Star. — London, England, 1830-09-22 00:00:00

, :tttlen would Lava repaid itself, and left a large surplus, ii t;.e pre., irity of sena. 11:;,:liti hod beer more general." Admiral Dup..-..a hal ur. tired at Toulon from Algiers. The Doke of Bzuuswick deeta.; to hate made a similat flight from his own capital to that which he made six weeks ago from Paris. He then fled from the Hotel des Estrangers, Rue Vivienne, with a common passport, the moment he heard the sound of the Revolution. Linos, Sept-. 11.—When a Portuguese suffers any grievous affliction or disappoinunent, he generally consoles himself with the ex clamation " Paciencia.'" Patience seems, indeed, to become the mouth of the most passive people on the face of the earth; it is the magic of this word, perhaps, which enables them to bear with so much fortitude the galling distress which presses on every side, influencing almost every individual, from the King to the beggar. It is this, surely, and nothing else, that enables them to see,: with so little movement of sympathy, the numerous prisoners from among their fellow-citizens, who are seen every day moving towards the place of their confinement; and to hear every morning, with so little surprise, of the nocturnal intrusions of armed soldiers upon the domestic peace of their neighbours, tearing away fit titers from their families, and even carrying off mothers and children to shut them up in the cus tody of mercenary gaolers . It was but recently that a hand of 40 or 50 police soldiers, in the middle of the night, de manded admission, " in the King's name," at the gate of an English gentleman, who, very properly, refused, on the ground that they came without the British Consul's authority. Their object was to get from his garden into that of the adjoining house, the better to secure an individual whom they were in search of ; not gaining admittance with the above awful mandate, as they expected, they scaled the garden wall of the house they meant to attack, and thus effected their purpose in securing end conveying to prison a Portuguese Fidalgo whose opinions were too Constitutional for the times. To what extent, whether to the full measure, the Government purposes to try the patience of the people, time will, it is to be hoped , soon discover. Doubtless the regular prisons, though numerous, are becoming very crowded, and this inconvenience is to be relieved by the establishment of prisons "of e.se," in the Tagus, on board the Don Joao, and the St. Sebastiso. The same activity still prevails among the troops and the police, and I bear it stated, upon very good authority, that one night Don Miguel visited incognito the neighbourhood of some of the barracks, as it were a spy upon his own troops. The affair of St. Übcs, which I mentioned in my last, was immediately communicated by the French Consul to his Go vernment, and we have now to see whether the tri-coloured flag of France may be insulted with impunity. With regard to the provinces, there is 1,e7 little intelligence : they talk of a guerilla corps in the neighbourhood of Braga ; also of disturbances at Coimbra, in which the students of the University have taken a part. It is stated, also, that the Maor of the 11th Rifle Corps, stationed there, has been fired at and wound e d, but not mortrlly. Letters from Oporto are silent as to any commotion, there. It is reported that troops from Rio de Janeiro have landed at Terceira. In Lisbon itself things have worn a quiet aspect during this last week, with the exception of imprisonments, and they seem quietly enough conducted ! and the detention in the street of some persons at night by the police, to have their pockets searched and papers =mina. The Miguelite party here can scarcely think it possible that Great Britain should acknowledge the new King of the French. The Constitutionalists are in the highest hopes, but perhaps they wait till the Spaniards act the example. I have this moment heard that an express has arrived from Conde de Figueira, at Madrid, to the Government here, stating that a Revolution broke out in the capital of Spain on the 6th and 7th Insi.--no particulars have yet transpired. It is strongly asserted that Don Miguel Is about to visit the Provinces, and that a Regency is to be appointed during his absence, of which the late Regent, Dona babel Maria, is to be President; and the other parties are to be Conde de Sampayo An tonio and Conde de PenerffeL Discount upon Government Paper 31j.—Cersespondeta f the SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. TimEs.—With the approach of the period at which Parliament Is summoned to meet, the discussion of popular or of pirty grievances be.. comes, according to immemorial usage, more aedve. We had be. lieved, we might say hoped, that the New Police would by this time have worked its way into public favour, and been recognised universally for what it really is--an important and valuable improvement upon the former system of " ancient, reverend," and most inefficient watchmen. The new police are, however, after an interval of some months, charged (on what authority is another question) with curious and manifold of. fences—in their composition, in their discipline, in the expense attend ing them, and, last of all, in their unconstitutional relation to the exe cutive Government. They are said to be Irishmen--which, of course, it is affirmed, is out of character, for keepers of the peace. Irishmen, after they have been some time caught, and broken into regulations of any kind arc found to be full as zealous, orderly, and trustworthy in the fulfil ment of an active duty, as any other subjects of the realm. There are no more exemplary soldiers, nor more faithful servants, than the Irish; ne: more indefatigable labourers, nor better tempered or more resolute men. But, in fact, the police might almost as well be called English or Scotch, as natives of Ireland, the proportion being probably about equal in all three nations; though if Irishmen, with good characters, can be had on easier terms than Eng lish or Scotch, we presume that no very grave objection ought to be made to their employment. Again, they are said to be for the most part old soldiers, and as such not fit fee the exercise of any civil authority ; in our mind, on the connary, if the common run of " peace officers" could be imbued with a little of the temper and courtesy with which military men are habituated to dia. charge coercive offices, the interests of justice, and the feelings of individuals, might be not the worse consulted. But the stern discipline of the police, and their subjection to the Crown, are incompatible with our notions of a civil power and with the constitutional independence of our municipal and par ochial authori ties ! We really see nothing in that form under whic the principle of subordination seems to act upon the minds of policemen, as now dist& ;Alfred and instructed, which ought to alarm the most squeamish wore shipper of Alfred the Great and his times for the llberdes of the people of England. if it be required that we should go back to the "ancient and venerable" examples of by-gone generations, we shall undoubtedly have little to fear from the discipline of those very constitutional Deg. berries, whatever reason they may give us, as they have already given ourselves and our forefathers, for lamenting alike their ignorance and insolence in the commission of wrong, and the partiality or negligence of the local authorities by which they had been appointed, and under which they had acted when redress was sought for their offences. Se far as we can recollect, not a week ever passed during the sovereignty of the parish watchmen in which it was not made • reproach to the Government that it left the public safety in the hands of such see. turn, whose miserable pay (about 10s. 6d. a week) excluded ell classes of decent people from their body, and forced pedals to beat up for midnight guardians of our lives from ameeg the very dregs of the community. For the expense attending this useful body of men ' let it be remembered that those who now pay their mo ney, pay for being actually watched over ; whereas formerly they paid, and received nothing in return butailouble chance of mischief from a collusion between watchman and thief. lf, however, the increase of parish rate for policemen bears harder on individuals than it ought, the press and the courts of law are open, and at least as certainly as under the old system redress may be sought and hoped for. But the most absurd of all the attacks on the police is that of their being a military body. A military force supposes military weapons of some sort—the police have neither swords nor pistols to defend t he mselves ; and recent circumstances suffice to prove, that for the preservation of their own lives, to say nothing of the public, the bits of stick with which they are at present provided, are any thirg but an adequate protection. We have ourselves seen nothing of the police but exemplary courtesy, for.. beanuice, and propriety, great readiness to act, and, when the occasion calls for it, to forbear from acting. Overpaid, at a guinea per week each, no rational can consider them. We do not say that, under pretence of pro ing that moderate sum, great parochial extortion and iniquity may not be practised, but the extortion may be punished also, and in the mean time the public safety is, generally speaking, secured. Cnaoxict.z.—lt has been said of the Duke of Wellington, that he is exceedingly patient of criticism on his performances in a department in which he is undoubtedly a great master. In the third volume of the 6, Life of Sir Thomas Munro," just published, General Wellesley is very sharply handled by that elear-headtd individual, for the un. skilful manner in which he fought the battle of Asraye • but we never heard that the sharpness of this censure produced any coolness between the two friends. Sir Thomas tells him, that he could hardly have ex pected to defeat the enemy with less th an half the loss he actually suf tired ; that after breaking their enemy, his cavalry, when entire, was not sufficiently strong to pursue any distance, without which he could not have done so much execution among them as to counterbalance his own loss; and that there was a possibility of his being repulsed ; in which case the great superiority of the enemy's cavalry, with some de -1 gree of spirit which they would have derived horn success, might have rendered a retreat impossible. The blunder committed was in ef fecting, with a certain loss, what might have been obtained with out any risk. Colonel Napier, also, in his admirable " of the Peninsular War," while he does justice to his rat qui !ides, does not scruple to point out very frankly the-mistakes Into which , he fell--eonse of them by no means trivial ones. But we have never understood that the Duke took these strictures amiss. But. reedy le submit his military conduct to criticism in politics, in which one wadi suppose he might be a little more suspicious of his MOW, he will net Nook an contradiction. This is th e roc k on w hich qfts. lies. vii the formidable array of names said to he hula to Aid nistration, r '—ithstantling the somewhat ostentation eilllllllolllB held their sodium hie Ms— himself, end to Mllllollll ia , ground. Billheallis line which requires ezpaiense • debating. lion i s ise rll2: not likely Who demanding Awe GOMM seem to haves lempisiss from such one by ado.' Mr. Huskies., fat in that all bir eye:inn in the affairs of this Empire had not given ban mum political k..ow icdpi than bis Grace pissessid ; enl :f his Grace lard heti) wise, t, stead of quarrelling with that Satestnau fur his watt of docility, he would himself have been guided by his counsels. The Duke must renounce the expectation of implicit obedience from a Cabinet, or he must renounce the expectation of remaining Minister ; for it is almost impossible that in a country like this be should find combined the self-denial which this defe rence implies, and the power of influencing the deliberations of Parliament. His Grace may have good intentions ; but to ' give effect to his intentions he must be able to move the ma. chlnery of our Constitution, such as it is. Let him distrust those who would persuade him of his omniscience, and cease to believe that there is a Ministerial any more than a Royal road to all science. His po litical reputation rests chiefly on his concessions to the Dissenters and to the Catholics. The qualities displayed in carrying the Catholic ques. tion were akin to those which enable a man to gain victories iu the field —a correct estimate of the respective forces, and coolness and fl-inness in the hour of triaL But the complicated affairs of a great nation can not be all presented before the mind with the simplicity of the argu. meats for and against Catholic emancipation. Time and application can alone give proficiency in the conducting of them. Of this truth his Grace would seem, however, oot to be aware. He must, however, re. concile himself to the bitter truth, that he is not an admirable Crich ton, and that mere plain sense will not allow a man to decide ar.ca. Medea on the most complicated political questions. POST.--The rapid decline of public credit in France, so dishonours. ble to the character of the Revolution, and so dangerous to those who by its means have placed themselves at the head of - affairs, has impelled the latter to the madness of attempting to bolster up the price of the national securities, by appropriating to that purpose a large sum out of the public revenue, already notoriously deficient for the ordinary and necessary purposes of the State. The project is futile as it is prodigal. The price of the national securities, notwithstanding the utmost efforts of this nature, must speedily regain and constantly cleave to that point which will indicate truly, from time to time, the degree of confidence that the capitalists of Europe are prepared to bestow upon the Government of France, actual or prospective. This results from a law so absolute and so clear, that no Government can for more than a moment counteract its operation, unless indeed it possessed the means of repurchasing the whole public debt dream, and no Govern. meat would attempt to counteract it but one regardless and hopeless of the future, and rendered desperate by the overwhelming difficulties of the present. The consequence of this futile and senseless attempt to increase a deficit already large in the means of the French Govern ment to defray its needful expenditure do not require to be painted out. And bow is the deficiency to be made good ? By an Increase of taxation, upon a nation which as the first fruits of ha revolution expects and demands that a large proportion of the existing taxes shall be remitted--upon a people which, as its coup d' waits in the exercise of that sovereignty which the glorious Revolution has placed in its baud, refuses to pay the present amount of taxation, consigns to the flames the Offices and the Records of the Excise, and from time to time, as a more explicit manifestation of its sovereign will and pleasure, puts a Revenue Officer to death Y Thbs mode of repairing the dilapidated finances 'pf Prince will, we suppose scarcely be attempted. Can the deficiency then be made ;mod by a reduction of the national expenditure ? The sovereign people will probably be of opinion that it can. The Revo lutionary Government, by its organs of the press, has already pro- claimed its opinion that it cannot, and iudeed that very little reduction, if any, can be effected in the disbursements of the state for the next year. Hence of necessity a conflict, in which, as a matter of course, the sovereign people will prevail. Reductions will be made, sufficient probably to destroy the efficiency of the various departments of the public service, but certainly inadequate to redeem the Government from its fiscal em barrassments; for it is obvious that there is no limit to the extent of those embarrassments in a nation whose Government is provisional, whose subjects claim and exercise a disorganising sovereignty, among whom the destruction of public and pri. rate credit, the necessary and progressive decay of commerce, the extinction of enterprise, the decline of indust r y, and the gradual cessation of all kinds of healthy activity and enjoy ment, must impair, in a ratio accelerated front day to day, the sources of the public income. And as a last resource, then, shall the Revolutionary Government of France, in its actual condition, and in that of the country over which it holds a sway so imperfect and maszious, attempt to meet its financial difficulties by means of a loan ? To this measure we are aware, indeed, of but one objectioo, but it is one of no trifling importance when the subject is the ex • • , acry of borrowing money. We do not exactly know where the lenders are to be found. We trust our own countrymen, who have suffered pretty severely already by their loans to the Casique of , Poyais, to the regenerated States of South America, and to other new or revolutionary Governments, are effectually cured of this kind of folly; and that they will, for the future, carefully lock up their iron chests, and button up their pockets, the moment they hear any mention of a foreign loan, more particularly if the borrrower should appear in so suspicious a character as that of a revolutionized and regenerated State. great Aristocratic families which withheld their vere be able to form a correct estimate of himsell uue nature of his situation, he might stand his g Parliament is a popular assembly, to manage wt of busineekeharacter, talents, and the power of di seas this experience, character, and talents, are 111 of their advanteges; and therefore the Duke,in de en implicit deference to his own views, does not e that implicit deference can only be obtained fr fling them that be is entitled to it. The late 1 stance, could not have been brought to suppose HAYMARKET THEATRE. There was some excitement at this Theatre last night in consequenee of the appearance of Miss PATON. The Opera selected for the occa sion was the Barber of Seville, and MISS PATON sustained the part of the heroine. The house was full, and although the dress boxes had no thing of brilliancy in their appearance, the company was respectable, and perhaps as fashionable as it generally is at this period of the year. When Miss PATON made her ankle at the balcony window, she was received as might have been very naturally anticipated. There were some few cries of " Off, off l" but the greater part of the audience applauded, and some were most vociferous in their cheering. With Miss PATON in private life we have nothing to do ; we have no right to pry into her domestic habits or conduct ; and as long as she or any other performer conduct themselves with pm. priety in public, and fulfil their engagements with the public, we have no right to censure them. Last night the audience had no ground for complaint ; there was no association of names exciting remembrances repulsive to decency or delicacy ; but a popular favourite appeared as she had done on all preceding occasions, and challenged criticism not on account of her public conduct. In Miss Paton's appearance but little alteration has taken place. She sung with very great are, and was even more elaborate and profuse than usual in her oma. meats. In " Tyrant, soon I'll burst thy chains," she exhibited all the beauties of her style, and was loudly applauded. " May and December" was admirably sung and unanimously encored. There were some few passages in the Opera which might, by torturing, be rendered applicable to Miss PAT cal s suppos ed domestic affairs, and these were noisily noticed by some portion o the audience, but in other respects the heroine of the play was received as she always has been by a Lon. don audience—ss Miss PATON. " If to her lot some female errors fall, Bear her but sing, and you'll forget them all." Mt. J. ItExvz was Figaro, and we have rarely seen him play so well as he did on this occasion. He was animated, facetious,- and di. verting ; but he never for a moment lost sight of discretion and good taste. The other characters were but indifferently supported, Bartolo excepted, which found an efficient representative in Mr. Wituarrs. The melodrame of Clan succeeded the Opera. Miss Parox was Clari, and was spin well received, and her performance greatly and justly applauded. THE FAMILY AND EARLY LIFE OF THE LATE WILLIAM HUERESSON, ESQ. M.P. The father of this lamented statesman resided upon his estate at Da ley, near Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire. He was twice married; by his fist wife be had two sons, the late William Huskisson and the present General Huskisson ; by his second marriage, Captain Thomas Iluskisson, R.N. now Paymasta to the Navy, and a daughter, who married the Rev. T. Wallhouse, in Staffordshire, brother to Morton Wellborn*, Faq. who, on the death of his uncle, the late Sir Edward Littleton, Bart. (who for several sessions represented the county of Stafford,) become possessed of his uncle's estates, and took the name of Littleton (the Baronetage became extinct,) and is the present mem ber of Parliament for Staffordshire, and married to a daughter of Marquis Wellesley. In the early part of the French revolution, the subject of the present memoir accompanied his relative, the late Dr. Gem, to Paris, and, it issaid, became a member of some popular clubs in Paris, and an acciden tal circumstance at this moment probably laid the foundation otitis political career. The Secretary to the English Ambassador at Paris died, after a short illness, Imuch to the inconvenience of the Ambassador, who mentioned Lis inconvenience to Dr. Gem. asking him if he knew any well-educated Englishman then in Paris, who would assist him as amanuensis until he could supply the place of his late Secretary. Dr. Gem replied, " I have with me a clever, well-educated young men, a reladve of mine , whom I can recommend, if he will undertake it." This was WilWm Huakieson. He became amanuensis, and ac quitted himself so well that be was appointed Secretary, and, on the re. turn of the Ambassador, was recommended to Mr. Dundee, at chat time Secretary of State for the Home Department, who appointed Mr. H. Under•Seaetary in that ace. His assiduity std talents did not long escape the attention of Mr. Pitt, shout the same time that Mr. Canning bad beeline known to that great statesman. He uses after procured a seat in Parliament, and, by his la. &litigable ininstry and talent, gradually rose to 111 several high Modem the Ministers of the State. At the death of Ms Mkt Ms Hu became possessed of the estate at Ozley, nosegWelverhampton, but, bevies subscribed pretty to the us. terimaie ";Loyalty Loan," he sold his estate to James eisen, Beg. widen le at present •pomessed by his SON Alexander Beans, Atm Ye father's death, his brother, the present Cienerel.llwmed the stab be continued to do until it was sold, when be tensed the foto the sword, and entered the army. His preemies vas set slew, be by purchases and frequent changes, be sees beams a elesta, asil, brhis talent aad melees, bee bees many yew *ea es the Um of Geserele. TUB tOtiß2 BRIGHTON, SErr. 21. The dinner party of their MAJESTIES, exclusive of the Royal suite, yebterday, consisted of Lord PoNsoti DV, Lord BERESFORD, and Count KEILMANSYGE. Among the persona of distinction who left their cards at the Pavilion were— Lord FORBES, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Lieutenant-Colonel Dacllol., Lieutenant-Colonel PATON. Mr. P. SCA BLETT, and Sir JOHN ►SHELLEI. This afternoon, the QUEEN, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, took a carriage airing—the weather here to-day being so ex tremely wet and tempestuous, as to preclude all pedestrian exercise. COURT I.VTELLIGENCZ. Prince Leopold left the Palace at Brighton, where his Royal Highness had been staying on a visit to their Majesties, on Monday, for Malvern, to join the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria. The Earl of Aberdeen entertained the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a select party to dinner, on Monday, at the Priory, near Stanmore. His Lordship and the Chancellor of the Exchequer left the Priory yesterday morning, on a visit to Sir Robert Peel, at his seat, Drayton.park, Staffordshire. Sir Robert entertains a party of noblemen and gentlemen for a day's shooting. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, Prom the Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone. The Spanish Minister had an interview with the Earl of berdeen on Monday. Lord Ellenborough transacted business yesterday at the Foreign.offic!. Despatches were received from Mr. Drummond Hay, Consul at Tangier, on Monday, at the Colonial-office. Ministers, it is said, intend to transfer the collection of the messed taxes to the Excise and Custom-house officers ; which will only tend to make these imposts more unpopular than they are already. The Duchess of Berri, it is stated, arrived in Liverpool on Friday last, to obtain a view of the railroad ; but nobody knew of her presence—if, indeed, that august and unfortunate lady bas been in Li verpool—until after her departure. She travelled as Madame la Mar. guise de Roigni, end was accompanied by the Cot:luaus de Bonillor, and M. le Comte de Meinars. A letter from Rome mentions that there is a great scarcity of corn in the Roman States, in consequence of the exports made to Africa, and the scanty harvest this year. The exportation of corn has been prohibited by the Pope till July 31, 1831, and the importation of barley and other corn allowed, upon the payment of a small duty. The stables begun to be built in the rear of the United Service Club-hose, in Carlton-gardens, remain in state quo, notwith standing the injunction of the Vice-Chancellor, which, though it only literally stayed their completion, was supposed to decree their demoli tion. Report says that the Law Officers have given a different opinion. We cannot believe, however, that the time is come, or, we trust, ever will, when;the:opinion of an Advocate, be he who be may, can supersede the solemn decision of the Court in which he may happen to be a prac titioner. But, perhape, they have only recommended an appeal. If so, judging from the slightness of the unfinished walls, wind and weather will probably settle the matter sooner than a Chancery sult--Herald. REPRESIINTATION Or LivEaPooL.—The right of elec tion in this tows, as declared by a resolution of the House of Commons, dated March 5, 1T29, is admitted to be in the mayor, bailiffs, and freemen not receiving alms, and the supposed number of electors is es timated at 3,000. The last contest for the honour of representing this important town in Parliament, was at the general election in 1820, when the candidates were Mr. Canning, who was then President of the Board of Control, General Isaac Gaseoyne (the present sitting member), Dr. Crompton, and .a gentleman named Leyland. The two latter, how ever, were left in a woful minority, only polling 470 votes out of 2,162. LONDON BRIDGE.—AII the houses standing on the East side of the Borough, from St. Thomas's Hospital northward, are to come down. Most of the inhabitants are out, and the demolition of premises is so rapid, that the public cannot peas without danger. The passage to London-Bridge is now on the West side of the Borough, close to the ancient walls of St. Saviour's church, and under the main arch of the causeway for the new bridge. On the other side the Thames they have pulled down houses to the Boar's Head at Eastcheap, so famous for the revels of the English courtiers, when the East of London was the fashionable rendezvous. The Boar's Head will not come down. Remarkable coincidences have been rather eagerly sought for as connected with the late French Revolution. How closely the French events may be said to have imitated some of these of England ? First, Charles I. was beheaded; so was Louis XVI. Second, there was, after a republic, a restoration in land;Eng there was the like In Francs. Third, the restoration was with Charles 11. here ; in the person of Louis XVIII. in France. Fourth, the second Monarch after the restoration (James II.) In England was obliged to abdicate; the second Monarch after the restoration in France wait obliged to alxlkate. Fifth, Ithe English expelled Monarch found an asylum in France; the French expelled Monarch finds an asylum in Engird. Sixth , with the English exiled Monarch there was a " Pretender; with the French exiled Mo narch there is a " Pretender" in the person of the Due de Berri ; but. thanks to the " Debt" for giving us much improved knowledge and wariness in political affairs, we may hope that the parallel will end here; and that we may have no Crusades in favour of that "legitimacy" which, when Kings wilkd it, always succumbed to "expediency." A letter from Paris contains the following paragraph : " A curious circumstance occurred here on Saturday bum The King and his wife' (as he calls the Queen) attempted to take a walk in the garden and colonnades of the Falai* Royal, but were so much incom moded by the pressure of the people, that his Majesty was obliged to address them, earnestly entreating a portion of that liberty which was the birthright of every Frenchman.' This sensible appeal had hs effect on the parties within bearing of it, and who immedietely dispersed, but the crowd continued so to increase—(shouting, it is true, rive Is Rot ! Vice la Reins !)—that the royal couple (the Queen and 'her husband') were obliged to take refuge in the shop of Chevet, the renowned Mar chand de Comestibles." A letter from Dieppe, dated the 13th instant, denies the statement that appeared in some of the Paris journals respecting Gene ral Coutard, who they represented as commanding in !'aria on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of July. The fact was, that althougn holding the military command of the division, of which Paris is the chief place, General Coutard was at that time, and continues to be, a resident of Dieppe. The circumstance is only worthy of observation, as corrobo rating our view of the conduct of the ex. King and his Ministers. Had they anticipated such resistance as happily they encountered, an officer holding such an important command, and of such known Ultra-Royal. ism as General Coutard, would not have been left idling on the coast, even if indisposed. FRANCE AND ENGLAND.—The Bristol Mercury has published a very detailed account of the proceedings at the late meeting in that city to congratulate the French, and contains also a translation of the powerful and patriotic speeches delivered, into the French lan guage, in order that the brave people in honour of whom the meeting was held, should become acquainted with the feelings of admiration their heroic devotion to liberty has excited in England. Mr. Cobbett has set the useful example which the Bristol Mercury has followed on an enlarged sale in this instance. It is most gratifying to find such a spirit of fellowship and good-will--such a communion in liberty, grow. ing up between the two countries. Such a reciprocity of sentiment is worthy of the great and noble cause which has produced it. The advo- cate of universal freedom may anticipate, from the existence of such sympathies, the best results in favour of mankind ; for it will be diffi cult indeed to enslave the people of either country, whilst there is such an intimate communication in political sentiment between both. The pulling down of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street, commences this day. There is no direct evidence as to when St. Dun. scan's Church was built ; but burials are recorded by Stowe to have taken place is it as early as the year 1421 ; the chinch was dedicated to St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, who died A.D. 960. It was anciently a rectory in the patronage of the convent of Westminster. Richard de Barking, the Abbot, in 1237, granted the advowson to King Henry lIL which continued in the Crown till 1302; it was after wards in the gift of the Bishop of London till 1386, when Robert de Bragbtooke granted it to the Abbot and convent of Premonastrstenses, of Ainwick, Northumberland, where the patronage remained till their sopreudon. King FAward VI. granted it to the Lord Dudley both the rectory and Memnon were afterwards granted to Sir Richard Stavin., till alienated to George Riven in 1825 t it is now in the gift of Richard Taylor, Esq. St. Dunstan's Church escaped the fire of London in 1668, which stopped within a few houses of it. The sleek and ilium were put up in 1761: the figune are made of wood. There is a rumour in town, that the venerable President of the Jesuit College, at Clongowes, is dead. We hope to find that the report is unfounded. This excellent Divine, and itighly gifted r, would be a most serious loss to the Church , wlikh he has n a su er ch an able advacate.--Desidiss Morning Rogiotor. A SEDITIOUS FIDDLE !—The only tab( Of importance that appeared on the Dublin police papers of !Wag was the report of a constable, Hamm, who states, that nie Sowooioy night he arrested a number of persons la SO unlicensed *pig hosoo, who were disturbing I the peace with a fiddle! Si. .I;q7 - T:tEi:.".L.' D 41.. Yesterday being the Fea.77;7773Tzthew. the Lord Mayor, at tended by the Corporate Officers, attended Divine Service, at Christ Church, Dietvgate-street, according to annual custom. a. rex.. was preceded by a voluntary which was , played on the or t ! 11 . 1 Mr. Glen. The Rev. Mr. Miff delivere r an appropriate dite-orse, from the 26th Chapter of Deutronouty and the 10th verse. Atter the service the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the sword &sm. the Sheriffs, &c. and preceded by the Governors and Stewards of Christ's Ile•pital, went in procession to the splendid Hall of tile &kw!, where the usual oration wu delivered. The Hall was exceed:sigh crowded by a fashionable audience, the majority of which was posed of ladies. The oration in the Reiman language was deli% by Master Ramsey--that in the English by Master Fletcher. We: were exceediegly well delivered, and commenced with a warm eulugy I to the many charitable institutions with which the Metropolis abound., spoke in glowing terms of the change contemplated by the Go, vernors of doubling the numbers of those edecated on the foundatan: tended for the Universities, and paid a merited tribute to the memos,. of his late gracious Majesty George IV. whom the orator designated e a wise and beneficent Sovereign, a friend to civil and religious liberty, as well as a liberal patron of the Fine Arte. Deprived of his pattonar,e, the Institution still looked forward to a period of undliniins6d happt_ ness under the wise and candid government of William IV. who, barhig shed a beneficent influence over the other Mat:titian of the letretpoli, it was to be hoped that the foundation celebrated that day wain parti cipate in his jest 's gracious patronage, forming as it did the brightest gem in the crown of their 6th Edward, nu: Majesty's Royal predecessul. Both the orations were followed by the plaudits of the audience, width was answered by a cheer from the scholars without. The Lord 31.y0r, Sheriffs, and Aldermen present, as well as the majority of the auditors, made a trifling contribution, and took their leave apparently highly satisfied with the proceedings of the day. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The New York Packet, Capt. Crosble, arrived off Margate ton', Jamaica, spoke on the 16th ult. in let. 51. long. 70. W. his Majesty'. ship Blanche, di/masted in a hurricane, in the Gulf of Florida, the m ay previous. On the ...:11th, spoke the Druid, from Jamaica to Bristol, with rudder injured, and cargo damaged, off the west end of Jantaica, with Bye feet water in her hold ; boarded and assisted her. and partc.: off Cape Antonio. The Suffolk steamer, from Hull to Shields, was wrecked upon the rocks, off Shields, during a heavy gale from &W. on Sunday The crew and part of the cargo and materials saved. The Jonge Claus, Casdurp, from Lubeck to Lynn. has been carried into Thoraham, having been on Sunk Sand, and abandoned by tit.: crew. The Dove, Dunkin, of HuU, was driven on shore near Waintleet on Sunday night. Dam, San. 21.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—Arrived the Sarah Ward, Merrill. from St. Vincent's; and John, Morey, from Jamaica. Poaratousw, Sam gi.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Countess at Harcourt transport, from Malta ; and the Paragon, Wisitwell, from Gibraltar. Ptr.►oury, Sart 90—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Auger, Le Bu, from Cetce. FALMOUTH, Stn. SO.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed the Cygnet packet, for Lisbon, at seven, a.at. and Stanmer packet, for ditto, at eleven. Maaoava, Sara. 21.—Arrived off the port, the New York Packet, Crosbie, and Richard sad Shelia, Davis, front Jamaica ; and Scotia. Brown, from Cadiz. Lrmaroot., Sarr.2o.--Arrived the Elizabeth, Hill, from Jamaica ; Agnes and Aan, Martin, from New Orleans ; and Belus, Gibbs, from Leghorn. blitroan, Sere. 20.—Arrived the Bruton Castle, Ferguson, from Malta. WASZILTOID, Sm. 19 -0H the port, the Bengal, —.. NAVAL REGULATION. We have reason to believe that ;very extensive alteration is about to be made with regard to the rank and emoluments of the Pursers or the Navy. The plan may possibly receive some further modification before it will be adopted, but we believe the following are the general features of the proposed change s—All those Pursers who decline em ployment, or who have done so since the peace, to be superannuated at their present half pay. Those who have served at least five years during the late war, and who are now unfit for service, to be allowed to retire on two shillings a day above their present half pay. The list to be then re-modelled, and three classes to be homed, called Commissary General, Commissary, and Deputy Commissary. Com missaries General, of which there will be but few to be at least twenty years standing, and to have served at hint fifteen years as Commissaries or Deputy Commissaries • these will be appointed to lag ships only (with a Deputy Commiss a ry under each). Their pay to be 8001. per annum; half-pay, 10s. Bd. per diem. Commissarie have served at least seven years in ships of the line, or tire years to frigates. Their pay to be 5001. per annum for ships of the line. and 4001. for frigates ; half-pay 7s. per diem. Deputy Commissaries to be appointed to ships of 28 guns and under, to have served as Com. missaries Clerks at least three years. Their pay to be 2501. per annum when in charge, and 2001. per annum in flag-ships sunder a Commis. sary-General ; half-pay after three years' service as Deputy Commis sary, In. per diem, and 4 per diem for a less period. Commissariat Clerks to assist and be under the controul of the Commissaries. Their pay to be OW. per annum, two to be appointed to each flag-ship, or ship of the line, and one to each frigate And smaller vessel. Cent. missarlat Stewards to be appointed to all ships and vessels of every description, to be first-class Petty Officers, and not subject to corporal punishment, without being disrated, to be under the controul of tn. Commissaries, or Deputy Commissaries in charge. Their pay to Ile , 401. per annum, and to be eligible to promotion.—Portemoulls Herta _ _ OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. Before Mr. Common Sergeant Dew MM. . Ww. Hutchinson, a notorious thief, was indicted for stealing on: gown, value 40s. two sheets, and various other articles, the property of Elisabeth Herring. The proserutrix, on ascending the witness-box, was asked if she was a single woman ? She answered in the negative, and stated that her husband had deserted her about six months, but was still living. The Learned Judge then said, that the pior.riy was sworn to be that of Elisabeth, while it belonged to John or Thomas Herring, and there !bre the prisoner must have the bene fi t of the inform a li t y. The prisoner was accordingly acquitted, and once more let loose upon society. Th. Learned Judge ordered, in consequence of the mistake, that to expti.Jes should be allowed in this case. Samuel Shirley, a private in the grenadier guards. was Indicted for stealing 11. 10s. trom the till in the bar of the Referreation public. house, in Long Acre, the mimic's of Robert Honeyball, the landlord. The prisoner was billeted at the house, and on the morning of the 20th of August, was seen by Mr. HoneybaU to go down stairs early in tit morning and take the money. The prisoner, in his defence, said that having to go on duty in the King's guard of honor that day, he went down early, and discovered that the bar was open, he went in, thinking that thieves had been in the house, to see if any thing had been stolen. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. TEE NEw PoLics.—Parochial meetings hare been lately held at Old and New Brantford, which are in different parishes, on i the subject of the new police a force highly unpopular with the inhabit ants of those neighbourhoods. Not only its inefficiency, but the vast ex pense of the establiannient, has created great murmuring among t!.e householders, who had previously all the protection they were desirous of from a watchman in each town. These guardians of the night were personally known to the residents, and were chosen by themselves fur such duties; while the defenders they have palmed on them at present are, for the most pert, Irishmen, and far less identified with the interests of locality. RESPECT 7011. AN OATII.—The Casticbar Teleyrupli says--" Sir Francis Lynch Blosse is the only Magistrate we know of who takes off his hat when administering the oath to the witch saes in the Petit Sessions Court. Our Magistrates iivariably wear their hats, when dispensing justice, which, we presume, they do to prevent their taking cold." CtltYncn PROPERTY. —At the Worcester musical festi val. the Bishop of Rochester preached a sermon, which has excited a peat deal of attention. as indicating the fear late events have produced in the minds of the dignitalits of the church. The Bishop addressed the assembly on the subject of church property, and the inalienable right which its ministers had to the enjoyment of ha revenues in the same manner ea as they are now possessed. He denounced that any attempt to equalise church-livings, or;to change the distribution of its property in any way, would tie a sys tein of spatially* and robbery, and would lead to the forcible seizure of all property, to suit the object of a party unfortunately gaining ground in the present day, whose object was to produce a state of anarchy. He appeared to consider that churchmen bad the same right to their revenues entire as any other noblemen at the land, sad held them by a tenet, men ancient than any of them all; and that many of the public laboured under a delusion that the sheath was a burden upon the country, when the feet was, that the of the church was the accumulated bequests of private imdilitring a eit z series of ages—and that if th e imam from the remnant of that property was to some to be ov a lly k would yield little mom than OIL aloe so each ill* inlaid have the Jut at paaptabiag ohs whole body. in this rite. Z: is meet, he kepi sat at view that pygmy was left by the of our an. cestors as a psielsion tor the angport of the Chin* sal k for the religious hinniction ot az ihrt e jos, and net *be WlENplailli aim in. divided& Ho des to state, that ea mama the cite. gynsan seas anis& Ragland enjoy lIIML a year, sail that the pre. sent system mishits swo Smith to posh= Os very Ant which ha welts an aqualkaden woad poodese..dun of paspodis the whole body of siallymis. 1 cl 11* • • •