The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-13 00:00:00

LITERARY ANECDOTES.

(From a Correspondent.)
Few readers of taste can have forgotten the
imnpression first produced on their minds by the
exquisite rural tales and descriptions of the late
Robert Bloomfield. The latter days of this
worthy, unassuming man, were darkened by
poverty and affliction. The failure of his pub-
lishers—SOLT:z expensive, unproductive law-suits
"-ill too easy andgenerous disposition
--and peculiar family misfortunes—impercep-
tibly involved his affairs in confusion, and sunk
him into a state of nerveless, hopeless, despon-
dency, from which lie was only relieved by
death. One of his warmest and steadiest friends,
a living poet, of high reputation, attempted at
one time to procure his appointment to a humble
situation, then vacant, in one of the subordinate
offices of Government. Bloomfield was every
way qualified for the office, and his friend, Mr.
R., lost no time in applying to a nobleman, then
high in his Majesty's Councils, to endeavour to
secure the appointment. The request was in-
stantly granted. " Nothing," his Lordship was
pleased to say, " would afford him greater plea-
sure than to fulfil the wishes of Mr. R. and
oblige his friend, the poet, in so slight a matter."
Day, however, succeeded day and no appoint-
ment took place—it was not entered in the
bond. But as great men. have sometimes bad
memories, and are troubled after many things, it
was possible that the promise might beaccidentally
forgotten. A second application was accord-
ingly made to: Lord S., and a second promise
returned, with numerous apologies for his Lord-
ship's unintentional lapse. of memory. At ;grater
delay,lowever, took place—the appli;;4lo,l Was
again renewed, another hollo7; prorn I,e was
given, and in a few days poor.•Bkomfield learned
that Lord S. had eor,;orrod the . vacant office
upon another indiY.,idual 1 Johnson was right in
saying that booksellers are the best patrons of
genius.

To mark the sort of fatality which hung over
the worldly affairs of Bloomfield, after the first
hurst of his popularity had subsided, we shall re-
;ate another incident :—At a dinner party in the
metropolis, a few years since, the altered circum-
stances of the.surel., poet happened to form the
topic of conversation, when one of the company
remarked, that an. annuity, which, to a certain
amount,, he thought there would be no difficulty
in seising, would form the most effectual plan
of relieving the poet, and contributing to his
per:simnel-it tranquillity and welfare; " I, myself,"
added fhergentleman,- " will cheerfully give live
pounds per annum." The design was applauded,
but met with no support ; and though the gen-
tleman alluded to offered to subscribe even ten
pounds, to attain the end desired, it was found
necessary to abandon the scheme.. Poor Bloom-
field had fallen into what Jeremy Taylor calls
the "portion of weeds and outworn faces." In
justice to a kind and generous spirit, let us state
that the benevolent individual alluded to was Mr.
Southey.
Our next anecdote shall be one of another
poet, who, like Bloomfield, had to climb the
steep of fame from the level of the sea. We al-
lude to the celebrated Robert Burns. It has
been observed, by Sir Walter Scott,* that Burns
tad none of that chivalrous sense of honour
which places reason on the sword's point. He
was, moreover, somewhat heretical in his opi-
nion& about the Frenchßevolution. But Burns
was, nevertheless, a brave man and a good citi-
zen. When the threatened invasion of the
French Republicans menaced our shores, he en-
rolled himself a member of a corps of volunteers,
established at Dumfries, and was, during the
short remainder of his life, distinguished for his
zeal in the cause of rational liberty. Previous to
one of the public meetings of his regiment, it was
hinted to the poet that something in the shape
of a song or speech would be expected from him
—some effusion on the glory of Britain and the
patriotic ardour of old Scotland. Burns said no-
thing, and as silence gives consent, it was gene-
rally expected that the lyre of the poet would be
strung for the occasion. The day atlength arrived,
and the room was crowded with the civic soldiers,
and their loyal townsmen. After the cloth was
withdrawn, and the customary toasts pledged in
bumpers, the Poet was called upon. He stood
up, the company rising simultaneously with him,
and slowly lifting his glass, he said, with an arch
indescribable. smile, " Gentlemen, may we never
see the French, or the French see us !" It is
impossible to describe the disappointment which
was painted on the countenances of the expect-
ant volunteers. They dropt down to their seats,
to use the words of our informant, like so many
old wives, at a field-preaching, though they after-
wards confessed, thitthere was as much good
sense and right feeling in the poet's toast, as
could be found in the most splendid of his poems.
In an article on Burns, in the first number of the
Quarterly Review.

TH EAT R E.—Last night Miss Stephens made
flier first appearance on our boards this season in the cha-
racter of " Polly Peaelsurn." As usual, this admired
songstress was received by every demonstration of applause.
Her personal appearance, if any way changed, is certainly
for the better.—Scotsman.

The enchanting Vestris arrived at the New
Steyne Hotel, yesterday, from Worthing, for the recover y
of her health. She intends, we believe, to remain here a
fortnight, and we sincerely wish the salubrious air of
Brighton may tend to her speedy recovery, and also that
she may appear on our boards previously to her departure.
Her sister is with her._Brighton Paper.
Brabant returns to town on the 15th instant,
after a most successful provincial tour ; he attended the
Worteeter, Leietukr,
Ner.w.ichs n,nrainvdaneLdirtherlpeonotls
nitlt un-
diminished power.
and at oath he displayed h
A writer in the Norwich paper
states, that Braharn's " Deeper and deeper still" is the
'
lee plus ultra of the most. intense passion ; and that his
powers shone forth gloriously
.in the Recitatives which
describe the creation of the firmament. Miss Stephens,
'Madame Caradori, and Bacon, were eminently suc-
cessful, as were, of course, Pasta and Zuchelli. The re-
ceipts at Norwich were upwards of six thousand four
hundred pounds.
On Thursday and Friday in last week a
trieket match was played at Peterhorougb, between II
members of the Club in that town, and the like um
Stamford players, which was decided in favourcnifthbeelr ofat-
ter, by 153 notches to 102.—Lincoln-Mercury;.
WEAVING.—TheIC has been of late a con-
siderable improvement in the different branches of weav-
ing in this city, both in demand for, and advance in price
of- the manufactured article. The pullicate department is
particUlarly brisk,—so much so, that there is a deficicocy
of hands to execute the work ; and we understand the ad-
vance within the last two months has been fully twenty per
cent.—Glasgow Free Press.
GEI'iALOGY EXCELLENTLY DEDUCED.—
We have heard of a singular bet lately won by a Mr. Brown,
a great genealogist. Mr. Brown undertook to prove that
be had lineally descended from King Jeremiah, as thus:—
King Jeremiah (said he) might be easily corrupted into
Jeremiah King ; Jeremiah King into Jerry King ; Jerry
Xing into Gri King ; Gri King into Girkin ; Girkin into
yielded Cucumber; Pickled Cucumber into Mango;
Mango into Mungo ; and Mango into Black Man.—which
Mr. Brown was !

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 16727.

Adviees from Constantinople are momentarily
expected, but no later intelligence from thence,
nor from Paris, had reached us when we went to

press.

1. The present posture of affairs in different
parts of Europe is such as to impose upon Lord
GODERICH'S Administration the most arduous
and difficult task. Whether we look to the
affairs of the East, to the state of Spain, or to
that of Portugal, with a British army in her ter-
ritory, we must admit that difficulties present
themselves in each and every case, which require
the most consummate ability and prudence to
surmount ; and if we turn to our own immediate
concerns, by comparing our Expenditure with
our Revenue, we shall equally find that his MA-
JESTY'S Ministers have no bed of roses to lie
upon. Its fact, their stations are far from en-
viable, with reference to any one of those great
questions which now occupy their attention ; and
many of them, we have no doubt, are ready to
declare, that if private station be not the post of
honour, the emoluments and patronage of high
office hut poorly compensate for the labor of
body and mind which the possession of it entails.
To discuss any of the questions connected
with our foreign politics, is not our present pur-
pose. The time approaches when all specula-
tion respecting them will be at an end, and the
course of events must show the wisdom or pro-
priety of the line of policy we have adopted. But
the subject of Finance is that to which we must
direct the public attention.
We are aware that this is a subject to which
few have hitherto paid attention, and to which
most are averse, not alone from its complexity
and dryness, but, peelkaps, from the natural dis-
position to " lay the flattering unction to the
soul," derived from the fallacious observations of
the daily papers on the subject, rather than to
look difficulties fairly in the face. Unpopular,
however, and uninviting as the subject of Finance
may be, we feel it our duty, as impartial jour-
nalists, to revert to it, for the purpose of awaken-
ing a sense of its importance, and justifying by
explanation the strong measures which his 'MA-
JESTY'S Ministers must resort to, either by reduc-
ing Expenditure or increasing the Revenue. How
either of these measures is to he effected must
be the subject of future consideration.
It appears then by the financial statements
laid before the public the day before yesterday,
that the:Revenue of Great Britain for the year
ended the 10th October inst. was 46,832,6811.,
and as we see no reason for supposing that any
very material increase will take place in the present
Quarter, we shall probably not be far from cor-
rect in assuming the amount of the Revenue for
the year ending sth January next, at 47,000,0001.
To this is to be added the Revenue of Ireland,
which last year amounted to 3,622,5931., and as
it is hoped that some improvement has taken
place in the Revenue of that part of the United
Kingdom, we shall assume that its amount will
be 4,000,0001. These sums together, will make
the actual Revenue of Great Britain and Ireland,
amount to 51,000,0001.; but to this is to be
added, according to the present ridiculous mode
of keeping the accounts, the sum of 4,245,2001.,
received from the Trustees for the payment of
Military and Naval Pensions(ofwhich 2,030,7401.
will be received by the Trustees from the Bank
of England, in further payment' of the purchase
of part of the annuity, and the remainder from
the Government itself, and consequently forms

part of the item of '2,800,000/. on the opposite
side of the account). Reckoning, however, this
as income, the total Revenue will be about
55,,250,000/., which, we apprehend, is the highest
estimate which can be taken of it; for the present
financial year. Now let Us take a view of the
other side of the Account, viz., the Expenditure,
For this we must-refer to the expenditure of last
year, ‘vhich was, (exclusive of the sum appro-
priated for the purchase of Stock in redemption
of debt,) 53,885,441/. ; and to the estimate
made by the late Mr. CANNING, in his financial
eapese on the Ist of June last. The sum voted
this year exceeded the votes of last year by
800,0001., and that lamented Minister admitted
that if circumstances did not allow of the reduc-
tions which he contemplated during the present
year, our expences might exceed those of last
year by that sum. As it has not been practi-
cable for our Ministers, from the state of political
tAtirs, to make any reduction in the Army or
Navy, we might assume that the Expenditure will
nearly amount to the estimated sum, but we will
only assume that it will exceed the last year's by
115,000/.
This will make the expenditure of the year X 54,300,000
To which is to be added the amount appro-
priated as Sinking Fund

Total Expenditure £60,000,000

We have then a Revenue of 55,250,000/., and
an Expenditure of 60,000,0001., and we ask how
the 'difference of 4,750,0001. is to be met?
At present the deficiency of each Quarter is
made up by the sale of Exchequer Bills, that
is, by an increase of unfunded debt, for
the purpose of reducing the amount of
the funded debt ; bat as the unfunded must
again ultimately be converted into funded debt,
we repeat the frequently asked question, where
is the use of maintaining a nominal • k.
sm mg
fund of 5,700,000/., when the real surplus of
Income beyond Expenditure, exclusive of it, is
not one million ? Every man of the meanest
capacity must see, when these facts are brought
before him, that it is impossible that this state of
things can be carried on, and therefore the Go-
vernment are fully justified, if they deem it ne-
cessary for the preservation of the credit of the
cow ary, or for other important considerations,
to maintain a' sinking fund of upwards of
5,000,000/., in determining to adopt such
measures, by reduction or otherwise, as will
make our Income and our Expenditure equal.
If reductions, consistent with the honour
and safety of the country, can be made,
they must, in spite of all personal consi-
derations, be carried into effect ; but if, as
we apprehend, it will be found that reductions
cannot bra carried to any considerable extent,
in any of the civil establishments, beyond itbat
they have already been, and that the present'
political circumstances of the world are such as to
render it improbable that our Army or Navy can
be materially reduced, then the Government will
be justified in recommending to Parliament the
adoption of such other measures, by additional
taxation or modification of taxatiou, as will in-
crease the Revenue of the country to the amount
of its unavoidable Expenditure.
On that subject we shall offer some further
observations at an early opportunity.

The following letter from Corfu contains a
copy of the communication said to have been
made by the SULTAN to all his Paellas, on the
Treaty of Intervention being presented by the
Ministers of the Allied Powers. It is a curious
document if authentic, but its style is not charac-
teristic, and we doubt its genuineness :

CORFU, Sarr. 11.—The 7th instant, the Secretary of
the Vizer Omer Vrione, Pacha of Salonichi, arrived in our
Lazaretto, who reports that the note of the Treaty of the
6th of July having been presented to the Ottoman Porte,
in the part of the Ministers in Constantinople, the Sultan
caused all his Vizirs Pachas of three tails to be informed of
to, writng to each in the following tenor :
" Though from the beginning of the rebellion of the in-
fidels our Greek subjects, the European Powers, not only
have declared their neutrality, but appeared even desirous
to see the rebels and insurgents punished, it must be ton
surprising to reason, that after the lapse of some space of
time they begin to proceed differently; that is, in the op-
posite direction. •

" But of all the other powers, England administered to
the rebels, in various modes and circumstances, mediately
and immediately, different aids fer their support in the
cause of rebellion, without ever consenting to listen to the
most just and reasonable complaints of my Sublime Porte,
advanced solemnly at various times.

" Besides this, it wished formerly to interpose its media-
tion iii favourof the rebels, and chiefly withi❑ a few months,
in union with other powers. My Royal Majesty, by
means of the Reis -Effendi, gave always, at the fit time,
suitable answers; and the last and definitive one in the
month of Zilebizze, just passed.

" But, instead of our reasons having found their fit
place, and due force and vigour, beyond all expectation, in
these days, the Ministers of the powers of England, France,
and Russia, abidint, in this capital, advanced, in the names
of their respective °Courts, another new declaration, still
more absurd, as well as most unjust, in which it is mani-
festly expressed that they imperiously require the indepen-
dence and emancipation of the insurgents, our rebel sub-
jects ; and that they iniquitously determine that my Royal
Majesty and our faithful Mnesulmans sha I abandon, to the
infidel Greeks, the property conquered for so many centu-
ries by our ancestors, by arms, and by the shedding of so
much blood ; and that, in case of opposition, they will
take means to carry their purpose into execution, Without
obtaining my consent.
" My Royal Majesty, therefore, having examined the
affair profoundly and maturely, observing whither their
purpose tends, determines on what is to be done, and con-
forming itself to the doctrines of our holy religion, de-
cides to prefer, if it should so happen, to subject, by means
of arms, its most powerful throne to general and entire
ruin (which God, as all-poweful, avert), than to consent
to the absurd and iniquitous propositions of those powers,
as most fatal.

" Hence my Royal Majesty has deigned to warn you
also, my Visirs and Agents, and invite you to express sin-
cerely your opinion► en this important affair; ordering at
the same time that you must he more cautions and atten-
tive than at any other time, to resist, and most prompt
to meet every hostile attack that may occur on the part of
these Pagan Powers ; so that with the aid of the Most
High, and the grace of our Prophet, we may be able, as I
trust, to defend oar ineontestible reasons • against the in-
justice of others.
" Hereafter you shall have particular and detailed in-
structions on the part of my Royal Majesty.
" Peace and health to all the faithful, and the opposite
N the unfaithful.

" Given the 2d of the month Safer—(l2th Augvs-,
Old Style.)
The Vizirs, of course, Will all echo the opinion.
The Gulf of Lepanto is closely blockaded by the Greeks,

who have taken many vessels laden with provi-;ions: At
Patras there is a great scarcity, bread being 60 pai as per
oca. Ibrahim Pacha has made no movement in the Morea.

By way of Guernsey, letters from Rio de
Janeiro to the 19th of August have been re-
ceived in town. The intelligence they bring is
unfavourable ; the exchange had been depressed
to 29-.-!, 30, but got up to 31 ; the price-of produce
continued to advance in the same proportion.
General BRANDT, who commanded in the
province of Rio Grande, had arrived in
the capital, and sailed on the 16th in the
packet for this country. For What purpose
it was not known ; but if with the intention
of raising the wind for the service •f his
Imperial Master, his expectations are likely
to be most wofully disappointed ; neither will
he be able to recruit his army any further by
men from Ireland, who under the specious plea
of emigration, are eventually intended to fbrm a
reinfbreement to his army. It is now understood
that officers have gone from hence to command
those who have already sailed from Cork, and
they are likely to experience the fate of the
Germans, who were induced under a similar plea
to go to the Brazils. It was understood that
the Government of Buenos Ayres were well
informed of the Irish expedition of Emigration,
and the purposes to which it was intended to be
applied.

We apprehend that his Imperial Majesty
will find the war with Buenos-Ayres )nore
ruinous and unfortunate than his " Constitution
to Portugal. He is waging an impolitic, if not
an unjust war, and deserves little sympathy.

In our Paper of Wednesday, we stated that
the Dividends would be paid to the Bankers on
Thursday and Friday, and to the. Public this
day. This implied that Bankers had a priority
of two days before the Public, which occasioned
a good deal of inconvenience in certain quarters.
We have since been assured, from unques-
tionable authority, that the fact as stated was
incorrect. Bankers are allowed to sign for the
Dividend Warrants two days before the money
is issued, in order to avoid inconvenience to
individuals, which would otherwise arise from
the numerous Powers of Attorney granted to
Bankers. This is only common justice to
Bankers, for it would be impossible for them to
sign for all their correspondents, unless such
facility were afforded. But Bankers do not ru-
ceive the money sooner than the public gene-
rally ; the Dividends were in course of payment
to both this morning.

THE FUNDS--(THIS DAY).

CITY, TivELrE o' CLocz.

The English Stock Market remains iu the same
uninteresting state which has for some time charac-
terised its general appearance, the business is ex-
tremely limited, and the only variation that has taken
place since Consols opened at 57k, both for money
and the account day, has been their becoming buyers,
which is the present price. India Bonds, continue
at 91 6, and Exchequer Bills, 61 2 pm.
The only business transacted in the Foreign
Funds has been confined chiefly to Mexican Bonds,
the 6 per Cent. having opened at 51 5, and been
as low as 53, but are now quoted at 5.4 ; Brazilian
arc 55 6; and Buenos Ayres improved to 43 5 ;
Colombian have reached 26 7.

The discount on Anglo Mexican is on the in-
ci ease, and they are now 65 60 dis.; Brazilian, 25
7 p.m.; Colombian have fallen to 5 7 per share;
and Tlalpuxahua to 60 dis.
Three per Cent. Consols, 87i, buyers; ditto for the Ac-
count, 87i, buyers; India Bonds, 94 6 pm.; Exchequel•
Bills, 61 2 pm.
FOlLElCiN.—Brazilian, 33 6; Buenos Ayres, 43 5;
Ch;lian, 20 2 ; Colombian, 1824, 25 7 ; Danish, 61 ;
Greek, 15 16 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 43 4 ; Ditto, 6 per
Cent., 54 5 ; Peruvian, 21 2 ; Portaguese, 74i 9 ;
Russian, 924 1; Spanish, 94
MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 65 60 dis. ; Brazilian, 26 7
pm. ; Bolivar 4 dis. ; Colombian, 5 7 per share ; Tlat-
paxelma, 60 dis. ; United Mexican, 91i 20} di,.

Two o' a ecr.

Consols 87i I, and 87i for next time ; the
continuation is on the increase. India Bonds have
touched 97 ; Exchequer Bills 64. pm. Mexican
Bonds are higher, viz. 5.51

THREE 0' CL 0 GK.

Consols, 87i I.

Monday is Settling Day in the Foreign, and Tues-
day in the English Market; in the latter it is un-
derstood there is little to arrange.

FOUR O'CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES.
Consols Danish Bonds 61i
Do. for Ac. 874 a Grcek Do. 1825, 15i
Brazilian Bonds 37 . Mexican Do. 182.% 533.
Buenos Ayres Do. 45 Peruvian Do. 20
Chilian Do. Russian D0..924
Columbian, 1824, 27 Spanish Do. 9i

We understand that the light-fingered gentry
have been extremely industrious in the neighbourhood of
the Bank and South Sea House this morning, during the
payment of the dividends. A maiden antique, in a red
mantle and black beaver bonnet, was eased of a large sum
of money, which she will too cautious to trust a broker to
receive for her.

The Oldham troop of yeomanry cavalry, under
the command of Captain John Taylor, arrived at Waterloo,
Crosby, on Thursday, for permanent duty for six days.—
Liverpool courier.
Cider will, undoubtedly, be very cheap this
season in the South Hams of Devon—probably about 18s.
a hogshead at the pound's mouth. The crop is more than
en average one, and in some pleas extremely abundant.—
In parish only (Staverton) it is expected that 10,000
hogsheads of cider will be made.— Taunton courier.
NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAIL ROAD.
—On Wednesday, the Sd inst., there was a meeting of the
Directors of the proposed Rail Road from Newcastle to
Carlisle, when it was found that four-fifths of the estimated
sum were subscribed, according to the standing orders of
Parliament, and it was resolved to proceed with the under-
taking. New surveys will be made, and it is expected that
all will be ready for an application to Parliament in the
course of next year.

TnE BELLOWSTICTURE.—This well-known
portrait, which passed for some time as a genuine likeness
of Shakspeare which Talma purchased, and which Charles
Lamb (so says report) in the enthusiasm of his adoration,
went upon his knees to kiss, turns out to be not merely a
forgery, (that we knew) but the portrait of an old woman
—peradventure Mrs. Shakspeare. The thing, as told by
the Literary Gazette of this morning is amusing; but
what must be the feelings of the ‘‘ shrinking, sensitive,
and modest Elia," at having kissed an old woman ? Tie
could scarcely have been worse off had he married a
Mummy.

HAY MARKETS.-(A1
ST. JA

-C.
Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 110
Upland Ditto 4lO 510
Rye-grass Hay 4lO 510
New Meadow Hay 315 410
A good supply, and a steady
_ smiTht.

s. s.
Lowland Mead. Hay 3 3ro 4 0
Upland Ditto 4 :5 5 5
Rye-grass Hay 4 5 5 5
New Meadow Hay 315 4 5
Supply good, trade dull

t per Lead et :id Trusses.)
MESS.

s. s.
Clover Hay .... 4 10 to 6 10
Oat straw 1 H 1 12
Wheat Ditto ll2 116

•rtrade ; prices as last quoted,
:FIELD.

A.
Cloy. Ilay generally 4 4to 5 10
Do. extra fine 0 0 6 0
Oat Straw 1 8 1 10
Wheat Ditto 1 10 113
, and prices stationary.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Mr. Young's Zanga la►t night elicited unqualified
applanse, from as full a house as we have sees► this
season. He seemed the very incarnation of Revenge ;
and embodied all the grandeur which the imagination
of Young has thrown around this very poetic cha-
racter. Miss Jarman's Leonora was chaste, and well
conceived : but Young was the hero of the evening.
His delivery of those emphatic and well-known
words—" know then, 'twas I," will not be readily
forgotten I►y those who have once heard them. The
house cheered them for at least two minutes, and
this, in spite of the unnatural and exaggerated cha-
racter of Zanga, who from first to last IR "thing,
either more or less than Milton's Satan without his
winos.

---
- A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR THE HICCOUGH.
—Take about a tea-cup full of cold water at nine sips, and
the involuntary sob will cease.—Leeds Inteiligerecer.
A trout, which weighed five pound; was
caught in the River Tone, at French Weir, Taunton, on
Tuesday, by Mr. Bastabie, of that town.—Brait

Lord Auckland and his sister, the Honourable
Miss Eden, have left Mount 6hannon for Killarney.—
Detblin Freeman's Journal.
On Saturday, Proclamations offering 2,000/.
reward for the discovery of the murderers of Mara, were
posted up in the town of Tharles, but we regret to say they
were all either tore down or covered with mud on the same
evening.—Tipperary Free Press.

EATING SALADS.---A lad who had lately
gone to service having had salad served up to dinner every
day for a week, ran away ; and when asked why he had
left his place, he replied--" they wade me yeat grass i'th
summer, and I tour afraid they'd mak me yeat hay
winter; and I could no stand that, so I war off."—Anteri-
can Paper.

The consummate epicurism and coarse manners
of Quin, the actor, often rendered him a very disagreeable
guest. Dining one day with the Duchess of Marlborough,
her Grace, to his great surprise, helped herself to the leanest
part of a haunch of venison, which stood near her. " What !"
said Quin, "and does your Grace cat no fat?" "Not of
venison, Sir." " Never, my lady Duchess ?" " Never, 1
assure you."' Too much affected to restrain his genuine
sentiments, the epicure exclaimed, " I like to dine with such
fools."

A HOPEFUL, FAMlLY.—Stephen and John
Withers, father and son, where this week committed to
Fisherton Gaol, charged with breaking into the premises of
Mrs. Heathcote, of Shaw-hill-house, and stealing a variety
of property. Of this family, one son has been transported ;
and another is now undergoing his sentence in Devices
House of Correction. John (above named), has been in
prison seven different tunes, and has been committed for
trial at each of the last three assizes. This is the second
time that the father has been committed ; and Stephen,
junior, (another of his sons), was apprehended at Melkshain,
on Tuesday night, charged with burglary. He also has
been several times imprisoned.—Bath Hdruld.

DUBLIN, OCTOBER

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

The greatest exertions are making by• the atithori•.
ties here for the purpose of discovering, the persons'
concerned in the dreadful and cold-blooded murder of
Mara, in the county of Tipperary. The Solicicor-Oe-
neral, (Mr. Doherty), is at present busily engaged iu
Tipperary, in collecting every information upon the sub-
ject; and one of our most active peace-officers was
despatched within these few days, from the Head-
office, for the, purpose, if possible, of tracing out the!
murderers.

While upon this subject, I cannot help con
trasting the conduct of our popular Chief-Secretary,
Mr. Lambe, with that which was invariably pereued
by his predecessor, Mr. Goulburn, with respect to
the Government Proclamations. The Ft oclamatioos
were almost without exception, made use of by the
Orange and Tory Governors of Ireland, fur the
purpose of bribing certain papers to the advocacy of
their principles. These principles were so odious to
the people at large, that the paper which was
bought over by the Government was immediately,
deserted by its subscribers, and the consequence was,
that the Proclamations, which often contained matter'
of deep importance to the people, were to be found,
but in papers Thick the people would no/ read. The
remains of the old system are still preset ved, and at
the present moment papers are to be found, possess-
tug the Government proclamations, which have'not
more thap thirty, forty, or a hundred subscribers,
w bile the liberal papers can, perhaps, count thou-
sands amongst their readers. For instance
perary, there is a paper there which the late pro-
prietor consigned to the present, on condition of itst
advocating illiberal principles, which were to g"
along with tlw Government proclamations, and the
proprietor is actually bound under a heavy penalty
not to break through this curious engagement. Non,
the consequence is, that the paper cannot count UP
any thing like a hundred subscribers. Had Mr. r
Goulburn been our Chief Secretary, the reward for
the apprehension of Mara's murderers would have
been, most probably, confined to the Herald, the '
paper I have before alluded to, while the Tipperal
Free Press, a paper possessing a circulation greats
than all the county papers together, would have ~
been excluded. Mr. Lambe has, however, broke°
through the laws of partiality:which have been pre-
dominant in this country.