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FDITION• LITERATURE. pi, ..,ACTICAL TREATISE ON THE LAW OF ELECTIONS. 2 VoL9. `` Th e &taw, London, .1840. 44 ther M object of this publication," says the c andid ' -.4r. Stephens, in his preface, " is to give ov erse -tit f , es, electors, agents, returning-officers, I }oB . erN) Claimants, and objectors, a practical cx to,lit."l of their rights, duties, and incapacities, in v i ;.' 14311 to the Parliamentary elective franchise. l itz t t object, whose great utility no one can deny, tut be a ccomplished in a pains-taking and care o_ Mann er I"iror'llgliout his ; Mr. Stephens, too, has endeavoured, Practical Treatise, to explain and more over' matters as much as possible ; and, more with' 'las had a wary eye to condensation ; but niot.s tv4tanding his efforts in this last respect, ii of , , e ,xtends to two thick duodecimo volumes, one dr e g anti actually contains not less than eight bun ilidiraml twenty closely-printed pages ! What an eektlY satirical comment is this one fact on the thi: tlat,..regulate our Parliamentary elective fran -11): t low absurdly comp l ex an d p uzz li ng must ear, y l et be i n d etails, when a practised lawyer to n , °t undertake to explain them within a smaller tr uti l l /a ss than two corpulent duodecimo, ! Of . a eat be t he Reform Bill has yet much to do, ere °Lject, saidur to have s uccess f u lly a c complished its n Ne ," e quote the following curious Alice relative to a candidate elected nst u his If 44 ,,Ye 4 ,;„ u , l ' i fied person be proposed as a candidate for "icre ° t -- Y' city, or borough, against his own inclination, el,e 411, votu'airig officer is notwithstanding bound torec i receive the tbaes tendered for him, and in case he should la t i i r tY. to make the return accordingly. 4 1 , 4° ' •,,, e is ca se of Gloucestershire, the first question in . 14 1e 0 11 1 ,,, - ; 4 was debated was, " whether Sir Thomas tear y 41 -- ",". as eligible against his own consent, and con md th uls desire ; and it was held clearly that he was ; i ,„ lll4e e • a o t :T is man, being lawfully chosen, can refuse tha: C e r r st re country and commonwealth have such bn,. 11 ever man, that when, by lawful election, tlu w sl ll 4 i n r c ,'" n ted to the public service, he cannot, by any ktles - res3 or refusal of his own, make himself inca 114' D i e : I ; t hat were to prefer the wig contentment . • Wh o man, before the desire and satisfaction of ".a country, and a ready way to put by the suf ileilvoueBt 41 "), who are commonly those, who least en r to obtain the place." I• °r oni a 't e , e4c lance with the foregoing resolution, the -e b n and the House resolved, that Sir Thomas 10 4 1 4 " av illg had majority of votes on the poll, was ti • e t k . et ed and ref u a rned although he had declared at '°4l l - °f the election, that he wished not to be Ip k`isserVlstol. there was a d ou bl e return o f th e E ar l o f and John E•_ei , in one indenture, and of t h : 14 :!Y Hooke and John . Knight, Esq., in another. hie lI TP u rY Hooke had subscribed to the election of • o ,: r ` or Ossor had scaled his return; and renounced crivi.° election?' The report of the Committee of , t4 rn ve -e s and Elections thereupon was, that " the re :4lo4:s therefore single, and Sir Humphry Hooke .14114;Zce his return; and that the Earl of Osscry : 4 %14, 4 till the merits of the cause touching the said t (1 & af to w ere determined ; and the House agreed. I rtiti o 4 w, ards r e f erred to the Committee of Elections : '(/ ‘,"that"oi th e b urgesses of Bristol were presente d Si 114 1,0'404144.e • the then Mayor of Bristol ordered P and their report was, that " they found that • '"DaY Hooke had much the majority of voices ;" 4 th e i_ r opinion wa s , " that he was duly elected, t b likt C t. to sit." The House agreed ; and ordered I "iat ° I Q nev, N Y'heretofore or, Sheriff for the City of sdep'tommitted to the Sergeant-at-Armq, for his ' 1 ' 41 04 in making-a false return for the said city. no 7111 -E ART OF NEEDLE-WORK. „ Ou t Colburn, London, 1840. 'lie kali:l,' a subject apparently of no great promise, , e ntert a - ,•" of this volume has wrought a most ' e kl, h ng work, which ladies in particular will mares 41 . great interest, recording, as it does, their erth as 1° the art of needle-work from the earliest fatly t.. Periods. This art seems, even from the 4 vsn,; l , 4l es of the Egyptians, to have been a special totts with Queens and Princesses; and nume ,ends,,4 t he inst ances h ere a dduced of their skill in the management of the needle. The "tt `" Mary Stuart solaced the long hotirs of NI. by this elegant occupation ; and Illife,r,,srliost brilliant epoch in her life, the equally Ilear-"eate Marie Antoinette derived an unfailing :a k e,r ee Vli t) ` enjoyment from her needle. Our Doy : pen Adelaide is, we are informed, remark "r skill in this art ; but the " triumph of sa, • it, c) says our authoress, " has been : n o ha s c lOr own countrywoman, Miss Linwood, apd g4Blll-e."rofrered, and has refused, three thou _ : 1 8 ", m 3 r her copy, in worsted, of Carlo trietiti aivator We cordially recom for it this Work to it I ' s rePlete the nOtice of our female readers, pa s . ers bers _, With short, pertinent . anecdotes, and eteh 4 with many pleasing scraps of . poetry, "Pe t o vary and enliven the narrative. 3'llp V OURITE OF NATURE. Thi . IWhittoker, London, 1840. 4 Plle n ls a republicationt°Tria4 about of a novel that made its years since, and a 1 . , bete°l the Ao entitl numbers of a new periodical thor s ed the " Popular Library of Modern 0, 44 some We well remember the novel, which "o titaerin °Pularit y i n i ts d ay, an d w hi c h d escr ib es E g g s of a beautif u l an d accom plished young %hue' .44 Rivers, who dies a victim to her ex kern 3 P,ibility. ;tha A The tale is told with feelin '44 th lei ty; but it is sadly sparing of incident s ; k 1 e ength ba e tie portions o f it are s p un ou t t o suc h 4t c, tal ; a tt. Ni th e f a i r heroine, like Clarissa liar til,alnlo es So long a time in dying, that at last we gla d to have done with her. We scarcely ° I„",'Y forT",_tne r eptiblication of such a story, intended 44.4 1 1- er l i ue 1'5 .81.1. 1g hour, is likely to be a success °lent. 41 4.,c h , rr,ez , L p''S LIFE OF WELLINGTON. p 41 ' 7 London, 1840. ti i i ttty c an before u, of this Life of our greatest 2 4 too, ftalander commences with the events kept to th Flac e h 1 the P en i nsu l a i mme di a t e ly su b- Va i t a 4 e battle of Barossa ; and concludes tog fitilur e e i OUl lt of th e fi rst s i ege o f B a d a j oz an d t bei n : n Conseque nce o f t h e D u k e o f Welling , t he d4c°4lpelled to raise it, in order to advance tit e ; t 'e of the of Elvas. A considerable portion aloe battle: chapters is devoted to a description `llle,tjaateltleA°f Albuera, the most sanguinary and tp,a, contested of any that was fought in h a te cooft . 1. 4 Maxwell has described this destruc tCtle se e -el ith infinite spirit ; but indeed his !wheierl :blare always forcibly painted ; and, on t l , r4 th e ' life of Wellington—whether we re -11.11 inlpattl°Pl inusness and accuracy of its details, 1 .,!Y be . h at t one, or the terse vigor of its style 4`t tippe'erroounced decidedly the best that has red • la point. vI?IEN TA!: MUSING S.- ,_ lior, , Fraser, London, 1840. yell ado nas assured us, nearly two thousand till ow g°, that neither gods, men, nor columns vol taiii of tbiddlina oets - , and we fear that x. 411.10° of st l'all poesy is destined to prove no Ivillitittti to the rule. The author is by no means il l a certain smoothness, and even . m . ve .or, vitthoutts;ificat.ion • but he lacks the mens circuit _ )e toe c a ll l'ilLeh there can be no poetry, sl t ed H. the in worthy . to 1 rt, f . 13 most successful efforts are / i llic it esti ve lyric, such as his " Absent Friends," 11411 Bash much cordiality of sentiment set off e ksy and flowing diction. THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1840. COURT CJRCUL iR. zil ----------------- USSIA. S G ERMANY AND R W edo t Longman, London, 1840. 11 01. i n ot find much that is new in this novelty, volume, con...,ntleed, have We right to look for in rs-glaerit a . of travels g, how many dozen books klertrlan tel l ye Y arld Russia have appeared within 01 . no Addit.%; still, though Mr. Slade makes few. de ti the last 4 ctik i°4B to the stock of our information, n.e. v u e ,'.. 44 scenes and characters with so much lI a : . ti ve ' t hat we take a strong interest in his o i a_ . Nie'lkka.cd are sorry when it Viceroy of E. comes to a Itlg of the Sulta n and his rival, the has close oti gYpt, our author observes, that the former 0, h LY th e rrer,shadow, but the latter the substance, I an adds, " Europ e is, I believe, w a : h e fact that the destruction of the Janissaiies h o , not the stepping -stone to Turkish regeneration, now aware totlittather acted as an earthquake's shock to a oth rin g edifice; but she is still insensible to an vi..er and more important result produced by it -411 ti the separation of the throne from the nation. % er Ilation was Mussuhnan. The Janissaries thro e •its was and when they were over ,, wn, the house of Othman ceased to reign „o ral' „ v o Y' Mr. Slad e is impressed with . a highly , arable topoinion of the Viennese, whom he pro ill°tlnees be an excellent-hearted people, and per- 1 h a i ps the happiest in the world, though he qualifies 1 tilsia.drnirtion by asserting that they are all sen ta4t,'l'ts, ‘Alic-J.A.' bole enjoyincilLs, next to music, are ti '114;) kitinking, smoking, and (lancing. ‘Ve con- ti ' l e QUr notice, With what seems t() Ps, a very Sir—To correct erroneous impressions to my disad vantage, relative to the tragedy of the The Sicilian Ves ecrs, now announced at the Surrey Theatre, and which is on the same subject as the play of Mr. Sheridan Knowles, forthcoming at Covent Garden, allow me, through your favour, to apprize the public, that the former has been written by me upwards of ten years, and, though twice accepted at Theatres Royal, has been suspended from circumstances entirely independent of its merits. In the mean time a gentleman who had been confidentially acquainted with the play, but, as he affirms had forgotten it, suggested the subject to Mr. Sheridan Knowles—to mention names is unnecessary, but to state the fact is not. I have no intention to in culpate others, but I do not choose myself to remain under the imputation of any such folly as to have wil lingly embraced a competition with Sheridan Knowles on this or any other subject ; at the same time I may observe, that when subjects are as plenty as black berries,' for Knowles especially, who is master of an alchemy to transmute all metals into gold, he need not surely have been placed in a position to intercept the fruits of my labours, in a case where I am convinced he would more readily have offered his counsel and as sistance in bringing them to prosperous issue. This forbearance he could easily have afforded to an old bro ther dramatist, besides that I know him to be sincerely my friend, and he need not tell me he has run against me in the dark. " Under these circumstances, Mr. Davidge, through the medium of a friend, in the most prompt and liberal manner has placed his theatre at my command, with many flattering regrets that I should have been driven on his side the water; but though the 'vantage ground is occupied by him who unquestionably is entitled best to it, lam still in a neighbourhood where my distin guished competitor has produced one of his own dramas ; and surely at a theatre where he has also acted both in his own plays and those of Shakspcare, and of which Mr. Davidge, by his liberal exertions has so eminently raised his character, I need not blush to have taken re fuge. Moving in different hemispheres, the world may thus be wide enough for us both, I may eicape an un timely fate by the shock of contact, and in any event, our contention be as hurtless As if a brother should a brother cite To gentle exercise and proof of arms !' " I am, Sir, your faithful servant, " Sept. 16." " J. KENNY." This explanation, as far as Knowles and Kenny are concerned, is perfectly satisfactory ; but we dif fer with Kenny on one point—in our opinion, it is most necessary to mention names. In order to put others on their guard against trusting manuscripts in the hands of this gentleman with the treacherous memory, it is necessary that the public should know who he is. Had an unknown author been treated by this gentleman with the treacherous me mory, as Kenny has been, he would most probably have been forced to submit to that injustice, as it is exceedingly unlikely that either Mr. Davidge, or any other manager, would place his theatre at the command of an untried dramatist, and it is not every one who can afford to print a five act play at his own risk. In justice, therefore, to his fellow labourers in the field of dramatic literature we call upon Mr. Kenny at once to name this ex ceedingly forgetful gentleman. Although the same historical incident is taken as the subject of both tragedies, yet the manner in which it has been treated by the two authors is essentially d,fferent. The Sicilian Vespers opens with the return to Pa lermo of Giovanni di Procida (Elton), disguised as a Franciscan monk. He has been travelling in various disguises through Sicily, with a view of in citing the Sicilians, his countrymen, to free them selves from the yoke of their French oppressors, and has procured promises of assistance from the King of Arragon, the Emperor of the East, and the Pope. On his return he finds, much to his disappointment, that his son Loredan (Saville) has been induced to become the chosen friend and companion of Mont ford (Mr. H. Hughes), the French ViCeroy, who is represented as a high-spirited, free-hearted sol dier, of noble mind and fascinating manners, and whose love of justice prompts him, in many in stances, to protect the Sicilians and to punish the overbearing and tyrannical conduct of his own coun trymen. He is, however, the rival of Loredan in the love of Leanthe (Mrs. H. Vining), and Pro cida makes use of his rivalry to induce his son to join his countrymen. Leanthe is a Princess of the ancient Royal house of Sicily, and, by the dying request of the unfortunate Conraddin, the last of the illustrious house of Suabin, who was publicly executed at Naples by order of Charles of Anjou ; she was betrothed to the son of Procida. She is inclined, however, to favour the suit of Montford, but Procida, still maintaining his disguise as a monk, reminds her of her vow, and she promises Loredan to wed him. Montford, not knowing that she was betrothed to Loredan, has made him his confidant, and besought him to forward his suit with her. Loredan, instead of informing hi m of the fact of his own love for Leanthe, remains silent, and when Montford learns the truth from the lips of Leanthe, he accuses Loredan of treachery, and orders his im mediate banishment from Palermo. Procida ar rives just at that instant, and Loredan swears to revenge his country and joins the conspirators. He conveys a letter to Leanthe, containing intimations of the time when the conspiracy is to explode, while she is reading this Montford enters and announces that he h as reca ll e d Loredan from exile, as he is con vinced he has done hitn injustice, and ""t he huh' self, since he is rejected by her, is, rvith one ant alone, about to leave the Fat; • ce to embark for WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Their Serene Highnesses the Princes Victor, Clodwig, and Philip Ernest of Hohenlobe Sebillingsfurst, arrived last evening at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Serene High nesses rode out this afternoon accompanied by Lord Poltimore. The Princesses Hohenlohe and Therese took an air ing in a pony phaeton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert is expected to return from town this evening to dinner. The only additions to the R , iyal dinner party this evening arc Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. His Ro3a! Highness Prince Albert, attended b 3 George Edward Anson, Major-General Sir Edwari Bowater, and Captain Seymour, arrived in town shortly liefore four o'clock yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, went to Clarence House, St. James's, to learn the state of the Princess Augusta, and was received there by her Majesty the Queen Dowrger and the Duke cf Sussex, who were in attendance on the Royal sufferer. His Royal Highness afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Gloucester passed nearly all the day at Clarence House, and the Duke of Cambridge a!so paid visits to na..ke his affectionate inquiries. The following account of the health of her Royal highness was issued yesterday . " The Pi incess Augusta has passed the night free from suffering, but her Royal Highness is in no respect better than she was Yesterday." " Clarence House, Sept. :11, 9 o'clock." Among the Nobility and Gentry who called yester day at Clarence House, to make their inquiries respect ing the Princess were, the Swedish Minister and Coun tess Bj,rnstjerna, the PortugueSe, -.Hanoverian, Aus trian (Special) Minister, the Danish Charge d'Affaires, and Countess Bille Brahe, the New Grenada Charge d'Affaires, and Madame Mosquera, Duchessof Inverness, Marchioness of Bristol, Earl and Countes De la Warr, Countess of Tankerville, and Countess Belfast, Earl and Countess Albemarle, Countess of Fingall, Countess of Erroll, Lady Ida Hay, Countess Dowager Dunmore, Capt. H. Murray, Viscount and Viscountess Gage, Viscount Strangford, Viscount and Viscountess Paltnc.lston, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lady Lucy C. Lowther, Lady Augusta Cotton, Lord and Lady Strafford, Lady Hutton Cooper, Lady Woolmore, Miss Flanrey, Lady Shaw Stewart, Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, the Solicitor-General, Rev. Dr.Kuper, Mr Under Sheriff France, Mr. Under Sheriff Jackson, Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Colonel Cooper, Sir George Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. H. Charles Hoare, the Dutch Minister and Madame Dedel. The Queen Dowager remained at Clarence House until past eleven o'clock last night, at which period the Princess Augusta still lingered in the same exhausted sta`.e. The members of the Royal Family all left in the course of the evening, except the Duke of Sus sex, who remained with the intention of stopping all night. Prince Albert, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, Sir E. Bowater, and Captain S3yinour, left Buckingham Pa lace at a quarter past five o'clock yesterday afternoon, on his ret urn to Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambridge took up his abode yesterday at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness's residence, Cambridge House is undergoing repair. The Princes Victor and Philip Ernest of Holten lobe Schillingsfurst, landed at the Custom-house on Sunday evening from the Continent. Their Serene H glinesses left town at seven o'clock, en a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islairls, itt;el from the Governors of Gibraltar • and Malta, were received yesterday at the Colonial- __- FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Sandwich, from Hinchin brook, Huntingdon; Baron Tudal, Aidc.de-Camp to the King . of Hollar,d, at Mivart's Hotel, from the Hague ; the Rev. Mr. ard Mrs. Peel, at ditto, from \Vorsley Hall, near Stourport ; Sir Fred. Bathurst, at ditto, from Cla rendon Park, Wilts; the Hon. Mr. Craven, at ditto, from Wiltshire ; the Ladies Somerset, from Cowes, Isle of Wight; Lord Jeffrey, from Scotland; Lady Grant, from a tour in Scotland ; Lord and Lady \Vharncliffe, from Brighton ; the Hon. Sydney Herbert, from Wilton House, near Salisbury ; Lady Staw Stewart ; Lord Hotham, in Hill street, from Scotland; Lady Campbell, from Brigh ton ; Count Stroganoff, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle street ; Sir Simon Haughton Clarke, Wirt., at Fladong's Hotel, from Jamaica, West Indies ; Sir Claude de Cres peny, Bart., at ditto, from d tto; John Fane, Esq., at ditto, from \Vormsley, Oxfordshire ; W. H. A ,hurst, Esq., at ditto, from Waterstock, near Wheatley ; John S , aton Karr, Esq at ditto, from Berkeley, Gloucester shire ; Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, from Frognall, Kent. DEPARTURES. Viscount and Viscountess Bercsford, for Bedgebury Park, Kent ; Count Lauhoff, from Cravrley's Hotel, Albe marle-street, fot Paris ; Baroness Dirnsdale, accompanied by Major and Mrs. Darby Griffith, from Mivart's Hotel, for C3mpfi,ld Place, flerts ; Sir Richard and Lady Jen kins, fur Shropshire ; the Dowager Countess of Scarbo rough, for Tunbridge Wells; the Hon. A. Thelluson, en a continental tour ; Sir George Talbot, from Mivart's Hotel, for Tunbridge \Veils; Major Wildman, from ditto, for Dunham Massey ; Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, on a visit to Lord and Lady Maryborough, at Deal Castle. CHANGES. Lord Petro, at Bath, from Thorndon Hall, Essex ; Earl and Countess Craven, at Hampstead Park, Hants, on a visit to the Dowager Countess Craven, from Weymouth ; Viscount Maidstone, in Yorkshire, from Scotland ; the Hc.n. James Macdonald, at Skye, from a visit to Lord Salt'un, at Ness Castle ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian, at Tuplow House, from town. It is confidently reported that Rear-Admiral the '1 Earl of Dundonald, better known in the Naval world as Lord Cochrane, has submitted to the Admiralty a plan for destroying the Egyptian fleet in the harbour of Alex andria. Should this Gallant Officer hoist his flag and proceed to the Mediterranean, as rumour states, we con& d , ntly predict a fall of at kast five per cent. in the French funds, on the news of the circumstance reaching the Bourse. This is the same officer who conceived, and so ably executed, the design for destro y in g the French fleet in the I:lsque 'Roads in 1809, and his name will revive some awkward reminiscences in the minds of our bluster ing neighbours. There it plenty of enter p, Ise and talent in the Naval `-' 4 rvice ; all that wanting is the oppor. tunity to display their., and remind the world occasionally that they exist.—Naval and Military Gazette. BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY. —The active preparations going forward, and the bustle and stir in the town this day, indicate, more than upon any former occasion, the success of the Musical Festival, which commences to nt)rrow. The ballot for places, which terminated on S,:turday, shows a considerable increase of applications as compared with the corresponding period of the festi val of 1837 ; and the applications for tickets since the ballot have been uriprecedentedly numerous. Notwith stilniling the increase of applications, there is still ac commodation for those who may require reserved scats. The principal voo and instrumental performers en gaged arrived in Birmingham from Hereford on Satur day, and the first general rehearsal took place in the Town-hall this morning. Nothing could be more per feet than the choruses ; and the utmost harmony, in every sense of the word, appeared to prevail throughout the whole orchestra. Amongst the nobility and gentry who, it is under stood, will attend the festival Are named—the Duke of Marlborough, the Marquis of Blandlord, the Earl of Bradford, Lord Leigh, the Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Ward, Lord Newport, Sir Edmund Hartop7, Sir Eard lcv Wilmot, Mr. Dugdale, &c. It is also stated that the ifshop of Exeter, who has a son residing in the neighbourhood, has taken a house for himself and family for the week, and tyifl attend each day'e performance. The town is remarkably gay, and sanguine hopes are UM , cntcrtaiacd that the fest.val will prove eminently successful. BRITISH ASSOCIA'T'ION. GI.A`GOW, FRIDAY.—At the usual hour the differ ent sei tions met, and numerous papers were read, but they are in general so destitute of public interest, and so long, that it would be of little use, if it were pos sible, to ,give an intelligible outline of them. It will he sufficient, therefore to give from time to time such ex tracts only as appear interesting to the general reader. The following is a list of the most distinguished mem bers present at this year's meeting :—The Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Northampton, Lord San don, Lord Teignmouth, Lord Greenock, Lord Mont eagle, the Marquis of Lore, the Lord Provost of the City, Sir David Brewster, Sir William Jackson Hooker, Sir William Jardine, Sir J. Robison, the Very R, v. Principal Macfarlan, Rev. Dr. Chalmers, Rev. Dr. Paterson, Rev. Dr. Duncan, of Ruthwell, Dr. Forbes, Mr. Colquhoun, M.P., Mr. Ewing, of Levenside, Mr. Smith, of Jordan-hill, Mr. Smith, of Deanston, Mr. Murchison, Professor Phillips, Mr. Taylor, Mejor Sabine, Mr. Lyell, Professor Nichol, • Professor Ramsay, most of the leading officers of the Association, and a number of distinguished foreign savans. The Statistical Section (of which Lord Sandon was chairman) excited some interest, it having become known that the Rev. Dr. Chalmers and Drs. Cowan and Ali son were to read important papers. The section met at eleven o'clock iu the Logic Class Room, but it soon be came so much crowded that it was found necessary to adjourn to the College Church. Here the proceedings commenced in the presence of a numerous and brilliant assemblage, among whom were the Duke of Argyll, F.R.S , Lord Sandon, Lord Moateagle, the young Mar quis of Lore, the Marquis of. Breadalbane, Lady Bel haven, Lord Tei4nmouth. , the Hon. Mr. Rice, Sir John M'NAI, the Lord Provost, Sir John Nasmith, &c. The Noble Chairman having explained the arrange ments under which the business would proceed, - The Rev. Dr. CHALMERS proceeded to lead. a paper " On the application of Statistics to Moral and Econo mical Quest;ons." 'lbis paper occupied about two hours in the delivery; but it contained little of novelty. Lord MONTEAGLE moved that Dr. Chalmers should receive a vote of thacks, which was given by accla- oration. The next paper was by Dr. ALIsON, on the practica' operation of the Scottish system of the management o the poor. He concluded amid much applause, and said that on a future day he would read a paper on the inde pendence of the poor. MECFIANICAL SCIENCE. Sir J. ROBISON in the SMOKE Pitomerrott.—Mr. Wallace exhibited and explained his apparatus for enabling persons to enter places on fire without danger from smoke, by means of hreathin- , through water. Mr. Smith, of Deanston, exhibited a model of a new plan of canal lockage, the advantages of which he stated to be that the descent in each lock would not be wore than twelve 'to eighteen inebes,--that the locks were opened by the passage of - the vessels, that the looks abut themselves, that the vessels did not require to stop, and that little or no water was lost. - Mr. Fairbairn exhibited a model of an engine for. raising water, which he had suggested for the pur pose of draining the lake of Haarlem, in Holland, which covered upwards of 50,000 acres. It was his opinion that this could be accomplished by the application of a Cornish engine, of from 200 to 300 horse power, at tached to a scoop of 30 feet square, the one end of which was made to move on the centre. In the bottom of this scoop, which was curved, were several valvesopen ing upwards, on the side nearest the engine. By the de. sccnding stroke of the engine, this side was immersed in wa t e r, and filled through the valves. The returning stroke,or rather the weights attached to the other end of the beam, raised the scoop, and threw the water into a canal at a higher level than the lake. Such an engine as be proposed would lift seventeen tons of water each stroke, and make seven or eight strokes a minute. The average depth of the lake was ten feet. The en gine was so constructed as to give the dipping end of the scoop a larger or shorter stroke as required. Mr. HODGKINSON produced a miner's lamp by a Mr. Clegg„ near Oldham. It was in principle the same as that of Davy, but was enclosed in a triangular lantern with three bull's-eye gasses. The object was to get rid of the danger arising from the use of Davy's, which, should it fall or upset, let the flame through the wires and caused an explosion. In this lamp that danger was obviated, as there was gauze on the air-hole of the lan tern ; and it had this excellent property, that whenever there was danger the light went out. The model was highly approved of. The business of the day was wound up by a prome. nade in the evening in the Exchange. ff - TEMP It AN CE-T II E MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE. From the Cork Southern Reporter.) We have derived sincere satisfaction from the perusal of the following communication, addressed by the Mar quis of Lansdowne to the Rev. Mr. Mathew. Th e Very Reverend Gentleman, at the time of the Marquis's visit to this city, was absent on one of his tours in pro motion of the great ziause in which he has effected so much good, and on his return found the letter w a i t i co for him " Cork, Sept. 15 , 1840. " REV. Sin—l am near the conclusion of a journey .hrough a considerable portion of the south of Irelan ' in the course of which I have m y self had, ever y where, repeated occasion to observe a most remarkabl e change for the better in the appear ance of the p opulati on , and -e a o m n o tr n e g l a . t the- m ' to be assured by others on whom I could rely, o f 1 , 1 order, and to a greater equally manifest imptovement in their character and conduct, produced by the extraordinary success of your u n ri r n e e n c li t h t a i n b g i t s e endeavours ctaeLopuerrsatnoeei n a t a r oddsulef Y at this eau ha p d ers a a n nai o ly ppou i nit p6 ‘ e ‘ e l e h f ad exp h r o e p ss c i d ai to t l a la%; the sleep sense I entertain, both as an Irish proprietor and a p u bli c con ducive,under all circumstances, to servant, as s f tthheey‘m'alullset of your CSCrtiOr_lS, obviously eevelopment than could by an y other means be attained the maintenance of peace and of every social virtue. ce from I ome h " Your temporary a bsen h as alone pre vented my doing so, and I trust may be permitted to take the only method in my power of recording these sentiments in a tnot:e that may not be disagreeable to you, by enclosing a draft for One Hundred Pounds, and requesting the favour of you to apply it to the use of any one of the Institutions for the benefit. of you r p oorer countrymen in which y ou take an Interest, and which in your judgment stands most in need of pecuniary as. s incere respect, your obe- L A NSDO NA ; sistance. NE." die ‘ n ‘ t l s a e m rv , ant, Reverend Sir, w ith " Tne Rev. T. 111_a_t_11.?: by y ock u e n t s s i _l THE PRESS.—Our excel ent Contemporary, is very surpng, and makes us The Sint, is bud in its disapprobation of tho fortifying of Paris, and thus speculates upon that rather alarming mea sure :—" That the patriotic and Liberal journals counte nance such a measure, by which the earth will be oppressed unsightly tltyhewFarlelsn,c.ha,nd a large sum taken out of the suspect that M. Thiers has known how to influence even those editors who prete nd to oppose his policy." Why should not little Thiers follow t he exam p le of the gentry who locate about Whiteh all and Somerset house, and who I have a knack of making a stubborn Globe wheel merrily ' round, or a Radical Exa miner cut its old ac q uaintance.— The IVorld (a Dublin Paper) n taking l eave o f t h e . i Lord Albert Conynghain) representation of Canterbury, solely on th;) ground of his contioucA ill health, has yawed it to be distinetiv intimated to the Liberal elector` that it i his intention, 'should his health be restored, to solicit their autfrages again. -- Evening Paper. TRIAL OF CAPTAIN REYNOLDS. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 21.—The general court-martial, which will not be held till Friday next, relates to the conduct of Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds, arising out of a letter he addressed to his commanding officer, the Earl of Cardigan, demanding a❑ explanation of cer tain terms alleged to have bee❑ used by his Lordship at a private party in his own house, and supposed to reflect on the character of Captain R. A. Reynolds as one who should not be invited to partake of his Lord ship's hospitality. The following is an authentic copy of the " Charge against Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds of the 11th regiment of (Prince Albert's) Hussars. " For that he (Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds) having, at Brighton, on the 28th of August, 1840, written and sent a letter to Lieut.. Colonel the Earl of Cardigan of the same regiment, his commanding officer, of an im proper nature, and being thereupon personally ordered by the said Earl of Cardigan, as his commanding officer, to the effect following—viz., that all letters addressed. to him by Captain R. A, Reynolds, should in future be strictly official, nevertheless he, the said Captain R. A. Reynolds, in direct violation and disobedience of said order by his commanding officer, did, on the same day, viz., the 28th of August, 1840, write and address to him ( Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan) a most disrespectful, insubordinate, offensive, and insult ing letter, imputing to him conduct calculated to excite him to depart from his duty as commanding oflicar, and which last-mentioned letter is as follows : " Brighton, Aug. 28, 1840. " My Lord,—Having in my letter to your Lordship of yesterday stated to your Lordship that a report had reached me that your Lordship had spoken of me in such a manner as I deemed prejudicial to me, consider ing the position in which I am placed, and having in the most respectful manner requested your Lordship to allovv me to contradict such report, and your Lord ship having this morning positively refused to give me any answer, I must beg to tell your Lordship that you ate in nowise justified in speaking of me at all at a public party given by your Lordship, and more particularly in soca manner as to make it appear that my conduct has been such as to exclude me from your Lordship's house. Such assertisn is calculated to injure me. Your Lordship's reputation as a professed duellist, founded on the having sent Major Jenkins to offer satisfaction to Mr. Brent, the miller at Canterbury, and your having sent Captain Forrest to London to call out an attorney's clerk, does not admit of your privately offering insult to me, and thou screening yourielf under the cloak of coin manding officer ; and I must be allowed to tell your Lordship, that. it would far better become you to select a man whose hands are _untied for the object of your Lordship's vindictive reproaches ; or to act as many a more gallant fellow than yourself has done, and waive hat rank which your wealth and earldom alone entitle rou to hold.—l am, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient servant. " RICHARD ANTHONY REYNOLDS. " 45, Brunswick-square, Brighton. " To the Right Hon. the Earl of Cardirn. " Such conduct as aforesaid being in the said Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds unbecoming an officer mid a gentleman, prejudicial to the interests of the service, subversive of good order and military discipline." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 2.l.—The Alban steam- rel Master John King, left Woolwich yesterday, for Chat {lam, to embark 150 men of the Chatham diviaion of Royal Marines, being the full complement who have 'been ordered to join the Queen, 110 gun ship, at Ports mouth. It is expected that the Queen will be commis sioned in a few days, and will, immediately after pro curing the necessary number of seamen, sail for the Mediterranean. After transferring the Royal Marines to the Queen, the Alban will proceed to Cardiff to em bark the 45:}1 Regiment for Belfast. The Firebrand steam-vessel, Master S. B. Ccok, ar rived at Woolwich on Sunday to be examined, having been on shore on the Naas Sands when returning with the Lords of the Admiralty from their late visit to the large seaports under their control. The Shear eater steam•vessel, Lieut. John Steane, ar rived yesterday at Woolwich to have her defects made good, having burst her larboard condenser. The Medea steatn - frigate , Commander Warden, will be paid two months in advance on Wednesday, at Wool wich, and leave for Portsmouth and the Mediterranean immediately. EXTRAOROINA KY CHARGE OF ROBBERY. On Monday, at Worship Street, Lewis Norton, a young man, whose father is an attorney , was p laced at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, upon a charge of rob bing a person named Sanderson, of two half-crowns. The prosecutor, who is a poulterer, being sworn, it appeared from his statement, that on Saturday even- ing, while in the City-road, he experienced a serious attack of a prevalent disorder of the bowels, and went into the Angel Tavern, kept by Mr. Alien who is a customer of his. While there he became exceedingly ill, and a physician was sent for. Several genticmanl)- looking young men, who were in front of the bar, were very assiduous in assisting the medical attendant, par. ticularly the prisoner, and when he was sufficiently re covered the prisoner insisted on seeing him home to lOdgings, in Union-street, Spitaltields. and accord-- ingly accompanied him in a cabriolet. The prosecutor had two half crowns and two buttons in his pocket, and on enteri.).- the cab he felt that they were safe. 0,1 the way the ' prisoner was extremely attentive to him, but the prosecutor felt the prisoner's right hand in his breeches' pocket, and afterwards observed him putting the other hand behind his back, as if concealing some thing. Prosecutor found that the two half-crowns had been taken from his pocket, but be did not secure the prisoner, who, he thought, might in his weak condition ill-use him, or make off. He put his head out of the window, however, and without being heard by the pri soner, directed the cabman to drive on to the station house, and, upon their arrival there, gave the prisoner into custody for stealing the two half-crowns. The pri soner, when asked what money he had about him, said 17 or 18 shillings, which he according!y gave up from his trousers' pocket, but when the inspector, Harris, ordered him to be searched, he took two half crowns from his coat pocket. Mr. Chambers, who attended as Counsel for the priSoner, subjected the prosecutor to a most searching cross-examination, and elicited from him that, in 1537, he was a petitioner in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, but Was opposed and remanded to prison six months for giving an undue preference to some creditors. Ilis remand, however, was merely that his opposing creditor's claims might be adjusted; and , h i s fr i e nds having effected that, he was discharged without suf fering the six months' imprisonment. Mr. Norton was to have been his attorney in that matter ; but some difference arose, and he employed another attorney. He declared, however, that he had no knowledge that the prisoner was Mr. Norton's son. Policeman Ball, 121 11, said that when the cabriolet was driven to the station-house and the charge given, the prisoner was asked what money he had, and said seventeen or eighteen shillings, which he produced from his trousers' pocket ; and, being asked if that was all, he said " Yes." The inspector directed him to be searched, and the witness proceeded to search, to see, he said, if he had any knife about him, and in his coat-pocket found the two half-crowns now produced. The prisoner declared he was innocent of the robbery, but gave no explanation respecting the two half-crowns. Mr. BROUGHTON, after co mmenting upon the evi dence, ordered the depositions to be taken for the pri soner's committal for trial ; but consented, on the appli cation of counsel, to take bail, two sureties in 50/. each. THE BELLEROPHON AND THE FRENCH STEAMER.—In February 1;338, as our readers may remem ber, the Bellerophon was accidentally placed in a situa tion of considerable danger off Gibraltar, and the Phare, French Government steamer, commanded by Lieut. Duparc, hastened to tow the ship into a place of safety. The Admiralty, in acknowledgment of the friendly assist ance of that officer, hat sent him a handsome sword, on the blade of which arc engraved the name of the vessel, and the date of the occurrence, with the words, " The Admiralty to Lieutenant Leon Duparc." EXPLOSION OF GAS.—Last night, about seven o'clock, as two men were engaged in repairing the gas pipes of the lower part of the premises of Mr. Macdowall, printer, in Pemberton-row, Gough-square, Fleet-street, through the defect of a pipe, Loth men were blown a distance of several yards from where they were at work. Information of the circumstance was forwarded to the firc station at Farringdon-street, and in a few minutes several men and engines reached the spat, when all further danger ceased. No damage has occurred to the printing depart ment. We are sorry to state that the two gasmen and a female servant were dreadfully scorched about the face, hands, and arms. A General Court.martial is ordered to be held at Brighton, we t.:lieve, on Wednesday next, for the trial of Captain R. A. Rey riolds, Senior C.lptain of the 1 lth Hussars, for having challerged his superior officer, Lieu tenant- Colonel Lord Cardigan, arlsing out of circum stances detailed in cur la t paper, wherein Captain Reynolds had thought himself aggrieved. We are par ticular in stating it to be the senior Captain, because the London prints this week have been occupied with a lung detail and correspondence relative to Captain J. Williams Reynolds, of the same regiment, who was placed in arrest by Lo rd Cardi g an, in May lett, for having a black bottle o f Moselle on the mess table, from which he (Captain J. W. Reynolds) was subsequntly released, without satisfactory atonement to nb his feelings.: The Court will be co m po sed of the following officers —_Major-General the lion. Sir H er cules Pake arn ' K. C. 13., Preside nt ; Colonel Mildwav Fan., !Atli Regt. ; Colonel Arbuthnot, 72d Iliglllanders; Licut -Col. Drum mond, Fusileer Guards ; Lieut.- Col. Vandeleur, 10. th Hussars ; Lieut.. Col. Sir John Burgoyne, Guards; Lieut.-Col. Broadhead, Coldstream. Guards ; Grenadier Lieut -Col. Dyneley, Royal Horse Artillery; Brunton, 13th Light Dragoons ; Major Simmons., Dot Regiment ; Major Cockburn, 60th Rifles; Capta-a Do. hotly. 13th Light Dragoons; Captain Sp flee 9th j Captain Holitliarn, Royal Artillety ; lion. Copt. Pitt, Royal Horse Guard; (Blue).--liatipsh/re Telegraph. correct estimate of Prince Nletternicli's talents as a statesman : " Prince Metternich is eminently a diplomatist, as well as a very eminent oae, but is he not placed in an era and position where ill! statesman is requited ? Has he not retarded where he should have progressed? has he not fettered energies where he should have developed them ? Has he not mistaken the spirit of the age fur a spectre monster, and allowed it to weigh him down like a night-mare, instead of making himself its incarnation Lock at facts. He has uniformly exerted and is exert. ing his great talents and influence solely to maintain the status quo everywhere, especially in Austria ; wilfully turning a blind eye to the indices of the storm gathering round him, and a deaf ear to the claims of right and reason. And truly it must be said, he has managed most adroitly to keep the elements entrusted to his care within the limits prescribed by him. But how much more might he have effected by a contrary proceeding ! In how imposing an attitude might he have claced Aus tria, foremost in power and influence, as in rank. As, however, Prince Metternich found her, so will he leave her, unconnected and disjointed, with dilapidated finances and undeveloped resources, with no bulwark to restrain ambition on one side, and n•. channel prepared for the safe introduction of liberalism on the other. He mght have rendered her heterogeneous parts homogeneous, have raised a barrier against Russia, and have we-leirtied liberalism without fear. A statesman, in his place, would have done all this." RELIGION AM) EDUCATION IN AMERICA. Ward, London, 1840 Dr. Lang, to whom we are indebted f thi work, observes, when speaking of the results of the voluntary system in America, that the Christian Ministry in the Voluntary Churches of the United States is decidedly of a higher character on the one hand, and incomparably more efficient on the other, than the Clergy of the Established Churches of Great Britain and Ireland ; and then proceeds to show that religion, so far from being comparatively neglected in America, as Captain Marryat insi nuated that it was in many parts of the Union, ex ercises a general benign influence over the commu nity, to afar great extent than is anywhere the case in Europe. That there is much sincere religious feeling in America, we know ; but we know also that there is an i.nmense amount of fanaticism, and that canting quacks of all degrees abound there, and drive a flourishing trade, if we may judge by the account,,, which we have read from time to time, of their famous love-feasts, where such extravagances are acted, as might have shocked even that arch fanatic Simeon Stylites. Notwithstanding our author's verdict in favour of Jonathan's piety, we should think the better of it, did he pay a greater deference to the counsels of his best spiritual in structor Dr. Channing ; but so long as, in opposi tion to the frequent and impass'oned remonstrances of that great and good man, he not only avows, but glories in, the Slave Trade, we shall take leave to doubt whether he be so eminently religious as Dr. Lang represents him to be. SURREY THEATRE. A new tragedy, in five acts, from the pen of the veteran Kenny, entitled The Sicilian Vespers, was produced at this theatre last evening. This tragedy, it will be seen, is on the same subject as Sheridan Knowles's new play produced on Satur day, at Covent Garden. In explanation of this circumstance the bilk of the Surrey contain the ollowing announcement : The Proprietor, to convince his patrons that he does produce The Sicilian Vespers from any unfair or vexatious opposition to the management of the National Establishment alluded to, submits to the public the fol owing letter which appeared through the public press : 4 ' TO THE EDITOR. France. She entreats him to stay, as his life is in danger, and as he still refuses, at length she confesses her love for him. At this instant Procida and his son are brought in guarded, having been arrested by Gaston (Neville), an old veteran, attached to Montford, who has recognised Procida notwithstanding his disguise. On seeing them, Leanthe attempts to snatch the letter from one of her attendants, but is prevented by Gaston, who hands it to Montford. Montford reads it, and Loredan, having recovered from his surprise, de clares the letter to be his writing ; that from motives of private revenge he certainly had intended taking Montford's life, but that there is no conspiracy, and, as the price of his candour, demands that his father, against whom there is no charge, shall be set at liberty. Montford, however, condemns them both to exile, and commits them to the custody of Gas ton until a ship can he prepared for their embarka tion. Procida, under pretence of making disclo sures, lures Gaston to a terrace overlooking the sea, and there dispatches him; after which he retures to his son, relates what he has done, and urges him to make use of the liberty thus procured them by joining the other conspirators at the palace ; in forming him that the sound of the vesper-bell that night is the concerted signal for a general massacre of the French throughout Sicily. They join the other chiefs of the conspiracy, and it is determined that to Loredan shall be committed the charge of de spatching Montford. The bell sounds, all hastm to their posts, Loredan alone remaining, to await the Viceroy. Montford comes forth unarmed to know the cause of the tumult, Loredan acquaints him with what has passed, Montford bares his breast, desiring Lorendan to strike ; Loredan stands for some time awe struck, and then, presenting Montford with his sword, desires him to go forth and seek a soldier's death, at the same time remind ing him that when next they meet it must be as foes. In the melee which follows, Procida is wounded by Montford. Loredan, however, rescues his father and wounds Montford mortally, and Leanthe falls dead on his body; Loredan falls covered with wounds in the moment of victory. Nature for a short time asserts her rights in Procida, who laments over the body of his I son ; but the Patriot conquers the Father ; he draws his sword, and places himself at the head of his followers, to secure the triumph of his country, and the curiain falls. The piece was given out for repetitnn every evening by Elton, amidst tumults of app!ause, and Mrs. 'Vining, Hughes, and Sa ville were successively called for, to receive the plaudits of a delighted audience. -The interest of the piece does not flag for a moment. Al thou2h as a poem it may not perhaps be equal to The Bride of Messina, yet as an artistically constructed drama, it is certainly entitled to the preference. Elton's Procida was a most spirited piece of actin;, and he was ably sup ported by Saville and Mrs. H. Vining. Tne scenery and dresses were superb, and the whole getting up of the piece excellent. The house was crowded to excess long before the rising of the curtain. THE MUSICAL FESTIVALS. HEREFORD. HEREFORD, FRIDAY MORNING —Yesterday brought into the old town of Hereford a fresh concourse of visi tors, and the day turned out in all respects a propitious one for the festival. The cathedral was literally crammed, and every disposable seat found a ready and an early occupant. The performances commenced as usual at eleven o'clock, and did not terminate till nearly four, the programme b,Ang exceedingly lengthy. SATURDAY MORNlNG. — Yesterday, or rather this morning at daybreak, the festival terminated, and the town is now stirred with the bustle of a thousand de- Fartures. The professionals, and a great number of nobility and gentry, arc off for Birmingham. The Collections for the charity (1,029/. 17s. 3d.) have surpassed any of former years. COUNT ANASTASE DUNIN• ( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The following affecting memoir of this gallant but un fortunate officer, together with a whole length portrait, have been forwarded to us by a few of the afflicted fiends of the deceased : On Wednesd sy last a mass was celebrated at the Catholic Chapel in Soho-square, to the memory of Count Anastase Dunio. It will be in the recollection of the public that this chivalrous, but ill-fated Pole, was one of the two individuals drowned at Boulogne on the occasion of the late attempt of Prince Louis Na poleon on that town. However strong and general may be the opinion of the injudiciousness of that unfortunate expedition, there can be no doubt of the purity of the motives which induced Count Diinin to take part in it, so fatally for himself. The hope, the possibility, of its producing some beneficial result to his country, was the meteor light that led him to destruction, and - his friends, his countrymen, have now but to bewail his loss ; their deep regret for which the Poles resident in London tes tified by attending the solemn and melancholy ceremony of Wednesday last—melancholy on so many accounts, but on none more than the injury which Poland has sus tain:A by being deprived of one of her bravest and worthiest sons. Count Duain belonged to a family whose name occurs frequently and conspicuously in the annals of Poland, and whose celebrity in the battle field and at the council board reaches to the remotest ages of her history. In our days it has become additionally endeared to Poland by the noble and dignified stand, which his uncle, the Archbishop of Posen has made in defence of the sa cred religion of his forefathers. A liberal and re fined education, joined to a strong and reflecting, mind, produced in him one of those exalted characters, which formed the glory of the last Polish Revolution, and which, confirmed by experience, and steeled by adver sity and exile, seemed to insure in anticipation the success of the next. From his earliest youth his de votion, his endowments, and his active and gallant dis position, procured him a noble r.nd perilous share in all the struggles of the Poles to overthrow the yoke of foreign domination. The revolution of the 29th of November, 1830, found him at his post, and in zealous co-operation with the chief leaders of that glorious achievement. Immediately after he was nominated a captain, but with truly patriotic self-denial he declined that well-merited distinction, and preferred entering as a private the ranks of a corps then forming under the orders of the brave General Dwernicki. To describe the steps by which he subsequently rose again to the rank of a captain would render necessary a detailed ' account of the brilliant engagements in which he distinguished himsvlf—of those glorious struggles and victories which showed to Europe how capa ble are the Poles of withstanding aed crushing their pretended irresistible foes, how - amply are they sufficient for the emancipation of their country, when commanded by a Chief resolved to achieve its freedom, unfettered by the habits of intrigue and diplomacy, and despising all policy save that of the sword. The bul letins of the battles of Hoczek, Nowawies, Pulawy, Konskawola, Kurow, and Boremel brought the name of Dunin honourably before the public ; and even among the host of brilliant exploits achieved by others, which have ennobled though they could not command success for the last struggle of Poland, entitled him to the special favour and admiration of his contemporaries. Upon the termination of that struggle he came to Paris ; whilst there he still devoted his time and labour to the cause of his dear country. From a gallant soldier and zealous co-cperator in Divernicki's memorable campaign he became its talented historian ; and when some of the Poles left France and entered Switzerland in a body, he came to England for the purpose of obtaining assistance for them. He succeeded beyond expectation, and his success was due mainly to his own exertions and personal qualities, which subsequently secured to him a hearty welcome, when he himself was obliged to seek refuge in England, in 1836, as one of those who, at the request of the Russian Ambassador, were expelled from France for having formed themselves into a body called the Confederation. Ever since that fme up to the pe _ riod of the unfortunate expedition of Prince . Louis Na poleon be resided here. He was born on the 6th of August, 1802, and therefore completed his 38th year on the day of his death. There is no tombstone to mark the spot where he is buried, no epitaph to record the deeds of his eventful life, no mournful train followed his body to its last abode, no benediction was pronounced when earth closed for ever over his mortal remains ; but his me mory will live in the grateful hearts of his countrymen. The benediction denied to him on the spot of his death has already been proclaimed by the tears, by the fond grief of his fellow-exiles, as it will be repeated by the whole of Poland, through the revered lips of his vene rable and disconsolate uncle. The faithful band of his more intimate friends have acceptecl with respect, and will cherish the melancholy but precious legacy he left them—the task of defending his memory. And when the irritated passions of the day shall have cooled, when opinion shall have gathered breath to pronounce an im partial verdict, his solitary and neglected tomb will be vilitcd as that of a bras c soldier, an upright patriot, and a devoted son of Poland, and will receive from all free and patriotic minds the tribute of mingled admira tion and regret. COUNT DE lIIONTHOLON. The following is the examination at length of the Count, before the President of the Court of Peers and M. Persil Yen were arrested on the morning of the tith August at Boulogne ; you were with Louis Bonaparte, and, consequently, participated in the project of overturning the Government eFtablkhed in France by the charter and the con,titution ?—I was arrested, or, more properly speaking, 1 surrendei - ed. I was with the Prince, but I did not participate in his projects. I had no other de sire than that of saving him and of stopping the effusion of blood. You, nevertheless, left London by his order, you pro ceeded to Margate by his order, and went on board by his order ?—This is not quite exact. I left London with his kslowledge and by his desire, and not his order. This makes some diffrenee. I did not know that I was going to Thulognc, I ti.ought 1 was going to Ostend. It you were to go to Ostend, why did you not embark at London ?—1 did embark at London ; there are a great many vessels that start in that city at the same time. The Prince had taken my place on board one of these, and 1 did not know till 1 reached Margate that I was-not going to Ostend. How long had you been in London ?—From the eith or Bth of April, I believe ; my passport can show. During the time you were there you must have seen Louis Bonaparte frequently and assiduously ? — I saw him frequently, and also 'Prince Joseph (Count de Survilliers), excepting during the last fortnight, when a serious accident confined me to my room. It is impossible that Louis Bonaparte did not con fide his projects to you?—lle did, but not that of Boulogne ; I knew nothing of it. I can even say that he took great care to hide it from me. I must remind you that among the papers seized, proclamations and others, and which, according to Louis Bonaparte, were printed in London before the event, there is one addressed to the inhabitants of the department of the Pas de Calais, which was a sure in dication of the Prince's intentions. Another of these documents which you signed, or are supposed to have signed, is a proclamation to the French people, in which your name is annexed to those of persons who possessed the whole confidence of the Prince ?—I am supposed to have signed those documents. I did not know them, and heard them mentioned for the first time at Bou logne by the Procurcur du Roi or the Procureur Ge neral, who examined me. The proclamation being read to the prisoner, he said —" I affirm that I did not know this document, and that the ridiculous part I am made to play in it excites my laughter." Still, I must make the remark that it is not probable that Louis Bonaparte would have put your name to the proclamation had he not depended, not only on your devotion to him, but also on your approval.—He may have depended on my attachment to himself and to the memory of the Emperor, but not on my approbation. I never lent myself to play the ridiculous part of Ma jor-General to an army of 40 men. At what hour did you go on board the City ovas f Editr il burgh ?—At about three in the morning. It v sti _ . on board ?—I had only Did you not send your trunks dark. three days at Ostend. besides. I expected to remain fulfil in London on the Fri daya cloth bag with me, six shirts, and very few things I had e-,•en appointments to to do at Ostend ?—The , had ou In that case, wha y person who was to and Saurday. that I was to transmit to the ' some information give me , Prince bad ret; Prince. • c—l do not know Lim. The n ested i . ne to see a 1 Who was this person • , file Prince desired me to day at Ostend ; and if no one came, to go remain one wait a day there. to Ghent, an , person was to come to me. A suffices to show the intimacy of your This mu v . i :i i r Louis Bonaparte, and to what degree relations you were in his canii3 e nce, for the mission he ent rus t e d to )-ou.is evidently of the same nature with the plans he a you know of those plans ?—The P r i nce sought accomplished. --I m eans of coming to France a n d o f se i z i ng t h e c i h p a l s l ever}t ci do .-1 do not doubt it. \ on C ro wn by force of arms. I tried to dissuade him f rom such projects, and it is because he knew that m y o pi n i on wa s opposed to his that he kept himself secret from me to the last moment, and not only from me but from his uncle. He has deceived us both. I am convinced that if Count de Survilliers bad not met with an ac- Joseph Pedder, committed from Lutton Penitentiary Mr. . , , cident, and had remained in London, Prince Louis convicted unuer the Game Laws i In the c ourse of the week arrived at the Bedford on the 15th inst., would not have landed in France. On the Sunday or , This young man is in .13 -3 year, and has paid sentenced to be kept to hard b. lal , D , oc i r for two calendar an Monday the Prince must have received some intel- ni - °n e td s s. that: nineteen visits to this house of correction, and, ligence from France that decided him, for I cannot no e l i;:liCve, has occasionally visited others.—lleriford Re. Bart., leas been appointed believe that he could have deceived me t o that former. w I must add, that the Prince had always s d those Aide-de -Camp to Brigadier-General Burrell, of the 18th only come after those of his uncle Joseph, Count de Survilliers that his (Louis's) Joseph , and could Sir Harry Darell, Foot, commascling the forces against CantOn and its de of his futhet, the ex-King of Holland. Was the uniform you Wore the same as you had pendencies. EVENING EDI TIO t brought from Paris ?—Yes, sir ; Lut neither th, sword`. nor the cross. ~a ?-- Was it in the parcel that you sent on No, sir. How did it get there then ?—Because three before the event there was a subscription ball in • s Q don. The Prince proposed my taking a ticket, and ac companying him. I consented, and as Ido not live in London, but some miles out of town, I sent my uni form to the Prince's in order to dress there; but, as I met with my accident, I did not go to the ball, And my coat remained at the Prince's. Is not the house you live at, some miles from London', the property of a lady from whose residence the P rince, with a number of servants, came away ?—No, sir, I do , not know this lady ; I understand, however, what you mean ; at least I suppose so. When did you know that your uniform was on board ? —On the night of the sth and 6th, about half an hour before landing. At what point of the voyage did Louis Bonaparte inform you of his plans?—At the moment when I was dressing. I did not see him during the remainder of the voyage. He has admitted, however, that 10 hours before land ing he had made a distribution of money and of uniforms , and made known his plans —That is possible ; but on _ reaching the packet I became very sea-sick, and the Prince told me to go and rest myself, and that he would speak with me another time. I threw myself on a mattress, and there remained for :24 hours, in great agony. There • was some noise on board, but I did not know what was going en. How could you make up ycur mind to put on your uniform and share in an enterprise you disapproved ?—I have already answered,—to save the Prince and prevent the spilling of blood. When the Prince did speak to me, and said that he hoped to gain over two companies, I replied that to succeed was impossible. I must add that for a few moments the Prince hesitated. You say that the sword you wore was not your own ; whose was it ?—I do not know ; it was given me on board. It appeared to me to be a new sword ; it had been, no doubt, bought, for me, for my name was written on the belt. The crosses neither were mine. Yet in spite of the dislike you had to the expedition, you, a General on half. pay, and having leave of absence from the War Minister—you did not shrink from taking an active part in the expedition es soon as it was irre trievably begun ?—I did nothing more than try to pre vent people from killing each other, and to save the Prince. In saving him, I thought to render a service to my country. I had not forgotten the fate of the Duke of Engbein, whose blood neither the triumphs nor the glory of the empire can ever wash away. Bow did you not understand that your presence in uniform at snch a meeting was highly culpable ?—I thought I was doing my duty, and serving my country. I had not the belief nor the least hope that the Prince could succeed. I know the army too well. Besides the Prince confessed to me that he had not even gained the officers of the two companies who were at Boulogne. Who offered a pension of 1,200 francs to the head of the Customs at Vinnereux, if he consented to follow you ?—I heard the order given to make such a proposal. I know not who made it. Excepting two or three, I know very few of those gentlemen. You were in the suite of Louis Bonaparte, and very near him when he entered the barracks ?-1 was not near him ; I was behind him. I arrived only when the companies shouted " j the l'Empercur." You were near him when he fired off his pistol?—l was in the group of officers, but not near him. I heard no report, and many may say the same. When I was told that the Prince had fired, I did not credit it. You must, however, have been near the Prince during those events, for you acknowledge in one of your interrogatories having advised the Prince to re tire.—Yes, undoubtedly. I went up to him several times ; I even took him by the arm in the barrack yard, and I believe it was on my advice that he retired. The yard was very small, and all this did not last ten minutes. When out of the barracks, had you an opportunity of approaching him and of giving him advice ?—Yes ; I believe I spoke to him once more when he was going up tit., High-street to the prefecture. He then said to me, Yes, I do follow your advice, and retire." It was then I left him, and I remained behind walking about in the hope that I should be followed (imitated), and this did happen in part. Had you any particular relations with Col. Voisin or Commander Mesonan, whose name figures in the pro clamation ?—I know Col. Voisin. I was not ac quainted with Commander Mesonan ; I had even never seen him. Do you know the source of the considerable sums of money that Louis Bonaparte brought to France ?—I believe the sums came from his own private fortune. He kept a large establishment in London. He cer- Lainly could not spend less than 700,000 or 800,000 francs yearly, if I may judge from the state he kept. I always thought him, and I still believe him, very wealthy. REFORM FESTIVAL IN FRANCE. Another reformist dinner took place at Auxerre on Tuesday, at which urwards (4400 persons were present.. In the course of ;he evening M. Larabit, a deputy of the " extreme gauche," the president of the fete, proposed a toast to the " Old Tricoloured Fing of France, 60 glor:ous emblem of 1789 and 1830;" which he prefaced by a speech in which he insisted on the necessity of re forming the institutions of the country, and preventing privileges from again taking root in the soil. He then condemned in energetic terms the system pursued by the Government during the last ten years, which he pronounced to be hereafter impracticable. " That sys tem," he said, " is an object of mockery to foreigners ; after so many concessions on our part, their de- mands and disdain appear to have exceeded all bounds. Let the Government do its duty, and it will find us ready to unite and rally round the tri- coloured flag. If the cannon of a new holy alliance tear the treaties of 1815, France will accept the challenge, and again plant her banners on the Rhine, and call na tions to liberty. We are not anxious for war ; peace is the surest instrument of our social reforms ; but if war becomes an imperious duty, all our domestic divi sions and quarrels will vanish ; we will encourage our children to march to the defence of the country ; and we, old soldiers of the empire, will second their endea vours and recompense their courage ; we shill fight by their sides, and embrace them upon the Rhine ; let these words, Union and the Rhine,' be our rallying cry." M. de Cormenin next rose and moved a toast to France, " to that France," he said, " whom nature has treated with the tenderness of a mother : whom the sun gilds with its mildest rays ; whose shores are bathed by the ocean and Mediterranean ; and who beholds, seated cn the banks of her rivers, or her mountains and fertile plains, such a happy and animated population, so many industrious cities ;—to France, where we now are all members of the 'overeign power, all servants of the law, all equal, all brothers,and who has burst asunder for ever the chains of feudality ;—to France, who will no longer disturb Europe by the noise of her conquests, and who, if' she again runs over it, will, on retiring, like the river Nile, deposit on its bosom the fertilizing slime of liberty ; to France, where the country has only to strike the soil with its foot to bring forward armed battalions, where it only requires a week for the drum to echo through every village, for the national banner to be unfurled in the air, for the war song to be struck up, the tocsin to ring, the cannon to roar, and 130,000,000 of men to rise like one man ; to Prance, who in her victorious career crossed the summit of the Alps, en camped at the foot of the Pyramids, drank the waters of the Tagus and Niemen, and planted her eagles on the steeples of Moscow, Madrid, Turin, Rome, Naples, Lisbon, Munich, BerEn and Vienna ; to France, whom the great Emperor saluted with the name of the great nation,' and who will behold his heroic shadow precede our battalions on the day than, descending from its dark ship, it will land on our shores—to France, whom we applaud in her triumphs, round whom we close when she is menaced—to France, who prefers peace to war, but prefers war to dishonour—to France, who confides in us, from the recollection of our fathers—to France, where we shall no more see (for before it happened wo should have ceased to exist) the hideous, besotted, dis gusting Cossacks, corrupt with their breath the air which we inhale—to France, whom the sword of the enemy will not be able to dismember, without the scattered parts of that great body uniting instantly through the attraction of its indivisible unity—to France, who, since the time of Brennus, unlike other nations who throw their gold in the scales of war, had only to lay her sword in them to make the destinies of the world incline on her side—to France, whom the slaves and oppressed of the entire universe invoke with clasped hands in the distress of their shipwreck, like our Lady of Bon Secours ;—to France, the hospitable re fuge of exiles, the nightmare of absolutism, the eldest daughter of civilization, the mother of generous senti ments and noble actions, the rampart of the west, the sentinel of free nations, the star of I p t r a e l swe l ga r Poland, the queen of intellect, the hope of the invites the elect of the human race ;—to France,. who our hands us all to the banquet of reform, in her own, entreats us to have all on_; .an,e, to whom e u v n er animous and our lives, r e t ian t o d 1 5 o nl v d e for ourselves, cur bodies and our souls ; l t i c e e r, ar a e nd re o ad n y e a to rm s t aoori d fi e e f e en o d o l r ier p ; r2 --- rpa t en o retey l. , This speech was ►ause, y which the assembly and deafening. applause, a to France, for our c hildren, quietly broke r t a h n e c emfoosrt NAt . _t