The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-04-04 00:00:00

MR. RAYNE AND MISS FUOTE.

I Ft= a Sunday Parer.]
IVe copy the following paragraph from a Morning paper,
the truth of which is beyond doubt:—
Great pains have been taken to keep the affairs of
these parties before the public, but the truth has not yet
been stated. The fact is, that the marriage settlements
were actually signed by both parties, and that Miss Foote
was the person who declined the match, although one
year's pm-money (Soot.) had been paid in advance to her
Solicitor, Mr. Gill. The marriage was to have taken place
on the Sunday, at Dover, from whence the hum pair
were to have proceeded to the (3ehtinent to spend the
honeymoon; but wt the Satuntay night Mr. Hayne was
verbally assured, by Mr. Gill, that Miss Foote had changed
her mind.

The friends and relatives of Miss Foote have beeu play-
ing a deep, but we apprehend a ruinous game, and by en-
deavouring to pin too much, it is more than probable they
will lose all. The young lady herself, too, however dis-
posed we may be to give her credit for amiable feelings,
seems to lime saerifieed too much to the machinations of
her pricy council. By forgetting those attributes which
form the best recommendation of the fairer part of the cre-
atiou, and suffering the dictates of selfishness, or worldly
prudence, as it may be more properly called, to supplant
those of the heart, she must sink a good deal in the esteem
of those who might otherwise have been disposed to sym-
pathise in her situation. We can state, without the fear
of contradiction, that after the trial in which Mr. Mayne
was mulcted in such heavy damages, he never entertained
an idea of renewing his acquaintance with the former ob-
ject of his desires. Such were not the feelings of Mrs.
Foote. Her insight into the human heart, as well as the
delicacy which was evinced by Mr. Hayne, in withholding
many facts with which he was furnished to the prejudice
of her daughter, taught her to believe that his passions
were not yet extinct, and that he still might be an useful
instrument in promoting her daughter's advantage. She
therefore resolved again to bring him within her toils.
The plan was soon adjusted, and was as successful as her
most sanguine wishes could have anticipated. She threw
herself and her daughter in his way! they first met in the
Park, but regarded each other with apparent indifftrence.
At a second meeting, in the same place,
.Miss Foote
nodded, and Mr. Hayne returned the salute. His vanity
was awakened. " This girl (said he) still loves me.
Can I be mistaken? did she not smile and nod ?" He was
then in his tilbury with a friend. " I will put the matter
to the test" (said he); and mounting a horse, be rode into
the ring, taking care to get in advance of Mrs. Foote's
carriage; be slackened his pace, and the carriage overtook
him ; he looked again, the smile was more decided he
role up to the side of the vehicle, and the fair hand of Miss
Foote assured him he was not mistaken. The past was
buried in oblivion. Rapture and passion, and love were
renewed, and hopes were entertained that Miss Foote
would yet be to him as she had been to a gallant Colonel—
every thing he wished. But no, " Experience makes fools
wise," and Mamma hail a better card to play. The ice
being broken, Mr. Rayne received a letter from Mrs.
Foote, entreating an interview at the house of a friend.
The boon was granted; much was said about old Mr.
Foote's desire for reconciliation: and with one so little dis-
posed to cherish animosity, the object of the interview was
ac.omplished. Again we find Mr. Hayne the favoured
visitor in Keppel-street—again the ardent, the passionate
devotee at the shrine of beauty. He worshipped—he
eleaded—but his ardour was kept within due bounds by
: le mother. No private interviews—no stolen kisses—no
opportunities but in the presence of Mrs. Foote. This was
tantalising, but it was politic, and it produced the effect
intended—a new proposal of marriage. After all that had
passed—after all that had been said—such a proposal must
learegarded as extraordinary—hut the youth, the inexperi-
ence, and the folly of Mr. Mayne rendered him blind
to " things as they were." lie was blind to every
defect, and sought only the gratification of his ungo-
vernable passion. His offer was received with becoming
cautften. He must settle five hundred a-year pin-money
on his wife—agreed ; he must leave his own income under
her sole control—agreed; he must settle three hundred
a-year for life on the mother, in the event of the daughter's
death—agreed. The mother must live with the daughter
—agreed. Every thing, in reason, was conceded; and
even more—to which we will not now advert. The settle-
ments were drawn up by Miss Foote's own solicitor. Mr.
Haynes solicitor was never consulted. Mr. Hayne's
truesees were Sir Lambert Crome, Bart. and Edward Bur-
naby, Esq. of the Third Dragoon Guards. Those for '
Miss Foote—George Robins and Mr. Platt. Mr. Hayne I
signed the settlements at five o'clock on the evening of '
Thursday week ; and, on the same evening, after her per-
formance, Mies F. followed his example. " Well, but
(said Prudence) Miss F. will have an excellent benefit.
She will do well at Glasgow and Liverpool, and elsewhere.
Why should this money be lost? Why not marry
privately, and let the ample harvest be reaped?" " No
(said Mr. H.) I can never suffer Mrs. H. to appear on the ,
boards." The bill for drawing the settlements was two
hundred pounds: this was paid. The first year's pin- i
money was paid in advance. Every thing promised the
completion of the lover's hopes: they were to set out for
Dover on Sunday, after Fawcett's benefit, where the mar-
riage was to take place, and then off to the Continent to
revel in the luxury of passion. On Saturday Mr. H. re-
ceived a note : Miss F. was to meet him in his private box
at Covent-garden after the play. He was there, but she
came not. lie rushed to Keppel-street: she had not come
from the theatre. He was referred to the house of her
solicitor. Thithe: he flew, and there, to his astonishment,
hr was told verbally and coldly, " that, upon considera-
tion, Miss Foote had determined to pause; and it was
hieted that she could not consent to relinquish her the-
atrical engagements, unless some provision was made for
her father and Mother during her life, as they must be
left destitute if unaided by her labours." Such is the
nature of the story we have been told, and which, as we
before said, we believe to be true. The objections of Miss
F. might have been extremely well-founded; but those
who view the facts with impartiality will see that Mr. Mayne
is not to blame, and at the same time, perhaps, they will
have to congratulate him on an escape from a connexion
which might have exposed him to future misery. We
base a good deal more ; and among other strokes of
policy, that Miss F. was never suffered to answer the letters
of Mr. H., her mamma invariably undertaking that task.
Since writing the above, we have heard that, in conse-
quence of the above paragraph in a Morning Paper, Mr.
'Jayne received a note from Mrs. Foote, stating that her
daughter was anxious to give him every explanation re-
specting the occurrences of the Saturday night. Once
more was he drawn into the net—be went, and was re-
e.ziveil by Miss Foote as if nothing had happened. " She
only meant to try his affections and all Met—indeed, she
would have him. She didn't mean any harm ; she'd do
any thing to please him." Thus wheedled and caressed,
he could not resist, and all was again " as was desired."
And then his jealousy was alarmed—another husband had
offered ; 'twas true he ores not liked as well as Mr. H. but
still he was to be had ; but we must not betray too many
of the secrets of the " baby-house," lest we should lift the
veil too high, and discover deformities that we would much
rather conceal than expose. The result of this interview
was, that Miss F. announced her intention to go down to
Liverpool, where she is to sing at Wilson's Concert
Rooms to-morrow and Tuesday. " If Mr. H. would
follow her, she vowed she would marry him on the
Wednesday, and go to the Continent, or any . where
else lie plased afterwards." Here was a temptation ;
poor H. either was or assumed to be delighted. On l'hurs-
fitv we have reason to believe he had some consultation
veil) -his legal advisers about the character of the set-
tlement which he had signed. His eyes were then opened
to the real state in which he would have been placed, if
h • had married while these settlements were in existence.
I f is West India property was completely tied up —to se-
sere the pin money and the mamma's annuity in the event
of the daughter's death : and Mr. Mayne could neither sell
T teertgage airy part of it, En whatever circumstances he
i'Leht he placed. In short, he was completely fettered,
a..'l was no longer 'nester of his property. 'Phis was a
Le's too much, and he at length caught a glimpse of the
pr....aiee on which he stood. 11'e have heard, hut we
ca .cot with say
what truth, that he determined to. demand
the settlement from Mr. Gill, Miss Foote's solicitor, in
%hese bands it still icaaained, for the purpose of destroy-

ing it. Vhether Mr. Gill will give it up or not remains
to be proved ; but unless he does, and unless Miss Foote
be disposed to show her disinterested affection by marrying
Mr. Hayne, without settlement, trusting to his honour,
we think we may fairly anticipate that " Love will fly out
of the window"—that Miss Foote will still remain a maid
—we were going to say, but we didn't—anti Mr. Havne a
happy and fortunate bachelor. Perhaps, under the latter
circumstances, the five hundred pounds pin money will be
returned.

In our last, we noticed a paragraph which appeared in
the daily papers, stating " that Mr. Hayne bad betted Mr.
Fawcett a thousand guineas to fifty, that Miss Foote would
, not appear on the stage after his benefit." This we beg to
tell the author, and we know him, was a fudge.
Miss Foote is announced to appear again at Covent-gar-
den on Thursday evening, and *Bless she adopts a new
character, her friends may once more have the pleasure of
seeing her.

COMJ!ERCJAL SYSTEM OF RUSSIA AND
AUSTRIA.

M. F. Moller, of Ilmanstadt, who published " A Pic-
ture of the Commercial Relations of Germany, in 1824,"
has just published a second paper of the same deleription,
for the commencement of 1 fa.S. The following are
some extracts :—" Russia continues to consolidate its pro-
hibitory system. The measures which it takes against
smuggling become every month more severe ; those
who transgress are punished with great rigour. In
several towns entire mercantile establishments have
vanished, the members of which have been sent to
Siberia. Its order to cut up smuggling by the roots,
those merchants who deal in foreign goods are obliged not
only to give the most accurate accounts of every thing they
receive, but also to keep a most minute statement of the 1,
way in which they dispose of their goods, by which the
Government is enabled to trace, in the greatest detail, the
channels through which foreign articles pass. What is
done in Russia is executed in Poland also,whence it may be
easily imagined what effect such measures must have on the
demand for German goods in these countries. The kingdom
of Hungary is, as it were, an unknown country, closed
against all commerce, for the German States which are not
under the division of Austria. In the present state of Turkey
no commercial adventures can with safety he undertaken ;
and here, too, England has thrown its net over everything,
and, siding with all parties, will appropriate sooner or Inter
all the commercial advantages that circumstances may
offer. Spain holds out no encouraging prospects, though
the monarchy has been re-established a whole year. Con-
fidence and credit, the foundation of trade, are not restored,
and even when this shall be effected, the advantages will
be not for Germany, but for France. which Spain cannot
indemnify in any other manner for the expense it has in-
curred. This will he the more necessary, as England, by
recognising the independence of America, has deprived
Spain of the means of indemnifying France in another
manner."

His Majesty's ship Tweed, Captain Bunn, has arrived
at Harwich, for the purpose of conveying Rear-Admiral
Plampin and suite to the Cork station, to the command of
which he has been appointed, vice Lord Colville.
Two plans have been proposed for the ship canal from
London to Langatonc Harbour; one by Mr. Cundy, ar-
chitect to Lord Grosvenor, the other by Mr. Elms. The
ahorteit route is from Deptford, by Tooting, Leatherhead,
the Vale of Nlickleham, Dorking to near Horsham, thence
to Arundel, and by the present Portsmouth and Arun
Canal, to Langstone Harbour; the canal to be 30 feet
deep and 130 wide. A meeting of the supporters of each
plan recently took place, Vice-Admiral Sir George Cock-
burn, G.C.R. in the chair, with Mr. Baring on his right,
and Mr. Horace Twiss on the left. The East India Com-
pany are favourable to a canal, and it is inferred, from Sir
G. Cockburn being in the chair, that Government arc also.
IJr. Rennie, who was present, was called upon to state the
time and cost of making a regular survey, which he off-
hand stated three months and 1,0001. The meeting was
then adjourned.—Hampshire Citron.
Captain Phillips, R.N. has invented a new compass, the
intention of which is to prevent the cards unshipping in
time of action, from the concussion of the guns, which will
ensure the safety of his Majesty's ships at a time they most
require it.
A gentleman who was on board the Kent when she
took fire states, that a Sergeant of colour who was in the
vessel abandoned his wife, who was ill below with four
children, and jumped into the sea to swim to the Cambria.
The poor woman was found suffocated at the bottom of the
hatchway, with her four children floating round her,dead.
The first thing that his Colonel chi, on order being re-
stored, was to strip this man of' the badges of merit he
had acquired, and reduce him to the ranks.—Chester
Chronicle.

From the work of the learned Adelung we find that there
exists not less than 3,064 different languages employed in
various parts of the earth ! There arc of these:—European,
687 ; Asiatic, 937 ; African,276 ; American, 1,264.
STOCIADEL—The Burmese stockades, of which draw-
ings and plans have been sent to this country, seem to be
formidable fortifications of the kind. For a considerable
space round the first incloaure the ground is thickly set
with bamboo stakes, bending outwards, extremely sharp,
and lying hid in the jungle grass. In their effect upon a
person attempting to make his way through them, they
arc not unlike dog-spikes. Next comes a high palisado of
stout bamboos, firmly set in the ground, and bound close
together. Then another space thickly set with spikes ;
then another palisado, which one might call a counter-
scarp ; when this is surmounted, a broad ditch or space,
also set with spikes ; and, within, a third palisatio, which
we might term the scarpment, through the interstices of
which the Burmese level their muskets at the assailants.
In the body of this kind of fortress is a large shed, under
which the garrison live. The Burmese soldiers always
carry several bamboos for the purposes of fortification, and
make a stockade in a night. The utmost uncertainty still
prevails as to the numbers of the Burmese. They are
variously estimated from three to twelve millions.
A French Paper relates the following fact, and guarantees
its authenticity : By a letter from Aigre (Charente)
dated 25th March, we learn that on the preceding day a
young man named Magne, 23 years of age, living at home,
after having fiery peaceably breakfasted with his family,
consisting of his father, mother, and an elder brother,
went to M. Besnard's a schoolmaster, and asked him how
much it would cost him per month to learn to read, write,
and cast accounts. To this Besnard replied, " Three
francs." Upon which Magne begird to know if he could
begin directly. " When you please, ' said the schoolmaster.
Magne had, during this colloquy, his hand in 'his waist-
coat pocket, but all at once he drew out his right hand,
armed with a knife fresh sharpened, and plunged it into
the breast of the unhappy Besnard, crying out, " Well,
then, I begin!now." Magne then went out, and Besnard
bad strength enough left to follow him into the street,
and cried out " Murder;" but as it was a solitary street,
Magne, in spite of his cries, and without altering his pace,
went into his own house, sharpened his knife, and went out
again immediately. Ile soon met M. Andre, a notary,
and struck Lim a blow with the knife, which would have
killed him, had not the double waistcoats he wore deadened
the blow. M. Andre immediately pursued the assassin,
who took refuge in the house of M. Datnont, a merchant.
After having wandered through several rooms, where he
found nobody, h,.! jumped out of window, and entered into
a neighbourging house belonging to a M. Bouteland, a
lawyer. At the moment he entered, a servant maid was
leaning over a window with her nose bleeding. Magne, at
first, went up to her ; but perceiving Madame Bouteland,
he addressed that lady, and asked her where her husband
was? to which sbe answered that he was gone out. Magne re-
joined, and said he absolutely wanted him. " But," said the
lady, " have I not told you he is absent ?" " Well, then,"
said the enraged man, " here's for you," striking her at
the same time a blow with the.knife on the head. This
young lady was pregnant, and received a deep wound in
her jaw, and fell, bathed in her own blood. The cries of
murder had, however, by this time collected several groups
about the murderer, but who dared not approach him.
Magne perceiving the police approaching, rushed through
the crowd, jumped over a garden wall, and before he could
be overtaken, gave himself two cuts in the neck with the
knife. He was then seized, and conducted to prison. His
wounds are not mortal, but it is not thought that the un-
fortunate Bernard can be ss' d.