The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-10 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, on a visit to Lord Segrave, at
nis seat, Berkeley Castle, Gloucester ; the Marquis and Mar-
,ehioness of Bristol, from St. James's-square, to Brighton ;
-Lord Francis Egerton, for his seat, Oatlsnds, Surrey ; J. R.
lives, Esq., from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for
Norfolk ; John Calvert, Esq., for his seat, Albury Hall,
`Hens ; Colonel and Mrs. Robbins, from Ellis's Hotel, St.
James's-street, for their scat in Hints; W. Grassett, Esq.,
from ditto, for Brighton,. Lawrence and Lady Jane Peel,
from ditto, to ditto ; Gilbert Munroe, Esq., from ditto, to
ditto ; Edward Platt, Esq., from the St. George's Hotel,
Albemarle-street, for his scat, Denise Park, Horsham ; D.
Latouche, Esq., from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for
Ireland; W. Coulson, Esq., from ditto, for Bath; Captain
and Mrs. Murray, from Raggctt's Hotel, Dover-street, for
-Brighton.

The Ministerial Papers announce that a strict inves-
tigh tion is ordered to be instituted respecting the mode in
which convict ships have been chartered of late. Perhaps
the Tublic will think it would have been as well if the
lnvest.gation bad been ordered two years ago, before so
in my- hundreds of men, women, and children had been
d: 0 wlred by that " mode."
PR/NCP; TALLEYRAND.—It is a curious fact this
Venerable- dip;pmatist only cats once in the twenty-four
hours, and that is at dinner. His habits are so well known
that he will come and sit down at table when a meal is
going- on in his own family, and join in conversation, but
ino one thinks of ever offering him anything.
An account reached town yesterday stating that
Ear/ Ferrers had lost his speech and was quite helpless,
and not the slightest hopes were entertained of his Lord-
ship's recovery.
The indisposition of Sir William Follett proceeds
seeds from the rupture of a small blood vessel ; but he is
much better, and by repose and abstaining from exertion
his health it is expected will be perfectly restored.
Prince Schwartzenbcrg has returned from Constan-
tinople, whilst his fellow-traveller, Prince Lobowitz, has
gone on to Syria. It will be remembered that these Nobles
'were said to have been dispatched by the new Emperor to.
the Levant, to report to him the true state of things there.
It is rumoured in the military circles; that Sir H.
Haedinge is to be appointed Colonel of the 57th Regiment,

vice Inglis.
Th. late Lord Vernon is succeeded in his title and
estates: by his only son, tEe lion. George John (now Lord
Vernon), born 1803, married October 20, 1824, Isabella
Caroline, eldest daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq., and
sister to Viscountess Stormont.
A majoi-ity of 100 appears in favour of the Li-
berals on the municipal registration list for Hull.—Hull
Observer.

LORD MORPETft AND THE PRESBYTERIANS.—
The Dublin Post gives the Address, recently presented from
the Presbyterian Synod of Ireland, distinguished by the
name of Seceders, with the reply of his Lordship.
Among the numerous joint stock companies now
forming is one for the improvement of Hastings, with a Ca-
pital of 200,0001.
THE TURF CLUB.—MR. RUTHVEN, M.P.—A
lineeting of the Turf Club took place on Saturday, when it
was resolved that Mr. Ruthven, M.P., should be called
upon to produce his horse Leinster, and the filly Caroline,
on the 28th of December instant, at Kildare, in order to
have the very unpleasant matter in dispute put an end to.
'Copies of the resolutions have been served upon Mr.
Ituthven. Leinster is advertised to be sold with the stud
of Mr. K. A. Ruthven, on Thursday next.—Dublin Even-
ing Mail.
It is said that a Dr. Pallas, of Saint-Omer, has
discovered a mode of extracting sugar from maize straw.
The residue of the straw may be used for making paper,
and the grain which is not used for the sugar will produce
300 f. for every 35 acres and a quarter of land.
BATH.—A new hot spring, rivalling in all respects
,those of the so long celebrated Pump-room, is said to have
ibeenlately discovered in the premises of Mr. Pinch, brewer,

ot. Kingsmcad,street.
MR. BREWSTER.—At the meeting .of the Paisley
Presbytery on Wednesday, an intimation was read to that
body by the Clerk, from Mr. Brewster, to the effect that
the .Rev. Gentleman would carry his case to the Synod,
?wing .to the informal manner in which the charge regarding
his attending the O'Connell dinner was brought forward
• 'against h igh— Glasgow Herald.
A subiect of general conversation among the upper
classes at*.Paris at this moment is a splendid service of plate .
for thirty --persons, just arrived at Paris, belonging to the
arl of Pembroke, made by Storr and Mortimer, and which
a privileged few have been permitted to visit, at his Lord-
ship's residence, at the request of the makers. Its weight is
• 8301bs. French, and its cost upwards of 700,000 francs ;
'one piece, a candelabrum, is estimated at 40,000 francs..
Its manufacture occupied the house three years. Nothing
tan exceed the beauty and delicacy of the chasing, and the
engraving of his Lordship's arms displays the most skilful
workmanship. The desert service is of silver gilt.—
Valignani.
ST. LEONARD'S, DEC. S.—This place is more
fult of company, and presents a more animated appear-
ance than at any previous part of the present season. The
lukev and Duchess of St. Albans are sojourning at Edlin's
Royal -Yietoria and St. Leonard's Hotel. They see much
company, and the Duke intends to give a day's falconry
next week. Sir Francis Burdett has been here during the
last week, and, when the weather permits, the worthy Ba-
lonet is to be seen driving four-in-hand, with all the skill
end tact of a professed Member of the Whip Club. Lady
Burdett
sea breezes of this delicate spot have had a very bene-
toial effect. The following are the latest arrivals at the
Ito,Nral Victoria and St. Leonard's Hotel, viz., Duke and
utet\ess of St. Albans, Sir Charles and Lady Des Vaux
';„ed fiaoily,
Lord and Lady Barham, Earl and Counte'a
-I-gertoo_ and family, Lady Davy, Admiral White and fa-
roily, cam_ and William Dyke, Baron de Sternberg, Mr.
and Mrs. Adair, &c. Sir Charles and Lady Des Vaux have
taken a. house on the Marina for the season.
Our readen.l will participate in the gratification
n.„'hich we feel, hearing that the Right Hon. Charles
'uennvson d'Ey-ncom4, M.P., has accepted the invitation to
!keside at a dinner to be ,given on the 21a, of January, on
the occasion of ]a ins' the iDundation-stone of the Licensed
Victuallers' Schou], in Keni*-On-lar.e. This gratification

Arises not more from the satisfaction which the presence of
this highly-esteemed and respected Gentlen= is sure to
afford to the patrons and supporters of the- Institution, that:.
from the pleasure which the public must -generally experi-
ence in the recovery from a harassing illness .of a Menthe/
of the house of Commons, whose character commands the
respect and esteem of all parties, even of his political ad-
versaries, and whose principles endear him to all the friends.
-if freedom and-good government, in• every part -of the
British Empire. We understand, that from a desire of re-
sponding to the wishes of his numerous friends and felkAs
citizens; by presiding at this dinner, the Right Hop, Gen-
tleman has deferred his excursion to Switzerland, whither
he hasll4l recommended by his physicians, for the per-
ect re-establishment of his health.—Morning Paper. -
THE ALDERMANIC GOWN OF BAiSISTIAW
WAnu.--L-Yesterday the contest for the gown of this Ward
terminated in favour of Mr. -White. The Lord Mayor
stated that the numbers were—for Mr: White, 34 ; for
Mr: Tegg, 24. 'Majority in favour of Mr. White, 10. Flis
Lordship declared, upon announcing the
.numbers, that the
election had fallen upon the formes.. 'Alderman,. White
thanked his friends for their very great exertions, whioh had
terminated in the triumph he anticipated. ••• •
PUBLIC DlNNER.—Arrangements are in a state
of /forwardness for givinc, a dinner at the. Town-hall to the
Members-ofthe borough ; this announcement will be hailed
with pleasure by our fellow townsmen. 13irolingham
Journal.

It is computed that the number of persons in 'Paris
who attend mass on Sundays -mounts to 45,000, which is
about one twentieth of the whole population.—French
Paper.
By the:death of Dr. Pelham Warren, which took
place at his seat, Worthing, HantS, a few days since, one
the largest medical practices in the metropolis comes to be
divided amonst his surviving professional brethren.

SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1836.—0 n the 15th of May
the sun will be eclipsed to an. unusual visible extent in this
country, it being what is termed annular, the sun appear-
ing like a ring ; at Greenwich, and to the whole of the south
of England 10 degrees will be eclipsed out of the
,12 ; at
three o'clock in the afternoon it will be dark enough to dis-
cern many of the stars.
A 15th share in the Con.:autionnel was sold by
auction on Monday, by the representative of the late pro-
prietor, M. Chevassut. After a very warm contest, it was
knocked down at. 166,300 f.,. which sum will be carried, by
the duties to Government and other charges, to nearly
.175,000 f. Among the west eager of the bidders was a lase
Director of the Opera, who is known to be a good judge
of this species of property.--Galignani's Messenger.
The Asiatic Society of Calcutta has sent as a pre-
sent to the Asiatic Society of Paris a copy of the Kog'i,rie;
an immense collection, in 100 volumes folio, of all the sacred
books of the Budhists. The Society thus favoured has de-
posited its prese-nt in the Cabinet of Manuscripts, at the
King's Library.—Galignanis Messenger.
PRESENTS TO THE KING OF ENGLAND.—His
Highness the Nawab Nazim Bahadoor of Bengal is going
to send to his Majesty the King of England a few valua-
bles and curiosities of the country, on the Bth or 10th of
November next, under the charge of two of his English
aides-de-cancp. The names of these gentlemen are not yet
known ; but an order to that effect has been passed in open
•Durbar by his Highnesi. The presents, it is said, are to
be very rich, handsome, and worthy the acceptance of the
great potentate for whom they are intended, and fully
manifesting the high sense of respect entertained for the
hewd of the English nation by his Highness the Nawab.—
East India Paper.
INCENDIARISM.—The following information was
received yesterday at the police establishments :—On Sa-
turday evening, the 2lst ult., an oat-stack was set fire to
in the rick-yard in the occupation of Mrs. Ann Holt, near
the Church, at E Igce.tt, Buckinghamshire, by which were
entirely destroyed, two stacks of oats, two of wheat, one
of beans, one of hay, besides other agricultural produce,
the property of Mrs. Holt,• and also a barn and hovel,
the property of the Rev. Dr. Marsham (Warden of Mer-
ton College, Oxford). A reward of 100/. by the Lords of
the Treasury, and 501. each by Mrs. Holt and Dr. Marsham,
have been offered, and the Royal pardon promised to any
person (except the actual incendiary) who shall give such
evidence as may be the means of bringing the guilty parties
to justice.

There is at present at Chatsworth,- the seat of his
Grace the Duke or Devonshire, a Russian coachman, who
was presented to his Grace by the present Emperor of
Russia, when Grand Duke Nicholas. He is habited in the -
costume of his country, Which consists of a large coat, gene-
rally green, which is gathered in falds round the waist,
crimson sash, with an ample flow of black beard. His Grace
is often driven about by this domestic, when at his seat, in
a drosky, which equipage has a very curious appearance,
being Mate entemble a la Russienne.—Doncaster Gazette
THE ROYAL GEORGE.—In a late notice of the.
success of Mr. Deane's (the diver) attempts to raise-a por-
tion of the stores contained in this vessel, it was stated
that only two persons were then living who were on
board at the time she went down, one of whom was the
present Admiral Sir Philip Henderson Durham ; the name
of the other survivor was not mentioned ; but we presume
it must have been Mark Brown, who had for many years
resided at ShottiSham, in Norfolk, and who was an ar-
mourer in the crew of the Royal George at the time. He
was an intelligent old man, and gave a very vivid descrip-
tion of the awful scene. He was on the deck when she
began to fill, and climbed over the gunwale on to the side
of the vessel ; and for a period of five minutes, or more,
while she was filling with water, he witnessed, by looking
through the port-holes, the struggles and exertions made
by the devoted crowds between decks to ss.ve themselves
from their impending fate. As soon as she had filled, the
vessel righted and went down. Brown went down by the
side of her, but was immediately thrown up to the surface,
as he supposed, by the air rushing out of the port-holes ;
he succeeded in catching at a floating hammock, and was
afterwards picked up. He was at sea for many years
afterwards, and eventually settled at the above place,
where he brought up a large family, one of whom is now
the landlord of the White Lion Inn, at Sawbridgeworth.
He died at Shottisham, on the 27th of September last, at
the age of 84.—Hertford Reformer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY.—The workmen
engaged in taking down the premises on the north side of
Little Eastcheap, in order to widen that hitherto narrow
and inconvenient thoroughfare, have discovered in the ex-
cavation of the site on which the late Weigh House Cha-
pel was constructed, the original foundation of the Church
of St. Andrew Hubbard, which was destroyed in 1666 by
the great fire of London. That eventful conflagration
commenced within fifty yards of this spot, and destroyed a
large portion of the neighbouring church of St. Mary-at-
Hill, which, however, was afterwards repaired, and the
parish of St. Andrew Hubbard united to it, the latter
church never having been rebuilt. Last week the work-
men having removed the -foundations of the chapel which
was built above a century and a half ago, found the walls of
the old church, which are composed of limestone in un-
hewn masses, in two parallel lines, the interstices being
filled with a composition of river sand, small stones, and
lime, the sand bearing by far the largest proportion in the
composition. The foundation of the walls were above six
feet in thickness, and the workmen found much difficulty
in breaking up the immense masses of concrete of which
the inner portion of the walls were composed, immense iron
wedges and sledge hammers being employed with great
labour in reducing the composition to a portable size for
removal. In fact, the composition of the remains of the
old church show that it would have almost bid defiance to
the attacks of time, had not the all-destroying element
caused its premature destruction. The remains are even
now well worthy of the notice of the antiquary. An im-
iense quantity of human bones have been found during the
excavation, which, there is no doubt, are the remains of
bodies deposited in the old church at a period antecedent
to the great fire, no burials ever having taken place at this
snot since that event. Several cart loads of these relics of
our forefathers have been removed to a private burial ground
in Whitechapel, and we arc happy to say all due respect
has been paid to decency and good feeling by those in di-
rection of the works.
DESPERATE RonnEnst.—On Tuesday afternoon
last, a man, named Still, aged about 70 years, went into a
beer-shop at Hever, near, Sevenoaks, where he met with
two women and a man. After some conversation, one of
the women boasted that she could drink a quart of beer in
two minutes, if any one-would give it to her. The land-
lady consequently gave a quart, which she drank within the
titre, and also drank another quart given her by some other
person, and 4 pint given her by Still immediately afterwards.
The party then inquired the way to Eden-bridge ; the old
man told them, and said that he was shortly going that
way. The man and one woman started, leaving the woman
who bad drunk the beer apparently in a fit. The old man
went shortly afterwards, was joined by the woman, and
walked with her till they overtook the man and the other
woman sitting by the road-side. They all proceeded to-
gether, till Still turned off the road to go to his home by
a foot-path, when the party followed him, beat him on the
head with a bludgeon till he was nearly senseless, and
robbed him of three sovereigns and about seven
They were afterwards apprehended at Riverhead, at about
tea o'clock on the same night, and fully committed for tOal
on the next morning.--21-qiclilone Gazelle. .

THE LOST SHIP LILLOISE.—A third expedition
in search of the LiThise is about to be fitted out. The
Recierche is to set sad for Iceland and Che North Sea in
the spring. - The Mini.-4er of the Marine, satisfied' with
the results of the first voyage, in a scientific point of view,
has ordered the publication of the report by Dr. Gaimard,
the chief pb)Sician and naturalist of the expedition ; but'
it will probably not appear until after the next voyage.

..

THE SUN, LONDON, THITIRSOAY, DECEMBER 10.

The Minister is desirous of exploring the. western coast of
Greenland, with -the twofold object of completing the in-
quiries relative to..the Lilloise, and of making observations
in natural philosophy and natural history. The Bonite will
sail from, Toulon between the 15th and 20th instant, on
a voyage round the word. After having doubled Cape
Horn, that vessel will visit Chili, Peru, California, the
Archipelagos of the Ocean, the Philippine Islands, and
Cochin China, returning by the Cape of Good Hope.
This voyage was first projected for the purpose of convey-
ing
some of the French Consuls to their destinations, but
the Minister of the Marine .has seen that a result of two-
fold.utility might be obtained ; he has therefore appointed.
M. Gaudichaud the naturalist, and M. Eydoux a naval sur-
geon, with another gentleman who is an astronomer, to form
part of the expedition, for the purpose of nautical and
scientific observations. . .

It is confidently stated that another election is ;on
the -eve of taking place at Devizes, consequent upon the
appointment of Sir Philip Durham to the post of Port
Admiral at Portsmouth, which we hear is resolved upon.
Rumour assigns several . candidates . for the expected `va-
cancy ; among thein Mr. Locke, the son of the late Mem-
l'er.—Salisbury Herald.
IRISH CLERGY.—A meeting in behalf of the dis-
tressed Irish Clergy was held at Whitchurch, Salop, on
Thursday last, Lord Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., in the
Chair.

STATE OF PORTUGAL.—LISBON, Nov. 29,_
Some murders have taken place in the provinces within
these few days. The murderer in one instance was no less
a personage than a high Church dignitary.
TUE JERSEY TRAGEDY.—An attempt has been
made to liberate Marin, the man accused of the murder of
Miss Bethell. It appears that a woman, in the course of
Wednesday last, attempted to bribe the jailor and his wife.
A guard is now mounted, and will continue till the trial is
terminated.

~THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD.

_ (From the Newcastle Journal.)
- EXTEMPORE EFFUSION.
Upon reading in the Newcastle Journal the notice of thz. dent
of the poet, James Hogg.

When first, descending from the moorlands,
I saw the stream of Yarrow glide
Along a bare and open valley,
The Ettrick Shepherd was my guide.
When last along its banks I wander'd,
Through groves that had begun to shed
Their golden leaves upon the pathways,
My steps the 13ot der Minstrel led.
The mighty Minstrel breathes no longer,
'Mid mouldering ruins low he lies;
And death, upon :he braes of Yarrow,
Has closed the Shepherd-Poet's eyes.
Nor has the r(3lling year twice measured,
From sign to sign, his steadfast course,
Since every mortal power of Coleridge
Was frozen at its marvellous source.
The rapt one, of the Godlike forehead,
The heaven-eyed creature, sleeps in earth ;
And. Lamb, the frolic and the gentle,
Has vanished from his lonely hearth.
Like clouds that rako the mountain summits,
Or waves that own no curbing hand,
How faSt has brother followed brother
From sunshine to the sunless land !
Yet I, whosa lids from infant slumbers
Were earlier raised, remain to hear
A timid voice, that asks in whispers,
Who next will drop and disappear ?"
Our haughty lie is crowned with darkness,
Like London with its own black wreath,
On which, with thee, 0 Crabbe, forth-looking
I gazed from Hampstead's breezy heath ;
As if but yesterday departed,
Thou, too, art gone before ; yet why
For ripe fruit seasonably gathered
Should frail survivors heave a sigh ?
No more of old romantic sorrows
For slaughter'd youth and love-lorn maid,
With sharper grief is Yarrow smitten,
And Ettrick mourns with her their Shepherd dead !
WM. WORDSWORTH.

• The Jersey Farmers, following the example of their
neighbours, are petitioning the States for a prohibition of
French produce, and for other measures to protect the
agriculture of the country. They especially complain that
the exportation to England of potatoes, which are the prin-
cipal agricultural produce of the country, is now at an end,
owing to our extensive cultivation of the.root.
MR. AGLIONBY.—The very active partwhich M.
Aglionby took in the Committee upon the Beer Bill, and
the bold and uncompromising stand which he made in fa-
vour of the retailers of beer, as a class whom it was the
fashion to rail against, and the interest of the " unpaid". to
put down, has not been overlooked by his constituents, On
Wednesday last a handsome silver snuff box was presented
to him.—Whitehaven Herald.
WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—
On Monday last the anniversary meeting of this Association
was held in the Crown Hotel, Broad-street, Worcester, Sir
Anthony Lechmere, Bart., in the Chair. The Earl of
Coventry, who was present, made a speech, advocating a
change of the currency as the only remedy for the distress
of the agriculturists, and was followed in the same strain by
Mr. Spooner and other gentlemen. A motion having been
made and seconded, to the effect that the Association
should send a deputation to the Central Agricultural Board
in London, it was put from the Chair Ind carried unani-
mously. The company afterwards dined together in another
room of the Hotel.
MECIIANICS' INSTITUTE AT BRENTFORD.—A
very numoroas and respectable meeting of the inhabitants
of Brentford was held on Monday evening at the British
School Room, for the purpose of establishing a Mechan!cs*
Institution for that town and neighbourhood. All persons
present were unanimous in their approval of the design,
and regretted that so populous a neighbourhood, and so
important a r 1 Ice as the Metropolitan county town, had
been so tardy in the contemplation of such ah object.
The chair was filled by the Rev. Edward Tvluscutt, and the
several resolutions were proposed and seconded by ;Thomas
Berry Rowe, Esq. (who was appointed Treasurer), J.
Hemmings, Esq. (President of the Marylebo:ie Literary
Institution), James Montgomery, Esq., James Trimmer,
Esq., Rev. J. S. Geary, J. Ashby, Esq., Messrs. Craig,
Boatems, Layton, Readshaw, Cox, Cunnington, Cross,
Mastermani and Swattan. It was determined that the In-
stitution should commence its existence on the 21st instrnt,
and a provisional committee was appointed to draw up the
rules and regulations to be submitted to the members on
that occasion. The universal sanction which the undertak-
ing meets with from all parties, inspires the most sanguine
hopes of its success.
BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL -MALL.—The
private view of the copies from the great masters took place
yesterday at this gallery. The most strik ng picture in the
place is the " Venus and Cupid," by Paul Veronese, a beau-
tiful piece of colouring, though the Venus has little preten-
sions to be called the goddess of beauty. There are several
copies of this picture, but they approach the original in nc-
thing but the mere outline, and are but poor specimens of
the progress of fine art. Opposite to this picture is tl e
portrait of the " Marquis Spinola," by Vandyck—a aux])
portrait, and not badly copied by a Mr. Pybus -and a Mr.
Hall. The copies are, however, at an immeasurable dis-
tance f:orn the original. " Titian's Daughter' is a beautifu'
picture, well copied by a Mr. Thomas Robson, and also is
a joint pro lucton of Misses F. and L. Corboulcl. Toe last is
in water coloars, but has all the expression of the original.
" Philip 1V.," by Velasquez, shows with what an execrable
set of features the painter has to contend. There are se-
veral bad paraphrases of this portrait, but nothing that can
be called a copy. " The Head of Christ," by Murillo, is
beautifully painted. The best copies are by Messrs. Ave •
ling and 'Scott. " Sampson discovering the Honeycomb,'
or rather eating the honey it contains, by Guereino, is wel
copied by Mr. G. G. Bullock and by Mr. T. Fussell. There
is opposite to this pa'nting a fine portrait of " a Monk
reading," by Rembrandt, which has been tolerably well cc-
pied by Mr. H. Johnson, and by some others. The copies
arc of course but faintly imbued with the extraordinary
merits of the original. The " Crucifixion," by Vandyck, is
badly copied, and the author of the copy would do well to
remove his production. The " Shipwreck of St. Paul," by
Backhuysem, is tolerably well imitated by a Mr. Butland
and a Mr. Fowler ; but, taking the exhibition as a whole, it
is a very indifferent specimen of native talent, and though
some of the copies are what is technically called "clever,'
there's little to attract and little to praise.

Rydal Mount, Nov. 30, 1835.
Note—ln the above is an expression borrowed from a Sonnet
by Mr. G. Bell, the author of a small volume of poems lately
printed at Penrith. Speaking of Skiddaw, he says, " Yon
dark cloud ' rakes,' and shrouds its noble brow." These
poems, though incorrect often in expression and metre, do ho-
nour to their unpretending author; and may be added to the
number of proofs daily occurring, that a finer perception of the
appearances of nature is spreading through the humbler classes
of society.

FlEBClll.—Amongst the preparations making at
the Luxemb urg, for the trial of Fieschi, is that of arranging
the implements of the prisoner's crime, so as to serve as re- .
ference to the members of the Conk. • The infernal ma-
chirie itself, so long the attraction of visitors in the apart-
ments of the parquet, at the Palais de Justice, has been
put completely together, and fixed in its original position t
a window. By the side of the machine are an iron ramrod,
a hammer, a mallet, a saw, and the fatal match half bulled,
also four balls taken from the bodies of the victims. With
the cord by which Fieschi descended from the window are
a piece of iron which he hold in one hand, and a cat-o-nine-
tails, of which the end of each thong contains a leaden
bullet. The trunk, so much talked of, is in a corner of
the room, with what papers were found.
MR. O'CONNELL AND CREEDS IN RELIGION.—
We give the following extracts from a letter addressed by•
the Hon. Member for Dublin to " Philo-Liberal." It is
the first reply ever made by Mr. O'Connell to an anony-
mous letter, and he promises that it will be the last
" You say that there are points in the Catholic religion
which are 'anti-scriptural' and anti-christiam: I smile in
sadness at your notions. There is not one human virtue
that Catholicity does not encourage, and indeed ordain to
be performed. Our doctrine of the necessity of good
works' places our faith amongst the powerful stimulants—
I should say, renders it the most powerful stimulant—to.
tucsa who become the benefactors, of mankind. And•-‘as to
tenets being anti-scriptural,' alas! my good Sir, bow fright-
ful does individual interpretation of Scripture—holy Scrip-
ture present itself when the Lutheran finds his doctrines
the only Scriptural doctrines ? The Calvinist varies from
the Lutheran, yet finds his the only Scriptural doctrines ;
the Baptist, the Ana-Baptist, the Independent, do Mora-
vian, the Quaker, the Antinomian, aye, and the Arian as
well as the Soc►nian, interpret the Scriptures each in his
own favour ; each condemns the belief of his antagonist as
anti-scriptural, unless, indeed, the horrors of controverted
interpretation are sunk in the deeper gloom of indifference
to each form or creed, although we are told from authority
that without faith it is not possible to please God. But
you in your turn may smile-when I tell you that the
tenet which most separates us Catholics from- you Protes-
tants of one thousand and one forms of belief, is the most
Scriptural of all—l mean the real presence' in the Eucha-
rist. You appeal to Scripture for every thing, and you shut
out the Scripture, or mystify it, at your discretion, into
vain shadows, on this most awful and most endearing tenet.
Blessed be God that I have the delight to believe in the
real presence. It is the most endearing of the tics which
bind man to his God. It is the tenet that is proclaimed in
the greatest number of texts. You Protestants disclaim it,
notwithstanding its volume of Scripture: You say with t'le
doubting disciples, It is a hard saying ; how can this min
give us his flesh to -eat ?' 'Alas! you forget, that whilst He
refused to compromise the truth, his unhappy disciples left
him for ever, and it was but the chosen few who remained
with him, believing. he had the words of eternal life. I sat
►loirn to write you one line. But my pen has run on with
my thoughts, and quite as fast. I cannot conclude witlrout,
hazarding a conjecture, that the tenets of Catholicity w:iieli
you deem unchristian' and anti-scriptural,' are no tJaets
of ours at all, and that you- could to-morrow become an
excellent Catholic without believing them in any resaect.
At least, the frequency of attacks upon doctrines we do not
believe, attributing them to us, as a matter not in the con-
troversy, makes me prone to conjecture, that your time will
be worse than thrown away in the assault of giants to you,
windmills to us."