ailiausted, when she was perceived by one of the gentlemen to make frequent but vain attempts to extricate herself by catching at a twig that overhung the pit. This suggested to him the idea of making the little animal's sa gacity the medium of saving her life. The handkerchiefs and cravats of himself and his companion were immediately tied together, which, with a small knot at one end, were let down to the bitch. She, with the utmost quickness of perception, instantly seized the knot in tier nu.uth, and was thus drawn out of the pit , "—Penng Magazine. SPIRIT OF Tar, PUBLLU We were sure that the meeting at the London Tavern, on the subject of the house and window taxes, would be numerously attended. The se verity with which these duties press on the middle classes, especially in the metropolitan districts, and the scandalous manner in which th e higher classes have contrived to evade payment of their fair share of them, have produced a very general determination in the people to have this evil remedied with the least possible delay. From our report of the proceedings yesterday, it will be seen that the spirit of the people is fairly up, and that whoever administers the affairs of this country will find it necessary, if the wants of the State do not admit of a reduction of taxation to the amount of these duties, to adopt, at all events, a substitute for them less objectionable in principle. The aristocracy of this country having hitherto had political power in their hands, have availed themselves of that power to t p a lnd x u atlo e n r . theT They of the m y t havepa c k o im m o t e n i l l it l y es iy s i th n a ie n ats of t i lwir fair share of taxation ; and they have, in the f e a xpn ir e sh d ar i e tu . re of the Thisstat t e ax o e f s t , hi t n ak gs ei more N i villno than their the longer tolerated—for the best of all reasons, because the classes suffering from this partiality are now represented. The landholders have hi therto named a great majority of the repre sentatives, and the consequence is, that the taxes have been borne chiefly by the industrious classes. That a new era has commenced was evinced by the attendance of Members and Candidates for the metropolis and metropolitan boroughs. For the first time in the history of England, we see indications of the sympathy which ought to exist between the people and their existing or ex pectant Representatives. There was something ' like a roll-call of the Members and Candidates ; and though some did not choose either to attend or to explain the grounds of their absence, we have not the slightest doubt that no man will be returned from any of the metropolitan districts or boroughs who does not show that he shares the opinion of the meeting with regard to the imme diate repeal of the house and window tax. We have heard no good reason why such a meeting as that of yesterday should not have been held. It was well observed by Mr. Hume, that " hi:: Majesty's Ministers would be strengthened by meetings like the present in different parts of the country, in order that there may be a trial given of the intention expressed by Ministers, who had declared in the House of Commons that the day had gone by when patronage or influence should direct them—(Tremendous cheers)—and that it would be their most anxious wish to attend to the wants of the people. * * * It is impossible that any one here can have a wish to embarrass those Ministers who have brought forward and carried so glorious a measure as the Reform Bill.—(Cheering.) But, Gentlemen, it must be recollected, that that great measure is only a means to an end, and the object of this meeting has one of those ends in view. —(Cheers.)" We are now about to exercise the privilege extended to us by the Reform Bill ; and a more opportune season, therefore, for expressing the sense of the people with regard to oppressive taxes cannot be chosen, The House of Commons now is the Houso of the People, and not the House of Minis ters; and in the ensuing Parliament, Mi rnisters must reconcile themselves to shaping their conduct according to the views of the Re presentatives. Mr. Hume, than whom there cannot be a better judge of such subjects, ob served, that " he had no hesitation in saying that two millions and a half (the amount o£ the house and window taxes) might be easily saved out of the expenditure of the country— (Loud cheers)—and that no additional tax was therefore necessary." We have never been able to understand the argument, that expenditure cannot be farther reduced. It is with nations as with individuals ; expenditure should suit itself to circumstances. A man with an income of 10,0001., may spend 10,000/. ; but if his in-, come be•reduced to 8,000/., he should not ex ceed 8,0001, in his expenditure. Does any per son suppose, if our income were to fall off five millions, that the nation could not go on with a diminution of expenditure to the same amount ? We know of several churches in the neighbour hood of the metropolis which have not required any repairs for years, but the expenditure conti nues, nevertheless, the same, because the rates have not been lowered. Were the rates to be lowered, it would be necessary to lower the ex penditure, which might be done in one of two ways—i.e., either by diminishing the number of individuals sharing the expenditure, or by di. minishing the amount shared by the respective individuals. There is a mode of thinnin the number of rats, w e ll k nown. By a bait of`meal, they are decoyed into a barrel, half filled with water. They find themselves on a small projection above the water, and there being but limited standing-room, when the limit is exceeded, some are precipitated into the water. When the sum to be distributed fall:: short, the business of Ministers is either to re duce the establishments or to red tldf t l i i c sb e ea i s i d l i c i : rie m n i i If there is not food for all their rats, some must eo i rf n tao taxationtGh e ov l- Buta re t nci e n r ul . aelti: s should it is clear that the very first obj.secotinteo tivxheieshmthaye industry; l but attentionbe ibse t thrown r r o e w n be more or less injurious ti t fore y ir,quiry i nto t h at subject, vie ar thaellulean time to see t h at jus xee bou enter iid in on rice is done. Nov: it is the great objection to are ee ntaexaerlsyceoxmelinlituferdonolf,thtehlinit. ° l e n higher tll ' ecounty of orders ßadnor there is not one I • rated higher • . 01. Radnor per there annum. is Chin Yet Hine, iu the )s s s a e n a l t e ofthe Eel l louse than county of b o ßr f iog iL l t u e n ,H t t i ho n el g i. d s eT o a n .t. ; Fo rf l a i sn a ki r ri p loaj, l C riL:b. ( de ) y i gs i v r pei t ss , d i i t ooßufaitrtl Hart the a K n i d lig a hto n t u i, m t b h eer soeaft other s t e l a r t i: si e co , Er. Esq., ; the in t(l a, gentry: 3o m N e o c w h , ai t i l i l c e s houses this o ni c e e t t r l oor I. per annum. Wh at j 'estiee c an t h ere b e in wringing from be poo r c l er k or mechanic, who can r e o heai tha n'' find br ea d f or hi s children, one half m the am ount o f taxes paid by the No 13aronets, Privy C ounsel l ors , an d Se e nators of one of our counties? It is true, that this injustice may be of a piece wish that wnich takes so large a share of the personal property inherited by wives and children front iand pay s husbands and hith ers , w hil e an inheritance 111 , nothing. But all injustice canna be rem e d ie d at once. A Parliament which represents all classes must see that justice is dune to all c l a s ses . In the mean time, here is a tax from w hi c h t h e rich are nearly altogether exempt. The higher classes will never consent to pay their fair share. A lung time must elapse be fore proper machinery could be obtained, and a fair and equitable a , E‘ , .essinent made, The It,,