The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-25 00:00:00

WINDSOR-FRIDAY, Yesterday the King, accompanied by Lady Falkland, took a carnage drive in the direction of Colnbrook. This morning their Majesties and Royal suite attended di vine service in the private chapel of the Castle. Prayers were read by the Dean of Hereford, the communion service by the Bishop of Worcester, the epistle and creed by the Rev. J. R. Wood, and the sermon was preached by the Bishop of Worcester • and his Lordship, assisted by the Dean of Here ford, administered the holy sacrament to their Majesties and the Court. This afternoon his Majesty took a short drive in the Park, accompanied by Mademoiselle D'Este. The Queea has not left the Castle. Yesterday the Bishop of Worcester, the Dean of Hereford, Sir Brooke Taylor, and Mademoiselle D'Este arrived at the Castle. The Duke of Dorset left for town this morning. The Royal dinner party of yesterday included the follow ing :-... Lord and Lady Falkland, Lord and Lady Barrington, the Duke of Dorset ; the Bishop of Worcester, the Dean of Here ford, Sir Brooke Taylor, Mademoiselle D'Este, Sir Herbert and Lady Taylor, Miss Disbrowe, Miss ilon, Sir Har Neal e , General Sir Charles Thornton, Mis W s s Gore, Mr. Da ry vies, General Bowater, Capt. Curzon, the Rev. Mr. Wood, and Mrs. Hudson. His Majesty will not go to town next week. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess of Sefton and family for their seat, Stoke Farm, Bucks ; Sir Charles and Lady Grey and family, from the St. George's Hotel, for the Continent; Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, from Fenton's Hotel, for their seat in Nor folk ; Mr. and Lady Charlotte Guest, from ditto, for their Beat in Wales ; Edward Parrott, Esq., from ditto, for Chi chester ; Sir Edward Scott, M. P., from ditto, for Birming ham ; the Right Hon. Frederick Shaw, from Symmons's Hotel, for Dublin ; F. Campbell,' Esq., from Raggett's Hotel, for Portsmouth. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Arran at Batt's Hotel ; the Hon. Captain Gore at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. French, at ditto, from their seat in Sussex ; Edwa r d Luca s , E sq ., M. P., an d Mrs. Lucas, at litto, from Leamington ; Mr. and Mrs. Hilyard, at ditto, *rom Brighton; Mrs. Butler and family, at the Pulteney Hotel, from a tour ; Captain Hunt, at the Albion Hotel, rom Sussex; J. M'Kerdy, Esq., at ditto, from the Conti lent ; Capt. Moore, at Raggett's Hotel, from Brighton. The King will give a grand dinner to the members ►f the Jockey Club, on the third week in April, and on the !4th of May their Majesties will give the first state ball for the eason. The Earl and Countess of Jersey will leave Berkeley pare on Monday on a visit to their Majesties at Windsor castle, where a distinguished circle, chiefly appertaining to the court will pass the Easter holidays. The Noble Earl has , een slightly indisposed with an attack of the gout during the sat few days. The Earl of Ossory has left Kilkenny Castle, to leet the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde, at Rome. Lord Forester left Charles -street, Berkeley-square, Belgrave Castle, where the Duke of Rutland will enter kin a numerous party of the leading Members of the Melton font, during Claxton races. The Marchioness of Londonderry has been seized Pith an illness, which obliges her and the Marquis to prolong leir stay at Berlin. She is attended by the celebrated phy elan and Privy Councillor Von Graeffe. Earl O'Neill has arrived at Shanes Castle, Antrim, 'am Leamington, where the Noble Earl spent several days ist week, in consequence of the vast assemblage of sporting Isaracters present at the grand steeple chase. The Earl of Fortescue, who has just completed his ttli year, is at Castle Hill, near Exeter, where Viscount brington and several other members of the Fortescue family .e expected to assemble in a few eays. The venerable Earl id his Countess are in excellent health, and attended Divine trice on his natal day, last Sunday week. The Earl and Countess Romney will give a grand 'le at their seat, Mote Park, in Kent, in the beginning of 15 3% The Duke of Wellington, Marquis Camden, Earl Am s-st, Viscount Holmesdale, Earl and Countess of Brecknock, , ord Marsham, Earl and Countess of Stanhope, Earl and ountess of Winchilsea, Lord Hill, and several other distin sighed noblemen and gentlemen are invited. The Duke of Devonshire, who intended to visit hatsworth during the recess, in consequence of the prevail g cold weather has given up all intention to visit that msg fieent mansion. The IVlarquis Conyngham, who is carrying on ex nsive alterations and improvements at his fine domaine, lane Castle, in Ireland, has given orders to several poplin anufacturers in Dublin, for a great quantity of furniture tab net for the fitting up of the above splendid Castle. The Countess Dowager of Cork has arrived in arlington-street, after a series of visits in various parts of the n g dom. The Hon. General Moncton, who is nephew to her sdyship, has arrived in town to attend the levee, on promo qt. and is staying at Lady Cork's residence. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have rived in Dublin, en route to Bentley Priory, where they are •peeted in a few days. The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Claude ansilton, Sir G. B. Hamilton, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, sl a select circle, are to pass the recess at that delightful seat. Count Maurice Dietrichstein, formerly an attache Prince Esterbazy's mission, is expected to succeed the inc e of Schoenberg, as resident Minister at Stutgardt, the ince being about to receive, it is said, a higher diplomatic pointment. Admiral Sir Robert Otway, port Admiral, is staying the Royal Hotel, Banks Town, Sheerness, while his offici , • sidenceis undergoing repair. Lord Melbourne is expected to leave town on Mon- Y , on a visit to the Earl and Countess Cowper, at Pan. 'ger, Herts. Lord and Lady Frances Egerton have left Bridge tter Hou se f or O at l an d s , S u rrey. Lady Cole and h er ami ie daughter are on a visit to his Lordship. The Bishop of Rochester, accompanied by Lady 'rah Murr a y, has arrived at the Deanery, College Green )111 Bromley Palace, in Kent. The venerable Count Romanzolf, accompanied by nephew, General Divoff, will leave Mivart's Hotel shortly, a tour of the manufacturing districts 'of Great Britain and el and. Lady Sophia Marsham, the eldest daughter of the a ll of Rom ne y, is shortly to be married to Peter Hoare, N., one of the partners in the great banking-house in Lon and cousin to the Mr. Hoare who was recently united to ' O ther daughter of the Noble Earl's.—Kentish Observer. Mr. Adrian Hope gave an elegant dinner in Carl 4-gardens on Thursday evening. Captain Fremantle had a dinner party in Hanover ute On Thursday last. Mr. Lawrence gave a grand dinner in Whitehall 'ton Thursday. a u , 'qrs. Carter had a card-party in Brook-street on su A ay evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and e Princess Victoria attended divine service yesterday morn 'at the chapel in Kensington Palace. The Dean of Ches r.pd th e R ev . J osep h J ac k son o ffi c i ate d. b i':°r(l John Ru sse ll l e ft t own y e sterday for Woburn eY, Bedfordshire. 4 , Cabin e t C ounc il h as b een summ oned for two 4 :.„'elt this day at the Forei g n Dep ar t men t. Several of the Cabinet Ministers will leave town the F i nning of next week on a visit to the Duke of Bedford at °bon Abb esPaleh e es . were fo'rwarded yesterday from the 're:go Dep artment for the Br i t i sh Ambassador at Madrid. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie (Governor of Ceylon) had interview aursday. with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial-office on The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview th viscount Melbourne in Downing-street on Thursday. M. Wallet, the. Belgian Charge d'Affaires, tran eted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Du c h ess o f S omerset h as sent a h an dsome r_a tio n t o the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution, consti ''s'einga. her Grace a Life Governess, with permission to place ,r n ame as a Vice-Patroness to that charity. The Duchess 6;',l.antrose, Lady Louisa Murray, Mrs. Adrian Hope, and s „ln 111 Leveso n Gower Esq., have also recently become Trill supporters its he to funds. , Rev. Walter Hook, who was elected Vicar of °° `.'s on Monday, is th e e ld est son o f t h e l a t e De a n of Wor •cter! and neph ew of Mr. Theod o r e Hook, whose junior he is 6r3Y C few years. - s . ,E . QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.—II private letter, fr e tl a se Li s bo n , March 13, says—" The Queen's pregnancy Lai d a geiSeral joy here, even among the Ultra-Liberal nt f in He r as coss fienierit will probably take place in the be vse gof Au gust , Per Majesty held a drawing-romp and as ( 4 s terdaY, and was 1 - 4s :sirin g well ; but I regret to say she te, her ed to be wheeled int, - the state room in a chaise rou- Lo „ ,t 1 ancles being so much aZacted by the weakness corn -11'47 delicate situation, that site is not able to walk, and ri sne , be confined for some months to her sofa. The tarkes attention s to his Royal Consort are generally re- A and h e is in high spirits at the prospect of a successor. a meeting of the Committee of the Reform As ,,‘7: Liverpool on Saturday, several persons were pros i „, eligible successors to Mr. Brancker, who has signified . h usessti on of retirin g from the contest at the next election. 2"aitsrity of votes was in favour of Mr. J. E. Denison, ftr7ens . r epresentative of South Nottinghamshire. lass ' state t ,! that one of the chief promoters of the the r ae o re of our essuntryman, Mr. Boyd, and of Torrijos and sond '?Paniards decoy.ed from Gibraltar, is at this moment in 1, 1 1 4 on a.m.ission front Don Carlos. Pro e _Minister of Finance, wishing to ascertain 'bias fires, of the manufacture sugar from beet-root, has n ree • counts showin g the value' pf this indigenous pro s p at alastorie he years 1835 and 1836. The number of ma m:l/ er e • ct s e r.,w°4 is 542, and that of the manufactories being -gar pr " . 9 ; makin g a total of 581. The quantity of Nu I.op , !Iced in 1835 was 668,986,762 lbs., and in 1836 a .ems f' 77 0589 lbs. - The value of the raw sugar from the f 1...._1835 was 30,349,340 franca, and the value of that • Ws4B 481065,80 b fapere LAW OF PATENTS TO THE EDITOR 01 THE SUN. SIR,—A short time since an Hon. Gentleman in the Com mons asked and obtained leave to bring in a Bill to Alter and Amend the Law of Patents. In my humble opinion, Mr. Editor, it will only occupy the time of the House uselessly. The law ought to to?, abropted, and the same protection given to an inventor as is given to the author of a book. Or, why not allow the common law to take effect against those who have the unblushing effrontery to appropriate the mental exer tions of others ? What is the difference between a thief that robs you on the high-way, and one that steals an invention, that has only been brought to maturity by the deepest study, and the most persevering research ? I conceive the latter to be the greater thief of the two. Surely, then, the law cannot be, or rather ought not to be, more lenient to the one than to the other. But we find it very different; the law punishes with its utmost rigour in the one case, and unless you pay a sum of nearly 500/. it takes no notice whatever of the other. This is a free country with a vengeance This is %%hat is called jus tice ! In this handsome manner is talent rewarded, and anxiety of mind repaid I Let us suppose, Sir, for example, a person with an inventive mind, but limited in his means, turning his attention to the steam-engine, and, after much mental anxiety and pecuniary expense (which last he can with difficulty spare), makes some important discovery ; it certainly would be but common-place justice that this individual should have, for some time at least, the benefit of his improvement. Such, however, is not the case in our boasted land of liberty. He must take a patent for the three Kingdoms. Should he not be able to do so, his invention must either remain in secrecy with himself, or it will be adopted, and he will then, in all probability, not even have the credit of inventing it. Where, I would ask, Mr. Editor, is the stimulant ? Where is the spur to improvement ? It cannot be in heaping upon a person's self an enormous bur- I then, which every one that invents does, as the Law of Patents now stands. I sincerely hope the Hon. Gentleman will see the absolute necessity of advocating most strenuously the re moval of this detestable tax upon knowledge and drag-chain to improvement. When knowledge and education are freed from every kind of obnoxious impost (and I hope the time is not far distant when such will be the case), we will then neither re quire stimulants nor spurs, nor fine spun, high sounding speeches of Hon. Baronets or Lord Rectors, to harangue us on to eminence. They are, at 'the best, but words of course— empty sound—the mere shadow without the substance. I really wonder, Mr. Editor, if the framers of this praiseworthy Patent Protection ever had any other object in view than that it should be the means of fostering talent among the monied ranks (a place of all others, by the bye, where such a commodity is sel dom or never to be met with), and excluding the inffenious, though poorer, class of people from rising to that pitch in so ciety to which their ingenuity so justly entitles them. Let this law be repealed, and a simple protection given, without fee or reward, and we will have ten times the number of im provements—let it be continued, and we damp the zeal and energy with which our countrymen enter into, and carry into effect, improvements, the most gigantic in themselves, and of the last importance to the community at large. Sincerely yours, A CONSTANT READER. South Queensferry, March 21, 1837. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—ln The Sun paper of yesterday, received here this morning, you state that Captain Alsager presented a petition in favour of the Bath and Weymouth Railway Bill, signed by the Mayor and 139 of the inhabitants of this city, whereas the real number of signatures amounted to I,l37—which error please to correct in your next publication.—Your's, A CONSTANT READER, AND AN ADMIRER Bath, March 24, 1837. OF YOUR COLUMNS. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1837 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TURF APPOINTMENTS FOR 1837. MARCH. I JULY. Pytchley Hunt Bibury Spring Catterick Bridge 29liverpooi Bedford 30 1 Lancaster APRIL. Knutsford 26 Croton Park AUGUST. Ala hon. 6 5 1 Goodwood ~..... ...... -... Newmarket Durham Bath Spring Newmarket Eglinton Park Plymouth, Jac. Newcastle Chester Bristol and Clifton Royston 4 1 Wolverhampton Newmarket Liverpool 10 SEPTEMBER. Manchester St. Alban's ... ... 17Leicester Epsom Reigate York :. 31 Walsall JUNE. Heaton Park... 27 Ascot Newton Bath Bibury Stockbridge 1_ MAY. JULY. Cheltenham Nemarket Edinburgh GRAND WRESTLING MATCH-1 7 XSTERD.I r. The annual match for the valuable prizes given by the gen !emen belonging to the 'Westmorland and Cumberland Wrest- ling Society, came off yesterday, and was more numerously attended than ever. On a moderate calculation there must have been 10,000 persons present, amongst whom were a great number of the fair sex. The numerous attendance in fact spoiled the day's sport, as, at the time the unlimited weights were being introduced, the ring was broken in and the stewards were obliged to retire. This circumstance created consider able annoyance, and threw a damp over the hilarity of the day. Thirty-three of the light weights contended (those under i Ist. ) In the second contest there was some very pretty play between Hall and Astley, both of whom are celebrated men. They were a long time getting the hold, but after about three mi nutes' play Hall touched his adversary on the shin, and threw him. There was nothing else in the contest deserving of a ny particular notice. The heavy weights commenced at about half-past five, and continued until a long time after dark, the stewards, in the very limited compass which the spectators allowed them, holding candles. It was impossible to discern aught of the play, but it was asserted by the friends of Joseph Wills that he had not been thrown in the final struggle. The stewards consulted, and three of them were of opinion that he had, and fairly. The following are the names of the victors and the prizes :- 1. Thomas Metcalfe, a silver cup; 2. Joe Wills, a silver snuff box ; 3. J. Armstrong, ditto • 4. Thomas Abrahams, ditto ; 5. William Earl, ditto ;6. Jo hn Wren, ditto. Prizes under eleven stone :—1 . Edward Dawson, a silver tankard ;2. Robert James, a silver snuff-box ;3. James Pear son, ditto ; 4. John Butterworth, ditto. Metcalfe belonged to the Blues and Wills to the Life Guards. The stewards did all they could to preserve order. PEDESTRIANISM: EXTRAORDINARY FATS.—The people of Pesth, iu Hungary, have been much gratified by the arrival in that city of the ce lebrated runner, Mensen Ernst, of Norway, whose reputation has been diffused throughout Europe. This man has performed the most extraordinary and most incredible journeys in short spaces of time. He walked from Paris to Moscow in fourteen days, and is now on his return from Greece, which he succeeded in reaching in only twenty-four days from Munich. Very lately he travelled from Constantinople to Calcutta in the East Indies, and back (1,124 German miles, or 6,200 English) in fifty-nine days. This latter performance would be incredible, but that it is attested by unquestionable certificates. The pe destrian has had to struggle with many privations, very often hunger and thirst ; now wading through immense districts of marsh, then struggling through vast plains of sands. In the latter he always found his Norwegian pattens, three feet long, of the greatest service to him. From Constantinople be went by Scutari and Asia Minor to Persia, Babylon, and the Per sian Gulf, to Calcutta. After stopping there for two days and a half, in order to procure the necessary attestations, he re turned by Tartary, Teheran, and Persia, crossed the Taurus, and arrived at Constantinople, where he delivered into the h ands of the Count Attesta, envoy of Sweden, a letter from from Teheran, written only eight days before. At Pcra he publicly exhibited as a runner, and his performance was wit nessed by many of the diplomatists. Ernst is a seafaring man, and served on board the Bucharest in the British fleet at the battle of Navarino. Feeling some curiosity from that circum stance for se e i ng th e fi e ld o f the last warfare between Turkey and Russia, he crossed the Balkan, visited Shumla,Varna, and Silistria, performed quarantine at Orzova, whence he has at last come to Pesti], where he has met with a complimentary reception. Although only a common sailor he speaks, besides the Scandinavian, English, French, German, and a little Greek and Turkish. He proposes this year to start from England to Morocco and to traverse Africa. WHEAT AND FLOUR IN PARIS, COMPARED WITH LONDON. WHEAT.—The highest price of the best Wheat in Paris is 24f. per hectolitre, which is equal to 369. 9d. per Eng lish quarter. The highest price of the best Essex and Kent Wheat in London being 655. per quarter, the difference is 28s. 3d. per quarter dearer in London than in Paris, or 77 per cent. (within a very minute fraction); and showing that the same money which in London buys but eight bushels of Wheat, is in Paris the value of upwards of fourteen bushels of the finest quality. FLova.,--The highest price of flour of the "first mark" in Paris is 49 francs per 159 kilogrammes, corresponding with 30s. 3d. per English sack of 2801bs. The highest price of the best " town made" flour in London is 555. per sack, showing fine Flour to be 245. 9d. per sack dearer in London than in Paris, or 814 per cent. ; and that the 559. which in London can procure but 2801b5., will in Paris purchase 510 lbs. of the finest Flour. MEMOIRS OF A PEERESS ; OR S THE DAYS OF F o x,._ We are requested to state that the New Work under this title, Edited by Lady Charlotte Bury, in 3 Vols. post Bvo., was published this day, by Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marl borough-street, and may be obtained of every Bookseller in the Kingdom. Agents for Scotland, Bell and Bradfute, Edin burgh ; for Ireland, John Cumming, D u bli n. THE MAILS. —The delivery of the letters and papers from the Post-office yesterday morning was delayed a considerable time beyond the usual hour, in consequence of the great depths of snow in the country, which have impeded the progress of the coaches on their way to London. The Fal- WWI) and other western mails have not yet arrived; AN EPISTLE - FROM A "FADED GENTLEMAN" TO A WESTMINSTER ELECTOR. " Non sum qualis erat." Brighton, l ath March. Dear P—y,—l find that those Westminster Rads, Not content with the answer I gave them before, Are resolved, like a set of impertinent lads, To continue their faithful old servant to bore. It's really too bad, while enjoying my ease, Arid free from state cares and the pangs of the gout, That one must be pestered by fellows like these, Who put all one's feelings of pleasure to rout. There once was a time,—but it's now an old story,— When foremost I battled in liberty's cause ; The friend of the freeman, the foe of the Tory,— As " Westminster's glory" I won your applause. Theii of popular wrongs I clamour'd so loudly, And said such strange thi ngs o f th e f e ll ows in power, That to make me keep quiet they marched me off proudly, And gave me free lodging some time in the Tower. Oh then how I railed against Kings and their minions, Against Lords and their Ladies I railed quite as strong, And concealed not my wish that King William's dominions Might be rid of Kings, Bishops, and Lords, before long. I hated the Church then, and wondered how any, With brains in their head, could be foolish enough To support such a thing at the cost of a penny, And deemed Priests, like their sermons, mere rubbishy stuff. About Manchester slaughters I wrote in style furious— How queer is the present when placed with the past ? Almost to myself my ratting seems curious, When what I was, and now am, I attempt to contrast. But age has its whims, and to curb them is idle ; I am not as of yore the popular man ; How can I contrive my just anger to bridle, When your " Glory" is placed in the shade by Great Dan? Unopposed by a rival I never felt rancour, Nor would I e'en now from my old party wheel ; Could you bring back the shouts of the Old Crown and Anchor, I would soon cut my stick from Stanley and Peel. But this cannot be, so, like Mr. M'Donnell, I must turn apostate and work for the Times ; Snarl at the Whigs, and abuse Dan O'Connell, As the father of lies, and the author of crimes. But reflection will come when a glance retrospective, Reminds us of follies that must cause regret ; And when even a Court with its lures so attractive, Will not silence the conscience of yours, F. BURDETT. Mr. R. Arkwright has declined all pretensions to the honour of representing North Devonshire, on the plea of impaired health ; his son, Mr. G. Arkwright, will offer himself as a candidate if he should be encouraged by assurances of confidence and support from the electors. —Derby Reporter. Yesterday afternoon as Mr. Warner, a gentleman residing in Leigh-street, Red Lion-square, was walking with a friend along the New-road, he was pushed against, near the eni of Gower-street; by a tall, thin, well-dressed young man, who then ran off, and in an instant was out of sight. Mr. W. quickly found that his silver watch and appendages had disap peared, and that lie was also minus his pocket.book, which fortunately contained nothing more than a few bills and receipts. Yesterday evening, about six o'clock, two drunken fellows were proceeding along Farringdon-street in a cart, at the rate of from 12 to 14 miles an hour, when the horses, over 'which the driver had no control whatever, ran against and knocked down a young lady named Bennett, residing in Johnson -street, Somers -town, and who, by the fall, was so dreadfully bruised and wounded, that her life is despaired of. In a state of great suffering she was removed in a coach to her own ewelling, and the author of the mischief, who gave his name "Thomas Innes, Long-lane, Smithfield," was allowed to go away. At the late Assizes held for this county the pri soner was charged with cutting and maiming William Joplin, with an intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor appeared and produced the shovel with which he had been injured. The ju..y, after consulting a quarter of an hoar, returded with a verdict of " Manslaughter," although the prosecutor was standing in front of them, with the shovel in his hand. The Judge said the verdict amounted to an ac quittal, and dismissed the jury forthwith. The Court was convulsed with laughter, in which the Judge heartily joined. Sunderland Herald. The Signor Scotti, an Italian civil engineer, who was in the service of the Emperor of Austria, and had the care of one of the principal roads over the Alps, is nosy in this country, for the purpose of making himself acquainted with our railroads. This intelligent engineer has laid down some maps and sections of the Alps, noting the various strata of the rocks at their several heights, the level at various points; and, in fact, has collected data of a geological and scientific nature of the utmost importance. His studies in road-making are extremely curious, and prove that, the knowledge of this im portant subject is not confined to England, but that many facts of great interest may be learned abroad, of which we have no idea.—Arcititectural Magrzine. Most of our readers will recollect the horrible scene which took place on December 6th, in the mess-room of the 65th regiment at Vannes, when Lieutenant Severac, in an excess of fury, drew his sabre, and wo u nd e d Li eu t enan t De- iiyaux so seCrelyy that he died shortly afterwards. Seyerae also cut and maimed several others of his brother officers, and afterwards made an attempt to shoot himself with a pistol, but failed. Severac was arrest e d and rem a i ne d i n confinement till the 13th instant, when he was brought before the perms_ cent court-martial at R.mnes, to be tried for murder. The proceedings were continued till the 17th instant, when, after a minute investigation of all the circumstances, the prisoner was fiend guilty, and sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for the rest of his life. An Algerine Captain had been taken during a pi ratical incursion by a French vessel, Whose commander bad treated him with marked humanity and kindness during his captivity, and had at last restored him to liberty. The Alge rine recognised this officer in the person of one of the victims they were in the act of tying to the cannon's mouth. He in stantly flew to the Dey, implored the Frenchman's pardon, and stated the motives which made him sue for his life. The fe rocious Dey refused to listen to him, and ordered the cannon to be fired. The Algerine unhesitatingly threw I imself upon the Frenchman, embraced him, and closely pressing .him to his arms, turned to the gunner, and calmly said, " Fire ! since I cannot save my benefactor, I shall die with him." All the spectators were affected at this sight; the gunner with drew, and the people rescued the Frenchman in spite of the Dey, who, though unmoved at the scene, was unable to oppose any resistance._—Canpbell s Is ters from the South. The first record of silk in Britain is of a present sent by Charlemagne to Offa, King of Mercia, in 780, con sisting of a belt and two silken vests. Silk is mentioned in a chronicle of the date of 1286, in which we are told that some ladies wore silk mantles at a festival at Kenilworth, about that period ; and, by other records, we find that silk was worn by the English clergy in 1534. Henry VIII. had the first pair of silk stockings that were ever seen in England sent to him from Spain ; and Edward VI. had a pair of long silk hose, from the same country, presented to him by Sir Thomas Gresham (who built the Royal Exchange), a present which was thought much of.—Arboretum Britannicum. The Courrier de la Dronze gives the following as an unpublished letter written by Napoleon to Talma, after the siege of Toulon :—" I ha ve f ou ght like a lion for the Repeblie, but, my good friend Talma, as my reward I am left to die with hunger. lam at the bottom of all my r;:- sources. That miserable fellow Aubry (then Minister of War) leaves me in the mire, when he might do something for me. I feel that I have the power of doing more than Ge nerals Santerre and Rossignol, and yet they cannot find a corner for me in La Vend6e or elsewhere to give me employ ment ! You are happy —your reputation depends upon your self alone. Two hours passed on the boards bring you before the public, whence all glory emanates ; but for us soldiers we are forced to pay dearly for fame upon an extensive . _ stage, and, after all, we are not allowed to attain it. Therefore, do not regret the path you have chosen : remain upon your theatre. Who knows if ever I shall make my appearance again upon mine ? I have seen Monvel (a distinguished co median and dramatic writer) ;heis a true friend. Barras ( President of the Directory) makes me fine promises ; but will he keep them ? I doubt it. In the meantime I am re- dueed to my last sous. Have 'you a few crowns to spare me ? I will not refuse them, and promise to pay you out of the first kingdom I win by my sword. How happy were the heroes of Ariosto ! they had not to depend upon a Minister of War. " Adieu ! yours, " BONAPARTE." WATERLOO.-The Duke ordered a Belgian ca valry regiment in the rear to charge. The Colonel showed the white feather, upon which the Duke called up the Major, and ordered him to lead the regiment to charge, which he did in the finest style, and on his return was received by the British troops with the loudest buzzes. A German heavy cavalry regiment in the rear of the Rifles charged. It is im possible to describe the effect they produced by their personal strength and bravery ; " they were (says our informant) ter rible men, real mowers." The Duke ordered them once to make a feint of charging, which brought the French cavalry (who thought they had retreated through fear) into the line— fatally for themselves, for the fire of ,the squ ares b roug ht al- - most every one of them down ; yet the survivors, while re treating, cried out " Vive l'Empereur !" Our informant heard a General Officer tell the Duke that his division were so cut up that he could not maintain his position, to which the Duke answered, " We must never quit the Meld, troo?s or no troops; England expects every man to do his duty r The neatest thing he saw done was by an artillery drivor, who; seeing the enemy's cavalry in full career, and being too late to get into the square, took shelter under the gun and pre tended to be dead ; but, when the French cavalry were re tiring, rose up, discharged the gun, and made dreadful havoc. General Clinton, when Wellington gave an order that he did not think expedient, used to say in an under-tone, " Damn the fellow, damn Wellington I" but always obeyed it. The Duke was so particular that, when he ordered a re 'invent or brigade to advance 500 or 600 paces, if they exceeled or fell short of that distance, he used to severely reprimand the officer commanding. Clinton was so well aware of this that he used to send a sergeant-major to measure the distance. The British army liked old Blucher much better than .the Duke ; lie was such a determined, wicked old fellow, and allowed his troops much license ; while the British troops were kept under the strictest discipline, so this: any Bri tish soldier who committed anv outrage on the inhabitants was either flogged or shot. —Letter in the Montreal Herald. Abstract. IRELAND. Mit . .TUSTTCE' DOHERTY.—The following almost incre dible narrative was, we believe, first published in the Pilot. The Freeman, although thinking the details may be sub stantially correct, observes that its " great faith in the purity and blandness of all the Irish Judges, and of Mr. Justice Doherty in particular—a man who scorned to wend his way, like others, to the ermine, through party chicane or political •intrigue—leaves little doubt of the narrative being apocryphal." CARLOW, MARCH 21.—This day, Mr. Keogh, the High Sheriff, drew up his carriage to the Judge's lodgings (Doherty), and sent up the servant to say that he was in waiting to convey him to the Court-house. He sent him no message in return, but left him half an hour waiting ; when he came down stairs, he got into the coach, anti Mr. Keogh introduced himself to him, and was about to get into the coach when Doherty told him be should not go with him, as he wished to go by himself. Mr. Keogh toll him that, as it was his own carriage, he should ride in it to the court, and he did do so. The Judge told him he would fine him 5001. He, said Doherty, also, unsolicited, post. potted, I understand, the trial of an Orangeman, named Magrath, who is in custody on the charge of wilful murder of his brother, and who attempted to hang himself last night. IRISH POOR RELIEF an ably-reasoned ar ticle by the Freeman on this subject we find the fol . * ring remarks, which seem to us not undes r. inn of attentie n:— " With the proposition of half and half of the poor -rate, as between the owner and occupier, we are not quite sa tisfied. 'Tis the occupier gives value to the property by his labour and industry, and on him, therefore, the share of the burden should be lightest. We incline to think, with Mr. Smith O'Brien, and with the Irish Poor Inquiry Commissioners, that two-thirds on the owners and one third on the occupiers would be a fairer adjustment. The reason Mr. Nicholls gives (paragraph 87) why " each should be called upon to pay half the rate" seems to us not only a bad one, but one that ought naturally to lead to the very opposite conclusion. Mr. Nicholls thinks that because at present " nearly the whole support of the destitute falls upon the tenantry," they ought not com plain to have a full half of it legally imposed on them. Now, our conclusion would be, that, as up to the pre sent, the landlords ,have had no share of the support of the destitute, in common equity the larger share of it,should be imposed on them now. As to that part of the clause exempting altogether those whose rent " shall not exceed five pounds," we incline to think that upon the whole, it may be as well to leave it out. The great mass of those persons are mere tenants at will, and if this part of the clause were to become the law, either of these incon veniences must result—they will be either turned out of their holdings forthwith, or else a nominal addition will be made to their rents, in order to make it exceed the speci fied amount ; and we conclude by repeating that what we are most dissatisfied with, and what we are most anxious to see amended, is the neglect of those economical considera tions which, in the impoverished stag of the country, ought to be the first and strongest to suggest themselves. The relief that it gives is given for nothing, and produces no thing, whilst it could so easily adopt a system of relief in which there should be nothing for nothing, but in which what is given should be productive, and perpetually repro ductive —the relief in the one . case being like the stream that buries itself in barren sands, but being in the other like that stream kept smiling in the face of day, subserving the purposes of man's industry, and fertilizing the soil that is to supply his wants." REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL TRADES, POLITICAL UNION, RESPECTING THE BILL AT PRESENT UNDER CONSIDERATION OF PARLIAMENT, FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR OF IRELAND.—At a Mee o the Trades' Political Union the Secretary read the Report, which was unanimously adopted. It is therein stated that the " oommittee have carefully examined the Bill, which, as at present framed, they consider to be in many respects highly objectionable." The objections are then set forth under seven separate articles ; and several modifications of the leading principles of the proposition are insisted on. At the conclusion of the Report the following opinion against a Poor-law is expressed by the Committee :—" A. Poor-law is not the measure best calculated to relieve the deep and general distress of this country. We consider that such desirable object would be obtained by employing the population on improving waste lands, forming roads, bridges, harbours, quays, &c. ; in mining, by setting fac tories at work, and by turning to account the numerous and fertile: resources of the country ; and which might, as we conceive, be done most advantageously by a liberal grant of money from Parliament, and by adopting a scheme on a scale sufficiently extensive to defy frustratio❑ from in trigue or combination by interested proprietors elsewhere. We have seen many millions squandered from time to time—we have witnessed twenty millions of public money lately given for relief of the blacks. Arc we not equally entitled to consideration and sympathy from the Imperial Legislature i" CommAcY.—ln Monaghan a man and woman were found guilty of a conspiracy to charge a Magistrate with a capital crime. Two women lately came before the Bench of Magistrates at Carrickmacross, and swore that Mr. Mitchell, agent to Mr. Shirley, had committed a rape upon one of them, and attempted a similar violence on the _ other. Upon learning the fact, Mr. Mitchell reques t e d _ the Magistrates to appoint a day for investigating the charges, which was accordingly done, the parties having Ivid notice to come forward. They did not, however, appear, and the gentleman swore informations against them and a man named Connolly, who had been a schoolmaster upon the estate, and whom he subsequently learned had in re venge for some real or supposed injury concocted the plot. One of the women turned approver, and the parties were found Guilty. ORANGEISM.—We have repeatedly avowed our opinion, formed on the evidence of facts, that Orangeism was still rife in Ireland. No later than Thursday week the public business in the Armagh Court was interrupted by a man pressing forward to the witness-table, followed by the po lice. He mounted it, and addressing the Court, stated that he came forward as a witness on behalf of certain Orangemen indicted for having walked in procession, and complained that he had suffered annoyance from the police. "I am," said he, "the Master cf en Orange Lodge. I have been keeping the peace in my district,. and your Lord ship should protect gentlemen from annoyance." The Chief Baron told him he must learn to keep the peace in the Court, or be compelled to do so ; and the doughty Master walked off in high dudgeon. On the same day, and at the same assizes, a number of persons were put into the dock charged with Orange rioting, and one of them actually, in the face of the Bench, made the building ring with cries of " Verner for ever !" which be did not cease until forced into prison. Thus 'the old feeling prevails in all its vi g our. It is said that the quantity of arms regis tered and unregistered in the hands of these maniacs is immense. M the last meeting of the .Westmtnster Medical Society an insv-utnent was exhibited by Mr. Costello, the in ventor, for breaking the stone. The mechanical principle is similar to that of the sheers. .In small compass it possesses such amazing power that the operator, using the instrument with his hands only, is enabled to divide the stone instanta neously, whatever be its size or hardness. This method of cure is already indebted for much of its simplicity and success to this ingenious surgeon; but this new instrument will lay the profession under still greater obligations to him, as it will curtail the number of the applications necessary for a cure, abridge the duration of the treatment, and render any accident from the fracture of the apparatus impossible in future. On Friday night last, about half -past 12 o'clock, an excavator known by the name of Big Joe, who is.employed oil the works of the Thames Tunnel, was refused admittance into the Barley Mow public-house, New Gravel-lane, Shad well, where he was anxious to obtain some liquor; an l on being denied he ran down the lane in a state of frenzy, and on rcaching.the swivel bridge over the London Dock, he threw himself into the water head foremost. An alarm was instantly raised, and a Thames police constable n :mod Croucher, who was passing, procured a boat-hook, and after the man had twice sunk and rose for the third time to the surface of the water, he hooked hisjacket, and endeavoured to pull him ashore ; but in doing so he nearly lost his own life, for the weight of the excavator was so great that he was also preci pitated into the dock. The policeman of the beat, Forward, who has saved the lives of several persons at the same place, opportunely arrived. Croucher got out, and, assisted by Forward, the excavator was hauled on to the quay. The officers, after dislodging the water which had entered the man's stomach, commenced rubbing him, and used other means to restore animation, in which they fortunately proved successful. After attending to the excavator for two hours, he was so far recovered as to be removed to his own house in New-court, New Gravel lane, and yesterday resumed his work. The foolish fellow had been drinking to excess, and was unconsci. ous of what he was about when he made the rash attempt on his life. The conduct of Croucher and Forward, the officers, deserves the greatest praise. WOMA N.—Viornaiiis it very nice and a very com plicated machine. Her springs are infinitely delicate, and differ from those of a man as the work of a repeating-watch does from that of a town-clock. Look at her body—how delicately formed I Observe her understanding, how subtle and acute ! But look into her heart—thore is the watch work, composed of parts so minute in themselve?, arid so wonderfully combined, that they must be seen by a microscopic eye to be clearly comprehended. The perception of woman is as quick as lightning Her penetration is intuition -1 had almost said instinct. Spirit in conversation depends upon fancy, and women all over the world talk hotter than men. .-... Sherlock. BA It RISTERS.---Sir Dugdale tells us that .‘ in 16G4, the King, Charles 11., went to the Inner Temple in his barge from Whitehall, and dined there. The revels were begat, by the whole house—Judges, Sergeants -at-Law, Benchers, and the utter and inner Bar were led by the mute', of the revels ; after this ceremony, one of the gootlerneu of the utter Bar was chosen to sine a song to the Judg es a n d Sergeants, Qr in default of . ITA§ long" ttact'c • • • FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—SITTING OF MARCH 22. At half-past one o'clock the President took the Chair. REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE AFRICAN CAEDIT. MM. Guizot and Bernard were alone On the Ministerial benches. The President said the Order of the Day brought on the continued discussion of the law on secondary instruction. Many voices called for the Report of M. Janvier. The discussion of the law on secondary instruction was, therefore, after some slight discussion, postponed, and M. Janvier presented the reports on the supplementary crediti demanded for Africa. M. Janvier said that the report which he was charged to lay before the Chamber, was . relative to a great num ber of credits ; it was in a great part entirely composed of arithmetical figures. He requested only to read that part of it which related to •Africa. .The credit granted to that country amounted to 5,242,000 francs ; the credit demanded was 5,647,000 francs. The subject would have, however, comparatively a small importance, if re garded solely in a financial point of view, but there were political considerations connected with it. In truth, the Committee protested - against the transference of credit from one budget to another, which interfered with and superseded the parliamentary prerogative of the Cham ber. Tim Reporter then, having enumerated the seve ral modifications which the numerical strength of the African army had experienced, came to the nomination of Marshal Clausel, whose-talents and capacity were intended to counterbalance the influence of Abd-el-Kader. The in structions furnished to the Marshal recommended him to ' avoid every system for extending the territory of the French dominion which implied war or violence. Expeditions into the interior were prohibited, except in cases of rigorous necessity. The Committee would not withhold their ap probation from instructions so prudent, and they would have been sufficient had the Government superintended their execution, but•in that particular it had shown a want of firmness and decision, of which many other instances would also appear. The Government should have known how to secure the obedience of its agents, and not have allowed indiscipline to spread and prevail as it had done in Africa. M. Janvier then briefly recapitulated the origin of the French disagreement and contention with Abd-el-Kader. He alluded to the alternate amicable and hostile relations that bad subsisted between this Chief and the French colony, and dwelt particularly upon the glorious expedition of Moscara. Nevertheless, this expedition had not had the hoped-for result ; the country and the Government' had been deceived as to the importance of that campaign ; and as to the force of Abl-el-Kader and his real situa tion. The Chamber would julge what part of the de viation from the original system of occupation Lid down by the Government belonged to General Clause!, and what part should be imputed to the Ministry. M. Janvier then enumerated the grievances of the petitioners of Tlemecen, who complained th a t they were burdened with enormous contributions, and menaced with the bastonade by the . agents of the Governor-General. The last answer of the Marshal to their expostulation on this subject was dated the 24th of January. This answer made it appear that the Marshal persisted in his resolution of making the Coulouglis participate in the war expenseS. Accordingly, from the 25th of January, contributions were raised on those persons who were reputed to be. the richest. All the regulations for raising contributions decided on by the mi nisterial decree of 1811 were neglected. The reporter pointed out as a very grave offence of the Marshal that he had employed no agents of the French Administration in collecting these impositions, but had committed the perfor inane of that task to natives, and this in spite of recom mendations to a contrary effect which had been sent him by the Minister of War. M. Janvier then proposed in the name of the Committee, that the petitions relative to these facts should be referred to the President of the Coun cil of Ministers. He declared besides that, in the opinion of the Committee, the sums illegally and violently ac quired at Tlemcen should be restored, and that for this purpose a credit should be opened by the Minister of Finance. The reporter then noticed the slight results which the Freneh armshad produced in Africa. lie attributed this to the insubordination of superior officers, and the indeci sion of the Government. The victory of General Bugeaud, he said, was the most real and effective of any obtained in Africa. M. Janvier then passed on to the expedition to Constantine. At the commencement of the year 1836, he said, the French colony was making visible progress around Bona, when the expedition was first meditated. The Go vernment had. already informed itself of the situation, im portance, and resources of that city ; but the idea of at tacking it appeared to be abandoned, when the Governor made precipitate preparations for a hostile march upon it. When matters were in this state the Marshal came to Paris, and laid his plans before the Council of Ministers. The reception which the project then - met with was not at the time known, but certain it was that it 'found no favour with the Committee of the budget, whose reporter declared distinctly, that success could,not be expected with 33 small a force as could be employed in the service in question. The majority of the Committee thought that to preserve, not to extend, the French dominion in Africa ought to be the object of the Government. The President of the Council, both in the Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies, held a language which seemed to disavow every idea of conquest proposed by the Governor of Algiers. By whom, then, was the expedition to Con stantine resolved on ? On this point there could be no doubt when the dispatch addressed on the 2d of "August last, by the Marshal to General Rapatel, was consulted. That' dispatch affirmed that the Government had defini tively adopted the system of absolute domination, and was about to place at his (the Marshal's) disposition a force of thirty thousand men, in consequence Of having deter mined on a point of complete occupation of the Algerine territory. The most distant period specified by the Marshal for his occupation was the Ist of January, 1837.. The Mar shal declared that a month would suffice for him to take pos session of Constantine, of Belida, and all the neighbouring tract of country. Now,. to what extent were these expres sions of General Clausel in agreenient with the instructions of the Government? To be able to judge of this it was necessary to examine the precise terms of these instructions. The approbation of the Cabinet, it. ought to be observed, respecting, the Constantine expedition, was hypothetically granted, and depended upon the success of the attempts then making in the provinces of Oran. Besides, it was specially declared, in a Ministerial dispatch addressed to the Governor, that the occupation of Constantine should not be considered by him as an event included within his precon certed operations, hut that before engaging in that enter prise he should wait to receive the necessary orders. It might be asked, nevertheless, how it came to pass that the Ministry did not disavow the intentions and preparations of the Marshal which were revealed by letter to Gen. Rapatel. It appeared singular that the Government should have left a military commander free to act, reserving to itself the liberty of subsequently disavowing his actions. The silence of the Government might then lead to the persuasion that the Marshal had been sufficiently authorised in 'acting as he I ad' done. M. Janvier then read a letter of Gen. Clausel, in which the occupation of Constantine 'l's represented its the principal means of promoting the, interests of the 'Co lony in general, and showing that, , despite the indessiiions and continual hesitations of the bVse Cabinet, the contem. plated expedition was considere , ,.'. as inevitable in Africa. The arrival of M. de Rance, aside-de-camp of the Mar shal, produced, continued taro retorter, incidents which-re tarded a definite resolution. M. de Rance did not attempt to conceal the importance of the expedition, and the forces of the enemy, for he demanded 4,5;000 Men ; this &Mend led the new Cabinet to believe ft tat a refusal to grant tls;, s reinforcement would occasion tht I resignation of th M -ars h a l governor, and foreseeing this, G se.. Daniremont as sent to Algiers to receive -from the Male lel all neces sary instruc ticns in the event of his succee di sig him. N e vertheless, the Marshal had taken care to deny ti:e trutit of which had circul a ted on thi s subject, al,- 1 1 1l the rumours id manifested his determination to retain his comma A. The reporter; after baying gone through all the ocia.tions which took place between the Ministry and the Assam previous to the Constantine expeditio n , and aft er . lying ' endeavonred to prove th a t th e M ars h a l h a d, as i t wee e, constrained the Ca b, Met to adopt his own sins, attribul • ed the disasters of the rench arms in Africa 'so three (suns s To the numeri cal weakness of tarsi army , 2. The season Chosen for the ' expedition. a. T o th e i nsuff i ciency re sponsibility of the se th ree faults 1 of transports. The l ie onged, the reporter in sisted, to the Marshal. 11. Jauvie s then described the dis astrous march of the French arm yto Constantine. would not, he said, enter into deta Is of military operatinos, but att em pt e d t o prov that the r etreat would haVe been easy, and by no !weans so calamits sus as it vas, had there been means 'of isenspOrt, which m ;gilt, 8,,,a ought to, have been provided. Instead of thiS, hot' sever, those means so in dispensable to the success of the enterprise had been even diminished, for at the moment of r .etreat, when' carriages had been got ready for the service of tl s se wounded, two bad been taken, away for the accommodala :n of private individuals. R . very precaution had been negket Provisions.and muni , tams of War were wanting. Tile Co .:mmittec nevertheless de clared that the retoat had been a Imirable ; that the Ge neral had given proof of great ; firmness ; that the young Prince, who h a d j o i ne d t h e ar any, bad displayeA great courage ; and that the officers and soldiers 'hail shown themselves worthy of their ander ,t reputation. M. Janvicr then said that it was for; the Cot .imittee of the Budget tO decide whether nusana silos& placed at the disposal of the Goveremont to uvenge ti fret nselves ees. the Bey of Con stantino. Ho added that t' ae Comeaittree of Supplernett tar,r Credits had eras occul iift l then selves with the past, and declared with ;egret th .0! s tho Government, in the ad ministration o f the affairs 4 Algiers, had manifested neither firmness ticjl los i ts is t s • Jauvier, in GO44lo§iOni Mid tha t his Report would not be ready for printing and for (Ls'r:- bution till Saturday, and that then the day for the discus sion o f t h e question it involved might he fixed on. A long agitation succeeded the reading of this Report. The sitting was suspended for a quarter of an hour. The discussion of the Law of Secondary I:1st:1460n kr::s then resumed,. and the 16th Article adopted.. The Chamber Separated.at sis o'clock. RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA. (From the Hanoverian Gazelle of Feb. 27.) In reference to an article in the J7e:•cure de France oo the subject of the negotiations of Prussiit towards ob taining from Russia a treaty: of .commerce, and of the political obligations of the • former towards :I) , r latter power, a late number of the Hamburgh Cori espondenten contains an answer which puts the relations of ittlSSi4 towards Prussia on a footing of such icy cobluess .as is somewhat .unusual betWeerk friendly powers. 'I he article will make a great impression in Prussia, as .flot-oniY.:4l o the benefits which have been conferred On Pruss►a put prominently forward, but its cabinet attacked for their non intervention im the last war against the Poles. The article t‘ ill not gain Russia friends, and in our opinion it would have been much better if it had never - been • vritten.- Without stopping to consider the question of t. 6 Polish war—which Russia, by the way, would never have brought to a - satisfactory conclusion, if the basis of its operations had not extended beyond the Prussian frontier —we will meet tl►e three following pOints :—lst. It is ►ru, that towards the end of the sevenyears' war Peter 111. took part with Frederick 11. ; -- but the article turbots to ment►on what is no less true, that Catherine 11. shortly afterwards abandoned that. cause. It would have been far better 6 if the seven years' war had been left out of the ques tion altogether, and that the slumbering remembrance - of ,he battles of Zorndorf and Kunnersdorf, and the ravages ben committed on the soil of Prussia, had not been awakened—remembrances, let us add, which seemed to have been obliterated fur ever by the glorious deeds of the two Powers in common in the years 1813 and 1814. 2d. The assertion that Russia undertook the war of 1806 and 1807, solely on account of. Prussia, is manifestly unfounded. We ask wfiether it was the Prussians or the Russians who previously commenced the war of 1805 ? Would it nct be better when they talk of Prussia to pass over Biala stock and the peace of Tilsit altogether ? 3d. It is true that the liberatio n of Prussia and Germany in 1813 was in some. manner decided by the passage of the Russian army over the Vistula ; but what would that _worn and greatly-exhausted Russian army have done without the heroic support afforded it by Prdssia ? Upon this relied that German of immortal memory, who told the Emperor Alexander so, in face of his Field.marshals and Ministers. These things are known to the whole world, but •we have deemed it neces sary, as honest German journalists, to refer them most dis tinctly, when we see the honour of a German hind and a German people thus attacked by a foreign Cabinet. The article we complain of is as follows : ‘‘ FnotsTmas or - Russis, FEB. I6.—An article of No. 34 of the Hamburgh Co; espondent, dated from Prussia the 31st of January, and stated to have been extracted from the Mercure de France, has given occasion here to many remarks. We are informed that the new Russian tariff has produced no very favourable impression upon the mind of the commercial public of Prussia, wherefrom it is •made to appear that the proposed treaty of commerce. stipulating a reciprocal tariff on the part of Prussia, has; fallen to the ground. Without turning aside to consider the extensive question of the commercial relations of the two countries, we shall confine our attention to the conclusion of the article. The Auto crat of ail the 'lassies- will be able perfectly to appreciate the attacks upon him ; but will, notwithstanding, be in, some degree moved by these attempts to gainsay his pa triotism and love of justice, and prejudice his nation in the minds of a foreign people. -Certain it is that Russia has in no wise broken off any of the late negotiations, and that she is still anxious to promote the mutual welfare of the two countries. With regard to the assertion, that during the late Polish war it only depended upon Prussia to have extended the line of her custom-houses as far as Moscow, it is evident that if Prussia had not stood in a somewhat h6stile position towards Russia, she would not, seeing the weighty reasons there were to the contrary, have hazarded the common security by her neutrality. The cause of Russia in that war was the cause, of Prussia, and therefore Russia had a right to ex pect that Prussia would have expended her blood and treasure in the struggle, and not have folded her arms idly and looked on. If Prussia by this policy bad sought and had succeeded in the endeavour to annex - Poland to herself; it would not have been to the detriment of Russith She would still have been able to display as much power for the defence of her rights as she did against, more numerous enemies in the glorious year 1812 However, we must not deny that during the Polish war Prussia was of some assistance to Russia, inasmuch as she afforded facility within her territory for the supply of provisions and munitions of war. -But even in this a keling of self-interest preponderated. Millions of Rus sian money were thereby put into circulation, insomuch so that an address of thanks was voted by the town of Konigsberg for the unexpected wealth which thus flowed into the land. The next question that presents itself is easy of solution. How would Prussia have acted had it not been for the love of (rain? Leaving, however, these considerations on one side, Russia feels herself beholden to Prussia for her good intentions during the Polish war, and will not forget them. Neither can Prussia forget its obli gations to Russia, and . if she did, history would be there to put her in mind of them. Towards the end of the glo rious seven years' war, when that country, exhausted, stood powerless in the face of her enemies, Russia, by causing a separation in the coalition against her, enabled her to re- • gain her superiority. After the unfortunate campaign of -1803, when Prussia had to stru g gle for her politi cn l exis tence, Russia shed the clearest blood of her sons in Prussic cause ; and in the immortal campaign of 1813, Prussia' had to thank Russia for her deliverance from a shansefUl yoke, and her establishment as one of the great preponde rating powers of Europe. These are the claims whiat Russia has upon Prussian gratitude." LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, Mauch B.—The Nacional contains an article, headed " The Correio, and its call to rebellion." It says— We were not mistaken when we repeatedly called the attention of the Ministry to the abuses of the press—when_ we said that the Devorismo would turn from o, bold conspi rator to an anarchical conspirator. The Chi - Tel° intimates; to them to prepare for combat ; that it will lead them. The provinces are already in 2/10ii:Jra, Portuguese blood» shed by Portuguese hands, is to tirerich the- earth, to placti the Devorisuso •on the throne': The tyi ants (the Cortes) already feel tizeir crisis altai!ied." Good God ! this is written. in Portugal, on th 6th March, 1837! And this is called the liberty of the press, Never,, in our times, was there such a flagrant ahuSe of the liberty of the press as this. As this were not enough, the Correio concludes the article. tous—' No time is to be loSt. Let us go against them, (the Liberals)." Wo have just seen a letter from S. Baumeamp, com mander of the battalion of infantry in. Algarve, giving an account of his having, on the 2Gth of February, attacked the band of Rcrnechido, which, though strongly posted, fled immediately. •Ninety of the t,and were killed, and some. wounded ; 500 ratie.ns of bread and other provisions were taken. Mxneli. di..tree, 'dated March 7, signed by the N l :id.ster of Justice addressed to the Attort - ley-Gelle:al, sends him No. 85 of the Correio, in which is an artic!o headed " "Remeehido in Lisbon," saying, to be absolutely guilty of an abuse of the liberty of the press by a scanda lous and,direet invitation to rebellion, the said Attorney-. General is ordered to take the.necessary legal steps that; such acts may not remain unpuniihed. MAtten 14.—Yesterday the Minister of Finance pro sentea two projects of law ; the first was to impose a new duty of 120 reis per lb. on tobacco, wl...ich, according to his 1 estimation, would produce a revenue of 200 coutos of reis. The second project was foe the capitalization of .the floating debt, on inscriptions bearing interest. As far as we can judge by a cursory perusal, this project scents good. and tending to re-estal;tish public credit. *e could wish that, together 'with this measure, others may be proposed, , r ointing out the taxes which are to serve as guarantees for this capitalization. The Government of the Cortes seem at length resolve& to put as end to the licentiousness of the press, which ha , : latterly reached its greatest height in the pestifero , ..s •...14c legs of the Devoristas. 'Fite Minister of Justice has or dered the prosecution of the Cerreio for violating the law of the liberty of the presS. The infraction is manifest ; the crime extremely serious, as the Minister of the Interior'is ' notions of the liberty of the press are known to. be gene ' runs and liberal in the extreme.—Nacional to March 16, I hid llgiVC. Cartain Hastings Doyle, • son of General Sir Charles D0y1... 4 who lately joined the depot of the 24th Regiment,. ha , t a very narrow escape of his life while out hunting ilea-- Y•Jughal a few days ago. His horse blundered witla him Le a leap, fell, precipitated him on his head, anti. :oiled ow:t hin), He was taacri op apparently lifeless, and carried Youghai. He is out of danger, and although severely late-- rated in the head is fast recovering from the effects of Orr concussion.—Doblin Paper. " The good King" (Louis XI!. of France), says the amusing author of the " Memoirs of payarti," "had en tirely altered his manner of living, for iLe sake of his wife . b;'fore this he used to rise at eight o'clock, and now he tr,as , ohtiged to rise at noon ; six had been his accustomed ho' goirig, to bed, and now he frequently sat up till midnigl• was seeb irregularity: of life, operating on a constitutior already' eaccbled i hVilq4 lacTi943 riipcc tokl ,rare.,,