The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-25 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY ) FROM LLOYD'S D EAL, SEPT. 24.—Wind W.S. \V.—Arrived from the .' e t and sailed, th e R oya l G eorge , E m bl e t on, f or M aur iti us. FA LMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Arrived the Africaine steam- Pac ket, from Lisbon, sailed 15th inst, and from Oporto the 17th PE NZANCE, SEpv. 23.—Arrived the Rose, Evans, from LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23.—Arrived oil' port, the Carroll, Car rolton, f rom New York ; the General Brown, from Charles ton; the Garland, f rom St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. Sailed th e Lord Althorn, for Bengal. LO NDONDERRY, Seer. 22.—Arrived the Duncan, Ger '4l:4l_, from St. J o h n ' s , New Brunswick. B ELFAST, SEPT. .I.—Arrived the Jane and Martha, D i ck son, „ie,t,son, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; the Irish, " L'e reeny, and Enterprise, Dinah, from London. I'ENZ ANCE, SEPT. ‘-) —Arrived his Majesty's ship Africa, „Trvey, from Oporto ; sailed on the ISth instant, at which time ‘ 1)° , 11 0 was closely besieged by the forces of Don Miguel. WATERFOD, SEPT, 22.—Arrived the Wharfinger, Cosens , Martha Pope, Jones, and Robert Henry, Devis, from London, and the Superior, White, from St. Petersburgh. CORK, SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Sceptre, Hutchinson, from 'St- Petersburgh. LIMERICK, SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Adelaide, Miller; Vulcan, Evans, Mould, Vaughan, an d F o yl e pac k et, H utc hi ns, fr oth London. SEPT. 2?—Arrived the Thomsons, Langley, a nd Albion, Brown, from St. Petersburgh. S HEERNESS, SEPT. 23.—Sailed the Camden, Clayton, for N ew South Wales. ABERDEEN, SEPT. —The following notice has been Ptisted at the Customhouse today :—" Agreeably to the Or_ der in Council of the lSth January, notice is hereby given, for the information of all parties concerned, that Aberdeen is de clared an infected place." Arrivals at Oporto :—the Lusitano, Nunes, from Rio Janeiro ; the Fama, from Bahia; the Jose do Egipto, Maun, and the C arolina, Carvalho, from Santos ; the Flor do Porto, Terceira, from Pernambuco ; the Shamrock, Woollingham, from Fal mouth ; the Four Sisters, Sprange, and the Daphne, Sprange, from Dartmouth; the Palmanter, Hodge, from St. Ives, and the Plymouth, Davis, from Liverpool ; the Lusitana, Gibbons, and the Chace, Hocklar, from London; and the Friendship, Moor, from Pernan. Arrivals at Lisbon :—the Activo, Santa Anna, from Rio Janeiro; the Espereto, Santo Bello, from Macao; the Activo, Ireclas from Philadelphia ; and th e M ar i a , C umm i ngs , from ~., 'eleport, The Cicero, Evans, from Limerick, to Quebec, struck on t he Reeves Rocks in the Shannon, 21st inst., and fell over— Part of the stores and materials saved. The Lavinia, Bloom, from Sorll to London, was on shore in the Humber on Sunday. The following letter has been received at Lloyds, dated Lis bon, Sept. 14:— " Don Miguel's squadron sailed on the 11th instant, and a n otification of an intended blockade of Oporto appeared in yes terday's Gazette. " It is very doubtful if it will take place, as Admiral Sar i torius was off with his squadron. A " Not hing has since b een h ear d o f th em. The A c ti v o, Santa •n nna, arrived on the 9th inst. from Rio Janeiro. She was fired 4t by the forts in attempting to enter, and was obliged to an chor. It is said she struck on the bar, and began to leak ; she lost two anchors and cables." THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). RAY MARK ETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) c o . CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) 0 £2 15 to £3 sl'4 " ,,, he avY Lowland Meadow Hay 2 15 3 15 ti ''eaduw Hay vi seful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15 Clover UPland Meadow and Rye.grass Hay ...... Hay Oat Straw 4 0 5 1 0 1 16 .Clover... X 1 12 to .£1 141 Wheat straw Hay 51. per load higher than last quoted; prices other. Wise stationary. A good supply, and a dull trade. ti~Warse heavy Lowland I,SiiI,ISOHwkH'I.EyLD. £3 0 to £3 5 useful M Old Ditto eadow Hay 3 0 310 3 5 3 15 one Upland liland Mead ow an d itye_ g ra s , Hay 4 0 4 5 fl.it St Ha (extra fine) ....E6 o... Generally 5 raw ... Xll2 to X 1 141 Wheat Straw ll4 116 Supply moderately good, trade rather dull, and prices stationary CH OLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. C "--NCII, OFFICE. WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) , DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. 'ew Cases in Great Britain reported this day 321 Deaths 9 7 Recoveries 265 (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK At f, length we have arrivals from Oporto of the 17th, and - .' ° n l Lisbon of the 15th instant, which are highly interesting, n . ot of a decisive nature. There has been daily skirmishing, a l t f: time.s nguelites in favour of both parties. The grand object of the was to take the fortified convent on the Serra moun tam--five times the attempt was made without success. stew There appears to b e some mys t ery i n respect to D on Mi gue l' s rner foundering with all on board, to the number of 190 . I .. )er "s ; the acco un t does not state if it was a s t eamer go i ng "nru Lisbon to the fleet, or a steamer from England with can non and seamen on board. We have seen several private letters from Oporto, all of them to the tame purport as already published in the morning Journ a l s. The information this morning from Portugal is viewed by t he public and the merchants in two ways. The Miguelite party say it is in favour of Don Miguel, as his army will make re. Peated attacks upon the positions of Don Pedro until they suc. ee ed• Don Pedro's party state, that if he can hold out another week at Oporto he will have his reinforcements, when he will be able to act on the offensive, as the rainy season is at hand, Whe n Miguel's army will he obliged to make their retreat. The e account s rece i ve d t hi s d ay f rom C o l ogne, b y t h e F renc h mail, in respect to the Prussian army, are of a nature favour. able to the pacific intentions of the King of Prussia. They state that important movements are taking place in the Prus. sian army stationed on the banks of the Rhine. The troops composing the 4th corps are going to be stationed at Erfurth. All the Horse Artillery of the 7th corps, on the right and left of the Rhine, are to retire to Westphalia. The manoeuvres which were to have taken place near Dusseldorf!' have been countermanded. All the infantry are to be put on the peace establishment THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off at y es terday, --84 to fer the Account; since which they have been done at 84% M. We have no further information as yet, which can be relied upon, respecting the state of affairs between Belgium and Hol land. In the Foreign Market there is little doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. A French Paper remarks, that in respect to the present state of Spain, all will depend on the Royal Guards stationed at Madrid and its environs, who are to the number of 20,000 men. Should they declare in favour of the Queen being made Regent, the other corps of the army will follow their example, but it is much feared that their Commander, the Marquis Zambrano, who is an Apostolical, will be in favour of Don Carlos. Co nsols, which we re d one i n the morning at 84 1 ,6 to for the Account, are not so good at present, and may be quoted 84 to %, With little doing, owing to its being a great holiday with the Hebrews (their New Year's Day), which causes their ab 'ence from the Market. The general topic of conversation On 'Change relates to the affairs of Portugal. In the Foreign Market, Spanish and Portuguese Stock and Sc rip are lower. THREE 0 1 CL 0 CK. Contols 84 i• for Account. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols rlitto for Account 83i 4 Greek Brazilian Bonds Mexican 1 1 uenos Ayres... Peruvian Chilian Ditto.... Russian — Columbian 1824 Spanish Ti ie father of the Duke DECAZES died a few 5Ye ago at La Grove, in the Gironde. M. NACIIET : in t Profes sor at th e E co l e de Pharmacie, di e d on Thurs d ay, he 75th year of hi s age. M. PELLRGRINI, one of th e on ro ost distin gu i s h ed singers of the Italian Opera, died f Thursday, after a severe and lingering illness. FINE ARTS IN FRANCE.—The Paris have petitioned the KING for an annual exhibition of their works artists Of from the Ist of November to the Ist of February, when the capital is inhabited by the rich and powerful patrons of art.--Literary Ga2ette. EXTRAORDINARY SPORTING. On Satur day last Mr. HuoicEs., who was fishing in the Loddon, near Twyford, caught with his hook a hare, which was i imming acro ss th e r i ver. [We do not know whether there is any penalty in the Game Act for this.] — Berkshire Chronicle. The living of Hayfield, near Buxton, in the ourit y , of Derby, which is in the gift of the resident free holders of the place, and for which there were several candidates, has, by a considerable majority, been presented to the Rev. SAMUEL WAsse, Master of Sherburn Gram mar School, Yorkshire. MEMOIR S OF LAFAYETTE.—The memoirs of this celebrated man, which M. SA RRANS has just given to the world, and of which a translation is now published by Mr. BENTLEY, of New Burlington-street, are correctly believed to have been dictated by the General ! In fact, the interesting correspondence of JOSEPH BONAPARTE, LOUIS PHILIPPE, and various Members of the Cabinet, and other curious details, could only have been derived from the distinguished Individual himself. The disclosures of the secret history of the famous three days of July, Ontke the present one of the most important works pub-. 644 for many years. THE REGULAR DRAMA!! The following is an extract from Mr. Winston's evidence on this subject before the Dramatic Committee : ... What do you consider is meant by the regular drama ? —The regular drama I consider to be tragedy and comedy, and every thing on the stage. Burletta—do you consider that to be the regular drama? —Yes ; because Tom Thumb was played in the regular theatres, and is printed and called a burletta. What do you consider a hurletta to be?—Recitative and singing; no speaking whatever. The Golden Pippen is a strong specimen of it, and Olympus in an Uproar. Is Olympus in an Uproar the regular drama ?—lt is played at the regular theatres, and played under license. Do 1 understand you to include every stage representa. tion ; of course you must inehuhe Olympus in an Up roar, or any thing of that kind ?—I think the patent or the Lord Chamberlain's license allows them to play any thing ; for regular drama includes every thing. Can you state what you consider to be the regular drama ?—I do not know ; that is a very difficult thing to ascertain. If they can play every thing, every thing is the regular drama? In short, there is no species of stage representation (including dancing and tumbling) which is not the regu lar drama; pantomine is also the regular drama ?—Panto mine is, because it was played originally at the regular tbe.ttree, time out of mind. . . Do you consider pantomine the regular drama?—Under those circumstances you must consider it so, because it came out at the regular theatres. Is Astley's the regular drama ; is horsemanship the regular drama, or lions?—No, I should consider not,— not lions, certainly. Is it every thing that is performed at Covent-garden and Drury-lane ?—lt is a very difficult thing to say what is the regular drama, and what is not. RUMOURED MARRIAGES.-A marriage is generally talked of between the Earl of LINCOLN, eldest son to the Duke of NEWCASTLE, and the lovely Lady SUSAN Douotas, only daughter of the Duke of HAMM TON. Mr. OTWAY CAVE iS about to be united to the eldest unmarried daughter of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. A marriage between the Grand Duke of FLORENCE and the Princess MARIA D'ORLEANS is said to be in contempla tion ; the Grand Duke is a gallant widower, and the most popular of the Italian Princes.— Court Journal. Lady BLOOMFIELD and her daughters, the Hon. Misses HARRIETT and GEORGIANA BLOOMFIELD, have quitted Hampton Court for Loughton, King's County, the extensive estate formerly the property of the late TimmAs RYDER PEPPER, E,q., who was killed about four years since by a fall from his horse whilst hunting. Mr. PEPPER was married to the sister of Lord BLOOMFIELD, by whom he left no family. He directed by his will that Lord BLOOMFIELD should, in the event of the estate being sold, have a preference, and his Lordship has ac• cordingly purchased the domains. Lord BLOOMFIELD has also large estates in Tipperary, his native county. The Hon. JOHN ARTHUR DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD, only SOD to the Envoy at Stockholm, has recently arrived in that capital, to resume his functions as Secretary of Legation. On Wednesday last the Rajah RAM MOIIUN ROY, accompanied by Miss and Mr. HAKE, &c., arrived at the Fountain Hotel, Canterbury. In the course of the day the Rajah visited the Cathedral, and expressed himself highly gratified at the splendour and magnificence of the building, which, he said, much surpassed anything of the kind he had ever witnessed. He was no less delighted with the great attention and politeness he experienced from the dignitaries and others who attended upon him. He slept at Mr. WRIGHT'S on Wednesday night, and with his suite proc• eded yesterday morning for the continent.— Kentish Gazelle. DINNER TO SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—A grand dinner was given to Mr. SHERIDAN KNOWLES at Glasgow, on Friday, at which Professor SANDFORD pre sided. The company consisted of about 140 gentlemen. The Chairman, in proposing the health of Mr. KNowtzs, alluded to the difficulties which lay in the path of him who ventured upon scenic poetry. "From tha' region of art," said the Professor, " the fervid muse of CAMPBELL has religiously abstained. The fancy 01 Moonz—gay, frolicsome, and subtle as it is—but once essayed the scenic lyre, and speedily shrank back, 'scared at the sound itself had made.' BYRON, with all his know ledge of the human heart, and all the passionate vigour o f his strains, was tremblingly alive to their unfitness for the stage. Even our mighty Northern Enchanter, when he approached dramatic ground, beheld the wand fall broken from his hand. Gentlemen, these facts are sufficient to set in its true light that fortunate audacity of purpose, and that power of imagination, which have made Mr. KNOWLES the most succe.sful dramatic writer of his age." Mr. KNOWLES, on his health being drunk, re turned thanks ; after which, " Miss Fanny Kemble and the British Stage," " Miss Ellen Tree," and several other toasts, were drunk. The health of Miss TREE was followed (we know not why) by the air, " I'll clout my Johnny's grey breeks,"—an occupation of which we are sure the fair ELLEN is as ignorant as the Pope of Rome. COLLIERY DISTURBANCES.—We have the greatest possible satisfaction in announcing that the pit men have at length returned to a proper sense of their duty and their interest. We learn that, yesterday, the Hetton men offered themselves to be hound, surrendering the Union and all conditions. The owners of the colliery agreed to take 400 or 500 of them ; which, however, we are sorry to say, will still leave a considerable number un employed. We trust the lesson which these deluded men have been taught this year, will suffice for the rest of their lives ; for we are assured, that if ever such another strike should take place, the Coal Owners will re-people the dis trict entirely from those counties where the colliers are literally starving, as is the case at present in Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, &c., as well as in Ire land and Scotland. We understand that about 200 were bound at Hetton at 3 o'clock in the afternoon ; and crowds were flocking to the Company's Office—the only contest then being who could sign the necessary Bond first. STATE OF TRADE.--The woollen trade of this neighbourhood has been brisker than ordinary during the last month, and much business has in consequence been transacted. The flannel trade is particularly so, and the demand at present, at Rochdale and its vicinity, is such, that the manufacturers have difficulty in fulfilling the orders. The demand for blankets is likewise good, and the manufacturers of that article are running their machinery full-time in order to supply the demand. At Leeds and Huddersfield markets, last Tuesday, there was a rod deal of business done in broad-cloths, and other woollen goods; and prices were rather advancing. At Bradford market, last Thursday, there was an unusual demand for good six quarter wide, and also three quarter wide merinoes, for the Russian market. Other descrip tions were, also, in much request, and the sales effected in them considerable. The wool trade is also improving, and extensive purchases have been made lately by the woolstaplers, spi nne r s . an d manu f acturers o f this and the adjacent counties. Wool, we are informed, cannot now be obtained for such prices as were currently accepted about a month ago —Halifax Express. STATE OF TRADE.—There is an evident im provement in the two great manufactures of the country, the Woollen and the Cotton. In regard to the former, the improvement is much less in the superior qualities than in the lower cloths, for which the demand has become brisk and steady, as might be expected when the shop-keepers are laying in their stocks of winter clothing. The London m irket is still very dull, but the country trade is decidedly better. The Cloth Halls of Leeds and Huddersfield have for some weeks been growing thinner of goods. The blanket manufacturers are active, as are the makers of flannels and haizes at Rochdale, Bury, and in Rossendale. The Worsted Stuff trade is in a brisk and good state : large quantities of goods are sold at the Bradford market, and there is a tendency towards an advance in the prices— mote, however, in the superior and middling qualities, than in the lower qualities, for which the demand is still slack. We understand that the prospects of this manu facture are decidedly good. There will, no doubt, be an increase in the quantity of stuffs sent to the United States, owing to the great reduction in the Tariff on that article; but we hope the merchants will not burn their fingers by glutting the American market in the spring, as is too often the case when any new and favourable opening presents itself in trade. The Cotton manufacture, we are happy to learn, is in an active and improving state. At Manchester, and generally throughout Lancashire, the spinning m ill s , as well as the weavers, are fully employed . Cotton h as risen M i Ind. per lb., within the last week, in the market s o f i Liverpool, London, and Glasgow ; and there is also an ad vance, though not quite in proportion to this, in the price of manufactured goods and of yarn. It will be seen by our report of the Liverpool cotton market, that another advance of id. per pound took place on Wednesday. This is in part ascribed to the belief that the crop of cotton will be very deficient.—Leeds Mercury. A CHOLERA ROBBER.—The shop of Mr. Douglass, of Killenaule, apothecary, and member of the Board of Health which has been established in that town, was entered on Thursday evening. Su great was the love for physic with which the light-fingered son of Hermes was actuated, that he did not leave to the disciple of Esculapius Withal to compound his medicine. The pestle and mortar were taken off! ! BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. FROM THE LAST PUBLISHED NUMBER OF AN INTERESTING WORK ENTITLED THE POPULAR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS. The Likeness which accompanies this Number is excellent. The illustrious author of the Waverley Novels was born on the 15th of August, 1771, and is the eldest surviving son of Walter Scott, Esq. writer to the signet in Edinburgh, by Eli zabeth, daughter of David Rutherford, Esq. who was a very able and popular practitioner of the same profession. His mo ther was the authoress of several poems, and was intimate with R. Burns, Allan Ramsay, and other eminent poets; her poetry, if it did not gain a wreath for herself, certainly had a consider able share in procuring one for her son, by eliciting and che. rishing that germ of poetry which existed in his bosom ; she died in 1789. As a boy, young Walter gave but very slight indications of genius, nor did he shine particularly above his playfellows. In Latin he did not advance far until his tenth year, when Dr. Paterson succeeded to the school at Musselburgh, where young Scott was placed. Dr. Blair, on a visit to Musselburgh, soon after Dr. Paterson took charge of the school, accompanied by some friends, examined several of the pupils, and paid particu lar attention to young Scott. Dr. Paterson thought it was the youth's stupidity that engaged the doctor's notice, and said,-- " My predecessor tells me, that boy has the thickest skull in the school." " May be so," replied Dr. Blair; " but through that thick skull I can discern many bright rays of future genius ;" and how fully the prediction has been verified ! He was after wards sent to the high school at Edinburgh, under Dr. Adams; from thence he went to the University, and completed his edu cation under the celebrated Professor Stewart. It is not generally known, that there was a poet of the name of Walter Scot, before the present celebrated bard. He lived about the middle of the 17th century, and describes himself As an old souldier and no seholler ; And one that eau write none But just the letters of his name." On the death of his grandfather, Sir Robert Scot, of Thirlstone, his father, having no means to bring up his children, put this Walter to attend cattle in the field; "but," said he, " I gave them the short cut at last, and left the kine in the cam ; and ever since that time, I have continued a souldier abroad and at home." This said Walter, when captain, published, in the year MS, " A True Historie of several Honourable Families of the Right Honourable Name of Scot, in the Shires of Roxburgh and Selkirk," &c. &c. The above volume is written in rhyme, and not often to be met with. The subject of our present memoir, after having served a clerkship to a writer of the signet, was, on the 11th of July, 1792, regularly called to the bar ; and through the interest of the Buccleugh family, to whom he was related, after being appointed Deputy Sheriff of Selkirkshire, obtained the situation of one of the principal Clerks of the Session in Scotland, in March, 1806 In 1798 he married a Miss Carpenter, by whom he has a family of four children, Our ever memorable statesman and orator, Mr. Pitt, intend ed to confer on Mr. Scott the valuable appointment of Clerk of the Sessions ; but his death, by dissolving the then adminis tration, before the warrant had passed the seals, annulled all that had been done, as well as all that had been intended. But, fortunately for Mr. Scott, the new administration con sisted of such men as the late Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, Lord Erskine, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, and many others attached to literature and philosophy; and, in a manner which did them infinite honour, they voluntarily presented their poetical opponent with the place their predecessors in tended for him. The first productions of our illustrious bard were " The Chase," and " William and Mary ;" ballads translated from the German, but published without his name. His next pro duction appeared in 1799, he then having attained the twenty eighth year of his age, and to which he affixed his name. It consisted of a tragedy, of considerable power, entitled " Goetz, of Berlenchingen," translated from the German of Goethe : and, at nearly the same period, he contributed the two roman tic and interesting ballads, called " The Eve of St. John," and " Glenfinless," to Lewis's " Tales of Wonder." The " Min strels of the Scottish Border," appeared in 1802, and was the first proof Mr. Scott gave of his having acquired sufficient con fidence to present a work of considerable consequence to the notice of the world. He was not disappointed; it was read with universal interest, and received with unanimous ap probation. The studies of Mr. Scott, at this period, were entirely anti quarian ; he lived and breathed only among the knights, the heroes, the monks, and the robbers of olden times ; the feats of chivalry, and the rough heroism of northern warfare and border feuds, were the scenes in which his soul delighted : he drank deeply of the stream of history as it darkly flowed over the middle ages ; and his spirit seemed, for a time, to be imbued with the mysteries, the superstitions, and the romantic valour which characterized the then chieftains of the "north countrie." The first production emanating from these deep and highly interesting researches was " Sir Tristrem, a Me trical Romance of the Thirteenth Century, by Thomas of Ercildoune," which appeared in 1803; but the following year ushered forth to the world " The Lay of the Last Minstrel," one of our illustrious poet's most beautiful, original, and highly conceived poems ; and certainly one of the first and most successful attempts made by modern bards to revive the old English character and style of poetry, and decorate it with the refined beauties of the present state of our language. In the same year he published six ballads and lyrical pieces. Our subject's next production was " Marmion, a Tale of Flodden Field," a work of deep interest, blending most suc cessfully the old ballad style, with the beauties of modern poetry. Our poet now having felt the great success of his la bours, produced, in 1810, that gem of perfection, " The Lady of the Lake ;" a poem replete with the most splendid conceP lions, and which is undoubtedly the best, and will ever be the most popular, of his poetical productions. " The Vision of Don Roderick," in 1811—" Rokeby," in 1812—and " The Lord of the Isles," in 1814, which may be considered the last of his poetical pieces, are all inferior to his former productions. Shortly after, he published a smaller poem, " The Battle of Waterloo ;" and, anonymously, " The Bridal of Triermain," and " Harold the Dauntless," two minor poems of great merit. In addition to the works above mentioned, Sir Walter pro duced "Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk ;" " The Border Anti quities of Scotland," a magnificent publication; and has edited the Works of John Dryden, Lord Somers's Collection of Tracts, Sir Ralph Sadler's State Papers, Poetical Works of Anne Se ward, The Works of Jonathan Swift, &c. &c. The year 1814 may be fairly said to have closed the grand poetical career of this illustrious man. His fame, as a poet, had now spread o'er the world; and, while he suffered his poetical genius to rest within him, he was preparing to effect a new era in our English literature. Waverley" at this time appeared, without any author's name; and never did a work of fiction create such a sensation in the minds of the literati, and all lovers of this species of composition. In the following year was produced " Guy Man nering," by the " Author of Waverley;" and in this anony mous manner have all these ever celebrated historical novels appeared. Though Sir Walter Scott was universally believed to be the author of these novels, yet the same was not proved until the unfortunate failure of Messrs. Constable and Co., of Edinburgh, the printers and publishers of the same, when Sir Walter verified his claim as sole proprietor of all the novels by the " Author of Waverley," the "Tales of my Landlord," &c. The original manuscripts of these novels now for the first time appeared, all in the hand-writing of Sir Walter. Messrs. Constable and Co. having purchased the copyright of these novels, the assignees to the estate considered the manuscripts as be longing to the property. The trustees of the Advocate's Library, Anxious to enrich their valuable collection of manu scripts, and to possess these truly interesting autograph docu. rents, as we may justly call them, offered the assignees the sum of 1,0004 for the whole collection. This offer not being con sidered suf f iciently liberal, was rejected : they were afterwards offered to the British Museum, the trustees of which would not, or perhaps, owing to the impoverished state of their finances, could not, purchase them without applying to Go vernment for a grant for that purpose. These said manu scripts then remained in statu quo until the commencement of the present year, when they were brought forward, to the astonishment of all the author's friends and admirers, for public competition, at th• sale.room of Mr. Evans, in Pall Mall. We had the pleasure of being present at the said sale, and never did we experience such a day of literary disap pointment. The following is the list, with the prices they produced at the sale : Lot. 1. The Monastery perfect £lB 18 2. Guy Mannering, wanting a leaf at the end of Vol. 11. 27 10 3. Old Mortality, perfect 4. The Antiquary, perfect 5. Rob Roy, perfect 5O 0 6. Peveril of the Peak, perfect 42 0 7. Waverley, imperfect lB 0 8. The Abbot, imperfect 9. Ivanhoe, imperfect l2 0 10. The Pirate, imperfect 11. The Fortunes of Nigel, imperfect l6 16 12. Kenilworth, imperfect 13. Bride of Lammermoor, only 61 pages l4 14 Such was the melancholy event of this highly interesting sale, the whole producing the small sum of 3171. 10s. Captain Basil Hall was the fortunate purchaser of " The Antiquary ;" and, some little time after, meeting Sir Walter Scott, accidentally, at Southampton, Sir Walter, understand ing that he had purchased the same, told him that " The Anti quary" was his most favourite novel ; and most kindly offered, provided Captain Basil Hall had the manuscript with him, to write a few lines to that effect, at the end of it. Such an oppor tunity of possessing the author's own opinion, and in his own hand-writing, was most properly not neglected by Captain Basil Hall, who immediately sent up to London for it; and we un derstand that Sir Walter Scott has written some few lines at the end of it to that effect. Sir Walter Scott is the first person who received the honour ofkniglithood from his late Majesty on his ascending the throne. The ceremony took place on the 2.oth of April, 1820, since which time Sir Walter has published ten novels and other works, including his laborious compilation of the Life of Na poleon Bonaparte, in 9 vols. Svo. published in 180. The Fourth Series of the " Tales of my Landlord," 1832, w as his last publication, at the conclusion of which appears the fol lowing most affecting passage " The gentle reader is acquainted, that these are, in all pro bability, the last tales which it will be the lot of the Author to submit to the public. He is now on the eve of visiting foreign parts ; a ship of war is commissioned by its Royal master to carry the Author of Waverley to climates in which he may pos sibly obtain such a restoration of health as may serve him to spin his thread to an end in his own country. Had he conti nued to prosecute his usual literary labours, it seems indeed probable, that at the term of years he had already attained, the bowl, to use the pathetic language of Scripture, would Mei been broken at the fountain; and little can one, who has en joyed, on the whole, an uncommon share of the most inestima ble of worldly blessings, be entitled to complain, that life, ad vancing to its period, should be attended with its usual propor tion of shadows and storms. They have affected him at least in no more painful manner than is inseparable from the dis charge of this part of the debt of humanity. Of those whose relation to him in the ranks of life might have insured him their sympathy under indisposition, Inany are now no more ; and those who may yet follow in kis wake, are entitled to ex. pect, in bearing inevitable evils, an example of firmness and patience more especially on the part of one who has enjoyed no small good fortune during the course of his pilgrimage. " The public have claims on his gratitude, for which the author of Waverley' has no adequate means of expression ; but he may be permitted to hope, that the powers of his mind, such as they are, may not have a different date from those of his body ; and that he may again meet his patronising friends, if not exactly in his old fashion of literature, at least in some branch, which may not call forth the remark, that— " Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage." Sir Walter Scott died at Abbotsford, at twenty-five minutes past one o'clock, on Friday last. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, in St. James's square, from Dover; the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at Hare Park, near Newmarket, from their seat, Bretby Park, Leicestershire; the Earl and Countess of Harrington, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat, Elvaston, Derbyshire; Mr. and Mrs. Howard and Miss Heneage, at the Burlington Hotel, from Brighton; Sir Harford Jones Bridges, Bart., at ditto, from the Isle of Wight ; M. Campbell, Esq., at ditto, from Ireland ; Hon. Captain Greville, at ditto ; Charles James Fox, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; Capt. Davis and Hick man, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Buchanan, Esq., at ditto, from Constantinople ; Mr. and Mrs. Ackers, and Capt. Ackers, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's.street, from the Isle of Wight ; Hon. Augustus Barrington, at ditto, from a tour ; Capt. Hutchinson, at the British Hotel, Jermyn.street, from Chelten ham ; W. Knox, Esq., at ditto, from Oxford ; Viscount Mel bourne, at the residence of Earl Sefton, Stoke Farm, from the Palace at Windsor; Prince Lieven, at Ashburnham House, from Richmond; Count Szenecki, at Mivart's Hotel, from Doncaster. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. W. Graves, from Grosvenor-street, for their seat in Shropshire; George Shickler, Esq., Mrs. Shickler, and suite, fiom Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Paris ; J. F. Fortescue, Esq., from the Burlington Hotel, for the Conti nent ; Captain Greenland, from ditto, for Sussex ; Henry Gor ing, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Maitland, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, from Paine's Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, for the Continent; Captain Kelly, from ditto, for Chatham; Mr. and Mrs. J. Hamilton, from Park-lane, for Ramsgate; Count Walewski, for Paris; Sir George Shee, from Hereford-street, for Meddiford House, near Christchurch. LISBON PAPERS RECEIVED THIS DAY LISBON, SEPT. 7.—The rebels not satisfied with the manner in which they behaved to the Vice-Consuls of Spain and the United States, at Villa do Conde, whom they took and ill-used, have now, as we learn from good authority, ordered the Con sul of his Holiness, in the city of Oporto, to leave it in 24 hours, which he did. SEPTEMBER 12.—A letter from Major-General L. A. Salazar Morcozo to Count Barbacena, states that the province of Upper Beira, under his command, enjoys perfect tranquillity, the inhabitants manifesting the most determined fidelity and enthusiasm in his Majesty's cause. The Major-General adds the names of between 20 and 30 individuals who had been ar rested as making part of the band of robbers that attacked the convoy with ammunition in August. His Majesty has been pleased to decide with respect to soldiers who come over from the rebels, that those who were taken prisoners in the Azores, having good characters from the officers under whom they served when they were taken, shall have their choice, to con tinue to serve, or have their discharge ; those who were con. victed in the islands to be sent to separate depots, whence they will be sent back to the- island as soon as circumstances permit. LISBON, SEPT. 13. (OFFICIAL.) DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Circular addressed to the Cardinal Nemeir of his Holiness, to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Catholic Majesty, to the Charge d'Affaires of the United States of America, and to all Consuls of other foreign na tions, resident in this city : " The city of Oporto being occupied by a rebel force, the King my Sovereign has been pleased to give orders for the blockade of that city and its port, by an effective naval force of the Royal Portuguese Marines, which I have the honour to communicate to you for your information and guidance. " God preserve, &c. " VISCOUNT DE SANTAREM. " Palace of Caxias, Sept. 12." " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that you may com municate to his Majesty that I yesterday executed the general movement towards Oporto, which I announced in my last despatch of the 7th instant. At ten o'clock our advanced Guards met those of the rebels, which were in front of their fortified line. The firing soon commenced, and continued the whole day with great briskness, as our columns took their positions in front of the fortifications of the rebels, who kept up a constant firing of artillery to incommode them, and oblige our advanced posts to retire, which at sunset had dislodged the rebels from part of their outward trenches, though they blew up two ovens which they had erected. These explosions did no sensible injury to us, and during the firing of their musketry and artillery we had only a few wounded and one killed. I learn from the column of the South that Villa Nova is in our power, and that there remains in the convent da Serra (which the rebels have converted into a redoubt) only about two hundred of their men, who are completely surrounded by our troops. The rebels still defended themselves at five o'clock yesterday evening. Our artillery has already planted two field-pieces against the convent ; the rebels kept up a brisk fire of artillery on our troops from the batteries of theSeminario, Fontampas, Victoria, and Torre da Marca. The Commander of the moveable column of the South writes to me that as soon as the heavy artillery, which he ex pects, shall come up, he will proceed to attack the city of Oporto, from the left bank of the Douro. All the troops com posing the corps under my command have shown the greatest courage and discipline, displaying an enthusiasm in the defence of their country and of the Royal person of his Majesty Don Miguel 1., characteristic of true and brave Portuguese. "THE VISCOUNT PEZO DA REGOA, " Commander of the Army of Operations. " Head quarters at Agoas Santas, Sept. 9,6, P.M." " To the Conde da Barbacena." OFFICIAL. " LISBON, Surr. 14. " I have the honour to inform your Excellency that since I established this division of the army in its present position, and in the points nearest to the city of Oporto, as I stated in my despatch of the 9th Sept. nothing of consequence has occurred ; on the Sth, 9th;and 10th, there was, however, a good deal of firing, and the rebels kept up a heavy fire with their artillery. The train belonging to the park of the engineer department is already at the places intended for the depots, at the points where batteries are to be erected. The heavy artillery, and the train for the siege, is already placed, so as to facilitate the planting of the guns in the batteries, and the erection of which has commenced to-day with great activity ; and when they are finished the city will be attacked, as I persuade myself that our artillery will soon silence that of the rebels. Brigadier General Nicholas Abreu informs us that on the night of the Bth, the rebels cut away the bridge of boats, leaving only five boats of the bridge on the right bank, and the others lying along the bank on that aide. The same night they abandoned the en trenchment which they had erected, and which covered the passage from the convent da Serra to the bridge, which could not be destroyed by our troops, because it was very large, and defended by the brigs and gun-boats of the rebels, and even by their musketry. They still hold the convent garrisoned with six hundred men and five guns. Brigadier N. d'Abreu imme diately took care to fortify the streets of Villa Nova, to be se cure against a surprise.On the 9th the rebels attempted to pass in boats to the left of Villa Nova (thinking it undefended) with a view to recover provisions and flour in a water-mill, and which had been taken, but they were repulsed by the militia regiment of Idanha, which had one man mortally wounded. On the 10th, at 4 in the afternoon, the rebels attacked Villa Nova coming from the convent of La Serra, and on the river in boats, protected by the firing of their brigs of war. General Abreu maintained the positions by a constant and well-directed fire of artillery and musketry. We had some men and a lieu tenant wounded. Yesterday morning a battery of 12-pounders and a howitzer were planted on that bank of the Douro against the convent, and silenced the artillery of the rebels. I have not received the details of what passed on the Sth, 9th, and 10th. I have just received notice from the Captain of Paiva, that he had received from Arouca news of the capture of Fr. Simao, a rebel guerilla, with twenty of his companions. " Viscount DO PEZO DA REGOA, " Head-quarters at Agoas Santos, Sept. 11, 1832, " To the Conde de Barbacena." —Lisbon Gazette to Sept. 14, inclusive. As Prince GEORGE of Cumberland was swinging a purse with some silver in it round his head, at Kew, on Friday, the 14th, a gold acorn attached to the puree flew off, and struck him in the left eye with consi derable force. The injury was considered sufficiently seri ous to require the attendance of Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. TRAVERS, and Si r W. WALLEIt. His Royal Highness is no longer considered in danger of losing his sight, as was at first apprehended. CHARLES X. and his suite arrived last Fri day. noon at R AINVILLE ' S H o t e l, a t Alt ona , in the United Kingdom steamer. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 21.—A serious accident befel Lady B ALL, at h er res i dence i n D e vonsbire-place the other d ay . Her Ladyship, who is upwards of eighty years of age, in walking across her room, tripped against the carpet, and fell ; and by the fall unfortunately her leg was broken. S u r gic a l' aid was immediately called in, a nd the patient is d o i ng as we ll as can possibly be expected. CHARACTER OF SIR WALTER SCOTT " Poets themselves must fall like those they sung, " Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue." POPS At length then " the silver chord is loosened, the golden boa) is broken, the pitcher is broken at the fountain, the wheel is broken at the cistern the mighty bard has run his course of glory, the master-spirit who for so many years delighted charmed, instructed, improved his fellow-men, removed from this orb; the harp of the north is mute; the voice of the minstrel is hushed—Si Walter Scott is gathered to his fathers ! Throng! , Scotland, whose scenery he so vividly pour trayed, on whose ancient history he shed, from the fulness of his knowledge and his genius so bright a blaze of glory; around whose ever) mountain or vale he has woven the sacred charm of poetic associations ; whose antique castles, mouldering ruins, and venerable piles he has il lumined with the never-failing halo of his magi/ genius; the gallant deeds of whose heroic son , he has commemorated in such deathless lan• guage, as shall kindle the spark of patriotism through every age, and, like some mountaii beacon, point out, to ages yet unborn, the pat)• to glory ;—through Scotland, whose ancient, tales and traditions he has hallowed, and whose glories shall live immortal in his pries, deepfel will be the sorrow over, and long and lasting the regret felt for, this the first of her sons! MTh, that has read his masterly description of the loyal attachment of the supporters of the house of Stuart ; who that, in the pages of " Waverley," has perused his animated account of their zeai and their devotion,—has seen there pictured, as ii were, before him, the amiable and unfortunate Charles, on the eve of the contest which was about for ever to seal his fate, and has there read the beautiful and pathetic narrative of hopes dis appointed, patriotism defeated, loyalty unsuc cessful, valour discomfited, the spear of the war riors broken, the sceptre of an ancient dynasty shivered to atoms for ever,—who has read this, and not felt his breast glow with admiration of Scottish heroism and devotion, his sympathies roused in behalf of the ill-starred pretender, and a feeling of mournful regret excited in his breast over the shipwrecked fortunes of the great, and the unavailing exertions of the brave ! Just, indeed, was the fate of the Stuarts—rightful and glorious was the revolution which expelled them from these realms ; but God forbid that we should cease to reverence virtue in our foes ; that we should ever hesitate to honour the brave, though arrayed in battle against us ; or that we should seek to stifle the voice of valour, when she bids us pity distres and affliction, wheresoever they be found ! Or who, again, that has read the tale he gives of the Bruce, of the hard-fought field of Bannock burn, does not feel zealous, in the vivid lan guage of Burns, to " welcome a gory bed, or victory." And here, " in merry England," whose ancient sports, pastimes, and habits he has delineated with so exact a hand, as no native could hope to rival; the glories of whose Elizabethan age he has so ably described ; whose destinies under the Protector Cromwell he has so faithfully re lated—here, too, shall be raised the voice of ad miration of his genius ; here, too, shall be heard the dirge of lament over his grave 1 But not to Scotland, not to England, not to this age, shall admiration of his genius be confined! No ! wherever the breast of man glows with admiration of virtue, or kindle with hatred of vice—wherever it melts with pity or with love, there shall the quiet tribute be paid to the mighty mind that could rule, as it willed, the passions and the feelings of mankind. For, like Shakspeare, Sir Walter Scott was not the poet of a school, nor wrote in obedience to the trammels of criticism ; he was the bard of nature; and from obeying her laws, which are the same to day and yesterday—which are the same in every age and every clime, has he obtained that universality of fame, which is the surest characteristic of real genius.-' He may be said to have been the founder of a new school of novel writing ; he has raised the novel to the dignity of the epic ; has made it the medium of communicating historical information; has rendered it the glass of ancient manners, and has shown by it the mould of antiquated fa shion, and, above all, has kept his page free from aught that could shock the most scrupulous mo ralist, or revolt the most fervent Christian. With all his transcendant talents—with all his unrivalled genius, no pedantry was in termingled. His was, an heart open to every impulse of humanity, and sincerely alive to every social duty. With what faithful and doting fondness does he describe the canine spe cies ; how feelingly does he display their attach ment to man, their sagacity in detecting danger, their courage in guarding their masters from it? The sports of the field and their pastimes, which the good will ever prefer to the enervating luxury and soul-debasing vices of cities, are de scribed by him with a zeal and spirit which prove that they must have been the delight or his youth and manhood, and that in old age the recollection of them was still fresh and dear to him. Over his tomb shall men of all parties join in lament; there shall the jarring voice of faction not be heard ; there shall the petty squabbles of political parties not interfere ; there let a holy bond of sorrow unite assembled Bri tain in bewailing the mighty dead ! Honour and peace be to his manes ! Yet though death has asserted his empire over the perishable clay, his fame shall live immortal, and his reputation shall be coeval with the language which his ge nius has adorned. Long after we, the present age, have followed him to the tomb, his writings shall still attract the attention, his genius shall t c i o o t n nm s a b t a - H i l the e l be respect,h acknowledged , ij s ustlbyea by an needrmepiruitnag posterity ! ALPHA. * Vide farewell address of the author of Waverley. f Dr. Walsh mentions finding some of his works even in the quarantine station on the borders of Turkey. Count INIATUSZEWIC has departed from Don caster to pass a few days with the Eirl of WaLToN at Hea ton Park, near Manchester. The Count is warmly at tached to the spurts of the fi eld, and accepted an invite tatiou from Lord WILTON to be present at Heaton Park races, which commence on Thursday next. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount PALMERSTON ie.uraed to town about 2 oVock yesterday afternoon, from a viiit to his MAJEsrr, at the Rdace, at Windsor. Between 4 and 5 o'clock the Ministers of Russia, Prussia, France, and Austria, assembled at the Foreign office (including Prince LIEYEN, the Russian Ambassador ; Baron Bui.ow, the Prussian Minister; B iron de MA REUIL, the French Minister; Baron de WESSENBURC, the Aus trian Minister, on a special mission ; and the Baron de NruarANN, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires.) Their Ex callencies held a conferencz with his Lordship. M. VAN nk WEYER, the Belgian Minister, also visited the Noble Viscount, about 5 o'clock, at the Foreign-office. Count FUNCHAL transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State, at the Foreign .office. DRURY•LANE THEATRE. The only novelty last night was the debut of a gen. tleman named STANLEY, from the Dublin Theatre, in the part of Romeo. His personal appearance is neither for nor against him ; he is of middling size, slight but muscular, and his profile is not bad. He was deservedly applauded in the scene in which he slays Tytalt, and in the dying scene at the tomb of the Capulets. His con ception of the whole part was not incorrect; and the por tions of it that demand smart declamation, without any depth of feeling, he gave with sufficient good taste. In his by play he evinced no originality; on the contrary, he seemed too often to have KEAN in his mind. We do not think that he will succeed as a first-rate actor, hut we feel convinced that there are many second-rate parts ti" importance in which be will be fouad a useful acquisitior; Miss PHILLIPS played Juliet; she was a little too lachry mose in the first scenes; and her joy in the scene with her nurse had not enough of the soul of love in it ; she seemed to us expressing the pleasure a young romp would feel on being invited to a theatre, a bill, or a race-course. In those scenes where she had to pourtray the stronger passions, she was excellent. The house was very full at second price. There is a practice common, arid growing every day more so, that of admitting to all the boxes, save the dress ones, certain females. It is highly iffeneive, and must be injurious to the theatres, since few gentlemen would like to take their wives, daughters, sisters, or Ac quaintances, to places where, if they do not hear disgust ing language, they see indecent gestures, and are liable at the least turn to be insulted. There ought to be some portion of the theatres especially allotted to tho.e indi. viduals. STRAND THEATRE, Another amusing and smell 'frit novelty was brought out here last night in the shve of a farce, entitled Captain Stevens, but which, with equil propriety, might be styled The Aventures of a Coat. The principal characters are, Captain Stevens (Mr. SELBY, who is al.o the author) ; Tim Timhins, his servant (Mr. Oxrartartv); Harry Splashton (Mr. FouEsTstt); and Torn Stag, a laughing bailiff (Mr. MA NDERS). Captain Stevens is a friend whom we should be sr:Ty to lose; and we recommend those who have not yet beer introduced to him to make kris acquaintrnce as soon as p 0541,1,. SPORTING INThLLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL' S. The town settling for Doncaster took place yesterd: y, and went off without any thing to call for particular t o fee. The Derby for 1833 is now in the market, and a few engagements have been made on it. The following is as near tie present state of the betting as we could rid ect :-10 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge ; 12 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's c. by Muley ; 13 to 1 agst Mr. Hun. ter's Forester by Gustavus ; 20 to l agst Sir M. Wood's Brother to Margrave; 20 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's out of Moses's dam ; 800 to 100 agst Lord Exeter's lot (con sisting of Brother to Beiram, c. out of Emmeline, c. out of Marinilla, and c. out of Dahlia's dam, all by Sultan ;) 8 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's three—lsmael, Glenmore, and Ltt cius ; 1,200 to 100 agst Duke of Grafton's lot (viz c. I y Centaur out of Pastillo, c. by Centaur out of Zinc, c. by Sultan out of "tontine, and c. by Sultan out of Dervise's dam ;) 900 to 200 agst Revenge, Iguley colt, and Forester. The first favourite Revenge won the two-year-old stakes at Ascot, Forester the July stakes, and the Muley colt the Champagne stakes. THE LUDLOW AFFAIR. TO THY FDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR,—As an old Member of the Turf, although not per sonally interested in the late discussions on the subject of the sale of the horse Ludlow, at Doncaster, perhaps I shall be excused for offering one or two observations. Who or what Mr. Bond may be is a matter of perfect indifference to me. It is sufficient for my purpose that he was publicly announced at Doncaster as the purchaser of Ludlow ; that be declared he meant the horse to run and win, if he could; and that he backed him, and offered to back him, to a considerable amount. That there was a fourth party interested with himself and his two brothers in this pur chase seems to be admitted, and the great charge against him appears to be, that he did not publicly proclaim who this fourth party was. I can see no reason why he shoult".. be called upon to make such a proclamation. As, in all probability, he was pledged not to betray that person, as a man of honour he was bound by every consideration to maintain his pledge, and not to forfeit the word he had given. While looking after the " mysterious fourth," however, the public seem to have lost sight of the true question at issue ; namely, whether Mr. Bond bliOit the horse for the purpose of running hint to win or not ? I ern see no reason to doubt this fact from anything I have seen in print. As far as he was concerned, he evidently did all that was in his power to secure an honest race ; hut the truth is, his power was extremely limited ; for, after the purchase, the horse remained, I presume by agreement, in Mr. Beardsworth's stable, under the control of Mr. Beardsworth's trainer, and, last of all, was ridden by Mr. Beardsworth's jockey, contrary to the new owner's express wish ; for, according to your account, he wished to have substituted his own jockey, instead of Mr. Beardsworth's, at the moment of starting, but was prevented. Why he did not put faith in Mr. Beardeworth's jockey, perhap, if asked, he can explain ; but it certainly must strike every impartial person as extraordinary, that this crack horse, whose public performances had made bins such a favourite, and whose former owner valued him at the moderate priest of five thousand guineas ! should, while still under the en tire control of that owner, and ridden by his own jockey s actually prove to be the worst horse in the race. If the horse did his best, Mr. Bond, as was described in all the papers, certainly has proved himself to be a " Jemmy Green" by making such a purchase; anti, if he did not, Mr. Bond was surely not to blame. These observations, I trust, may assist your readers in eliciting the truth. Sept. 24, 1832. ONE of the OLD SCHOOLS DUEL.—It is reported that a duel has taken place between Mr. OSBALDESTON and Mr. GULLEY, in consequence of a dispute arising on some subject concreted with the Doncaster Races. Neither of the parties were hurt, though it is said Mr. GULLEY'S hat was pierced by his adversary's ball.—Macclesfield Courier. --- - GENERAL MEETING AT MR. OWEN'S IN STITUTION KING'S CROSS.—An extremely numerous and respectable meeting took place at tie.; above Institution, yesterday, at one o'clock. The subject of the meeting was to devise means to prevent the middling or non-1)10,11w dye industrious classes, such as shopkeepers, retail anti wholesale tradesmen, from being injured by the establish ment of Equitable Exchange Banks. The Rev. Dr. Wane took the chair, and commented at some length on. the advantages that had already arisen, and would still farther arise, from their Institution. Mr. OWEN then, 'sad the following resolution :—" That a Committee he' formed to take into immediate consideration the hest mode of relieving the non-productive industrious classes from their present distress, and from the anticipation of much greater suffering, and report thereon at a subsequent meet.. ing." Mr. SAVAGE seconded the motion, which was put from the chair, and carried. Thanks were then voted to the Rev. Chairman, after which the meeting dispersed. THE HARVEST. —W e have had another glorious week for gathering in the latter harvest. In some of the low lands, and in almost all the high lands, from the Derbyshire hills along the extensive range called " the Backbone of England," from Blackstone Edge to the north of Scotland, a great deal of the corn remained to he housed ten days ago, but it has been rapidly disappearing from the fields during that time, anti it is now nearly all se cured. This is not much of a corn district, but the dif ference between its produce being well or ill-secured often strikes the balance which determines a year of plenty or a year of scarcity. The corn markets are happily settled to a fair price, and so soon as the produce finds its way fairly into the market, the eff-ct must be felt upon the trade and commerce of the country. The second crop of clover is nearly all in stick. If we may judge from the elevation of the mercury, the fine weather is likely to con tinue, as, on examining the barometer ye s terday morning we found it 23-100th higher that it has been any day during the summer. The nearest approach to its pre sent elevation was on the 12th of Aug.—Leeds Mercury. Walnuts and filberts are represented as being every where abundant; but the crop of common nets is not by any means so great as was expected.