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I i'^ new Spanish loan will be under the guarantee of France for the first three yeah, during which period the French will retain possession of Cadiz." Whether the French Govenitnent will after all give this guarantee, we cannot, of course, so yet know, lint it Is certain that they are taking a very active and decided part in the negociation. Advice, from Madrid, dated on the loth of March, re present the health of FESDINAND to be in a very dan gerous condition. The writer, who has good means of in formation, says—" The Kiso is kept alive entirely by the skill of his physician, Dr. Caartito. The opinion in the Palace is, that he cannot live another month. He is con sulted on no public affairs, because the slightest effort of mind or body aggravates his malady. The Royal Trea sury meanwhile is exhausted, and the Government is car ried on from day to day, by miserable expedients, to which a reputable tradesman in England would be ashamed to res-rtrr• Young LUC/EN Mtaar is still lying in confine mentit Algeciras, buten° one dare speak of him to the KING; ICSChiS Majesty should be thereby incommoded." originating no one could tell whence or how, ted yesterday respecting a pretended insurrection or revolution in Mexico. We expect in the space of the neat month to have several other reports of this nature. The honest financial statement of the Mexican Minister, Esv Iva, has excited the alarm of come timid and absurd persons, who see in his frankness a sure symptom of dia. honesty. On the fears of these people there will, for some time to come, be artifices continually operating ; and as this Is the settling day on the Stock Exchange, it was to have been expected yesterday that some attempt would be made to produce a depression in the Mexican Stock. There was an interesting discussion last night in the House of Commons, on the subject of the Quarantine Laws. Mr. JOHN SMITH expressed his regret that the Bill now before Parliament did not go the full length of the doctrine of non-contagion. We agree perfectly with Mr. WALLACR, that this subject is one that requires much consideration, and therefore we would have the in quiry renewed at the earliest opportunity. Legislation, we think, ought to keep pace with the progress of public opinion, but never go far beyond it; and for that reason we hold it the more desirable that those inquiries should not be delayed, which in all probability would in their re sult convince the public that the dreaded danger is wholly imaginary. All the weight of evidence is decidedly subver sive of the opinion that the plague is contagious. To us it ap pears that no proposition was ever more clearly established than that the plague is simply an epidemic disease. Why then, if this be so, should our commerce be burdened with restraints to protect us against evils that do not exist ? Why, at any rate, shcu'd not further inquiry take place to decide whether we or those who diTer from us are in error? 'We are not friendly to precipitate legislation, neither are we to the continuance of absurd regulations, founded on ex plcded and mischievous pr. judiees. CITY, WEDNZSDAT EVEWING. In the English market, Consols maintained their price, although very little business was doing in them. The money bargains were done at 9314, and those for the April account at 9317 j 4. Whether it was in anticipatism of the settling day to monow, or from what other cause we do not know (for certainly there arc no political reasons to produce it), there was a gtneral glonm in the foreign market. Colombian Bonds were at 194 ; Mexican Scrip was as low as pre mium. Nothing was doing in Brazilian Scrip. Creek Scrip partook of the depression of the morning ; it was at The Bonds rise 61 e. The Spanialt /lauds. both Old and New, were a shade worse ; the former were done at 24 I, and the latter at 18. Danish Scrip was at / dis- count. The Share Market was also languid. The principal bu siness was in the Pearl and Coral Company. The Shares in that speculation were done at 46, and for the account on the ISth April at 19. Pasco Peruvians were at 19. The Mea.ican Company was steady at 64 74, and the Shares in the Peruvian Trading and Mining were done at 3. Is the Colcnial Market there were 50 hogsheads of strong coloury Jamaica Sugar sold at 69, and some low Jamaica ditto at 63. There was no public sale of Coffee to-day. The departure of the Emperor of Austria for Italy ap pears to be fixed for the sth or 6th of April. His Majesty will stop at Clagenfurt, Goertz, Padua, and Verona. He will not proceed to Mantua till the latter end of the month. We hear from Cadiz that on the 10th of this month, the anniversary of the massacres ordered by General Cainpana, alt the city went spontaneously into mourning, and that in a brilliant concert, which was given in the evening of the same day, not a single Spaniard was to be seen ; that there was only there thirty-tour ladies, all belonging to foreign families established at Cadiz. We also learn that, besides the great works at which the French are at present employed in the fort and island of Leon, they arc men pied in fortifying the coast from San Lucar to Algesiras. I'he same letters which inform us of these things say, that Cadiz daily losee a portion of its population, creating an appearance of desolation. Letters from Teflis, dated the 31st of January, inform us, that on the 11th of that month a violent hurricane had revagtd the coast of /ilingrelis. Its direction was from west :o east. It was preceded by heavy rains, which have completely inundated the country. The sea was dis turbed to its lowest depths. A Itussian corvette perished in sight of the Retlontekalo. Of the crew of 145 men, 30 only have been saved : four officers are among the number of the dead. Houses have been overturned, and trees torn up by the roots. As the Black Sea is not frtquented at tint 'season by large ships, there will not be S 3 many w:.oks to lament as there otherwise would be. Extract of a 'letter dated Bombay Ist November:— " The crops of cotton at Bawnaghur, Porebunder, Mang role, and all the districts near Cutch, are entirely lost; they had - no rains at all there, and people are coming daily from thence in search of food. Surat, Broach, and Jam booster, it is stated, will produce about half the usual crop, er 25,000 hales, and now common old broach cotton sells here at 104 rupees per candy. The Upton Castle carriesl home 500 bales cotton at 91. per ton, and will leave this by , the Ist of December. She has succeeded in getting pas v:igers to the extent of 40,000 rupees. The Katharine Stewart Forbes will have seven guineas per ton for her cot ton, and she is engaged so take from the Government 1100 ' bags of coffer, of 3051b5. each, at 71. per ton, and will sail ftetn hence in all January." 'f he trial o, Fort was continued on Sunday in the Court of Assizes in Paris. The remainder of the witnesses were heard. They all of them spoke to the probity and hentour of the prisoner; but some of them represented bin as having violent passions, and on an instance being given, he admitted the truth of it. No material facts were proved, r:lithe pleadings were put off till the following day. Trfk soNAr•ITz FAMILY. —The following is an ex tract of a private letter from Rum., dated the 6th of this month:— " The wife of the too fsmous Prince of Peace, Emanuel Oodoi, a Prircess of the Blood of the Bourbons, and cousin.german of fetilioand VII. King of Spain, has ken some time arrived in the Pontan Sires. It has been a matter of great surprise that she has lowed her husband, with whom she had serious rause tn be ohs /A:iv:4 whilst he was all-powerful in Spain. Her re-union to this ".u. at present leading a retired and übscore life, and loaded with kutlie eontemyr, perhaps an honourab'e trait in her character to volse The mother of Napoleon, Aladame Letitia .. . spa.t e; evi l s very variable health; her fortune is considcrsble. fie-sons. Leeein, Louis, and Jevome, live in magnificent palaces; the two tint cultivate the arts and letters. The Princess of Ni'or t'i.l.burg, the wif e o f .I,rolue, entertains an attachment to that Es -41,11t. examples of which see rarely to be met with in pr:vute life. h is at Present the fate of a family, whose unheard-of prosperity 11 modern history' haw so mach astosialied the wood." John Sdinner Bailer, Esq. has been elected 311ror of for the ensuing year. I ' V • . ~.,., rzoimpslo.mo‘.mw. GERMAN PAPZIM • eve *lift "61. ' Mr. Stratfbrd Canning, IY ts *at • re p _itre week* ago. Rom Vienna, as - siot mottr to our Court, and will remain, Is v ifddi. ay., Nothing that can be depended u pon tran;irse tespeetlig the fireman confer.. alert between him and our Oorernatiot. Indeed, all thatouree at our recent policy is covered with an imapeetetadole val, behind Which only a few of the initiated' are allowed to see. Our Emperor'directs himself all the important diplomatic tiegonlitinin With foreign Ca. hinete, and confides the execution only to Count Nesselrode, who is at the head of the Foreign Department. It is generally taken for granted that the affairs of the 0-reks, which h ave excited such general interest for some years past, are a chief subject of these conferences with the English Am b assador ; but at present there are only conjectures with respect to the manner in which their future lot will be determined. It is however the general opinion here, that if Greece is to form in future a part of the European system as an independent Power, our Emperor, in concert with his allies, will not consent to this independence of the Greeks, except on condition of their recognising a Prince given them by the Allied Powers. and under a Constitution framed by themselves; but then it is alarmed that the English Cabinet is of a different opinion.—AUgemeine Zeisung. --~ _r FASIIIONABI,R 1 YTELLIGENer. The Marquis of Hertford had a grand dinner and musical party on Tuesday, at his house in Piccadilly. Yesterday his Lardship had another grand dinner and evening party. The Marquis of Latisdown entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at Lansdown House. Berkeley-square. The Karl and Countess of Darnley left town yesterday, for their seat, Cobham Hall. Kent. Lord and Lady King left town yesterday, for their seat, Ockhon, Surrey. Countess de Grey left town on Tuesday for her seat in Surrey, for the holiilays. The Marquis of Char.dos has left town for Stnwe. for the holidays. The Marchioness hILS arrived at the Male place, from her sent, M'ot ton. W. Egerton. E.g. M.P. left town yesterday for Brighton. Count Woroniow has arrived at his house in We!beck-street, from Southampton. sir Charles Samos, Ban, left town yesterday, for his seat, Abingdon. Captain Hornby left town yesterday for Brighton. Amvals at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Campion, front their seat, rear Brighton. Departures from Thomas's Hotel, Eerkeiey-square:—Dowager Lady Suffield for Emily Marchioness of Londonderry's seat, North Cray, Kent; Mrs. and Alive Gore Langton, for their seat,'Newton Park, near Bath; Mr. and Mrs. John Peel, for Broadstairs; Mr. and Mrs. Tent, for Richmond. _ _ Departures from the Burlington Hotel. Old Burlington -street I —The Earl of Ormond and Ossory for his seat, Kilkenny Castle, Ireland ; Beresford, Egg. from ditto. Arrivals at NeroCa Hotel, Clifford-street:—General Coekbourn, Mrs. Cockbourn, and Ladies ; Dr. Champion, Mrs. Champion, and family. Departures:—The Right Hon. the Earl of Bucking hamshire; Sir George Thomas, Bart. ; Mrs. Wallace and Ladies. Lord Combermere passed through Chester cn Sunday last, on his way to the ancient family seat, Combermere Abbey, in that county. His Lordship stopped during his short stay in that city at Mr. 'fomlinson's Hotel, and was accompanied by Lady Combermere, his son, the Hon. Arthur Wellington Cotton, and Miss Cotton. It Is said the Noble Officer quits England for his important com mand in India on the 13th May ; Lady Combermere and family will remain at the family seat in Cheshire. It is said that Viscount Maynard is to be the new Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper, of the Smnersetshire eli litia,andGroom of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, was on Thursday last eh act!, by the freemen of the Borough of Dartmouth, one of their repre sentatives in Parliament, in the place of the Hon. Colonel Stanhope, deceased. DINNZIt TO Ma. BROUGHAH.—The dinner given to this gentleman in Edinburgh will be attended by more', persons than have ever been brought together on any similar occasion. All the tickets, 812, have b,en sold, and! more than a thousand have been applied for. It is said it will he attended by the Lord Provost. Mr. HAYNIE AND Miss FOOTE.—Great pains sa ys Morning Paper), have been taken to keep the a airs of! these parties before the public ; but the truth has not been stated. The fact is, that the marriage settlements were actually signed by both parties, and that Miss Foote was the person who declined the match, although one year's pin-mosey (5000 had been paid in advance to her Solicitor, Mr. Gill. The marriage was to have taken place •ea the Swede!, at Doges, from islasstoashe happy pair sem to have proceeded to the Continent, to spend the honey moon ; but on the Saturday night Mr. Hayne was ver bally assured by Mr. Gill that Miss Foote had changed her mind. A correspondent says—" It is understood that the late breaking off of the match between Mr. Bayne and iliss Foote, is attributable to that gentleman having placed his very versatile affections on a lady in fashionable society, equally attractive for her youth, beauty, and feminine ac complishments. It may be prudent to suppress the name communicated to us, until it is ascertained whether or not the late lovers quarrels are likely to be made up again." Among the rumoured matrimonial alliances in the thea trical circle, it is mentioned that a Noble Earl, who takes a lead in yacht clubs and water amusements, is shortly about to lead to the hymeneal altar a lcvely siren of Covent garden. The Haymarket Theatre will open immediately after the Italian Company quit it. ELoreur.ST.—An elopement took place on Tuesday morning from the neighbourhood of Gower -street, Bedford square. The patties were Miss S—, a wealthy heiress, turned twenty years of age, and the son of a Baronet. Trace has been had of the parties, anti the pursuers are in full chase northward. The lady, accompanied by a man servant, did not return home from a perambulation of the neighbouring squares, nor has the footman been as yet re turnable. _ _ . In consequence of what is called a row in the University of Ozford, we understand an amiable young Nobleman, the second son of the Great Captain of dae Age, has been rusticated. This occurrence has occasioned considerable chagrin in a high quarter. The Noble Duke is said to have taken bis eldest son, the Marquis of D—, from the University —Morning Paper. Signor Gulmini died lately near Parma. at the age of a hundred and thirty-eight years. Ile was the first tenor of Italy, and leader of the band to Pope Benedict IV. On the 9th ult. died at Moscow the Chamberlain Von iVlassow, one of the richest men in the empire, and pos sessor of one of the !argon pri%at.: libraries, and of a most valuable collection of paintings and minerals. We are glad to learn that a requisition to the Mayor is now in course of signature, requosting him to convene a Meeting to consider of the propriety of petitioning Par liament for a revision of the Corn Caws. The requisition had yesterday received the signatures of some of our most respectable merchants, totally unconnected with the Corn trade.—( Irerpool Paper Tuesday.) The principal coal-merchants have taken an alarm at the Prospectus of a new Joint-Stock Compauy, to which the public are invited to subscribe. The principal coal rnerchan.s have determined on the erection of new docks and teal-quays in the Isle of Dogs. In the latter the pub lic will not be admitted to subscribe. _ _ We are requested by one of the Committee of the Com mon Council, to whom the consideration of the state of Blailfriar's-bridge has been referred, to contradict a state ment which has found its way into most of the newspa pers, that a man, a day or two ago, had one of his legs broken, by falling from the footpath into the carriage way over the bridge. Our Correspondent yesterday visited the individual alluded to, whom be found in a very fa vourable state for recovery, and learnt that he had not been on the footpath at all, and that the accident occurred in getting down hastily from behind a coach, the driver of which was cutting at him with his whip. One intik i d:•.11, it is true, has been killed through falling from the pavement of the bridge in the way described, and upon his widow the Committee have settled a handsome an nuity. The examination how far the footpath may be' lowered with safety, was expected to be completed yas terday. A train of melancholy accidents happened on Thursday night on the road from Paris to Si. Quentin. One of the diligences broke down, sod some of the passengers were severely bruised. The conductor of the diligence re turning to Paris, in mounting the cabrialrt, slipped be tween the horses which advance, and the huge vehicle passed over his body, and be is since dead. The same diligence, on proceeding a few miles from this melancholy accident, found a peasant lying lifeless in the middle of the road, supposed from apoplexy. ~~, THE BRITISH PRESS. THE EXHIN I T IT IO I LO A P R Tig rs. SOCIETY OF (Cootit;ned from the British Press of *" the Britian . Monday.) 33. tribtrater, front Place Fell—J. GLOVE a. Mr. Glover has here selected a scene richly adorned by the hand of nature, and his glowing pencil has done justice to its beauties. A luminous warmth is thrown over the whole, b) the sunny light which beams upon the mountains, and the tangled variety of the foreground adds extremely to the picturesque .effect.. The liquid transparency of the water is well managed. Indeed it is obvious that the artist has bestowed great pains on this picture ; and he hu suc- Vl gi to ao combining his subject as to fill it with matter e g st interesting and attractive contemplation. The tone is not yet sufficiently subdued—most likely from the want of dine to-give it that finish of which it is still susceptible, and which no oqe knows better than Mr. Glover how to impart to it. We regret that there is no living object, either man or animal, introduced in the scene. The eye feels a something wanting, and the want is—animation. 33. Portraits of eke flier darghters.of A. H. Brooking, Esq. Collector of his Illqicsty's Customs, St. John's, New foundland—G. I. L. NOBLE. The works of this artist are new to us, and we hope to ' see them more frequently. He has here drawn together a family of which a parent may well be proud. The coun tenances are of the best expression; they are such as a phy, siognomist would pronounce favourably of at the very first glance. Mr. Noble bears about him the stamp of original genius, and bids fair to attain the summit of his profession. He colours with clearness, and it is easy to see that he draws with great fidelity ; his style is pure and classical, and if he goes on improving he will nut be easily surpassed. 53. An Historical Portrait or the Emperor of Russia.— J. R. A. We congratulate Mr. Isrcirirresirr'On this triumph —for at his advanced periutrof -life it is indeed a tri umph—over the insidious. atticks of Time, who usually makes sad havoc with the manual as well as intellectual powers of men of genius. This veteran has displayed in this picture as much intense reality of feeling, and kas thrown as much expression into every part of it, is though his enthusiasm had been in the freshest omen of its youth. The anecdote which is made the foundation of . this portrait of the Russian Emperor we do not much regard ; we read these tales of imperial sensibility with that wholesome portion of scepticism which accom panies us in all our wanderings through the regions of romance. However, we have no further concern with this tale of " the susceptibility of delicate feeling," at POLLY HONEYCOMB Call it, titan as it is represented on canvass by Mr. Northcote, and here it speaks to our fed ings with great eloquence. We have no time for thought or reflection on matter of fact. Our incredulity is dispelled by the ascendancy of the Royal Academician. We yield, in short, to the power of his pencil, what we should have refused to any other authority. The figure and features of ALexasintit are well given ; the countenance is full of expression, and that expression is appropriate ; his atti tude in stooping forward from his horse, to the apparent corpse, is well contrived to evade that stillness which un avoidably attends an equestrian figure. The bone itself reminds us strongly of Vandyke, in the celebrated por traiture of Charles 1. The subject of the picture is not pleasing, inasmuch as it is connected with painful asaocia ' dons; but the picture itself is well painted, and betrays no symptom of declining years ; such examples of protracted vigour are extremely rare. 64. Dead Game.—R. BLAKE. Mr. Blake's pencil has here given " To mute and to material things" a fidelity of delineation, that in the same line of art will bear competition with the best storks of the old Masters. In felicity of imitation, and brilliancy of tint, we remember no picture of WELNINX Or GERHARD Douw that excels it. The peacock is an exquisite piece of colouring: the feathers are wrought up to the full richness of their emerald hue, without the lea* appearance of labour; the lustrous sweep of the traim, with its mass of radiant gems, falls without the least stiffness, and is given with as much exactness as it is in the power of painting to give it. All the minor detail of the composition is well attended to. admix.ble will establish Mr. Blake's repute. tion ;it will do more—it will elevate the reputation of the British School. SI. Pike Puol, Derhyshire.—J. WlLsosr. This picture is touched with a firm and spirited pencil ; the sky, is 11 too,we_ attemp ted , because the effect intended to be produced is not easi ly attained. In the present in stance the streaky colouring of the clouds is somewhat too metallic ; the yellow has a brassy tinge, which detracts from the general effect; but this is a single fault sur rounded by many excellencies, and which we should not have noticed, but in an Artist whose reputation makes it worth his while to amend it. In truth, we observe a too general inclination in the pupils of the present day to make their skies too brown ; it is a defect which impairs the beauty of many landscapes, in other respects of very high character. 62. View of Spoleto, on the Clitumnus, Daly ; from a Sketch ho Cart. Melville Grindley.—T. C. HOLLAND. Mr. HOVLAND'S landscapes convey at all times a lively impression of nature; they carry the eye of the spectator into the open air, and have, at the same time, great deli cacy and sweetness of tone ; they never pall upon the sight, which is the strongest possible test of their intrinsic merit. 85. The Electric Shock.—P. Stm now. This is a performance of very superior merit ; we per ceive, however, that it is not quite finished; it will no doubt be yet heightened into still greater effect : at pre sent the hand of the youth in the centre is too webby; we ascribe this defect, which is easily remedied, to the finish ing touches not having yet passed over it. The introduc tion of family portraits into pictures of this class is an im provement in the art which we cannot appreciate too highly. The picture before us approaches to historic painting ; an artist accustomed to subjects of this descrip tion has, if he excels, attained to great superiority ; he is enabled, at any time, to step out into the highest walks of his profession. The character of the figures is given with great nerve and vigour of tone; the eyes beam with light, the contrasted expression of the different countenances is impressive and appropriate. The circumstances, too, are well connected with the subject, and, taken as a whole, this picture may rank high by the side of some even of the best productions of British art. (To be continued.) PARIS Sli IP CANAL—The ? gent of a canal from Havre de Grace to Paris, has, it is sad, received the Royal sanc tion, and a great English capiudist has offered to provide one million sterling towards its construction. It is pro posed that this canal shall be from twenty-seven to thirty feet in depth, and of corresponding width, and a vary large basin is to be made in Paris. - One of the longest and most superb passages in Paris, is in a very forward state, which will open a communica tion between the rue Neuve de Petits Champ, in front of the Bank, and the rue Vivienne, in front of the Royal Treasury. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following ships were taken up, and thus stationed, viz. Coldstream, Guildford, Albion, Childe Harold, Bassorah Merchant, Broxbarnebury, Malcolm, Java, Lord Hungerford, and Berwick, for Bengal direct ; Cambridge, Lady Kennaway, James Sibbald, and Mait land, for Bombay dittst. The following Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their respective destinations, viz. Captain William Hay, Charlet Grant, Bengal and China; Captain Christopher Bitten, Princess Charlotte of Wales ; Captain George Probyn, Minerva, and Captain George Mason. IVarren Hastings, Madras and Bengal. Captain William Manning was sworn into the command of the ship Thomas Grenville, consigned to Ben gal direct. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—On the 221 instant the fol lowing melancholy oecurre,tee took place at the colliery at Kirkby Park, in Nottinghamshire :—About eight o'clock in the morning most violent explosion of inttaturnable air, commonly called wild. lire, happened in ons of the coal-pita there, by which Chas. Brad ' dow, an industrious man, with a flintily of seven children, and his wife far advanced of the eighth ; Benjamin Bradtlow, his eon, and three other youths, the oldest not more than twelve years of age, fell a sacrifice to the fiery element. Several others were severely injured, but hopes are emertainel of their recover An inquest was held on three of the buck's on the Md, before Thomas W nett, Gent. Coroner, when a verdict was tiONSIXii OW their death was mustily orcezioael from the explosion as elm,: --Barton Ga:rett ..•NNUI PHRENOLOGY. The sixth ',centre of Dr. Spuraiteim, on the science of phrenm logy, was delivered on Saturday evening. Haying shortly recapi tulated the progress he had a/ reedy made ice expitsining the peculiar manifestations of the brain, as connected with the de termined powers of the mind, he proceeded to the subject of his present lecture. The first organ to which he called the attention of the auttfory was was that of Secretivenees. It was undoubted that there existed, both in animals and in man, a propensity to conceal thernadveht their 3114i0011, and all that relatrd to them. in rnen it disposed them to be secret in their thoughts, words, and deeds. There were some individuals , who, in the ordinary ;Rhin of life, could never be Induced to act in a direct and araight-foiward manner. They were desirous to cover their proceedings with a veil ofsecrecy, when no apparent benefit could be deemed from their concealment. Actions the most telling and unimportant were hidden by them, as if the eye of the world was upon them, and the knowledge of every transaction in which they took part could lead to their utter rain and disgrace. In infancy this propensity might be often noticed in strong operation. Some children were fors of hiding themselves that others might look for them in vain : the function or this faculty appeared to be to conceal generally, without determining the object or manner of concealing. Persons who were called cunning would conceal their., opinions and intentions, and even maintain to others sentiments opposite to those they really entertained, for no ascertainable purpose extent the pleasure they enjoyed In their useless dissimulation. In animals this faculty produces! slyness, and those habit, of concealment which were slot remarkable in several species. The organ of Secretiveness was placed above that of Destructiveness, in the mirloleofthe lateral re gion of the head. Where it wu ton much dry, loped the indivi duals would be observed ro recur to falsehood fot the oceomplish ment of his objects'. In this state the character would be • marked by deceit.end intrigue.. Some Renton* were observed from -their earliest days to be addicted to circuitous and indirect modes of ar rivingat their ends, while others, in whcm this propensity was weaker, always acted with perfect eanclourand rectitude. la some extreme instances the strong operation of this faculty influenced the whole Appearance of the individual. He would have a peculiar sitleling. roiling expression of the eyes, and a stiffened approach of the shoulders to thehead. The next propensity the Lecturer adverted to was thatofAequisitiveness. The function of this peculiar power con sisted in the diapositibn to acquire, without determining the objects to be acquired orthe manner ol'ankuiring them, whether. by lehonr, industry, &immerse, usury, gaming, or stenlie.g.' In itself this faculty woe * mere wish to acquire. In some individuals it pre vailed to such excess that they-wan induced to tionunit theft to gratify it, though abundantly able to obtain the objects deli/Fed by purchase. .Metaphysical writers had never admiued a determinate power of the mind, the function of which was to produce the pro pensity to acquire, and which was gratified by the act of acquisition without any ulterior object; but the existence of the faculty could be proved beyond doubt. In the first place, it was observed that thou who manifested this disposition in the strongest degree were not, in general. dime who possessed in other respects the most powerful natural desires. On the contrary, the miser, from his cradle to his grave, was usually a being devoid of all regard for others. Cold and unfeeling towards his moat intimate connexions, and indifferent to the pleasures and enjoyments of life himself, he ' lived only to acquire and accumulate. Metaphysicians contended that the miser was merely confirmed in his pursuit by habit; but this I was not conformable to the principles of nature. None but insane men could, during their whole life, mistake the means for the end. The miser experienced as much happiness in acquiring as the prodigal in expending. The miser despised the pleasures of sense, to which the prodigal was devoted. How then could it be said that the miser was actuated by a remote desire for the things which he absolutely rejected ? 'The glutton and the drunkard never valued die delicacies of cookery or the choicest productions of the vineyard, after their appetites were palled with satiety and their constitutions broken with excess. The intensity of the desire to acquire was always found to be in proportion to the development of the organ of acouisitiveness, and this unvarying and certain fact was alone sufficient to settle the question. It might then be safely considered as a primitive power of the mind. Its seat was at the upper part of the temples, at the anterior inferior angle of the patina! bone: when the organ was too niuch developed, the feeling was too energetic, and it then prompted the individual to acquire by unlawful and immoral means. Stealing was one of its most com mon abuses, observed among both poor and rich, both in health and in insanity. Pathology came again in aid of Phrenology in respect to this organ. In idiots it was sometimes of excessive size, and in all such cases the individual was observed to be always ' engaged in stealing whatever fell in his way. doinetimes in preg nant women it had great force, and only during their pregnancy. The utility of this faculty was obvious. There were periods of life when labour was impossible. The intention of Nature, in giving to mankind this faculty, seemed to be. to inspire them with that desire of acquiring which would provide them with a supply of the necessaries of lite before the day of want arrived. In many animals this faculty was much developed. and In theffi provident habits were observed ; while in those who bad it not there wee no foresight whatever. Several casts of heads were exhibited in illus tration of this faculty. Sonic of the individuals from whom they were taken were criminals convicted of stealing, and in all of them this organ was strongly marked. The next faculty to which the Lecturer i n vited the attention of his auditors, was that which in the Iflarenological Nomenclature was called Constructiveness. This wawa power also common to men and animal*. Among the latter it induced birds to build nests, rabbits to make burrows, and heaven; iamb ati -Inasibiodois gimebleak so *sae, wades" of Wild— jaw, by which we were defended from the external evils of the at mosphere. By it savages were led M Senn their wigwams, while in civilised life architects erected palaces and mansions. With it also were connected the fldwication of every kind of machines and instruments, and the practice of drawing, carving, and sculpture. A large development of this organ gave manual dexterity in using tools in every trade, and even needles in millinery. ' 1 he seat of the organ was anterior to that of acquisitiveness. In illustration of its effects, the Lecturer exhibited a cast of Raphael, and another of a French milliner, who had great celebrity in her skill for inventing caps and setting the fashions of her day There was of course no comparison attempted between the powers of these two indivi duals. It was true, they had each the same organ greatly de veloped, but In Raphael it was more elevated in its combina tions, and connected with loftier powers. He had now finished the region of mere animal proponsitirs. Next followed thesentiments that were common to men and animals. These faculties on which he rots entering did not form specific ideas, but merely produced what he called a sentiment; in other words, a propensity, joined with an emotion or manner of feeling of a specific kind. The first of these to which he should advert, was that of Self-esteem. In • higher degree this feeling led to pride, haughtiness, arrogance, and self-sufficienc-. Its function was to give to the in dividual: a great i opinion of hiffiself. The possession of this faculty, in conjunction with others eminently powerful, led the individual to value himself for those faculties. The seat of the organ of sell.esteem, is at the vertex, or top of the head. When it was not sufficiently developed, the individual would be remarkable for his humility and want of confidence in his own talents. In. cases of insanity, where the lunatic had fancied himself a. Ring or supernatural being, this organ was always found largely developed. The next sentiment in order was that of the Love of Approbation. This faculty made individuals attentive to the opinions others possessed re specting them. Those who had it in excess were greedy of appro bation in any way and by any means. Its application received different names, according as it directed itself to different objects. In sonic it wu styled emulation, in others vanity. Its general effect was to refine ;nanny*, and bind society together by the salutary influence of public anionic. The organ was seated on each side of that of self-esteem, on the posterior upper and lateral put of the head. In women this organ is usually more developed than in men, and in certain nations more than in others. The Lecturer illustrated his positions as he proceeded, by reference to the casts before him, and engrossed the attention of the auditory throughout his address. The assemblage was, as before, very numerous and respectable. By a Return laid before Parliament, it appears that in 1822, 1312 British ships and 143 foreign vessels entered the port of London from Russia, Sweden, Norway, Den mark, Prussia. Germany, and Belgium. In 1823 there were entered 986 British and 689 foreign ships from the same countries ; and in 1824, 1093 British and 1433 fo reign vessels. In the year 1824 the number of Bishoprics in the whole Austrian monarchy was 100 ; among the number were S Prince Archbishops, 10 Archbishops, S Prince Bishops, and of these, 17 were Privy Councillors to his Majesty. MAGISTERIAL WIIDOII.—In a amain royal burgh, not a hundred miles from the Scottish metropolis, a medical officer recently waited on one of the nannies to make the requisit affidavit for receiving his half pay. On that oc casion the following dialogue ensiled :—Baillie: Weel, Mr. are you no tyred o' this kind o' life? Officer: ' Very tired , Baillie, indeed-1 am very anxious to procure professional employment, but it is not easily to be had at present. Baillie: No—not easy to be got, I dare say ; but micht no' ye go oot to Van Deeman's Land—plenty of settlers there non ? Officer : plenty of settlers, Baillie, but greater plenty of medical men—the towns are overrun with them. Baillie: Weel, weel, MSG ; but hoo then sold you no go up the interior? Officer : The interior, Baillie t why, there's nothing in the interior but kangaroos! Baillie: and what o' that man ? 'What o' that? is na a kangaroo's money as good as that o' ony ither man ?-1 Sear /nom. A SAD 1)111‘PPOINTIIIII.T.—On Thusday last, an ho nest weather-beaten tar applied to the magistrate for his ad vice and assistance iu a case in which Jack thought his Worship could effectually help him. " May it please your honour (says he) I am just returned from a voyage, and having a fair lot of bless to receive, I ens thinking how I happy Poll and I should be ; and so when I jumps ashore, I steered right holm, and your Worship, when I got there, I found a land-lubber had got possession of my snug cabin and married my wife. I was for ropes-ending her, your honour, but I thought better of it, and so 1 want your honour's leave to sell her in the market with a rope round her neck." The Magistrate declined to sanetion such a proceeding, and recommended Jack to make himself com fortable, take another trip, and forget his grief, whieb Jack said hr would do.—Lirerpoal Paper. .. -- - 7 F ' , i15W.717 • i 574 \ KV IIIII i '. ••- • . .- . -:. 1. , \ .M Y , ~.. .~ ~~- - ~ 1 AMERICA .1f I NINSI 4506VireiT ON's. • A leiter has been puhlisiw , Dr/dread Le Mr. Baring, on the subject•itiryld iifdns made b 7 him in the House of Comenotultsi ticelSit inst. relative ILO the Foreign Mining Assoefatiohs.- Tkis pamphlet is cleady. and temperately written ;. and, by undeniable facts, it sx.- futes the loose and vague• opinions. which it con teorettt. After quoting the observations of the Honourable Meenber, Mr. Powles proceeds:- • "The nonsense which is talked in club-rooms and caree-ldlimee on these subjects I the ertoneout conceptions which have sometimes fould their way into Courts of lustice respecting them (forwilwr more practically ignorant of the destines elf life than lawyers ?) moo be passed titer in silence ; but when the first metkhast m theeneto try delibefately puts forth, in his place in the Senate, such un-- founded opinions as are thin , attributed to you, it is -time that dime attempt be made;however feebly, to place be nature of Sheet transactions in its true light." • " To proceed at once to your eret remark "' He (Mr. Baring) believed that all the Mini* Asembidbire would turn out to be delusions.' " Is its delusion to affirm, that up to the year 11110, the mines of Mexico (of which alone, for the Lake of coneenienee, I will speak) produced annually a considerable amount of specie, over and above the expense of working them-that they not only enriched the pro prietors and paid large doties to the S tate , b ut were also UM source?rem which considerable remittances were periodically made to the Government of the Mother Country, after defraying all dm expenses of the Vice-regal Government ? " Is it a delusion to state that the produce of these mien was suspended by the events of the Revolution alone•-‘-that dose Rig volution having accomplished its object, the proprietors of dna* mines found themselves (after having been for fourteen yam de. priced of their income, their buildings and works dilapidated Cr de stroyed, and many of their mines filled with watery witness the me a n s of pectin these sources of wealth again in activity ? • " Was it unreasonable to believe, or was it delusive to torment to others, that by the application of English capital, skiii..and ma. ebincry. these capacions mines might again In pat in madam, with great advantage both to those who should supply, and to these who should receive such assistance? " The latter point may be illustrated by a Hide ramie* to figureas...:. • .• • • " The Mine of Valencians (so well known that I need give no other description of it) produced in the nine yens, between 17114: and 1802 - - - 13,805 ' 0G7 d°llars.'p " The expenses of working it during the same period were - - - - 8,046,064 " A-id the average annual division among the Proprietors was - - 643,479: " These particulars arc taken from an official document. (Sao Ifunekildes New Spain, Vol. lIL p. 199.) Humboldt .does not tarry the table farther than 1802. If then, this mine produced a net annual income of about 128,0001. sterling under Mexican management-if the proprietors were willing, in order to obtain the supply of capital which they needed, to concede to those who choold furnish it, a Urge portion of the produce of the mine for a considerable terns of >ears, with possession of the mine as security for its payment-sir s contract had been actually concluded with those proprietors on this basis, in what did the ' delusion' consist, of believing that such an under taking afforded a fair, tit, and legitimate object for the employment of Br twit capital''' Mr. Powles then shows, by reference to the Report of the Anglo-Mexican Association, the highly satisfactory pro gress actually made in working the mines within the limits. of' their contract. From the results already ascertained he affirms, that "supposing the mines to produce, with the advantage of English skill, machinery, and intelligence, not one dollar more than tmder Mexican management alone, the expectation of ample returns will not be diseppointed' In proof of this assertion he quotes the works of Baron Humboldt, and the letters of the Cornish mining captains now employed in Mexico. It was the custom of the ' Mexican mine proprietors to sell the c. , 3 weekly at the pit's mouth. The English Associations will proceed upon'. the plan of reducing the ore, by which they will unite the profits of the two branches of the business. Mr. Powles concludes his pamphlet with the following remarks in • self-vindication, and on the general character and tendency of the projects of the day :- " Having taken an active part in the formation of some of these Associations, I had conceived that if any class of undertakings could deserve, on public grounds, to meet with favour anti emu ntgement, one whose direct tendency was to put in motion the in dustry of &large and imyor.rished, though once rich and populous district-to circulate wealth throughout a community, certairu to • become in retain customers to us for our own manufactures-to supply revenue to the government of a new 11/111,11 in the mainte nance of whose independence and prosperity this country is deeply interested-would be at least among the number. Compared with such considerations, the demand for Eoglish machinery and labour -the employ inept of Bridal) shipping, to which they have given rise-are but of secondary importance- To see so severe earwax. "arasenernmitton'painedur stretrtnettertatrtner, - reuse new., .Mn. have been anticipated. Nor is the hanhness of the judgment any way softened by a, consideration of the quarter whence it proceeds.. Could it have been expected that of all men in EngLuid, be who most conspicuously displays-in his own rank and station inseam', the enviable result of powerful and honest enterprise, should have isiepnaised undertakings such as these, as mere delusion ? In whet times are we living, when legislative enactments are talked et, to restrain such a spirit of enterprise as this ? So wholnome, nest, legitimate, and, I sill add, prAseworthy, are these und-umk logs in their whole scope and purposes, that if it had happened that they had needed assistance from the Legislature for the flu therance of their proceedings, they would, on every Paucielle of sound policy, have been entitled to have asked fer it, instead of be tog thus held up as objects of suspicion and disttanit. " I have conceived it, Sir, to be my duty, implicated as I am by the put I have taken in the formation of some of those entermiesss thus to attempt a vindication of the prisicip . ieell which they ham been formed. There is nothing infallible tit human caticulationa, and our expectations of benefit may still be disappointed ; but be that as it may, 1 do maintain that in no measure or degree is the language applicable to them which you are reported to have used on the occasion in question. In urging this vindication, I shall Doc be so misunderstood as to he considered the advocate of a blind, gambling speculation, or be supposed to say one word in favour of those multifarious home projects, each pressing upon the other, and many of them destructive of individual competition, which have, of late, been springing up around us. Even there, I appre hend, except incase of fraud, to be beyond the reach of legislative interference, and long before any law ern have been digested far the purpose will the appetite for such schemes have passed away.-- It is already visibly on the decline. " The rule obviously applicable to Joist Stock Companies is this-for purposes beyond the compatriot individual means and ex ertion. (such purposes being lawful in themselves.) they are an un questionable public benefit ; much public cot venier.ce has hereto. tore resulted from their labours, and more will continue to follow • but when directed to pursuits fairly within the 'nape of individual industry and competition,-bringing the overbearing weight of in , pital to compete with the limited mesas of the industrious trades man, they are a great public injury, and deserve se be discounts nanced by every man who takes the smallest interest in the general welfare. But let Dot the legislator confound the good with the bad, and hie anxiety to root up a few tares destroy the whets: also. A,, unnatural demand for labour-an injurious and dimes raginoi competition mar be produced at home : there is no fear if that kind abroad. We mad form Companies to work mines in America-to colonise lands--440 cultivate indiga-to ash for pearls -and coral too if we please-there Si roost sad to spare. The earth and the ice are open to us in dist immense region, and will, with due care, prudence, And diligence, yield us an sinedam bar. vest. Del;ghtful is it to see this country in the glorious situatiou of being the tint to put in motion the industry of the New Woad I -.affording the most splendid illustration winch the wooed has yet seen of the philosopher's axiom, that ' knowledge is prover,' and making her commerce at once, ' under the blessing of Providence. a slain source of strength and power' to herself, while it ' costa buts, in no less a degree, to the happiness and chriheasion at was kind.' " • The produce of the mines luut twee in et increase. It was as follows foe I A yeller =littatreel=s two, hut.- Prom 1090 to 1729 - - - - 145,m4,esdoesra. 1736 to 1769 - - - ei,R90..44 1770 to 11810 - - - 796.1334,616 -r Fire debars may be reckoned to the pound atertlng. : During this period the duly paid to the tioverruaset was 20i per cent. It is now 6 per Mot. . _ The Eclipse sailed from Falmouth on the 73th instant. for Valparaiso, with the principal part of the estabLsiametu. of the Chilian liiniag Association on board. An agent and a Cornish mining captain preetsied this party soma time shim. The French Government, upon the report of M. eerie, who cattle to England some time ago wage:gay our dock yards. life. have ordered one of the patent Arafat the nava! service at, 'Coulon. At the Cloornel Aurae' on the 173.1 instant--John A. H. Beer:, Esq. v. the Karl of Dononglictione. —Tins was an. screws against the Noble Earl, fat " falsely sad primary -1r Thomas White to exhibit an information op oath before lain (.is the lthli day of ..laritiary) the said Earl against i trisintfilt toe an alleged attack cn the house at the said Thomas White. are the lumina' 7th of January, 1823, and under colour and pram* of said inf,rcwuioo, gymting a wairant to apprehend phansiff, bring him beron: defendant." Under this warrant, it appestea, a s plain tiff was confined for wine time. The alleged attack go Wl: A ges' house waa this : some cattle of the latter, taken as a dishi t ios, t ia 4 been re ,,, :ae d, and •n tier night in question the pLaintlff went no White's. and seeisg in his stable two boron which had heft twice rescued kom a eets.:re of distress, the plaintiff cusped thus to tit driven *trey. Per this act he was chimed with felony, and the Not defeAant grentrd his warrant, acd treated him at a feu. The Jury rinseined lis onniultation some hour,. what they cye low Court with a 'act for the plaintiff of Tiro Hundred e nd Aar Poises damages, _Sixties:me costa. Ott Jaw point wag moat for the statism d Cx..Bl abort. '~~,. Iry •i t + 5 17! .r 7 4 . * i ~,\ t #l i 111 a I ~.