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For those ancient majorities of both, different in taleist; maxims, plans—those majorities which per- hags eeilit no longer, revive in the Cabinet which we have. 'But for some months every thing is changed by the illeatslupid act of policy ever seen, for it was an act of &baleen improvidence, and the most criminal, for it , was. a -calculation of abominable egotism. M. de Villele endeavoured to destroy the generous spirit the Asper Chamber, while France did enmesh% justice i thC blind passions and interests of which' the elective Chamber had rendered itself the slave. Hence may happen, that the two Assemblies will feel them. selves i pelledtliffereut watt. In fact, we might have , • ".. trseitlalle thing the Peerage ialttry trs . ~ leie that It will be greatly modified by the attack ma eon it. the advisers of the Crown should have tact among them some of the representatives of the system which the elections have supported. But, to allow our new Deputies to be conducted according to the spirit, and in the shade of the old Chamber, is to adopt a course which no one seems disposed to tolerate. The chiefs of the new Majority are easy to distinguish ; and if the Ministry does not know them, any child could point them ont. The Cyclop s whose eye has been put out, can still, by certain signs, distinguish the King of the flock. There are some names, against which it is our fault to affect to contend upon—it is not a necessary calamity. Here the necessity 'does not exist. For France has invested ssith the right of calling themselves the representatives of its doctrines, among all others, men dear td the Mon srchy for thirty years, before they be-. came de ‘r to the public liberties for ten years. These' me.. .4.11 be Boulevards to the Throne, rathtr than pledges for the public liberties, which' have no longer erasion to be defended. If the passions were let loose, when should we find the viruni pent I' It depends on the Counsellors of the Crown that the name of the. Chatter and that of the Society of Jesuits be no longer pronounced among us. Let -the most illustrious de tenders of the Itoniicltrami reltsious tolerance see the doors of the Council open before them. Let the Royal power fortify itself in the Chamber of Deputies by the .ssistante of all those who have authority by the power .r talent, the fame of services—the empire of loyalty ! May itbe perceived that we are the interpreters of an, opinimi which is everywhere—which resides in the Court as well as in the City. May it be known that we are not here anxious on account of the national prisi• level - The cause of our laws is gained; that of the Royal power is shout to be pleaded. We should wish, hir thasake of the power and glory of the Throne, to -se in * greater number some of those privileged men of fortune, who have attained the right of saying to the .s ayes, " Thus far shall ye come, and no further." MIL CAMPBELL A 111 , AUTHORITY THg LORD CHAMBERLAIN. Undir the Management of Messrs. TERRY and YATES. The most successful Parivoutme ever produced at this Theatre. The Proprietors with Pleasure and Gratitude acknowledge the unexampled success of the new Pantomime, which is received nightly with Shouts of Laughter and Applause. \ A New Comic Burletta, in Three Acts, embracing the whole of the Company, is in active. Preparation. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, and during the Week, - Will be Performed, an entirely new National Nautical Barletta with new Scenes, Dresses, Decorations, &c. called NELSON ! OR, THE LIFE OF A SAILOR. " Rule, Britannia! Britannia, Rules the Waves!!" ENGLISH. The Admiral, by Mr. Ext.terr. His Captains, by Messrs. Maims, BUITO.I. and S. Surest. .11is First Lieutenant, by Mr. FOITZIL • • TRIBSTE, Dsc. O. • We learn by ships lately :graved from the Levant, that the news of the burning of the Gr , ek fleet at Sri° amounts to pothing more than the destruction or a few small vessels near the peat. of Miconi, and elsewhere. Letters announce the surrender of the port f Sao.— This news, though not official, is very probable : fin we know for certain that the bombardment had com menced, and every day caused fires in the fat t. To the non•official news we must add that art the capitulation of Patras, and the sailing of the expedition against Can di a.—Florence Ciatelte. • ODESSA,. Dam 19. The contrary winds have filmic ed us from receiving' any news from Constantinople. later than the IA Dec. FROM Tail MONITEUF OF MONDAY--OFFICIAL PANT. ORDINANCES OF THE KING. 41 I, ChArles, acc. Su. 14 On the Report of our Secretary of State for the Home Department, we have ordained, and do ordain as follow.: s. 1. -TM direction of illeappkthiwnrin tie • meat of the Interim. Is suppressed. * .=. " 2. Oar Mint:ter, Secretary of State for the Home, Department, is charged with the execution of this' Ordinance!' Lieutenants, Midshipmen, &c. by Meisra. T. Hill, Lewis, Pat/ter, Evans, Cooper, and Gray. John Sykes, the Admiral's Cockswai n , _ by Mr. T. P. Comm. MONS, an old Jew s by Mr. YATZS. Ben Backstay,by ulr. Gasanev. Captain of Angles", Mr. Par. Pater Pledge, by Mr. iitimpotossi • Sammy Suckling, by Mr. Wittman,. Raehael, the Jew's Daughter, by Mrs. Yaw. Molly Moonshine, by Mrs. 11. Huonss. Sailors Marines, &c. by numerous Auxiliaries. Sailors' Lasses, llisses Pitt, J. and C. Webster, &c. ESQUIMAUX. Pultoeni, Mr. Sown. Esquiote, Mr. G. Kuto. Armorunique, the Sorcerer, Mr. Samna& ee Norwpi, Mr. PAULO. Gtelda, Miss BAILOUT?. Kquintauz, Messrs. Cooper, W. King, Jefferson. Misses Baintits Davis and Susan. SPANIARDS. The Governor of Santa Cruz, by Mr. Et.t.torr. Don Ilitoa, a Spanish Officer, by Mr. Phillips. Spanish Centime!, by Mr. SHAW. Soldiers, &c. NEAPOLITANS. The Second Ordinance appoints the . Siettr de Bel leyme, Procurator in the Tribunal of the Fmk Instance in Paris, to the office of Prefect oi Police at Paris, in the room of Sieor Delavau. These two Ordinances are' dated 6th January. PlOll THE GAZETTE DE /HANCE. PARIS, JAL 7. All Royalists will applaud u.e first nomination made by the Ministry. The ch, , ice of M. de Belleyme could alone console them for the loss of M. Dclavau. /PROM THE CONATITUTIONNEL or MONDAY. PARIS, Jai. 6. The more we refl.ct on the late Ministerial revolts lution, the more we are convinced of it, high imp,rt ance to the future destiny of the country. We ale en s ing a new era—we are at length taking possession i.) the:Representative Government. The counter-revolu tion is overcome--it is henceforth impossible, for it could not be done, either through violence or hypo crisy—it has perished in the hands of the ciunter-ievo, Ling of Naples, Mr. BILL Queen of Naples, bliss A. Bassirrx. Soldiers, &c. &c. The admired Barletta of 23, JOHN-STItEET, ADELPHII Mr. Thomas Tomkins, Mr. YATes Mr. Spencer, Mr. I lu.r. Captain Smith, Mr. S. SKI= Chairman, Mr. Gahr.t.orr Lady Crazy, Miss CURTIS Eliza Smith, Miss DALY. After which will be produced, a Newand Splendid Comic Christ. mas Pantomime, with New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations, which has been all the Season in Prepuatiou, called HARLEQUIN AND. THE .WHITE MOUSE! OR. TILE FROG IN AN OPERA HAT. " A Frog he would a woitrg ge t Whether his Mother would let him or so!" Alley Croaker, Prince of the Frogs, enamoured of the Lady Nibbleino l by Mr. S. 'Sall= Afterwards Har lequin, dr. C. J. &HIM (bit Fourth Appearance on this &age) Courtiers, though not Toad Eaters—The Earl of .Intriphigh, Mr. MassnaLt.. The floticurable Simeo Squat, Mr. Erato. Dly Lord Duke Dive, Mr. Grains; His Grace of Goggle, Mr. Envoi; ; Baronet Mink, Mr. BROWN; Sir Suckling lutionists thensielves, and it has disappeared tor ever with them. This is the first legal triumph of it has disiolved the old Ministry, and the new ore can only find in it its support ant! strength. It wall fall of old age in two days if it places its fulcrum any -Where else.—Prance, which was so patient during the long outrages it-has undergone, will not be.less so in repair • ing them. his sufficiently powerful to wait; and it is certain it will not wait in trail. It knows well thaL the wound which is infiActed quickly is cured slowly. It nei ther desiresthat precipitator, the shock of which would be too powerful for the political machine, so cruelly fatigued ; not that sottness welch is capable of weaken ing its springs, already too much datended,and which must be repaired, in order to give them regularity of play and motion. The vessel of finite lets in water at all points, guided by unskilful pilots, it has been thrown from rock to rock, and has only escaped their rashness by a miracle. It is not sufficient to change the commander—the crew must be renewed; and we must not abandon ourselves, to the waves till the vessel, repaired, shall resume its calm and majestic course. We ought nut to conceal it from ourselves—we are in a stare of real decomposition. Before we build, prudence commands that the ruins should be removed, as nothing solid can be founded on them. FROM THE JOURNAL DES DEBATS OF MONDAY. Swill, Mr. &MOW' ; Anthony, ,Ilowley, his Esquire, Mr. SANDIRS, afterwards Chown, Signor Now. The Princess Dowager llogetta, Mother of the Prince, an Ugly Did Toad, Mrs. DAL* afterwards Pantaloon, 11r. it.i.orr. Lady NihMeina, the White Mouse, enamoured of Prince Alley I• Croaher,afterwards Columbine, Miss HAVISTT. GERMAN PAPERS. StLICHAREST, Dac. 17. Scastsav 3. Palace of the Green Swamp—U. Mudgalore Marsh, Sunset 3. The Exterior of Manse's Hall—Evening 4. Interior of 51ouse's Hall-3. .Mushroom Meadow, Sunrise • York Gate, Regent's Park, Morning 7. Watchmaker's and Rag Shop S. interior Of the Egyptian Htall, Piccadilly P. Vill.ge in Switzerland-12. Hammersmith Suspension Bridge 14.,. kw of Eton from the Windsor-Road 37. Brilliant Temple of the Glow Worms, dtc. Etc. •Ilhas. , 4s. Pit, Us. gallery, Is. Doors open at Siz; commence at a -Quarter, before Seven. -Half-price * Half-pan Ben. Ti.e Ambassadors of England, France, and Russia, 'before their departure from Constantinople, wrote to those Consuls in this city that they were, notwithstand ing, to remain at their posts. Many infer from this, t"at, for the present, no change will take place in the Pr incipalities. The firman of the Sultan to the Pacha of Silistria, which we lately mentioned, ordering that no aimed Turks should be allowed to cross the Danube, is still in force ; and the P.itte appears to intend to wait till it is attacked on the land side also; on the other hand, their preparations for defence along the Danube ate very c nsiderable. Thousands of workmen are em ployed at Widdin in repairing the fortifications; and it is generally reported there, that in case the Russians sh old enter the Principalities, the Sultan himself would come to the Danube to defend the frontiers of his empire. , SAL" BY AECTION. COUNTIES OF SOMERSET AND SUSSEX. TO BE SOLD, .Pursuant to a Peerage of the High Court of Chancery, In the Cause of •HAVGARTU and HA , with the approbation ul WILLIAM. WISCIIIIILLD. Esq. oue of the Masters of the said Court, (At the Public Sale.roora of the High Court of Chancery, Sordsavapton-buildings, Cbancery.lane, London), On 'THURSDAY, the 31st day of January, 1828, at One &Clock In the Afternoon—ln TWO LOTS, TWO Val cable and Improvable ESTATES in the Coondes of SthiERSET and SUSSEX. The Estate in SOMERSET, consisting of the MANOR or re puted M A NOR of NORTH STOKE, with the" Rents, Royal ties. and Appurtenances thereto belonging ; also the Reversion in Fee of a Cottage. Garden, and Barton, held by Lease for . Ninety-nine Years, determinable on Lives, with the reserved Rent ' payable In respect of the same. A right of Fishery in the Avon, I -aid two. Meesuagesoriiihr a 'Farm sod Lands, chkEy rich Pasture, and Seven other Cott es lad Gardens.' The whole situate on the Banks of the river Avon,_ in the Perish of gash Stoke, and 40W1114.11110 VOGRIN 211 , TWO HUNDRED AND IRIGHTY THREE ACRES AND ,TWESTYAEVEN PERCHES, And SEIT,EXTY-TWO BEAST LEAZES on NORTH STOKR DOWN. The Estatoin SUSSRE, consisting of a capital Mansion House calledll ',GATE ; HOUSE, with the Gardens, Offices, Pleasure Grounds, and Fish-ponds thereto belonging, situate in the Parish at ,Worth, In the Gannet of -Stows, shoot two Yoko. from Craw *Ts and one mile Irma she 'lntopike-road, leading from Loudon to Brighton. Alio the MANOrt tor reputed MANOR of TfLOATE, ex larkdingiavenalloot Twollbousand Acres, abounding with Black and other Game, with four several Farms called Tilgate Farm, Maiden Bower Farm, Furnace Farm, sod Highwoods Farm, and thriving Woods and Plantations of Oak • and Fit. The whole corminta ' gOURTREN HUNDRgD ACRE% Or thereabouts. aitcamtida a Ways Coen MiU,aand Right Cottages.and Gardens, and a reserv4tl Rent of One 'Hsulrked and Sixty-eight Naiads per Annutu, issuing out of a Messuage, Farm, and Lands, • wirhin the Manor of Tilgate, and held by Lease for the residue of a Term of One Ilsoitaxad Years. The Premises may be viewed by leave of the Tenants. The Sonittset Estate upon application to James Holbrook, at North Stoke ; and the Sussex Estate upon application to Richud Gar nett, the Bailiff upon the Estate. Printed Particulars, and Conditions of Sale may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chan. oery.tane, London; of Mr. William Gunner, Solicitor, Bishop's Waltham, Hants; of Mr. William Henry Allen, Solicitor, Oil-, ford's Inn, Lon .on ; of Messrs. Taylor and Roscoe, ' Solicitors, Templ e , L o ndon • at the York }louse and White Ha rt Inns, Bath 4 at the Bush Inn, Beittol ; the Libraries, Brighton ; George Inn, Crawley ; on the Premises Xid of Mr. Geary, Land Surveyor; Fareham, Hats. re PARIS, JANUARY 7. The public feeling has justified our alarm. The joy at the deliverance is in some degree lost in the regret at vague and incomplete arrangements. The public has refusedco regard it as a durable combination—it con sists only of the followers of the conquered Adruinisti a tion, and some of the inferior leaders of victorious pub lic opinion; and as the former have the advantage of numbers, the field appeared left to that Admintstration, against which the hatred of every one is excited. Every thing which we had foreseen and announced, has oc curred; for our policy, fruitful in useless intimations, has suffered too long the fate of Priam's daughter, who only predicted misfortunes, and always saw fortune fulfil her oracles. The Ministry, scarcely born, has too faithfully received the inheritance of its unfortunate pre decessor. The same solitude has surrounded it. The five or six Independent Journals have expressed the same feeling. The Journals of the Treasury have not' even endeavoured to oppose the solicitude of the public opinion. We should believe that power among us is a Cenobite, who has made his vow of solitude. Already we hear of :casings, of changes, and of dis sensions. We know not the value of these rumours, but they attest the idea of fragility attached to the new edi fice in the opinion of the public. We say, that in an Administration which has not yet acted, enmity itself would have difficulty in finding causes of complaint. Mere spectators—mere judges—like the two Chambers —like all France, we are obliged to reproach it with its first evil—that of being. Far be the thought from us of despising the immense service it has done in taking possession of the inheritance Of M. de Villele. It has also rendered another service in separating the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs, and of the Government of the University. But in twenty four hours more, perhaps it would have been easy to form a definitive Council, rich in talents—formed to make head against every storm; and then the Throne and France would have been saved the anxiety of pain. ful undertaimy. What M. Villele mast forgot was, the continual pre. -nervation of filial love of the people towards their King. It would seem that he amused himself by wounding and bereaving the hearts of subjects, of . those loyal senti ments which form the dignity of obedience—the strength of gteatness. The depositaries of the Royal confidence ought then, as a primary law, to impose on themselves the duty of reviving them, and restoring to Charles X. the pleasing pomp of his accession. Nothing was more easy. It sufficed to satisfy, in a single day, unanimous wishes and unanimous hopes. It was sufficient to con- I sider, thatAhdays would mar the public happiness like ' refusals, and that the complaints of public opinion I might appear to our Princes like ingratitude. This l double danger would have been prevented by more ,decisive determinations. The depositaries of the Royal confidence had, and still tams * very sistPle flunbed of iamb% to the Council INDIA. The Bengal Hur&aru of the 13th July, contains the following paragraph on the subject of the Calcutta Stamp Regulation : ‘. The Supreme Court was crowded at an early hour yesterday morning, to hear the judgment of the Bench as to the registry of the stamp Regulation. Thcir Lordships delivered their judgments, as we had antici pated they would do, seriatim, having just committed them to writing ; and we regret to announce, that the Bench were unananimous in deciding on the Registry lof the Regulations; though on some very essential points connected with it, Sir EDWARD RYAN differed from the Chief and Puisne Judge, viz. on the right of petitioners against any regulation to be heard by Coun sel against the registry, and on the power of the Court to judge, not merely of the non-repugnancy, but the expediency, of any regulation submitted for registry." The ladia Papers contain an account of a compli mentary minion. sent by Lord Amherst, during his ex cursion in the Upper Provinces of Bengal, to Runjit Sinh, the Chief of the Sikh Nation. The Deputation, escorted by a troop of Native cavalry, and a company of infantry, arrived at Amritser, the ancient capital of Punjab, on the .28th of May, after a hot but pleasant march. They had their first audience of the Maharajah on the following day, when the Gentlemen were much pleased with their reception. Runjit Sinh sat surrounded by his principal Sirdars, all clothed in amber-coloured silk, girt with handsome arms, and adorned with splen did jewels. The presents sent to him by the Governor General consisted of elephants and horses, with their caparisons, a sabre, a gun, a pair of pistols, a telescope, and various articles of European manufacture. The Maharajah himself is described as a short thin person, with grey beard and mustachios. Having lost his eye by the,small pox, his countenance is not so prepossessing as it otherwise would be, but it evinces intellectual energy and command. At the time of the ►isit of the mission, Amritser wore the appearance of a fortified city, and a regular force of 25,000 men was encamped round the walls. All the corps were at ezer:ise morn ing and evening. The brigade of infantry, under the French Officers, is described as being a remarkably fine and well disciplined body of men. The inhabitants of Madras have determined upon erecting a statue at that Presidency, to perpetuate the memory of their late Goa Tensor, Sir Thomas Munro. - . . From 111 r. nutria work, " Lord Brat niddwase ei tits. Con. temporaries," not yet pnbushet.-inananinant. 0 They wbo know Mr. Campbell only as-the author of.' Gertrude of : Wyoming,' and The Pleasures of `Hopei wouldoon suspect him to be a merry companion, overflowing with humour and anecdote, and any thing but fastidious. These Scotch Poets. have always same. thing in reserve. It is the only point in which the major part of them resemble their counti men. The mistaken character which the Lady formed of Thomson front his .' Seasons,' is well Imam. He let part of the stemma in his' Castle of Indolence ;and the more he letout,the more honour it did to the simplicity and cordiality of the Poet's nature, though not always to t',:e elegance of it. Allan ; Ramsay knew his friends, Gay and Somerville, as well in their writings as he did when he came to be . person. ally acquainted with them ; but Allan, who had bustled up from a barber's shop into a bookseller's, was * ,cunning shaver,' and. nobody would have .guessed the .author of The Gestic Shepherd' to be penurious. Let soon suppose that any insinuation to. spat effect is in. leaded against Mr. Campbell. He is one of the few men whom. licould..at any time walk half a dozen miles through the snow to spend an afternoon with ; and could no. more do this with a penurious man, than I could with a sulky one. I know of-but one fault he has, besides an extreme cautiousness in his writs ings; and that one is national, a matter of words, and amply overpaid by a stream of conversation, lively, piquant, and liberal, -not the less interesting for, occasionally betraying an intimacy with pain, and for a high and somewhat strained tone of voice, bite a man speaking with suspended breath, and m the habit of subduing his feelings. No man, 'I should.giess, feels more kindly towards his fellow creatures, or takesiless credit for it. When he indulges in -doubt and sarcasm, and speaks contemptuously of things in.. g nerali be does it, partly, no doubt, out of actual dsssati tiction t . but more perhaps-than he suspects, out of a fear of tieing thought weak and sensitive; which is a blind that' the best men very commonly practise. Mr..Camptiefi pro. fesses to be hopeless and sarcastic, and takes paint all the while to set up an University. al When first I saw this eminent person, he gavetme the idea of a French Virgil. Not that he is Mike a French• man, much lees the French translator of Virgil. Ifotind him as handsome• as the Abbe Delille is said to have been ugly ; but he seemed to me to embody a French man's ideal notion rf the Latin poet; something a little mote cut and dry than I had looked for ; compact and elegant, critical and acute, with a consciousress of authorship 'upon him; a rave over - anxious not to commit itself, and refining and dionnishing na ture as in a drawing-room mirror. This fancy was strengthened in the course of' conversation, by his ex patiating on the great ess of Racine. - I think he bad a volume of the French tragedian in his hand. His skull was sharply cut and fine ; with plenty, according to the phrenologists, both of the reflective and amative or. gans ; and his poetry will bear them out. For a lettered -solitude, and a bridal properly got up, both according to law and luxury, commend us to the lovely Gertrude of Wyoming. His face and person-were rather on a small scale; his features regular; his eye lively and penetra. ting; and when he spoke,dimples played about his mouth, which nevertheless had something restrain d and closb in it. Some gentle puritan seemed to have crossed the bleed, and to have left a stamp on his face, such as we often see in the female Scotch face rather than the male. But he appeared not at all grateful for this; and u hen his critiques and his Virgilianiem were over, very unlike a puritan he talked 1 He seemed to spite his iestrictiolis • and out of the natural largeness of his sympathy sa id things high and low, to break at once out of Define 's 6 Virgil' into Cotton's, like a boy let loose from school. When I have the pleasure of hearing i.im now, I forget his Virgilianisrns, and think only of the delightful com panion, the unaffected philanthropist, and the creator of a beauty worth all the business in Racine. n Mr. Campbell has tasted pretty sharply of theed . • and ill of the present state of society, and for a book, man has beheld strange sights. He wittesied a battle in Germany from the top of a convent` Con - arbiens battle he has written a noble ode); and be saw lha French cavalry elver a town, wiping their blnddy swords on the horses' manes. Not long ago he 'was in Germany again, I believe to purchase books; far, in addition to his classical scholarsh p, and his other languages, he is a reader of German. The readers there, among whom he is popular, both for his poetry and his love sit freedom, crowded about him with affectionate zeal; and they gave him, what•he does not dislike, a good dinner. There is one of our writers who has more tame than he; but not one who enjoys a fame equally wide, and without drawback. Like many of the great men in Germany—Schiller, Wieland, and others—be has not scrupled to become editor of a magazine; and his name alone has given it, among all circles, a recoils. mendation of the greatest value, and such as makes it a grace to write under him. 44 I remember, one day at Sydenham, Mr. Theodore Hook came in unexpectedly to dinner, and amused us very much with his talent at extempore verse. He was then a youth, tall, dark, and of a good person, with small eyes, and features more round than weak;, a face that had character and humour, but no refite. ment. His extempore verses were really surprising. ft is easy enough to extempprize in Italianone only wonders how, in a language in which twjr thing conspires to render versemaking, and it is difficult to avoid rhyming, this talent shouildinionstich cried up—but in English it is another matter. ,I know but of one other person, besides Mr. Hook, *lto can erand he warns the power, per. batpesmriz the e e in English ; confidence, ngl to do it in public.;,ol cours‘ I speak of rh yming. Extempore blank 'Verse. with a little practice, would be found as easy in English, as rhym ing is in Italian. In Mr. Hook the faculty was very unequivocal. He could not have been aware of all the visitors, still less of the subject of conversation, when he came in, and he talked his full share till called upon; yet he ran his jokes and his verses upon us all in the easiest manner, saying something charac. teristic of every body, or avoiding it with a pun, and introducing so agreeably a piece of village scan dal upon which the party bad ben rallying Mr. Campbell, that the poet, though not udjealoas of his dignity, was perhaps the most pleased of us all. = Mr. Hook afterwards sat down to the piano -forte, and enlargingstpon this subject, made an extempoteparody of a modern opera, introducing sailors and their clap.