The Sun. — London, England, 1837-07-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• Under the head of " An English Tory, King of Hanover," we have given from Le Commerce, a French journal, some very seasonable reflections on the 'conduct of the King of Hanover, and the extent to which the Tories, as a body, ought to les deemed responsible for his acts. The Times, indeed, tells us that the King of Hanover " has (whatever may be his ultimate intentions) certainly startled all reasonable minds, and most of all, we have strong ground to be convinced, the very class of statesmen who are accused by their political calumniators of participating or ap proving his designs." It is impossible, of course, for us to prove that during the frequent consultations of his Hanoverian Majesty with Lord Lyndhurst, imme diately before he left this country, he did not impart to his Lordship his intentions with respect to so impor tant a measure as the destruction of a Constitution, or that he was not confirmed in his intentions by that unprincipled statesman. But when we consider that the hopes of the Tory party were always fixed on the Duke of Cumberland, that he is the chief of the Orangemen, that at public dinners, down almost to the death of his late Majesty, his health was drank in pre ference to that of her present Majesty, that on his in trigues at Court during the y two last reigns the Tories always placed their chief reliance, that he has alway s been held up to the na ti o n b y all the Tory journals as the son of that model of a Tory Sovereign George the Third, who most resembled his father in character, that he has always embraced all the Tory schemes with the utmost warmth, and both in and out of Parliament placed himself in the front of the battle against their opponents—the degree of improbability assumes almost the character of impossibility, that on so important an occasion as his taking possession of a kingdom, till then h e ld by th e Sovereign of England, he would, in his frequent consultations with his political associates, remain silent as to the course he should adopt, or, if he imparted his views to them, turn a deaf ear to their counsels. The Duke of Cumberland cannot have deserved the eulogies so lavishly bestowed on him by the Tories if he acted the inconsiderate part the limes would now wish us to be lieve he did. We are justified, therefore, according to all the rules which govern men in such cases, in Went' fyine, the King of Hanover with his party. And what is there in the conduct of the Duke of Cumberland of which the Tories would not on principle approve ? Have not their sympathies been uniformly with the European despots who have trampled on liberal intitu tions ? Was not Don Miguel their favourite? . Have they not invariably supported Don Carlos ? Did they not bitterly lament the failure of Charles X., in his endeavours to put down the French Constitution ? Why should we suppoe that-- hating, as they do, all Reform which give.; the people more than a nominal influence in public af fairs—they would not be gratified with the success of the King of Hanover in putting down free institutions in that country ? Who has forgotten the tribute paid by the Duke of Wellington to the borouahmongering system, to which an end was put by the Reform Bill ? .‘ He would say, that if at the present moment he had imposed upon him the duty of forming a Legislature for any country, and particularly for a country like this, in possession of great property of various de.erip tions, he did not mean to assert that he could form' such a Legislature as they possessed now, for the na ture of man was incapable of reaching such excel lence at once ; but his great endeavour would be to form some description of Legislature which would produce the same results." Tile King of Ha nover's great endeavour is also to form some description of Legislature which shall produce the same results as if he were fettered by ro Legis lature at ail. He has an opportunity, he thinks, of giving effect to the principles of those who fought whim such perseverance to the last against the Reform Bill, and he has seized with avidity the occasion. While his associates in England are for the present obliged to conform, he deems himself, from the aid he expects from Austrian and Prussian bayonets, freed from the necessity of disguising his sentiments. In short, he can execute in Hanover what Lyndhurst can only project in England. if you wish to discover the real inclinations of the Tories you must observe their• foreign partialities. At home, they are obliged to pay homage so far to the spirit of the age as to dis claim the principles they really entertain. Though in practice always opposed to popular privileges, they yet cover their hostility with an affectation of regard for them. But pn all occasions in which the people in other countries are opposed to despots—in all conflicts. between absolutism and liberalism they are uniformly leagued with the despots and absolutists. Are we not, therefore, jus tified in inferring that, if their means corresponded with their will, they would lend themselves to the de struction of all which distinguishes England among the nations—her free institutions ? " Whatever," says the Times, " may be the act, or whatever its motives or consequences, for neither one nor the other arc the Conservatives of England, or any portion of them, in-the slightest degree answerable. We can aver, on the best authority, that to no one member of the Conservative party--most assuredly to none with whose name we are acquainted, or whose - rank or character confers upon him the least title to dis tinction—did the Duke of Cumberland, or King of Hanover, communicate any particle of his ins tentions respecting the Government of that king dom ; far less did he receive from any such Con servative one syllable of advice or encouragement tending to the curtailment of popular privileges." It is so f ar grat if y i ng to k now th a t the Old Hey evi dence of the Times is yet necessary to the Tories. That our Contemporary will not, for such a matter as swearing hard, desert them on a pinch, does not startle however, through the dispensations of Pro vidence, thi s nat i on s h ou ld b e a ffli cte d b y t h e succes sion of the bold bad man, whom the Tories cherish "as , the apple of their eye," we should soon find, not withstanding the above disclaimer, Toryism rampant and ready for the purposes of the Orange Monarch, who, with the Horse Guards at his command, would have no more scruple in setting aside the acts of Wil liam the Fourth in England than he had in Hanover. In this glass deformity. we see Toryism reflected in its native It may be convenient for the Tories now to disclaim the Orange King ; but he is notwithstand ing the King according to their own hearts.—Morning Chroni c l e . It wo uld be an interminable task to undertake a reply to the gross and innumerable slanders which daily teem from the Tory press, against every candidate who offers f or the representation on the Reform interest. The seavene e rs who fill these foul vehicles of calumny —the factious journals--seem to have adopted the maxim" throw plenty of dirt, and some of it will be sure to stick ;" and no the matter how pure the character y assail, or how falseand di sgusting th e m i ss iles of assault, th ey p l y t h e i r ') loathsome . t as k wi th most shame less and remorseless ertmacity. A ga i n an d aga i n is the oft-refuted li e th rown admitted truth, and invention • 1 i t se lf i s ex h auste d i n seekin g t h e mate the publi c are nowto tolerably tolerably we ll aware of the l i tt l e none but the Tory assert i ons, an d , there f ore, egregious)y si m in danger of being duped by e or wea k- m i n d e d are still calumny is thei r grand we a their mac hi nat i ons ; prive them of this, and their other onof assault—de test become comparatively p owe in struments of con ress—the corrupt, intimidate—but, the general Y may bribe, i good sense of the constituent body w ouldntegrity and triumph w i t h eas e over all these vile influences, if they Were not s ustained by that villainous auxiliary, falsehood, N o person of liberal opinions is left unassail e d b y this malignant spirit of abuse : from the Queen to the humblest of her subjects, this envenomed spirit of vituperation selects subjects of malevolent animadver sion. True the general outburst of public indignation scared calumny from its atrocious insinuations against our Sovereign and her illustrious mother, and perhaps it is from being disappointed of its objec t i n th is regard that it discharges its hoarded venom with increased fury against all who are 1 :willing to sun port her in that . 1 liberal policy which she has so gracious! v, patriotically, and wisely declared to lee her first actuating influence in her capacity of Queen. The vile tact ics pursued in the metropolis and its adjacent constituencies is a cor rect, though foul specimen of what is going forward in other parts of the kingdom. On one hand Mr. Grote, against whom none but the most shameless and base of his political opponents dare to insinuate a re flection on his political integrity or moral worth, is fixed upon as the special object for the discharge of Tory malevolence ; on the other, General Evans is made the subject of the most false accusations and of the most infamous of election frauds. Calumny against Mr. Grote can affect only the calumniator, whom we therefore leave to be crushed in the recoil of his own iniquity ; and the aspersions attempted to be cast upon General Evans have already been so abundantly refuted, that it would appear not only supererogatory, but worse—indicative of doubt—to repeat the exposure of the fraud. Besides the question is not between General Evans and Sir George Murray, but between Reform and anti-Reform. If there were two Reformers in the field in opposition, we might institute inquiries into general subjects, in order to select the better man ; but with a Tory opposing a Reformer, there is no choice between an energetic and zealous support of the Liberal candidate, or an utter betrayal of the general interests into the hands of the most oppressive and ruthless faction that ever conspired for a nation's plunder and degradation. True, they may promise ; but what is the value of Sir George Murray's promises ? Ask the men of Perth. Under what auspices does he come recom mended ? Those of a renegade, who basely bartered the respect which his previous career had procured for him to the vilest purposes of political turpitude, and now endeavours to hand over Westminster as a pocket borough to the faction who aided in its betrayal at the last election. There was a regular bargain made for Westminster, and this was one of the conditions of the contract. Else why did the pitiable apostate Bur dett resign Westminster on pretence of ill-health, and immediately afterwards come forward with an affection of juvenile ardour, which made his drivelling more dis gusting, to stand for the representation of North Wilts ? Is this the way in which the representation of Westminster is to be bandied between a brace of superannuated renegades? We trust that this once glorious constituency, notwithstanding its recent dis tgrace, is not yet so far fallen.—Morning Advertiser. An article in the new Number of the Quarterly Re ! view, on the new-reign, contains a very valuable view of the conduct of the present Government, and the ne cessity of a reform in its principles and practice, if the Icredit or the power of the British Monarchy is to be maintained. We call this review valuable, because it advances nothing except that which is a deduction from notorious facts—notorious at least to all who will consult authentic public records, instead of blindly adopting the exaggerations and the falsehoods of cx travagant partisans. Nothing is more common than to find the most fulsome eulogies of Ministerial policy, and the most violent abuse of all who oppose Minis ters, but it is always in general terms, and bears rela tion to nothing, save the violent passions or menda cious venality of those who prepare the flattery or the scurrility. Ministers are lauded as the best friends of the people, but we are not told how they are so, and the Conservatives are represented as- tyrants, op penents of improvement, and every thing that is Ihad ; but Cie assertion is unsupported by any re ference to circumstances which prove its truth. The Quarterly Reviewer proceeds in a better temper, and in a more business-like manner. lie says this ad ministration is but a pretence of a Government. It consists of political rope -dancers, who can maintain their precarious position only by balancing themselves between too opposite weights, and who shift occa sionally the fulcrum of the pole, so as to make the lighter Radical end counterpoise the vast preponder ance of the Conservative side. Even this, he says, is managed -by no dexterity of their own, but simply by the calculation of one of the parties, and the modera tion of, the other. These assertions ate proved by re ference to the divisions of the session which has just closed. The question regarding our interference in Spain, was one in which the Radicals acted with the Government, and the Conservatives put forth their strength against both. The combined force amounted to 278, and the Conservatives to 242. Upon the Ballot question the Conservatives acted with the Govern ment, and the Radicals put forth their strength alone. In that question the combined force was 265, and the Radical minority was 153. Here are two cases in which the Government was successful, but in both they would have been beaten, but for the assistance of those who are, upon all the vital questions of British policy totally opposed to them. The Reviewer has gone to the trouble of finding out what names were common to the two majorities, and he takes those names as the Government force comprised in each. He finds their number to be but 58, although there are in the House between 30 and 40 placemen ! Thus we find that when 153 Radicals voted for the ballot, there would have been only 58 on the Minis• terial side to oppose them, but that the Conservatives brought forward their force, and saved the Ministers from defeat. Again, on the Church-rate question, 287 voted with Government, and 282 with the Con servatives, but out of the 287 there 133 who had voted against the Government upon the Ballot ques tion, so that if the Radicals had not come to the res cue of the Ministerialists, the division would have been for the Conservatives 282, and for the Ministry 149. The same thing happens in every important divi sion. The Ministers are obliged to depend either on the Conservatives or on the Radicals ; their own party is a contemptible minority. Thus it has been only by ma nceuvermg in the House of Commons that Ministers escape being in a minority ; and in the House of Lords they have not esc a p e d b ein g in a minority ; yet thi s i s the Government which, at the commencement of a new reign, seizes upon the Sovereign as though she were a property of theirs, and causes it to be proclaimed over the kingdom by their parasites, that they must carry all before them, for the Queen has devolved all her power into their hands ! We trust that the people love their Sovereign too well to leave her in the hands of those who have neither ability nor influence to support their own views of what is right in legislation or in govern ment. There never can be a safe and settled and vigorous administration of affairs while the Govern ment is obliged to lean now to this side and now to that, according as it is pressed by those of different views. There never can be dignity or consistency, or strength or permanence, in a system of government which this week must depend upon the assistance of one class of opponents, and next week upon that of another. It is time for the country to put an end to this paltry system, and the best way to do so is to give to the Queen's real friends, that is, to the friends of those institutions upon which the Monarchy depends, such an addition to the strength which they possessed in the late Parliament as will enable them to carry on the government in the House of Commons. In the other House they have already the majority, and no thing is wanting to a complete union of Queen, Lords, and Commons in a moderate, enlightened, and im provement-seeking Government, but such an addition to the late Conservative strength in the House of Commons as would balance the votes of the delegates of the Irish Priests. Her Majesty is well aware that the cause of " discreet improvement" would not suffer in the hands of a Conservative Government, and she cannot but be anxious that the existence of her Go vernment should not be dependent, from day to day, during the sitting of Parliament, upon the aid afforded by the enemies of the Protestant Constitution.— Morning Herald. SALE OF DIAMONDS.--We have been gratified with a private view of the extraordinary jewels, for some time past in the possession of Messrs. Rundle, Bridge, and Co., and which are to be sold this day at Willis's rooms. It would scarcely be possible to imagine an assemblage of the " trea sures of Golconda's mine" which should exceed this collection in brilliancy and beauty. The first among the number is the Nassuk diamond, the nrincipal object in the Deccan booty. It is as large as a good sized walnut, weighs 337} grains, is of a daz z li ng whiteness, and as pure as a drop of dew. The celebrated Arcot diamonds are of great brilliancy, and very larg e : -volum e , s h ape, and purity, we should say f ar surpass anything among them are a superb pair of earrings, which, in of the kind. There are, besides, a variety of other jewels, which we h ave not space to particularize. We understan d t h at pttypraieretosrnitinkrplz Paper. an_,eeof the express desire of their late 1 1 11:! Pre , ton and Glasgow railway passes through Gretna-green. It will be easily possible to travel from Lon don to the forge matrirnoni-1 on the same day ; and whata and back again to London consequence in an elopement, the railroad I take Il l e r a . c h j o a t c h i c: s , o s n o , that so n pu o r pursuit the pimps, of still greater hweilllete President . of the v trains cannot over fruited States, is at present sojourning at the lakes of Kil i larLey. ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1837 To the address from the University of Oxford her Ma jesty was pleased to return the following most gracious answer : " The solemn declaration of your attachment to my per son and Government demands my warmest acknowledg ment. I thank you for the justice which you have rendered to the memory of the late King, and the well-founded gra titude which you feel and express towards my beloved mother. I recall with lively satisfaction to my recollection the visit which I formerly made to your famous University, the attention with which I was received, and the pleasure which I derived from the contemplation of its ancient and venerable monuments. I rely entirely upon your zealous exertions for the promotion of religion and the extension of learning. I have no doubt that you are fully aware of the importance of the charge committed to your care, and that you will make it your study to instil religious principles and virtuous habits. It will be my endeavour to secure our ecclesiastical and civil institutions, by the maintenance of their fundamental principles and the adoption of well-con sidered improvements ; and I join fervently in your prayers to Almighty God for those blessed results which it will be the study of my life to attain." To the Address from the University of Cambridge her Majesty was pleased to return the following most gracious answer : " I return you my cordial thanks for this public testimony of your respect for the memory of my beloved uncle, and of your affectionate attachment to my person and Govern ment. The well-deserved tribute which you pay to my be- . loved mother is highly grateful to my feelings. Your University owes much to the protection and encouragement of former Sovereigns. I mil actuated by an equal desire to promote its interests and to enlarge the sphere of its utility. I entertain no doubt that you will labour to instill into the minds of those who are committed to your care the true principles of loyalty. I accept, with much satisfaction, the authorised version of the Holy Scriptures. These sacred volumes will be the more prized by me for the sake of him by whose wishes they originated, and to whom they were intended to be presented. I will direct them to be placed in the Royal Library at Windsor, and I shall ever consider them as the most valuable part of that collection." DEPUTATION TO MR. HUME. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Yesterday, in consequence of several rumours which had been afloat for some time past, respecting the opinions en tertained by Mr. Hume with regard to the opening of the trade of the Licensed Victuallers on free-trade principles, a Deputation, consisting. of Mr. Wells, Governor of the Licensed Victuallers' Incorporated Society, Mr. Ward, past Chairmae of the Society, Messrs. Passniore and Hunt, Trustees ; Messrs. Bingley, Branhure, and Banfield, mem bers of the Committee ; Messrs. Proctor and Belton, past Trustees of the Society ; and Mr. Vousely, jun., Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, waited upon the Hon. Gentleman, accompanied by the Editor of this Journal, for the purpose of ascertaining his sentiments upon various matte's connected with their interests, as well as those of the country at large. Mr. Hume received the Deputation in the kindest possi ble manner, and in the course of a long and patient inter. view, extending to two hours, most candidly and freely gave, not only a full account of the whole of his political con duct, but also a full statement of the reasons which had induced him to pursue it. He stated, that with regard to the Beer Bill, he, as well as many others, had been in duced to vote for it, in consequence of a belief generally entertained, that its adoption would tend to improve the quality as well as the cheapening the price of beer ; but he was now aware that the measure had not only proved a total failure, but that in consequence of the very limited responsibility in point of capital of the parties who had em barked in it, the beer-shops, especially in the country, had become receptacles of improper characters, and thereby a nucleus for the demorelization of the people. The inten tions of those who voted for that Bill were what he had stated. They bad the good of the people in view, and nothing but the good of the people—a sentiment which was strengthened in their mind by the fact, that the great brewers, who were interested at that time—which he was glad to learn they were not now—in public house property, consented to forego everything in the, shape of cotnpensa tion, under the hope that in the course of time they might overcome any possible losses by a more extended trade. As the physical and moral health of the community h'ad been mentioned as one of the objections to making the trade in spirits as free and open as the trade in bread and beer, which he deemed to be necessaries of life, he would beg to observe to the gentlemen present, that along with the establishment of an effective rural police, he was convinced, from the operation of the Beer Act, responsibility on the part of the landlords of public-houses must form an important concomitant—a responsibility which could only be insured by the interest of the land lords of such houses, namely, the embarkation of consider able capital. He was strongly fortified in this opinion, not only by what had been stated to him in the course of the present interview, but also by the perusal of evidence not yet published, but which he had had an opportunity of seeing, taken by the Commissioner of Inquiry regarding the establishment of a rural police—the whole of which, so far as the inquiry had gone, had tended to impress him with the belief, that all houses of public entertainment should be continued in respectable and responsible hands, and not in those of persons, the amount of whose capital did not fur nish a sufficient guarantee of interest for their good con duct. Further, so far as regarded the principle of free trade, he was bound in candour to own that he was one of its most zealous advocates ; but, on the other hand, he was equally an advocate for just compensation, where compen sation rested on just grounds ; and, having always acted upon the principle that private interests should be sub ordinate to the public good, when a great publ:6 good could be obtained without manifest injury to private interests ; and on the other taking care that private inte rests should not suffer even for a great public good—these, he observed, being the general principles which had regu lated his conduct during the last 19 years, he could scarcely conceive any possible position in which he could be placed which would induce him in future to alter a line of conduct which he believed to be based in the fairest principles of justice. In the course of this part of the statement the Hon. Gentleman mentioned that in all cases where rail roads, improvements in streets, &c., were brought forward he had always been an advocate for just compensation, and in the case of any such matters affecting the trade of public houses, he conceived that the landlords and proprietors of them were entitled to the full amount of damage. In con clusion,he begged to state that he was inclined to believe, from all that he had seen and heard from the reports to which he had referred, that the present system of respon sibility for good conduct and good order in public-houses of entertainment would gain instead of losing' by inquiry, and be strengthened instead of weakened ; and he was farther of opinion, that greater evil would arise from an alteration of the system than any good—so far as he at present saw—that could possibly result from it. With regard to the alarm entertained lest a free trade in wine and spirits, as well as in beer, should be entertained by the Legislature, he confessed he had seen no reason for it. 'the report of Sir Henry Parnell, alluded to by some of the gentleman present, had not come under his conside ration ; but of whatever recommendations that report might consist, he trusted, from the candid and fair explanation he had given of his past conduct, no one, whatever that report might be, could entertain a doubt that the former would be an emblem of the future. In the course of the interview, Messrs. Bingley, Vousley, and Procter brought many facts under the consideration of the Hon. Gentleman, with which he was previously not ac quainted ; but it is nevertheless a simpl.e act of justice to acknowledge, that he spewed an ardent readiness of convic tion oa the one hand, and, on the other, exhibited a matured knowledge of the business and trade of the Licensed Vic tuallers, which the deputation had not found in any other quarter. • After the long interview of two hours, to which we have referred, the deputation toek its leave, with appropriate thanks for the patience with which they had been listened to, and with a highly-improved impression of the honest, candid, and straightforward conduct of the late Member for Middlesex. TIIE LAST EXPEDITION UP THE NIGER.- - We are requested to state that the New Work, entitled " Nar rative of an Expedition into the Interior of Africa (by the River Niger) in 1832, 1833, and 1834," by Macgregor Laird and R. A. K. Oldfield, Surviving Officers of the Expedi tion, is published this day by Mr. Bentley, 8, New Burlington street, and may be obtained of all Booksellers. Agents : for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh, and Mr. Duncan Campbell, Glasgow ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAlLWAY.—Pre parations are making for commencing this line of railway, and every effort will be made to have it completed by the summer of 1139. Mr. Locke, the engineer, will commence the preli minary operations in the course of a few weeks.—Manchester Guardian. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, JULY 17. The market to-day has been rather slacker, and fewer pieces been sold than in the two previous weeks ; prices have under gone no variation, being already extremely low. Wool is ra ther looking up, and the dealers are asking somewhat more for it, but in very few instances has an advance been obtained. —Manchester Guardian. FREE TRADE.—From Bell's Comparative View the external commerce of Bengal, for the year 1334-35, and 1835-36 (a Calcutta Annual) it appears, thatiAince the aboli tion of the East India Company's monopoly, the quantity of native produce exported has gone on increasing till within the last year, it exceeded in value the total imports by 1,37,87,679 rupees, AN ENGLISH TORY, KING OF HAVOVER. (From Le Commerce of Monday last.) The Duke of Cumberland has just seated himself on the throne of Hanover. Royalty is about to be submitted to the experiments of English Toryism —pure Toryism, with out fiction, without hypocrisy. For the people of England, and especially for the people of Ireland, it will be a spectacle full of instruction and interest to see the chief of the aris tocracy, the Grand Master of the Orange sect, give full swing to his doctrines and his passions, which are those of the whole party. The acts of King Ernest Augustus will serve as practical commentaries on the language of his friends in Parliament. These latter have never said, and never will say, all that they think. The restraint of the laws, the fear of public opinion, the rivalry of a formidable party, impose upon them a circumspection which has become even more compulsory since the change of reign has consolidated the power of the Reform party. Contemplating the administration of the King of Hanover, Ireland will say—There is the lot which the Orange party keeps in reserve for us ! Observing his political alliances, all England will say—lt is thus that the Tory party means to regulate my international interest. For we must not deceive ourselves—it is Toryism that occupies the throne of Hanover, in the person of the Duke of Cum berland ; it is the spirit of Wellington and Londonderry that has prompted the decree with which he commences his reign. Hanover is this day linked much more closely with the interests of the Tory aristocracy than when the two crowns were united on a single head. Under the pre vious reign, whatever separation existed between the two administrations, the Crown of England was not abso lutely irresponsible for the acts of the King of Hanover. William the Fourth could not have permitted himself such a coup d'etat on his German subjects as King Ernest Augustus had just committed, without incurring the animadversion of English opinion, and perhaps the censure of Parliament. The new King, free from the ties which attached his predecessor to the British Constitution, is nothing more than a Tory, abandoned without shame or restraint to the passions of the political party of which he is the chief or the instrument. All the nations of Europe, and France in particular, have also a deep interest in considering the conduct of the Tory King. Toryism is a variety in the species of the absolu tist and aristocratic factions of Europe. We had never yet seen it acting with all the freedom of its pride and tyranny —we had not secn it, like the other parties to which it is allied, at the head of a movement of re-action. The acts of violence exercised by Tory diplomacy in foreign States had given us no more than a very incomplete idea of the brutal contempt of that party for the dignity and the tights of nations. Behold it at length busy at a Resto ration—and in this line it may be said to have surpassed all that has been done, since 1830, on the Continent, and even in Poland. The Constitution, which has just been torn by King Ernest Augustus, had not been oetroyee, like the char ter of the Bourbons of the elder branch, and he could not allege, like Charles X., the right of resuming a free gift. It had not, like the Spanish Constitution, arisen in the tumults of civil war ; and he cannot, like Ferdi nand the Seventh, pretend that this Constitution was decreed in the absence of the King, against the will of a part of the nation, and consequently devoid of its sanction. King Ernest Augustus did not enter his States as a conqueror, like Nicholas King of Poland ; and he cannot pretend that his subjects have lost their rights by revolt, and broken the bonds of the reciprocal contract between them and their Sovereign. His situation towards the kingdom of Hanover is without parallel. The Hanoverian Constitution had been accepted and executed by the preceding King ; and what proves that it contained few revolutionary elements is—that it had offered no ob stacle to any of the acts of the Royal Government—had given no umbrage to the Germanic Diet, little tolerant as it is in constitutional matters ; and that, finally, it had not prevented the Representatives of Hanover at Frankfort from supporting all the measures repressive of German li berty. To say all in a word, it did not allow the liberty of the Press. However, it had for some time been remarked, that the journals under a censorship, and the Official Gazelle, in particular, were written in a spirit of opposition to the Germanic Diet, and of hostility to Prussia and Rus sia. It was evident that the Whig influence was seeking. to penetrate into Germany through Hanover. This de serves to be considered, for the full understanding of the conduct of the new King. The Proclamation of the sth of July has all the charac ters of an act of gratuitous tyranny. The King declares that the fundamental law does not comport with his wishes, and that, besides, it has no obligatory force over him. He dispenses with the signature of his responsible Minis ters to his decree. The bon plaisir never showed itself with more shameless audacity. There might perhaps be a way of preventing the serious consequences of this coup delta. The Germanic Diet might cite the King of Hanover before the tribunal of arbitrators instituted to decide between Ger man Sovereigns and subjects, and might condemn this Van dal to re-establish the Constitution which he has violated. It acted thus towards the Duke of Brunswick in similar circumstances. But is it possible to suppose that the Duke of Cumberland should have hazarded an attempt so auda cious without having been prompted to it by the great Powers, and therefore by the Diet itself? ALGIERS. TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN TEIE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND ABD-EL-KADER. (From the Illoniteur of Tuesday, the 18th inst.) General Bugeaud has communicated to the Minister of War, that Abd-el-Kadcr has definitely accepted the treaty, and in the terms in which it had been returned to him. The following is the text : " Between Lieutenant-General Bugeaud, Commander of the French troops in the province of Oran, and the Emir Abd-el-Kader, the following treaty has been agreed to : "Art. 1. The Emir Abd-el-Kader recognizes the sove reignty of France in Africa. " 2. France will retain possession in the province of Oran of Mostaganem, Masagran, and their territories, Oran, and Arzew, besides a territory bounded as follows :—To the east by the river Macta, and the marsh whence it takes its rise : to the south by a line extending from the said marsh, passing by the southern lake of Sebgha, and reaching to Oued-Malah (Rio Salado), in the direction of Sidi-Said, from that river to the sea, so that all the ground comprised in this circumference shall be considered French territory. In the province of Algiers, France reserves to herself Algiers, Sahel, the plain of Metidjeh, extending eastwards to Oued-Khadra and beyond ; to the south by the first ridge of the first chain of the little Atlas as far as the Cliffs, including Blida and its territory ; to the west by the Chiffa as far as the angle of Masafran, and thence by a straight line to the sea, including Coleah and its territory ; so that all the land contained within the said limits shall lot considered French territory. " 3. The Emir shall retain the administration of the province of Oran, that of Tittery, and that portion of Algiers not included within the boundaries specified in the second article. He shall not have the power of entering any other part of the Regency. " 4. The Emir shall have no authority over those Mus. sulmans who may wish to inhabit the French territory ; but they will be at liberty to go and reside in the territory under the Emir's administration, in the same way as the inhabitants of the Emir's territory will be allowed to take up their abode upon the French territory. " 5. The Arabs living upon the French territory shall enjoy the free exercise of their religion. " They shall be authorized to build mosques on the French territory, and follow in every respect their religious rites, under the authority of their spiritual chiefs. " 6. The Emir is to give to the French army 30,000 (Oran) fanegas of wheat, 30,000 (Oran) fanegas of barley, and 5,000 oxen. " The delivery of these provisions is take place at Oran at three distinct periods—the first, from the Ist to the 15th of September, 1837, and the remaining two at intervals of two months each. " 7. The Emir shall purchase in France whatever gun powder, sulphur, and arms he may require. 6 , 8. The Kouloughs who may be desirous of remaining at Tlemcen, or elsewhere, shall continue in free possession of their properties, and shall be treated like the Hadars. Those who wish to retire to the French territory, shall be at liberty to sell or let their property without any restriction. " 9. France shall cede to the Emir Rachgour (the shore of the Tafna), Tiemecen, Mechonar, and the cannon which that citadel lately possessed. The Emir binds himself to send to Oran all the property, ammunition, and provisions belonging to the garrison of Tlemecen. " 10. A free trade shall be carried on between the Arabs and the French, who will be at liberty mutually to establish themselves on either territory. " 11. The French shall be respected on the territory of the Arabs, as the Arabs shall be in that of the French. " The farms and other property which French subjects have acquired or may acquire in the Arabian territory shall be g uaranteed to them. They shall remain in the free enjoyment thereof, and the Emir shall be bound to indem nify them for any damage which they may experience on the part of the Arabs. " 12. Criminals belonging to both territories shall be reciprocally given up. " 13. The Emir binds himself not to cede any portion of the coast to a foreign Power without the previous consent of France. " 14. The commerce of the Regency shall not be carried on except in ports belonging to France. " 13. France shall have the power to accredit agents to the Government of the Emir and to the town subject to his Aaministration, for the purpose of watching and main taining French interests and of interferin in commercial or other disputes whi% may arise between the Arabs and French inhabitants. • " The Emir shall have a similar power of sending his agents to French cities and ports. " BUGEAUD, Lieutenant-General, " Commandant of the Province of Oran. " ABD-EL-KADER. " Tafna, May 30, 1837." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 19. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. CRADOCK. This case was lately before the Vice-Chancellor, upon demurrer to the information, which his Honour allowed. The matter then came before the Lord Chancellor, on ap peal from the Vice-Chancellor's decision, when the facts and arguments were reported. The LORD-CHANCELLOR gave his judgment this morn ing. The demurrer to the information was put in by the defendant Cradock fbr multigrievousness. The information was filed for the administration of certain charities in York shire, and it stated the property which constituted the foundation of the charities, the funds of which had been mixed together without any approbation being made to either charity in particular. Cradock was not a trustee of either charity, but he possessed same of the charity lands ; and in 1832 he 'and the defedant Headlam, who was a trustee of the charities, entered upon a plan for procuring from the trustees the fee-simple of the charity lands, re ceiving certain lands belonging to Cradock and Headlam in exchange. The injunction prayed for an account against the trustees of the charities generally, and also that this exchange might be set aside, for the benefit of the charity. His Lordship referred to the cases of Campbell v. Mackay and Salvidge v. Hyde, and although the latter was over ruled by Lord Eldon, yet what Lord Eldon laid down in that case was clear authority in support of the injunction in this case. The decision of the Vice-Chancellor, allow ing the demurrer, was overruled. The defendant got two months to file his answer. PREROGATIVE COURT, JuLy 19. 'WALCOTT V. OCHTOLONY. This is a question as to the validity of the will of the late Miss Ochtolony, a young lady who died on the 9th of June, 1835, at the age of 23 years. The deceased made a will, dated April, 1834, and placed by her in the custody of a Mr. George, who resided at Bath ; the deceased went in November, 1834, to live with Mrs. Bogle, at Edinburgh, where she remained till the time of lier death, which was caused from a palpitation of the heart, a c,omplaint under which she had suffered for some time, and which was of such a nature that the medical men in attendance would not allow the deceased to write or have any letters of an exciting tendency read to her ; in the beginning of May, 1835, Mrs. Bogle, the lady with whom she resided, wrote a letter to Mrs. Walcott, the wife of Capt. Walcott, the exe cutor named in the will, giving an account of the state, of the deceased's health ; she (the deceased) having been in formed of this, and not being allowed to write, directed Mrs. Bogle to give, through the medium of Capt. Walcott, her wishes to Mr. George for the destruction of the will ; the lat ter gentleman having received the instructions, in accordance with the directions of the deceased, was not willing, on so doubtful an authority, at once to destroy the paper, but sent it to Captain Walcott, leaving to his discretion the propriety of destroying it, who, likewise desirous of avoid ing the responsibility, dispatched it to Edinburgh, the re sidence of the deceased, which place, however, it did not reach till after her death. These are the main facts of the case. The will is propounded by Captain Walcott, one of the executors, and is opposed by Mr. Ochtolony, the bro ther, and one of the next of kin, of the deceased, who would be benefitted by an intestacy. Dr. LUSHINGTON appeared on behalf of the next of kin, ar d eontended that, in accordance with the law of the case, ti.e Court must pronounce against the will. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE, Oil the other side, said that the law of the case required that probate should be granted to the will, for in the '22d section of the statute of frauds it was provided " that no will of personal property could be made by word of mouth, unless the intentions of the tes tator were reduced into writing during his or her lifetime, read over to the deceased, and signed by three attesting witnesses." The same, of course, applied to the alteration or destruction of a will previously made. This rule had not been preserved with regard to the destruction of Miss Och tolony's will, and it was, therefore, the duty of the Court to pronounce for its validity. Sir H. JENNER said that the letter had been proved to contain a legal revocation of the paper, and the Court. ac cordingly pronounced that the deceased had died intestate. The costs of both parties are to be paid out of the estate. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CrIEL2rspoRD, JULY 19. Rebecca Eldridge was placed at the bar, charged with having maliciously and feloniously set fire to a woodstack, the property of Mrs. Louisa Legerton, at Ugley, on the 11th March last. • Miss Louisa Legerton, the daughter of the prosecutrix, said that her mother was a farmer, and lived at Ugley-hall. The prisoner was her servant, and entered into her service on the 23d of December last. She remembered a wood stack which was . placed behind the house being burnt on the evening of the 9th of March last. The prisoner on that occasion ran into the parlour, and said she saw two men running away from the stack. She gave a description of the men, and said their names were Warwick and Mar shall. The men were on her story apprehended, but they were discharged, after having clearly proved that they were elsewhere. Two men named Smith were then apprehended from the statement of the prisoner, but they were also dis charged. Some suspicion was afterwards entertained against the prisoner herself, and she was apprehended and taken before a magistrate. She returned to her mistress's home after the investigation had taken place, and when with the witness alone she asked her for a Bible. The w itness fetched her one, and she then laid her hand upon it and said, " I set the woodstack on fire, and no one else. I am sure I shall be hung for it and go to hell. I placed some straw under the stack and put a firebrand in it, but I felt sorry when I saw the smoke." Mr. Neal, the governor of the gaol, proved that the . pri soner, since her committal, had attempted several times to destroy herself. Lord DENMAN having summed up, the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Judgment of death was recorded, his Lordship intimating that her life would be s pared. William Chaplin, a boy 10 years old, was indicted for fe loniously setting fire to a henhouse, the property of Thomas Richardson, at Lawford, on the 21st of March last. Lord DENMAN summed up, and the Jury found a ver dict of " Guilty of the act, but that he did not know what he was doing." They were then told to reconsider their verdict, and they returned him " Guilty," but acquitted him of any malicious intent. The Learned JUDGE said that that was a verdict of Not Guilty." Sarah A r evard, a girl of 15, was also charged with set ting fire to a stable in the possession of James Bacon, jun., at Langham, on the 17th of last March. An objection was taken to the indictment that the place called a stable formed only a part of a large building. The question was left to the Jury whether it was a stable or not ; and the Jury found in the negative. A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly returned. The prisoner was then indicted for a similar offence on the 18th of March, the following day. The jury having heard evidence, acquitted the prisoner. _ _ Christopher Oliver•, William Randall, and Samuel Hood, were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mary Burrell, at Highbeach, on the 17th of June last. The jury found them all Guilty, and sentence of deatl was recorded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STRL'ET. Darby Clarke, a Kerryman, was yesterday brought up on a warrant by Fletcher, the officer, charged with writ ing a menacing letter to John Cockerel!, Esq., a director of the Bank of England, threatening to do him some bodily harm. _ _ At the request of the complainant Mr. NfiNsuum. said he would not send the case before a jury ; but it was proper to put some check upon the prisoner. He should call upon him to find bail, himself in 201. and two sureties in 101. is each, to keep th e peace towar d s th e c omplainant and h family for the next six months. HATTON-GAR.DEN tonVaetstteeondlaeyd s b e e v f e o r r a e l oxifeters.paLrAecnihiGal o authorities ß s o , f a l t sli t n h g is . , Office, under the following cir cumstances: —It appeared that a few years ago a boy , nam e d Ben j amin Broadway, a cripple, was an inmate of Islington workhouse, but his sister, a Mrs. Windsor, a poor woman, residing a t N o . 4, Eli i Islington, p , rocured a situation for him as errand-boy,at Mr. Smiths, optici an , o f t h e Ci ty - roa d, ottpl cea w here he remained for twelve mo n th s i n th a t ca p ac ity, when he agreed to receive him as an apprentice. His sister a pplied to the parish officers, who consented to the bind ing, and on the 29th of December, 1834, the parish officers hound him in the usual way, and paid 3/. premium. The lad, however, subsequently and repeatedly complained to his sister of a series of ill-treatment, and not having a suf ficiency of food, and his appearance gave strong indica tions of the fact of his complaints being true. Latterly , he became so exceedingly reduced that the sister was in duced to make inquiries, when she found that the lad was in a deplorable state, lying on a filthy b e d, not wort h th e name, having no .covering, and being in a state of starva tion, so that his bones were actually protruding through his skin ; he was scarce able to speak, but he gave her to nnierstand that he id been cruelly treated—that he lseid been overworked, and necessitated to remain at work all night whilst his master was out at parties, and all that he ever had in the course of the day was a penny polony and a thin slice of bread and butter, and sometimes not that. On Friday last she gave information to Mr. Ashley, the over seer of Islington, who, with several other gentlemen con nected with the parish, repaired to the master's house, when they discovered that the sister's statement was far from being coloured or exaggerated. He found the lad lying on a di rty p i ece o f rug, an d on l y a ragged, filthy sheet for his covering. He was a mere skeleton, and was evidently in a dying condition, and finding that he had no medical attendance, they instantly sent for a surgeon in the neighbourhood, who procured some brandy and water, and soaked some bread in it, which he ate with avidity and voraciousness, but he could not be prevailed upon to take anything else. He complained of ill-treatment, and he was immediately conveyed to Islington workhouse, where he was attended to by Mr. Semple, the parish surgeon, who pronounced him to be in a dangerous state through want of nourishment, and that he could not long survive. Ap plication was made instanter at this office for a warrant to apprehend the master, for cruelty towards his apprentice, when Mr. Bennett granted a sumnions, which was placed in the hands of Edwards, the officer of this establishment. Mr. Ashley now stated that since the granting of the sum mons the master had absconded, taking away with him the whole of his furniture, &c., at an early hour, five o'clock, in the morning, and nobody knew where he had gone to. His goods were removed in a van. Mr. LAING—Is the lad now in a dangerous state? Mr. Ashley said he was. Mr. LAING under the circumstances was surprised that the master was not immediately apprehended. It wasevi dent that he had got scent of the summons having been issued, and he had taken advantage of the circumstance, and made his escape. Mr. ROGEIIS concurred with Mr. Laing, and recom mended that immediate pursuit should be made after him. The parish officers, on leaving the office, proceeded forth with to give the necessary information to the police autho rities, with a description of his person, and to offer a re ward for his apprehension. SHERIFFS' COURT-TUESDAY. EDWARDS V. OLDACRE. • This was an action brought by a dispenser. of boluses, draughts, and drugs, against a jolly-looking butcher for the recovery of the balance of two accounts—namely, 18s.. sd. The action was altogether illustrative of the pacific spirit of the law, and notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the sheriff to stop the snarling confabulation of the contend ing parties, the case occupied full three hours. Mr. RYLAND, the barrister for the plaintiff, claimed the ' sum of 111. ls. 9d., and in doing so regretted much th a t s o paltry an action had been suffered to be carried on, inas much as the admitted set-off was 101. 2s. 9d., the sum in dispute, therefore, being so paltry as to make the suit ap pear vexatious, the sum of 18s. 5d had been offered over and over again, but the defendant had refused to pay it, alleging that his own account covered altogether that of the plaintiff. It remained, therefore, forth@ jury to ascertain whether the said pills, lotions, potions, boluses, draughts, liniments, &c., of the plaintiff formed a good and sufficient set-off against the sundry legs and loins of mutton, chops and steaks supplied by the defendant. He should prove • - that the medicines bad been delivered, by the production of the books, and then leave the case in the hands of the jury. Mr. John Nixon Simpson proved the delivery of certain medicines, and making up of others. He kept the books and had entered all the articles therein. The boy who had principally delivered the medicine was dead, but he had no doubt regarding the correctness of the bill. Cross-examined by the attorney for the defence—De. fcndant had served meat to the family. One of the items of the bill was 10s., a raffle fee for a pig. Witness had rAled for the said pig by the direction of his master— (LaughtEr.) He did not win the pig. Mr. Sheriff BURCIIELL—How many members were there ? Witness (with great simplicity)—Only one pig, Sir. Mr. Sheriff Built - 11E1,1.-1 ask you how many members raffled for the pig ? Witness (with most provoking stupi dity)—l did, Sir. Mr. Sheriff BURCHELL—Did you pay down ten shil lings for the pig, or the throw for it ? Witness—l lost the pig, Sir.--(Laughter.) Mr. Sheriff BURCHELL—No doubt about it ; but did you see any body else pay money ? Witness—l saw the pi;, A Juryman—Yes, yes, so do we—(Laughter)—was any money paid on account of the pig ? Witness—My master told me to raffle for the pig, and when I told him— Mr. Sheriff BURCHELL—What, to the pig ? Witness —No, Sir, to master.—(Laughter.) He _said, throw for the pig, and if you win it, why it will be a very handsome thing.—(Loud laughter.) This remarkably lively witness was here ordered to stand down, and a number of but c h ers ' b oys an d apothecar i es ' ca d s having been sworn, pro and c on . f or a p eriod of near ly three hours. Mr. RYLAND repli e d, an d t h e jury found a verdi c t for 18s. sd.—costs 20s. LAKF, v , WELLESLEY. This was a writ of inquiry to re-assess the damages arising out of a breach of bond. The defendant was the Hon. Long. Pole Tilney Wellesley, who has been several times proclaimed outlawed. The record, bond, and other documents, having been closely examined by the Under- Sheriff, the Jury returned a verdict—Damages, 2,130/., costs 20s. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Nightingale Tavern, Lisson-grove, before Mr. Stirling, on the body of Jean Francois Corpaine, a French General, who had served under Napoleon, and died suddenly on Wednesday last. Mr. Dyer, of 23, Grove-place, Lisson-grove, stated that the de ceased had occupied apartments in his house for six months past. He was a widower, and had lately been in an indifferent state of health. On Wednesday evening last he complained of a difficulty of breathing. He went to his bed about tell o'clock, and the following morning, about nine, the servant, on going into his room, found him dead. A surgeon stated that his death was occasioned by a bursting of a blood vessel. The jury returned a verdict of—" Died by the visitation of God." RECOVERY FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—(From the Ceylon Gazette , June 17, 1812.)—If the alleviation or cure o f the most formidable disease to which mankind is incident be a source of satisfactory reflection to society, the case which we are here to submit to our readers may well warrant our con gratulations, as, from the period of the introduction of vacci nation by Dr. Jenner to the present time, a discovery of such value and importance has not been made in the practice of medicine as that which is the subject of our present remark. We shall now proceed to state the outlines of the case, pre mising only that it was treated by Dr. Shoolbred, surgeon of the Native Hospital, who has had the good fortune to be the first to introduce to Bengal this successful method of treating hydrophobia. On Tuesday, the Mb curt., a Bheestee, who had been bitten th ree wee k s b efore i n the leg by a mad dog, was carried to the Native Hospital, about three o'clock in the afternoon, with the symptoms of hydrophobia strongly upon him. He was immediately bled to the extent of forty ounces. The symptoms of the disease yielded ha succession as the blood flowed ; and before the vein was closed, he stretched out his hand for a cup of water, and calmly drank it off, though the mere approach of the water but a few minutes before had thrown him into convulsions, After the bleeding, he lay down on a cot, fell asleep, and con tinued so for nearly two hours. When he awoke the symp toms of the disease were threatening to return ; another vein was then opened, and eight ounces more of blood were takeu as at th away, which so completely subdued the disease that he has not Bheestee who had a symptom of it since. We are anxious to lose no tim e in making this important fact known to the public, season particularly its immediate publication rnay be the means but in our next number we of saving the lives of some individuals. The is the subject of the foregoing case being still in the hospital, unprecedented case in the annals of detail of this most satisfac wvve m e a n y ) .;, d li d Ovvever, further add, that the earlier the we need say no more at this time ; hope to present our readers with t f lr d v ic a in n e d . practice is adopted a fter the a pp ear ance of unequivocal symp toms of hydrophobia, the greater is the chance of success. A D GOLD IV ATCHES.— A variety of excellent and carefully finished Ladies' Second-hand Gold Watches , many of them i n accordance with the latest taste, with Gold Dials, Jewelled, &c., are offered for selection, price from Sig to Eight G u i neas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Watch maker, Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornbill, London. N.B.—Second-hand 'Watches purchased in exchange H. On th e I S t h inst., at Ca mber BIRTS well-grove, Mrs. J. G ra y, o f a son . On th e 17 t h inst., at Chelsea, the wife of John C. Miller, Esq., 13. A., of Lincoln College, Oxford, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, John Hut— chinson, Esq., 'of Blackfriars'-road, to Margaret, only daughter of the late E. Gainsford, Esq., Ludgate-hill. On the 18th inst., at St. Clement Danes, Mrs. S. F. Allnutt, of Portsea, to Jane, the second daughter of Mr. Butterfield, of the Strand. On the 18th inst., at, the York-street Chapel, Walworth, Surrey, the Rev. John Cox, missionary to Travancore, East Indies, to Sarah Downing, eldest daughter of J. H. Cuff, Esq., of Great Dover -street, Southwark. I ■ .~ DIEIS: On the 14th inst., in Dublin, Anne, wife of E. Ross, Esq., and eldest daughter of the Bight Hon. T. P. Courtenay. At Bromley, in Kent, Mr. Francis Baldry, aged Gl, for many years an inhabitant of New Bond -street. On the 16th inst., in Burton -st ree t, B urton -crescent, Eliza, wife Burges, Vi car o f I falvergate, and eldest daughter Rev. S. D. My ers, Vi car of Mitcham, Surrey. °off O ttl i ee i t lit h ate e ev l . sth inst., Benjamin Norton, Esq., of Bawhurgh near Norwich, and one of the Deputy-Lieutenants for Norfoll'. On the 18th inst., Mr. Samuel Alilne, aged 38, son of M es. E. Stanfield, of New Cross; London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No , . 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in coo cooratti of Middlesex. _Thursday, July 20, 1537.