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-tide of armed patriots had rejoined his corps. The inhabitants received nint e..eryikliere with demonstrations of the greatest enthusiasm. We ue, hawevcr, deprived of official reports about these eventful facts. The silence of our enemies is nevertheless a most satisfactory signal. If, as we believe, the insurrection has spread itself into Aragon, very little is to be feared from the troops that have already fought against Mina and Valdes. The soldiery march very reluctantly against their fellow.coun trymen. The least success on the part of the Constitutionalists will de. tach them from their officers; and they will make but a weak stand against the people. Grazes, a superior officer of the army of Catalonia, has entered this province at the head of SOO infantry and 50 horse. It is to-day re ported that he has been equally joined by many patriots and was mamb a's towards Ourrea. The insurrection in Catalonia will not, however, become general, till the entry of old General Blihms and young Colonel Beiges, who both possess great popularity in the province. At Bay onne, the Chiefs of the Constitutionalists having been summoned by the Prefect to quit the place, have unanimously answered that they will not, and that, to effect their retreat into France, they must be tied and dragged by the gendarmes, otherwise they will remain. But it is not what they suffer from the government that ruins their cause, but the hostility they met from ministers as private men. Every capitalist now dealing with this affair hesitates in advancing money, seeing the unfavourable manner in which ministers treat the Spaniards. Look at this day's " Globe," and you will see the bruits circulated about M. Lafitte's conduct on this matter. We have just learnt that the in- 4urrection in Galicia increases rapidly. Two strong guerillas are masters of the mountainous part of the province. It was reported that Don ?Miguel ordered his troops to march into Galicia, to assist his uncle. BRUSSELS, Nov. 1. NATIONAL CONGRESS. The president communicated to the congress--l. A letter addressed to it by 11. de Potter ; 2. Another letter from M. Emmanuel d'Hoog. Tort. LETTER PROM M. DE POTTER. " Gentlemen—At the bottom of the act, by which my late colleagues yesterday offered you their resignation, as members of the Provisional government of Belgium, you did not r ead" my name. You will see the moth es in the nest letter which I address to Messrs. Gendebien, M. Rogier, Count Felix de blerode, Jelly, Jos. Vanderlinden, and Baron Coppin, as having made part of that Government, and by which I announced to them my resolution to withdrew. • I have thought it my duty, gentlemen, to communicate It to you likewise. .• Before concluding this letter, I will take the liberty to observe how much I have been surprised by your prompt decision on the nag nation given, in the name of a body by some members of that body, all of whom had not signed the resignation, and this without having asked some explanation of the reasons, as well of the signature of some, as of the refusal, or the absence, of the signature of others. Please, Gentlemen, to accept my sincere wishes for the speedy and entire success of your important labours—that is to say, for the situation and the prosperity of out country, and the assurance of my profound respect. (Signed) " Dx POTTII6" Brussels, Nov. 13. To the Members of the Provisional Gammons,. " Gentlemen,—For some days past we have been discussing the question of the resignation to be tendered to the National Congress. 4 . Sure, you said, if being confirmed, you desired, in offering to %tire. to prove, to the Congress and to the country, your disinte rerxiness. Besides other serious accusations, you accused me of ambition; because, as you pretended I seemed determined to retain the power, even in spite of the Representatives of the nation. 6. You are mistaken, Gentlemen, and I now prove, in my own way, really retiring without any hope of being confirmed. " My inotives are, that I consider the National Congress to be a purely constituted body, exclusively summoned by the Provisional Go. rernment, to found a new social order, and to institute the definitive an- 1 thority which will preside over the destinies of Belgium. The Provi sional Government was, in my opinion, a power anterior to the Con gress, distinct from the Congress, and necessarily neuter between the people and the National Representation; a power which, in this quality. Lead convoked the Congress Itself, mending to the manner which it had determined, and of which the existence of the Congress was the result; a power, in short, whose task it was to execute the decisions of the ma jority of that Assembly, keeping itself, nevertheless, and above all things, entirely Independent of it. It was necessary that this power thould remain entire until the definitive power should take its place for .hem, and only then its functions would cease, but then they would cease by right. " Whenever a Sovereign Assembly finds itself alone opposed to the minority, nothing is more easy for the latter, if it does but seek sup port without, and in the masses of the population, to overturn the majority, and with that the Assembly itself ; from that moment a re volution begins. and a terrible revolution. It passes through all the , phrases of anarchy—it brings in its train despotism, and what is wont., counter-revolution. " This is the history of the National Convention of France, of the French empire, and of the restoration of the Bourbons. I wish It may not be that of the Belgic revolution. " As a Member of the Central Committee, I felt myself called upon extrcisc a power nunlerating the Congress (pouroir raoderateur du Ciongres) to defend the Congress, against the Congress itself. " These, gentlemen, as you know, were the principal arrangements thick I made use of to hinder you from committing a fault which ap peared to me to be irreparable, and which the country, perhaps, a nd history undoubtedly, would rep roach us for some day. " You thought tit to proceed. Ido not complain of this, and I leave to you the responsibility of your decision. Now, hear mine—it is irre rocable. " I did not receive my authority from the National Congress ; there :ore, I ought not, end could not, resign it into its hands. This au thority became null, in my opinion, the moment that you invested the Congress, as you have just done by your resignation, with all powers united and confounded. I beg you to accept mitre, as well as the assur ance of my distinguished consideration. " Brussels, Nov. 10. (Signed) DE POTTER. LETTER FROM N. MOOOTORST. " Gentirmen,--.Whan our brave men fought to hinder our enemies Iron entering the city, Brussels was without any authorities, and with oat any centre of action. Some citizens, of whom I was one, offered to torn: a Provisional:Administration. We were received by those brays mer. and this was our only commission, which was soon confirmed by .111: all Belgium. Now that the nati, n has regular organs assembled, the Gove►n mtnt ham found itself eallsd upon to deliver into their hands its provi ional power, which it held only from circumstances; the National Congress, doing justice to out intentions, has expressed a desire that the Provisional Government should retain the Executive power. We are happy and proud of this confidence. Having been hindered, by absence from affixing my signature to the communications made to the Congress tty the Provisional Government, I declare that I acquiesced in the rem lutioa taken by my colleagues. (Signed) " VAI/DEULINDEN D'HOOOVORIT. " Brussels, Nov. 13." On the motion of the President. the Assembly resolved to pass to the order of the day on the letter of M. de Pottet, and to give to M. Hoog. wst an acknowledgment of his declaration. The Assembly then discussed the remaining articles of the regula. uons, after which two proposals were read, ono of M. Constantine Ro. denbach, " That the Congress shall decide what shall be the nature of ti,e Government." In :consequence of some observations, the word hubtri was altered to form ! The other motion of N. Phion, " That tee l'ungrocs shall determine whether the Government shall be Repub. bean or Monarchical," was judged unneary, as being included in that of M. Rodenbach, which was referred to the sections. M. V. Peters made a proposal that the Assembly should declare, lit, That the members of the Congress are inviolable ; 2d, That they canno t k prosecuted or molested for the opinions delivered by them in the Assembly. PROTOCOL or TAN CONTILNIPICZ HELD AT Till FOREIGN rimer, LONDON, NOT. 4, 1890. Present —The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia. and it Wttlia • His !Majesty the Ring of the Netherlands having invited the Courts of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, as parties to the 'tomes of Pais and Vienna, which constituted the kingdom of the Ne "lerisnds, to deliberate in council with him on the best means of put !'ng an end to the troubles which have broken out in his dominions, and the courts above-mentioned having felt, even before they received . n:s invitation, a lively desire to stop, with the least possible delay, the .aorder and effusion of blond, have, through their ambassadors and nil. ! , ,ttrs at the Court of London, agreed on the following resolutions : "1. According to Section IV. of their Protocol of Nov. 15, 1818, they live invited the Ambassador of his Majesty the King of the Nether lands to join in their deliberation s . 2. To accomplish these resolutions to stop the effusion of blood, ! " , Y are of opinion that there must be an entire cessation of hostilities 01 both sides. " The conditions of this armistice, which would prejudge nothing re lative to the questions the solution of which the five Courts will have to f acilitate would be as follow : _ • " Hostilities on both sides shall entirely cease. The respective troor will have to retire reciprocally behind the line which, previously to the treaty of 30tb May, 1814, eeparated the I,omiesAions of the Prince Sovereign'of the United Provinces from those %Lich were added to his territory to form the kingdom of the Nether- Lr.is by the said treaty of Paria,and by those of Paris and Vienna of 181 b. ,r " The respective troops shall evacuate the place% and the territory which they actually occupy beyond the said line, in the term of ten days. This armistice shall be proposed to his :viajzsty 1112 King of the Ncthcrl...nds, through his Ambassador present at the deliberations. • The terms of this armistice shall be communicated in Belgium, in the name of the five Courts. (Signed) " ESTERHAET. " TAILLEIMAND. " ABERDEEN. " BuLow, 46 MATIIIICREIIITZ." ANSWER MADE IT THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT Of sec• GIUM-CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The Provisional Government of Belgium has had the honour to re ceive a protocol of the conference held at the Foreign-office, on the 4th of November, 1830, signed Esterhasy, Talleyrand, Aberdeen, Bulow, and Matuschewitz, as respective plenipotenti ar i es o f A ustr i a France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia. The Members of the Provisional Government feel pleasure in belie,. ing that every natural feeling of sympathy for the sufferings of Belgium have led to the wholly philanthropic mission of the plenipotentiaries of the:five great powers. Full of this hope, the provisional government wishing, besides, to re concile the independence of the Belgic nation with respect for the rights of hntuanity, thanks the five powers for having taken the first steps to check the effusion of blood by an entire cessation of the hostilities between Belgium and Holland. In consequence, the Government engages to give orders to take manures, " 1. That all hostilities on the part .of Belgium against Holland shall cease. "2. That the Belgian troops shall retire to this side of the line, which, before the Treaty of Paris of 30th May, 1814, separated the pan sessions of the Prince Sovereign of the United Provinces from those which were added to his territory to form the kingdom of the Nether lands by the said Treaty of Paris, and by those of Paris and Vienna of 1315. " On this occasion the provisional government of Belgium is called upon by good faith to observe, that it understands by this line the limits which, eonfotmably to ankle 2of the fundamental law of the Nether lands, separated the Northern Provinces from the Southern Provinces of this country, including the whole left bank of the Scheldt. " 3. That the Belgian troops evacuate the places and territory which they occupy beyond the line above laid down, within th e ter m of 10 days._ _ _ .." The whole on condition of reciprocity on the part of Holland, in the same time, by sea and land. (Signed) " DE POTTEI, " COunt FELIX DX ME/ODE, " CIL ROGIER, "‘ ALEX. GENDEZEIX. " J. VATIDEIILINDEX, " F. DE COPPIN, (A True Copy) (Signed) " F. DE Coertx. " Brunelle, Nov. 10." SPIRIT OF THS JOURNAL& lizasAn.—The following is a list of the new Ministry, from good authority, but which cannot yet be considered, in all respects, as de finitively settled:— Premier - - - EarlOrry Lord Chancellor . - Lord Phinkett Chancellor of Exchequer . Mr. C. Grant Foreign Secretary • - Lord Palmerston Home Secretary . . Marquis of Lansdowne Colonial Secretary - - Hon. Mr. Stanley Ordnance - . - Earl of Rosalyn - Viscount Altlimp Ireland, - cc the choice of the Horse Guards • - Marquis of Anglesea Secretary to Ireland . . Sir H. Parnell. Lord Holland bad come to town, and was understood to have taken a part in the conferences relative to the formation of the new Ministry yesterday, though it does not appear, at present, that he has accepted any oiSee. Some doubts were expressed in the morning as to whether the Marquis of Lansdowne would join the Ministry, on the ground that be objected to making Parliamentary Reform a Cabinet measure, and this report excited some surprise. Mr. Stanley was also mentioned as the Secretary for Ireland. Csriorrici.z.—The new Administration has, we believe we may affirm, been completed in all its pars, except the legal department. It has been formed under the direction of Earl Grey; and it is not true that his Lordship declined the duty, which his Majesty confided to him In a manner the most frank and cordial. 111 r. Brougham, it is post. tively asserted, has resolutely declined to take the Seals ; and it was not until he was assured that much depended on his accession to the Government, that Lord Althorp could be prevailed upon to accept office. The new Cabinet has been formed without alloy. It will boast the effective owlets of Lord Palmerston, with the coin. merercial wisdom and brilliant eloquence of Mr. Grant—the shadowy line which at one period divided the enlightened States men of Mr. Huskisson's connexion from the other friends of liberal po lities being happily obliterated. Of the arrangements no more has transpired than Lord Grey's personal inclination to be at the head of the Admiralty, which be formerly occupied, rather than any other depart. meat; and that Lord Anglesea. with Mr. Stanley for his Chief Secre tary, is to have the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland. In this cue Mr. Doherty would remain most probably in office as Solicitor-General. It is believed that Lad Grey will not assume the ostensible position of Premier t but that Lord Spencer, or possibly Lord Carlisle will be at the Head of the Treasury, the members of the new Cabinet each enjoying that influence over the counsels of the Government which may fairly belong to him individually, without being subject to the same dictation on the part of any one minister, as characterised the late administration. Lord Plunkett has unquestionably been referred to; but of what nature the proposition made to him is, we cannot state with any certainty. To Sir John Leach no application has been made; nor is It contemplated to put the great seal in com mission. Lord Melbourne is named as one of the persons included in the present arrangements which, notwithstanding the contrary re. ports industriously circulated, we believe to be in great measure matured. We do not find Lord Anglesey's appointment to the go. vemment of Ireland, or the nomination of Mr. Stanley likely to meet with any general approval among the parties most immediately concerned. Miss.—it is remarkable that some of the journals, who are favour ing the public with a list of the new ministry, are as silent on the sub ject as if the government of the country were going on in its usual train. They were rash at first, and now are sagacious and prudent. The stories afloat are wholly unauthorised, though, of course, some names may by chance turn up to be right. For ourselves, we believe that nothing is yet done towards the completion of this most difficult task. Indeed, it is nmeasonable to expect an immediate settlement of so important a question. hlr. Canning took, we believe, 20, the Duke of Wellington 24, days to form their respective ministries. The present state of the country, however, makes despatch a very high and urgent' duty; and we trust Lord Grey will meet with no vexatious impediments. We should be sorry if individual caprices, fantastical self.coneeits, de sires that shrink from their own accomplishment through the conscious nem of incompetence, and yet refuse to acquiesce in an exclusion which it is affected to court, should stand in the way of an easy and final ar. rangement. If there are such humours, we wish they were handed over to us : we think we could dispose of them either now, or hereafter under an honest Administration, sincerely disposed to rational economy and temperate reform. There is one thing with respect to the retiring Chancellor which we venture to hint—if he remains, the country saves the pension, and economy is the order of the day. The public, too, begin to ask, is there not something absurd in the system which con demns the clearest head and most vigorous understanding of the props. :ton, without the slightest symptom of impaired energy, to long or perpetual inaction or inutifity. sloawrita HERALD. —lt was only In the last session of parliament that the newspaper. which has taken to itself the title of the " leading Journal," discovered a curious symptom of the stability of the late mi. nistry, which it hastened to communicate to the public. The ministry were nearly beaten upon a division in the Halle of Commons, and the Journal in question, with a spirit of optimism that even Dr. Pompton might envy, gravely informed its readers, that to be nearly beaten" was exactly what the government ought to congratulate themselves upon, for that their weakness in Parliaatessi, was a certain proof of their strasyth wills glee people. This might have been considered a very good sarcasm if it came from any quarter bat a friendly one. The " leading was, however,e zealous eqpis of the Wellington Ad ministration, and could not be sespesied of insidiously taunting the object of is idolatry by the bitter plisastany of an ironkal jest. 't hen we say the object of its " idolatry," we do so hastily apply the term, for never was more fulsome and nuessiieg adulation corned up to any idol than the Journal in question was daily bathe habit of regaling that statesman with, whom, since his fall from power, it has discovered was never popular with the country ; yet, when either his civil capacity or his popularity were doubted on former occasions, no indignation was too strong, no invectives were too coarse, to convey the sentiments of pro found distain and lofty intolerance with which the parasite Press regarded such heretiad opinions. As to the wcesssoes of the late ministry, their teak will be, perhaps, more ORM* thin that which any ministry had to undertake since the Revolution. libitum° Porr..—The feeling at nret at the irremediable lees to be sustained by the Public in the retirement hem office of the trious Wellington ani his able Colleagues, is not ermined to those who have been the conscientious and sandy stlPPorielo of Mo: policy, but, we have reason to know, is marticipaml by very many who coo. ributed by their votes to swell the malts of Opposition en Monday evening. So great, indeed, is the entheressmnent neemearily conie quent upon the circumstances under which hlinisters kayo resigmil. that the new rtrillit'f, Earl Grey, finds it a task of no ordinary dill culty to form acv thing like an effichnt Administration ' or ore valeta.. fated to comm a nd ',ohne confidence or re s p ec t ; and to the present nionint, therefore. his Lordship has made but little progrest his arduous undertaking. The Ultra. Tories, it is positively asserted, re. fuse to take office of any description ; and we arc well assured, that had they foreseen the consequences, or had entertained the remotest idea of the fearful result, their conduct had been widely different from that into which, in an evil moment, they suffered themselves to be se duced. In the present lamentable posture of affairs, it is, however, creditable to them, that they seem anxious to do every thing in their power to corroct their unfortunate error, and repair the injury they have unintentionally inflicted upon their country. This considera tion will of itself afford no slight degree of consolation to the well disposed portion of the public, whilst it will serve u a dishearten. ing blow to the designs of the mischievous, who had founded such ar dent hopes upon the success which appeared to attend them. In regard to the progress made by Lord Grey in the formation of the new Minis. try, we have scarcely any thirg to add to the statement we have already made upon the subject. It was yesterday merely said that the Great Seal. would, for the present, be put into Commission ; that Mr. Brougham would not accept office until he had redeemed hie pledge of bringing forward the question of Reform on the 25th instant; that either Lord Althorp or his respected father (Earl Spencer) would preside at the Admiralty ; that the Marquis of Cleveland has been offered either the Lord Lieutenancy-of Ireland or the Mastership of the Horne; and the Duke of Devonshire the office of Chamberlain to the King. Lord Grey, it is added. i s anx i ous to h ave the cooperation of Lord Goderich in the Cabinet. There are many other reports, but as none of them are traceable to any respectable source, we cannot pay any attention to them. would appear that M. de Potter, probably finding that his weight in the state was not equal to his idea of his own importance, has resigned his seat among the members of the Provisional Govern. went. The grounds on which he has divested himself of his power, are either very inconsistent, or very enigmatically expressed. His col. leagues proposed to resign their authority into the hands of a bodywhich, in their opinion, represented the nation. He refused to subscrihe to their resignatioe. They were requested by this body to remain in office till a definitive arrangement should be formed, and agreed, at such a flattering solicitation, to continue their services. He, on the other hand, insisted on resigning. Thus he would neither resign,nor continue in office with his colleagues, but resolved on retaining power when they proposed to resin, and to resign when they engaged to act.— The ground of this extraordinary course seems to be some odd notion which he entertains respecting the origin of his mission and the extent of his power. It would be ridiculous to appeal to ordinary rules on occasions of crisis or revolution, which overturn all ordinary laws ; but as soon as the storm is passed, order should be restored. 31. de Potter and his associates could not receive their power from any national dole. gation, because no national delegation existed at th e t im e o f a n arc hy when they constituted themselves a Government, but they were bound to restore it to this delegation when formed, under the penalty of being considered as usurpers. But it would be needless to argue further on the unintelligible theories of an ambitious man, on whose letter his countrymen passed to the order of the day. LITERARY REVIEW. The Foreign Quiarkey licriete—TaEuTELL AND WURTZ. For many years British literature was deficient in a work like the present, to convey a view of the more important novelties of cotempo. rary foreign literature. That excellent work, the Monthly Review—a record of general literature, for consistency of character unequalkl in the literary treasures of any country, and which now, singular to relate, may be purchased for almost waste paper—supplied the deficiency to which we allude, by publishing a quarterly appendix, principally re. girding foreign books. Several attempts have since been made, to pub lish reviews of continental literature ; but, owing to some cause, they have not been very successful. The present is all that could be wished. It amply supplies this important desideradum in our periodical literature, and most sincerely do we wish it the patronage it merits. We have perused the number with attention, and much satisfaction; and shall endeavour to convey a sketch of its contents to our readers. The first article is a Review of " The History of the Conquest of England by the Normans"—the celebrated work of M. Tntranw—a translation of which into English has for some time been published. This humiliating part of our national story has been before-little Inves tigated ; and the work here reviewed has brought to our notice so many curious particulars, which had escaped former writers, that it forms a most valuable addition to a British historical library. Those who an not inclined to purchase the work, will find in the able Analysis, the extracts, and original critical remarks which form this review, almost what may be well termed the spirit of the work referred to. The second article is a review of the doctrines of what is termed, ac cording to the Bersehornion school, codification, as explained in certain works by Dumont, &stay, and Meyer. We cannot express too highly our appreciation of this article. It is not so much an analysis of the particular works mentioned ; but in the style of the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews, is a masterly disquisition on their tenets. We would recommend all our readers, who wish to have a clear view, in ,a small compass, of what is practicable, to increase the uti lity of British Jurisprudence, to read this article, which is eel. dently the writing of a well.read legal student. The principle ably, and we think satisfactorily, maintained by the Reviewer, is that "eodefseation"—a word which we think synonimous, or nearly so, with classification or sysfewsotising—applied to our laws, which he correctly says, consists of three distinct portions, viz. -Ist, the statute law; 2d, the common law; and 3d, the equitable law-- would be advantageous ; but he deprecates the idea of forming a new code, de novo, the work of existing! human intellect, without any re striction, or necessary reference, to former or present laws. This is represented to be the approved codification of Bentham; and it Is, we think, justly stigmatised by the Reviewer, as " utterly *bend! and im. practicable" -as a plan which would " throw away the collected expe. 'fence of ages like a castoff garment ; which would expose to caprice, the dear.bought victories of en old, a free, and a civilized people; and which would place on a die, all that was most precious and sacred."— The Reviewer very correctly remarks, that Mr. Bentham loses sight of the proper object of codification, which is, In strictness, not the form. ing of new laws, but newly eorapilinj old laws. As, at the present moment, we deem it our duty to seize every opportunity to keep our readers in mind of the value of our own institutions, we shall quote two passages from the venerable Bentham, appteciative of British juris. prudence ; and which, coining from his pen—certainly a virtuously intentioned, acute, learned, and unprejudiced jurist—should, we con ceive, have some weight with those who are inclined to be influenced in their opinions by such authority. " England," says Mr. Bentham, " has not a code ; but it possesses the most ample materials for making one. Traverse the Continent of Europe, and consult all the libraries of jurisprudence, all the archives of the Courts, and you will never seated in making such a collection &scan be com pared, either for variety, extent, clearness, or force of the arguments, with the English Law Reports, together with the abridgements and text.books, which enable than to be studied in a tolerably methodical arrangement." The other passage is equally strong. He says: "At first, every decision was purely arbitrary ; every judge was forced to be gin again. There was no science. because there was no experience. The improvement of the law, dates from the time when it became sus. ternary to collect the decisions of the courts, and the reasons on which they were founded. Hence was formed that immense collection of re ports, that rich storehouse of legislation. that inheritance of the wisdom of the ablest lawyers, to which no other nation has any thiug at all comparable, and which jurnishes all the materials, which can be de sired for anspifiny a general code. But if I grant that the common law has the advantage of guiding and fixing the decisions of the courts, in a large number cf cases, still it is not the lees true, that it generally leaves questions to be discussed, doubts to be resolved, and chances ine vitable ; and that all the good which results from it, and which no one denies, would net be doubled merely, but increased in • ten. fold degree by a written code, which world embody all As acquisitions if so Tongan experience." To this the Reviewer " subscribes without the least exception," and to this we conceive all rational intelligent men must went—" Like an avalanche," says the Reviewer eloquently, " the body of law is continually increasing its bulk, as it rolls down the steep of time. When therefore, it is remembered that the formation of a code does not imply either the abrogation of old, or the substitution of new law; but that, at the same time, the best means of rectifying erron and supplying deficiencies; that it lessens the uncertainty, expense, and chances of litigation; and that by giving an increased notoriety to the criminal law, it tends to disseminate the doctrine that punishments are intended to prevent, net to avenge cries,—we cannot but hope that that cause, which we verily believe to be the cause of truth, will make its way in the world ; that conviction, like the chastisetnest of Heaven, will woe with a sure, if a slow foot; and nations will at length learn to see their true interests." The importance of the matter has induced us to wake t!to., ! extract,. The whole article is excellent. Tli, thud article is a review of an Italian work, on the AD cien , Romances of Chivalry, and of the romantic Pont. of Italy, with dissertations oft Knighthood, by Doctor Ferrario.— It is impossible for us to give an Idea of this article, farther than by saying, that it is an analysis of a curious work, and that much of the most curious, and to us novel Information, Illustrative of the subjects mentioned in the title, is abridged and transferred into the pacer of the Review. The fourth article ia formed upon the reports of some Commissions, appointed by the hate French Government, to investigate the state of the manufacture of iron, and the importation of sugar and cotton. The Reviewer has given a most lucid exposition of the errors of tie french restrictive or prohibitory systems; and we recommend the ar ick to the careful perusal of all who still have any doubts of the impolicy of such legislation. The history of the French Iron Lass k ir.litcsting and very inmauctive. The fifth article is a review of a treatise by Eusitste SALTER ix. 0 :r of the present active deputies of the French Chamber, entitled 'Be.. Sciences Occults., on Essai sue Magic, ks Prorliges ci le Miracles." The object of this work appears to be to support an opi nion, that the minder, prodigies, and supernatural operations attri buted to Magic, and of which we read in ancient works, !thee been delusions practised through the agency of physical science, possessed only by the Priesthood or Deceivers. It is e►ident, a work of this kit. el must be replete with information curious and rseherete—much of which the Reviewer has made his own, and illustrated by his own vigorous remarks. We are struck with the author's distinction of two states of Civilisation—the fixed form, as in Asia; and the perfectible, as in Europe ; and we could ray something on the subject had we space. The sixth article is on " Hernani,".—a drama, by Vicrox Huoo• It is well known, that there is a new school of poetry, lately arisen in France ; which, breaking the old Aristotelian chains, and discard ing the unities, &c. imitates the free-born genius of Shakspeare, Schiller, and Calderon. The disciples of this new school are termed Rumautiebts—and Victor Hugo is their poetical leader. The tra gedy, of which an account is hero given, will enable the reader to form some idea of his merits. He is undoubtedly a poet, according even to the English meaning of the word, which seldom accords with the French interpretation. The seventh article is on the late French Revolution.—lt contains many judicious remarks ; but we do not incline to go deep into po litter in this department of our journal, and therefore shall pars to the next article. The Bth is on a French "History of Commerce during the Crusades," by DEPPING ; and on a German " History of Commerce," by Vol ty xt H. This article is not long, but contains some good observation. on commercial antiquities, and the Huskissonian doctrines of free trade. The 9th, and concluding of the more important articles, in the Review, hi on the Belgian Revolu'ion. This article proves most clearly, that the Belgians were not without their grievances; and that their in. terests, in many respects, were always made subservient to their Dutch associates. We should be glad to hear what the Times would the facts in this article, who maintained that the BelAian revolt was without any cause of complaint. We expressed an opinion, from the commencement of the revolution, quite in coincidence with this artielv. The Review contains, in addition to the articles mentioned, a variety of shorter critical sketches, and a valuable panoramic collection of Ilia sellaneous Literary Notices from all parts of Europe. We have en. deavoured to afford our Readers a sketch of this valuable Review. We hope they will not think we have miaemployed our time. NA PAL INTELLIGENCL MAIIJI ARRIVED Tun Day—Dublin, I ; Waterford, 1 ; Gruenney sod Jersey, 1 ; Hsmburgb, 5; France, 1. DIAL, Nov. 18.—Wiad N.N.W. to N.W..-Belled the outward bound. Poarsscourn, Nov. 18.—Wind N.W. to N. by W.—Sailed the Red Rover, Christ., for Van Dlemen's Land ; and Jane, Church, for New South Wales. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Wind W.S. W. moderate.—Sailed the Da' it of York packet, for Falmouth. Fmasoirrn, Nov.l7.—Wind S.W. to W. moderate.—Sailed the Innisfail steamer, for Cork. Lisratucz. Nov. 16.—Arrived the Minerva, Pain, from Quebec. Cowls, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Bolus, Casson, from Sc. Domirgo. Paws, Nov. 16.—Tbe Hope, of Quebec, supposed from Canada. was fallen in with aoth September, at anchor, on the coast of St. George, Newfoundland, with loss of mainmast, and no person on board. Romig, Oct. 30.—The Gude Verwacbting, hfulen, from Boning.- burg to Amsterdam, got on Brown's Reef 48th inst. but was got off the following day, and carried into Wesoe. Cargo discharging. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE 011 - 7 4 0 W, Nov. Is. The Earl of CRAVEN took the oaths's:id his seat. Lord LYNDHURST entered the House at five o'clock, and took his(sest on the woolsack. Petitions praying for the extinction of slavery were presented from various parts of the country by the Duke of Grafton, Lord Talbot. Lord Whamcliffe, Earl Spencer, the Marquis of Cleveland, Lord Durham, Lord Cawdor, and Lord Calthorpe. LAW 11[1 , 011116. Lord TENTERDEN rose to move the second reading of the five bills, which his lordship introduced early last week. These bills were brought in upon the recommendation of his Majesty's cummissionent appointed to inquire into the practice of the common law courts. The noble and learned lord observed, that great care and caution was metes. sary in making alterations in the law, and he could assure their lord. ships he had bestowed great consideration on the matters tubraitud in these bills. The first was entitled an act for the more speedy judgment and exandon in courts of law. It was in substance the same as a bill which came into Parliament last session. The second was a bill for re. gulating the forms of pleading. Tl:e third, a bill for improving pro.. ceedings upon mandamus. The fourth, a bill for settling contro. versies by arbitration ; and the fifth, a bill for the examination of wit. nesses, t.ubject to regulations. The noble and learned lord entered into the details of the above measures, but was inaudible below the be . . The bills were severally read the second time, and ordered to be corn. nitti.d on Monday. Tile House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMM. NS, Nov. 18. Several Members took the oaths and their seats. Mr. MUNDAY presented a petition from a perish in Dczby rgainst Negro Slavery. Sir J MACKINTOSH postponed his motion respecting the Droits of Admiralty till December the 3d. General KING presented a petition from Sligo again-t N gro Slavery. Mr. LITTLETON prevented eleven similar pe pions from piaci s in Staffordshire. He then presented a petition signed by 4.000 persons at Handley, and other places in the p tteries, for openirg the trade with China. The petitioners thought that no good was to be effezted by rift.. oouraging machinery —great good vas to be expected from encouraging the extension of trade. Lold AL rump could not but express his regret that misguided men.thould occupy themselves with the destruction of machinery—it mild lead to no good result—it could only increase dialculties. LITTLETON coincided in this opinion. and spoke strongly in popport of the peaceable conduct of the working men in his district. Petition ordered to be printed. 111r.11'.11ROW NE present ed a petition from Killarney against slavery. Mr. O'Ct *IN ELL said Ireland was nnan imous agair se negro slavery. Mr. 1). 13ROWNE presented a petition from Roman Cathol:cs of Oa:way, praying to be placed on ashnilar footing with Protestants. He said that he had come to town with the intention of giving independent support to the Duke of Wellington—but after his Grace's declaration, he was obliged to oppose the government. The people in the west of Ireland, in consequence of the Duk•e's conduct on this question hat year, and of the sliet put upon Mr. O'Connell, were alienated from the Duke's government. MALT TAX. Mr. CURTBIS postponed his motion on the subject of the repeal of the malt as till after Christmas. Lend EBRINOTON presented a petition praying for the Reform of t he Borough, and fur parliamentary reform generally. Mr. Ilt tLDSWORTH said, as there was an election petition re. speeting the Borough, would it not he calculated to affect the case um. fairly to present this petition ? He trusted that the petition would be withdrawn for the present.—.Tbe petition, we believe, was front Dartmouth. Lord EBRINOTON said, be abould be vets , sorry to prejudice any ease before an Election Committee. It it were the sense of the holm that it should be withdrawn, he would withdraw it.—(Some erica of withdraw.) The SPEAKER (being appealed to) said, m the petition tantalised a good deal of local grievance, it would he for the noble lord to de. I I I I.