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~, , 4E•Ncti • f From the lfoniteur of Wednesday, .Dec.l.) - . ' :NON,orriel,AL t.,111,T. Ma DM]; Nov -19.erA traveller, just arrived from Portugal, states, that the ,-great'rnajerity Of: the inhabitants of that.cauntry are, strongly op.. posed to -the ; ConstitUtional GovernMent -' The ,i number • of, liberals svery small,.and they are detested Otero. its. •much as in , Spain. War' is• made on them, though with lesa - rigotir. Whatit , is the fashiow - to call liberal ideas, cannot snit' a• pious people, •who are consequently subinissive to the Royal power, which emanates from God. It Inn st be added, that the Portuguese Government ) , which is wise and enlightened, knows how to ' . temper its :power, .and:.to, accommo d ate itself to circumstances., Hence, this little state, though' • it has undergone the same trials as Spain, ismuch l more tranquil and, much ; more. happy than the latter kingdoms,. : „ The Portuguese provinces, ;Lis - true, were not plundered during the reign of the Certeti; and have consequently more resources.. That king.' dum would be quite - .happy if it were left en- • tirely to itself.,• ; ~.• a ,., ~. The same traveller .r passed through . Gal :.licia, and 4ndS a great Oalogy between the Sen . - timents , of the Galficians and 'the Portugue&e., . There are but very few Liberal& in that. provitKe. The Infants Don Carlos, a nd . Don Eranc is co - . 4 • ,/-,, arrived •it'lVlaltrid yesterday with ' their'famihea,. ' . from the Escurial, whence it IS supposed that ....,, Don Francisco wilt shortly set out-on his jourOy . to Naples. It is beli i e. 4 ved . also.:that Don• Carlos will very soon go to Lisbon, it is. affirmed drat a Decree , will soon beissiaed, ordering all the •„politicili ,chiefs 'who' are in .fc). •reign countries to return to Spain, to give an lc . count of the'acts of • thelr administration. -.•-•, • Nov. 25.—The . ..bulletin of his Majesty's health, published•to.daysi. says,. that he 'his al . *post entirely recovered from the gout. , (Frain the Eioilc of Thursday.) • . , ' MAl,azn, N0r.,25.--The Madrid Gazette of the 23d stated,-that the , King King having apPoitited • DOH F. - •Zett Bermudez ' secretary of State • has, .. by a Decree of 11th November, declared that the office of Counsellor of Si ate shall be annexed to that.office, 'and he shall enjoy all the advan tages attached to the title of Counsellor of State, as his predecessors have. We mentioned yester4ey that one" of the assas sins :of . the. Royalists at Centime, after being seri Ceiiped to death, began to; sing the Trugala , and other revolutionary songs. 'This man was a • shoeinaker,•nomed,. Joseph Liezuso,, and openly professed liimselfa,Communero. The other con • d earned •individuals,; following his example, ob. minutely refused the succourof religion, ncitwith., standing the affectionate ochortations of the ec. ' - clesiastics who nOtompunied them. In , the deli rium of revolutionary ...rage . theSe unhappy 1 wretches replied to these pious exhortations only , by obs,cenities or insults to the Royal Government. 'I ire organizatiOn - of the Royal Guard• is con tinued ~ with activity; three regiments Of .cavalry . are O Oeitil 'y' cOmplete, the grenadiers, the hussars,. - and , the lanc'ers. . The-tirst and second regiments of infantry of the' guard are also complete. llit' MajoSty, to-recompense the services per-, formed by D.Antottro de . Montenegro, Lieutenant ' (;olonel.of Engineers, ,especially in, the last ram • • pale,: lies prottioted• him to th e rank 'orColonel, k and .appointed ' him keeper' of the Archives of the War Office. Two Swiss regiments will remain :•for:'the present in •the •capital in the ,service and , ;,'PKYtnf•Spaitt. They Kill do duty in•the Palace • conieintly with the Royal Guard• . ' ' ' ( - From the ('onstitution:lei.) . VA nts, Dec. 1..-The Praises of Police hail addressed A cir , ewer to The eetnintuairei , of the different quarters of the town, . enjoining;themnot to suffer booksellers . to, announce before', their doors any hrpreper books. Amongst the impious books placed, in the index, -. the Prefect mentions the novels of Pigault Lebrim, . anti the' lost pamphlet of M. Salpondi against the Atiirixtry. As to the other hooks which may be sold, but not advin•thied, the Prefect permits the Cc' nnmisseues to use .their discretion, though they" have, no oloubt ' secret. .orders.. - Boileau, who has so well characterised the bitterness of false devotees; Moller*, who has transmitted them to all ages.; Pas Cal, who has calumniated the Jesuits, are among the bad •boOks of the -Jesuits' Police. The Spanish . . Junta acts with more opcnnest than Out Jesuits: domiciliary visits, to burn all which is not orthodox at the Salle St. Martin, rewards and secrecy fur informers, are the models for a religious and moral police. This is what we must follow, for the glory of letters and the good of the book trade.' By the Ordinance of January 25, there has .been formed a .-Cotunnw.tori of five Ministers, finder the Minister of Marine, to liquidate the losses which. the French merchants have sus. tabled by captures made by the Spaniards' during the beet war. This Commission is to regulate the value of the indemnities to be granted. • it is cirar.ftoiu this Ordinance, that the will of theliing is.slait the French merchants shall' be indemnified for,eaptures took .during the last war at 'sea. Thetomtnis . sicsoers have, however, established a distinction unknown to the law ; and. it will allow of no Indemnity to those merchants. whose goods were embarked: On board neutral ships. This decision has bee 4 iif serious injuryto the merchants of Mar seilles;: and maw* they lunges to appeal' to the King its Coun. .. on, is onetniont.ll4 it, will be. arreVecable. BAIICELOSAt Nov. 20.—The Paper.of this day contains a . i. most extraordinary, judgment giVen by Or Permanent Coin. • Ttiiiitikktrilgailltit.tl young man. ore respectable family,. keetiseti • X>flu,iVil)g taken par; in afray pn the lfith of March last, in in 4 f terniptingli ' Mlini( il) the con se et'hU,serrnoti, by uttering ex. clamations of" Blood anti vengeance !" The Coma axiom de.' ildetPthat the 'Charge . was: not proved, but nevertheleis; that , sonic of' the . evidence against the accused compelled It to con demn him to thO galleys. = , 'Disorders still - concinue- in our province; assassinations take •.. place daily,•and . the nktossirfielies.on impunity. In the town - in . Sitnabuji'ilnite, which does not contain more than 500 inhabitants, 'flay murders have. been committed since the Be . storation,andire.no one Instance was die murderer. brought to , Justice. • , . (From the Courier Francais.) Ponta, Dec: T.—There-is a strict union of pur po se among all the partiians Of absolute power throughoin Europe, as if they were directed by one .guiding mind. A signal, given at 'Madrid, is instantly obeyed at' Paris; and the decree against ' literature of M. Ilufino Gonzales at Madrid, has brought forth in the Etoika•diatribe- against French booksellers, and an or- dinance of' the Prefect of Police, restricting the booksellers. • The eateries df Jesuits, offended at our progress, are increasing - iii their pretensions. For them ignorance anti misery are the guarantees of' suliMission ; and Governments must inflict them if they do net . exist.• There is no better , ineans of doing this than stopping thought anti checking the activityof the mind. This is what they now demand, knowing that there is no middle ~i- V betwee.n•the-present regime and thednquisition. Voltaire ~ snitY be forbidden- thislear, Montesquieu the next, and Fem... • len afterwards:. Once begin, and.. there can be no stoOpind; i except at the Prayer Book. ' When we are involved in the apathy, ignorance, •anti %misery of -the Spaniards, we shall be 1 yhat,the jesititscall a literal end religious people. Tide is the - Jr, 4 4l.iiical,ot: their civil:Maui:. The Pruisian (Jevenunentlnts ;:p41,(3! All )414! beeii'' Nit eti toleprasstlie writings of the per. f. WPlt',./ 4 741 4 cit,1*.i who; Its: - liiirert(l, their doctrines. by. tneans,of .the gestiett - t t titititt Air'ilteditterines or the ,ktoik at© Lb4 8 1, 61 ,e' % et& R f e ' 44 ' 41 V ' 'Tifet,Ovitramentium discovered arat ex. -wiety which is the enemy of religioni-of Pitol:a' of - wiety. • - i FaE Ivor Fu MM.—Pattie, Dxc. I.4.Pive per Cents.. opened et 101. 31 ulit, ; highest, 101. 45.; closed int ; Bank • Stock, i .1,275. —Neapolitan Five per Cent5.,1101...-Span ish ditto, 18 A. ; 4htto Loan, 544,—Eitehange on London, one month, 25. ;1 glace-months, 24. 85.—( Coors Authentiyue. ) »..~' t COMMON COUNCIL; Yesterday a Court of Common Counetf - was held for general purposes. The LOUD MAYOR, on taking the Chair forthe!first assured the Court of the high 'sense he entertained of the, honour they,,had done him, and expressed his confidence that in the ,full .and impartial diitharge of his duty, he should - always re. ceive`their support and efficient co-operation. Candour and mutual courtesy would, he had no doubt, on all occasions cha racterize their deliberations. 'Mrs Lordship-also- pointed out the prophety . of attending to several essential but subordinate regulations, in furtherance of the business of the Corporation, particularly respecting the tolls and arrangements of their cattle-markets. _ _ The ipinutes of the last-court were then read, and some routine business disposed of. VOTE OW THANKS TO TILE LATE LORD MAYOR. Mr.- Deputy REEVES rose to propose the thanks of that Court td their late Lord Mayor. In discharging this duty, he was perfectly aware that the services of Lord Mayor Waithman • were so universally admitted, that it was unnecessary for him, in proposing a vote of thanks to such a man , to recapitulate claims Which there were none to doubt. They were already recorded in the votes of thanks of: the other branches of the Corporlttion ; and more artieularly in the eulogium pronounced ' upon them by the Lor .Chief Benin, on a lateoceasion, in the ch Court of Exequer. - he . great ability of their late worthy i . Chief - Magistrate had been .so universally attested, that it was therefore unnecessary for. ,him to enlarge upon the topic. ,Though an old Member of'the COmmon Council, he was still diffident in addressing that Court: he should therefore conclude with prOposing a vote of thanks to their late worthy Chief•Ma gistrata. . Mr. Deputy VALE, In seconding this .motion, ex,preteiethls confidence that the same unanimity would characteritelPlefr vote of, thanks to the late Lord Mayor in. that court_whielt marked the recepilo'riza a similar motion in. the Court of Al.' .derniela as well as'in -the. Common Hall. He kne*, indeed,' that;ufmi it tinge could be hid one opinion, from the-nature of the eminent sereirea that had called it forth.—(Heart) • Mi.) FavEl.t. concurred in the opinion, that it wartititine. , ceasifi to enumerate claims which all had allowed ; •but lie had , a personal feeling to indulge, when he touched upon the services of 'his.worthy friend.; . and he claimed their patience while he,' for one moment, expressed the gratification he felt at , the manner in which his excellent friend had discharged the duties of the high office he had so lately filled. His worthy friend had well earned, by his past services, the first honours of their higkeor poratinn. At various periods it had been the custom of some of their wealthiest city merchants, who resided without their They to affect to slight the possession of their civic honours. They had now, however, the example of the dignified manner in which all the eminent duties of the office of their mayoralty could be performed, so as to acquire the praises of all men, by a gentleman, taken by his fellow.citizens from th e cl a s s of t heir tratleamen— (hear, hear I)—a gentleman who had long been de servedly dear to his fellow -citizens,' and who had now retired from their highest civic office with universal applause, and with the consciousness that he had well-earned and deserved it by his 'honourable and independent principles.—(Hear, heat!) Mr. JAMES begged to add his concurence to that of the im mediate friends of their late worthy chief Magistrate, in the present vote. He wax aware of the difficulty of passing through high office without committing some error; but they ought not to look with too scrutinizing and microscopic an eye , at the er rors inseparable from an active discharge of duty; they ought rather to concur in the general praiie which was due to the per ' forinance of office in'the manner in which it had been perform . ed by their late chief Magistrate.—(llear 1) Mr. BUTTEIIWORTII, jun., concurred in the praise which had heen so justly paid to their late worthy diet*: Magiatrate, for the discharge of his Magisterial 11010. 111 r. SAMUEL DIXON did' not mean to disturb the unani niity which appealed to pervade the Court on the present oc casion. He was one of those .wlio.certainly thought that when the late Lord Mayor had entered upon office,' he rather' show. ,ed a wish to mount upon the high horse- ' nevertheless ,, he was willing to admit, that he had discharged his Magisterial duties with greitt teal and attention, and lie was therefore ready to offer him a unanimous vote, which he knew would be much more valuable than if it was merely drawn uo,with the simple word " resolved." ;'however, there was one 'exOresidon in the: address which be wished to have Softened •ilowu—it was that which, said; that the conduct of the late Lord Mayor in the disiharge of his duties, had " never been surpassed by any predecessor." Air. Alderman and Sheriff IlnowNx thought thCre could not be the slightest objection to the vote in themanner in *Mat it was now drawn-up.—(Hear I)—He must say, that-that man would have reason to congratulate himself , who could pass through Officeiri 'the manner their late worthy Chief Magistrate had done. He had not the l eas t he s itation in saying, that the Ma: material conduct of the bite Lord Mayor hail nail& 'been our pa4sed on any former occasion ; and proud he should himself be, if he could discharge the same duties in any thing like the manner in which they had been discharged - by the late Lord Mayor.—(Applause.) The resolution of thanks was then unanimonslyiktied. NEW QUA YR. Mr. Alderman Woon presented'. a Petition from Colonel Trench, which, "In behalf of the Goloneand fieveral. Noblemen and Gentlemen, prayed for the assiidance of the Corporation in improving the north bitnk of the firer. Thames, and erecting a Magnificent, quay thereon. • The Petition 'further recited the :dells which 'had been taken by the Committee to carry their propct into effect, and pointed . out the great local advantages which would result therefrom to the city of London. • Colonel Trench appeared at the bar, and on • being asked by , the Lord Mayor if he had any thing fUrther to state in behalf of the petitioners, replied In the negative.. Mr. Alder Man Wool) then moved that the petition be re ferred to the Committee of Navigation, where all the interests of those concerned could he fully considered. In the committee all the proceedings could be watched, anti they could report thereupon. • Mr. FAVELL seconded the motion. Mr. SAMUEL DIXOY would nothesitate to say that the pe titioners were not at present likely, nor were ever likely, to be. come fit judges of the local matters they had in this business undertaken to manage. It was impossible to :believe these noblemen and gentlemen were adequate judges of the value of property in the commercial and trading world. What could the Duke of Rutland know of such matters ? What could the Duke of Devonshire or Lord Lowther, or the Marquis of Lon donderry, know of the local value of city property ? Then there ,were the military gentlemen of the committee, all very eminent in their profession, but not equally so in the value of property of this kind. Who could expect it from Sir U. Burgh, from •Sir H.llardinge, or Colonel Trench ? Then ,had not Lord Bexley 'and the Chancellor of the Exchequer enough to do else where, without having this business imposed upon them ? The worthy gentleman then recited the other names upon the corn. .mittee, mid objected to the competency of them all to sit in judgmeAt upon matters of this kind. They were all able and right imneurable men he admitted, but still must from their na ture, nd habits be unfit for such an investiglitlO as this. lie should recommend that the petition.be referred to; prelitninary ejnimiitee of inquiry, before it was sent to the ; pontirtiftee of 1 , 1 4 Vj ga Mr: Pei t ti;E:witi; sorry to - find that his worthy Mena seem. eittoiall into rradiealisin (a laugh), when he .objected to the titles of nobility, as unfitting them for consideritittliffi:stibjpet. fle that:thaae• personages had largf property on r te motion for referrin g • t h e m the• . . . - 1 matter to a committee Avast* agree 4 THE HIGH BAUM?? OVIOUTHWARIK. Mr...ra it Es"presented a ptitition from' Mr. Priqsep, thg High Bailiff of Southwark, tendering his resignation in consequence of the misunderstanding which had arisen between • thin and his deputy on a late occasion, and which had led to certain pro proceedings in that Court. The Worthy. Member, in jare sends* this petition; hoped that as Mr. Prinsep was about to retire from office, the Court would see the propriety ere scinding the vote oreenstsre which had been passed on a former occasion. A long conversation took place upon the form .of this lied. flan; many Alei»bers being of. opinion that the resignation ought not to be accepted in the manner proposed, and others it ought. It was at length resolved that the resignation should be accepted without any qualification. A discussion then arose about appointing a successor to Mr. Prinsep, when it was resolved to invest the office pro impore in the hands of the City Solicitor, to prevent any inconvenience arising by their having so important an office left unfilled between this time and the 16th of present month, the day appointed for filling up, 'the place. 'Phis being the day for the ballot to elect a „Marshalnian , in the room of Jehir Porter deceased, some conversation arose up necessity at instituting a .preliminary inquiry into the qualifications of those who were to be received tut candidates for the- Off ee, a.s It was'one so closely connected.with the effi ciency of the civic police., The.motion for referring the subject ,to the Committee of General PU rposes to r eport thereupon, was AegatiVed bV'a show of herni a . : Cotitt.then' proceeded wo w , o f f ai on ; when 11 enrY Fos ter wiaeleeted without opposition,„ , . , . Aidciniari MOMPSONitov e notiee„. that at the. next . CotierfiesVould'rnoire that no:. ru4tre appOitiiigni he made in their police, without submitting the priviodketnisideretibli of the qualifications of the candidate to the Committee of General Purposes. The Court, after disposing of some routine business, then adjourned. • FOR TRH SUN. .; -.~-~_ • 'ME PRAMA-4LETTEjt IV.) Ma. EOl,l'OR-I'o proinote the improvement of the 641;4 Drama (which,l. trust it will tend to), as well as ., to relkve ; the Managers. of. our Thee (rep, in; part, from the trouble and responsibility of criticism and selettion, which tbelr . other avo catloaa allow them not to attend to (i. e. as it should:be attended.tofor the best interests of the Drama), I now come to propose the Institu tion of a Theatrical. Society, which, through the medium of a Committee .of their number, shall first examine, and from time to time, recommend to the notice of Managers such Pieces as, in their opinion, may be broeght forward and represented on the Stage with advantage and honour to all parties. In the Metropolis of the British Empire, and in this enterprising age, there cannot be. wanting individuals who will readily' and willingly lend their assistance, pecuniary and personal . , in estab lishing and forwarding' the ends of so' desirable an objeCt. I have no doubti Sir, that when the unitive' for the Institution of this Society become generally known, and its utility understood, that gentlemen, qualified . by - fortune, and .of literary liabits,. will liberally came forward in aid of the reformation, not 'of the Parliament, but of the .Iklodern Drama.. - „ . I therefore confidently, anticipate an early an• .nouncement of tie,-;L;cm(ftut Theatrical Society : His Royal Higintess.tha,--,-, Patron. Omit ing for the present the enumeration of minor de- tails, I proceed to state,, that a Committee often shall be appointed from the list of subscribers (five to retire itttnually, and be replaced by an equal number), on whom shell, devolve, for the time, the execution of all duties whatsoever con nected 'with the purposes of the Institution. Among many, one subject to which the early and particular attention of the Committee should be directed is, the inspection and examination of new Pieces of the higher classes for Stage repre sentation. They' *ould, by public advertise ment, invite Writes of Plays to send their per formances for approval and recommendation to the Theatres, to their apartments; and, subjoined, are forms of reply (Nos. 1,'3, and 3,) which will tend to explain the nature of the recommenda tions alluded to. (No. 1.) Theatrical Society Committee Rooms, January Silt—l am directed by the CoMmittee of this Society to acknowledge the receipt of your manuscript Tragedy, entitled _, an d to return it herewith. After an attentive and care. ful perusal of your work, the Committee are of opinion that, though its poetical merits are. considerable, and some of the scenes are drawn with great .truth and fidelity to nature, it is yet'deficient in action—more a dramatic poem than an acting Play which, trn^h the whole, unfits it, in the judgment of the Committee, for Stage representation. X. Y. Sec. L. T. S. To A— B—, Esq.. & c . &c. (No. 24 Theatrical Society Com m itt ee R ooms , February Slit—The Committee of the Society desire mei() inform you, that they 'have received and read attentively your Play entitled Th e Committee think favourably of it ; and that' with certain a lterations and curtailicents, it may be adapted and rendered fit for the Stage. On the inner margin of the Big.: you will observe (in pencil) several remarks made on dif ferent scenes and characters of the Piece, to which the Corn mime beg to direct your attention. iihould you think proper to attend to the remarks, and return die Play, altered and cor rected aecording to the spirit of these suggestions, the Com mittee will be happy In giving it their recommendation to Theatre. X. Y. Sec. L. T. 8: To C— Esq., ace, (No. 3.) 'theatrical Society, Committee Rooms, March, Sin.—The Committee of this Society directs me to acknow. ledge the receipt of your Tragedy, entitled I am glad to inform you, that the Committee are unanimous in opi nion, that it Is a work of uncommon merit, and cannot fail, under usual circumstances, of being favourably received by a British audience. On the inner margin of the manuscript is marked In pencil, one or two observations (chiefly relative to scenery, stage convenience and management), which the Com mittee request may be attended to ; they will then be most happy to recommend your Tragedy of to the Manager of ---.. for representation. X. Y., Sec. L. T. S. To B—. F—., Esq., &c.. &c. The phraseology, orilTe specimens of Theatric Society Correspondence, will at least sound to an Author's ear, disgracious" than the printed laconic seplies.of (hoe-thrifty Managers. Authors, moreover, wzillil_be certain of securing an early answer to their Various applications, and that. their worlcsOvitlyp view to the Stage, would receive, not only this prompt attention, but also a careful and criti4lerusal—a channel opened, and an opportunity : afforded them (which they want) of a written, ,or personal. correspondence with the.'Delegates of Authority. This corms. pondence would necessarily extend to a variety of subjects .connected with the Drama, which, 'in time, could not fail to exalt its character, as well as to promote its purity and improvement. Hints to, and materials for the use of Authors, either for original composition, or, for the re vival and adaptatton for the Stage of neglected Dramatic works of the elder school, would be furnished th em through the agency of the Com mittee. A n d other . objects equally important, would also lie cultivated, tending, I sincerely hope, not only to the permanent advantage of our Theatrical establishments, but to the honour of the British nation. Managers, it may be argued, would he hostile, and object to the principles of an institution tend. lug to lessen their consequence and abridge their :' power., . answer, it is impossible that they .(Maaageta),,can object.. Their interest would . be so. clearly promoted and forwar d e d' by the boors of.the Institution, that on this point alone am wiliiag to rest . The conviction 'of their Car: dial co-oper at i on ai i s uppdrt. ' But, US snF addi: tional security flint neither their interest. nhr authority may suff e r, or be lost sight o f , by those who best understand both, I should propose that the names of the Managers of Drury-lane . and. Covent-garden, pro ~tenspore, be added to the Committee of Ten, . as permatient'extraOrdinary MeMbeis. As permanents, therefore, of the Com mittoiv, their voice would always be listened. and attended to, with that deference and respect to . whlch iL is entitled .by their high official situa tion. The Committee too, I dare venture to assert, would leave 'untouched the: wide range of Melodramei‘Pantomitne, Furpe, end the long list of Ornamentals which now glitter in, and distin guish the, modern temples of Thalia - and Mel pomene, These, in conjunction 'with their other avocations, would serve to occupy sufficiently the leisure hours of our Patent Managers. And now, Sir, in antici p ation of sin - 'early existence to the London Theatrical Society, I declare myself (with the temperament of the vender of glass of • the East) a candidate for the Secretaryship, and request you will not fail to acquaint me. when the first meeting of the Society is announced.' . . (TO blaintinied): FOR THE SUN. PROTEUS. WALT!! x3l CROSS. F4DITO R -lii a MorninOltilier of this day I read the ft:Mowing remarks "Chafing Crass, as it stood before the civil. wits, was iniief thoic beautiful gothic obelisks, erect e d to totijugii affecticihi by Edwtril the First, who built such Rime wherever &Verse of his beloved Eleanor rested in its wayfrOelLirteoltrithleeto West minstei.• Rut neither its ornamental situatiee,' the'beauzy of its structure, .nor the noble design,or iti erection (Which did honoui to humanity)' could preserve it front the merciiess zeal of the times,: for in 1647 it was demolished by order of the Hoitia of .Commons as popish and superstitioutt."—(l:lereld, Dec. 2, 1824.) As the blind rage against those structures, (not quite properly called obelisks), has long subsided, and they-are now generally admired as beautiful specimens in their peculiar style, it could hardly be believed, were not-the fact undeniable, that one of the'niost beautiful of them, and . one very near the metropolis, is now falling fast into ruin, by mere neglect. The state •of the Cross at Waltham is such as fills every admirer with ap prehension, lest it should soon be past restora tion. It is surely a great reproach to the county .of Herts to have suffered this decay to proceed so far. But if Herts feels not the call, or dreads the eipence of ' restoration, her neighbour Mid dlesex (a tolerably opulent dame) would doubt. less tend a helping -hand. .Tottenham Cross, not comparable; to• this in elegance,. ,has been re stored' That at Northamptoni and perhaps some . 'others, hive received similar attention. But the remains' - of Waltham Gross show clearly that it world he'equal- to any in beauty. The cross of Churbig, 'which 'is now, past 'reparation, appears not to 'have beewtomparable to this. Pennant at least says, speaking from a drawing he had seen, that " the • gothic parts. appear .far from rich." It was, however, octagonal, and orna menti%id- above with eight figures. In Mr. Brit. ton's beautiful work, The Architectural. Antiqui. lief,- it a' fine engraving of this and other, Crosses, with the following remarks :--- The Cross at Waltham, Hertfordshire, thomgh more de lapidated than either of thejbrmer, is more enriched in its archi tectute, and more elegant in 'lts sculpture; and I am inclined to ,believe that these structures, near 'the metropolis,, were more faithfully executed thin 'those more remote from Court. This ; formerly stood on steps, btit the ground having been raised round it,. and the steps coveted, it appears much shorter than the others.—(This might be corrected in the restoration.)—Stand ing in a narrow street, which is a very great thoroughfare, at tached to a puhlie inn, aria at 'the very turning of ti road, it is eXposcd,,tomuch danger, and these things consideia, we cease to wonder at its shattered and mutilated condition.-{lt 'might he a little yemoved.). 7 lnl72o, 1)r. Stukely was commissioned; by thaSociety of Antiquaries; to have tome posts placed round it for protection ; and in 1757 he petitioned, Lord Monson, who wairthen. Lord of the Manor of Cbeshunt, in which it stands, to build some brickwork round the case, .and set up some other posts. It has six faces."—(Arch. Antig., Vol. 1.), The author then refers to the plate for further particulars. As the Cross at Charing had eight faces, it is probable that it was at first still more richly adorned ; though the ornaments might have disappeared 'by decay before the drawing was made, to which Pennant referred.--. Be this as it may, if attention should be recalled to Waltham Cross by what I have now written, many lovers of antiquity will rejoice, as well as Yours,. &c. X. uNIVEItSITY INTELLIGENCE. Oxronn, DEC. $.-..Wednesday, N0v.17 , the Rev. John • Gutch, M.A. having on account of his advanced'age and in kmitiaikt ,expressed a wish to be relieved from the"duties of the office of Registrar of the UniversitY, a - proposal the follow . , ing effect was unanimously, passed in ConvOcatiOn a T u ta n t ii . ers in , i c t o y n , s a id n er a a n fi nv on ity of f h 2 bi o r t g o and a fa mm ith c r e u 9 lien n: tht ees inst to Clay of 'December next, •be granted to him, an his resignation cc.otthe said Office in the course of the present Term. On the next day, after 'several degrees had been conferred, I Mr.Gutch resigned the office of Registrar of the University into the handk , of the Vice-Chancellor : and on Wednesday last, Dec. 'l, the.. Rev. Philip Bliss, D.C.L., late Fellow of Saint John's College, was unanimously elected Registrar of the Uni rversity. Mr. dutch still retains the office of Actuary or Re gistrar of the University Court, , which he holds by patent from the Chancellor of the University. Thusday, Dec. 2, the following Gentlemen, who had been. respectively nominated to succeed to the office of Public, Preacher, at Michaelmas next, were approved in Convocation, viz.:--.The Rev. Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth, D.D. Warden of New College; Rev. Vaughan Thomas, B.D. late Fellow of Corpus Christi College ; Rev. Godfrey Faussett, B.D. late Fel low of. Magdalene College; Rev. John Radford, B.D. Fellow of Lincoln College; Rev. Wm. Mills, B.D. Fellow of Mag dalen College. The same day the following Degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. RSV, Wm. Money Oriel College, Grand Compounder. Rev. Pennyman Warton Worsley, St. Alban Hall. Rev. Thomas Henry White, University College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Robert William Mackay, Esq. Bracenosi College, Grand Corn pounder.- • • John Phelps, Queen's College. Ed ward , Ludlow, St.,Falniid Hall. • Wiilialn Lowth, j. Christ, Church: • Joseph Jekyll, . • Oriel Colt*. .Charles .Whitworth Pitt, Brazinose College, James Rtissell bony Of Magdalen .College.. Charles Ciiiiston, Trinity Co leg College. f Chancellor's Court, tor granting pointed a Surrogate in t e.. rlls in h d . FitraiTcinhaceirsdßßHeivcuh.rraklNeVilmAF.lri°llllelandi'elleNyV,V7el.BAter. of ir thpton, been ap narriage Licences and proving 14 , t lock.sr... The late SirJAMES ANI) LA 113, Bari. . It is somewhat extraordinary . that Ibis Gentle! whoa distinguished lshe n k(l u wt; figure imnaildne,tinhethnearapaeliotifcaßluwaoilrilds: as one of the Under Secretaries r and ' 4) St ate, 111,. later periods by his literary prodoctioffs should have dropped into the grave without any tribute of respect ',to, his memory. Sir JtheeS,.itiCODilnletiOS , with another Under Secretary of St a te, of - „ genial talents and attachment to the British Con• stitution, not mere servility to the Government'of the time, were the original ((Anders of Toe Sex Newspaper, under the sanction of Mr. PITT. — A t the period when this Paper. was instituted, the French Revolution raged with all its fury, and the principles of JACOIIIINISM ' which aimed at the total destruction of all regular Govern! . (Lents, particularly the MoNAacniCiii, had rlt'' ' ..' pidly spread in this country, before the op• pearance of " the Child ' and Champion' Jacobinism," so happily designated b y e great,' illustrious, disinterested .Minister al luded to, were openly supported by factious ' combinations and a polluted Press,...insomuch that' an universal alarm prevailed among alt loyal subjects. At -- this period it vious that a loyal paper was essentially wanted'''. for the security of the Constitution in Church and State. Sir JAMES BLAND BuDuEss then wit!," his.able coadjutor, h w...ose talents Will eXperill)er • ' , are still,employed in the public service, deeply sensible of the danger orsufferini such principles to spread without a constitutional,counterction, 'adVanced a large sum, from their own resources, i and founded Tne Sox, but not with - p ecuniary support alone, for their .situatiOn enabled them to promulgate all such authentic inform°.es tion as was requisite to ' support the hop the h wit and spirit of the , Country,. and by whic they ,:. and , humour of the:, composition s brought' daily contributed ,to its pages, they contempt upon the opponents o f Government!, i while by the rectitude of their p rinciples,, the the force of their arguments, th e y upheldrtilss ALTAR and the THRONE. The success of I,i_, SuN was unprecedented, and the Gentlemanwirn, enjoyed their confidence was enabled, ill a ve e l e at i v anC o. short period, to return the pecuniary which had been made with so much t imely 5 1, 1 . and disinterested patriotism, and to se cure ID; Property to himself. It is therefore no loo t may be say, that THE SUN, under such auspices) 111 the considered as having been an essen tial prop hi er Country, when it was in imminent dap°. from intestine treachery, party violence, e n to : reign hostility. This tribute o f patriotic Pis Jae and gratitude is therefore ill a great degree .0 to the memory of Sir. JAMES BLAND 1,003:4 his official colleague, and it would be jot of his : culpable neglect if it were not offered W" t tl ir r ea - spectful sincerity. After Sir JAMES had r! .. ,, t , , .from all political duties, he occasionally a,..70. .ed himself to literary pursuits, and, i n coellT ed tioniwith the late Mr. Cum LAND O bi° ii lIElt . _,l , w hic a sacred Poem,. entitled_ THE .EXODIADO lof 11 . 1 4 1' ° was characterized b I poetical as we l i e rnic fervour. He ;published's° oasts Poem, celebrating the character and : ateh ief f o ijobv- , , of RICHARD THE SIMON!) which w ere to i ed by two volumes 'of Draniatic'proclaCtiong) . K' n eht► al l °[ a Romance, entiVed The Dragon ---i-- l e a rning which were marked by taste, j(7dgment,l" that and imagination. It should be obset v Y sa tire besides the effusions of wit, humour, tow, Tes with which he enliiened the 'columns 0' w ith $ SUN in its early days, he enriched them or series of Letters under the s i g nature of A . 7 1110 in which he took a compr ehensive view 01 I re lllll.o several 'states, political ob j ects, an d 000 interests of all European Governments. oh o Letters he collected and published in. a - v,, blO which contains such solid mat ter as may , „,o, • di • Sir jilw useful to Statesmen at all peno . S le o' 'for the we'believe, was originally * intended go, Profession. He held the office of K rtleir.' wo ol I we sitA,L, and was the Author of some leg. j ot of acknowledged merit and authority" ergo was tall in stature, and handsome 111 t P r ids. His manners displayed dignity wit h° , l " s toP of He was conscious of his own talents 5 0 " a t silos , ments, but always ready to respee„ ha (0 1 ; others. In the private relations of ble,_ v e r ot kind, affectionate, and hospitable, i n i bg v h a je it music, and also a performer. On tn e 0 ( 110 NNW • OOP may be fairly said that in the A rfiCIS III SO country, for political rectitude, 0 4 deg ~ genuine Patriotism solid learning, 81',,,,, t oe , accomplishments, few during the los s " 0 0 0 I 010 0 'tied to an ." can be found better an" I,o l° ' , record than the late Sir JAMES BLAND --....ssai .. 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