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ARRIVALS.

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DEATHS FROM CHOLERA.--Sergeant
CAMERON, of the N division, was in attendance on Monday
as a witness at the Ohl Bailey Sessions, and on his return
home he was seized with cholera, and died in about half
an hour after. Mr CROOKS, a re pectable solicitor in
the City-road, died the same day of cholera.
Yesterday afternoon, between three and four
o'clock, the chambers of Mr. Baron BOLLAND, in Ser-
geant's Inn, were broken into and robbed during the ab-
sence of his Lordship's clerk. The thieves took away about 151. in cash, leaving'everything else untouched.
HUNTINGDON, JULY 7.—(FROM A COR-
RESPONDENT.)—The friends of Mr. WELLS and Captain
bIIBERLY have been very successful in their canvass, and
appear confident of being able to return both these gentle-
men. Messrs. POLLOCK and PEEL have both issued their
addresses to the electors, in which they avow their in-
tention of calling upon them as soon as the Boundary Bill
is .ettled, ft is to be hoped that the new consituency of
Huntingdon and Godmanchester will to a man oppose
those men who would have prevented their ever enjoying
the elective franchise.
We renTet to find that several well-authen-
ticated cases of cholera, some of the most malignant type,
have reached us within the last few days as having oc-
curred both in the city, particularly in the vicinity of
Cheapside, and other parts of the metropolis. The
Patients in the greater part of these cases have been per-
antis of the better classes, in easy and affluent circum-
stances. The proportion of deaths has been fully as great
8' when the epidemic raged a few months since among
the poorer classes.
A NONDESCRIPT.--At the corner of a street
I encountered an object whose looks could only in a slight
degree claim kindred with our common nature—a very
tatterdemalion of a man. His garb, or covering, con-
sisted only of three pieces—a hat without a crown, from
the top of which his coal-black hair and the bowl of a
broken pipe protruded ; a seaman's coat was gathered
round him, and kept together at the middle by a rope-
Yarn below a pair of short canvass yunmouths—this
Was all. For the rest, he was (likely enough) just what
nature had intended him. His beard, some three months'
growth, " showed like a stubble field," as the Bard of
Avon strangely, but quaintly, bath it, «at harvest home."
tie did not beg—nor was he sleeping—nor sitting—nor
q
I,nloking, for his pipe was gone out. Now, what was he
r uing, think ye ? He was walking like a crab to one side;
eading a Penny Mag.—Morning Advertiser.
FOUR DEATHS BY UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
....Friday evening an inquiry took place before Mr.
BAKER, at the Black Boy public-house, Whitecross.street,
uching the decease, under very awful cireumstanz,es, of
4 person who kept a coal-shed in that street, named ALEX-
ANDER A RCHBA LD, his Wife, and their two children.
Their malady had all the characters of the disease termed
qelera, and the cases being reported, they were •isited by
a number of medical gentlemen, including some of the
nfficers of the Board of Health ; but the whole of the pa-
tients died within twenty-four hours. Mr. SMITH, a sur-
geon, stated that they were decided cases of cholera, the
Origin of which, however, was clearly traced to the un-
Wholesomeness of the food eaten by the deceased. Aactt-
*lan, upon his death-bed, declared his firm conviction to
the persons who attended him, that the illness of himself
and family was owing solely to the unwholesomeness of
he food upon which they had been living, such as fish in a
Putrid state, and other bad food, which poverty had in-
duced them to purchase at a cheap rate. Tile Jury,
4tiding that the deaths had resulted from disease, returned
la verdict accordingly, and in a few minutes a'ter th
Yerdictent was pronounced, the bodies were carried away for
It'tgrna.

LIT ERATURE.

WESTMINSTER REVIEW, No. XXXIII.

There is more variety, a greater show of ela-
borate, well-written essays, in this number, than
in almost any we have yet seen of the Westmin-
ster. Each contributor seems to have put forth
his full strength. Nothing is slurred over, no-
thing dismissed till the subject has been fairly
worked out. "On Political Economy," is a
notice of Dr. Chalmers' late Dissertation on
that dull branch of literature, or science, or what-
ever else it may be called. The notice is penned
in a spirit of much research and animation, and
were the subject at all interesting, would be
rendered highly so by this writer—

" Si Pergama possent
Defendi dextra, etiam hAc defensa fuissent."

" The Adventures of a Younger Son" is a
review, accurate, but rather too much on the eu-
golistic side, of Mr. Trelawney's recently pub-
lished autobiographical sketches. The tale is
certainly a spirited one, full of incident and
variety, and in passages exhibiting some of the
rare gems of true eloquence ; still it is on the
whole repulsive, and our sympathies are sus-
pended during its perusal. " Jacotot's System
of Education" is a clever attack on the principles
and persuasions of the most recent quack
schoolmaster that has sprung up in the prolific
French capital. His system is pronounced to be
an arrant humbug, and he himself to be singu-
larly " remarkable in his ignorance of the human
mind." The next article of note is one entitled
" Vane and Bunyan," which is remarkable for
the apt and eloquent manner in which it is
introduced. Ample justice is done to the shade
of Sir Harry Vane, who is defended, as with a
stout quarter-staff, against the calumnies of his
murderer Clarendon and the sneering inuendoes
of Hume. The Reviewer subjoins a specimen of
a prayer composed by Vane on the night pre-
vious to his execution, which is really as beau-
tiful a composition of the kind, thoughtful,
earnest, dignified, full of pathos and sublimity,
as any prayer we ever read. " Lord Dover's
Life of Frederick the Second" is a delightful
historical sketch. The character of Frederick's
shrewd but tyrannical father is well portrayed.
by the Reviewer, nor is less exact justice
awarded to the military and statesmanlike ac-
complishments of the son. The cursory details
of Frederick's legal code, and the way in which
it worked are worthy of extract; but space and
time forbid, so we must hurry on. " Washing-
ton Irving's Alhambra" is an agreeable and
favourable notice of a very agreeable work, over
which its accomplished author has profusely
strewed all the enchantments of style and fancy.
" Catiline's Conspiracy" is notable for the ad-
mirable portrait of Cicero, who is drawn with
the hand of a master. The article is penned in
a most Gracchus-like spirit, with an evident im-
patience of the aristocratic predilections of the
equestrian Order of Rome. We extract the sketch
of the illustrious Roman orator.

" Cicero was the first of the second order of great
minds. An extraordinary variety of talent, rather than
any preeminence of original genius, is his characteristic.
It is attested by a wonderful extent and diversity of infor-
mation, acquired amidst the daily occupations of a very
laborious life, and almost enabling him to accomplish the
great object of his ambition, which was in his single per-
son to maintain the cause of Roman against the whole of
Grecian literature. His written contributions to the infor-
mation and delight of mankind, are almost as extensive as
Aristotle's. Every page is the efflorescence of a capacious
mind which embraced the whole circle of arts and sciences,
which surveyed life with the comprehension of a philo-
sopher, and the shrewdness of a man of the world. But
Cicero's mind was not of primitive formation. He was
the inventor of no great style, he was the bold and original
investigator of no one department, nor is there any one in
which supremacy could be claimed for him. He resem-
bled the athlete in Longinus, who was inferior to his coin-
petitors respectively in their peculiar provinces, but was on
the whole, and with regard to the universality of his ac-
cotnplishments, superior to any. In severity of thought
and abstract reasoning he must yield to Aristotle ; he has
scarcely approached the sailing flight of Plato's splendid
speculations—indeed, in a remarkable passage of the De
Uratore he declares them to be beyond his sphere ; in
oratory, in resistless oratory, Demosthenes vindicates his
decided preeminence above him and the whole world; in
those qualities that form a great statesman, in solid judg-
ment, in immovable purpose, in enlargement of views and
rapidity of decision, lie is not to be compared to Demos-
thenes or Pericles among the Greeks, with Csar among
the Romans, with Chatham, Burke, or Napoleon among
the moderns. As a politician his defects are most strik-
ing, for his turn lay best for speculation ; and nothing so
clearly and decisively detects lurking lbws in a man's
judgment as the conduct of public affairs during ' the joints
and flexures' of troubled times, when the operation of new
principles is convulsing society, or the decay of old ones is
resolving all into their original elements. For such a
charge he possessed neither the requisite moral or physical
courage, the solidity of principle and purpose, nor the
promptitude of judgment which is necessary toiEntsedexiaetcetli-
tion. Sprung from the ranks of the people, immediately
connected with the equestrian order, undisputed chief o
eloquence in a state where it always exerted great autho-
rity, a noble theatre was open to him, had he possessed the
qualities to tread it with dignity and effect ; the fate of Rome
was in his hands, if in the hands of any man. Had he
taken counsel from justice or prudence, and conciliated the
mass of the population to the government by removing the
causes of that discontent which existed like a chronic
earthquarke under the foundations of the city, authority
would have been established on a broad, low, sure foun-
dation, which would have defied alike violence and in-
trigue, or rather rendered their employment perfectly hope-
less. Ilad he placed the authority of the senate on the
' strong base and building' of the people's love, all would
have revolved round it in sweetness and harmony, and the
very forces which, wanting the attraction of that great
centre, hurried the respective bodies into empty space,
would have merely impressed on them the energy and di-
rection necessary for a magnificent system. He bad seen
the Gracehi, Marius, Cinna, even Glaucia and Saturninus,
raised to importance by the popular wrongs. He bad
seen that each of them was gifted with the most exciting
eloquence by the oppression of the aristocracy, that he
was adopted by the people at first through hopes of re-
dress, and then, as increasing want, persecutions, and
massacres exasperated them, through the single hope of
immense vengeance ; yet neither history' nor his own ex-
perience could teach him. These successive phenomena
lie treated as so many superficial eruptions ; he entered into
a war of sympto:ns, instead of exploring the vast bed of
disease that ran through the constitution; and stimulated
nature to such efforts in order to get rid of it."
" Galt's Radical" is a far too soft and flat-
tering review of the most intolerably stupid book
that has appeared this year. " Galt's Radical"
is equal to " Galt's Tragedies," which last would
seem to have been written with a pen dipped in
laudanum, " Present State of France" is an
impartial estimate of the several leading parties
that have sprung up in Paris since the revolution
of 1830. " Prospects of Reform" are cleverly
and pungently written, and putil.l. ortoi. some service-
able, practical hints to Reformers of all shades
and classes. We conclude as we began, with
the remark that the present number is a
capital one. I

----
The Duke of BORDEAUX and several other
distinguished individuals belonging to the French Court of
Holyrood visited this city on Monday afternoon, with a
splendid equipage and numerous attendants. We under-
s,and the party are on a tour to the Highlands.—Perth-
shire Courier.

VICE CHANCERY COURT.--:(THIS DAY

His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied
the whole morning with the part-heard case of " Oal,e
and Walker," which was of no importance to the public.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.

In the ca,e " Lomax v. Jadis," which we reported
yesterday, Mr. Shee, the plaintiff's Counsel, applied to
his Lordship for judgment during the vacation. His
Lordship said " in a month ;" but on being told by Mr.
Shee (Counsel for defendant) that proceedings were now
pending in Chancery, and that before next term the de-
fendant would have good grounds' for an application for a
new trial, on the ground of a conspiracy between the
plaintiff and other parties connected with these bill
transactions, his Lordship refused to interfere, so that
judgment was not granted.

ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

MEYERS V. CHANNON.

The plaintiff and the defendant in this case were the
wives of a person named Meyers, who being entitled to a
sum of money in the Funds, in 1802 committed a felony,
for which he was sentenced to be transported for seven
years. The fund, by law, became the property of the
Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, in
consequence of the conviction ; they assigned their interest
over to the Sheriffs, who gave up all claim in favonr
of Meyers, by deed, in the year 1814, to which the
Sheriffs of London were paties ; Meyers gave this fund to
trustees, for the benefi tof the defendant, his second wife, and
her children. The plaintiff (the first wife) by whom he had
only one child, and with whom Myers had long ceased to
live, insisted that she was entitled to the fund, that
Meyers had been deceived into his second marriage by the
falsehood of his brother-in-law, who had told him the
plaintiff was long since dead. The principal
point in the case was the competency of Myers to execute
the deed in question.
His HONOUR thought enough was now before the
Court to enable it to decide that point, and ordered the
case to stand over for a few days.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.-(THIS DAY.

MISS BAGSTER'S CASE.

This morning, on the sitting of the Court, a discus-
sion took place respecting the necessity of calling further
evidence. Mr. POLLOCK said, the case might be taken
as one which was undefended, and as he and his Learned
Friend (Mr. Law) had both addressed the Court, there
was no necessity of calling any further evidence.
The JURY expressed their intention to be guided by
the opinion of the Court, and that was given in favour of
hearing other witnesses.

Dr. Morrison, President of the College of Surgeons,
Edinburgh, was examined at very great length. He had
visited Miss Blgster four times, and took copious notes of
the several conversations with her, which he read to the
Court, and the answers of Miss B. seemed rational. She
spoke of novels in a way that shewed she understood them,
and pointed out those characters which most delighted her ;
she gave her opinion of Sir Walter Scott's productions, and
expressed great concern at the illness of that celebrated
author. In speaking of arithmetic, witness said he had
daughters who were as ignorant of it as herself—and on
a aubsequent visit she asked how his daughters were. He
put down a sovereign, a shilling, and a sixpence, and she
told their relative value, hut she said she did not know how
many pence there were in each piece. She said she did
not wish to leave Mr. Newton; that she liked him; and
that it was previously arranged between them to elope ;
that they were to have gone off on the Thursday, but it was
wet, and the following day was Good Friday ; that on the
Saturday Miss Clayton kept so close to her that she
was afraid she should not be able to get away,
but at last she managed it very cunningly, by say-
ing to her, " It looks very odd for us two girls
to be walking alone, " I will go and take hold of a gentle-
man's (or Mr. Newton's) arm." That she then got
away. After reading the whole of his notes, the witness
said, that from what he could judge she was not of un-
sound mind, but that her ignorance of many things arose
rather from a defect in her education, than from a want
of capacity.
The COURT then rose for a short time.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JULY 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailel the Briton,
for Singapore.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived off
port the Eagle, Hill, from America; Lord Raffles, Tucker,
from London, I,r Bombay.
FALMOUTH, JULY 9.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W., fresh
breezes and squally.—Arrived the Echo steam-packet,
from Lisbon, sailed the 3d instant; his Majesty's ship
Leveret sailed from Lisbon the 30th ult. for Falmouth,
with the mail ; Welcome, Paul, from London for Mau-
ritius ; Adelaide, Clarke, from Macao ; and Water Witch,
Helyer, from Naples. Sailed the Recovery, Welbank, for
Bengal ; and Meteor steam-packet, for the Mediterranean.
MARGATE, JULY 10.—Arrived the Hope, Matthews,
from Trinidad.

COWES, JULY 10.-Arrived the Pantheon, More, from
Matanz ts.

LivEnrooL, JULY 9.—Arrived the Diamond, Todd,
and Aspasia, Bennett, from New Orleans ; Majestic, Eas-
terbrook, from Mobile ; Sir Watkin Spencer, from Tri-
nidad ; Tiffin, Dryden, from }Barbados; Hope, Hether-
ington, from New York ; Arthemis, Sparks, Lord John
Russell, Ritchie, and Sir John Beresford, Boag, from Mon-
treal ; Sappho, Day, from Prince Edward's Island ;
Henry, Grathams, from St. John's, N.B. ; Corsair, Jen-
kinson, from Halifax; and the Patriot, from Alexandria.
Off port, the Britannia, from Miramichi.

TORBAY, JULY 9.—Arrived the Caroline, Barnard,
from Lisbon.

Pans Tow, JULY 9.—Arrived the Spring Flower,
Brown, from Quebec.

Arrived off the Start, the Robert Morris, -, from
Phil ide Iphia.
The Lady Fitzherbert arrived off Dover, from Jamaica ;
came through the Gulf, and experienced very severe wea-
ther for two nights and a day off Havannah ; on the 10th
ult, fell in with the David Lyon, Duke of Bronte, Wil-
liam Bryan, and about twenty others, many of them Ame-
rican ; on the 29th spoke the William, of Cork, bound to
Quebec, out five weeks, in lat. 46. long. 43. W., had lost
her main-top-mast and head of mizen-mast.