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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Pepers ) Sept. 4. DIRITISII AIMS.] Our neighbours, the Dutch, seem to have taught the prevalent mania for joint stock, or, as they term then►, anonymous societies. We have just seen a very lengthy, ill-written, and worse translated, prospectus, comprehended in six chapters, and 109 articles, for a joint stock company, for the improvement of the trade, na vigation, agriculture, ship-building, and manufac tures of the Netherlands. This project has re ceived the sanction of his Netherlandic Majesty. The chief object which the projectors seem to have in view is, to regain that share of the East India and China trade, which they have con. fessedly lost ; but we suspect that their com mercial powers were too long under the fos tering charge of Buouaparte, to be so easily awakened into life as they seem to expect. The proposed capital of this company is to be thirty seven millions of Netherland florins, on which they are to be secured an interest of 4j per cent. %Ve may soon expect to hear of this plan upon our own Exchange, but we would recommend our readers to pause before they risk their money on such a speculation, as it will require something more than a decree of the King of the Netherlands to restore to his subjects a trade which has so bog been secured by the British and North American merchants. This project may, hi some degree, account for the breach of faith and diplomatic quibbling which we observed some time since had taken place, on the part of the Dutch Minister, with regard to Batavia. By the arrival of a gentleman of great respect ability and intelligence from Egypt, we learn that the Pacha has delared that he will thi s year raise fifty thousand bales of cotton. Whether he can accomplish this or riot, it at least sheens that Ire has every inclination to effect that purpose, and there can be no doubt that in time he will have the power. All this mass of production must come to this country in British bottoms, and consequently will not only be so much subtracted frorn American growth. but a large proportion of freight deducted from American tonnage. Such are some of the consequences already resulting from • the American tariff: indeed, there was hardly a reflecting matt throughout the Union that did not foresee that that ill-advised measure would recoil with ten•fold force on the Ame ricans themselves. The majority by which it was passed into a law was smaller than any we recol lect. Our trade to America will be but little injured by the tariff, es, besides the Canadian frontier, through which goods may be smuggled by British subjects, the whole sea-hoard of 'the States is laid open to the native American smug glers, whom the high duties will certainly tempt to evade the revenue. The celebrated offensive and defensive treaty of Catherine with the Northern Powers first gave importance to the iron manufacture of Itngland, anti we should not Let surprised if the American tariff, should it he persisted in, were to make the Mahometatts the most extensive growers of tobacco and cotton.-- ( Mid.) • [MORNING HERALD.) Wednesday's Paris Papers arrived fate last night. The precariousness of the King's life is almost the only thing that gives them public in terest at this moment—and they are reduced by the Censorship to such absolute nonconductors, that nothing shUrt of what could not be kept secret, an absolute demise, would be allowed to pass through them. It is an event, however, which'may be daily expected. He is said stilt to, bear mass, and preside over Cabinet Meetings— but all within the 'Walls of the Tuileries. Ile no longer takes airings. At several periods since the restoration, the death of Louis XVIII. would have been an Important incident in the pelitics of Europe ; now, however, it can be little else than a mere party question of place and power. It is said the present Minister, is firmly established in the , favour of the successor. Ills tenure, however, with the Count d'Artois is far from secure. That illustrious personage himself is scarcely susceptible of a firm bold--anti if he was, closely united as he has long been with all the leading individuals of the Royalist Opposition, they have a thousand means of renewing their relations with biers when wearing the Crown. The present King acted with more enlarged views of party, and more firmnessiand the Ultras from the beginning were ,discontented with hirn.„ „If the -Count d'Artois does not take advantage at present of the King's weakness, it is only from delicacy, or from prudently. waiting until his game be quite We. It is true the Royalism of Villele is much the more moderate—perhaps it: should rather be called more cunning, and less hottest...Llut,there it one reason why- every one ,abould ..xejeice Chateaubriand ousted him on the'aukceits4—one great advantage, indeed, which he possesses over, his rival---it is the probability of his removing the-Censorsitip. Ile unquestionably would have *written down the Ministry, if the press had not been subjected to previous ,censure ; and vanity,, if nothing else, would induce him to encounter discussion as a Minister, if he were restored. P k is also intimated :that, were he Minister, and uo. commuted, he. would take a decided part in fa vour of th e Greeks. We have .us [THE yams.] to read, ti F i r eMt i seeu, but ,have barely had time Paris, and writer of gr " t ti ,” to M. Salvandi, a known bestrirth e title or i t ent. The , present production is, in 'all- respects but "el La France. • It, lull 'of spi r it, er gutne n "el an admirable work ; if them were any w - i t, truth, and knowledge. gent. Frenchmen w ere (T . sul " sed that hitelli _i%itr,,,,;„d of their reflect. intpower, or blunted in the i r progressive and overbe a r i n g "nsibilitY) by the Ministers against the conititutlo"terPrize9 of the liberties or France, this little bo land • t coartered disposed to think, undeceive the m . ",u . ki ' llse °r e I lie aUthor *ketches the duties of the Adron • tistration then their defects and vices. lie describes their original system, after the late election law was car ried, to have been one of hideous corruption; and, baffled in that by the Chamber of Peers and the Courts of Justice, he states their amend ed system to be that of pure force, illustrated by the Censorship ; the consequences of which ini quitous measure to the welfare of society, and to the Government itself, are painted with power ful force and accuracy. " Every thing will be inviolable in France, from the gensdarmes to 64 yourselves (the Ministers); only our proper " ties, our rights, our institutions, our lives, will " not be so," " Can you state what violence may not be committed henceforth with in). cc punity ? You have robbed us even of our " last refuge—the wisdom and mercy of " the King. Truth has no longer any path 46 to the Royal presence. The Tuileries will " suffer, as well as France herself, the law 44 of all Asiatic Governments—the lex talionis.— " Among them the Prince is a captive, as his " people are slaves. He is degraded, as his " people are oppressed. But in Asia tire people C 4 avenge their sufferings by a conflagration ; and 64 the Sultan by a bow-string. You know that, " thanks to that article of the fundamental law 64 which declares you to be responsible, you have nothing to fear from either. The Grand Viziers " will envy you the Charte Constitulionelle."— It is then foretold, as it has been here, that the Ministry will become more violent as it fancies itself more secure. Their fo. reign policy is represented to be consistent with the tyrannical spirit which prevails at home—towards Spain—towards Greece ; and, in their commercial system, towards Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, the United States, and St. Domingo. IVe have not time to enter minutely into the reflections of this able writer upon the internal condition of France herself, and the action and re-action which are likely to take place between the public interests and.those of the Ministry, under the various as pects in which both are considered. His account of the progress already made towards the resto ration of the Jesuits to absolute power over Church and State, and over the mind of the na tion, is extremely interesting—and to a philan thropist not a little affecting. Nor are the names and fates of Charles I. and of James 11. , which finished the career of the house of Stuart, re motely hinted at by M. Salvandi, or obscurely applied to the course of French contingencies. The sole weakness which we could perceive in this pamphlet, with a view to its effect upon the French peopl e generally, was its apparent sub serviency, on some points, to the interests o M. de Chateaubriand. NEW TIMES.] The French Funds continue to rise. We give the prices from the Court Authentique and Time List of Wednesday, at 102. for money, and 101. 90. for Account. It is said that some business for Account was done nearly a half per cent. higher in the evening.—The Mode dated Thurs day, which we have received, mentions nothing of the serious illness under which the King of France has been reported to labour ; and there. fore we are disposed to doubt whether his Ma jesty's-dissolution is so very near. At nil events, the price of the French Funds.slu4s that no (Inn. gerous commotion is apprehended even if a demise of the Crown should take place. eyortieorudeasy to fr o b m e 19i to 9-I} ; 3 m i ited, and Consols business transactinga dtt unless some unforeseen event of importance occur, no considerable variation is expected to take lace until after the terminatio n o f l' the . present account.' Th e South American Securities ex. , perienced little variatio n , i n consequence of the 'non arrival of any intelligence froth th at quarter; but as the wind has now 'changed favourably, advices may be duily expected. Public interest is very great to learn something of lie move. 'milts of Iturbide.—Colornhian Scrip was at 9 1 - discount. Mexic an B on d s 480 The other Se curities continue itt their fo rmer prices.--( ibid .) EMOIINVYG POST.J The Meeting of the Parish of St. Botolph, Aid gate, which we noticed yesterday, related to a subject which, of late, has excited much attention in the City. In this instance it appears the tithes are the property of a lay-impropriator, and that in a comparatively short period, he has raised his demand from 6d. to 2a,9d. in the pound. For the sake of the Established Church, which we have always strenuously supported, it were to be wished that these squabbles about its revenue were at an end—for although the Tithe-owner of St. Botolph be a mere layman, our venerable Establishment is charged with all The injuries inflicted by an individual, or at least strictly imputable to him alone. We would also ob serve, in passing, that the increasing demands which have been recently made by the Proprie tors of Tithes naturally provoke inquiry, which tvould be better avoided, Will llr. Kynaston, for instance, say that rents in the Parish of St. Botolph have risen within the last 20 years io the same ratio that he has raised the tythe ? Or, will he further say that tithe is not accessary and dependant upon rent, instead of being, as the facts referred to would seem to suggest, a sort of monster swallowing up not only rent but every other produce of industry ? If it be true, as as. gerted, that the-tithe of St. Botolph has been raised from 04. to 2s. Od. in the pound in- a short space of time, is it not eviderit that the lay Impropritor has been running a race with ale Land lord, and has succeeded in completely distancing th e latter? Nay, is there not something deducible from this statement, which shows that although Tithe be a " Rent," it is, at least, in collection, almost essentially different from other Rents—or what may be called a more screwing exaction than any which a Landlord would attempt to en. force? The Legislature, we are certain, never in tended such to be the case; and we are equally cer. twin, it never will allow so gross a perversion of its will to pass without correction. Be it however observed, that in . expressing ours e l ves thus can didly, we do not in the remotest degree mean to impugn the right to tithe either on the ' part of the lay improviators or our legitimate Clergy. We would not have either robbed of their pro. perty, nor would we permit either, under any pretence, were they so disposed to rob the land lord of his property. What we insist on is, that in the City of London / for example, tithe is subordinate to rent; and that proceedings like those in the parish of St. Botolph, have a tendency to reverse this order of things. Sup. posing the assessment for tithes to remain sta tionary, the higher the rental of a parish ad vances, the greater the annual amount payable to the lay or other impropriator ; and this effect produced in this way was, we contend, obviously the original object in so endowing the Church. ‘Ve throw out these hints to show the propriety of effecting amicable arrangements respecting Tithes wherever they may be practicable, and we sincerely hope so desirable a result may be somehow produced. [MORNING CHRONIci,Ed Among other prejudices which prevail in this country, a very general one is, that infidelity to the marriage bed is more common in high life than among the middle and lower classes. We entertain an opinion directly the reverse of this. The higher ranks are so exposed to the gaze of the world, and they are so surrounded by prying menials, that it must always be a matter of ex treme difficulty for them to conceal their actions. The consciousness of this, and the knowledge on the part of females in high life, that a departure from the rules of propriety will infallibly lead to certain very unpleasant consequences, cannot fail to have tt powerful influence on their actions. With the middle and lower classes it is very dif ferent. They are less exposed to observation, especially in a crowded metropolis, and while Parliament sets the law aside for the benefit of aggrieved parties in upper life, the rest of the community is literally shut out from all remedy. This last cause produces dreadful consequences in domestic life. A case which occurred at Bow-street on Thursday last, is one of many thousands of instances of men suffering with out a remedy from the immorality and shameless effrontery of wives. We allude to the case of Mr. Millwood, a tradesman, residing at Ram. mersmith, summoned by the Parish Officers to provide for - three children, which his wife bore after a separation had taken place. If this poor man had been a Noble of the Land, or one of the Squirearchy, he could easily have disencum bered himself of his worthless mate, and with a mind at ease have applied himself to pro viding in a suitable manner for the seven children who look up to him for support.— But the Legislators of England (with few ex ceptions) are, we are sorry to say, indifferent to all grievances not shared by themselves. Look at the effects of a different system in Scotland. The Scotch are more generally a commercial and manufacturing people than even the English, and as great, if not a greater proportion of the fer nier than of the latter live in large towns.-- Those, however, who should infer from this an equal degree of laxity in domestic affairs, would commit a grievous mistake. The Re. the ssard e Court, p u bli s h e d i t trt ' lle fro A rn ppe tl iTdix "mni to i joofgtlamejuSdcgonieitclfit on this affords us P a °l.t m o eu li ns th o e f fSotrantie this subject. That Court is and dualleifts o t E e n rw to rr t he husband i and t o i th e wife, unfaithful to time ngeasl marriagee metTgraegeeqtrt I:"NbLe'l: though the expellee of this is such placed within the reach of all, that justi ce is whole number of c ases of fioalitt l il iv P o P r e c il e r , t i h t a l t li t r i t l y e years, beginni ng with 17 03, and ending with 182`2, amounted only to 593, that is to nineteen per annum. This would b e a very small number for t i a v o e r r e t n h s e o rr the greate rßut w p e a toa population believe a o t f n t i u w c o h millio n s, England w h o betake are o,e m c s a: l e v i e s of by p e tt o r i t l i s e e s n t fr t o o m S c otland to get rid of their tie s. W e th us see by what simple means a mass of h uman misery may be pr even t e d i n a country. With so e asy a re Iy, other appli cations for relief are hardly worth mentioning. What a contrast England would exhibit ! And yet from the importance of domestic comfort to an Englishman, who is not digposed, like the Freoch marl, Italian, or Spaniard, to seek his happiness from home, the evil is felt by him as one of parti cular severity. We copied some very sensible observations on this subject a week or two ago, from The New Times, the Editor of which Journal has had particular opportunities of becoming ac quainted with the misery produced in England by the existing state of the Marriage Law. We trust some humane Legislator will deem the subject one not unworthy of his attention.—A Reform of the Law may, indeed, deprive those Who are fond of encroaching on their neighbours' property of many facilities they now enjoy ; it would diminish the number of preserves, which afford at present oc cupation to the idle and the unprincipled.—But game of this description will not surely be deemed entitled to the protection of the Legislature. COUIIME OF EXCUANGE, September 3. k mete' darn 12 2 C. F. Ditto, at Sight 11 19 Rotterdam 12 :1 Antwerp 12 4 • ................... Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto 25 50 (... nottudeitux, ditt o 9.5 50 0 . Berlin 7 10 Vi anti fort t lie Alain Pete shurgf t . Vienna Trieste lO 4 Madrid lO 4 Effect i vs tiilhoat ;Wiz asi Effective 33,i Effective Barcelona ....... Gihraltsr . ..... ..... 351 aoi ..eghora•• • s • • • Gem* • • .• 144 —,—trenice, Ital. Lir 27 ..........47 ----Nty Ivs •• • • 38 "alernio 51i rilblll3 •** • I Tin Ili IttoJmileiro 47 .... 49 •••• 9j '''''' 9j pet Colt. BULLION. Portugal Gold, iII Coin I.a 0 0 per Os Foreign Gold, in Bars .... —... s 17 4 New Doubloons .. New Dollars Silver in U4rs, Standard 0 0. 0 TIVERTON ANNIVERSARY SCHOOL MEETING• 'On Thursday last was held the Anniversary Meeting of the Gentleman educated at Blundell's School, Ti verton. The Rev. ALDEnSEY DICEEN, the Head-master, on the occasion, preached a most .excellent Sermon. The Meeting of this year was rendered of extreme interest to all persons connected with the School, from the circumstance that a present of plate was to be made to Mr. Ley, by Gentlemen, some of whom had been his scholars, and others who had been his school-fellows. The Plate consisted of three large circular Silver Salvers ; one of them 24 inches in diameter, and the other two 9 Inches each ; the whole superbly wrought, and weighing together 293 ounces. In the centre of each Salver was an exquisitely finished Engraving of Blundell's School, with the Green, Walls, Gate, and adjoining Grounds,—and underneath was the following inscription : lOHANNI LEY, AM. SCHWAB BLVNDELLINAE PER . ANNOS XXXVII. E. IAGISTR ERVDITO II PROBO LIBERALI EGREGIE PERFVNCTO TANDEM AIVNERE DISCIPVLI ET CONDISCIPVEI GRATI GRATANTES 111. D. ANNO MDCCCXXIV. The workmanship and taste of these Salvers were much ad mired. They were furnished by Messrs. Griffin and Co., of Leadenhall-street, London, who spared no pains or expence to produce an elegant specimen of their manufacture. The Engravings and Inscription excited universal atsprobation. It had been arranged to present the Plate to Mr. Ley in the Lower School, but it was found, on the return of the procession from church, that scarcely one third of the company as sembled could be accommodated within the School, and there fore an adjournment was immediately made to the Green. A Table was placed near the centre of the Green, on which a fine damask table cloth was spread to receive the Salvers ; a large circle of spectators (of several hundreds) was formed round the table, including, in one portion of it, the boys of the School. As soon as the necessary arrangements were made, Sir John D untze , B art. and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, B art . conducted Mr. Ley to the table in the Green. Mr. Frederick Leigh was deputed by the Committee who had been appointed to purchase the plate, to present it, an d h e was attended by all the Membe rs o f the Committee. Mr. Ley, on his approach to the table, was received by the Committee, when Mr. F. Leigh holding the large Salver, and supported by the Rev. C. 0. Os mond, and the Rev. John Clarke, each of whom held one of the small Salvers, in a short address, presented the Plate to Mr. Ley, as a sincere token of respect, the gratitude, and the friendship, of gentleme n some o f whom had been his Scholars within the ancient walls of the School, and others had accom panied him in the same place in earlier life throtosh the dis cipline pro v id e d b y t h e immortal and beneficent founder, to add to the m ora l an d i nte ll ectual character of his country, and of his native place in particular. fie alluded to the excel lencies of Mrs. Ley, through whose kindness and attention the boys had ever found under Mr. Ley's roof, the tender care of a mother, and the comforts of a home. He then paid a short but well-deserved compliment to Mr. Carrington Ley, Mr. Ley's son, lately elected to the UudersMastership of the School, and concluded with a quotation from the Inscription on the Plate. Mr. Ley then advanced a few steps, and, in a powerful, learned, and a ff ect i onate address, accepted ' the honour paid him. He said, he was anxious to acknowledge their gratifying testimony in a manner suited to Isis own feelings, and worthy of the kindness and the value of the present ; but standing before an assembly by whose presence he had not dared to hope to be thus favoured, he feared that neither his talent nor his nerve would bear him through the attempt. He felt at that moment that what had been said of pain and grief might with equal truth be affirmed of the sensations that had been their source in joy and pleasure,—" ?eves 1 " - quuntur ingcnics stupent," and he appealed to that part of his audience who could beta judge of' the net emotions of the heart, because they could best feel them, whether utterance was not most frequently denied when the claims upon It were most im portunate. Tlie moment at which that honourable testimony had been bestowed was most cheering. There was a subject r t e o sp w e li c i t c f l: l : just could not a d vert without pain, though to pass it in silenc e would a pp ear as if he shrunk from it :ust escaped from a, Court to whose de c i s i on h e h owever b owed i n most silence, they had cheered him with a most noble testimony of their regard, lie begged his friends to dismiss all anxious regret on 1-iis account ; he had scrutinized both his motives and his conduct at the bar of conscience, and was satis fied, by a verdict from a Judge within his own bosom, whom no malevolence could impose on, no calumny mislead,—there were expressions, anti a specified act, imputed to him from which his soul turned with disust ; was it not sufficient to drag him into a Court of Justice? Ile could have borne it all had they not endeavoured to bring him down to their own de graded level. The opinion of his friends that day expressed— Warranted—his saying with the gallant antagonist of the Em. peror Charles " I have lost all but my honour." The wooden bowl of Camillus would have been a more appropriate or nament to the habitation preparing for his retreat in the of l w ife o , uu tr il t av tl e te g y ra l c ia e d d a ad s or ie n i e l t i l an it u w ib i l t e h , a an i c r i b w le tra T e e ci • te skill of the artist, their kindness had given it a the exquisite • s e e v i e it n , in w g of Verres. In addition to its intrinsic worth, and value ap w a h c i i c t l y t no injury, could deprive it of, and no art could associations that must always accompany it, would dispel the deepest g loom, and impart a warmth and relish to the humblest fare. His friends, who had exerted themselves in applying the li beral bounty of the whole, had proved their delicacy in pre senting it through the person of one who had so many claims upon Ids regard anti esteem, Of whom he w ou ld say more, but that he feared to offend hi s delicacy; there was one part of that gentleman's address which he could not pass unnoticed : the compliment paid bins through his wife, the partner of his cares, was doublY valuable by connecting her name with his own, as no compliment to a married man was so gratifying as that con veyed through the object of his affections. It was his hope, whenever it should please Providence, that the superb present in which they bad embodied their regard could no longer be held by those who had an interest in the scene that was then passing, that some method might be devised of protecting it within the walls of their immorial Founder, as a lasting monu ment of his friends' approbation, end a proof that the time he had passed within them had not been spent dishonourably, or without utility. Mr. Ley then retired to the Under-Master's house, amidst the loudest and most enthusiastic cheers of the Company assembled. Few scenes have presented a more beautiful sight; the fine ness of the weather, the immense assemblage of spectators, graced and adorned by the presence of so many ladies in ele gant attire; the anxiety of the boys, just r e t urne d to School in health and happiness, to bear their full part in the ceremony of the day ; the splendour of the Plate; anti the excellent man ner in which the arrangements were made,—all contributed to produce as striking a spectacle as could be witnessed ; to this external exhibition must be added, the display of grati tude and affection towards Mr. Ley, and the manly feeling anti honourable expressions of that gentleman in return, who had all his life made the discharge of duty his first his only object, and whose conscience assured him that for no consis deration, and in no situation, had he sacrificed his honour. Here then was the triumph of charmer, which, in this land, never fails of reward from the liberal and the good ; the result Of minds matured and enriched by education, lay moral and re ligious instruction. The gentlemen who had received their education at Blundell's School afterwards dined together at the Three Tuns. The glow of feeling which had distinguished the ceremonies of the morning did not abate in this fresh scene. The spirits of the party best told the satisfaction that pervaded each man's heart. 31any addresses were made ; amongst the speakers, our worthy County Member, Sir T. 13. Ackland, Bart. who enlivens every meeting by his manners, and enriches every subject from the treasures of his head and his heart, bore a distinguished part. The party separated at an early hour, to prepare for the Ball in the evening, which was fully attended ; thereby showing what indeed requires little to prove it,—that English gentlemen hold themselves in readiness to perform the varied duties of social life ;—their hearts are open to receive enthusiastic ins. pressions when distinctions are to be paid to honour and to worth ; they arc warns yet decorous, at the festive board ; and are not surpassed in expression of gallantry when th e l ovely daughters of their Country chains their attentions. COAL, MARKET, Stn.. 3. Ships at Maiket. Shif►s hold 16 Newcastle . . 13 Sunderland • - Price. • 3l• Od to 37a 94 • 294 Orl to 40* 34 inight for a m an named A. few days ago the gaoler of Cupar Fife, !nand concealed betwixt the soles of a pa i r of shoes, wltich A. D'lPharg, o b r a m d , b i e f e iL lt rg - br two spring saws, with which he might in a short time have effected his ' liberty by cutting the iron gratin g o f hi s cell. .1 BRITISH AND FOREIGN DIGNITIES COM PARED. Fit nobilis, nascitur generorus,is the principle upon which this curious and often momentous tract is written. Englishmen confound nobility with peerage, whereas in every country the land. ed proprietors are the natural nobility. For merly, while all persons of coat-armour were styled noblemen, all gentlemen were styled per. sons of quality. A Peer is only a person of rank, unless he be a gentleman ; but every gentleman is a person of quality ; for in the opinion of a herald, quality and gentility are synonymous. In short, according to the proper explanation of gentry, their families must always have borne arms ; the descendant s o f a y eoma n can never be gentlemen ; they, ho wever , ma y make very spectable lords. Wealth, which is omnipotentt will always prevent the revival of feudal distinc tious ; and, therefore, omitting the mere curiosi ties of this book, we shall give extracts, which enlarge our stock of valuable information. The House of Commons did not originally mean Corn' inners in distintion from Peers. " The connytu. anintcuisentteiry only rce the ,orcombmaruonnis and tyofthteenakniitis in kingdom, The House of Commons therefore signified the House of Communities (pp. 2.9, 30.) for comm:" 'sitar, like Societe:, means people partaking Old same rights, and was equally applicable to the most exalted, and to the most bumble classes (pp. 30). The word Commoner has only of late years crept into circulation." -- ; a man by th e mere c i rcumstance o f a Against the prin c ipl e o f est i mat i ng the value °I certain quantity of acres having b ee n now, or once i n ' the possessi on o f hi s f am il y , we i n rea son protest. Such p re t ens i ons con f er no serv i ce u pon the °, mankind. Wh en th e d e f ence an d l e gislation o f the realm w ere i n t h e h an d s o f the tenants in capita, th ere was a rat i ona l groun d for account . ing them pill ar , i of the state; but society 10 now assumed so diff ere nt a form, that a " ge n : tleman of blood," mere ly a s such, has no polit t• cal character whatev er . W e speak in no dePr ed dation of family pretensions. They are of ten high supports of virtue. We mean that they are We th ere . no longer matters of public relation. fore pass to the very useful contents of this work; viz. the warning it gives, by our confounding the forms of foreign nobility with our own. An o n ' German Baron is equal to an old English coon" try gentleman ; a new German Baron to a pug' chaser of a coat of arms. A Baron of Langue• doc to a country Esquire. A Roman Duke and a Sicilian Prince to a Baronet. In France, Mar' quis, Compte, Vicompte, or Baron, were hid** rent ; the only important question was not whit title any individual bore, but whether he reel,' was a gentilhomme, or man of ancestry. The indiscriminate use of the word gentleman by u 9 is productive of infinite mistakes abroad, as aP* is Ger , pears by the following anecdote : A man Baron iu London having waited for his barber, a journeyman arrived in his stead, and informed him that the old Gentle• man had been taken ill, but that he wo uld ' have the honour of shaving him. This anecd ote the Baron used to relate whenever any English' man was presented at his Master's Court, to io; barbers." In Germany every Gentlem sinuate that the English gentry were as t ° , styled a Baron, as in England every Gentlema n is styled an Esquire ; but an English son r ea daughter, ignorant of the comparative value o f _ titles, thinks by marrying a Baron to become o Peeress of Germany ; " for, as a Baron is a pe e r a: in Great Britain, no doubt, a Baron is a Peer o l d the world over." She soon finds out her take ; and " disgusted by repeated humilia tiol ;' this couple mak e up their minds to fix their " 6 , page, with a cor o n e t an d suppor t er s, deuce in E ng l an d, w h ere t h ey mo unt an eq uip ari d, on strength of their baronial title, pretend to a P," cedency ab ove the first gentry in the lan r family, wh o h ave been taken i n by We could ment i on English girls of respec ta ble _fa Germ . T: Barons, no w living in England, and who are litu r : better th an swindlers, and are impudentl y rogant, throu g h the ignorance of o ur countß . men, as to th e real bearing of the rank an d title „f of a G erman B aron. Pe t seems, from 48 that" sOL ano may purchase the title at a sum between and 1001. fro m th e C ourt o f Vi e nna, or 0 . 1 ". , ` r , courts ; and w e h ave h ear d t h a t an adyert i l, quack doctor o f th e l owest ki n d, absolutely ne fi g n d tinted for th e p urc h ase o f a G e rman Baron'' , pc , would have succeed ed,had not the circumstan ce ho cidentally b e c ome k nown to our A m bassador , w oo d party observes. prevented the grant. Every person gning Abr . •ty should read this bill of fare of foreign nobgl i o . t dishes, because, as Sir James Lawrence veryrilt n tv oug. livre tournois to a " Our persons of qua" ' ban kers to know the value of foreign titles, es f e , i r French know_ the value of foreign coins ; on e V„ r i as a tAmPte is as inferior to an English a s to pound sterling."-- - A 4 u sed foreig ners . " The late King of Wirtemberg 00, to say, that h e cou ld form no idea of en Enheir gentlem an till h e ha d vis i te d seve ral a t d the count r y. country seats, and seen their manner of liviae country.". (Edinbur gh ---- On Saturday last, the 211 i tt r u n l ' E ll t . he Lady of PUiIi P 1 iPi e l '' in hiaker-street, Portman.s;uare, ofa s • • _lLe v 21 i ( I t An Brown, o f C c r a r a i t o h i x E e b J u l) * s u h l i t r . e , gtracb sfi ' ile A v. t Esq., of Furnivars.nn, to Elizabeth, fourth daughter - f the -. . . , e, S t ' DIED. On Monday, the 30th ult, in the 25th year of h is tr,lo o :Ta i i i : ani di e yia a I I O : h a u v i i h s . ' i n cio n m lJ fi b .. at " r' ' 'ivoTeo floodi n g,.. melancholy sd Lane y a coho r n 2a fys i;° liyß e rrdelcea,rw, E s sex.in ,- , a e k ti t r pbs u t : s treet a le vicar cms i'v j ' e obl e e di : -sd Cambridge, galt d on . ng "' aiv o 'r e nw l -- d- T e , : ;:ed a: ci e t :` i .° ' 1 . %., 1 i as z , nd a a t y t , w d o le o : c 3 io th ek u etc : Jo hn Bu tler, Estith•.eof.dSeesiillt:4l.7ll,oo:..i. am ore: oAfftatineYinvvaartuaabnileofsrtienarndi.. , t o took e e n i r f t C ep e r o l t ca u nwevtee at annou n ce lif lo Th e , m ei b cr e t i r n • s T s r u j z : " 1 I e l - ' I 3 e : , e ; ; the Poor of the neaighebouwornhuloond • ley ell ae u sive l o T nouro . ~.„0 , s flay; and a daughter : the health of the latter, we a „ T oler t he ay; still continues in a very precarious state; she is ; sev . ., M iler Ladya ry h h i care of Dr. Bradley, who pr scebed for her in 1.0 11 " ° 100 0 gy rpvious to the death of Lad; A i stieY was about to re W eYnlouth for the benefit of sea air. ' (Dev• P a 0: r .:10,.....,0 0 e" . II re cret s h : rf l i :: —wpenriluachna Lett g nti t e w s °chop , to Printed and Publitthed for the Pnornizions. fit. OTTICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. It GaEsr