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.t - tions more certain. This latter datum would render it unnecessary to set forth the forged instrument ; under its provision it would be sufficient if it were stated generally, as was the case in indictments for larceny. The Learned Gentleman concluded by observing, that had his late illus trious friend, Sir James Mackintosh, whose loss they all deplored, been in existence, he had reason to know that be would have gone to the full extent of this Bill. Nothing, in his opinion, was more honourable to the cha racter of that great man, than that he had, with reference to the improvement of our criminal code, pursued the footsteps of the venerated and lamented Sir S. Rornilly. Sir C. WETHERELL said, that when recently a revi sion of the criminal code took place, which was effected by a Right Hon. Friend of his (Sir R. Peel), capital pu nishment was continued, with reference to murder, rape, forgery, cattle-stealing, and burning. It was supposed at the time, and the question then underwent much conside ration, that the alteration then proposed and agreed to would be final. The Attorney-General had told them that the late Sir James Mackintosh was favourable to such a measure as that now brought forward. If, from his knowledge of that learned personage in private life, the Attorney-General was enabled to come to that conclusion, he, of course, could say nothing in opposition to it. But so far as a public demonstration of sentiment went, be had reason to believe that Sir James Mackintosh coincided in the classification of offences as contained in the revision of the criminal code to which be had alluded. He could not help stating his conviction that Sir James Mackintosh was of opinion, after the fullest consideration of the subject, that the criminal code, as then settled, laid down the maximum of the relaxation of the criminal law of this country. The cases that were to be dealt with in that re vision were naturally divided into two classes—those which affected the person, and those which affected property. Murder and rape, appertaining to the former, were, of course, as the most atrocious offences, still kept within the pale of the highest punishment. Burglary, too, which could not be committed without a most serious breach of all that was sacred in the social systent, and arson, were placed in the same division. Cattle-stealing was also dealt with in the like manner. And here be might observe, tl a - one of the moat humane, and learned, and. philan thropic men this country had ever produced—he meant Dr. Paley—kad assented to the propriety of this punish ment in cases of cattle-stealing, on account of the ease with which cattle might be abstracted, and the immense quantity of property of that nature which was left unpro tected. Forgery also was continued a capital offence under the altered law. But although in the commission of for gery every safeguard to property was broken down,— though it was generally committed under circumstances the most revolting and treacherous,—yet it was sought by this Bill to do away capital punishment with reference to such a crime. The alteration made in the law relative to cattle-stealing, he strongly condemned. Some of the most able and learned men on the bench had stated that the new Act placed them in a very difficult situation. It was quite clear that cases of cattle stealing might occur where a re laxation of the law, at the discretion of the Judge, would be most proper. But no discretion was now left to the Judge. In every case the sentence, under the new Act, must be transportation for life. The modern pedants in legislation had taken away all discretion from the Judges, and the least culpable, as well as the most atrocious offen der, received the same punishment. The Learned Gen tleman then proceeded to expiate, at some length, on the dreadful consequences of forgery, and went on to say, that this Bill, instead of checking that crime, would have the effect of letting such enormous delinqueuts as Fauntleroy escape that punishment which was justly metited by the magnitude of their offences. That feeling of aversion to the punishment of death in cases of forgery was not of an cient existence, nor in accordance with old and high au thorities, legal and moral. It was, on the contrary, of green growth, and of perfectly modern origin. The doctrine on which this measure was founded was not to be met with in those authorities which were generally revered and looked up to,—it was a doctrine for which we should search in vain in the works of Mr. Locke, or in the writings of Addison, and the other moralists and lumina r'es of the Augustan age of English literature. It was not a doctrine advocated by that great philosopher of morals, Dr. Johnson ; on the contrary, in the letter which Dr. Johnson addressed to Lord North on behalf of Dr. Dodd, then under sentence of death for forgery, that great writer rested the propriety of mitigating his punishment on a totally different principle, namely, the disgrace and injury which the execution of Dr. Dodd would entail on the clerical body, of which he teas a distinguished member. It was a doctrine not to be found in the writings of the mo ralist, Paley, or in the disquisitions of our great jurist, Blackstone, but it was reserved for the pedantic and ab surd soi-disant philanthropists,—the smelling-bottle and white-pocket-handkerchief gentry of the present day, to discover such a doctrine—to hunt out such a principle, and to apply it practically to the Legislation of this country. Mr. C. FERGUSSON was anxious to take that last opportunity to express his entire and cordial approbation of the principle of this Bill, and that the provisions had been extended to Scotland. He begged to remind his Hon. and Learned Friend opposite (Sir C. Wetherell) that the Bill imposing transportation for life on all persons found guilty of stealing cattle, without any discretion being left, as formerly, in the hands of the Judges, and which Bill his Hon. and Learned Friend had so justly ridiculed, was not the Bill as passed by the House of Commons, but was the Bill as it came down from the House of Lords, with the absurd and unlawyer-like amendment there in troduced into it by his Hon. and Noble Friend Lord Wynford.—(A laugh, and cries of " Hear, hear.") So far from this Bill taking away the protection, as his Hon. and Learned Friend had contended, at present given to Bank Stock property, it was the object of this Bill to afford that property due and real protection.—(Hear.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said that the writers of the Augustan age of English literature, the writers in the reign of Queen Anne, did not sanction or countenance the principle on which this Bill was founded ; but the Hen. and Learned Gentleman should recollect, that it was impossible for them to do so, as the crime of finery was not then punishable by death, and was not made a capital offence until the reign of George 11. when an Act was passed for that purpose. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that he would find no such doctrine i m that promulgated by this Bill laid down in the writings Or. Johnson. If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had looked into The Rambler, he would find princip'es advo sated there completely in accordance with those of the supporters of this Bill. The Hon. Member here read a long extract from the 104th number of The Ramb.'er, which, he contended, was as strong a quotation as could be adduced from any author, in favour of abolishing the 13 • unishment of death for offences such as those contem plated by this Bill. With reference to the crimes of bur . . glary, murder, arson, and rape, they were offences attended with violence, force, and terror, which made them proper for severe punishment; but he at the same time thought that the law with respect to burglary ought to be amended, and more accurately defined. Sir E. SUGDEN deeply regretted that a measure of so great importance as that now before the House should have been brought forward at so late a period of the session, and when there was not, he was sure, now more than forty Members present—nay, indeed, at one period during the present discussion there had not been twenty Members in the House. He would beg to deny the assertion, that the measure of his Hon. Frien7r, the Member for Tamworth, OR this subject was paused without discussion, for the measure had been most elaborately discussed. Na man was more anxious than he (Sir E. Sugden) was to get rid of capital punishments, but still there was much matter, in dealing with the subject, for careful consideration. Tor opinion of the late Sir James Mackintosh, who had given much attention to this subject, had been re'erred to in the course of the present discussion ; but he remembered, on the last occasion that this question was before the House, that learned individual stated his opinion to be, that the crime of forgery of wills ought to he punished capitally, and he (Sir Edward Sugden) wanted to know whether any circumstances had occurred to change the opinion of the Government, by whom the measure was stow proposed, and with whom that late Right Hon. Baronet bad acted. He feared that the abolition of the punishment of death in this crime would rather tend to its increase, and that it would be found that forgeries would be carried on upon speculation, and by joint companies or partnership concerns, in the same way as the extensive robberies hail of late years been effected by capitalists; be said capitalists, because great sums of money were expended in planning and making preparations for a single robbery, and who took no part in the actual commission of the crimes themselves, but had the means of affording a temptation to others to commit the offence. It was not his intention to oppose this Bil', though he certainly thought the Noble Lord opposite (Al tliorp) was taking upon himself a very great responsibility in making thus change. He must add also, that it had been stated, and that statement had reached him (though he begged to he understood as not tnaking it from any connection with the body to which it referred), that great fears were entertained by the Bank of England, that if this Bill were to pass into a law, they would not be able to carry on their business with any security. He (Sir E. Sugden) thought so too. Mr. HOME, Lord ALVIORP, and Mr. KEARSLEY ta se together. Mr. KEARSLEY rose to order, and move! that the House be counted. Strangers were ortit red to withdraw. The House wai counted, when it was found that a sufficient number of Members were present to constitute a House. On our re- admission into the Gallery we found Mr. HUME addressing the House in support of the Bill. He characterized the existing laws of this country as too sanguinary, and expressed his sincere hope that ca pital punishments would soon be done away in many cases. Sir F. TRENCH felt much pleasure in supporting this measure. After a few words from Sir CHARLES WETHERELL in explanation, _ . _ Lord ALTHORP, in answer to the objection made by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Member for St. Mawe's, that this matter should be brought on so late in the Session, could only remark that the subject was not new to, the House, but had frequently been di:cussed be fore, and even in the present Parliament. On the other point to which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had re ferred, he begged to state that he had not communicated directly with the Bank of England on this subject, but he certainly had heard that some influential personsconnected with the Bank of England entertained fears with regard to the effect of this measure. He (Lord Althorp) however, had no such apprehension himself. :The Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite had referred to the case of Fauntleroy, and he (Lord Althorp) now alluded to it for a directly different purpose to that for which it had been brought forward by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. He (Lord Althorp) now mentioned it to remind the House, that even notwithstanding the heinousness and great morul turpitude in that case, which certainly called for the se verest punishment of the law, yet in that case the feelings of sympathy in this country were raised against the punishment of death. He admitted the objection taken by the Hon. and Learned Member for St. Mawe's--namely, that Government were nit prepared with any good salu tary plan of secondary punishments; but this was a point he had always been inclined to give his best attention to ; and though the subject did not immediately come within his official duties, he should continue to give it his consi deration. In his opinion, the punishment of death ought only to be carried into effect in cases where personal vio lence and injury had been inflicted, and on that principle he thought the feelings of the country were with him. Mr. SADLER supported the Bill. He had himself suffered from forgeries, but could never bring his mind to prosecute, from a feeling of the consequences that might ensue. Mr. P. THOMSON could confirm the statement that the severity of the punisment for forgery prey, nted the due execution of the law. There had been cases within his own knowledge, where bankers and others had allowed forgeries to pass unpunished, owing to their repugnance to do any thing that might make them incur the possibility of beir.g obliged to prosecute capitally. As to whether the BAnk of England had any objection to this measure, be did not think that the Bank of England was the only party to be consulted,—(Hear,)—or any other body of men. He knew, however, that in the Bank there were some gentlemen opposed to the punishment of forgery with death. The LORD ADVOCATE rose rather in the character of a witness, to state that, from his experience in Scotland, the extreme and unmitigated severity of the law rendered it difficut to secure a conviction for forgery. By the com mon law of Scotland, death was attached to what were called the graviora delicta; but the public prosecutor might mitigate or restrict the charge, and not proceed for a capital punishment. Formerly, the graviora delicta were commonly prosecuted capitally ; but of late years it had become a matter of extreme difficulty to convict for forgery; and within the last four or five yea's, he and his Learned Friends had found it necessary, in cases of clear guilt, to restrict the libel to a minor charge, not affecting life. He wou!d undertake to say, that in 19 out of 20 case., during the last six or seven years, the public prosecutor had been obliged so to restrict the libel. Mr. WYSE concurred in the extension of the law to Ireland. The bill was then read a third time, and passed. RECORDER OF DUBLIN BILL. On the motion of Mr. HUME, the order of the day was read for the second reading of the Recorder of Dublin Bill. Mr. SINCLAIR opposed the further progress of the 8111, which, he contended, was unjust, and ought not to have been brought forward at this late period of the s,s.. sion. He moved, " that it be read this day three months." Sir C. FORBES seconded the amendment. Mr. WARBURTON moved that the House be counted, The gallery was cleared,when it appe 'red there were only 28 Members present, and, consequently, the House ad - journed at Ten o'clock. LIST OF FORTY MEMBERS WHO WERE PRESENT WHEN THE HOUSE WAS COUNTED. AT NINE O'CLOCK. Althorp, Viscount Bernal, R. Blake, Sir F. Bouverie, Capel, John Carter, J. B. Cramptan, P. C. Denman, Sir Thos. Ferguson, Sir R. Ferguson, R. Forbes, French, A. Graham, Grey, Colonel HalMurton, Hawkins, J. H. Horne, Sir W. Hume, Joseph Kearsley, J. H. Kennedy, T. F. Labouchere, H. Macaulay, T. B. Maberly, NV. L. Morrison, J. Penrhyn, E. Russell, C . Sibthorpe. C. D. L. ISinclair, G. Smith, R. Vernon Strutt, E. Sugden, Sir E. B. Thomson, C. P. Villiers, T. H. Walker, C. A. Warburton ' H. Wetherell, Sit C. Wood, Wrightson, W. Wyse, 'l'. 1 Sadler, 'M. T. DIVISION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, On the A MEND3IENT to the IRISH REFORM BILL. CONTENTS-24. ARCHBISHOP Armagh DUKES. Cumberland Wellington Leeds MARQUISES. Salisbury Thomond Westmeath EARL. Westmoreland DUKES. Sussex I einster Brandon Richmond - .MARQUISES. Lansdowne Cleveland Queensberry Clanricarde EARLS. Amherst Albemarle Rtdnor EARLS. Limerick Aberdeen Aylesford Beauchamp Rosslyn Eldon Caledon Mansfield Harrowby VISCOUNT. Sidney rON-COSTENTS-36 EARLS. Mint() Charlemont Pomfret Gosford Meath VISCOUNTS. Goderich Melbourne BA RONS. Holland Teynham Sundridge (Duke of Argyll) BARONS. Wyn ford S.lchester (Earl of Longford) Melross (Earl of Had- dingtOn) Clanbrassil (Earl a Roden) Bexley Redesdale BARONS. Howard ofEflinghart Ludlow (Earl of) Howden Fingall (Earl of) Headfort Dinorben Oakley Dundaa • Say and Sele ,Lilford Foley Auckland Sefton COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND gave a grand cMjcune yesterday, at their seat Sion House, Mid dlesex, to his MAJESTY, the Duke and Duchess of Cuar• BERLAND, and the other members of the Royal Family, and a select party of the Nubility and Gentry. The KING was expected to arrive at Kew Palace in the afternoon, from the Palace at Windsor, and to join the party at Sion House about four o'clock. The Ambassadors and Ministers of Russia, Prussia, France, and Austria, held another conference with Via. count PALMERSTON yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The LORD CHANCELLOR visited Viscount A LTHORP yesterday, at the Treasury. DEPARTURE.—Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL, for Ceylon. Mr. MARSHALL has been confirmed in the office of Chief Justice of that Colony. The Marquis of ABERCORN and the Earl of VERULAM are the only Peers of Parliament who inherit Peerages in the three kingdom', exclusive of course of the Princes of the Blood Royal. Some changes in the foreign diplomatic corps are freely spoken of. Prince TALLEYRAND, it is now said, wilt return to this country in the first week in Sep tember. Prince ESTERHAZY'S return still remains doubt ful. The " repairs" at Chandos House have yet to be commenced. Baron DE NIEUMAN, the present Austrian Charge d'Affaires, is expected to leave town on a short visit to the Continent. POST-OFFICE COMMUNICATION WITH FRANCE.—The following are given as the details of the new arrangement concluded between France and England for a daily transmission of letters by post between the two countries : —The present estafette is to be suppressed,. and the mails are to be conveyed between Paris and Calmsin very light carriages with two horses only. They are not to take any passengers, and will perfot in the journly in the same time as the estafette. The mail will leave Paris. every day in the week, though the letters will not be de livered in London on Sundays. There will, however, be seven deliveries in the week at Dover, and in all the towns between that port and London. This will be a great ad vantage for the residents in those towns who haye corres pondence with Prance, for, at present, all their letters from this country are first cirried to London, and then sent to their destination, whereby two days are lost. It is hoped that the new carriages will be built, and all the arrangements completed, so that they inly be put in exe cution on the Ist of January next. The letters, as we have already stated, may be sent without paypnent of any part of the postage ; but when the parties sending are de sirous of doing so, they may pay the inland postage of the country in which they are written, but no more, because in Fracce the postage is calculated by weight, while i I England the payment is per sheet, so that, let the sheet b • ever so large, it is liable to only a single postage, unless i: exceeds an tunce ;n weight. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.-CHOLERA. Yesterday an adjourned meeting of the Fruit and Vege table Growers and Retailers was held at the Rainbow, Covent-Garden, to ascertain the result of the communica tion made by the Central Board of Health to the Gentle men who waited on them, to know their opinion on the salutary or injurious use of fruit and vegetables at this season. Mr. HUTCHINS in the Chair. . The following facts appeared from the explanations of the CHAIRMAN, Mr. FITCH, Mr. CHAPMAN, and several other Gentlemen who took an active part in the proceed ings :—That the Medical Gentlemen declared that they did not, and meant not, to proscribe the use of fruit and vegetables indiscriminately ;—that, on the contrary, they thought them harmless, and really good, when used in moderation ;—that they themselves, according to their taste, used them so, and that those vegetables and sorts of fruit that were bad, or at least likely to be injurious, they had already mentioned in reports. Several gentlemen, on the authority of medical men, said, that this species of food was not only innoxious, b u t wholesome. Several thousands of persons employed in Horticulture, who subsisted chiefly on it during the season, were almost strangers to sickness. Amongst 1 ,000 persons engaged by twenty horticultural proprietors, there was only one case of cholera, and even this was but pre sumed. It was notorious, they said, that since the crea tion, the great bulk of mankind who were the most long. lived and healthy, lived on fruit and vegetables. It was strange they were not suspected until now. If the panic continued, thousands would be thrown out of bread, would be flung on the parish, or be consigned to hopeless po verty : the poor rates then would be frightfully in creased, destitution would be circulated, both in and out of the Metropolis, and cholera would match at an even pace with, and clog the heels of, distress. The continuation of the present alarm would be the fertile fountain of misery and disease. Another mischief must follow, and a mischief auxiliary to cholera —the price of fruit and vegetables must fall—the merest beggars could have a full supply for the merest trifle—the large gardeners will not send their supply to market so as to keep the commodity fresh and plentiful in the market. It will not be worth while to do so. A Medical Gentleman, who had experience in cholera, address d the meeting, and said that so far from fruit and vegetables being injurious, their sudden discontinuance would be fatal to many. The gentlemen who composed the meeting trusted, that as the present panic was likely to work incalculable evil, the public press, now that the thing was seen in its proper light, would dispel the delusion. We are authorised to state that the rumour mentioned in some Private Correspondence from Paris, of the presence of General 1111 NA with the Emperor Don PEnao is wholly without foundation. His Imperial Ma jesty the Duke of BRAGASZA having repeatedly beret ,fore, and recently as late as the 13th instant, ordered his Mini sters to declare to the British Government, that, in strict compliance with his Royal word of honour, not a single Spanish individual was to be found in his army. The long talked of marriage between DONALD CAMERON, Esq., and Miss VERE LOUISA CATHERINE HOBART, the niece of Lord STUART DE ROTHESAY, took place yesterday morning at St. Martin's Church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. the Dean of WIND SOR, in the presence of Lord Viscount GODERICH, Lord STUART DE ROTHESAY, Lady STUART, Lady DESBROWE, Captain ALEXANDER CAMERON, and many other fashion ables. Alter the termination of the ceremony the happy pair set out for Richmond, to spend the honeymoon. The Lowther Arcade, in the Strand, is to be fitted up for a ball, on the Bth of August, to commemorate the passing of the Reform Bills. Mr. HERBERT, the builder, will bear the expenses of illuminating; and the fittings up, matting, &c., are to be defrayed by the in habitants, who will have the distribution of 600 tickets. The admission to the ball will be gratuitous. It may be satisfactory to the public to know that scarcely any attack of the cholera in the metropolis has taken place which has not been traced to want, to un cleanliness, or to some excess or neglect in diet or regimen. The first husband of the Lady HANNAH ALTHEA ELLICE, who expired on Saturday, at the resi dence of Mr. ELLICE, in Richmond terrece, was Captain BETrEswoant, a very distinguished officer, who, whilst in the command of the Tartar frigate, was unfortunately killed in endeavouring to cut out one of the enemy's East Indiamen from off Bergen, May 25, 1808, and in the fol lowing year she formed another matrimonial connection with Mr. ELLICE, by whom she has left a family. Her eldest son is in the suite of Lord DURHAM, our Ambassa dor Extraordinary at St. Peter burgh. Her Ladyship was youngest child of the late General CHARLES Earl GREY, by ELIZABETH, daughter of GEORGE GREY, Esq. of Southwick, in the County of Durham, and sister to the present Earl, the Bishop of HEREFORD, Sir HENRY GEORGE GREY, and Lady ELIZABETH WHITBREAD. Lady HANNAH ELLICE was in her 48th year. She was much attached to literary pursuits, and a tale, intended to illustrate the country life of the higher class of the Eng lish Aristocracy, and which has been just announced for publication, under the title of " The Visit," is ascribed to her pen. CONCISE AND STRIKING.—A woman who lately showed the house and pictures at Easton Newton, near Towcester, the seat of the Earl of POMFRET, ex pressed herself in these words :—" This picture is Sir ROBERT TURNER ; he lived in the country, took care of his estate, built this house, and paid for it; managed well, saved money, and died rich. That is his son ;he was made a Lord, spent his estate, and died a beggar."— Kentish Gazette. SHOCKING SUICIDE OF CAPT. WIGGINS. —Yesterday an inquest was held at the Crown, in the Pentonville Road, on the body of Capt. FRANCIS SMITH Wiccims, aged 44, in the Honourable East India Compa ny's service. The deceased had lodged at the house of Mr. EALIN, florist, of 20, Queen' s R o w, Pentonville, for the last few days. On Monday afternoon he was found lying in the bed-room with his throat cu.. It appeared as if the deceased bad first commenced the fatal act in bed ; but finding that he had not completed his object, had got out and proceeded to the looking-glass, where he effect:d his purpose. The room was covered with clotted blood. Medical assistance was procured, but it was quite useless. Dr. EVAN EIDER, of 17, Tavistock Square, said he had known the deceased for some time, who had received many wounds in the Company's service. The deceased com plained of having been injured by some individuals in the service, and of being unable to obtain any redress. Dr. RIDER stated his opinion that the deceased had, from con tinual " harping" upon the Subject of his wrongs, collapsed into a state of monomaniasm, which brought on an aber ration of intellect. Verdict—Temporary Insanity. ASSAULT BY A CLERGYMAN.-HEAVY FiNr.—At the Carmarthenshire Assizes, on Friday, the Rev. EBENEZER MORRIS, clergyman of Llanelly parish, was indicted for an assault on WM. CHAMBERS, Esq., a Magistrate, late High Sheriff for Carmarthenshire. The prosecutor's Counsel said that the parties were on very intimate terms at one time; but in consequence of some conduct of Mr. MORRIS at a dinner, the plain tiff " cut his acquaintance." Mr. MORRIS then took every opportunity to annoy Mr. CHAMBERS, and endea voured, by publishing placards in the Welsh language about the town of Llanelly, to render the prosecutor unpopular amongst the lower orders of people. Mr. CHAMBERS deposed that this was followed up by an assault, under the following circumstances :—Alr. CHAMBERS was talk ing to his son, when defendant came by, and saying " Make way, make way," pushed Mr. CHAMBERS and kicked his shins several times. The defendant was slightly inebriated. On the other hand, it was proved that Mr. CHAMBERS had spoken to Mortals a short time pre , viously to the assault, and on an altercation taking place, had called him a ruffian. When Mr. CHAMBERS was kicked, he ordered defendant to be taken to " the dark hole," but the constable not h tying seen any assault, w.is unwilling to comply.—The Learned Judge, in passing nntence, said, " I am sorry it falls to my lot to pass sen tence in a case of this description on a clergyman of the Church of England. This assault was not committed on one in a low rank of life, but on a gentleman of education— of that education which softens the character of a man. Now an assault from one in your situation, and a gentleman of talent, has certainly more of aggravation than assaulis usually have ; because, also, it was done before a crowd of people, in the village where you live, and where such an insult must have been most painf u l to t h e prosecutor. It appears very obvious to me that there exists such a want of good feeling between you both, as imposes on me the necessity of binding you by the trammel s o f t h e l aw. I am, however, willing to allow that there are circumstances of mitigation. I acknowledge that Mr. CHAMBERS used an inappropriate expression, and I could have wish, d he had nut ordered you into custody. I wish I could have had it in my power to avoid passing sent e n ce , an d t h at you had made that apology which was suggested. I have, however, taken the whole case into my consideration, and the sentence I have to pass is, that you pay to the Crown a fine of 201. and provide sureties, yourself in 100/. and two sureties in 501 each, to k ee p the peace for two y ears towards all his Majesty's subjects, but especially towards the prosecutor."—The defendant immediately paid the fine and entered into the security required... , Cambrian. LADIES' FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. (From the World of Fashion.) FANCY DRESS.—An under dress of white and rose.co loured striped silk, over which is a short robe of black and crimson quadrilled gros de Naples, a low corsage with a white cambric pelerine, and slashed in front in the stomacher style. Short sleeves, also slashed, and displaying white ones under neath. Knots of crimson ribbons ornament the bottom of the sleeve. The skirt is looped on one side considerably above the knee. The hair divided on the forehead is ornamented on one side with a large bouquet of flowers, and on the other with a knot of crimson ribbon. Bracelets and neck.knot of crimson ribbon. PROMENADE DRESS.—A clear muslin pelisse, lined with straw-coloured gros de Naples, and richly embroidered in feather-stitch round the fronts and border. The large pele rine and sleeves are also embroidered. A row of Valenciennes lace, sewed flat, edges the pelerine, the round of the dress, and the bottom of the sleeve. The bonnet is of lemon-coloured poux de Soie ; it is lined with rose-coloured crape, and trimmed with gauze ribbons to correspond. NEWEST PARISIAN FASHIONS. HATS AND BONNETS.—They are still of the same size as last month, but the crowns are now generally made narrower at the top; those quite round are still partially worn, but are not very fashionable. Flowers or feathers, instead of being placed to droop on one side, are now inserted upright in front of the crown. One of the prettiest of the new half-dress bonnets is com posed of dust-coloured quadrilled gros d'ete ; the quadrilles are formed by an almost imperceptible satin stripe. The brim is small, close, and trimmed on the inside next the face with an intermixture of blonde laces and coques of ribbon. A knot of ribbon of the tulip kind is attached in front of the crown near the top by two bands of ribbon, which, descending obliquely on each side, form the brides. A bouquet, formed of a sprig of roses and myrtles inserted in the knot of ribbon, com pletes the trimming. Another elegant bonnet of the same kind is of gros d'Orleans, a dead ground a mille raies in satin; the colour is a bright blue, lined with crape of a lighter shade of blue, and trimmed with gauze riband a mille raies of the two shades, and a bou_ quet of the sweet.scented pea placed near the top of the crown. GENTLE4EN'S FASHIONS. (From the Gentleman's Magazine of Fashion.) Owing to the warmth of the weather our young fashionables appear in coats and redingotes of Venetienne. (It is a particu larly strong kind of merinos.) The most fashionable colours for them are black and very dark green. As to the make we observe that the waists both of coats and redingotes are shorter than they have been lately worn; the two buttons are nearer ; the skirts of the Rendigotes are short, juponnant lightly; one row of button-holes; the sleeves not very wide at the upper part, are rather tight at the wrist, and do not advance upon the hand. The most elegant morning waistcoats have a light chesnut ground, flowered either in white or colours ; for dress they are of white marcella, or of cachemire figured in blue or green sprigs; these waistcor is are a chale, and buttoned high with buttons of the same material. Coats worn by stout gentlemen should have flaps upon the hips; for slender fashionables flaps are not worn. The collars are without notches, so that the coat can be buttoned from top to bottom. The skirts are long and narrow. Pantaloons are a braquettes, cut straight, and covering the instep; those most generally worn in evening dress are white. The most recherche are of English jean, or peau de taupe. We have also seen some in pagne des Indes, with narrow white stripes, but they are worn only in the morning, and quite in undress. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, July 25, 1832. This day, by command of his Majesty, Rear-Admiral Sir Mi chael Seymour, Bart., Knight Commander of the Most Ho nourable Military Order of the Bath, was introduced into the Royal Presence, preceded by Sir William Woods (the Officer of Arms attendant upon the Knights Commanders), bearing upon a crimson velvet cushion the star appropriated to the second class of the Order, with which the Sovereign was graciously pleased to invest Sir Michael Seymour, who, having had the honour to kiss his Majesty's hand, withdrew. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, Juts 25. The King has been pleased, by letters patent under the great seal of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, to nominate, consti. tute, and appoint Sir Augustus W. Clifford. Ent. C.B. Captain in the Royal Navy, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter, to be Gentle man Usher of the Black Rod. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent. East Kent Regiment of Militia. E. H. Darell, Esq , to be Captain, July M East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. P. Monypenny, Gent., to be Cornet (and not P. Honywood, Gent., as stated in the Gazette of the 15th ultimo), vice Brock man, June 9. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the County of York, City, and County of the City, of York. Southern West Riding Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. J. C. Athorpe, Gent., to be Lieutenant; G. Chandler, Gent., to be Cornet ; W. Glanville, Esq.. to be Captain, by Brevet, and Adjutant, June 30. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Mid- Lothian. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry. Cornet A. Hope to be Lieutenant, vice C. Rattray ; A. H. Mitche:son, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hope, June 3. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. ..... —. MICHAEL AGATE, Market-square, Horsham, Sussex, grocer. JOSEPH PLATT'S, Hamilton-terrace, Maida-hill, Maryle bone, builder. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JOHN CLARK, Godalming, Surrey, linen-draper. HENRY JEFFERIES, King-street, Clerkenwell, brewer. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BLISS, Chichester-place, G ray's. 1n n. lane-road, baker, to surrender, August 13, at eleven, and Sept. 11, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Old Jewry, London, official assignee; Binns, Essex-street, Strand. HENRY J A MES N ORRISand GEORGE TYAS, Bury-place, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, wine-merchants, August 9, at ten, and Sept. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Old Jewry, London, official assignee ; Templet' and Shearman, Great Tower-street JOHN WATERS, ARTHUR JONES, and DAVID JONES, Carmarthen, Aug. 24, and Sept. 11, at ten, at the Ivy Bush Hotel, Carmarthen. Vaughan and Bevan, Brecon; Crowder and Maynard, Mansion House Place, Londcn. GRIFFITH JONES, Carnarvon, merchant, Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Goat Inn, Carnarvon, instead of August 2, as inserted by mistake in the Gazette. Byrne, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn fields, London; Horne, Denbigh. NICHOLAS TEMPERLEY, Westgate, Northumberland, shipowner, August 15, and Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Peacock Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Burn, Great Carter-lane, Doctors'. Commons, London; Bownas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. GEORGE BEAVER, Belgrave-street South, Middlesex, carpenter, Aug. 7, at three, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official assignee; Eaton, New Inn, Strand. CHARLES RICHARD CARTER, Cheapside, carpet-ware houseman, Aug. 8, at twelve, and Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dangerfield, Lincoln's Inn-field's. WALTER LOG AN, Upper Baker- street, Marylebone, mer chant, Aug. 14, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hertslet, Norfolk-street, Strand ; Whit more, Austin-friars, official assignee. THOMAS RUDD, Laura-place, Clapton, tea-dealer, Aug. 10 and Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Allen, Gylby, and Allen, Carlisle street, Soho. WILLIAM LEE, Arundel-street, Strand, broker, Aug. 8, at one, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Burn, Morton, and Vaux, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-Inn; Turquand, assigneeat the Court Gar of y To ken h ous e- G :r ia t b i t , so t tn h e,n e lia o t a li :l e i:n:l i a lg isi a ae s fi s t. i i g n az e , e 4,ofim THOMAS SANDYS, Bell-court, Brook's-market, book sel gLgu‘llasAte3'l BOYLE, Newgate-street, paper-banger, Aug. 8 tar,s South-square, v t A hl Bankruptcy. L u s Gray's Inn. and Sept. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bousfield, Chatham-place, Blackfriars ; Cannan, Lothbury, otticial assignee. WILLIAM M ATTHE WS, City-road, timber-merchant, Aug. 10, at one, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Lowe, Lothbury, ollicial assignee; Turnly, Iron monger-lane, Cheapside. W LELIA M JAMES A DA MS, East India Chambers, Leaden hall-street, scrivener, Aug. 5, at ten, and Sept. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official wsignee ; Murphy, Castle-alley, Royal Exchange. CHARLES FREDERICK wooLcurr, Tunbridge, Kent, plumber, Aug. 7, at two, and Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official assignee ; Bousfield, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. SAMUEL GREEN, Leeds, builder, August 22, 23, and Sept. 1I , at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Battve, Fisher,_and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London; Hargreaves, Leeds. JAMES NEWINGTON, Lewes, Sussex, wine -merchant, Aug. 10, and Sept. 11, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Coombe and Wright, Token house -yard. DIVIDENDS. I. Wiseman, Norwich, silkman, August 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-J. C. Easling, Black Prince Public-house, Chandos-street, Covent-garden, licensed victualler, August 22, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-J. Pheasant, Ebury-street, Pimlico, tea-dealer, August 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-J. A. G. and F. G. D'Oliveira, Old Jewry, merchants, August 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy - C. Tavare, Manchester, dyer, August 25, at ten, at the Dog Inn, Deansgate, Manchester-A. Helsby and J. Cleworth, Salford, L ancas hire, plulnn, M a nchester -J. n ß ib a e w r d s, en A , C ug h u a s r t d, 27 s ,..at er i s ii e i t i s e inr a e t , th A e u P g a u l s a t c 23 e at the Old London Inn, Exeter - T. Brockbank and E. tls3vreochkeliank, Carlisle, timber-merchants, August 26, at twelve, at the Coffee-house, J iie ß ss r r ig s gs jo , u L ii e n V ig s, a b n r d ick K l e a n ye y r o , n A , K ug i u , ks gate, Leeds - August 2S, at one, a J. Hollins, Leeds, meal-seder, August 23, at eleven, at the Court - hous e, Leeds-It. Fer g uson, Leek, Staffordshir e , August 25, at two, at the York Hotel, Manchester-D. S tu bb s , Bolton, Lancashire, draper, Oct. 6 at live, at the office draper, ti C o a tti r e of - of Mr. Boardman, Bolton-D. Hope and C. Hope, Manchester, Wilson, Leeds, linen-draper, August 28, at two, a t silk-manu f ac t ur ers, Sept. 7, at nine, at the Palace Inn, M an . C hester -J. the Court-house, Leeds. CERTIFICATES, Aucesa' 21. Ellwood Brockbank, of Carlisle, timber-merchant—John Davis, I.te of Bourton on-the-Hill, auctioneer—Joseph Skidmore, late of Nottingham, but now of Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire bobbin and carriage-maker and brick-maker —Samuel Merrywea' ther, of Manchester, brewer—John Tonge and Walter stun; T o nge, of Sittingbourne , linen- drapers—Henry Davies and Hi' chard Davies, of Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire, corn-dealers.- PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Richard Bradley Ensell and John Holt Ensell, of Wordsley, Staffordshire, glass-manufacturers —C. Farebrother, Edward Jones, and G. B. Flowers, of Stockwell, Surrey, wax-bleachers— Joseph Price and Thomas Arbuckle, of the British Flint Glass Company—Richard Appleton and William J o h n S trot h er, of Ivy-lane, dealers—John Simmons and Thomas Stokesley, Yorkshire, surgeons—Lyrus John Westley and John Camomile-street, wholesale.stationers—William Henry o A f r tu , r Saltmarshe, and Christopher Saltmarshe, of Haddon,R:,Rawson, Winn,sono ,f London and Halifax, dealers—James Gray, John Livesey, and John Magnal, of Springfield Mills, Bolton, Manchester, and Li verpool, pa per-makers (so far as regards James Gray)—Will iam Parker, Lawrence Putt:, and Joshua Denton, of Sheffield, mer chants—William Lomas and John Harding, of Manchester, sew ing-cotton-manufacturers—Abel Bayley, William Bayley, fenry Bayley, and Cha rles James Ba y le y , of Dunkinfield, Cheshire, cotton - s pinners (so far as regards Abel Bayley)—James Robe r t s and William Roberts, of Boston, tailors and drapers. DON PEDRO'S EXPEDITION. We have received the Bth number of the Chronica Con stitutional, printed at Oporto on the 21st of July. It is entirely occupied by decrees, but in the last column there is a notice, that a supplement extraordinary would be published in the evening, contaiuing official accounts of the advantages obtained at Penafiel over the rebels. This supplement we have also received, and we subjoin a full translation of its contents:— " OPORTO, JULY 21. " In fulfilment of our promise, in this day's Chronica we insert below official documents, which afford sufficient proof of the lesson which the armed partisans of despotism have received at Penafiel,—another triumph for the cause of liberty and legitimacy,—another testimony of the pro tection which the God of Armies bestows on the noble actors in the most sacred and just of enterprises! Thus are confounded the impious. Thus are recalled by this example to their duty the deluded and misled, who may, while it is yet time, avail themselves of the clemency af forded them, and of the fraternal voice which calls upon them, thereby avoiding the hands of justice, and escaping the vengeance and extermination which is their due. " OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. " Most Illustrious and Excellent Seuhor,—Enclosed I transmit to your Excellency a despatch which I have re ceived from Lieutenant-Colonel Hodges, who commands the column by which the troops of the enemy assembled at Penafiel were dispersed. From his letter you will per ceive the gallant and able manner in which that officer di rected and executed the movement which his duty required him to make,—a conduct which warrants my recom mending him most particularly to the consideration of the Government of his Most Faithful Majesty, and to his Im perial Majesty, as General-in-Chief of her Majesty's armies ; and also the officers and soldiers of the column, more especially those which the said Colonel mentions with particular approbation. " God preserve your Excellency many years, " Conde De VILLA FLOE." " Head-quarters. Oporto, July 20." " The Most Excellent Senher Agootinho Jose Freire." "LIEUTENANI-COLONEL HODGES'S DE ' SPATCH. "Most Illustrious and Excellent Senhor—ln pursuance of your Excellency's orders, I marched at one o'clock in the morning of the 17th on Vallongo, with the Ist bat talion of infantry, No. 18, part of the battalion under my immediate command, and a detachment of cavalry. Being there informed of the passage of the Douro by some of the enemy's troops in the heights of Carvoeiro, I ad vanced to reconnoitre that movement as far as the town called—, where I remained without discovering any hostile force whatever, until, in obedience to fresh orders from your Excellency, I returned to Vallongo, where 1 was joined by the corps of Donna Maria's volunteers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Luiz Pinto de Men doza Arraes. Thus reinforced, I advanced to Baltar, having been informed that the enemy's corps, which passed the Douro, had ventured to concentrate itself at Penafiel, and to assume a menacing attitude. " I found this information confirmed at Baltar ; and, it being your Excellency's wish (according to your orders) that these rebels should be dispersed and chastised for this attempt on our flank, I advanced along the vallies which lead to Penafiel. In the course of our march I observed armed men in motion, appearing and disappear ing on the summits of the mountains which overlook those vallies. " On a curtain of hills in the front of Penafiel, and within a mile of the town on this side, we perceived a line of vedettes which covered the enemy. Some cavalry being set.t forward against these vedettes, they fell back, and dis covered the enemy's force in the position in which he was prepared to receive me. " The enemy occupied a line which had its right resting on a convent almost in the extreme left of the city of Pena. fiel, and its left on the ridges and rocks beyond the city, towards the banks of the Douro. On these ridges a con siderable number of men, irregularly armed, were col lected. The front of the city was uncovered, and there appeared on the right a quantity of baggage and waggons, with some troops, which convinced me beforehand that the enemy intended to retreat in that direction, on being driven from 'his first position. . _ " I immediately called up my artillery to the front, and having destined the volunteer corps for dislodging the ene my's line, I ordered the battalion of the 18th, under the command of Captain Jose Athanasio de Miranda, to occupy the town, and the Marine battalion, under the command of Captain Shaw, to proceed to the right of the town, to cut off the enemy's retreat. The artillery opened its fire, and without losing time in a useless fusilade, the columns advanced rapidly and vigorously on the enemy, who after repeated discharges and a great loss, . abandoned his first position, upon which the volunteers instantly occupied the convent on which the enemy's right was supported. " The enemy marched rapidly from the town, and pro ceeded to fortify himself on a hill to the tight, in his rear. But they had scarcely taken up this position, when the volunteers advancing again upon them, once more dis lodged them ; while the Marine battalion invested and took the convent of Rostello,—an extensive edifice, sur rounded by a strong wall, and capable of a vigorous de fence, and strongly garrisoned by the enemy, perhaps as a point of support in his retreat. " The enemy, however, did not yet entirely yield the ground, but he:d in occupation the rugged rocks to the rear and right of the city. There he formed for the third time; but attacked with the same vigour as before by the volunteers and the Marine battalion, which marched from the convent, be was completely defeated, routed, and obliged to fly in disorder. Having thus accomplished the proposed object, I ordered the troops to assemble in the town of Penafiel, which I found abandoned by the inhabi tants, and already occupied by the battalion No. 18. " The enemy's loss cannot be exactly ascertained, in consequence of the great care with which he carried off the killed and wounded, but it cannot be estimated at less than 200 men; but without doubt, that which he has sus tained by dispersion must be enormous, and will serve as a serious warning to him not again to attempt so rash an enterprise. " Our loss is incomparably less. It consists only of three killed, and three wounded—namely, Ensign Moura Coutinho, of Donna Maria's Volunteers, slightly wounded ; a soldier of the same corps, severely wounded ; a soldier of No. 19, slightly wounded ; and three soldiers of the Marine battalion killed. We have not lost a single pri soner or _ _ straggler. _ _ " I fulfil, v;ith the greatest satisfaction, the sacred duty of laying before your Excellency my testimony to the ardour and gallantry which all the troops I had the honour to lead to battle displayed ; more particularly the Volun teers of Donna Maria, whose valour in combat can with difficulty be equalled, and never was exceeded. It is equally my duty to inform your Excellency of the activity and ability displayed by Lieutenant Jose Julio de Atnaral, attached to the Staff of the second Infantry division, in the distribution of the orders, both during the action and the marches. It is also but justice that I should mention the name of Senhor Leal, who lost his horse in the action, and thus give hint a public testimony of my approbation. Fi nally, I hope that on the contents of the present dispatch being made known by your Excellency to his Imperial Majesty the Duke of Braganza, that that august Senhor will be satisfied with the intrepidity and firmness with which the troops of her Most Faithful Majesty prove them selves on all occasions determined to defend the most noble of causes. God preserve your Excellency. G. LLOYD HODGES. " Head-quarters, Vallongo, July 19. "To the Most Illustrious and Excellent Senhor Conde de Villa Flor." The private letters from Oporto by the Colombia, which are dated on the 24th ult., were delivered yesterday morn ing, and supply further details of the battle near that city. It was of a very sanguinary nature, and it seems that no doubt can now remain of its having terminated in favour of the Constitutionalists. The action is said to have arisen out of a movement made by a large body of the Miguelite troops, consisting of not less than 10,000, to attack the Constitutionalists in the rear, and it took place at Valongo, which is on the north side of Oporto. This circumstance it is material to bear in mind, as the return of Don Pedro to Oporto, after the battle, was re garded by those tvho believed it to have been fought to the southward of that city, as a retreat. The numbers engaged on the side of the Constitutionalists are stated to have amounted to 7,000. Th e battle lasted during nearly the whole of the 22d and the 23d ult., which proves the Miguelites to have fought with considerable bravery. So me o f the letters state two or three regi. invnts of Miguel to have deserted after the battle ; but others mention this merely as a report. The account s re differ sults of the i na action, sti b still re o a t te tos rhdoegree which a l nr econsidered regard to be the the most a u th en tic, assign a loss to the Miguelites of be. wholetwisen 2 0 f ,O t O h Oe artillery.a nd 3 ,O 00 i t nt said, is lted though ua however , itlv wounded, el vs ec:thatntwithnd e t d i e here tthe that at tack had been renewed on the south side of the Dour o when the accounts came away , from which it might b e inferred th a t the victory in the first battle was not so d e . cis ire attack was made ed;h by a disti nct f orce of the this as secondhad been enemy, which attempted to cross the river to join ti .e main body; but was fru,trated in that attempt. D on P e d ro returned to Oporto at about nine in the evening of the 23d. On the whole, the acectuattl are deemed highly NA tisfactory, and have caused much exultation among the friends of the cause. It was reported that an official ac count of the battle of Valongo had reached town, but 0 0 inquiry wa learn that this is not the case. The following extracts contain all the details which were known yesterday : EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM OPORTO, DATED THE 20T0 OF JULY. cc A n action took place at ten in the morning of the 18th, in front of Penafiel, six leagues to the eastward 01 Oporto, between a moving column of Don Pedro and s considerable body, composed of guerillas, volunteers, and militia of Don Miguel, in which the latter were routed and dispersed, after being driven from the convent of Bastelloo near Penafiel. " It is said that the moving column of Don Pedro, with other troops, sent some days since to Braga, had returned to Oporto." . EXTRAT OF A LETTER FROM OPORTO, DATED JULY 22. " A supplement to the Chronica of the Sth contains an account of the two actions at Penafiel, and of a third attack in the rear of the city, whence Miguel's forces were finall/ dislodged. The people had fled from Penafiel. Pedro'' army returned to Oporto ; Miguel's troops rallied, and on the 20th, in the evening, advanced to Vallongo, a town only two leagues distant from Oporto, and on the high road to Penafiel, and to Amarante, on the Tamega. The inhabitants of Vallongo (chiefly bakers) are said to have come to Oporto. " Active preparations are, however, in progress for mi litary stores, which are embarking to accompany Doe Pedro's army southward. " Pedro has published an amnesty with some excep tions." (From the Messager des Chambres.) TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " BAYONNE, JULY 27, 4 o'clock in the afternoon. " Nine battalions of Don Pedro, one of which are vete rans, have been formed at Oporto; 3,600 troops of Don Pedro on the 10th carried the positions of the troops of Don Miguel. A battalion of the latter went over to the former, and marched upon Azurard with them. This column has nine pieces of artillery. On the same day a column of 2,400 men belonging to Don Pedro marched upon Braga, which it entered on the 13th. It was reinforced by the Constitutionalists on its march. This column has no artillery. " Ponte.de•Lima was occupied on the 17th by 500 of Don Pedro's men. Numbers of Portuguese emigrants had arrived at Tuy, in Galicia. " It is believed that the troops of Don Pedro will occupy Lisbon on the 18th. " It is said that Don Miguel is already in retreat upon Spain. " This news is dated the 18th, from Vigo, in Galicia.' MAGAZINE DAY. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. A clever number, light and discursive ; just the pleasant, lounging reading, in short, for summer weather. " Domestic Manners of the Spanish" displays some practical knowledge, and bears out, in many respects, the truth of Washington Irving's graphic sketches in his l a st, and not his worst work, the Alhambra. 4 , Spe cimens of Death ; the Pluralists," is exceedingly well written. We would extract it for the bene fit of our readers, but unfortunately our limits will not permit. " The Bagster Case" contains some sound thinking, and takes an enlarged and appropriate view of the subject. " The Young Widow of Bremen" is a tale worked up to a de gree of painful interest ; it would melo-drama tize well at the Surrey. " Germany" is a very sensible article ; we quote the following sketch of the reigning King of Prussia : " As we were leaving the gardens, two officers crossed our path, one of whom, a tall lank figure, who with downcast eyes, the arms folded behind the back, walked a little in advance of the other, forcibly arrested my atten tion. The expression of his countenance was melancholy in the extreme, while the well-squared epaulettes, com pressed waist, swelling chest, and the scrupulous care with which every part of his uniform was arranged, proclaimed the military dandy. It was the King Frederick William, and his aid-de-camp Baron Von S----, " I confess I was struck with the pensive and abstracted air of the monarch. " Quel air reveur," I remarked to my companion, an old French general officer who had kindly taken upon himself the office of cicerone in my perambulations around Berlin. " C'est qu'il improvise une uniform," he replied with a smile; " to-morrow the Gazette will convey an order to make some alteration in the tenue' of the Guards." What the great Frederick did for tactics, his successor, Frederick William, nick named Der Schneider Konig,' has done for military cos tume —it has been the constant study of his life. Neither the vicissitudes of his country, the toils of the camp, nor the wiles of diplomacy, have been able to divert him from his favourite pursuit; and it is only justice to say, that the dress of the Prussian army is in the best military taste, uniform throughout, and a-piece with the elaborate drill ing of the men, and the science and instruction of the officers. Napoleon testified his surprise at the immense ' savoir' of his Prussian Majesty on this important point, although he complained sadly of being constantly impor tuned both by Frederick and the Czar Alexander with such frivolous questions as, ' What quantity of padding was requisite fur a hussar's jacket ?' or to give an opinion on the form of a Hulan's shako. Certes,' said the Em peror one day to General Rapp, ' had the French army at Jena been commanded by a tailor, it would have been a second Rosbaelt.' " Numerous and profound are said to have been the col loquies on military uniforms between George the Fourth and Frederick William ; and to the valuable hints acquired in these ' entretiens,' may be attributed the splendid ap pearance of some of our crack cavalry regiments. Great is also said to be the impatience of our naval dandies for the appearance of the naval uniform of Prussia (for like Austria, this power, since the arrival of the model frigate sent out by our King, is ambitious of becoming a maritime State), they look to the genius of the Prussian Monarch to deliver them from the present hermaphrodite rig with which they are so disfigured and dissatisfied. " The anecdotes related of the ridiculous importance which this Prince attaches to military costume would fill volumes. One of them only we shall venture to quote. Frederick, some years ago, was passing the Curzeit either at Toplitz or Carlsbad. Early one morning a Prussian estafette was observed to leave the place ' ventre a terre.' The coy diplomatique was immediately en movement ; up went the hopes of the war party—down went the Aus• trian Metalliques—three of the first bankers at Leipsig and Vienna stopped payment—Metternich was at fault-- Rothschild in a fever—and half a dozen English honour ables, attaches to the different legations in Germany, went into galloping consumptions from twenty-four hours hard writing—an event unexampled in their diplomatic career. At the expiration of a week, when nothing less than an other seven years' war was expected by every one, the Berlin Gazette tranquillized Germany , by publishing the order of which the estafette was the bearer, and which his After Guards, all, r it is f or t unate for Pruss i a and comp ress their wa i sts was nothing more or less than his Majesty's comm an d s to two ierncthhees smaller shak () that her Monarch has no more expe ns i ve taste. A Pom padour, or a palace, would be much m ore cost l y hobby hones ; for in justice to him We roust say, that economy and freaks." good taste go hand in band, and preside over all his BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. (( Tom Cringle's Log" is told this month with more than common vigour, and with a power of condensation that proves its author to be practised in fictitious narrative. " Hesiod" contains some eloquent and acute snatches of criticism on this ancient and little-read G r eek poet. " Christopher at the Lakes" is an account of another mountain ramble by Professor Wilson. So long as he writes as he does at present, with blended humour, fancy, and feeling, may the worthy Professor illustrate in his own person the perpetual motion, and ramble on for ever. His description of the horrid process of shaving at a village inn on a Sunday morning, in order to be in time for a pleasant nap at church, is amus ing and graphic. Of his razor he says with amusi> a exaggeration, " th e b ac k o f t h e blade is an inch broad, but eye can no more see its edge than a quadrille of angels dancing on the point of a needle." " Eliezer the Sage, arid