The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-08 00:00:00

RVENING EDITION• !h lii stude, it i s pa i n f u l to mar k t h e eagerness w i t h lc it the organs o f th e R e p u bli can p ar ty—the la bouting classes in F rance — c l amour f or a war with t° g l and ; while the organs of th e middling classes the shopocracy and army and navy contractors, b might reasonably hope to enrich themselves w ar, hoviever ruinous to the nation—advocate ! eace, -the Nati ona l, th e orac l e o f th e democrats, b , l o )ad for an opportunity of deluging Europe with The miserable victims of bad laws badly Zlainistered—the industrious artizans, whose very , B tence depend s upon t h e growt h o f recomtnerce uch th e fi rst booming of a hostile cannon i n t h e t w or ur sea s would de:Aroy—the manufacturers, to viit t _ °ln European peace is all that is necessary to 2 able t hem to provide ample employment for a now 4vi o Ito 1 Population ; are all invoked by the Na il ' ll to sacrifice their own immediate prospect of !P.Piness and that of their families at the bloody Appearllll4 delusive shrine of national honour ! This may of int:sti truth,rniat*tiedible, but we shall convince our readers At -the close of last week the French titos Papers announced "that there was a d,P e et` of •an amicable arrangement between de ld and 'F rance , co nsequent upon the pru. t mediation of •King LEOPOLD of Belgium. thilt'llu 11: British Government, which never entertained °th er wish than that of maintaining the friend liest L . relati ons w i t h t h e C a bi ne t o f the Tuileries, e r in g offered to make the first vdvance in the way k eessien, as a reparation for the neglect of th lcll ,,hc President of the Council complained 'ranee had been treated by the Conference of tl e " 0 This announcement, opening as it did a reot r i t ° honourable peace, was well received by the i nsh etat e party, and only repudiated with vehe -46-4 II the war-loving National. Hear the P r lee nt of the Republican oracle, the poor el: 4l4l es paper, upon learning that there was a a n it ti nee of Christians' throats not being cut in the e ; Me "' of Mussulmans' quarrels :- 4 esl 7 4 ..e,cowardly act is preparing—there is a great °f testo ° t - t "olr> but no action. There is an evident a * b ° Put public opinion asleep. Take up a Minis dike 'aper, no matter which, and we easily to vi os i h reaction towards peace. Peace ! peace °flif,,P, r jr. to-day as yesterday, under the C abinet ~. patch 1, as under those of April l& .September ctoher 11 ,. an d M arc h 13 !—peace, peac3; 44 4 12 what is wanted, and what will be itself. obta . me d, e lv er gh the flag of France should humiliate stl ' that of Great Britain on the Mediterranean,. sst ask seas. In order to obtain this peace . with -I`,..ni't of exciting great and general indignation in t c e. the Cabinet goes on its knees to Mohemet ßt 1,4 t 0 solicit his submission to the four . Powers. u tio t , ` 1314 that if he should refuse to submit he . must th,,,, ree t , ..`o on the support of the French. At Vienna he, effort is made to obtain the formation of a con eits asif the buffeting of the Conference of London 14611'4 sufficient ; a nd if we are to believe a journal 1 thip receives communications from time to time from ° relgn-office, th e Mi n istry has ordered the Arnbas lii, to declar e th a t the o nly case for war would 4"e presenc e o f th e R uss i an s a t Constantinople. 4 pitossians at Co n st a ntinople ! Cowardly and s ubterfuge I Y o u know very . well that this K lstvality is not immedi a te. You now that Eng thst eld * Austria have taken their precautions on l e) , ,Point ! Precautions, indeed, which are use fils,fier Russia is not in a hurry ; she knows that atid Il ! t ure *ill realize her ambitious hopes, and . can Co s w ill wait. Yeu know very well that it is not . stsotinople which is menaced just now by Russia tbl~ is m exandria. Rome is no longer in Rome ; ° art and th e h ea d of the Ottoman empire are sipi k OPt ; it is against Egypt that Russia is going to a ° e ' and you, culpable sophists, point to nsnt t Pie, Ii order that the true peril may be . turned e %s c. our ey es . Your fears about . C yk on e st t a h n e tine o p lt ie to n on, M i l : feint, and you ar b t 7' haying received a slap e_ao.entm;el.fau.e.:, bristled p up Iti;erLe his adversary, and exclaimed, At, if you had . rne a. blow the ist, the case would have 1,4 different,, and i yo „ u would have seen how I would f k i revenged myself. " se f. You have had the slap on the and you will have another ; but you will not have blow o f the fist. And is it on that account you A* Your cop:ardiee, and indulge in rhodumontade e 0 a e n t e n help the working classes who m ake a ihdi nimival or the Natiomal. To revenge a fancied vhe, uct. felt by France, but by M. THIERS, tkd "'lnge vi 3 tergiversation to blame for it—to in th e h at hce the National fancifully calls a " slap Clos e d ' 'lever to be followed by a 'blow of the fidt • . h ut upon Inflicted not upon a nation. by a nation, tion, tisk a r ecreant Minister by an abler dip.oma uf merciless, barbarian would hurl the torch of war— ! elle ", barbarian war—into the heart of Eu the. For .Phantom set up by Kings to gratify no• l it r ; inu rdinate, ambition, and to enrich their aii ad -- , ers and flatterers, the National would per lilte' ;, the working classes to pour out their blood the; alt er, thereby sacr ifi c i n g their own existence, of a .PP`ness of their families, and the prosperi t y J "Ince. Alas for the folly of such popular ou ttals ‘Ar, • 4 , 4 ve lo,lked in vain slime Friday for an erra - th e A l trio Tin ie r,. t o s t a t e th a t w hat it publishe d a s ° Port of th e N ew Z ea l an d C o mmittee, was Lord p ro " abo rt i ve draft of a report. Is the Times too „ 4 9 to a., Confess an e:ror, and will it rather suffer _ its t. it d — • to be d ece i ve d t h an retrac t an assertion. 14 2 e .ti n)ct und ece i ve t h em i t will expose itself to the w De nt . Of having wilfully m isrepresented the docu- Ivh, ' t Publish e d t o serve the purpose of the parties are int erested in it. Not many oonths ago, t he H az le t vitup erate d t h e N ew Zealand Lark! Company. a nY consideration made it change its views? 4 TRA.ORDfNARY EXPRESS FROM PARIS. vi We have rece i ve d b y extraor di nary express , a d fi ce4 from Sp a i n o f t h e d ate o f t h e 2d, w hi c h con rDt the untoward news of the previous day's date, bed state that th ere was ever y sym p tom of their e°l4 • '• 'ng worse-. 4, intelligence had been received of the outbreak bof i nsurrection at BUrges. " In Madrid, at the moment of the despatch et 'ing, it was announ ce d th at t wo reg iments had h 441 ,gorie over to the Ayuntamiento."—Herald. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) •' . COLONIAL MARKET. e •market Iva in a dull state for all articles ; few r i tthates , were made privately, and the public sales were 1 11111rI g `prices orere, however, firm, and the imports light. TEA MARKET. Variation in prices uncurled, but the demand was btit uil f free trade. The speculative market was quirt, ~Cur C o ny's Congott for cash was not be had under Ad. per l b. Severe public sales will o fake place this TALLOW MARKET. t o R uttlan was i n li m it e d request, either on the spot or ,o n :4r rive, but prices did no give way. The stock is tug increase, and the clearances from the warehouses "" for the time of year. HAY MARKET. he.Tliere was a fair demand for • Hay, but the supply . 41 4 ! large, forioer rates were barely supported :—Clover, 6/. ag. ; Meadow Hay 3/. 103 to 5/. ; Inferior, .93 7 col?. 5 3 . ; Straw, 1/. , to 11..16a. LL MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—The Cotton Market has been dull to-day, without changing prices. Sales 2,500 bags, chiefly American descriptions. LIVERPOOL SHARE LlST.—Eastern Cc unties, 10 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 181 ; North Union, 80. A dull market, little business doing. We do not hear as yet of the arrival of the East India Mail by the overland express. We have several arrivals this morning of ship letters but they are of an old date. Gold in small quantitites is beginning to return from Hamburg, as no profit can be realised upon it there. We understand by private letters from Manchester, that the houses which failed there to a very considerable amount were in credit to an hour before they stormed payment. The manufacturers in the neighbourhood are extensive sufferers. The house connected with Holland which failed, some few days since, to the amount of thirty or forty thousand pounds it is said, have assets sufficient to pay in full. The unfavourable state of the British Market yesterday, owing to commercial emba►rassments, caused a decline in Consols of per cent. this morning. The mat' - et is still heavy. Con sols oreited at 89, soon alter; receded to .88/ for the Account ; the speculators are anxiously waiting for the intelligence by the overland exprese from India. It is supposed that some delay bas taken place in the mail berle forwarded from Marseilles. By the Ham burgh Mail which arrived yesterday afternoon the Ex change comes higher schilling, 1332 ; Gold comes the same as per last post. Consols at present for Money may be quoted 884 The intelligence from the East being of a more warlike tendency, also has the effect to depress the British Market. Exchequer Bits 16 18 prem. ; Bank Stock shut.; India Bonds 5 3 discount ; India Stock 249 250. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 238 4 ; De ferred 1 1 i ; Passive 58 4 ; Portuguese same as-they lett off, 324 a ; Three per Cents., 214 ; Brazilian, 79 80 ; Colombian 222 23 ; Danish 772 782 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 508 518 ; Five per Cents., 100 101 ; Mexican, 261 27. Shares—Great Western Railway, 14 16 prem. ; Lon don and Brighton, 11-i 11 discount ; Blackwell, 1+ discount ; Birmingham, 63 65 prem. ; Southampton, 50 52 per share ; Croydon, 104 111 per share ; Green wich 6 7 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 discount. _ _ _ Consols just done at 881 for the Account. ERRATUM.—In the City article of yesterday, for " 70 shares and Consols," read " 70,0001. Consols." HALF-PAST ONE. During the whole of the morning the British Mar ket has been very heavy, and extensive sales of Consols have been effected. One eminent broker sold upwards of 200,000, since which the market has become rather more calm. Consols which receded to 88i 8 for the Account, has rather improved to 88} 8, and at present may be quoted lower, for the Account, 88 i; Money, 888. We understand that the failure at Manchester was in consequence of the stoppage of the Commercial Bank of England some time since at the above place. Exchequer Bills lower 25., 18 16 premium ; India Bonds 6 dis. ; India Stock, 2481 2491. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, very heavy ; 'Five per Cents. May Coupons, 231 ; Portuguese, 294, also lower ; Three per Cents. 21i i ;', l Danish, 79 ; Dutch Two-and.a.nalf per Cents. lower, 50 8 ; Five per Cents., 1001. Some business done in shares, but all lower. Great Western fallen, 81. per share ;;London and Birmingham fallen, 101. per share ; South Eastern and Dover, 11. per share ; Brighton, 1 5 per share ; Blackwall, 'Os. per share. CLOSING PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. 71 Belgian, 5 per cent 99; Ditto, New Ditto 32% Brazilian 80nd5....... Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent.... 111} Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, lletallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent DittO,' 1824 22j Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent. 79 Freneh, 5 per cent...ll3f. —c Greek, 1825, 5 percent. Exchange f. —c Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent • • • —e• Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2fr per cent 5Ol Peruvian,l62s,6 per ct. : Ditto, 5 per cent..... 1001 ---, - , • SHARES. " 9 Eastern Counties Railway Great We,tern Railway Ditto New Shares 42i Hull and Selby London and Brighton Railway 23i London and Blaekwall Railway ' 18i London and Birmingham Railway Ditto New Shares 44 London and South Western Railway .. 5O North Midland Railway Ditto New Shares 39 South Eastern and Dover .. 4; THE }EOVEIt MURDER. KNUTSFORD, SUNDAY EVENING.—This afternoon the special high constable of the county arrived at the House of Correction with Mu. ray, the man charged with the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, of Peovcr, in his custody. The prisoner is an Irishman. At present he has made no admission, but, on the contrary, ex presses a hope that he shall be able to clear himself of the murder. With respect to his return from Knutsford to Cavan, he does not attempt to conceal anything. He says he purchased the new clothing in which he was apprehended (an engineer's suit and " Jim Crow" hat) in Liverpool, to which place he walked in the course of Tuesday. He embarked on board a Dublin cattle boat on Wednesday, and on Thursday reached Cavan by a stage car. It has been ascertained from other quarters that the prisoner was in Prescot on the Saturday night previous to the murder, and that he returned from tha town alone, and without money. He stated to some Irishmen who had been his companions all through the harvest, that his object in going back to Knutsford was to fetch a bundle he had left there. There are also wit nesses forthcoming to prove the fact of his having been seen near Mr. Cooke's cottage so late as twelve o'clock on the day on which the murder took place. He was taken before Trafford Trafford, E.q , this mornin, and remanded for further examination to-morrow at Knuts ford. TREAT R US. COVENT-GARDEN. This theatre opened last evening for the winter sea sonwith the Merry Wives of Windsor and the Veep ing Beauty. Some delay occurred in the opening of the doors, and it was nearly seven o'clock before we obtained admittance. The house was 'soon crowded. The private boxes, with one exception, / were all occupied, and in the dress circle we ob- 1 served almost all the Nobility and Gentry who tun at present in town. The only alteration which has'l been made in the interior of this theatre is the entire separation of the dress boxes from the other parts of the theatre, a plan which was partially acted on last 'season; and which conduces in an eminent degree to the comfort of the fre quenters of the dress circle, witbput at all interfering with that ;of the remainder of the audience. The comedy went off with great spirit. Bartley roiled and rolicked and laughtd through Falstaff', in hii usual , adrnitable style, and Cooper as Ford was animated' and impassioned. Of the. Slender of Charles -Mathews it is impossible to spealeirC. terms 4)f 100 high praise. It . is the ver' Slender9f without being' vur= gar—bashful` :without being awkward—quiet, and at- the ,same time <richly humorous. Mr. C. Mathews in' this . charaeter proves that he under stands and appteciates the creations of our mighty poet, and possesses all the powers and accomplishments necessary to embody them. Madame Vestris herself was the Mrs. Page, and on her appearance was greeted with several distinct rounds of applause, which she gracefully acknow ledged. She went through her part with her usual elegance and spirit, and sang more enchant ingly than ever'.' Mr. Binge was the Fenton of the evening, vice Mr, W. Harrison, who was sud denly indisposed.' Binge sang the' music allotted to him with great sweetness, and was well sup ported by Miss Rainforth, as Anne Page. The duet " I know a bank" was most exquisitely sung by Madame Testris and Miss Rainforth, and was repeated by the unanimous desire of the audience. At the fall of the curtain " God save the Queen" was sung by the company, Miss Rainforth, Ma dame Vestris, and Binge, sustaining the solo parts. The fair lessee begins the campaign with spirit. We perceive she has already underscored in the bills a play, from the pen of Sheridan Knowles, as being in active preparation, and to be produced im mediately. Judging from appearances, we should say there is every probability of the present cam paign at this theatre being a prosperous one. Of this we are sure, if taste and spirit can command success, the management has nothing to fear. The company is, with a few unimportant excep tions, the same as that of last season. RAMSGATE PETTY SESSIONS POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.--REFUSAL TO ADMIT RE PORTERS.—On Wednesday afternoon, Joseph Ruddick son of the postmistress of Ramsgate, was brought be fore the Magistrates, when an examination was pri rately gone into relative to the abstraction of the halve of two ten-pound notes, supposed to have been de spatched to London on Sunday night in two letters. On the Monday morning the letters reached their desti nation without their enclosures. Mr. Ramsay, from the General Post-office, London, attended at the inquiry, which lasted about two hours, when it was adjourned to Thursday morning at ten o'clock, when Sir William Curtis, Bart., Sir Thomas Grey, Joseph Canham , E q., and James Trecothick-i Esq., met to go into the case, but refused the admission of reporters. The two notes in question were intended by Miss Pearce, of Ramsgate, for Mr. Jenkins, of London. lot merly policeman in Ramsgate. Mr. Ramsay, the gentleman despatched from the London Post-effice, compared the wax found at the Ramsgate Post-office, with that with which the letters had been resealed. He also compared the impression made upon the letters with a small weight found in the office. Miss Pearce stated that while she was preparing her letters for post, with the halves of the two 101. notes in them, she left her room for a minute or two, and the letters uubesilcd upon the table, while two persons ward remaining in tie room for an auswer 'respecting the taking of lodgings. After an inquiry of two hours, the ease was a djourned to Saturn sy. LANDSDOWN FAIR.—Mr. Walters, the Trea. surer of " the Bath Loid's Day Observance Society" has called our attention to the opinion given by Colonel Bailey, the Chairman of the Sessions, when the charge against a publican for opening his booth on the Sandi) previous to the fair was dismissed, We gave the decision of the Bench without reference to individual opinions, and in that decision we entirely coneuired, for the best possible reasons, the fair had not been abolished, and Mr. Wal ters' own witness proved that there was no disorder in the . booth nor any disturbance on the Downs. Colon el Ba il ey , it appears, dissented from his brother Magistrates. 1:151E MURDER OF MR. HARVEY COMBK'S KEEPER AT COBEIAIS,-.-It will be recollected that in the month of December, 1838. Thomas Chipps, an assistant, keeper to Mr. Harvey Combe, et his estate - Cobham Park, Surrey, was brutally. murdered by four men, . named Sakers, Allen, White, and Bird, alias " Burdy.” White was taken into custody and admitted as a witness for the Crown, and Sakers and Allen were convicted of the offence of manslaughter, and sentenced to b transported for life. Of the man " Burdy" no trace could be abpined for up wards of eighteen months, and it was suppoised that hp had gone to sea. A short time ago, however, two persona * who gave the names of longs and Johnson, were taken into custody for a hurgiary at A(.aWun, and the former was s oon afterwards identified as the iaug missing Burdy. The prisoners were tried for the burglary AO were sen t e nced to be transported for life, but as from thP evideace of the approver White, and other circumstane it was beliefed 'that Purdy, who had been a complete terror to gle OFT of Kingston and the neighbourhood. for a Lang togi).,.kii.ng the original pro poser of the poaching expedition wh i , e 3 ? i.ett thin death of the unfortunate man Chipps, and its thew) was ati.ong reason 40 lellie t vir that it was his h and that inflicted the genr tal injury upon ,the bead of the . deceased, Mr. Harvey Collate ani his legal actstioent were induced to cons:der the propriety of Wing him tried c for . 43 murder. The result has been, ant ,titliing into eona;cler4tl9,7 the fact of the jury having Warped arerdi4ts a manslaughter againit the prisoner's compotoks, it was it likely that if Burdy acre to be put on his trial, any edger YAr.411.4 Would be yetoraed, and as that would only involve theism( image! , Lary, it was thought hatter that no further proeequip him ,, reference to the murder a b ou ld be taken against , Burdy has since been removed to Portsmouth, preparatory to his being sent out of the country for the remainder of his life. of ea' of , do on !ir • he di. ;he , ie. iiy . g o tea •-• I 0", ' 0' ,? !e• fr. ~o . ;,. • SO Lye! ! ~yys, ' 'I , F r~ 0° , cif y 'n 6 , t ' ; " ,; ; 9 ~ ~ ' O YD'SSHIPPING-(THIS DAY B.—Wind this day, at noon, light 440MTION,' SEPT. westerly airs and fi ne weather. Baiairrox-, Sam 7.—Off Port, the Berkshire, Clark; souarosu B ombesailed,May 3 , and St. Helena, uy y, Air I Y Jane' Haggart, Bombay. gl u Upv-lit, SEP T . 7 . Arrived off port, the DaMel, T"" n, from Rio shriek°. T RION UOUT H , Sem 6. Arrived off port, the Wilber force' Goldsworthy, from Quebec. Pal-atom, SEPT. a. —Wind variable.—Arrived, the Stamboul, St orer, from Smyrna; Argyle, Gatcndby, S YineY, New S out h W ales, sailed April 9. ... biIIISTOL SEPT. C 7. Sailed th e A t h o l, B roo ks, for Tobago ; Evergree n , H i . nry, Quebec. Isi okx. SEPT. 6.—Arneed the Lib er t y , Li tt l e d a l e, f ro m ewfoundland. Off port the Dalhousie, Bay Cbaleur. ~, SU raln Q uebec. NDER LAND, SEPT. 6. Arrived th e T rave ll er , L e e, 4 . Haawicu, SEPT. 7. A riveo the Elizabeth, Addi ng s, " l om Queb ec . r _ b EAL, SEPT. 7 —Wind S. W, to W. S.W., mo d erate.— liailed the Petsonjee Bomanj W.N.e, for China. 4 . LIVERPOOL, S EPT . 7. Wind W., m o d erate:— 1111*i the Rosan na. P eat, from Monte Video, sailed 24th ti" ltne poitill:from th o Ri ver July 1 ; Ann, Whinfield, Ma akro, , sailed July 26 ; Margaret, Whitefield, Prince "tat4's Island Sail e d the Rebec c a Jeuno Esther, Christian, Senegal. Jane, Valrent, for Madras. TI I-he list of subscriptions to the monument to the oe eery of the l ate Ead of Dtarham, up to S a t ur d ay l ast, ded 2,3501. - - TT-1 F SUN, LONDON, TUESnAItr, SEPTEMBER 1840. traits of Cromwell's cha►acter. The battle scenes are drawn with uncommon force and graphic skill ; we allude more particularly to the details of the great fight at Nasebv, where Oliver with his Iron sides performed so conspicuous a part. There is :Also much talent shown in the portrait of the old Cavalier, Sir Henry Ardcnne, who is brought into effective contrast with his Roundhead son... The tale, we are sure, will be a favourite. ENGLISH OPERA 110 USE. Peake's pleasing piece, Manche of Jersey, was re vived here last night. To this succeeded Barnard's laughable farce of the Mummy (the first time these four years), in which Mr. G. Wild impersonated John Reeve's celebrated character of Toby Tramp. Although Mr. Wild's enacting of the part was somewhat deficient in that unctuous drollery and comicality which Reeve infused into it, yet, on the whole, it was an amusing and humourous performance. To these were added the burlesque burletta, the Area Sylph, the romantic drama of Guido Fawkes, and also some miscellaneous singing, the despatches of which detained an apparently well-pleased audience beyond the midnight hour. The P erformances were for the benefit of Mr. Wild and Mr. E. Harris. SURREY. . . . Last night a new drama was produced successfully at this theatre, under the title of the Peasant Judge; or the Monarch of Savoy and the Son of the Alps. LITERATURE. OLIVER CROMWELL.-3 VaLs. Colburn, London, 7 840. The character of. Cromwell, ,which Clarendon, Burnet, Hume, and others have loaded with such a weight of obloquy, is now—thanks to the recent re searches of more candid historians—beginning to be appreciated as it deserves. Time, which does justice to all men who have played, an 'important part 'on the world's stage, raising or depressing them to their fitting level, and drawing forth the truth though it may be deeper than ever plummet sounded— Time, the avenger of the wrong, and the vindicator of the right, has at length awarded to this illustrious soldier and statesman his proper station in the Temple of Fame. He is now acknowledged to have been, what he really was, despite his inordi nate personal ambition, and frequent tortuous course of policy, one of the most sterling public benefactors that this country ever produced, and, just in propor tion as he has risen, has his rival Charles fallen in popular. .estimation. Hume tasked all his, powers of sentiment and expression to represent the Royal despot as-a saint and martyr, and for years the his torian's influence was paramount ; but' our judg thent is no longer fettered ; the' scales are removed froni our eyes ; we take Hume's authority for no more than it is worth ; and see in " the man, Stuart"—as the Independents called hini—nOt the saint and martyr, but the fickle, treacherous, vindic tive tyrant, the tamperer with all parties, and the traitor to all. It is curious to mark the causes that led to the downfall of Charles the First in England, and Louis the Sixteenth in .France. In each instance, they were nearly, if not quite the same. Both Kings were undone by their wives. The fatal counsels of Henrietta con ducted Charles to the block ; the equally disastrous influence of Marie Antoinette caused Louis to perish by the guillotine. It tracing the rise of Cromwell and Napoleon, we are still more struck with the similarity of the causes that mainly contributed to bring it about. It was his veteran troop of Ironsides, which he had organized, and drilled, and imbued with his own inflexible spirit, just previous to the breaking out of hostilities between the Court and the Parliament, that saved Cromwell at that critical period of hisi-career, when a great portion of the army began to exhibit dis , trust of his motives ;—it was this gallant troop that raised him to power, and by setting an ex ample of steadfast faith, enabled him to bear down all opposition ; and, in like manner, it was the army of Italy, which he had himself changed from a body of raw, discontented, ill-dis ciplined soldiers, into one of self-confident heroes, strictly amenable to discipline, and filled with admi ration of their young General, that revived the droop ing spirits of Napoleon on the memorable day of Brumaire, and elevated him to the rank of First Consul of France. Intracing the further fortunes of these great men, we find them both mounting to the summit of power by precisely the same means— that is to say, by humouring and dexterously turn ing to their own account, the popular prejudices of the day. Cromwell governed, by means of his ap peal to, the religious fanaticism of England ; Napo leon, by enlisting on his side the military enthusiasm of France. The latter, we know, was quite sincere in the court which he paid to the foible of the " great nation," for' he was himself a national zealot of the most ardent character ; but was the former equally so, in the encouragement which he gave, by his own example, to religious phrenzy of the times ? 'Was' he a hypocrite, or was he really and truly a fanatic ? Did he believe himself man commissioned of Heaven to " draw the sword of - the Lord and of Gideon ;.',.or did he only affect this belief, in order the : better to serve his purpoies of ,self aggrandisement ? We cannot answer this question. The utmost' we can say is,• that as Cromwell's was a complex chaiactera strange mixture of magna. nimity and selfishness, of exalted enthusiasM and consummate worldly shrewdness—it is not unlikely that he was n fanatic up to the point (and no fur ther) that was necessary to keep alive the popular ferment against Charles and his darling-Episeopaey. jg the volumes before us, we have the character of this immortal man pourtrayed with great spirit, and in a nice vein of disgrimination. The author (like ourselves) is evidently imbued with feelings of warm admiration for Cromwell ; but we are not aware that he awards to him more praise than is his due ; indeed, in hiq 61.4 volume, he rather de preciates him than otherwise, by ling u nt i qc em phasis on his hatred and malignity towards the ling,a spirit which he certainly did not evince until 4a4 ginovered, after his memorable in terview with pharies f t f. Hrirton Court, that not the slightest faith was to b 4 plved that his professions. Then, indeed i , fbruftromnottill then, his determined animosity broke forth, and s bops 4,011) all before it. In conducting the plot of srii'siory, X4e =.9lov,Til fortu nate ; indeed his tale, • str4ptlY no piot but pupsists, for the most part, of seyeral stirring incidents ihrown spmewbgt ponfosedly to 7 gether, with a view to bring out the more marked THE THAMES YACHT CLUB. The last match for the present season, between the yachts of this club came off yesterday. The match was for a silver cup and cover, to be sailed from Greenwich to Coelhouse-point, about two miles below Gravesend, and back to Greenwich. The following is a list of the names, tonnage, stations, &c., of the yachts that sailed in the match Station 1. Brilliant, 8 tons ; owner, Mr. H. Fowlcr ; colour, white, with vertical stripes. 2. Fortuna, '22 tons ; owner Mr. W. Pegg ; colour, rat over white. Gazelle. 20 tons ; owner, Mr. H. Gunston ; co lour, white, with red arrow. 4: Ada Jane, 18 tons ; owners Messrs. Reynell and Egan ; colour, eight red stars on white. • 5. SucCess, 20 tons ; 'owner Mr. Hope • colour, blue oVer red. 6. Emily, 18 tons ; owner Mr.' B. Turner ;''colour, blue. white, and blue. 7. Sabrina, 21 toes ; owner Lord Alfred Paget ; co lour, white before real. 8. Alarm, 18 tons ; owner Mr. T. Wanhill ; colour, red and white cross. g, Widgeon, 20 tons ; owners Mr. T. E. Snook and Mr. J. H. Capel. The Royal Sovereign steamer left the Adelaide wharf, London -bridge, a little before ten O'clock, having on board Commodore Harrison, his immediate friends, and a large gathering of strangers, both ladies and gen tlemen. She arrived at. Greenwich at half•past eleven, or rather before that hour. The cup, which weighed upwards of 120 ounces, and was very elaborate in its form and execution, was taken on shore for the appro bation of Admiral Fleming, the governor of the Hos pital, and the patron of the Club. The Gallant Admiral did not•come nn board the steamer, but expressed his high approbation of the cup, &c. It was twelve o'clock before the match commenced, when the signal was made for the start. It is impossible that a finer start could ever be effected. The tide was running down, the wind was almost at due weikand, from the appear ance of the sky, it seemed as it fresh gales were at hand. The wind, hoWever, did not increase, and con sequently, the great interest of the match was lessened. At starting the Brilliant took the lead, and was closely followed by: the eight competitors in gallant style. The eight were in a perfect cluster, and contended with various success until they reached the flag at Coalhouse Point. The flag was passed by the yachts in the fol lowing order and time : Gazelle, 21 minutes past 2 o'clock. Fortuna, 24 minutes past 2 'Alarm, 27 minutes' past 2' Success, 28 minutes past 2 Sabrina, 29 minutes past 2 Widgeon, 32 minutes past 2 Ada Jane, 34i minutes past 2 Emily, 35 minutes past 2 Brilliant, 3.5 i minutes past 2 It will be seen from this statement that the sailing was tolerably even. In returning, the yachts had to contend against the wind, and also against the tide for some time. Nevertheless, by dint of tacking and good mnnagement, they got back at a good pace. They ar rived at Greenwich thus : . _ Gazelle, a quarter of an hour past 7 o'clock. Alarm, quarter of an hour, and half a minute. Sabrina, 27 minutes past , 7 o'clock. Widgeon, 34 minutes past 7 o'clock. The remainder of the boats came in some time after. will be seen that the Gazelle, which had been freely • . backed to win, became the winner. The Sabrina and the Alarm were also favourites, and lost no reputation in this match. The cup was presented to the fortunate owner of the Gazelle by Commodore Harrison with the usual honours, and the company then returned to Lon . - don in the steamer. LORD SEYMOUR'S ACT. The following circular has been sent to every Rail. way Company Rlilsvoy 'Department, Board of Trade, 21at August, 1840. Sir—l am directed by the Lords of the Privy Coun cil for Trade, to transmit you a copy of the Act for regulating Railways, and to request that you will call the attention of the Railway Company to its . . provisions. In conformity with the 7th section I am directed to request that true copies, certified by the signature of the secretary or manager, of all bye-laws, orders, rules, or regulations of the -- Railway Company, which im pose penalties 'for their enforcement upon persons other than servants of the said Company, may be transmitted to the Board of Trade within two months from the 10th day of August. lam further directed to call your attention to the Bth section, and to request that true copies, certified as .sforesaid, of all such' future bye-lawt, rules, or regula tions as therein mentiOned, may be transmitted to this Board at your earliest convenience. - • With reference to the ad section, which empowers their Lordships to order certain returns, I am directed to- state that. forms of the returns required will shortly be forwarded, and, in the mean time, to request-that re turn& of all accidents, attended by personal in;ury, which may hereafter occur upon the ---- Railway, certified as aforesaid ; and specifying the nature and supposed cause of the accident, and the number and nature of the personal injuries sustained, may be transmitted to this Board, with as little delay as possible after the occur rence of the accident. All co mmunications to be addressed to G. R. Por- ,er, Esq., Railway Department, Board of Trade. Whitehall, and marked " Railways." on the outside. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, G. R. PORTER. To the Secretary or Manager of the Railway Company. HAMBURGH MAIL. HANOVER, AUG. 31.—The King returned yesterday evening from Celle, where he prolonged his stay for one day, in order to have divine service performed yeiter day (Sunday) in the Palace chapel, where no service has been performed for nearly a century and a half. KONIGSBURG, AUG. 29.—Our city has been in a (»reat hustle • to-day with preparations to. receive their. r. Majesties, who arrived at five o'clock, and were received by the enthusiastic acclamations of the citizens, a salute of 101 guns, and the ringing of all the bells. The King was on horseback, accompanied by the Prince of Prus sia, General Von Wrangel, and a numerous suite. The Queen followed in an open carriage. ST. PETEISBURG, AUG. 25.—The day before yester day a frightful accident happened on the rail.way to Zarskoje-Selo. At eleven o'clock at night a train of car riages, conducted by Mr. R. Maxwell, at out .from Laskoje-Selo. Notice had been given in the morning to Mr. Maxwell, in person, that the train was to stop at a. certain point to wait for that which was t o leave St. Pe. tersburg, also Mr. Maxwell, who now alleges that h e had forgotten this notice, instead of stopping, proceeded on till he met the train from St. Petersburg. Both at. tempted to atop, but. in vain. The locomotives met with tow wish herform the o ' a violent shock, and the eighteen carriages from St,. P e teriburgh were crushed, three of them from o hZisarsßkolo Selo,, were very much damaged, six persons in the latter (four men and two women) were killed, ,i twenty-one wounded, and six more severely in the others. HANOVER, SEPT. I.—Professor Jager, after most carefully: examining the state of the Crown Prince's eyes, pera. and Highness, lion, conformably which declaredwill probably o r o b the himself a bi y earnest rt eaakcei y place this autumn Ha niburgh : Paers, Sept. — 4. e COURT CIRUULAii. WINDSCR, MONDAY.—Her. Majesty and Prince Al bert. accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Princess of Hohenlohe, and the Princess Therese of Hohenlolie, left the Castle at twelve o'clock to-day to visit her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, at her residence Bushy House, Bushy Park. The Countess of Charlemont, Baroness Spaeth, Major-General Sir E. Bowater, and Col. Wemyss were in attendance on the Royal party. A dejeune was served to the august party at Busby House. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and suite returned to the Castle at five o'clock. Soon after his return Prince Albert, attended by E. Bowater and Col. Wemyss, rode out into the Park. Viscount Palmerston left the Castle this morning. Viscount Melbourne rode out into the Great Park :o-day. The Princess Augusta was visited yesterday by the Duchess of Gloucester, and the other members of the Royal Family, both in and out of town, sent to learn the state of Ler Royal Highness. Sir Henry Halford attended the Princess in the middle of the day, and was also in attendance last evening. Mr. Moore re mained io constant attendance on her Royal Highness. The following account of her Royal Highness was issued yesterday : " The Princess Augusta remains in a vary composed state, but somewhat weaker. • " Clarenee HOuso, Monday, Sept. 7." ' Among the inquir-rs yeste day at Clarence House were—The French Ambassador, the Sardinian Minis ter, M..Fdrtique, Minister from Venezuela ; the Por tuguese .Minister, the Charge d'Affaires from New Granada and Madame Mosquera, the Hanoverian and Saxon Ministers, Earl of Surrey, Countess Dowser of Chichester, Lord Sidnr:y Osborne, Lady Catherine Buckley, Colonel and Lady M. Wynyard, Lady B. Neale, Dowager Lady riihnaine, Lieutenant-General Sir J. and Lady Macdonald, General Sir H. Camp , bell, Mr. and Lady Mary Ross, and Sir Robert Adair. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke of Gimbridge yesterday. His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson left their residence in Upper Grosvenor street yesterday for the Isle of Wight, and propose making a tour of visits into Devonshire, Wales, and the North of England. Their Excellencies will be absent for five or six weeks. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday afternoon For his seat, Broadlands, Hants. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governor of Malta and the Lord High Commssioner of the lonian Islands. IRELAND, Mr. O'Connell has left town for Darrynane Abbey, where it is his intention to remain at least three weeks, enjoying the amusement of hunting with his beagles. Mr. Helps, the Private Secretary of Lord Morpeth, accompanied by Mrs. Helps and family, has arrived in Dublin. The Noble Lord, who is expected at his resi dence in the Park on Saturday next, Will remain in Ire land until the meeting of Parliament. Mr. John Murphy, a respectable brewer, whose ar rest on a charge of forging a check upon the bank of Messrs. Latouche and Co., we recently noticed, was this diy fully committed for trial by the Magistrates of the head police-office. An application to allow him to give bail was refused. The Liverpool steam-ship has, we understand,l)een engaged by the Government, and will proceed, in a few days, with troops, arms, and ammunition, for the lonian Islands. The Liverpool is, we have learned, to re main upon the Mediterranean station, for the purpose of keeping up a communication between those islands and other British stations, during the progress of hostilities in the East. We understand that a deputation, commissioned by the Belgian Government, and consisting of the following individuals, viz., Count J. B. D'Haine (Senateur et Administrateur, Inspecteur do l'Universite de Gand), M. Eugene D'Anset and M. Coole (Members of the Chamber of Representatives), M. Constantine (banker), M. Rey (merchant), M. Briavoine (homme de lettres), and M. Charles Drouet (secretary to the depu tation), arrived in this town in the early part of last week, for the purpose of inquiring into the present con dition of the flax and linen .trades. Having been fur nished with letters of introduction to the leading ma nufacturers in this town and neighbourhood, the depu tation held a number of c ommunications with them on the subject, and received much information of a valuable and praetic st nature. They left town on Thursday for Liverpool, with the object of visiting the various manufacturing towns in England, and on the completion of their tour they will sub mit a report to the Chamber of Representatives. It is, we believe, in c ontemplation by the Belgian Govern ment to impose a considerable duty upon the export of flax, there being at present a trifling ad valorem one , only ; but we hope and believe, from the representa- 4 ' . ions which these Commissioners have received, and the statements laid before them, that such an intention will not be persisted in. The Commissioners were ex tremely minute in their inquiries as to the character of the Irish flax, the prospects of its increasing cultivation, the remuneration it afforded the growers, and the degree of fineness to which it could be brought ; and expressed much surprise at the quality of some specimens sub. witted to them., and which rivalled, if not excelled, the best Flemish flax. Should the Belgian Government carry out their intentions, it will, at all events, have this good effect, that it will lead to the more sedulous, skilful, and extended cultivation of the Irish flax.— Belfast Chronicle. THE OPERATIVE STRIKE IN PARIS. (From the Gazette des Tribunaur of Sunday.) The hopes evhich had been entertained that the work ing classes would return to their workshops were again dispelled yesterday. At an early hour of the morning considerable assemblages were congregated at Mont rouge, Vaugirard, La Yilette, Pantin, and the Fabourg St. Antoine ; at the latter point some arrests having become necessary in consequence of the provocations and direct attacks of the workmen, seven were, about one in the afternoon, consigned to th• custody of a corps de garde, to which orders were given to convey them to the Prefecture of Police. In order to fulfil the mission the soldiers of the line had to go the whole length of the Faubourg, which was full of workmen. Very soon the escort was assailed, and the prisoners were about being restored to liberty, when the post of the municipal guards at the Place de la Bastille arrived, and succeeded, in spite of a volley of stones with which they were assailed, in ensuring the safe conveyance of the seven workmen. Yesterday evening some tumultuous assemblages, which the armed force endeavoured to put down, were congregated in the environs of the Porte Saint Martin. The instruction relative to the journeymen carpenters and weavers, whose arrests we announced in our last numbers, is now finished. The prisoners will be brought into Court next Tuesda7, the Bth inst. A journeyman locksmith, Louis Adolphe B-, 19 years of age, living in the Rue du Faubourg Saint Martin, has been arrested on suspicion of being one of the authors of the wounds inflicted on three sergens d• Tale, Signol, Petit, and Mazy. PRINCE ALBERT.—He is one of the most handsome and amiable young men we have ever seen. He is tall and singularly well formed, and the features of his face are remarkably regular and pleasing. We have rarely seen a more intelligent countenance, while nothing could be more calculated than his manner to win the affections or inspire the respect of her Majesty's subjects. Never have we witnessed anything approaching the enthusiasm with :which the illustrious Prince was received a few months ago, when presiding at Exeter Hall, over one of the largest and most respectable meetings ever held within the walls of that place. His Royal Highness is a man of great and varied accomplishments. He possesses exquisite taste in the fine arts, and devotes much of his leisure time to drawing and historical painting.--Grant's London ✓ournal. On Thursday last, the Engineer coach, on its journey from Carlisle to Leicester, was upset about four teen miles from Kendal. Amongst the outside passengers was Daniel Forrester, the officer who bad conveyed John and William Christie, the two agents of the Aberdeen Bank, charged with robbery, from London to Edinburgh. Part of the coach fell upon his legs, and at the same time that he thought they were broken, be every moment ex pected a kick in the bead from one of thu. horses which was plunging. By the exercise of some professional inge nuity, he contrived to extricate himself, and was rejoiced to find, that though severely bruised, his legs were whole. Three gentlemen, who were outside, and four ladies who were inside passengers, escaped uninjured. HOP INTELLIGENCE, WORCESTER, SEPT. 4. _I-lops of all ages that are well kept, and of good quality, are much in request this week, and fine 1837's are difficult to obtain, and higher prices are demanded for them. Although the weather is every thing favourable for bring ing the few hops to perfection the plantation will produce, yet it is calculated the quantity that will be grown will but little exceed 2001. duty, as the greater part of the grounds do not show a single " hop" in them. Present prices, per cwt. :-1839, from 1003. to 140 s. ; choice, 160 s. to 1891.; Yearlings and 1837, from 90s. to 126s. —Doncaster Herald. TIIE HOP HARVEST.—The signal failure in the Hop crops may be attributed in a great measure to the absence of those electric showers during the present year, which prove so destructive to the aphides (smother fly) and other obnoxious blights. It has been noticed by old experienced hop-growers that in those seasons who's the planters have been visited but by little thunder and light ning, the atmosphere has been loaded with insects, and that the hop-bine has been most seriously affected in such instances. CHANGE OF FORTUNE. —During the last week James Fowler, surgery man at the King's College lin:pital in Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and who w as is the receipt of one pound per week for his services, received intelligence from New Orleans of the demise of his uncle, who has bequeathed him 10,000 acres of land, and 7,0001. in ready cash. Yesterday morning he em erked for America to take possession of it. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, The vacant c anonship of the '.--- been filled by the Rev. John Christi College, in the room of b, e b eve d here t . h .. at , the vacant bishopric OXFORD, SEPT. theC Bartholomew , Cathedral i R ) e d , v ra . l o f Dr. Exeter Foifs 3: Corpus s s .. deceased. . and the'Rev. Dr. Hinds. h i e b es ter : win 9e given to one of the heads `:f colleges. Among 01.1 . 1 _1 . the two tl, I most .i..e.y to of itt tl i le g s e e r e lera t:f lY C succeed are the names of Dr. 4buttleworth, Warden of Professor of Professe Diviriity, and Principal r of St. Mary's Hall. There are several others spoken of, and Dr. Arnold, New College, and Dr. HamPdeni Re g i u s The Vice-Chanccllorsbi p elf this University will be come vacant at tho cerrn.„?..' neernene l ie Head-mister of Ru i the ensuing month, when the Ro. Dr • . w yn i ter, President of St. John's College, will b e no minaeu to fill that office, at present held by the Rev. Dr. Gilbert, Principal of ri.4ennose CelleilQi ___......_ .... ghy-school, , HIGH STEWARD OF ...-- LORD I:tu,.—StorrAL DEFEAT OF THE TORIES,..._On Wednes, dly the election of i NAlematn.tlo fill the office of Lord ELECTION OF nigh iiteward of Hull, vsor .by the lamented death of the Earl of Durh tin , li took .p lac r. The Town Council muttered strong on the oceastoo,iti:l3eing understood that the Duke of Wellingt.on and th e. sir arquis of Normanby would be put in nomination.... W. Lowthrop, Mayor, filled the chair. Mr. C o uncillor Tall proposed his Grace the De f lte of Wellington. and Al *man J. Atkinson pro, posed the Marquis of Normanby, the Secretary of State for the Homo Department, as the beat fitted to bold the vacant office. The sl a yor then appointed four scrutators of the voting. Ina few minutes these gentlemen returned I 0 q lilt-of thc Ildteg, which ..7 r ?,a,1 follow:_f of the . Mar is of ortpanby., p,;,.,5 1 ,_%'? i-lutii) of Wellington, .6: 'The Tesult was'hallea.Tf"o". loud applause. The Mayor i t ' hen declqred the Marquis t ormanby duly e leered to fill the office of Lord High Oteward of the borough of Hul. NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT Of SCOTLAND. This excellent work steadily progresses, as tli Americans say, towards a conclusion. The Twenty seventh Number, which has just appeared, contain , the description of two districts, situated at the two extremities of Scotland, the county of Bute, and part of the counties of Ross and Croinarty ; and though, in many of the returns, there is consider able sameness, many of the local details are full of interest even to the general reader. In the history of the parish of Kilbride, for instance, the following account of a disciple of St. Columba gives an amusing picture of by-gone ages : Alolios (or, as the name means in Gaelic, the shaved servant of Jesus), was a disciple of St. Columba, who, not considering the discipline of lona sufficiently rigid, retired for greater seclusion from the vices of the world, to this lonely isle, whence he diffused the light of Christianity among the formerly Pagan inhabitants of Arran. The cave which formed his residence is merely an excavation in the red sandstone, hollowed out by the sea, when its level was higher than at present, with its mouth defended by a wall of loose stones. On the ro of the cave there is a 1 - I..anic inscription, stating the name and office of the saint, and a little raised above its floor, a shelf of rock, said to have been his bed. In the neighbourhood of the cave, there is a large flat stone, called his dining.table, and.a spring of pure water (his bath) much resorted to in the ages of superstition, and cele brated for the healing virtues alleged to have been com municated to it by the prayers and blessings of the saint. Martin speaks of a curious stonebcqueathed by this saint, and long famed for its many miraculous properties ; more especially its power in curing diseases, and pro tecting in battle the lives of its fortunate pots ,ssors. This stone was so carefully transmitted as a valuable heir-loom from one generation to another, that it was lost only within these few years, by being committed to the custody of a gentleman who partook too much of the scepticism of the age to have any faith in its vir tues. It retained, however, some share of its credit, till its final disappearance. Some, even of the present ge neration, have had recourse to it for the cure both of man and beast. This esteemed relic was a smooth green globe, probably of jasper, about the size of a goose egg. Another equally interesting account of an old saint is given in the history of the palish of Rosemarkie, in Ross-shire, of which St. Boniface was the iavourite saint and patron. " In the year 693, or, according to others, about the year 697, Boniface, an Italian, a grave and venerable person, came to Scotland to make up our acquaintance with the Church of Rome. He built the Nunnery of St. Peter, a church where lie landed at the mouth of a little river between the shires of Angus and Mearns ; erected another church at Felin, a third at Restennoth, and a fourth at Rosemarckle, where, being taken with the pleasantness of the place, he thought fit to reside, and was buried there. Bishop Leslie speaks of It osemrchie as decorated with the relics of the saint, and the very ancient sepul chres and monuments of him and his parents, whence it would seem that he had brought his pa rents from Italy with him in this pious expedition. From this traditional account of St. Boniface, it would appear that the parish church had its foun dation laid by him. In repairing it in 1735, in a vault under a very ancient steeple there were found some stone coffins of rude workmanship, one of which might probably contain the bones of this venerable apostle. To perpetuate his memory we have here an annual market called St. Boniface Fair, and a spring of excellent water is also dis tinguished by his name ; nay, what is still more, the seal of the Cathedral, or Diocesan seal, is yet preserved and used as the public seal of the burgh. St. Peter stands on it with his keys, and Boniface with his crook, in excellent order." In this Number these antiquarian details are more copious than usual, and as they relate chiefly to the habits of a primitive people, we have no oc casion to make an excuse for giving another of con siderable length. It relates to the famous President Forbes, who took such an active part against the Pretender in the Rebellion of 1745 : So far as has been observed by the writer, it has not been noticed in any of the published accounts of that eventful period. It has been preserved among the old people in these bounds, and as of its authenticity there can be no doubt, it may not be improper to introduce i here. Some time previous to the battle of Culloden, a de sign had been formed by the rebels to surprise Presi dent Forbes, Lord Loudon, and other friends of the Government, who were then at Culloden House, guarded by a party of the l'errintosh and Culloden tenants. To execute this plan, a detachment was sent down with great secresy from the Aird along the water of Nairn. The officer in command, with a view to the accomplishment of the object proposed, concea'el party in a wood in the vicinity of Culloden House, which he intended to surround in the night, after ate r taining that the loyal party had not previously depart d. In this state of things, a woman residing on the mains of Culloden, happened, in looking for some sheep, to go near the wood, when, to her great consternation, a tall Highlander, completely equipped in armour, sud denly presented himself before her, and in a whisper inquired whether she knew the President or not. In stantly suspecting mischief, she made no reply. But the warrior, assurinc , her that he was no enemy to his Lordship, charged her, e if she valued his life, without the least delay, to deliver into his own hand a letter which he pulled out of his sporan, and which he stated contained intelligence of the last importance to the Pre sident. The woman, hastening with the letter as di rected, arrived at the Castle just after the company had taken their seats at the dinner table ; she had accord ingly great difficulty in obtaining access, but her urgency induced some of the servants in attendance to mention her earnest request to be admitted immediately to his Lordship. She was ordered in, and walking up to the head of the table, with a profound courtesy, delivered the letter, requesting at the same time that it should be forthwith read, as she had reason to believe it related to a matter of great moment to all present. The Pre sident was not the man to act the part of the Theban, to whom a letter, warning him of imminent danger, had been brought as he was sitting at a feast, and which, instead of reading, ho put sealed under his pillow, say ing "in crastinum defero res severas." The sagacious patriot acted differently, and having instantly read the letter, became aware of the perilous situation in which he was placed, in time to escape with his life. For so seasonable and important information, he was indebted, as was said, to the gratitude of Coll Bain (Macdonald) of --, who had some years before then, stood trial before the Court of Justiciary, on a capital charge, and had been, contrary to his own expectations, acquitted through the able services of the President, at that time practising as an advocate in the Courts. Coll, aware of the danger that now threatened his benefactor, re paid him his important services ; enabling him, by con veying this timely intelligence, to escape the clutches of his mortal foes. In this critical situation, the Presi dent's usual prudence and promptitude did not forsake him. Orders were given to treat the men with ample cheer—the bagpipes were blown, and dancing was com menced on the lawn. Everything betokened the ab sence of alarm, till arrangements for a speedy T i ght were completed. Then the whole party darted away towards the Kessock, and reached the boats just in time to escape the rebels, who, having observed the move ment from the castle, gave chase with the swiftness of the mountain stag. As the boats were crossing, some bullets whizzed past the ears of the loyalists, but hap pily no person received injury. The President and his friends having thus narrowly escaped, purs'.4t I their flight to the mountains between Ross and Sutherland, where they skulked for several weeks, in a state of most painful anxiety, enduring the inclemency of the weather, and reduced to the greatest extremity of hunger. The inhabitants of those districts, being generally in favour of Charlie, would afford the fugitives neither shelter nor supply of food ; nay, on one occasion, they actually hunted them with dogs. And, but for the seasonable kindness of some friend of the Government, who with great secresy sent them a pre sent of a few sheep, &c., they must have perished of famine. Intelligence of the battle of the ' l 6th April, however, released them from these hardships, and was c onsidered a rich reward for all their privations and sufferings. So reduced were the men, however, on their return to their homes, that their families could scarcely recognize them. A daughter of one of the Ferrintosh tenants, who formed part of the President's escort on this occasion, still survives, and states that she remembers perfectly having often heard her mother declare, that the children of the fa milt' fled affrighted from their father when he first pre sented himself on his own floor after his return, so was his aspect changed , like Nebuchadnezzar sojourn among the beasts of the field. I: if rtcoartl hisy NEW REMEDIES IN ITALY.—It is stated that a sick nun here, who had been given up by the physiciani, recove red, after swallowing afew thr ea d s f rom the ch( - m i s e of a female saint, administered to her in some broth. She died soon afterwards, indeed, but of course she could not expect to escape the common fa:e of mortals. Tell our friend H— to take ca re t o get t hi s medicine intro. duced into the Prussian Pharmacop oe i a . Another specific a Iministarsdsome time ago to a nun wrought a still mare s urprising miracle—namely, a double life ! Swint cuique ..—Live and let live I—Reimer's Italy and the Italians. FALLING STARS. —The pupils at the Obser vatory at Paris carefully watc h ed the number of meteorduring the nights of the 9th and 10th of August. Until midnight the number did not exceed 18 per hour, 0: nearly a mean of what are observed on ordinary nights; but at three o'clock M. Mauvais counted 35 in one holk, ur The greater pr o p ort i on f e ll a l most para ll e l to the milk' way, which a t t hi s t i me exten d e d f rom the zenith towards t e ar!st, a little inclined to the south. EVENIN*G EDITION': LIBERAT. ,E SLAV TO LIEUTENANT•COLONEL CAMPBELL, LATE LIEUTT- NANT•GOVERNOR OF SIERRA LEONE. Her Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus, off Malta, 13th July, 1840. SIR—I have this day see❑ the copy of a correspon dence between Lord John Russell and yourself in the United Service Gazette of the 4th instant, arising from a report in The Sun newspaper, of a public meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Convention, re flecting so much discredit upon the public officers of the colony of Sierra Leone as to attract the atten tion of her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. It appears, by Lord John Russell's letter (for I have not seen the report in The Sun news paper), that you are reported to have stated that the women brought into Sierra Leone in slave ships were give❑ to any one who chose to come and take them, the officers of the Government having the first choice. This is so outrageous an implication of the public officers of the colony, and so contrary to my expe rience as chief clerk in the office of the Liberated African Department, that I feel confident you will admit you must have been incorrectly reported in the newspaper, more especially as such a practice could not have prevailed without my knowledge. With reference to the extract from your despatch, wl,ich you have quoted in your letter to Lord John Russell, I beg to remind you of the circular (I write from memory or would quote the date) of the late Governor Octavius Temple, your predecessor, by which you will find that lists of respectable married women, desirous of receiving newly-arrived African females to reside with them, were transmitted to the Lieutenant- Governor by the Superintendents of districts. These lists bore the signature of the resident clergyman, attest. ing the moral and religious conduct of such married women ; in confirmation of which I beg to refer to the Rev. Schoon, resident minister for the mountain dis trict, in the years 1834 and 1835, and of which dis trict I was then superintendent. It was with great regret that I perused the assumed report reflecting so seriously upon the public officers of Sierra Leone, more especially as I am i❑ the habit of reflecting upon my services in that colony with feel ings of more pride and self-gratulation than upon any other period of my career i❑ the public service, nearly twenty-five years ; the recollection of which, and of my humble efforts to improve the condition of the unfortu nate Africans who were the objects of my superinten dence, will always be a source of consolation to, Sir, your very respectful and obedient servant, V l / 4 . HAMILTON, Purser, R.N., Late of the Liberated African Department, Sierra Leone. WIT IN CHOOSING TEXTS. A young preacher, in the time of James 1., being appointed to hold forth before the Vice-Chancellor and heads of colleges of Oxford, chose for his text, " What, cannot ye watch one hour ?" which carried a personal allusion, as the Vies:- Chancellor hapirened to be one of those heavy-headed persons who cannot attend church without falling asleep. The preacher repeating his text in an emphatic man ner, at the end of every division of his discourse, the unfortunate Vice_ Chancellor as often awoke, and this happened so often, thi.t at fast all present could very well Fee the joke. The Vice-Chancellor was so nettled at the disturbance he had met with, and the talk it had wee slotted, that he complained to the Archbishop of Can- Urbury, who immediately sent for the young man to reprove him fur what he lad done. In the course of the conference which ensued between the Arch bishop and the preacher, the latter gave so many proofs a his wit and good sense, that his Grace pro cured him the honour of preaching before the King Here also he had his joke; he gave out his text in these words—James Ist and Gth, " \\aver not," which of course every body present saw to be a stroke at the indecisive character of the monarch. James, equally quick-sighted, exclaimed, " He is at me already ;" but lie was upon the whole so well pleased with his clerical wag, at to make him one of his chaplains in ordinary. He afterwards went to Oxford, and preached a farewell sermon on the text, " Sleep on now, and take your rest." THE LATE JAMES SMITII.--" It was diffi cult," writes one who was intimately acquainted with him in his latter years, " to pass an evening in his company without feeling in better humour with the world ; such was the influence of his inexhaustible fund of amusement and information, his lightness, liveliness, and good sense. No man ever excelled him in starting a pleasant topic at conversation, and sustaining it; nor was it well possible for a party of moderate dimensions, when he was of it, to be dull. The droll anecdote, the apt illustrati,A, the shrewd remark, a trait of humour from Fielding, a scrap of a song from the Beggar's Opera, a knock-down retort of Johnson's, a couplet from Pope or Dryden—all seemed to come as they were w anted; and as lie woe always just as ready to listen as to talk, they acted each in turn as a sort of challenge to the company to bring forth their budgbts, and contribute towards the feast.—James Smith's illernoits, HUMAN HAPPINESS.—Jt really gladdens the heart of him who can see universal happiness anti good h imour depicted in the countenances of every one. As a sunny lanthcapc cheers the sight and exhilarates the spirits, so nothing can more conduce to render itn ami,hlc being happy than to witness the happiness of the fellow-crea tures by whom he is surrounded. Brief, albs !is the mor tal career of man, and yet what jealousies, what ill nature, and spite, and malice, is he not doomed to experience in his chequered and transitory career upon carth.—A Sum. mer's Day at Greenwich. LA IIENTABLE•—Otte of our Contemporaries announces as a bit of mere common-place gossip that " the lakes of Cumberland and West.noreland are full to overflowing with tourists and students from the Universi ties." If this be true, it is a most deplorable c vent, fo r thousands must have been prematurely consigned to a wa tery tomb, and the Universities will have to mourn over the loss of some of their moat promising pupils. THE ROYAL N r UIisERY.-Upwards of a hun dred workmen are actively employed in the left wing of Buckingham Palace, preparing a suite of rooms for the Royal nursery. The splendid drawing-room, breakfast room, luncheon-room, and wardrobe of Prince Albert, are appropriated to this all-Important purpose. The suite of apartments, of which the above form a part, were fitted up but a short time ago in a mast costly and beautiful style f r the reception of the Prince ; but the ruthless imple ments of the artizan, " who weighs not matters such as Cese," are crashing away through ornamental ceiling, gilded festoons, and papers of the most varied beauty and richness, for the accommodation of the expected little wranger. His Royal Highness personally inspected the alterations on Thursday last, and expressed himself to be highly gratified with the rapid progress already made in tic furtherance of this desiri.ble object. Similar altera tions are beleg carried on at Claremont. William Hurditen, private marine of the Victory, who jumped overboard and saved the life of a child that had fallen out of a port, has been ordered by the Lords of 1 the Admiralty to be made a non-commissioned officer. The Gazette the Midi says, that. an arinourer of Marseilles, who had been trying in vain to get the Govern ment to purchase some new inventions of his for various kinds of arms, has gone off with fourteen workmen to en. , deavour to join Abd-el-Nader. SANDWICH BAY.—By the arrival from the coast of Labrador, her Majesty's sloop Crocodile was left at Sandwich Bay there. She had instructions to survey the state of the fisheries on the coast, where the Americans are stated to have made great encroachments. And also. the captain had instructions to make inquiries into the re ligious condition of the inhabitants, for which end a series of queries had been drawn up by the Bishop of Newfound land. On the voyage he had hauled down a French tag which was found flying on the shore of one of the fishing stations, where by treaty the French were entitled to fish on the coast of Newfoundland. FEES TO COUNSEL —The law-suit respecting the will of the late Charles Blundell, Esq. ended in the triumphant establishment of its validity, the heirs-at-law not venturing to grapple with a body of unimpeachable testimony, not only in favour of the sanity, bet of the extraordinary talents and attainments of the testator, such as has rarely, if ever, been produced in a Court of Justice, on a similar occasion. Every person who was acquainted with the deceased must have anticipated this result, and most of them will agree that if the wills of the heirs-at-law should ever be disputed on the same ground, the mere institution of these proceedings will afford a strong fact against them. Several thousand pounds have, no doubt, been expended in the attempt to convert eccentricity into insanity, and the lawyers, perhaps, are the only persons who have no reason to complain. They have had rare pickings. The following fees were paid to the counsel. engaged in support of the will :—The Attorney General. 500 guineas; Mr. Alexander 150 guineas; Mr. Watson, 100 guineas; and Mr. Crompton, 100 guineas. Besides these there were consultation and other fees, amounting, perhaps, to thirty guineas more f o r th e A ttorney- G eneral, and twenty guineas each for the other gentlemen engaged. The counsel retained on the other side would be treated, no doubt, with corresponding liberality, but we have not been able to ascertain the precise amount which they re acived.—Liverptiol Mercury. MARRIAGE SEPARATION.-111 OUT last num b(r was recorded the marriage of an eminent divine ( D. D., a Fellow of some standing in one of the smaller colleges of this University, and formerly connected with a large edu cational establishment in the metropolis) with a lady of a highly respectable family in this county. We hear, with great concern, that an almost immediate separation took plzee, under circumstances of a most painful and peculiar nature. The mysterious and unaccour.tahle conduct of the Rev. Dr. has given rise to great speculation, and it is confidently rumoured that the affair will give employment to the learned civilians in Doctors' Commons.—Cambridge A(i(tt hard ert Newtonis(r.—[ThAe Adams Ds. . D ref , er v r i e c d ar o t f o R a e r m e ps t o h o e n. _ R ne e ar v. izi Nmtingham, and Miss Martindale , of Sawston.l L eeds Mercury. anticipated match T E R M ; E i N t..V . 7ll , n however, daat a topper vial' en ded raipypeer;ir2eadotom.l 2001.,hopee E and when we were at Liverpool ther e .. b \ \ e T err recollected '°C heardl'i CLYDE that oE ill ANDo C re e o o m fi b t el LONDON sN a ap t " , O d t i cNi h is party othrethCelmydaetctho breoiwngthrnemadeo.n\t‘h.aeirbeoawr fur-oared boat is b ein g built for theClyd:ngmeagn,ed to show there is some talk of a London Waterman being to-day life' was r e - opene d f rom T C l em how the Thames men mana g e to " p ull th rough" a ra ce triumphantly. This looks like business, a n d i t i s not ttoeonitaillt,lee :(I,3o:rri,atain:nbd t at e z‘i l i t re . — urse ßeatili n ng-room from sin e t ill four.t's The Steward, or Judge, of the Sheffield Court of Requests. receives 1,0001. a•year for doing nothing, and he Deputy Steward receives 1,0001. a-year more for elping him ; and these sums are paid by an increase of barges upon the poor suitors , —Sheffield Patriot.