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'''.'•'loll-it OF DANNEKER, THE
SCULPTOR.
Praxii.elean shapes, whose marble smiles
Pill tido IMshecl air with everlasting love.
ri:rhe band of Danneker the sculptor, which,
•lAring the :,12;reater part of the last half-century,
13'43
h°w producad. so many admirable pieces of art,
6
eicl c l
Ith of lod
ast amontnd mh,otionand leaves anotherless. He died oblank
n the
it„,
"'ug the -sculptors of the age.
Danneker was a native of Stut-
-7..r.u, when ! he was born on the 15th of October,
11,1'18) of humble parents. At a very early age
are bent his genius was manifested by his
rtelling with a nail flowers and figurf2s on a
thooth stone and he shortly after, contrary to
lute wishes of his parents, obtained admission
*(lQthe Public
.academy. He was 'here taken
Iv el' the protection of the Duke Charles of
/14,ternberg, predecessec of the late King.
iti father had been for sonic -time employed
blipube,Eling's studios and thrc,ugh the interest
Dan "e possessed, succeeder? in getting young
,tehtleker admitted to the Military Artistical
lleaar4e,lllY at the " Solitude," a Royal Castle
soici 'tut&,;ard, Where, free of expense, young
ets were instructed in, a course of fine art.
its "t 1774, his own, natural genius worked
tons triumphs. His model of Milo of Cor-
-44`: carried off the prize, and the Caryatides
1)e :tiler, statues which he then executed, when
Y4;4, only in his seventeenth or eighteenth
pa,-2'ttaorn at tb e present moment the Royal
otaee at Stutga-rd.
arteriCiu)f the greatest delights of Danneker's
friendship- which subsisted
to,cerje t7h-des h- close's4reeatSchiller and himself, who was
1141,;,hative of Stutgard, and with whom in the
ofti;,,;Trul at school, at the Royal Academy
S,olitude," and over the same books, he
ties td a considerable period. The sublinii-
teit:;"loa characterise the poems of "
?baler" Die Sehuld," and " Die Ahnfrau, ' were
1414 hi another shape, but still in the same
W.;4l_ed manner, by the sculptor of " Ariadne"
" Venus,"
Ake4,4 now travelled abroad, and in 1781 visited
%,"s> having obtained this permission from the
faiZrt. here he' met with the sculptor Schef-
ipst`t, and the pupil of Pajou. While at Paris,
Wit:ad of studying the antique models to be met
tial„l4 the Louvre and other public edifices, he
,livi4?,,studied nature, and sculptured froth the
°llll, whence the beautiful flexibility of
arble was in crreat measure d,,,trived.
4141185, DanneCer quitted Paris with Scher-
ul company with whom lie travelled. to
00,-,," In this city he met with Canova,
Atti:ate; and with Herder, who had all be,en
its4-ift4 to "ihe Roai.'n metropolis to exa,Aitie
giVaii:ar.d. beauties; and while here, enjosed so
that, 1:,1e instruction and advice of fjanova,
teetae need not wonder at his own Pr.oductions
4Pee.,,lg. in a variety of instances -with all the
NA,;):ess and majesty of his mast, Jr. The corn_
°kr TdCeres, and omnipotent,. Bacchus, which
ate him into such hiat. repute, were exe-
i(-1.44)3' him while in itr.iy, and the academies
it4(lol'4-.4 and Bologna were not slack in ac-
A4l',tetiging his pre-eminence by electing him
%Tiber of their bodies.
Charjelis return he was employed by the Duke
Ilvas "in modelling a variety oi'subjects; but it
1i12,1,1.2756, 1,7-nen leaving the lower branches of
W4rbl:t".,ssinn, he commenced to work again in
ork " Danneker preserved but few of his
°tEieNs) for they were rapidly sought after. by
~Ithie)s • His celebrated Sappho, the original of
11.04 1. is now at Monrepos, was soon required
41e,(14,11 but
hands to adorn a more noble apart-
s
L one darling work he constantly kept
colossal bust of his friend and school-fel-
-1) Schiller.
at sPeaking of his own productions Danneker
Nak-41ke remarkable for -.his modesty and
koN sttnplicity. His works were widely scat-
terlhroughout Germany, and several are to
their with in Russia, but few have as yet made
Iwork;v4Y to Englr.nd. The very loveliest of his
undoubtedly the perfection of marble
cant' undoubtedly iS his Ariadne,
.in Mr. Bateman's collec-
keQh Frankfort—Ariadne as the Bride of
Adlsl borne upon a panther. Another beau-
thier„-ce of design, the exquisite allegory of
Ao is borrowed from A uleius is his Eros,
p
sycruted at the particular moment when
<ii,e is pouring on his snow-white shoulders
'''P burning of burnin
(4' 1;114 the grandest work of art from the chisel
~bilanneker is his statue of Christ, a work
44) el
f'pr eight years he laboured and studied
It 4" fi 11 •
4,s na
414.,0n its Y completed in 1824. This statue
e9mpletion sent to the Empress
l'ec'd°r°llna) of Russia, who afterwards
Deed it to the Emperor Alexander.
tititktuleker was very -generally known by the
11%14t,14 the " German Canova ;" and in the
Sty . .
etz) ,Ot his forms, the exquisitely winning
el ess •
t'a,-,t infused into their features, und the
lly e and attractive pose of his Cgures, lie
Proeal°'-)firrned the fact of their cl'ose and reel-
, bar *resemblance.
liar: h4leker died in his 84th 'year. Wagner, at
whoe name has
.I::een long among the
kt•riguished, *was his pup:. His great accumu-
tviO4 of years caused him to cease in his latter
i 4418 from all active employment, and lie had
~ted fallen into the state of "second childhood."
tti't ceon nts of his funeral have not yet arrived,
ks, The: ceremony is expected to be both ini-
tn4„N and splendid, befitting the memory of a
vho has eminently adorned his city, and
works entitle him to add his own fair and
4444:arable name in an especial manner, to the
ted 'ber of illustrious countrymen that have pre-
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A

CCIDENTS THROUGH THE
FROST.
letwee •L.
nineo'clock on MondP,y night,
IA eight and
17:ell'ajalilreele, a master bricklayer, residing at No. 3,
et, Camden-town, in proceeding along e
Borough, slipped, and fell so heavily oen histhe
R• ht tshi''et that he sustained a compound fracture 0..
‘44 ▪ He was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital,
latt;'•ins in t state of extreme suffering.
."1:,,,.; 'en six andasas'eVen o'c',ock on Monday evening, a
frtkl.lh'ag man, Edwards, slipped down as he was
Cliandos-street, Covent-garden., and broke his
Th;-1-a was taken to Charing-cross Hospital.
t 4 n°111ino• (Wednesday), about a quarter past
s'at c''eleelt 6 young man of tbr2 name of Theophilus
1:),,-44131"; ho' raesies in the Bckrave-road, Pimlico, vT
4t 4\l ProCeed to the SorAaVestern Railway termi-
;"lell in a boat belonging to his brother,
milt 11'43 IYn'r Thames near the White-lead
14 Bof A
.0
the
D" ''keSSrs G.Za.O and Freeman ; he had placed a
14:}8e4:eCils
et ti; boat,—e
and had just put one
was in,
~rksl4) 1- b
.owino. to the slippery.state it his
he fell backward Into the water and
,iluas •
no more. He was an excellent swimmer,
'lt►ently swam across the Serpentine in Hyde
Not:Lttat r ;
" sidlit an elderly lady of the name of Orpwood,
1i1t,411'41.4.---:13 Peter-street, Berwick-street, Soho, while
6 "g Compton•street, trod upon a slide made
4.°4B(:)hrne bqs in the gutter, and falling down
4,3114,". Sher arm. This morning about eight o'clock, a
4,s4l;Lnin of the name of William John Harmer, a
Z4s -eater, who resides in Exmouth-street, Spa-fief s,
il•
lert*lfiting along Clerkenwell-green,. n,earthe church,
tl:a trod I! on a piece 'of ice which eras lyingupon the
41ant, vvhiPch caused hvim to fall with great Violence
att,Z.ground • he was picked up by a gentleman
.quite
ali' "dad, who' assisted to get him home, when itNlvaos
ttil," that he had broke his right arm and also his
theeb
aetill fan, besides receiving a severe fracture of
hopes Ile lays at the present time w
at recovery. iP:iout the least

••=7=-.
N Th. .....
410,i,.1--' VARISH OF B ARRY A GAI N.—Mn
114e1:4nd 11/21aligill Crichton. haying succeeded, in the
lli 4111 religion, in creating the indecent disturbance
ttkt(ifieatelY took. plac'J in Arbrdoatteh, apparently highly
kiiie
gameith
his success, resolve pailiady
aolvre.rLdgiianiiis-idtch,ne,
Nltiti
kri, ng loath
„ i agreed to lend him
1.4t!.:1:1-1e.- -Ilut it' appears this gentleman not
uoendleyrsotNaTerci
1' - "is ',1% but he seems not to
is
..,..r.
1 5, clew
VII powers,
The kirk at
.11.,.1
?„411Ni 41y the rights of others.
services
0,,
religion
7(14;4,11.1'1s command whenever the 1
ht'gbt - "4-. and only in these cases. But he has no more
e ' ':
44 of it to any
Lis t e ti,'e use -week, his dining-room,
e G make it during the .
itinerant lecturer, than
*ho 11' C'r stable. ,The kirk belongs to the heritors,
tkirta,.4r,e bound to uphold it for sacred purposes only—
'llgi-tn'lle for the accommodation of any. lot-headed
fisor an-°,,,t' „and his unruly mob. The heritors, there,.....;
~'ort4%-.l"P"ed to the. Sheriff to interdict the intended, cei
1-,tiej--see ; and the whole performers, from. the.hev,hJase.
Le,nB.(l,n, minister, to James Buick, session-ornevr, have
i.„I'llo inht'rainted.from using the kirk for suoh. a purpose.
‘artil,--eritors who • petitioned were—Wlllii,:,n Bruce
°I,F qr":„e' sq., of Middieton ; William lletr,ierson, E. 5.,
'll'as,„---ge of Barry ; James Miln, Eso,, of Woodhill ;
-tesleF! Cecilia li.-hiloch and Ann rJliphant, Kinloch,
U4011.4%-rniige,itnei;:rnr.feriustie house ; and Miss Helen Kinloch
in Edinburgh . proprietresses of Gar-
qUilities-witn the special -tdvize'und consent of Charles
At ' tsq.• of T •• bank ,
totill.iid ill(det: Kinloca3h Guth dec. e There was. no time to
Ittil3itliieellii;li‘oera,t;orwintiltertdircdt fP" h"sr and legal cura:,or of
Ilaninure befe:ce presenting the.
,vi 0 herb ranrs in rat" tin.,
other ~Qellat h.e wilt ; but his Lordship has sincei ln-
,vith pleasure, go along 1% it.l the
_
A',l,. are dusturi ''. - 2-, I try —Dundee
peace to those itinerant agitators
-terti€er --"..ig the of tie coun .
ttit I
the pr .41BERALS OF SOUTH SHIELDS AND
,Ntc 1/LIC LIA.R.---We are authorised to state thate 'l3 ' "Nrrapli in last weeks' Newcastle Journal relative
k,ZI- " South Shields Liberals, is, as usual, an uniniti-
b,;74 falsehood ; that, instead of 'Mr. Wawn, the xnem-
th: t;,,fusing to advance money for his election expenses,so
Iviiiji,l2nniittee returned him, some weeks . ago,. /.
th,ii;! -0 had advanced above what was required , :end.
nev,rl`"tettd of being in ,li6corii, the Liberals there mete
lient... Inure united, and 'better able to beat their oppo-
kkot..? 43 fustigated John's honest friends there well
`Tyne Mercury. s.. • . . '

GREAT rvIEETING in MOP; kJTIL.

SHIRE TO ADDRESS TEE QUEEN.

On Monday the 20th-inst. a meeting of the inhabitants
of the county of Monmouth,pas held in the Town-hall
at Usk, for the purpose of addressing her Majesty, his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, and her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, on the birth of the Prince of Wales.
T. Homfray, Esq., High Sheriff for the County, hav-
ing taken the Chair, the Under-Sheriff, Mr. T. 3. Phil-
lips proceeded to read the requisition, which was signed
by upwards of 600 persons.
The HiGn SHERIFF, after stating that he had received
letters from C. H. Leigh, Esq., the Lord Lieutenant of
the county, Lord Granville Somerset, M.P. for the
county, and other gentlemen., regretting their inability
to attend, opened the business in en appropriate vee‘4l,
and called upon Mr: Octavius Morgan, M.P., toktVpose
the address.

Mr. Moseeneee expressed a hope that ieet might not be
deemed pieseedmptitous in taking so prominent a part in
consideration of the position which he cecupied. It gave
hive great satisfaction to see so numerous and so respect-
able a meeting assembled together for the purpose of
testifying their joy at the birth of the Prince of Wales,
which was an event to be felt most deeply by the ietha-
bitants of this county, because, although aecertiing to
law—some law of Henry the Eighth—Meseethouthshire
might be called an English county; aalt no one who is
acquainted with the history, habit; manners, and cus-
toms of its inhabitants, independent of the strong fact of
the Welsh language still beineopoken in its pristine purity,
could say that it wee not essentially Welsh.—(Hear,
hear.) There are several gentlemen in that assembly
who derived their descent from the ancient Princes of
Wales, and to them. the event they were now assembled
to celebrate must be a peculiar source of interest and
gratulation.—(Cheers.) Mr. Morgan then reverted fee
the heroic deeds of the former princes of Wale; and
mentioned Henry V. and Edward the Black Princes
and he concluded by expressing a fervent hope that het
Majesty's reign might be long and prosperous e Med
that her ipory sceptre surmounted by a dove, rye; tit ever
continue to be the emblem of peace and virtue,--((;heers.)
Sir BEN.TAMIN HALL, M.P., seconded 'One motion of
his Hon. Friend, and expressed his ent!,re concurrence in
the satisfaction that gentleman lied. expressed in the nu
ruerous attendance of the inhabitants of the county that
day. He was Well aware theet there had been a difficulty
-on some occasions in obta',niesg large county meetings—
but if any person had for one moment deedeted the sin-
cerity. of the attachmeree of this Cnkirkr to her Majesty's
person, and their loyeee desire of hiAingknown their feel-
ings of dutiful enaction, sAey bad only to inspect the nu-
merous signatnres to the, requisition, and to behold the at-
tendance at this tweeting, when all doubts must imme-
diately vanish from their minds.—(Hear, hear.) But if
there was 0"0 spot in Great Britain which more espe-
cially ini:ght be expected to rise simultaneously for the
PurlY.,se of carrying into effect the objects for which they
wrsre assembled it was the county of Monmouth.
—(Hear, here, and cheers.) They then stood upon
ground associated with some of the most ancient 'and
interesting records of England and Wales. He would
not occupy their time by mentioning many well-known
facts, though he might remind them that in the town
of Usk, in which they were assembled, was born Roger.
Mortimer, Earl of March, great nephew of the cele-
breted Black Prince (to whom his Hon. Friend had
already alluded), and with whose memory so many chi-
valrous associations were connected. In the town of Mon-•
mouth was born the valiant King Henry the Fifth, whose
life was 'preserved on the field of Agincourt by two in-
dividuals (who were natives of this district.), at the sa-
crifice of their own—(Cheers)—and it may not be
generally remembered that the Princess Morfydd, the
Royal Heiress of the last King of Gwent, was the ime .
mediate ancestress of Rhys ap Tudor, Prince of South
Wales, the descendant of Cadwalader, -and from whom
Henry the Seventh, and consequently her Majesty and
the Infant Prince, derive their Cembro-British origin.—
(Hear' hear.) It is a curious fact, well known to those
who had searched into the ancient records of the Princi-
pality, and had given their attention to the literature of
Wales, that twelve hundred years ago there was a
Welsh prediction—that the descendants of Cadwalader,
the last King of Britain, should cease to sway the sceptre
of that kingdom, but that, after the lapse of centuries, it
should again return to them. This prophecy was ful-
filled about 450 years afterwards in the person
of King Henry the Seventh, and thus it appears that
our present Prince of Wales has an undisputed
right to that title, not merely by patent but by lineage—
(Cheers)—they might say as Fluellyndid to Henry V.—
" Not all the waters of Wye could wash the Welsh blood
out of your Majesty's body"—neither can all the waters
of Usk obliterate the proud remembrance that, in the
veins of the present Queen of Great Britain, flows the
blood of the Royal Heiress of Gwent.—(Applause.) As
regarded the immediate object of their meetin7e-Lif the
birth of an Heir Apparent, and the happy re`'..every of the
mother,: was in private life a subject. l'.;e congratulation
and rejoicing—of how much more interest must be en
event like the present, in whsen not only a few indivi-
duals but the whole ceeemoity were
tro deeply
con-
cerned. He hailed tte birth of the rrince of Wales as a
good omen for the country,and as a guarantee that the
Constitution under which they lived might be continued
to them ; and be prayed that her Majesty might long be
spared to rule over them, and to guide and direct her
Royal Son With that wisdom and virtue for which she
herself w; as so eminently distinguished, He trusted that
as Vs Royal Highness advanced in years so might his
at'sachment strengthen for his Principality, and that he
might ever be disposed to lend his powerful aid in pro-
moting the beet interests of its inhabitants. If they
might credit the words of Shakspeare they must believe
that his illustrious predecessor, King Henry V., was
proud of his Welsh birth. May his Royal Highness be
equally proud of his Welsh descent ; and if, hereafter,
any honest 'Welshman should venture to address him in
the manner Fluellyn is reported to have spoken to his
Sovereign, and say—" I do believe your Majesty do not
scorn to wear your leek upon St. David's day," that he
will be disposed to answer (if not in the words, at least
in the spirit, of :Wing Henry)—" I wear it for a memo-
rable honour—for I am Welsh, you know, good coun-
tryman."—(Great cheering.) Sir B. Hall concluded by
seconding the address, which was carried unanimously.
Mr. Sergeant TADDY proposed the Address to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, on whose virtues the
Learned Gentleman expatiated, and congratulated the
meeting on his Royal Highness having directed his at-
tention to the laws of this country, and having in every
respect endeavoured to make himself an Englishman. '
The Learned Gentleman also expressed his hope that by
the separation of this country from Hanover peace would
be maintained.

Mr. W. A. WILLIAMS (late Member for the county)
'was received with much enthusiasm, being his first ap-
pearance in public since his late dangerous illnesS. He
seconded the motion in a speech which excited great in-
terest, bat which was not entirely audible in the position
in which we were placed.
The Address was carried unanimously.
Mr. BAILEY, M.P., moved, and Mr. HANDURY WIL-
LIA?:IS seconded, an Address to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, which was carried unanimously.
After which Sir B. HALL and Mr. Sergeant TADDY
proposed a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff for his con-
duct in the chair, and the meeting broke up.
It was extremely gratifying to witness such an assem-
blage of gentleman from all parts of the county, and the
unanimity which prevailed on this interesting occasion—
especially when it is remembered that alarming disturb-
ances took place only ten miles from the place of meeting
two years ago. There were a few Chartists present in
the Town-hull, but they did not in any way interfere
with the harmony that prevailed.

STATE OF BOLTON.—The Bolton Society for
the Protection of the Poor embraces the generous and
humane of all parties. It has the Vicar of Bolton at its
head, and -several others of the -established clergy are
among its active supporters. Ina conversational discus-
sion at the annual meeting of the Society, the Rev. Mr.
Birley made a remark which spoke volumes. It referred
to the deplorable absence of bed-clothes among the poor,
and was to the effect that charitable institutions WOO
now very backward in supplying blankets to the ttedy,
because they almost uniformly found that the pressiL•g
demands of hunger caused them
illlinedif.lely to be
pawned. It was also remarked by Mr. Birley, that the
destitution was now so coL111110P',•
,nat the poor could not,
as in former times, aid •
other, and it was an es-
tablished fact, that wIL tn t A
m A
ey ot It to spare, the poor were
more indebte''
to each other for supply in cases of extre-
mity, tt.,n to their richer neighbours. After the most
dil...gent and discriminating inquiries made by officers ap-
pointed or the purpose, and extending mi. ft Whole
year, upwards of 1,300 persons vref'd telleVed whose in-
comes averaged only tltril Pei' Week. These are cases of
sober and tivdtlftous people, all willing, and for the
most patt able, to work, but unable to obtain employ.
WO. 91d. a week, with bread at about eich Poiind-
and other articles of food on a situilat scale! And this
is civilisation ! The prisnticrs iti stir gaols live in lux;
ury compared with this. The scanty Poor-law ttintiry i§
just three times its amount.-BeitOh Pr-CO Press.

STRANGE CiRC- UMSTANCE.—During the se-
vere storm of SIC; day night last, the inmates of a house
in High street, Ayr, were alarmed by a heavy substance
fulling down the kitchen flue, which) insttati of lying
stock still, proceeded to divest, itself of the sable addition
to its drapery, by flyil?tt ai'ound the room, and kicking
up such a dest.as might be expected at a chimney-
sweep's vi-edding. When the consternation had sub-
:sit/4 Which had been caused by the advent of the
ktysterious visitor—which was not until it had fairly tired
itself out—a searching inquiry was made by the in-
mates to find what description of intruder they had to
deal with ; when it appeared, greatly to their surprise,
that the unruly transgressor was neither more nor less
than a cock pheasctntd The poor bird had in all proba-
bility been seared from its perch, and had winged its
way to*ards the town, where it had taken to roost on
the top of the chimney, into which it had been' blown by
one of these sudden and violent gusts of wind that pre-
vaile:l during the night. Into the subsequent history of
cite " bonnie birdie," it becomes those not unconnected
with the Tax-office to pry. It is but charitable to think
he was allowed to wing his way home again; but, judg-
ing from certain indications, he must have cast his fea-
thers with fright before he flew.--Ayr Advertiser.
DEATH BY A FALL.—An inquest was held
last evening before Mr. Baker, at the London Hospital,
on the body of ,Tames Dunbar, aged 15, an apprentice
belonging to the brig Collingwood, of Ayr. From the
evidence of David Cialloway, chief mate of the Coiling-
. wood, it appeared that on Wednesday last whilst the
vessel was lying for repairs in a dry dock at Gun Dock,
Wapping, the deceased was sent upon an errand. Wit-
ness stood upon the deck awaiting his return, and just
as deceased placed his foot upon the gangway
he slipped
and fell to the bottom of the dock, a depth of 25 feet.
Witness, with the rest of the crew, went to his assist-
:lnce, and without delay carried him to the :above hos-
pital. The injuries he received were fractures of both
legs and severe lacerations of the scalp. lie died on
Saturday last. Verdict," Accidental Death."

LONDON ELECTRICAL SOCIETY.
TUESDAY, DEC. .21.—The papers read at this
meeting were, Ist, " Description of an Hydros.
tatic Galvanometer," by It. J. Irernonger, Esq.,
of Milan, member. The introduction of this
strument opens a new field for Briffili ingenuity
in the construction of galtanoine.ters.,,lt is 11-11
known that a De la Hive's floating ring Will run
off a magnet inserted iii -11) bind vice versa a
magnet, if light enciigh, would run out of the
ring. On this 'principle the new galvanometer is
constructed% A magnet is, by proper adjust-
ment poised perpendicularly either in water or
faercury, and is surrounded by a De Ia nive's
ring. The effect of a current passing through
the latter is to sink the magnet to a greater or
less depth, according to circumstances. And as
the pressure Of liquids is simply as their height,
the depth to which the magnet sinks is in direct
proportion to the acting power. Without a pate
we cannot give a more minute description; but
have said enough to show that this instrument
promises to be a valuable addition to science.
2d. " General Explanation of the noise of
Thunder," by M. Tessan. This communication
contained a most rational account of the atten-
dant phenomena of thunder-claps. It is corn-
monly observed that they are followed by de-'
luging showers. That this may reasonably occur
the author shows from the well known laws of
electric action. A cloud becomes electrified; the
electricity arranges itself on its surface; the in-
slllating character of the atmosphere prevents its
escape, and its ptessure outwards counterpoises
and relieV'es the cloud from the pressure inwards
of die air; the cloud therefore expands till the
tWo contrary pressures are in equilihrio. If any
circumstance cause the escape of electricity, the
cloud contracts, the air rushes to the partial
vacuum with a hissing or roaring noise, and at
the same time, the suspended vapour being con-
gregated into drops, falls in rain. 3d. " Notice
of a new Galvanic Battery.," by M. Van Melson,
with a nwe by the Secretary. This is a modifi-
cation of Wollaston's arrangement; the
im-
provements consist in doing away with the need
of partitions in the trough, and in placing the
elements very near together, viz., 1-13th inch.
The power of 13 pairs, 4 inches by 3 inches,
cuffing a surface of only 5f square inches, is
surprisingly great; and as the metals can
be instantly withdrawn front the solution,
the instrument will be very serviceable fbr
general purposes. Mr. Walker's note re-
commends the recent English improVement to
be added to these. 4th. ' Note upon a
Modification in the Construction of Galvanic
Piles," by M. J. G.' Crahay, This is d Modi-
fication of the former instrument, and was
effected by soldering the plates back to back as
in the ordinary Volta's pile.. sth. " Account of
an Electro-Magnetic Steel-Yard," by PrefeSsor
Jacobi. This was an instrument tO Meitsfire the.
lifting power of electro,MAgrieth on the general
principle of the &toff-yard, differing, however,
in havie.g the power applied between the weight
and the fulcrum. It is a very ingenious piece of
apparatus, and works well; but withoat a draw-
ing we should fail in attempting to be minute in
description. 6th. "Oa a new I;ilectronieter,"
*by J. C. Oersted.f Her again, hi default of a
drawing, we shall find diffieulty in describing.
A fine copper needle is suspended by a film of
; the silk is attached to the needle by means
of a slightly magnetized steel stirrup. The ends
of the needle rest against the two fork-like
branches of an insulated wire, through Which the
electricity is conveyed. The deflections are re-
gistered on the base or the instrument. 7th.
The Secretary then laid before the Society the
Monthly Register for November of the Elec-
trical, &c. Condition of the Atmosphere, by
W. H. Weekes, Esq.

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the exercisl:,i of skatincr
COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, PutsiMt..---The Queen and Prince Al-
bert walked in OP, Little Park, inhere the Prince enjoyed
Her '`'' • with some of the Royal Suite.
...ajesty was attended by Lady Caroline Cocks and
the Hon. Sarah Cavendish • and with his Royal High-
ness were the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Liver-
pool, Earl of Warwick, Colonel Arbuthnot, Baron Stock-
mar, and Dr, Prßorius.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent walked out,
attended by Lady Fanny Howard.
Viscount Sydney has arrived, to succeed the Earl of
Warwick as the Lord in Waiting on the Queen ; and
Sir Robert Otway has arrived, to succeed General the
Hon. Sir W. Lumley as the Groom in Waiting on her
Majesty.
The Countess of Sandwich has succeeded the Countess
of Gainsborough as the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty.
Lady Laura Noel left this morning.
Major-General and the Lady Isabella Wemyss will
have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party this
evening.

Dr. G. J. Elvey, the organist of St. George's Chapel,
having set to music " An Ode on the Birth of the Prince
of Wales," had the honour of conducting a perlbrrriance
of the composition before the Queen, Prince Albert, and
the Court, yesterday evening, in the Music Room of the
Castle.

The Solos were sung by Master Foster. The Chortv,
consisting principally of the Sacred Harmonic Society,
Exeter Hall, accompanied by her Majesty's Private
land, under the direction of Mr. Anderson, forming
altogether a complete and effective Orchestra of about
sixty persons.
At the conclusion of the performance her :Majesty
and Prince Albert were pleased to signify, in a nattering
manner, to Dr. Elvey, their entire approbation.
The following are the words of the ode, which was
written by the Rev. W. C. Cotton, late of Windsor, who
has recently left 'England with the newly•appointed
Bishop of New Zealand.

RECITATIVE.
Through England's fruitful fields, and smiling vales,
Loud notes of gladness fill th' autumnal gales.

CHORUS.
" A PRINCE IS BORN !" From London's Queen-
like Tower
Is told afar by thund'ring cannon's voice ;
And Echo, with her hundred tongues, replies,
A PRINCE IS BORN !" let British hearts rejoice.
AIR AND CHORUS.
" God do I serve !" this shall thy motto be ;
Whilst in our ears thy cheering watchword rings,
Nought fear we else but God, and view in Thee
A Prince well pleasing to the King of kings.

RECITATIVE.
Dread Queen ! Thy people bend the lowly knee
To God, in humble thankfulness for thee ;
Dread Queen ! Fond Mother I These twin names combine
To swell the triumphs of thy Royal line.

Am.
Albert, be thine the joy a father knows
At the fair promise of a hopeful Son ;
Long• may he live, each British heart to win
By goodly- deeds, as, Albert, thou hast won.
CHORUS.

God save the Queen linthis proud hymn of joy
Let every soul its loyalty evince
Each tongue take Up the burden of our song—
Long live our Queen Long live our new-born Prince.

Their (loyal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridgei Prince George and the Princess Augusta of
Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, arrived
in town yesterday, from their residence at Kew, and
visited her ROyal HighneSs the Duchess of Gloucester
tlodcester House. Their Royal Highnesses returned
llt the afternoon to Kew.
The Committee of the Lords of the Council on Educa-
tion had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-
office, The Lords present were the Lord President, the
Earl of ilipon, Sir Robert Peel, and Sir James Graham.
Their Lordships met at two, and sat till fire o'clock.

Dr. Kay was iii attendance upon their Lordships.
General Sancho, the Spanish Minister Plenipotentiary,
having been presented to the Queen at Windsor Castle,
by the Earl of Aberdeen, paid visits to the members of
the Royal Family on Monday, at their respective re-
sidences.

Lord Stanley left town yesterday morning for Knows-
ley Hall, Pre::cot, Lancashire.
The Bad of Lincolo had an interview with Sir Robert
'Peel, yesterday.
Despatches for the Governor of the Mauritius were
sent off last evening from the Colonial• office.

THE TWEED BANK.—Nothing authentic has
transpired since our last respecting the affairs of this un-
fortunate establishment: The conjectures respecting the
cause of the failure, and its probable results, are as va-
tied and contradictory this week as they were last. The
fiat of bankruptcy has been issued ; it bears date the 3th
of December, and was inserted in the Gazette of Tues-
day lasL The Commissioners held their first meeting
on Saturday at the King's Arms Inn, when the form of
declaring the bankruptcy was gone through. The bank-
rupts are to surrender themselves to the Commissioners
on Wednesday Ist, and again on Tuesday the 25th of
January, for the purpose of making a full disclosure of
their effects. • At the former of these meetings the cre-
ditors are required to appoint assignees, and at the last
sitting they will be required to assent to or dissent from
the allowance of the bankrupts' certificate. - The wind-
ing up of the affair is thus in a progressive state, and
whatever disappointment may be felt
will notattlie augment
n,e we
confidently hope that tardiness or delay
the reflections.—Berwick Advertiser.

Two -men, named Reuben and Durant Cope,
were last week fined 50s. 6d., at Birmingham, at the in-
stance of the Animals' Friend Society, of Mark-lane,
by Messrs. Bielby and Bird, for having smeared a dog
over with oil of turpentine, and set it alight ; the poor
animal was not expected to survive. They were com-
mitted to prison for 14 days in default of payment.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Last night, a few minutes
before nine o'clock, as a decently dressed man, about 55
years of age, was drawing a truck over Waterloo bridge,
from the Middlesex to the Surrey side, and when within
twenty yards of the toll-houses, he suddenly fell down.
He appeared to be labouring under the effects of a fit,
and by the advice of 'Tilt, the toll collector, he was con-
veyed, to the shop of Mr. liandey, a surgeon, at the
corner ofStarnford-street, when that gentleman and his
attendant :paid instant attention to the case, but in a few
minutes atter his arrival at the shop life was quite extinct.
EARLY INTELLIGENCE I—The late firm of
Sir Geurge Docket:, Mulland.,:, and Co., stopped pay-
'Lent on the 20th March, 1832, the eve of Mr. Percival's
" Fast-day" for the cholera. Evening Paper,

London; Smith, Elder, -and co., 1841. -
This volume has no pretensioas to the digni-
fied title of a history.df Texas: It is ri compila-
tion Of th'e prci'dlaniatidaSi decrees, ACES Of Con-
gress, conventions, and treaties entered into and
promulgated by Texas during the struggle of her
independence with Mexico, the bulk of which
have-already appeared in Mr. Kennedy's excel-
lent work on the Condition and prospotits of this
,outlital republic-. But though Mr: Maillard is
indebted for all the valuable materials of his
book to Mr. Kennedy) he acquires a claim to
Originality by altering upon eVefy pOitit kith
that gentleman. Mr. Kennedy exults in the
independence cf Texas; Mr. Maillard deplores
that event, and describes them in the Iburth
page of his preface as in rebellion against their
" tomtit" Sovereign, Mexico)" and talks of
their " base treason." So earnest is Mr.
Maillard upon this point, that in the
sixteenth page of his preface he suggests that
we should grant a subsidy to Mexico, such " as
we used to grant to other nations in the war with
Napoleon," to enable her to re-conquer Texas I
Mr. Kennedy praises Texas and the Texans ; Mr.
Maillard abuses both in terms Which a 'line
months' residence in that country was very far
rtorn warranting, especially as he tells us in his
preface that during a considerable portion of that
time he had to discharge the duties of editor of
the Richmond !Ibitscopt, a newspaper published
in Texas. That the public may judge of the de-
gree of importance to be attached to Mr. Mail-
lard's statements, We shall rest satisfied with the
tbilowing extracts from his crude, ill arranged
volume, to which the columns of the Loudon and
Paris daily newspapers are made to contribute
nearly as much as the archives of the Texan
Republic

CHARACTER OP THE TEXANS.
"Texas, a country filled with habitual liars, drunk-
ards, blasphemers, and slanderers ; sanguinary game-
sters and cold-blooded assassins, with idleness and
sluggish indolence, with pride engendered b,l
ranee, and supported by fraud." " The loafers
are by far the most numerous class; and go about from
one dram-shop Cdr the ptiepose of gaining and springing
on their friends; and not unfrequently on strangers ; but
this latter practice is by far too common in Texas to be
confined or strictly applied to. -any one branch of the
community. * The Texans, either separately,
masse exhibit all the features of a rutfianised Vuro-
pean mob; to Whom, however; they are greatly inferior
in social refinernenti, and much less formidable in it mili-
tary point of View."
This charaetet of the Texans, of Course, is
meant to apply in the aggregate to both sexes.
But Mr. Maillard; whose notions of gallantry are
somewhat peculiar; proceeds to speeify the graces
of the stiftet kik to TtAds'. The plettii4e aSptiint-
td by him is so little flattering, that we shall
not expose •ourselves to the odium of being re-
garded as libellers by describing it. Here is the
original, as touched off by his own coarse
pencil