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No. 10,926.

THE REVEREND DR. WOOLlehaving
signified his intention of RESIGNING the
HEAD MASTERSHIP of ' RUGBY SCHOOL in
July next, the Trustees feeling the importance of the ap-
pointment of an able and proper Master to fill up the
vacancy, and thinking it their duty to give every attention
'to this great object, request that such Gentlemen as pro-
pose to become CANDIDATES will signify their intention
and forward their testimonials to Mr. HARRIS, of
Rugby, on or before the Ist of December next, when
notice will be given to the CANDIDATES of the DAY
of ELECTION.

SUMMER ASSIZES.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, Sarr. 4.
SANDFORD V. ruciwaisON.
Sir. BLACKBURN opened the pleadings.
oft was
an action for debauching the.plaintiff's daughter.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, this was one of those ei-
•treinely painful actions which were, from time o
time, brought into Court for the most distress*
injury and disgrace that a family can sustain, and fie
could wish it was not tili, to be tried before the
terms he
ilivehhicand
oitffemreudst btoe,hafrvoemittheloorkeefdusailntoel+
Where.. What gratification the defendant could find
in making it necessary thus publicly to expose the
shame of the family, he could not divine, but it
greatly aggravated his misconduct. (Mr. Broughal'n
here_ again offered a reference, which was declined.
He resumed.) The plaintiff, was a clergyman of ti
Church of England. He was the citrate of Crook,
near'Kendal,and he had brought up a large famit).
on a very moderate income ; and his danglitert- li ',
the. daughters- of many • other poor clergYtatn
the north of England, -went to .market every--i •;;
turday with the cheese and butter of their father, o'
- the same manner as the daughter of a poor 'farmer ;
but then Plaintiff -was not therefore the, less. entitled
to 'a compensation for the shame and . disgrace
brought Upon his family by the defendant, who had
die gracelessness to-come into -court and show him-
self to the jury, probably because he knew that his
victim- must come for Ward and give evidence. It
was,at Kendal market that the plaintiff's daughter
! became acquainted with the defendant; there their
acquaintance began; it was continued at her father's
house, he- became. her suitor; no objection was
made, and that familiar intercourse followed which
always attends courtship. The defendant availed
himself of this intimacy, and became the father of a
,1- child; after which he renewed his promises, and the
Iday for the wedding was fixed, but he did not ap.-
pear.. i All this took place in 1822, and the action
was shortly afterwards -brought, -but the defendant
left the country, and it was impossible to bring the
matter forwaid until his return. The young lady
, had in the mean time married,: and become respect-
', ably settled ; but he must inform the Jury that she
gave birth to a child in a very few months after her
marriage. That contamination of mind which, where
' marriage did not heal the sore, always followed the
, loss of virtue, was owing to the defendant, the first
seducer.. The seduction was, from the birth of the
child, notorious, and it was also notorious that the
plaintiff- had begun his action. The plaintiff has,
'therefore, after much •consideration continued it.—
The Jury would have before them his daughter, who
would tell the piteous story of which he only gave
the outlines, and they would .award such damages
as they thought the plaintiff ought to receive. "
Mrs. Isabella Hutchinson.--I am daughter of the
plaintiff. He is' the curate of Crook. He has
eight children besides me. I have always lived
with my father until lately. I acted as servant. I
used to go to market. My father has some land.
I first met the defendant at- Kendal market, on the
29th of April, 1820, at the White Lion. I was
then 20 ; he was then 25 or 26. After I had seen
him three or four times, lie ettitle to my father's
house to see me. He said his intentions were to
marry' me. After that, he used to come for twO
years-or more. I became pregnant, and was delivered
On the 18th of June, 1822. I saw the defendant
three months afterwards; he came to my father's
house, and said he would still marry me. After
that, I saw him-at the Fox. and.-Goose, at Kendal.
He then said he would marry me. Nancy Proctor,
the servant, was by. He asked me if I was going
to father the child. I said, " yes, my father insisted
on it." He said, if I did, he would make over all
to his\ father, and I should get nothing; but if I did
not, he would marry me. The day was fixed. I
prepared the clothes and the dinner. His property
was 550/. .ss. nil He said he had that sum left
him by a relation some years ago. His father has a
good estate at Dillicar, about five miles from Kendal.
'He is not his father's eldest son. It was about two
years since that his acquaintance and friends saw
him. I continued to go to Kendal - market. Saw
him in Kendal once, but never spoke to him. I was
married a year last May. The child has since been
living with my father, who took tare of it.
Cross-examined by Nr. WILLIAMS.—There was a
dance at the White Lion, where I first met the de-
fendant.. My brother had come over from Kendal
with me, but he did not go to the dance. I was at
home between eight and nine. I saw him next at
the Fox and Goose. I saw him afterwards on the
race-ground. I got home then at'lo o'clock. I rode
on his horse, and he walked. None of the family
were up. He remained with me until about one
o'clock. I did not tell my parents he had been
there. He came again, about a month afterwards,
at nine o'clock. My father and all the family were
gone to-bed. He stopped late. He came again a
fortnight afterwards, in the evening, when my fa-
ther was gone to bed. My brother was up. He went to
bed and left us' together. After the fourth or fifth
visit he saw my father; he came in the-evening and
supped with us. My father went to bed. My mo-
ther asked him -what he wanted. He said he wanted
to marry me; his intentions were good. The mis-
chief happened at my father's house, when the rest
of the family were gone to bed. lam sure I don't
know when it was,' I can read; I sometimes-read-
the newspaper. I have read a little of trials of this
kind ; I have not read many of them. I was not
acquainted with any other young Man in particular.
I was married a year last May. I have a child; it
was born about twenty weeks after my marriage. I
live with my: husband at Crook.
, Ite-examined.—The dance at which I saw defert•
dant was in the summer-tiine. I rode home oil
horseback. .• . .

By rustler of the Trustees,
GEO. HARRIS, their Clerk. '
Rugby, Sept. 14, 1827.
N. B. It is required by the Act of Parliament 17th
Geo. 111. chap. '7l, that the Head Masters of RugbN
SchoOl shall be Protestants of the Church of England, and
shall have taken the degree of Master of Arts in the Uni-
versity of Oxford or Cambridge.

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MEMOIR OF UGO FOSCOLO.

His saltem accumulem donia et fungar inani

Munere.---Virg.

On the 10th instant, at half-past eight to
the evening, died' Ugo. Foscolo, aged abOut 50,
at hiSresidence in the neighbourhood of London,.
whither he .had recently retired for the benefit of
his health. During nearly two years previous to
his deeease he. had laboured under an organic.
affection, the symptoms of which were greatly_
aggravated by intense devotion to his literary
pursuits. Before the disease reacbed its cli.riax,
he bad suffered:from severe attacks of an inflam-
matory kind, which at length ,extended. .to the
liver, and a confirmed dropsy finally ensued. The
operation of tapping was.twice performed at vary
short intervals, but his strength was so far re-
duced, that it perhaps only hastened his dissolu-
tion. Everything which medical skill, and the
solicitude of friends could devise was had recourse
to in vain'. Nothing could avert the fatal event
which deprived Italy of one of her most patriotic
sons, and Europe of one of her brightest literary
ornament!'2

The genius of. Foscolo was of a high order ;
animated, rapid, and teeming with strong and
original ideas. His surprising memory was a
perfect storehouse of facts and images ; it ap-
peared to receive them with the ductility of wax,
and to retain them as if they had been engraved
upon solid marble. By .means of this faculty,
directed with singular tact and judgment, he was
enabled to become one of the most learned among
modern scholars, and his acquisitions were at
once solid and versatile. His natural disposition
was warm and generous, his passions were strong,
but directed chiefly to objects of laudable and
noble enterprize : to liberty, to independence of
mind and action, and to an enlarged sympathy
with the best impulses of human nature and of
the heart; as regarded both nations and indivi-
duals. In accordance with these sentiments, ,
were the noble maxims which he avowed in the
very teeth of despotic power, before the Congress
at Lyons.

Born in the Island of Zante, about the year
1777, Ugo Foscolo spent many of his early
years among the lonian Islands, where he chiefly
received his education, and in the city of Venice
and its vicinity. Having early entered upon the
military profession, gifted with equal powers of
satire, and more knowledge of politics and of the
world, Foscolo's appeared to be a character very
opposite 'to that of any of his contemporaries.
He found himself in the very midst of those
stirring events, which attended the shock given
to the old dynasties and petty governments of
Italy. He was alio the last, if not the greatest,
of Italy's modern writers connected with these re-
volutionary commotions ; his opinions upbn
which, as a public writer, he had yet to declare.
These soon became apparent :—the object to
which he was ready to devote his life, was the
constitutional freedom of his country—adapted
according to the local genius and character of
the different Italian states.—London Weekly
Review.

A party of four, persons dined together
.on
Thursday, at West Cowes; who were so related
to each other, that there were actually .present—
two husbands, one wife, two fathers,, one mother,
two sons,.two daughters, two uncles, two aunts,
two nieces, two nephews, two great uncles, one
great aunt, two brothers, two sisters, four cousins,
one maiden.

YORK Housit.--The house in the Green
I'ark built for the late lamented Duke of York
is yet without an owner. The Marquis of Staf-
fordas we some time since, stated, agreed to
purchase it from Goverr.lnent:_.
had,
(the sellers be-
lievingt() be only no i •
themselvesmortgagees —at a
stipulated sum ; but on reference to their legal
advisers, it ttppeared (says report) that their
liability under certain engagements with his late
Royal. Highness, was to a greater extent. They
therefore found it necessary to explain to the
noble Marquis that they had mistaken their po,
laltion ; but that they were willing to open a ne-
gociation with his Lordship on a new basis;
namely, that of the purchase money covering the
full amount of the claims on the property. T.
this Lord Stafford is said not to have objected,
provided the sum did not far exceed the price
originally demanded, which, we believe, was
70,0001. If we are not misinformed, between
fifty and sixty thousand pounds were advanced
(on mortgage) by Government for the building
—the remainder must, consequently, be due to
tradesmen and other private individuals. A
valuation is now being made ; and thus the
matter stands at present.—Literar!/ Gazette.

Nancy Proctor was present when Miss Sandford
and the prisoner wefe together. Witness heard
him frequently speak about marrying her, and
heard him appoint the time; he did so several times.
he appeared very much attached to her, and she to
him,

Mr. WILLIAsts, in mitigation of damagps, said
the plaintiff was negligent in.pertnltting his daughter
to be up after the. rest of the family were abed, and
it was clear from the daughter's account, that she
Was not SO Unshaken in principle as to render the
father's loss deserving of large damages.
Mr. Baron HULLOCK thought there was no impu-
tation on the father's conduct.

The Jury retired for three quarters of an hour,
and then fonnd a verdict for the plaintiff—Mot-.
ges, 'lO/.

. . ,
LADY.--,-This tide is derived from an old cus-
toi of the wives of men of large fortune, who, at their
mansions, used, weekly, with their own hands, to serve
out :to the poor a certain quantity of bread, and were called
lef. days, i. e. bread givers.—Literary gv(mfcift
A MODEL.-4 lady meeting 1.4 the street a
gentleman who wo tightfully ugly, took him by the hand,
and led Mm to tlie.shop of a statuary, to 'Whom she said,
4 just like this,' and departed. The gentleman, astonished,
asked the meaning of this; the statuary answered, the lady
has employed me to make the figure of the devil ; and as I
had no ntodd, she promised to bring me one.--Literary
Chratticle.
WC 111 T happy to state .that the extensive
printfields in the vicinity of Barrhead and Neil-
ston have not been to brisk for twenty years as
quantity
going cla and night, and finishing an immense
they
17° At I+4:tient. Many of the 'works are
gpods.—Glasgozu Chronicle.

LONDON, TUESDAY EVIINING, SEPTIgMBER 18, 1.827.
--- • - -

PROFESSO) WILSON.

. ,
I have just returned froth :4 pleasure excursion
through some of The finest counties in Scotland.
The picturesque beauties of Dunkeld, the, me
lancholy grandeur of St. Andrew's,• the sweet
solitude .of," 'Fair Melrose," arid the princely
doMains of PleUrs, have successively charmed
my wanderm. eyes.
,Thus moving onwards, I
one afternoon, last meek, lighted Upon the water-
ing place oflnverkeithitig, shout six miles from
Peebles, 'fast rising into repute on account of thf
efficacy of its mineral, springs. walked about-;---
admired the beauties of the spot—viewed the
Noy ancient 'scat of Lord Traqiiair, said to be
the original ofl3radwardint -House, and the very
beau-ideal of what-is bidught before our eyes in
the novel of Waverley. Thug having, as
thought, discussed the lions' of the place, I
retired to rest • pregkO nur-ue my course
with-the rising' sir. eximorni7.ig Z .was awoke
from slumber by, the sound of a bugle echoing
and re-echoing from the deep recesses of the
mountains ; I hurried on My apparel; eager to.
ascertain .the meaning of this, here, unwonted
sound. The scene that presented itself, and
what followed, I shall not soon forget: The
quiet village of Inverkeithing seemed altogether
to have changed its character; all the jaunting
cars, gigs, horses, &c., for a hundred miles
round, ' seemed here congregated. One cart
drew up at the inn where I had slept,• in it was
deposited some of the substantials of life, hams,
fowls, quantities of dressed game, wine, and a
glorious cask filled with the elixir vitro of our
barren Scottish hills ; nothing seemed wanting
for the support of life in no short campaign.
The singular appearance of one gentleman,
who seemed to take the most active share in
these preparations, attracted my notice. He was
apparently above six feet in height, had on a
long light. coloured morning-gown, a kind of
glazed trowsers, without waistcoat or neckerchief,
no stockings on his legs, his feet only protected
by a pair of slippers with the heels turned down-
ward ; ruddy fair hair shone from under his hat;
a manly face, with a
,fine glowing eye, filled up
the picture. He mewed about in 'every direction,
shook hands with one, bowed to another—had-
a kind word for all.

I had yet to learn the object of all this stir,
which turned out to be a pleasure excursion to
St. Mary's Loch, a distance 'of about twelve
miles, projected by the joyous spirit of Professor
Wilson, (who had been residing in this village
d►uing the vacation), and now about to be car-
ried into execution under his direction. I was
further informed, that the Ettrick Shepherd'
would join the party when they reached his
abode, Mount Benger. Here, then, was no
common temptation—the pleasure of meeting
two of our great poets on their 'native heath, was
not one that could be enjoyed every day. I
therefore altered my route, and entered with all
soul, into the delights of the expedition.
.About eight o'clock the cavalcade moved for-
ward ; the stirring sound of the music once more
animated us ; the performer, mounted on horse-
back, led the way. So numerous an assemblage
for such a purpose had scarce before passed so
near the Bush aboon Traquair,' which we soon
left behind. The village of Traquair poured
forth its denizens to look at this unwonted mul-
titude the shearer, as we passed, forgot his
labours to stare at this gathering; but soon the
disturbed solitude of nature, with the moor-fowl
roused from its hiding-place, the hare from
behind its bush, and the wild pigeon from its
spot of rest, Were the only sounds foreign to our
wandering party. • At length Mount Bengerap-
peared befbre us, and we stopped our course for
a moment to give a hearty welcome to the worthy
4 Shepherd' and his wife. Hogg, is a man rather
under than above the middle size—dreSsed in
tartan trowsers, a plain short coat, and a plaid
thrown over his shoulders ; a ruddy hard com-
plexion—not to say that l►e looks ill, but merely
the appearance of having stood many a hard
mountam-breeze. In speech and general appear-
ance you imagine not that you have a poet before
you,. but a simple, honest, kind-hearted yeoman
farmer, for such truly is James Hogg—his
genius serving only to throw &halo round the
character of the man.

We once more moved forward, passed Athen
Cottage, lately the Shepherd's abode, and
about twelve o'clock reached the spot on St.
Mary's Loch, where our repast was to be served
forth. While some were one to fish, others to
see the ruins of St. Mary s chapel and burying-
ground, others to view the grave of a-celebrated
outlaw, who, in :the time of King James the
Fourth, had kept the forests of Yarrow and
Ettrick in subjection to him,—the Professor,
with another party, took the charge of unload-
ing our provision-cart, and laying out the con-
tents in fitting order.
Thus was the time whiled away for an hour or
two; until the sound of the roast beef of Old
England summoned us to partake of what the
mountain air had so well prepared us for. During
the abscnee of the stragglers, the , Professor and
his assistants had not been idle. • Oil a level
spot, a little way up one of the braes,' they had
pitched their camp ; a large circle had been
formed by means of sacks, plaids, &c., a beauti-
ful
,snow-white cloth -graced the centre, upon
which
Was tastefully set forth every thing that, in
such
a spot, the most outrageoils epicure could
desire.
A blessing having been implored from
on liigh,
by Dr. Jameson; the celebrated author
of the
Scottish Dictionary,' the group, con-
SiStilT of upwards of seventy persons, young and
Old, male Speedy havoc oil what had seemed
such a mignty,storagei,--fevi; truly, were the
fragments left. behind. The glass now began to
circulate. The first tOast, given by Professor
Wilson, as chairman of 'the rtsSerriblage,, was, as
a matter of course, the King ;' and with feel-
ings of tine loyalty was it toasted. To attempt
any sketch of the further pidetedings were a vain
1115 k—toast followed toast, literary and patriotic.
I have attended many public meetings, but in
none did I ever see enthusiasm and poetic
g s
of the
storesrichest offeel-
glow so well kept up. The Pro
fessoeloquence, wit, and true patrio•
tic ferrous,r's
without end. There was
seemed
some rich badinage between him and ' the Shep-
herd;' which it would have given Me pleasure to
s
transfer from their glowing lips to yotir columns ;
but the words are gone—general feeling dwells
only in memory, .as a day of exquisite, of enthu-
siastic happiness.—Westmoreland Advertiser.

PnicE 7D.

COURT OF JUSTICIAItY,. GLASGOW,

SEAT. 14.

Alexander Lang was indicted for having stolen
from the. Bank of Scotland's office, in Glasgow, be-
tween, the,6th of July, -1826, end the Ist of June,
1827, a sum of money amounting to IMO/. ster-
ling, in sovereigns, half sovereigns, guineas, and half
.guineas of gold, crowns, half-crowns, shillings, and
sixpences in silver.- The prisoner- was employed as
a porter in the Bank, and was charged to have
effected this theft by: breaking open the box in
which the money Was deposited 4 . He pleaded " not
guilty."
Mr. John M'Cracken _was the first witness called
On the part of the Crown. He is teller of the branch
of the Bank of Scotland in Ayr. Was desired to
make up as much money as could be spared. Made
up 7001. of gold, and .500/.'of silver; the gold was
wrapped in two pietes of strong paper, and the sil-
ver put into five bags, containing 1001. each ; the
parcel and strings of thebag were scaled with the
Bank seal. The 'hags and parcel were after-
wards put into a box, which` wag" fastened -with
screw-nails, some of which were .scaled. The box
was directed to " Robert Aitken, Esq.," agent of
the Bank of Scotland in Glasgow; beneath this
address was another to the treasurer of the Bank in
Edinburgh. The box was to go off by the Tele-
graph for Glasgow. The witness was shown the
box, and identified his own handwriting on it, and
the-seals on the nails.

Robert Aitken, Esq.; is cashier or agent in
Glasgow for the Bank of Scotland. Witness iden-
tified the box. It is directed to him. Received it
on the 7th of July, 1826. The box was quite se-
cure when it reached him. It was very heavy ; a
porter might have carried it, but with difficulty.
The safe of the bank consists of two divisions, or
apartments, denominated the inner and the outer
safes. The box was put into the inner safe. Never
missed the box from the safe, which he sees every
day. • The porter has access to the outer safe when
all the other clerks are absent from the bank ; but
not to the inner safe where the box was. On the
28th of Jnne last, witness told the. teller to take out
the box and count the contents, and place them to
the credit of the bank, and discovered that the
money was gone. Wrote to the bank in Edinburgh.
A question as to the contents of the letter was ob-
jected to, on the principle.urged before. Knows
the prisoner at the-bar. He was porter to the bank ;
became so in February, 1821, and continued in it till
the 29th of May last.
Cross-examined.--Did not open the box to exa-
mine the contents when it came. to his possession.
The box was in the bank from Jnly, when it arrived,
till June in the following year—about 11 months.
Had occasion to lift it in May last, and felt it very
heavy. Lang had, not left the bank then. Sup-
posing the box concealed .in the outer safe, it is
possible that it might riot be missed next morning
by the clerks.
By the CounT—The prisoner was dismissed from
his situation. He got warning of two months. Had
two interviews with Lang after the money was
missed, at the'first of which he promised to exert
his behalf if he would divulge what he knew of the
money. Prisoner said he did not know where the
money was. 6191. were found in prisoner's coal-
cellar, and brought to the Bank. Witness, in an
interview with the prisoner after this, asked where
the rest of the money. was.. The panel said he was
sorry he had not told of the money found in the cel-
lar before ; and said he had hid the rest, about 4001.,
at the aide of Clyde, but feared it would be taken
away. Witness searched for the money, but did not
find it. The panel never acknowledged that he had
taken the money from the box.
Mr. J. Aitken heard of the money,being lost, and
heard that the prisoner was in gaol; he saw him there
on the Saturday after he was put in, and had two
or three other interviews with him, • in all of.. which
he denied knowing any thing. of the robbery. lie
went from the gaol to the prisoner's house in Gor-
bals, along with his wife. She gave, him the key
of the coal-cellar, and in one corner of it. he found a
quantity of gold and silver money covered with coal
dross; on finding this, he went for the other persons
belonging to the bank. The money, amounting to
8191. was ultimately taken to the bank. He did
not know what became of the key afterwards. He
saw the prisoner in gaol next day. The prisoner
said the rest of the money was hid about the side of
Clyde, but could not now begot.
The declaration of the prisoner was then read.
He admitted that he had a few sovereigns in his pos-
session, which lie got on account of the bank, but
gave them notes of his own in exchange. He-de-
clared that he never touched the box after it was
put into the safe. In his second declaration he
denied that he knew any thing of- the money found
in the cellar.

The Public Prosecutor restricted the libel, and
left the case entirely to the Jury.
Mr. COCKBURN also declined addressing them for
the prisoner.
Lord M'KENZIE having summed up the evidence,
the Jury retired for a short time, and on their return,
gave in the following verdict :—" The Jury find the
panel Guilty, by a plurality of voices; but on ac-
count of his former good character, and the induce-
ments held out to him by the gentlemen represent-
ing the Bank, they unanimously recommend him to
the lenity of the Court."
The LORD JUSTICE CLERK did not think the re-
commendation of the Jury, on the ground of the in-
teference of the bank, well founded. Their inter-
ference was very improper; no person or persons
had a right to interfere in the way they had dorie
with the course of justice ; but the Jury should not
have taken that interference into their consideratiOn
at all. He had thought of proposing transportation
for life, but on account of the previous good charac-
ter of the prisoner, he would propose that it should
be limited, to 14 years.
Lord M'KENZIE then addressed the prisoner on
the heinous theft of which he had been guilty, an:d
sentenced him to 14 years' transportation.
The Court then broke up at a few minutes after
five o'clock.

Numerous base sovereigns are in circulation
in the torn and county of Galway.—Dublin Freeman's
Journal.

TALNIA'S " BELLOWS" PORTRAITe-Pre-
ViOUS u the death of Monsieur Mime, he was,
on more occasions than one, made acquainted
with the spurious origin of this picture, for
which, conceiving it to be an original portrait of
Shakspeare, he gave two hundred pounds. He
would not, however, credit the fact of the fabri-
cation, until a short time before his final illness,
when, it seems, he became aware of it. On the
disposal of his property; all the Parisian fashion-
ables attended ; the grand object of attraction
being the Bellows Picture. During the sale, it
was stated that the painter was a Flemish artist,
of the name of Porbus; that Talma had refused
a thousand Napoleons for the portrait ; and that
on one occasion, when he had been visited bY
Mr. Charles Lamb, the latter being shown tie
picture, fell upon his knees, and kissed it with
idolatrous veneration. This dexterous forgery
was knocked down at 3,100 francs, about one
I hundred and thirty pounds sterling.

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ST. OMER, FRIDAY, Szn. 14

Our seven days' review, or Military Festival,
about which so much has been said in the French
Ministerial Papers, concluded here yesterday.
The King departed this morning for Dunkirk;
but the whole affair, to the authorities, I should
think, must have been rather disappointing :
very little enthusiastically loyal feeling, and not
much even of common curiosity, has been ex-
citedday (the first), I understand, were about 17,000;
in St. Omer. :The troops reviewed on this
five regiments of cavalry included, and some
squadrons of artillery. The ground chosen for
the op ildeesfifranoncei !otf. Oa
aation—in the. immediate vicinity of the
ewa-emllp'sea
were not so
rent off' creditably ;, but a
dusty day, the thin':
the way of spectacle)
review of 17,000 men
ittedeteattlinnsdixitml
n-ifetiriouwsalys
is pen de chose. The other ..7110-.
good. The " breakfast in camp,
• " which took
a a sort of
place on Wednesday, was, of couma.:
entertainment calculated to be mainly inte:esti"g
to the parties immediately engaged in, it: ,ti„
King's taking his cutlets and wine on the inside
of a gay pavilion, would be all well enough; but
one does not see how it could convey any very
direct satisfaction to those %clic) remained on
the out. And the " attack of the fort," with
the " sham engagement," which wound up the
gala yesterday, was a very dull affair ; the whole
number of spectators, I should think, not ex-
ceeding 5,000, with scarcely any equipages, and
the people whck were present not very much
struck with what was going on. In fact, all per-
formances of the " sham fight" kind turn out
failures, except upon the stage. On the present
oscasion it was universally agreed that both sides
behaved with great gallantry ; but which were the
conquerors we could not very well tell ; a battle,
without charges' of bayonets, *ants the natural
termination: The camp in which the troops lie
has some curiosity, and is a ,inodel of that neat-
ness and proprete which distinguishes the quar-
ters of our French neighbours—when those
quarters (always provided) do not happen
to be taken up h the country of an enemy. The
tents, even of the' common soldiers, are of
a most dazzling whiteness; the piled muskets
have neat canopies, with defending curtains, to
protect them from the weather ; mod the quarters
of every corps are.distinguished by sOtne altar or
trophy, dedicated, to the Sovereign, " Charles
Dix ;" with some emblem or inscription :x11"-:5-
sive of the devotion of his subjects. The .111.-
fantry. (reviewed) in' general had a spirited,
soldier-like. appearance. The knapsacks they
use are remarkably handsome, and well devised.
They are of hide,Areasitimith the hair outward
(like some of. qur old-fashioned trunks in Eng-
land) ; and extended within by-means of light
wooden stretchers, ao as to stand out square, like
a shallow dressing-case, or writing-desk, All
the cavalry regiments were well mounted; the
sth Regiment (which I saw between St. Omer
and Calais) particularly so.. Their clothing,
however, is not well chosen ; the bright green co-
lour of "the jaekatfaiter a wetting or two; loses its
colour, and becomes a bad blue: and • the- scarlet
trousers and shabracks look ill as soon as the first
lustre ia off. Both i n the cavalry and infantrythe stan-
dard of the men is decidedly below that of our
own troops ; and the appearance of the subaltern
officenvis inferior. I saw the King in the field,
and in tke-- town ; former: Intuition very
closely, aad for some time. . He seemed in goOd
personal health, and rode vigOrously ; his whole
deportment and figure being manly and respect-
able ; but he seemed to feel—as it struck use,
that the work going on was a little absurd ; in
fact, every, public show, to be good; must be
well taken, which do not think this was.* I
saw the peasants ploughing in the fields at their
leisure; while. the. musketry and artillery were
roaring. upon the heights within a charter of a
mile of them. In the town of St. Omer, and
about the approaches to it, where the constituted
authorities could.exert,themselves, of course ra-
ther more " demonstration"';was got up. There
vaere.triumphal..arches, and some garlands here
and there hung across the streets; and
sonic
per-
sells at the windows. The inn-keepers, too, ex-
erted themselves, to make the thing as lively as
,possible ; they must have gained money,
(having all prices entirely in their own
hands), from the influx of visitors. The
King, during his whole stay, has behaved
with marked courtesy to: all classes, and sent a
dinner-invitation to the English officers in St.
Omer, which of course was accepted, when all
who attended were graciously received. His
Majesty also attended a ball given at. the Hotel
de Ville last night ; and constantly raises his hat
where parties of ladies have been,:assembled.in
the balconies, as he passes in the street. - Still
the affair here is a failure; and -one is rather sur-
prised that the mere presence of ,the Sovereign
should not excite a greater sensation. A few
English officers have come over, but only two
or three of rank. Mr. Harries was at Calais
on Wednesday, but I don't think be came to
St. Omer..

fromme (atifitaetr
place.
Two mleesttetro
P. S. A most ridiculous incident has just oc-
Two young Englishmen, crossing on Tuesday,
sc
cuarlreedd
tahte Ca
ba lnavi )
nt coa
from Dover, met with some wag at their inn
there, who had just come from the French side,
and were very anxious for advice as to which
hotel in Calais it would be best for them to put
up at. The rogue into whose hands they were
delivered, discovering that they knew nothing of
French, recommended them to. go to a small
hotel—not generally known to travellers, but ex-
cellently good, and which any one on the quay
at Calais would show them—the sign of
the Petit Pot de Chambr e ! From pure
ignorance, the victims, never perceived the
meaning of the words, and actually, on
landing at Calais (verq. ill, after a rough
passage), answered to the inquiries of the com-
missionaires' who beset the pier—to what
hotel would Monsieur proceed ?" The Petit
Pot de Chambre ;" producing, moreover, a
card, upon which their merciless mentor had
written for them the name of the house. This
jest was near being serious,; for the body of
porters, eommissionaires, and so forth—on whom
to make the matter worse, they, kept pressiil
their inquiries for the Petit Pot de Chambre,'
fancied themselves wilfully insulted, and were
within an ace of throwing the customers of the
new house ofentertainment into the sea. Fortunately
anEnglishresident,wbwas 0 standing by,interfered,
and rescued them from this inauspicious com-
mencement to the adventures of foreign travels. But
it was not without difficulty that even this gen-
tleman was able to convince the angry by-
standers of the real state of the fact, when the
inquirers for the Alit_ Pot de Chanibre were
forwaided to an actual hotel, amidst the loud
laughter of the populace- .