The Sun. — London, England, 1824-07-17 00:00:00

'I LIE LONDON JOURNALS. • • DAILY • • ifixtracts front the Morning Pepers, Jl4ly 17. • [IRITISII PRESS.] ..•.'IWIPPOS Papers of.Wednessi4y contain some, lather dispatches from South Acourica, in which additional disasters are announced to have be- Sallen,the Patriots. It is due to our renders that we 4huol4.state. at once that this intelligence is Copied-by. the Etoile from the Madrid Gazelle, reasons we assigned very lately, we_ shall,Aherefore only briefly add, that this news' is not, pretended to be official. It is, perhaps, .fitting, to trace the progress of these -elaborate falsehoods, so far as to mention, that we are now told that Liolivar's.defeat is. confirmed, - and 'that he had tried togain the woods with the, remains of his army ; that Valdivia, on the coast of Chili, .leas been recaptured by a royalist expedition under .Quintanilla,and that Generals Vittoria and Santa. ,Anna bad revolted against, the Mexican Congress ! .What . effect these assertions may produce on the Continent, where . they dare not be Contra dicted,. we know not ; but here they are too pal.' pably gross anti ridiculous to excite any other feeling than sheer contempt. The Austrian .0 b. 4crre.r..states that ,the Capitol Pacha, after land-. ing 2,000 Men on the Island of Negropont, had embarked 13,000 Albanians at Salonica, in order to make an attack,on'.Sattios.- We regret to ob serve, that the dissentious among the • Greek, Weft-are. noticed in all the accounts.: The son. :of the' Viceroy o( Egypt hats been appointed Go ,vernor of the Mom. .This would be a tempting 'bribe to insure the fidolity of a suspicious subject, if the Geverninent . did not too touch resemble the ;'the Catholic Bishoprics in partibus In the French Chamber of Deputies, the secret expeute& of the police of Paris were under dis ,(ussion, . AW.tle In liourdonnaye had opposed the item with great, earnestness, and moved its rejec tion. The Keeper of the Seals .had spoken in its tdefence., and the debate was adjourned. The de . tails, of expenditure seem iu all legislative bodies. .to have become the principal subjects of consi deration. All parties are agreed, or by the force of circumstances are obliged to seem agreed, on the general principles of Government ; the only question that remains is, the humbler province of scrntinizing estimates, and saving pence. [sionNlNa cum.o.l Yesterday being the, .settling day in the British .Funds, there was but little business transacted, except in making up theltccount forto.day. The Account does not turn out to be so extensive a 'Bull account as was originally expected, and in consequence no regular defaulter has, been an nounced ; although it is not at all unlikely that. to-day may produce several names. In consider ing the price of Consols for the next account (August), the Public Will recollect thatthe half year's dividend, naniely one and a half per Cent. .is to be deducted, from yesterday's prices. Con. •sals.for. thH .August Account closed at On, and for Money at (4 leaving 0. mere noininal contionince of .161' per Cent" which c ons id er _ jugille period of tittle frnin the present to the .next•Aecount., IS looked upon as but trilling.. [New Times.] Rumour is of course busy in regard to the urea tturrs which our Government is likely to adopt to -ward Portugal. tt was yesterday currently stated that two line of battlo ships, with full complements of seamen and marines, were uu der orders for the Tagus; and we have reason to believe that extra detachments of marines, to the amount of 400 men, are about to :ern bark. bark. the 'same deqinatiou. Th ese , with the ordinary complement of marines in the se veral ships, would forma strong battalion, which in case of emergency might be landed, and would probably suffice to put down any local Instil.. zealot). The only consideration which appears to ofs material is, how far a measera of this kind is called far by the necessity of maintaining trail. Nuility in Portugal, pod how far it is likely to be effectual to that end. 'With a view to specula .tlans of this kind, the frequent Cabinet Councils , lately held cannot but fnrnish abundant matter for conjectures. ft is however forgotten, that besides the extraordinary causes which may have occasioned the summoning of one or two Court. ells, there is. it very ordinary cause for their as lembling ; namely, the press of general business, whichls necessary to tie cleared off before the Right Mon. MrlnThers can leave (0%11 for the va cation. [MO it ',INV/ PORT 1 We received - last night, by Express, Paris Journals to the .15th instant, and' the Etuile of Thursday. The Funds., it will be ,seven by the quOtatlini of pric&s, were once more declining, mot withstanding the great etror4 made to iieep tbum up. The Chamber of Deputies was still 'engaged in 'discussing the details of the Badger. •It,had 'also had 'two secret sittings, in which the proposition made by Mr. dankowitz, to otimpel Peputies accepting office under Govern. MOO( (with: thtl exeeption of naval nod military officers), to vacate. their seats, was taken into ioirilderation. 'The: doboe seerns to bttha been wean, and of some duration, as the Ultras Sup. railed 'Nft: dankowitz. It was adjourned from 8/hardily to .' uesday last, %viten it clotted, and 'aft motion wns lost by a majority of 177 to 120. The King's ,Attorney. General ,appealed loethe to Royale from., th e decision of the tifxth Correctional Chamber, which had decluretl kbe Ptyer .cirliecl Pdristarque might be re- Owed _.without: any fresh authorization, having been in existence before 1810, 'l'to i-Our Rorde., hessevt,r, intandded to the credit which it Lately a(:quired, by confirming the decision of the 601 ChotOeri and ordering the Ministers tit restore"! 0.0 nuodiers of the 411iyhwitne which they bad caused to he Seked. 'The t hike do la Chatre died on 'Wednesday', at Wuthin..--Tlin .extracts from the Madrid Geoetto, am. 81h Jost:, consist of pretended Wks!. tl, ns from . the IlUenos, ►yreb Journals Tht.::e nff),of CoursP, all itr layout' of the. tropes ma:wishes-of the.preseut . Spunish Government: They state that the Royalist General .01aneta. had occupied Potosi, after compelling the insur-, gent Governor i . General La flora, to surrender,. and to pay a contribution of 38,000 piastres.--- " The illadrid G a,:elie," says the Eiolle," offer s . these authentic facts to the fables continually, disseminated by the Courier of London, and the. Constitittionnel of Paris."—Thesia Papers, it says, study to deny. or to dissemble the heroic exploits of La Serlia, Canteree,. Valdez, &c.; and while the Colombian army was dispelled before them like &moke, these revolutionary Journalists dared. to say that they had not declared in favour of independence, hut that they had ignominiously submitted to the cowardly and sanguinary Bo livar [THE TustEsd The great peculiarities attending the trial of , yesterday, in which this Journal acted as de fendant, would of themselves naturally draw the public attention. to the subject. Mr. Bodkin— a name which the assiduous endeavours of its . owner have conspired with our humble, and we . fear less zealous, efforta to raise into celebrity, and make known to the werldMr. Bodkin, the Honorary Secretary and quondam Assist -ant Manager of the Mendicity Society, was the plaintiff; and his grievance, real or imaginary, some remarks., transmitted to us in a letter, but certainly sanctioned by our publication, which remarks chiefly reprobated his acceptance of the sum of five hundred pounds under the more occult character of Acting Manager, whilst he apPeared chiefly before the world ns a person enjoyiug only an honorary station—that is, per forming gratuitous services in' the Society. And if, when we inserted ' those letters, we directed public attention to their contents, much more do we now solicit that same public attention to the interesting trial which has been the result of the publication in question, anti which will be found In our columns of this day. And first, as to the title of Honorary Secretary.- Far be it from us to reproach tiny man with his pristine poverty, the meanness. of Isis occupation, or the narrow sphere of his concerns, if he has been able to raise himself by honest industry. Mr. Bodkin, it appears, had not been a professional man as wu had ignorantly supposed, prior. to 'his becoming an. Honorary Secretary, but an auctioneer. This was no shame to him ; but when we assert, as we do most conscientiously,' that he was never known to us in that character, it.. will surely follow that his dealings were not of a very.exiensive or lucrative nature. Now, all that we have to ask is, was it right, or was it na tural, in such an auctioner us Mr. Bodkin nmst lease been, to propose that he should work gra tuitously for any body of men ? Was such a per son in a condition to work gratuitously ? .114! must. therefore have had some ulterior' object in view, when be tendered his services to the Se., ciety for nothing r his great error lay in not. 'avowing candidly, that he bad himself and his family (if he had one) to.maintain, and he. could not effect those very necessary and indispensable objects by gratuitous services, These remarks, we fear, may apply to other hottourary officers in puhlle. charities ; and we are convinced, tint( whenever arty charitable institution is started, and prepoitions'ofgratultousservicesare tendered, the More opulent members - should, neyer fail of, asking those who tender such propositions," What are their means of working for nothing ? Where " are their . fortunes laid up" (in security no doubt), " by the possession of which '.they can ‘‘ now dedicate their time, in whole or in part, ‘ 4 gratuitously to the public service ?" And if it appetirs they leave no such fortuneo such means " of living upright" as the phraseis,ilien their propositions ought to he rejected as'Are lures. Indeed, a e •tuust say that it would he Crttel and unjust, in, men of rank and opulence even to accept ,the services of tl p oor creator ,. ;„,_ 'provident enough to neglect the first principle of charity, and to transfer froni home the product of the time and talent nekied.athorne. We letve delayed putting the Paper to press till nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of counnunicating, if possible, the decision in the case above referred to ; but at that hour the Jury, , who had been locked up eighteen hours, had ►tot .. delivered any verdict. We have only ,to mention one additional circumstance to thou) related in the report of the trial, showing the state In which the Jury were. At seven o'clock this morning a violent knocking , wes heard within the the door of the room to which th e Jury mid retired. When the door wile opened by the officer of the Court, at the order of Mr. Bellamy, one of. the Jury rt tempted to rush out, but was put back by the officer. The Juryman exclaimed-4." must be " out, I must be out ; they are driving me to " madness!" The door was instantly-closed on them, and locked. The name of the Juryman above alluded to, we have since heard, is Godsall. A singular affair took place in the vicinity of the Court, about three hours after the Jury had retired, between Mr. Brock, who bad given the chief evidence in favour of the plaintiff, and the highly respectable gentleman who was our soli citor upon which, however, as the parties were reconciled, we abstain from making any remarki, further than by saying that it occupied the. Court in hearing witnesses far more than.half au hour, while the Jury were deliberating on their verdict. ( /bid, ) imouNisa cititoNictE.] The country is very, greatly hidebteo to Lord John Russell for the valuable Report on the condition of the labourers, to which we yes terday called the attention of oUr Readers. The evidence before the Conanittee is, indeed, of a ytos(appalling nature, ,ftitd the man must ha,ve stromg nerves whit} Cftli. read It ,urtmoved. %i r e this day givo.a small portion of that , evidence, and shall etufetuVour to iny the remainder before ott,i readers with as little delay as possible. It is a strange thing ,to say, and yet we believe we may safely say it,--that the greatOit intrt of tike,popul lalion this country, namely, the loh a nitiwti of towns, ha vtilgird ly an idea of the real c o ndition of nu: agricultu ..'Ptsople pass' fronm ,. towo om to ‘i to town vviLitie or upoitstagotcosehtisy.atolig exce lent roads, delighted with the tine country-icatb and parks in every direction, ready to ttxx!aint every moment, "What blessings England derives from the taste of her Country Gentlemen for a country life !" never dreaming that the founda tion on which all this rests is rotten,—that these Country Gentlemen, whose residence on their estates they deem so great a blessing, have, by their absurd and tyrannical proceedings as Ma gistrates, or by their selfish neglect, involved the men whose labour has produced the state of things they •so much admire, in the ,deepest misery and degradation—Vice and crime, the constant com panions of. oppression, filled our gaols—yet the system was allowed to strike its roots deeper and deeper, as if the condition of the labourers in the fields was an object hardly deserving of a thought,—except in so far as they came in con tact with their dearly_ prized game. We would fain hope, that as the magnitude of the evil has at length drawn the attention of the public in general to it, something will be done to save that unfortunate portion of our population from the gaph which they : are fast approachin g . We are glad to see that efforts are m a de. by he Clergy, whose interests fortunately happen in this case to .be the same with those, of the labourers. The evidence given by same of them is highly credita ble, both to their.good sense and their humanity ; and as they possess great influence, and will be supported in this case by the most respectable part of the public, we are inclined tathink their exertions on liehalf of the labourers may not be altogether fruitless. One thing is certain, that the evil cannot remain stationary.; it will gain additional strength if it do not receive a check. Without hope of benefit, there• can be no volun tary labour, and there is but one remedy then, the lash of the Slave driver. PROVINCIAL - JOURNALS. The length of the Parliamentary Debates, and, other temporary subjects, have prevented us from, attending to the opinions of the 'Provincial Jour-. nals on national concerns, as we were accustomed: to do, as many of them deserve particular atten. tion,for their loyal and constitutional principles, and for the ability with which those principles are maintained. Among the more respectable Journals alluded to, the .Livrpool Courier has long been distinguished, and the following article we have extracted from that Pa perof Wednesday last : PO RTL'a AL.—The rumours that A force of Hanoverian sol diers is to be sent to Portugal, to defend our . ally the Sovereign of that country against the factions of which he has been the spot , i and which still . menace him, have been , repeated „ , • se veral times Dilate with great confidence. We know not, in deed, how far that may be in agitation; but it is certainly a very important as well as unexpected project, and will give rise to some variety of opinion. The first question . to which it naturally gives rile is, What is the state of Portugal to require this interposition Ministers have been censured for entertaining this project, on the abstract principle of the wrong of interference with the internal concerns of another and independent State. But this Is absurd.— Nobody in this,, country questions this principle. It was sustained explicitly during the agitation of the ,Spanish . invasion; and it is not at all likely that it should nosv, so sod ' denly., be abandoned. V, therefore, the case were that of in troducing troops .lnte Portugal to resist say projected or to N.nPPort any remit changes, tt would anon be dismissed by toe • pronipt:judgment or the public. For, on whatever side ;the foreign forces were to. be marshalled, for the :support of good or bad ptinciples, liberty or tyranny,. it - would matter nothing, since the cane of foreign interference is to , be resisted .under every, tircutustance, al affording a precedent 'dangerous general application, and, even when effecting a tempo rary good, it rests on no right, and supports itself by no duty. -• To interfere to bind d yoke of bondage on thane& Of a ;People is detectible; to interfere by force to give to them any loan of political liberty is shortsighted folly; for, if a people cannot work out their own freedom, they. are net to a state of .preparationfor it ; they do not deserve it; they could pot keep lkitAteednpoti them; and are, in fact, in a condition in which ,saiti the fable ' , King Stork is a much.fitter,manarch for theta thanKing,L.ter. There is no end to politiCal knight-errantry, nit aitltcraide t whether jacobinistn runs a:/muck against kings, or kings against republics; or absolute monarchies against con. stitutionul 01145 i• no country is safe; It is loft to the judgment orpthers to tiatermine, what is the best forin of government for its interests, and its4iwn right of determining what is fittest is taken.awayi and Its sovereignty annihilated. Whether the re •dicals. of our own country' blow the trumpet of battle et every symptom of :internal convulsion .in • Europa, or America, or whether it is blown by the Allied. Powers, a principle as silly its ,it is unjust assumed and advocated. .W take it, there fore, for granted, that the question as to Portugal, if onyet all exists, 13 not,' in the lemt, one of interfaence with the inter "lll;c"cerns of an ally ; but one of defence, on our . part, AlftWils) a fpreign interference, arising from, a different quar ter, In other w d r a a , no c o n ce i va ble ground can,,,her,laid for such a Project, except that France and the . othet, conti nental Allies are taking a part In the concerns of .Pottuiptl,.fo mentlng discords, and supporting the Queen and dig Prow against the Sovereign. Now, if this bo,the fact, we think that • the project of aiding the King Of Portugal is not only justifiable, but imperative t. and, with us, it matters not whether the jail. ence exerted agalnst.him be that of force, or of corrupticin . and intrigue. Were France to invade Pertogal in orikr to - de thronelho King,' we should, undetibtedly, find in flown just ground or war ; but we sea nothing stibstantiallyd* . ent 'in liribery and intrigue in order to raise his subjects to relicilien against' 'him In open violence. Thus we haVe 'argued nl to South America, and the interposition of a " third power;" in any way but that. of counsel, is, in both cases, to be resisted. sued. As this whole evil clearly Originates from the indefinite Tide is not the meas n re we confees, that we should have indefinite continuance of the French tr oo p s i n tspain; we should have pre _ furred defeniling , Vmtnirld: by this ampler and nobler measure of insisting that the }reach troops should quit the Peninsula within a limited time, say; three months. That would have placed us in• a loftier attitude; but, since the latter hal been preferred, it is clearly th e ; co o that we can do for our Ally. It Would be a decisive declaration oe our. Policy, both as to Bonnie ilia Anierroft(whith we shill betlid to see , If the'rie. cessity have ouPposfd does unequivocally exist.' - • THE ARM Y. The -Gil Regiment of „Dragoon .Guards.(Carebineet") which diagintguri on tlio2ruli ult., at Liverpool (tutu DuWin,. or rived at I. lastfow, On the 12th instant. The ,Sd Regiment of 'Light Dragmnis, which marched from Hounslow on the 111th and 12th instant, will attire. at, Waning ham and Coventry this day. The Ilth Regiment of Light Dragoons, which marched on thedethinit.ifruni Hammersmith, will arrive on Monday mit at Dorchester. One Troop of the 't?,d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, which marched on the 10th Instant from Fulham, arrived at Ipswich un.Thortifieh and.another Troop belonging to ~ the.same corps Yesterday, at Norwich. • The loth Royal R eg i men t has been ordered to march from Dublin to Rallinmhe. Thu 17111 Regiment of Lancers, ,(Death or Gl9rll) , Rrive4 in Canterbury on Wednesday. Four troops are tube At4tioned at the Cavalry BarraCks in this city ; one troop at Deal s : and an 6.. thew at Brim and their , vicinities. The l7th wire stationed in this city . In the year 1799, and. left here to go tu the Last,lntlies, where'they'have remained till within this lest two years. 'We were. surprts..d to see the corps make so fine an aPPeatancd, ' cotopoaed as it is of so many young soldiers; the eireunuitance reflects . crediCupon the officers taro hare so, rapidly brought the'refinentlO its present efficient state.—A general muster of lro the tauttblo Artillery •Company will take; place in their *y191414441 1119gulay. th4l 1041. instant, At: 1144141 U two o'clock, coltunentOrAte ,the coronation of their Illustrious captain- General,' hiA'/4 9 At °radon's 111ajett.k:' - ' The' Regiment will etertrartht dine together the • firtinourphotrse. - Should his Ittlta? - tliglgwss Use 0,10/11 sussAg, the ho sta. clout) ), recovered, helticel* to tike the eon - mend, and'lmpour the Wisps . With- hie oompany at dinner. (Kentish Carttte, July 16,) LITERARY NOTICE. SOUTHEY'S , BOOK.OV•THE .CHURCH. (Continued from Tux Suer of July 15.): Now, in contradiction to the immoral doctrine of the Puritan, the Socinian, however he may differ from our persuasion, to follow .up .the train of his own thoughts, or to be. at alt consistent with his theory must be moral, and his speculations not breathing the air of mystery, - hut only profess ing to stand upon the strength of natural reason, are not adapted to the taste of the vulgar. They have no relish for " dry argument and contro versial disputations," and are never so likely to follow him in - croWds, any more thin the •'philoso , tillers of ,old. But :besides the influence which these enthusiasts have upon the multitudes, the unfavourable impression which they make by their representation of religion are enough to throw discredit upon its tendency, and while it beguiles the people, disgusts the philosopher, or at least such an one as the man of reason only at this period of enlightened Christianity, who can just see'far enough to be puzzled with com mon objection,. but not so far as to see - clearly where the fallacy lies ; and this, notwithstand ing all the help so amply afforded by the great lights which have arisen in succession upon the Church. The fact is, such:a philosopher is more delighted with detecting errors in the. enthu siasts who so wantonly expose them Selves, than with following the faith, though in such excel lent company ; and riots and revels in subtleties of his own invention, struck out by his 1:14 , 11 powers of logic, than in any the most luminous and striking arguments of others, however inge nious or learned, in' favour of the truth. But as the , common people have ..no taste nor ta lent for logic, nor even for any train of reflection at all, they are not likely to eye.; into the spirit of his reasoning, nor to be pAquudedd even if they . are convinced, by. mere abstrsct spe culation, without the least enthusiasm or appeal to the passions, " to set them on the sideof truth," unless they are stimulated by means which are meant to restrain. them-,--by the spirit of persecu tion. This will often of .itself be sufficient to give ample credit to martyrs, whatever may be the altar upon which their blond is shed, who may bear ,nd- other recommendation than a counte nance pf, sorrow and suffering, more especially if it can by any artifice be made to assume the countenance of suffering innocence with patience almost divine ; a. spectacle, as the ancients said, of delightand admiration, to the Gods themselves. So fully aware have these Reverend expound ers been' of great advantage of persecution, and so firmly convinced that the blood of the• martyr is the most prolific seed of.their, church, that they have thrown themselves into the way of injury, and even personal affronts, on purpose to excite he . ida l kisSeration of the populace, and' create an interest in their favour,'Which is so na tural towards them that suffer, if-they only can be made ,to appear to - be 46 , followers of that which. is good,"--if they can but seem " to suffer for righteousness sake, happy are they." And be. Cause, in this age of toleration, they cannot ,pro, yoke the wrath which was so common in less - enlightened times, when doUbt was reckoned impiety, and blasphemy' the least exclamation against the Church.; because they do not now anathematize the heretic with that fury which often made the heresy more current with the people,--now ; say, that the spirit of the age, aware of this cruel and Unchristian . policy, no , longer controuls with the rod of iron, hut rather overlooks the wanderings of the ptiblic mind in its simplicity of licarli these Reverend ex pounders are obliged,tO raise every obstruction iu their course, or every trilling occurrence whi,ch may stand in their way, and which otheri, not so elevated in thitir own opinion, would pass au heeded by, , into persecution for the sake of truth; and often place.to the _salve account : the insults and injuries which they have brought upon them selves, boasting: they Were bearing the cross of Christ, while they were merely suffering nndet the, natural conSeqoenres of, their own rashness. What an uproar has been made on several occa sions lately, as if the church were in danger, be:: cause some Of their' Venerable expounders have happened 'to be excluded, by Ministers,, who have naturally objected to contrary doctrines issuing froth the same pulpit. As much outcry ,has been raised as in the days of fire and faggot, and s z h ia a r 7 y e r ! to sh tie lan i e! has : been-vociferated in theimiList ,ef. the temple, as I( the. ttxcluded expounder wet:ea good cause, and bad as much right to Ciger at will into the Rector's fieehold as the ReCtor himself ; but "such tongues in every age will cry against the rectorship of judgment," and then an assertion of a simple -right is made time popular outcry of persecution .for, conscience lake. But when suchoutcries fail in their effect, and the cry is great, but little wool, then they go about tempting their flocks with the most ensnaring of all allurements, with :spiritual vanity ; and offer themselves, and bout to make others, per, feet patterns of .purity.and holinesa--vessels of election, while they are taught, to look on all around them vessels of .wrath. Whenthey can no longer raiseu crowd with their complaints of per- ' so often 'repeated, and no:wolf appears, the .preather.:begins .to be..himself the wolf in sheep's. clothing, lyeth/lurking in - iris den of pri vacyrand separates from the.profane and ungodly, that he4narravish the poor,, with admiration of his sanctity, his rigid abstinence and pure devo i lion to thingiabove, always taking care, while he eniarges.upon their virtues in himself and his own party, to exalt them still higher by .contrast with the :vices and corruptions of all.that do not belong Wit; all •wandering out of the way, there: is. none that doeth. good, no, not one.-- Hence he impresses upon the people :.this notion; of , their. (An .pre eminence. Such godly Sainit, haveAxvetinvented some names which can reach. the. ears of those. whose minds , cannot be penetrated with ideas or with arguments., TQ be distinguished from the world around them, they called themselves of old,Phariaeesi or. Separatists, Sadducees, or.: Righteous, nod in more modern tithes, Puritans, and some :ma of.them indepen dents, .thinking to conceal: the; want of the qua high,souuding, titles without ; and for a time imposing upon the rabble who are taken with names, and are too well inclined to venerate as saints all who are artful enough to draw a line, however imaginary it may be, of demarcation between them and the world in ge• neral ; especially if to this they add a pretenf sion to inspiration from above,, and a pecglkar,in terest in heaven, while the rest are said to descend as fast as they can to the shades below, — the simple - vulgar are eager to follow them where ever they go, and without some fortunate cir cumstance in their favour to correct their mis taken devotion to their leaders, they m ay not discover their error till they are actually arrived at the very shades, where they foolishly and un charitably imagined- the others were descending, and who then may be melting in compassion for those devoted culprits. who are now so violently devoting themselves to all the horrors of damna tion. IMPROVEMENTS ON THE RIVER. " A meeting took place at the Mansion-House,. on Thursday last, for the purpose of considering the practicability of an improvement of an ex. '' tensive ,nature on the River Thames: The plair is the project. of Colonel French, who had sub. , mitted it to the Lord Mayor, as Conservator of the River Thames, but his Lordship was of opt: , nion that it would be most advisable to consult those members of the Corporation who are owner s of water side property. The 'suggestion waf adopted, and several men 'of affluence, whose pro. , perty is partly vested in wharfs and warehouses hr the neighbourhood of that portion of the Th t. ame which the plan may affect, assembled at the Man , sion-House, where the Lord Mayor presided, and Col. French attended to state the particulars of his plan.' He proposes to build a kind of esplanade' or terrace, to extend from London Bridge to Blackfriars and thinoe towards Westminster Bridge, as far as Scotland-yard. The width of the terrace to be eighty feet and the height sixty. Warehouses to be constructed underneath the ter race and the space of eighty feet to be taken from the River, or over that part of it Whiettis nor left dry at high water. As, however,' the room in the River is extremely valuable for the con venience of craft, particularly in the comparatively narrow part of it between London and Black friars Bridges, it is proposed to obviate the difli cultY which there presents itself by building the whole upon arches, somewhat in the manner Of the Adelphi-terrace, and those arches are pro posed. to be high and wide enough for the admis• •sion of the craft underneath the warehouses, au arrangement which will admit of unloading in that situation. •It is urged as a great advantage . for the craft that they shall be uoder cover, par ticularly in winter time. The top 'of the terrace, or rather the terrace, is proposed to be covered with some pdlished materials, and to be emhel lisped in such a manner as to render it delightful as a promenade. It is proposed to be planted with trees and'shrubs.''A' toll is td be taken to the pro menade, 'and tickets are to. be sold entitling the holder to constant .adroission. The profits de rived from the plan will, it is expected, be very considerable, as the warehmiies will let itt a high rate. The whole building is proposed, we• be lieve,, to.be fronted with stone, ,andicOnstructed in such a style as,will render it a work of greater ornament and utility than any in this or an,' other Metropolis. The greater part of the land necessary for the accomplishment of the plan 10 . the City is under. the controul of the Corporations by whom the merits of the project will 'be shortly discussed. We•have not learned whether aril objections were.made to the, plan by the Gentle. men who composed the meeting. 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