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adopted in order to enforce 16 more le•sson—navnelf
the propriety of r,fusing a present grati6cation, in order
to procure a yet greater one in future. This is al-
most beyond the power of Fortescue; tilaugh fully
impressed with the excellence of Marian, h e can vith
difficulty resist the influence of the fascina6r4
The parents of Lucy are also anxious for, ha? ill n"
with our hero, and, encouraged by them t he yolisfg
lady uses every art to captivate her hesitat isg lover'
This part of the story is detailed with great m inuteness,
and though made to appear in some degrE ,e natural
and probable, it is certainly not pleasing, the lady
and gentleman having, as it were. changed parts.
But if the conduct of Lucy is somewhat fora yard and
deplacee, the character of Marian is very d.elicately
drawn, she is evidently a favourite with tilt; author.
He has endeavoured, and not unsucce;:e ;fully, to
illustrate in her childish devotion, th e purity
and unselfishness and other nrbler tttributes
of love. Her pleasure on rece;ving a letter
! from Fortescue is very happily described
when hardly conscious of her own feelings, she de-
scribes the happinesS of her heart to the beauty
lof the
weather " No, indeed, mother ; I never 3 .et saw
the morning that was half so fine as this. It is nt
fancy—l feel it." But we have now detailed :inn;
cient, and must leave the denouement indistur.seu:
The beginning of the first volume, befo re the real
story commences, is very interesting, and c( mtains sonle
very admirable sentiments, but the cone luding For.-
tion of the third volume, after the rea .1 interest i 5
over, is quite unworthy of the work. TI le character
and conduct of Marian's uncle, who is then intro-
duced as just arrived from India, is mo: st unnatural
and even revolting. Still we are ready to forget an
imperfections for the sake of the many .at tractions by
which they are accompanied, namely. atn long others,
the good moral and the good and ennobli n g sentiments
which the whole work inculcates; the many agree-
able characters which it introduces tc) our notice,
among whom we have forgotten to part: icularise Mrs.
' Parkyn, whose kindliness, warm-hear tedness, and
plain-spoken manner is very naturally pourtrayed•
The generous tone in which the whole to le is written,
and the bursts of earnest eloquence with which it is
interspersed—these are among the ati Iractions (:4
which " Fortescue" can boast, to whicki, let us add'
not the least—the authorship of Sheridan .Knowles.

THE LATE MR. W. MCVNFAT.
(From the Scotsman.)
In our obituary of last week we announced' the death of
this venerable and respected gentleman, wl io died at his
house, 11, Rankeillor-street, after a few days' illness'
on the 6th instant, in the eighty first year of his age'
Mr. Moffat, we believe, was the last sury lying memberd
of the society termed " Friend of the Peopl c," institute
at Edinburgh, in 1792, of which he was sec Taary. The
late Earl Grey (t.en Mr. Grey, and an a( :casiontil e°r.
respondent of Mr. Moffat) was the founi ler and 9",rh
porter of a similar institution in London. , from vvblc
originated many of the different Reform Sc .theties
wards established all over Scotland. Few men in Se'
land have done more for the cause of P'arlismentaa
reform than Mr. Moffat, who may justly be denominate
of its principal poineers. The sem° liberal Prig;
ciples which he advocated in youth he supported ,1
advanced years, and in old age he enjoyed the feii°s
of seeing the principles for which he so long contend
and for which he had suffered much, made the law °
the land. In the months of August and September!
1793, he attended the trials of Muir and Palmer, ;
their gratuitous agent, in Edinburgh and Perth ;
and
December following, early one morning, his house
taken possession of by a posse of shariff-officers.
books and papers were rummaged, a part of them seiZVs
and he himself taken a prisoner to the sheriff- e'er:,
office, where he was liberated on bail. .7..gothingt b°l4‘
ever, was found in his custody or condoilt which coil r
he considered, even in, those days of terror, eilbso
libellous or unconstitutional. His books and paPers't;il
illegally seized, were never returned, althiough rePea
applications were made for that purpose. —neither we
many of the letters which he received fro in Earl GI
and other influential persons, on the subject of
erefoo
In order to avoid similar acts of oppresoio n, Mr. Mew
was soon after compelled, hurriedly, and at consids'
sacrifice, to dispose of the little patrimony he Vesesst,h;
and remove into England, where he remained tillhil
year 1798, when he returned to Edinburgh withhaja
family. To Mr. Moffat's personal exertions roal the
great part ascribed the erection of the obelisk in ory
red
Calton Hill burying-ground, consecrated to the Me 111" o
of the Scottish political martyrs—an objet,'.endea
his feelings, and the inscription on which, lately,S.o.o
pleted, he read for the first time only a few days Pr'
his death. 'lOOl
The following paragraph, taken from the --- nyr•
aronick, March 14, 1794, will testify better than 1/30,
thing we can say as to the services rendered bY, to
Moffat:—" It always affords us the highest pleasu'ibio
give our testimony to individual virtue. It is eLt, of
account we mention the name of Mr. William M")-1--cby
Edinburgh. When Mr. Muir was abandoned a1030ni,,...
all, this gentleman remained faithful to his friendsUir
devoted much of his time to him in the nrison of P 0 iii
burgh—followed him to England, and in the burgioti'tho
Newgate, and his present situation at Portell-rdeill
administered to him every office of the most
friendship." . 41,e ele
When Mr. Muir, the political martyr, was on b"; r
of his departure for Botany Bay, he addressed a I,.aee
to Mr. Moffat, accompanied with a gold watch ando"
The following stanzas formed a portion of the letter"'

" This gift, this little gift, with heart sincere,
An exile wafted from his native land,
To friendship tried, bequeaths with many a tear,
While the dire bark still lingers on the strand
s • dit

I soon will join the dim aerial band—
This stream of life has little time to flow—
Oh. if my dying eyes thy soothing hand
Should close—enough—'tis all I ask below!
This little relic, Moffat, I bequeath,
While life remains, of friendship just and pure--
This little pledge of love, surviving death,
Friendship immortal and re-union sure!
THOMAS MUIR, ~794„''
Transport Surprise, March 12,

YEOMANRY CORPS- aof
,
A return has just been presented to the D'OnS-
t°
poin
Commons of the total expenses of the Y- 'ITa
cavalry in Great Britain, from 1842 to 1846. 411'
select the following details connected with the,pir:
lerent corps in Scotland :—ln 1842, the Al— 401
regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 27 officers, of
474 men, cost 4,4811. 4e. 4d. ; the Upper 'OW 11
Lanarkshire regiment, consisting of 4 troop
officers, and 223 men, cost 3,1.501. 14s. Inns, s_,.°
the Ayrshire regiment, consisting of 6 tr°°r-ap,P"_,_
officers, and 473 men, cost 2,823/. 19s. 7d. ; ~1001
Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, consisting 01.
13 officer?, and 248 men, cost 1,440/..155. 4d. ; in/6007a
Mid-Lothian regiment, consisting of 8 troops., ,2°,7urglill',
and 379 men, cost 1,968/. ls. 9d. In 1844, the ---Ja 47'
regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers' ~,.311004.;
men, cost 2,8231. 9s. 7d. ; the Upper Ward of
shire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 13 offifer.,llbi,n,
251 men, cost 1,3551. 12s. 10d. ; the Royal 3v'
regiment, consisting of 8 troops, 26 officers, 0.014
men, cost 1,9731. 18s. In 1545, the Ayrshire regl cot
consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers, and 475 Inenlo64
2,854/. 16s. ; the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire regl
consisting of 4 troops, 13 officers, sand 253 Inen„' CO;
1,3791. 12s. 6d. ; the Royal Mid-Lothian regialettt 40:
sistins. of 8 troops, 24 officers, and 364 Iroeoos
1,9461. 14s. In 1846, the Ayrshire regiment, c 00.100,1
of 6 troops, 26 officers, and 475 men, cost 2,8381",;54
the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, consist
4 troops, 13 officers, and 253 men, cost 1,385/. 2s' p''
the Royal Mid-Lothian regiment, consisting ot 8 I's: •
23 officers, and 357 men, cost 1,955/. 1 Is. ; the Oa
Lo:hian regiment, consisting of 2 troops, 6 office r5;000
98 men, cost 1,1811. 2s. The total charge of the a to
regiments of Great Britain, in 1842, amotlet9 0130
101,7041. ; the number of officers to 845, 911" A
totpl
number of men to 13,358. In the year 1843 theg
charge amounted to 95,470/. ; the number of ofbee i 030
893, and the number of men to 14,311. In 184 rg 00
charge amounted to 87,622/. ; the number of offic'es, :010
873, and the number of men to 14,189. In L 8 'ro to
charge amounted to 82,182/ ; the number of es' c 1846
-
884, and the number of men to 14,353. And '...llber °
the total charge amounted to 87,9481; the now
officers to 884, and the number of men to 13,818'

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VAUXHALL-GARDEN B.—The third aseen.jaii/
Gypsoa's balloon took place last evening. -1:4434-0 01'
stcnding the accident by which the first ascent rfn-tielli
tended, the intrepidity of the aeronaut and bl 5 Ae' Oaf,
valiant associates continued undiminished, sfle-pioligel7
entered the car and took their places with In ight natte:
which would have dignified a better cause. -1."-pell';
of the gentlemen amateurs were Coxwell and barge of
The ascent was certainly a fine one, and the diseilrilipiel
fireworks from the machinery beneath the ear, whirl
and effective. The balloon, or rather the
nGvawenoarrrdesyt
ehhcnb-aoe,
north-east,
considerable
ihtaad,
eltelhaorapapo
pibnptieeroaecontinued in sight a considersP to 0
thetoe tvf aeakn tracksiintriaggr t'wohfhe
tdchThhi
erecv vcfbaataist°lalKtki I:effibreldniistl it
11
„ewo
Mr. Cocking. Immediately after the ascent the t the
°
in the firework ground were commenced, and ceded;
conclusion dancing and the usual amusements s";nic ongs;;
The gardens were crowded with cornpanYt
were many persons of rank and fashon
whom firietyi
arrangements this season have produced a greeil: lot
of entertainment, and a constant succession of vary
different sorts. The great attraction in the eL'Of thhe
of the evening is the performance of the fau3l'lorislekba;
Lejars, whose horsemanship is peculiar ambitions,6ll the
arc also a number of minor exhiv 'be
Tyrolean singers, &c., all good in their kieci_be for
fineness of the evening co operated with the 0;1'i the
the extraordinary and the pleasureable to ."
grounds. 1,10 ;S:
DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO DESTRO',
GUNPOWDER.—The Government Police Ga
the offer of 150 guineas reward for the apPrebens laced
;Ate 100 of
the parties who, early on the morning of the
tilll4rof
a pound weight of blasting gunpowder on the joseP'
budroom window of the house occupied by. gr._ "rish
Robinson, farmer, of Greewell mill Hionubser,olvinntebi_apro
Pro-
eating of Ryton, in Durham, folded tightly
as to form a cartridge, with a piece of linen ,re pro-
eating with the powder, which had been `et on el i*hcd
videntially, however, the fire became self-exting
before it reached the powder. There is A
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY h • stlgar'
better feeling among
r cest the trade to-day respecting aloes
and several lots have been sold at an advan on Pr, , ted,
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not
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