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TRE-S.TIN) LONDON, WgDN`ESDAY MOANING, JANITA,-RY 1, 1845.

at last been arrested, and is now believed to be
secured.

The ship Massasoit (of Plymouti), near Boston},
from Calcutta for Boston, was lost in a severe gale at
the entrance of Boston Harbour, and three personS
perished. The ship and cargo area total loss
mated at 70,000 dollars. _

By means of Morse's Magnetic Teltrapil the pro-
ceedings of Congress 1?.:*. made known in Baltimore
as soon as they occur in Washington. The distance
is 40 mil f_;, arid the communication instantaneous and

MAGAZINE PA. X•I_L
BLACK 'TO oD;:s' 4fAG,el.4 tlyar,.
The bpehint article in Ablic4k6';',.o for this month is
essay the hackneyed theme of " Homer, Dante,
and Michael Angelo." But hackneyed as is the sub-
3ect, and hopeless as is the task of bringing anything
like novelty to bear on it, it is yet rendered enter-
taining by the mode in which it is treated. The
author commences his essay in It very spirited ati,d
turesque style, by showing the ingUenbreS ttiat Homer
has exercised over tutope for the last three thousand
years, obserVlng, " Painting and statuary have been
employed in striving to pourtray his yet breathing
conceptions. Language and thought itself have been
moulded by the influence of his poetry. Images of
wrath are still taken from Achilles, of pride from
Agamemnon, of astuteness from lilyst',ei; of pa;
triotism from Hector, or tenderness from Andromache,
of age from Nestor." This is true, but though the
Homeric Ulysses is a synonyme for "astuteness," a
greater genius than even him of the " Iliad" and the
" Odyssey," has boldly grappled with the character of
the Istracan King, and endowed him with far mtnt
lofty sagacity and keen worldly knowledge than
Homer had it in his power to bestow on him. In the
brilliant but strangely irregular play of Troilus and
Cressida, Ulysses displays in one single passage—we
mean that inimitable one commencing with "Time
hath, my lord, a wallet on his back," which is more
truly Shaksperian than any other to be found in the
whole range of Shakspeate's dramas—more profound
wisdom and more searching worldly truth than he
manifests throughout the entire " Iliad" and
" Odyssey." In the course of this clever essay the
author, alluding incidentally to the etT,!cts of criticism
on genius, says, " The dread of ridicule extin-
guishes originality in its birth," The power of the
critic is certainly great over mere talent, which it has
often succeeded in Crashing; but first-rate genius,
deeply conscious of its superiority, and earnest in ex-
hibiting it, bids defiance to the fiercest hostility of
criticism. "A Ramble in Montenegro" gives some
curious details respecting a sequestered European
province little known to English travellers. In the
present chapters of " Marston," the hero has just ac-
cepted the office of Irish Secretary, at the stormy pe-
riod of the rebellion of '9B, of which some stirring
sketches will, we suspect, be given in the next portion
of the narrative. In the " Red River Recollections"
we find the following graphic account of a stag-hunt
on the water ;----

"It was a long Indian canoe, made out of the hollowed
trunk of a cotton-tree; a many-tined antler was stuck
in the prow, and dried legs and haunches of venison lay
in the fore part of the boat; towards the stern sat a
young girl, partially enveloped ih a striped blanket, but
naked from the waist upwards, impelling the boat in the
direction of the deer by long graceful sweeps of her oar;
in front of her was a squaw of maturer age, performing
a like labour. In the centre of the canoe were two
children, queer guinea-pig-looking little devils, and
near these lay a man in all the lazy apathy of a redskin
on his return from the hunting-ground; but towards the
stern stood a splendid Antinous-like young savage,
leaning in an attitude of graceful negligence on his rifle,
and.evidently waiting an opportunity of getting a blow
or p shot at the stag. As soon as these children of the
fore4t caught sight of the steamer and of Doughby's
boat, they ceased rowing. only recornmencing"when en-
couraged by some loud hurras, and even then visibly
taking care to keep as far as possible from the fire-ship.
It was a❑ interesting and picturesque sight to observe
the two boats describing a sort of circle on the broad
ruddy stream, while the steamer rounding to, formed in
a manner the base of the operation, and cut off the stag's,
retreat. Presently a shot fired without effect from
Doughby's boat, drove the beast over towards the canoe.
The- long slender barque darted across the animari
track with the swiftness of an arrow, and as it did so, the
Indian who was standing up dealt the stag a blow that
caused it to reel and spin round in the water, and change
its course for the second time. When I again glanced at
the denim., the young Indian had disappeared. , .
" Here he comes!' shouted Doughby, pointing to the
deer, which was now swimming towards his boat.
' Give way, boys! the Indians must learn of a Kentucky
man bow to strike a stag. Give way, I say!'
"The noble beast had recovered from the severe blow
it hail received, and had now approached the steamer,
towards which it cast such a supplicating tearful look,
that the hearts of the ladies were touched with com-
passion.

" Mr. Doughby,' cried half a score feminine voices,
spare the poor beast!. Pray, pray let it go!' •
" Spare a stag, ladies! Where did you ever, hear of
such a thing? Hurra, boys!' shouted he, as the beat
came up with the deer, and clubbing his rifle, he deli-
vered a blow with the but-end that split the stock in
two' and threw the stunned animal upon the gunwale.of
the boat. Quick as thought, Doughby clutched the ant-
lers with one hand, while with the other he reached for
the knife which one of his companions held out to him.
At that moment the deer threw itself on one side with •
convulsive movement, the boat rocked, Doughby lost his
balance, the stag, which was now recovering its strength,
drew itself violently back, and in an instant the Ken-
tuckian was floundering in the water, struggling with
the deer, to whose horns he held on with the gripe of
a tiger. _ _

Hallo, Mister Doughby in the Red River!'
"The hole ship was now in an uproar, the ladle;
screaming, the men shouting directions dill advice to
those in.the boat. We began to be somewhat anxious as
to the result; for although these water hunts are by xna,
means uncommon occurrences, they are often dangerous
and :sornotimes fatal to the hunter. .The deer had been.
severely stunned and hurt, but not killed, by the blowti
had received, and it now strove fiercely against its power%
ful opponent, throwing 'him from side to side by violent;
tosses of its head. Doughby still hel&Titr like grim.
death," but his eyes began to roll and stare wildly, his
Strength was evidently diminishing, and he- had each
moment more difficulty in partially controlling the stales'
movements, and preventing the furious beast from run-
ning its antlers into his body. It was in vain that the
four men in the boat endeavoured to render assistance.
Man and beast were rolling and twisting about in the
river.like two water snakes. The scene that had at first
hew interesting had now become painful to behold.
" ' Fire Parker !' Fire, Relby !' shouted several
voices from the steamer to the men in the boat.
" Knock the cussed redskin on the head!' was the
unintelligible rejoinder of one of the latter.
" The stag kad now got Doughby close to a tree-trunk,
against which it was making violent efforts to crush him.
His life was in imminent peril, and a universal cry of
horror and alarm burst from the spectators. Just then
the bead of the deer fell on its breast, the eyes glazing
and the legs flinging out convulsively in the agony of
death; at the same time, however, Doughby began to
sinlri and a bright streak of blood that rose to the sur-
face'th the water, and spread in a circle round the coin-
bitants,. gave reason to fear that the mad Kentuckian had
received some deadly hurt. At last the men in the boat
succeeded in getting hold of Doughby and the stag, the
former being seized by the hair of the head, while his
hands still clung to the doer's antlers with the desperate
grasp of a drowning man.'''

e • 0 1; „ t•
tioks.ofelatites; of whom -he knew little enough, though
he loved their society. I well remember the deference
of his manner to them—how seldom he ventured to raise
his fine, dark, beaming eyes to gaze on any young
beauty. Yet, he was, though when I knew him inclin-
ing to the old bachelor, by no means unsusceptible, But
he lived in an ideal world. He lived with Grey, Pope,
Addison. His intimate associates were Wertoft, and
Thottipts,on ; the cpilipauias of his lighter hourS; Lady
MarY,WoitleY; SWltt, Cr fi'efbaps; ISlrS,Centlivte, of
Mrs. Oldfield—no scandal ! I mean to say, he spoke iii
their language—he almost thought their thoughts. Ho
was remarkably conversant with dramatic literature,
and I doubt not was one of those who understood every
point of a good actor, from John Kemble down to
Blanchard. His quotations, in society, were infinite--
his manner,,gentle, but not devoid of pqdAntry. Pe-
ilaati.y ! What sin chitiactristic ! Like tht
stage-coaches' it will soon be a mark of age to remember
that such a failing was ever known. With it, there
has passed away the race of close readers—the habit of
accuracy—the love and knowledge of the old writers.
" I was on the top of a Cambridge coach when I
passed, one day, the lodgings where my poor friend Mills
liVed; I saw Hint at tht *inflow; his Itide looked pale.; I
thought—he was standing, too, unemployed. A faint
smile passed across his face as he saw me. I called to
the guard, and jumped off, carrying my carpet-bag with
me. Absolutely the dear fellow came down to the door
to meet me. I never saw a frame more shattered. He
had been ill, broken -a blood vessel, he told me, in his
weals Venn the stuttered it little), but Atas doing 're,
markably well now. Alas ! He had wintered in Pisa
years before for that same melancholy symptom. I
never saw him more. He took me into his room, up
stairs, well lined with well-preserved books, neat as a
don's room, with a good fire, a disused desk, an easy
chair, and prints of one or two favourite authors over
the ehimney-pieee. I reeollper, lad at I Was, envying
all this eomfort. Poor Mills it was an easy cheerful
decline, I heard ; he was never well enough to admit,
after that, such harum scarum fellows as myself. Ido
not believe he was more than thirty-six years old when
he died."

to the Shah: The., windows of the room' looked upoA
~
sPacious Cotirf; where was assembled a Vdst concourse
of people. We Id this, spot two hours ;' the
time passed away very heavily .; for, oil ak;edifni Of ifs
being during the fast of Ramazan, no kaliauns or fe-
freshments were brought in, which circumstance marred
the accustomed gaiety of our Persian friends. Meerza
Abool Hassan was habtted in a fine court dress, and
*ore; as *ell as oursel4l; fed stockings and slippers,
*hick is .the usual costume for and cntl Otto lies the
hohdtir of, aPpeiriig before the Shadow of God,' its the
Shah of Persiii is terified by his. subjects.
" At length the welcothe iiiiellie:ettoe arrived that his
Majesty was ready to receive us, Upon *high Meerut.
Abool Hassan arose, and requested us to follow laid; ithci
we all proceeded together to a spacious court, at the
upper end of which was the front of the royal palace, and
toted at all open window cm the ground•floor was the
Shalt, of wnora We then had a side flew: When we
had arrived at about twenty ytirdi from file palace, the
Meerza shook off his slippers, and directed us id do the
same. We then each made a low salaam, and began
slowly to advance. We repeated the obeisances several
times before we arrived before the entrance of the build-
ing, when the shah turning round, celled to us to enter ;
the *olds he used being Ileauyegd
' Come up.' We adeufdingly proceeded to ascend a broad
flight of steps, and entered the apartment in which his
Majesty was seated. It was a spacious cilemher, the
walls and ceilings of which were covered with mirrali
in every part of it were ornaments of various descrip-
tions, chiefly of European manufacture ; I could not,
however, help retnarkil the strong resemblance the
spot bore to a large ton on China-shop. On our ens
trance, the Meerza conducted us to the corner most re-
mote to that occupied by the Shah, who was seated on
his heels on a beautiful nummud, and very plainly habited
in a dress made of Cashmere shawl. In his girdle was a
large dagger; ornamented with jewels, and on his head
he wore a black Bokhara lamb-skin cap, on which was
a string of pearls ; but the most striking feature about
him was his beard, which exceeded by its length even
what I had expected. It conceals most of his face, and
reaches to his knees ; during the whole of' the audience
he continued to twist the ends of it round his fingers.
When we had occupied the corner, his Majesty ex-
claimed, Khosh amedeed !' literally, You are welcome'
(well come). He then proceeded to ask us various ques-
tions concerning our travels, and showed by his obser-
vations upon our answers, that he had, for a Persian, a
very fair knowledge of geography. lie then proceeded
to question Mr. M'Neill upon the affairs of Khorasan,
(from which he, Mr. M'Neill, had just returned), and
the late campaign ; he spoke at the same time much in
approbation of the conduct in that quarter of the heir
apparent (Abbas Meerza). The audience lasted above
an hour, and I had ample opportunity of observing the
illustrious personage before whom we were staning.
His Majesty is still a very handsome man, and appears
much younger than he is in reality, on account of the
blackness of his beard, which is kept to that colour by the
application of the Persian dye ; his voice, however, and
want of teeth, plainly indicate his very advanced age.
He bears a great resemblance to portraits I have seen of
him. Oa his, arm, above the elbow, his Majesty wore a
large bracelet (in Persian, styled kazubend) as a mark of
royalty. The bracelet consisted of stones set in gold.
This was the article of most value amongst the few orna-
ments he wore.

" The manner in which the audience terminated, was
by the Shah giving a nod with his head, and saying,
You are dismissed.' We then made several low sa-
laams, and retired, keeping our faces towards his Ma-
jesty, and bowing, at intervals, until we reached the
spot where we had left our slippers, which we put on,
and then backed out of the court.

" Thus ended the ceremony:of our presentation to the
Kiblah-i Auleen, the Shahee Shahu, and the Zil Illah,
such being the titles by which Fath Ali Shah was ad-
dressed ; meaning, Attraction of the Universe,' King
of Kings,' and Shadow of God.'"

BURGLARY, AND CAPTURE OF

THE THIEF UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIR-
CUNISTANCES.

In the morning of Sunday last, the 22d instant,
about one o'clock, the family of Mr. Robert Cutler,
of Little Yeldham, were alarmed by a loud explo-
sion in the lower part of the house, as of fire-
arms. Mr. R. Marsh, son-in-law of Mr. Cutler,
immediately got out of bed, and looking out
at a back window, perceived a quantity of smoke
issuing from the back premises. He then aroused the
other members of the family, and ran down stairs al-
most in a state of nudity, when he found the house
full of smoke, and the back part of it on fire. Assist-
ance soon being at hand, the flames were speedily ex-
tinguished, and but little damage was done. The in-
mates, now somewhat recovered from their fright,
observed that the premises had been entered by a win-
dow, which had been forced out, and that part of the
roof had been carried off from the effects of the explo-
sion ; they also found a large pool of blood, and traced
spots of the same to a cottage near, in the occupation
of a man named Cook. On being called up, Cook
stated that his boy Haggai had just arrived home
wounded, and nearly dead, alleging that he had sus-
tained his injuries from somebody who had shot at him
as he was coming over the Hall Green, but on Mr.
Cutler confronting the boy, he acknowledged that
he broke into the house and caused the disaster
above described. The boy's statement was, that
he and another lad, named Dearsley, had the even-
ing before been tt) a kaffie in _the Village, and on
leaving they agreed to break in and rob the
premises In --question ; ~ but they effected an
entrance into the 'back kitchen by cutting a window
with a pocket knife, and removing
.a shutter; but
having got so far, they_ found further progress arrested
by bars and, bolts', and finding ,nothing there to suit
them, were about to depart, when he (Cook) said
" I'll see what's in the oven. P.3n his search he found
a canister, which he supposed to contain tea, but
instead of which there was in it about three-quarters
of a pound of gunpowder ; on pulling off the lid he
poured out a small quantity, which immediately
ignited the whole. The explosion carried off part of
the roof of the building, forced out a window, and
set fire to various articles in the oven, besides
doing other damage ; it also shattered the boy's
thumb, carried away part of his tongue, and
inflicted a very large scalp wound, his head, face,
and eyes presenting a frightful appearance.
A surgeon who was immediately sent for dressed his
wounds, and although maimed as above described, he
is likely to recover, when he will be brought before
the magistrates upon the charge. Cook, although
young in years, is said to be hardened in crime ; he is
about 15 years of age, of diminitive stature, and has
been several times brought before the magistrates and
committed for minor offences.—Essex Herald.

Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., is
appointed to succeed Sir Edward Owen in the Mediter-
ranean command, and will hoist his flag on board the
Monarch, 84.—Hampshire Telegraph.
The Lords of the Treasury have granted 750/.,
part of the Parliamentary grant for public walks, &c.,
to the Corporation of Sunderland, in aid of a plan for
providing a place of recreation for the inhabitants ; the
only condition of the grant being, that the ground, when
purchased, shall be legally and permanently secured as
a place of recreation for the people. It is intended to
purchase and lay out Building-hill. The estimated cost
is about 3,000/., the remainder of which will be raised
by public subscription.
The Civil Tribunal of the Seine was occupied on
Tuesday with a case in which Lady Dorothea Campbell,
of the Rue d'Aguesseau, 12, was plaintiff; and M.
Rohaut de Fleury, her landlord, defendant. The point
to be decided was simply whether a tenant had a
right to have carriages enter the court-yard at night,
in giving balls or soirees. It appears that the plaintiff
has for a short time inhabited her present apartment,
at a rent of I,ooof. a-month. She is in the habit of re-
ceiving company every Friday evening, and no objec-
tion was at first made to the carriages of her friends
entering in the usual manner into her court-yard to
set down company until about three weeks ago,
when the landlord issued a prohibition to prevent
any carriage entering the court, or going out, after
twelve o'clock. This step was taken at the instigation of
a Mme. Sarlandiare, a lady keeping a boarding-house on
the same premises, and whose inmates complained of
the noise made every Friday night. A servant of this
person was placed in the porter's lodge, to the exclusion
of the old servant, who had filled his office for twenty-
eight years, and when the carriages arrived he !pre-
vented them from entering. The result was, that Lady
D. Campbell's guests were obliged to alight in the
street, and cross the court-yard on foot, to reach her
apartment. Her Ladyship remonstrated ; but, finding
all her efforts at an amicable arrangement useless, saw
herself obliged to bring an action to establish her right.
After the case had been thus stated for the plaintiff,
counsel' was heard for the defendant and Mine.
Sarlendiere. The advocate for the former declared
that his client had done all that was in his power to
conciliate matters ; he had offered to construct at his
own expense a tent in the court-yard, to enable Lady
D. Campbell's guests to arrive at her apartment under
cover ; he had proposed also to put down a carpet ; and
it had been agreed, on his suggestion, that straw should
be strewed under the gateway and in the yard, in
order to deaden the noise of the carriages. This arrange-
ment, however, had afterwards been broken by Lady
D. Campbell. and the suit brought on. For Mine.
Sarlandiire it was stated that, if the soirees just
alluded to were continued, she must be utterly ruined,
as she had laid out 50,000 francs in founding a boarding-
house, and all her boarders would leave her if their rest
was disturbed every Friday night from nine at night
until five in the morning. The plaintiff's counsel, in
reply to these observations, stated that the noise of the
carriages would be heard in the street just as well as
in the court-yard, by Madame Sarlandiere's boarders, the
rooms of all of whom were on the street. But the Court
had nothing to do with the feelings of these persons,
however respectable they might be ; the question was
as to the right of a locataire to have carriages enter the
court-yard when a soiree or ball was given. The Court,
after having deliberated, decided that Lady D. Camp-
bell's right was; incontestible, and in consequence con-
demned the defendant to the costs of the suit.—Galig-
aa i's Messenger.
THE VAGUE, Dsc. 26.—According to the preli-
minary report of the Central Section on the projects of
law relative to a modification of the first book of the
penal code, thirty-three Members declared in favour of
solitary confinement as well by day as by night, with
hard labour ; thirty-five Members desire the introduc-
tion of the penalty of transportation to one of our
colonies.
There has been a meeting at Ghent of the men em-
ployed in the sugar houses, for the purpose of drawing
up a petition to the Chamber against the proposed law
On sugar duties. The petition has above 800 signatures.

. IRELAND.
fikaitStNTATION OF TIPPERABY.

DUBLIN, IYEc. Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, in
6onse4uence of the Micrtte state of hi% health, declines
to aeseept the representation of Tipperary. It is likely
that Mr. ItyrO, of inch House, a deputy-lieutenant of
that county, will now be otiteted.
ANTI-TRINITAIUAN COLLEGES.

Under this headinv, the Evening Mall glfr the follow-
ing announcement :—" We believe we may novr mate
*ith certainty that Sir James Graham, and that portion
of the t abinet which encourage everything anti-Pro-
testant in Ireland, have come to the resolution of found-
ing two colleges—the one in Ulster, the other in Mun-
ster ; Belfast and Cork being the localties fixed upon in
ctppo'gition to z if not in rivalry with Trinity College,
Dub'in. ft rge understand, decided upon that these
new establishments at to be founded and provided for
by special charters and Parngtnuncary grants, indepen•
dent of all other funds ,• and that, rcir the present, they
are to have the power of granting degrees m medicine,
law and arts."