The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-11 00:00:00

A LONDON STREET PORTRAIT. Our hero was one of those equivocal animal spirits of the streets, who cqme whistling along, you not knowing whether thief or errand boy, sometimes with a bundle and sometimes not, in corduroys, a jacket, and a cap or bit of hat, with hair sticking through a hole in it. His vivacity gets him into serapes in the street, and he is not ultra-studious of civility in his an swers. If the man he runs against is not very big, he gives him abuse for abuse at once; if otherwise;he gets at a convenient distance, and then halloos out," Eh, stupid!" or " Can't you see before you ?" or " Go, and get your face washed." The last is a favourite saying of his, out of an instinct referable to his visage. He sings " Hokee Pokee," and a " Shiny Night," varied occa sionally with an uproariOus , " Rise , g entle Moon,' 7 or " Coming through the Rye." On winter evenings, you may hear him indulging himself as he goes along, in a singular undulation of yowl sort of gargle— as if a wolf were. practising the rudiments of a shake. This he delights to do more particularly in a crowded thoroughfare, as though determined that his noise should triumph over every other, and show how jolly he is, and how independent of the ties to good behaviour. If the street is . a quiet one, and he has a stick in his hand (perhaps a hoop-stick), he accom panies the howl with a run upon the gamut of the iron rails. He is the nightingale of mud and cold. If he gets on in life, he will be a pot-boy. At present, as we said before, we hardly know what lie is; but his mother thinks herself lucky if he is not transported. Well, one of these elves of the pave—perplexers of Lord Mayors and irritators of the police—was standing one evening be fore a pastry cook's shop window, flattening his nosy against the glass, and watching the movements of a school boy who was in the happy agony of selecting the best bun. He had stood there ten minutes before the boy came in, and had made himself acquainted with all the eat ables lying before him, and wondered at the slowness and apparent indifference, of jaws masticating tarts. His interest, great before, is now intense. He follows the new comer's eye and his hand hither and thither. His own arm feels like the other's arm. He shifts the ex pression of his mouth and the shrug of his body, at every perilous approximation which the chooser makes to a se cond rate bun. He is like a bowler feliowing the nice inflexions of the bias ; for he wishes him nothing but success ; the occasion is too great for envy : he feels all the generous sympathy of a knight of old, when he saw another within an arc of winning some glorious prize, and his arm doubtful of the blow. At length the awful decision is made, and the bun laid hands on. " Hall ! you fool," exclaims the watcher, ,bursting with all the despair and indignation of knowing boy hood, " you have left the biggest !"—Leigh Hunt's London Journal. CHARLES SEYMOUR, THE PROUD DUKE OF SOMERSET. The princes whom he served, and their ministers, seem to have been fully aware of his taste for pompous show and dignified ceremony, and studious to gratify it, for he was most invariably appointed to act a public part in every grand public so lemo;ty which occurred during his life ; and the laciness of his temper and habits, the most 'exact high breeding, and a fine person and counte nance, combined to qualify him peculiarly for such offices. Of his excessive haughtiness in private life, a multitude of instances, for the• most part un worthy of being here repeated, have been preserved. We are told that his second Duchess, who will be pre sently mentioned, having once familiarly tapped him on the shoulder with her fan, he started, and cried with great indipaiion—. , Madam, my first wife was a Percy, and she never took such a liberty." He exacted, too, the most profound respect from his children. It was one of the offices of his two oungest daughters to watch him in turn while he slept after dinner, but they were to stand without intermission. Indulging one afternoon in a longer portion of repose than usual, the fair sentinel became fatigued, and took a chair, when the Duke, sud denly awakening; severely reprimandedher, and told her that he would make her remember her disobedience. He left 20,0001. less to her than to her sister, and this has been, it is to be hoped falsely, ascribed to his re sentment of that offence. His communication with his servants is said to have been conducted by signs, in perfect silence. His lady died in 1722, and the duke, after a widowhood of three years, married, in his grand climacteric, Charlotte, second daughter of Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham. From that 'period he lived almost wholly in the country, residing chiefly at his mansion of Petworth, in Sus sex, now the seat of his great grandson, the Earl of Egremont. In his retirement, his objects and his pursuits seem gradually to have narrowed and dwindled into a constant series of efforts to prolong a life which, especially to one of his character, had teemed with so many blessings. Among the papers of Sir Hans Sloane, preserved in the British Museum, are numerous letters from the Duke and Duchess, and their attendants, to that ce lebrated physician, chiefly on the state of his Grace's health, marked by an anxiety so intense and so ex travagant, as to be at once ridiculous and deplora ble. Many of them are to press the Doctor for remedies for a deafness that vexed him, the cause of which he seems at last himself shrewdly to have guessed ; for, in the year 1737, when he was seventy-five, the Duchess thus concludes a long letter to Sir Hans :—" My Lord desires his most humble service to you. He continues with thickness of hearing, which puts him in the spleen, fearing it proceeds from, old age. He has been very seldom out of the house, and keeps his ears stopt with black wool, dipt in oil of vipers ; mixed sometimes with palsy drops, sometimes with spirit of castor, and sometimes dipt only in oil of bitter almonds, but does not find advantage from either." —Lodge's Portraits and Memoirs. CHARACTER OF THE LATE MR. JUSTICE TAUNTON IN THE LAW MAGAZINE.--.A choice specimen of fine writing, in which clearness of thought and precision of language are combined in no ordinary degree. " The truth is that his feelings, almost always just, struggling with a rich accumulation of materials in legal acquirements and classical illustration, and an inertness of physical temperament, would, in a mind less robust, have produced only strange and devious excesses, and cast up its treasures in volcanic confusion ; but it had strength with him, when excited, harmoniously to impel all the riches of his intellect, with appropriate solemnity and steadiness of movement, in the right direction to persuade, to convince, or to appal. It was the true power of genius, bend ing alike the strengths and weaknesses of its possessor to its ends. Not starting wildly into fantastical variations from his character, but working out from the stubborn peculiarities of that character, the illustrations of its own might, and ennobling them as expressive of lofty and generous thoughts in the mind of the hearer." The weather here has been extremely boisterous during the past week. For several days the wind has blown a pertect hurricane, and we fear the shipping along our coast must have sustained great damage.—Boston Herald. MELANCHOLY EVENT.—On Saturday morning at 12 o'clock a galley with four men belonging to Shoreham left the harbour for the purpose of boarding some vessels at sea. At the distance of half a mile front the pier, a heavy sea struck the boat and upset it. Three of the men so far recovered themselves as to be able to cling to the boat, and were driven on shore in a state of great exhaustion ; but the fourth, an elderly man named Jacob Beach, struggled for some time with the mighty element, but in vain ; his strength failed him, and the deep prepared him for a premature grave. The body has since been washed ashore at Blackrock. Deceased was for many years mate of one of the packets that sailed be tween Brighton and Dieppe.—Brighton Guardian. BURGLARS PHYSICKED.—A few weeks ago the premises of Captain Harvey, in Cottage-lane, Stepney, wero broken into, and the safe plundered of a quantity of provisions. The family expecting the thieves again, caused a suet pudding to be made, in which they mixed 60 grains of calomel, and directed the police to keep a sharp look-out. The pudding was placed in a larder, in the midst of a quantity of new pro visions, on Tuesday night last, and next morning, at an early hour, the policeman of the beat, hearing a noise proceed from the back of Captain Harvey's garden, hastened to the spot, and saw two bundles, containing provisions, on the top of the palings, and two boys looking over. He was, however, afraid to capture the thieves alone, and called up a brother police man, named Harrison ' 64 K, who resides in Cottage-lane, who immediately rose from his bed, got over the palings, arid found the door of the store-room broken open, and the two bundles lying under the palings. The greatest portion of the suet pudding had disappeared ; and on the same day Harrison, hearing that two boys named Croxford and Chatterway, who had been employed about the grounds, were seriously indis posed, took them into custody, and ascertained that the hand kerchiefs in which the stolen meat was wrapped belonged to them. Captain Harvey refused to prosecute, believing that the calomel would sufficiently punish the offenders, nor was he mistaken. The dose put them into a state of salivation ; every tooth in their heads was loosened, and the boys have not yet recovered from the effects of the medicine. TFIE SUN, LONDO ~,_ PRItES 01 , STOCKS THIS DAV AT oNE,9 . cLocK. Bank Stock -- New fi per tent. .., ' - 3 ner Cent. Red. 4244% India Stock 2SS i t 3 per Cent. Cons WA 2 Ditto Bonds p 22 pp, tik, per Cent — South Sea Stock ~ ditto lied. New S. per Cent 914 7f,, , , ,. 041 New Ditto - f Assented — 3 per Cen t . Annuities, 1151... 4 per Cent. -) Dissented - Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 4opm. Bank Leng Annuitiesto expire Ditto 500 40 pm. Jan. 5, IS6O 17 7-16 5-11 Ditto Small ' , et. 10, IPSO — Ditto Commercial . pm. Jan. 5, IS6i' ...... ...... 17 16 15-16 Ditto Advertised pm lan. 5, Itn .--... ?tank Stock for Account ... 2;4 I April 5, ISRn ~.. lndia Stock for Account... _. , ! Jan. 5, 157 , 4 b --•••—• I C. 11501% for Accou ,, t - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian r., Iffis "Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds 10 1 1,04 Dit o Account ..... Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 8354 Ditto Account Ditto Account oo Ditto New Bonds.. Buenos Ayres Botid3 — Ditto Account ..... Ditto Account Prnssian Bonds Milian Minds 12 314 3 Ditto 80nd5,1822.. Into Account 43 , Hui-clan Bonds, 182'2 _.... V 4 1,4 !,4 .. Ditto Account Ditto Metalilc — '5 ri 5 1,,i i Spanish Bonds - —1 Ditto Account ' 531; T. , 4 —; Ditto Bond?, 18:13 5 5 14 —1 Ditto :Account — French, 5 per cent. .... ...... —f. —c. 4 per cent ..... -- 3 per cent. 701'. 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Entertainment, callrol KING ARTHUR and the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE in which Mr. Ducrow's magnificent Stud of Horses will be introduced' Arthur, Mr. Diddear ; Sir Roland, Mr. T. P Cooke; John Galadin, Mr. Harley ; Gybe Dagonet, Mr. Webster ; Gabriel, Mr. Bedford. Gyneth, Miss Clifton; Morgana La Faye, Mrs. Vining; Dorothy Stump, Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be presented the Grand Dramatic Poem of MANFRED. Count Manfred, Mr. Denvil ; Chamois Hunter, Mr Diddear ; Al.bot of St. Maurice, Mr. Warde; Manuel and Herman (Dependants on Count Manfred), Mr. Younge and Mr. Baker; Arimanes, Mr. Howell. Spi rits and Destinies tributary to his will—Vesper (Spirit of the Air). Miss Poole ; Orcus (Spirit of the Mountains), Mr. W. H. Payne ; Thammoz (Spirit of the Waters), Miss Kenneth ; Baalim (Spirit of the Storm), Mr. F. Cooke; Nox (Spirit of the Shadow of Night), Mr. Wieland; Omorasdes (Spirit of the Elements), Mr. G. Bennett ; Astaroth (Spirit of the Earth), Mr. F. Sutton; Nemesis (Goddess of Vengeance), Mrs. Vining ; Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos (the three Destinies), Miss Lee, Miss Murray, and Mrs. Chester ; the Phantom of Astarte, Miss Clifton ; the Witch of the Alps, Miss E. Tree. After which, the last Act of THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM. To conclude with the New Eccentric Drama, called DEATH AND THE DOCTOR. Count di Vicenza, Mr. G. Bennett; Gracchia, Mr. Blanchard; Cris pino, Mr. Bartley. Valentina, Miss Lee; Camilla, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Nina, Miss H. Cawse. ALARGE quantity of BREVIER , and other TYPE, very Suitable for a Country Newspaper, TO BE DISPOSED OF on Reasonable Terms. Address (post paid) to H. 8., 112, Strand, London. COWPER'S WORKS COUTHEY,OMPLETE, WITH A LIFE BY S In monthly volumes, superbly embellished. THE New Edition of the entire WOR KS of the Poet COWPER, edited by ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq., LL.D., with a LIFE by the Editor, illustrated with Engravings in the first style of excellence by the first Masters, from drawings taken'on the spot expressly for this Edition, in monthly volumes, to correspond with Byron and Crabbe's works, &c., is now on the eve of publication. London : Baldwin and Cradock. HAMBURG, Nov. 26, 1834. Fir EINE BROTHERS, Contractors for the GREAT LOTTERY, published and drawn by authority and under guarantee of the Hamburg Government, beg to inform the public, that the 65th Lottery of 10,000 Tickets will be drawn on the 18th of March next ; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks banco, or 8/. The prizes are lof 100,000, l of 50,000, l of 30,000, 1 of 20,000, 1 of 10,000, 2 of 5,000, 4 of 3,000, 7 of 2,000, 20 of 1,000, 40 of 500, and 1,500 of 10S marks, which 1,578 money prizes are altogether stated in marks banco, and payable without any deduction whatever • 4,000 ticketsbeing delivered grat is to the holders of the 2,000 first-drawn tickets, as per scheme, those purcha sin g one ticket, at the trifling cost f 81., may obtain three prizes, ana thus, if fortune proves favourable, gain 180,000 marks banco, at the present exchange, equal to 13,0001. sterling. Owing to the gratis-tickets, the number of tickets on sale is a very limited one, so that, of course, they will be cleared off very rapidly, and a rise in price occur very soon. Those desirous to purchase at the present first price of Si., are requested to direct, by one of the first mails, but only for whole tickets, to the above-named Con tractors, Heine Brothers, in Hamburg. Those remitting a 101. note will receive an order for the balance of 21., together with. the ticket, by return of mail ; on the other hand, those preferring to pay Heine Brothers' draft for the cost, are recommended to pay such draft immediately when presented. A full scheme, and every desirable information, being always sent with the tickets, those giving orders will only have to write a line, ordering the ticket of tickets, adding the money, or an order for the saxe, er stating the mode of payment that may be more convenient to the orderer, and givingtheir full and plain directions, to secure the safe receipt of the communications. Those honouring Heine Brothers by pur chasing, may depend en the strictest secrecy, as to their taking a chance or getting a prize ' • such being the undeviating rule of the old-established and most lucky Office. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received from a Birmingham Correspondent a printed copy of a Letter from Mr. James Taylor to the Electors of North Derbyshire. It is much too long for insertion in our columns at present, and it has, besides, already appeared in a provincial paper. Mr. 0. 0. Roberts's Communication is under consideration. • 4.,'"411 :?..,, i --,-,6 0 1 --1 . 2 - ‘,..f .... „.. - 3 - (_,.... l'-1t.),.?..... The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 5 minutes past 3 o'clock. could be induced to desert his own principles, or the sacred duties 11,Nwes to his electors, by considerations - • of persorutt-emptesy ; . 11‘ik. may, perhaps, be a severe l'aglaniha nanAt.gallai to resist the persuasions of a fair assailant, or for an viable one to refuse the pressing solicitations of his personal friends and asso ciates ; but the trust imposed upon a Senator is of too onerous and overruling a character to be forsaken for the compliances of civility to woman, or man,—the obligations are of too surpassing an importance, to be neglected for any price which friendship or favour can offer. Times are not now what they were a few years ago, when a parliamentary vote was solicited and accorded on the grounds of good humoured politeness ; when a sumptuous entertainment was seasonably got up, or a " sudden indisposition," just in time, expe rienced to prevent the exercise of a person's legislatorial functions. The people have acquired sterner notions of the duties of a Member, - and insist upon a far more . rigorous attention ti) them than was then understood ! and if some Honourable Gentlemen are not yet sen sible of this fact, they may depend upon it that a day will arrive, when it shall be made plain to their percep tions by an abrupt expulsion from their present seats. To such doubters, if any there be, we cannot tender more kindly advice than to refer them to Sir GEORGE MURRAY, as•an authority on this point, than whom, probably, no one has a keener apprehension of the fact ; and if he fails in enlightening them, they must be left to the teaching of their constituents. Those of the Members who have been tampered out of their promises—to neglect or to swerve from their duty, have yet eight days allowed them to contrast the relative value of their responsibility to their elec tors N . vith their courteous compliance to promise seekers ; to ponder upon the probable results of an abandonment of principle for politeness' sake ; to con sult their consciences upon the expediency of serving those to whom they are alone accountable in honour and in truth, or of apologising, as best they may be able, for the nonfulfiment of a promise, which no per son had a right to extort, nor themselves w give. AS sure as there is a sun in heaven, so surely will an error of commission, or of omission, by the Reform Members of the House of Commons, be visited with retributive punidiment by the constituencies of England. Let them, then, be at their posts on the 19th instant, and in the face of the country proclaim their own integrity, and justify the confidence of their electors in choosing such persons to advocate their liberties. A high Conservative correspondent of a Morning Journal, who writes from San Estevan, states that General ALAVA has submitted to Don CARLOS a project recommended by the Duke of WELLINGTON, and approved of by the QUEEN'S Government, for pitting an end to the civil war in Spain. This plan has been already amply discussed. It is that the Prince shall henceforth relinquish all claim to the Spanish Crown, in favour of his son the Prince of ASTURIAS, whom it is proposed shall be instantly betrothed to the young QUEEN, and that a general amnesty shall be granted to all who have taken a part in the rebellion. This proposal Don CARLOS is reported to have rejected with expressions of indignation ; declaring that he should die rather than give up his claims to the crown of Spain. Paris Papers of Saturday and Sunday have all been received, but with the exception of the report of a debate in the chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, on the subject of Electoral Reform, their contents are not important. The debate arose on the presentation of a report on a number of petitions which had been pre viously referred to the regular committees. The several petitions were by no means unanimous in the object of their prayer, but all agreed in condemning the, pre sent form of electing the Chamber, and praying for an extension of the suffrage. In some the qualifica tion oath was objected to, as profane and unnecessary ; in others the electoral qualification was stated to be too high ; some protested against oathsboth on the part of the electors and the elected ; and more prayed for the abo lition of all political oaths and qualifications, beyond that of simple citizenship. The debate, which took place on moving the order of the day—a silent method 'of getting rid of the question without deciding upon it one way or the other—was particularly animated. The ministerial benches were thronged, but Ministers abstained from all participation in the discussion. After several Deputies had addressed the Chamber for and against the immediate consideration of the principle advanced in the petition; the order of the day was carried by a large majority. We have frequently had occasion to observe that discussions in the Chamber of Deputies, on the sub ject of Electoral Reforms in France, are but little un derstood in this country ; because in reality nothing can be more different than the English and French forms of exercising the elective franchise. The prin ciple is known, but the details are entirely misunder stood. We shall therefore, either to-morrow or the day following, give an article in explanation of the way • in which electoral rights are exercised in France. The subject is both interesting and highly important. Did any thing proceeding through a Tory channel surprise us, we should be astonished at the bold asser i tion of a Morning Contemporary, who attributes the L reduction of the Austrian army—of which a statement appeared in the London Journals of yesterday—to the _ accession of the Dul•••! of WELLINGTON to office. Now, this ulipeeted proceeding on the part of his Imperial MAJESTY, which has filled our contempo raries with prognostications of peace and security, is nothing more than the observance of an old custom, ob served by all the German feudatories of disbanding a part of their forces every winter. Those who know aught of the history of the German Confederation, must be well acquainted with this fact. If, how ever, for the last four years, the Emperor did not reduce the standing army in his domi nions, the cause is not to be traced to • the Go vernment of the Whigs in England, but the movements of the Republicans in France. The Government of Lours-PAILIppE, not the Ministry of WILLIAM IV., was the sole object of the Imperial precaution, in the continuing to keep on foot a large standing army, because, since the accession of Louis there has not passed a month in which there has not been reason to apprehend, that before the copmeneement of the next, his MAJESTY might be found moving in the wake of his illustrious relative, CHARLES X. Besides, it is well known that England exercises little or no influence on Germany, as far as regards social institutions. With France it is quite different ; there is a constant intercourse between the countries, and the language of France is understood among all the educated classes in Austria. The proximity of the countries and the dormant jealousies existing be- 11,4. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1635 The Constituencies of Great Britain will con, with a scrutinous eye, the division lists on the first question that comes before the Commons. They will not only direct their rigid inquiries to the votes recorded, .but to the names of those Members who shall have been absent on that occasion. We have heard it stated that the petticoat and other influences employed to frustrate the intentions of the Reformers, have been exerted to pre vent the presence in the House, of those who cannot, for conscience, or decency's sake, support the Admini stration in the appointment of a Speaker ; but we warn those Hon. Gentleman who shall be recreantly dis posed, that nothing short of utter physical incapabi lity to attend, will excuse their non-attendance, or avert the just suspicion of treachery on their parts to the Reform cause. It is difficult to suppose that any reasonable man ;~ . deem A. a heinous crime, and is visited with condign punishment. What would our Manchester friends say to an ad valorem export. duty of 600 por cent. on their cotton manufactures ? " THE Cusroms.—These, in 1831. amounted to 64,1021. ; about two-thirds of which arose from Imports, and the remain ing third from Goods exported or carried coastways. " Of the Imports more than three-fourths consisted of grain and cotton cloths; and the duties levied on them amounted to about 14i- per cent. The Exports, subject to duty, consisted of articles of native growth and manufacture; and had to pay about 35 per cent. One product, however, Areka nuts, was charged as WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 18351 tween them are additional reasons for the sleepless vi gilance of the EMPEROR. The French papers furnish no additional intelli gence respecting the flight of Don MIGUEL from Rome. Letters from Cadiz, dated the 19th'ult., state that a report was current in that city of a Miguelite expedition, which was preparing to sail from Leghorn to join the Carlists on the coast of Andalusia. From this it has been inferred that the object of MIGUEL'S ,sight is to effect a junction with Don CARLOS, and so prepare the way for another war in Portugal. This however, is mere conjecture. It is impossible to as sign the real motive of MiGuEL's flight, while the very place to which he has gone remains a secret. With respect to the question of American indemni fication, about which so mly2ll has been written, it is now thought that it must stand over during the pre ..ent session of the Chambers. There is not sufficient time to go through the necessary investigations other wise ; and the committees, though favourable to Ministers, are not disposed to dismiss the details, after cursorily glancing at them. What brother Jonathan will think of such extreme pi udence, after first obtaining from him a good bargain in the way of tariff exemption, on the simple understanding that he should be paid his money without delay, or grumbling, or quibbling of any sort, is something which we have yet to learn. Certainly such wonderful precaution has little appear ance of honesty or manly frankness about it. - Jonathan claimed a sum of money due to him by France, in consideration of losses sustained by him ; and to render the payment as easy as possible, offers to secure to France certain important advantages in a commer cial point of view. These conditions are thankfully accepted by France ; Jonathan, in the mean time. allows himself to suffer considerable loss in the fulfil ment of his part of the treaty, and after three years spent in idle prociastinations, insists on having his money by fair means or foul. The threat alarms France ; but, in the mean time, some of Jonathan's Mends agree to take a good natured view of the case, and to leave the question of the payment solely to the honour of a great nation. Other friends on the contrary agree to hold their tongues for the present ; and thus all cause of alarm is removed—France during the whole of this time contiquing to enjoy the full benefit derived from the treaty already alluded to. The conduct of Brother Jonathan has been unquestionably generous, and highly creditable to his understanding ; but will he longer bear patiently with this system of procrastination? We •think not, nor ought such for. bearance to be expected. The plea of examining claims, on the part of the French Deputies, is all humbug. The question has been settled by a treaty ; the amount of eompensation fixed even to a single franc ; and the very days appointed for the regular pay ment of the several instalments. In resuming our notice of Mr. PETRE'S interesting pamphlet on Ceylon, we beg the attention of our readers to the following observations, which are well worthy of serious consideration—not merely because they are ap plicable to the case in hand, but as they bear upo the principles of taxation : " It is not then alone the first cost of the monopoly, how ever, exorbitant or unjust; it is not merely the 27 or 28,0001. paid by the people, or the 22 or 23,0001. a year, received by the State, which we have to consider, but the consequences of that monopoly—its ulterior effects on the character and con dition of the inhabitants—on the fisheries, agriculture, com merce, and revenues of the Colony. If it be shown, as I con fidently submit it has been, that the salt monopoly is directly opposed to all these interests ; if it be shown that the amount of duty charged so far exceeds the intrinsic value of the article as to hold out the strongest temptations to fraud ; that it inter feres with the free enjoyments of the people, (with the em ployment of many, and with the subsistence, or comforts, of all); that, frustrating the kind boons and intent of Providence, and rendering vain every advantage of natural produce and local situation,—it has checked the fisheries, burdened the agriculture, and dried up the richest sources of commercial enterprise and public revenue; if these, or one half of these evils shall have been shown to result from the monopoly, 1 ask whether that monopoly is to be longer tolerated ? Whether we can doubt, whether we ought to hesitate, another hour, in relieving our Colonial brethren from so cruel, so tyrannical an exaction V' The next grievance to which the author adverts is the land rents ; and here we find the blessed effects of the tithe system admirably exemplified. "LAND RENTS.—This is another impost, which stands in need of revision and amendment. It is, in fact, a tithe or tenth of the gross produce, assessed on all lands in grain, and annually farmed out to the higest bidder, by whom it is col lected in kind. The tax has been objected to as both invi dious and oppressive :—invidious from its partial nature, being confined to one species of produce—and oppressive, from the mode in which it is farmed out, and oftentimes col lected." The first of these objections the author thinks can not be obviated ; for the second he suggests a remedy recommended by the best of all arguments—the ex.. CHEQUER COURT.-(THUS DAY.) perience of its success in similar cases : " Let the Government at once, without any intervention of middlemen, treat with the landholders themselves, granting them leases for five, ten, or fourteen years, at fixed rents ; else converting their tenths into a redeemable Land Tax, re, deemable either at once or by degrees—in whole or in part-- according to the means and inclinations of the respective proprietors. Such a plan I have every reason to believe, would be sure to prosper. Indeed, it has been already tried and found successful in some districts, particularly about Colombo ; where the rent, which in many cases amounted to a fifth, or even a fourth, was in this manner reduced to a tenth, as it existed in other parts of the island. " But if further proofs were wanted of the advantages ac cruing from a fixed and stable system of taxation, we may refer to the princes of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa: In 1793 the Land-tax in these provinces was limited in perpetuity, and rendered invariable like the Land-tax in this country. And what have been the results ? The whole revenue has been more than doubled, and the indirect taxes multiplied nearly twelve-fold. The Land-tax, which, before the permanent as sessment, formed almost 70 per cent., amounts now to little more than 40 per cent. ; private property, which was then un saleable, is now worth 16 years' purchase ; the population, which in 1723, did not exceed 24 millions, was found in 1829 to contain nearly 34 millions. This state of things may be contrasted with that of the ceded districts' under Madras, where the revenue has been in a constant course of fluctuation and decline; where the land still remains unsaleable; and where the population has received in 16 years an augmentation of no more thou 5 per cent.—a rate of increase infinitely smaller than that of the old and densely peopled countries of Europe." One would suppose from the prevalence of the decimal system in the revenue department of Ceylon, that, when its plan of taxation was concocted, some worthy ecclesiastic must have had a finger in the pie. We have seen this principle actively at work in the land rents ; we now meet it in equally vigorous opera tion, and equally productive of its natural fruits, in the fish rents. FISH-RENTS.—These are also a tithe—being one-tenth of all the fish caught in or about, and landed on the island— and, like the land -assessments, arc annually farmed out to speculators by whom they are collected in kind. From the perishable nature of the commodity, and from the fishermen being forbidden to dispose of, or cure, their fish, until the farmer has taken his part, the tax, in many cases, operates most oppressively. Colonel Colebrooke recommends that, in lieu of the present mode of payment, the fishermen should have monthly licenses, which they would be enabled to pay for out of the monthly produce of their labours,—and further, for the encouragement of the fisheries, that they should be allowed a drawback, equivalent to the cost of their licenses, on the salt fish exported. At present, from the salt monopoly, the fish tax, and other restrictions, the fishermen of the Continent are enabled to come over, and to carry on the fisheries along the coasts with greater facility and advantage than even the na tives of the island." The next subject of discussion is the Customs. If our political economists wish to be initiated in the true principles of trade, they must make up their minds to take a voyage to Ceylon. Whatever the political creed of the Ceylooese may be, it cannot be denied that their commercial, doctrines are of a highly conservative cast. To PrArt with their commodities is high as 75 per cent. " Since 1832 the Cinnamon Monopoly has been abolished, and that article may be now exported at a duty of 3s. per lb. on every sort, without distinction of quality. As the cost of its production rarely exceeds 6d. per lb. the duty thus charged upon it may he estimated at 600 per cent. How far (looking at the preca r ious state of the Eastern markets—at the, in creased cultivation of Cinnamon in Cochin China and some parts of Malabar—and at the extent to which, of late years, Cassia has been substituted for it) how far it was advisable to impose so high a duty, and whether a more moderate one—by enabling Ceylon to regain sonic of the markets lost by the late monopoly, would not be eventually more beneficial, to the exporter as well as to the consumer, remains yet to be decided. , 6 The Cinnamon monopoly had been long established by the Dutch, the general object of whose policy in the East seems to have ht en not -to extend commerce. but to exclude competition—not to carry on a large trade with reasonable profits, hut a limited one with large profits. Thus the Cinna mon which they purchased at the rate of sd. per lb. in Ceylon they sold for lls. per lb. in the European markets. But this was a system which could not last—which carried within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Competition, in spite of every effort to preclude or restrain its growth, increased; Malabar cinnamon and cassia, from their superior cheapness, began to vie with, and at length to supplant, the finer products of Ceylon ; and the annual quantity exported from that Island was, by degrees, reduced from upwards of 1,000,000 lbs. to less than 500,000 lbs. A similar fate has befallen other mo nopolized and over-taxed articles in that Colony.. In conse quence of the high, duty . on Areka nuts (75 per cent.) they are now, though of an inferior quality, procured in great quantities from Sumatra, and the revenue levied on them in Ceylon, has declined from 10.329/. to 5,301/. ; from the same cause the revenue on the export of Chawa roots (a sort of dye) has fallen from 2,0001, to 2001. ; and that on the Chank Fisheries, which formerly amounted to 6,700/. is now re duced to 37/. a-year ! Such a system of government could not fail to produce an unfavourable effect on the character of the people. We ought not, therefore, to be surprised when we find the Ceylonese described by many writers as a 'feeble, indolent, and faithless race. They are exactly what men, in their circumstances, must always be. Mr. PETRE thinks that the picture has been greatly over-charged, and very justly remarks that— ,. The character or condition of the Ceylonese can afford no just excuse for English misgovernment and neglect. In proportion as they have been afflicted and brought low, so much the more earnestly does it behove us—standing in the relation which we do towards them—the self-constituted Rulers, and voluntary Umpires of their fate—so much the more strenuous should be the endeavour, en our parts, to re pair their wrongs ; to improve their fallen condition ; to en lighten and invigorate their minds, and to prepare them (by all the means which God has entrusted to our use—by liberal policy—just laws—mild government —religious precept, and moral example) to prepare them not only for the better en joyment of freedom, but for an Garlier participation in those high privileges which have been already extended to the rest of our 'lndian empire, and which; it is to be hoped, will not long be withholden from Ceylon." • Mr. PETRE is not content with pointing out the means of remedying the'grievances and removing the numerous and aggravated evils that afflict Ceylon ; he anticipates the usual objection to all improvement, namely its impracticability, which he most successfully meets* by an appeal to what was effected by Sir STANIFORD RAFFLES, in Java—that valuable colony which was lost to this country—sacrificed without a " compunctious visiting," by that wisest of statesmen, the late Lord CASTLEREAGH : " What is now the case of' Ceylon was in many respects, only with deeper shades and more cruel aggravations, the case of Java, when that island first fell into our possession. It would be, indeed, difficult to conceive any thing more forlorn, any thing more disheartening, than the aspect of affairs, as they then existed, in Java. Agriculture and commerce at their lowest ebb—vicious institutions—corrupt and oppressive functionaries—a demoralized people—a repudiated and worth less currency—a bankrupt exchequer—extortionary but unpro fitable taxes, taking much from the people, though yielding little to the state. Such was, in part, the condition—such the aspect of affairs in the island of Java. Under these circum stances, so difficult and so appalling, what was the conduct of the benevolent and enlightened individual who, fortu nately for the interests of humanity and the honour of the British name, had been called to the helm of govern ment ?—what was the course pursued by Sir Stamford Raffles, and what the result of his administration in Java? To many, (did there not exist undoubted evidence of the facts) to many indeed the tale would appear almost in credible. By a systematio course of liberal policy and just Governmerit—by instituting inquiries and ascertaining facts — by attending to the Customs, manners, and feelings of the na tives—by mixing with the more respectable and better in formed, and by being easy of access, and kind to all—by abo lishing monopolies, forced labour, and unjust exactions—by putting an end to the farming system, and letting out the pub lic lands, on just and liberal terms, to the resident cultivators — by throwing open the ports, and emancipating commerce no less than agriculture, from the galling fetters in which they bad been so long confined by the blind selfishness and perverse tyranny of the Dutch—by giving the people an interest in the efforts and fruits of their own industry, and by teaching them to " consider the connexion with England as founded on principles of mutual advantage, and to be conducted in a spirit of kindness and affection "—by these and like liberal, and just, and enlightened measures, he rescued Java from the lowest depths of degradation and despair— won the confidence and cordial cooperation of all clams of its inhabitants in his labours for the public good—raised their characters—multiplied their comforts and resources — extended their c ommerce—advanced their agriculture—aug mented their wealth—and finally left a revenue—which, under Dutch extortion had never exceeded four millions of rupees— amounting, at the time of his departure, to no less a sum than thirty millions l Such are the blessed fruits of liberal policy and just government ! or ' KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) DOE. DEM. WETHERELL V. BIRD. This was an action of ejectment for breach of covenant. The premises in question were situated in the neighbourhood of Kensington, and were celebrated as having been formerly the residence of the Earls of Gainsborough, and the house in which Charles the 11. held his Court prior to his obtaining possession of Kensington Palace. They had been leased by the defendant's representative to Dr. Finch, who had con verted them into a private madhouse. The lease contained the usual provisos against carrying on any offensive trade or business, and it was contended that the conversion of the premises into a lunatic asylum was a breach of the co venant, and that the plaintiff was entitled to re-enter, and oust the tenant. The case had been previcaisly tried, and a ver dict had for the plaintiff, and it now came on under a rule ob tained for a new trial. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL, Sir JOIIN CAMPBELL, and Mr. F. KELLY appeared for the plaintiff; and the SOLICITOR GENERAL and Mr. THESSEGER for the defendant. After the plaintiff's case had been entered upon, a consulta tion took place between the Counsel on either silo, and The ATTORNEY-GENERAL announced to his Lordship, that he was happy to inform him that the matter bad been amicably arranged A verdict by consent was then taken for the plaintiff—Da mages Is. • MOSCATI V. ' , LAWSON. This action was brought to recover compensation in damages for several alleged libels upon the plaintiff's character inserted in the Times of the 6th, ith, 13th, and 14th March, 1833. The plaintiff, who is an Italian, conducted his own case. In his speech, which was delivered with much energy, animation, and gesticulation, there was so much of the foreign accent and idiom that great part of it escaped us. He said that in all the countries on the Continent of Europe, when an action was tried, in which there was a rich party and a poor one, the former was almost sure to „gain, but in England every party was sure to obtain justice, lehether rich or poor—redress vas sure to be got for any injury, even although, as in the case then under consideration, the .ewe party was weak and the other strong. Through the ate tacks of the Times he was a very poor man—be wase weak, while the defendant, nominally the proprietor of the Times, was very rich. Still. with all those contin gencies against him, he appealed with confidence to the jury, trusting to the justice of his case and his consciousness of innocence. He prayed to God that he had the means to employ one of the learned gentlemen around him ; but the attacks of the Times had been so powerful against him, that if their intention had been to ruin him they had fully suc ceeded. Therefore it was that he stood before them, full of feelings of disgust, dismay, and anxiety. If the jury could look into his heart they would commisserate the poor, man before them, who had been so cruelly used by the Times, who had fdr the last twelve months held him up to the execration of mankind. The defendants, powerful in pocket, had got all the wisdom and experience of Sir Jobs. Campbell, but not contented with that they had also secured. the talent of Mr. Platt--even there they did not stop, but they . had also secured the talents of the worthy gentleman beside him, which proved to him ( Mr. M.) that the defend-' art trembled exceedingly, and was very much maid of the Jury. He stood before them alone—deprivedl of the means of obtaining legal assistance, but he felt himself strews in the consciousness of his innocence. He appealed to , his Lordship, and trusted that he would deign to help him ; to become his instructor and his guide in the perilous and difficult task which stern necessity had fastened upon his shoulders. Mr: Baron ALDERSON said he was certain that there was no occasion for such an appeal. The defendant bad been. long enough in England to know that any of the gentleman at the English bar would have been happy to render him everyas sistance had he applied to them. Mr. PLATT —My Lord, the fact is that the gentleman who sits by his side (Mr. Butt) is now assisting him as Counsel. Mr. Moms. ri said had the trial taken place in December as it ought to have done, he would then have had the assist.- ance of Sir Frederick Pollock ; but his means had since been exhausted, and be would rather run the hazard of losiug his case than offer an insult to a gentleman of his standing. Baron ALDERSON said he was certain Sir Frederick Polka: would have considered an application to him,.under such cir cumstances, as a compliment. Mr. Moscati said that he would do as well as he could bee himself. The plaintiff continued to detail his history since hig arrival in England, in a very animated speech, which we are• obliged to postpone till to-morrow, in consequence of the late ness of the hour at, which the trial was called on. He then called the following witnesses : Jeseph pincher, Esq., examined by the plaintiff. Had at tended some lectures et the Royal Institution delivered by the plaintiff. Had paid him 30 guineas for his lectures. Knew that the plaintiff had applied at the Royal Institution, to give. some lectures, which were refused, but not in consequence of the attacks of the Times. Cross-examined.—Had some little conversations with t he plaintiff, but he had never been told by him that he was a noble Neapolitan, or that he had had a bullet in his cerebellum,, or was taken prisoner amongst the Arabs.—( Laughter.) Arnold Rogers had known plaintiff for four years, and . had received instructions from him. He had frequently' been at his house, and had been introduced to his friends. Had never in his presence calumniated any one indi vdual. Had not engaged him in any way since the attack of the Times, and had ceased to employ him, in con sequence of the attacks. Cross-examined—Had -been learning French, and had had three lessons a week for several months. He had never beau ' told by the plaintiff that he w as a Nea p olitan nobleman -or had been with Napoleon in Rus sia. Never told him he bad fought ninety duels. Plaintiff never told him that he wrote for the Times. Mr. Fernside, Secretary of the Phrenological Society, and Manager ot the Western Institution. In 1833 witness pro' posed plaintiff to lecture at the Institution, for which he Was paid. Saw Dr. Elliotson as one of his auditors. Had see o some of the articles in the Times. Cross-examined.—Had heard Moscati give some account of his adventures. He said he had been under Murat, and had passed through some strange adventures. Had heard big!, say that he was Colonel o f a re g iment under Na p oleon, en' wa s in the retreat from Moscow , and g ave a detail of the hardships of that retreat. Witness understood that he bigd been fri all of Napoleon's campaigns, and was in Egypt. l'ia o not heard )rim say that he was, condemned to die, and Iva! saved by a woman—he had an impression that the plaintiff be o f fought a great nun:her of duels, and his favourite point woundin' was the ey.e. - Had not heard him say that Ile had been at the Wall of China. Had heard him say thi4 the Times was considerably ine?ebted to him for articles. Ha d heard him say that the Times has had presents, but he di d vet h e ar any detail. Witness certainly had a very strong susplci. ll that what Mr. Moscati said was the ejects of a heated finer nation.—( Laughter.) The witness was still under examination v;hen we left. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-THIS DAY This morning, a numerous meeting of the creditors under the fiat of bankruptcy issued against the firm of Bentley, Dear and Company, warehousemen, of Cheapsiee, was held before Mr. Commissioner Evans, for the proofs of debts, and the de claration of a dividend. The Court was crowded, and the proceedings appeared to excite much interest. Many proofs were admitted to a large extent. A claim was tendered on the part of Messrs. Sturdge and Sharp under these circum stances person, named Scott, obtained goods from them on a reference to Bentley, who said the firm would pay for the goods ; Scott was entered as the debtor, but Messrs. Sturdge and Sharp had received payment for them by bills, signed by Bentley in the name of the firm. Mr. Dear, one of the part ners, now stated that he was ignorant that Bentley gave a promise in the name of the firm, and that the names of the claimants were not in the partnership books. Mr. Ashurst, the solicitor to the fiat, opposed the claim, which was argued at some length. Mr. Commissioner EVANS said his impression was that he ought not to allow the claim ; but as the question was of im portance, he w ould take time to consider. It was stated in the course of the morning that the dividend would not be asN?rtained for a day or two, and that the credi tors who had proved would receive a notice from the assignee, stating the sum and the time the dividend would be paid. The debts now proved amount to an immense sum, and a good dividend is expected. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain are moderate, and the return of Flour fair. The 'Wheat trade was excessively dull this morn ing, and i%Jonday's terms were hardly supported. Barley, Beans, and Pease unvaried. Oats firm in value. Flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. Whe,t flit, - ley. I • ),;;:iu qrs. ;i,,X,oqts. 7,(4 qrs.. i 4,1 sacks Irish - Foreign THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY. TWELVE (Yr:LOC:A O By the Jamaica mail, arrived this mor nin g , brou g ht by t Nightingale, which sailed on the 3 d o f Januar y , Jamaica P pers have been received at the Nort h and South America!: Coffee-house to the 3d of January. We have also an arrics'_, of the packet from Vera Cruz, by the Stanmer, which sag e ' on the Ist of January, from Havannah. By the Jamaica .papers we have received the speech of 10 Excellency on closing the Session, and proroguing the As' sembly, which is as follows : " Gentlemen of the Council — The near a pp roach of Christ ; mas holidays rendering it expedie nt that y ou should return t, your respective residences, where your services, valuable they are here, will be so much more important; I have r ~, solved on releasing you from yo ur duties as Members of t" Legislative Body after en attendance of unusual duration. be " None of the Bills which have been p resented to me as to, result of your labours are of a nature to call for any obser i to tion from me, except the Commission B:11. I consider it e 0 be one of much importance , and thou g h various circumstancs have induced me to resolve on not acting under its provisions , in t o r ec e nt case, I feel the great utility of the measure, and sb'o, not hesitate to avail myself of it, if any occurrence should ° fortunat-ly arise where it can be with propriety used. " It affords me much satisfaction to be enabled to inf °llll o l you, , that a second and further incre a s e to the number to special Magistrates has been announced to me by the to packet, several of those appointed for this colony had actu.; sailed previous to the date of the despatch` which I bave.:ol ceived, and the rest were immediately t o follow. When ago them shall have arrived, I have no he sitation in saying;t it the number in the island will be pe r fec tl y adequate t exigencies. tbe I am further gratified in being able to inform you file plan for the better arrangement of the West India packetiog now in active progress, and I am instructed to say that it be very speedily matured. 1 - " It remains for me now only to ment i o n, that the ru,es,,, down for the proceeding under the Act of the Imperial to liament, for compensating persons having p revious right ; the services of manumized slaves, have been approved °ae his Majesty in Council, with the exception of the 13tb„. 0 0. 14th, which being appealed against, remain under considetak'oeo That rule which affects the distribution of the fund betvlbot persons standing towards each other in the relation of tin and creditor, has pot been allowed by his Majesty in Cow - er but the confirmation of the rules of proceeding, with el. O ception I have before mentioned, removes every obstael:, the active prosecution of the claims by the differen t J o ir sons Kilo seek to benefit by the payment of the compens ° ,4o money. The promptitude which his Ma j est y' s Govert°',"isr have shown in this respect , and the heav y responsibilit), curred by the Colonial Secretary in ma kin g , without the 5 tlif l tion of Parliament, so considerable an increase, as Well W emoluments as to the number of special magistrates, 'cO i: fed trust, be considered to afford abundance of p roof of the interest he takes, in common with his colleagues, i n the ti o& fare of Jamaica—a responsibility so great as only to be M o jarl by the imperious exigencies of the moment, and the or which must have resulted from any delay in affording sue sistance." 00 THE FUNDS. 0 11 00 In the early part of yesterday a few Money sales Ivere mr which had the effect of making Consols heavy-92k ... r oe: Account ; but towards the close of business Consols ha l " and closed at 92} I, at which price they opened this il l „. ° 10 1 The Express from Paris not having arrived , the Ai' stagnant. ai Spanish, 56 1 i; Scrip, * 4 prem. ; Portuguese, 9 , nr o HALF PAS P.P., ej During the whole of the morning both the British as as the foreign markets, have been in a state of a pathP 9 1 by the non-arrival of the French and Dutch mails. 04 Consols are at present 024 Buyers for the A ccount, for Money, which is plentiful. Or r t p i The Foreign Market is in the same state as theoi scarce a bargain doing. Spanish 56g ; Scrip, premium ; Portuguese 924-; Dutch 552. f. The Mexican packet brings 290,000 dollars . There vi3.14/11' news when she sailed from Vera Cruz. Exchetio er , OF 39 40 ; India Bonds, 20 22 ; India Stoc k 258 27 Stock 223- 2241 p THREE 01 C-4 0 frC Consols for the Account 92/1. „ • a 8 11 ;l e f o f TALLEYRAND ' S LAST.—The fonowinE, jp is stated to Wive occurred during Talleyrand's The Prince having conversed with his physician in confidence approaching to intimacy, the latter Was of tate a t op , dened as to ask him what he thought of the affaiilioliec v , ” Doctor," replied the old diplomatist, " you rnti s .' o - sle marked that I never give an opinion except te, pbf which Ido not understand. lam happy to talk 8 19° b oi l _—Le Voleur. ire i oy A man named Dufau died two day s ago 1114.;ieeno.° pital of La Rochefoucauld, at Petit Montrouge: s t a b ~p fougl:t , 1: , (Icr the Dul;.! de Rich e elieu, At r"r`,,bb° 1766. Until his; last illness, he experienced uon- mities of old age. ~--.. It ! . i s ?e st , tt tur , 3 had to a 'evou; high est ht it i this t Are Aostero w Al. Sett ev . E. L. OS to the I !.Prleral bed , !l iv e to tilt) ;414Y Official rn -l lstor n . m iarles M. sor 4 , cleric e p t le surn i Worceste ka e h ad rcs atit la • is 14( °therbted 444 C' i Just ready, in 2 vols. Bvo. with Plates, ARRATIVE OF THE CRUIZE OF THE UNITED STA THE TE WO S' FRIG RLD.ATE POTOMAC RD Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to his Majesty. I