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.4 jib to see more soldiett ; he was therefore conducted to the citadel, whi.re a company i.lei eised in his presence. On taking leabe he gave to the commanding officer a lock of Viis hair, and shook hands with every one pre seta- At Spandau he was also received by Duke Charles of Mecklenburg, the King's brother-in-law ; Count Schliefen, aide•de-camp to the Crown Prince; and Ge neral Cordova, the Spanish Ambassador. On the follow ing slay Charles X. was received in the same town by the Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the Spanish Ambassador, and several other high personages. Among the Frenchmen presented to the ex-King was M. Spontini, with whom he field a lone conversation. Dur ing dinner the public were adrcitted into the room. Charles X. sat between Major Massow and M. de Pfuel. The ex-King and the Duke of Angouleme appeared in good spirits, and repeatedly expr esse d th e i r gra tit u d e f or the reception given them in Prussia. At Frankfort on the Oiler Charles X. will join the Duke of Bordeaux, and then continue his journey with him through Silesia and Bohemia." The Augsburg Gazette of the 12th inst. contains the following:__" On the 10th inst. Ring Otho of Greece received the diplomatic body at 'Munich. The Pap Nuncio delivered an address, to which his Majesty re turned a dignified answer, The Nuncio then presented to the King the other Ambassadors, with esz i n of whom he conversed in the most affable manner. Colonel B turn gatten, aide-de-camp to the King, has set out for Munich to receive the Greek Deputation on the frontiers. A letter from Frankfort states that the Diet is still engaged in arranging the military affairs of the Germanic Confede ration. The regulations of the fortress of Mentz have already been definitively agreed upon. The chief provi sions are—that the roinimum of the garrison of Mentz, in time of peace, shall be 6,000 men, of which one-half arm to be Austrians, and the other half Prussian.% The minimum of the war establishment is fixed at 12,000, and the complete garrison at 21,000 infantry, and 600 cavalry. Austria is to furnish 7,000. Prussia 7,000, Saxe Weimar 2,010, Saxe Altenburg 982, Saxe-Coburg 1.366, Saxe Meinengen Hildhurgbansen 1,150, Anhanit Dessau 52n, Anhalt Knetben 525, and Hesse Hombourg 200 rAe'n." By a proclamation of the King of Sweden, dated the 2d instant, his Majesty announced that on his return from Norway he should occupy himself with a new organization of the country. Extract of a letter of the 10th inst. from Toulon:--- `' We learn by the Marengo, which le't A'.gi&'s on the 6th, and arrived here yesterday, that the ithrket of Al giers has riot fir some time been so well supplied as for merly, the neighbouring tribes having been prevented by the advance of other tribes In arms, to the number of about 12,000 men, wit the intention of attacking us in our stronghold. The Duke de Rovigo having received intel ligence of their movements, went out on the 30th ult. at the head of 1,500 men, which be, on the following day, divided into two coining, one under his own command, and the other under that of Major-General Fodoas, his brother-in-law. The first column advanced to wards Metijiali, and fell in with the Arabs on the plain, about five leagues from Algiers. A charge was rnsde immediately, and in a very few minutes the plain was covered with the bodies of 410 Bedouins, and the rest took to flight, although 'en times more nume rous than our troops. The second column moved to the right, but fell in with no enemy, and did not hear of the rout of the Arabs till it was joined by the Duke with his column, and one of the chiefs as his prisoner. On his re turn to Algiers the Duke found COO National Guards under arms, who had assembled spontaneously to guard the posts which were left vacant by the departure of the troops, which was the only disposable force, as there are 4,300 sick, and 3,200 who are in convalescent state. Two flags were taken and brought over by the Marengo; they are of green silk, and the lance terminates in a knob similar to that which ornaments the staff of a drum-major." Legal proceedings have been commenced by the Duke of Brunswick against M. Gisipiet, the Prefect of Police, 31. Laverderie, Commandant of the Gendarmerie, and M. Herbert, the peace-officer, for violating his residence and Lis personal liberty. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, Ocr. 15.-Fire per Cents., 96f. 96f. 20c; Loan of 1832, 96f. 65c. ; 412 per Cents., 88f. 90c. ; 4 ditto, 86f. 50c. ; 3 ditto, 67f. 90c. 68f. ; National Loan, 96f. 35c ; Bank Actions, 1680 f.; Foreign Funds-Neapolitan Rentes, 81f 30c.; Roman ditto, 81M.; Spanish ditto, 1114. ; Spanish Royal Loan, 79f. ; ditto Perpetual Annuities, 5714. ; Haitian Loan, '2oof. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, OCT. 16.-Five per Cents., 06f. 20c. 25c. 3.'c. 25c. 20c. 25c. 20c. 23c. 20c. 96f. 25c. 20c. 25c. 30c. 25c.; Loan of 1832, 96E 90c. ; Four per Cents., 811 f. '7sc. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 68f. sc. 10c. 20 c . 15 c , 20c, 25c. 30c. 25c. 20c. ; National Loan, 96f. 50c. ; Bank Actions, 1,65nf.; Rente de Naples, 81f. 35c. 30c. 25c. 20c. 30c. 81f. 35c. ; Roman Five per Cents., 8114 ; Rente d'Espagne, 111% ; Royal Spanish Loan, 7914 36 ; Rente Perpetuelle d' Espagne, 571 % ; Belgian Loan, 78%. Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 80c. ; three months, money, 25f. 65c.-Coors Atithentique. There is now in the gardens of W. GIF FORD, Esq., at his seat, Parker's Well, near this eity, an Anson apricot tree, which has this year borne 720 apri. cots. 150 hav:ng been taken from it green, and 570 ripe. —Eretcr Gazette. Umbrellas, in my youth, were not ordinary things; few hut the macaronis of the day, as the dandies were then called, would venture to display them. For a long while it was not usual for men to carry them with out incurring the - brand of effeminacy, and they were vulgarly considered as the characteristics of a person whom the mob hugely disliked, namely, a mincing French man. At first, a single umbrella seems to have been kept at a coffee-house for some extraordinary occasion—lent as a coach or chair in a heavy shower—hut not commonly carried by the walkers. The "Female Tattler" advertises, " The young gentleman belonging to the Custom-house, who, in fear of rain, borrowed the umbrella from Wilk's Cofirce-house, shall the next time be welcome to the maid's patens." An umbrella carried by a man was obvi ously then considered as extreme effeminacy. As late as in 1775, one JOHN MACDONALD, a footman, who has written his own life, informs us, that when he used " a tine si k umbrella which he hail brought from Spain, lie could not with any comfort to himself use it, the people -calling nut Frenchman ! why don't you get a coach ?' " The fact was, that the hackney coachmen and the chair men, joining with the true esprit de corps, were clamour or against this portentous rival. The footman, in 1778, gives us further information. "At this time there were net umbrellas worn in London, except in noblemen's and gentlemen's houses, where there was a large one hung in the ball to hold over a lady or a gentleman, if it r ined, between the door and their carriages." His sister was compelltd to quit his arm one day from the aliu - se lie drew down on himself and his umbrella. But he adds, that " he persisted for three months, till they took no further notice of this novelty. Foreigners began to use theirs, and then the English. Now it is become a great trade in London." This footman, if he does not arrogate too much to his own confidence, was the first man distin guished by carrying and using a silken umbrella. He is the founder of a most populous school. The state of our population might now in some degree be ascertained by the number of umbrellas.—New Monthly. THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT.— The following characteristic anecdote of this gallant regiment has I ttcly been communicated to the writer by a General Officer in the Army, and who was, at the time the oc currence took place, a Field Officer in that regiment : Immediately before the 42,1 disembarked in Egypt, in 1801, under the command of the great ABERCLIONIBY, orders were given not to fix their bayonets nor to use their muskets till they were all on shore, although the enemy's shot was falling in and round the boats like hail. After the regiment had formed into line on the beach, which was done in the most cool manner tinder a destructive fire from a French battery and a battalion of infintry on the heights in front, Major STIRLING gave the word, " fix bayonets." In a moment every bayonet was fist to the musket. The Major next followed with " Prime and load ;" but the words had scarcely escaped his lips when an individual in the ranks vociferated, " No prime and load, but charge baignets, and by Got immediately." The entire regiment, as one man, instantly obeyed his energetic command, ascended the heights at the charge, and carried the French position with cold steel in the most gallant style. Bit the question immediately arose, who was the individual that ordered the Marge, when the commanding officer hail only given the word to prime and load. On inquiry, it was found that the person who had assumed the command was no other than DONALD BLACK, a private soldier, and an old smuggler from the Island of Skye. An individual in the same regiment stated to the writer, that on General Moottx arriving on the spat, he told the 42d their bravery was beyond all praise; but that not obeying their commanding officer was a great breach of discipline, and on the present occasion the move ment might have had a fatal termination ; and at the same time turning rotund to the Colonel, he admonished him for the irregularity of his men. Colonel DICKSON replied, " I might have held one man, but by Ge neral, it was impossible for me to hold a whole regiment." But DONALD BLACK'S (in Gaelic, phtt) Highland blood was in a dime, and being quite indignant at what he thought unnecessary loss of time, his impatience to close upon the foe in the Scottish manner, made him lo.e sight entirely of the humble station which he occupied in the corps. As SHAKSPEARF says, " All is well that ends well ;" but had this furious charge failed, it would have been a black day with poor DONALD. A court-martial and the halberts would likely have been the reward of his native ardour and impetuosity.—Scotch Paper. COURT CIRCULAR. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, which was attended by all the Cabinet Mi nisters, except Lord HoLtAtio. The Council btoke up about 5 o'clock. Earl GREY visited Viscount GnnEtttcn yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Baron nE WEssENSuitc, the Austrian Minister on a special mission, the Baron DE MAREuit., and thn Belgian Minister, visited Viscount PALMERstON yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord LEVESON GOWER, Mr. SPRING RICE, and Mr. COLQUITOTIN, the agent for St. Vincent's, tran•acted hos:- rwsis yesterday at the office of the Secretaty of State for the Colonial Department. Mr. SPRING RP: E, the Secretary to the Treasury, ar rived in tots yesterday from Ireland. The Right Hon. Gm:lemma visited Earl GREY at the Treasury. WOLVERLIAIqPTON ELECTION. The etettelnent here is gee it. It is much to be wished t'A.it all the towns would imitate the worthy electors of Wolverhampton in calling the attention of the Candidates to the great question of the Corn Lawn. R. Fryer, Esq. a banker, is one of the candidates, old insists upon a re peal of the Corn Laws as necessary to the happiness of the people. In his addresses he takes comprehensive and sta tistical views of the subject, and partly by his efforts and partly by those of other liberal gehtlemen, the Corn Law question is that to which the pudic attention of the papa la•ion of our imanetse manufacturing districts is din cted. Mr. Holyoate, another banker, and Mr. W. Whitmore, are tht other candidates. The contest will be between the latter gentlemen. Mr. Fryer will not canvass. He trusts entirety to his own principles, and the public spirit of his fellow-townsmen. He visited Bilston on Monday last, and was received with every demonstration of popular fa vour. He spoke, at considerable length, to an immense t'oncourse of people. He dwelt upon the Curn question, Triennial Parliaments, and the ballot. He particularly urged the electors to set an example of activity to other ,wns. He said the divisions of counties are little better 'ban close boroughs, and noshing but the spirit of the elec ors in towns would give to the new Parliament that cha -acter which the spirit of the times and the wants of the lation require. DUDLEY ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sto,—SirHorace St. Paul, the Bridport renegade, this day made his public entry, as a candidate for popular suffrage, into this town ; hut notwithstanding the vast efforts made by the Conservatives to get all the colliers and workmen under the influence of Lord Dudley, and almost all the coal and iron-toasters in the neighbourhood, to swell the procession, the number in the train of the Hon. Baronet did not, I think I may venture to say, exceed 150 ; and it was with difficulty even these could be got to shout, though the groins and hisses of the opposite party were loud enough. About 100 men on horseback attended the Tory candidate, hut most of these were brought from distant parts, and have no votes, as indeed is the ease with many of the townsmen who completed the ca valcade. The mortification which Sir Horace and his party experienced must have been excessive, and his re ception must have convinced them, if they have a particle s.f sense to discern the signs of the times, that the period is arrived when the system of general misrule, which has at length brought into action the mental faculties of the working people, trust be succeeded by one which shall, if that be now possible, repair the country's wrongs, and restore prosperity to the lower orders, whose sufferings tt moot, and will not, be much longer endured. Sir Horace distributed tickets for 5,000 quarts of ale, with which, in most instances, his opponent's health was drunk! I asked this morning a man who was employed by ' the Poo ers that he" to break stones on the road, how it iappened that he was at work instead of being one of Sir -loracr's body guards? His answer was, " though re [uested to join the procession, I would not 5...0 ; for a quart f ale is of no use to me one day, while I am suffering ;ill the other days in the year,"—a petty good illes , ratioU this of the state to which the system of the hell-born Mi nister—the pilot who has swamped the vessel, has reduced the labouring poor. One of the most active supporters of Sir Horace is a Mr. Thomas Bidger, who has risen into importance with the celerity of the growth of a mushroom, and who was lately, to the astonishment of every hody, and o` ❑ohody more than myself, made a Magistrate by the Whig Mini sters, whom all his powers, insignificant as they are, are excitcd to upset. If nnisters will be so silly as to make such appointments, they have only themselves to blame for the increased hostility which they have to encounter. The Justices in these parts are almost all petty tyrants, and we groan under the infliction of such a curse. Mr. Badger is now attending Sir Horace on his can vass; and to an independent shopkeeper, who refused Sir llnrace his vote, Mr. Bidger said, " I am a Magistrate, and can do what I like ; rone of my men shall ever come to your slip." The spirited wife of the shopkeeper re plied, " I snake 201. a week by my trade, which is as ouch as you do by yours, and so you may go to the Devil." I am, Sir, your otedient servant, Dudley, Oct. 17, 1832. T. P. CALCUTTA FLOUR. TO THE EDl7'Ol - 2 OF THE SUN. Sta,—having been shown a leading article in your publication of the 15th instant, in which you have quoted an extract from some Country Paper, in reference to " a new and extraordinary trade" having recently sprung up in the importation of flour from Calcutta into the port of Liverpool, and consi..ned to my house at that port, I shall feel obliged by your allowing me to set you right as to the purpose to which this flour has been applied. It has been used in our manufactures, and being sour or stale, after so long a voyage, it is not likely to be taken for ~ny other purpose. Flour, to a limited extent, has always been required in the preparation of Prin, and that description found to possess the greatest proportion of gluten., had of course been preferred. _ Until the introduction of this fl,tir from Calcutta the ITnited States sour flour had been almost invariably used fi,r this purpose, hut which the Indian flour is now su perseding. The quantity of " 400 tons daily," named as the production of the Calcutta Strand Mills, is much ex aggerated. As this flour, therefore, is the growth and manu facture of the British possessions in India, and as a large capital has been embarked therein by an English Company, you will at once perceive that it affords to the miserable natives an additional source of employment, and means of payment and remittance for British goods, and in British shipping exclusively. I trust, therefore, that this necessary article to our manufactures will meet due encouragement, and the mote so because the commercial and navigation laws of Great Britain and her colonies are under the control of her own Legislature. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM EDWARD ACRAMAN. Bristol, Oct. 17, 1832. THE NEW NOVEL.-" The report which at tributed the authorship of the affecting Novel of Geraldine Hamilton,' to Lady ISABELLA ST. JOHN, daughter of the Duke of GRAFTON, is perfectly correct."—Morning Post. Slit kVNI. GOSSETT SUBPCENAED.-WC copy the following ludicrous account of this affair from a correspondent of the Cork Reporter :—" On Tuesday evening the brother of Mr. COSHAUGIINESSIC, of Char leville, one of the agents for the traversers, was despatched to the Casa.. to summon Sir WILLIAK. At the Castle it was impossible to procure access to him. Stratagem was necessary. The business must be known or he could not be seen. He pursued him to the Park, and pretended an important communication about the registries. This succeeded. He was ushered in, and handed Sir WILLIAM seven subporinaes and seven summonses. Another gen. tleman only was in the room, whom Mr. O'SBAUGII NESSY did not know. Sir WILLIAM, thunder s'ruck, turned round to the gentleman, and said, " Must I ta}:e these ?" The reply was—" You must." Sir Wir.NA * 3l responded " An awkward affair !" and paused. Mr. O'SHAUGIINESSY said—" Sir WILLIAM, .•5 seven shillings would be a small viaticum, here are 101. for you," which he accepted. Up to this moment he has not arrived. Sir WILLIAM followed 11r. O'SunuGir- NEssv out the avenue, and, apparently confused said— " Do you know the day of the month ?"—" Yes." " Wh. t is it ?"—" The tenth." Are you sine?"—" Yes, and there is a witness of mine to prove it," whom Mr. O'S. took with him and left at the gate. So much for the con duct of Government.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. ANECDOTE OF PlTT.—When PITT pro posed to the KING that his tutor, Bishop TOMLINE, should be raked to the See of Lincoln, the following brief dialogue ensued :—" Too young, Ptrr, too young ! Can't have'it, PITT ; can't have it !" " Ilad it not been for hint, Site, I should never have been in your service." " Shall have it, PITT; shall have it." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NE WMA RKE SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, Tuksoay NIGHT.—With the exception of the Clear well Stake it, none of the Races were of sufficient importance to require any particulars in addition to those we have already given: The Cleatwell, hottettet, is of itself a great betting race, and is, besides, of mud] interest to spotting men, from its iaitience on the Derby odds. Besides the three horses ,placed by. the Judge, the following also started :—Lord Chesteifield's Dit 6a ; Mr. Forth's b. f. by Mnley—Clare ; Mr. Cooke's ch. f. Tarantella, by Tramp ; Duke of Grafton's b. 1. Sister to Oxygen ; Lord Jersey's ch. c. Janissary, by Partisan—Maid of Kent ; Mr. Free man's el , . f. Solitaire, by Emilius—Selina ; Mr. Dilly's gr. c. Wonford, by Grey Middlehatn ; Mr. Dilly's b. f. Temperance, by Lapdog—Sentiment ; Sir M. Wood's b f. by Muley—Miss Wasp ; Mr. Sowerby's Tigres', by Skiff; Sir S. Graham's Emery ; Colonel Peel's b. f. Mali bran ; and Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. Emperor. At starting the odds were-7 to 2 against Lord Orford's colt (taken); 4 to 1 agst Tarantella ; 6 to 1 agst Dirce ; 6 to 1 agst Lord Exetei's ; 10 to 1 apt Miss Wasp ; 10 to 1 agst Emperor; 10 to 1 agst Sister to Oxygen ; 10 to 1 agst Janissary ; nnd 10 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's two. Miss Wasp was backed at lower odd s at the commencement, but on coming to the Lost she coughed several times, and immediately went back in the odds. More than half an hour was lost in endeavour ing to get the horses off ; their number and inexpe rience were found sad obstacles ; and it was not till after ten or a dozen false starts that the race actually came off. It is worthy of remark, that in almost every one of these attempts Lord Orford's colt was first away, and in the effective start his jockey (Boyce) managed to obtain a palpable superiority over his opponents—no slight advan tage in a two-year-old race. In races of this description Boyce has always displayed a peculiar dexterity. The running from beginning to end was made by Lord Orford's colt and Lord Exeter's, who, to all appearance, were out fur first and second. At the cords the tailing began, and here Dirce, Clare, and Nonsense left the rest, still keeping astern of the two horses just mentioned. A few strides from home Pavis made a push with Nonsense, who imme diately ran out to the left : he continued, however, to beat Lord Exeter's colt, and was himself beaten a length by Lord Orford's. Lord Exeter's was half a length t.ehind Nonsense, Dirce fourth, and Clare fifth ; the pace was very good. The stakes were worth a thousand pounds; in addition to which, Lord Orford hacked his hone to a large amount; he is not in the Derby. In the course of the evening, 1,0001. to 5001. was laid on the beaten erby horses in this race agst Revenge; 20 to 1 agst Dahlia (taken) ; and 20 to 1 agst Nonsense. In the first race this afternoon, the filly described as " Longwaist, out of Lisette," is out of Lacerta. Wednesday Evening. A match for 200 sovs., h. ft.. has been made between Mr. M.'Stanley's Crutch, Sst. 71b., and Sir M. Wood's Camarine, Sat. 51b., to be run on Saturday, in the Hough ton Meeting. This day's races came off as follow: Match, 100, I). ft.—Mr. Thornhill's Farce, Sst. 131 h., received from Lord Worcester's Copper Captain, Sat. Ilb. T. Y. C. Renewal of the Oatlands Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. B.M. Ten Subs., four of whom psid 14 sovs. each. Lord Lowther's Messenger, 3 yrs. (Chapple) 1 Mr. Gully's Lady Fly, 3 yrs Mr. Yates's Gab, 4 yrs Mr. Batson's Mixbury, 3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Non Conpos, 3 yrs .. Duke of Richmond's Gondolier, 5 yrs.. 6 7to 2 agst Non Coinpos (taken), '7 to 2 agit Compos, 4 to 1 agst Messenger, 6 to 1 agst Lady Fly, 9 to 2 agst Gondolier, and 10 to 1 agst Gab. Won by a neck. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. ; for 2-yr.-olds ; colts, Bst. 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 21h. T.Y.C. Eight Subs. Duke of Grafton's c. Divan, b 3 Sultan Lord Exeter's Sister to Green Mantle Lord Chesterfield's Elvaston, by Sultan 3 Lord Vernlain's c. by Sultan—Tredrille 6to 5 on Divan, 3 to I agst Tredrille, 4 to I agst Sister to Green Mantle, and sto 1 agst Elvaston. Won by a head. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each ; for fillies, Sat. 71b. each D.M. Four Subs. Lord Exeter's Galata (Arnull) 1 Mr. Gulley's Salute 7 to 4 on Galata, who won in a canter. Kingston House Rooms, Wednesday Night. The betting this evening was brisk at the following olds : PRENDERGAST STAKES (FRIDAY). 9 to 4 agst. Sir S. Graham's Jason 5 to 2 agst. General Grosvenor's Glaucus 5 to 1 agst. Col. Peel's Nonsense (taken) MATCHES FOIL NEXT MEETING. Even between Camatiim and Margrave 6 to 5 on Crutch agst. Camarine DERBY. 11 to 1 agst. Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge (taken) 13 to 1 agst. I.ord Cleveland's colt 15 to 1 agst. Mr. Hunter's Forester 20 to 1 agst. Lord Jersey's Ishmael (taken) 20 to 1 agst. General Grosvenor's Glaucus 25 to 1 agst. Duke of Rutland's c. Moses's dam (taken) 30 to 1 agst. Divan (taken) HOLY WELL RUNT, OCT 16. The Chieftain Stakes of 50 says. each, h. ft. The Mostyn mile. Seven Subs. Sir It. Bulkeley's Birdcatcher Lord Mostyn named Wolverhampton A Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. Two miles. Six Subs. Sir R. Bulkeley's Jemima 1 Lord Westminster's Maid of Honour Lord Westminster's Stratagem 3 The Taffy Stakes of 25 sous. each. Mr. Mostyn's b. f. by Teniers withdrew his Stake. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft. Mile and a half. Four Subs. Sir R. Bulkeley's Jemima I Lord Westminster's Barcelona The 11ostyn Stakes of 10 soya. each. The Mostyn mile, Thirty-two Subs. Mr. Gift'ard's Perseverance Lord Westminster named Colwick Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. The list half mile, Seven Subs. Mr. Mostyn's Prince Llewelyn Sir T. Stanley's Leo Grace Mr. F. IL I'rice's Caliban Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India Horre, when the following ships were thus stationed, viz.— The Duke of York, Sealeby Castle, Warren Hastings, Ktllie Castle, Backinyhainshire, Castle Huntly, and Va usittart, for Bengal and China; the Bombay, for St. Helena, Bengal, and China ; the Marquis of Huntly, Duke of Sussex, Herefo-dshire, Thames, Lady Melville, and Farquharson, for Born. bay and China ; the Lowther Castle, for St. Helena, Bombay, and China; the Waterloo, Thomas Grenville, Minerva, Rose, and Prince Reyeut, for China direct. It is said that a certain foreign lady of high rank, who has been termed a high " Priestess of Fashion,' and who holds still greater influence in the vortex of di plomacy, was the first to obtai❑ an interview of Prince TALLEYRAND o❑ his recent return to town. Although resident some few miles from town, it is added the expe rienced Diplomatist was visited by the Lady alluded to at an early hour on Monday morning, and in anticipation of his visit to the Premier and the Foreign Office. THE FRIGHTENED CHAIRMAN.—GEORGE BODENS, a well-known character of the time, was enor mously bulky, and on leaving one of the clubs in S tint James's-streer, he had called a sedan-chair, and just as he was entering it, a Nobleman, who was getting into his carriage, seeing him, called to him, and said he would give him a cast home. BODENS then left the chair, and gave the chairman a shilling. " What ! no more your honour ?" said the chairman. " Why," said BonENs. " I did ❑ot enter your chair." "Ah ! but consider ti•e fright, please your honour," rejoined the nam, and I3onEss, though poor himself, gave him another shilling tin his humour. ROCHDALE.—The flannel Market still con tinues brisk, and goods are becoming scarce. Low quan tities, of all descriptions, are in particular request, and the weavers have hopes of obtaining, ere long, another ad vance of wages. A Funmus WIFE.—A tradesman and his wife having had a bitter quarrel, in order to appease their fury they threw all their portable furniture out of the win dow. The wife then drew the bed to the window, ripped :lie ticking, and set all the feathers afloat in the air, then rushing to the bannisters of the stairs and breaking her arm upon them, exclaimed, with an insane energy, "Now, you scomadrel, you must pay for a surgeon." On Monday last, " Uncle" WoottE, pawn broker of this town, was superintending some work at his intended new domicile, and becoming heated by his exer tions he touk off his hat and laid it on the floor in one of the rooms. By and bye, on looking for his castor, it was nowhere to be found, and a messenger was despatched home (or another, when 10, it was discovered that some wicked wag or thief had a few minutes before pawned the stolen hat at its owner's house for nine pence! Mr. Woort.E says it is two to one against his ever finding the delinquent.—Monmouthshire PORTSMOUTII, OCT. 16. (From a Morning Paper Correspondent.) The preparations for the Scheldt expedition are going on faith the utmost urgency, but it is not thought that the several ships will have assembled before the latter end of the month. Sir Pulteney Malcolm, who bad been Staying in London for some days past, is expected down Lem this evening. No vessels from foreign stations have arrived in the course of the day. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon the Wellington transport sailed out of the har bour, with a fine bretz^, for Oporto. She takes out 150 men, 19 officers, and 100 horses, for Don Pedro. The appearance and demeanour of the officers are the strongest refutatio❑ of the calumnies brought against them by the enemies of the cause. They are not, as has been stated, necessitous adventurers, but fine fellows, actuated by a spi rit of military enterprise, and anxious to distinguish them selves. Among them are two brothers, who paid out of their own pockets no less a sum than 4001. for their equipmert. They are attached to the cavalry Corps, of Which Colonel Bacon is said to have the com mand. It being Intended to make this what is called a " crack regiment," so far as display is con cerned, the uniform is very rich, awl the price paid for it very extravagant. The emissaries of Do❑ Miguel have been on the look-out for Colonel Bacon both night and but he has baffled their vigilance, and succeeded in getting off, though a reward of 1001. has been offered for the seizure of his person. As a proof that the cause of the young. Queen of Portugal is popular with our navy, I need only observe that Don Pedro's officers were visited yesterday evening at their hotel by two or three gallant young men belonging to the ships in the harbour, and who, after drinking success to the cause and a happy voyage to the Wellington, said that they themselves would not hesitate a moment to proceed to Oporto if they were not employed in our own service. Government is taking every possible precaution against the meditated escape of some great delinquent, whose name has not yet come before the public. The American packet now lying here was yesterday minutely examined all through by the police, but no culprit was found. I understand that similar measures of vigilance are adopted at all the other outports of the United Kingdom. His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, with other distinguished Noblemen and Gentlemen, are enjoy ing the pleasures of the field and princely table of the M quis Of HERTFORD, at Sudhourn Hall. —lpswich Journal. JOHNSON AND GoLDsmiTIL—Dr. JOHN SON, mentioning GOLDSMITH in the prologue to the Good natured Man, had styled him " our little bard ;" but the pride of GOLDSMITH revolted at this epithet, and it was changed to "anxious." BEAUTIES OF THE COURT OF CHARLES 11. —The fifth and concluding number of this splendid work, which has been so long looked fur, will appear, we under - stand, with the Magazines on the Ist of November. It is not generally known, we believe, that the engravings which form this brilliant and tasteful collection of portraits are executed from copies made by Mr. MURPHY from the original picturem, expressly for her Royal Highness the late lamented Princess CHARLOTTE. Early on Monday morning Lord MoNTFoRD's pheasantry at Drayton-krige, Ealing, was entered and robbed of a pair ofgold and a pair of silver pheasants. The gold cock pheasant had lost an eye, and the thief in catching him tore his tail completely, or very nearly, off. It was evident from the quantity of feathers torn from all the birds, that they must have been greatly disfigured. The battle of Otterbourne is supposed to have been the foundation of the famous ballad of Chevy Chace. The names of some of the combatants figure in that 133,11 ad. The death of DOUGLAS was concealed till the conclusion of the battle. After he was beaten down, he was found by some of his party, with the squires of his body slain around him, and his chaplain lir avely defending him as he lay on the ground. It has been sometimes said, that he was not killed by the enemy, but assassinated by one of his own pages, who is stated purposely to have left his armour open behind, whereby to strike the Earl more surely. The reason assigned for this treachery is a blow given by DOUGLAS to the man the day before for negligence in performing some military duty. Certainly, DOUGLAS was carelessly armed—a cir cumstance probably arising from the suddenness of Hor- SPUR'S attack on the Scottish camp, while the whole host lay buried in sleep. A finer subject for the novelist could scarcely be conceived. We have already announced that the British fleet destined for the Scheldt was under orders to rendez- Vllll9 at Spithead on the sth of November. We are now enabled to give a correct list of the several vessels of which it will be composed. They are:— Talavera Childerc IS Wellesley Revenge Spartiate Donegal Vernon 5O Nimrod Rover lB Scout Satellite lB Larne IS Snake Hi an , l the Rhudanulnthus and Dee steam-vessels. These two latter vessel 4 are armed with guns of extraordinary power.— Courier. Wednesday afternoon a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. ROSIMOOK, jobber, of I3allingdon, Essex, which threatened destruction to the surrounding houses. It was discovered in a large haulm stack, containing the pro duce of 8I acres, which communicated with the sheds, pig stie,, slaughter-houses, &c.: the whole was soon levelled with the ground. A quantity of dry faggot-wood was likewise destroyed.—Bury Herald. THE LATE STORM.—We stated on Monday night, when we went to press, that the storm was then r tging with great violence. An amazing quantity of rain fell at Whitehaven in the course of the week, the perpen dicular fall having been in the evening of Wednesday and the morning of Thursday no less than 2,097 inches, be ing nearly at the rate of two pints on every circle of eight inches in diameter, and being a larger quantity than fell at Kendal during all the preceding month . The rivers were of course greatly swollen. " At Cockermo uth, " sa y s a correspondent, " the rivers Derwent a nd Cocker were swollen to an immense height; the C ocker, in p articular, was never known to be so high in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The street below the bridge wa s a complete lake, the bridge being unable to contain the immense flood which poured down the channel. Temporary bridges were thrown across the streets for the accommodation of font passengers, while houses, shops, :mil paQsages "omnia pontus erant." At Goat the water could not be less than six feet deep, the road being completely impassable, so that all coevev ances had to make a circuit of at least six miles, to enter the town from the Goat ! I have not yet heard of any material damage being done." Higher up towards Kes wick, the flood was e qually appalling ; " Keswick and its neighbourhood," says another correspondent, " during the past week, have been visited by very heavy storms of wind and rain from the W. and S.W. ; the rain came down in torrents, without intermission, from about 10 o'clock in the night of Thursday last, and continued until about 10 o'clock on Friday morning, after which it rather abated. The flood was at the highest a little after twelve. The scene then became awfully grand : the Lakes of Derwent and Bassenthwaite were completely united. It was one sheet of water from Grange, in Borrowdale, to Ouse-bridge, at the foot of Bassen thwaite Lake, a distance of about eleven miles, the lower grounds being all completely deluged. In many places on the road leading from Keswick to Braithwaite, the water was from three to four feet deep. Much injury is done in Borrowdale both to the bridges, and the em bankments of the river, a great extent of the latter being washed down. The Derwent Lake was the highest that it has been for the last 60 years, exceeding by 2 inches the great snow flood which happened in February 1831. The Lake extended itself into all the lower part of the town, entering into a number of the houses. Many potatoe crops will be seriously injured, having been under water for nearly two days ; some of the neighbouring villages have been entirely inundated ; indeed the extent of damage done can hardly yet be ascertained, but fortunately I hear tell of no live; lost, but numbers of " hairbreadth escapes" from this raging deluge. The rain seems to have been the heaviest among the mountains near the sources of the Derwent and the Ehen, and their tributary streams.— IVhilehaven Herald. HILL OF IRON.—This hill is situated in Brazil, on the left of the road from Queluz to Villa Rica, rather more than a league from the former place. It is descr ib e d by Mr. Luccocx, as " one entire mass of iron, so perfectly free from any mixture of common soil, as to produce no vegetable whatever, being covered with a costing of rust, or oxide of iron. The bill is so lofty and steep, that its top was notdiscernible ; but, from its more elevated part, nodules of corrode(' metal had rolled down, and greatly embarrassed the roa d. A t t h e f oot o f th e mou ntain the soil is red clay, mixed with ponderous brown dust. As we advanced, the metal seemed to become less pure, until after an extent of two leagues and a half, it altogether vanished, and was succeeded by common clayey I ' rid. I had often heard of this immense mass of metal, hut none of the reports had presented an adequate picture of it to the imagination. The very core of the hill, as far as we could judge, appeared to consist of vast blocks of iron in tables ; and it is so singularly free from alloy, as to produce, when melted, twenty-five per cent of pure metal." HOLLAND. THE Hamm, Ocz. 14.—Yesterday, the 13th, the ordiniry session of the States General was closed by the Minister of the Interior in the name of the King, with • the following speech : " Your High Alightines.es,—Again an ordinary session close., since unhappy circumstances have convulsed the country, and, 1 may say, all Europe. " This session, too, which has lasted a whole year, was rich in important events. Fruitful in beneficial conse quences, it assimilates itself in a remarkable manner to the last, and forms with that a whole which will hold a dis tinguished place in the history of the Netherland.. " In the painful circumstances in which the country is placed, the desirable unanimity prevailed, the same object, the same energetic will to maintain the rights and the ho nour of Holland, was the indissoluble tic which bound tog,- tiler the throne and the nation, which united all interests and wishes in one point. " With calmness, unanimity, and prudence, you have se conded the efforts of our Government to obtain that noble end. " The King commands me to thank you for it. He appreciates your co-operation, which has led to the happy result that the usual force of the state has been consoli dated, and that its consideration abroad has increased. " These are truly happy signs under which this session closes ; they inspire courage under the present pressure, they cherish confidence in the future, and prtdict the vic tory of the just cause. In the King's name, I declare this ordinary session of the States-General closed." We are assured that in the course of the week, his Ex cellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs will, in the King's name, make a communication to the States General, soon after which the laws will be propnsed for providing for the ordinary and extraordinary expenditure of the year 1833. A courier from Berlin arrived yesterday at the Prussian Legation. OCT. 15.—The ordinary annual session of the States- General has been opened today by his Majesty in state. The members of both the Chambers having met at 12 o'clock in the House of the Second Chamber, the united sitting was opened by Count Van Bettie, the Member of the First Chamber, appointed their President by his Majesty. A few minutes before 1 o'clock the King's Ministers and the Members of the Council of State entered and took their seats. Precisely at 1 his Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, and retinue, was ushered in by a com mission of 16 members named to that effect. Hie Majesty having seated himself on the throne, deli vered the following speech : " High and Mighty Lords, " During the last months of your late sitting a strong hope more than once arose that, by the opening of the present Session, I might be able to communicate to you the termination of the weighty difficulties in which our beloved country has been involved for upwards of two years in consequence of the revo•t in Belgium; but my reasonable expectations have not bin fulfilled. " The moderation evinced by the northern Netherlands, and the sicrifices which I myself offered, instead of leading to a reasonable adjustment, have ultimately only produced an augmentation of the demands upon us. You will be convinced, from the communications which I shall lay be fore you respecting the state of the negotiations on my part, that on our side we have gone to the utmost bounds of condescension, which were traced by the very existence and the honour and independence of the country. " In the mean time it is gratifying to me that I am en abled to inform you, that I receive from the Foreign Powers many proofs of the deep interest they take in our affairs. " It is not less gratifying to me, in this situation of affairs, to give to the Assembly the assurance that our means of defence, on the whole extent of the frontiers, are highly satisfactory and sufficient, and that the state of the land and sea forces, whose experience and discipline, as well as their persevering courage, merit the highest com mendation, answer in every respect the endeavours which are unremittingly employed for that end. " Should, contrary to our hopes, the necessities of the country require a still greater development of force, then sufficient means are prepared by me from henceforth, with a full oonfideace in the disposition of the nation. " The provincial and local authorities have again this year, with order, management, and the best result, exe cuted the labours respecting the calling out and levyings for the National Militia and Schutters. The recruits show every readiness to Join their brothers in arms. Every one of them emulates the regular force in a faithful discharge of his duty. " The condition of the families of the defenders of the country is honourably protected and supported ; and those in arms are, moreover, encouraged by liberal donations of the inhabitants. " Notwithstanding the extraordinary inland equip ments, our colonies are provided with the necessary ship ping and troops, and protection is given to commerce and the fisheries. " In the transmarine possessions a desirable internal order prevails. " The more economical evablishment which we have been able to form in the East Indies, and the advance ment made there in agriculture (the beneficial influence of which is already felt), justify the hope that our East India possessions in future will open a still more enlarged source for trade and prosperity. " Also in the Nest India colonies a more simplified form of government has lately been introduced ; the saving resulting therefrom, combined with other favourable mea sures, will immediately lead to an alleviation of the diffi culties which there pressed on industry, and the further promotion of which shall he my constant endeavour. " In our commerce and navigation there is observable rather an advance than decline. Obstructed in some branches by the force of circumstances, they are, by the enterprise of our merchants and shipowners, considerably extended in others. We thus still occupy among com mercial nations the station which properly belongs to us, and which I hope, whatever pi ►filly or force may endea vour to deprive us of, to secure to my beloved subjects in future. " Agriculture has been blessed with an abundant har vest, and al-n in many other branches of industry we have enjoyed a share of prosperity which, amidst the evils that affect our country, should call forth our gratitude. " In every department of the local administrations there has been a regular course • and the several local authori ties have discharged their duties with good order and cor rectness. " The state of our sea and river works is satisfactory, and this year we have experienced no particular misfortunes. " Arts and sciences flourish, though the present state of affairs is so unfavourable. Education, to which every class is indebted for that sense of true liberty for which the Old Netherlands are 89 renowned, maintains its eminence. " The destructive sickness which has attacked nearly the whole of Europe, and from which we, till within a few months, mercifully had escaped, has at length penetrated this kingdom. The sum total of the attacked, and also of those whu have fallen victims, compared with that of other coun tries, does not give an unfavourable view. General, pro vincial, and local measures, planned and managed with care, and ivipported by the diligence of the medical prac titioners, co-operate, as much as possible, to check and palliate the evil, and offer an encouraging prospect that, with the blessing of God, the pestilence will soon disappear from amongst us. " Many weighty points of legislation will again occupy your p articular attention. " Several projects for modifying the civil code are now ready to be submitted to your High Mightinesses ; and I cherish the hope that the entire civil code will be com pleted in the course of this session. " Continuing in the course already adopted, I shall also, within a short time, bring under the consideration of your high Mightinesses the budget for the ensuing year, and those measures which have appeared most effectual to meet the exigences of the state. " For the extraordinary expenditure which may result from a continuance of the present state of affairs, I wish again to use those means which before were approved of by your High Mightinesses, and received so fully the ap probation of those interested, that the necessity of forced contributions has soon declined, public credit is improved, and the Treasury, conducted with order and economy, has remained in such a state as to render it able to meet all demands. " Heavy, however, are the burdens which the nation must yet bear, and the future remains still clouded. But the sense of honour and patriotism which unanimously pervades the whole nation makes her bear those burdens with a universal good-will, and contribute with enthusi asm to the maintenance and protection of her national character. " Those feelings, Hitt and Mighty Lords, must give us confidence. A nation who do not forget the glory of their ancestors, and who render themselves so eminent in the present day by their attachment to law anti good or der, has a claim to respect from foreign countries. In the unanimity of the people and in the justness of our cause we find the strongest support ; and by a mutual pal ticipation in the exigencies of the state, we have the firmest hope that, with full confidence in the Omnipotent Ruler of the world, in proper time we shall be enabled to let our fellow-countrymen reap the fruit of the noblest perseverance." Dutch Funds, Saturday, 41k. ROTTERDAM, OCT. 12.—According to the accounts from the army, especially from the advanced posts, it seems that at most points the French deserters, as they are called, are those among the Belgian troops who are placed in front, for on the frontiers of North Holland, and espe cially about Alphen, &c., there are hardly any but French men opposite our adtanced posts. According to the state• ments of some of these Frenchmen, who deserted to us, hut were immediately sent back over the frontiers, thou sands of them had come from the South of France to Bel+ gium, where they were immediately incorporated with the Belgian regiments, particularly those that are nearest in the frontiers. BREDA, OCT. 13.—We learn from Ibis le Due that the head-quarters of the army were to be transferred to that place on Monday. Yesterday morning a new squadron of the 6th regiment, coming from Arnbeim, passed through Nimeguen, on its way to the camp. Some changes of the cantonments have taken place in Vie second division ; up to this day no furloughs have been granted in that division. THE HAGUE, OCT. 15.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange arrived here from the army last night. The beautiful frigate the Rhine, pierced for 60 gales was launched on the 11th, at Flushing, from the Royal Dock-yard, io the pre , ence of the civil and military autho , rties, and a great concourse of spectators. BERLIN, OCT. 10.—The Count Von Donboff arrived here on the 7th from London. He is known to be the bearer of important despatches from the Conference at- London to our Cabinet, relative to the affairs of Belgium. Yes erday he went express to Toplitz, where his Majesty the King now is. The British Cabinet Messenger Fenesal has arrived with despatches from London, and Mr. Kayo has set out for London DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTERDAM, OCT. 15. Actual Debt, 2% per cent 4IU to 42 Amort Syndic, 4% per cent 704 to 70% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 5514 to 55% Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 96% to 97'4 Ditto, ditto, 183:4 5 per cent 79 to 79% —Dutch Papers, Oct. 16. The masque now in preparation at Covent' g r 'en theatre, from the pen of Mr. SHERIDAN KNOWL RS , i 'tended to do honrige to the immortal memory of the great Bard of the North, whose recent decease bas been the source of so much public regret, will be preceded by another new drama, founded on the novel of IVaverley--"' in which Messrs. Vninic and HAINES, from the Hay' market Theatre, will make their first appearances on these boards. Both pieces are to be produced with becoming splendour, and the GRIEVES are now busily employed in preparing appropriate scenery fur their representation , which is announced for Monday next. Next Monday the drama of Kenilworth is announced for revival at Drury-lane theatre, which Will b • succeeded by the grand pageant got up in commemerr ion of the great Northern Minstrel, whose wizard pen Ant i 'nexhaustible fancy has so marvellously new peopled th e world of fiction. Another drama, to be founded on the nova of Quentin Durward, whose name it will_ bear, i° announced as being in preparation at this theatre. The depressed state of the provincial theatre is repeatedly mentioned in the evidence before the Come mittee on Dramatic Literature. Mr. WmuNs, the pro' prietor of six of them, in one circuit, viz., those of Nor' wich, Bury, Cambridge, Ipswich, Yarmouth, and CA I ' cheater, states that seven years ago he let them upon kW ° for 1,1501. per annum ; after an interval of four years be• had been obliged to take 3501. per annum less, and tenant was now calling upon him for a farther reduction" He considers that the playgoing population has decreased n an inverse ratio to the increase of the population gene rally. In Norwich there is an annual loss of 5001. MACKLIN THE ACTOR.—MACKLIN brollol.l an action against a party who bad nightly interrupted 11 performance, and they were cast. On hearing the vereli f in Court, MACKLIN arose, and addressing the Judge, d e .: Oared that be did not seek for any damages, but 01 wished to vindicate his character, and to support th e . rights of his profession. The Judge said, Mr. MACE 'ix, I have often admired your talents, but you bare ne lct , acted better than on this occasion." QUIN THE ACTOR.—When one of a cow' pany at dinner had helped himself to a very large piece 0' brew!, QUIN stretched his hand to take hold of it. D ie person to whom it belonged prevented him, saying, " that is my bread." " I b , g your pardor," said Qualc, 0 took it for the loaf." Another time, at dinner, a gentk had taken upon his plate a large quantity of pudding, . a 0 said, "Mr. QUIN, let me reecommend this pudding to you. " With all my heart," said QUIN, looking at the ga ti h e' mats's plate, and then at the dish, " but which is • plddiug?" MOoDY AND MR. BRERETON.-MOOD I “nce lent money to Mr. BRERETON, the actor. BR AE : roN did not return it immediately, and Moon met hio? , ; he looked earnestly at him, and vented a kind of o° .„',, between a sigh and a groan. He repeated this interje l ';, whenever he met BKERETON, who at length was so. s o , noyed that he put his hand in his pocket and paid bid, MOODY took the money, and with a gentler aspect °$ " Did I ask you for it, Billy ?" is $ MRS. CLIVE AND GARRlCK.—Mrs.tili was an eminent actress on the London stage before RICK appeared, and as his blaze of exc e llence 6' 1° , 1 4 others into comparative insignificance, she n ever fac o , him, and took every opportunity of venting her eP le She was coarse, rude, and violent in her temper , !,,g spared nobody. One night as GARRICK was pe rforoi to , King Le a r she st o od b e hi n d th e scenes t o observe I ' l o ll and, in spit e of the ro ug h ness o f h er nature , wa s o Pl ot , “ffeeted th a t s h e so bb e d one m i nute , a b use d hi m the on ,nd at length, overc ome b y hi s pat h et i c touc h es , s he bu r b f o te from the place, with the f o ll ow i ng ex t raor di n ary ie rt to the universality of his power : " Hang him, I be i. :thi he could act a gridiron."—R(cords o f m y Life, 'I late .101 in Tap/or. 4 ./ MRS. INCHBALD AND MR. HAR III- 'O l At the desire of Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. INCHBALD a tte 6 oll t him one morning at his house at Knightsbridge to c° 9 tetl . on one of her plays which was soon to be represo.st When the consultation was ended, Mr. HARRIS , "r1. 0 1(i a handsome young man, and had found so little clum_„,ol! among the theatrical sis•eihood under his govero;oel• thought that he might be equally successful in an die on Mrs. INctraALD, hut instead of regular apPit i cie lie attemp.ed to take the fort by storm, and Mrs- RALE) found no resource but in seizing him by hi' 13° which she pulled with such violence that she fore d to desist. She then rushed out of the house, 30 nr ee°; eeeded in haste, and under great agitation, to the,i'n f; coons of the Theatre, where the company were tu e ; 03 1 hearaing. She entered the rdorn with so will as s i r ' si d' I with such evident emotion, that all present were al a . She hastily related w h at h a d h appened as far as h er d i c° j' diment would permit h er , f or s h e stammere d , eluded with the following exclamatio n _« Oh ' wo-wo-worn a wig I had been ru-ruined." I remember to have met 8188, the p ro t°fh of Jeremy DidWer in KENNY'S farce of Raf: o rs' s 9 Wind, on the day when the death of Dr. P H ' refi announced in the newspapers, and, expressing in a, Y e, at the loss of so great a man, 8188 interrup ted spoke of him as a man of no genius, whose min d nothing but the lumber of learning. I tv 3s 4 001, beginning a panegyric on the Doctor, when he sg, a o . o‘l4 rupted me with, " Oh, never mind that old b' oly Have you such a thing as 9d. about you ?" L ue i hd him I tad a little more.—Records of my Life b 9 re • John Taylor. ere The novelty having w or n off; the II ; r " to cheap literature is said to have considerably a b3t , e tel d :o ,l' not only are some of the speculators in it unable Doris' a penny," but have actually burnt their fingets.-' Paper. 6A e ri o THE IRISII SERGEANT.-MajO r I I ,e told me that when he was in Dublin he ordere" io f io g sergeant to exercise the men in shooting at a tO r tst ioli,,, sergeant had placed a pole for them to take ain't 9 „ o si‘ l ,` e re a certain number on the other side, in direct o_r ) , o .t ! e ea I The Major happened to reach the spot just to t u , going to fire, and expressed his surprise that t e g i t ioOt e p, should have placed them in so dangerous a I% h o t they must necessarily wound, if not kill ei e v " Kill each other," said the sergeant, " wbY the ' 4. ' our own men." c 0 lb-(E heel' SPENCER AND THE HACK NEY-COA 10jif —One of SPENCER's whimsical freaks was to to oar-coach with three friends a dark evening/ rinstrii,, the •' the man to set them down in a gloomy part of r eo 0: at the side of the New Church. Ile had eo( opened the door to that opposite to that w here L uito i It o man waited, and, as SPENCER and his frien ds q d at 0 0; coach on one side, they went round and ente,rtel.st 11l other. The coachman was at first surpr ised aAs 0 0 issued from the carriage than he bad taken in. drod' 01 ' continued to go . round and come out he becatar, a , be e t , ' ilsrined, and at length his terror was so great (corn the coach, and rushed into the first Pu b a les,, rollin the pr ople there that he !oust have taken ca n t, ' of devils, " for," be added with every sign een ou r ' had tek,n in but four, but have counted eight amore were coming when I left my coach." 4