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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1836.

A brief but animated discussion took place last
night in the House of Lords on the re-commitment of
the Irish Corporation Bill, in the course of which the
Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, " I take the mea-
sure, as it now stands, to he a positive insult to the
people of Ireland. In place of being amended, the
Bill has been entirely altered—altered in its prin-
ciples, and altered in its details—while the per-
vading principle of every change has been the most
mistaken view of policy ever yet proposed to the Le
gislature for adoption." The language held by the
Marquis of LA NSDOWNE was equally manly and ener-
getic. " I entirely concur," he observed, "in the observa-
tions which have fallen from the Noble Marquis near
me, and I shall be ready to afford him my support in
the opposition he meditates giving to the Bill in its
future stages." No doubt their Lordships chuckle
hugely at the idea of having thwarted the hopes of
Ireland, and embarrassed the operations of Ministers ;
but their ecstacies are premature, and will be shortly
followed by a long season of tribulation. The patience
of the country is well nigh worn out, and people are
everywhere saying, " It is no use to remonstrate any
longer with their Lordships. They are clearly incor-
rigible, and must be reformed without delay. 'We tried
conciliation, but it has been of no avail : we must there-
fore adopt more decisive measures. Not a step can we
take in the path of reform, but we are met by that
stumbling-block—the House of Peers. They thwart
us on all occasions. They confront us in all directions.
Do we endeavour to obtain cheap and expeditious jus-
tice ? The 'Lords instantly start up, and say, You
shall not have it.' Do we endeavour to remedy the
abuses in the Church, and link Ireland to us by the
bonds of a stricter fraternity ? Still we are met by the
uncompromising opposition of the Loris. There re-
mains, then, but one course for us to adopt, and that
is to subject this intolerant institution to a prompt
and searching reforeh" Such, we repeat, is now
become the general opinion of the people ; and
greatly, indeed, shall we be mistaken, if it do
not shortly express itself in a way to make their
Lordships quake with apprehension. It is not be-
cause the country is tranquil, that it is indifferent.
Far otherwise. Its tranquillity is the. result of its de-
termination—the dead hush that precedes the hurri-
mne. Pass but a few days, and we shall soon have
neetings enough—and stormy ones too—expressive of
he sense entertained by the people, of the necessity of
an unflinching Reform in the House of Lords. Li-
verpool has all eady led the way, and other great towns,
we can assure our readers, are on the eve of following
its example. Before the Reform Bill passed, their
Lordships might have insulted Ireland with impu-
nity ; but now they cannot do so without drawing
down on their own heads the indignation of the whole
:ingdom, who feel deeply grateful for the services ren-
-red by Brother Pat during that memorable struggle.
'it putting gratitude wholly out of the question,
edand has now—what she never had before—a po-
)tial voice in the Legislature ; and sure we are that
will not remain passive at a crisis like the present,
:n her dearest interests arr at stake.

.vir. R. STEUART, in postponing the notice for
ie to introduce a Bill to provide for the Re-
ration of •Births, Marriagc::, and Deaths, in
tland, stated last night that although he was
prepared than to have brought the Bill
ard, he considered it more expedient to delay doing
a the English Bill brought forward by Lord JOHN
;ELL had passed through its various stages.
precisely our own view of the case, and we
the Hon. Gentleman has acted perfectly right.

e Canadian question was brought on last night in
House of Commons by Mr. ROEBUCK, and
sed in so conciliatory a spirit that we are induced
ie the time is not far distant when it will be set-
's such a manner as to give satisfaction to the in-
ants of that important colony.

_tile reforms which the Canadians are anxious to
btain, and which they conceive to be essentially ne-
essary to the good government of the Colony, are an
elective legislative council, instead of one appointed
by the Crown ; a responsible instead of an irre-
sponsible executive council ; and the redress of

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certain grievances of which they complain. These, I
it must be confessed, are very important changes
in the Canadian Constitution, and such as it
is evident ought not to be adopted without the
most mature deliberation, and the most careful investi-
gation of the actual circumstances of the country to
which they are intended to be applied, because they seem
in a very material degree to involve the question, whe-
ther Canada is in future to be an appendage of the
British Empire, or aii independent State ? We do not
say -that absolute independence would be the imme-
diate consequence of granting the demands of our
Canadian fellow subjects ; but assuredly the way would
he paved for an early accomplishment of that event.
Whether it would be more advantageous for the in-
terests of the Mother Country that a separation should
take place may perhaps he a difficult point to decide.
We are rather inclined to believe that if the people of
Canada think such a separation would he beneficial to
them, and have set their minds upon effecting; it, our best
policy is to grant, while we can do it with a good grace,
that which we must ultimately he -compelled to sum-
render whether we will or not. We shall thus secure
friendship and good will, instead of enmity and hatred.

The motion of the Hon. Member, which was for a
Committee of the whole House to take into considera-
tion the Act (31 Geo. 111. c. 31) which established
the constitution of the province, was withdrawn,
Sir G. GREY having stated, in a speech of much
ability, the reasons which induced the Government
to oppose it. The chief of these was, that they were
waiting for the Report of Lord GOSFORD, who was
sent some time ago, on a special mission, to inquire
into the state of the Colony. As soon as this Report
is received, they mean to propose such measures as
appear calculated to restore peace and harmony
between the Colony and the Mother Country.

The advices from the North of Spain received this
morning prepare us for important intelligence in the
course of a few days. That General Ev..A.Ns will
acquit himself with more than his wonted energy, we
are prepared to expect ; but assailed by the whole
force of the Carlists under the command of an able
General, and feebly supported, if not actually betrayed
by CORDOVA, we fear he will be compelled to fall
back on St. Sebastian. The following comprises the
whole substance of the accounts to which we allude :

A steam-boat lately landed 500 English in the
port of Bilboa. We are assured that these troops
wore the national cockade. Should this prove to be
the fact, this detachment is, without doubt, only the
vanguard of the English division, which, it was said,
would shortly arrive on the coast of Biscay.
e may expect to hear shortly of important events
at St. Sebastian. General EVANS has posted him-
self on the plateau of Oriamendi, which commands the
whole country, and to which he has conveyed a formi-
dable park of artillery. Some works, too, have been
hastily thrown up, and the Legion, animated by its
late success, will defend its positions to the utmost ;
but the Carlists, on their side, have to take their re-
venge ; and, if we are rightly informed, they have 20
battalions, that is at least 10,000 men, between Ernani
and Tolosa.

EGUIA is about to make great exertions to revenge
the check of SEGASTIBELZA, but General CORDOVA
would be inexcusable if he had not anticipated these
movements, and if he were not able to paralize them,
either by a sudden diversion on Durango and the
head--quarters of the PRETENDER ; or by an attack made
by General BERNELLE, which would oblige EGUIA
to divide his force or party, by sending a strong column
to Pampeluna to reinforce EVANS, and manoeuvring in
concert with BERNELLE, in the direction of Erasum
or Elisondo. In two days our doubts will be cleared up.

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MESSAGER.)

BAYONIkIE, MAY 10.—We have fallen back into
the same state of stagnation as before the sally of the
English from St. Sebastian, for they have not advanced
a step since the firing of the last cannon in the action
of the sth. General LACY EVANS has perhaps been
too much confounded by the immense loss which he
has experienced, to venture to go against adversaries
who bravely dispute every inch of grourid, and
who, from the eminence on their right, which
they still maintain, threaten the second line, into
which the English did not enter till the trenches
were filled with their killed. The two parties are in
sight of St. Sebastians, and but for the presence of
the two steam-boats of Commodore HAY, the heavy
fire of which is dreaded by the Carlists, it is probable
that they would already have attempted to drive the
English into the fortress. The latter are in particular
expecting reinforcements, fur EVANS in his despatches
to the English Government acknowledges the loss of
above one thousand men.

" Various reports have been in circulation since yes-
terday, of actions said to have taken place in Biscay,
or in the environs of Estella, but we have not yet re-
ceived any intelligence worthy of credit.
" P. S. I open my letter to tell you that General
EGUIA, who was in the environs of Balmaceda, has
just arrived at Ernani with twelve battalions. He has
come rapidly, and we already hear the sound of the
cannon. I shall give you the earliest news."

The French Cabinet has derived fresh vigour from
the undignified as well as the unjust. attempt of the
Doctrinaires to cast odium upon the personal adminis-
tration of the President of the Council. The pro-
ceeding vas altogether so contemptible, and the motive
of the faction was so apparent, that the Chamber of
Deputies itself was nearly as much disgusted with it
as was the public. There was- no want of good and
sufficient grounds for impeaching the conduct of M.
THIERS as a Member of Louis PHILIPPE'S Go-
vernment; but on these grounds his quondam compeers
in political apostacy—the whining Members of the doc-
trine whom he distanced in the road of ambition—dared
not attack him. In his real guilt the Doctrinaires,
one and all, participated ; they were his co-partners in
apostacy ; his coadjutors in nullifying the most im-
portant articles of the charter ; co-worshippers
at the footstool of Royalty ; and his co•adherents in a
war of extermination against the most distinguished
of the French Republicans. But now that he dares
to declare himself independent of their support or
countenance, they unite to crush him by a vote of the
Chamber, condemnatory of his expenditure of one
hundred millions of francs, voted for the completion of
some public edifices and the entire erection of others—
thus leaving it to be inferred that the Minister might
have been guilty of appropriatinc, the money to his
own private use. The trick—for it merits no other
designation— failed. M. TIIIERS justified his con-
duct in a speech worthy of those great abilities which
all parties allow he possesses. The first article of the •
project of law; for an additional grant for the comple-
tion of the works still remaining unfinished, was
adopted by the Chamber on Saturday, and the second
and last one was left over for discussion on Monday.

We learn from Canton Papers, ieceived to the 12th
of January, that the Chinese Government has strictly
prohibited the carrying on of a communication be-
tween Lintin, Macao, and Whampoa, by means of
steam-vessels. This is a great disappointment to the
British residents at Canton and Whampoa, who arc
thus prevented from having a direct intercourse with
their families, after having, as they thought, sur-
mounted every difficulty. As the wives and children

of British merchants are not permitted to reside in
any part of the Chinese Empire but Macan,
one of the most agreeable advantages which tLe
British residents anticipared from the use of
steam, was the facility with which it would ena-
ble them to correspond with and visit their fami-
lies. But they forgot that the Chinese might re;
Bard the new invention with very different feelings.
Accordingly we find that the " Celestial Dynasty"
entirely disapproves of " smoke-ships," as being in-
convenient and unneeessary,*and orders are given to
the governors of batteries to open upon them a " thun-
dering fire," and to "knock them to pieces." Attempta
have been repeatedly made to convince the authorities of
the harmlessness of these vessels; and though Governors
have been satisfied of their innocuousness, the Govern-
ment cannot comprehend that anything but inordinate
avarice should lead the " Barbarians". to run about with
such speed from place to place. They are therefore
sagely counselled to take their time, and to avoid the
wie of " smoke-ships." The Jardine steamm.,
with a number of gentlemen on board, attempted., the
(.passage from Lintin to Whampoa on the Ist of
January, when a heavy fire was opened upon her from
the forts on both sides of the Bogue, though doubts
were entertained as to whether any of the guns were
spotted. At all events the steamer was prevented
from proceeding, the edict for preventing her. passage
being imperative.

EItRATUNI.--In the Leading Article on the Abo-
lition of Church-rates in The Sun of yesterday, for " ex.
cepts a man from punishment for his religious opinions," read
" exempts a man, Szc."

Commercial letters from Lisbon to the Ist instant
state that the market for all descriptions of manufactured goods
was hi a very depressed state, and not likely at all to improve
until after the harvest, which then promised abundant crops.
The commercial treaty ended on the 30th April, and all were
anxious about the new one, until the promulgation of which, it
was supposed, gcods in deposit would be despatched from the
Customs upon the same, or nearly the same terms as here-
tofore.

Lord Broughani is now at Syston Hall, near I3awtry,
where he will spend some time with Earl Spencer. He is
nearly recovered from recent indisposition. —Doncaster
Chronicle.

The only miscalculation which occurred relative to
the eclipse on Sunday, was the apprehended darkness, in ex-
pectation of which the afternoon service, in most of the
churches, was deferred an hour. Nothing like darkness, how-
ever, occurred, but only an alteration in the light similar to
that which generally precedes a heavy summer thunder-storm.

Summer has now burst upon the country in all its
warmth and splendour, being a transition from winter, which
seems to have, for once, banished the spring quarter from the
year.
Viscount Melbourne still continues confined to his
room by a sharp attack or gout.
We have have just heard of 'the death of the lion.
Robert Lindsay, of tialcarras; and of Sir James Suttie, Bart.,
of Balgone. _ _

DEATH OF MR. STOW.—WC ItCgret to state that
Daniel Stow, Esq., of the General Post-office, died suddenly
yesterday. Mr. Stow was the oldest officer on the establish-
ment, and was called the " Father of the Post-office," having
served in that department upwards of 66 years. For a low,
time before his death he was Superintending President of thea
Inland office, the duties of which he discharged with a fidelity,
a zeal, and a suavity of manner, rarely combined in a public
functionary. Mr. Stow was a most amiable and upright man
in every relation of life. With the strictest regard to the du-
ties of his office, and an entire conformity to the minutest
instructions intended for his official guidance, he com-
bined a degree of patient attention, willingness to oblige,
and an urbanity of disposition which obtained for him
the respect and gratitude not only of those upon whom
he conferred favours, but likewise of those to whom he could
render no assistance. By all who knew him in private life,
he was regarded with the veneration due to a parent—a senti-
ment which his exemplary conduct, mildness of demeanour, and
goodness of heart were well calculated to inspire. By his
sudden death, his friends have lost a treasure, and the public
a faithful servant.

REARING OF CATTLE.—The present rage for the
exportation of stock, or rather the unprecedented encourage-
ment held out by the London market to our Scottish agricul-
turists, has spread over the North like a Lammas tide. We
know one gentleman who has purchased to the extent of about
1,000/., and his shipping off his stock by the Duchess ofSuther-
land, and the Earl Grey sailing vessels, that the cattle may
be in Smithfield at as early a date as possible. In Cromarty
and Ross-shires the farmers are equally on the alert ; and in
Caithness, we heard a good practical judge remark lately,
there is at present as fine a show of excellent bred cattle as
can be found north of Berwick. The favourite breed there is
from the Teeswater bull and the Highland cow ; and this de-
scription of stock has been brought to great perfection and
reared in great numbers by Mr. Traill of Ratter, and Mr.
Horne of Stirkoke. The latter gentleman, we understand,
has at present one fine ox, four years old, which is considered
even superior to the celebrated Dunearn ox. The transport
of stock and goods from the North, has been so great, that we
observe a prospectus has been issued fur another steam vessel
to ply betwixt the Moray Frith and London ! So true it is, that
all improvements grow up together, and are auxiliary to each
other : if one lives it gathers round it others of a kindred de-
scription.—lnvernesss Courier.
THE WORKS OF JOHN KNOX'S WATCH.—}or
he following curious, but authentic statement, which will be
perused with universal interest, we (Belfast News Letter) are
indebted to a respectable correspondent :—The works of a
watch which actually belonged to John Knox (the hero of the
Reformation in Scotland), was purchased at Mr. Richard
Mitchell's auction, in Monaghan, on the sth inst., by Doctor
M'Dowell, in whose museum it is now placed. It was brought
from Edinburgh about sixty years ago, by a man of the name
of Finley, who sold the cases and kept the works ; afterwards
he sold the works to Mr. Mitchell. " John Knox" is en-
graved on the works, A.D., 1525, and also the maker's name,'
"J. Rousseau, Geneve, --.' It appears from the history of
Knox's Life, that he was in Geneva at that period, but re-
turned to Edinburgh, where he died. From the date, the
work is 311 years old ; notwithstanding it is in good, order, and
regular in its movements, though curious, strong, and singular
in construction. A gentleman who saw the cases says, they
were curiously and beautifully chased, the outside one con-
nected together by a hasp and staple. _ _

DuNiELD.----Upon. Friday- last, the inhabitants of
this city were set in motion by the appearance of a fire in the
plantation adjoining that of the bill of Newtyh., belonging in
property to Sir John Stewart of Grandtully, and Mr. !ay, of
Snaigow. It is supposed to have been occasioned by the
burning of whins upon a neighbouring farm. No less than
40 or 50 acres of a fine thriving plantation, have beer. com-
pletely destroyed, chiefly consisting of larch and Scotch fir,
about twelve or fifteen years old, the greater, part of which
belonged to Mr. Keay. It is a singular circumstance, that
this is the third time the same plantation has been destroyed
by accidental fires within these 24 years.—Perth• Courier.
MAD DOGS. —At' Lambeth-street yesterday the
sitting magistrate directed Inspector Norman to give instruc-
tions to the police of the district to caution the inhabitants
against allowing their dogs to run about the streets unmuzzled,
and to tell them that all dogs found unmuzzled in the streets
would be destroyed. So many frightful instances of deaths
from hydrophobia hare recently taken place, that we hope the
example set at Lambeth-street will be followed without de-
lay by the rest of the metropolitan magistrates. The police
should be specially instructed to destroy all unmuzzled dogs
tied or harnessed to trucks and barrows, for such dogs are
taught to bite every one who comes within their reach. So
are the small curs belonging to grooms and livery stable-
keepers. Any one who has time and opportunity will be sure
to prevent mischief by killing every such animal in particular,
and all other unmuzzled dogs in general, that he may happen
to fall in with.

A fine boy of ten years of age, the son of Lord
Cockburn, Charlotte-square, on Wednesday, had been amus-
ing himself near the fire with a flask of gunpowder, when the
powder caught fire, and the flask exploded with great violence.
His arm was lacerated in such a shocking manner that ampP
inulie
nampu.
tation had immediately to be performed.—Edinburgh Courant.
About 19 years ago, an Englishman had an inti-
macy with a young female, of the village of Hasnon, near
Douai, the fruit of which was a fine boy. Soon afterwards
the poor girl was left to bear the whole
scelllfarkgneoowfn.,hemraidme n
dente. A few days back a gentleman, bearing all the indica-
tions of wealth and consequence, alighted at the public house
ofu mi-
nute inq the
eviulliriagces into village, and,
;he characterthou t m a
andk making
g himself
conduct of the villager.
Receiving information that satisfied him of her fidelity and
maternal care, he sent for her. One glance was sufficient for
her to recognise her lover, and throwing herself into his arms,
she exclaimed—" My son behold your father." The chroni-
cles of the village add that this proof of true love is to be re-
warded by marriage.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.-011 Sunday a
meeting of Members was held at the Thatched House, Earl
De Grey in the Chair. The following were present :--The
Marquis of Anglesey, the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Ilchester,
Sir Hyde Parke-, Hon, W. 1-1; White, Captains Kean and G.
Pechell, R.N. ; and J. S. Packington, J. Moore, J. Lyon,
E. B. Beaumont, S. De Horsey, T. Greg, W. Delafield, J.
Saunderson, E. Heneage, and A. Hill, Esqs. The following
gentlemen %sere elected members :—The Rev. Henry R„ms.,
den, Rover cutter, of Hull, 70 tons ; J. Brooke, Esq,, Roya.
list schooner, of London, 142 tons. The undermentioned
were also elected honorary members
em(bsc. Royaleers:—Ciliit Squadron)
Hon. T. ;
T Vice-
Admiral
; Bates, Esq.,
Admiral Hon. C. E. Fleming ; Captain W. Turner, R.N.
W. Smith, Esq. (British Consul at Lisbon); Captain J. C.
Fitzgerald, R.N. ; Captain C. T. Jones, Knt., R.N. ; Cap_
taro J. R. Carnac, R.N. ; Admiral Sir P. C. H. Durham,
C e.
rek.) ; J.
13. ; T. Williams
B raecsskee(iniSbeoucfr.yi:rtporai u
nA4.d5, mEtiorsaqsl.sL(tßoo
nrrdsi
(British
the.
Consulaßnneauual
ci
at Cadiz), His Majesty's Cuper wmilaliesbtexissabiileodh.dfoary, on the
22d of August by v
ball on the 15th of August, h
on the 13th.

FINE ARTS.

SWITZERLAND—PART XXIII.
Virtue . Londdn. 1836.

The Number before us consists of four engravings,
from designs furnished by Bartlett, illustrative of some
of the sublimest and most picturesque scenes in Swit-
zerland. To these engravings brief and pertinent lite-
rary explanations are attached, written, we believe, by
Dr. Beattie. Considering the excellence. of the illus-
trations, and the style in which the work is got up, it
is singularly reasonable in point of price, each part cost-
ing only two shillings.

THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR'S GRAND BAN-
QUET TO THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.—IIis Excel4ency gave a
sumptuous dinner on Sunday evening, at the embassy in Dover-
street, to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, and the
young Princes William and Alexander of the Netherlands, the
Russian Prince Motowriski, the Marquis of Ang.lesea, Right
Hon. Sir A. Paget, M. Dedel, Right Hon. Sir R. Adair, his
Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, the
Dukes of Richmond and Sutherland, Earl of Sefton, Baron
Mallitz, Lord Holland, Earl of Albemarle, Chevalier Hum-
melaur, Viscount Palmerston, Earl of Minto, Count d'Aglie,
Baron Lobinsky, and M. Lomonosoff. Viscount Melbourne
was expected, hut his Lordship was still too unwell to go out.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party on the same
day, at Lansdowne-house, which prevented his Lordship from
attending. The dinner was served in the grand saloon by the
attendants, eighteen in number, in their state liveries.
Mr. O'Connell is expected to be returned Member
for Kilkenny. Should this be the case he will take his seat for
that city on Friday next, the day on which the House of Com-
mons will adjourn over the holidays until Monday the 30th.
Last week, in the neighbourhood of
,Toulon, the
mountains were covered with snow. This had not been wit-
nessed in the month of May within the memory of man ; and
great fears were entertained for the olive trees, vines, and fruit
trees, which may perhaps be destroyed.
We regret to learn that the Bishop of London has,
within these few days, been suffering under a sudden and vio-
lent attack of inflammation, which for some time placed his
life in imminent peril ; and that, although the immediate dan-
ger appears to have subsided, his situation is still one of much
anxiety to his friends and family.
Mr. Bird has refused 1,000 guineas for his bay
colt Redshank, brother to Yaxley, by Sandbeck, out of Johan-
na, by Selim. Offers were made at Newmaiket last week to
back him at 15 to 1 for Doncaster St. Leger.
CREDITORS OF TIIE DUKE OF YORK.—A meet-

ing of the creditors of the Duke of York was held yesterday,
at which Mr. Hamlet and several other creditors to a large
amount were present. A desultory conversation took place on
the present position of his Royal Highness's affairs, and of the
delay which had taken place in the final adjustment of their
claims. The following resolution was agreed to :—" That a
general meeting of the creditors of his late Royal Highness
the Duke of York be called on Monday, the 30th of May
inst., at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, Charing-
cross, to be held at one o'clock precisely, for the purpose of
receiving a report of the present state of their affairs ; to con-
sider the expediency of an immediate appeal to 'Parliament, to
the Royal Family, or to the army of the United Kingdom, by
way of subscription, for the liquidation of their long outstand-
ing claims ; and that the solicitors of the executors, and of the
parties who have hitherto represented the creditors of the
Court of Chancery, be requested to attend the said meeting, in
order that they may afford such explanatiohs as may tend to
remove the painful suspense under which numerous and dis-
tressed widows, orphans, and tradesmen have laboured since
the death of the Duke of York, in 1827."

The Visiting Magistrates of the New Prison, West-
minster, have, it is said, established it as a rule, that in future
persons committed for re-examination shall not be visited by
any one; and'which applying, as it unnecessarily must, to the
innocent as well as the guilty, goes to deprive a man of all as-
sistance at the time when he stands most in need of it.

The waters of the Seine were on Friday considera-
bly abated. They had so completely retired from the quays
above the Place de Greve, that a great number of persons as.
sembled to view the effects of the inundation. The quantity
of mud left on the pavement marked the frightful invasion of
Sunday and Monday ; the insides of the houses were still wet,
2nd many of the inhabitants had brought out their furniture to
dry in the sun. The decrease of the flood is equally apparent
in the environs and more distant places, and those who have
suffered are busily engaged in repairing as far as possible the
damage they have sustained.— Galignani's Messenger.
THE GAME OF CHESS PLAYED WITH LIVING

CHARACTERS.—A very interesting, and at the same time sin-
gular, performance is at present in course of exhibition at the
Lowther Rooms. I consists of a number of living characters
playing upon a large space representing a chess board, and
several of the most interesting games recorded by Walker, and
other celebrated players of the game. The performers are very
handsomely attired in the Chinese and Persian costume.
Boxes are fitted upon each side of the chess-board, where the
persons sit who direct the moves, and the performers, who ap-
pear very perfect in their different chgacters, immediately
upon the signal beihg given move..to the squares assigned to
them. The public in general will derive great amusement
from this performance, and to tLe lovers of this scientific game
it must be a source of great deli' t.
Sir. Joshua Reynolds 'died a few months before
Romney and Cowper met at Eartham. He is said to have
declared it to be imsossible for two painters in the same de-
partment of the art to continue in friendship with each other;
and it is supposed to be owing to him that Romney was never
elected even an associate of the Royal Academy. But if
Romney was ever,conscious of regarding him as a rival, that
feeling assuredly never amounted to nor tempted him
to injustice. On the contrary, he bore a fair and manly tes-
timony to Sir Joshua's genius. Upon Hayley's telling him
that a whole-length of Mrs. Siddons which he bad begun was
thought superior to Sir Joshua's, well-known portrait of her, as
the Tragic Muse, he replied, " The people know nothing of
the matter, for it is not."--Southey's Life of Cowper.
The Courrier Beige says,—" During the last week
there was seen coming down the Rhine, from Andernach, one
of those immense rafts lately found descending this river with
emigrants. It appeared like an immense floating island, 900
feet long and 200 feet wide, bearing a village on its bosom,
and yet guided by one steersman with as much security as an
ordinary boat. The inhabitants of these rafts, that is, the crew
and passengers, amount to between 800 and 1,000 persons.
There are always cattle upon them, with slaughter-houses for
the supply of this numerous family : and there is generally con-
sumed in the voyage from Andernach to Dordrecht, 50,0001b5.
of bread, 20,0001b5. of meat, 15,0001b5. of cheese, 1,5001b5. of
butter, and 700 tuns of beer."
TIIE EFFECTS OF PLAY.-011 Monday last, the
cook of Madame A---, residing in the Rue de l'Universite,
in Paris, was missing at the breakfast hour, and no preparation
had been made for the meal. After an active search he was
found in his room stretched amongst some lighted osiers, and
at the last stage of suffocation. By dint of judicious treat-
ment he was restored to life after a struggle of nearly two
hours. Losses at play were the cause of the rash attempt.
The following extraordinary case occurred last
week, in Berwick :—One of the female servants of a respect-
able family, while engaged in washing clothes, received a prick
in her hand, with, it was supposed, a needle, which smarted se-
verely at the moment, but the effect seemed soon to pass away,
and the circumstance to be almost forgotten. On Saturday
morning, however, the girl was awoke with an acute pain in
the shoulder, of which she complained bitterly to her mistress,
who, after some consideration, and in vain employing means to
assuage the pain, remembered the puncture of the needle,
and became persuaded it was that which was now occasioning
the anguish her servant was suffering. In the course of the
forenoon the girl was sent to the surgeon of the family in
question, with a message from her mistress, particularly to
examine the part affected, with a view to discover if it was
not the needle which had run into the hand, and had
new worked it way up to the shoulder, and was struggling,
as it were, for escape. The surgeon did so, but he saw
nothing to lead him to any such conclusion, and sent the
girl home with an intimation to that effect. The suffering of
the poor girl continuing to increase, and her mistress becom-
ing more and more persuaded it was nothing but the needle
that was the cause of it all, went herself with her servant to the
surgeon, upon whom she urged her opinion, and whom she at
length induced to make an incision in the shoulder, with a view
to discover, and extract the needle. After a painful operation,
during which the lady, with great firmness, supported her maid
in her arms, the forceps were inserted, and at a considerable
depth the needle was laid hold of, and drawn out—.the identical
needle, no doubt, which had punctured the hand several days
before, and had gradually made its progress along the whole
length of the arm. The operation was very skilfully performed,
and relief was soon afforded to the sufferer, who is now almost
recovered from the effects.—Berwick Warder.
Some of the Journals having mentioned that the
supply of animals for the markets at Paris was falling short
of its usual quantity, the best way to correct this mis-statement
will be to lay before our readers an exact statement of the num-
ber of animals that came into the abattoirs during the month of
April this year and the last. The proportion for the first
part of the present month is equally great. The numbers were
6,306 oxen, 1,605 cows, 7,121 calves, and 31,698 sheep. During
the same month last year the numbers were 5,442 oxen, 1,650
cows, 5,774 calves, and 27,002 sheep. Thp increase of one
month over thuotheramounts to 864 oxen, 1,347 calves, and 4,696
sheep. This could not have been the case unless the markets
of Sceaux and Poissy had been well supplied. It is true that
there is a decided increase in the price of animals, from the
scarcity of fodder, owing to the weather; and since the storms
off the coast have interrupted the fisheries, a greater demand
is, at the same time, made for animal food. This demand,
too, is farther increased
by the daily arrival of journeymen
masons in the capital coming in search of work. The price
of meat will not therefore fall until the cattle-markets aro no
longer influenced by the bad state of the weather i it may even
be expected to rise, the butchers having lately suffered many
losses by selling at the present prices.— Galignani.
" HATS OFF SOLDIERS."—A sergeant of the
19th Lancers appeared before the May or of Leicester to pre-
fer a complaint against a person that bad received a shilling
from him, and on inquiry it turned out that the man had lately
been discharged from the army. The sergeant walked up to
the table, when the following dialogue (similar to the Scar-
borough affair) ensued :—The Mayor—lt is usual, when per-
sons have business to transact, or wish to address the bench,
to take their hats off. The Sergeant--It is not usual for a
soldier to do so, under any circumstances. Mayor—lndeed ?
Sergeant—l have been before his Majesty, and never took off
MY 11111 i!! hlg PTPPellge: Milyor.-01! 'Very wellkeep it
oil. Now go ou with your complaint.—Leicester Herald,

CENTRAL. CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

Thomas I/i// was indicted for stealing several articles of
household furniture, the property of a gentleman deceasecL
named Chambers. In another count of the indictment, the
property was laid as belonging to the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, as administrator. The priForier was a lodger in the
same house as the late Chambers, and while that
gentleman was out of town, he ryas left in the
care of his property in the house. Mr. Chambers
died while in the country. and the prisoner removed
the furniture to a house which he afterwards occupied in
Mason-street, Lambeth. Upon being applied to by the ad-
ministrators of the deceased Mr. Chambers, the prisoner said
he had given up the property.
The natural son of Mr. Chambers identified the property
found in the house of the prisoner, as belonging to his father.
On cress-examit.a:ion by Mr. Plimurs, the witness said
that the prisoner and his wife had behaved roost kindly to his
father during his long ilness, and that upon a demand being
made for the property in the prisoner's possession, he said
they had been given to him by the deceased, for his kindness
to him.

Mr. H. Bedford, the solicitor to the administrator, stated
that there was no bequest whatever in the will dated in 1827,
of the deceived to the prisoner. Went with the administrator
to the house of the deceased in White Hart•strect, and made
an inventory of the property in the rooms he had occupied.
Was shown over the house by Mrs. Hill, the wife of the pri-
soner. Went again in the course of a few days, and broke
open one of the back rooms, but discovered no property there.
From information which he received he went to the house of
the prisoner.
The REcor,DER stopped the case, thinking there was not
sufficient to sheer that the property had been taken with a fe-
lonious intention, and

The Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, imme-
diately acquitted the prisoner, who stated his readiness to de-
liver up the property to the administrator.

The sessions are expected to terminate to-day.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S. )
DEAL, MAY M.—Wind S. E.—Arrived from the River and
proceeded the Alexander Baring, St. Croix, for Canton. Ar-
rived and proceeded for the River, the London, Wimble, from
Calcutta ; and Jack, Hall, from Africa. The Herefordshire
and Mary Anne also proceeded for the River this morning.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 16.—Light airs.—Arrived the Mait-
land, transport, from St. Helena. Off port the Fortitude,
Towle, from Barbadoes.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the George
Canning, —, from St. Michael's. Off port the Levant, —,
from Trinidad.

FALMOUTH, MAY 15. —Wind variable, light breezes.—
Arrived the Mazeppa, Ellis, from Pernambuco. Off port the
Francis, Kirkus, from Mzuritius ; Liverpool, Rowe, and Mars,
Rafer, from Bahia.

PORTLAND, MAY 15.—Arrived off the Neptunus, Kraag,
from Batavia.

SWANSEA, MAY 14.—Arrived the John Hardy, Tate, from
Cuba.

TORBAY. MAY 16.—Arrived off the Sprightly, Newton,
from Lisbon.

DARTMOUTH, MAY 16.—Arrived the Eagle, Barnes, from
Galipoli.
PENZANCE, MAY 16.—Arrived off the Rowley, Lachlan,
from Jamaica ; Black Nymph, Smart, from Sierra Leone ;
Diario, Duckets, and Unity, Stevens, from Lisbon.
'BRISTOL, MAY 16.—Arrived the Susan, Pinton, from De-
merara ; and the Darnaway, Cundy, from Nantes.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.—Arrived the Butterfly, Yapp, from
Paraiba. Off port the Mauney, —, from Palermo ; Mary
Ann, --, from Lisbon.

WATERFORD, MAY I4.—Arrived off port the Mary, —_,
from Havanna!).

BALLINA, MAT 14.—Arrived the Friends, Thomas, from
London. _

LIMERICK, MAY 14.—Arrived the Robert, Owens, Eliza.
beth, Lewis, Friends, Twanky, and Autumn, —, London.
NEWRY, MAY 14.—Arrived the Neptunus, —, from
Memel.

SHIELDS, MAY 14.—Arrived the Wilhelmina, Alborg,
from Gottenburg.
HULL, MAY 14.—Arrived the Royal William, Andro-
mache, Humber, and Chase, Murray, from St. Petersburgh.
SWANSEA, MAY 15.—The John Hardy arrived here to-day.
She left St. Jago de Cuba March 21, but grounded in the
Caicas Passage, and had to throw about 20 tons of copper
overboard to enable her to get off.
WHITSTABLE, MAY 16.—ThelMozambigue, Crank, bound
to St. John, N. 8., was got off the shore to-day, and proceeded
for the River in tow of two steamers.

The Arundel, Brown, bound to -, put back to Cron-
stadt on the the 29th ult., waterlogged, having struck a piece
of ice.

Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade,

Wfiitehall, May 11, 1836.
SIR,— I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you for the information
of the Gentleman interested in the trade to the Baltic, that in-
telligence has been received by his Majesty's Government, that
the Danish Government have sent down the Wilhelmina
(Steamer), 90 horse-power, for the purpose of towing through
the Sound such vessels bound to the Baltic ports as may be
detained by contrary winds:at its entrance.
I am, Sir, &c. &c.,
(Signed) DENIS LE MARCHANT.
To the Chairman of the Committee of Lloyd's.