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THEATRES.

—Jernme--
DRURY-LANE.
If, as has been said, that Tragedy is fot all prattiral ru-
pees the best which dnere nine tears and excites least
laughter, then, notwithstanding the false taste, the sickly
snit:day, the maudlin sentimentality, the !tuning,
ins hypocritical cant that is substituted for pure, healthy,
ficing, and which pervades and constitutes the character-
:lnc feature of the German drama, S'iearest is an effort of
tratneendent genius, anti deserves the high station it has
the Selfish stage for it makes the tears flow
attained on
forma thousand Niobes, like unto the Propontia, that
knows no ebb; and we would pledge our reputation fot
sc-
.lnte onavetion that more pocket bindlerchiefs are in
newt on Cora's account, than for any balf-dozen
P you can mention--Zing Lear himself included.
'rare is certainly something noble and -imposing hi
tae contemplation of Rolla's charecter ; a lover offering
np the object of his heart's Aden, at the shrine of
r,i.neship, and devoting himself even unto death to
promote and preserve the happiness of that object; this
is drawing on the finer portion of our nature, and giving
us a more exalted perception of ourselves than the common
eminences of life are calcueated to elo : but the manner of
doing all this, and the conduct of the persons to whom such
self-devotedness jails° wn , arc ti cthioga to be considered; and
here we discover a morbidity of temperament, ands lachry-
mose species of nneesture, that are anything -but the off-
spying of a fine and grateful feeling that knows bow to ap-
preciate the worth of such a friend, and that can reward it
gervously, and with a correspondent degree of sincere
good-will. Is Ghat, nature has nothing to do with cha-
racters like those of C'oro, or Akaxn, or even Rollo ; there is
a f. v rich excitement in their blood that makes them give to
circumstances i sentiment which truth lOW s correct percep-
tion of things would not impart to them, so that it is not so
much the sentiment itself, as the extravagant misapplica-
tion of it that is censurable. Mr. 11111ack played Rolla
foe the that time, and, although Mr. Young is still fresh
in our recollection, we are pre pared to say he played it
successfully. This gentkman has a good voice, capable of
sr.uch modulation and compass; him reading, too, is
always correct, and his action somethneselignified, though
nerasemally, we confess, there is rather too touch of it.
He wanted, however, repose, which is a rely different
thing from tat solemn grimace and see-sawing air of
ludicrous gravity fee which we suspect it is by some ',cr-
oons mistaken ; it is a self-possession that allows the feel-
ings to gradually develop themselve s out of the passing scene;
there Was too much hurry and Motion in his manner, which
was often in disunison with the sentiment ; and flexible as
his voice certainly is, yet be none and then suffered it to
retain a harsh monotony, that, besides being unpleming to
the ear, seemed to betray an indecisive conception of the
ran, a sort of doubt whether to be pathetic or magus-
nisoeus. This was particularly noticeable in his serene
with Core, where he unites with her herband in per-
suading her to secrete herself within the rocks. Mr. Young
was bore all soul, all tenderness, all affection, counselling
C.,r4 with his whole heart ; Mr. ‘Vallsek was loud and
energetic, and even heisterntis, and seemed to be ad-
&venlig the soldiery rather than the creature on whom his
sal dusted. In the prison scene he was admirable;
but the finest piece of acting throughout the whole play
was, where he discovers Rollo 's child to be in the power of
Pizarro: and after in vain appealing to that chief for its
deliverance, he at last, with a violent internal struggle,
prostrates himself at the Spaniard's feet, and in tears
implores him to spare the child. The manner in which
this was done celled down repeated plaudits from the ,
whole house. Of Mrs. West s Cera, or Mrs. Burnes
Elvira, we need not say anythiag-t-they arc both so well 1
known, and known may to be admired.
After the play, "the grand serio comic romantic melo-
,lratna of Valentine asJ Ors,/i" was revived. Every body
knows the story of the wild man in tho woods, and of Va-
lentine's valorous chivalry in rescuing him from his state of
lonely blessedness, and that after divers freaks of the said
wild men in his irrational mule, he is, by the benignant j
intervention of the protecting spirit, Paculet, restored to
reason, to his friends, and his conntry as Prince Onus, the
sett of the Empress Licrisanta. Mr. 0. Smith was horrifi-
cally amusing as the wild and hairy man-brute, and
hugged his fellow-companion. the bear, with a most fra-
ternal and touching embrace. Fitswillianis lingo was droll,
and Mr. Pesky was as polite and gentle a Valentine as ever
the saint of that renowned name would wish to claim kin-
dred to. Miss Smithson and Mies Cubitt were beautiful
and interesting ; the one as the Princess Eglantine, and
the other sot Agana:, whose charms were heightened by two
or three delightful swigs, sung more delightfully still.
This Lady's voice is mellow, distinct, and possesses an ex-
t nt and flexthility that require only power to make it as
pleasing as that of any female singer we know of.
The splendid scenery made this altogether a very im-
posing, and no doubt it will prove a very successful, re-
viral. It was announced for repetition this evening amidst
the cheers of a crowded house.

ADELPIII.
This snug and pleaeant little dramatic toy-shop opened
for tke season last night, under the new management, and
what we are disposait to consider very favourable auspices
rf future and final success. Thanks to Messrs. 'ferry and
lases, the hatcrior of the theatre has been painted and re-
decorated in a light and pleasing style: the actors dill not
to play their parts well behind the curtain, and the
vidience (abich was a complete overflow) took the apace
before it into tinir especial care and keepine. With those ad-
vantages, the house was in br:lliant ac gilding, ris-flght,good
humour and good company could make it. Conidderable care
appears to have been taken to retain the most favourite and
mintorious of the old perfoi mere, while the acquisition of
additior.al talent has not been neglected. We still have
tht flippant whimsicality of Wrench—John Reeve, who
is a company of comedians in his own person, and worth
many that we could meution--and we trust we may shortly
add the ludicrous quaintness of Wilkinson. And what,
t!.Augh the recruits, like the fat . Knight's slender levies,
" oprd so mark to an enema"—it is In a different sense ;
Ira they be no " men in buckram" notwithstanding. Wit-
ness the dry humour of Terry, the versatile mimicry of his
inAnagir, tlie archness of Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and
the benwty of 111iss F. Branum, who is a planet bright as
and can be viewed in the limited horizon of the
Adelphi without the aid of a telescope.
The evening's entertainment commenced with a ars"
rnrie sketch, or " personal prelude," in one act, called the
;rnine Night. It is intended to be explanatory of the
t..)ubles, disttsetions; and difficulties of managerial life.
Mr. Terry and Mr. Yates play Mr. Terry and Mr. Yates,
an I of course they could not be out of character as the new
niar.agerc. They appeared perfectly at home in their parts,
a; did Mr. Wrench in the character of Mr. Wrench.
Authors, apes, amateurs, and actresses are introduced, to
the great anuoyance of the dramatic monarchs, and °tea-
wtally, If we must confess a truth, to the discomfiture of
:11e Audience; for the author sometimes keeps the joke too
rr neh to hi inself. and li is puns are frequently more antiquated
%b an pungent. The idea on which the piece is founded is
c s hail one, and had it been well executed, a peep
min the green-room might have been made to afford
a fair share of amusement; but, on the whole, we are
able to compliment the writer on the successful accorn-
pfediment of his design. However, " the opening night"
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retty—the dresses splendid and characteristic—and the
performance really excellent. The play is under greatet
obligations to the property-man than the author, and still
more indebted to the actors than either. The Royal
amorist was well supported by Mr. T. P. Cooke, who
is the best King and cut-throat on record. Mr. Yates
(thinks to the author) made a very dull jester of Killigrew
in spite of the quicksilver in his own veins. George Col-
man himself could not have been a stupider " master of
the revels." The part of Walter Mewart, " a decayed
cavalier" and serious joker, who takes lodgings Mar the
church-yard to keep himself alive, and between the whip-
ping-post and county gaol for the sake of mirth and good
fellowship, was buckled upon Mr. Terry. He made the
most of hie materials. So did Mr. J. Reeve of ,`:ir Luke
Addlehead, a foolish justice (or just-as:, as Killigrew has
it) and master of the ceremonies. Miss F. Brunton looked
every inch a queen in Catherine de Bragatr:es, and called
Charles's taste in question for deserting her, even for
such • fair " maid of honour" as Mrs. Fitzwilliam,
In act the second are introduced a mythological masque,
composed by Killigrelr, and The Power of Love, a grand
Ballet composed by Mr. Kerby. They are both insuf-
fcrably tedious, stupid, and sorrowful withal, notwith-
standing Pint was played by a Mr. Grey. Neptune was
appropriately enough represented by Mr. Salter, and a
river Goddess by Mrs. Wells ; Mr. Nightengale made a
most tuneful Apollo, and Miss Grammer the most learn...Ai
of the Musts. The piece, which is already too long,
lasting till near I t o'clock, would be much benetitted by
the excision of the ballet, and considerable curtailment in
the masque and other portions of the performance.

COBURG.
The Coburg Theatre has always been celebrated for the
production of novelties. No interesting or extraordinary,
or horrific science is by the managers allowed to pass no-
noticed—fact is always the pound wmk of their fiction.
1 heir object is " to hold as %were the mirror tip to nature,"
and to "show the very age and body of the time, its form
and pressure." By the help of a few good actors, some
beautiful scenery, a wardrobe of some new dresses, a por-
tion of glittering decorations, and a very effective manager
in the person of Mr. Davidge' this theatre contrives. to
void well with the public, and to attract crowded au-
dienees. But novelty is its principal feature, mad
every thing that is new has been successful. Our
late revered Sovereign, George the Third, had scarcely
ceased to walk the boards of this theatre when Napoleon
Bonaparte made his entrance upon its stage. It happened
next that a murder of great notoriety was committed, sad,
as the managers at the Coburg were unable to procure the
principal actor in the dreadful scene, they were obliged to
satisfy themselves with the exhibition of " the identical
horse and gig" in which the deed was perpetrated. A pa- ,
trios was led to execution wader circumstances of great ig-
nominy, and the reptesentative of the gallant Riego strutted
his hour upon the boards of the Coburg Theatre. In the
course of time two ruffians beat each other till both were wal-
lowing in blood, and one had hardly breath enough to claim a
purse of sovereigns for preventing the downfall of British
courage. When their wounds were healed, the victor and
the vanquished were introduced at the Coburg Theatre,
and "fought their battles o'er again." to the great delight
of an enlightened audience. Soon afterwards the crew and
passengers of a gallant vessel encountered peril on the great
deep, and survived to behold their terrors and their agonies
most accurately described at the Coburg Theatre. A real deg
was soon succeeded by amoreattractive animal, "a real stag,"
who skipped about the boards for several evenings, and
was forgotten. A eery 'attractive personage then arrived
in England, who was styled by his purchasers the Anatomic
Puente; and as it was found impossible to hire the ori-
ginal, a rival living skeleton immediately made his appear-
ance at the Coburg Theatre, who after some hackneyed
jokes to the galleries, went the way of all flesh. But for
some weeks, the managers of the Coburg Theatre have
been totally at a loss bow to preserve their character for
originality in design and euroces in execution. There was
but little probability of so fortunate an occurrence as the
death of a king. the thraldom of an emperor, the exe-
cution of a patriot, or even the burning of a second Kent.
Dogs had bad their day, boxers were growing unpopular,
and mimic murders were not relished—Europe was at
peace—Africa was idle—Asia was too distant—and America
was the only land from whence any attraction could be
rationally expected. A living monkey would have been of
more use than a dozen murders, or a hundred stags, but it
was found impossible to excel the skill of M. Gouffe, of the
rival theatre, who is worth " a wilderness of monkeys."
" A tragedian of colour from die African theatre, New
York," was therefore engaged, and last evening made
his first appearance on the hoards of the Coburg theatre.
It will be in the recollection of all play-goers, that
this individual was some time since taken eff' by Mr.
Mathews, during his trip to America; but it has been
generally suspected that Mr. Mathews seldom hesitated
to finish his copies of nature by the addition of some
touches of his own; and accordingly the chief tra-
gedian of the African theatre was represented at the Eng-
lish Opera House as a man who looked like a devil and
danced like a baboon, whets language was eel wawa, and
mane me July Cede, and me f ill him Brute—whose voice
was like the bellowing of a town bull, and whose song was
Opens= up a gum tree ;
Ramon In de hollow
Pull him by de long tail,-
nark him how he hollow.
We conf.sa bat Mr. Mathews's description somewhat pre.
judieed oar minds,and we expected to see a mere burlesque
on acting, by some sooty child of ignorance, whom pre-
sumption could only be equalled by the folly of those who
brought him forwaid. It is not enough to say that we
were disappointed. The Cofer Alexander Hannibal
something of Mr. Mathews, under the name of Mr. Keene,
at the Coburg Theatre, would, if his complexion were dif-
ferent. pass for a very good professor of the Histrionic
art, and appearing befbre us as he do?s, with all the dis-
advantages attendant en his limited experience, the pre- I
juiliees that have been so long, and still arc entertained
against all of his colour and his features, the portraiture of
his rival and caricaturist, Mt. tletheive, and above all, his
being an importation from the other side of the Atlantic,
it would be unjust to withhold that praise which, with-
out any sactifice of critical severity, we arc ena-
bled to give. Mr. Keene is a Creole, et:messing a to-
lerable figure and an expressive countenance, but he has
all the peculiar characteristics of his race—woolly hair,
thick lips, a flat nose, and badly formed knees. His voice
has but little of power, and still less of flexibility ; his as
cent, although peculiar, is neither unpleasant nor unintel-
ligible; it has nothing that distinguishes him from a mere
American, and is perhaps more agreeable than an Irish or
a Scotch tone, and certainly better than that of many of
our provinces. His conception of his part is decidedly
good, his action rather graceful, his step firm, and his at-
titudes dignified. Ile has evidently studied the twieks, the
starts, and the hems and ha's of his namesake ; but lie is
by no means deficient in original talent. The play of
Oroonoko was judiciously chosen for his debut before a
British audience; his reception was very warm, and
throughout the piece he was repeatedly cheered; but
the laughs were very frequent, when the new acquaintance
of the galleries had to repeat some such sentence as " and
all our talk was love," or to embrace the fund Imonida,
the mistress of his affections. It is most true that those
are " blessed who expect nothing," and from this cause
may have proceeded in some degree the satisfaction with
which we beheld the performance of the " Tragedian of
Colour. from the African Theatre, New York," but we
do not hesitate to express our opinion that his acting will
gratify many and astonish all.
The announcement of the arrival of Sir Wolin Scott at
Paris is a mistake of the French Papers. He had not at
that time even landed in France.
The original manuscripts, and adaptations of some of the
Plays of Shakspeare by the late Mr. Kembie, which were
sold in that gentleman's library by Mr. Evans, in Pall-
mall, were purchased by the lion. George Lamb. One of
these Plays, it is reported, will to acted at Drury-lane
Theatre during the present season.
In the year 1803, two original letters of' Shakspeare
were tbund among the Dorset papers, which the late
amiable Duolless of Dorset signified • her intention of de-
positing st the British Mueetam and shortly after a third
letter was discovered in the same archive*. Now that the
eDuchess and Lord Whitwerth are both dead, we hope the
surviving daughters rill permit ;thcee ievaluable relict to
be published. 4

THE BRITISH

- LIME.' lir GLEANINGS.
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No. XLIII.
/11N OF GENIUS—A FRAGI
" ---- Poets in their youth begin in gladness,
" But thereof tomes in the tad despondency and
There is no wreck which is more a
that human rain, an unfortunate man
ruin more pitiable than genius wrecked •
winds anti waves of adversity. I have r~
remains of some ancient and decayed castle,
bulwark and strong hold for war, and have ,
ride made humble, its strength laid proem
tug ere it fall, like an aged man s—its halls,
ed the mailed man of war and chivalry,
peace and daughters of beauty, now the I
nightly bat, and toad, and thing obscene,
music and roundelay of the hoary minstrel
" The moping owl cloth to the moon
Of such u wandering near her secret
Molest her fanciest solitary reign."
I have looked, with such eves as sorte
through, at that no less noble wreck, that .
the sea, a dismantled and broken-up vessel
with bare ribs, and battered hulk, and b.
'the ignoble bank of a narrow tributary
parent the sea—who bore it on her bosom
bears her child—where it was now left by
14itles like a leviathan of the waters, deserted
Shallow for its mighty hulk to float
thought of its century of pride, when .
motion, and almost a creature of life—wl
sails made the proud waves break before
plough breaks up the stubborn earth r
share • and have heard with my imagination
thunders of its guns, and seen the deedl--
of its thunder-bolts, crushing its enemies'
•of death. I have looked with mental se
mighty things no longer mighty, but none
spire man with that awe and regret •
human intellect in its docay, or worse, in .
on the beast, and draws from the eyes.
which might have enlightened its count
the world, should have been hidden by
obseurity, till its own inward light, "
leonaumetl," has grown dim, and " pales .
!lire " throwing out only those faint, flickering, ..
flashes which a dying taper flings momentarily
socket ; that a voice which might, hut ft -
lave been heard singing to our ravished
%laird heaven of invention," should be .
choked, and broken, by weak and vain struggli
'those feelings which lie too deep for words tr
mut to communicate the sorrows of a desolated
which were ever patient to hear the annals o
the iil-fortuned ; that a heart which might
with the very " life of life," and been fil
limns fur all, with pity for the unhappy, I,
and the beautiful, human kindness for all
and tenderness for the brute—and have'
ful, fertile, nod sunny spot in that little
man—should by neglect alone become a ,
desert, an unvisited and unweeded gar.,
the tares, weeds, and briars of self-abandonmeni
less indolence—without a flower (or
there one, where might have been Anthill;
of sweets) to bloom in is barren space,
perfume of the soul—is indeed a cause
should painfully see these things, and
cannot remedy them.
It is a fault that only "experience,
wise," and wise men wiser, can correct
ardent mind, that when it first wakes •
of talent, and feels the sudden stirrings
rash and ungovernable to use its discovery
itlyantage. It no sooner discovers the -
Within, than it at once bares it to die b
Land you must stop, and prostrating your
lel pilgrim, at some sacred fountain, drii
writs new waters, and bless it with a f
you are Ito true worshipper of the Mt
.17ung geniuses no sooner find that they
ng and difficult race of fame, than
running, and that so fast and breathlessly,
the course is strained over, their powers,
Of too little encouraged to the trig, fail I
.st they found them ; they halt In their
and the race is lost because of their eagerness
and then come present disappointment
looking regret, anti hope that looks not
gardlcss self-neglect, and reckless self-:
finally, helpless and motionless despair.
The first fault of a young author's life
rest of it; and usually opens the wicket-door
winding walk through a maze of error, - -
tainly leads in the end to the blighted how,
mcnt. Inexperience in hint is the parent
of young errors. Ignorant of the wort
teach it, when he should still sit as a
dom-giving school; but he is too errat
lyceums of learning like a truant, and t
but the fields for his study, and no book
nature to pore upon. Ile is diligent, and
thing for himself; and he tenchos what'
be learns it, instead of nourishing and t
seed which, after many slays, should bring
of knowledge " a hundred-fold;" remindii
shallow artificial basins for water that we •
palace-gardens, which pour out as fast as .
waters not their own, and are full to-day,
morrow—instead of resembling a natural spring,
an inexhaustible well-head of waters undefiled,
constant flow and fulness. Or if lie '
ignorant as to aim at teaching mankind,
ing them, and tunes a romantic harp
chivalry, or touches the trembling lyre
indulges only in the capriccios of fancy
Lion—the world has too many stunning .
of natural horror, and too much of unnatural
wnehivalrous warring of brother-nation
*don, of child-land against father-land,
lose, or horror, or beautiful imaginations
The world, therefore, looks coldly on him,
looks coldly on the world: this is the first
heart receives. He has expected great
honour, and public applause; and only '
lowers of his own hurl up their caps in-
ball. lie has thought that genius and
be has genius still, but where is success
learns that great talents may be obscured
able clouds ;—that even genius may be i
too late for the age. His shining talents .
him like talents of gold to one who perishes
drought. Ilia spirit of independency breaks,
looks round for that success at the hand
has failed in obtaining from the hands t
patron, finds one, anti proudly bends
crowned, as he thinks, with the laurels . patronage,
he finds in the end that he has been crowned - '
Vat' APatm. A LOVE SONG.
Boast not to me the charms that grace
The finest form, or fairest race :

Shape, blown, and feature' I despise;
%Wealth, wealth, is beauty to the wise.
Come then, my Criesa, All my ants
With all thy various store of eharma •
Charms that of Time defy the rage,

And laugh a Wit hiCica aid old
Come then, oh come, and with thee

•
The thousand joys from wealth that .
Oh ! bring the deed. of thy estate,
Thy quit.rents, mortgages, and plate.

Still keep. unseen, those auburn locks,
And yield thy treasures in the stocks;
Oh ! hide that soft, that snowy breast,
And give, instead, thy iron Chest.
Thy Guineas shame the blushing :"
Which in those cheeks, unheeded,
Too sweet for me that ruby lip,
(live me thy India Bends and Scrip.
Can aught with those bright eves compare
Thy Diamonds, Nymph, still brighter -
Can aught those peltrly teeth eicel
Thy Pearls theravelsos phrase me u •
Say, dost thou boast that beauteous
Its Bracelet boasts a richer charm:
Those lingers too gmlovely things,
But lovelier far their brilliant Mtn&
My passion, Nymph, iwooka net daisy
Fur charms which never feel daisy $
Charms stitch sill mock thy fleeting'
And yield'thelt tarot es at* death. •
Miu

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I. Jude any farther.
y The tnt iece was followedby a new I
I in three acts, called Ki/lei;retv, or King (.'/tortes a
j /'rite Welt,. This production professes to be " f
6 on acme unpublished memoirs," and it is farther it
✓ to exhibit ~' s lively picture of the lima." )\
I. standing those professions, we could discover I
re calculated to lead us to imagine that the writer has
himself of other than the ordinary sources of infor
P' The li^CC is the history of one of those amours is
It t' trcrr~ Mencrch so mmonly indulged. It met
i; of tts ptnleceseora on the same sultiect. and as
-.11 Callicism ahnost led us to imn TilW it derived i
le ,f not ttaisely, front a French original. Be this as
" lunso:scs no high claims, either in plot, chase
'7,ur, to cri,icel approbation. The new scene
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TAR COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. state, at least in this country. The influence of men Of genius is
not extinguishedan their graves, but surviving it descends through
A highly interesting and well written pamphlet has been other minds to the rinioiest ages. If this by-taw be allowed E.,
GHENT. .
seines', published byDr. Armstrong, the consulting physician to the remain in operation, many of the ablest and best men, such as hie ,". f
ncy and madoms." London Fever Hospital, relative to a subject of great pub- Bennett, win link unnoticed and unkboOne because It will des
I sight for pity than College of Surgeons', it ith respeet Co die promotion of rot- '
WORDSWOBTA. lie importance, t is. :—The conduct of the Governors of the •
them, offish prise
art ; and no human dical science. The pamphlet is entitled, "An Addr to while being founded on a system of finouritisms It will necessa-
rily lead not only to the'exclusion it preer Individuals, bet to the
il anti ruined by the the Members of the Royal College of Surgeons of Lon-
looked on the ivitd don, on the injurious conduct and defective state of that appointment of others, not from public, bid from private cone-
castle, once a young I corporation, with reference to professional rights, medical detatiOns. If the appointment. in most of the London hospitals
1 ' ti
id have lamented its science. and the Oldie health." The principal charge, should be prospective!y made on the principles Which hoe hitherto
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prostrate, or totter- and it is a very grave inculpation, deeply affecting the cha-
Prevailed—if they should be eifeCted directly through the reasurer,
tails, where throng- ratter of the Court of Examiners of the College'of Surgeons indirectly through some professional officer or meter/de power, the
door would be widely open to every species of abuse, and we should
live to see leeturesffips transmitted from one relative to another, as
dry, the maidens of is, that by an extraordinary by-law, passed in March
he dull home of the 1824, they have endeavoured to prevent the formation of
ere, where, for the new schools of surgery, by refusing to receive 'Certificates if ability were hereditary. The ruinous coasequetices of such a
strel, of attendance, except from such schools as they'clroose ape- system are 'tread, well kbown in the medical achools of some of
the certificates of another gentleman Mr. 6
n complain Cinlfyloree
generalcognise disapprobation
Theti)rasttnnhie of thearencenvreofsetilosnis,
butbo- no
It
ouruanplypeersitarsies-th"at
it bower,
excited the
public expression of their sentiments followed, as it was Francis Kiernan, have alto been refused. Mr. Kiernan' i.; ii I
ii
row sometimes looks, . 1. t• '
however, the Court of Examiners have enforced the new and Italy, With the express intention of becoming 1
her
hat floating castle or understood that it would remain a dead letter. Recently, had pursued his studies for eight years in England, France, 1e ,
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teac
essel of war; lying
regulation under circumstances, as it seems to us, of great of anatomy, and see, it is stated, the highest attain...
broken timbers, on
oppression in the case of a gentleman, of whom Dr. Arm- ments for the duties which he undertakes to dis hi ' , !i
y river to its proud
strong gives the following account : c rge.
bosom as a mother t The following remarks on the importance of inatotnical
.ft by the forsaking " Mr. Bennett, whom I now introduce to your notice as suffer- knowledge, and (he mode of examinktioh pursued by the
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ierted on a there too ing from its operation, was educated in the University of Dublin, College of Surgeons, will be read with interest : )
t over;—and have where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1817. His mind "Anatomy is the tsue and natural bash of afeakine. It forms 1
i it was a thing of having been enlarged by liberal studies, he assiduously devoted six the only solid foundation union "which the accessory sciences of
-when its corpulent years in that city to the study of Anatomy, Physiology, Medicine, Phislology and
Pathology nbe raised. Rightly to comprehend
ore its course, as a and Surgery, and finally was admitted a Member of the Irish Col- the movements or nature of can
a machine, w e 'Mould of iourse know ; •
I with its forceful lege of Surgeons. He subsequently spent upwards of three years its structure. Besides, we can thereby more readily ascertain the • t
agination the surly in Paris in the same pursuits, during which, it will appear, he be. causes of its eicanional derangement, and remedy its defects when t • ; i
The knowledge of the structure of the human body
telly destructiveness came a public teethes. 'The facilities afforded in Paris, for the out of order.
[cc as with the hand cultivation of the above-mentioned subjects, May be judged front eons:iron's the only medium through which our limited intelli- .
•
scrieusness at these ,
tne fact, that 30,000 patients arc annually received into the hospi. gence of the functions of life can be attained, and by which their
tone of them can in.. ,
tale, that minute histories of the eases are recorded, and that four., deviations front the state of health rtn be appreciated. The pros- I ;
t which the sight of
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fifths of the bodies of those who die are made subservient to Ana. titioner, enlightened and guided by the acquisition of these sciences, n its neglect, strikes
omca and Pathological purposes. Prosecuting his determination treats disease upon sure and rational principles. It is true, that he
:yes. That a mind
m •
iry, and, perhaps, of becoming a teacher, on the first year of his residence in Paris he may be unsuccessful, in many cases, where the human mind is as 7 •
y the dark clouds of began to assist the English students resident there in their ammo- yet unable to penetvate or control the mysterious operations of as.
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boo thenes t doubtywhichan:st
, self-led anti self. mieal pursuits, his previous !Ammo in Dublin having rendered him
indecisionturebut hwihsicpiattcienhattsewttnesevigerearbeatuotme,e
iales its, inettl:ctual competent to that office. In I WI, the number of English students
or victimdredist
.keting, intermittent having much increased, and Air. Bennett hoeing become very po. inseparable from empirieern. To the Physiciiin a knowledge of k. '
momentarily from its pular amongst them, he applied to the College of Surgeons in General Anatomy may, in many instances, be sufficient to enable
t for these neglects, London, to have certificates of attendance, on his lectures, him to be a Physiologist and Pathologist; but to a Surgeon, art
Iced ears from " the recognised by the Court of Examiners ; but that Body re. intimate acquaintance with Partidulan Anatomy is absolutely tie.
be tremulous, and fused to comply with the request, on the grounds, first, that ceseary, as ignorance of it utterly incapachnes hint for the practice
strugglings to speak it would be contrary to their existing laws ; and, secondly, that it of his art, and renders him a dangerous character in society. A.
words to utter them, would tend tq discourage the English schools of Anatomy. What. foreign writer has observed, that a surgeon's knowledge of Are.
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w
isted heart to ears ever allowance we
may
be disposed to make for rational osseci. homy should be so minute as to enable him to operate upon this tO,
nals of the poor and. • ' scions, still this public Body ought to have known, that it deviated human body withl the same confidence as if it were a transparent `
.-i
might have glowed r
the established precedentft Colleges,
o outer oeges, which,
In this re. object. The surgeon,therefore, who
uses a knife without knowing:
tn filled with friend- from
ii • s
the structure of the arts concerned inthe
spent, wisely act as if the Healing Art acknowledged no such par. p operation, is guilty of a ,
y, love for the gond
teal feeling, no such distinction of countries, but freely extended its heinous offence against his fellow-creature.
all who are human,
, f.
e lived like a beauti- influence to all. So marked, however, is the infirmity of human surgery depends for its existence upon Anatomy, and its cultio
(e world, the body of nature, that while Mr. Bennett encountered this repulse on the one yation and diffusion are in proportion to the facilities afforded to '
, ..i, ),
a gloomy and dreary
hand, he discovered, on the other, that lie might probably meet anatomical pursuits. In England, popular prejudice, aided un. • '
garden, choked with with some serious annoyance frem the French students, unless a forttinatelY by pensl enactments, oppose the cultivation of Ana l .
ndonment and hope. separation could he effected between them and his own. Ceder tomy, so that the public suffer much more than they can possibly
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Itit ,
• with but here and this impression, he addressed our Ambassador. Sir Charles Stuart, appreciate, from the mere insufficiency of the timber which at
ing but one paradise and begged his interference with the French Authorities, in order present exists of operating Surgeons, to say nothing of Physicians
c, and throw out the that a place for dissection might be assigned to his countrymen• here. In France and in Ireland, where the knowledge of Anatomy .1 ii
se for pity, that we This step indeed was indispensable, as the Frerrh police don not is more easily attained, Sergeons are generally capable of perform. 1 I
1 for regret, that we permit the existence of private dissecting Theatres. ing operations, while in England only a few profess to operate, and
n sir Chas. Stuart declined interfering unless authorized to do so hence the anomalous distinction, found in no other European
which makes fools by Mr. Canning, the Right Honourable Secretary of State for the country, of operating Surgeons, as a separate elan in the wefts-
ect in a •
)(Ring and Foreign Department. Mr. Bennett accordingly applied to 31r, non. The want of this class is so sensibly felt throughout Great
to a consciousness Ceasing, in September 1824 and stated how important it was, in Britain, that an operating Surgeon is often sent for from ninny -
a of genius, it is too .• "
covery to the wisest a national point of view, that English Medical men should be pro- miles distant ; but as his services can only be procured by the nett it ,
Ile spring of mind tested in their Anatomical pursuits in Paris, where the opportuni. man, who can afford to purchase them, the poor must too often ;'3
broad eye of clay' ties of acquiring a knowledge of Anatomy are so vastly superior "
to fall a sactifica for want of such Radii:lnce.
,uroall, like a thank- those of London, as subjects can be procured there at the trifling Though the College of Surgeons in London is vicious in its .
rink with reverence expense of a few shillings cacti. Mr. Canning haring referred to institution, from being governed by a self-elected body, amenable ,
,
1. ,•
of Surgeons, certain to no controlling authority, and excluding the members at Tar eas fervent benison, or Mr. Bennett's letter to the London College
Muses. Thus your members of the Court of Examiners expressed their highest disap. well Train the participation and inelledge of its trainactioes. •i. ,: I
I
ley have feet for the probation of Mr. Bennett's conduct on the occasion. The cons!- from the disposal of its funds ; yet it has certain ditties to perform,
in they commence &ration even of Mr. Canning', letter was deferred about a fort. for which it is answerable to the public. These consist in grantinis ' 1 I
' sly, that, before half night, and then the Court or Council replied, by promising that a diplomas to such students as are found, by examination, to be
s, too fiercely tried, deputation would wait upon him at some indefinite time. During competent: to practise Surgery, and in advancing anatomical and
al them as sodded/ the Interval, Mr. Bennett wrote to the Members of the Council of chiturgierd knowledge throughout the kingdom. Indeed this latter '
icir headlong spec U, the College, entreating that they might not interfere with Mr. Can- duty Is imprted in the first, for unto* these sciences are promoted,
zagerness to win it: ning's kind disposition to protect the English Students in Paris it is impossible that students can possess the requisite knowledge.
cut, and bnckward- He described to them the great advantage of the French Schools o f If it be inquired whether the Court of Examiners of the London
lot forward, and re- ' liege of Surgeons acquit itself faithfully of these trusts reposed
Anatomy, and pointed out to them the little danger that was to be Go
'-abandonment, and, apprehended as to the English Students deserting the London lee. in it by the public—for this is a question in which the whole cans
i
life is the key to the
aura, since in truth the College net admitting the certificates of the munity is interested—probably the most !satisfactory reply will be
Paris professors. and refusing to recognize Mr. Bennett as a teacher found in the contrast of their examinations for diplomas, with those I
cket-door to a long
there, were ample securities on that head. He further hinted, that of the College of
no,, which Surgeons in Ireland, and the School of Medico's
bower of disapoint-
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1
too cer-
they had no right to interfere, inasmuch as they could have no con. in Parrs.
ent of a large family
trol over the class of English Students who frequented Paris, se. " The examinations at the College of Surgeons In London are r .
irld, he presumes to ven-eighths of them being Doctors in Medicine, and the few Surgi- private, so that even one pupil cannot judge NSW. another acquits
, scholar in its Iris_ cal Students there having already diplomas. Notwithstanding himself. In the Dublin and Paris Colleges they are public, par- ,
Hie ; he forsakes the these arguments, together with the actual injustice of the interfer. ticulatly in the latter, where even those unconnected with the pro- It;
will have no place once, as it regarded the interests of the English Students, and the fesslon are permitted to attend. An examination at the London i
ok but the book of utter disregard manifested for the improvement of English Medical College is conducted by two examiners only ; it occupies eccnsion
and acquires some- Science, by preventing young men front obtaining that species of ally ten minutes, generally from twenty to thirty, and very rarely 1.• ..
the learns as fast as knowledge abroad which their own country did not so abundantly forty miiitites. At the College of Surgeons in Ireland, the conch-
storing it like " a afford ; notwithstanding, I repeat, all these weighty consideration!, date is examined on two separate days, during the space of an hour
ring forth" the fruit the deputation succeeded in persuading Mr. Canning not to cousply and a half or two hours each day. One candidate ouly is examined
tinting one of those with Mr. Bennett's request." at a time, end be has six Examiners, with the Presitlent. More- '
we sometimes see in over the office of Examiner in the Irish College is merely ho. . .
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The pamphlet then states how Mr. Bennett was finally,
as they receive those by the arts of some interested persons, prevented from nervy, being filled by members annually chosen at a general
.Clay, and empty to-
continuing his lectures in Paris. On this case Dr. Artn. meeting, no emolument being attached to disk ogee. Whereas
ati spring, and being
(
strong makes the following strong anti just observations:(- the members of the Court of Examiners of the London Celiege
undefiled, and of a
" Thus It appears, from the facts already 'stated, that the Court are self-elected for life, and each of them remises a ceredn sum
is not so daringly
each that
of Examiners, in the first place, refused to acknowledge Mr. Ben. for every candidate who passes; soExaminer has an-
1, but only at sinus-
tonett's certificates chile teetering in Paris; and, in the second, hie. nually a very considerable interest In the number admitted. As a
tales of love and •
e to tragic story, or dered Mr. Canning from exerting his powerful influence in proem- license to practise communicates no information in itself, but is, i
o-
•
y and high imagine- ing for him a separnte establishment, by which the fatal intcrfe- ought to be, a test of competency, attained by precious and ex. i A
( realitite, too much renal of the French students might have been entirely avoided. pensive studies, ie ought clearly to cost the soccessfut candidate
'natural hatred, and Mr. Bennett being, therefore, driven by the indirect means of the as little as possible; and when exorbitantly high, it can ottly be
on against brother- conoge of Surgeons from Paris, s:othing was left him hut to pro. considered in the light of a tax levied upon the profession, princi.
ml, to listen to the reed direct to London, where he expected lie might resume his la. pally for the benefit of the Examiners. Some of the members o 1 4 .
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itions of the muse. bourn, being already a lecturer, and a Member of the College. In this Court, it should be mentioned, are thernseives Lecturers.
• him, and lie in turn despite of what bad previously passed, he determined to show, that while others bare relatives in similar situations, so that they have
first chill his ardent he harboured no harsh feeling towards that body, and the oath often to examine not only the students of their own or kindred's
•
rest deference, and which its members take, requiring, that none should be cherished rival, but those whom they or their connexions have instructed
• y two or three fol. on their part, soot after bis arrival in London, he respectfully, so. Are such collisions of interest and feeling consistent with the strict
r the corner of the hated that his etotiOcates should now, in his own country, be ad. Impartiality required of an Examiner?
' ti
id success are one; mitted by the Court of Examiners. In this communication he "In the School of Medicine of Paris the candidates for the de.
tecess ? He at last stated his pretensions, and having shown that he was a teacher grees of Doctor in Medicine and Doctor in Surgery pursue the • t
eel under unfavour-
prior to the promulgation of the by.law, conceived, on that grouod, same studies, and are both subjected to the same examinations,
t born too early or •
eerie footing with retreat Each is obliged first to show his capability to direct, next to sub.. hat he had i ht to beplaced on the
t a ig .
Its are therefore to •
isbes in a desert of lecture"
to whom he alluded, and who had been recognized. Finally, mit to five public examinations on different days, and finally to I
)teaks, and now he the ordeal he appealed to Court as the individual Members of a liberal pro. defend a thesis. During this severe trial he undergoes the
d of one which lie fession, and as a public hotly to whom its character, Interests, and of no less than twenty Examiners. At the examination in the
1 of all : heyeeks a advancement, were intrusted ; but he again met with a flat refusal; London College, the candidate it questioned respecting his ac.
a his head, and is and this last injury was accompanied by insult, for, while in at. quaintance with Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgery; the ana. .
s of patronage, but tendance st the College, expressly at the invitation of the Pre- teeny of the tissues, as revealed by the industry of the French (
wned with thorns.-to sident, that courtesy of reception was grossly violated, which as being but little if at all regarded, though it would he easy to :ie. 1
a gentleman he had a right to expect from men of liberal edu- mianstrate its great utility in the science anti practice of Surgery. 'lf •
7"e cation. In the Dublin College the candidate is minutely examined during
muse;
" But waving such points, has it come to this, that an indivi- the het day on Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology, and at this J
dual, who has passed days, and nights, and years in the sequin. time he may be rejected, which precludes his offering himselt for
.
wise.. •
tion of useful knowledge, shall be denied the privilege of commu. another year. On the sec..nd day be is examined on the Theory 6 •
ms ,
MS; nesting it to others ?Isitto be borne, that a by-law shall be and Practice of Surgery, and Medicine, anti Pharmacy, including 0' •
le, passed and perpetuated, by which the medical students who come Therapeutics. In the Paris School, the candidate is examined the •
•
e. to London must be taught only by certain professors appointed or first day on Anatomy and Physiology; the second on Pathology.
lee bring approved by an interested hods s if a rule wire attempted to be the third on Materia Medics, Ch misty and Pharmacy ; the
at spring; 4
esteblished that no barrister should be allowed to plead in public fourth on Hygiene and Medical Jurisprudence; and the fifth on
;late. unless he were instructed under a particular master or roasters, the Practice of Medicine or Surgery, according as the degree is re.
locks, would not the whole Bar rise at one man to resist the invasion of quired in thecae or the onsets Such are the means pursued byt.-
reset their rights ? And shall the members of the medical profession these respect's, Colleges, in 0411 to mamma the
proficiency
et
se.
•.
. .
,
to submit a measure which would deprive the majority of the privi-
his students before they acs seselieded by a diploma to take upon ! , •
lege of effectively addressing, as lecturers, the rising and future ge- themselves the awful respoosibility of practising.
- Rose,
4 .
I, blows; neration of students in England ? It has been observed by an sot. ti The examination at the Lotsdoo College, when contrasted with
thor, well versed in the subjeet, that hardly any man lies risen to those of the other Colleges, is tearfully inefficient, and offers no
ii'. eminence at the Bar. who pommel an independent fortune of OM adequate test or security floc the competency of the candidates who
rompare ? toyear ; and a similar remark might benuide in tafrenee to physic pass."
lare. utissimennneleeelell
I? . and surgery, for the obvious reason that men's exertions are geoe-
as war. raliy propertiosate to their wants. The Watery df both professions . rritts.D7UL Fins.--This morning, about half-part lir
is sum ? would show, that the most dittioguishei members in each have ge-she premises of Mr. Find.
o'clock, a theadfid fire broke out en
od
akar. insc. Chaeles-sweet, Iliasonsasuare. a owing tia 5
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nerally been then who forted their way, by their own power,
it''',liel'innactsti-maker.
of the materials, soon comma sated to the +Ante of the '
I, ••41. i.: - - through cpposihg ciretunstances. But if a by-law like this had workehen sd;eirittei, end throwned destruction to roc 04,41,bmr. I
Igs. ig, .
formerly existed. the medical world would have been deprived of hood. Several ergit'es, which. were returning from tin
_Alarm.er
Way . in IYorship-street. were promptly on 101 spot, oriel after a
i slme of its brightest ornstuents. The Boatels, tbe instance. lire .-- - •I i ios and suotemed in eons
abort time got a prawn 6 sapp y water,
Mg breath, could never Lave emerged from ebscurity into fame, and anatomy rising i the flames to she aim it reatives, which were teslucell toa: •
li. ..,
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and surgery might have been Intl' s cestuty tel:lrAl their ?regent: lean of rut's. . •ti
its Watts 's Poem:. 1 • ;• 1
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ENIURERS.

• Wash mho
frighten oft
anion theati they in
supposedrabsta two-thirds of the animals, wens debits off
by them. in despite of every exertion to peeress •Ithens.
I outiediattly soma Mx or ;seven men mounted mom horest,
and others mules, and went in pursuit. After permed*
a few toilet, it was discovered that the animals were divided
into.four parties: the men then separated, and part punts-
1-tg.one drove and the rest another; both succeeded in tak-
liz each drove, otw of which, amounting to 63 horses and
Mules, arrived safe in camp; the other was retaken by the
Indians. and driven to their camp, which was nut more than
t Air orf.vemiles from ours. In the meantime, these Indians
had fallen, in with the party who went out hunting, and fel(
t .bly took them all to their camp, at the same time rob-
bing-and taking from them every thing they wanted. and
4,therwile very rudely treating them. On the return of the
p Trey who pursued the horses the Indians had taken off, It
was ascertained that there were between two and time
I unfired warrior' in the camp, many of whom appeared
e:isposed to provoke some difference, so that they-might
t:nd a pretence for taking all our property, or, perhaps,
r:ortleting the whole party. In thisjiowever, they failed,
as the whole company manifested a determination not to
I:.volve themselves iu any difficulty whatever, choosing to
s•-..bn.it to the most violent outrages, rather than resent
it was but too evident that resistance would have
ben tytidaeas, Ogre being in their own and our camp be-
to en six and seven hundred warriors, and about twelve
or fifteen effective men in ours. During the whole of this
evenlug, and the next day until evening, there were con-
tinually many of thorn in our camp, constantly endeavour,
ing to steal from us, or to take by force such articles as
they wanted. During the evening of the 14th, and the
morning of the 13th, when the whole cavalcade of the
Usages moved td our' eamp.,• they did return some fifty or
sixty of our; animals which they had driven off, chiefly
those that were of the least value ; retaining the best to the
timber of shout 130. There was with these Indians a
man who spoke their language fluently, and also the French
language, so that our company had no difficulty in con-
versing freely with them. They were told that their con-
duct would be represented to the proper officers of our go-
vernment, and that a just recompense would be demanded
of them. Perhaps in no instance whatever has there ever
bean such a violent and unprovoked outrage committed by
• Indians under the control of the Government against its
tiLsens.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATIONS IN THE AME-
RICAN WOODS.
--ow--
The Ameticanliegister publishes a letter from Bangor,
in Maine, dated Sept. 8, giving the following account of
life terrific conflagrations raging in the woods in that
neighbourhood :
" The fires in the woods continue to rage, destroying
everything with which they coma in contact. We are
told by credible persons, that the whole country from Pas-
badonkeep to Matnaweeook, on both sides of the Penobs-
cot river, is one general conflagration—that it appears like
• I. sea of fire.' The islands in the river do not escape ;
t..e mammy:cock islands have been completely burnt over.
'1 tied:stance of the range of the fire on the river is about
ti..rty_ milts ; the rid'', cannot be ascertained.
•• We are told by a number of persons of veracity, that
in the vicinity of the heaviest fire the ground actually
tree bled ; that the roaring fire, which sounded like thun-
d.r, was heard at the distance of ti or IS miles.
1p other parts of the country the Sre has got in
among the settlements. We have it flotn authority which
leaves us hit too little room to doubt the fact, that is rag- 1
ing in Williamsburg, Brownville, Sebec, Atkinson, Blakes-
burg, Milo, Kilmarnock, Schools, and in most of the un-
settled lands in the vicinity—and from the reports, it is
also doing the work of destruction in a variety of other
placer. It is impossible to compute the damage already
,lone. Ni'hat will be most immediately and severely felt
is,. the destruction of houses, barns, fences, cattle, &c.
Among these latter we have to state the,burning of the
lossoand born of James Campbell, jun. in Kilmarnock.
with most of their contents. In Maxfield the house and
barn of Joseph M'lntosh--a school-house—a house and
Lam/awned by Thomas Dewitt--a house owned by John
Luokand one owned by J. Morse, with its contents, ex-
rep i
1 gta small quantity of clothing—the crops and fences
of his lave farms are almost entirely destroyed, and the.
toi itself touch injured. A saw and grist-mill, owned
by T. M•Litosh, and die mill-house, occupied by ll'il-
Heel Swea', and a barn of Mr. Lindsey, in Schools, were
als'i burnt.

" kson of Winbourn A. Sweat, Esq. of Milo, return-
inglrom rchool, th►ougggh the woods, wu so badly burnt,
that his li, is despaired of.
" Hawks and other birds were found dead, killed by
the* fire ; and even the fish in the river did not escape.
Mr. M'ltltosli states, that twenty bass, weighing from
to to.priunels, and nitmerous voung salmon, shad, trout,
and other wall fish, were taken out of the shoal water,
a:, I finutiadead on the shores of the Piscataquls.
Tbq AU is running in this town within a mile and a
half cf we,now mate: it has done much damage to
tie woOland*,, aidoccasiuned considerable alarm for sere•
ill ba•tsas and buila."

Poi Meow whmhave oecasion to travel by any of the short
sops after dust: would do well never to require change,
as it is:ascertained that SOW of the coachmen ea well SP
their tails, have a reserve of. bad shillings sad siapeuces for
such occasions. .
At.ti.e.coomcetinquest held on the bodies of Benjamin
C. 44 sad fps witt. Jourderod near Rochdale, before Mr.
I.rd/rod, several Itepo-cers attended, among whom was Mr.
Jeremiad Carnett, of tire /frinn,Aerfer Guar6an. Mr. Fer-
rand, on seeing them take notes, ordered them out of thE
room, but Mr. Garnett refused to budge an inch. At
length he warelotiled by force. We are ghtil to hear that.
he attends to bring
.'pn action against the constable who
obeyqd Mr. Ferried', order t 6 remove him, for an assault,
Lines such a proceeding would at once set the question at,
real as to .thecieght of Coroners to expel any particular in-
dividual from their Courts. The inquest was adjourned to
Monday.—Maneherter Gazette.

-talk

CENOTAPH ro THE MEMORY. OF THE
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.
•
Nearly eight years bare now elapsed since the sudden
anti unexpected death of the Priucess*Chaslotte spread a:
univerial gloom over the land. The readiness with which
a _public subscription for a Cenotaph to her memory was
eornmencede and completed, spoke a language that could
hot be misunderstood, and testified in.the met honourable
manner thsjust.appreciation of her virtues by the makes at'
large. The to of designing and executing this Cenotaph
a Mr. Matthew C. Wyatt; and from the
of that gentleman, and his science both as a
sculptor, the highest expectations were raised.
tional Monument is now completed, and in our,
the very highest expectations that have been &met
fully justified. The Cenotaph will shortly-
the public, but previously to that taking
r been favotiged with a view of the work.
*en for the erection of the Cenotaph, is;
could have been selected for the purpose.:
:zed as the most fit for the reception of this,
been the south-west corner of the nave of St,.
pel, Windsor. The tomb is formed of the,
marble, and represents an elegant femalc
in death„end coveted only with some thin,
I drapery does not conceal the languor of
most truly and naturally expressed both
1 the face of the deceased. One of the
, by the side of the body, and prischts the
one band, which is marked by the same
expression of languor. Around this figure
sr females weeping. These females and
, which they are covered are very splendid
sculpture. In the back ground of the group
kneeling, one of whom presses to her bosom
did. Between these is a figure supposed to
disembodied spirit of the Princess ascending
In an attempt to convey smell an idea to the
spectator, of course the sculptor lies under
disadvantages. The inhabitant of the hir is
' a nature to be correctly represented by
appearance of which can never be changed
9 mere shadow or thin air, like colours in
painting. `. respect the sister tut has decidedly the
advantage. what could be done has been effected.
The figure, though richly formed, is at the same time so
elegantly moulded, as to deprive tt of much of its tnassy
effect, while the expression of the face is so angelic, so full
of hope, so marked by anticipations of heavenly joy, as to
assist materially in producing the delusion which the artist
required. Behind this figure the space is dark and gloomy,
offering to the imagination a picture of a being bursting
from die shadow of death, and springing upwards to light
and happiness. Above the Cenotaph is a light Gothic
screen, on which arc emblazoned the arms of the Princess
and the Prince of Coburg. This screen is highly gilt,
and perhaps on that account might be objectionable, but
that it is so small and elegant as to offer but a.very slight
contrast to die other portions of the Cenotaph, and certainly
nothing sufficient to resider it at all unpleasing to the
eye. The windows of this small chapel are all of
stained glass, and with the whole of the other parts of
the Cenotaph, are the work of Mr. Wyatt. In six
of those windows are the figures of that number of
the Apostles, and in the fkur de lir surmounting the
centre window, iv a cross, surrounded by the halo of the
glory ; that is most beautifully executed. The ceiling of
the chapel is moulded, painted, and gilt, and the middle
moulding contains the cipher of the present King. The
two extreme side windows are simply coloured glass, and
in the choice of the colours, Mr. Wyatt has exhibited the
advantage of blending a knowledge of painting with that Of
sculpture, in the most striking manner. The northern
window is of a deep purple colour, and the effect produced
is of a most. striking and novel kind. The whole of the.
figures seem to be enveloped in a kind of unearthly light,
that adds a peculiar interest to the scene. The emotions it
produced in us on seeing the curtain which concealed the
Cenotaph suddenly withdrawn were extremely powerfuL
We felt the place was sacred, and we hesitated before we
could resolve on breaking into this melancholy sanctuary.
It almost seemed that we were disturbing the repose of the
dead.

About three o'clock on Monday, as Thomas Moore, Esq.
of Cashel, was superintending his workmen at his farm at
Killinista, not more than 14 mile from that city, and on
the New-Inn road, four men, well armed, appeared com-
ing towards him, which induced Mr. Moore to run hastily
towards the house, and as he was entering the door two of
them fired at him, but we are happy to say without effect ;
he shut out the door, and placed a large table against it,
when the assassins brought the workmen to the windows
and door of the house, placiag them before themselves, in
order that if Mr. Moore fired, he might not injure them.
They then demanded his arms, which he resolutely refused
to give up but with his life; one of the fellows at the
window chanced to get a glimpse at Mr. Moore, and cun-
ningly placing the pistol under the workman's arm, which
he had as a protection, fired at him ; one of the slugs re-
bounded from the wall, and grazed Mr. Moore under the
eye. Their attempt to force the door being ineffectual,
they brought out some straw into the yard, and lighted it
in order to set fire to the house, but desisted, fearing, it is
supposed, they might be detected, it being early and so
near the high road. In consequence of Mr. Moore's hasp-
ing been previously attacked, and having received threaten-
ing letters, he always carried arms for his protection,
winnower he went to his farm, which he holds from Mr.
Price. We understand that Mr. Moore would, no doubt,
have shot some of his assailants (none of whom were in
the least disguised, but were bare-foot), but for their plac-
ing some of his workmen before them. The party, which
consisted of the four already mentioned, and two which
guarded the rear of the house, finding further violence ,
useless, decamped, firing some shots on their way from the
place. The police from Cashel and New-Inn (the latter
under Mr. O'Meagher, of Marlhill), were shortly at the
scene of this daring outrage, and made every exertion to
apprehen:l the wretches concerned, but without success. It
is strongly suspected that Mr. Moore's workmen knew the
persons who attacked their master. Our respected corre-
spondent says—" This is certainly a most daring outrage,
occurring in the day, and within 14 miles of Cashel ;" he
adds—" I fear the winter will be very troublesome," a
prediction which we fervently hope may not be verified.—
Cionmel Adaertiser.

FATAL APTRAY.—A correspondent informs us, that a
military party wbo on Whit-Monday were engaged in an
affray with the country people, in the town of Granard,
and who subjected the inhabitants of that town to a priva-
tion of water, which became the subject of a memorial to
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and to the Board of
Ordnance, were lately ordered on a still-hunting expedi-
tion, to the neighbourhood of Ballynamuck, and having
set fire to a concern where they had reason to suppose illi-
cit practices were carried on, three or four of the country
people, who imagined that the conflagration was accidentil,
hastened to the spot to assist in extinguishing the flames,
when the soldiers, probably fearing that some hostile pro-
ceeding was meditated, fired, by order of their commander,
upon the people, of whom they killed one, and wounded
another. It was stated by Hans Montgomery, a revenue
constable, in his evidence on the inquest held on the body
of the deceased, that the number of country people col-
lected on the occasion (lid not exceed six, and that although
some stones were thrown by them, they could not possibly
have done any injure, in consequence of the distance that
iiitersened. He further stated, that the orders to fire were
n either by the commanding officer, or the guager, and
hilt the soldiers coutinued, their fire even after they bad
been utdered to desist.—Dubtin Morning Register.

On Sunday an accident °entered in Whalebone-court
Great Bell alley, Coleman-street. The party wall of two
houses, one occupied by Mr. Badger, a chimney-sweeper,
the ether by Mr. Murray, a shoemaker, at nine in the
morning, gave ray:from the fountlation, and chimneys and
all fell in, with a tremendous crash, through to the cellars,
bricking a great part of the flooring with it., Two of Mr.
Badger's apprentices, who were in the cellar, received se-
veral bruises on their heads, but not dangerously; but the
most unfortunate of the sufferers was Mrs. Murray, who is
so severely bruised as to be in imminent danger. Several
other pencils were slightly injured.

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Part of a ainipany of Americans and Mexicans, who left •
Near
Elmo Fe about the lat of June lart‘oreived in Franklin, . ly eight ye
]Hiroshi, on the..Stli of Asinine, with. timely five buralred anti unexpected de
mesloa4zal borne. At the , resew' of the Editor of As "Pier" gloom 0%
.ationesri Alefgetrcer, one of the party bars furnished the a
_public aubscripi
fettorDit.,PliticWars. froin altich it appears, that when ecauPletteeds and 4
the 'coin ¢j Jtailoirrised very 'near the American settle-
not be misunderate
en-00a-
fixtlw
y of Osage Indians fell in with them, Diviner thejust ap
50_41,0 and Otherwise ill-treated them:— large. The task o
`/Ie comPany, 'lter !calving Santa Fe on the Ist of us" intrusted to
June,' pursued a rte not travelled heretofore, perhaps, known talents of tl
brawl:tie: party, chine/Fin going to, or returning from, painter and sculpt,
slim . After leaving Smto Miguel, and travelling Mill National 41°
j
nWMPthlldeldred milts, it ironed the Canadian fork of the opinion the very hi
Arlissaimririm, at the foot of - the great Table hfonntains, I,._ave been, full,'
villtrestelnlgesseral, is a tolerable good ford, and a large road °c °Fen" to thc
lending near to it, loath. chielly by the Mexicans, who go llce, we have be
out blunting bufale. Froth this piece the company cond. The part chosen
nned don't the north bide of this river, for about 300 the beat that caul
mder‘nend all the high knolls of mountains on the left of The spot selected
tile river slisappeared. A enneirteralde partof this route is CenntaPh has beer
railtne Woes. Sind he se a broken country. I,4etwile 11,
,ChaPel, I
From thence the vermeils direct northwest figure extended in
triontloof ,the little river, whets it anived on Drapery. This d
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death, which is re
the 121 h of July. Os lb* morning of the 13th crossed
toe liver safely (although the water pan high), and era- in the figure and
yelled akW miles mid encamped 14th, travelled a few arms hangs down b
miles, and encamped &Tart 9 4.is. on the east side of one perfect view of on
of the branches of the little Arkansas, where about 12 or finely executed exl
13 of the party were dellpatched 'for the purpose of killing are those of four
buffalo meat, to take into the settlements. About two the
mess of a
specimens of sculpt
hours after their absence, the rest of the company, who
remained about the camp, were aroused by the milling out are two angels kite
of some of the men that "Indians were among the horses." a eirw-born child.
At this Instant the greatest part of the eumpany ran with represent the disem
their arms among the horses and Indiana (for by this titne
_f___,llea_,cen• In It
they were pretty well mixed together) and endeavoured to IIiMUU UI the 'Peet+
considerable disadv
check both horses and Indians, one of the company only
of too substantial
being mounter!. At this ells% the Indians appeared to
marble, the solid ai
manifest no hostile intentions, continually crying out,
or worked off into
" Wash. mho I wadi wheel" and others endeavouring to
frighten oIE the limes by their hallooing and riding Painting. In that
anaorig thew; which they eneontled in doing, eo that it is Ittaniage. Still,
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