The Sun. — London, England, 1824-03-05 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, March 5. [MORNING POST.] By command of his Majesty, the Earl of Liver pool, in the House of Lords, and Mr. Secretary Canning, in the Commons, laid before Parliament, last night, the communications which have taken place between the British Government and those of France and Spain relating to the Spanish Ame rican Provinces. These important documents afford additional proofs of the wise, manly, and disinterested line of policy adopted by our M nisters on the great question at issue between Spain and her late Colonies. They consist of a Memorandum of a Conference between the Prince of Polignac and Mr. Secretary Canning, held on the 9th of October, 1823 :—of a dispatch from Sir Wm. A'Court, inclosing a communication from Count °fella to him, which contains a copy of another communication from the same Minister to the French, Russian, and Austrian Ambas sadors; and, lastly, of a dispatch from Mr. Se cretary Canning to Sir Win. A'Court, informing him of the view taken by the British Govern ment of the propositions set forth in Count Ofalia's Circular. The object of the con ference between Mr. Secretary Canning and the Prince of Polignac was to make a foil and frank interchange of the views of their respective Go vernments, relatively to the question of South America ; and the communications made on both sides must prove highly gratifying to all who wish for the continuance of peace, and the un checked progress of national freedom. On the part of England, Mr. Secretary Canning stated that she considered any attempt to bring Spanish America under its ancient submission to Spain utterly hopeless ; that she would not interpose any obstacle to any attempt at negociation which Spain might think proper to make, but would aid and countenance it, if it were founded on a practicable basis, and that in any case she would remain strictly neutral in a war between Spain and her Colonies, but that the junction of any foreign Power in that war would form a new question on which she would take such decision as her interests might require. The Right Hon. Secretary then disclaimed any desire of appro priating to the British Empire any portion of the Spanish Colonies and all intention of forming any political connection with them beyond that of amity and commercial intercourse. He then add ed, that so far from seeking an exclusive prefe rence for British subjects over those of Foreign States, England was prepared, and would be con tented to sect the Mother Country (by virtue of so amicable arrangement) in possession of that preference, and to be ranked after her equally with the others, on the footing of the most fa voured nation. He declared that the British Go veroment would not enter into any stipulation binding itself to refuse or delay its recognition of the independence of the new Stares; that it had no desire to precipitate that recognition so long as there was a reasonable chanceof its coming first from Spain ; hut that it could not wait indefinitely for such a result, or make its recognition dependent On that of Spain, and would consider " any Fo reign interference by force or menace in the dis pute beta ren Spain and the Colonies, a motive for recognizing the latter without delay." He then demonstrated the right of England to a free trade with South America, granted to her in 1810, when her mediation with the Colonies had been asked by Spain, and the consequent propriety of her appointing Consuls to watch over her com mercial interests in those States, a measure which had been announced to Spain as early as the month of December, 1822, and had been only delayed out of deli c acy to her. The Right Hon. Secretary than came to the conclusion, that with these gerwr;ll opinions and peculiar claims, Eng land could not go into a Congress upon an equal . Powers w h o se opini ons were footing as ith other less formed upon that question, and their interests less implicated in its decision. [NEW TIMES.' .The communications with France and Spain, relating to the South American Provinces, have been presented, by his Majesty's command, to both Houses of Parliament. They comprise a memorandum of a conference held on the gth of last' October, between the Prince de Polignac and Mr. Canning —a letter of the 30th of Deer from Sir \Nr A'Court, with its inclosures—and letter of the 30th of January from Mr. Canning to Sir William. the part of France, the most important feature of the conference is, a precise declaration that the French Go vernment abjured, in any case, any design of acting against the Colonies by force of arms.— She also formally disclaims any desire to ap propriate any part of them to herself ; and re gards as hopeless the idea of reducing Spanish America to the state of its former relation to Spain: On the part of Spain, an earnest desire is expressed that all the Allies would agree to a conference at Paris, to devise means of adjusting the affairs of South America ; and King Fer dinand declares his willingness to consider of the alterations which events have produced in his American Province s, and of the relations which during the disorders have been formed with commercial nations. On the part of Eng land, it is declared, as matter of opinion, that the recognition of such of the new States as have established de facto their separate politi cal existence, cannot be much longer delay ed ; the British Government has no desire to anticipate Spain in that recognition ; but even before many months elapse, the desire of leaving the precedency to the latter may be overborne by considerations of a more comprehensive na ture. Should Spain determine on recognizing any•of the new States, Great Britain would will ingly afford its countenance to a negociation on that basis. She asks no exclusive privilege of trade for herself, but merely a free trade for all, allowing'Spain herself to preserve superior commercial advantages. After these explicit declarations, a conference with the other Allied Powers on the subject appears useless, and is, therefore, declined by his Majesty. From this brief sketch the country at large will see sufficient grounds for satisfaction at the clear and decided path of policy which his Majesty's Ministers have pursued. They have carefully guarded the national honour against any suspi cion of selfish or interested motives to our con duct ; and they have pointed out the path which seems most likely to lead to the benefit of Eu rope, of America, and even of Spain herself. [MORNING CHRONICLE.) We have always supported the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his propositions for the Free dom of Trade ; and we have done so from a con viction of the great advantages that must result from it to the community. We therefore trust he will go steadily on ; for should he desert his own principles, he must expect to be deserted in turn by those who approve of them, as well as by those who disapprove of them. We offer these remarks to the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman at this moment, when a very impor tant question is discussed with respect to the equalization of duties between the rich and poor in the important article of beer. At present the most unjust principle is in operation with re gard to this article; for the poor, who ought rather to be favoured than otherwise, actually pay the tax for the rich : the former paying 5.55. per quarter on malt, the latter 205.; and the way it is disguised from the people is, by puttin g a tax of two shillings and sixpence per bushel on malt, and ten shillings per barrel on porter; arid in stead of making every class pay the tax on beer, the rich private brewer escapes this latter tax, while the poor working classes pay both, and, in addition, pay for all the restrictions placed on the trade, the purchase of publicans' leases, &c. which forces on the retail purchaser a very con siderable additional price. If justice and free dom of trade be the rule laid down by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, we trust he will con firm it when this question comes on next week. When Mr. Maberly brought on this question (so important both in its principle and results) last year, not a tenable argument was opposed to him even by Mr. Robinson, yet he was out-voted, not withstanding the new principle promulgated by his Majesty's Government; we repeat it, if these inconsistencies prevail, no one will have any faith in the Minister's assertions. We would therefore recommend to him consist-ncy ; for nothing can retard the practical benefits to be derived from the freedom of trade more than raising excep tions, when those exceptions cannot be supported either by necessity or justice. [BRITISH PRESS. Mr. Canning laid, last night, on the table of the House, most important papers relative to the South American Colonies. They will be found in our columns, and command unqualified inte rest and attention. The Right Hon. Secretary, papers before th e House. when laying these stated, that in the debate which took place on the Address in answer to his Majesty's Speech, at the opening of the Session, and that part of it which referred to South America, it was then stated that some time would he required to fur. nish the papers necessary to convey a full infor mation to the House, as to the course Government h a d pursued with regard to these Colonies. The papers, the Right Hon. Secretary added, which he then laid on the table, conveyed that informa tion; and he concluded by moving that they should be read. These papers are, indeed, most import ant ; they detailed clearly and freely the en lightened and straight-forward policy of this Government with regard to South America.— We have read these important documents with anxiety and attention, and the gratification we have derived from the perusal has been full and complete. They display a policy on the part of our Government, mod erate,but fir►n,and every way worthy of this great country. The right of Spain to reduce her revolted Colonies to obedience by her single force and arm, if she be equal to the effort, is acknowledged, and that Great Britaiu, with whatever regret she might view such a con flict, would yet consider herself bound to remain a neutral spectator. But the strongest protest is entered by our Minister against the armed inter ference of France, or the Continental Powers, or any attempt by Spain to shackle the Colonies with the exploded commercial restrictions which for merly fettered them, and which would interfere with the extensive commercial relations that had gradually (under the sanction of Spain herself) grown up with these great Countries. Undereither of these occurrences, a menace is made of the instant acknowledgment of the independence of these great Republics, and the armed resistance of Great Britain to any Continental league is more than hinted at. The appointment of Con suls to the different provinces is explained as necessary to the protection of the rising com merce of Great Britain in South America ; and Mr. Canning states, that the intended appoint ments had been frankly communicated to Spain, some time before they were publicly announced. The conference with the French Ambassador, the Prince de Polignac, appears to have been frank and decisive. The sentiments of our Govern ment were fairly explained,and the policy intended to he pursued towards South America stated without reserve or hesitation. The feelings of the French Cabinet, as far as M. de Polignac avowed them, appear to have accorded with this country. The hopelessness of any effort by Spain to reclaim the Colonies by force was admitted, and a declaration made from France that she only wished to have a fair participation in the commerce of these countries, suffering Spain, as we wished to do, to take the most favoured sta tion, and enjoy from her former power peculiar privileges. There is, however some qua lification and doubt thrown on the sincerity , of these sentiments, by the French Ambas sador's pointed allusions to the political situa tion of the South American Republic, and the encouragement the alliance of this coun try might give to theories and feelings incon sistent with the state of the Continent, and the feelings of the monarchs of Europe. This sub ject Mr. Canning wisely passed over, and, satis fied with the broad declaration of our policy, and the concession of France to these views, he re frained from discussing any irritating minor dif- ficulties. The proposition, by the Conde Ofalia, of a Congress at Paris, to legislate between Spain and her emancipated Colonies, and the invita tion by the Spanish Minister to this country to be a party to such Congress, was also wisely declined, on the ground that Great Britain had already clearly and fully explained her views ; and that, having once done so, there needed no repetition of them at any such Congress. Such is the history of this memorable diplomacy, the records of which will be read with the deepest interest. They are equally honourable to this country, as an avowal of her enlightened policy, and to her leading Minister, whose official acts they are. There can now be little doubt that South America will not be attacked by any Con tinental Confederation, and Spain is too feeble for any serious effort. She will thus be enabled to consummate her freedom and institutions in almost complete tranquillity. This dispensation she will mainly owe to the power of Great Bri tain, and the decison of her Minister. Her gra titude, we trust, will be commensurate. THE Times.] We have re peatedly spoken with severity of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's new plan of finance, not for what it has done in alleviating taxation, but for what it has left undone—not for the principles of financial policy on which it is grounded, but for trying even a s uccessful expe riment in foreign trade or commercial regulation, to the obstruction or postponement of that im mediate relief from domestic pressure, to which the expectation of the public had been so in tensely directed, and to which their long patience under suffering had given them so just a claim. It cannot, moreover, escape the attention of the most careless, nor will it be left a secret to the Chancellor of the Exchequer or the Parlia ment, that the benefits which may ultimately result from the new scheme are not purchased without counterbalancing evils, and that while the public is not sensibly benefited as the re venue is diminished, partial interests feel them selves severely aggrieved. How wise, then, would it have been to have abolished the windo w tax in the first instance,—an undeniable and un equivocal advantage, against which nothing could have been said, and of which no human being could have complained,—and to have left to a future opportunity, or to a more prosperous period, the change in our commercial system. — It is already known, that meetings of per sons engaged in the silk and wool trades have taken place, and have adopted Reso lutions to petition the Legislature against the financial plan, so far as it interferes with their interests. To the remonstrances of those bodies will now, we are assured, be added that of the British distillers, who consider them selves injured by the reduction of the duty on rum. As this latter class of persons will be sup ported in Parliament by the landed Gentlemen, whose income will be affected by any diminution of the demand for corn which may be occasioned by the successful competition of rum in the spirit market, and who (God knows) are always suffi cienty loud in calling attention to their own in terests, it would be superfluous in us to enter up on any lengthened statement on the subject. The following factslimwever,will show that thedist illers with a case for the conside ration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer than are not less provided the silk or woollen manufacturers, to whose re presentations ryeforrnerly- alluded. The duty on West India Torn I mPerted into this country is at present I is. 7.1 d• a t the strength of hydrometer that on proof, while the gallon of corn spirits distilled in England is 10s. 6d. at 7 per cent. above hydrometer proof. It has hitherto been the policy of Government to protect the British distiller against ruin, by subjecting the latter to a rate of duty somewhat higher than that pay able Oil Spirits di stil led in England. When, in 1819, this policy was partially abandoned by raising the del ( 1 1 corn-spirit Is. 34d. per gal lon, the English distillers l ou dly complained, and were able subseq n n tlY to stand their ground only by the low price 0 1 barl ey . I t i s i n f e rior b ar l e y, i principally, which s used in distillation ; and if the market for such barley be lost by a reduc tion of the British distill er i e s, the agricultural the consequences. interest will feel The Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in opening the budget, gave notice, that he int en d s i n f u t ure t o al low the introduction of rumat the same rate of duty as that on british spirits, or 10s. 6d. a gallon, thus making a reduction of Is. lid. from lls. 74d. It is almost needless to mention that in the West Indies rum is distilled from sugar and molasses, and that, as a protection to British agriculture, the u se of these articles is prohibited at present to the home distiller, though in sea sons of dearth corn has sometimes been prohi bited, and the use of these materials permitted.— Now, say the distillers, if the spirit *lade in the West Indies shall he admitted into consumption in England upon an equality of duty, it follows, upon every principle of justice, that the English distiller should be allowed to use the same mate rials as the distiller in the West. Indies—namely, sugar and molasses. The principle of equaliza tion, in order to place the parties on a level, should go the length of admitting an equalization of material as well as of duty, or it must be un sound. [MORNING HERALD.] We yesterday inserted an Advertisement of the Ribbon Manufacturers. It was accompanied with a request that we should notice the subject to which the Resolutions refer. That branch of our manufacture seems to be much alarmed.— They express their fears of the consequences likely to result from the contemplated measure, on the part of Mr. Robinson, of doing away with the prohibitory systsm, as applied to silk goods, and instead thereof to admit silk goods for home consumption, subject to a duty of thirty per cent. The latter, to the best of our memory, is the Duty named in the last Budget. Nov we should have supposed that thirty per cent. was a tolerably protecting Duty. We remember in the case of Spain, soon after Lord Wellington had driven the French out' of that country, and the Constitutional Govern ment of Spain was settling itself down and was beginning to make laws to regulate the Revenue, manufactures, &c. of Spain, that one of the first things it did was to make a law to the effect that all British cotton and woollen goods should pay a duty of, we believe, 30 percent. We remember the outcry at the time, on the part of the manufacturers of this country, at this measure. The fact is, they were disappointed, for they supposed that the moment Spain was freed from the French, the Spaniards would, from gratitude, open their ports freely to the importation of our goods. Our manufacturers were indignant that their goods would not be admitted into Spanish ports at little or no duty. This, to the best of our remem brance, was the expectation of our manufac turers generally; and it was probably this expec tation, in regard of their own particular interests, that reconciled them to the numerous expences we had incurred for driving the French out of Spain. Our manufacturers forget to take into consideration the fact that the Spaniards, if they had had any regard for their own interests, could not do otherwise than they did ; for at that time when the Canstitutional Cortes were only laying a duty of 30 per cent. on our goods, we had been levying for a long period of time 100 per cent. on their products—for instance, on a quantity of Sherry wine that shall cost 501. in Spain, another 501. in the shape of duty has to be paid in London before a man can have it out of the King's vaults. Our manufac turers forgot this, or they would not have been so senseless as to have railed at the Consti tutional Spaniards. This is a slight digres sion, for which we beg the excuse of our readers. with resp ec t to F rance, Now here we are going, to do precisely what the Constitutional Spaniards did with respect to us at the period we have named. We are going to import French silk goods at 30 per cent. duty. Hitherto they have been prohibited ; but, in order to keep them, as %yell as other F rench goods, out of the country, we have every year incurred an expence, in the shape of what is called a Coast Blockade and the Preventive Service, of nearly:a million a year, besides the expellee of law in prosecuting smug glers when they are caught, and the expence of prisons for keeping such smugglers after the law finds them guilty ; but the expence has not stopped here, for the country has had to main tain, by means of its Poor Laws, the wives and the children, the aged fathers and mothers of the smugglers, while they remained in prison.— Now, if direct we spent one m i llion a year in our endeavours to keep French silk and other goods out of the country, we think we might safely put down another million for law, prisons, and poor houses. Here have been two millions a year taxation on the coun try generally, for the purpos e of protecting the in ofmanufacturers. fair, as it regard e d thour pres en t o bj ec t t eh e e r c e toi lt enrt o rt f yh ig a ses c ny e es r rt t ae a lm i l certain n ai ts u nf ibi n ) e e on r t to inq u ire. But what has be en strange is, that the wi lo t h the to s e xpence o f two millions a y ear , b es id es revenue, we do not find that there is in . England a want of these French silk an d other goods. Let any one go to a ball, and he will find th a t every Lady has more or less -upon her, in the shape of dress, of these French goods. Also, should any one go into a shop, and tell the shopkeeper that he wishes for French goods, he will be able to get as many of them as he can pay for ; for the idea on the part of peo ple, that such and such good are prohibited causes them to wish for those goods. FIRE-RAISING AT GIRVAN.--On Thursday morning last, before day-light, a tradesman going to the coun try to work, observed a byre which is attached to a row of houses in Girvan, to be on fire ; he immediately gave the alarm, and the flames were soon extinguished. Thelame evening about 9 o'clock a hay-stack, of 7 or 800 stone, belonging to Mr. Anderson in Girvan, was observed to be in flames, and in spite of every exertion was burned to the ground. Within a hundred yards of the hay stack, and about the same time it was burning, a stack of corn also observed to be on fire, which was fortunately mastered without much loss. From a variety of circumstances which it would not be prudent at present to promulgate, there can be little doubt that these fires and some others, which not long ago occurred at the same place, were wilfully kindled. —On Friday morning a precognition was taken on the spot, by the Sheriff Substitute, attended by Si r H. D . Hamil ton, Sir James Ferguson, andl the Magistrates of Girvan, at the close of which it was thought proper, to take William Goldie, an Irishman, residing in Girvan, into custody, and he is now in jail for further examination. Goldie was the first person who gave information of the burning of the hay-stack, but notwithstanding, there arc strong circumstances of suspi cion against him as the perpetrator. —( Edinbuigh Observer.) Vaughan the notorious resurrection-man, whose escape from our town prison we noticed in a former Paper, has, we are happy to state, been again apprehended, through the instrumentality of Jones, the vigilant beadle and special constable of this place, and re-lodged in his old quarters.— On the first intimation of his escape from gaol, Jones pro ceeded to Vaughan's usual haunts in the Borough, where, having been on the look- ou t several d a y s , h e at l engt h got private information that this trafficker in human flesh was practising his horrible employment at Manchester. Thither Jones immediately ;repaired, and with the assistance of La vender, the head police-officer of that place, succeeded with considerable difficulty in apprehending him. When taken he was in the act of leaping from a garret window. The officers immediately conveyed him to the New Bailey Prison, and the intelligence of his apprehension having quickly spread, he was followed through the streets by many hun dreds of the inhabitants, who were loud in their execra tions of his vile practices. The circumstance -occasioned a great sensation throughout Manchester, and the several depositories of the dead in that place having been examin ed, it was discovered that upwards of Two Hundred Bodies had been rudely torn from their last resting place.—Jones ar rived here with his prisoner on Saturday evening, and precau tionary measures are taken-to prevent his again escaping. The greatest praise is due to Jones for his unwearied exertions in apprehending this notorious offender.—(Maidstone Jonrual, March 2.) BIRTHS. On Sunday, the 29th ult., at Wateringbury, near Tunbridge, the Lady of Capt. Adamson, of the non. East India Com pany's Service, of a daughter. On the 4th inst. ; at Camberwell, Mrs. Henry Dowsland, of a son. MARRIED. On Thursday, the 4th inst., 'William Bulmer, of Watling_ street, eldest son of P. J. Bulmer, Esq., Newcastle-upon-T vne , to Mary, only daughter of th e late Mr. R o b er t Johnson,' of Barnard. castle. Yesterday, at St. Pancras New Church, Frederick Lock, Esq., of Arundel-street, youngest son of Rear-Admiral Lock, to Mary Fielder, only daughter of Edward Grose Smith, Esq. DIED. On the 21st January, at his house, Mile-end, Mr. John Horne, late of Queen-street, Chcapside, in his 64th year. On the 18th ult., in the 47th year of his age, 111 r. Thomas Day, solicitor, Woburn, Bedfordshire. On the 27th ult., Captain David Isbister, aged 54. At Wisbech, on Saturday last, in the 74th year of his age, John Eder, Esq., a Magistrate for the Isle of Ely, and one of the Conservators of the Hon. Corporation of Bedtbrd Level. At his house, 18, Duke -street, Edinburgh, on the 23d ult. Richard Hotchkis, Esq., of Templehall, writer to the signet. FOR THE SUN. IMAGINATION—METTER II.) Ma. E DITOR —A s you h ave i nserted the l e tter' that I add resse d t o you upon the Imaginat i on , I trust I shall be excused for troubling you with another epistle upon this interesting subject. It can scarcely be denied that our present en joyments have their source of happiness in the operation of the imagination. Yet, as there are many persons w h o are not muc h i n the ha bit °I , inquiring very deeply into the causes of the varied emotions they experience, I trust I may be for given for giving some illustration of the a bove proposition. Every one must, of necessity, admit that the mind derives gratification from the in' pressions which external objects make upon our more refined senses *. The cause of this grati fication is novelty; for whatever is new give s the mind an impulse and energy, which is 3 source of pleasure, because it renders it con' scions of its own powers of exertion. This position is proved abundantly by children , who we ever find to derive most pleasure frog' the impressions made by sensible objects. Bo t novelty is necessarily of that duration. The empire it exerted during the early part of our life, is gradually weakened as we advance in years, and the agreeable impressions which ex ternal objects once promised, are either greatly diminished, or perhaps wholly annihilated' Whenever this happens to be the case, as the mind preserves its thirst for pleasurable sensa-' tions, it is obliged to seek for them in a different source. Nor must we consider this as a misery; and arraign divine goodness for thus weaning 0 9 from enjoyments which we are to seek in an' other and a better world. This life, even w hen protracted to its greatest span, is a mere taco' of our existence. Man is the being of a day, placed upon the brink of eternity. Life is his present portion, but eternity is his future inherit' ance. For this he was created, for this he lives, for this he dies. A proper sense of religion is highly conducive of the expansion of the mind. If wederive gratification from the study of nature, it is chiefly because we discover, at every step, fresh trace of the Divine mind which conceived the wo nders of nature. Every idea that has its origin in this source becomes, when stored in the mind, more pure and more refined, and forms the proper me" terials for the imagination to work upon. And to a due combination of ideas so refined we are indebted for many of our greatest enjoyments. The sense of the sublime, which pervades our mind whenever we contemplate the great objects of nature, are occasioned by association and itna.. ginatiou. Whatever is awful and stupendous, whatever plunges the mind in a state of uncer tainty and doubt, may be considered as sources of the sublime. Hence. every feeling soul i 5 alive. The sublimity of the stormy ocean, and of the scenes which are exhibited amidst the snow-topt Alps, and the still more elevated Cordelieras. But in all these cases, it is because the images we receive from their various parts are in distinct, that the imagination is exalted, and the understanding gratified. Were it in our power to embrace at once all the component parts Of such objects, or to rece i ve an impression fro e n n c e t ttoniagrhretst our attention, m possibly rem ain, the h beauty e n o t f l y th d e is s t c i but its sublimity would unquestionably vanish.- - We may be convinced that such is really the case, by remembering how greatly gloom, or dense shadows, contribute to increase the sublimity of a scene, whilst they most assuredly efface all it had that was beautiful. The imagination derives no less pleasure from the ear, than it does from the I organ of vision. Sound is eitherarticulate or musical, distinctness, and sufficient energy to awaken and captivate the attention, are all that the former requires. But musical sound is either a combina tion of tones properly and delicately blended one with the other, or a single succession of notes passing slowly into each other. The distinctness upon which the beauty of articulate language depends precludes the possibilities of its attain ing sublimity. It may be made the sourse of sublimity ; as this can happen only when the images it describes are embodied by the imagi nation. Music, on the contrary, by soothing the attention, and conveying pleasing sensations to the mind, necessarily arouses the energies of the imagi nation. The delicate blending of the notes, thought sufficient to captivate the attention, and thus produce a sensation of pleasure, are yet too faint to awaken the imagination from the soothing state of listlessness into which it is plunged. This being the case, it necessarily follows, that those who imagine that they will excite either pleasur able or sublime emotions by too rapid succession of distinct notes, or chords, are woefully mistaken. They may amaze but they cannot please. Ra.- pidity of execution may deserve our praise ; but it never can hare the least claims to the appro bation which sublimity merits. Though single melody is more pleasing, because it speaks more directly to the soul, in masterly hands, harmony may be made to awaken the most sublime emo tions. But in this, as in every former case, the imagination has the idea of sublimity, because it embraces the whole, and does not perceive any' of the component parts. From all that has been said it follows, that most pleasurable sensations have their origin irr the mere perception of proper objects, whenever the imagination is kept under by attention ; that sublime ideas are produced by a proper combine , tion of images, which the mind has purified from all the adventitious circumstances which degrade sensible objects. Lastly, we shall conclude, that ideas of sublimity are formed in our mind, by objects which from it re ceives undefined and pleasurable impressions, not sufficiently strong to awaken the attention / but enough to excite the imagination. To this it may be added, that the enjoyments we derive from the images formed by the imagina tion, exceed as much the pleasure we receive from the contemplation of beautiful objects, as the operations of the mind are superior, more re fined in their nature than those of our senses. Midhurst. P. * In speaking of senses, I always feel inclined to distinguish them into sensual and intellectual. The former are those by which our sensual appetites are gratified, the latter are the source of all mental pleasures, and consequently are of the higher order. _ Priuted and Published for the PRbPRIETO/t5, at the SUIT' OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARsr.raßs. I