The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE TIMES.) The Russians are " getting enough of it," in this their aggression against Turkey. In spite of all their boastings they have been forced to raise the siege of Silistria, and to retire beyond the Danube. Bad weather has been the cause alleged. A bitter foe to the operations of the Muscovites throughout the campaign has this same bad weather proved ; but, on the other hand, a ready healing plaister to the reputation of his Imperial Majesty's arms. It is suspected that certain movements of Hussein Pacha, combined with others of the Pacha of Widdin, have had a sensible effect-On the barometer in this in stance, and been regarded as prognostics of a storm which ought not to be overlooked. Varna is now left to its own resources; and can receive no further support but through a winter communication with Odessa. What influence this untoward state of the Russian affairs may have on the negotiations be tween England (with France and Austria at her back) and the Court of St. Petersburgh, during the winter, is a question of immense importance anti anxiety. In our opinion the Duke of Wellington has the ball at his foot—so far as concerns the re solves of the Russian Cabinet. The British Minis ter need only now say to Russia—" Europe will be your guarantee for the free navigation of the Duda eelles ; but the public interest forbids that you should take one inch of ground from Turkey, or. advance a single step beyond the Prude" If not satisfied with this peaceable assurance, there are other means of enforcing it upon - the Ministers of his Imperial Majesty, which might be • employed, as easily as hinted at, by any half dozen men-of-war in the British navy. We wish both justice and prosperity to Russia, but we would rather see her merchant men under a general 'guarantee, sailing securely front the Euxine to the Archipelago, than her batteries frowning over the whole channel, and granting or eefusing the same freedom to other natione, at the pleasure of his Majesty the - Czar. Our report of the proceedings at Leeds on Friday last, will be read with gratifieation by the friends of Civil and Religious Liberty. The meeting had been called in pursuance of a requisition signed by 402 individuals of respectability, .for presenting an ad dress expressive of loyalty to the. Sovereign _and_ to those principles which placed. his fatndy • on. the throne ; but placing in the front of them the prin ciple of " religious toleration." The Comberlueds at first did .not seem to- meditate an opposition ; but at 1;10, by dragging the whole county round Leeds for names, among which were those of labourers, c journeymen, mechanics;hildren, and many wh o . were notaware of the existence of any requisition. At the meeting Mr. Marshall, member for the • - • county, presided; and . after four speeches, pro and con, a resolution ore behalf of emancipation, and ' an amendment on. ite were. ,proposed, when the Chairman declared the Ciiinheriand amendment to • be negatived, .and the resolutien. ,carried. The seconder of the anti-Catholieeemeedment was a Me thodiet.preacher. The assembly was extremely im merous,eziel the Liberals are described to have borne to the others;, proportion' of 7:to 5, or of 3 to 2. If a county meeting of Yorkshire should• be called, there is no doubt - of a result as . favourable to email 4ipation, if not more so. • -" - • (FROM THE 110RXIN43 HERALD.) The tr:ZosmiosioT l of " ftent" across the Atlantic in aid of the funds- of the Popish. Association in Dublin, is the uw.est.incident in the drama of the " Agitatems." Tv , . threadbare speeches .of . the " . leaders" wanted something of novelty to keep the interest of the thfrig alive, end the Americans, in the exuberance-of - their " liberalityf have- not-only undertaken to furnish:that attrartipn, bu t X opayfor it. ft was announced, a short tittle since, that a Society had been established in "the district of Co, lortibia," With the Mayor of the city of Washington at its heae, to co-operate with the Irish" Agitators,' and levy contributions for " the cause," until the British Government shall be driven to the necessity of submitting to their demands, Lt was also stated in. ea . " Association," at their last meeting, that the " Rent" is about to be " organized" in POP' deaux; and thus the " Pope's faithful subjects" in Ireland are resolved not to rest their argument on the strength of the " seven millions" only, but are ittxiolis to demonstrate to the ,der;ounced arid " ex communicated " Ministry of the Duke of Welling— ton that both France and America are at their back, What right the people of either of those cot,mt.rie.s, or any factions within them, have to interfere be, to even the Government of great Britain and its sub jects remains yet to be seen, The language, how ever, of the American "Liberatitar is not to be misunderstood. In the • letter enclosing 4.1 e portion of "Rent" from Boston, and which is addreskeel to Mr. O'Connell, the folio wing passage occurs, equalling in violence and rhodomontade some of the most " eloquent" diatribes of the Fteneh Revolutionists : —" Victories have been gained for Ireland in other times. Her soil is consecrated by the blood of her heroes, and the more tbart Orphean music of • her eloquence has tamed - for a time rhe Wild beasts of bigotry and oppression. But hee lefe triumph in your election, and the yet greater one pp hope fin as the fruit of it, will be remembered as the flp.sing and crowning victories of the most memorable !neap tal eras on record, in which patriotism and genius have held an. immortal struggle with power and wickedness." Contemptible aq this bombast is, the sentiments of hostility to the British Power, which iteenveyed, was received with the cheers of the Association. Perhaps the Anwrie3ns, who have' coma -forward on this occasion, would do well to re collect that lifdriotitm toi well as charily alight to begin at' home'. • Are there - no slaves in AmericA w h o have' real, and not metaphorical chains to ' plank in the ears of their- masters ? What would the American Government say if an association were established in England to encourage the negro slaves of the u n i te d States to resist their owners—to tell them that the power under which they were denied all those right? of property and citizenship which she Roman Catholics possess in Ireland, wa s up h e ld by the t wild beasts of bigotry arid oppressi on When the negro slaves of America are allowed t have every right the Roman Catholics in Ireland have, when they can acquire property by their own industry, and hold it inviolable by law, when they -can be Naval and Military Com manders, Members of the Bar, and other liberal professions, and, in short, enjoy every privilege but that of " political power," then may the American Quixotes, with somewhat more con sistency thau at present, offer a greater degree of freedom to the people of other countries. As to the French Roman Catholics too, the "refit organizers" of Bordeaux, for the benefit of the Popish orators of ireland, we would say to them " Before you presume to appear in the character of Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty' in Ireland, show your own religious liberality towards your own Protestant fellow sub jects." The massacres of the Protestants in the South of France, - immediately after the downfall of Bonaparte, are yet recent examples of Popish toler ance, when it has the-power to persecute—so are the late epurations, as they were affectedly called, or the removal of persons of the Protestant religion from all places of trust and power, and even from the Pro fessorships iO schools of science andlearnine. The sanguinary Law Of Sacrilege, too, as well as the fanatic ravings of the Pt;spish Jesuits and Missionaries, in their pious efforts to restG.retlw despotic supersti tion of the " dark ages," emplua:cally attest how well qualified the Roman Catholic " refit 9rganj7e„ ,, of Bordeaux are to read lectures on civil and religious liberty to the Protestants and Govern meat of England, (FROM UTE MORNING CHRONICLE.) We agree with our contemporary (the Leeds Mercury), io whom we are indebted for an account of the proceedings of the Meeting . in that town,' on the Catholic Question,' en Saturday last, " tha t great triumph has been gained for the cause of Civil and Religious Liberty." Th e met h* was c alled by the advocates for an extension of civil rights to the Catholics; and Ithe Brunswickers and Anti- Catholics resolved to put forth all their strength, in order to defeat the object of those who called the meeting. They had the advantage, too, of more skilful discipline than their opponents; and of ban ners, with inscriptions, and the other devices for captivating the mob, there was no lack. With all these aids, and after a previous circulation of pla cards and hand-bills, they ventured into the field, but were beaten.. To dwell on the importance of such a victory, in' a great and influential town like Leeds, would be a waste of words. Who is there who does not know that Leeds and Manchester are the two capitals of our two staple manufactures, the woollen and cotton; that each is not only wealthy and populous, but also the centre of a rich and po pulous district which it influences? The opinion expressed in such a ' town is the opinion of the wealth and intelligence of the county. But what makes this triumph the more instructive is, that it affords a striking proof of the rapid progress of the cause. Mr. Baines, the intelligent proprietor of the Lends Mercury, in a-speech, not delivered at the meeting, but intended to have been delivered, says, " Before you put the question 'upon the Address, allow' me to congratulate the Borough of Leeds and the country, in general upon ..the mighty change, which a few years have effected in public opinion regarding the Catholic Question. Fifteen years ago, this question was publicly discussed in the parish church at. Leeds. A cry was then, as now, raised against the Roman Catholics, and the liberal party was beaten by a majority of twenty to one." Fifteen years ago the majority against. the Li berals, even in Leeds, a town always pre-emi nently distinguished for the intelligence of its in habitants, was greater than could now be obtained in Wales, in the West of England, or in those parts of Kent and Sussex called the Wealds, or any other corners into which knowledge can only find an en trance slowly and with difficulty. There are ,yet not a few parts of England, where as many people would be ready to hold up their hands in favour of a proposition declaratory of their belief in witchcraft as in opposition to the Catholic Claims. It is in places where men are brought into . collision with each other, and can have access to sources of infor mation, that the struggle with error can be main tained ; and it is only in such places that any one would think of ascertaining th e s t ate o f p u bli c opinion, We_ have then, in the result of_ these two trials at Leeds, a striking proof of the great pro- . gress which the Catholie- eiltIAP has of late made in this country. The educated, the intelligent every where, are favourable to concession. The Bar are confessedly the cleverest body of men in the coun try, and a great majority of. the Bar petitioned for concession. In one House of Parliament a majority is favourable to concession ; in the other House the .minority is gradually increasing. As Lord Morpeth observed the other day in Dublin!, the educated youth are every where favourable to concession. Youth has not prejudices and prepossessions to con quer; it is not impeded by the reluctance to con fess error, nor awed by the dread of reproaches of apostacy; -but viewing the question on its own merits, and freed from all extrinsic considerations, it does not hesitate a . mornent as •to- the decision. Soon from this-cause, alone namely, the departure of the old from the stage, and the entrance on it of a new generation—the No-Popery cause trmq die a natural death. If in the - short space of fifteen years a majority of 20 'Ol has been convected into a minority, in fifteen years more the ,Anti-catholics must exist only in history. There are no young leaders of any rank among them. .The Eldons, the idmouths,. belong to a past age rather than to the present; and plentiful as the class of the Newcastles, the Kenyons, and, the Winchelseas always is . in England, even these men will have no successors ; and the men who resemble them in head will be ob liged to signalize themselves by some other descrip tion of foolish and absurd opinions. Wherever an appeal has been made in places where an independ gni:, npmfiuenced public opinion can be expressed, the result has been favourable to concession. Any Lord who has more money than wit may indeed put his boors in. requisition for No-Popery; and the Clergy, who, somehow or other, are not free agents in this cause, may back him; but the opinion of the people of England is not to be ascertained in this way. (FROM THE MORNING POST.) We' eztrut from the columns of the Times and The Sun the two following announcements :—the for mer a rice bit of originul—thf) lattpr an' exquisite improvement thereon. The "we can go further" of our Evening friend is truly admirable " We rejoi , :eto say again, what we made known some nuanthv ago, vie. that we have the very strongest reason for attributing to the Duke of Wellington a fixed determi nation to introduce a Rill for the relief of the Catholics in the ensuing Session." ‘. l We can go further l We know that the ,S'olicitor- General is at present engaged upon a Bill for granting fu7ther concessions to the Roman Catholics:" ' We shall dismiss these statements in the shortest psssibie ;canner. They are impudent fabrications from beginning la erg, We know them to be such; and therefore our readers may place the most im plicit reliance • upon what•we say. We have not, Wweyer, quite finished with our , Morning Contem porary. The remarks with which he introduces his litbrication tiem,mcl ti few words. He complains that the Anti-Catholics 'five ." no information or facts to bring forward in support of Ole denials" which they give to the fabrications copeocted by "liimse,lf and friends. Now, with all due de, ference ,t,hp *superior judgment of the Times, :we must us our opinion, that no ne cessity. exists for the ptfidoction of any facts what ever. When a set of gossiping old women choose to - o,tg. forth indecent calumntes against the head of the Government, are those calumnies to be . believed beeatis;a po facts are brought forward to disprove them ?' Wisa:. facts or what information can b.e required beyond a plait; and positive denial-- zueh, for inotance, as we have given appve ? There is, however, one fart which we can bring ,fe e rward, and which will completely rlestroy the statement of our precious contemporary. • The Duke of Welling,. lon is endued, in an eminent degree, with the rah ties of 1447Thesly and prudence, and it is therefore quite impossibie that his Grace should either betray those who have cori,ed in him, or that he should • expose his country to the znachinations of the (3o.tirt of Rome by the fegg i !'. of Catho lic •Ern4ncipation ! 'A little further ort our Contemporacy waxeth facetious. " The Catholics, " he says,- " have rummaged the debates o f Parliament f pledges of twenty or thirty..,_yeus, standing, Whereby to fetter the present judgment of the Duke of Wellington." Here, we think, our lib eral fr i end has sacriticA the spirit of truth to the spirit of waggery. We are not aware that stay anti-. Catholic has attempted to pro duce " pledges of twenty or thirty years' standing, whereby to fetter the p resent j u d gment of this Doke o f Wellington. However, having rummaged the debates of Parliament, we can relieve the Gentleman o f his .4iniiety on this point. If he refer to the de bates of tha '.2S,th of April last, he will find the fol lowing words at t l ibote,d to the Duk e o f W e lli ngton: ' " With regard to the C.e-thel:c ;10 man can be more determined than myrdf in Oppo,Nipiz to it. The result of many years' cons ideration has be en t i ? p,,;(1 , c „ 1, my mind an unalterable determination to opp 4, Q X e Utmost of my power, any further concession t o the Roman Cathofira." Contemp orary ? Does this ." pledge" satisfy our He ought, we thinis,,t4s rest contented with it, for , it is scarcely of thirty weeks' s t a nding! Perhap s he will contend that even this Ea Fie•ize is of t oo ancient a date. - flint what has occurred tiara 4prib which could induce the Duke of Wellington to re, cede from his " unalterable determination ?" Has lie seen reason to discard the supposition that dan ger would arise from the grant of Emancipation ! No. Since 4pril the Clare Election has taken place—the Roinish pr,i . ests have displayed them selves in their true cliarae(e,:. of furious and into fo lerant bigots—the Demagogues has r t,'.ireatened drive the people An to rebellion—and the avowed organ of the Catholics, has declared his hostility to the Established Ck.nrch, and his , determination to call for a repeal of "the abominable Act of Uiriou" Has he seen reason to expect an 1 itcsuiTeCtion in eotiserpt,twe of continued exclusion of the Catholics ?. No. Since April the Protest ants have arisen, in the pure spirit of loyalty, to as sist the Government, arid by their energetic conduct they have driven the miscreants of the Association from the insurrectionary designs which they had pre viously entertained. What, then, can have I,d to a change of opinion in the mind of the Duke of Wel lington ? We confess we are unable to answer this question; but perhaps our respectable Corrempo vary will honour us with a solution of it. Till he does so honour us we shall remain convinced that the Duke of Wellington entertains an unalterable de terminatiln to oppose any further concession to the Roman Catholics ! (FROM THE NEWS.) The public attention has been for some time pain fully drawn, particularly- by the cases of the Rev. Mr. Fenn and Joseph Hunton, towards the sub ject of the frequency of our capital punishments for the crime of forgery. We had occasion to remark, in a recent number, that " the temptation to crime is increased with the apparent impunity, and Me greater the temptation the less the moral guilt." Now, if such are truisms,--and we believe all will admit them to be,—why punishforgery as you punish murder. The only excuse for this-twerinal.severity we ever heard worthy of being listened to, is that ive live in a commercial country, and that it is necessary far the carrying on of trade to fence round our paper circulation with the bloody edicts ialich are now being so frequently appealed to for its protection. Even admitting this argument, the Christian and the i♦loralist must allow that we are adapting our laws more to expediency than to the great principles of equity, which are co-eternal with truth. But we are far from admitting the correctness of the ' argument, that such severity is absolutely :ne cessary. It is exercised in no other country than England, although it is well known that in France and Holland, - and many parts of Germany, a large portion of the commerce is carried on through the medium of a paper circulation. And yet we hear of nothing like the frequency of the crime of forgery in those countries that we experience here. We there fore contend, that instead of going on hanging as we barbarously do, every Sessions (and which after all, is found ineffectual as a remedy) it would he as well if we made a trial of the more huMane mode of transportation, under. peculiar circumstances of pri iTation. The life of a fellow creature is too precious to be risked where there exists any doubt as to the expediency of its sacrifice. " To wrest from God's own hand the sword of justice, And be your own avengers." The numerous interviews which the Duke of Wellington has lately had with the Archbishop of Canterbury, have-given strength to the reports that in the ensuing Session something will be attempted to allay the furor which now attends the question of Ca tholic Emancipation. Whether that son►ethin; will content the Irish Catholics, we entertain considerable doubts. For our parts we must say, that if a con cession is to be made, it should he of that nature as to be acceptable to those on whorls the favour is in tended to operate—else why make the concession. W e will riot, however, anticipate objections before we know the facts. Humour says that the Duke intends to bring forward a qualified plan of Emanci pation—and if that is not acceded to by the Irish Catholics, and if they still persist in their present system of agitation,he will then suspend the Habeas Corpus Ad, and by force put down the Association and the collection of the rent. Ile is unable, such is the present state of the law, to effect either of these measures without suspending the Habeas Corpus. This is, however, a dangermis step for any Prime Minister to take—the more especially, as it would absolutely do nothing towards permanently qaieting Lela►nd. The game of agitation would recommence with additional fury the instant. the despotic pressure of power was relaxed—and the intervention of a war, in which England were a principal, might prove the means of separating the two countries for ever. (FROM THE SUNDAY HERALD.) Of the changes in the Cabinet none, we believe, that have been mentioned, are yet finally determined on. It is all but certain, however, on the one hand, that propositions have been made to Mr. Huskisson and Lord Dudley to return to their former stations in the Cabinet; and that they, on the other, have manifested no disinclination to come to terms, pro vided Mr. Charles Grant, the late President of the Board of Trrde, and Mr. C. W. Wynne, late Presi dent of the Board of Controul, are likewise permitted to return to their former seats. On the latter pro position, however, it is averred, that the Duke of Wellington has put his veto, and - that he will listen to no terms which include their return to office. On this point then,it is by no means impossible that the ne- ' gociation may break off; for both Mr. Charles Grant and Mr. Wynne resigned on account of theresignation of Mr. Huskisson, and it would justly be consi dered the lowest depth of political degradation and political abandonment on the part of the latter, were he to think for a moment of returning to office without his former colleagues, :did, as' the event proved, his Warm supporters. Lord Dudley is not bound by the same pledges, and he may return to office with " his honour safe," without either of the three who went out with him; but whether he will do so or not, remains to be seen. It is well known that his friends considered his conduct in tendering his resignation at the same time with Mr. Huskis son, as a piece of heroism of which he had no occa sion to be guilty, and that they were not a little wroth at his committing it; and it may therefore be rationally enough inferred that they are now using every effort to persuade him to return to office; but, on the other hand, Lord Dudley may be inclined to think that he would have little chance of remaining long in it, or of being able to maintain an efficient part, unless supported, both in Parliament and in the Cabinet, by those who think with him, and would support his views. (FROM THE SPECTATOR.; MUS'ICAL FESTIVALS OF THE. SEASON.—COITIMit teps, who have the management of these perform an,ces, might I : ts \yell set forth on their placards, that they take place for the benefit of the London singers, It would be honester, and truer, than to pretend that the interests of the County Hospital onter into their calculations. Throughout the country we find that when the accounts of the various Festivals are balanced, the result is pretty much the same; no overplus is left, and it is thought a happy circiim stance if the expense be cleared. We are not among those who believe that the penple who run after large bands and chorusses are impelled by charity; but it would be undeniably a good thing if the humane st itutions of the country could be benefited by music, which !laws more money from the pockets of the pnblic than au ether entertainment. What we principally fear is, that the lavish expenditure of country gentlemen upon the T.ondop singers, will have the effect of checking the -increase of sn r pig4l performances.. Fresh cities and towns will be afraid of encountering the enormons certainty of expense. Will nothing din into the heats of the managers, that after all, it is not the solo singers- that thaw the 411. dience ? The band and chorus are the rarity—the singer may be heard at any opportunity. Bk we shall fe that kis next to impossible for the Committee to be I,essgcnetts with the ticket-money. This is the state of the fpg, 'Re celebrated Mr. B. being down in the country, previOuqy po g. musical festival, dines with Mr. A., merchant and mnsigq manager pro lent. Mr. B. eats a considerable dinner, ani; tid es hock with Mr. A. and party. , In the evening he sings " March, march," to the young ladies in the tirkving-room. How is it possible to refuseSo gen tlemanly a ikai7, so urbane a companion, 250/. for four mornings and exank - p ? Absurd to hesitate for a moment. In like Manner, )liso S. (who is known in the country by the tender diminntive of Kitty) ig este eme d at even i ng p art i es a l ove ly g i r l, a fascinating creature, &c. &c.; and they give 200/. for the four day s . Two hundred pounds of ticket money is cheerfully given to ally young lady singer , v h ‘) 7,yill make h erself am i able dur i ng t h at space. And at thro rLtn We pay for drop ends and pretty looks. One tiling wet9eg the reader to reflect upon --which is, that ihe sing.ers receive the pay for singing sOngF4 which they hay.e iuris any time tliese ten or twenty years. They do this year nothing more than they did last year, and the year before ; they attempt no new difficulties ; so that what they perform is scarcely more difficult to them than laughing. If we had not grown by degrees familiar with the monstrous inadequacy between the remu neration and the service, it would appear alike to every one—sheets madness. (FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES.) As has been said, that " the influence of the Crown has been increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" so it is with the causes in Chan cery; but Mr. Brougham will, no doubt, be sur prised to find, that though he contemplated a total and radical change in the conduct of the Court of Chancery, yet the arrears have positively increased 40 or 50 since the appointment of Lord Lyndhurst. In truth things ate much worse now than they were, and we appeal to the whole Chancery Bar for confirmation of our position. The illness of one Judge, and the irritability of the other, are the pri mary causes ; but we shall gladly give instances or particulars to establish the point, if any of our legal brethren will favour us with data. Mr. Brougham is pledged to second us in attempting now to re medy the delays of the Court of Chancery ; and, _%yhile our this subject, we do hope the Duke of Wel lington will fix the salary of the Lord Chancellor at even 15,000/, per annum; so that he may gladly re sign the Bankri4oky and Lunatic business. This would materially aid the Court, and give even the present Chancellor a - chance !if keeping down the arrears. We are advocate's for some play or leisure, bin not tehen suitors preis. No appeal should he allowed from the Vice-Chancellor except, to the Lords. This would no doubt expedite hiisiliess greatly. We have named 15,000/. per annum, be cause we are always advocates for allowing Chan cellors large incomes, that they may never be dis. tressed, for should such unfortunately be the case, they could not be independent, and it might be feared could hardly be just, either in the Court or in the Cabinet. (FROM THE EXAMINER.) The Standard thinks Brunswick Clubs fine insti tutions for the expression of opinion and the restraint of Government, should Government be.disposed to do wrong, or. what the party represented by the Standard accounts wrong—for we would keep _our present argument clear ofany discussion of the qua lity of the measure in view. But why require such clumsy instruments as clubs for this purpose? Would it not be more convenient to have this desired re presentation of the public feeling condensed within the walls of Parliament ? Why are we to look for the representation of the people at Penenden heath, or in a George and Dragon assembly-room.? Suyely it would be more convenient to have the goad in essence, and to cork it up for the benefit of Ministers in St. Stephen's. When questions arise which affect the interests of all, it is excellent, argues the Stan dard and its party, to procure the expression of opi nion by clubs ; such questions occur every *lay, and, f or cl u bs, let them substitute members for shires, cities, and towns, and they are Radical Reformers. If Parliament were the representation of the people, there would he no pretext for the representation of clubs ; and if the representation of clubs be as serted to be needful, a confession is implied of the inadequacy of the House of Commons to the pur poses of a third estate. Always distrusting the Go vernment, we never cease to call for popular repre sentation ; and when the High Tories begin to dis trust the Government, they too discover occasion for the same demand. The difference is simply this —that they would have that demonstration in the gross, expressed by the roars of mobs, which we think may be more conveniently, and with improved wisdom, conveyed through the person of a delegate. It were surely more advantageous to act upon the minds and councils of Ministers through men of abi lity coming in contact and discussion with them in debate, than through the tumultuous and disputed manifestations of a mixed assembly. (FROM THE JOHN BULL.) The falsehoods widely, actively, and ingeniously disseminated for stock-jobbing purposes, concerning the death of the King of Portugal, have all been ex posed, and the truth of the statement which we pub lished last week verbatim, (as received from a Por tuguese nobleman, written in the French language, to a relation in England,) made manifest. The fact is, that the injuries received by his Majesty are trivial, when compared with the nature of the acci dent which occurred, and both the King and the Princesses are recovering—as the people of Portugal pray they may. The King has changed his bed, and is in every respect doing well. In speaking of Don Miguel, and his undoubted right to the throne which he possesses, we have already, we think, suffi, ciently shewn the decided character of its abdication by his brother Don Pedro, and we have now only to call public attention to the reception of Don Miguel its Portugal after quitting this country, and the pro ceedings had, with regard to convening the Three Estates of the kingdom. This act of Don Miguel has been represented as unconstitutional; but the least trouble in the way of reference to the history of Portugal will show, that the Three Estates of the realm have, over and over again, been convened, from the earliest date even to the time of the late King ; and we could enumerate, without the least exertion, from the pages of a most able and im partial publication, called " Portugal! or, Who is the lawful Successor to the Throne?" instance after instance in favour of their assemblage, had we room for extracts of sufficient length : but we prefer con fining ourselves to the facts of the case, because we are quite sure that any person sceptical as to the right of Don Miguel to convoke the Three Estates, or the wisdom of the measure, will find his Majesty's perfect justification in the precedents afforded in the pages of that work—to which we earnestly intreat the attention of those who desire to see their way clearly in a cause, to misrepresent the real merits of which, more trouble has been taken, and more invective and vituperation have beau expended, than we ever recollect to have issued, even from the liberal press of this liberal kingdom. THisl POLISH WALTER SCOTT.—A Polish officer of the name of Bronikowski, banished for his poli tical opinions from the Russian part of Poland, found a refuge in the Court of Dresden. Turning to account his acquaintance with the history of his native country, and having carefully consulted archives little known, he has at tempted to he the Walter Scott of Poland, and has pub lished at Leipzig several works, which have become very popular, the last of which is entitled Erzahlungen.— Literati, Gazette. NEW SCHEME.— A n old French engineer officer has lately published a new scheme of rather a whimsi cal description. He states that, far some years, be has ' remarked that the lamentations which accompany the great to their last abode, are lost amidst the congratulations by which their ancestors are overwhelmed. To obviate a circurnstance PO mortifying to vanity, he recommend s princes to grant a number of annuities on their own lives, rn vi 44 hi4ri 4 ,,i tp 4iNti quite them among thos e w h osp rea l attac h ment they wish to secure. They will th en , h e o b serves, on l y have to consult their finance-minister, in or d er to ascertain .the sincerity of the prayers put up to hav en f or t h e presse r. v ation of the i r precious day s; an d , w h enever t h ey di e, their annuitants will be heart -broken !—Literary Gazette. _N.B. This pleas, though i ngen i ous, i s not new, i t h as in his Voy age to t h e H oly Bottle. The been previously recommended by R a b e l a i s i n hi s c h a pt er on Debtors,il , late Moses Kean w a s a t a il or , a stout built bushy hair, and a w o oden leg. He w .„ a lways dressed is a day,bing manner, in a scarlet coat, white satin waistcoat, black satin small clittitevp ff 4 . Scott's liquid dye" blue silk stocking; he had alsO a l ong -quartered shoe, with a large buckle covering his foot, a cocked hat and a ruffled shirt, and never went out with out a switch or cane in his hand. He W,1•4 a very extra- , . pitjiip:ry miquir, papicularly in his imitations of Charles Jamey Fox, which be lave pcsasieriapy, at the little theatre in the Haymarket. Air. elcfuunder painter! a ri4le length portrait of him, as large as life, in the above dress, which wee exhibited in the left-hand corner of the ante. r oom. at Somerset-house. There is also a whole-length etching of him, of a quarto size. Mr. Edmund Kean, the c elebrated actor, owes his education to the above person, who was his uncle, and, when I was a boy, lived at No, 9, Little St, Martin's-lane, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. On Saturday William Smith, Esq., of No. 15, Euston-place, New-road, who is in custody upon a charge of forcibly violating the person of a young female, named Jane Byrne, one of the servants of his establishment, was again brought before Sir G. FAR RANT, the Magistrate, from the new prison, Cie' ken well, where lie has been confined since his deten tion. Several gentlemen, the personal friends of Mr. Smith, attended this his final examination, and Mr. Harmer appeared professionally on the part of the prisoner. Mr. Smith having been placed before the Magis trate, in the custody of Clements and Goddard, the officers, Mr. Harmer addressed Sir G. Farrant, and said, that he was at that moment prepared with evi• dence to show that the two women, particularly the prosecutrix, who had preferred this charge against Mr. Smith, were utterly undeserving of any es•edit, from the badness of their character, anti that the ac cusation Mr. Smith ought therefore to be taken as altogether groundless. He (Mr. Harmer) therefore trusted that, under such circumstances, after hearing the evidence that he had ready to pro duce, the Magistrate would at least feel that this was a case in which he should no longer hesitate to accept bail for the appearance of Mr. Smith to meet his accuses at the sessions. Sir G.FARRANT said, that he did not consider it to be any part of his duty, as a Magistrate to let in, in the present stage of the case, any such evidence as that which Mr. Harmer proposed to bring forward. Mr. Harmer--13iit, Sir, my object in offering such evidence to your consideration now, is, that you may see the propriety, nay, the justice, of ad initting Mr. Smith to bail, rather than subject a gentleman of his station in society unnecessarily to the disgrace and inconvenience of being confined in Newgate. Sir G. FATP2Ar —To Newgate he shall cer tainly go, Mr. Harmer; I will not, I am determined upon it, take upon nry§elf in this case to • accept of bail. Ido not think that Lhave the power to do so. Mr. Harmer—l submit,. Bir; that it is the duty of a magistrate to let in evidence that may give him grounds for doubt. That evidence 4 now offer to you; I offer you the evidence of several gentlemen who are now present, and who, to their great-credit, come forward voluntarily to •prove that these two females are of the most abandoned character, that they were in the constant habit, in the absence of Mr. Smith, of converting his house into a brothel, arid receiving men there at all hours. I will pro. duce to you a gentleman to whom the prosecutrix offered her favours at Mr. Smith's house, at the same time telling him that she was ,with.child at the time by Mr. Smith, and this was several weeks ago, although she now swears that she never had any in tercourse with the prisoner until Saturday week fast, the day of the alleged offence. I will produce to you a}so, Sir, the two ladies named Baxter, with whom the prosecutrix swore that she lived up to the very day that she went into I 11;. Smith's service, arid who will tell you that this is utterly false, for that they had seen or known nothing of Jane Byrne for many months past until this case was brought forward by her, and she then called upon the Misses Baxter, and had the impudence, as they will tell vou, to solicit them to tell a falsehood for her as to this very point. These, Sir, said Mr. Harmer, are, I think, strong grounds upon which to rest a doubt in the case. • Sir G. FA Run:lT—No person will be better 'pleased than I shall, if by such evidence (avid no doubt it and ought to, have great weight) you succeed ire fully_ establishing the innocence of Mr. Smith, and the profligacy of these women, who, if they have got' up this infamous conspiracy, cannot in the end escape the ptinishment they will so richly deserve; but I again say; • Mr. Harmer that their character is not to be investigated before me. If they were now, for the hrst time even, finder exami nation, I could not, and would not, suffer you to cross-examine them, for this is not the place for do ing so. I urn therefore determined not to hear the evidence you offer. The parties are already bound over to prosecute, and the case must go before a Jury. On. my shoulders shall not rest the respon sibility of accepting bail. You can, as I before ob served at the former examination, go before a Judge and offer bail there: Mr. Harmer—That we mean undoubtedly to do, Sir, if you persist in your refusal to accept bail; as for responsiblity, there can be none in the matter. Name any amount of bail you please, no sum shall be deemed excessive, but instantly given ; there can, therefore be no risk; and I confidently submit, that if under ail the circumstances bail shall be refused, Mr. Peel's new act, empowering Magistrates to ac cept bail in cases of felony, where any doubt may arise, had better at once been expunged from the statute-book as an useless incumbrance. Sir G. FARRA NT -1 do not think that the con struction of Mr. Peel's Act* is at all interfered with in this case; the evidence of the prosecutrix and the other witness for the prosecution is given before me in a manner which leaves me no doubt that what they swear is true, and without this doubt Mr Peel s Act does not give me power to admit to bail; but why not go at once before a Judge and tender bail ? Mr. Harmer—That cannot be doHe in a moment; affidavits must be prepared and a habeas issued, and before that can be done, the very tiling that we are desirous of avoiding above all others %vitt have taken place. Mr. Smith will be lodged in Newgate under your committal. Sir GEORGE FARRANT Said he• could not help that : he felt it his duty to commit, and commit he would. Mr. Harmer—! understood that the prosecutrix had the audacity to swear that she 'Fever had any connexion with any man in her life before the alleg ed assault upon her by Mr. Smith; the utter false hood of this I am this instant prepared to prove. Sir O. FARRANT —She never swore any such thing before me, nor was the question ever putt to her ; indeed, I know of no right there was to ask her such a question, b ecause , su pp os i ng th a t she w as a common prostitute walking the streets, and that in passing Mr. Smith's house, he asked her in to take a glass of wine, and that he there had connexion with her by force and against her will, you knew, Mr. Harmer, that he would have been as much guilty of a rape, as if he had violated the most chaste woman, in the kingdom. Mr. Harmer—.-! am quite aware of that, Sir, but I am now speaking of the credibility of the woman's testimony, when she swears • that she never was a prostitute ; and I am prepared to prove the fact of her having been one, Sir 0. FARRANT said, that the ease was now dis posed of, and he must commit Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith entreated it as a special favour of the magistrate to allow him to return to the same prison that he had just come from, and where hp had -been treated with much civility and kindness. Sir G. FARRANT said he did rollt see how he could do this; the only way in which it could be done would be by again remanding Mr. Smith, and that would mar the very object that Mr. Harmer had in view in applying to a Judge, until the prisoner was finally committed by the Magistrate, and that final commitment, in a case like this, must be to Newgate. Mr: Harmer said, that as the application to a Judge could not possibly be made that day, and the next day would be Sunday, perhaps the Magistrate would grant the indulgence of nominally remanding, Mr. Smith until Tuesday; and that day make out his Commitment, while in the meantime he (Mr. Har mer) would prepare all the affidavits, and have th e habeas issu e d by t h e t i me t h e commitment would he made out. Sir G. FARRANT said, that he bad no objection whatever to this arrangement; it was far fegm his es iIT to subject Mr, Smith nnneeessarijy to aay inconvenienpe, and he should therefore remand him until Tuesday, as desired, but it would not be neees, sary to bring Mr. Smith any more to this office, as on Tuesday he should stand Committed from Clerk- . enwell prison to Newgate. Mr. Smith thanked the magiittate fur this indul- lit- - - gene and was then removed in custody Wi l l prison in a coach, as he came from thence. Immediately before retiring from the efficeP Ai G. FARRANT asked Mr. Solidi if he ever reside . Upper Clapton ? 'A Smith, evidently surprised at the quel l replied in the affirmative. Sir G. FARRANT—And you gave op y o ur 1 deuce there, I b e li eve ? M r. Sm i t h-- I dias t'-' George. Mr. Harmer—Mr. Smith does not mean to d ePj that, like m an y ot h er men, h e h as b een guilty o f o venal imprudences. Mr. Harmer next observed to the magistrate, 1 1 / he saw in the Times newspaper of that mornis remark respecting Mr. Plank, the chief officer of ..) office, for hi s re f usa l to, accompany a gent lernstiii friend of Mr. Smith, who was desirous of poiP, out to the offic er t h e f ema l e (J ane Byrne) w all the streets, a s a pr ost i tute , t h e n i g h t before, aste (Mr. Harmer) now wished to know from Mr. P-7, ~, why it was th at h e h a d so re f use d . , Plank said t h at i t was very true a gentleman . ` P' call upon him the night before, and wished 12 ._„i!" go anti see the female in question, then walkiv r a the Regent's -quadrant, but he (Plank) die') doing so, because he thought it much more be, ing the friends of Mr. Smith to observe and 4 j the girl themselves, than be (Plank) should w!5 take such a duty, to the neglect of the immau.s business o f his office ; he did n o t f ee l a t tbe.;: ti i that it was any part of his duty to mix hintse in the case at all, particularly in such a manner, ,! he was still of the same feeling and opinion. e l Sir G. FARRAN T sa id t h at Pl an k was per t right in his refusal to embark in such a busiej..), with which b e h a d not hi ng to d o, and that sli.Ti proceeding would have been quite beyond the . ll , of his duty. It was the business of Mr. Sov":: own friends, and of nobody else. Mr. DYE R an d Mr. &Ul' R, a county Magistfo said they entirely concurred in opinion with Sir 0 Ferrara, and that Plank would not have been O A justified, or i n d ee d any o f t h e officits, in meddlial: the case in such a way. Mr. Harmer said, that be wished it to be ehA gli , understood that he did not bring forward this.o.l ter as a coMplaint against Mr. Plank, than . whos i ll believed a more respectable, intelligent, andW i l conducted officer never belonged to the police;-li as the subject hid beets observed upon—and he']; 1 sure with no bad f ee li ng —i n t h e Ti mes, be .54 anxious to hear f r o m Mr. Plank what did, re allYsl place, and.ho w h e exp l a i ne d i t; an d h av i ng 0, that explanation, he was quite satisfied. The two fem a l es , J ane B yrne an d Elizabeth 12 buck, the. prosecutrix and witness against 1 Smith, were in att en d ance , but riot present •de the examination. After it was. all over, howel Sir G. FARRANT' closely questioned them as I°.!-' points which Mr. Milner had offered to' proY) evidence, when they"' entirely denied, in the „ I positive manner, ever y t hi ng that ssas attribute d them except that, when the Magistrate asked P A Byrne irshe had no t ca ll e d on the Misses BW4 with a view to bi as t h e i r test i mony, she hung de', her head, and made no answer. . The words of Mr. Peel's Act are,—tliat_the . in stratas may, aft er hearing all the e vide nc e, if 09 doubt shall ar i se i n theinnitid, bold the prisoner itt -, 1 1 gent sureties for his appetirance; instead of enintnit,7 ' Uri to pthou.- iCr . ,, :',4lt CREAP BOOKS.-Mr. Editors.:—.-The aut. of those booksellers who have at length ppeeed . thvii: ei i 4) ' to the absurdity of quartos and of dear beoks gen ought to be mad e k nown ; f or t h oug h it telnoseiirik,io they are thinking of their own purses, it is' - Ma' rte le' certain that the result is calculated to do more good it l i; public than any one circumstance that could have 00 ° ,;:il.; at this time. I was present the other Jay at a booko7o sale-dinner—at the Albion, Alderegate-street, one oflif best dining-places in the world—where Murray 0 - I ' it half an hour exactly 1,900 copied of Byron's Poeragio four small volumes, price eighteen shillings, esquis i t beautiful as specimens of typography, as legible as octavo that ever Dlvison put out of his hands, aed ado o with steel engravings of the utmost elegance , by Fin? after Weatall. Then c am e F ran kli n ' s Voyages, in 1 i I volumes also, and, behold 6000 of them were sold . twinkling ! These are signs of the times not lobe garded. Nor is it Viosiderful that the great Alberni_ t j street publisher should have d e t erm i ne d ere new to r-e this matter to some decided result and purpose. gill nouneed, three -or four y ears ago , " A National Li ly' which was considered at the time as a mer e imititilt Constable's Miscellany but it now appears that the meditated Library is to as nit a more regular siukfc4 bracing three distinct series—history, biography, said rig tical science. The publication ie to-notermettoe year 1899 ' • and I understand th a t severa l voluml.; ► now printed and readY,--so that there is.no -cheneei halt after the march is once begun. Murray hat 4 .5,11 all his literary friends in this undertaking; earl; co b its opening as a n e w and grand epoch i n hi s oareek• t ie„ sbewed various specimens at the sale abov e - meatiosi, as , for example, a volume of the Life of Buonapartekik complete in 2 vols.), printed exquisitely, and embellte with a tirst.rate engraving on steel of David's f o recess.fie ture 'of the Passage o f t h e M ount St. Beroard; andiNitf wood-cuts wood-cu of battl es , w hi c h one m i g h t have ,iiff for steel-cuts also, so admirably has Thomson done .11P._, to the spirit e d an d no bl e d esigns of the painter-eeiL.t you will he a r with wonder-, is go other then Crts' Cruikiliank. That glorious caricaturist turns 00 3 1 have had a ll th e eleineuts of a loftier ge n i us peg° , al now and then begins a new career, in which one mai te" - 0 promise him higher fame, as well us profit, thau he e ijt could have achieved in adhering to the ludicrorie and grotesque of satire. Murray's Library, or Museur, Miscellany (or whatever name he'rnay give it) if wrt s as be promises, by none but authors of real eraineniit bellished by such artists as Cruickshank and Thomsoiip:g sold, as it is announced, at some three or four shillibefi, 1e..., will uudoubtedly do more to knock up , dear in a year, than any artifice that could have been d 0,; , ;, Southey's Lives of Wolfe a n d M ar lb oroug h are to he 8 1 - in the course of the first year—Sir Walter Scott 110 . 00 dertaken various hiographies---Milman is bard at some bietory—Lockhartat Cervantes.,Sit Hunapbry. 0,0 at Popular Chemistry.--Pr. Brewster at Lives or Aqz.upmmi—opig on a History of the En g li s h KO . eo l in India—Washington Irving on the Life of OP I _ J iY Washington—Mitchell, Williams, an d oth er em i n ent,,l sisal sch o l ars , on A nc i en t Biography, Civil and BIPIR: I beard other n a m es ; b u t th ese are a to l era bl e list. 1!„i, can be no doubt that this a greet engine of popular iool'ot Lion, set on foot for the purpose of meeting the Sociell j the diffusion of Useful Knowl e d ge i n a f a i r g e ld : ar," shall see whether th e Tories and Churchmen are as maintain the fight in the department of cheap books,? other contests. Yours obediently, Literary Gazette. DUODECIIIIV*A BIRTHS. On the 2d inst. the lady of Captain W. Childerft, Royal laighlandoca, of a son. On the Ath ins;. the Iddy or?. it. E. Veroni, CbaslP i street, Portland-place, of a son. On the 6th inst., in Upper Berkeley -street. the P" Richard Butler Illienna, Esq., of a daughter. At Mirtield, near Leeds, the l a dy o f H enry de W` Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 6th inst., by licence, at St. George's, 110 0 ' t fir square, by the Rey. Edward Rep ton, the Right 110 1 „1. Speaker of the House of Common s , t o M rs . H o m e PO' , widow of the late .1. H. Puryes, Esq., or pp / yea, 13.11.. 0 t,- On the 4th inst., at Qtley, in yorliblice, ht Colonel Sir W. 'Herrie,s, R.C.H., brother of the P4.,r Hun. folin Charles Herries, t o M ar y F ranc i s , thi r d tialir, v of Joshua Crompt o n, E sq ., o f E s h o l t -h a ll, i n that co ul) ,:i t i s At St. Antholin' s Chur c h, W a tli ng - s t ree t, M r . Atill ~1 1-t h e Turk Fortier, of Walbrook, to Miss Sarah Ridp a tb, t ) : City of Edinburgh, and of Trinity-square, Seuthwar A., At Beckington, Somerset, the Rey. C. Pickwick, ", t o r to Harriett, only daughter of th e R ev . H. Sainsbury, re: of Beckington. DIED. "the On the Sd inst., at Penzance, of a rapid decline, e „t 424 year of his age, William Gore.Lantor4.Eo , l*o t . son nt 4 Colonel Gore Langton, of N e wt o n-p a rk, Soinerj e Ar i p On the 4th inst., at his brother's, Westyfiriflif# Mr. J.kseph 4lesianiley, of 00.fen4y, ° Bromley, Kent, in the'6oth year of his age. Marl On the 6th ;nit, at liar house Alabledon-placc aA WirchAeld, sister a t,4 late. Maurice Borahey, LL.D.! relict of John Morgan, of Pengo-place, Esq. L e s; On the Oth inst., at Beckenham, Kent, Esq., in the Sid year of Lia age. Wai % to !Qt« , %0 1144, of hr 1 ( „, PR IN MD and PO ULLSRE.II by ISIURDO YOUNG, s' VN 01 :F“'E) 11R, 344 AND, Late 9i. h i . 1., H