The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-03 00:00:00

-pit;hardly able to undergo the tear and wear of such: a.,
performance.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

Again has the, genius of the Kembles asserted its
supremacy ; and Covent Garden, the scene of the tri-
umphs of Mrs. Siddons, of John Kemble, of Charles
Kemble, and of his eldest daughter, last night wit-
nessed a triumph as great as any of them, in the debut
of Misa Adelaide Kemble, a y ounger daughter of the veteran
Charles. To say this younslady is the•firstEnglish singer
we have, is but faint praise.. The English stage has not,
and; in our remembrance, never had a prima donna
that could at all be compared to her. She chose for her
debut the part of NOrma in Bellini's opera of that name.
Considering that this part has always hitherto been con-
sidered the exclusive property of Grisi, with whose ad-
mirable delineation of it the English musical public had
become perfectly familiar._ it was a somewhat hazardous
step on the part of a debutante thus at once to chal-
lenge the very highest, place in her profession. The
event, however, has fully justified her. A more com-
plete triumph was never achieved, and Miss Adelaide
Kemble, both as an actress and a singer, has shown her-
self worthy of the name she bears—of the fame which in
Italy she has already acquired. In personal appearance
she resembles the Kemble family much more strongly than
did her sister Mrs. Butler. Indeed, when as Norma she stood
beneath the Druidical oak, wrapt in holy contemplation,
her features bore a marked resemblance to those of Sir
Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic
Muse. Her voice, which is of great compass and power,
is, at the same time, exquisitely sweet and expressive,
and has been cultivated to the highest pitch of excel-
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She- liiSS;Wise possesses that remarkable distinctness of
enunciation, which characterises the Italian school of
singing, so that in the most rapid passages every word
She sings is clearly heard and appreciated. Her tragic
poSvers, for-the exhibition of which the part of Norma
affords full scope, are very great, fully equal, if not su-
perior, to those of her sister. Had she not been
the greatest of English singers she would have
been one. of the first of English actresses. Her
last scene with Pollio was one of the most impas-
sioned, pieces of acting ever seen, and the touching
pathos with which, at the conclusion, when called on to
denounce the traitress, she utters the words "'Tis
Norma.," thrilled to the heart. Such was the intense
'feeling she hail inspired—such the breathless stillness
betokening that le that when she plucked the
wreaths from her brow, its fall on the stage was
distinctly heard all over the , house. Silence such
as this is the highest applause an audience can bestow.
She was ably supported by Miss Rainforth, as Adalgisa,
and W. Ha ri:on and Leffler as follio and Oroveso. At
the fall of the curtain she was loudly called for, and
was led forward by Cooper, when the whole house rose
to greet her, and several bouquets were thrown upon the
stage. Miss Rainforth, Harrison, and Leffler were sub-
sequently called for, and were all loudly applauded, and
Cooper announced the opera for repetition every Tues-
day, Thursday, and Saturday. The opera is got up
with all that exquisite taste for which the management
of this theatre is justly celebrated. The manner in
which the chorusses were given reflect the highest credit'
on Mr. Tully, and the opera was excellently conducted
by Mr. Benedict. The house was crammed to suffoca-
tion; and long before the rising of the curtain there was
not a place unoccupied in any part of the theatre.
(From the Times.)
The audience that was collected last night to witness
the debut of Miss Adelaide Kemble was one of those
crowded assemblages that are seldom collected but on the
most special occasions, such as a Royal visit, or the
return of some established favourite from America, or
the reappearance of Miss Kemble's father, two seasons
ago. The pit, from the denseness of the crowd which
filled it, and the small number of females that were
mingled with the throng, presented to the eye above
one thick black mass ; every seat in every box was oc-
cupied, and the slips were filled to the very back. The
feelings of this huge audience were influenced by the
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the debutante, but Mr.f " Kemble;" they were
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Raper's overture—every performer on his and her en-
trance—everything, in fact, as connected with Miss
Kemble's debut. Her reception was magnificent ; the
inert, black mass in the pit burst into a waving sea of
hands and handkerchiefs, one welcoming sound was ut-
tered by hundreds of voices, and her entrance was
rather that of the chief person in a triumph than of
a yet untried vocalist, about to undergo the ordeal of
public opinion.
Encouraging as this brilliant demonstration must have
been, it was still calculated in some measure to increase
the anxiety of the debutante. The expectations were so
great that it was not impossible they might not be ful-
filled ; the very associations of the family name required
exertions that should still sustain it. Miss Kemble
seemed for a few moments overcome by the excess of
applause; and rested on the altar before the sacred oak.
During her first reeitestive she scarcely had full power
over her voice, and her reading was rather monotonous,
but in Costa Diva she at once took the position as a
prima donna, which sire sustained all the evening, and
which places her beyond comparison with any singers
on the English stage that have been heard for many
years. Miss Kemble differs not only in degree but
in kind from the English singers that have lately ap-
peared—she is an Italian vocalist introduced to the. Eng-. •
lisp theatre. The cultivation of her voice, the command
she has acquired over it, the power of subduing it, are
Italian ; in her very' tones there is a sound of Italy.
Her voice is powerful, though not always equal, especially
in the higher range, when she occasionally appears to
have reached her highes,t pitch ; but there were times
when these high notes viere of the most exquisite quality,
especially in the ascending passage at the close of
Costa Diva. Some of her middle notes are of surpass-
ing richness and melody, thrilling through the house and
coming home to all. In the great dramatic scenes of the, ,
opera it sometimes appeared as if her physical strength,
was 'not fully equal to every_ expression, but her intone-
.tiOn was always true, and, whatever the task, she alwayl,
'accomplished it with effect. It is a great qUalificatibis
in her that she takes the stage with confidence, with a
full knowledge of what she has to do, that , she is
thoroughly accomplished, that nothing is left to chances
but that she is everywhere well trained and educated.
Her execution is always true, always given with the
finish of a mistress, and her ornaments, though evincing
no original conception, are neat and graceful. She takes
her position as an artist trained in the highest school,,
and in that position she stands alone.
Her acting.is to be praised with far more qualification
than her singing. It is, in fact, little more than a very
clever imitation of Grisi. The expression of defiance by
a peculiar movement of the head, the pointing out of
the hand, was all Grisi ; the very accentuation to denote
passion was that of Grisi, and, we must add, that the
imitated attitudes were not always of the most graceful
kind. And perhaps it may be mentioned, as a qualifica-
tion of Miss Kemble's performance altogether, both vocal
and histrionic, that it is more the expression of the school
than of the individual, that it is rather education than
nature that speaks. But such a scholar and of such a
school we have no other on the English stage, and we
repeat that Miss Kemble stands alone as the English
prima donna. The same cultivation, the same command
over the voice, the same thorough knowledge, does not
exist in any other of our vocalists.
(From the Chronicle.)
The first appearance of Miss Adelaide Kemble as a
dramatic singer, before an English audience, has been
tis successful as her warmest friends could desire. Her
welcome last night by an excessively crowded house was
most kind and cordial ; and her efforts, during the whole
evening, were rewarde by loud and incessant applause.
Miss Kemble's very name was a passport to public
favour. It is a noble name—a title of honour in the
aristocracy of genius ; and the family who have so long
borne it have held a place in society Worthy of their
talents. Miss Kemble, as the scion of an honoured
stock, must have gained general good will, largely
increased by what is known of her 0011 personal merits.
It is not, we confess, with'pleasure that we find the
I
debut of one who promises to be a great English vocalist
made the occasion for bringing forward an English ver-
sion of an Italian opera—especially of the present school
of that country. •
We do not blame her for what, all circumstances con-
sidered, was probably as goOd a thing as she could do;
though the attempt must be considered as having been
somewhat hazardous, seeing that Madame Schroeder
Devrient, with all her powers and popularity, made what
was very little better thee a failure here, in the very
.same attempt, a lbw years ago. - But Miss Kemble's mu-
sical education has bet]) Italian, and she has evidently
acquired a thorough (M7(ltigh we hope nut an exclusive)
Snowledste•of the school to which Norma belongs; and.
it was natural that she should desire to make her first
appearance in a part which certainly affords great svppl
for the display.of her powers, not only vocal but trample.;,tic.
Highly as we estimate Miss limbic's
,qualities
singer, we estimate her powers as an actress stilt higher.
:The is a Kemble worthy of the name. She has the finer
ra
grace of deportment—and the peweF,of con-;,
eeiving and expressing, with truth and beatify, every
liggniicty haenadd of the Kembles—the classical
shade of feeling and passion. To those—qualities are
superadded a manner thoroughly Italian ; and the,
re-
sult is a resemblance to the style of Madame Pasta,
vhich cannot fail to strike every one who remembers
hat transcendMif actress. Miss Kemble's Norma is the
finest personation of the character we have, ever seen.
With theTorce and grandeur of Grisi, it combines
lelicacy and tenderness which Grisi cannot reach. In.
lepicting " the fury
.of a woman scorn'd," Grisi cannot
.)e surpassed; but in the scene where the wretched
N-orrria hangs over the bed of her 512eping infants, Miss
keinble's tenderness was something of which Grisi did.l
pot even give an idea. The whole representation was
gull of traits of delicacy and feeling which, to us at least,
save the character a new aspeci, and a beauty and in-
-.crest unfelt before.
As a singer, Miss Kemble has given us as much sur-
prise as delight ; and, were we to give full expression to
.vhat we feel, we should run the risk .of being charged
with writing more under the influence of temporary ex-
fief:, 1 le
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litement than of sober judgment. It is for this reason,
Ind this reason only, that we will not say that we con-
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cakes place at its very commencement, in the well known
air, "Costa Diva," to which, hackneys(' as it is,
her
singing gave all the charm of novelty.
,The purest Ita-
lian style—embellishments at once 114, chaste, and ori-
ginal, execution as clear and articniate as that of pn in-
strument, were merely the adjuriets to that high and rapt'
expression which she threw into the hymn of the Ditad
priestess. Throughout the whole opera she exhibited
the same-exeelleneo ; thoush.towar& the close her vocal
bfai& e 5 see mss strength. in!) a little impairede. t . he ms, as

(From the Post.)
Every part of the house was densely populated ; the
slips, galleries, and pit being "crammed to the crushing
point," and the private and public boxes all filled with
elegant, and often-distinguished parties. The people of
literary, musical, or fashionable note, whom we recog-

nised among the audience were most numerous ; and
there seemed a general and pervading anxiety to see how
another of " the gifted Kembles" would acquit herself
of the arduous character which she had prepared to
sustain. We were glad to hail this feeling. The re-
spect and reverence which hang about the "Kemble"
name have been gathered by the public, no less from
memories of the past, than from the presence of that living
genius, which seems the heirloom of the family—and to
announce a fresh :aspirant for fame and honour, under
that auspicious nomenclature, was to arouse general ex-
pectations of.great promise, and almost to foredoom the
certainty of groat success. Hence it was delightful to
see how' the' crowded multitude rose, with one common
voice, to. hail . the young debutante, when she presented
herself in the second scene of the opera—how they gave
to her the first warm encouragement which told her the
strength of 'her name, and fortified her into the sustain-
ing of her powers with a freedom, genius, and brilliancy
that has not often been witnessed upon the English
musical stage. The opera selected was .Norma, and of
ccurse the part sustained by Miss Adelaide Kemble was
that of the Druidess. It could hardly have been
more finely filled. Miss Kemble has a beautiful
soprano voice, full and clear in its quality, and so com-
pletely under her control as to admit of her making it
most eloquently expressive of the emotions which she has
to indicate in her acting at the same time. With a clear
and distinct utterance, she blends the very expression, in
eye, attitude, and gesture, and pure harmonious modu-
lation, of what she utters should convey. Mean-
ing and music break upon you both at once, and you
catch the one as easily as you are charmed with the
other. In a word, we may say her school is perfect.
In appearance she is prepossessing—with a figure more
embonpoint than tall, and with the decided " Siddons
face." In so far as her powers were evoked by the part
of Norma, she displayed a mingled energy and grace ;
.but we are persuaded that in an acting sense, she is
capable of even more greatness than that character calls
forth. Beautifully she commenced with the recitative,
" What seditious voices ;" .and, soon after, at the close
of a splendid burst of declamation, ending with, " While
the sacred branches I sever," she dwelt on the A in alt
with all the feeling and fervour which marked Grisi's
delivery of the same striking passage. The prayer was
most impressively given ; and the aria, "To Norma's
arms returning," steadily and faultlessly sung. In the
duet, " Together we will die," she shared her laurels
with Miss Rainforth ; the exquisite singing of both
ladies eliciting a loud encore. The second act was rather
one of sustained feeling than violent emotion, and very
finely the prima donna worked it to its climax, so that
when the curtain fell, it was clear that all hearts were
one, and the name of Kemble once more shook the old
walls of Covent Garden.
(From the Herald.)
On the rise of the curtain, the procession of Druids,
headed by the Arch-Druid, Oroveso (Mr. Leffler),
and guarded by Gallic chiefs„'soldiers, &c., entered,
invoking the prophetess and priestess Norma ; the
chorus and solo, together with the subsequent air (in the
second scene) by Pollio (Mr. Harrison), were very fairly
sung. These and the preparatory chorus to the entrance
of Norma having been disposed of, Miss A. Kemble
made her appearance amidst great acclamations of wel-
come, but, as might be expected, trembling and some-
what unnerved. The duet between Pollio (Harrison) and
Adalgisa (Miss Rainforth) in the next scene was extremely
well sung, both these performers appearing to emulate the
desire which has been so spiritedly manifested to show
what an exclusively English company can do in the way of
opera. The scene with the children, and the subsequent
duet with Adalgisa, confirmed the promise given by Miss
A. Kemble's first attempt, and as the performance pro-
ceeded, it became evident that the debutante was quite
equal to her undertaking. In the second act, with an
occasional weakness of intonation and failure of power
(arising probably from tremor and the exhausticn re-
sulting:from that cause), the same marked energy and
decided command of- voice characterised Miss A. Kem-
ble's performance, more especially in the duet (" Deh
con to") between herself and Adalgisa (which was en-
cored) and in the beautiful duet (" In mia man") with
Pollio, which immediately follows the former. The
curtain at length fell to perhaps one of the most satisfac-
tory debuts that was ever witnessed, as far as realisation
of the expectations raised by previous report is concerned.
Of the instruction which she has received there can be
but one opinion, both as to its judicious adaptation to
the peculiar quality of her voice, and as to the taste
which has governed the development of the ornamental
part of her tuition. With power to execute all the
various graces which abound in the florid compositions
of Bellini and other modern Italian composers, Miss A.
Kemble seems to possess the good taste and moderation
to suppress every note that does not come strictly within
the scope of the feeling which is to be conveyed to her
auditors.
In conclusion it may be observed that if the success.
which we have stated it to be our opinion to have attended
this young lady's first appearance on our stage, be con-
firmed by her subsequent performances, the dramatic art
Will have received a most valuable accession,, for both
her person and her features are such as to carry their
own recommendation with them, the latter, as is often
the ease, passing . over her own immediate progenitors
(Mr. and Mrs. C. Kemble), and being said to bear a very
strong resemblance to •her paternal grandsire, Mr.
Roger Kemble, whose first appearance on the stage
cannot be dated far short of a century from this time.
./Nmongst the distinguished persons who honoured Miss
A. Kemble's debut by their presence in the private
boxes, were Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, the Duke of Brunswick, Lord Castlereagh,
the Earl of Harrington and his lady, Sir Lumley
Skeffington, Mr. F. Mills, Mr. B. Montagu, Mrs.
sProctor, and a dress circle crammed with fashion and
rank.

The services they rendered in the preservation of peace
are important, and will, no doubt, meet with due recom-
pence.- They not only performed the garrison duty in
the absence of the regular troops, patrolling the streets
at all hours of the night, but when the counter-revolu- '
tion took place, those young men of the town who could
be spared from military duty manned their boats, and,
depending entirely on their own resources, issued forth
for the purpose of intercepting the fugitives who were
trying to escape from the effects of the storm they them-
selves had raised. The energy and courage of those vo-
lunteers were not manifested in vain. Several important
captures were made from the 21st to the 23d instant.
General Alcala left Vittoria on the 24th, for the pur-
pose of proceeding to Bilbao. There seems to be no
doubt existing of the intention of the Regent to visit
San Sebastian. It is said that the contribution levied
on Bilbao amounts to more than 5,000,000 of reels.
This unhappy city will have paid dearly for its share
in the insurrection.

The military commission for the trial and punish-
ment of persons concerned, directly or indirectly, in
the late insurrection, and alluded to in the sth article
of the bando of Gen. Rodil, is named for San Sebastian.
The military force destined to be stationed in the
Basque provinces will amount to eighteen battalions, and
twelve will occupy Navarre. Several promotions in the
army have already taken place. The battalion of Na-
tional Guards of Vittoria has bein dissolved by General
Alcala, and orders have) been.lissuPtl that their arms be

delivered up immediately. The towns of the province
are also ordered to give up whatever arms they may pos-
sess within six days front the date of the order, under a
penalty 'of 1,000 dollars for every musket which shall
not be delivered ;up within the period just mentioned.

A young man, named Vial was shot in Bilbao on the
25th inst., by order of Martin Zurbano. The crime of
which he was accused was, that he had publicly, and in
the hearing of several military men, severely censured
the conduct of Zurbano, in shooting the six minones of
Alava, as well as the seven nationals of Bilbao, who had
fired on the. General as he entered the town, and who
were subsequently taken with arms in their hands. The
unfortnuate,,indivldual who thus paid with his life for an
unguarf.led, And, under the circumstances, an imprudent
expreiston, Was formerly a captain in the Carlist army,
but had long since retired from the service in conse-
quence of, the less of a. leg during the second siege of
Bilbao, in 1§36. lie had been residino, in St. Jean de
Luz with his family until the period of the treaty of
Bergara' when, availing himself of the benefit of its con-
ditions, he .returned to Bilbao,• and fixed his residence
there. The father of Vial was in 1834 Charge d'Affaires
in London, and I believe for some time after. Secretary to
the Spanish Embassy.
General O'Donnell was married about three years
since to the widow of a Catalan manufacturer, who died
not in flourishing circumstances. According to the
customs and laws of the province, the lady after his
death is entitled to receive the dowry she had brought
her husband, and this claim. is satisfied in preference to
any other against the estate. The interest of the dowry
of Madame O'Donnell, together with the half-pay of her
present husband, was barely sufficient to afford a decent
subsistence ; and even from these slender resources he
allowed his mother and sister a small sum monthly,which
formed their sole dependence. The father of General
O'Donnell was a General of Artillery, and after his
death his widow received the usual allowance granted
to the widows of general officers, until the break-
ing out of the civil war, when she forfeited all claim
to her pension for ever on account of the very dis-
tinguished part she took in favour of Don Carlos. Dur-
ing the war she held some place of honour with one of
the pretender's family, and after the treaty of Bergara
she retired to Bayonne, after having been robbed of all
she possessed by the disbanded Carlist soldiers. Since
then she has been living in Bayonne with her only
daughter, also a widow, and with two children, and en-
tirely dependent on her son. The result of the late at-
tempt at revolution has consequently left her in a desti-
tute condition.

Urbistondo, who is connected by marriage with the
family of the late General Cordova, finds himself in
an equally distressed situation. Whatever property he
possessed he lost, it is said by gambling, that vice so
common among Spaniards. He had little or nothing
beyond the allowance secured to him as a retired Lieute-
nant-General by the treaty of Bergara, and of which he
is, of course, for ever deprived.
Jauregui (El Pastor), who is now residing at Cambo,
in the family of a relative, possesses some trifling property
in the province of Guipuscoa, in right of his wife, from
whom he has been for many years separated. It is said
that this property will be confiscated.

THE CONSPIRACY IN BELGIUM

We have received some Belgian papers, which contain
further particulars respecting the alleged conspiracy.
It appears that the Ministry had received information
some days ago that an attempt would be made to intro-

duce arms and ammunition into; Brussels, and on Friday.

a seizure of this of this description was effected. Serena
domiciliary visits were paid, and amongst them one to
the house of a Captain de Crehen, the Commandant of
the Compagnie des blesses de Septembre, in the rue d'Ar-
gent. The Captain was absent, but his room was opened
by a locksmith, by order of the police, but who had in-
structions, it is said, to take possession of a sum of money
which. was in it. In the meantain Captain de Crehen was
arrested, but whilst the police were conveying him
to the Ministry of the Interior, he made his escape, and
took refuge in a house inthe rue des Parissiens, but

finding himself surrounded, he surrendered, and was taken
to the Petits-Carmes, wherele underwent several inter-

rogatories. On the same day the police discovered, in
one of the faubourgs, two pieces of cannon, and a quan-
tity of gunpowder, and also the house in which the cast-

ing of 13-a11; had been carried on. 'Several other arrests
were made on Friday, and in the course of the night 200
pounds of gunpowder were seized in the. house of the ex-
General Vandersmissen at Etterbeck. On Saturday a
quantity of arms, including two 'portable howitzers and
several chests of balls, gun matches, and iron instruments
for throwing amongst cavalry to wound the horses, were
seized. It n•as said that most of these chests had been

EVENING SUN

WEST INDIES.
Her Majesty's picket Magnet, Lieut. Griffith, awived
at Falmouth on Monday morning, having left Barbadoes .•
Sept. 5, St. Lucia 6, Martinique 7, Dominica and Guade-
loupeallolnonttsheersraamt,
eNediai)s; aantd
sSt.t.
Tlihitotms 12,as
g.'ortol9a, taigrruiaviingl,
where she received the La Guayra and Leeward Island
mails, ex the Tartarus steamer ; and those from Jamaica
to Sept. 20, brought up by the steamer Plainer. On
freight 9,0001. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Subercasaux
and servant, Mr. Jules Deville, Mr. Baralt, and Captain
Rooke, of the 47th Regiment.
Her Majesty's packet Seagull had arrived at St.
Thomas, and expected to leave with the next West India
mails on Oct. 7.
The French Government has issued an Ordinance
which appears in an official advertisement in the Bar-
badoes papers. The following are the chief contents :
" The port of Port Louis, situated in Grand-terra
(Guadaloupe) is open to the importation .laf ;foreign mer-
chandise enumerated in the tables A B C, attached to
the ordinance of the Bth September, 1839, under the con-
ditions and restrictions set forth by the same ordinance,
and by that of the sth • February, 1826, as regards the
importation of the same merchandise in the other parts of
the French Antilles already open to foreign commerce."
The failure of Messrs. William Jenkins and Co., of
London, we are sorry to learn' has had a very injurious
effect on several of the West India merchants, and other
individuals who had extensive and confidential dealings
with the unfortunate hcuse in question.
The House of Assembly at Jamaica had been pro-
rogued by proclamation from August 31 to October 5.
We extract the following from our advice& and from
the Jamaica Papers:—
" CARTITAGENA.—By the arrival of the Jane Ann, at
Kingston, on Thursday last, we have intelligence from
Carthagena to the 7th ult. Carmona still continued to
blockade the town, and prevented the vessel landing her
cargo. The Pickle and steamer Hydra were both there ;
but remained passive. The Attorney-General, it is under-
stood, has given his opinion that the blockade ought not to
be recog,nissd, and that all commanders of her Majesty's
ships would be perfectly justified in protecting vessels
carrying provisions under the British flag; but in the ab-
sence of positive orders from the Commodore, they are f.
afraid of the responsibility. In the meantime, what little -
trade there is between the countries suffors. The sloop
Mermaid, another vessel with provisions from this port,
had also been warned off the coast by Carmtma's
and bid sailed two days befOre the' Jane Ann, but ha.s,i,
not yet arrived.
" Several deaths have taken pia& in the towii rem si.`
armona's• shot. The 'Goren-anent- :Admiral, Tonon,
was still absent ; nobody seems to knoW where. Rio la
Hache, however, is reported to have declared for the
Government party ! What effect this will have time
will show. Upon these matters a correspondent,' under
(late of the 7th ult., thus writes:— .
" ' We are still besieged; last night the cannon on the
walls poured .forth a tremendous show& of grape; &c., as.
there was an attack on San Felipe. The Popa, too, has
not been idle.: several 'houses have .eyelet-hOleS 'in them
from cannon-balls; all the world hero are sleeping acid evert •
living below, as they sometimes cannonade in the daytime.
Pepe Pazos' lady (Candelaria Eckert) was killed by' a
cannon shot on the 29th ult. The ball went through
three partitions before it reached her. There have been
two or three other deaths, but of a more lingering cha-
racter, caused by splinters, &c. What has become of
Admiral Tonon ? We have no intelligence of him since
the 19th ult., when he came froni-Baru, and had a little
skirmish with Padilla.
"' I suppose you will have heard that Rio la Hache
has pronounced in favour of the Government of Bogota,
and they say that Herran was at Ciicutta in July last,
on his way hither, via Maracaibo. For this.reaSon some
tat Tonon has gone there to bring his troops- -

veremos

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

KENDAL.

MONDAY, NOV. I.—The Tories have availed them-
selves of a neglected registration to contest the election
of councillors. They spared no expense, and used every
means of influence. The working men came forward
nobly in defence of the Anti-Corn-law candidates. In
fact, it was a free-trade contest, and the Liberals have
triumphed under the banntr of "No Monopoly " in
every ward.

EAST WARD.
TORIES.
Michael Maine lOO George Forrest 79
John lloline 9B 1 Joseph Garnett 7 5

LIBERALS.

, .
WEST WARD.
Edward Busher 6S I Roger Moser
Jas. Braithwaite ........ 67 1 Tobias Atkinson 57
NußTki WARD.

Thomas The stun
John Hudson

John Gandy 65
James Noble 53

NOTTINGHAM.
PARK. ' WARD.
Dr. Pigot
Mr. Sheath
EXCHANGE WARD.
Mr. Bradshaw 259 I Mr. Sargent 245
Mr. Hadden • ' ;050'1-Mr. Judd.
• SHERWOOD- WARD..
Mr. Taylor 227 Mr. Rawson l7l
Mr. Minnitt 225, Mr. Cheetham 173
ST. M.A.RY'S WARD. .
Mr. Morley 292 i Mr. Eddowes..... ....... 279
Mr. Knight , 290 Mr. Adams 272,
ST. ANN'S WARD.
Mr. Galloway 324 I Mr. Surplice 316
Mr. Sean 323 Mr. Tomlinson. ';l4
BYRON WARD.
Mr.- Aulton 360 I Mr. Beckett 317
Mr. Frearson 352 Slr. llibbert 314
CASTLE WARD.

Mr. Wakefield 373 1)1.. Williams 196 -1.?
I
Mr. Biddle 367 Mr. Rawson
There are twelve Liberals and tvvo:Conservatives—re-14
turned. The Exchange Ward was lost fur .watit ofin
exertion. --,iin

CANTERBURY TOWN COUNCIL 9
WESTGATE WARD.
J. R. Reader 192 G. Soutbee 1;) 5 E
I
J. Goulden , lBl Willie 133

_
NORTHGAIT WARD.
J. Brent, jun 17911W. AL Smithson ll2
S. Beard l7l E. Wootton IOS
DANE JO N WARD.
W. Rugbys l2O 1 it Sankey 153
J. Holliday ll9 1 W. Sladden 154
Four Liberals and two Tories.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2.—Our municipal election, which
took place yesterday, has terminated in a more decisive
victory to the Tory party than they themselves antici-
pated. Out of the 16 councillors elected, 13 are Tories,
and three are Reformers. The three successful Re-
formers are Mr. Wm. Preston, who was returned without
opposition for Vauxhall-ward; Mr. John Holmes, who
was elected for Castle-street, also without opposition; and
Mr. Henry Holmes, who triumphed in Exchange-ward by
a majority of 21 over his Tory opponent, Mr. J. Ridgway'.
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. I.—(Tory Statement.)—The
election for town councillors, in the room of those re-
tiring from office, took place this day. In consequence of -
the unsettled state of the Charter and the utter contempt
into which the Corporation has fallen, the Conservatives
refused in the slightest degree to interfere, so the Whig-
Radicals and ex-Chartists had the game all to themselves.
yoRK, Nov. I.—Crory Statement.)—These elections
terminated to-day (Monday) in the return:of seven Con-
serviitives and five Whigs. On the 9th of November five
Whig Aldermen and one 'Clqnservative Alderman go out
of office. The Members ouncil who will have votes
in the election of new Aldermen stand as followi:—Con-
surlvativ :—Con-
servatives,Whigs, 13;--Conservative majority, U. x.TIe Conservatives have, therefore, the power of electing
liitikhepAroldpeernmenAfrtoamlltheeveConservativeecnisteiiyzenastiriefo they
th are
securely in the ascendant for a year to come.
WORCESTER.—The Tories have been moving heaven
and earth, but with all their exertions they have been
foiled, for the Liberals
gallantly maintained their ground
—ten of that party and two of the Torieit having been -
elected to the vacancies.

CAMBRlDGE.Jiiie—annual election of Councillors,
took place on 'Monday last. It was understood there
would be contests in the two Barnwell Wards, but
that in the other Wards the Tories would be ren:
turned without' opposition. Scarcely, however,
had the
the
polls opened, when .it was ascertained that all bitter
Wards were contested—a proceeding which
offence to the Tories, who expressed ilicmsegclFitiyu very
strong language upon the occasion. Great v
wilielleli )al Elections
veayielreyd t‘ovlardrdesxfcocupit• oE'ealsotcnk,awrnhievenut,he Tories saitit.,eic.ei,edd.ed in
NtWc ASTLE-tiroN-TY whole of the
'took place this day (Monday). Nearly
was liept up with
wards were contested, and the pain%
j" the Wards of St.
COnsiderable spirit during the da);.st.
Andrew's, and West
J Olin's, South St. Andrew's, North
ined efforts to carry a
All Saints the Tories made determ
t at South St. Ar.-
.ced excel
' member, but' they did not sum. .
~ h w out the old
salon t re
drew's, where the Tory
"P-(ition against the Liberal
N E.-- Th o 71! tlllilh
the
Tory Member. Their oppes
In St. Nicholas' and
room of one they
have displaced.lo weie amongst the
have elected a Tory in. the .
dEiadstmAt
islusecaei
zeidts,,
Iblurat
rdtlhsneythe conteStS were amongst the
Liberals t,hcmselV In the Westgate and' Jestniend
Liberals themselves.
four - t
ontests. The results are t
Wards there were no c
teen Liberals and two Tories. _

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The P
Nov. 7, in which . -
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iTthwa°.lYisetaorfs.-Zidrs elan-
Enaland and Scotland,,othe 'cew Laws of Racing, Review
will appear. The .
England
in 1,..-, ' -,... ~ -
ngragthements• la season, by " regAsus, will be given in
at.' life " raving
7n London is Fivepence,, publilhed in
nr* of Bat s i e
r-K
e to be forwarded by the' Saturday afternoon t'ailway.
timYestertla v 9 at three o'clock, Mr. William Rod- -
man, an oil and colour merchant, t/slo. 25, King-street,
committed suicide under peculiarly painful
Long-acre,
circumstances. Mr. Rodman had taken his son into ,
--,i -ou-rn°alßt:en engraving
Lcondono of f
theB ntnrtawye
ewer next,vire
partnership, but from a quarrel between them, which
led to blows, the son had expressed his determination to
(ilk his father's house, and yesterday he removed. This
circumstance so deeply affected the deceased, that he
went into a large room, used us a colour room, and com-
mitted 'suicide by hanging himself from one of the . '
beams.: The deceased possessed considerable property in
the neighbourhood, and was a farmer renting a quantity
of land near Croydon.

In St. Lucie a most appalling shock of an earth-
quake (as described by the papers of that island) had
been experienced on the 18th August. Though it did
not last for more than twelve seconds of time, yet the
agitation of the earth was of the most violent nature,
preceded by a hoare rumbling tiound,—Jamqica Diapatcht
s.erpt. 14.

G SUN

SVIRIT'of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PA rEaS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—It fs no !eis desirable for the assertion of
national hononr, than it is necessary for tic promotion
of commercial prosperity in both countriss, that the still
ending differences between Britain and America be
brought to a speedy issue. Nor can the commercial
intercourse of the two countries with each other be
presented with the confidence so requisite to the
satisfactory interests of both, while it is yet felt that
s:t any momect these disputed questions may be re-
shied, and be conwited into a casus bclli between tte
two Governments. The attack upon end destruction
of the Caro!ine by the British within the American
territory, remains still to be decided upon the principles
of international law. The question having, since that
occurrence, become more embarrassed by the seizure,
detention, and trial of Mi Lend by the authorities of New
York, for an ad ged participation in that act, after
the Biitish Government had adopted the responsi-
biPty of the proceedin;:, end desiended his libera-
tior. Altlsrel's trial was still pending, the
main question was narrowed ; it, in fact, merged
in the proceedings against the individual, on
whose fare the question of peace or war was sus-
pended. M4Lecini's acquittal has restored the originol
dispute to its former position. America has demanded
satisfaction tt,r whi.t she nileges to be a violation of the
law of nations—England ju,tifies the act of I.er subjects,
of which America complains, upon the ground that the
subjects of America, in eetisnce of their own Govern-
meta, were engaged in acts of open hostility against Eng-
land, and were aiding., assisting, and combining with cer-
tain subjects of England who had revolted from their al-
legiance, and were seeking to effect a separation of one
of the dependencies of the British Crown ; and that the
Caroline was (a vessel thus employed in aiding and as-
sisting these rebels, and was actually laden. with provi
nions, arms, and ammunition, for the use of the Canadian
rebels, at the time she was so attacked and destroyed.
As regards else other part of the case, viz., that which
involves the seizure, detention, and trial of MtLeod,
alter the British Government had adopted the responsi-
bility of the matter, for an all.sged part in which he was
apprehended, and his detention after his liberation was
demanded, we apprehend the American Government
wilt be disposed to award reparation to the individual,
and satisfaction to his Government. There has been
co indisposition on the pant of the American authori-
ties to admit the principle of M'Lcod's bon-respon-
sibility under such circumstances. They referred his
detention to the peculiarity of their Constitution,
which prevented them from at once interfering to effect
his liberation, without violating the independence of the
State within the jurisdiction of which he was charged
with an offence, and to whose tribunals he was amenable.
This, however, though sufficient to induce the British
Government to postpone the in:perative demand for bis
instant liberation, by no means bars its claim to satis-
faction for the violation of international law involved in
such detection ; nor M'Leod's claim to reasonable re•
paration for the personal injury inflicted on him, and
which his Government is also bound to see that he obtains.

STAN DARD.—The municipal elections of the
present year merit particular attention. Whatever may
be the degree of power or influence exercised by muni-
cipal bodies—and their power and influence are not
to be lightly rated—they unquestionably afford, in
their political character, an index to public feel-
ing of great importance—to the public feeling more
particularly in the larger class of towns and
cities, and of the less exalted orders of the com-
munity. These bodies are elected in a manner exactly
representing household suffrage, and by constituents
altogether free from aristocratic control. When the
political character of municipal elections, therefore, nearly
coincides with the political character of elections to Par-
liament, the sense of the people may be pronounced .as
nearly unanimous. It has been objeated to the result of
the general election of July, that the great majority
which that election has given to the Conserva-
tive party is the effect of aristocratic power, of
landlords' influence, and of the dishonesty of those
who are, inconsistently enough, called by the advo-
cates of universal suffrage " corrupt freemen,"
pat ray because their qualification is personal, and
not founded upon a property test. None of these
objections can apply to the municipal elections. The
electors in municipalities know nothing of aris-
tocratic power, or landlords' influence, and they are all
householders-. The municipal elections may, therefore,
be taken as completing the testimony to an universal
public opinion afforded by the elections to Parliament,
when both agree iu political character. Of this agree-
ment generally, however, we have to day the gratifica-
tion to present indisputable proofs. These proofs arc
rendered, too, much more valuable by the time when they
offer themselves, and the circumstances under which they
are offered. The elections have been held after anew Mi-
nistry has been about two months in office—a Ministry
which has with honest reserve abstained from buying
support by captivating promises, and which has had
no opportunity of earning favour by any striking per-
formance. A severe general distress also prevatl3,
to an extent to sour men's minds, and to in-
dispose them to a Goverment that does not, bc-
eause honestly it cannot, hold out some plan of
inzincdiatc relief. This is a severe trial for any Adminis-
tration. Contentment, even in prosperity, is a lesson
not always learned ; contentment in difficulties is a
still harder task—and this in the case of individuals—
but the people must repose a large confidence
indeed in their rulers when they manifest their
approbation of those rulers under such a state of
suffering as now unhappily efflicts the country. Oa
one side, the people have had encugh of ex-
citing exhortation to inflame any other people or even
the people of England in any other age, to re-
ject the Administration under which so many hard-
ships are endured. The dissertations on the Corn-
laws and the existing commercial system, as the
sole causes of the present distress—the. speeches
of anti-Cora Lecturers to the same effect—the taunts
at Sir Robert. Peel's silence—the libels upon the unas-
sailable character of the Premier, and upon the charac-
ter of his colleagues, would, in any other nation, or
at any other time, ensure the destruction of a
Ministry ; but the English people of the present day
have learned the great duty of hearing both
sides, and have thus enabled themselves to see
that the Corn-laws and the commercial system, in-
stead of being the causes of the present distress,
are the guards against far worse evils. The people have
grown wiser than their late political teachers, as the Par-
liamentary and municipal elections abundantly demon-
Strati-. We look for the solution which the Anti-Corn-law
writers will give to the result of the municipal tire-
torts with some curiosity. The exi lan.tions by which
they palliated the:r defeat at the general election in
Jo!y arc, as we have seen, a'together inapplicable
and insufficient. Trio municipal electors are neither
aristocrats nor landlords, nor dependent upon
aristocrats or landlords ; nor are they corrupt
freemen- They are, if any men are, precisely
the class least likely to be warped by influence or
in rest, when the question concerns the internal
trade of the country, unless it be in the direction
opi's't.' to that which we here taken. Will otir
Liberal Contemporaries acknowledge Out ad their
Truing has been in taro, and that the • t gene-
rstion is: Englishmen are
of
tl eincorrigible re rftsen -
We an-
ticipate something
The encourage-
went given to the ft rmetiou " young, men s asso-
ciations" seems to provc oal conseicusness that the
arguments of Liberals are y suited to the green in
years
and in judgment, par men tire too thoiwhful
and too earnestly intent upon their
where
to give 171 ace
to tire Government of striplings rah.
dvitlet!tinterests
of the country are perille
old
England still, governed by Mature ininadnq tholugbh dc-
tended by young arms as well as old ones"

LAW INTELLIGt&
coma'. OF CHANCERY, Nov. 2.
This being the first day of Term, the Judges and lead
ing Counsel, in conformity with the usual custom, bre k
fasted with the Lord Chancellor at his reside a
residence .
George- street, Hanover-square. pis.o'clockre. At huh% One o'clock
H ll'
his Lord:pi-tip, attended by the Vice-Chancellor and the
4taster of the Rolls, and Mr. Knight Bruce and Mr.
Wigram, the newly-appointed Vice-Chancellors, took
his seat in the Court of Chancery, which was thronged
to excess, the gallery being filled with ladies elegantly
dressed. The, oaths were then administered to his Lord-
ship and the two new vice-Chancellors, and immediately
afterwards their, Lordships were dismissed by the Lord
Chancelle.i., Ana retired to their respetktive Courts.
SMITH in THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.
`This was an appeal from an order of the Vice- Chan
bellor, made for the production of certain books and
papers. Tlie suit arose out of the following circum-
atancc.s, The plaintiff was Captain of a vessel sent
11 the East India Company to Madras, on
Iwriving at which place, it was agreed that plaintiff
should carry a certain quantity of cotton on his
own account from Madras to Canton, and plaintiff bound
bitusslt by bond- to the Company for payment of the price,
Oche cotton, and also of the freight of the Company
bhip• On the arrival of the vessel in this country, the
Company claimed payment of the freight, and having
monies of the Captain in !heir hands, appropriated them
in satisfaction of it. The plaintiff thereupon commenced
the suit, on the ground, that though he had
bound himself for payment of the freight, yet at the
time be did so there was an agreement with some
individuals in India, representing the Company, by which
was arranged that he was not to be called upon for
aiment. As he could not, on account of the bond,
ring MS action at common law for recovery of the
money detained, he therefore filed a bill in Equity for
relief. The question in the present appeal was whether
the documents in question wre official communications
and privileged from production.
Ilis Lel"sluP, after hearing Mr. Loftus Wigram for
the appellants, and Mr. Turnerand Mr. Spencer for the
respondents, reserved his judgment.
In
In the course of the morning, Mr. Cockburn,th
been appointed
was Queen's Counsel, called v 'within who has
in the bar.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov..
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir L. SrIA!)‘,ThLLy..)
Ilis Honour was occupied all the morning in hearing
'notions of little public interest.

NEW COURTS.
(Before Vice-Chancellor KRIGTIT BRUCE.)
OLDFIELD V. CORBETT.
Mr. COOFpit applied to the Court in this case to have

an order discharged which was made by the Lord Chief
Baron,. in pursuance of which Mr. Cobbett. the son of
the late Mr. William Cobbett, wa3 committed to tilt.
Fleet prison. The grounds of the application were
that matters of consequence had subsequently arisen
which did not impeach the order pronounced by
his Lordship. The case had not been yet
heard, although notice had been iven two
months before the long vacation. Counsel submitted,
that by the 31st section of the new Act,:his Honour could
give judgment, provided an order was made transferring
the case to his Honour's jurisdiction.
His Hoxouit said, that his impression was, that the appli•
cation could be entertained by, him ; but he wished it to bt
•

distinctly understood, that with respect to applications tb.
discharge or vary orders pronounced by the Lord Chan-
cellor or Vice-Chancellor Shadwell, he should prefer that
_ _

such applications should be made in the Courts in which
those orders had been pronounced, rather than before
him. Applications in such cases would, he had ne
doubt, be most readily attended to in those Courts.
Several other motions of no public interest whatever
were then disposed of.
In the course of the proceedings Mr. Cockburn was
called to the inner bar, and took his seat accordingly.
The Court rose shortly before four o'clock.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nor. 2.
THE QUEEN V. JOHN SHEEHAN AND SIR JOHN NILLEY