The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-11 00:00:00

~N IORNING SUN EXPRESS FROM PARIS. __- The illoniteur publishes an order of the day of Marshal Gerard, forbidding the National Guards from proceeding in a budy to meet, through Compliment to the. 17th regiment of Light In- Autry, coninianded by the _Duke D'Aumale, on its arrival in Paris. The Journal des Debats states that the nego tiations for a commercial arrangement between France and Belgium Were likely to proceed ra pidly. The proposition to suppress the custom houses between the two countries had been inde finitely adjourned. Prince Ferdinand, of Saxe Coburg, and Prince Augnstiis, his son, were hourly expected at Com , peigne. Letters from Mexico, received via Bordeaux, and dated the Ist of July, announce that the Mexican Government, had contracted a loan of ' 2,000,000 of dollars, and that the affair of Don Luea . Alatnan had been arranged. According to a letter front c onstantinople of the thitno, published by the Augsburg Gazette 'of the 6th instant, llesebid Pasha was likely to be again invested with the Airection H of affairs; and .tahir Pasha, who, accordini .0, the last advices from the Turkish capital, , Wq§toobe raised to the dignity of Grand i 3 sie l 7, 440„ been ordered to remain in Candia. The repkesetttatites ,, of Great Britain, France, avid Atistrial..had i 'it appears, opened a negotia tion with:th'e _ Porte respecting the political and administr at i ve ' Government of Syria. 'A tir'i'sporide n t of the Vonstitutignnel writes i4roto Cofistantinople that the tax' imposed upon the Syrian mountaineers had been, definitely .fixed at three thousand purses, (13,000/0, on con dition of their co nrue, i t e, confbrming to the treaty of n, silk duti but wi t h t h e o pti o n of paying the es in kind. The question of the suppressed convents of -41 rgovia came again before the Helvetic Diet in the beginning of the month. Petitions for and against their suppression were presented, but after three days' discussion the Assembly ad journed to the 23th of October, without coming to any decision. ACcounts from Hanover state that the King would only remain a few days in his capital, and would immediately take another journey, sup posed to be connected with a marriage of the he reditary Prince. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 9.d inst. Every thing passed 'off quiety on the Ist inst. it was remarked that the British Ambassador had not thought proper to illuminate his hotel on the preceding evening. The Budget, as voted by the Chambers, was ptiblished in the Gazette, with the ,Regent's sanction. rt was reported that the Queen would 'shortly- leave Madrid and proceed I to Andalusia. - The Five per Cents. were done at 251 9-16ths nor gash, and 261 at 60 days. M. Olozaga, the Spanish Minister, (was ex- P&ted in Paris on Thursday. FLANDERS MAIL. RERUN, SEPT. 2.—The Magdeburg Gazette says— " We he ir that Count Rumigny, aide-de-camp to the King of tae French, has asked our King for permission for some French officers to be present at the review in Silesia. As his Majesty the King did not refuse to com ply with his request, about forty officers will come from France to Silew. COLOGNE, SEPT. I.—The news of the death of the Bishop of Padesborn has caused, as might be expected, a great sensation, as all the Bishop's sees of the Provinces of the Rhine and Westphalia are now vacant, except that of Monster, the Bishop of which (a brother of our Archbishop) is old and blind. HANOVER, SEPT. 3.—His Majesty has been pleased to confer the Order of St. George on his Highness Prince Metternich HAMTIURGir, SEPT. 6.—The Tribunal of Commerce has passed sent( rt,e in the case of the Hamburgh ship Louisa, Capt. Boye, and its cargo, captured by the Bri tish ship Grecian, Capt. Smyth, by which the ship and cargo are declared free, and Domingo Joze Gonzalaz re leased from personal arrest; and Capt. Cecil Heinrish Boye, the first pilot, Christian Andresson, and the second pilot, John William Harris, who were out on bail, discharged. OLDENDURGu, Arc. 30. —Yesterday afternoon we had the pleasure of seeing her Majesty the Queen of Greece arrive here in excellent health.—Hamburgh Papers, Sept. 7. BRUSSELS, SEPT. B.—The average price of wheat last week wits 21E 44c., and that of rye 11f 21c. M. Aguatlo, who arrived a few days ago at Antwerp, is now at Brussels. The Minister of the Interior has lately applied. to the cotton merchants at Ghent for their opinion whether it would be advisable to establish a common and reciprocal duty of 5 to 10 per cent. on the manufactures of the two countries on their importation from one kingdom into the other. The spinners, weavers, and printers of Ghent have met, and answered; that -however formidable the competition with France might be, they would accept with gratitude any measure which should increase their marine, and cause a closer intercourse with our southern neighbours: t'aron James Rothschild, of Paris, was at Brussels yesterday. It is said that he is going to enter into a negotiation relative to an iron rails ay from Valenciennes to Paris. DUTCH FUNDS.—AbIiiTERDASI, SEPT. 7. Motley. pip, Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. /smart Syndic, 45,i per cent 91% fil% Ditto, ditto, 3ls; per cent 75!,, ;5% Commercial Company, 4 , , per cent 't.s% ;t6 Ditto (15.35 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 18:37, 5 per cent... ................. Exchange on London, One month l2 0714 Two months Hamburgb, One month 35 75 Twomonths .... Dutch Papers, Sept. 8. ttEI.OIAI4 I. UNDS—BRUSNICLi, SEPT. 8. Actual Debt, 21 ,, ,i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent VI 3 per Cent. Thirty.seven• • • At 1 'VON Loan of City, l'-'32, 4 per ( Cen t l O% Society or Commerce, 44per Cent 93.74 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent...... ...... National Society. Exchange on Londoit (shot t) —Brussels Papers, Sept. 8. HAMBURG BOIUENHALLE, SEPT. 7. on Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares lBOO 15! , 5 Anglo.ltussian Loan 1 0 .% 10;s4 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Senes IN 101% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 983 93 Ditto in Certificates Fri Dutch 4 per Cent. (1840) 86% Fri Dutch .sctual Debt, 2y.i Ise, Cent........ Ditto 5 per Cent - Polish Bonds New ticket ... 159% Anglo-Danish Loan, :3 per Cer , 75 75% Notwegian Loan, 18.34, 4 per Cvat.... ..... ....., 11% . 4 10: Spantsh, New 5 per Cents.... EXCHANGE.`; ON LONDON. HAMBURG, SEPT. 7.-13 8 t.i.—Two months, 13 4% Srocknoi.si, AUG, 31.—Serctity.fire days, 19 U. REer.in, SEPT, 4.—Three months, 6. 1814 Monty. LJUPSIC. Skrrj3.—Two mo .ths, 6, 19. ruussiAN FuNus.— . i3E - ;LN,. SEPT. 4. St. Schuld. Sch., 4t v per cent. 'lshii. Money Ifni( iOl l 4 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 101 101 h, kxchange on London, three months 6IN ....Prussian State Gazette. Sept. 5 I THE FIXED DUTY — ON CORN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In one o f your leading articles last night you sa an y . „ in nspeaking o f t h e Corn Average being now 72 5 ., _ th . duty consequently being teemed to 2s. Bd., w ith as prospect of a :Is. •duty next week, that you are glad the landl ords rpfusedto entertain .Lord ord John Russell's proposal for an Ss. duty, as thereby the price of corn to the consumer would now have been some 6s. or Bs. per quarter more taut' it is. ... am quite sure it must hav e been purely ad inadvertence, y our no t having borne in mind that when Lord J. Russell made that motion (now Some two months ago), corn averaged no more than 645., if so much, and, supposing it to have become law, there Would not have been any rise from that price to the pre sent quotation of 725., which we all know is solely the result of the operations on the Corn Market in managing the sliding scale. Had the duty. been a fixed one, the d oubly -impelling motive for raising the price would have been wanting, and at all events corn would not have been dearer than it now is, and the entire difference would have reached and benefited the Exchequer; hut I 411 1 confident it would not have been so dear, as importa tions would all along have been taking place, and have produced their natural result. I have been led thus to trouble you from observing that the Tory papers—always ready to catch at any straw on this subjeet,—never let any oversight of this kind pass Without attempting to turn it to account. Such a paper, for instance, as the Morning Herald, is likely enough to quote yod in all seriousness as giving, in fact, your testi m favour of the present iniquitous system. It is Just worthy Of its character and capacity, and would be Thcitilore than its patron and oracle, the Duke of Buck- I nghtam,'really diesay, froM ignorance or impudence,:last Year, at one of his ordinaries at the George. " See," s aid this sapient Lord, " how beneficently the law Works ; now that corn is dear we have it from abroad at , 1 M More than Is : 'duty ;" omitting to notice to hi s we ll- Wormed, auditory that the difference between the ave rage price ;Ind that it was then fetching, a t l eas t 10 s. to ' 5B - per quarter, had been received into the landlords' Pockets before the price reached the point which ruled Pt' nelariottS result which, under the present a wi they can almost at any time bring about. Your .obedient servant, A FRIEND TO FREE TRADE. [Our remark prou4issleittmi the supposition that prices would rise to somewhere about their present level,: and l e are h appy to in sert our eorTeVondent's explanation. t ' t he same time we cannot 'bLlieve that the consumer elidin g duty: ate to be rejected. Let us add, that the al teration proposed by Lord John Russell could not have au gmented the supply o f corn this year,lhough it would sa v e prevented the ambling w i t h the averages. Not 0- gmenting the supply, it could have had no influence "4' the actual prices at which bread would be sold to the ; have ; and the duty o f Bs. would, consequently, will increased the price b e y on d the price at which corn will this year be sold. In another year, the fixed duty ttlit.;ht have augmented the supply, and kept prices down_ ED. sun.] " Come out of the mud, you dirty creature," as the p i g said to the duck. THE ST. LEGER. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) A few days s ago I gave you an " inkling" as to this race, and the prophecies. I remain of the same opinion as to the winner. Coronation is well, and; with fair play, cannot lose, but I have changed my mind as to the " second." Van llamburgh is half suspected to be amiss, and the more so as Bill Scott swears he is " all right." They are trying to bring up Satirist. Ward your readers against him, for how can he win unless two or three tumble down ? About eight or nine will run. As to the prophecies, Pegasus and Judex, the only writers whose predictions are the result of observation, it is clear that, like " Uncle Toby," and " A quiet and easy Observer," they must have Coronation. Vates has been so wide of the mark of late years, that it matters little what he tumbles upon this time—but he is sure to have Coronation. The Cup will be between Charles XII., Beeswing, and a three years old, as neither Coronation nor Lanercost will go for it. THE STRONG GOVERNMENT. (From the Non-Conformist.) It is childish to conceal from ourselves the fact that, in the ordinary sense of 'the term, the new Government is a strong one. Its real and -effective • majority in the Commons has already turned out a more numerous one than previous calculations had rated it at. But we haVe not even yet seen the ultimate amount of Tory gain. Numbers of Whigs who hovered on the borders of the two great parties, 'occupying a position which one knew not well whether to characterise as Liberal or Conserva tive, will now, with no reluctance, support the man in power. Attached by no love of principle to reform, and attracted no longer by prospects of promotion to serve under Whig colours, they will linger about a month or two in apparent indecision, only to avail themselves of the first favourable opportunity of changing sides. Sir Robert's real majority may be estimated at something above a hundred. Equally silly would it be to deny that, in point of talent, the present Ministry is far superior to the last. There is a vitality in it—strong attachment to the prin ciples professed —earnestness—reality. The present Ca binet is not a hollow semblance, but a real, living thing. It has definite objects in view, and it will pursue them. This, even in the absence of higher and more command ing attributes, will give it a vast advantage over the out gone Administration. But there is more than this. Bu siness habits, power in debate, industry which can grap ple with and master details, and, above all, the prestige of victory, will infuse into the present Government: a strength which of late - years has not been displayed in the conduct of public affairs. - Nor must we 'leave out of our calculation the fact that Conservatire measures • will perfectly coincide with the class interests of • the Whig - aristocracy. Early enough after the general election Lord John RuSsell pitched the key-note of the Opposition, and true to his order took care to pitch it sufficiently low. Already Messrs. Roe buck and Ward,• with all the minor Radicals of that stamp, have struck a chord in unison with the Whig leader. The. Conservatives have n o thi ng t o f ear f rom their opponents, and they know it. The party but last week in office is broken up—its moral power is gone. It has no hold upon the people—excites no hopes—enjoys no confidenee. The contest, if such it can be called, will for a timeday between a strong party and a weak one—the country being wholly indifferent as to the im mediate result. The Whigs cannot again wield the ener gies of a determined people. They have no popular. principles to•bring to bear against Toryism which they did not, when in power, contemptuously trample under foot. On all the prominent questions about which the country cares their mouths are stopped by past incon sistencies. Numerically inferior as an Opposition to that which they for years encountered, their moral weak ness is really pitiable. Lastly, we :ere to take into account the accession to the Government of the House of Lords. 'The immense preponderance of Peers, who will be active suppor ters of Sir Robert Peel's Administration, will ensure the easy passing of every measure which gains the assent of the other House. The question then occurs—ls the new Government likely to prove a strong one ? In a party sense, the reply is obviously, " Yes ;" in a higher and more general sense, we answer without hesitation, " No." Against the Whigs Sir Hobert is all but omnipotent—against the country, he is all the weaker for his strength. There is no paradox in this—the explanation need searcely be obtruded upon the reader. Matters have now come to this issue—aristocracy is fairly pitted against democracy. The inquiry is not " Who shall lead us?" but "Who shall live, the many or the few?" Conservatism takes up is ground, and beards a suffering people. The consequence may be easily foreseen. The pending battle will not be fought in the present House of Commons. That will be left to its party encounters. Meanwhile some wide, searching, and effectual plan of reform will ere long be struck out, in which the middle and the industrious classes can unite and shake hands. Organisation may be thenceforth expected to spread with the rapidity of thought—the neglected registries to be filled up—the call for the dis missal of the present Parliament to become loud, uni versal, irresistible—and a new House, camposed of men in earnest, to proceed to the work of laying anew the basis of our representation. Things will probably take this course —or, if not, one which we dread to contem= plate. COUNTY COURTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn—ln the new Bdl now pending in the House of Lords for the establishing of County Courts, I perceive that it is provided that the Lord Chancellor shall have the power of removing any of the Judges of those Courts for misbehaviour, "or for any sufficient cause to be stated in a petition to be prepared to him .for that pur pose by the Justices qf the County in general, or Quarter Sessions assembled. • . I will not trouble you with any remarks as to what may be the most proper mode of removing such Judges from office. Perhaps it would be right that they should hold their offices dum bene se gesserint, as with the Judges of the Superior Courts ; or, it may be satisfac tory to the country that they should be removable for misconduct at the discretion of the Lord Chancellor of the day. But I cannot help thinkinc , that that which is now proposed has a very objectionable appearance. The Commission of the Peace conveys great powers to Jus tices, and in that way they have, surely, quite influence enough. To say that this new proposal, if adopted, will make the Judges of the County Courts the creatures of the Justices, may be too strong - but will it not t en d to make the former the slaves or dependents of the latter ? If such Judges should deserve removal from the Bench, can any one doubt that there is abundant means of the Lord Chancellor's being informed of it, without consulting the, opinion of the Magistrates of the county? These Judges are not intended to be, or at least they ought not to be, the servants or organs of the Justices of the county. They are to administer justice among the people ; and there is too much reason to believe that a provision like this may actually work injustice to the people, by stripping the Judge of that perfect inde pendence which he ought to maintain of all such beat itVluences. I trust, Sir, that in these new Courts of Law we shall not have something in imitation of the "-Assistant Bar rister" in Ireland. If so, I fear it will not realise the idea of " bringing justice home to every man's door," but that the jurisdiction proposed is likely to create a great deal of dissatisfaction and suspicion of partiality among suitors, especially in cases where the one party belongs to the higher, and the other to the humbler classes. The very name of the thing , that an adminis trator of justice to a county may be removed at the in stance of the Magistrates of that county, is calculated to snake the justice dealt out anything but satisfactory to the people. I am, Sir, youi• obedient servant, Lincoln'A Inn, Sept. 10, 1841. A BARRISTER. EXECUTION.—On Saturday last John and ,Tames Power, brothers, who had been convicted at the last assizes of the murder of James Peters, underwent the extreme penalty of the law in front of the county gaol. By twelve o'clock an immense concourse of people was congregated. At about a quarter past one the wretched men were moved from the press-room towards the scaffold, engaged i n prayer. Shortly after, the taller of 'them: (Jkines Power, we believe) walked out, with a firni'steP'Otidt . sdmeW bat hu rried pace, to the front of the drop. Ilih i face . was rather flushed than otherwise, and his resolution and strength of nerve were extraor dinary'. He addretSed the spectators with a strong and distinct voice, and said—" I am now about to appear in the. presence of my God ; and I solemnly declare that I had neither hand, act, nor part in the murder for which I am— going to die, nor in any oth er mur d er. I forgive my prosecutors and every one who was I ope y ou w i ll connected z,. with h my pr osecut i on, and hope God will for gi pray fo r me , and bee. of God to grant a favourable judgment." The other 17ro ther then came out, also exhibitin g very great resolution, v a v t l i i d t i l l a le t butyoiceti t ,, e A wan re p a o n r c t l p l a l l a e s . b eleine circulated said, iat ed j i n n a th ' e .e 7o one of us was guilty or the crime for which we are going to die; but I can declare, in the presence of my God, who will soon judge me, that I had neither hand, act, nor part in t ha t or . any other murde r . I knew nothing whatever about 1 t until it was publicly k in ' , flow n the neig • hbourhood, and I was first told . of it by my sister. per sons who committed th a t murder are Perhaps the d before me. I forgive my p rosecutors among the crow from the bottom of my heart, and I die in p eace w i th the world; I hope ye will pray to God to have mercy on my • soul." After the executioner had performed hi s aw f ul , hands, and continu e d to they took each others task, shake them with a firm grasp until the fatal bolt w as withdrawn, when they were launched into eternity aft er a few short convulsive strugg les. — T ipperary Con stitntion. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—This Court will sit on Tuesday and Wednesday next to hear bail • cases. Two days have been found requisite in the short for bail. On space of a fortnight to hear applicationsand no fewer Tuesday the Court will take country bail, On the than 53 applications appear in the cause list. making, fol lowing day there are 52 town cases appointed, „ ~ - with those heard ,a short time back, no less 2i... than appliCatio ns in li tt l e more t h an a fortnight —showing, certainly, no di m i nu ti on o f b us i ness s i nce the passingof the present Act. Cases will be heard on the 27th inst., and the days are full to the commencement of the second adjournment' On the 'l4th October to the 39th of the same month. Orders for hearing have already been issued for December, and those prisoners who cannot obtain bail have before them anything but a pleasing prospect for the next three months. Lorus Staiord, Carew, Acheson, 2nd Fingal!, have signified their intention of taking part in the great national demonstration to Lot(' Morpeth.—Limerick Re porter An old man in the neighbourhood of South Peterton, aged 85, on h ea ri ng o f hi s son ' s m i s f ortunes, said he had already seen so much trouble that he did not think he should live out half his days. LITERATURE- ENGYCLOPiEDIA BRITANNICA, Vol.. 21. Mich, Edinburgh, 1841. Among the articles of interest that are to be found in the present Part of this valuable Mis cellany—by far the best of its kind in the lan guage, we may mention the essay on " Turkey," which is luminously and concisely penned, and evinces a very considerable extent of reading. The accounts of the tragic end of Sultan Selim ; of the narrow escape of his successor, the late Mahmoud; and, more particularly, of the last insurrection of the Janissaries, a short time pre vious to their final overthrow ;—these details are not only given with scrupulous accuracy, but have the additional recommendation of ,pos sessing both liveliness and vigour of manner, which are qualities rarely found in encyclopaedic essays. The " United States" is another article that exhibits diligent research, and, as may be surmised from its title, embraces a wide range of inquiry. The spirit that pervades this-essay, is liberal and impartial.' We have been pleased with the following remnrks, suggested by the Republican institutions of America :—" Popular election, however, if it lead to faction and dis order, never thils to ensure an able Government, as the hereditary principle is as certainly a source of weakness. When the people have a free choice, they will always prefer merit to demerit ; capacity fbr service becomes in this manner a passport to honour and distinction, and abi lity is secured for the business of the State. In America the experiment of a republic has suc ceeded. The great political principle of popular election has been found to be compatible with all the great ends of Government." In the treatise on Voltaic Electricity" there are many curious matters of infbrmation, which will be interesting even to those readers who may not happen to be scientific, for they are detailed in the simplest and plainest language, and without the slightest parade of superior knowledge. The Memoir of the " Duke of Wharton," though brief, says all that need be said on the subject.• His Grace would have been forgotten long ago, had it not been for Pope's famous character of him in the Satires, wherein lie still lives—a fly enshrined in amber ! He was an eccentric, dissipated noble men, who obtained a reputation for far greater abilities than he possessed; and whom Miss Jane Porter, in. her tale of the "Pastor's Fire-side," has converted into quite a Quixotte of romantic generosity. After a hectic, chequered .career, durin g which he had m any enemies arid not one friend, the Duke died in the year 1731, at a miserable village in Catalonia, worn out with dis ease, and destitute of almost the commonest ne cessaries of life. By way of extract from the present Part, we quote the following '"Notice to Subscribers," which will give a clearer idea of the work than any analysis of our own : In issuing the twenty-first volume of the Encyclopcedia Britannica, which completes the work, with the excep tion of the Index and Preface, the publishers have finished the main part of their task ; and they flatter themselves that they have discharged to the satisfaction of the sub scribers the engagement entered into at the commence ment of the undertaking. The successive parts of the first nineteen volumes issued from the press with a punctuality unexampled in similar publications; and when interruption did occur, which was chiefly in the last two volumes, it was occa sioned by the anxiety of the editor to procure important contributions, some of which it was impossible to get out of the hands of the writers in the stipulated time. Had the editor been content with a superficial correction of the old articles, a more rapid rate of publication might easily have been attained, while a large amount of ex penditure would by the same means have been saved to the proprietors. It was found, however, that in order to maintain the pre-eminent reputation of the work, cor rections and new articles would be required to a much greater extent than was originally contemplated; and to obtain these from the hands of their respective contribu tors in due time for publication, demanded no small exertion on the part both of editor and proprietors. In consequence of the very extensive alterations and addi tions thus introduced, the expense of publishing the seventh edition has greatly exceeded the original esti mate; but the publishers are happy to acknowledge that this excess has to a great extent been compensated by a corresponding increase in the sale of the book. The proprietors are satisfied that it cannot with jus tice be alleged that the later portions of the publication are in any degree inferior to the early parts, on the ap • pearance of which the original subscriptions were ob tained; on the contrary, they flatter themselves that those subscribers who have watched the progress of the work, will acknowledge that the performance has sur passed the promise of the original prospectus. After the publication of the„secopd volume, the size of the page was enlarged; and after the appearance of the ninth, it was still farther enlarged; while to the present volume there have been added no fewer than 227 pages. At the commencement of the work, the geographical articles were illustrated by quarto maps, the intention of the publishers being to limit them to the number usually given in sin ilar works. These maps, however, they afterwards cancelled, and substituted a new series of a folio size, addin g also to their number, so a s t o f orm a complete atlas. The number of wood-cuts and of plates was also greatly increased; and, iii short, as the work advanced, the publishers were encouraged to devote in creasing attention to every department of the publica tion, and to spare no expense in order that, the seventh edition of the Encythpadia Britannica might maintain the pre-eminence which it has always held among works in this class of literature. The Index, which is intended to form part of the first volume, wilPbe a most valuable accessory to the Ency tbpcedia. It will furnish a ready reference to many sub jects noticed in its pages, although not entered under dis tinct alphabetical heads; and the variety of information on particular points scattered throughout the general treatises and other articles will in the Index be indicated under one head, so that the reader who is seeking infor mation on any subject will have the whole resources of the Encyclopadia, so far as that subject is concerned, at once laid open to him. It was obviously impossible to commence the compi lation of the Index till the whole of the text was printed. The publishers, however, have the satisfaction to state that it is now at press, and is expected to be finished in about two months, when it will be delivered along with the preface and title-pages. Edinburgh, Ist September, 1841. BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW No. 24 Taylor, London, 1841. . We have so often spoken of Mr. Carlyle's peculiarities as a writer, that we deem it super fluous on the present occasion, to do more than just glance at the notice of his " Chartism," which forms the subject of the first paper in this number. The notice is by no means deficient in intelligence; but instead of restricting himself to a consideration of the work in question, the Re viewer discusses almost every one of Mr. Car lyle's productions, with the exception of this one ! He gives us a very fair and impartial idea of the peculiarities of the " French Revolution," and that strange farrago ''Sartos Resartus;" but of " Chartism" he tells us little more than that it is " by no means exempt from the faults of sameness and mannerism." In the justice of his tempered stricture on Mr. Carlyle's frequent ec centricities.of style, we cordially agree, and are disposed also to concede to the fact that he is the most subtle and vigorous thinker of the day. The review of " Millman's History of Chris tianity" is evidently the production of a scholar, and a ripe one. The following tribute to the merits of this able history is honourable alike to author and critic in his general freedom from professional pre judices, Mr.Millman is honourably distinguished from nearly every Church-historian in our lan guage; and his candour or his scepticism arises from research and reason, not from the love of innovation, or from indifference to results. So far as his labours embrace controverted points, they have been made public in an ungenial sea son; but we trust the comparative coldness of its - reception will not induce Mr. Millman to leave his work imperfect." In the article on "Dutch 'Colonies and Colonial Policy," we find some in teresting particulars respecting the rise and-pro gress of the commercial relations of Holland with Java and some of the adjacent islands. In the course of this article the RevielVer makes several pertinent reflections on the great free-trade ques tion, and observes :--" the present year is one of the most momentous for our commercial and national interests that we have yet seen. All the great questions are afloat. Ger many, France, Austria, Holland, and last, not least, our own colonies, give us a pretext and an opportunity that may not- soon recur, for reviewing our relations with them, and placing them upon a healthy footing. Once more, therefore, we call upon those to whom the t de hem national i a e m :f ee h n r so e ef is it.re e is n ir t io r nn u g s s t i. with pause. theytuspei:ni a lca n ui d .rs. c u o p t o s e i tt: which the power, nay, the existence, of this o g i af r .l e sa, a s ,tahntridel ew f (R a n vio N u lie. r e e lav d seornj nation rest." In the course essayand forciblyon h e remarks mCaorrkns dilinioselcie.oiushrinasgot•oetry discouragement ne exception e to e t n i l o p n r e o itero : -eetodmibnii diminished ssl general r n beai d dtl reasoned d stl3 wil of monopoly shows that 11: actsaatt t t h h ae e s f aa m .• rule, for that it tends to make him rest contented cultivationwif q f u l t t th t is c t a i l l r l i e t a i a t p s y l , o o v u f e n p t d i r l e 3 o r 7 d s t t 3 l l:l e e t e c m. l o n n A o s i qu compensated by an increased price. ACTION OF 7'HE CORN-LAWS, AND OF OTHER P ROVISION-LAWS, 6,c. London, Saunders and Ottley. The number of pamphlets on the Corn-laws quite equals the number of art i c l es on ' the same subject in the newspapers, and th ey are endless. Th e author of the present wor k po i nts out the f o lly and discrepancy of end eavour i ng both to stimulate the growth of corn, and of endeavour ing, at the same time, to encourage the cultiva tion of grass land, which is done by many e*Tl2 THEE D E St N, LON ON , SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1841. statutes. The conclusion he comes to on !,this point _ is for us remarkable and pleas ing. He recommends the Legislature to let the land alone, and cultivation will soon follow. The following extracts, on a different subject, will give an idea of the pamphlet, and of the author's mode of handling his subject : - It must be indifferent to the agricultural interests, whether payment for manufactures exported be made in other manufactures, in gold and silver, or in the direct products of foreign land. If payment be made in foreign manufactures, then so many British workmen are put out of employment, and the market their supplies would have opened to landlords and cultivators is lost to them, just as much as it would have been by the direct impor tation of theproductS of f ore i gn l an d. If payment be made in gold and silver, they will be necessarily re exported, as:soon as in excess above the demand. It is, -as if payment were made for German goods, by means o Spanish goods re-exported : the Spanish goods must have been previously obtained in exchange for British goods exported, but which are replaced by the German goods imported, to the detriment of some British ma nufacture in the , same degree that the exportation of come other had been advantageous; and the home-market -for aglicultUralproducts is as much cut off in one case, as it,had been promoted in the other. Gold and silver are ,only, valuable merchandise in a small bulk, serving the purpose of ,ipternational money. What really takes place in foreign commerce is, that it makes foreign land a kind of conquest in favour of our manufactures, in the same manner as the extension of our colonies ; or as would do, the more p ro d uct i ve culture of the land of the United Kingdom. The power of the empire is strengthened by an increased manufacturing population, without either detriment or advantage to the agricultu ral interests. This inevitable order of things may be rendered con fused and difficult to trace, but cannot be prevented un less by the destruction of all commerce ; for while any portion is allowed to exist, the results, in so much, cannot be defeated by any device of legal enactments. Mistaken laws, made in the intention ofprotecting landed interest, may cripple and even destroy trade and manu facturing industry dependent on foreign relations, but cannot enable landlords to seize upon their profits ; if they could,- these sources of wealth would long since have ceased to exist. There are other passages of ate work, which are as good as the one we quote, but we cannot also quote them, and must conclude by recommend ing the pamphlet to public notice. THE PEER-SLAYER. 3 Vas. Bentley, London, 1841. The Deer-Slayer is no o ther than our old friend Natty Bumps, who has already figured in so many of Mr. Cooper's American tales, as Hawk eye, the Path-finder, Lung-stocking, and Pale face. He is here pourtrayed in his freshest and earliest manhood, when he has but just betaken himself to the wilderness, and is known only by his skill in shooting the forest-game. His cha raeter is sustained with remarkable spirit, and with a degree of freshness that we must confess surprises us, considering how often the author has delineated it. There is but little incident in the story, which is too much an echo of Mr. Cooper's former tale, the Path-finder; but what there is, is skilfully wrought up, and in one or two instances, with startling dramatic ef fect. The principal scenes are laid, as usual,, in the depths of American forests, and by the side of hushed, secluded lakes, rarely tra versed but by the canoe of the prowling Indian— in order, of course, to bring out the prominent features of the Deer-Slayer's idiosynocracy. The mingled shrewdness and simplicity of this volun tary dweller in the woods; his innate sense of right, and almost romantic notions of honour, are finely developed; but unfortunately the in terest of the story centres exclusively in him ; when he is away from the scene of action, it flags; for we care little for the subordinate per sonages; we have met with most of them before, in Mr. Cooper's " Prairie," and they were scarcely worth re-producing. Judith Hutter may, perhaps, be deemed an exception ; but however true to nature this portrait may be, it is by no means one calculated to rivet attention. The descriptive portions of the story are admi rable throughout. UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE.—It is a curious fact that there are at the present moment two boroughs in England, both seats for which are vacated in conse quence of the ex-Members having accepted office under the new Government of Sir R. Peel. These are-1. The borough of Huntingdon, whose late members, Sir F. Pollock and Colonel J. Peel, have respectively been appointed Attorney-General and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. The other borough is Marlborough, the late Members for which, Lord Ernest Bruce and the Hon. IL . B. Baring, have respectively been , made Vice- Chamberlain and a Lord of the Treasury. Marlbo rough and Huntingdon are, therefore, for a brief inter val, virtually placed in schedule A. A new mode of communication at sea, by a trumpet called the Telephonic, or far-sounding system, invented by M. Sudre, instead of the ordinary system of signals, has recently been tried by the squadron of Ad miral Hugon, and found to answer completely. 'The sound may, it is said, be distinctly heard, in - favourable weather, at a distance of 2,2oo.toises—about twoi azul.a r half English miles. Thursday SUDDEN DEATH AT S EA .-- 0n . morning an inquest was h e ld b e f ore M r . Baker, at the Queen's Head, High-street, Poplar, on the body of Cap tain Henry Howell, aged 41, late commanding the ship Favourite, of London, now l y i ng i n the West India Import Dock. Richard Peters, chief mate of the Fa vourite, said that the ship arrived the previous day from Cronstadt, with a load of deals. On the 30th ult , about half-past two r.m., the deceased, who had through out the voyage complained of illness consequent upon a fever with which he had been attacked whilst in the Havannah, having hold of the topsail brace, said to him, " Peter, I'm going to have a fainting fit" He took him in his arms, and having called up the steward to his as sistance, they succeeded in lowering him on to the deck. He never spoke again, and shortly after became insen sible. Vinegar was applied to his head, but with no effect ; he died in a f ew m i nutes a f ter . Th e d ecease d had had four fits during the voyage, two between Ha vannah and Honduras, and the last about twenty-five miles south of the Maze of Norway. The deceased had taken his dinner, but had ate very little. There was no surgeon on board. Verdict---" Natural death." HYDROPHOBIA.—A child, son of Mr. M. Meehan, who a fortnight ago was bitten by a mad 'dog at Mariansleigh, which had also bitten several cows, sheep, and pigs, which died in a rabid state, has been overtaken by the symptoms of this horrible malady, and his death is expected every hour. Three bullocks of Mr. Mechan's have since died from the same cause. About a month since 21 sheep belonging to Mr. John Walker, of Brad worthy, were bitten in the night, some of them being lacerated in a most shocking manner, by a dog of the Newfoundland species, and the animal exhibiting symp toms of madness, was shortly afterwards destroyed. On Monday last one of the sheep died mad, and on Tuesday three of them showing symptoms of 'the same disease, were shot, and it has since been found necessary to de stroy nearly the whole number that were bitten.— Western Luminary. THE EAST ESSEX FARMERS AND SIR R. PEEL.—The announcement'of Sir Robert Peel of his in tention to propose an alteration in the sliding scale of duties for the importation of foreign corn, was the sub ject of much conversation amongst the farmers in this market on Saturday, and some alarm was excited by it; but much reliance was placed on the ten Members ' for the county and its boroughs opp os i n g a ny alteration in the Corn-laws, without regarding the quarter from which it might emanate."—Chelmsford Chroni(l% CHATSWORTH.—A Correspondent who had last week the pleasure of visiting the interior of that princely mansion, Chatsworth, truly designated the " palace of the peak," informs us that amongst other ar ticles of vertu was particularly noticed a feather carved in wood, from the inimitable tool of the celebrated Gib bons. This finely executed . ,^noreeau is pre; erred in a glass case placed over a closet door, and not dis tinguishable from a real feather. The other carvings in wood by this eminent master con sist of representations of dead game fish, • shells, and trophies, which are in the highest state of excellence, being variously composed and distri buted. We may observe with 'Horace Walpole, " that there is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, " Alal mes h ury ,'" and and chained together the various productions . of the elements with a free disorder, natural to each species." which " Mirabilib us lch were i It was at this magnifi ce nt mansion of th e C av e nd i shes, and under the patronage of their proprietor, that th e hisp a celebrated ssieudcti ab greatra t i r o l n o ps b .a b r e t s o , f Duringdenominatedhis ,lo gs lr life, ofu was the seat o f domicile at this plac e he wrote ec his andLoatthin i ~ con sidered at that time as effusions of a mind preg nant wi t h ,erpoem, superior under tlie productions, v both extensive learning and the most brillia j 4, w l L ' STATE OF TRADE AT N0TT1N04146}.:....We are sorry to say that there is no perceptible improve. ment in the hosiery trade ; many of the senior houses declining to make stock, employ their work-peuple.only; upon orders. This _ may b e sound,'butit-is a very dis tressing policy to, the artisan : it is generally ptactised upon the Continent, but has not been found by expe rience the way to prosperity. The warp blonde trade is much in the same state it has been for some time past ; the question of the wages is not yet settled. The warp tatting trade is slowly improving, but the hands are suf fering great privations from inadequate wages.: The bobbin-net trade, such as fancytaltings, is yet very dull, but plat nets are at fever height, particularly in Calais, the French machine owners being extremely active in seducing plat workmen from this vicinity. No less than five went last 'week. Their wages a re 31. per week. The agents state to the workmen that the English patenteelniA no centroul in France over the ;nanufacture . of plat net, as the French manufacturers obtained their . patents for making the manufacture three days before the English patentee obtained his French patent. How ever this may be, it is a great inducement, in conjunc tion with the high wages, for the workmen to emigrate. —Nottingham Review. It seems that the Wiltshire Membere have found favour in the eyes of Sir Robert Pe:al, and that they are among the shining lights whom he deli giiteta to honor, Of course Lord Ernest Bruce's and. Mr. 13aii i io''s' se * are safe ; and we suppose the influence and Neeld will make all right at ChippEnha ri i ; but; whether the independent electors of South Wilts will .Suffer Herbert to walk over the course with Out opposition re mains to bo seeu.—Wikshirelndependant. SALE OF VAUXHALL GARDENS. This celebrated property, which was for so many years the favoured resort of rank, fashion, and beauty, was on Thursday submitted to " the hammer" by Mr. Leifehild, at Garraway's Coffee• house, pursuant to an order of the Court of Review, under the bankruptcy of Messrs. Gye and Hughes, the late proprietors. The room was thronged. Mr. Leifehild, in opening the sale, observed that the property he was about to submit to public competition was not only of great intrinsic value, but possessed very peculiar claims to attention. The fame of Vauxhall Gardens was not confined alone to this country—it had travelled to' every 'nation, in Europe. Even foreigners commonly admitted there was no such place of amuse ment in the world. The term " Royal" was not a mere honorary distinction conferred by the patronage of Royalty, the Gardens being copyhold of the manor of her Majesty, as lady of the manor of Kennington, in right of her Duchy of Cornwall, and it was. subject only to a small quit rent of 1/ 3s. 7d. The property extended over about eleven acres, a great portion of which was in valuable for the purpose of building, independent of the large rental Which that portion of the estate set apart for public amusements would never fail to command. (The clerk here read over the particulars of the estate and the conditions of sale.) Mr. Leifehild, in continuation, re marked that he had no wish to enter into any powerful description of a property, the peculiar features of which were already so well known and so fully appreciated. Not being very conversant with theatrical matters he was not so competent as others of bis profeSsion to enlarge upon that point. He was far better acquainted with the value of land, and looking at Vauxhall Gardens simply as a site for building, he declared that he knew of no investment more eligible in every respect. On casting his eye over the plans prepared by an eminent dral.ti man, he saw within the circle of the estate an area for a small town, with all its streets, squares, markets, churches, and chapels—(Laughter)—and what greatly • enhanced its value was, that it was situated in the very heart of a rapidly rising neighbourhood, and that it lay within a short distance of the three bridges. It was calculated that there was ample space for the erection of 300 houses. It would be at the option of the pur chaser to build over the whole or only over a part, re serving a portion of the gardens for public exhibitions and amusements. It was said that the days of Vauxhall had gone by—he believed they were only coming on. The rising generation would be naturally anxious to see that justly celebrated place of which they had heard so much. It was proved by a recent experiment that the "Royal property" had not lost its attraction with the•public. During the last two months, notwithstand ing the unpropitious state of the weather, the gardens had been most numerously and brilliantly attended. There had been as many as 12,000 persons there of a night, which showed that it had not declined in public estimation. The property had cost the late proprietors upwards of 60,0001. ; and the various improvements effected by these gentlemen, in the erection of buildings of various descriptions, and the planting of trees and shrubs, • very greatly enhanced its value. There was one point which he would beg to urge most strenuously on' the attention of all present—namely, that this was to be a bona fide sale. His instructions were peremptory ; he was bound to sell, if he could only get a bidding, without reservation. The vendors would not offer a shilling, and there was no possibility of effecting a pur chase. by private contract., With respect to the title, the purchaser should have the fullest satisfaction previous to the completion of the purchase ; but he was authorised to assert that it was a good, clear, marketable title. .Having said thus much, he should be happy to receive any bidding to begin with. He was not instructed to name any sum. After a long pause a gentleman bid 10,0001. The auc tioneer smilingly thanked the bidder for offering 10,0001. for a property which cost the late proprietors 60,000/.; would some gentleman say 20,0001. ? A long pause en sued. At length another gentleman said 15,000/., and then followed, in rapid succession, thousand after thou sand, until the bidding stopped at 12,000/. After some further delay, 19,500/. was offered, and the spirit of spe culation becoming more active, the bidding went up to 20,200.; but all the eloquence and persuasive powers of the auctioneer could get it no higher. The hammer eventually fell and closed the sale of Vauxhall Gardens. The purchaser is - William Fowler, Esq. Our reporter could not ascertain whether it is this gentleman's inten tion to devote the gardens to their original use, or to break them up for building ground ; the latter opinion was that moss prevalent in the room. The deposit mo ney, 2,0204, was paid down immediately after the sale by a check on a London banker, drawn by Mr. Thom as Watts, who attended as agent for Mr. Fowler. There can therefore be no doubt that the sale, as Mr. Leifchild stated, has been a bona fide sale. NORTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) On Wednesday evening last a new writ was issued for the Northern Division of this county, in consequence of Lord Stanley having accepted the seals of the Foreign Department, under the Administration of Sir Robert Peel. We have not yet heard of any opposition to the renegade 'Whig; and we fear that, in the present state of the registration, it would be unavailing were it attempted. Neither can we imagine on what grounds, consistent with his former professions, he can ask the electors of North Lancashire for their suffrages, in the capacity of a sub ordinate of Sir Robert Peel, a man in whom, as he de clared but a few years ago, he felt no confidence what ever. Doubtless he will enter into some sort of explana tion on this knotty point in his forthcoming address, for which we look with much curiosity. In the meantime, and for the purpose of comparison with that document when it shall appear, we submit to the electors of North Lancashire a copy of Lord Stanley's address to them seven years ago. requesting their particular attention to those parts of it which we have taken the liberty to mark in italics : TO THE ELECTORS OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OP TIIE COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. Gentlemen—The expected dissolution of Parliament being this day announced, I hasten again to offer myself as a candidate for the honour of representing the northern division of this county. My public conduct, in office and out of office, is before you ; my political prin ciples are well known to you ; and my conscience tells me that I have taken no step, since I last was honoured with your confidence, by which I should deserve to for feit it. I am, as I have ever been, a zealous and earnest advo cate for such reforms in our institutions, ecclesiastical as civil, as may remove just causes of complaint, may extend their usefidness, and increase their efficiency ; I am, as I have ever been, anxious to protect those institutions against such innovations as, may endanger their safety or their existence. I ceased to belong to the late Adminis tration, because, having cordially, co-operated in the various measures of Reform which they had introduced, I feared the destructive tendency of an important step to which they had been led to give their assent ; 1 de clined to join that which is now formed, because I had no pate grounds for confidence that they would boldly and strenuoudj ,act upon those principles VBeforna which I be lieve to be esssntia Ito dm national we flare. I come before you, therefore, unfettered by any tie of party ; bound ody by those principles which I have unvaryinLli pro fessed—on which I have constantlylacted, and, professing which, I have already been twice honoured with your support. Should you again return me to Parliament, I go thither, pledged neither to support, nor to oppose, the present, nor any other set of Ministers. Should I find that the King's Government, however composed, gives full and free scope to the principles to which every day's reflection serves but to confirm my attachment, I shall give them my humble but cordial aid towards carrying them into effect ; should I find them rashly endangering the institutions of the country, I shall labour earnestly to protect those institutions ; should I find them slow to remedy acknowledged grievances, or madly resisting the ra tional desire of temperate improvement, my vote will be but one among the vast majority of my, countrymen who will com pel them to advance in the steady progress of unflinching but Constitutional Reform. • Resolved to act on these principles; having. 'no object in view but the welfare of our common country ; and ready to offer the fullest explanation upon any part of my past comuct, or future intentions, which you may 'deem to require it, I respectfully solicit at your hands the renewal of the high trust which you have already twice confided to me.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant, Bewsley, December 31, 1834. STANLEY. THE STAMP DUTIES.—The Duke of Bed ford, having lately purchased Ampthill Park estate, say at 150,0001., the lease and release duty (for Mr. Stew art's Bill works no amendment as to the lease duty) would be 1,0011. 15s. The Duke of Buckingham also purchased an estate, said to be at 63,0001., the stamp duty on which would be 6511. 15s. Now, in each of these cases the stamp is literally a flea-bite, and is wholly unthought of by either party in their advances towards ,a contract; the concern felt about the single 1,0001, or the -650/4 in matters of this magnitude, being as nothing compared with the last IL in Bill Smith's close bargain of 1501., or the last 10s. in Tom Jones's of 621. ; these have got to look at every pound—nay, every shilling, ; as of vast importance, whilst the former are wholly .unaffected by any such comparative trifles ; but When, in addition to this fact of every pound be coming so much more valuable, or at all events import ant, in proportion as we descend to the contractors upon a small scale, we bear in mind also that these have to encounter a rate of duty falling as dead-like upon their narrowed means as that does feather-like which applies to those of the wealthy : we then have the full measure of injustice made manifest. This very pound, you see, makes no less that five-and-twenty shillings difference in the stamps. "The latter," quoth Bill, " are high enough on 1491. (being 21. 10s. on that amount) but drat your even 50, that runs the stamps up to L. 15s. like wink ing." However, poor Bill must have a house over his bead if •he can, and he gives the 15c1. he pays 'the 31. - 15 s. duty, and he hears with wonder how that the great Duke of Bedford has purchased an estate of 150,0001. " Mercy on us," says Bill, and he begins chalking on the mantelpiece in characters which no on e , save himself, can decipher ; his looks of amazement in crease, and at length he tells you, with stupified but positive earnestness, " Why, I'll be hanged if he a i n ' t got to pay 3,75 a. for stamps." Thou art right in thy chalk, honest but wrong in thy very natural sup position. 'The Duke pa,,vs only 1,001/. 15s. for the stamps, and hads't thou been made to pay but in pro. portion to a great Duke thy hard earned a 15s. fur stamps would have been reduced to 1/. leaving 2/. 15s. to help out, by its interests, for the yearly duty of 4s, 6d. which thou must pay (but which the Duke has no oc casion to pay) for insurance_—Letter in the Times. The approach to Plymouth by the beautiful yOley of the Exe, made suc'h. an impressi on on a l ega l ,cpatell-top paSsenger, that he declared,;if he were judge, he'would issue on the river a writ _Ye Exe-at I?eyno. This would be a breakwater Z—Literary Gazette. vo t ) i THE GAMIN (STREET SCAMP) OF PARIS. (From the Physiologic du Flaneur.) The' "gamin 'de Paris" is an easy, laughing, joking, lazy gourmand, as fond of - public spectacles as an an cient Roman, and a "fianeur" (lounger) of the first water. Such are the leading characteristics of the gamin de Paris. It is; however, in the quality of "fianenr" that we shall. here principally consider him. The " gamin," as we understand the meaning of the phrase, is an idle apprentice, a child without instruction, with no home and no money, who, utterly forgetting the er rand upon which he has been sent out, 'wanders along the streets apparently without an object, lounges before shop -windows (especially if they contain eatables), snakes grimaces at the inmates, who regard him with suspicion —fait des niches aux passans, or, in the words of the immortal Tom Ingoldsby, " puts his thumb unto his nose, and spreads his fingers out," at every person who passes. Two other favourite occupations of this young gentle man—if a " flaneur" can be said to have an occupation at all—are teasing dogs and riding behind coaches. lie is very fond of sweetmeats and sugar-plums, almonds, alacampagne, and almost every article to be found in the shop of a grocer or confectioner is in great danger of coming in contact with his fingers if the window be an open one. His character has many negative as well as positive qualities ; but one of his most striking de ficiencies is his want of ready money. Of that he never has any. He is luxurious, but poor. There is a compensating printiple acting throughout the works of nature, by which the deficiencies of the weak are made up by the strong, and the light on this side counterpoised by heavy on that. The " gamin" has no money, but he has wit and cunning ; and the presence of these make up for the absence of the other. Thus, when attracted by the savoury odolir of smoking hot dainties or the sight of tempting sweetmeats, does he pass the shop which presents them to his view, merely because he has no money ? Not at all ! All the rays of his intelligence converge into one .focus—to obtain if possible but a taste of these delicacies; and he will, for example, drop his piece of bread into the gooseberry fool (gelee de groseille,), and apologise for the "accident!" Or he will ask the price of the plums, the figs, the sugar candy, the nuts, peppermint drops, or the almond sugar plums—and at each question taste the article he is ‘" cheapening," and conclude by postponing the purchase sine die. The shopkeeper, who with the "gamin de Paris," holds the same relative position as an ox does with the flies which tease him in warm weather, finds some difficulty in resisting the tendencies of his tormentor ; for he is the most indefatigable fly in the world, No matter how often he may be shaken off ; again and again he settles upon his ox. Do you descend from your horse, the " gamin " is by your side in an instant, and offers to hold the bridle in your absence. Does your carriage stop — there he is to put the flap of his waistcoast over the muddy wheel. He is ready to carry home the flower-pots which you have just purchased " for her ;" and he will show the stranger the way to the postoflice—his hotel—or the Bourse. Are you overtaken by a shower of rain and standing under a gateway, he volunteers to run for a coach. In short, he will do anything or everything to gain the "cinquante centimes" necessary to his happiness—his existence ! Outside the theatre you sill find him laughing and rollicking, and inside calling to the performers 'to speak louder, or not so loud, according to his humour. Lastly, you will find him at all accidents, executions, emeutes, fetes, public or private, national, royal, or n'importe quoi ! He seems never to sleep, is the most übiquitous and omnipresent being which it is within our powers to comprehend. He sees everything—he is seen everywhere ; and though the most indolent, would appear the most industrious of citizens ! GEORGE 111. AND THE WILTSHIRE SHEP HERD.—At the late meeting of the Warminster and South Wilts Club, the Rev. F. Skurray related the fol lowing anecdote of George the Third :—His Majesty, in passing over the Wiltshire Downs, admired the sta ture, healthiness, and costume of the "Wiltshire shepherds ; and, on his return to Windsor, he di rected the manager of his farm to procure one. Appli cation was made to his (Mr. Skurray's) friend and neighbour, Mr. Davis, who, by the courtesy of Mr. Rich Froud, of Brixton Deverell, despatched a man who seemed well adapted for the situation. Frequent inqui ries were made by the King, through General Golds worthy, as to the arrival of the expected shepherd. At length they met and engaged in a colloquy : "So you are the Wiltshire shepherd, come at last ?" says the General, " and, pray, what is your name ?" " Daphney," replied the shepherd. " Daphne !" said the General; " why, it seems you have gained a pastoral name since you have been appointed the King's shep herd." " I know nothing about pastoral names," he re plied ; " my father's name was John Daphney, and my name is Richard Daphney."—(Laughter.) " How do you find the flock?" asked the General. "Bad enough," answered the shepherd. " What do you mean to do with them ?" " Cure them, to be sure." " 'Well," said the General, " when the King comes to talk with you, answer him as freely as you have me." " That I cer trinly shall," replied the shepherd, " for I thought you was the King." It happened some time after that two sheep were abstracted from the flock, and the charge was brought home to poor Daphney. When the fact was made known to the King, he showed himself visibly affected, and to the question whether Daphney was to be prosecuted, his Majesty replied in the negative, adding, "It was my foolish vanity that coveted a Wiltshire shepherd, who, being brought into the neighbourhood of Old Windsor, was thrown into the way of fellows that would corrupt an angel. Discharge him ; I will not re tain a thief in my service—but no prosecution." On hearing the Royal determination, the discarded shepherd replied, " I could bear my master's reproaches, but I am overcome by his kindness ; and as I cannot serve him with a crook, I will with a musket," and he enlisted in the Guards.—Salisbury Journal. SLIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES.—Sir Walter Scott, walking one day along the banks of the Yarrow, where Mungo Park was born, saw the traveller throwing stones into the water, and anxiously watching the bubbles that succeeded. Scott inquired the object of his occupation. " I was thinking," answered Park, " how often I had thus tried to sound the ' rivers in Africa, by calculating how long a time had elapsed before the bubbles rose to the surface." . It was a slight circumstance, but the traveller's safety frequently depended upon it. In a watch the mainspring forms a small portion of the works, but it repels and governs the , whole. So it is in the machinery of human life ; a slight circum stance is permitted by the Divine Ruler to derange or to alter it ; a giant falls by a pebble ; a girl at the door of an inn changes the fortune of an empire. If the nose of Cleopatra had been slitnter, said Pascal, in his epigrammatic and brilliant manner, the condition of the world would have been different. The Mahomedans have a tradition, that when their Prophet concealed him self in Mount Shur, his pursuers were deceived by a spider's web which covered the mouth of the cave. Luther might have been a lawyer, had his friend and companion escaped the thunder-storm at .Erfurt ; Scotland had wanted her stern Reformer, if the appeal .of the preacher had not startled him in the Chapel of St. Andrew's Castle; and if Mr. Grenville had npt carried, in 1764, his memorable resolution as to the expediency of charging " certain stamp duties" on the plantations in America, the western world might still have bowed to the British sceptre. Cowley might never have been a poet, if he had not found the Fairy Queen in his mother's parlour ; Opie might have perished in mute obscurity, if he had not looked over the shoulder of his young companion, Mark OteS, while he was drawing a butterfly_; Giotto, one of the early Florentine painters, might have continued a rutle, i shqherd boy, it' a sheep drawn by him upon a stone had notattractcd the notice of Cimabue as he went that way.—Asiatic Journal for September. There is, perhaps, no figure to be found so: striking as that of Curran, when declaiming against the spies, brought up, after the rebellion of 1798, from pri son :—"Those catacombs of living death, where the wretch that is buried a man, lies till his heart has time to feSter and dissolve, and is then dug up an informer !" There is now growing in the garden of Mr. William Middleton, of Hermon's Hill, in the parish, of Gosforth, a dahlia of the kind called Cicero, which stands five feet six inches in height, is seven inches round the stem, and has no fewer than one hundred and twenty-five full blown flowers upon it.—Carlisle Journal. TAUNTON.—'Tire Orchard Portman Hop Grounds near this town are now in uncommon luxuri ance of mature growth. The crops will be singularly profuse. Hop picking will commence in about a week.— Sherborne Journal. By the last report of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, it will he seen that the works of that great undertaking are progressing in a most satisfactory manner. The line to Taunton is to be opened in the spring of next year, and to Wellington in the autumn.— Plymouth and Deronport Journal. RAMSEY.—For several weeks it has been re ported that a hobgoblin, or ghost, has been seen re peatedly in a field of wheat at Forty-feet Bridge, be longing to Mr. Berridge ; and several have visited the place to behold the unearthly being, and come away frightened, at the image their superstitious and disor dered brain has conjured up, and have treated with scorn those who tried to show them their folly. None had the wisdom to examine minutely what they saw, and endeavour to go near and touch it ; but, like cowards, kept at a respectful distance from Mr. Ghost.—Cum bridge Advertiser. SPLENDID PEACH.---A specimen of the Mil lea's Mignonne Peach, was brought to our office on Sa turday last, newly gathered from a fine tree in the gar den of W. Unett, Esq., of Vernwood, in this county. This peach measured nearly a foot in girth, and weighed nearly eleven ounces ! The luxuriance of the tree may be judged from the fact, that it made a shoot of six feet last year, from April to November.—Nottingham Chro nicle. A melancholy accident, attended with ?oss of life, occurred to a young man named Martin, on Tues day week in the neighbourhood of Corshain, who, with several others was packing at the time of its occurrence on the line of the Great Western Railway. The down train had just passed, and from the noise t he p oor fellow did not know the up-train was close upon him, which knocked him down, smashed his head, and severed one or two of his limbs.—Wiltshire Independent. ffistocenesp the on C unio us CuteumsTANc E.—Durin g the last and fr a o L u o n f i - b e of pos fi . t a - g o , present nagged patil a the )rt : c ag g st e o .dd ne i s n ar w e ith of those adjuiniug, have been almost , d ail y risen fronithelurndbeerdnseabtyh m. con siderable o f mushrooin oirimgi species growing Notwithstanding' "lot a u n d e ante fast tl a e s s t e thq ( Arl( fr fit9g ntl y elevated b y the f orce of t he growing- mushroom to the height of two or thr e e djonilig, veiglit° aboVe tho level of the road. One of these mush rooms l ate l y sprung up between the wall and the door-post of the shop of Mr. White, cabinet-maker, and MORNING SUN forced the wood-work considerably out of its place,-- York Courant. SHOOTING.—Owing to the quantity of cortt-t: . still remaining uncut, the returns of our sperting,lliQudi A have been, by no means very favourable. The beittlifig• ' we have yet heard of was that of a gentleman on the manor of Somerton,who brought homeon the Ist eighteen brace and a half and a hare. Having only one dog, many birds were lost in the luxuriant crops of clover, which would otherwise have been brought to bag.— Shcrbourne Journal. CORN-LAWS.—A petition in favour of a rcpea of the Corn-laws is in course of signature at Lenton. 700 have already signed, and many more will no doubt do so.—Nottingham Review. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.--A very me lancholy accident occurred in the neighbourhood of In verness on Monday, which has carried distress into a wide circle of friends and relatives. About six o'clock in the afternoon, Dr. Basil Tytler, son of the late Alex ander Fraser Tytler, Esq., of the Hon. East India Corn; pany's service (who had been on a visit to his uncle, the Sheriff of this county), was in a boat on the river Ness. in company with a young gentleman, Mr. Wm. Fraser, son of Mr. Fraser of Culduthel. They were opposite Lady Saltoun's cottage, where the river is deep and strong, besides being at present much swollen by the late rains. The boat upset, and the body of Dr. Tytler was seen in the midst of the water. All attempts to recover the body proved unavailing, and there is every reason to suppose that it was carried out to the sea. The deceased was about twenty-six years of age, of accomplished ta lents and amiable disposition. He had studied niedicine under Sir Charles Bell, and was distinguished for his knowledge and proficiency.—lnverness Courier. ENORMOUS TROUT.—There was caught, at one of Messrs. Dickson and Co.'s fishing stations in the Tweed, a salmon trout of the extraordinary weight of nineteen and a quarter pounds ; it measures thirty-three inches in length, and twenty in girth. —Edinburgh Courant. NOVEL MEANS OF OBTAINING MONEY.-- A woman of rather shabby appearance has been calling at several lodging-houses in this city of late, and endea vouring to draw upon the charity of the lodgers, by a rather ingenious device.. First of all, by some such dia logue as .the following with the landlady or servant at the door, she contrives to learn the name of the lodger, and the place from whence he comes :—" Have you a young man staying with you ?" "Yes." "What is his name, if you please ? I think this was the direction' I got, but I have forgotten the name." The name is of course given, and then, as if to be more assured that he is the person of whom she is in sear c h, s h e p o lit e l y in quires where he comes from. If it turn out that he is from the country, she immediately, ,requests an inter view. She then informs the geutlernan.that she has been sent by " Jean Cairns," an old .servant of his fathers, to request a little assistance. " Poor. dean_has been mar ried"—" has three children"—quite a reasonable number —" is anxious to get to - Cupar '—" one shilling would be sufficient"—and so forth. Of course, the : gentleman informs her Olathe never heard of Jean - Cairns ; but he is assured that it was a long time ago she served hiS father, and if home recollections thus called up'soften his heart, or a vague remembrance of. a Jean whose second name he never knew, but who perhaps attended him in childhood, flash upon his mind, it is ten to one but he complies with the request. Not having heard the previous co ll oquy with his unsuspecting landlay, he says to himself, " how could this woman know my name or where I come from if her story was a fabrication," and the next moment his hand is in his pocket. We beg to warn young men residing in lodgings, that " Jean Cairns" has served a great many of their fathers.—Scotsman. SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION AT WINGER WORTH.—We regret to state that serious loss has been experienced by Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart., by the de struction of Nearly the whole of his stock of hay, which was placed in a Dutch barn near Wingerworth Hall. It took fire owing to the state in whi c it was got in, in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather during the hay harvest. Upwards of 100 tons of hay were in the barn at the time, including a portion of last year's crop. The fire-engines were obtained as early as possible, and waggons and carts were employed in carry ing away the hay into the adjoining fields ;' but in many instances the bay in the waggons, While being removed, burst into flames, and it was found frequently necessary to " shoot" it out instantly, to prevent , the waggons taking fire. Many portions thus removed burnt out without any possibility of extinguishing the flames. The roof of the Dutch barn was completely destroyed, and fell in on the hay, nothing but the stone pillars being left standing. The loss sustained is calculated at nearly 1,0001., viz., 500/. the building, and upwards of 4001. the hay.—Shejficld Iris. ELEPHANT SHOOTING IN COORG. We learn from Coorg that Lieut. M—, of the 36th Native Infantry, who is an elephant shooter of no ordinary emi nence, has quitted the province en route to join, after a rather unsuccessful campaign against those monsters of the " leafy deep." Whilst stationed in Coorg, this officer killed a great number of elephants, but during his late excursion he has been less fortunate than so ardently de voted a disciple of St. Hubert deserves. Amongst his ad ventures amidst the " greenwood tree" is one, however, worth narrating, if only to show the wonderful sagacity of the elephant. Lieut. M—, it appears, in pursuit of cne of these noble " sovereigns of the forest," put eight (brass) balls successively into his game, three of which evidently took effect in the head ; but the animal got away, though sorely hurt and bleeding in torrents ; but whilst fleeing from his pursuers the elephant was observed to pick up mud with his trunk, and plaister it on the wounded parts, clearly for the purpose of stopping the hemorrhage, the vital effect whereof was each moment becoming more evident in the slackening and unsteady gait of the dying monarch of those sylvan scenes.-- United Service Gazette. JEMMY WOOD" AND' THE GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The last time but one that the grand festival in aid of the distressed widows and orphans of clergymen in the dioceses of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, was held at Gloucester, the renowned Jemmy Wood stood in front of the Old Bank in West gate-street, and observed to a friend of ours, in reference to the multitudes pressing towards the Cathedral, "There the fools go; I keep my half-crowns in my pocket ! " and, suiting the action to the word, pushed his hands to the very bottom of his capacious waistcoat-pockets, turned over the coins therein, and elicited that metallic jingle so grateful to his ears. The rich old banker is gathered to his fathers—the Old Bank, instead of wearing the business appearance it did in 1835, is,closed—none of the immense wealth of its owner has, as yet, been dis tributed under his will--but in this short term of six years more thousands of pounds have been spent in legal proceedings concerning it than would have provided a permanent fund, amply sufficient fur the relief of all the distressed widows and orphans of clergymen in the three dioceses. The numbers thronging to the Cathedral were notiools—Jemmy's policy of keeping the half-crowns in his pocket was not the perfection of wisdom. Far better would it have been for the fair city had Mr. Wood en dowed it with a part of his riches in his life-time, instead of, leaving it, as he did, to the uncertainty of a torn codicil and the tender mercies of the law.—Cheltenham paper. MOTTOES OF MINISTERS.--The Duke of Buckingham exclaims, on taking his seat, " Templa quam ailceta," Anglice, " High prices, hoW delightful !" The Earl of Ripon, with that credulity which led Cob bett to call him " Prosperity Robinson," declares that Fuses( tout—" Faith's every thing." Lord Lyndhurst's " Ultra Pergere," may be Englished by the elegant phrases, " Push along," or "G o a-head, ' or, perhaps b e tter still, by "Go the whole hog." Lord Stanley's motto is peculiarly appropriated to his Lordship's present and past position, "'Suns changer,"---" Without chang ing 1" Ireland has justly been regarded as a great breaker e-head- of a Tory Ministry ; and we may imagine the Tory Lord Lieutenant (Earl de Grey), Iyhen a little too sanguine' perhaps, exclahning in the language of his family Motto," t'Faith's• everythirig,"'being gently but sadly rebuked by his Secretary (Lord Eliot) in turn sighing his own too prophetic motto, " O ccurrent nu b es ," —" Ah, my Lord, but clouds :eV come." If such mixed and modified rejoicings are in the Cabinet, the joy in the new household troops is without any such alloy. The Lord _Chamberlain ,(Earl Delawarre), by his motto, JOiti de ma has declared that it was the happiest day of , his life on which he became Major dome; and the Lord Steward (the Earl of LiVerpool), Palma, non sine pulvere," says as plainly as tongue can speak, " I have got the Stewardship, but not without raising a dust about it."LL-Illanchester Guardian. pa. TENBURY. , —NOVEI, PUNISHMENT AND P Q ' PULAR INDIGNATION. —On Saturday last, .vrly was handcuffed for six hours to the post f clo . wri a long in his motto, be longing to the stocks .(which have beLf.n to which time), in default of payment of a fine ( e .) l. for drunken nesshe was adjudged by the Rev. C. Turner, uhfoiuithe i the punish- During the time the prisoner was u (cergo fo n r g tnight since. and disorderly conduct ; labouring classes, merit, many persons, chiefly of made a subscription were 'assembled to witness At, a' which would have more amongst them for the prisoner, ing him to drink, and it than paid the fine, besides Cresting of the bystanders that was only by the persuasionfrom cutting down the post.— the people were prevented ..e. Worcestershire Citron it ze c l DE SEYFRIED.—A letter DEATH OF IG 2 N 5th n it., says :—" The Chevalier from Vienna, the 25th one of the most fertile and celebrated Ignace de Seyfri ' the theory of music,. died yesterday. 'liters on German N‘ ro f more than two hundred composi tions was the with". amongst which are • nine operas and of. tions five oratoriosingularsinular circumstance c h aracter i sed his death. Bei n g attackedwith illness on th e 26t h , he fore saw that his end was near, and prepared an arti c l e f or rnals announcing that he h a d di e d on th the Vienna j ou, and leaving only a blank for the hou r o f hi s d eath. e 1 2 i I t t i h eevening of the 26th he sent for two of his friends, 31. Litte • rmayer, director of the Imperial singing- sc h oo l , a nd 3 Barley n, the musical publi s h er , an d gave to them a parcel, With a request that it might not be opened until after his decease. This parcel, which was opened this morning, contained the MS. of a funeral mass, and a note, stating that this work, composed in 1835, was to be performed at the funeral of the author." There is no person more conscientious than a thorough bigot, nor one more consistent in his entire career. The cause of this was curiously explained by a clever packer in a cotton warehouse, who speaking to me of some of the bigotry on the part of a neighbour, said " I suppose, Sir, that when a man has a small mind he does nut require much time to make it up,"— The Bishop. LONGEVITY.—A poor woman, named Mary Chandler, upwards of 101 years of age, having been born on the 3d of August, 1740, was admitted yesterday into the union workhouse at Lewes. She had been in the habit of walking from Lewes to Brighton and back, a distance of sixteen miles, generally once a week, and on Tuesday last walked over t o see her friends a t Brighton, previous' to going into 'the house. The poor creature, who seemed to feel very much her situation. said it was a hard thing to be compelled. to go into the workhouse at her great age. ice to,, 'IC ,