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fl,•re they visited the: hoimekis,. who rents frttin Mr.
I:ratwis the hooseadiOining that person's residence. At thist
time there were annul 30 Persons with Courtenay, and they cttr-
ried with them a white flag with a htue border. On Tuesday
they proceeded to Gooduesidne near Faversham, and thence
to Graveney. Here they halted at a stile leading to a meadow
in which there is a bean-stack, and, after remaining there for a
few minutes, four of the men were seen by a gentleman who
was watching their proceedings with a glass from a mill in
Boughton-under-the-Blean, to enter the meadow and pass
round the stack. It is stated that those men put matches into
the stack, and that. Courtenay loaded his pistol with the inten-
tion, is supposed, of setting fire to the stack, and he told his
wretched followers to look out at two o'clock in the afternoon,
and they would see a ball of fire fall on Graveney. They then
went round Graveuey church, and over to Boseuden, where they
stayed during the night, sleeping, it is said, in a barn. Between
three and four o'clock on Wednesday morning, he went through
Boughton again, with 42 persons accompanying hint to Sitting-
bourne, where they, had beer and bread and cheese to the
amount of Its. Among other extravagancies committed by the
fanatic was the following :—he loaded one ,of the pistols which
he carried with him, and told the poor ignorant anti wretched
creatures around him that he would shoot the north star; he
then fired off his pistol, and said the north star had fallen. This
was believed by the fanatics, and a poor decrepit old female
declared that, immediately after " Sir William" fired she heard
heavenly music. They then passed through Green-street, and
went to Norton Court (the residence of the Right Hon. Stephen
R. Lushington) and by 'l'hrowley Selling, where they laid
down iu a chalk-pit, and the bottom of Boughton Hill, round
to Bossenden, having walked about a') miles. Ott Thursday
morning the constable Mears was killed. The particulars of
this fatal event have already been published in the Morning
Herald.
Considerable doubt, it appears, is, entertained of the truth of
the statements which have been put forth respecting the religi-
ous impositions practised by Courtenay upon a considerable
number of the labouring population. The statements are no
less trite than they are lamentable. I have conversed with
several who firmly believe the blasphemous assertion of Courte-
nay, that he is the Messiah, and they insanely assert that they
have seen the punctures of the wounds inflicted when he sut-
fered death. The facts connected with this delusion I torbear
to state. They are as numerous and well authenticated as they
are 'lamentable. .

I have now given you the full details of the late melancholy
catastrophe, and of the antecedent proceedings of Courtenay,
and his deluded followers. I have endeavoured to state them
as correctly as I was able from the thousand and one rumours
that are afloat respecting it. 1 think I have shown the true cha-
racter of that transaction, and in doing so I have necessarily
exposed the falsity of the statements made by vonr truth-loving
liberal contemporarieS, and by consequence, the incmrectitess
of the inferences they have drawn as to the motives and design
of the rioters. I now proceed to furnish you with some interest- •
ing particulars of the conduct and doings of Courtenay during
his residence at Canterbury, when, as You are aware, he offered
himself to the notice of the good citizens as a candidate for the
representation of that city in parliament.. Of his previous his-
tory you have already had an aeconnt:
lit 1832, when Courtenay first arrived at Canterbury, he kept
himself for some days somewhat secluded from ptiblic view,
.walkinguut only in the 'miming. Front his singalarnppear
ance and manner, however, he soon attracted, tout considera-
ble degree, the notice of the public. He then represented him-
self as Baron Rothschild, and about this time Sir John Courte-
nay Heneywood, of Evingion, near Canterbury, died at his
seat. Courtenay then assumed the name by which he has since
neeu known,so conspicuously—viz., " Sir \Villain Percy Ilo-
ney-a-oottc,tirtenay," and he stated to my informant that the
death of 'that—friend (meaning. Sir John Honeywood) was the
sole cause-of his remaining iu Canterbury. He declared that
Sir John was the only friend who had not deserted him since
his banishment front the country, which he said was caused by
traitors in his fimily. Upon being asked what he meant by his
"banishment," he declared that he was no other than Lord
Courtenay who had Red from England some ..ears ago, in
consequence of the commission of 'a certain offence. The valet
of the lamented and highlysrespected baronet (Sir J. Honey-
wood) was then in Canterbury, and lalt situation, and Cour
tenay hearing that this man. was in possession of the ward robe of
his late master, sent for him, saying that he wanted to purchase
any and everything he wished to part with belonging to Sir
John. l'he valet accordingly waited upon Courtenay at the
Rose Inn, where he nurcha-sed of him a sword, a pair of epan-
lets, &c., which had been worn by Sir John Huneywood 11 e
last time he _went to court. He then asked the valet, whose
name was Collard, in what circumstances he 'then was, and
whether his late master had provided for him, and on beithr in-
formed that he had only received his master's-wardrobe, Cour-
tenay exclaimed " By the Loid Harry, (his usual expression,)
you are employed by me from this moment; you are my valet;
you shall have the keys of my wealth, and he a gentleman for
ever." Tne valet Of course gladly accepted so enticing an offer,
an became the confidential valet of the renowned "Sir William
Percy Honeywood Courtenay." Iledesired his new (and only)
servant to hold himself in readiness to attend to him that day
at a public dinner in the market-room. This was the day on
which the annual Kent and Canterbury Ca tle Show was
and the dinner took place after the show. There were present
upwards of 231) gentlemen; amongst whom were the late Lord
- Similes, George Knight. Esq., of Godinersham, Sir Edwaid
Knatchbull, Bart., Sir William Conway, Bart., the Hon. R.
Watson, ( now Lord Similes,) J. P. Flumptiv., Esq., and others.
Courtenay had attended the cattle-show. assuming the appear-
ance and "dress of an old man, and there he played off many
mail freaks, such as jumping upon the bare backs of some spi-
rited colts, and trying their mettle as well as showing his own.
He went through many other curious feats, and altogether
made such a display, as fully to convince every person that he
was insane. About this published several hand-
bills, which were seurrilously offensive, and 'contained some
gross personal libels against several highly-respectable indivi-
duals. These proceedings called forth a letter, which'was in-
serted in one of the Canterbury newspapers, and was s lid to
have been written by one of the gentlemen who had been libell-
ed by Courtentt. It should be stated, that Courtenay at this
time, and Wherever he went, still adhered to the declaratien that
he was the identical Lord Courtenav who had tied from Eng-
land as we have before mentioned. The letter gave great offence
to Courtenay, and some of those who supported his pretensions,
The letter was as follows:

Sir,—lf a person bearing 'a name well known in all place?,
and at all times—if the same person filling a station of respect-
ability' insociety, with the language and Manners of a gentle-
man, were acting under the influence of imaginary or mil
wrongs, instead of previously demanding, either by letter, or by
the orgAn of a friend, an explanation nr reparation from his
fancied assailants—at once to publish a vulgar libel on the latter,
would not such an individual, though sustained by a name and
by a station, deprive hiMSelf of all claims to any peisonal con-
sideration? Would not the dock of an assize court be the most
suitable arena for such a combatant? • •

. .
I have put-the case hypothetically,, and taking the converse
of its poSition, I shall now give another mere closely resembling
the fact. Suppose a fellow whose social position and whose
name are equally unknown, varying the latter with even- change
of abode, Superadding the language of a iacquey to the ignot-
ance 'and vulgarity Of a monntebank-•-if such a fellow, with a
contempt for all moral principle, with a perversion of all hu-
man decency, uniting the effrontery of an impostor to the de-
pravity of an outcast—if such a fell,w were to publish a stupid
libel under similar circumstances with these already given—
what notice—what proceedings could the libelled persons'adopt ?
Would not the presence of such a fellow bring pollution even
into the dock of an assize court?

" ft is said hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to vir-
tue, but the per.omation this fellow assumes developes a new
feature in the pliilesonhy of human turpitude—he proves to us
there is one step still lower in the sink of infamy than that trod-
den by the criminal urged on by passion, and unrestrained by
reason—it is that which is occupied by the wretch who volun-
taHly outrages public decency, and public morals, by gratuit-
ously representing himself to be the person whom a fatal career
of vice has driven from his home and from his country.—l run,
sir, your obedient F ervant, ""CUP'I'D.

"The above is in answer to a libellous handbill, signed Sir
W. P. ft Conttenay. Knight of Malta.' "

The name of the author of this letter was immediately de-
manded by Courtenay, and the author at once `avowed himself.
A challenge from the former was the cnnsequeoce, but it was, of
course, treated with contempt. His next step to gain notoriety
was to get himself proposed as a candidate for the represents-
ttin of the city of Canterbury, at the general election in 1832.
He was accordingly noininaied by a Mr. Greenwood, a respect-
able watchmaker of that city, and an extraordinary scene of ex-
citement acid confusion took place during the while of that me-
morable election. By the way, I may observe that this Mr.
Greenwood did not abate one jot of his attachment to this
miserable maniac up to the moment of his death, for he was
seen standing over his body after he was shot in the wood. On
the day of the election, Coot tenay challenged Lord Fordwich
and the lion. R. Watson to fight duels with him, hut. of course,
those gentlemen took no notice of him. Courtenay appeared
iu the Guildhall, ou the day of nomination, in a rich suit of
scarlet, embroidered with gold lace, and a velvet mantle, after
the Italian mode.

The following. is a verbatim copy of the illustrious knight's
speech at the
,Canterbury election, where he obtained the votes
of 375 electors, many of whom were clergymen and gentlemen
of education :
" Lord CourtenaY, alias Sir William Percy Honeywood
Coortenay, alias Count Rothschild, alias Mr. Thompson,
Knight of Malta, King of Jerusalem, Prince of Abyssinia,
King of the Gipsies, &c., &c., then sprang upon the tattle of the
court, amidst the plaudits of his admirers; indeed, every
grimace he made, every action of his body, every rhodomontade
sentence that fell from his lips, was received with shouts of
approbation; for instance—' Men of Canterbury, what with my
addressing yen and your shouting, we shall want some vinegar
and honey to moisten our mouths, (immense cheering;) hut I
tell von what it is, (in a true Irish accent,) I must first answer
Mr. Watson; (Applause.) He says neither ultra or radical
has succeeded; I am neither, and I tell yon 'What 1 would say
to them—to Dtike Wellington, Sir William Peel, and all of
them. I would say [role of you should sit with Sir William
Courtenay. (Applause.) Ti the others, Earl Grey, Brougham.
Sir J. flohhouse, Cuhltett, or Hunt, I would say you shall not
sit with Sir William Courtenay. (" Bravo, bravo! Isn't he
a good un ?") But i will tell you who should sit with him—the
man who would defend the rights of the people, and is ready to
spill his blood in defence of old England ! I have fought and
killed hundreds in Ethiopia, Abyssinia, anti all over the world,
(applause,) and he that wins the palm let him wear it. Now
for Lord Fnrdwich. 1 would ask Lord Fordwich if a man like
myself, of illustrious blood and high character, has not a right in
this free country to wear what he pleases without asktne his
leave or anybody elsee? (" To be sure. Bravo, bravo! What
do you think of that, my lord ?" Tha tree is known by its
fruits—judge me by my actions, not by my words, as to who is
the friend of the in phan, the fatheiless, and the widow. (Ap-
plause.) Ask them what. Lord Courienav hail done for them.
Go to the widow Lewin, near the Cattle-market, and ask her
what. I have done for her. (The applause was here mingled
with disapprohatinn, which predominated, and the sneaker
changed the theme.) I am of the noble order of the knights
of Malta; and, though that order is now done away With, still I
am left, and ant the only one remaining. The pure blood of
the knights of Malta is iii my body. (Applause.) It is an ho-
nour not to he purchased by court favenritism. 1 aliirld refuse
being ennobled by any party for the purpose of
,supporting
either whigs or tories, one has robbed the poor man and the
tradesman. the artisan, and the labourer, at the sweat of his
brtwt and the other has given them the show of reform—has
held the cup to the people's lips, but will not let them taste—
( (lore the shouting was renewed with increased energy.) The
Reform Bill is a means to obtain an cull ; and I would have
every man, from the age of 18 to 45. give his vote for members
of parliament. He who sheds his blood for old Eveland might
to hate his voice beard in the representation. ("Good good,"
says a voice near; "I have been looking all my life for a man
like liim. and now he has dropped from the clouds.") Lord
Courteray has offered you, men of England, plenty or sport at
this electi,m and now 'by the Lord Harry he Will offer himself
`or their choice te-morrow for th.r- county. (Herrah.) But
mind me' anv freeholder who votes for time, and withholds his
vote for Sir W. Cosway, must expect no favours from Lord
Courtenay. He then went no in the same unconnected manner
for some time—comphined of a statetnent that appeared in the
Kent Herald—should like to meet the author in any way he
( the writer) might choose—asserted he was Lord Viscount
Coorteray, who absented himself from this country some veers
since; that Smithson, of York, now Duke of Northuinberland,
was in possession of that which was his by blood and right. The

500,01. the Bishop of Exeter ;1,,,) tit! property of his. Was it
ktlllll,ll diet he was in England. 5:1,(h0) people, from Exeter,
would be fetching him though two veers ago the beds of
Exeter cathedral raw: a wh,ilo week because the inhabitants
thought he was coining home, and then challenged any -One
present to dispute the Trinity.
Thus ended the freaks of the Canterbury election, and Cour-
tenay was afterwards chaired, and thanked the assembled po-
pulace at every corner of the street, being dressed in his scarlet
robes, Turkey cap, and continually flourishing his scimetar to
persons who had opposed him. During his stay Courtenay had
been invited into the societies of No. 1 lodge of Odd Fellows,
held at the City Arms, Canterbury; 96 lodge of Ancient
Druids, held at the White Lion, Canterbury; and the ancient
order of Prussian Hermits, held at the Crown and Sceptre. St.
Peter's-street; which societies he generally attended on lodge
nights.
The excitement still shown by the public is wonderful ; hun-
dreds of persons staving passed us this day, to take a view of the
field of action, and to catch a last glimpse of the illustrious
Knight of Malta, alias Sir Win. Courtenay and his misguided
followers.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The firm of Perring, Shaw, anal Co. bankers, London, have
now paid 20s in the pound.

The Hon. Chas. Elope has accepted the requisition addressed
to him by the conservatives of Linlithgowshire to come forward
for the vacancy in the representation.

A pike was. captured at a float, in Dement Lake, Keswick,
on Saturday last, by Messrs. Joseph and William Bowe, which
bad attained the immense weight of 2311b5. •
HAVING AN EYE To BUSINEsR.—A member of the Liverpool
press, on being told of the dreadful affair at Canterbury, coolly
observed, •` capital thing for the Kent papers."
A contemporary states, that he has been applied to by a cor-
respondent to suggrest the readiest mode of preventing pew-
openers from forwarding love letters to young ladies in their
prayer-books.
REALITIES.—A person being asked what was meant by the
"realities of life,' answered—real &irate, real money, and a
real good dinner, none of which could'he realised without real
hard work.

Mr. GOuld, the eminent ornithologist, sailed last. week- for
New South Wales, for the purpose'ofprosecuting his researches
on the birds of that country. His absence, it is expected, will
extend to a period of two years.
Mr. O'Connell, in the debate .on Friday, stated that Ireland
had never gained anything but lty,avitation. The learned agi-
mtor would. have beets nearer the truth if, for 'lreland, he had
sobstituted himself.

Her-majesty has spontaneously forwarded to the fund for
erecting a monument to Nelson the magnificent donation of five
hundred guineas. Her majesty has also sent a similar sum to
the
,Weilington memorial.- • --•
INvErtistnss•sniit'F. ELECTION.—The nomination is to take
place the 12 inst., and the polling the 14th and 15th. As yet no
opponent to Mr. Grant, of Grant, has come forward. '
A Goon WIFE.—A good wife commandeth her ti•uSband in
any equal matter, by constantly obe•iing him. TShe never
crosseth her husband in the spring-tide of his auger, but stays
till it be ebbing water. Her clothes. are rather come!). than
Costiy, and she makes plain cloth to be velvet by her husband
wearing it. In her husband's sickness she feels mo;.e kriel
than she shows.—Fuller.

A RECEIPT TO STOP BEGGING.—A person in Barnsley, hav-
ing been annoyed by swarms of beggars coming to his house,
his refusing to give theta any thing not at all
.preventing. their
attending as usual, he at last sent for a painter, and ordered
him to write upon his door the words Police o.ffive. The beggars
after this were seen to come asiusual, but on their viewing the
writing on the door, they made a speedy and a laughable exit;
the experiment had the desired effect. —Yolk Chionick
Punni7g is an indirect way of complimenting one's self—of
saving, take notice how clever I am. Notwithstanding the pro-
tests of Lord Chesterfield and Dr. Johnson against punning,
the greatest wits, scholars, and most fashionable people conti-
nue 'to pun, and will continue to Iran- One great advantage in
talking to a punster is, that he turns all your philosophy,- wis-
dom, wit, and serious argumentation into burlesque. He nine
times in ten replies to you by making a serious pun in your
face, which you yourself do not see.
SECRETS OP HEALTH.—With regard to exercise, judge be-
tween the two following extremes:—A fox-hunter can get
drunk every night in the year, and yet live to an old age! but
then he is all exercise and no thought. A sedentary scholar
shall not be able to get drunk once a year with impunity; but
then he is all thought and no exercise. Now the great object
is neither to get used to too much exercise, nor to he all thought;
but to enjoy his pleasure with a sprightly season. The four
ordinary secrets of health are—early rising, exercise, personal
cleanliness, and the rising from the table with the stomach un-
oppressed. There may be sorrows in spite of these, but they
will be less with them, and nobody can be truly comfortable
without them;

WOMEN.—Women make their advances as time makes his.
At 20, when the swain approaches to pay his devoirs, they ex-
claim with an air of languid indifference —" Who is he?" At
31), with a prudent look towards the ways and means. the ques-
tion is—" What is he?" At 40, much anxiety manifests itself
to make the hymeneal selection, and !be query changes itself
into—" Which is he?" But at the ttliitnu Thule of 50, the
anxious expectant prepares to seize upon any prey, and ex-
claims—" Where is he?"

GEORGE CANNING.—This eminent man was the only son of
a barrister of good family, but slender means, who, haying
offended his family by marrying, a portionless wife, was discarded
with a pittance of 1:150 a-year. A speculating disposition and
improvident habits quickly dissipated this annuity; and the
first birth-day-of George Canning witnessed the death of his
father, who died in penury and misery, of a broken heart. The
willow and her infant were left in a state of utter destitution,
and the former was obliged for her maintenance to attempt the
stage Site appeared as .Jane Shore; but, failing to satisfy a
London audience, she was compelled to accept provincial en-
gagements, and at length married a person of the same profes-
sion. In you,h she was beau, it'll! and accomplished. In after
life, little more is known of her than that she received to the
last hour of her existence, the most assiduous and affectionate
attention from her illustrious son. Mrs. H nun, for that was the
name she acquired by her second marriage, soon became' a
second time a widow and settled at Bath. Her son took the
earliest opportunity of withdrawing her from the stage; he ap-
plied to her support a considerable portion of the means allowed
him by his faintly for his- college expenses; and when he came
forth to the world, his mother shared every success. At his re-
tirement from the race of under secretary in 1801, he settled
upon her the pension of J.::500 ayear, to which he was entitled ;
he paid an annual visit to her at Bath, and made it a rule, with
which no engagements were allowed to interfere, to write to
her every Sunday. Even during his embassy to Lisbon, when
there was usually an interval of several weeks between the

mails, the Sunday. letter was never omitted, and the packetfre-
quentiv brought four or five together. These letters the de-
lighted parent reed with no little pride in the circle of her
friends at Bath.—ro,. ke's History of Party.
AN 17...GLISIEMAN'S FIRESIDE-An Englishman enjoys the
highest degree of pleasure when he sits round the fire with his
family; and even should he not speak a word, it affords him
entertainment enough to
,see.,the tire. A fireside is to him he
ideal of pleasure; when he pronounces the word he immedi-
ately thinks of his family, and the train of idea puts him in good
humour. The English are, indeed, as they say themselves, the
marrying nation ; they, therefore, find as little fault with the
marriage-hunting of their ladies as they do with the careless
marriages of their idle poor; and even Pitt was often obliged
to submit to the reproaches of the opposition for his bachelor's
life; the English are, besides, by the melancholy tincture of
their temperament,. as much inclined to sentimentality as to
spleen. Truly, their family life is an honourable and amiable
trait in their national character. Even the coldest Englishman
will become cheerful and confiding at the fireside; pride will
give way to a well-founded sell-respect, heightened by hospi-
tality ; unfeigned kindness is shown to every one who is re-
ceived into the circle round the fire, instead of the reserve which
cnstom, fashion, and national character prescribe in social in-
tercourse- In short, English humour, wit, and sense are seen
in their proper light by the blaze of the coal fire, and one,rnay
take it for granted, that strangers who have travelled in Eng-
land, and afterwards reviled the nation, never had the °prior-
trinity of sitting round a fire with an English family.—New
fork Sunday Morning News.
CHARLES MATHEWS.—Chas. Mathews, before quitting Eng-
land for America. has been giving a fresh taste of his quality as
a mimic. In a smart, lively, and alliterative vehicle for per-
sonificat ion, called Palter versus Clatter, he first appears as a
loquacious captain, whose "patter" is one continual shower of
words, falling thick and fast and drowning all ot her speech; and
then successively assumes the characters of a Getman money-
lender, a barber, and a "seltimeltal genlemal," with a cold in
the head got in " sereladil by hoollight ;" each of whom has the
same exhaustless flow of gabble. The instantaneousness and
completeness of the transformations, which are effected in the
face of the audienceand by the slightest means, equal his father's
multi-personal metamorphoses; the voice, the manner, and the
face are changed. The rapidity anti distinctness of his utter-
ance throughout the incessant monopolylogue—dialogne• it can-
not be called, for no ene else has a chance of getting in a word

—and in two or three "patter" songs. is such as only to be ri-
valled by the most expert Italian buffo. The neatness and
dexterity ofthe mimetic artist only require the mellowness and
gusto that time and practice will mature to give full flavour
to the fruits of an innate talent and render the scion worthy of
the stock. We here allude to the elder Mathews only in his
quality of mimic; but he was more than that, he could personate
mental character.—Spectator.
BURST OF TEETOTAL ELOQUENCE.—A staunch teetotal
speaker thus emphatically addressed his attentive auditors at a
late abstinence meeting in Stockton :—" Intoxicating drink,"
he exclaimed (duly suiting "the action to the word and the
word to the action"), is nothing else, my friends, but liquid
hell fire, which was first compounded in the sulphurous labot a-
tory of the infernal regions, and there invented by that most
diabolical of all the chemists, the devil. Stick then, stick to
water, my friends, as the cobbler sticks to his last, for you have
no more occasion to swallow liquid hell fire, than a duck has
for and "umbrella" on a rainy day."—York Herald.
Fealfal BUT NOT FATAL RENcoNTRE.—We understand,
that what some persons term " an affair of honour," took place
on ThurSdav morning last, in the immediate neighbourhood of
this toe n. The two principals are " gentlemen of the road,"
in other words. travellers, for two respectable houses in the ge-
nerAt Manchester trade. We understand, that the immediate
cause of this encounter was a wager, and that wager about
cigar! A challenge was given and accepted ; the belligerents
obtained seconds amongst their ft lends, and :liter (according to
one account) remaioing up the remaieder of Wednesday night,
on which the quarrel occurred, the parties met at four o'clock
on Thursday morning. in a fiehl, between Cheet ham Hill and
Collyhurst. It was arranged that both should fire at the same
moment, on a signal being given; we have not heard the dis-
tance, tint believe it was a vet y respectful one; and, on the sig-
nal being made, both parties fired, but with-art, any effect on
the persons, whatever there might be on the nerves of the belli-
gerents. One reason for their escape may perhaps suffice. The
seconds had very prudently contented themselves with loading
the pistols with powder only; and as the balls were safe
in their pockets, neither of them could very well lodge in the
bodies of the principals. Both parties appeared to be quite sa-
tisfied with this "satisfaction" to their wounded honour, and
they shook hands, and went to breakfast. with appetites no doubt
considerably sharpened by their morning's exercise.—Munches-
ter Guardian.
The French expedition to the North Pole is on the point of
of sailing. The Becherche corvette has left Brest for Havre,
where it is to stop but a few days. This expedition, which is
under the klutz's special protection, is provided with every thing
to insure success, and n,thing that could be useful has been
neglected. M. Gaimard, presidentof the scientific commission
which is to embark in the Recherche, has been presented to the
king by the minister of marine, to take leave of his majesty,
who received hint with great kindness, and again conversed
with him about the northern regions, which his majesty has
himself visited. The Kings of Sweden and Denmark have de-
sired that their countries should take part in the lat,oors of the
French commission. and have added to it wen of...learning and
officers of acknowledged merit.— Globe.

[EXTRA A DVERTISEMENT
Z lULA)GICAL GARDENS

ltaxit. ATKINS, aitooogii many of his V,itor-
ou Mon Lis' :hat th Fiery of/Naples-and A.lount
Vesuvius gave rneral s:ttisf 61 inform his generous
Patrons and the Pohlie that in t repetition of the .-',!coni.l
Gala, which viii take place'on Mth DAY next, the llttt ituit..
the Arrangements will be by that time iiuite complete, and he
feels conti.lent that the effect to be produced will exceed the
previous display.
The SECOND GA LA of the SEASON will commence with
Tue, GRAND ERUPTION
of
MOUNT VESUVIUS,
On MONDAY NEXT, JUNE 11th.
The Velocanic Firing will he under the Superintendence of that
able Artist Mr. D' Ernst.
ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.

Zig tilierpoot ,c.n.tanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING,JUNE 8, 1838,

rr The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn-
ing at 5 o'clock.

NEW SOUTH WALES.—We have been favoured with a
file of Sydney papers to the 18th of February. Their
contents are very interesting; but we regret that we
have not room for any extended extracts. The following
remarks on the comparative dietary of the English
workhouses and that of the converted felons in New

South Wales will be perused with considerable interest :

( Frum the Sydney Herald, Feb. 1.)

With the merits or demerits of the Poor Law Amendment
act, we do not profess to be very familiar, although the subject
is one which has, for some time past, engaged no little share
of attention in Great Britain. Looking over a late number of
the London Times, however, we read a letter from Mr. Walter,
the late, member of: Parliament for Berkshire, in reference to
that law, called forth by some remarks by Lord Johu Russell,
in a speech to the electors of Stroud. -In the course of that
letter, Mr. Walter writes,—" I will not trouble you a ith the
endless details which 1 could exhibit of the cruel workings of
the bill. I will simply subjoin in a 'note the diet table of au
union in your own neighbourhood (Stroud); and then ask you
whether, in the words of Lord John Russell, this is to bq con-
sidered a ' reforming measure' ? and whether you can believe
that my opposition to such cruelties was likely to engender dis.
like in any enlightened and humane constituency in the British
empire.?" Now for the table of '' dietary for able-bodied"
men :—On Sundays, I4oz. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, soz. of
bacon, llb. of potatoes, loz. of cheese. Mondays, 14oz of bread,
1 pint gruel, lib. of potatoes, loz. of cheese. Tuesdays, 14oz.
of bread, 1 pint of gruel, lib of potatoes, loz. cheese Wed-
nesdays, 14,z. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, llb. of potatoes, loz.
of cheese.
.Thursdays, 14oz. of bread, 1 pint of gruel, 2 pints
of soup, loz. of cheese. Fridays, 140 z. of bread, 1 pint of
gruel, llb. of potatoes, loz. of cheese. Saturdays, 14nz. of
bread, 1 pint of gruel, Ilb of potatoes, loz. of cheese. Thus,
then, leaving out the slop which, in poor-house palaver would
be designated "•gruel," and a single quart of that other fatten-
ing bevetage called poor-house " soup," the diet of an able-
bodied labourer in England, whom.> only offence is that he cannot
find work, consists of fibs. of potatoes, 7oz. of cheese, and
soz. of flesh meat weekly! For this, also, it should not be for-
gotten, the able-bodied pauper is obliged to submit to be re-
strained of personal liberty by being shut up in the work-house.
Now, after reading such a statement as that, and so authenti-
cated, it was but natural that we should look about us, and
mentally contrast the relative conditions of an honest English-
man, whose only offence is that poverty which be could not
avert, and of a convicted felon in New South Wales. We have
seen the amount of the rations of the former—now let us see
what is that of the latter. We will take the case of an ordinary
assigned convict, who behaves well—meaning thereby, one who
does about half as much work as the imprisoned English pau-
Per would do, and who contrives to keep himself out of
trouble." instead five ounces of bacon weekly, the law
allows him seven pounds of good beef, which his master, in most
instances, makes up to ten or twelve; instead of the six pounds
and two ounces of poor-house bread, he is furnished with from
seven to ten pounds of wheaten flour, or, in certain circum-
stances, a portion of maize meal in lieu of part of that allow-
ance; instead of the " gruel," and the " soup" (the latter he
can easily provide himself with plenty of meat,) he gets tea,
sugar, and tobacco; he obtains betiding anti clothing; he gets
soap, salt, frequently a glass of grog, and often a money gra-
tuity! We speak now chiefly of assigned in towns. as house
servants, &c., mostly live as their masters do; are allowed
clothipg, and, generally, some wages; and are touch more free
from personal restraint than household servants in England,
Who would not dare to take the liberties which convict servants
do here—and that, too, with impunity ! When, therefore, such
a contrast as that which we have presented, forces itself upon
the mind, is it surprising that we should desire that England
should afford us au opportunity, by promoting and encouraging
an extensive and well-designed system of emigration, to assist
our honest, though pauper, fellow subjects? To behold starving
honesty on the one side, and felonial plenty on the other, is
enough to make the blood boil with indignation. We have
already addressed the English landlords—the rate-pavers gene-
rally—and we ask them, whether they will not bestir themselves
to secure fortheir labouring poor some portion of the advantages
• which they may derive front the New South Wales Land
Fund ? After perusing the " dietary table" for the poor of
the Cirencester Union; in the counties of Gloucester and Wilts.
our readers (some of them, at least) will be remiuded of that
sublime composition by a juvenile thief in England, which we.
we recorded some time ago. We know it " off-book."
" Who wouldn't he a prig,
Merrily to run the riy.
And over the sea, away;
Without a single may to pay ?"

The following intelligence respecting the success of
the southern whale-fisheries is furnished in the Sydney
Herald of Feb. 15 :

NEW ZEALAND.—From our correspondent at the Bay of
Islands we have received the following list of arrivals at that
place :—December 16, Nancy (French whaler,) 14 months out,
2200 barrels, sailed the 57th; Ganges ( French,) clean, 4 months
out, sailed December 20; Vanguard, from Sydney, sailed Jan.
2; December 28, Harriett, How, of Sydney, 700 barrels, sailed
Jan. 16; December 29, Norwhal (of London,) 2200 barrels. 25
mouths out; Jan. 4, 1838, Victory, (American,) 1200 barrels,
24 months out, sailed Jan. 22; James Munroe (American,) 1700
barrels, 37 months out ; Mary (American,) 1500 barrels, 29
months out, sailed the 13th; Le Mancha (French,) 400 barrels,
6 months out; Rambler (American,) 1700 barrels, 28th monOs
out, sailed Jan. 28; Jan. 5, Panther (American,) 1900 barrels,
29 months out; Nantucket (American ; ) June 9, Martha, from
Sydney in 10. days ; Jan. 10, Dublin Packet, from the coast;
Angelina (French) 200 barrels, 6 months out, sailed the 28th;
Origambo (American,) 2600 barrels, 16 months; Jan. 11, Dart-
mouth (American,) 6(X) barrels, 16 months out ; Bunkers
American,) 15(X) bariels, 28 months out ; Jan. 15, Ganges
(American,) 17(X) barrels, 26 months out; Jan. 21, Hope, a new
schooner from Tahiti, with sugar, for Sydney; Jan. 24, Bowditch
(American,) 1860 barrels, 26 months out.
By the Sir David Oglehy, from the South Sea Islands, yes-
terday, we have received the following shipping intelligence:—
Ships at Tahiti—Nov. 20, Charles Fenwick, twenty-two months
out, 2400 barrels hound to New Bedford; Nov. 27, Palestine, of
Salem, twenty-four months out, I2OU barrels; Nov. 30, Charles
and Henry, of Nantucket, 14 month out, 500 barrels; Dec. 6.
Catherine, of London, 38 months out, 1400 barrels, brought to
Tahiti the master and officers of the ship Briton, of London,
which had been wrecked at Christmas Island. The unfortunate
men hail been on the island for six months, when they were taken
by Capt. Browne, of the Charles Frederick, and conveyed to
the Sandwich. Islands. At nuahine—Dec. 12, ship Milo (Ame-
rican whaler,) with 2500 barrels, 33 months out. The follow-
ing vessels were spoken by the Sir David Ogleby:—Cvrus. of
Nan hicke,, 13 months out, in longitude 60° 30' west, and -latitude
19° 10' south ; February 3, Chieftein, of London, thirty-six
months out. 15(X) barrels.

The Martha, from the Bay of Islands, brings news of the
arrival of the Micmac, whaler, at that place, with 600 barrels of
oil—having put in to ship a new main-mast. The Elizabeth,
schooner, haul just arrived from Sydney, and the Lady NV elliug-
tum, haler„ hiltBo barrels of oil, was enterin, the Bay when
the Martha sailed. Two brigs were seen by Captain Ilay, about
mid-way between here and New Zealand, which appeared to be
the Lady Leith and Genii--as they gave the Martha a wide berth,
and their try-works looking clean, it is conjecture
edd they ha td. been
itions
unsuccessful. The Martha has made a very exp p.

We may also add the following on the same subject :
SOUTH SEAS.—The ships in the South Sea whale trade at
present are very numerous; a gentleman who has had
.good
opportunities of knowing, estimates the American fleet alone
at upwards of 4100 vessels, and it is nothing uncununon to see
ftom forty to fifty of them at one time in the Bay of Islands,
The French have lately turned their attention h>ji
the sisottr.lr
South Seas
arid.
an„,„„,,,,s,ileer of French vessels is now
- ch
The Caroline lately spoke a ship only three months
which m and a'he'alf.
t 400
from France. had ig „w
ht end ti
sn ,
. The Fren
ships are described to he splendid new ressals, of abou
t,ins, fitted lIP quite equal to the most beautiful passage ships
that visit this colony. The: rench G
ship
period in .S)dney shortly.

The price of aglicultural and Wiwi produce may be
learned from the following :
TiEsnAv, VF.8.13.-Flour, first quality, 195., second ditto,

!Gs., ration do., I Is. per 10011.1,. Wheat, is. per bushel. Maize
Is. to 4s. Gd.
v.--Oateu 11 ov, 8s; to 10s. per cwt. Lucerne Ilay, per
lit to, Ss. Wheat Straw, 2c..5. to3os. per load.
MKAT.—lieer, per ear Lase per lb., 31,1., ditto per joint per
lb., Ad. Mutton, iwr carcase per ib., 31.1., ditto per joint, per
lb.. 4'i I. Veal awl l'ork, 9,1. per lb.
Vp.:t,itcrsßLES. Potatoes, 16,. to ISs. per cwt. Cabbages,
2,1. to 3d. each. Caultilowets, 3d. to 8,1. each. Turuips and
Carrols .31. IL
to 41. per bunch. Leeks, per bunch. Celery,
11- to ed. per stick.

THE DISCUSSION AT DUBLIN.—We are sorry that it
has b: en placed entirely out of our power to give any
report whatever of the very interesting discussion which
has taken place at Dublin, within the last fortnight, be.
tween the Rev. Mr. Gregg—and Father Mag&re. To
such of our friends as have access to the Dublin papers
the particulars or the controversy must be familiar; and
we confidently appeal to them-whether Protestantism
has not achieved a splendid triumph in the person of Mr.
Gregg, over the errors of Popery, as represented by the
wily champion of the Romish church. The discussion
has more than tealised the most sanguine expectations
of the friends of true and unadulterated Christianity.
Day after day did Mr. Gregg meet the cavils and demo-
lish the sophistries of his crafty opponent. The word of
truth has proved indeed a powerful weapon in the hands
of the admirable champion of Protestantism. Fears
were entertained when he entered the arena with so ac-
complished a logician and so eloquent a speaker as the
doughty priest Maguire ; but we 'are proud to say that.
Mr. Gregg has proved himself, in every respect, more
thin. a match fur his opponent. In closeness of reason-
ing, in ehmrness of illustration, in vigour and perspicuity
of style, and in tact and self possesion, be has proved
himself to be decidedly superior to his antagonist. The
following passage froth the letter .of, a gentleman who
was an eye. and ear witness of the protracted discussion
will serve to show how greatly the victory is appreciated
on the spot. He says, " Popery, since her intrusion
into England, has never received such a blow as she has
in the course of the past week ; in fact, themonSter has
been nearly decapitated. She has been attacked in a
right way, and in a night spirit, and in the Lord's
strength. Let all the ministers of the Gospel tread in
these steps, and use the weapons in season and out of
season, in their public exertions and private intercourse
and exhortations, and I venture to predict that ere many'
years pass away, the beast with ten horns will not have
I one of them in Ireland."

This language is amply corroborated by the conserva-
tive press of Dublin. Speaking of the effects which are
likely to be produced by this discussion, the Dublin Re-
cord remarks—" Om present conviction is, that the Rev.
Mr. Gregg has, by God's permission, struck a blow in
Ireland which will be felt in its remotest corner—a
deadly blow at the head of the beast, which it will be
easy to follow up, and which, if followed up with only
the slightest degree of vigour, will be the means or ulti-
mately producing the most important and blessed effects."
But the strongest proof of the damage which Popery
has sustained in the conflict is, the circumstance that Mr.
Maguire's chairman, the Rev. Mr. Macnamara had actu-
ally announced the premature intention of closing the
debate yesterday. This is certainly no proof of confi-
dence on-the part of Father Tom. The Rev. Mr. Nan-
gle, Mr. Gregg's chairman, has distinctly declined the
overture, and insisted upon having " the claims of the
rival churches fully, freely, and searchingly investi-
gated.

We sincerely hope that lire proceedings of this trium-
phant discussion will shortly be published in a series of
cheap tracts, so as to be accessible to all classes in the
community. We are sure that much good may be done
by their dissemination, in England as well as in Ireland.

THE LATE FATAL AFFRAY IN KENT.—The particulars
of the late fatal encounter in Kent 'are too generally
known to need any extended comment on the nature or
the origin of the disturbance. The Whig-radical papers
seek to charge the affair upon the poor-law agitators
Irnd it has been malignantly insinuated by the leading
organ of the ministry that a noble peer, long known for
his able advocacy of the rights of the poor, had con-
nived at the mischievous 'proceedings of the maniac
Courtenay. We have not been able to discover, in any
of the accounts which we have perused, that there was
the slightest connection between the recent outburst of
fanatical frenzy and any systematic opposition to the new
poor law. The whole affair was, from beginning to end,
the isolated work of a raving madman. His deluded
followers, over whose passions this frantic enthusiast
seems to have obtained the most complete ascendancy,
do not appear to have any definite object in view, be-
yond that of realising the splendid promises held out by
their infatuated leader. It is perfectly absurd to mix up
the question of opposition to the poor law with the law-
less acts of such a, maniac. If his proceedings were
characterised by resistance to the operation of any spe-
cific law, it was, undoubtedly, the law for preventing
smuggling rather than the poor law.
In dispassionately reviewing the melancholy details
of the recent catastrophe, it . is impossible to exonerate
the government, or, at all events, Lord John
from the moral responsibility inseparable from the fact of
sending forth from the surveillance of a lunatic asylum
a man so dangerous as Courtenay. The facility with
which the Home Secretary seems to have listened to the
representations of those who sought for his liberation is
any thing but creditable to his prudence. But in dis-
charging this wretched madman,- and sending him forth
to Organise an insurrectionary force, the government
seem to have acted upon precisely the same principle as
that which has too fatally characterised the administra-
tion of Lord Mulgrave in Ireland. There we have re:
peatedly found the gaols nearly emptied of their inmates
at the solicitation of the friends of the condemned felon.,
or at the instance of their priestly advisers. Yes, the
greatest malefactors have frequently been let loose upon
society, perhaps to imbrue their hands in the blood of
fresh victims, and that before a tenth part of the term of
their incarceration had expired. The recent interference
of Lord John Russell on behalf of Courtenay was just a
parallel instance of the exercise of uncalled-for cle-
mency. That it was far from being a singular instance
of such clemency we may readily imagine when we call
to mind the mysterious manner in which the sentence of
Miss Newman was set aside. It is unnecessary for us to
enlarge upon the mischief which such a line of conduct
is calculated to produce. Its effect upon the morals of
the country may be. easily appreciated.
Viewing the tragedy of last week as the result of pure
madness, the inquiry naturally arises, why were so many
lives sacrificed in quelling the disturbance? Could not
the local authorities have devised some means for captur-
ing the maniac without bringing a detachment of 100 of
the military to oppose a small band of 40 or 50 labour-
ers, armed only with stakes or bludgeons ? To us there
appears to have been a culpable degree of 'recipitation
manifested in all the proceedings against these deluded
fanatics. The only one of the whole party who appears
to have had fire-arms was Courtenay himself. After his
fall, where was the necessity for mowing down the
•pea-
santry by a discharge of musketry ? Might they not
have been prevailed upon to surrender without having
recourse to such extreme severity ?
Indeed, it appears to us that if the misguided peasantry
had only been-made acquainted with the proximity of the
military—if thei• had only been allowed a little time for
dangers into which. their rash conduct was leading them
reflection—if care had been taker, to inform them of the
—and proper exertions had been used to get hold of
their leader, there is every probability that the effusion
of blood which took place might have been avoided. This
is the more probable when we consider that many of
those who were captured said that they had been com-
pelled to enroll themselves among the followers of Cour
tens y•
11•111i.IMMIEN=.1

IDOLATRY IN INDIA.—On Tuesday next a public
meeting will be held in this town, for the purpose of
aiding the praiseworthy efrotts now in progress, in va-
rious parts of the kingdom, to induce our civil authori-
ties in the East Indies to abstain from giving any for.
they patronage or encouragement to the idolatry Of the
natives, The subject is one which ought to engage the
serious attention, and command the most strenuous and
persevering exertions of every sincere'Cliristian. The
evil of which we- complain, and which will be brought.
under the notice of the meeting is of the most flagrant
character. We believe that -the facts connected with this
abominable practice only need to he more extensively
known to become the theme of universal reprobation.
We are glad to find that the General Assembly 0r t
Church of Scotland have taken the matter intotaheir,
consideration, and that they have cordially
tri-1,7)1 tof
mously recommended the immediatcrii:elagra
the
question in the northern districts of
,r
r:Batr,iitraeino,l.',l:et,
following documents, illustrative
. of India,
mid
villltilch
crauplaints made by the Christi:up.;
were submitted by Mr. ',rainier to the notice of the As-
embly, Will be perused with interest:—
jug
"Id August, 1836, a memorial, containing the

JUNE 8, 1838.

statementii, was press nted to the Governor in Council at Madras,
signed by the arclideacon, eleven chaplains, thirty-nine mis-
sionaries, tiurivgentleman of the civil service and others,
and by one hundred and eleven military and eleven medical

officers :
•' •I. That it is now required of Christian servants of the
Government, both civil and military, to attend Heathen and
Malmmedan religious festivals, with a view of showing them
respect.
"• 2. That in some instances they are called upon to pre-
sent offerings, and to do homage to idols.
"' 3. That the degrading and impure services of the pagoda
are now carried on under the supervision and control of the
principal European, and therefore Christian, officers of the
Government, and the management and regulation of the re-
venues and endowments, both the pagodas and mosques, are so
vested in them, untie' the provisions of Regulation 7th, of 1817,
that no important idolatrous ceremony can he performed—no
attandent of the various idols, not even the prostitutes of the
temple, be entertained or discharged, nor the least expense in-
curred, without the official concurrence and orders of the Chris-
tian functionary.
'4. That British officers, with the troops of the Goverty.
ment, are also now employed in firing salutes, and in otherwise
rendering honour to Maimmedan and idolatrous ceremoni",
even on the Sabbath-day, and Christians ate thus not unfre-
quently compelled by the authority of Government, to desecrate
their own most sacred institutions, and to take part in unholy
and degrading superstitions.' "
Sir, when I. read these things, the strongest impression on my
mind is that of wonder at the. long-suffering and patience. 01
God—that he bears with us as a nation countenancing such
proceedings. Surely " His ways are not as our ways, '.o9r
" His thoughts as our thoughts," otherwise this would not have
been endured till the present hour. But I hasten on to the me-
mnrial presented to the Governor at Bombay concerning Silui"
far practices;—

" A similar memorial was presented to the Governor in Coun-
cil of Bombay by similar patties. They say—' The counten-
ance and support extended to idolatry and superstition. and It!t!,
violation of the principles of toleration, to which we refer, con-
sist principally in the following particulars:—
" 1. Iu the employment of Brahmins and others for the per-
pose of makingbeathen invocations for rain and fair weather.

,
" ' in the inscripti.n of Shri on public documents, and the
dedication of the Government records to Ganesha, and other
false gods.

" 3. In the entertainment in the Courts of Justice of ques-
tions of a purely idolatrous nature, when no civil right depends
On them.

"`4. In the degradation of certain castes, by excluding
them from particular offices and benefits not connected with
religion.
" In the attendance of the servants of government,
civil and military, in their official capacity, at Hindoo and Ma-
homedan festivals, with a view to participate in their rites and
ceremonies, or in the joining of troops, and the use of regi-
mental bands, in the processions of Heathen and Mahotnedan
festivals, or in their attendance in any other capacity than that
of a police for the preservation of the peace.
" 6. In the firing salutes by the troops, or by the vessels
of the Indian Navy, in intimation and honour of Heathen
festivals, Malmined.in rde " &c. 'fbe memorial farther prays
that inquiry may be made into the following :
"' 1. Support given to Hindoo temples, to mosques and
tombs, either by the granting endowments, pensions, or im-
munities, or by the collection and distribution of the officers of
Government of the revenues already appropriated to them.
"f 2. The granting of allowances and gilts to Brahmins, and
other persons, because of their connection with the Heathen
and Mahomedan priesthood.
" t 3. The present mode of administering oaths in the native
Courts of Justice, and whether it be such as is proper for a
Christian Government to allow and to sanction.

" ' 4. The endowment and support of colleges and schools
for the inculcating of Heathen and Mahomedan doctrines and
prat ices.' "

• I come now to read the translation of an order issued to the
chief revenue servants by the Collector of Canara, in 1833,
directing SPECIAL CEREMONIES FOR RAIN to be performed in
certain pagodas of that district :
" Ist, Communications have been received from the chief
revenue servants of some districts, stating that, from the defi-
ciency of rain, the cultivation is hindered, and requesting per-
mission to perform ceremonies in the pagodas for rain.
Upon
looking at the rain reports it appears that it is so. It is, there-
ordered, for the protection of the Ryots (peasants), that they
must go to the pagodas of their villages with cocoa nuts, cocoa
nut water, &c., and, with worship to the idol, must offer up their
prayers. In the pagodas, for the maintenance of which there is
an allowance from Government, you must order the officiating
priest to perform the worship of the idol properly with prayers.
"21, If the Ryots and respectable people say, that ceremonies
for rain are required ; if it appear to you that the distress is
really true, 'and if ►t appears necessary that they should be per-
formed, you are to take 35 rupees from the amount of collec-
tions, and give them to the Kudre Devanath Devasthan, and
having performed the ceremonies properly, you are to report to
me the corning of rain."

"THE FURNISHING or SUPPLIES FOR IDOL WORSHIP.

"To the acting principal Collector of Coimbatoor, from the
chief Revenue Officer of Kangyam :—The Overseer of the pa-
goda states, that for the sanctuary of these four gods (here fol-
low their names) both for the fixed idol and the festival idol,
the government sometime ago bought and gave cloths, and they
report that these cloths are now very old and rotten, and must
be renewed. Having seen them, and made inquiry, I find it is
not the rule to give the cloths, &c., for the above holy places
every year; but when cloths, &r. are necessary the government
have been in the habit of giving them, and I know that they are
all old. I have therefore made a statement, amounting to 50
rupees, for buying and giving cloths to the said gods, and now
enclose the said statement in this address, and send it to the
Collector, waiting for orders."

FIRST STEAM SHIP FROM LIVERPOOL 'TO

NEW YORK.

e
We have great gratification in observing that Liverpool is
not to be left behind Bristol in steam navigation so long
so
gl as
we
had reason to apprehend. The spirited proprietors of that
splendid vessel, the Royal William, which has
many successful vovas.ves, invariably beating her Majesty's
steam packets, is under appointment to cross the Atlantic, and
will sail from Liverpool for New York on the sth July. Her
acCommodattons will be of the first order, her berths commo-
dious, and she will catry a surgeon. From the well-known
sailing powers of the Royal Williatn, it would not surprise us
if she should make the speediest voyage yet performed; and
she is built with peculiar arrangements for safety. We con-
gratulate the inhabitants of Liverpool on the spirit thus early
displayed, and the determination evinced that the Mersey shall
not he the last river from which steam ships shall proceed in
connecting the United States with England.—Mail.