The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-27 00:00:00

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( L BRIDGE ro oR w. 1 1 Minutes after 4 7 Ev ening..... 47 minutes after 4. libilea tioa °f of THE SUN cum inenee'd e 1 1 minutes Edition after Three. fr;. ; A;E N S lie,' :7; C : 75T -1.15,4+ 5ek t; x f ... 7 , 4 7 4 tr'in LONDON: I'RIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1840, f4ll o m4 'sof the capture of St. Jean d'Acre is L 141 ;: e ; An engagement which reflects mere -4 al —ri tish tars is not to be found in the 4 ltlai s t eta ., of this country. Who, after reading °(11 ''s of 1,- *t t 13 splendid victory, inserted in an , part o f 7, z t;ller ac -tn.! Sun, will dare to talk about the 31 1 of niar bravr, navy—to whine over the le ? P rie s of tire heroes of Trafalgar and the tk v re . h eroi qu:re'.., but a field for the exhibition of tr i ,i sin 'to prove that the " wooden walls of hen, " are m anne d by as brave a race as b efi t , tote of a a or trod a quarter•deck. In the vte our r.y or tw o w e e xp e ct to be able to lay Ith e Go ffi r ead ers the official despatches received 37ernment. e 1.411 4 " P4v e just received a copy of the " Anti 4tv aw Almanack for 184.1," containing a Ya k, e'(:)rf information which will be extremely useful 01i 11e 1 1 .1417 Abolitionists. It is published by the 4 4, o f the Anti-Corn-law League, and is an ktl y -11 , b a l evidence of the usefulness of that useful tlrti w he re are an Anti-Com-law Journal, An.ti llttoust,hw wafers, Anti-earn-law lecturers, going , (1 11 1 "j" E ngland and Ireland, and now an Anti .-41V alalarlaCk. The doctrines of the Corn , en e a tersm 'ate must by these means become ineor f'tt „ the p u blic heart and public mind, and i tioi rart o f our soc i a l b e i ng , n ever to be extin we'k till the law be abolished. 4 1 i‘ e . see by th e Li merick Reporter of Tuesday) ls tt.. nir. MURRA Y has b een a ll owed at lengt h to i tlti tt l'ei n that city, and he made a profound impres. 11 4 , e : t 4 ti large auditory. The lecturers have been liqq: b t 'ed with t h e cudgel in Wiltshire ; their note been s h ut up an d the room cleared in t h e the y were l ectur i ng at L i merick ; but over t he teariti similar o b stac l es t h ey h ave tr i ump h e d— I k h eit : tan ee denoting their great importance and at succ ess . Though less noise may perhaps Ns 4 , -1 ' O n the subject now than heretofore, we la s i thes e c i rcumstances as proofs of the m- 1 1 4 , 11111 influence and increasing usefulness of . the t hat '' i ll h e% We learn, too, from undoub . ted . authority, pi e Lea gue was never more flourishing than at f 4 111 4 ' and never entertained stronger hopes o I'd complete success. th t he evid sti es - ence, if not in the report of the Import aa ' l ia '-entinittee, it has gained a most powerful_ 11t4 eti c rY i ' Two of the most accomplished and t bitlyi n a. eervants of the Government, one at present d aft er ItB confidence, and the other just retire ts t eti a ' t e4rl Y halt a century of active service, have de- Nti t i r : te ' l by their evidence in the clearest manner t '''111 0 „ -eu ments at time Board of Trade, and their "g experience, that the Corn-laws are ruining h! the : f the empire,; cutting up its prosperity I late the e ta, and en d anger i ng i ts p eace . They ttkty, rev enue too, and thus injure thearisto iDd th . t ln recei ve and spend it. The Legislature t he f Publi c w i ll be unable, we are sure, to resist e ke r , t a de th„ ° ' that evid ence , or re but it when it is oknown by the debates in Parlia erts,,d-11," by th e press; an d if the League were not k la ßt : t would of itself be sufficient to call the C otq it 'to bei ng , and ensure the abolition of the \ v 'taws. e ho ld Mr. O'C O N NE LL, th ere f ore , to h ave s ett e I .. te tt.e rnely ill info rme d, w h en h e s t a t e d i n th e that 4 63 Mr. STANSFIEI.D we yesterday noticed, 1 1, 1 t he League has dwindled in importance, and vv Powerl ess ;" as we regar d hi s po li cy to b e ktt! ile°t 's , when he deprecates in th a t l e tter the ', 4l pt to obtain, as the Parli ament i s now con 11;t4,:ted, a " law to make the landlo r d c l ass re l ax t gripe upon the wages of the artizan and the A N a ns of the p oor ." The struggle may be long e, li t m ‘erere, but we have so thorough a conviction tl it tht power of truth and honesty, that#e believe L t etal if not i mme di ate a b o lition of the scoundrel , tad.. fe k , t ax may be wrung from the shame and the ho of even the present Parliament. It is utterly Pos s ; tO tt Luie that the priesthood and the landed aris the 4 1, 37 should witness the Effect of those laws on i►t t - i ulk of the manufacturing community, destroy- Pro n .lei r influence, and ultimately endangering their ili e . • ttt Y and their lives, without being awakened h to . 4siill.tPurtant truth that they are sacrificing f t mi. be st interests, and the interests of their . d , gi lee Av. • the present gratification of short-sighted eNi • Ev en on t h em t h e L ecture rs and the dis the ' NI Of th e pu bli c Press w ill h ave it s effect, and Its „ ' a gue will, we trust , not b e i n d uce d to relax Qte ttio marksns by Mr. O'CONNELL 6 ill-timed re- W e d erogat ory to i ts ut ili ty an d i ts power . t he s ee that th e pr i est h oo d, i n var i ous par ts of fa t ern Pire, are returning thanks to Providence Le f or a Plentiful h arvest . How can they solemnly, 1 14 t he face o f t h e assem bl e d peop l e, d are t o tame ti t _ h eir mis er y w i t h suc h a prayer , an d at t h e which me use their influence to maintain a law t roth Puts an end to plenty ? Such a mockery of tert n iuckery o f G OD, wou ld su ffi ce to bring ,Il p „ t Y t and annihilation on any class of men . 11 4th ,: sh° P of DOWN and CONNOR, writing f rom I tit ' . " 4 the 10th instant, says, in a circular to his 4trthe 1t ha. is been represented to me that it has pleased of providenceto 44 ' rruv iden bless the i nhabitants of the dio 4beii °wn and Connor with an unusually abundant Nitr o and the propr i ety h as b een s ubmitted to me of tOUr c ont. 4 • l gregations throughout the diocese in a 41 /1 . 4Pression of thankfulneis to Almi g hty God for v 4(l °Pt t h e ram . us goodness and bo unt y. v . . ' I cheerfully 44 sad "lggealOil • and 1 accordingly recomm . end Your b r ethren , the o ffi ciating ministers of the diocese, to use, in your respective churches, on the first Sunday after the receipt of this letter, one or both of the THANIiSGIVUSUS ;or lair weather and for plenty, a , provided in the Book of Common Prayer ; and, it your sermons on the same day, to direct the minds ct your people to a thankful ackno , eledgment of Him. " whose never-failing Providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth"—the " Lord of all power and might, the Author and giver of all good thins.",-.7,, Though not many, we believe, of the small con gregations belonging to the Protestant clergy a Ireland, are the luniper-starved peasantry of that country, they no doubt will learn that while they are in a state of destitution, and while food is car ried away from their craving eyes to be sold in the rich and stinted markets of England, the established priesthood whom they pay, are offering up thanks givings for the bounties of Providence, which the) are never allowed to taste. That the State and the Clergy should, at one and the same time, or dain and use prayers for plenty, and make laws to ensure scarcity, is such a terrible contradiction and mockery of man's best feelings; that his nature must be entirely'ehanged before it can be tolerated. In the prayers of the priesthood, and the professions of the landlords, lie the hopes of the League ; and we may say, in opposition to Mr. O'CONNELL, let it go on in its course in the full and assured hope of certain and speedy victory. The League began as a non-political body, and as such we hope it will end. Thousands of men feel the injustice of the bread-tax, and would exert themselves strenuously to remove it, who doubt the utility of extending the suffrage. Why should their aid be excluded by the League agitating for Reform in Parliament ? The latter is only required as the means of obtaining good laws, and if they be obtained, who makes them is of no importance. An Act completely to abolish the corn and provi sion laws would be a great and a good law. Public opinion, the sovereign even of this Parliament, influenced by the League, will command, and compel it to abolish the Corn laws, At the same time, while the League pro motes this object, it is in nowise hostile to the ex tension of the suffrage. In fact the abolition would speedily increase the number of town voters, and give to them the means of quietly insuring a further reform in Parliament. Both the League and Mr. 'O'CONNELL'S proposed Convention may exist toge ther,—each will have its separate sphere of useful ness, and contribute to promote the public welfare. The French Journals of Wednesday have al been received, together, with a report of the pro. ceedings in the Chamber of Deputies up to the departure of the mails for London. The debate on the Address, in answer to the Speech from the Throne, was opened, contrary to general expecta tion, by Marshal SOULT, who concluded a tempe- rate speech by stating that, in his most deliberate opinion, France was not insulted by the signing and execution of the Treaty of July. The gallant Marshal referred with much feeling and good taste to his triumphant reception in England at the period of her Majesty's Coronation, which he attributed to the high estimation in which his country was held by the British nation. M. THIEnS followed the gallant Marshal in a very long speech, which was not concluded when the des patches were made up. The ex-President of the Council, in the opening of his speech, greatly disap pointed the expectations of the war party. He com plained that he had been foully abused, but declared hat he would indulge in no recriminations. We have given the longest report of the first part of this oration which reached us ; and it is but justice to M. TRIERS to admit that the temperance of its tone surprised us, and that he has moreover the merit, rare in our eyes, of having given the world a far better defence of Lord PALMERSTON'S po licy than is to be found in any of his Lordship's diplomatic notes yet published. But it will be time enough to enter into an examination of the bearing of this speech when the whole of it is before us. The Brussels Papers state that the British resi dents in Belgium are subscribing for the relief of the French sufferers from the inundations. Would it not accord well with the generous and charitable disposition of the British people to imitate the • example of their fel low-countrrinen in Belgium ? At a period like the pasent, when a jealousy of England is so pre valent among the working classes in France, nothing could better manifest our kindly feeling towards our neighbours on the other side of the Channel than such a work of mercy. BOURSE.--PARIS, WE D DNESAY, Nov. 25. tint Highest Lowest Last Price Price, Price Price F.,, ,eh 1 .et Cents AI 45 ... 111 75 111 15 ... 111 65 4 per Cents lO3 .., 103 IU3 pet C:nt , pi,r Cents 79 5:1 . 79 50 ... 79 5 ... 79 50 ct ~.3300 13;mk 1,4'001. Sr 1055 ...10n5 ... 10y, ~.1e,55 5604. , ares 5.150 —.5150 ... 5.50 ...5150 BTlgian ilank er Cent, 97111, 98 ... 3I cr Cents 5 60 ... 6 9`, 5 6,) .A,ll , Pas,der 53, 4. .. 5 , 4 113 .. 103 ... •0; 20 ...:caoliz , ln • lO3 ;,, .. Rnl - 1 oNA 9, 3 d i ... 9j•k ... 99N . 09 3 4 RAILW A Y StIAREs,:: Versaillt , , R. P PS? 50 ... 3b7 90 ~ LB. "IQ _. 4.W. 53 fS7 50 .„ 337 ▪ ..301 ▪ .„ 492 50, Orleans . S rasliurg to Bale 24:y ~, -4) 5 215 Madrid papers of the 18th inst. have reached Is, but they contain no news of the slightest in :er est. THE CHUSAN ARCHIPELAGO.—This is a new phrase, but it will soon be familiar to every Englishman. In all probability a British fleet now commands the island of Chusan, and the vast group of islands at the mouth of tha river Tahea, which communicates with the rich town of Ning-po, Nankin, and Pekin, the capital of China. Ar. Wild, of Charing-cross, with his usual foresight and despatch has brought out a little beautiful map of this archipelago, with the names of the afferent islands and the sounding s around them. It contains also interesting details the principal islands, which will be found extremely useful at the pre sent juncture of affairs in tbst quarter. _ . PUBLIC REJOICINGS . — It is not possible to copy all the accounts we find in the provincial Papers of the public rejoicings at the birth of the Princess Royal. We must content ourselves therefore with stating that they are universal and heartfelt. The prayers both for her Majesty and her infant have ascended to the Throne of Grace from the hearts of the empire before the sluggish piety of the Archbishop of Canterbury could find appropriatewords to express them—his hired services have been far outran by the spontaneous piety of the people. At a Court of Common Council yesterday, the first held under the new Mayoralty, Mr. Anderton com plained of a breach of privilege, inasmuch as the Court of Aldermen had given their tongues a license with the Court of Common Council. The Court was of opinion that enough was said on the subject. Subse quently, after some opposition, in which no little cen sure was heaped on a covetous Lord Mayor, a vote of thanks was passed to the late Lord Mayor. FALKIRK.—DISTRESSING EVENT.--On the evening of Saturday , the 14 th current, an interesting girl nam ed Kirkwood, about 20 years of age , left her master's house at Bainsford, taking with her a quantity of her clothes, and seemingly with the purpose of proceeding to Sunderland, where she bad a relation. On Sunday morn ing, however, the poor girl was met wandering on the bank of the Great Canal, near Burnhouse, at six o'clock, and was met by a man, who, struck with her appearance, asked her what she was doing there. Her answer betrayed dis traction ; and there is too good reason to know that she had spent the night in the fields. Her lifeless corpse was taken out of the canal on Monday morning, and from its appearance, it is likely she re had com numbermitted suicarti ide .les In a plantation n ear the s p ot, a gat of cof dress were found scattered about, and the ground was trodda as if a violent struggle had taken place. We can only sn lightly allude to the ramours afloat as to the cause of this affair, which has excited . deep commiseration, and a great sensa tion in the ne!g hbourhood, It seems she had b , 'en long engaged to a oung man, who is supposed to have been in her company that night, and to whom she refused to deliver up the lines of marriage in her pos session. As t hese, among other things, were not found, their forcibly having been wrested from her is plausibly inferred, esp ecially as the . ght near the place. screams of a femalelavv'eere trust heard that during our wanttl i e doefaadCoofrotnbe s the night investiga tion will be amply supplied by the authoritieF. As exhi biting public feeling, however, we may state that an effigy was paraded by torchlight on Saturday night through Bainsford and Grahamston, which, after being lacing slot at, was consign e d t o the fl imes , amid execrations tlt inflicted on the unh a ppy youth, whom the spirit o f th e Lynch law t hat mi g ht have been no one envies.— Scotsman. R, T 2! 141 SUN. LO 1)ON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1810. E4;•T INDIA HOUSE-THIS DAY. ADDRESSES TO 14P,11 . MAASTY AND PRINCE ALBERT. A Special General Court of the Proprietors of East Stock was held this dry fur the purpose of voting addresses of congratulation to the Queen and to Prince Albert on the late auspicious event: Mr, Butterworth IlAviey took the Chair, and after the minutes of the last Court :;ere read, The CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting had been spe cially convened, in order to address her Majesty and Prince Albert on thr. birth of a Princess Royal. At a time when feelings of patriotism were as strong as they were univer sal, it would not be necessary for him to enlarge upon an event which had rendered the Queen as dear to Ler people as their v.ives and daughters were to them. The address was then read, seconded by the Deputy Chairman, and carried unanimously, as was au address to his Re} al Highness Prince Albert. CHANCERY COURT--(THIS DAY.) HILL V. SMITH. The LORD CIIANCELLOR was occupied the whole of the morning in listening to the further arguments of Court s(l in this part-heard case. Tr:cre were thirteen Counsel engaged in the case, which vas not concluded when we :cent to press. We defer our report of it until the Lord Chancellor shall have delivered judgment. NEW MASTER IN CHANCERY.- \i'e understand that Sir George Rose, one of the Judges of the Court of Review, is to he the new 111aster,'M the room of Lord Henley. QUEEN'S BEISCH.-(THIS DAY.)3 THE QUEEN V. JAMES HATFIELD.-LIBEI. In this case a rule had been obtain 4by Mr. Kelly, call ing upon the defendant, the proprietor of the Canibridge Ina'ependent Press ; to OK w cause why a criminal informa tier, should not be fired against him for having published a libel upon the character of H. B. Stanley, Esq., a Magis trate of that county. The publication was a resolution of the Board of Guardians of the St. Neot's Union, which had been sent by a correspondent to the editor of the Newspaper for publication, and in which Mr. Stanley was charged with having caused great trouble and inconve nience to the Union, and with having made gross misre presentations to the Poor-law Commissioners. S r W. FOLLETT now appeared to show cause against the rule, and entered at some length into the circum stances which had cccasiened the passing of the resolution .n question by the Board of ,Guardians. The matter ori ginated in an altercation between Mr. Stanley and another gentleman, at the Board, and the Chairman not having interfered for the protection of Mr. Stanley, he made a representation of the occurrence to the Poor-law Commis sinners. The statement of the resolution which had been pzssed in consequence, was published in a substantially correct form in the newspapers. Mr. KELLY having been heard in support of the rule, Lord DENMAN said it was a very painful duty imposed upon tire Court to adjust differences between gen tlemen of high station, who had taken different views of their public duties. In the present case the guardians had certainly no right whatever to enter such a resolu tion in their books, reflecting in terms of invective and obloquy on the conduct of Mr. Stanley. They bad a right to vindicate themselves, but they certainly had no right to indulge in invectives against another party. They made themselves thereby judges in their own case and used language unbecoming gentlemen in any station. net being the case, it could not be right, but was, on .he contrary, highly improper in any newspaper to publish ' such a resolution, however correctly it might be reported. IL should be fully understood that there was no privilege in the public press to multiply slander, and if they did so it was at the risk of danger to them selves. The Court could no . : be blind to the cir cumstance that the newspaper was led to believe that it had been furnished with a correct report of what had taken place, and thee it followed that a gentle man looking to the vindication of his character should have applied to the newspaper for the authority on nhich tire publication had been made, in order that he might have applied to that superior authority. The rule had been granted by Mr. Justice Williams, under the impression that the publication was false, and had never been entered on the minute book of the Board :of Guardians. It was but fair to/ Mr. Stanley to say that he had made out that the : re p rese ntations which he had made to the Poor-law Commissioners in London were a true report of what had taken place at the Board ; but on the whole, for the reasons that had been stated, the Court was of opinion that the rule ought not to be made absolute.—Rule discharged. TILE QUEEN V. CHARLES BROWNE. In this case, which was a rule for a criminal information against the defendant, the proprietor of a Huntingdon paper, for the publication of the same resolution, The COURT made the same rule. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. Before Baron PARKE and Mr. Justice BosaNQrET. At the sitting of the Court, Mr. Baron PARKS directed that Frost and Gifford, who were yesterday convicted of a robbery at the Post-office, should be placed at the bar, and the Learned Judge after commenting upon the serious character of the offence of which they had been convicted, ,tentenced Frost to be transported for 14 years, and Gifford for 7 years. TRH MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. CORN-EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals of Grainhave been moderate, and the dis position to purchase has been very small, Wheat and Barley were Is. to 2s. lower than Monday. Beans and Peas very dull. Oats maintained their value with a slow 82110. Flour very heavy in disposal. '1 HE QUEEN. SUN-OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK. We are delighted to state that up to this hour her Mjesty and the Princess Royal are doing cmeeedinly well. The following Bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued this day : " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 27, 1840. " Half-past Nine o'Clock, A.M. Her Majesty and the Infant Princess are both doing perfectly well. - (Signed) " JAMES CLARK, M.D. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. RICHARD BLAGDEN." COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended y Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at the Palace in the iorning, and remained to lunch with his Royal High• ntss Prince Albert. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia arrived at the Palace in the afternoon, and made their inquiries after the state of their august niece and the infant Princess. Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences of Prince Albert. The Marchioness of Normanby, the Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Countess of Erie, Viscountess Pal merston, and Lady Fanny Cowper, paid visits yesterday to the Palace, and were received by Lady Barham, the Lady in Waiting. The Lord Steward, the Vice-Chamberlain, and the Treasurer of the Household attended at the Palace in the course of the day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, walked in the gardens of the Palace. Colonel Wemyss arrived at the Palace yesterday, and has taken the duties of Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, returned to the Palace in the evening, and dined with his Royal Highness Prince Alert. Amongst the Nobility and Gentry who called yesterday at the Palace to learn the state of her Majesty and the infant Princess were the Austrian Ambassador, the American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson, the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjornstjcrna, the Belgian Minis ter and Madame V.in de Weyer, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cctto, the Grecian Minister and Ma (lame Mavrocordato, the Russian Minister and Baron ess de Brunnow, the Prussian, Portuguese, Saxon, and Spanish Ministers, the Danish Charge d'Affaires and Countess Bile Bristle, the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires and Madame Marques Lisboa, the French Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul-General for the Hanse Towns, M. Drouet, Baron Schleinitz, M. de Vandeul, M. Puito de Several, M. Durant St. Andre, Consul-General of France, Rev. Dr. Dakins, Principal Chaplain to the Forces, the Attorney-General. Duke of Norfolk ; Marquesses Camden, Lansdowne, and Normanby ; Marchionesses Conyingham, Wellesley, and Normanby ; Earls Tankerville, Cadogan, Radnor, and Chesterfield ; Countesses Chesterfield, De Salis, Radnor, Tankerville, Cadogan, and Dowager Chiches ter ; Viscounts Gage and Ebrington ; Viscountesses Gage and Dowager Dillon ; Lords John Russell, Wenlock, Reay, Bloomfield, and E. Howard ; Ladies J. Bouverie, Wetherell, Quentin, Colchester, Cotten ham, Bloomfield, Barton, Ida Hay, Pollock, and F. Hamilton ; Baroness de Rothschild ; Honourables Mr. H. and Mrs. Fitzroy, C. G. Noel, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Sanderson, Mrs. G. Leigh, F. Maule, M.P., H. Fortescue, Mrs. Mundy, and John Ponsonby ; Sirs Fre derick Pollock, W. Horne, Henry Ellis, Francis Head, F. Hamilton, John Hensler, Jas. Duke, M.P., and R. Chester ; Generals Sir F. Wetherell, Sir R. Barton, Sir G. Quentin, Sir A. Bayley, Sir W. Pringle, and Grosvenor ; Colonels Rowan, Cooper, Torrens, Wood, A .D.C., and Anson ; Captain Harvey Tuckett ; Rev. Dr. Jelf , Rev. J. Horsley Dakins ; Messrs. L. Bruges, M.P., John Easthope, M.P. ; Boteler, Q.C. ; Thomas J. Platt, Q.C. ; Backhouse, J. Abel Smith, F. Ellis, Hope, M.P. ; George Hayter, Sanderson, F. L. Holt, Q.C. ; Babbage, E. J. Stanley, Macaulay, R. D. Hill, Q.C. ; and Wilbraham Taylor ; Mistresses Canning, Coupar, G. E. Anson, Backhouse, J. Abel Smith, Torrens, Grosvenor, and Anson ; Misses Canning, Julia Canning, Quentin, De Rothschild, and Sprieg Rice. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge left town yesterday for the residence of l.er late Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor. Prince Esterhazy and Sir J. Pelly had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. Major-General Sir John Milky Doyle, on the part of the Committee of Claimants on Portugal, had yes terday an interview with Viscount Palmerston relative to the proceedings under the Mixed Commission fur the investigation of their claims. Captain Williams and Mr. Lister had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby on Wednesday. PRINCE'S THEATRE. This beautiful theatre, of which Mr. John Barnett the composer, and Mr. Morris Barnett, the author avid actor, have become LzAsees, was last evening opened for the season. The Lessees some few days since issued a Prospectus, in which, after lamenting, as every lover ot• music must lament, the present state of the School of English Dramatic music, they state that they have taken the theatre for the performance of English Opera, with a view of reviving, or rather, we should say, of forming a school of English Dra matic Musical Composition. A most praiseworthy, indeed a national object, and in which we trust these gentlemen will succeed : indeed, judging f; - om their arrangements, we should say that there would not be a doubt of their eventual success, and they will then enjoy the proud satisfaction of having done for English opera that which Macready, during his Covent Garden management, accomplished for the legitimate drama. The company, although .-mail, is powerful and well selected, and comprises all the available talent in the market, including Miss Homer, Miss Adeline Cooper, 11. Phillips, and Frazer. Loder, of Bath, is the leader of a well selected and admirably drilled orchestra, and the chorus is composed of the elite of the far•famed double chorus of Drury-lane. A new grand opera, en titled Fridolin, the music composed by Mr. F. Homer, and the libretto written by Mr. Mark Lemon, was pro duced last evening with the most brilliant success. Taking the beautiful ballad of Schiller as his founda with a view of producing dramatic tion, the author , ( fl e et, has diverged horn it in several instances, and by so doing he has produced some of the most effective situations of the piece. The music, by Mr. F. Homer is of a very high order ; it is perfectly original, and is replete with beauties. There is a beautiful melody in the second act, " Though o'er the wanderer's way," which was exquisitely sung by Frazer, who, as Count Savern, sung and acted admirably. He was raptu rously e ncored, and repeated the air in a more beauti ful s tyl e , if possible, than the first, Indeed, we never heard him in better voice. This was followed by a trio between Frazer, H. Phillips (who was the seneschal), and Morley ,who acted Servitz, an old servant. This trio, in which the Count is informed of his wife's supposed infidelity, is an admirable composition, and was both acted and sung in a manner deserving the highest praise. The serenade of Fridolin (Miss Homer), " Lady Mine," was also loud l y encored. The gem of the opera, however, is a ballad in t he third act, " In the days that are faded." This was sung by Mr. H Phillips in his best style, and will, we doubt not, become quite as popular as his " Farewell to the Mountains." It is well entitled to rank beside that beautiful composi tion. It is needless to say that he was rapturously en cored ; indeed, the audience at one time seemed deter mined to have it sung a third time. Tne burden of the third act falls almost entirely on Miss Romer, who exerted herself to the utmost for the success of her bro ther's opera. The opening scena of the third act, and the finale, were given by her with a power and a pathos that since the days of Malibran have not been equalled. At the fall of the curtain the calls for Miss Romer and Frazer were loud and repeated, and at length he led her forward, apparently almost fainting from exhaustion, to receive that applause which they had each so richly me rited. The burden of the opera falls almost exclusively upon them, and most worthily did they sustain it. M ate r. F. Romer, the co m p oser, whom we beg to congratul on the success of this beautiful production of his genius, was also honoured with a call, and bowed his thanks. The opera, which has been got up in admirable style, ,oubtless have a long run. The house was crowded will d, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) I _.._:.~y,__. LosnoN, Nov. 27.—Wind this day at noon, light easterly airs, wills very foggy weather and hard frost. MARGATE, Nov. 26.—The Catherina, from Trieste, which was on shore in the Pay, was gat Off this mottling, after discharging part of hir cargo, leak 7. The Waterloo packet, from Jersey to London, got on shore on I\largt.te Sand to-day, but came ofF very leaky, and into Herne Bay. RAMSGATE, Nov. 26.—About forty casks of tallow, picked up at sea, have been landed heie fo.clay. 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed the Fairy Queen, Couseng, for Ceylon; Marquis Wellesley, Lang, Sierre Leone; Frances, Russell, St. Helena. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Berbice,' Gray. son, from Berbice, sailed the 7th ult ; Mary Quecn of Scots, Kel_ lie, Pariaba ; Helen, M'Cormick, Maranhatn, sailed the 14th ult. Sailed the Glannialier,! 'Wheeler, for New South \Vales; Phan tom, Saunders, Monte Video; Plata, Thorp, ditto; Kirkman Fin lay, Scott, Bb.nbay; Artemis, Carey, Rio Janeiro; Cabotia, Ash ton, Bahia; Mary, Hawkins, Demerara; Burlington, King, New Orleans ; Columbia, Clarke, ditto; Queen, Forest, Charleston ; John Bolton, Toulon, Mobile; British Queen, Dudney, St. John's, New Brunswick; Aurora, Vandin, Azores. Mern.—No account as vet of the President steamer. Elt, Nov. 26. —The James, Mercer, bound to Bahia, and the Tawas;, Sharks, bound to Plymouth, must discharge to repair. HASTINGS, Nov. 9.6.—A vessel lies sunk off Fairleigh, in about 20 fathoms, Hastings bearing N.N. \V. 15 miles ; topgallant-mast, painted white, is six or seven feet out of water. PORTSMOU i 11, Nov. 26.—Wind E.—Arrived the Juventus, Ru. therford, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Thames, Allen, Quebec; and George Washington, Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Eliza Steuart, Miller, for Sydney, New South Wales; Peter Proctor, Armstrong, Launceston ; Natchez, Snow, Havanuab ; and Carl Johan, Anderson, Barcelona. A brig, water logged and abandoned, was passed the 17th instant, in lat. 50, lon. 13, by the Juventus, arrived here. _ --- WEYMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Six casks of butter, marked " Cork, R. T. Hunan and Co., 1840, best new, Nos, 4,8, 9, 10, 14, 19, J. Ma lone," have been picked up at Lulworth. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 25. Arrived the Devonshire, Stephens, from Havannah. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Theron, Scott, from New York, with I part of cargo thrown overboard, bound to Hull. Sailed the Glenswilly, M`Neil, for Sydney, New South Wale, ; and Sterling, Foster, Swan River. The Baddingtons, Veiling, was abandoned by the crew the 14th instant, having become water.loggcd on the 4th, in lat. 4, lon. 24 crew saved, by the Theron, arrived here. FaLmou-.ii, Nov. 25.—Wind S. E. to E. S.E., fresh breezes.— Sailed the Margaret, Cave, for Newfoundland. PADSTOW, Nov, 25.—The Thomas and Nancy, Yeo, from New port to Ireland, was towed in here to.day dismasted. BRISTOL, Nov. 26.—Sailed the Eliza, Trail, for Cuba ; Britannia, Symonds, Barbadoes ; Anna, Jones, Demerara; George, Ross, St. Vincent; Feliza, Moore, Trinidad. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Edward, Cuthbertson, St. John's, New Brunswick. MILFORD, Nov. 25 —The Echo, Hobbs, from Cork to Liverpool, was stranded on the island Skomar on the 22d inst. ; crew saved. Deems, Nov. 24.—Arrived the Eleanor, Potts, from Quebec; Margaret, Williams, Miramichi. HULL, Nov. 26.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrivcd the Percival, Robson, from Quebec. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The British Sovereign, Spur ling, out fourteen days, sth June, clean ; Governor Hal kett, Bradley, out four months, 13th, with 400 barrels ; Genii, Murray, out fifteen months, 400 barrels, by the Juno, Banks, with 450 barrels, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales. THE PRESIDENT STEAM SHIP. The following has been received at Lloyd's from the British and North American Steam Navigation Company, dated 26th November :-- SlR.—Referring to the report contained in the Times newspaper of this morning, respecting a mahogany door, said to have been washed ashore at Ilfracombe, supposed to belong to the President steam ship, I beg to state that the President had no mahogany fittings and no gilt mould. inns of any description, consequeut►y the door must belong to sonic other vessel. I remain, Sir, Y. ur most obedient Servant, (Signed) MACGREGOR LAIRD. To Wm. Dobson, MONEY and COMIIERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Ltvxitroot, COTTON MARKET, :NOV. `26.—The sales are 3,000 bags to-day, chiefly American, at former prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, Nov. 26.—Ediuburgh and Glasgow 29; Grand Junction Quarter Shares 52, New 281; Great Western 84i, Half Shares 484, Fifths 84 ; South Western 521 ; Manchester and Leeds Sli ; Half Shales 344 ; Bank of Liverpool No news of the President or Oxford. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, Nov. 24. —The firmness of the prices at London and Paris, and the pacific reports on the ques tion of the East, have given an impulse toour national funds, which were sought after, and the prices increased. The Ac 6ons of the Society of Commerce went up 2 per cent. The Foreign Funds partook of the fame favourable disposition. Ardoin's Spanish was also in demand, and got up, and were done at 21 11-16ths. After closing, Coupons 16L ANTWERP, Nov. 25.—The steamer Antwerper arrived yes terday afternoon from London, which she left on Monday morning—there was a crack in her boiler. N'C'e saw landed one of her engineers, who was hurt in the leg, owing to the above accident, he was conveyed t.> the hospital. They write from the borders of Poland that the Russian fl, et had left Cronstadt for Reval, where it can be dis posed of with more ease if required. The last news from St. Petersburgh are very pacific. THE FUNDS. This being the day for paying and receiving the various dif ference of yesterday's account in Consols, the brokers and johbers were actively employed in doing the same ; in respect to speculating scarce anything is doin , .; to the present. time. The particulars of the capture of St. Jean d' Acre is read with the greatest attention in the City, and gives much satisfaction. Consols, which left off yesterday at 904 for the Account, opened this morning at ; for the opening, Money, 90,1 ; Exchequer Bills, I dis., 1 prem. ; Bank Stock, 139 160; India Stock, 241 243. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active i s not so g ood as it left off, 23a %, at present 231 ; Deferr ed, 114 12 ; as a ; Columbian, 25 * 4 ; Mex ican, 30 fr ; Brazili a n, sive, IA 73* 74 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51i ; Five per Cents., 9SI 99. SHARES.—Great Western, 21 22 prem. ; London and Brighton, 121 12 discount ; Blackwall, I f discount ; Bir mingham, 76 78 premium; Southampton, 521 53 1 per s hare ; Croydon, 111 aper share ; Greenwich, 7i per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 13 12 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New ... Ditto Fifths ... 4 .... Bal ... to London and Brighton London and South Western 3S London and Croydon (Trunk)... 14 118...... to - JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster . ... .. 20 HALF-PA ST ONE. The British Funds are not quite so good as in the early part of the m.rning, when they were 90i. f, for the 15th of January, at present may be quoted at 901, with little doing. Money is rat her in demand in the house. Exchequer Bills, 2 prem. par ; India Bonds, 17 13 dis. ; Bank Stock, 159 1581 1591 ; India Stock, 243. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, has rather improved, ; Deferred 11i 12 11 7 g ; Portuguese, 354; Three per Cents., 22 ; Colombian, 25i; Brazilian, 35 ; Mexican, 304 ; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents., 51i ; Five per Cents. 9t.3.i 99. In Sl,.ares little doing, Great Western, 4W 4 - ; South West ern, 531- ; London and Brighton, 27a. We have just received the IlanaburA mail of the 24th inst., which brings the Exchange upon London at 13 24, quarter of a Schilling higher; Geld, 42 Aletalliques, 105; Bank Ac- I tions, 1,700. THE ATTACK BY TURN-OUTS UN THE As TON R O AD.--VERDICT OF NIURDER.—Ia the Guardirn e Wednesday last, we published an account of a brutal at tack made on five journeymen sawyers, on the Ashton New Road, on the 31st u; t., by a number of turn-outs, and that an inquest was held on Tuesday evening, and by adjourn ment on Wednesday morning, before Mr. Chapman, the borough Coroner, on Thomas Garland, of 24, Brown-street, Granby-row, one of the unfortunate men, who had since died from the injuries he had received. Two sawyers from Oldham, named John Wolstenholme and Thomas Elenshall, who had been taken into custody, were present during the examination. Peter Keough, one of the five who were attacked, stated, that about half. past four o'clock in the afternoon of the 31st ult. he, his father, Peter Keough, his son James, John Harley ; and the deceased, who bad all been working at Mr. Gouldthorp's in Ashton, where there had been a turn-out, were coming to Man chester, and had got about a quarter of a mile from the Ashton New Church, when they were met by twelve or fifteen men, who, as they came up, pulled out bludgeons from under their coats. Witness ran round a cart which was in the road, and got au ay ; but he saw the men beat his friends. Samuel Roberts was one of the men. Witness stood watching them for some minutes, and then they went off towards Ashton, upon which he joined his companions. They were all much hurt, but the deceased more so than the rest. They arrived at the Infirmary about eight o'clock. He could not recognim either of the prisoners.—James Keough corroborated the last witness, and said he thought he saw Wolstenholme among the men who attacked them, but he was not certain.—Peter Keough said one of them was one Thomas Grimes, a sawyer. That day and the day before he had worked with Grimes, who left about half-past three o'clock that afternoon ; he took with him the foot of a table, and said he would make some one dance a Donnybrook jig before that night was out ; and he then went to the King's Head, in Stamford-street, the rendezvous for the journeyman sawyers, who were in the union. Patrick Lennon, a sawyer, stated, that he worked at Mr Gould ,horpe a, and on October 31 left work at four o'clock. Butterfield, one of the sawyers, went to the King's Ilead, and on his return said, four men had got ten shillings each to go to Oldham for assistance, and that the saw yers intended to watch both the old and the new road that night for witness's party, who might be returning to Man chester. Witness then sent his son to apprise the de ceased and the other men, but they had gone. Thomas Bough, of George Leigh -street, Manchester, a sawyer, stated that he also heard, the day before the attack was made that it was contemplated. The jury returned a ver dict of " Wilful Murder" against Thomas Roberts, Thomas Grimes, a ,cl other persons unknown. There being no evidence against Wolstettliolme and Henshall, they were discharged.—Mancitester Guardian, ILORD CIIARLEMONT AND REPEAL.-Ail address at the instance ofl‘ir.ll m . ov O e ' in C e o n n t n . cll n w i a , s L re o c r e d n sh tl i y p ha presesued to Lard Charlem ont, callin g upon him to assist the s theirvit present ation. At the last meeting of th e repeaters deelhi e d t h i ne invitation. Repeal Association, Lord Charlemont's reply was read. He is • of opinion that his coun tr y men "should seek to strengthen, not dissolve, their existing connexion with Great Britain. The slootilcss repeal of the union ia, lam cenvinced, impracticable : my earnest advice to them, therefore, is, to aim at those advantages for Ireland whit h may be attained under the United Legislature, and to avoid -, cherishing desires which arc almost sure to be disappoi nte d ; the- .. , inav otherwise be hurried , contrar y to their first i:1- tention, into acts of violence, and, instead of serving th e land of their birth, may bring down upon it the most dread. ful of all national visitations, ' civil war.' " SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beef way pretty good, and trade equal to it. In Mutton the trade was not quite so good. The best Veal was very brisk, the finest sorts realizing full titl e s. Beasts, 716 ; Sheep, 4,100 ; Pigs, 176; Cal ves, 154. Beef, 3s. to 55.; Mutton, 3 s. B d. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s . Bd. to (is. ; Pork, 3s. Gd. to s s. 6d, per stone on th e best qua_ . _ COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were of little moment, and the operations pri vately were on a small scale, both for home use -and export. In prices, however, little variation occurred. The arrivals keep small from all quarters. TEA MARKET. The market was dull for free trade, but in prices no ♦ariation of moment occurred. Company's Congou flat at 2s. Sid , cash. Some large public sales have been declared, TALLOW MARKET. There was little done in Russian Tallow either on the spot br to arrive, and prices had a downward tendency; sellers of P.Y.C. at 475. per cwt. TILE CIIURCII MILITANT. At a dinner of the Conservative Association for the county of Bedford, on the 13th of July last, the Reverend Richard Pearson, hi retureieg thanks for the bish op Church plunde e r rta a ' n u cost., justified the presence of the clergy on such occasions, and in the course of his speech is : and elei - gy of the dio• ed to have ex ra.por, y itli , u t O'Connell, 1 ,1 a j rn e d—" But surely the el re as l competeirt jueges of its propriety as a Lanelbrgynotv'ec , p o t —a Russell, led by he tool of Papal tyranny—or, as that admirable theolo elan and excellent father of the Church, Josephus Hume. But, be this as it might, he should venture to judge in this matter for himself, regardless of what a host of interested L.---Tite Pearson n and either t h the e r infidels and Papists might choose to say or think upon the ed upo upon of M t r h . e subject." The Duke of Bedford made the Bishop of Fly acquainted with the circumstancesateall t ß o ig d h is t ow it n e‘ t r i e t r e e e n x d pr P e r s e sions imputed to him, or acknowledge his sorrow or having improperly alluded to ~ the most the propitiation which our offered upon the cross for the y forshovvn and typified by the a tsli t i v ne f ss u s l eo m df ytLshtoeerrdywohf andooluer i . l rdut,. religion, paschal lamb without blemish and without spot." The Reverend Mr. Pearson, however, refused to comply with the command of this diocesan, and the Bishop of Ei, brought the c orrespondence to a close by expressieg his' surprise that there was a clergyman in his diocese who would reply upon him so improperly. more rabid among the Tory Journals seem to have been THE DEVIL AND SIR ItoBERT PEE lately inspired with a singular hatred of their o ld leader, Sir Robert Peel. The Morning Herald has long given him up as a hopeless subject; and many of its sal eu ,, ites in the country have done the same. We see a l so that a writer in Blachwood's Magazine bas this month thought proper to have a fling at the c unning Baronet, In humourous poem entitled " The Devil a Last Walk , . a following unkind cut is made at the quondam l eader f the Tories. The prince of the powers of the air is understoodo the I to be strolling about London, and as be saunters do wse Par liainent-strect— ' " By the way," added he, " there's a ma n T Hangs out not many a y ard hence ; . must see, So he stole to a certain Baronet's Who lived in Privy Gardens. And he left his card, for he couldn't do less, Just to make some slig ht amends— " 'Tis no more than fair, when he's taken such p a y friends.„ care Not to incommode , Can the writer of this have been aware p of t h e lot no going on, it is said, to form a Peel, I cmcraton. and Mel. w bourne Cabinet? Who can wonder at 01 '3 Rev. Hugh Stowell denouncing Sir Robert, whenwhen it thus -- appears that Appolyon, the cunning old serpent, irja . ? in the habit of call ing at Privy Gardens? —Sheffie/ !e . Complete Course o f liistruct . ion in the French Language, so as to entirely leaving England to learn F ren z l b . via N t e all en lish thi numerous attempts to seco l e ver 1., can be compared with firel clever i'9e ef Mons. Le Page; , w , :: consist i. , Echb Master for the Nursery, , 0 Conversation," and the ' Last Step stand ptonecessity of otwithstanding the s desideratum, none progressive Books of the " de Paris," .. French," French Gift of which for judicious arrangement _ .s. c . unrivalled for th e easy ac quirement of this accotepli It a l angu age dmirableTh • To schools and private teachers these a little books must be nvaluable ! I nItEIGN F„,,,, ENGLISH AND . 7 - - ,, DS. --The pre sent crisis, when, from the great lolrganic chats .;es convula ing Europe, the pu blic funds of r. n,at i ons are in so unset tled a state as to d ef y an y length ter experience to calcu lwe upon their fluctuations, every 0 ,, e connected iti any way with them ought to procure an excellent little work thereon by Me. Exchange)— which Chas. Fein (of th e L ondon Stock has t i reached a third edition, brought down to the present !me, and h vv-ieh gives in the clearest and most come of manner, not only on ac count of all the Funds, but of every ft ; — "way, Canal, and Joint Stock Bank and Company, in existence. The creations and promotions on the Nab of an heir opparent, of which extravagant expectations have been as usual entertained, will, we have reason to believe, be on a very limited scale. Had the royal infant been a prince, there would doubtless have been honours distributed on the occasion, which will, under present circumstances, be postnoned.—Globe•_[The Globe labours under the im pression that the ;Royal infant is a 'prince. While the Qu,cri is under a certain age, some doctors say fifty-two, a daughter cannot be heir apparent.] MUSIC• CHILD H 0 OD' S HOUR, a Ballad• Written by Miss MARIANA NIXON, Composed by W3r. GOOD This is a very pleasing ballad of the Haynes 13ailey school. Tile melody, by Mr. Good, is sweet and flowing, and does not require a very great compass ol voice fur its execution. The accompaniment is judi cious, s upporting, without drowning the voice. Alto gether the ballad is well adapted for lady performers, and we doubt not will become a favourite in the draw- ing-room• , A f, G R EAT FOOT RACE AT PAISLEY.---- 100 t race race is to come off on Friday first, on the Paisley course, which has made a great deal of noise in the sport ing world, and the bets pending on which amount to large sums. This race, we understand, originatd in a challenge offered by a Mr. W ylie, alias Merrylegs, a celebrated English runner, to beat any Scotsman that ar ds of a start, cou ld be found, giv in g the Scotsman 350 y on a distance of three miles. Two Scotsmen were se lected and put in trainin g to meet the English champion, Lanar viz., James Ha milton, weaver, from Drumelog, k ' shire, and Robert Gilchrist, shepherd, from Shorten, Ayr shire. These two have been for come time running at \ Paisley, and a trial race was to come off this forenoon be tween them, to fix which of the two is to run against Merrylegs. The betting is 100/. to 50/. in favour of Merrylegs. There is a bet on Hamilton that he will run one mile on the common road in five minutes. The time gener ally taken by the trainers to r un three times round i the Paisley course, which is considerably tiser more than three i miles, is fifteen minutes.—Paisley Adver. LITERATURE. TALES OF THE BLEST. Price!, Thetford, 1840. SKETCHES AND LEGENDS. Boone, London, 1840 If there be one thing more than another that characterizes the present literary age, it is its utter indifference to poetry—that high and ennobling art which was so popular among us about fifteen or twenty years since,l when Moore, Byron, Scott, Campbell, Wordsworth, and a host of minor satel lite-;, were in the full flower of their genius. In those days we all listened with delight to the chirp ings of the singing birds on the slopes of Parnassus; but now, if a new poet is heard warbling, faintly and modestly, his " native wood-notes wild," we " heed not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely," but bid him hold his peace, and hang up his harp on the willows. It cannot be that we are become indifferent to poetry because we have no genius among us, for Tennyson. Browning, Mikes, Mrs. Norton, and the author of " Festus," are authors of undoubted poetic ability ; the great secret of our indifference must lie in the fact that we are so wholly taken up with the practical and matter-of-fact, as to have little leisure, and less inclination, to cultivate the imaginative. Steamboats and rail-roads—to say nothing of the increasing pressure of life's daily business on all of us—have fairly extinguished the Muse, the majority of whose most recent productions serve no other purpose, we fear, than to line portmanteus, or wrap up confec tionery. Alas, that the poet should have fallen on such evil times, and serve but to minister to the uses of an unimaginative trunk-maker I That his best odes, lyrics, and elegies—though admired,per haps, by the select rew—should scarcely have power to procure for him a plate of cold beef at a cook-shop I The only effort of poetic inspiration with which we are acquainted, that has achieved anything like an extensive popularity within the last dozen years, is that remarkable couplet penned by a youth, who, at the time, was confined in New gate for having abstracted—great geniuses are apt to be eccentric—a gentleman's watch and seals in the Strand I In the agonies of remorse, the deli cate and sensitive feelings of the youth in question prompted the following lines : " Him as prigs vot isn't his'o, Ven he's cotched, viii go to prison I" In this impressive couplet we are at a loss which most to admire, the healthy, unsophisticated tone of its morality ; the musical flow of its rhythm ; its rigid grammatical accuracy ; or its incompar able elegance of expression. Mark, too, its artis deal skill and completeness as a whole I Notwith standing its epigrammatic brevity, it has a regular beginning, middle, and end. In fact, it is an epic in minia:ure—an Iliad in a nut-shell. The poet, it will be observed, rushes upon his subject with the same quickness and dexterity with which he, no doubt, rushed upon his prosecutor's watch and seals. He states his thesis in the first line, and sums up his argument on it in the second, which, as the melancholy result of his own personal experience, is entitled to every attention. As re gards his diction, how fondly the ear lingers on the melodious monosyllable 44 his'n ;" and is pur posely startled by the broad Doric roughness of the emphatic participle, 44 cotched 1" With all his genius, Byron never wrote such lines as these ; Moore has nothing that can be compared with them ; the inspired Wordsworth alone has ap. proached them in his poem of 44 Goody Blake. Yet the gifted author of this couplet, despite its acknowledged popularity, was actually transferred the other day at het Majesty's expense to Botany Bay, which is the only bounty, we understand, that he ever received from the Crown I Such is the way in which the highest poetic genius is now rewarded in this degenerate commonwealth ! But enough of burlesque, now to be serious. Of the two volumes of poetry before us, one, "'Tales of the Blest," is by a gentleman named Barker ; and the other, " Sketches and Legends," by Miss Wilkinson—a young lady, who assures us that she has only just completed her fifteenth year. And first, as in duty bound, let us speak of the lady. Her poems ate highly creditable pro ductions, exhibiting, not seldom, singular precocity of thought, and distinguished throughout by skill and melody of versification. Many of her descrip tions—for, like most young writers, she is greatly addicted to the descriptive—show that she has looked on nature with the true eye of the poet, as in the line, " and massive cliffs rise grimly to the sky," in which a picture is conveyed boldly and vividly to the imagination by one word. Miss Wilkinson, however, should beware of indulging in superfluous ornament. She should allow her ideas' fair play, and not bury them beneath a weight of cumbrous imagery. When she has learned to re trench and simplify, she will have overcome the greatest obstacles to her success as a poet. Mr. Barker's " Tales of the Blest" ;s another work of promise. His rhymes are flowing, easy, and equally sustained, and the general turn of the thought re minds us of Cowper, whom he seems to have taken as his model. We should have been glad to have seen a little mote vigour of sentiment and expres sion in his poems ; but this, perhaps, Mr. Barker imagined was unsuited to the nature of his theme, which is strictly of a religious character, but has the rare merit of never degenerating into fanaticism. We hope to see him soon again in print, though we cannot venture to promise him that he will be much read, unless, indeed, he indites 44 Odes to a Railroad"—" Fancies on a Steam-engine"—or " Poetic Meditations suggested by a Spinning 'enny 1" THE CON SPJRATORS. 3 Vor,s. Colburn, London, 1840. The singular conspiracy which was hatched against Napoleon, when in the height of his power, and which had numerous agents, even among his own troops in Spain, Portugal, and Germany, forms the subject of the two best tales in these vo lumes. This conspiracy had for its object the overthrow of the Imperial domination, and the es tablishment of a Republic in France. It was not intended to take the life of Napoleon, but only to clip his wings a little, by forcing him to lay down his sceptre, and accept the office of President for life—a fact which clearly proves that it was merely the phantom of power, not the thing itself, for which the conspirators were contending ; for the Chief of the French Republic for life would have had quite as much power to coerce the people to his will, as the Chief of the French empire. The change was only one of name, nothing mere. One of the principal promoters of this aimless, Quixotic conspiracy—for we can call it nothing better—was General Oudet, a brave, generous enthusiast, against whom Napoleon had long entertained an inveterate dislike, and who was slain in an ambus cade, immediately after the great battle of Ws gram, in which he had taken a distinguished part, under circumstances which left little doubt that he, and several colleagues who were with him at the time, were waylaid and murdered by command of the Emperor, to whom the intrigues of the con spirators had by so!ne means or other become known ; and who had adopted this secret, but not very creditable, method of crushing it. The character and military career of General Oudet are sketched with spirit and minuteness in the tale entitled " the Man without a Name ;" and we have also one or two vivid glimpses of Napoleon, who, however does not appear to be much of a favourite with Mr. Quillinan, the author of these volumes. The " Sisters of the Douro" refers chiefly to the cam paigns of the French and English armies in Portu gal„ about the period when the Duke of Welling ton was first appointed to the command there ; and describes divers love scenes between two young English officers, and two Portuguese maidens, who reside in comparative seclusion with their parents, at an old country-house, in whose neighbourlroo alltl the Englishmen ha pp en to be quartered. As a ma tt e r of course , the affair ends happily for parties. The best parts of this tale are those wherein the author sketches, evidently from his own personal recollection, the landscape scenery of t h e more sequestered districts of Portugal. H ere he evinces un questionable graphic ability. MOORE'S POEMS. Vor. H. Longman, London, 1840. In his preface to this volume, Mr. Moore men tions one or two interesting anecdotes relating to his trip to the United States, which took place in the year 1803. Among other eminent individuals whom he saw there, he particularly remembers Jef ferson, of whom he thus speaks :--‘‘ At Wash ington I passed some days with the English r a i ; Mr. Merry ; and was by him pres eilt r the levee of the President Jefferson, sitting with Gent Dearborn w hom I o u fi n i . , and vre o r two Rime) comprising cers, and in the same homely cos EVENING ED I TION. slippers and Connemara stockings, in which atlr. Merry had been received by him—much to that for mal Minister's horror—when waiting upon him in full dress, to deliver his credentials. My - single interview with this remarkable person was of very short duration ; but to have seen and spoken with the man who drew up the Declaration of American Independence was an event not to he-forgotten." Of coerse, while in the United States, Mr. Moore did not omit a visit to the Falls of Niagara, of which he says—" when we arrived at the inn, in the neighbourhood of the Falls, it was too late to think of visiting them that evening; and I lay awake almost the whole night with the sound of the cataract in my ears. The day follow ing I consider as a sort of era in my life ; and the first glimpse I caught of that wonderful cataract gave me a feeling which nothing in this world can ever awaken again." In another place, the poet, speaking of the same sublime object, observes " however dif ferent the nature of their appeals to the imagination, I should find it difficult to say on which occasion I felt most deeply affected, when looking on the Falls of Niagara, or when standing by moonlight among the ruins of th e C o li seum ." I t w as while travelling in America, t h at M r . M oore co mposed the majority of the poems which are contained in the volume before us. With many of them we have been long acquainted; and are sorry to see that the author has subjected some of our special favourites to a somewhat too scrupulous revision. He may have improved them, perhaps, so far as mere cor rectness goes—though even this we doubt ; but what they have gained in polish, they have lost in spirit. We do not, however, say this of all of them, but only of those which have fixed themselves most strongly in our memory. We adduce an instance or two in point. In the exquisitely musical lines to Nea—which, as a boy, we remember thinking the most harmonious poem we ever read , and which, indeed, carries the dancing melody of the anapaestic measure to its highest perfection—occurs this passage : Well, peace to thy heart, tho' another's it be, And health to that cheek, tho' it bloom, not for ine 1 To morrow I sail for those cinnamon groves, Where nigiitly the ghost of the Carribee roves; And far from thine eve—oh, perhaps I may yet Its seduction forgave, and its splendor lorget." The last couplet in the above passage Mr. Moore has altered as follows : And far from the light of those eyes, I may yet Their allurements rorgive, and their splendor forget. We cannot compliment the author on this altera tion. It may be more regular and methodical than the original couplet, but it is far less spirited. We suppose he was apprehensive, on mature re flection, that his readers might imagine tnat Nea was a one-eyed beauty, unless he expressly stated that she had two I Again, in another ode addressed to the same young lady, Mr. Moore had said ori ginally I stooped to cull with faltering band A shell that on the golden sand Before us faintly gleamed ; I raised it to ycur lips of dew ; You kissed the shell, I kissed it too— Good Heaven, how sweet it seemed !" In the present edition, the last three lines of this stanza arc thus tamed clown : " I trembling raised it, and when you Had kissed the shell, I kissed it too— How sweet, how wrong it seemed ! Now this alteration, with all deference be it said, strikes us as being little bet:er than a tame common place. What business had the word "wrong" there ? It is clearly a sacrifice of spirit and feel ing to a sense of conventional propr►ety. The lines were perfectly harmless as they stood at first, and assuredly were more forcible. We hope that in his future volumes Mr. Moore will be as sparing as possible of his emendations, for he may rely on it that poems penned in the fervid spring of an author's life, are seldom altered to advantage ►n his more fastidious and unimpassioned autumn. MIDDLESEX CO URT OF RE QUESTS. THE Two FATIMAS.—Two ladies, very Turks in disposition, and. perfect African beauties in size, an swered to the call of Jenkins v. Jones. Mrs. Louisa Jenkins, who attended with her daugh ter, a regular little Venus, with .. Large blue eyes, fair locks, and snowy bands," commenced stating her case before she was fairly before the green•baized table. She was " all in a fiuster." " This good lady," said she, tut ping towards Mrs. Jones, " was recommended as a custornrr to me on the 15th of July last." Commissioner—Pray, what are you, ma'am? Mrs. Louisa Jenkins—A dressmaker. " A dressmaker!" ejaculated a juryman, eying the • extraordinary dimensions of the lady. A dressmaker, indeed !" also ejaculated Mrs. Jones. 6. Yes, ma'am, a dressmaker," repeated Mrs. Louisa Jenkins, red with sego. " A dress•dcstioycr" quickly retorted the defendant, and the two tat ladies controuted each other—their very dresses fluttered with passion, and they were about to get into dangerously close qu,rters, when the Commis , sinner called upon the plaintiff to proceed with her case. Mrs. Louisa Jenkins did so. She said that on the day above-mentioned the defendant desired her to exe cute an order for a black satin dress. The dress was made and sent borne, and immediately returned with the following most provoking message :—" That it was too large beyond all measure, and that Mrs. Jenkins must have sent home one of her own dresses in a mistake. Mrs. Jones (passionately)—l'm sure it was your fit. As far me—o.l Io 's monstrously too large. Mrs. Louisa Jenkins—Gracious me, madam, I've not been in business at the West-end for twenty years, with out being able to tell whether a dress will fit me or not. You are exactly my size. " ! quiie preposterous!" said Mrs. Jones, horror stricken. " I'm sure ever} body must perceive the no tion is quite ridiculous." Mrs. Jones moved backwards several feet, r.nd having eyed Mrs. Louisa Jenkins from top to bottom, gracefully crossed her arms, and looked most lack-a.daislcally self satiefiiid. " I won't be looked at in that manner," said Mrs. Jenkins, furiously. The pretty little daughter, in accents mild "as a breath horn the sheet south," endeavoured to soften her parent. " Pooh, pooh, pooh], my dear !" said Mrs. Louisa Jenkins, " she shall never look me out of countenance, the impertinent creature!" Mrs. Janes was about to reply, as the Quarterly treated. Keats, " most savage and Tartarly," but The Commissioner again called upon the plaintiff to proceed. " I have nothing more to say," observed Mrs. Jen kins ; and Mrs. Jones entered upon her defence, which amounted to this : that the satin dress in question was five inches too large round the waist, two inches too wide in the sleeves, was all of a pucker in the back, and three inches • too long. Commissioner —Good reasons, certainly, for returning the dress. Mrs. Louisa Jenkins—l'll not believe it. The dress fitted me exactly, for I trie d it on before I sent it home. Commissioner —Perhaps, ma'am, it was made for you ? The pl.iintiff's daughter said the fact was, that the measure of Mrs. Jones happening to be mislaid, her mamma, who was usually an excellent judge of size, bad the dress made to fit herself, observing at the time that she and Mrs. Jones were, she was confident, as near one height and figure as could be. " The vanity of the woman !" passionately exclaimed Mrs. Jones. Vanity !" exclaimed Mrs. Louisa Jenkins, with equal jury ; and the Commissioner was obligid again to interfere as a moderator. ' certain " Why did she refuse to come and try it on in my show-room ?" said Mrs. Jenkins. I'm Mrs. too Alar ge'' Juror—Was the dress made to fityou, Jenkins? Mrs. Jenkins—lt was, Sir. Juror (to the Commissioner)—.Then we are quite satisfied. Commissioner—So am I, perfectly. Mrs. Louisa Jenkins—Of what, ge ntlemen ? Commissi oner —Th at t h e d ress must be much too large for Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Louisa Jenkins was inclined to argue the point with the Commissioner ; but her pretty blue-eyed little her knowledge p reva il e d upon her to say no m ore about knowled ge o f a fit. Mrs. Louisa Je nkins left the Court e in a t err ibl e rage , muttering vengean ce ag ai black sa ti n dress. ns a He t e h esen sent expiration his o s p o na n o gyf f u t o sb li ri eotdh:etehnm onths , s •sfix.sres'"'""E'''' ---- PLEDGES OF THE POOR.—On Tuesday a gen onth tleman made an application at Marlborough-street, for a summons ag ainst a pawnbroker, who had refused to account for or deliver up to him an article that had been pledged a year for a sum u nder 103. Mr. Lang referred to the Pawnbrokers' Act, and told the applicant that pawnbrokers were warranted in keeping all pledges, T no he m bA at e te t r o t f he pa r r e l a ia l . to a i mk keep value, on which they advanced a sum not exceeding lo s . said th e e to Y k e ee asr to b e sold by public auction. The applicant s r All cxi o rc th d e l r a p st le s d p i awnbrok e e r rs cl Monday w u a g at e .i s ir w da c y r . e, morning; to redeem the article, but the _ if an c) article the absolute shoelubtaedparobvp7;sybieniiethyce3,plocbdlgigee.d pawn i t n h the tia ,l k c e d . g e i a l y e ea A r catncderatadianyly. required p awnbrokers a a y pledge earam a i y a ea d r a , y e . xcl i u 7o si r v i e ns o t f an t i l e l e e , day p awning, was pledgedhut n o t, on tlic 2d of J anuary i n t h e following '! , l competent for the pawnbroker on the Ist of January, it w t„arre.fUsCTthoc g a i p y p e lic t a t n ip t then retired. i { A ar rre , the- for Old Or ° the ,pte -1 d ,• Elf -y ----.- • OF r 0 P I. Oen able, ILY ietyr spa , ngea t; 0 ontj it ere of ,fine- lock , cultic ,~ ~ ..