Star. — London, England, 1830-06-21 00:00:00

srnur or THE ✓OURNALS. Ciraorricex.—Lord Normanby attempts to account for the an. popularity of the Church of England. "Why (he says) has the Church lost its power over the peasantry 1 From the want of sym pathy betwixt their pastors and them. The pastors are men of birth and refined educatioa. There is no fellow-feeling betwixt them and the peasant, who turns in preference to illiterate and ex temporizing artisan. Why ? Because he speaks a language Intel ligible to them. Look at Roman Catholic countries. Observe the influence exercised over the population—to bad effects in some in. stances, no doubt—but that is not necessary; it is very often exer cised for good. How Is the authority held ? By the perfect sympa. thy betwixt the clergyman and his flock. They are of the same race, the same habits. There can be no jealousy of caste—of superiority in the inferior—no contempt and neglect in the other. Methinks a Peasant curate in England would produce all the good effects of this system, without any of the bad. In the first place, the lower ranks would, as in Ca tholic countries, cease to be jealous of a church, into which they might enter, and where they saw their sons and brother'. And it is this jealousy of the lower orders in England that most promi. nently and dangerously menaces the church. But education is ex pensive ! Not the education required to understand the Gospel, and to preach it to the peasant. Of what use to such a man is vcientific learning, nay even profound classical learning ? The Miter. ate Catholic priest does the parochial duties of his station better. Then the higher class will look down on this pastor. Well ! let the be. neficed clergyman be of the better rank. Let the two reside, the two be paid, and let each class of the population have a pastor which suits them. This may be inconvenient; but what i s th e consequence of the want of it ? Why that the lower class chimes a Dissenting pastor for itself, and the inconvenience to the church is increased tenfold. But a Curate at seventy pounds a year in England is pitied. No doubt from his birth and education. (By the bye, every one in Englaad uttracts pity, that does not rise to gentility, and support it. But a peasant-curate. one of the rank of our Cure, would be munificently paid by it. That he could do the duties the Continent furnishes us with examples. The Protestant cantons of Switzerland will show them as well as the Catholic, and the political benefits resulting from the arrangement would be great."—Lord Normanby is quite out. The Oentleman.Rector and the Peassnt-Curate would not work well together in one parish. We are too far gone for this. Never, never more will seventy pounds a ye a r b e res p ecte d in England. There is not a servant in the kitchen of the squire, not a stable boy, not a mechanic in the village, who would not make • butt of the Peasant Curate with his 701. a-year. A cu. I rate Is, at present, held in some respect by the lower orders be. canoe he may be a bishop, and because his fortune is beneath 'his expenditure. This, too, In spite of his dependent situation, the chance of his being thrown on the world with a family at a shorter warning than a domestic receives. The Cures on the continent are respected, because no contiguous palace rears ha head in their neighbourhood—because, though not rich, they have enough for their wants ; and though not, perhaps, very learned, they are deemed so by the poor. The peasants never see them treated with contempt. In England, every waiter at an inn, every driver of a stage-coach, would have his fling at the peasant curate. The exciseman would deem it a great coode. scendente to allow his wife to be on visiting terms with the cu. rate's wife. Every man who kept a carriage, a curride, a horse, or even a taxed cart, would keep aloof from him. Taxes.—The following is an extract from natal : the whole chapter is well worthy of being read by every Member of the Com mons. It is the most elaborate and best digested chapter in the whole work :—" The first instance that has occurred, where the Commons expressly took exceptions to the Lords inserting pecu. niary penalties in a bill, is in the year 1690. The ground and prin. ciple upon which this objection was msde,and has been since maintain. cd is, to prevent the Lords from evading, under pretence of evading a pecuniary fine or penalty, that rule so distinctly laid down by the Commons, in several conferences which have been held upon these subjects, • that all charges or burdens whateverupon the people ought to begin with the Commons, and cannot be altered or changed by the Lords.' From the beginning of the present century, a period of above fourscore years,the claims of the house of commons to their rights and privileges, in matters of supply, have been seldom or but faintly controverted by the Lords. The rules which have from time to time laid down to be observed in bills of aid, or in bills imposing charges and burdens upon the pwple, have been very generally acquiesced in; and the practic of both Houses of Parliament has been uniformly adapted to these rules. It may p er h a p s b e diffi cu l t toexpress with pred. sion and correctness the doctrine that is to be collected out of these precedents ; but as far as my observation has gone, I think the following propositions contain pretty nearly every thing which has at any time been claimed by the Commons upon this subject. First, That in bills of aid and supply, as the Lords cannot begin them, so they cannot make any alterations either as to the quantum of the rate or the disposition of it; or indeed any amendment what. saver, except in correcting verbal or literal mistakes: and even these the House of Commons direct to be entered specially in their journals, that the nature of the amendments may appear; and that no argument prejudicial to their privileges may be hereafter drawn from their having agreed to such amendments. Secondly, That in bills which are not for the special grant of supply, but which however impose burdens upon the people, such as bills for turnpike roads, for navigation*, for paving, for managing the poor, &c. for which tolls and rates must be collected; in these, though the Lords may make amend. ments, these amendments must not make any alteration • la the gum turn of the toll or rate, in the disposition or duration of it, or In the persons, commissioners, or collectors appointed to manage it. In all the other parts and clauses of these bills, not relative to any of these matters, the Commons have not objected to the Lords making alters. dons or amendments.—Thirdly, Where the bill, or the amendments made by Lords, appear to be of a nature which, though not imme. diately, yet in their consequences, will bring • charge upon the people, the Commons have denied the right of the Lords to make such amendments, and the Lords have acquiesced.—And lastly, The Commons assert, that the Lords have no right to insert in a bill pecu niary penalties or forfeitures, or to alter the pecuniary penalties or for. feitures which hav e b een i nserte d b y t h e Commons. These rules with respect to the passing or amending of bills, are clear, distinct, and easy to be understood and applied in all the cases which may occur. It has been sometimes attempted to extend this claim, on the part of the Commons, still further ; or rather so to construe this claim, as to tend very much to em b arrass t h e procee di ngs of the House of Lords upon bills sent from the Commons. This has never appeared to me a prudent measure : I think the !louse of Commons may rest satisfied with the observance of these rules, which they can maintain upon the ground of ancient practice and admitted prece. dents. Their sole and exclusive right of begining all aids and charges upon the people, and not suffering any alterations to be made by the Lords, is sufficiently guarded by the claims as here expressed: and it does not seem to be either fur their honour or advantage to push this matter further, and, by asserting privileges which may be sub. jects of doubt and discussion, thereby to weaken their claim to those dear and indubitable rights which are vested in them by the am. stitution, and have been confirmed to them by the constant and ...:niform practice of Parliament." HERALD.—The only measure, with regard to the promised al •trations in the administration of Justice, which Ministers seem to be wally in earnest about, with the exception of the Bill for ap. rointing a new Judge in Equity, is the Bill for the abolition of the Welch jurisdiction, and the creation of three new Puisne Judges tor the Courts of Common Law. Now, It is worth observing that the people of England have been long calling for a reform of their own system of law in all its departments. They can. %nt get it. They have, indeed, the Royal promise that such 3 thing is to take place, given in a Speech from the Throne ; but when that promise is to be fulfilled is a matter still hidden unong the secrets of futurity. In the mean time the people of Wales, who not only did not call for a subversion of their sys. ton of justice, but most unequivocally declared that they preferred 21 to every other, are to have that system swept away, "destroyed :lean" out of the land, and another substituted in its stead. What ' Is that other? It Is the English administration of justice; the very system of which the English themselves complain; the system uldeli they loudly and universally demand to have thoroughly nfunned. It is this system, in which the English have no con. iidence, that is to be forced upon the Welch in place of their in which they have confidence; a confidence that they have repeatedly and generally expressed at all the public wettings that have been held upon the subject since it was .'first put in agitation. We ask, can the genius of in consistent and perverse I ion go any farther ? It, however, furnishes an excuse for I gt illa a t ppointment of three new Judges in the Courts in Westminster 11a11—no small accession to the patronage which Ministers already exercise there. Not that we object to the principle of all law appointments being in the hands of the Crown; on the contrary, we think it will, on the ,whole, be always better exercised there than in any other 'ands but what we do object to is the apppointment of any new Judges at all. It is not the first time we have informed the Govern. went that there are four Judges absolutely dying of ennui for caving nothing or next to nothing to do in the Court of Exchequer It is not the fault of those Learned personages that they have nothing to do—it is the fault of that close and exclusive system of Practice over which they preside. Well, but we are told the Court of Exchequer is to he thrown men, like the King's Bench and Common Fires, to the duly qualified attorneys of England and Wales. If it 1 1 , We have no doubt that the business of the Court will rapidly increase' and greatly tend to the relief of the two other superior ('nuns, so as to make the appointment of three new Judges unnecess ar y ; b ut t h en some suc h arrangement as what we are going to propose must be connected with the opening of the Court; that is, that the .7 E s q r : i t department of the Exchequer should be altogether from that of the cninnton law, and connected with one o the three equity mutts h ea d y i n existence, or. put under the jurisdiction of the t C' ter Baron, who could also assist the Jlsord C as he is well acquainted with Equity practice, and thus super sede the necessity, if any there be, of the appointment of a new Equity Judge, wMdt ease we would propose that the Chief Bareels place should be supplied by that harped and truly upright Judge, Mr. Justice Bayley. We have no doubt that, with such a thief Judge to the Court of Exchequer as a Common-law Court, the confidence of the public would be obtained for it, and the business would so increase as to lighten the excessively severe duties of the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, whose talents are equal to any amount of bu siness, but whose health has already, unfortunately, suffered from intense devotion to the public interests. Such an arrangement would indeed make it necessary to appoint another Puisne Judge to succeed Mr. Justice Bailey in the King's Bench ; but that would be the only judicial appointment n ecessar y , instead of the country being saddled with the expense of one new Judge for Equity and three for Common Law. In the mean time, the Welch should be allowed to enjoy their own mode of adminis tering justice as long as they have confidence in it ; or, at least, until the English system le ritlirmed. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. EXPRESS 01 . 711 C litliAl.l). PARIS, Saturday Evening, June 19. The most sinister reports respecting the French expedition against Algiers were in circulation throughout the whole of yesterday ; but they were, I am happy to state, completely negatived by the telegraphic despatches front the General and the Admiral commanding the expedition, received last night, and which you will find in the journals of this day,which your express will convey to you. The effect of this news upon the public mind you might infer from the descending prices of the public Funds on our Bourse this day (which I subjoin) ; but you must have been present at the Opera when it was announced last night, in order to credit the enthusiasm with which it was hailed by, I may say, a fair representation of the Parisian public. At half-past three o'clock yesterday, the Funds hail mounted; but, front that time, till the close of business, they contin ucd to descend in consequence of the unfavourable reports every where cir. culated. The fall within the last halthour amounted to nearly a franc As you may conceive, the Bourse was crowded this day long be fore the hour of business (two o'clock.) A great number of trans actions took place in what is called the Cottlisse. The prices being —almost incredible after such news as we have had—belote the closing prices of yesterday ! On more than one occasion I have, and truly, ascribed the maintenance of prices to Ministerial iti- . fluence. I now assert, on good authority, that the depression of the Funds this day is the work of the Liberamr, who wish to defeat the hopes of Ministers founded on the Telegraphic despatch. At the commencement of public business this afternoon the open. ing price of the Three per Cents. was 77f. 50c ; of the Five per Cents. 104 f. 20c. Shortly after the Three per Cents fell to 77f. Me. at which price they remain when 1 am obliged to close my letter. From Me Monifeur. TELEGRAPH IC DESPATCH. Sidi Fersch, June 14, 10 A.N. The Cessna Bournsont to hie Eavelleney the President of the Council. /The debarkation commenced at four o'clock this morning. All the troops are now ashore. The enemy has been driven from the position which he had taken up in the rear, and the division Bet.' mesene has captured nine guns and two mortars.—The road to the West of Sidi leach is good, and the fleet should remain there at anchor. From Toulon, June 18. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. Bay of Turretta Chiea, June 14. Admire! Disperse to hie Excellency the Minister of the Marine. The fleet yesterday anchored in the bay of Sidi Pesach. The whole of the army landed to-day, and now occupy the heights in front of the peninsula. We have taken possession of the enemy's batteries. The bead-quarters are at Turretta Chico. From the Messape des Chatalres. Roars, Jvws 18, Noox.—The alarms which were spread yes terday, are happily dispelled. The landing was announced yester. day, : by order, in the theatre of the Opera. The Mo n it eur conta i ns two te legraphic dispatches transmitted from Toulon on the 18th. The Moniteur contains a long circular (five columns and a half) relative to the book trade, addressed by the Minister o f t h e In terior to the Prefects. The principal object of the circular ap pears to be to limit, as much as possible, the diffusion of books in the little towns and the communes in the country.— A letter, received at the same time with the Express, says, The Government has resolved to put off, for one month, the elections in twenty-two departments which are in the resort of the Royal tribunals at Rouen, Paris, Angers, Metz, and Caen. This delay* occasioned by the appeals to the Court of Cass Lion which have been made against the decisions of the Royal Courts in aliiiirs relative to the elections. Ido not give this news as racial, be. cause it is not In the Masticate. but I have it from good authority. I NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Of Holyhead, the Forth, Hunter, from Si. J o h n ' s, N.U. Of the Wight, the Hoopoe, Udell, from Batavia. The Hope, Catt, from Swansea to Rye, was on shore near to the latter port yesterday, with considerable damage, but expected to be got of DEAL, Joss 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Magnet, —, from St. Lucia. Arrived from London, and sailed, the Pusey Hall, Newby, for the South Seas ; Clenientina, Wootton, for Gibraltar • Media, for St. Übe's ; and Sc. Ann, Th omas , for Rio J aneiro. Jun 20.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W —Arrived from London, the Owen, —, for Rio Janeiro ; and the Nlaitland, Brown, for India. Arrived the Antonio. from the Mediterranean. Forenoon, Jon 19 and 20.—Wind %V.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Fairy, for Chatham. Pcneoun, Jun 18 and 19.—Wind W.—Arrived the George IV. Spence, from St. Domingo. Lwanoot., Jun 19.—Arrived the Columbia, Kirkwood, from Bengal—sailed .1.1 February; Majestic, Hodgson, from :Baran ham; Travis, Cobb, from Paraiba ; George, Witt, from Dente. rata; George Canning, Stevenson, and Thos. Dickinson, Anthony, from New Orleans ; Clarissa Ann, Owen, from Charleston ; Portia, Taylor; Unicorn, Trough ; and Breeze, Cutelloidge, from Quebec ; Heroine, Tilley, from St. Andrew's, N.B. Mi randa, Mason, from Trieste ; and Caroline, Crack, from Seville. hasav, Jun 18.—Arrived the Amity, Falk., front Rio Janeiro, and Olive Branch, Hocquard, from Bahia. FALKOVIII, Jun 18, Wind W.N.W. to W. and 19, N. W.— OR' the port, the Simpson, Warren, from Mauritius—sailed February. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon. Gana, Jun 10.—It is reported that a French vessel has been taken, and the crew assassinated, in the Archipelago, by some pirates. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Jurnc 19. In a Convocation holden on Thursday last, the following gentle. men, members of the University of Cambridge, were admitted ad cundem : Rev. Adam Sedgwiek, M.A. of Trinity College, Professor of Geology; Rev. George Peacock, ALA. Fellow and Tutor of Tri. nity College; Rev. William Wbewell , M.A. of Ttiuity College, Professor of Mineralogy; George Riddell Airy, M.A. ut' Frintly Plumian Professor of Astronomy ; Rev. John Stevens Hens w, M.A. of St. John's College, Professor of Botany Rev. George Xing, M.A. Fellow of Corpus Christi College. tln the same day, the Rev. John Manuel Eclat's, M.A. was admitted ac tual Fellow of Trinity College, in this University. pe In consequence of the improvement in the health of lii4 Mai-sty, there is now no doubt of the commemoration being c,lebrated on Wednesday nest. Pazrzawcwrs.—.The Rev. Wm. Prowse, 31. A. of St. Edmund Hall, to the vicarage of Bickleigh and Sheepston, Des o» ; patron, Sir M. M. Lopez. The Rev. Anthony Singleton Atchcson to the rectory of igh, in the county of Rutland,void by the death of the Rev. Ti n the presentation of the Right Hon. the Earl ut II Isitoogli. The Rev. George Oakes Miller, M.A. to the rectory ut otherwise Middleton Malsor, in the county of Northaitivon, %avant by the resignation of the Rev. Geo. Wilson Skids:more ; patrons, Louis Hayes Petit and John George Children, Esqrs. We understand the Lord Bishop of Cluyne has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Francis Jones, of Fenitoy, to the livitig of blacrootn ' vacant by the death of the Rev. M r . D av i s . The Rev. Mr. Well and is to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of the Rev. Mr. Jones; and the Rev. Mr. Greases, son of the Ist,. Very Rev. Dean (heaves, succeeds the Rev. 31r. Welland. ... - Extract from the Gazete of Bruges, No. 55, of the 7th May, 1830 :—" On the 2nd inst. at about t.ix in the evening, a Vo taries, emigrant, Joao Monteiro rice bi:va, Captain-Major and Com mandant of Volunteers, passing on one of the sluices of the Basin at Ostend, saw a child, seven years old, who had fallen in the water, and who struggled against death. breing that amongit those that were present no one was disposed to save this unfortunate child— and perceiving thatlits danger was extreme—what did this friend of humanity do ? lie instantly plunges into the water, even sithout giving himself the trouble of undressing, dives, and although not being an expert swimmer, succeeded after several attempts to get hold of the child, had the fortune to save it, and to render It to its distressed parents, who thought it already dead. BERGAMOT PEAR.—According to Switzer, the au tumn Bergamot pear was brought over by Julius Caw, and formed part of the furniture of the gardens of Alcinous. The name, It is said, is not derived from Bergam o i n I ta ly, as m a ny have believed, but from the Turkish words bty or bey, and arotond a pear. As its name is Turkish, it is inferred that this .species of pear must have come from Turkey.—Mirror. THE LATE LORD HARCOURT. His Lordship was of an ancient and distingnished family, which traces its pedigree to Bernard, a Nobleman of the Royal bleed of Saxony, who obtained, In 871, when Rollo, the Dane, mods himself muter of Normandy, the lordships of Harcourt, CailevUle. and Beauficel, in that principality. From this Nobleman descended— Errand de Harcourt, commander of the archers of Val de Rod, in the army which successfully invaded England, in 1066, under William the Conqueror. The second son of this warrior. Robert de Harcourt, is said to be the ancestor of the late Earl of Harcourt; but the immediate founder of the honours of the family was Simon Harcourt, Esq. (grandson of Sir Simon Harcourt, Kt. a military officer of high renown, who was appointed Governor of Dnhlin in 1643, and immediately raised the blockade of that city, 'hen invested by t h e rebels, but fell soon after, before the castle of Canick.3lain. in the county of Wicklow,) a lawyer of etni. nonce, who filled the offices of Solicitor sad Attorney. General, with little interruption, from 1702 until 1710, when he was no. urinated Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and sworn a Member of the Privy Council. In the following year, September 3, 1711, he was elevated to the Peerage, by the title of Baron Harcourt, of stanton.Harcourt, in the county of Oxford ; and on the 7th of April, 1712, declared Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, which exalted station he continued to fill until the ac. ces•ion of George;the First, in 1714. On the 24th of July. 1721, his Lordship was created Viscount Harcourt. and In the following month again called to the Council Board. The Viscount was ap. ty.intcti one of the Lords Justices in 1723, 1725, and 1727. His Lordship married thrice, but had issue only by his first wife, Re. hecca, daughter of Thomas Clark, Esq.—viz. one surviving son, and two daughters. He died the 29th of July, 1727, and was sue. ceeded by his grandson (the son of the Honourable Simon Harcourt, 31. P. by Elizabeth, daughter of John Evelyn, Esq. of Wotton.) Simon, second Viscount, who was created on the Ist December, 1749, Viscount Nuneham, of Nuneham-Courtney. and Earl of liar. court, of Stantan.Harcourt. His Lordship was the twenty-seventh in paternal descent from Berrard, Lord of Harcourt. in Normandy. lie married, in 1730, Rebecca, only daughter and heiress of Charles Le Has, Esq. of Pipwell Abbey, in the county of Northampton, by whom he had issue. George Simon, his successor. William. Elizabeth. who was one of the ten young ladies, daughters of Dukes and Earls, who supported the train of Queen Charlotte, at her Majesty's nuptials, Bth September, 1781. Her Ladyship mar ried, in 1763, Sir W. Lee, Bart. and had issue. The Earl, who bad filled some high diplomatic stations during the reign of George the Second, was constituted, in 1761, Governor to his late Majesty, King George the Third, then Prince of Wales, and in 1761 was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to demand the Princess Charlotte, of lifecklenburgh Sirelits, in marriage for that Monarch ; in 1772, he was appointed Viceroy of Ireland. His Lordship lost his life, on the 16th of September, 1777, by unfortu nately falling into a well, in his own park, at Nuneham, and was succeeded by his eldest son. George Simon, second Earl, who died without iss u e, in April, 1809, when the family honours devolved upon hi s b ro th e r William, the late Earl, whose death we announced in Saturday's Star. For the above circumstantial details of the family we are indebted to Burke's Peerage and Baronetags ; for the few following particulars of the late Nobleman to another source:— His Lordship was born in 1743, and entered early into the army, where he soon attained the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, and served in the light-borse. With his corps he embarked for America, and much distinguished himself, particularly by surprising and taking pri soner the American General Lee. On his return he was appoint. ed Groom of the Bed-chamber to the King ; and, alter his accession to the title and estate, he was also appointed by the Queen to succeed his brother as her Muter of the Horse—an ap. pointment which be held till the Queen's demise, when, contrary to usual practice on such occasions, he was refused a pension by the House of Commons. His Lordship's other appointments we have already noticed. He was a particular personal favourite of Geo. 111. and his Queen, with whom, it is said, he lived on terms of the closest intimacy. With his Lordship's demise the title becomes extinct—his Lordship, though married, having no children. THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE. THE RENAME FAMILY. —There is, in a Paper of yesterday, a side wind attack upon the Kemble family generally, and a direct insinuation against Miss Fanny individually. The attempt to lower that Lady in the estimation of all good and critical judges of 6ne acting, must prove as abortive as it appears to us malicious and uncalled for—that the young lady appeared on the London boards under circumstances of a peculiar nature, we are as ready to admit as them ; and all who appreciate honourAle feeling, must be willing and proud to acknowledge—but that her ties,identified, as they are, with the innate talent of the parental stock, have been much, or even at all " overrated,' there is requisite to ' prove it some more efficient testimony than any which has yet come before us in support of that opinion. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Beggars' Opera was performed on Saturday evening, when Miss Turpin, the daughter of the veteran comedian of that name, made her first appearance in the character of Polly. She is, in figure, tall and alight, but heady formed ; her features are deli cate, and rather distinguished by intelligence of expression than by pot& tire beauty. We do not think her voice has yet attained its full power ; its tones are pleasing, but its compass, at present, is mo. derate, and the lower notes are deficient in roundness and volume. Like the greater number of singers in the modern school, Miss Turpin delights in a profuse display of ornament; and, in many instances, the touching simplicity of the music was greatly paired, if not wholly obscured, by the introduction et long and laboured cadences, which, after all, were not very brilliantly executed. This was observable in the celebrated air of 4, Cease your funning," which, though it was encored, would have had a much finer effect had the fair Mules/tie attended move to the spi. riled simplicity which marks that composition, and leas to her own fancy. Looking, however, to her entire performance, it was ex. tremely creditable to Miss Tenpin, and afforded a fair promise of future excellence. Her part in the first duct with Machos*A, and the reproof of Lucy, followed by the pathetic appeal to the Cup. lair's feelings, were amongst her best efforts. In each instance she sang with taste and delicacy. Her reception throughout the evening was extremely Lettering. Mr. II o RN, who appeared at this theatre for the first time, assumed the character of Alacheath. He was in remarkably good voice—indeed we have rarely heard him to so much advantage ; and although he was occasionally a little too loud and boisterous in his songs, he sustained the part very satisfactorily.— Faualeir and WILLIAMS, as l'eachuns and I-whit, were exceed ingly amusing. Their quarrel scene could not have been better aided. Mrs. lIUMBY'S Lury was sufficiently tan and shrewish; nor must we omit an approving notice of WEBSTER, whose per. sonation of Filch was humorous, without being too broad. On Saturday evening the Duke of Gloucester honoured the King's Theatre with his mescnce, to see 314sslamts 11alit.ran end Blinds, and Signori Dan:rill, Santini, and Isablache, In the operas, ea Ocarje Curiasj, and Turco in Palia, and Alademui. stile Teglioni in the bullet of Gallium:no Ten. The I)uke of Gloucester honoured a ith his presence the first_perflou'ance of the French plays at the King m Concert Raw, Haroarket, on Friday evening three Vaudevilles were perforated—La .llnitresse au Lo z iss, Louise. and Les F€IIIIIIWS Romonlitines. The Literary Gazette states that the embarrassment of Mr. Price, the late Lessee of Drury.lane Theatre, did not arise out of circumstances connected with theatricals, the receipts of the Theatre having averaged 53.00111. per season during the lesseethip ; MI that, granting the txpenses to be 2501. per night for the two hun dred eiuhts, which they could scarcely exceed, it would leave a profit of 3 0001. on each season. 'flip number of good theatres in Paris is double that of London, although the population is scarcely more than half that of the English capital.— Madan Literary Gazette.—[Theatres comet he tar vo as a criterion of population in Dublin. Although the number of inhabitants Is not much below three hundred tho usan d, we have but one theatre, and even that is in an impoverished con. ththin. partly from the decreasing taste for dramatic amusem e nt s , but chiefly on account of the extreme poverty of th e peopl e In ('aria a first-rate actor gets 2001. or 3001. per an num. In London he is not aetisfitd unless be gets at th e rate o f 20001. to :10001.—Dublin Literary Gase [Th e same diff.arn_ of payment may be remarked, regarding profes s i o n s ' men. In Par is, the fee of * physician is but 5 francs.] N tTtvt. TA LEN T:—Much has been said of the pre ference given to foreign singers and performers by o ur nobility, ate _ hut, as " talent belongs to all tountrks," it should be encouraged every way, without prejudice or partiality- At Madame Stock. hausen's Concert on Friday last, Madames Alalibron, m ar t s , Stork.haven , Mrs. Knyvett, Messrs. Hummel, Cram er , liewebek, W. Curioni, Hnres, Labium., an d D e n Zo i,_ Mori. Mrs. Anderson, and Sir George buns, were p reseot Tr; ol ; of whom took Parry, jun. by the hand and congratulated him on the pure style in which be sang a ballad (accomp an yi ng himself on the harp) ultich was as honourable and liberal on their part, as it must have been gratifying to the feelings of a young man, j us t cm. mencing his professional career. CITY POLICE REGUL.inows. M Saturday last; the Police Committee met at Guildhall, for the purpose of receiving the opinion of the Recorder, upon the subject of the contemplated application to Parliament, relative to the daily and nightly watch. During one of the tempestuous discussions in the Committee, it was resolved that the Recorder, Common Ser. grant, and City Solicitor, should be consulted on the following question :—Whether the City of London were authorised to pay fur the daily watching out of the funds raised to defray the ex. proses the nightly watching ? A few day s ego an opini on was in to the Committee, signed by those three authorities, di. reedy negativing the proposition, and some of the advocates fur im proving the present condition of the City police, quoted this opinion as an additional ground for applying to Parliament, for a Bill.= thesubject of providing more efficient police force. still exists, however, notwithstanding the glaring deficiencies of the City system, the strongest prejudice in favour of the drivel ling Dogberries, who have in many inrances aided and abetted in the plunder of the dwellings under their protection. The repo. went the individuals of the Con tttt ittee, who distinctly see the ne cessity of improvement, spoke of a bill in Parliament, the rest most violently complained of the daring violation of the privileges of the citizens of London. and declared that by-and bye their Charter would present nothing but a bundle of dialoc.ited regulations. if the affairs of the Corporation were subjected to revision by the bee gialature. The majority of the Committee were by no means sa. tisfied with the opinion of the three authorities by whom they agreed to be guided, as to the course to he pursued with respect to the payment of the daily watch, end they celled the Recorder he'iire them on Saturday, and examined him on the subject. To the astonishment of many, the Learned Gentleman exl rowed drub s upon the matter on which !wheal already given an opinion in affir mation, and requested time for consideration, which was granted him. Although the Committee are not likely to come to any agreement on the subject, it is believed that the Court of Common Council will,without hesitation, adopt the system recommended as an improve ment upon the old plan. The subject will very shortly be discussed. A Deputation from the Committ e e called a few days ago upon Colonel Rowan, the Commissioner of Police, to consult hint upon the details of the new arrangement, and great impatience is beginning to manifest itself amongst the citizens at the dr. lay in assimilating the City regulations to those which coast!. tute to obvious an improvement in the recent Act. It is said to be determined upon in various discussions held amongst the 3letn. bets of the corporation, that the election of ward constables shall Lo longer remain in the hands of those who have been time immemo rial in the habit of appointing them, and that one person shall be at the head of the police, and responsible for the efficiency and wad conduct of the officers. The person spoken of in the committee as the best qualified for this office is Mr. Cope, the City Marshal. Time saving to the City likely to accrue front a change of the existing plan will, it is confidently said, amount to nearly 60001. a year. The following account will show the effect of the improvements in the police, adopted partially in the City of London upwards of two years ago, upon the suggestion and under the management ut Alderman Venables, and also of the corresponding operation of the new system. Return of the number of prisoners tried at the Old Bailey See sions in February , April, and May, 1827 a nd 1828 ; in Febru ar y and April 1829 • and those committed to N e w ga t e u p to the 24th of May, 1829; Leo, those tried in February and April Sessions, 1830, and those committed to Newgate up to the 24th of May, 1830. London. Middlesex.. 1827 February 57 280 April 85 277 May 92 380 1828 February 57 301 April 57 383 May 56 309 1829 February 40 237 April 53 353 May 52 217 1830 February 36 181 April 87 384 May 47 176 It will appear, from this account, that the number committed in the first quarter of 1827 from the City of London was 234. In the corresponding quarter of the following year Alderman Vena ble's plan, which caused the removal of watchboxes, and obliged the watchmen to patrol the streets appointed to their care, and which in other respects provided for the public security, was pi , I into operation in some of the Wards, and the result may he 1 1 seen in the number of committals which took place in the tint three months of the experiment, when, notwithstanding the in. creme of the population, and the general distress, no more than 170 were sent to prison. In the corresponding loaner of 1829. the experiment was found to be still further beneficial, for the num ber of persons committed was 146. The new Metropolitan System soon afterwards was introduced, and the activity and vigilance of the new police had the effect of driving the thieves into the City. This increased the quarterly number in the year 1830 to 190. It it. s been invariably the case, that as the City of London commitm e n t s fell, those of the County of Middlesex rose, and rite versa. In the first quarter after the adoption of Alderman Venablea's system, the number committed from the county ass 1033; and in the copses. ponding quarter of 1830, when the new police was in full operation, the number did not exceed 721. Tiie MARQUIS OF DOW NSUIRE. —The Nor'/iv-it Whig. In commenting upon the apathetic conduct of this noble Lord when presenting the petition from Down against the stamp and spirit duties, gives him the following pretty intelligible Itir.t, should he be negligent of the duty he is bound to venom towards Ireland. " Has he any selfish principles—does he wish that his tenants should be able to pay their rents ? Let him be cautious how he cuts off the springs of their means, ■nd aids in reducing them to poverty. If these considerations are too light, we know a point in which he will be, perhaps, more sensitive ; we know an opportunity, when his errors may rise up in judgment against his interests and in fluence ; and we caution him not to cheer forward the oppressors of his country, lest he may awaken a re-action of which he little dreamt. Our Carrickfergus friends will understand this ; and ru.ay assist as in teaching his Lordship to think differently on this measure." The most rapid instance of building perhaps ever wit nessed is just now taking place on the site of what was tic Argyll. rooms, where a large mass of houses are nearly completed as far a% the carcasses are concerned, though the whole area was a heap of ruins only a month ago. The Strand improvements are making rapid progress ; the whole line from Mr. Arnold's theatre to Southampton-street appears as if it would be soon thrown open to the p u blic. NATURAL BOOTS.—The Peruvians are without seam or a single stitch—the leg foot, and sole, are a ll o f one piece; and we are told, fit most admirably. The following is the receipt for making them :—" Take a horse, cut off his hind legs considerably above the hocks; pull the skin down over the hoofs, just as if you were pulling off a stocking ; when off; scrape the hair from the skin with a sharp knife, and remove every particle of flesh that may have adhered to the inside; hang the skins to dry, and in the process of dry in,; draw them two or three times on your legs, that they may take their shape, form, and figure. The upper part (about twelve inches abuse the hock) becomes the mouth of the bout; the rouod projecting part of th e hock the heel; the foot terminates at the l et . lock joint, where it is cut to the required length." These boots ate called [Alas dr polro ; and, we arc assured, are very light, and as .• easy as a glove. Temples Teary& NCTIt 1 T 1 E PItOPERTI ES OF SVC R.—The Hindeca have a tradition showing how the sugar cane was first introduced among them, and which proves in what estimation it is held by them. They relate, that in very ancient times a vessel belonging to their country happened to leave one of her crew under a desrerate tit of sickness, on a desert island, at a considerable distance in the Eastern Seas • and returning by the sam e ro u te, c ur i os i ty prompte d t h em to inquire after the fate of their companion, when the man p r es e n te d himself to their view c omp l ete l y recovered from his sickness and in robust health. anxiety they inquired for the medicine he had used : when he conducted them to the sugarcane, on which be had solely subsisted from the trate of their depsrture.--Porfcr on flee Cultivation of the Su.,ar.eatte. MOST DESTRUCTIVE Fitt e.—About three o'clock eat Sunday morning, a fire of a very alarming nature was discovered by the police constables on duty, to have taken place in the large pre mises of Messrs. Birkett and 3lllboum, the Sugar-hakern. in Good man's-yard, the corner of 3lansell-street, tioodman's fiekis, White. chapel. In a very little time, and before any engine could reach the spot, after th e alarm was given, the whole of the build. ing was in one b o d y of fire. S o alarming was its appearance, that upon the arrival of the different Assurance-office engines, and their respective firemen, the attention of some of them was ditected to the safety of the dwelling houses in Goodman's. yard and Mansell -street, while others exerted themselves to extinguish the fire in the premises where it first made its ap peals:see. By these judicious measures the fire was confined to the property of Messrs. Birkett and Milboom, which along with the whole premises, may be said to be completely destroyed. Mr. Mil. bourn (one of the partners), who lives only a few doors from the spot, saw every thing safe between ten and eleven o'clock the pie. ceding night. Most of the workmen. including the foreman, resided on the premises. and they with difficulty preserved themselves front any personal Injury. The fire is supposed to have broken out in the first or second floor, and it burnt upwards and downwards at the same time. After the arrival of the engines, and plenty of water being obtained, the refined sugar became melted, and ran in the ken. ittel in &white liquid stream. The destruction of property is estimated at 40.0001, but the firm of Messrs. Birkett and blilbourn is insult el. Mr. • large sugar-Laker, is the proprietor of the buildinzs, and weUvil that he also is intured. air 1