The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-01 00:00:00

NEW MOATHLY MAGAZINE.

Of the strange contradiction that puzzl'd my mind.

" Chase, mystical being !" I cried, " this suspense ;
How comes it thou'rt blacken'd by every tongue,
When in truth, thou'rt the champion, the hope, the de-

fence,
Of the king and the beggar, the old and the young ?"
" Thou bast witness'd," he answered (his voice and his
face
Were all that is musical, bland, and benign,)
." Not a tithe of the blessings I shed on the race,
Who my form and my attributes daily malign.
" All distinctions of fortune, of birth, of degree,
Disappear, where my levelling banner I wave ;
From his desolate dungeon the captive I free ;
His fetters I strike from the suffering slave.
" And when, from their stormy probation on earth,
The just and the righteous in peace I dismiss,
I give them a new and a more glorious birth,
In regions of pure and perennial bliss."
" Let me bless thee," I cried, " for thy missions of love ;
Oh ! say to what name shall I fashion my breath ?"
" The Angel of Life is my title above ;
But short-sighted mortals have christened me Death !"

AINS WORTH'S MAGAZINE.
In the present chapters of the editor's novel of " St.
James's" we have a passing glimpse of the notorious
Doctor Sacheverell, a shallow blustering bigot, who
would never have been heard of beyond the street in
which he lived, had not the suicidal policy of the
Whigs elevated him for a lime into a martyr. The
history of this High Church quack's triumphal pro-

gress through the western counties of England is the
most ridiculous that can possibly be conceived. He
travelled in first rate style in a carriage and four, and
was received by the thick-headed squires at whose
houses he lodged on his road, with honours scarcely
inferior to those which would have been paid to a
sovereign prince. As he was not very particular in
money matters, he made a point of borrowing as
much loose cash as his entertainers could con-
veniently spare him ; but, when the promised day of
re-payment came round, behold, the Doctor was not to
be found. .Abiit—excessit--evasit—erupit ; in plain
English, he had bolted ! His story is a difficult one
for a novelist to handle with any hope of effect, and, ac-
cordingly, Mr. Ainsworth judiciously contents himself
with just slightly glancing at it. lhe " Wrong Om-
nibus" is a strange story, supposed to be told by a
lunatic, respecting a murder which he imagined he
had committed, and for which he requested as a
particular favour that he might be hanged. His
commendable wish, however, was not complied with,
and he was shut up instead within the four walls of
Bedlam. In the critical notice of "Jesse's Life of
Beau Brummell," the reviewer states that " the
qualities which made this prince of fops what he was,
were impudence without limit, and selfishness
without scruple." Brummell must have had
other and rarer qualities than these, or he
never would have ruled so long as a dictator
at the West-end. Wit, or if not wit,
great readiness of repartee we know he had; but he
must have had also imperturbable self-possession,
quick insight into character, and a power of turning
to his own advantage the weaknesses of those with
whom he associated. These are requisites far supe-
rior to those usually found in the mere fop, and will
go far to account for the grinding despotism which
Brummell exercised far nearly twenty years over the
world of fashion. Poor George ! With alll his min-
cing dandyism he was a gentleman at heart. He
refused to snake money, when he had scarcely a sou
in his pocket, by publishing his memoirs, for which
large sums had been offered him; and in his quarrel
with the Prince Regent—a man every way his infe-
rior—evinced a manly spirit of independence and self-
respect, as rare then as it is now among the courtier
tribe. " A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla" is one
of Leigh Hunt's discriminating critical essays, who is
never so much at home as when descanting on the
genius of Spenser, as he here does—a poet whom, to
our shame be it said, we have three several times
endeavoured to read, and asoften failed in our attempt.
We can devour Dryden, with his sounding versifica-
tion, vigorous sense, and felicitous periphrases, and
specially relish the courtly compliments and con-
densed cutting sarcasm of Pope ; but the genius of
Spenser is too abstract for our sympathies ; he dwells
in an enchantel world of his own, and few, we sus-
pect, but men of vivid fancy can properly appreciate
him. " A Lapse of Forty Years" is a journal of a
man of fashion at two different periods of his life.
Here is his diary, penned when he had become a
superannuated Roue, 65 years of age :
" MAY, 1840.—Took an airing in my nephew's phae-
ton. Jack drives too fast ; he says it is owing to the
march of intellect. I should have preferred walking, if
it had not been for the gout. Those last boots were con-
foundedly tight. Jack drove me home through Regent-
street, where he said he saw a great many pretty girls,
but I think they used somehow to be prettier. Bond-
street is narrower, and was more convenient for seeing
one's acquaintance on the other side of the way. Jack
said he could not decide whether to marry for love or
for money. I told him love was bad and money worse.
The rogue then owned he was in love with a portion-
less girl, and begged me to persuade his father to ap-
prove of the match. I promised my assistance. Jack
helped me out of his phaeton very carefully. My cousin
Maria called to see me, with her two pretty grand-
daughters. It is very considerate of her to come and see
an old man as often as she does. Maria is always cheerful
and has worn vastly well. She does not look her age.
I might have been very happy if I had maried her ; she
makes her home so comfortable. I often wish Emily
had refused me. I wonder why she eloped so very soon,
since she liked me well enough tomarry me? My phy.
sician looked in to know how I was. He says I must go
on with the abstemious system. Read the newspapers,
Saw a benefit announced for an old actress, Miss
who left the stage twenty years ago, and is now in dis-
tress. She will play, for that night only, the character
she came out in. To make the evening more attractive,
a celebrated danseuse will sing a song, and a famous
singer will dance the cachuca. The whole will conclude
with a scene from Norma, in which a younc, lady will
sing the part of the high priest. Now-a-days,the whole
aim of the scenic tribe is to do something that they are
most unfitted for. Nevertheless, I shall take a box, and
twenty pit tickets ; for having been at her first, I am
bound to be at her last representation. I fancy
few of the young men that will go to see her
will believe how pretty she once was, poor thing !
Dined on a boiled chicken and a rice-pudding. Drank
toast-and-water as the physician prescribed. If Capt.
D-- had never drank anything else, I should pro-
bably never have married Emily. He saw double, too,
when he spoke of her fortune, for it turned out to be
twenty, instead of forty thousand. My son called in,
when I had half done, to lunch at m 3 dinner. He came
to borrow five hundred pounds. I lent it, but with a lec-
ture. I wish he would leave off his bad habits and take
a wife. I should like to see him marry Maria's grand-
daughter when she comes out. Went to take tea and
play at chess with General Blake. He related to me, for
the hundredth time, how he had run away with Lady
R---'s youngest daughter when he was only a lieute•
nant. It turned out a very good match after all. Colonel
N--, who used to laugh at him, and say he would never
get her, was killed in India years ago. I checkmated
the General at the first game. His grand-daughter came
in to make tea for us. She is a fine girl, and reminded
me of her great-aunt, Fanny, whom she is christened
after. She was so attentive to all my little wants, that I
could not resist taking out of my pocket a ring, which I
had intended for my god-daughter, and offering it to
her. She smiled, and said she was afraid she might rot
receive a present except from older men than myself.
Her father told her she was a fool, as I was old enough
for anything of that sort. The little gipsy is full of good
sense and sprightliness. I left the General at ten ; and,
as my foot was better I walked home, for we live within
a street's length of each other. A poor woman, at a
crossing, asked me for money : I gave her sixpence, and,
as she seemed distressed, I inquired her name and abode.
She answered Caroline —. I had nearly made an
exclamation, bnt checked myself, and promised to assist
her further. All the way home I could not get rid of
the recollection of Caroline on the black pony, and how
graceful she used to look. Her merry laugh used to ring
in my ears. Who could have thought that her high
spirits and her blooming cheeks would pass away, and
leave not a wreck behind? I wonder how many fortunes
she has got through since Major S-- took her off my
hands. I must get the poor old soul into an almshouse,
and provide for her comfortably. Her support for the
rest of her life will not cost as much as furnishing the
cottage I once fitted up for her at Brompton. Dreamt
that I was a young man again, and galloping to Bromp-
ton on the bay mare. Was just going to leap a high
gate, when I woke with the cramp."

HOOD'S MAGAZINE.
We are happy to hear from Mr. Hood's own state•
ment, affixed to the present number of his Magazine,
that he is slowly recovering from the serious indispo-
sition with which he has been lately attacked, and hope
that he may live many longyears to come, to amuse and
instruct the world by his cordial humour and healthy,
unaffected wisdom. Evident proofs of his amendment
may be found in his "Domestic Novel," which gives a
highly diverting account, full of animal spirits, of a
dialogue between a husband and a wife respecting the
number of godfathers which it is necessary to have
for twins. In an impartial sketch of the " Premier,"
we find the followinr, just remarks :—" The prejudice
which is rising against Sir Robert Peel, is a move-
ment against the spirit of the times, and is a strong
symptom of the character of the approaching age. It
is beginning tobe felt that our age is over mechanical,
and that the physical principle is allowed to predo-
minate over the moral." The " Deception "is a story
of a deeply affecting nature, and relates to the desertion
of a young Spanish lady by her betrothed husband, Sir
Caversham Harley, who had given out that he was
dead, in order to escape from her importunities; and is
in consequence shot soon afterwards in a duel by her
indignant relative, a high. spirited Spanish officer.
" Garden Fancies " are by the author of " Paracel-
sus." We subjoin the first of the series entitled "The
Flower's Name :"
Here's the garden she walked across,
Arm in my arm, such a short while since :
Hark, now I push its wicket, the moss
hinders the hinges and makes them wince !
She must have reached this shrub ere she turned,
As back with that murmur the wicket swung ;
_ _

For she laid the poor snail, my chance foot spurned,
To feed and forget it the leaves among.
Down this side of the gravel-walk
She went while her robe's edge brushed the box :
And here she paused in her gracious talk
To point me a moth on the milk-white flox.
Roses ranged in valiant row,
Think will I never she passed you by !
She loves noble roses, I know ;
" But this—so surely this met her eye !
This flower she stopped at, finger on lip ;
Stooped over, in doubt, settling its claim,
Till she gave me, with pride to make no slip,
its soft meandering Spanish name :
What a name ! Was it love or praise ?
Speech half-asleep, or song half-awake ?
I must learn Spanish one of those days,
Only for that slow sweet name's sake.
Roses, if I live and do well,
I may bring her, one of these days,
To fix you fast with as fine a spell,
Fit you each with his Spanish phrase.! I
But do not detain me now ; for she lingers
And ever I see her soft white fingers
ground,
There, like sunshine over the
Searching after the bud she found.
Flower, you Spaniard, look you grow not,
Stay as you are
,arid be loved for ever !
Bud, if I kiss you, tis that you blow not,
Mind the pink shut mouth opens never !
For while it pouts thus: her fingers wrestle,
Twinkling the audacious leaves between,
Till round they turn and down they nestle—
Is not the dear mark still to be seen ?
Where I find her not, beauties vanish ;
Whither I follow her, beauties flee ;

FRASER' S MAGAZINE.
Notwithstanding his strong Ministerial or rather
Conservative predilections, Fraser, like the rest
of the world, is not less astonished than indig-
nant at the late capricious--or, to call it by a fitter
term, sycophantic—conduct of the Conservative
supporters of the Government, and in an article on
the " State of Parties," he observes—" The recent
proceedings in the Commons, in regard to the sugar
duties, have given a shock to the moral sense of the
country from which it will not soon recover. Coming,
too, as this unfortunate blunder has done, upon the
back of a similar blunder in the management of the
Factory Bill, it seems to have completely amazed the
lookers-on. For our own parts, we do not know
what to make of it." Fraser may well be astonished,
for such vacillation and pusillanimity as the Conser-
vatives have lately evinced in Parliament, have not
been witnessed for the last century and upwards.
These men have shown a disregard of all moral con-
siderations—a barefaced recklessness of character
which, had it assumed any other than a political form,
could scarcely have failed to ensure them a distin-
guished position in the dock of the Old Bailey.
Toryism was bad enough, but it was at least an in-
telligible principle ; it possessed the undoubted recom-
mendations—no slight ones—of boldness and consist-
ency; there was no maudlin cant about it; it did not
profess to be other than it was ; it hoisted no false co-
lours; it abated not onejot of its lofty pretensions in com-
pliment to the temper of the times, but stood up for its
prerogative, unflinchingly, to the last ; but Conservatism
has no steady, intelligible principle ; it is a thing of
pure caprice changeable as an April sky, ready to
receive any impression that the Premier may choose
to stamp upon it, devoid of moral courage, and afraid
even to stand up for its own party interests, except in a
circuitous, indirect, and underhand manner. There is
something about this new-fangled, cowardly illegiti-
mate species of Toryism—this degenerate scion of an
old stock—that treachery itself cannot trust; and he
must indeed be a sanguine visionary who can antici-
pate for it auy long possession of power. But Fraser
is not only vexed and annoyed with the Conservatives,
but condemns the Government also for trimming be-
tween the Church and the Dissenting interests—a
well-grounded charge, which even their staunchest
supporters scarcely attempt to repudiate. The "Em-
peror Nicholas" is a rich specimen of old-woman
twaddle. The writer is in ecstacies with the eyes, the
forehead, the demeanor, and superb dimensions of the
Czar, and observes of his conduct while in England,
that he " was dignified but not austere, cordial but not
flattering, gracious but not servile, and looked, spoke,
and acted like a monarch who possessed vast power,
estimated aright his capacity for usefulness, and sought
to use that capacity so as to benefit and bless." From
the sentence immediately preceding this, we learn that
the mode in which the Emperor exhibited his capacity
for benefiting and blessing, was by giving gold snuff-
boxes to half the courtiers and servants in Windsor
Castle—a very pleasant method of benediction, and
greatly, no doubt, to the taste of the recipients ! It is
soothing to learn, on the authority of this writer, that
his Imperial Majesty embraced Prince Albert "with
affection and interest," and that on visiting Apsley
House, he said to his illustrious host, " may you live
long, my Lord Duke, to enjoy the gratitude of the na-
tion !" These are momentous details, though we think we
remember reading something like them in the daily
papers about a fortnight since. The writer's cursory
allusion to the late revolution in Poland betrays the
most desperate ignorance; and his description of the
Emperor's appearance at religious ceremonies is so
much in the style of Bombastes Furioso that we can-
not refrain from quoting it—" Jove frozen by eternal
cold, or riven by one of his own thunderbolts, could
not possibly be more statue-like than Nicholas on
such occasions !" The Czar must cut a queer figure
at church if he resembles a God split into halves by a
thunderbolt ! . Of one of his Majesty's daughters we
are told that her title is " Grand Duchess of Olga,"
which is about as correct as if the writer were to style
the husband of Queen Victoria, " his Royal High.
ness the Prince of Albert !" But enough of this ar-
ticle on the " Emperor Nicholas," which is worthy
only of the pen of some manufacturer of " dreadful
accidents" for a weekly journal. " Coningsby" is a
smart and somewhat satirical notice of Mr. D'lsraeli's
clever novel. The Reviewer makes a piteous outcry
about its personalities, whence we infer that he is not
unconnected with the Rigby and the Tadpole school
of politicians, whom the novelist has so wofully
mauled. The " Rustic Seat" is a poem, in which
occur orfe or two pleasing thoughts and images forci-
bly and unaffectedly expressed. From a lively essay
entitled " Classics of the Table," we quote a sketch
of the Marquis de Cussy, a celebrated French epicure,
and whose works on gastronomy are in high repute
with his countrymen :
" We now turn to the productions of the Marquis de
Cussy, who, although prefect to the palace of the Em-
peror Napoleon, was in every sense a gentleman of the
old school, and a mild and amiable man. Who is there
that was a diner-out of any magnitude in Paris from June
1827 to 1830, who does not remember his portly, well
set-up figure ? He was a clean-looking, comely, well-
dressed old man, and, so far as mere appearance went,
always put us in mind of the late James Smith, of face-
tious memory, one- of the most gentlemanly-looking, and
one of the best dressed and best preserved men of his
day. We think we have old Cussy before us now, with
his high, open forehead, benevolent countenance, silvery
hair, smart blue frock, with the inevitable riband in the
button, clean white waistcoot, and black stock. Though
associating for years with the roughest and most under-
bred Marshals and Generals, and the most priggish and
pretentious of civil functionaries, he maintained to the
last the imperturbable dignity and politeness of the old
court. At the moment of the abdication, he flew to
Marie Louise, and he abandoned the Austrian's daugh-
ter, when he found she was about to ally herself with a
one-eyed chamberlain. In society, in which he mixed
much, the old Marquis was an agreeable, lively man,
full of anecdote, and ready-witted. His countenance
beamed with kindliness and benevolence, and, if he had
a fault, it was certainly in loving to excess the pleasures
of the table. But, if he loved good cheer and friandise,
he loved it like a gentleman, and a generous social mem-
ber of a civilised community. If you gave him a dinner,
he was always sure to give you one in return. He did
not, like a certain friend of ours, eat at every man's
table, and never see mortal within his own doors. Ile
did not go down to the early market to look for wood-
cocks for his own private, particular eating, and, thrust-
ing them into his ample double, parry them snugly
homeward, there to gloat on them in solitary sensuality.
He loved the pleasures of the table it is true, but he
loved them reflected ; and he gave his mutton and his
wine with as much goodwill, and as hearty zest, as the
author of the most recent and most amusing tour in
Ireland. There were many who feared, or pretended to
fear, to ask Cussy to Alinner, as there are some who pro-
tend to fear to ask ogr humble selves, but either these
people were humbugs, wishing to be relieved of the
expense (the likeliest supposition), or they did not know
the simple tastes of the man. With an old friend or a
good fellow, who gave the best fare his means allowed,
and gave it willingly, he could dine off a whiting or an
omelette, but he was severe towards those vulgar par-
venus who, presuming on their wealth, heap their tables
with a culinary chaos worthy of barbarous and benighted
times."

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
Colonel Cameron here resumes his narrative of
" Personal Adventures and Excursions in Georgia,
Circassia, and Russia;" and, after mentioning some
particulars respecting the Russian navy, which, he
tells us, is a very unpopular service in that country,
adds that the present Emperor is the first who has ever
directed his attention seriously to it, with a view of
rendering it as efficient as possible. The gallant au-
thor then proceeds to describe his introduction to
Nicholas and the Imperial Family at the palace of the
Hermitage, and gives a glowing sketch of the splen-
dour of the Court, and the courtly manners of the
Czar, whom he represents as being one of the most
stately and military-looking men in Europe, and ex-
ceedingly popular with all the ladies of the Court.
" Notices from Kafirland" is written by one who is evi-
denly familiar with the wild country and still wilder
tribes of which he speaks. Among other remarks
which will, we suspect, be new to many of our read-
ers, he states that the Hottentots have a most per-
fect ear for music." The fact may be so, neverthe-
less we could not fancy a party of these melody-loving
savages seated in a box at the opera, listening trans-
ported to the syren strains of one of our Italian prima
donnas. We could have dispensed with " Further
Remarks on the Waterloo Campaign," for the subject
is one thoroughly exhausted, and on which every in-
dividual in the three kingdoms Isas formed a notion
of his own, which is not likely to be disturbed.
"Military Scraps from the Note-book of an Officer,"
is an interesting article, and gives some curious in-
formation respecting Norman-cross prison. We
subjoin Colonel Cameron's brief account of his pre-
sentation to the Russian Imperial Family at the palace
of the Hermitage : _

" I was still gazing upon a small but exquisitely-fi-
nished Madonna, a master-piece from the hand of Guido,
(and whose Madonnas are like his ?) when a stir with-
out announced the approach of the Imperial party, and
almost the same moment the folding-doors at the extre-
mity of the apartments were thrown open, and preceded
respectively by a perfect squadron of chamberlains and
demoiselles d'honneur, the former blazing with gold and
embroidery, and the latter wearing the rich and singu-
larly-pleasing Russian national costume, the Emperor
and Empress entered. Each passing round the circle
formed to receive them, entered into familiar conversa-
tion with every new arrival as he was presented by his
respective ambassador. I was the only military stranger,
and on my name being announced by Lord Clanricarde,
was minutely questioned by his Imperial. Majesty on a
variety of points connected with the discipline and inte-
rior economy of the British and Indian Armies, in a
manner which showed him well acquainted with both.
The Empress, mild, benignant, dignified, as the softened
tones of her voice fell upon the stranger's ear, he could
no longer wonder at the veneration her character and
presence everywhere inspired, and which volumes could

THE CONGRE.GATIONAL MAGAZINE.
This periodical, always well conducted, is gra-
dually assuming a higher tone, and is now evidently
under the influence of the more educated and liberal
minds of the dissenting community. Ile present
number is enriched by a very valuable. review of
several works on "the Oxford Controversy," in
which the whole bearing of the subject upon the
status of the Church itself', is discussed in a calm and
temperate manner, but with a clearnessisof statement
and a force of reasoning that must command atten-
tion. The writer proceeds to the business of his arti-
cle in his first sentence, by asking the plain question,
" Is the Church Protestant or not ?" -He then points
out the anti-Protestant character of the Oxford move-
ment; and inquiries what has been done in the Church
to repel that movement, and to vindicate the Establish-
ment from the charge of sanctioning it. On this
head, he shows clearly tnat the opposition offered in
the Church has been of a very light kind ; that such
a; it is, it consists of the opinions of individuals
merely, by which the Church is not bound; and that
the Tract people can gain strong support from citing
the opinions of many of the (so called) standard
divines of the Church. The contradictory articles of
the Quarterly Review, and the clever rejoinder of the
British Critic, upon this part of the argument, are
ably analysed, showing, as they do, the schisms that
prevail in the Church on great and vital questions,
and the vacillating policy pursued in high questions.
The writer thus warns the Church, that she puts her
own existence in jeopardy by indecision on such im-
portant subjects, and exhorts the body to which he
belongs to adhere stedfastly to the great principles of
the Protestant reformation. The impression left on
our minds from the perusal of this article is that the
Church as a body has not met, and dares not meet,
the Oxford controversy, in an open straight forward
manner. Yet it must be so met, or the Church
will lose ground daily, not merely with the mob, but
with the reflecting and intelligent portion of the
community. The public mind is divided on those
questions all over Europe; and there is no middle
course between them. The Romanists take one side
fearlessly, claiming supremacy for the clergy, and
assigning the people to hopeless mental degradation.
Consistent Protestants as fearlessly take the other
side, claiming supremacy for the Bible alone, insist-
ing on the right of private judgment, and maintain-
ing the freedom and the consequent responsibility of
man. There is no medium between the two, and the
Church must take one side or the other. In darker times
she might manage to mince, and palter, and hesitate,
but education is now rapidly advancing; and thousan,ls
of active inquisitive minds are on the watch. Equi-
vocation will not long be found possible, and the
question must be answered, " Is the Church Pro-
testant or not ?" If the Bishops are not competent to
answer, then, we say, let us try the Convocation! If
this cannot, for State reasons, be allowed to meet,
then we say that, sooner or later, and however un-
suitable or inconvenient the tribunal may be, the
question will have to be settled by the House of
Commons, and determined by that very - practical,
but very unspiritual thing, an Act of Parliament!
We commend the above article to the special atten-
tion of the moderate men of all parties, particularly
clergymen, and hope to see more such in the same
publication. The question involved, as has been wt.ll
said, is " more than a question of Church and Dis-
sent;" serious practical attention to it ought to be a
part of the business of every man in England, and
we are glad to see it discussed upon great and com-
prehensive principles.

BROADSTAIRS, JUNE 29.—This fashionable water-
ing-place is filling' fast with genteel company, and we are
happy to hear that the commissioners of this old rattle-trap
pier have made up their minds to add to the pier, in the
shape of a jetty, a beautiful promenade to the extent of 800
feet into the ocean, which will be most desirable, as the
steam-boats can thus land the visitors without the use of
boats, which is a very great annoyance to females and young
children, as well as danger. This work is to be begun in the
course of a few weeks..—From a Correspondent.
A HAPPY RETORT.—Dr. Lathorp was a man of
generous piety, but much opposed to the noisy zeal that
seeketh the praise of men. A young divine, who was much
given to enthusiastic cant, one day said to him—" Do you
suppose you have any real religion ?' "None to speak of,"
was the excellent reply.

SUICIDE BY POISON.—On Saturday afternoon a
most singular case of death, from wilfully taking poison, was
discovered at the White Hart public-house, White-Hart-
street, Drury-lane. On Monday last a young man, dressed
in a dark blouse or upper coat, and black trousers, applied to
Mr. Vaughan, the landlord, for a chamber to be let to him,
in which he might stay during part of the day, and sleep in
at night. His desire was complied with, and for four nights
he slept there, taking his meals with the family, going out
very little during the day, but sitting in his room and re-
tiring to rest early, where he laid till eleven or twelve
o'clock each day. On Friday he ate a hearty dinner and
tea, and seemed quite cheerful when he retired to his room
at night. No suspicions were excited the next day at his
not coming down before twelve o'clock, but after that hour
the landlord began to be fearful that something had hap-
pened to prevent him rising.' He went up stairs, and on
trying the door, found it locked inside, when, determined not
to enter without sonic responsible authority, he proceeded to
the station-house in Bow-street, it being then about three
o'clock. Sergeant Montgomery, F 4, was dispatched to the
spot, and on placing his nose to the key-hole, immediately
became aware of the existence of a dead body, which WAS
clearly proved on the door being burst in. The unfortunate
man was lying quite naked, on the bed, with his clothes on
the floor, and his boots placed carefully underneath the bed-
stead, having evidently been dead many hours. Mr. Walker,
surgeon, of Drury-lane, was fetched, but could render no as-
sistance, nor could he give any opinion as to the cause of
death, without a post mortem examination. A bottle was,
however, found near him, with a label on it, which denoted
opium, and being empty with the cork out,; there is
no doubt he took the draught. The most singular part of the
story is, that lie is totally unknown to Mr. Vaughan or his
family, nor is there any clue by which he can be discovered.
He had 15s. 6d. in his pockets, and three address cards, with
" Mr. Fea, 25, Wardour-street, Soho,4' on them, but they
were evidently not his own. lie had also on his person part
of a proof of a newspaper, with corrections for the printer
in the margin, the purport of it being the rejoicings at Court
on the Queen's birthday. Further nothing is know n. Infor-
mation has been forwarded to the Coroner, who holds an in-
quest this day.
A FEMALE DUEL.--A rich and novel scene came
off in the neighbourhood of Bayo Bridge, at New Orleans,
30th ult., between Catherine Rouch and Eliza Annis, who
met for mortal combat. As in the recent duels it Vicks-
burg, where thousands gathered to see fair play and bet on
the result, so at Bayo Bridge, a large crowd met to see which
of the frail fair ones would first bite the dust. But the

"fancy" in such matters were doomed to disappointment;
after a few passes, when the " sport" was about to begin in
earnest, the police interfered, and carried off the combatants.
We have reason to believe that this act of the police officers
was denounced by the by. standers as " a cowardly outrage,"
which they would not dare to perpetrate upon two of their
own sex similarly engaged.--New York Sun, June 15.
THE O'CONNELL WRIT OF ERROR IN THE LORDS.
—The printed case and reasons in this writ of error were
settled in consultation, at Sir T. Wilde's chambers, on Friday
night. The following gentlemen are retained for the travel.-
sers :—Sir T. Wilde, Mr. D. Hill, Fitzroy Kelly, I'. S.
Murphy, Charles Crompton, David Leahy, John William
Smith, J. S. Close (Irish bar), B. Peacock, Esqrs., and Sir
Colman M. O'Loghlen, Bart., of the Irish bar. Sir T. Wilde
leads for Mr. O'Connell • Mr. Fitzroy Kelly for Mr. John
O'Connell; and Mr. Hill Thomas Steele.

NEWLY-IN VENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES,
OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &c.—Messrs. S. and
B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca-
dilly, have succeeded in effecting a most scientific im-
provement in Spectacle and Telescope Lenses, &c., of
the greatest transparent power. The extraordinary
advantage derived from this invention is that vision
becomes preserved and strengthened and very aged per:
sons are enabled to employ their sight either by day or
candle light at the most minute occupation, and can see
with those Lenses of a much less magnifying power, nor
will they require' the frequent changes to further helps
as the Spectacles now in common use. Also newly-in-
vented Achromatic IVaiscoat-pocket Telescopes and
Opera Glasses which are invaluable at the sea-side and
on the race-course, as well as at the theatre, &c.—Every
kind of Telescope for Shocting, Sea purposes, and upon
stand for astronomical observations with the celebrated
Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy ; the
powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and bril-
liant that minute objects at an extraordinary distance
are brought completely under the eyes.—Sportsmen,
Tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a
great treat. Their invisible Voice Conductor gives im-
mediate relief to old standing extreme cases of deafness.
Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and
Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person
of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood,
nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be
cautious, and observe.—Only to be had at 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
DEPARTURE OF THE STEAM- SHIP. MERMAID FOR
ST. PETERSBUIZGII.—On Saturday morning the steam-ship
Mermaid, Captain Ilearn, sailed from her moorings off the
Alderman's stairs, Lower East Smithfield, for Copenhagen
and St. Petersburgh, with a large number of passengers and
a full miscellaneous cargo. She carries out a ship letter-bag
from the General Post-office.

LILLIPUTIAN WEST INDIANIAN.—Since the
arrival of the adventurous Lilliputian sloop Hellespont, Capt.
Doe, only 43 tons register, from Bermuda, with a cargo of
arrow-root, she has been for priVata sale, but as the amounts
offered for her were considerably less than the sum demanded
by the owners, she is to sail in a few days from the St. Ka-
tharine's Dock, on her return to Bermuda, thus again daring
the Atlantic.
BANKRUPTCY OF WHITMORE AND WELLS, LATE
BANKERS or LOMBARD-STREET.—The bankrupts failed in
1841, and the fiat was issued on the Ist of July of that year.
On the 18th of November a dividend of 4s. in the pound was
paid upon the joint estate, and on the 24th of March, 1842, a
further dividend of 2s. in the pound. The. separate estate of
Mr. Wells, sen., has already paid 20s. in the pound, and time
difficulties which prevented the completion of the sale of his
estate at Bromley have at length been overcome, and the
purchase money (it is said 60,0001.) paid in in the early part
of this week, so that a further dividend may speedily be ex-
pected by the bankrupts' suffering creditors.
The nuptials of Lord Charles IVellesley, son of the
Duke of Wellington, and Miss Pierrepoint, only daughter of
the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepoint, are to be solemnised on
Saturday next. It has been, erroneously stated in a morn-
ing paper, that the ceremony was appointed to take place on
Thursday.

The Spartan, 36, Capt. the Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliot,- was at;
Port-au-Prince on the 9th ult.
The Commander-in• Chief on the Irish station, Rear-Ad-
miral Sir H. Pigot, is ordered to place at the disposal of the
Earl of Devon and the Landlord and Tenant Commission for
Ireland one of the steam-sloops forming his squadron.
The Resistance troop-ship was docked yesterday for over-
haul and repairs.
The Sydenham steam• sloop, Lieutenant-Commander G.
Mapleton, was undocked on Tuesday, having undergone ex-
tensive alterations.

The Wanderer, 16, recently from China, was paid off on
Thursday. The petty officers and ship's company presented
their first lieutenant, J. G. Tracy, with a handsome fill dress
sword, knot, and cocked hat, as a token of respect for the
universal kindness exhibited by him towards them dufi,,g
the whole time the Wanderer was out.

The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, will be ready to leave
the harbour for Spithead about the 21st July, and sail lor
the sphere of her command in a few days afterwards. She
took her lower deck guns on board in the early part of the
week, but as they were thought to bring her too low down
in the water for safe sailing out of the harbour they were
taken out again.
The anniversary of her Majesty's coronation was most
loyally observed here. The Mayor ordered a general holi-
day, consequently all business ceased, and gave place to
various amusements; at 12 o'clock a royal salute was fired
from the St. Vincent, and other ships, and also the Platform
Battery ; the Government offices hoisted the royal standard,
and the ships in Barbour displayed colours from every por-
tion of their rigging.
In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Prometheus, Queen,
Rattlesnake, Collingwood, Sydenham, Seaflower, Fearless, and
Echo steam-vessels.

In Dock—Resistance, Rodney, Prince Regent, Scourge,
Victoria and Albert, Lily, Athol, Pantaloon, Waterwitch.

At Spithead—St. Vincent.
SHEERNESS, JUNE 28.—A Court-martial will be held here
on Monday, on board the Ocean, Captain Fisher, to try Lieu-
tenant B. A. Wake, late First of the Pearl, just paid off,
upon charges preferred by his superior officer, Capt. Stopford.
The Camperdown, 104, Captain Martin, will leave the Nore
for Spithead on Sunday.
The Boscawen, 72, was taken from the Basin to moorings
in ordinary on Wednesday.
The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Maclean, will refit at
this port.
At the Nore—Camperdown.
In Harbour—Ocean, African, and Raven. •
In Dock—Chamelion and Violas.

In the Basin—Monarch, Vernon, Amazon, Vulture, and
Crocodile.

(From the Denonport Independent.)
PROMOTIONS AND•API'OPNTJLE.\TS.

PROMOTlONS.—Conimander George H. Seythour (of the
Wanderer) to the rank of Captain.
Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals—John Liddell, to
be Medical Inspector of Hospitals, at Greenwich, vi ce Dob-
son, resigned.

Lieutenants—Malachi Donellan (late of the Crescent re-
ceiving-ship at Rio Janeiro) and Edward Hill (from the
Coast-Guard) to the rank of Commander. George Decceur-
doux, to be retired Commander, vide Order in Council of 1830.
ArrouvrarEwrs.--Captain Lewis T. Jones, to study at the
Royal Naval College.
Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals—Gilbert King (of
Bermuda) to Haslar, vice Liddell.
Masters—C. Pullen, to the Flying Fish ; F. R. Sturdee,
the Daring; J. S. Hill (acting) to the Osprey—(to be borne
on the books of the Victory, until their respective brigs are
commissioned ; Benjamin Renard (acting); James Brodie
(acting), and George Andrews (acting), additional to the
Poictiers, for the Mutine, Espiegle, and Cruiser. •
Paymasters and Pursers—G. Mowbray, to the Daring;
Francis Cole (acting) to the Osprey ; Charles Feelon (acting)
to the Flying Fish—(to be borne on the books of the Victory);
G. A. Lance (acting), J. E. Brooman (acting), and Joseph
• Lewis (acting), additional to the Poictiers, for the Cruiser,
Mutine, and Espiegle.
Mates—George M. Jackson (from the St. Vincent), and
Edgar H. Blake, to the Camperdown; J. E. Parish, to the
Excellent ; M. F. O'Reilly (from the Excellent) to the
Albion.
Second Masters—W. B. Edwards, to the CaTedonia•, T.

Pitt (of the Comet) to the Redwing, packet ; •R. T. Saun-
ders (of the Blazer, steam-vessel) to the Royal Sovereign,
yacht ; Samuel Braddon, to the hornet, vice Pitt. .
.Naval Instructor—W. F. Smyth, to the Iris.
Midshipman—C. Ross (from the Resistance, troop-ship) to
the Albion.

Naval Cadets—S. P. Townsend, to the Cornwall's; H. An—
nesley, and E. A. Tweedale, to the Alfred.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DEVONPORT INDEPENDENT.
Sir,—Having observed in your paper of the 18th ultimo,
under the head of Hong-Kong, a paragraph to the following
effect:—" February 2d—The Dido has sailed with her Purser
under arrest," I beg to say that, from letters received from
Hong-Kong, up to the 14th of March, 1 am enabled to prove
that the above injurious statement is untrue, and must have
originated either in error or malicious motives.
Plymouth, June 25, 1844.

A FRIEND.

THE NAVY CLUB ENTERTAINMENT TO THE FIRST
LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.-The members of the Navy Club
gave their annual entertainment to the Earl of Haddington,
as First Lord of the Admiralty, on Thursday evening, at the
Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. The banquet
was of the most sumptuous description, and served up in a
style of elegance peculiar to that establishment. The Earl of
Haddington was accompanied by Captain Hamilton, his
Lordship's private secretary; and the lion. Henry Lowry
Corry and Rear-Admiral Bowles, Junior Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty. Admiral Sir Thomas Byam
Martin, G.C.8., presided on the occasion ; and among the
flag and other naval officers present were—Admiral Sir Geo.
Martin, G.C.B. arid G.C.M.G. (Vice-Admiral of the United
Kingdom), Admiral Sir R. \V. Otway, K.C.8., Admiral Sir
Charles Ogle, Bart., Admiral Sir John West, K.O 8., Admiral
Sir George Parker, K.C.8., Admiral Sir Edward Codrington,
G.C.B. and G.C.M.G., Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond,
K.C.H., Vice-Admiral Sir Graham E. Hammond, K.C.8.,
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward T. D. King, K.C.H., Vice-Admiral
Sir John A. Ommanney, K.C.B.' Vice-Admiral Lord James
O'Bryen, G.C.H., Rear-Admiral Sir R. 11. Bromley, Bart.,
Rear-Admiral Brown, Rear-Admiral Earl Cadogan, Rear-
Admiral H H. Christian, Rear-Admiral N. D. Cochrane,
Rear-Admiral Lysaght, Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. H. Mac-
kay, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm,.Rear-Admiral Lord
Radstock, Rear-Admiral Skipsey, Rear-Admiral Sir George
Seymour, G.C.H. ' • Captains—Lord Colchester, Sir Augustus
Clitford, Bart., Blake, Sir Thomas Bourchier, lion.
George Crofton, Sir W. H. Dillon, K.C.H. ; Hon. Richard S.
DWlas, Evans, Stephen, G. Fremantle, G. T. Falcon, Feed,
Sir John Franklin, K.C.H., Hon. Frederick William C.irey,
Percy Grace, Sir Andrew P. Green, K.C.H., Harvey, Sir
William Hotham, Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.H., J. W. John-
son, E. Lloyd, Maunsell, Maitland, Henry Byam Martin, Sir
Charles Napier, K.C.8., Prescott, W. Price, Robertson, Lord
Edward Russell, Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., Thornton, Sir
Thomas Umber, K.C.H., Hon. W. Waldegrave, and Captain
Walpole. The gallant chairman was supported on the right
by the Earl of Haddington, and on the other side by Vis-
count Melville. The principal toast of the evening Ml.B the
health of the Earl of Haddington, the announcement of ivhieh
was very cordially received by the entire company. The
Noble Earl responded to the warm greetings of the assembled
members of the club in a speech of some duration, in which
his Lord-ship 'obt,erved that it would be the constant endea-
vour of himself and colleagues in the administration of the
multifarious duties of the naval department to render the
service as efficient as possible in all its ramifications as became
a maritime power like this country. It was nearly twelve
o'clock when the several toasts had been given, at which hour
the party broke up.
Our Contemporary, the Morning Herald, fre-
quently complains (and mostly without the slightest grounds)
that news is copied from its columns, without naming the
authority from whence it is derived. If this is may the
case, we can only account for it by supposing the onicsidu
originates in apprehensions that, it the authority was given,
it might lead people to doubt the accuracy of the statement.
—United Service Gazette.
INDIA MAIL.—The next mail for India, via Mar-
seilles, will be dispatched from the General Post-office on
Monday, the Bth instant, the 7th failing on Sunday.
THE MURDER AT WORCESTEIL—AII iliqßett
held at Worcester, on Thursday, on the body °lithe NT Ben-
jamin Hughes, who was murdered by his uncle, Jabal Hooper,
as already stated in this journaL the jury returned a verdict
of " Wilful murder against Jabez Hooper.- The murderer,
who attempted to commit suicide, is still living; and, it is
probable, may even yet recover.