The Sun. — London, England, 1832-10-17 00:00:00

PRANCE. THE DOCTRINNAIRES ARE ATTEMPTING TO DE CEIVE FRANCE BOTH AS TO THE AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM AND LA VENDEE-NEW MINISTERIAL CIRCULARS - THE OPINION OF THE DEPART MENTS. • --- " Thus they jog on, still tricking, never thriving."—DavnEN. To the EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE. PARIS, ocr. 14, 1832. Sin,—The Doctrinnaires are trying to trick us ! ! That is the word—for to trick is " to cheat, to impose on, to defraud !!" They know they have not a majority—they know that the country is against them—they know that they are repudiated by the Royalists, whose cause they sold and deserted, and they know that they are abhorred by all that is patriotic, national, and truly great and en- Ightened. France desires the settlement of the Belgian question ! The Doctrinnaries know this, feel this, and are doing all they possibly can to take advantage of this circumstance, and thus secure for themselves some more votes in the Chamber of Deputies. They admit, that if they do not succeed in their plan, and that, if before the 19th of November, the Belgian question be not settled, that they will not have mire than from 120 to 150 votes in the Chamber of De puties out of 459 Members. But then they say, that if they succeed in obtaining an arrangement, this number will be augmented to 200 ; anti that as all the 459 Mem bers will not vote on :he question of the Address, and as all their 200 supporters would attend, it is possible t' at the votes may be nearly equal—that even they may have a majority ; and that, if the majority against them should only happen to be a small one, they would then counsel Louis Philip to dissolve the Chambers—would make an appeal to France, and, by one means or other, would combine to obtain a decided majority at the new elections. Let me now expose their views and opinions as to this settlement! as it is called, of the Belgian question. The Duke de Broglie is a friend of M. de Werther—of M. d'Appony—and of Count Pozzo di Borgo, who, though not at Paris, yet exercises by correspondence an I couriers the same influence as if he were really here. The Duke de Broglie's nomination is most acceptable to the Courts of Vienna and Berlin ; and though it is connected with the appointment of Soult, Barthe, and Thiers, who are not such farourit, sin the north, as it is absurdly believed that they entertain liberal and patriotic opinions, yet it is known that Guizot, Humann, Broglie, Rieny, and d'Ar gout will vote as they are ordered to do by the Holy Alli ance; and that as five are always more powerful at voting than three, why that Soult, Barthe, and Thiers cannot he really dangerous, even should they be disposed to object to a counter-revolution. The Duke de Broglie his therefore now requested a favour—a great favour—an incalculable favour, of the Ambassadors of the North ; and Prince Talleyrand has gone to London to support, by hie presence and appui, the requests and solicitations of Broglie at Paris. This great lace is "to bring to a settlement the Belgian question before the 19th of November." Extraordinary coincidence! The Polignac Ministry of the Bth of Aug. ordered Marshal Bourmont to proceed to Algiers, and by no means to omit taking it in time to secure a majority for the Pelig,nac C,binet. Bourmont succeeded at Algiers, suc ceeded most admirably; but yet 221 Deputies voted to Charles X " the insolent Address !" The Duke of Broglie's netnination has been received in France with a loud deep cry of execration and horror. France sees that an attempt is to be in ode to effect a counter revolution, and in time she raise. , her voice, that there may be no mistake, and that her intentions and hopes, her wishes and resolutions, may not be mistaken. This loud and deep cry has been heard at the hotels of the Foreign Am liassedors, and they have said to the Duke of Broglie— "lt is true we a pprove of your principles—it is true we desire a counter-revolution— it is true we rejoice at your nomination, and irons it we had hoped great things for our Royal Masters, and our Monarchical European system ; but have you read the Constitationnel, the Temps, the courier Francais, the Commerce, the Messager, the Tribune, the National, the Revolution? Do you not see that all the liberate of all colours have risen en-masse aertinst you ? We think differently of you, my noble Duke ! We believe sincerely that you desire the restora tion, anti will prove an admirable and faithful servant of Henry the Fifth ; but what can we do ? You have a Chamber of Deputies—it is convoked for the 19th No vembr r—it appears from the accounts of all parties that you will not have a majority—that even two-thirds will be against you ; and that after you are turned out, M. Dupin and hie friends will succeed, only to be followed by Odillon Barrett, and the popular faction. We must, then, Duke de Broglie, wait and see—we will do all we run to ate , T ee, •nee we see that you have a m aieeity lu the Chamber of Deputies ; but we doubt very much in deed if you will have this majority, and indeed we feel convinced that you will not." Now, the Duke de Broglie believes all this, and knows all this to be as true as truth ; but the Duke has thought of a plan by which be thinks these his diplomatic friends can be of great use to him, and by which they can even assure to hint a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. So the Duke has replied to the diplomatic agents at Paris as follows, and the Prince Talleyrand is charged to make the saute reply to the Conference of London : '' I admit, Gentlemen, that if I and my friends present 1 , ourselves to the Chambers with nothing more than our known principles, past history—and though not avowed, yet not hsi understood intentions, viz.—to place at same firure day Henry the Fifth en the throne of France—that we shall find a majority, and a large one, opposed to us. But then, Gentlemen, this majority will be large, because in that case it will be feared that we are still to have an European war—that the affairs of Belgium will still bring it about; and that the Revolution of July is to be openly attacked by Russia, Austria, Prussia, Holland, Spain, Portugal, and the Princes of Italy, in the spring of next year. But, Gentlemen, if you will enable me to settl e the Belgian question, or at least, on presenting myself to the Chambers to say from the attitude we have taken the solution must be speedy, why, then, Gentlemen, you secure to me an undoubted majority in the Chambers, and a great and glorious triumph for our principles." To settle the Belgian question without compromising the principles of the Holy Alliance, and without attack ing the " rights !" and " interests !" of the King of Holl Ind, is a result most sincerely desired by Prussia and Austria ; but yet these Powers would prefer war to yield ing one iota of the principle of popular Sovereignty. To the Duke of Broglie and the Prince de Talleyrand, the Ambassador at Paris and the Conference at London re plied then in substance as follows: " We have no objection to assist you in settling the Belgian quession, provided you think that a Monarchical settlement, and a settlement in favour of the King of Holland, can serve your cause, and secure you a majority ; but do you believe such a result could be favourable to you ,at the present moment ? We can easily understand, that if we were disposed to yield to the demands of the Bel gians, that such a settlement would undoubtedly secure you many votes; but this mode of settlement, you know, we cannot a dmits—and we cannot think that any other settle ment would dimitaieh, but, on the contrary, would add to your difficulties." " True," say the Duke de Broglie and Prince Talley rand, " if we made a bona fide settlement—one which would bear examination, and which would Le binding even on us and between us—then I admit, that the only settlement you could consent to at the present tine would not benefit, but would injure us ; but then have the good ness to remember, that there are two sorts of settlement which can be made—a real and a fictitious one—and if you can trust us, we will show you bow you m iy aid us in obtaining a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, with out violating your principles—without sacrificing the cause of the King of Holland—and without breaking the engagement we again renew, of bringing about by degrees a third restoration." " Thus they jog on, still tricking, never eh, lying ! " The Atnbaesadors at Paris, and the Conference at Lon don, heard these observations with delight, and demanded of the Duke de Broglie and Prince de Talleyrand to speak out. They have done so before this ; and their proposal is as follows " Let the coasts of Holland be blockaded by an English and French squ tdron. Let the French army march into Belgium. Let the citadel of Antwerp be summoned to surrender. Let the citadel demand time. Let time be granted. Let the King of Holland apply for delay. Let affairs remain in this position at the opening of the Chambers. Let us be able to announce in a pompous and eloquent phrase in the King's Speech, that the coasts of Holland are blockaded lay a joint squadron, and that the Drapeau tri-colour floats under the ramparts of the Ant werp citadel ; and then—oh then, we shall certainly secure a majority on the Address ; or, if not, the majority against us will be so small that we may be able to counsel the King to dissolve the Chambers, and we will apply ourselves to obtaining a majority. If these results shall be obtained, t h en t h e King of Holland must be entreated to make some small concession of no importance, just for the sake of saying that we gained all we desired by our hostile preparations and demonstrations—our fleet shall withdraw—our troops shall retire—the citadel of Antwerp shall remain in the possession of the King of Holland, as peciiiitifor the payment of the portion of the loan which i3elgium ought to pay—the King of Holland will thus be victorious—and when the proper moment ar "..-7 rive*, it is pc;silibleAthat a restoration may take place in the Pays 114 s. If, notwithstanding our C • —4 • 3--;.) JO, I ImpPt and predictions, and your conoegsions in nut favour—if, notwithstanding thea•'•hostile demonstrations which we now make, there should be a majority against us in the Chamber of Deputies, and we should be cotn p•lled to retire—we would, first of all, withdraw our fleet—and direct our army to retreat—and then, when our political opponents came to office, you would only have to tell them, that if they again entered Belgium, or again blockaded the coasts, that they would find a Prussian army and a Russian fleet soon ready to o t spose and attack them. Thus in all cases the King of Holland will be sure of gaining a victory—his cause is protected and secure —and, come the worst to the worst, you will only at length have to fight the battle of legitimacy against popular sovereignty, which we know sooner or later must be fought." " Thus they jog on, still tricking, never thriving." To this proposal of the Duke de Broglie and the Prince de Tatleyrand no positive answer has yet been received. It is thought by some that the Representatives of the Court of St. P,tersburgh may object even to make these sham concessions for a few weeks to the principles of po pular sovereignty—and that, therefore, the proposals will lie rejected. Ido not think so. I believe that this trick ing system will be supported and encouraged by the Am bassabor at Paris and the Conference at London—that the fleets will sail—that a nominal blockade in the foggy month of November will take place—that the French army will enter Belgium—that t'se phrases in the King's speech will be arranged ad captandum—and that, although the real Belgian question will be as far off from a real settlement as ever, yet that some fifty odd De puties may be deceived—the funds be raised by those ar tificial means, and until the " comedy" shall be evident, that the multitude will be tricked, and think it is all in earnest. Not so the readers of the Morning Chronicle. Let them not believe that Austria, Prussia, and Russia, are about to consent to real measures of real coercion be ing really used against the King of Holland ! No such thing is dreamt of by Werther, D'Appony, Pozzo di Borgo, or the Doctrinnaires. No, no; they are political stock-jobbers ; they are playing for time ; they are oc cupied with their political " puts and calls"—and wben their settling day arrives, they will take care on the ba lance of accounts that the King of Holland shall be greatly the gainer. " Thus they jog on, still tricking, never thriving !" - . . . Nor is the policy of the Doctrinnatres, as to the affairs of La Vendee, leis open to the criticism of those who know what is going on behind the scenes, and who are not to he deceived by circular letters and protestations ! The Duke of Broglie knows quite well, that at the close of the last Session, the Ministry of the 13th March un dertook to bring to a termination the affairs of Bel gium and La Vendee. It has done neither. As in Belgium, the affai's of that country are more disas trous than ever, so in La Vendee the position of those provinces is becoming daily more dangerous and afflicting. The Broglie Cabinet says it will arrange these affairs—it will attack the Carlists and the friends of the fallen dynasty ; and Marshal Soult first, and now M. Thiers, have been writing circular letters, in which they call on the Prefects to do their duty, and to cause this state of civil war to terrninat.. Now all this looks well on paper, and a mere everyday observer would say, " How can these men be Carlists or Ex-Royalists, when you see what strong measures they are taking against the friends of Henry the Fifth and Charles X. in the west ? This question would show an ignorance of the real state of affairs of La Vendee. The DUCHESS OF BERRI,' Is STILL IN THE BOCAGE. This is a fact. The Government knows this. If the Govern ment does not know the exact village or house in which she resides, it knows at least where to find her in a single day. Why, then, do not any of these circular letters ad dressed by Soult and Thiers speak of the Duchess of Berry ? Why do they not order her arrestation ? Why do they not offer a reward of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS for her arrest ? Why do they not mention even her name ? The Government knows that as long as the Duchess of Berry shall remain in the Bocage, there never can he peace and order in La Vendee—and yet the Go vernment does not arrest her. Who is afraid to sign the Ordinance offering a reward for her apprehension 1 ) Would M. Odillon Barrot hesitate ?—No. Tht n why does M. Thiers ?—Because M. "Thiers and M. Montalivet appre hend and believe in a third Restoration, and they are afraid of compromising themselves by the arrest of the Duchess of Berry. The Ambassadors at Paris, and the Conference at London, object to her arrest—protest against it—declare that if any harm shall happen to the Duchess of Berry, that an European war will be the consequence. What humiliation ? what an insult ! and rt we are told in a circular of Marshal Soult that " France is respected, " Thus they jog on, still tricking, never thriving." The OPINIONS OF TILE DEPARTMENTS, as well as the opinion of Paris, are now, however, becoming known. Already the Doctrinnaires are condemned by 950 out of every 1,000 who can read and write, and understand " B is not a Bull's foot" i❑ Paris. The same feeling is rapidly extending in the Departments. The journals of the towns, 30, 60, and 100 miles from Paris, have already arrived in the capital, containing the protest of all classes and divi sions of patriots against the nomination of the Doctrin noires. The officers of the National Guards desire to resign their posts, as they do not wish to serve such a Government. They have only consented at Paris to re main for a few weeks. One cry of indignation is heard— and the Debate is compelled alone to defend this monstrous nominatio❑ against France in arms. Still the Doctrin naires pursue their course—hope against hope—promise— swear—conjure—entreat—and alarm ; but their race is short, and their end sure. 0. P. Q. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Georgiana, Thompson, for Van Diemen's Land ; and Am phitrite transport, for Plymouth ; Andromache, Andrew, for Madras and Bengal ; and Royal George, Embleton, for Mauritius. STA NDG ATE, OCT. 16.—Arrived the R.chard Batley, Scott, from Vostizza. PORTLAND, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Mary Turcan, Sydney, fi om New South Wales ; sailed 28th of May. BRISTOL, OCT. 16.—Arrived the New Brunswick, from New Brunswick ; and Star, from Archangel. COWES, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Triton, Taylor, from London, leaky, hLaind to Belfast. BRISTOL, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Adventure, from Gi jon ; and the Arcadia, Mardi, from Onega. STANDGATE CREEK, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Brazil packet, Crowe, from Trieste; Fanny, Sanbatt, from Malta; Ninus, Reed, and Clarence, Croker, from Malaga. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 14.—Arrived the Urania, Headley, and Inigvie, Murray, from St. Petersburgh ; Brunswick, Brown, from Narva. Off port the Robert Isaac, Vat-- num, from Savannah ; and Mary, from Charleston. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Whitehaven, Sun, from Antigua ; Marabou, Longridge, from the River G inthia ; Mary, Richard ,, , from Savannah ; Sheffield, Hackstaff, from New York; Perseverance, Bennett, from Newfoundland ; Chieftain, BI tir, from Montreal ; Anne, Brown, Alexander, Brandt, Geller, and Perseverence, Stein, from Archangel. ARCHANGEL, SEPT. 28.—The Ceres, Scholly, from Amsterdam, is totally lost on the Bar—crew saved. SHEERNESS, OCT. 10.-1 he Royal Mint, front St. Petersburgh to Liverpool, was got off the ground last night, and is now taking in the Hemp and Tallow landed from her. ELSINORE, Ocr. 9.—The Favourite, Forrest, from Liverpool to Narva, is reported to be stranded on the Swedish coast, near Halmstad, on the night of the 4th instant. PENZANCE, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Tom Bowline, from Liverpoo!. On the 9th inst., at half-past five, P. 3r . , Barilsey E.N.E., distant five leagues, wind S.W., blow ing strong, with a heavy sea, fell in with a brig, supposed to he foreign, of about 120 tons, deeply laden, having a bead'and a boat over the stern, apparently abandoned. She was lying in the trough of the sea, with head sails furled, top-sail sheets gone, and top-sails beating to pieces. GREENOCK, OCT. 13.—Arrived the Belmont, Simp son, from Bay Chaleur. The Atlas, Clark, from Hull to London, foundered near the Dudgeon on the 10th instant—crew saved. The Endeavour, Oxley, of Shields, got on the Scroby Sand on Sunday mo: ning, and it was fe tred would be wrecked. The Walworth Castle, from , put into St. Mary's, Africa, 11th ult., leaky, having struck on some rocks off Bonavista. The Columbine, Pilcher, from St. Mary's, Africa, is supposed to have arrived off Swanage. IIOW A BARRISTER MAY TRAVEL.-It a well-established rule at the Bar, consecrated by old usage and observed at the present day, that all B trristt rs shall travel the Circuit with post-horses, but they may go to Sessions by coach. If any member of the Bar violates this practice, his brethren refuse to associate with him ; or, in other words, lie is cut.—Legal Examiner.— What will the gentlemen of the long robe do when the railroads pervade the country ? Wlll they travel post by steatn•horses ? Really, these distinctions of caste are as reprehensive as they are absurd. Reform them altogether, we say. ~\‘` ..w~ ..~~ ::;.~- HOUSE OF LORDS, OCT. IG. This day, soon after 2 o'clock, the Lord Chancellor, at tended by Lords Lansdowne, W e llesley, Sefton, and Goderich, entered the House, to act as his Majesty's Commissioners further to prorogue the present Parliament. The Lord Chancellor, with the Marquis of Lansdowne on his right hand, and the Marquis Wellesley on his left, dressed in their peerage robes, took their seats on the Wool_ sick under the throne, to act as his Majesty's Commis sioners. H. Pulman, Esq , the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, having commanded the attendance of the Com mons, and J. Rickman, Esq , with sundry officers of the House, appearing below the bar, to represent the said House, the Lord Chancellor directed his Majesty's Com mission to be read. It was accordingly read at their Lord ships' table by Edward G. Walmisley, Esq. The LORD CHANCELLOR then addressed the assembled Parliament in the following words :—" My Lords and Gentlemen,—By virtue of his Majesty's Commission, under the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now read, we do in his Majesty's name, and in obedience to kis commands, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday, the 11th day of December next, to be then here holden ; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday, the 11th day of December next." The Lords Commissioners then bowed, the Commons withdrew, and the Parliament accordingly stands further proroeut-d. Many repairs and alterations appear to be in progress, but the accommodation for the Press, such as it is, is in state quo. COURT CIRCULAR. Prince GEORGE of Cumberland, we are happy to state, is rapidly recovering from a severe attack of indisposition. A Cabin ,t Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign office, which was attended by th 2 LORD CHAN CELLOR, Earl GREY, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Loid DURHAM, Viscounts MELBOURNE, PALMERSTON, GODE RICH, and ALTHORP, the Right Hon, C. GRANT, Sir J. GRAHAM, the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord J. RUSSELL, awl Mr. STANLEY. The Ministers remained about three hours in deliberation. The Prussian and Belgian Ministers visited Viscount PALMERSTON last evening at the Foreign-office. Count DE FuNcirAr. and the Baron DE MARmitt also transacted business at the Foreign-office yesterday. Mr. P. THOMSON and Mr. BURGE, the agent for Ja maica, visited Viscount A LTHORP yesterday at the Treasury. ARRIVALS.—The Right Hon. C. GRANT, at his iesi deuce in Great George-street, from Inverness, on Monday evening (Mr. GRANT left Inverness last Friday week) ; the Right Hon. P. THOMSON yesterday from Manchester. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, at Holderwood Lodge, from the Isle of Wight; Lord Farnborough, in White hall-gardens, from his seat, Btomley-hill, Kent ; Sir Charles Saxton, Bart., from his seat, Circourt, Berks ; Lord and Lady Dover, at Whitehall, from Roehampton ; Mr. and Mrs. May nard, in Brook-street, from Cheltenham ; Captain Moore, at Paine's Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, from Chatham; William Morgan, Esq , at ditto, from the Continent ; Major and Mrs. Parkinson, in Grosvenor-street, from Bognor ; Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, from their seat in Cheshire ; Rev. William Stainer, Mrs. Stainer, and family, in Regent-street, from Cheltenham; the Earl and Countess of Waldegrave, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies streets, from Strawberry-hill ; Lord and Lady Stofford, and the Hon. Misses Jerningham, at ditto, from Cossey-hall ; Sir Thomas Hesketh and family, at ditto, from the Continent ; the Hon. Mr. Childers, at ditto, from Suffolk ; Padnell, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; the Right Hon. Charles Grant, at his residence in Great George-street, from Inverness ; the Right Hon. Poulett Thomson, from Manchester. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Sefton, for his seat, Stoke Farm, near Windsor ; Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Story, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for their seat in Oxfordshire ; William Cumming, Esq., from ditto, on a tour ; John Taylor, Esq., from Symmons' Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in Worcestershire; Mr. and Mrs. Davis, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Ramsgate ; J. Powers, Esq., from ditto, for ditto : Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for the Continent ; John Powell, Esq., from ditto, on a tour ; H. Ullens, Esq., from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davie, streets, on a tour; Y. C. Verel, Esq., from ditto, on a tour; Count Andreossy and suite, from ditto, for Vienna; Charles Melton, Esq., from Hyde-park-terrace, for Kempstead-park, the seat of Captain Gollis, near Gravesend. THE TRADE OF CEYLON. orrzczAr. NOTICE. The following important notice has been issued by order of the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury re garding the Government monopoly in the cinnamon trade of Ceylon : " Notice is hereby given, that the Lords Commission ers of his Majesty's Treasury, having taken into considers• tion the general financial and commercial relations and prospects of the colony of Ceylon, have determined, in connexion with other arrangements relating to the public establishments and revenue of that island, that the Go. vernment monopoly of cinnamon shall be relinquished, and the trade in that al ticle thrown open to the inhabitants of Ceylon. It is accordingly intended that general exporta tion of cinnamon from Ceylon shall be permitted on payment of an export duty, which will be fixed with reference to the prices u'ually obtained for it at the Government sales in this country, regard being had to the cost of production and of consignment hither. No sale, however, of cinna mon on Government account shall take place at Ceylon, nor any export of cinnamon front the island on private account be permitted, until after the 10th of July, 1833, so that the purchasers of cinnamon (calculating that the stock i❑ warehouse here, consisting of 4,688 bales, such stock in cluding the 1,300 bales brought forward for sale on the 15th inst., will almost supply the average demand in this country to the usual periodical sale of July next), will be placed on the same footing, and their interests equally pro tected, as they would be if the usual sale of the following October were to take place, and accordingly the export of cinnamon from Ceylon will be permitted as above stated, from and after the 10th of July, 1833, as from and atter the same date periodical sales will be held at the island of such cinnamon as, notwithstanding the abolition of the monopoly, may unavoidably come into the hands of the Colonial Government. It is hereby further declared that any portion of Government stock here which may remain undis posed of after the 10th of July, 1833, will be sold subse quently at public sale, or in any other manner, as may appear most advisable." The following is a statement of the quantity of chaos men sold for the Ceylon Government in the three last years, viz.:—ln 1830, 4,805 bales; in 1831, 5,669 b Iles ; and in the present year, 5,502 bales. The last quarterly sale took place at the Government sale-rooms on Monday, when 117,00011a5. of cinnamon, and 60 bottles of oil of cinnamon were offered. The demand was brisk, and the first qualities of the former were sold at from 7s. 101. to Bs. Bd. per lb. Second qualities went off at from Ss. 7W to 7s. Bd. ; and lower samples at from 4s. to ss, l Id. per lb. The oil of cinnamon obtained Bs. 3d. to Bs. ill. per ounce. Society, observed MIRABEAU, may be said to be composed of two classes—they who have more din ners than appetite, and they who have more appetite than dinners. CHOLERA.-This disease has much subsided at Banning since our last, But several persons have been attacked at Dartford, and in one melancholy instance four persons—a man and his wife, and her father and another hidger, have been " levelled to the dust" within the last fortnight. Precautionary steps to prevent the extension of the malady have been resorted to.—Maidstone Gazette. Last week a great number of small hand-bills, containing the following mysterious words legibly printed, were distributed throughout the metropolis Maids ! Wives ! and Widows ! mark the 27th of October. Fur ther particulars next week." Yesterday placards, bearing the same words in large capitals, were posted by the bill stickers on the walls in and about London. Neither of the hills have the printer's name affixed. The meaning of this serious warning to the fair sex remains unexplained. GENTEEL WAY OF STEALING A HORSE. —A parry of gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Uni corn Inn, St. Ives, on Thursday last, it being fair day.— T he glass went merrily round, and a certai❑ " gentleman," after part king of several glasses of brandy and water, hearing some of the gentlemen call for their }:orses, took the opportunity of leaving the room, and went to the gate, where there were three or four horses ready saddled for their masters ; he put a shilling into the boy's hand who held the best horse, and rode off. He went up the sheep market, and came round the back of the town, thus loping to deceive his pursuers, but they soon raised the hue and cry, and traced him to the toll-bar at Godman ehester. His pursuers then went on northward, and ap prehended him at Saw try toll-bar. It appears that this "gentleman" met with a celebrated horse-dealer, named DOSSEYPALMER, whom he offered to race; a bet was made, and Dosse won; but the "gentleman" refusing to pay, a fight ensued, during which the horses escaped, and the owner and his friends cam., up. The thief was then taken into custody, and conveyed to St. Ives, where be awaits an examination.—Huntinydon Gastette. ~-~a SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. Tuesday. Previous to the races, the Oatiands (for Wednesday) closed thus Gondolier, 5 yrs. 9st. 41b. Pipylina colt, 3 yrs. 7st. 51b. Lady Fly, 3 yrs. 7st. 61b. Non Conpos, 3 yrs. Bst. 21b. Mixbury, 3 yrs. Bst. 21b. Ludlow, 3 yrs. 9st. 21b. Messenger, 3 yrs. 7st. 51b. Ambrosio, 3 yrs. Bst. Taurus, 6 yrs. 9st. 121 b. Gab, 4 yrs. Bst. 51b. Taurus, Ambrosio, Pipylina, and Ludlow, Lave paid forfeit. The races to-day were as follows : Fifty Pounds, fore yr.-old colts, Set. 416. ; fillies, Sst. 21b. T. Y. C. Lord Exeter's Minima— Aspasia Duke of Grafton's Emir Lord Berners's ch. c. by Oscar—Tippitywitchet 3 Mr. W. Edwards's c. by Centiur—Proldem ; Mr. Lane's b. f. by Woful—Sister to Rob Roy; Lord Low ther's f. by Truffle—Bizarre; Mr. Forth's f. by Long waist—Lacenra ; General Grosvenor's Mountain Maid, and Lord Orfoid's c. by Dunsinane, were ❑ot placed. 7 to 4 agst the winner ; 7 to 2 agst O•car ; 6 to 1 agst Emir ; and 6 to 1 agst Lacerta. Won by a length, easy. Handicap of 10 sovs. each. T. Y. C. 8 subs. Mr. Greville's Dryad, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Cooke's Harier, 3 yrs Etniliana, 3 yrs.; Little Fanny, 4 yrs. ; c. by Whisker, 3 yrs. ; Olga, 3 yrs. ; and c. by Truffle, were not placed. 7to 4 agst Dryad, 7 to 2 agst Fanny, 7to 2 apt Emiliana. Won by a head. (2d Class.)-501. for 2-yr.-old colts, as above. T.Y.C. Mr. Henry's f. by Partisan,—Rivulet Colonel Peel's ch. c., by Bedlamite, darn by Cesario 2 Lord Lichfield's Sister to Terry Alt 3 Mr. Sowerby's Catalonian Mr. Thornhill's Enchantment, Sir M. Wood's 1. by Par than, and Mr. Perrin's c. by Spinaway, were not placed. 7 to 4 agst Fawn, 3 to 1 agst Enchantment, 5 to 1 agst Col. Peel's, and 10 to 1 agst the winner. Won by a length, easy. Match, 100 sovs. h. ft. T. Y. C. Col. Peel's Lockin var beat Mr. Greville's Dryad, by two lengths. 11 to 10 on Lochinvar. The Clearwell Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft. for 2-yr.-old colts and fillies. T. Y. C. 42 subs. Lord Orford's gr. c. by Jerry—Lisette Col. Peel's Nonsense Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan 16 started, but only the above placed. Won by a length. Kingston House Rooms, Tuesday Night. After the races the following bets on the Derby were made :- 12 to 1 agst. Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge (taken) 13 to 1 agst. lord Cleveland's colt (taken) 13 to 1 agst. Mr. Hunter's Forester 20 to 1 agst. Lord Exeter's Daltla colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst. Col. Peel's Nonsense. 1,000 to 500 on the beaten Derby horses in the Clearwell, agst. Revenge.—All the rest as before. For the Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each (to-morrow,) the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Thornhill hare paid. No betting on the Oatlands. The favourites for the Prender gast Stakes on Friday are Gleucus and Nonsense. THE TREE OF DISSIPATION. The sin of drunkenness expels reason, drowns memory, diminishes strength, distempers the body, defaces beauty, corrupts the blood, inflames the liver, weakens the brain, turns men into walking hospitals, causes internal, external, and incurable wounds, is a witch to the senses, a devil to the soul, a thief to the pocket, the beggar's companion, a wife's woe, and children's sorrow—makes man become a beast and self-murderer, who drinks to others' good health, and robs himself of his own! The root of all evil is DRUNKENNESS ! ! ! THE LATE FLOOD.-The heavy rain of Monday has been productive of the worst effects in va rious parts of the country. The Kelvin overflowed ite banks to a great breadth, and on Tuesday morning, the surface of the water, in the neighbourhood of Kirkintil loch, was completely covered with sheaves of corn and black victual. Between Falkirk and Edinburgh, a pota toe field, consisting of about 20 acres, was covered with water to the depth of about four feet; and round Stir ling, by Kippen, Thornhill, &c., the damage done to po t itoes and the outstanding corn, is very considerable.— Edinburgh Evening Courant. An extraordinary growth of grapes in Lanca shire, as lately stated in the papers, induced a gentleman, a few miles west of this city, to count the crop upon his wall. This wall has the advantage of being painted black. The vines are four in number, are trained serpentine, and have been plentifully supplied with soap suds. Three of them are the sweet-water, and one the black Burgundy. In a year not favourable to wall fruit those grapes have ripened very well. In a length of eleven yards and two feet, upon a south wall, of the average height of ten feet three inches, a careful reckoning gave the number of 962 bunches. The Hampton Court vine (said to have been planted by WILLIAM the Third) covers a length of 40 feet by a breadth of 20 ; and it is stated to have frequently produced a ton weight of grapes !—Hereford Journal. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—An accident of a frightful character befell a party of pleasure on the even ing of Wednesday, the 3d current, on the Pentland Hills. The day was both windy and wet ; and towards the after noon, in those high grounds, it blew a perfect hurricane, which nothing could resist. Notwithstanding, the party moved off to Habbie's How, the appointed place of ulti . mate rendezvous, in coaches, cabriolets, and other equi pages, escorted by a retinue of attendants After passing the day in viewing the mountain scenery, the party re turned homewards highly delighted, but towards the east end of the Crawley, and where the road leads along the precipitous banks of that pond, in rather an expos e d situa tion, one of the coaches, containing four ladies and two gentlemen, was unfortunately driven so close to the road side, that before the horses could be curbed the whole were in a twinkling precipitated down a rugged steep, 43 yards below the level of the road, and within one or two of the water's edge, which in that particular spot is some fathoms deep. The whole party, except one gentleman, who es caped with a few scratches, were seriously injured. One of the ladies had several severe contusions on the head and shoulders, and the sinews of the neck were fearfully strained and swollen. Another lady was also much bruised. She had three combs broken in her hair by the fall, some frag ments of which slightly perforated the bead, and although the injury at first seemed rather alarming, it is now com paratively trivial. The other two ladies and remaining gen tleman were considerably hurt. The coachman had both his shoulders dislocated, besides sustaining several bruises in the chest and abdomen. The coach was much da emaonged, and si,ieraia the e t horses time e elapsed rses the ept party could quite be useless. A extricated from their perilous situation, rendered doubly so by the darkness of the night, but at length assistance being pro cured, they were providentially rescued. PICTURE OF A KING.—" 0. P. Q." the well-known Parisian correspondent of the Morning Chro nicle, thus describes the " Beloved" brute of Spain : FERDINAND, son of CHARLES IV. and MARIA Louisa, horn at St. Florence l'Escurial, on the 14th October, 1784, met ited from his infancy the hatred of the authors days, who were shocked at th e unnat ura l senti mentsofhis of a son, without respect or consideration for those who had brought him into the world, and who gave him the title of Prince of ASTURIAS and heredit ar y successor to the Throne of Spain. His stature is tall, his body strong and nervous, his countenance brutal; his shoulders are round, high, and immense ; his forehead and skull, though gigantic, bear no proportion to his face, which ap pears to be always oppressed by the weight of mere mat ter—his large and long nose curved towards his chin, and his large and long . chin turned up tow a rd s hi s nose, form ing a sort of piticers,. which at the first moment inspired all who saw him with fear. This fear and horror in creases on beholding his immense mouth, which closes s uopfperhisoneu.ndeur islieparst:isoinfg course,up, ander e great, andtheenve loping are embedded i n a sort of flabby and globulous fat , whic h completes the traits of a man, Who, to judge even from merely his face, is surcharged with imbecility ! Such are the material forms of Fait inNAND; and as to the faculties of his mind, it is only necessary to say, that he has a complete moral incapacity, not having enough of talent to learn any thing that was virtuous, nor to forget any thing that was criminal. Signalized from his infancy by atrocities unknown to children of his age, his preceptors, and even his parents and relations, have avowed and published facts relating to him of the blackest atrocity. Amongst other facts re corded of him, I will mention one committed in the chamber of his mother. The QUEEN had a dog of ex treme beauty, and FERDINAND, whilst pretending to play with him, caused him to swallow a little hall, in which were small pins stuck in various directions, and then covered over with paste. The unhappy dog swallowed the fatal ball, when the Prince of AsTuarAs, holding in his hand a piece of twine, to which he had attached the ball, began to draw it upwards. The dog uttered piteous cries. The QUEEN ran to his aid, and the young wretch, re doub'ing his efforts, caused a portion of the intestines of the animal to attach to the pins, and drew it through his throat. JOHN BARRINGTON, Esq., of Castlewood ; Queen's County, eldest brother of Sir JONAH BARRING TON, succeeds to the title possessed by the late Sir FITZ WILLIAM BA RRINGTON, Bart. It is much to be feared that there will be a split among the Reformers of Middlesex. They have got some idea that the Hobhouse party intend to support Lord HENLEY against Mr. HumE, as a set-off for Mr. HUME'S introduction to Bath of Mr. ROEBUCK against young HOBTIOUSE there; and if that notio❑ get confirmed, it is declared to be the intention of the Westminster folks to start Mr. HumE for Westminster against Sir J. C. HOB HOUSE ! Undoubtedly Sir JOHN'S rather extensive elec tioneering manoeuvres are likely to create some work to enable him to keep his own seat. M. CASIAIIR PERIER, son of the late Mi nister of that name, has arrived in town, charged with de spatches from the French Government. M. PERIER, and M. de BACOURT, Secretary to the Embassy, preceded the arrival of Prince TALLEY RAND, in Hanover-square, only a few hours. M. PEELER, we understand, inherits a large fortune from his father, who accumulated it as a banker and retailer. The monument to the memory of the late General Sir DAVID BAIRD was last week completely finished. The building, which is of Aberdeen granite, and stands upon the hill of Tom-o-Chastel, about two miles to the westward of Crieff, forms a moat commanding and magnificent object in the landscape. It is a model of Cleopatra's needle. The base of the pedestal is eighte n feet on the side of the square, nine feet nine inches at the top, and fourteen feet high. The height of the monument from the foundation is eighty feet four inches ; the side of the square of the top being five feet, and the apex about fifty-four inches. There are four inscriptions on the mo nument, one on each side, situved a few feet above the base, which is of a darker stone than the rest of the build ing. Each of these measures five feet and a half square. The whole is to be surrounded with pavement six feet broad, and enclosed with an iron railing.—Stirling Jour. The eldest son of the late Mrs. CHAWORTII MURSTERS lies daneerously hill at Colwiek Hall, his fa ther's seat, near Nottingham. Mr. MURSTERS, within the last year, has been visited with more than an ordinary share of affliction. In October last, his residence was broken into by a Reform mob from Nottingham, who destroyed almost every thing of value it contained. The following March, his amiable lady, the " Mary "of Lord BvaoN, who had never recovered from the long exposure to cold to which she was subject in escaping from these rioters, and the alarm consequent thereon, expired. In May he last a very promising son, whilst on a foreign service ; and now his eldest child is extended on the bed of sickness, with but very remote hopes of his amend ment. PAREIRA BRAVA.--The Medical Gazette of Saturday contains an interesting account of a cure of chronic inflamation of the bladder, by the exhibition of this medicine, which lately has been almost excluded the pharmacopoeias. The patient, a young man of 25, had tried all the usual remedies without effect, before his ad mission to the General Dispensary, in Aldersgate-street. The form in which Mr. BRODIE recommends the use of this medicine, is to simmer half an ounce of the root in three pints of water till the quantity is reduced to one pint, and to give from eight to twelve ounces of the decoc tion per diem. Mr. CouLsox boils an ounce in a pint and a half of water down to a pint, and adds copaivi and mucilage. This was the form used on the present occa sion. The account of the removal of a large calculus, the size of a peach stone, from the bladder of a child 12 year. old, by the last-named gentleman, is also curious, and adds much eo the claims which this valuable institution has upon the patronage of all who are not indifferent to the miseries of their poorer brethren. BALLOON STATISTICS.—Few people are aware of the expense of a balloon, or the tear and wear to which it is incident. The material of the machine is com posed of double sarsenet, which even in a raw state costs 2741. But the silk must be varnished as well as sowed ; the netting, which weighs about 3 cwt., is composed of the finest Italian hemp ; and, altogether, the cost of an air ship, is above 5001. sterling. Out of 110 ascents, Mr. GREEN has made 65 in his pre , ent yacht, which is oftener, we suspect, than the best British bottom ever crossed the Atlantic. During his aerial excursion, Mr. GREEN has been accompanied by 80 persons, and has had repeatedly, to u.e his own words, " two ladies up at a time." The greatest altitude Mr. GREEN ever attained was three miles 200 yards, as ascertained by a very excellent baro meter. His longest flight was 58 miles, performed in two hours and three quarters. In 1 827 he rose from Preston, in Lancashire, and descended at Preston, in Yorkshire ; and the distance, 37 posting miles, was executed in 27 minutes, being nearly at the rate of 100 miles per hour. 11facclefield Courier. CAUTION.--The solicitors to the General Post-office have commenced prosecutions against upwards of sixty individuals and firms in Manchester, during the list week, for sending letters, containing orders, &C. into the country, through the hands of carriers, and by this means avoiding the payment of postage. —Liv. Cllr, n. The new French Ministry have professed cer tain views, which might he beneficial to, or even popular in France, but they appear to have to struggle against obsta cles which will render it all but impossible for them to carry them into execution. The most formidable, as in deed the most prominent of their enemies is the Press; at all times a redoutable, in France a most dangerous, and, as respects the new Ministerial arrangements, an ap parently implacable enemy. The insinuations of our Correspondent may incline us to doubt the tenacity of the opposition of the Journalists for the present ; but they ap pear to he the most obvious rivals in public favour which the Ministry have hitherto encountered. But there would seem to be growing into importance anoth , r element of uneasiness, upon which the Government perhaps little calculated, but which may make itself felt, and strongly too, before the crusade against the feelings and prejudices of the people is run to a con clusion. This last is the National Guard—that body which is said to stand between the Executive and the people—the invoked guardians and depositaries of the Charter, and the description of military force which must incline the balance of party preponderance to that side which it countenances, in the collision of any two factions in the State. The National Guard are said to be almost unanimously opposed to the late arrangements, and some opportunities have occurred in which this distaste has been evinced in practice. Count LOBAU and General JACQUE MINOT are severally in their different depirtments, at the head of the National Guards of Paris, both Deputies, and men respected for their integrity and public principle. It is said that while the Ministerial arrangements were still pending the latter was consulted as to the probable effect of a Doctrinnaire Ministry, when he declared frankly and strongly against it. His advice was not taken, and he felt bound in honour to tender his resignation of the responsible situation which he then filled. His offers were not imme diately accepted, but whilst the matter was yet under con sideration, the Colonels of no less than four regiments of the national guard tendered their resignations, and there is no knowing where the discontent would have ended, if M. JACQUEMINOT had not been prevailed upon to resume his duties. The Ministry may also expect to encounter, when the Chamber meets, the hostility of several of M. CASIMIR, PFatint's friends, who are displeased at not being preferred to the Peerage, and already threaten to go over to the cohl, gauche, and the now almost certain adhesion of M. Duns/ and his party to the regular Opposition. The Provincial Press too has testified to the feelings of the people in the departments against them, almost as un equivocally as the Papers of the metropolis, and is to be placed in the category of their opponents. The Mi nistry will be also embarrassed with charges of de parture from the spirit of the Charter, in appointing M. IlLsualcE Duvar., one of the new Peers, to the prefec ture of the district of which Nantes is the capital, upon the ground that the duties of a Prefect and Legislator are inconsistent with each other. Under the restoration, it is said, not a single Peer was appointed Prefect of a Depart ment ; and where a promotion of an actual Prefect to the Peerage took place, it was a matter of course that the new Aristocrat resigned his official employment. This was in deference to the ambitious pretensions of an assembly then a n their their eriatat late nly m e elsewhere, iaisaureee.no_ have, ai t o et called the " High Chamber," and the members of which affected to pique themselves upo n n o t d escending to re ceive orders from a mere Secret ar y of State , except upon matters of diplomacy or m ilitar y dut y. The Ministers, however, a as w ase have a seen,setoff against db they e i feeblenesscertainly secured a majority i n t h e chamber of Peers in case of an im p each ment upon the score of the etat de siege ; but the Upper Chamber its e lf may be voted uselesssrri ng ii t 7 l: o g strengthened Herald. of these position se days, I LITERATURE. WILD SPORTS IN THE WEST.-II 1 1 0 45 ' RICHARD BENTLEY. LONDON, 1832. A Sportsman, who is at the same titre something better than a mere killer of saint° and hunter of foxes, who has an eye for th e picturesque in lake, maritime, or mountaic scenery, who is fond of adventures by " floe and fell," and possesses sufficient fancy to h e , delighted with the fine t ra diti ona l l eg ends 01 the West of Ireland—such a man will derit'e f abundant entertainment from the perusal C these volumes. Two more lively, sketchy oe ' tavos, more replete with quaint anecdotes, racy touches of character, and graphic power of de" scription, it has of late rarely fallen to our lot to re el with. The sportsman is certainly uppermost in al l that the author says or does ; but then he has, in addition, a quick faculty of observation, a fact' lity of painting characters and landscapes by ° few brief random touches, which at once pla ce the scene or the personage before us ; and, abc l all, a fine, frank, cordial, and intelligent spir it ' which sympathizes with h uman ity i n a ll form`'in all places, and und er ever y p oss ibl e varie ty of circumstance. The author has the bale art—that art allotted to so few—of making himself at home every where, and placing h is reader on the same easy footing. Thus we I have him one day " hail fellow, we ll met, " With a grim old smuggler, whose brandy—and W e suspect he is a judge of these matters—he P re ' nounces excellent, and so wins the gruff dog s heart ; the next, boozing with a p a rty of Si. bottle sportsmen, one half of whom he has the satisfaction of seeing safely stretc h ; ed at full length under the table ; 11° ‘ bandying jokes, giving anecdote for a necdc te ' and piling load upon load of jolly exagge W tions, with a half-savage otter- hunter ; and arw v t ; sympathi z i ng w ith one e y e , w hil e h e l aug hs vl i a t g the other, at the sorrows of a cockney, who fist himself in the very he ar t o f th e w ild s o f 03t' . way, seduced thither by the sorceries of a C° n . i nemara Circe, whom he has t a k e n in an O r hour as the p a rtn er o f hi s b e d an d b oar d. C tt ! c literature is singularly defi c ient i n li ve ly graph' works of this sort. Few of our professed's °, thors know more of sporting and its varie ties than just how to discriminate between ° bantam-cock and a p ar t r id ge , or a t i tt l e- b at ant i l a salmon: it is delightful, therefore, to 'n ee f ! with a work which possesses all the magic n i' novelty in su c h a ffl uence as t h e one bef°r o us. In hi s pi sca t or y d escr i pt i ons the autnf evinces as much t r uth an d f ee li ng as even o ld Isaac Walton himself. Where the latter mak e ! t us breathe with him the fr e sh a i r o f the cin ie meadows that border the sylvan Lea, and eni ° ' e his arch gossip at supper wilt ~ Maude, t it pretty milk-maid ;" the latter ma k es us equslil, at home among the wild mountain scene!! wherein he ensnares his sa l mon; an d relish''` fancy—alas, that it should be only in fancy 1', 5 his cool, fragrant venerable claret at the sportsma n t manor-house, which the d a i n ty step o f fashicni I p ta it s ai n . eve w r y e e s t e t e r i od. His nto hear fox-hunts,theloud halloo too,are of :° 13 ; men ; the clear, lively barking of the dogs ; the oaths of this Nimrod, who has just sounded t ile f depths of a black-dit c h ; th e l amentat i o ns tl that, whose thigh, as h e rec li nes f u ll l eng th ' i ' (/ his mother earth, makes a smoo th, d own y pill°` ,, for his steed. A few months ago a most deligh t ' ful paper on f ox -h un ti ng appeare d i n the CP(11:5 terly Review, an d no t a f ew passages i n ti lt , volume remind us o f t h at masterpiece. -A lt ° J gether the work i s a most en t er t a i n i ng one, 311. cannot but be generally p o p u l ar . \V e s ubj° o , 1 an extract taken at random f rom th e vo lume' 1 " During my first season at the Dublin Universitit was invited to pass a short vacation with a re l at i v e of ts t mother. He lived in the south of Ireland, in an an c lo family mansion -house, situat e d i n th e mounta i ns , and $ considerable distance from the mail-coach road. 03 " This gentleman was ma n y y ears o ld er th an I. Fl e ,d; an only sister, a girl of sixt een , b eau tif u l an d accotnPli';lo at the period of my visit s h e was s till at sc h oo l, but -, , to finally leave it, as m y h os t i n f orme d me , at Midsuln°, i ' v r e " N, ver was there a more perf ec t s p ec i men o f priin it o Milesian life, than that which th e d om i c il e o f r ay W °r b - s li relative exhibited. The house was enormously l a rge-- - 4 1 ruinous—and all, withi n an d w ith ou t, w ild, rac ketty , ' 0 irregular. There was a troop of idle and slatternly ser v4 : t y of both s e x es , d is t ract i ng every d epartment o f the t re , blishinent ; and a pack of useles s d ogs i n f es ting the p e i mists, and crossing you at every turn. Between the biP oti , and quadruped nuisances an eternal war was carried cry and not an hour of the d a y e l a p se d, b u t a ca nine nu t o g announced, that some of those unhappy curs were b e ejected by the butler, or pelted by the cook. afte'r S a o fe c w o common-place pl a almostcew a e s ea t s l e i d i s ing for dinner, when the noise of dogs quarrelling i' l . 0 % yard, brought me to the window; a terrier was of I worried by a rough savage-loojcing fox-hound, sv bs- o lf had before this noticed and avoided. At the moment , -d host was crossing from the stable ; he struck the I ' oo , with his whip, but regardless of the blow, he still C °l3 io to ev n e o r t la ic s e tin it g . ul[pv,ro::irteibe j 3 y : uued his attack upon the smaller dog. The old butleroy coming from the garden, observed the dogs fighting , ute stopped to assist in separating them. Just then, the f r ee ' quitted the t e rri er , se i ze d t h e mas ter by the leg, ana rto g the servant in the b an d. A groom rus h e d o ut on b "c ‘ ., the the uproar, s t ruc k th e prongs o f a p itchfork thO u s• o r; dog's body, and killed him on the spot, Thi s silline curred in less time than I have taken in relating it' fatbad ~ I hastened from my dressing -room • ' my b°"+ bared his leg, and was was hi ng the wound, whin" , st jagged tear from the hound's tooth. Part of the ski° de loose, and a sudden thought appeared to strike him-- -be hit sired an iron to be heated, took a sharp penknife itt'Lla pocket, coolly and effectu a ll y removed the ragged ';i0; and, regardless of the ag ony i t occas i oned, with Oa determination cauterized the wound severely. hid' ,4 Th e o ld butler, however, contented himself w ith - - b i t ing up his bleeding hand. He endeavoured to dissuade ot , muster from undergoing what he consid e red to be ua dl ce ssary pain. ' Th e d og was dead sure, and !hal ' the e q uite sufficient to prevent any danger arising fflio# bite ;' and satisfi e d w i t h this precaution, he rema i ned at e different to fut ure consequences, and in perfect co nfid e that no ulte r i or i n j ury could occur from the woun d. 05 " Three months assed away—m friend's s i s ter 9 iii returning front school ; and as the mountain road Wag ba I repair, and a bridge had been swept away by the "' to t , s iddle horses were sent to meet the carriage. The ° ld igh' ler, who had Maine pr i vate affairs to transact i n t h e W o g I, iuring town, volunteered to be the escort of bit Y ° . 1 mistress, and obtained permission. " That thr 0 41 io ol ' 3 there was something unusual in the - t he in inner of her attendant, was quickly remarked b Y ra' lady. Hi s a dd ress was w ild an d h urr i ed, an d so me e%t. ry ordinary fe e li ngs appeare d to ag i tate hi m . T o a n eilq u e l r ; it he was u n w e ll, h e returne d a vague unmean i ng alV v be tr e mbl e d v i o l ent l y when assisting her on horseba ck ' diE it was evide n t t h at some strange an d fearful sensation' turbed him. t he They rode som e m il es ra pidly, un til th e y reache d a d, rivulet where the bridge had been carried off by the g , t ,r To cross the stream was no way difficult, as the I r ien barely cover, d the horse's fetlock. The lady had " pie through the water, when a thrilling cry of indescriWiop agony from her attendant arrested her. Her servant " a i n k the opposite side endeavou r ing t o re i n in his nn wi o l loJ horse, and in his face there was a horrible a nd con y ° 00 look that terrified his alarmed mistress. To her 0%. 1 *- questions, he only replied by groans, which too truli e o irayed his sufferings ; at last, he pointed to the 'tt