The Sun. — London, England, 1832-10-08 00:00:00

SIR WALTER SCOTT. MEETING AT EDINBURG H, Ocr. b. (F.R0151 OUR. o‘ , X REPORTER-) This. day, pursuant to advertisement, a Public Meeting I l ras held in the Great Assembly Room, George .streer, for t he purp ose o f m a ki ng i nto cons id erat i on t h e proprie ty of erecting t in appropriate a monomer: . same place in this Ci ty in memory of the illustrious and departed Sir WALT Ea. Scorn. Th e t i me of meeting was advertised to be one o'clock, but it was half-past before the chair was , aken. The spacious room was crowded with most respectable per sons, th e gallery filed with ladies, and the hustings adorned by a vast number of distinguished Noblemen, Clergy, and Gentry. Among those on the hustings we observed The Duke of Buccleuch, Marquis of Lothian, Earl of Dal_ 'music, Earl of Rosebery, Lord Dalmeny, Lord Clerk Register, Lord Advocate, Lord Mackenzie, Lord Meadowhank, Sir Wil. li mn Rae, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Sir George Clerk, Sir John Il ay, Sir John Forbes, Sir John Nasmyth, Sir James Gibson Craig, Sir Henry Jardine, Sir John Oswald, Sir P. C. H. Dar-. hara, James Loch, Esq., M.P., Hon. Captain Cost, Admiral Adam, Mr. Adam, Accountant-General of Chancery, Sir Georg e Ballingal, Dr. Abercromby, J. A. Murray, Esq., Mr. Murray of Henderland, Professor Wilson, Professor Pillans, Professor Napier, Professor Graham, Professor Bell, Dr. Lee, be D. Dickson, Dr. Macknight, Dr. A. Brown, Mr. Borth- Wich of Crookston, Mr. Trotter of Dreghorn, Mr. Skene of t tubislaw, .t Rutherford, Esq., Dr. Maclagan, &c. The LORD PROVOST, upon the motion of the Duke of uecleuch, took the Chair ; arid on doing so, said—My Lords and Gentlemen, I feel that to be a'soriated in any respect with the name of Sir Walter Scott is an honour of which any man may be justly proud ; but to be called upon to preside over the meeting of the friends and admirers of that illustrious man, is an honour far beyond toy Pr t nsions. At the same time, gentlemen, if I can make the office which I have now the honour to hold, instru mental in any way in promoting the wishes of these his friends and admirers, I shall feel exceedingly happy indeed. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the numerous assemblage I now have the happiness of addressing is a sufficient proof, if any were wanting, that it is the public desire that some notice should be taken of that great individual, and that some testimony should be raised in this city that Will hand down, not his name to posterity, which is founded upon a far more solid basis than stone and lime can make—(Heat, hear)—but that it should Le a ta.i7imlay of dr, , grattuii of the ags to the i ndividual who has raised his own country to a degree far to beyond that to which any other individual has ever had it his Power to do.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is Dot thi s meet i ng alone which enables me to say that the object of it meets with most cordiil approbation, because have received innumerable letters from a great por tion of the Peerage and Gentry of the country, exs sressin g t h e i r cordial concurrence with the object as t , hated by th e a d vertisement, and I beg now to state to you, at many of those distinguished individuals are anxious that th e i r sentiments should be made known through me, t hey being absent from unavoidable causes ; and satisfied I that that it must only have been by very great exertions Many of the Noblemen and Gentlemen whom I see around me could have been here to-day, considering the great number of pu bl ic meet i ngs of i mportance that are at this moment being held in different places. Gentlemen, my feelings and my object are known to you all. I shall not detain you longer, but will leave it for the other gentlemen who are to address you, and who are much more. able, tho ug h not m ore anx i ous th an myself on ;_ oce asion, to call your attention more particularly to the objects in contemplation —(Cheers.) The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said,—ln rising to move the first resolution of this meeting, I feel that I enter u p on the subject with great diffidence, and with great distrust in my powers enabli ng • me to do justice to the duty w hi di has been imposed upon me. Little accus tomed as I have been to address assemblies of this nature— indeed, I believe, this is the first —it gives me still greater jdiffidence to speak on a subject which no eloquence can do ustice to, and which no abilities either of my own or of others can render what I may say any thing worthy of the lub j e ct•--(Loud cheers.) No one can have personally Lgreat er esteem and warmer regard fur the person tog whose memory we h ave now met to pay a just ute of respect than myself. I may say, from tnY earliest infancy I have enjoyed the friendship and tt'E in timacy of th at great an d illustrious man ; an d i t man me much p l easure to see present on t hi s occasion .ter ""Y who, t h ough on other occasions and on public mat allthey may have differed in somethings with that man, Join togethe r (forgetting all topics of difference) to tend one one univ ersa l tribute of respect to him.—(Loud t to ".) Gentl emen, we are met not to testify our respect author o f any common celebrity,—we are met w ee h to cel e b rate the memory of one whose talents and ose work h ay _ s are th e most extraordinary, perhaps, that ever been produced is this country. Singular in iti e utselv es , t h ere are none to compare with them—singular , a, the niselves, th ere are none t h at can equal them. (Cheer*. ) t "'" ( 1 late Si r Walter Scott was a native of our country, i t i e ' i e , fted in this town, and b roug ht u p a t thi s U n i vers it y . si " as from writing his earliest works pourtrayed the Scot 'fh eharacter in its true light. He has shown the feelings n ;,,, tl ' el °viter classes as well as those of the highest classes in remise ages K as well as in modern times, with a skill which no one else has been able to attain.—(Much applause.) 11 : -4 ' ,1 his earliest youth he gave intimation of that peculiar aph n " h -- -of that strength of mind—that peculiar imagination "so particularly belonged to himself. As I have un -I)."a,t°°d, even as a boy at school, and even afterwards, after p ` v ulg arriv e d at fuller years, his imagination was always ;: i 4 dY to afford amusement and instruction to his compa • u ns ; and whoever has read his works cannot fail to see L(titllileina ergffects of that mighty genius he possessed' ) sa w ,' ch ) To him it ayes no effort to write those ns which are not only the admiration of our country, p t he ad m i rat i on of this ki ng d om a l one, not o f E urope p ne, but of every part of the civilized world.—(Cheers.) s m nt tel natall est eem an d regard to him are not confined to us— eforeign c o untr i es, and see there, although the inhabit s of th ose countries may not have the same personal t , , „ ',ledge of hi m , yet still the same estimation of his t ° urKs exists.—(Hear, h e a r .) It i s nee dl ess f or me it e nter at lar ge i n t o a hi story of his pubic lice,—that M W elt known. .Of Lis private life, those alone who ere Personally acquainted with hi m , and who lived with at all hours and at ail seasons, are the best judges. w e Was kind and affectionate—a firm and steady friend si a' he ; tonbeefev to he swerved from that which he con. l'it-erell his duty, and always studying the wel- Z e r of his country. His works stand pre-eminent also e all other authors. In them no immorality is to the tr a,ced __ ( Cheers)—no scoffing at religion—(repeated Lk_ers)---nothing in them which any one could wish to 0.7 altered. —(Applause.) We are met here to testify e_44 respect for his memory, but what tribute of respect t:ezttve show ? What monument could be erected to his tvi , n ° rY equal to his own works ? He has raised his to rt. ' nument.—(Cheers.) Look at lier a—loo !lie historie s o f anc i ent Rome and ear ancient ges Greece, k r(lveother nations, and there you will see that monuments Iva, beenee raised to the memory of great men, but ; ere they now 2 —(Hear.) Have they not 'tit° dust ? But are those names forgotten? —no ,the fallen tif great matt who has signalized himself in ' his e nan'e a nd life, is handed down to us unimpaired and stationUn away Peach e d, when all other monuments of show have passed Sir and are gone.—(Cheers.) As a lover of his country, ZW. Scott's works afford the strongest marks. I n a n? Passages of his writings you may plainly see the feel trig of his own mind, though aly put into the ° }l t i lt hs of others. His patriotism pp was arent not of that class %tit eh consisted of declamation, crying up the different in ti 4 uti aus of his country; but it is in his private life, in tu av ",hlie works, and in his own acts, that his patriotism and Is e seen. M Gentlemen, what can b more beautiful More true than what he him se lf h as s ail ?-- " Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when the poet dies Mute nature mourns her worshipper, Th ose 1 , And celebrates his obsequies." to repe l a n t " Must be too well known to you to require me e ountra th ern- You might fancy this gloom over the trial ".' w hich lie has so extensively celebrated, is a to i n Whi ch _ Put on t h at mute respect to his memory we are now met to pay.—(Hear, hear.) The feel (;;K not confined to us alone—it is not con fi ne d t o those a ny particular class of society in this country. There is ~., n ot one acquainted with Sir W. Scott's worth who la not at this moment feel that sorrow which ever • one au ust feel at time loss of one so great and so ill st n r . ious: ie o a n r e , on whose like we ne'er expect to look ag u ai t ea r.) Gentlemen, I feel that lam very Untiqual ( to the I can assure you, fra_sk imposed upon me ; but that is not, ps any want of respect to his memory, or any want of at regard which I bear towards him —it is from want evf those splendid powers and that eloquence which, even Possession of those alone, would still leave the inade !Plate to convey that tribute to his memory which is so Justly due to it.—(Cheers.) In his early works we ice the ancient ballads of this country preserved-- . 11 them th ere i s nothing objectionable ; and whilst he s_turlied t o amuse, there never was one who studied more agricultural interest of the country, or the advantage the empire at large. ho has see wha he ha (l une at Abbotsford, without W being able to n testify t of this ;s an dl kn ow t h at when he has been pleased to give me his friendly advice, which I have always been ready to re ri" e, I ha ve ever d erived the greatest benefit from it.— sstea h ear.) But, gentlemen, I will not trespass more at this period on your time. I feel perfectly inadequate to the task. I must hope for your indulgence, because I f-el I must have omitted many things, and left untouched many virtues, which, in all probability, you will say ought to have been mentioned by me. I feel, however, that I shall be more entitled to your indulgence on this occasion, as it is not with regard to the personal excel- It-ne'es of one comparatively unknown to you that I am called upon to address you : he is well known to you all, and, therefore, without adding more, I shall beg leave to p: . opose for your approbation the first proposition, which is this : " That this meeting is impressed with sentiments of the highest admiration of the genius and talents of the late Sir Walter Scott, whose matchless works lave carried his fame into the remotest regions of the civilised world, and have re flected on the literature of his country a glory which seems destined to he as durable as the language in which they arc written." Lord ROSEBERRY rose and said—Gentlemen, in rising to acquiesce in the request made by my Lord Provost, to second the resolution which has just now been proposed to you by the Noble Duke, I am sensible it is impossible far me to add any thing to the strength or force of that resolution—not only because of the eloquent feeling and powerful address with which the Noble Duke has accompanied the proposition he has submitted to the meet ing, but because of the enthusiastic manner in which the proposal has been received—not an enthusiasm of a mo. mentary character, but an enthusiasm which is grounded upon the best feelings of the heart, and upon the dic tates of the soundest understanding.—.(Lo u d cheers ) Gentlemen, allow me to st rte to you the self-con gratulation that I feel in having been so suddenly asked to second this proposition, and, permit me, at the same time, to expte , s the strong feeling and pleasure, and the high admiration with which 1 view the meeting here a , sembled, because I feel with the Noble Duke who preceded me a degree of no common gratifica tion, that, at a period, when upon almost all other questions the strongest differences of opinion occur in the minds of individuals, and when a diversity of sentiment prevails upon every tiling else that takes place at our public ineetines—l feel a just pride at being associated with the Noble Duke upon this memorable occasion, while I feel also that every individual here present must participate in the real satisfaction of seeing persons of all classes—individuals holding opinions upon other sulsjects utterly opposed to one another, coming forward with a zeal and unanimity unknown upon any recent, if not upon any former occa sion —(Hear, hear)—to testify their general sorrow on account of the lass that has been sustained, and to ex press their high sense of the merits—the virtues—the un rivalled talents of our fellow-countryman—(Loud cheers). Gentlemen, I feel that in attempting to do any thing for the purpose of inducing you to acquiesce in this pro position, 'should only weaken the force of the proposition itself. My inadequacy to do justice to those feelings and intentions which move you all without saying a word on the subject, must have the effect rather of diminishing what I wish to produce, than of adding to it, if I were to enter into any detail; but at the same time I cannot help alluding, for one moment, to what the Noble Duke himself, in his admirable address, has already adverted to,—that if there be any one feature in the works of the late Sir W. Scott more than another which deserves commendation, and places the writer of those works at the head, and more than at the head, of all other authors who have pub lished works of a similar description, it is the universal and high morality which prevails throughout his writings—for although Sir Walter Scott has been the author of works of fiction, and of fancy, and of imagination, whether they be the production of his poetic genius, or whether they be in the shape of novels, with which he has delighted and instructed the world, there is not a single page nor a single letter upon which the eye of purity might not rest.— (Cheers) Nay, more, there is hardly a sentiment—there is not a description, which does not go either to in struct the human intellect, to add to the best feelings of human nature, or to purify the heart of man.— (Much cheering.) I say then, without meaning on this occasion to use those general words which are often stated upon occasions of public meetings, that the name of Scott us ill stand for ever a solitary—l shall not say even a rare, but a solitary instance, and the most splendid ex ample of an individual whose powers are unrivalled, whose genius is far beyond that of any other man, both in prose and in verse, and who dedicated the efforts of that genius to instruct the human mind—to elevate, to adorn, to dig nify, and to do all that which either renders human na ture more civilized, or makes us better men. It is there fore the least we can do by such an individual, who com bines such great powers with such amiable dispositions anti such virtuous conduct, to attempt to testify our sense of his greatness by the erection of some memorial to his memory-, in some shape or other. We cannot do that which is due to ourselves or to our posterity unless we avail ourselves of the opportunity which this or any other similar occasion presents, and holds out as a perfect example for imitation. With these observations I shall not farther detain the meeting, but beg leave to second the retolution which you have just heard read. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The Loan ADVOCATE.—My Lord Provost and Gentle men, I have been requested to submit another resolution to this meeting, and I certainly feel it a great honour to be thought worthy of taking any part upon such an occa sion. 1 feel along with the Noble Earl, who has just sat down, that this assemblage is without precedent in our annals ; and 1 cannot hut consider that it is at once a soothing and an everlasting spectacle to behold the citizens of this great metropolis solemnly marshalled under their Chief ]Magistrate, and graced with the presence of some of the first Nobles of the land (themselves proud to take the parts assigned them on such an occasion), by many of the Reverend Clergy and the Judges of the land, all leaving their ordinary occupations and abodes, not for the ordi nary purpose of maintaining their own rights or advanc ing any interests of their own, but conspiring to do honour, or attempting to do honour, to a private man— (Hear, bear)—of a genius, who has honoured us by living among us through his lifetime, and who has continued to reflect honour, not only upon the city and country which gave him birth, but to distant realms and foreign climes.—(Great applause.) I sympathise also most fully with that sentiment so eloquently expressed by the Noble Earl beside me, in the gratification that all right thinking men must receive from the other peculiarity which distinguishes the present assembly—l mean that peculiarity which puts it in contrast with the other assem blies now congregating all over the country—that it con sists of persons of different minds, personal and political, .sho have agreed and concurred to cast Aside all causes of dissention, and to meet together to testify their common respect for that which merits their common pride, and for that which has hitherto existed for their benefit. No individual can more sincerely rejoice than I do in these reunions and singleness of mind ; for when causes of dis sension, perhaps too numerous, are abroad, it is delightful to find one arena where all may come, almost into the im mediate presence of the Deity itself, by the grave of a great man, there to be reminded of their common feelings, which, in the confusion incident to human life, are too alit by us all to be forgotten.—(Hear, hear.) Gentle men, the resolution which I am to have the hononr of pro posing to you, and the words of which I shall read im mediately, has for its object to express the opinion that some memorial should be erected or produced in this city to commemorate the respect that Sir Walter Scott's con temporaries feel for the great man they have lost, and to indicate to posterity our sense at least of those merits and talent s which it is not likely would otherwise be for gotten. Gentlemen, it may appear vain and idle to erect a monument, or to endeavour to commemorate by any act of ours, the fame or memory of a person who, in his own work s , has already raised to himself a more imperishable monument,, and whose fame and honoured recollection are likely far to outlive all other memorials—(Cheers) ;—but it is natural that we should seek to express the feelings that are within us, and, duly considered, it is neither idle nor (unprofitabl e in us to do so. It is natural and it is right that we should wish frequently and on all occasions to remind ourselv e s of the debt of gratitude we owe to that man, and still more so to remind others, both of the ta lents he possessed, and of the honour and respect—the nighly deserved respect, be commanded; and I cannot think it use'ess in a great community that some just and conspicuous memorial should exist of those great virtues and talents by which this illustrious individual was adorn ed—the example of whom cannot too frequently be called before us. On the contrary, I conceive that amidst tile ordinary and bustling pursuits of our daily life, it is of infinite advantage that something should be set be fore our eyes occasionally to recall our thoughts Fiona the uncharitable emotions which will accompany the best of us through our pursuits in this life; and I conceive that a casual and transitory gleans of some thing of that sort may tend to raise to higher and loftier notions, and to excire nobler and worthier feelings than anything that may have roused us before. I conceive, therefore, that honour paid to the memory of a great man, and a monument erected to render more frequent and fami liar the recollection of his merits and services, is not only among the most honourable and sincere tributes that a na tion can pay to public worth, but is, in point of fact, the most effectual means that can be found of insuring to our selves a badge of credit, and of affording gratification to all. And I feel it would be idle for me to say, that Sir Walter Scott stands eminently conspicuous in the rank of those to whose memory the erection of a monument is not only necessary but wise ; generally speaking, such honour is due to all that can be classed in the general appellation of public benefactors; and certainly I know no man, in the highest and widest sense of the expression, tr whom the honour is more justly due than to the individual whose memory we arc now called to commemorate.—(Hear, hear, hear.) If he could Only be regarded—as he most truly may, as having given a larger amount of pleasure and gratification—of innocent delight which draws no repentance after it, than any other person on record, he would be fully entitled to this ; but, Gentlemen, these are not his only titles to our respect and to our cordial homage. Indeed, pleasure in that way, I firmly believe and trust, never can he given alone, and certainly Sir Walter Scott did not merely give amusement aad gratification to his innumerable readers—he was a great instructor, a great intellectual teacher, and a great roaster and practical enforcer of the highest doctrines of morality.—(Hear, hear ) hear.) I know no indivislual rim has contributed so largely to diffuse just and exact nations of the more inmortant features of otir history through the country and world at large, than that individual ; and riot only by the inimitable clearnesss, but by the warmth and colourings, and the loveliness and beauty, and the dif ferent combinations into which he has thrown his facts. Ila has attracted to the great historical truths the attention o many of the more careless and indifferent persons, who would have shrunk back from the more laborious research for those facts in etbor writings, but to the most diligent student he has furnished that most useful and practical exposition which they would in vain have searched for in tie more dull and far less authenticated pages of other authors. He has supplied *hat I humbly conceive to be the more valuable part—not only a true character of the living individuals who figured, and the different scenes, but the exact colour of the events, the nature of the age, the mad itic Lain and characters of all the circumst inces which the peculiarity of events gave rise to ; and has supplied what persons of inferior intellect or imagination would not hove neen able to have collected from the pages of other, but not mote aulientitt histories. In fio doing lie has not only extended the range of historical knowledge, arid very widely extended the benefits to be derived from historical information, but, Gentlemen, he has done a great deal more ; for in every one of his performances (and in this I entirely concur with what both the Noble Lords have said, who have already addressed you) be has always been on the side of right feeling, of just prin ciple, and of humane and generous disposition.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He has given the most interesting and ani mating characters to human events, and he has guarded arid coloured the whole with that sound sense which cha racterises his writings throughout—in discountenancing extreme and vehement opinions, and substituting instead humble and substantial virtues, and holding up to admi ration those who are lovers of humanity, generosity, and reasonableness of conduct, rather than for anything that belonged to them on account of their distinguished fortunes or particular stations in society. I may touch upon this with the less impropriety, as I had the fortune—l will not call it misfortune—not to be entirely adverse with him in his political opinions ; but no man, however, belonging to a party, could be a fairer or a more generous partisan. If he was a greater lover of legitimacy and of Kings than some among us new may be, that did not cause him to withhold from giving a fair picture of King J ones, or of tiie levities of King Charles 11. If lie disliked levellers and roundheads, that did not prevent him giving the first place, in one of his novels, to the roundhead Morton, in o, position to his great favourite Donee. I think he has been just to all classes ; and, looking on this country as it has formerly been, and perhaps ever will be, and as a free state ever ought to be, the seat of rival and contending parties, to keep the vessel of the state steady and prevent the triumph of any extreme in our well-balanced Consti• lotion, he has rendered the retrospect of our story a spec torle—a bright spectacle, by representing the roundhead and the high churchmen, as men of great talent—men who commanded respect—men to whom no generous or free person need feel ashamed to attach themselves. lam unwilling upon a subject so familiar to detain you with further observations; but I have seen with some surprise •—I cannot say with pain—an insinuation that this great man—the greatest undoubtedly of his day, possessing, and di servedly possessing, the most extensive, and I will ven ture to predict, the most permanent reputation—that though the author of works of fancy and fiction, he was deficient in originality. In reference to this I may ob set ve, that Sir Walter Scott sobered down the extrava gance of mystical fiction by condescending to copy hu min nature, and to borrow from the authentic records of history. Why, Shakspeare wrote historical plays, and the germs of all—even the most fantastic of his produc tions—are to be found in obscure novels and romances; and yet I think the originality of that mighty mind has not generally been questioner?. True, in the greater part of events, he has copied with certain additions from his tory, and be has adhered as far as possible to its authen tic authentic lineaments, upon which he has ingrafted the magic rl glories of his own most original, inventive, and creative genius. In the histories lie found the mere skele tons, to which he has given life and motion, and colour ing, and warmth, and interest. And it is not less a creative power to make these dry bones live, than to make a new creation.—(Applause.) I have been in duced by some comments in a newspaper I accidentally saw this morning to intrude this transient remark on your notice ; and shall end by stating, that I think if any man deserves a public monument anti a public tes timony from the city and from the country of which he was so long the ornament and the delight, it must be allowed, I think, by universal acclamation, that Sir Walter Scott is the man.—(Cheers.) While every one must feel ashamed if a curious stranger should in a few years hereafter visit this city, and ask for the monument of the greatest of our names, we could not be able to point it out. I should think the next, and even the esent, generation to be equally commiserated, if there was not within the sight and daily paths of those exist ing, something to revive in their minds the recollection of him who can never be recalled without impressions of delight, leading the mind into improving and beneficial contemplations. I need not say any thing as to the na ture of the memorial that ought to be erected to Sir Walter. Of course the collection of the subscriptions, and the conduct and arrangement of the details of the business of the meeting, will have to be left to a Com mittee, the appointment of which, I understood, will be moved for immediately after my motion shall have been carried. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman then concluded—with the following resolution : " That this meeting, in accordance with what they believe to be the general wish and hope of his countrymen, are of opinion that a Public Memorial should be erected in the me tropolis of Scotland to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott, on a scale worthy of his great name, and fitted to convey to future times an adequate testimony of the estimation in which lie was held by his contemporaries."—Cheering.) Professor WILSON said—My Lords and Gentili men, after the n' my just and noble sentiments which have been so eloquently expressed by men distinguished by their rank and by their genius, and which have carried along with them the sympathies of this great assemblage, surely it would be worse than useless in me to endeavour to add to the effect which has been produced upon the souls of you all ! But a few words I must offer, and they shall be the words of sincerity and of truth. Honoured indeed do I feel, in being permitted to express these few words. lam entitled to do so by the same title you all possess—admira tion and reverence for the memory of the illustrious dead. I am entitled to do so on account of the kindly feelings which accompanied our friendly intercourse through life; ard 1 aria entitled to do so on account of the sacred and inviolable friendship that I cherish for those who are near est and dearest to his breast. A year has not elapsed since that great man left his native shores, in hopes, flint perhaps they were, of being restored to the health which had gradually been declining; and I may say that no ship ever left our shores with such a rich freightage of prayers for his happy return. He returned, but it was not long before a melancholy rumour spread over and saddened our land, that he was to be permitted to be amongst us but for a short period longer. It was felt that a great power was about to depart.—(Hear, bear.) It was felt that from " the dome of thought, and palace of the soul," not with out mortal trouble, its inhabitant was about to depart for ever. Our sorrows were peculiar—he was our compa triot—he was dearest to our souls.—(llear, hear, hear.) But that was not all ; that great and generous country with which we have now long been run ning a race of generous rivalry —England, too, felt in the depths of her heart for the loss that human nature was about to sustain. The mighty heart of London itself beat heavily with sorrow at the anticipated event. — (Hear, hear.) Fearing that the sad event was near, they proudly hoped that his remains might he interred in one of their great Minsters or Abbeys. They hoped that his bones might lie in St. Paul's or in Westminster Abbey ; and if such a funeral had taken place, truly might it have been said that never " To those chambers where the mighty rest, Since their foundation came a nobler guest." —(Hear, hear.) But it was right that his should be mingled with the sacred soil of its father land ; it was fitting he•should lie amongst those scenes which he had ennobled ; it was natural that the shadow of his own woods should mingle with the gloom which fell over his dying couch ; and more affecting to my mind, as I am sure to yours, titan any public funeral celebrated with whatever pomp it might have been, was his interment within the glades of Drybourgh, attended only by his own weeping family, and such friends as could do honour on the occasion, and by the servants of his house, who loved their grey-haired master, and who were happy • io that great light which, when shed abroad, illuminated all the nations of the world. Many monuments will be erected to his memory, but it is here, in his own romantic town—it is here, where he spent almost all his glorious life—it is here in the heart of Scotland, where such a monument should be erected as will te'l to future ages the honour and reverence in which he was held by all of us. True, that monument cannot prolong his memory, but it is to be erected as an expression of gratitude and as an act of reverence. It i 3 to tell posterity, that his contemporaries were not insensible to the glory of having bad amongst them the foremost man of whom this world can boast. It is right that such a monument should be erected, that men of genius yet unborn should kindle into enthusiasm when they see the light of the rising or setting sun striking the top of the monument, and instigating 'hem to such immortal deeds as those for which Sir Wal ter will he renowned. Tower and temple NIA!1 disappear, the scythe of time will sweep them down, but his Me mory will Subscriptions towards erecting a monument to Sir Walter Scott in the metropolis of Scotland. The Loan Pnovosx saki the suggestion of Dr. Cantor would receive due attention from the committee. TI e LORD PaovosT read variou* letters from Noblemen, expressing their regret, that from unavoidable causes, they had cot been able to a.tend the meeting, but that they were anxious for the success of its object, and enclosed handsome contributions. The Marquis of LcrrniAN mnved the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Pro'Post, and the meeting was dissolved. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals were tolerably large of most kinds of Crain, and there was a fair return of Flour. The trade during the week was very dull. This morning the fresh supply of Wheat is not quite so large as of late, and the weather being t.'ot, the millers purchased the finest parcels of Wheat freely, alid there was some demand for shipping, so that this article iris' bt reported rather dearer, with a considerable clearance of 8 ?Triplet, Filie Barley for malting not being plentiful, sold for rather more money, and stained parcels are 2s. to 3s. per quarter cheaper. Boiling and Grey Pease are each 2s. per quarter lower. Old Beans meet a dull sale at last week's pricesi New are Is. to 2, per quarter cheaper. Having a good supply Of Oats last week, , h/efly from Ireland, this article has been very heavy in sale to thy, t , ardly maintained its late quotations. There is no va rOtion in the iifittc of Flour, bus there is a fair demand for good qualities. PRICES ON BOA C? SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) —s. —s. White (old) —s. —s. Red l 832) Fine 525. 51s. Sulyeffine.. Ms. 565. —White (13.12). 4iis. is. Fine • 545. 565. Superfine.. sss. 60s. Foreign free 465. 64g. "i P4s. 245. 28s. 275. 30s. 31s. 38s. 50s. 625. 6Qs. 645. w ew.... 3Ss. 40s. 14s. 335. 40s. 425. Re Barley - Grinding Malting Malt .... - Fine Pease, Grey Nei - Maple NI - White --- Boilers ' Beans, &nal —s. —s. (o 14) —s. Tick (new) :I;Os 325. (old) .... 365. 40S. Harrow (new)3.2i. 355. (old).. 40s. 42e. Drank Oats, Feed l4s. Iris. Nelr . iris. I7s. ---•• Poland t 245. New 1 Bs. f,k2s. —t k • • 21s. 2.65. Reit .::235. 255. Scotch mss. —s Irish l6s. 20s f..:"2s Flour Town (per sack) 45s 50 -*.-•-• Second' 42s. 45'. 7th Country 40s. Bran • 6s. 7s. A ttlin'Al.3 OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEftlC. 0. 1 1 ..., t-... 0 tzl ^S"=l .. F- ,-; I 2 '' 2 From Whence. il , , ;-' r' ,-- R p 1 ; . : 4 - -a.,-..... ..-- Qrs. Qrr. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. A lemouth Aldliorough4" 470 726 30 112 Bridgwater - ...., 50 Bridlington — :.... .... 230 10 Boston - 4560 60 Chichester — — .... 80 Cowes Dartmouth e V i o a l r c u ll i e c s i t , c r:: 968 5 387 45 4 9, - . 1 7 —___ 5 1 5 1 7 8 149 1 M )• Leigh 557 80 30 85 47 ".4 Maldon 1499 462 27 173 290 1078 Exeter [lull — 3. , 0 100 Ipswich 146 649 1227 403 140 315 K cut 1746 7(;9 HO 37 693 498 825 Lynn 433 Liverpool — 518 Poole 5O 35 218 Portsmouth Rye l4 17 14 Southampton Southwold ..... Woodbridge 471 917 98 24 127 205 Yarmouth 2B 8611 1614 18 46 2258 Arbroath — 1 02 Banff — 118 berwick Ihmilee 22 Leith — 33 6806 5901 44; 1 4689 2264 1723 7251 1 Rlsii. Cork Dublin K illala — 1741 Kilru.ll — IPln Limerick - 5966 323 Londonderry Newry — 707 Sligo — 105 Waterford 25 15 61 330 Wexford FOREIGN. Archangel l4O St. Petersburg h RD Total AGGREGATE ye, 2--Tares, QU ANI 311--L Must IF OTH 648-1 Eft XI 'DS 0: i, IP: PULS -Bran Anseed, itard, 1 0- - " A mightier monument, command The mountains of his nati'•c (I•nmense cheering.) With these few obsc:rt'ationst allow ~e to second the resolution which has been so ably and so beautifully proposed to you by the Learned and Right Hon. the Lord Advocate. The resolution for the appointment of a Committee was put and carried unanimously. Lord iquAnoWEANic moved, " That the busincsa of the meeting for collecting subscriptions, add of deciding rip the particulars respecting the erection of a Monu ment, should be referred to a Committee."—lt was im possible that a meeting like the present could decide upon any definite preposition with regard to the erection of the monument, therefore there could bti no hesitation in re ferring the farther business to a Committee. Sir GEORGE CLERK, in a short neat speech, seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. The LORD PROVOST stated, that expecting the last re solution would he agreed to, a list of names had been made out of Noblemen a.rd Gentlemen *lid svzrt: to be upon the Committee. The names of many had been put down as committeemen at their earnest desires, that they might have the honour of being upon such a committee : but it was clear they would have to appoint a sub-committee to be the acting one, The Lord Provost then read over the names that had b. en put down. His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Buccleueli, the Most Noble the Marquis of Lothian, the Marquis of Aber corn, the Right Hon. the Earl of Home, the Earl of Had dington, the Earl of Lauderdale, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Wemyss and March, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl of ltosebery, the Earl of Glasgow, Lord Viscount Melville, Lord Gray, Lord Napier, Lord Douglas, Lord Abercromby, the Right Hon. the Lord Provost, the Lord Justice Clerk, the Lord Chief Commissioner, the Lord Register, the Lord Ad vocate; the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart.; Sir William Day, Bart.; Hon. Lord Glenlee ; Lord Meadowbank ; Lord Mackenzie ; Lord Corehouse ; Baron Sir Peter Murray, Bart.; Baron Hume; General Stuart ; Sir John Forbes, Bart. ; Sir John Hope, Bart. ; Sir John Hay, Bart., M.P. ; Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope, Bart. ; Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart. ; Sir John Nasmyth, Bart. ; Sir Alexander Muir Mac. kenzic, Bart. ; Sir John Hamilton Dalrymple, Bart. ; Sir Geo. Clerk, Bart., M.P. ; Sir Robert Dundas, Bart. ; Sir James Gibson Craig, Bart. ; Sir Alexander Keith ; Sir Henry Jar dine; Sir Adam Ferguson ; Sir David Brewster ; Sir Edward Lees ; the Dean of Faculty ; the Solicitor-General ; Deputy Keeper of the Signet; Admiral Charles Adam, M.P. ; ander Pringle, Esq., of Whytbank, M.P. ; Wm. R. Ramsay, Esq., of Barnton, M.P. ; James Russell, Esq., of Ashiestiel; Thomas Thomson, Esq., P.C.S. ; William Clerk, Esq., advo cate; James Skene, Esq., of Rubislaw ; Charles Ferguson, Esq., advocate; Adam Hay, Esq., banker; Robert A. Dun. das, Esa., np,; John A. Murray, Esq., advocate ; John Bonar, Esq , of Rath() ; William Allan, Esq., of Glen ; T. Allan, Esq., of Lauriston ; John Robison, Esq., Secretary to the Royal Society; William Trotter, Esq., of Ballindean ; Dr. Hope; Professor Wilson ; Professor Pillans ; Professor Napier ; William Child, Esq. ; Robert Ritchie, Esq. ; John Patterson, Esq. ; Alexander Wright, Esq. ; the Magistrates of Edinburgh ; the Rev. Mr. Williams, rector, Academy ; the President of the College of Physicians; the President of the College of Surgeons ; Dr. Abercromby ; Dr. Ross ; T. G. Wright, Esq. ; John Swinton, Esq. ; Preses of the Society of Solicitors of the Supreme Courts ; James Jollie, Esq. ; Alex ander Young, Esq. ; Alexander Monypenny, Esq. ; Robert Rutherford, Esq ; John Gibson, jun., Esq. ; Isaac Bayley, Esq. ; William Keith, Esq. ; Sutherland Mackenzie, Esq. ; Alexander Smith, Esq., banker ; Robert Cadell, Esq. ; J. G. Wood, Esq. ; Alexander Blair, Esq., Bank of Scotland ; John Thomson, Esq., Royal Bank ; J. Watson Gordon, Esq., A.S. A. William Allan, Esq., A.R.A. ; James Mackenzie, Esq.; Geo. Joseph Bell, Esq., P.C.S. A Committee of noblemen and gentlemen was also named for London and Glasgow. FUR LONDON. —His Grace the Duke of Portland—His Grace the Duke of Wellington—The Most Noble the Marquis of Stallbrd—The Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen— Lord Montague—The Lord Mayor—Sir Robert Peel, Bart.— Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart.—Sir Francis Freeling, Bart.—lA-it ham Adam, Esq.—Acceuntant-General of Chancery—W.lt.K. Douglas, Esq., M.P.—J. A. Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., M.P.— H. L. Bulwer, Esq., M.P.—D. Fullerton, Esq.—J. G. Lock hart, Esq.—John Spottiswoode, Esq. of Spottiswoode—John Richardson, Esq., Fludyer-street—John Loch, Esq., M.P.— James Loch, Esq.—Samuel Rogers, Esq.—J. M. W. Turner, Esq., R.A.—David Wilkie, Esq., R.A.—Edwin Landseer, Esq., R.A.—Wm. Jordan, Esq.—Allan Cunningham, Esq.— John Galt, Esq.—Owen Rees, Esq.—John Murray, Esq.— Thomas Longman, Esq.—G. B. Whittaker, Esq. Foa GLASGOW.—The Lord Provost—Sir Daniel K. Sand ford—Archibald Campbell, Esq. of Blythswood—James Smith, Esq. of Jordanhill—Archibald Bogle, Esq. of Gilmorhill— James Oswald, Esq. of Shieldhall—Principal Macfarlane— Professor Meikleharn—J. Smith, bookseller—Thomas Atkin son, bookseller—Mr. Brash, bookseller. Sir JOHN FORBES, Banker, was appointed Treasurer.— The appointment of a Secretary was left to the Committees. Sir JOHN FORBES stated, that he had been commis sioned by the Bank of Scotland, and other Banking Com panies in Edinburgh, who were creditors of Sir Walter Scott, to express their high admiration of the honourable feeling which had induced Sir Walter Scott, under his embarrassments in 1826, to dedicate the talents of his re maining life to the insuring of the full payment of his credi tors, and in token of their strong feeling in that respect to say, that they had determined to subscribe the sum of 5001. towards the erection of the monument. Dr. CANTOR stood forward on the platform and ad dressed the meeting as follows :—My Lord and Gentle men, it may perhaps be deemed presumptuous in me to rise after you have been addressed by individuals, so emi nent in rank, so pre-eminent in talent. All the apology I have to offer is, that of my being a foreigner, and as such, convinced of your indulgence, I cannot refraia from seizing this melancholy opportunity to express my feelings of that high and unbounded admiration with which my country men the Germans looked up to Sir Walter Scott. Genius is of no country, of no age, of no creed—it encompasses the world at large—(Applause)—and I am bertain, that from pole to pose, from ea-t to west, wherever the torch of ci vil.zation sheds its blessed light, there will Sir Walter Scott be mourned. But I know that no where except in his own country, will hie loss be more regretted than in my native country, Germany. There his works have been in every hand, I may say in every heart. The Ger mans, indeed, have reason to be proud that the first lite rary efforts of the author of Waverley should have been directed to their literature, from which, according to his own confessions, he imbibed that love for ancient ballads, which in after life influenced him to become the minstrel of his country. Genius is the true king of the earth, the real sovereign of mankind.—(Cheers.) The tyrant may lot ce my body to kneel before him, but my spirit will spurn him, and will not bend an inch ; but before the master mind of the Author of Waverley, the whole human race bows with respectful admiration.—(Cheers.) For, whether we consider the fertility of his imagination, the splendour of his conceptions, the unrivalled beauty of his descriptions, or the number of his works, we are struck with amasement and wonder at the powers of a mind which, within the short period of a man's life, could ac complish all this. How great, how intense, bow just must then be our grief, when we know that the lyre, whose delicious sounds vibrated in every bosom, is about to he tuneless; fur the hand which wrote the admirable volumes is stiff and cold, the heart which inspired them stands still for ever, the Author of Waverley, the pride of his county, the delight of the world, lies a wreck beneath a ruin.—(Cheers.) Yet, though he he dead, his name will live to the remotest ages ; generations will rise, generations will flourish and pass away, centuries will roll on, yea the monument you are about to raise to him will be a ruin, but the name of the Author of Waver ley will still live in the memory, in the grateful me mory of future generations. He, therefore, needs in deed, no monument, for be has erected to himself the mast splendid, the most imperishable monument—that of his own works. Yet we must show that the age, that the country he lived in knew how to appr, ciate his high value. The times are rapidly passing by, when the Caesars, the Alexanders, the Napoleons were coneidered worthy of such honours. The human mind is becoming of age; hence forth only those individuals will be found worthy of such distinctions who have applied their genius to the benefit, and not to the destruction, of mankind ; and however we may differ in opinion on other topics, on one point we agree, that the author of Waverley was one of the greatest benefactors to his country, and one of the greatest lumi naries which ever brightened the literary horizon of this or any age.—(Cheers.) I did not intend to trespass so long on your time, but my subject has carried me away. Permit me now to make one suggestion—it is to the effect that the Committee should empower certain bankers, or other known individuals on the Continent, but chiefly in the different capitals of Germany, to receive donations and NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MA KKET.`, , . At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior '2 '2 4 - middling '2 2 2 4 -middling.. 2 6 3 0 - prime large 2 6 2 8 - prime 3 4 310 - prime small... 3 0 3 4 Pork, large 3 0 4 2 Veal 2 4 4 " small 3 6 5 0 Lamb 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. Is, 245. SMITHFIELD MARKET. In this day's market, which was throughout tolerably well supplied, the trade with each kind of prime small meat was somewhat brisk, with that of middling and inferior quality very dull, at but little variation Friday's quotations. IFILICES PER STONE OF HLNS• TO SINK THE OFFAL& s. d. to s. d. s. d. tog. d. Ulterior Beasts 2 0 0 0 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 2 2 6 Prime small ditto... 3 6 4 6 Prime large' Oxen... 3 2 3 4; Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 Crime Scots, &c..... 3 2 3 6 Prime small ditto... 4 2 4 0 Inferior Sheep - . '2 0 2 4 Large Hogs Second quality ditto 2 8 3 4 Small Porkers 48 5 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves 12s. to 32, eat)) SluthdownWethers 4 0 4 4 Quarter old Pigs I2s. to 18s. each. . _ SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK ' S STATEMENT. Sheep and Lambs.' I Calves. Pigs. 21,810 146 9.2,0 Beuts. 2,800 , About 1450 of the beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 1050 up the other northern roads; about 200 (including Irish) from the western and midland districts ; about 1:20 from Nor_ folk, Stifiblk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire; about 20 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of London. CORNWALL. MARKEIS. TRURO—Wheat (average) 21s.61.—Barley, 12s. —Oa ts, 83. Od. ST. AUSTELL—Wheat, —s. to 22s.—Barley, —s. to 13s.—Oats, Os. to Bs. 3d. PENZAIkE—Wheat, 21s. to —s. to I Is.—Oats, Os. to Ds. Od.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to 50.—Pork, 01. to 4d.— Butter, 10d. per lb. LAUNCESTON—Wheat (average) 2:s. 01.—Barl ey,lls. L —Oats, 7s. 01.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, tid. LISKF.ARD—Wheat, —s. to '22s. Od.—Barley, 10s. 6d.--Oats, Os. to 7s. tid. BODMIN—Wheat (average) 21s. 6.l.—Barley, Ils. Ud.—Oats, Ss HELSTON—Wheat, 21s. Od.—Barley, 10s Od. ST. COLUMB—Wheat, 235. to 2'.Bs.—Barley, 12s. to 13s.—Beef, and Mutton, sd. to 50.—Veal, W.—Lamb, sd. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Itedruth last Thurday 2,828 0 Quantity of fine Copper Average Produce . 0 Amount of Sale, 16,4511. Is. fid.—Average Standard. 1131.35. Od. THE RORQUAL, oR GREAT WHALEBONE WHALE.—This greatest of all Nature's living works was cast ashore about this time last year, on the shores of the Forth, near Nor h Berwick, and was there dissected by Dr. KNox and his brother. The skeleton of this truly gigantic animal, whose measurements so far exceed the ordinary dimensions of animated living beings, as posi tively require to be seen before being believed, is now in course of preparation, and we believe will be set up in such a manner as to enable scientific men to examine it with every advantage. The Baleen (commonly called Whalebone) has been prepared with infinite care and trouble, and will be placed in its original section in the palate. If there be one part more remarkable than an other, it is the appearance of the Baleen, or Whalebone, when occupying its natural position; the prodigious quan tity (upwards of two tons), and, at the same time, mecha nical beauty connected with every part of the unique mass, rendering it beyond the power of language to describe, or give the slightest idea of it. The skull, or brain bone, was divided vertically, with a view to convenience in moving the head (this portion of the skeleton weighing eight tons). This section displayed the cavity for con taining the brain, and thus some knowledge of the sentient and leading organ of an animal, the dimensions of whose instruments of motion fill the mind with astonishment, will at last be obtained. Results unexpected, we believe, by most anatomists, were arrived at. The cavity (a cast of which will be submitted to the anatomical public,) was gauged or measured in the manner first invented and re commended by Sir W. HAMILTON and under that gentle man's immediate inspection ; the weight of the brain esti mated in this way, amounts to 511 h. imperial weight. The brain of the small whalebone whale, examined by Mr. HUNTER (the specimen was only 17 feet long), weighed about 4 lb. 10 oz. ; the brain of the elephant weighs be tween 6 and 7 lb. ; the human brain from 3to 4 lb. Thus in many lice-blooded animals, to which class the whale most strictly belongs, the brain bears a certain relation to the bulk of the body, but in many others it does ❑ot. The laws, then, and nature of this co-relation have not yet been determined. The idea that the whale in question was a South-sea whale, which had wandered from his na tive ocean, and been unable to retrace his path, (an idea which, we believe, was started by a practical Sonth-sea fisher,) must now be given up; the structure of the skele ton, as compared with that described by Baron Covina, and which was sent to him from the Southern ocean, by one of his assistants, DELATANDE, showing specific diffe rences. Neither does it resemble that now suspended in the Town Hall of Bremen. Thus, there is every reaso❑ to believe, that this particular species has not yet been described, nor, perhaps, even seen by any scientific anato•- mist. The total length of the Rorqual whale was 80 feet ; and although Captain SCORESBY mentions one which be heard of, which was said to measure somewhat more than 100 feet, it is extremely probable that this measurement had not been taken correctly. The whale examined by Sir Roam SIBBALD, nearly a century ago, measured exactly 78 feet: " fourteen men could stand at one time in the mouth, and when the tide rose, a small boat full of men entered easily.".— Scotsman. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new piece in two acts, entitled The Factory Girl, was produced on Saturday night at this theatre. It in, as th e bills have announced, from the successful pen of Mr. JERROLD. That the subject was domestic, and the mots I excellent, will be at once inferred from the title. The plot, though not remarkable for novelty or ingenuity, is, nevertheless, entitled to some praise on the score of in 'crest. Tie drama, taken altogether, strikes most as a whole--a circumstance more inoicative of dramatic skill than of the uncertain energy of genius. We shall be brief in our description of the plot. It in founded on the op pression exercised by Husk (Mr. MATHEWS), the tyran pical manager of a factory, against Shelton (Mr. SERLE), ne of the workmen, who had been discharged through his me ins. Skelton, reduced to want, centres all his hopes in the expectation of a prize for some tulips which he had rimed from seeds, once in the possession of his late wife. The extraordinary beauty of the flowers suggests their ex hibition at a horticultural meeting. He sends them by his daughter Catherine (111i.s PHILLIPS), being himself afraid of bailiffs; but Catherine is intercepted by their old et etny, husk, who deprives her of the flowers, and thus d stroys the prospects of Skelton and his family. During these events two visiters arrive at the factory—Hartman (Mr. YOUNGE), and Jans _Hartman (Mr. BAKER). Husk obliges Catherine to wait upon them, and, perceiv ing that the younger stranger is struck with her charism, he contrives to bring them together alone, by telling eacb that the other has something to communicate. There is sionethirsg very clumsy in the management of this incident, w!iich, however, leads to an impassioned scene between ligsk and Skeltou, the performance of which was effec t,ve, and would have been much more so if Mr. SERLE I/ ml kept down some of the earlier scenes, and reserved himself for the more powerful situations. At the con clusion of this scene Shelton, pursued by Husk, endeavours to conceal himself under a pack of cotton, where he is dis c vexed by Husk, and charged with an intention to burn the factory. After a trial, the interest of which is not s eyed by the discovery of a relationship between the Hart iwzns and Skelton, through means of the tulips, the latter arid his lovely daughter triumph over their persecute r. There is a slight underplot interwoven with the main o p f ro b d o u o e k es s , M a r n . dHaaL affordsEr t a h s a i t Vy . p n i k r y i t n ed de c o l m V e o d E a e n , a s t ake t some good opportunities. Mr. Cooreß also has a part caged Nike Dodds, in which he portrayed a sort o: surly lover with a good deal of characteristic force. 'There were some good robtical hits interspersed through the dialogue, which told well upon the audience. Miss PHILLIPS acted with judgment and feeling, and every as sistance was afforded by the managers that could contri ',um to the success of the piece, good performers and good se,•nery being amongst the most important. The inter lude of the Irish Tutor followed, in s,hich that popular favourite, Powert, kept the house in a roar. IRELAND. GREAT ANTI-TITHE MEETING ON THE CUIIRAGH OF KILDARE. Wednesday, pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the united parishes of Cornal way, Old Connell, Great Cannelf,. awl the vicinity, took place at the Curragh, for the purpose of petitioning the legislature for the total abolition of tithes, church cess, &c., in Great Britain and Ireland. The weather, in the course of the morning, appeared must propitious, but as the hour named (1 k) for holding the meeting approached, it commenced raining heavily. Notwithstanding, however, this unfavourably state of the elements, at the appointed time the wealthy landholders, the substantial farmers, and hardy peasantry of this extensive district, commenced pouring in from all directions across the wide and unsheltered plain to the giants point of assemblage—the Stand-house. Parties of police were to be observed seeking such protection from the storm as the nearly leafh.ss hedges and the eves of the roofs of the adjoining houses afforded, while occasionally a dragoon was seen riding at full speed to the Stand house, from the Ballitnany-road, leading to Newbrilige barracks, and back, as if watching and reporting pt igress. Towards the middle of the subsequent proceedings the entire force of the .sth Dragoons, rationed in the barracks . , were discovered at some distance from the Stand-house, r,getlier with a strong party of the 66th Foot, also seta doled in Newbridge. The dragoons were slowly pacing their horses up and down the mod, as " if to be rained on ;" while the unfortunate infantry were in groups about the ditches, nestling round little peat fires, which the descending deluge threatened every moment to extinguish. A , length, at 2 o'clock, Edward Ruthven, Esq., the can didate for the county, the Rev. Gerard Doyle, parish priest of Naas; the Rev. Mr. N dan, parish priest of C . -eh:ridge and Carnalway; Rev. Mr. Brennan, parish priest of Kildare; C. Ryan, Esq., Bury, Esq., Martin, Esq.. Edward S. Ruthven, Esq., M.P. for Downpatrick, with vveral independent freeholders of the county, entered the Stand-house, the vast multitude of the people remaining below in the open air, apparently reckless or unconscious of the still increasing severity of the weather. At this period a party of four or five of the dragoons was observed co take their position in the rear of the crowd, supported by parties of police, hovering about on either side, Captain Fliutor riding up and down on horseback, and Major urly singly reconnoitring the environs in his chaise and ptir. - - - It was rather remarkable that lung before the business of the day had terminated, and whe❑ the rain was fast celsing, none of the military were to be seen. Several animated addresses were delivered by the Messrs,. Ruthven (the younger of whom is a candidate for the county of Kildare), the parish priests, and several others. Tim resolutions entered into were of the usual strong and uncompromising character that characterize the anti-tithe p!oceedicgs of the county of Kildare. TITHE SALE. From a long letter, describing the privations and dangers .•ncountered by the family of the Rev. Pierce Goold, of Borrisokan, (county of Tipperary), in their efforts to defeat lie anti-tithe conspirators, the following extract is taken : " On Saturday last Mr. Goold had another auction, which, though numerously attended, went off in the same manner as the former ; again one of his sons had to act. as auctioneer, and the others to purchase, though they cannot do anything with the cattle, as no butcher dare kilt a beast for him. The people will not be allowed to sell anything at his house, nor a man allowed to work for him, e•en the messeng,rs that he is obliged to send into the town have been ordered, at the peril of their lives, not to gt on any errand for him, or any of his family. All depends on his sons, who, I am informed, are determined to persist in the recovery of their father's just rights, and , rind or fall with the laws of their country." . . . The Castlebar Telegraph state-, that Patrick Higgins 4n , l Patrick Hughes, the first Lord Lucan's driver, and tue other the driver of Mr. George Clendining, went on lit Friday to drive in the parish of Westport for tithes, chimed to be due to Mr. George Clendining, when the tittle they seized were rescued, and the drivers threatened to be maltreated should they persevere. The Telegraph ,oncludes thus :—" We speak advisedly ; Mr. George Clendining has no legal right to levy tithes in the union of Westport." COUNTY OF TYRONE.-REDUCTION OF RENTS AND COUNT Y-CESS. On Saturday last, pursuant to ❑otices widely circulated, an immense crowd of the tenantry of the barony of Cl.tgher, in the county of Tyrone, a , sembled in the town of Clogher to demand of their landlords a reduction in their rents and rt lief from the heavy county-cess to which they are subject. A large body of military and police at ,eoded, and the principal landed proprietors of the vicinity were present. The troops and police were drawn up in side of the Bishop's Palace gate, where the gentlemen also nsk their station. A memorial, rather respectfully dic tated, was sent in by the countrymen to the gentlemen to the effect before stated, but, under the circumstances in which the meeting took place, no reply was given ; it was, however, intimated, that if any of the tenantry felt ,ggrieved, their landlords would attend, in their proper places, to any suggestion that might be offered to them.— Under this arrangement, the crowd departed quietly. A meeting of the Magi►trates of the county was held in Aughnacloy on Monday, " to adopt measures to repress toy proceedings of an outrageous tendency that might arise torn the excited state of feeling in that quarter." The Earl of Caledon presided, and it was agreed to apply to Government for troops to be stationed in Ballygawley, or to e ill in and embody the pensioners to aid, if needful, in the preservation of the peace. A wine-dealer, named Franque, in the Grande Etue Verte, having ascertained that his wife granted secret ftvours to CHARLES BOUDECIIAT, the journeyman of an her wine dealer, in the Rue du Faubourg St. Honore, tt solved to be revenged of the gay deceiver. With this view he compelled his frail spouse to make an assign.aton with her paramour for Friday last, at two in the afternoon. The Lothario was true to his engagement, but had scarmly entered the house, when the enraged husband, who bad c.ineealed himbelf behind the door, rushed upon huu, threw this contents of a snuff box into his eyes, and then s:abbed him in several diErent places wit: a BounxcHAT was conducted in a dying state to the hospit,i lleanjahn, and Fit A NQUE was arrested and phosed iLI 3.1 i castody.—Frenck Paper. I