The Sun. — London, England, 1825-03-17 00:00:00

I'HE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extractsfrom the Morning Papers, March 17 ,1 8'25. ENEW TIMES] The beneficial practical results, which we were ?always certain would follow the adoption of libe ral and sound principles of political economy, are daily becoming more apparent in the increased activity of every branch of manufacture, and the wonderful and rapid augmentation of our national wealth. It might have been thought a year or two ago, that no new spur could be given to our industry ; hut the wise and enlightened measures of the Chancellor of the Exchequer last year, for the encouragement of those kinds of manufacture ,sihich, from old and injudicious enactments, had been held in shackles, and prevented from making the progress other branches had made, are now producing their effects, and new channels are every day opening to commercial enterprise. Among others the manufacture of silk, now that the heavy duties are removed, promises ere long :o drive the foreign manufacturer out of the rnarket. 'We learn that the Master manufacturers, with a view to compete with the French, who are oar great and only rivals in silks, have for some tine past been endeavouring to introduce more powerful and improved machinery into their ma .nafactorieS; which by abridging and facilitating the labour of fabrication, will enable them to . supply the market with silk goods in greater abundance .and at a cheaper rate. We hear that power-looms, as they are called, have been intro duced, which are worked by steam, and where "the...rnechanical arrangement is so ingenious and , sts simple, that one man can manage and attend to the work going forward in three looms, at the same time. This improvement must doubtless tend greatly to diminish the ex pence of produc tion, and we trust it will help, in some degree, to counterbalance the natural advantages which the Frenchmanufacturer possesses. Much of the beauty of the colours of the French goods is attributed to , the influence of the climate, and at Lyons they con sider the warm air as one of the principal causes . r .Twhich improve the dyes of their silks. Against these advantages of climate we can only oppose our steam engines, the superior skill and industry of our workmen, and the greater talent and enter prize of our capitalists and master manufacturers. We can easily imagine that this introduction of im proved machinery may give umbrage to many among the operative silk weavers, whose prejudices on the subject are natural, hut, being founded on ignorance, they must yield to better information. As our Journal has ever been open to their claims, they will not doubt our impartiality when we earnestly and sincerely offer them our friendly counsel, and recommend a cordial co-operation with the•master manufacturers in their efforts to meet advantageously our rivals, to whom our market will be opened in the ensuing year. It is a great error to suppose that the use of ma chinery will in any way deprive the workmen of employment. It appears paradoxical, but it is nevertheless true, that whatever abridges la hour, serves eventually to increase the demand for labourers. When the machine for weav ing stockings was invented, it was considered a great hardship on those who gained their bread by knitting, but the cheapness and facility with which stockings were supplied by the loom, in creased the demand so prodigiously, that the knitters betook themselves to spinning the ma terials that were woven into stockings, and thus gained their livelihood. In like manner the invention of spinning jennies caused additional consumption, and augmented the demand for cotton goods, and more hands were employed than had been before the invention.--The same consequences will follow the application of machinery in the manufacture of Silk, and we therefore trust the operative weavers, among whom are so many sensible and well-informed men, will dismiss from their minds all suspicions of sinister intentions on the part of th e i r em ployers, and will unite with them in the pure and philanthropic design which has led to the establishment of the Mechanics' Institution in Bethnal-green. [BRITISH PRESS.] On the second reading of thePasco-Peruvian Mining Company Bill last night there was some diseussieu, which, in these days of speculation, is ..pot wholly unworthy of notice. Mr. Hob house endeavoured to redeem his pledge by bringing forward the matter of accusation he possessed against this project. Much that he said was equally applicable to all other similar undertaki►rgs. The chief objection was against the title on which the Company found their property in the mines. This is a question of fact on which at present the public are not competent to decide. That the mines are likely to yield a great revenue was amply proved, by the authorities quoted by Mr. F. Buxton, who declared that he was not personally interested in the discus s ion ; and there Has one remark made by that gentleman to Which individuals would . do . well to attend, viz., that " representations made for the purpose of depressing the market may be quite as injurious as those made for the purpose of raising it." Disappointed parties not 'lnfrequently take their revenge by decrying the undertakings in which they are nut suffered to participate. There can be no doubt that many of the projects now in the market are calculated, not only to yield much individual advantage, but greatly to forward the public benefit. It behoves every person, before he enters into any schetne, to weigh well the consequences of failure and the probabilitles.of success. Many, who should not adventure,' are no doubt tempted to embark their small capitals in the alloring speculations that are opened before them ; but whatever individual' inconvenience or loss may result fro►u this prudence on their part, surely it would be the very reverse of wisdom to interdict others com. potent to eadere the risk, from those bold at tempts which almost invariably end in promoting . the public interests, by extending the range of public enterprise, and multiplying the sources of public wealth. [THE TIMES.] The report of a Spanish loan is again rife upon the market ! We shall deal with this matter briefly. What would be said of any British merchant who should profess to accommodate a notorious swindler with money, and then issue the notes of that swindler as negotiable paper ? Why, it would be said that the whole was a Fauntleroy-transaction, planned and executed for the purpose of plundering the unwary.— Again, what would any honest man reply to a notoriously insolvent person, by whom he should be asked to advance a sum of money, and to accept and put off to others the bills of the insolvent as an indemnification ? Why, the honest man would reply, " Bankrupt, pay thy debts, or produce thy certificate."— A bankruptcy more complete than that of Spain never existed : and, be it observed, it is not the hills of the Cortes alone which have been dishonoured ; the interest on the Dutch debt—on the loan raised for Spain by Holland, and when Ferdinand was King Supreme—is-as much unpaid as on the loan advanced to the Cortes: so that a loan raised for Ferdinand is evidently fraudulent. What effrontery then, in the Princely beggar, to tender new proposals, with the infamy of these frauds branded on his forehead ! And what more than effrontery would it be, in any one who should abet the knavery ! Notices have been issued, we find, to the claimants on Spain under the commission sitting for that purpose, to get the amount duly verified with as much expedition as possible. We see the object of this affected bustle ; but, however ur gent the Spanish Commissioners may be to ascer tain the amount to which they are liable, we still suspect that if the liquidation of these claims is to depend upon the conclusion of the loan from England, that liquidation will never take place. [MORNING POST.] Private letters have been received from Deme rara of the 26th January, which mention cir cumstances of rather an alarming nature. It appears that a few nights prior to the above date, all the houses occupied by the Govern ment negroes beyond Camp House had been destroyed by fire, and that there was every reason to believe the destruction had been effect ed by incendiaries. It is rather a curious coin cidence that the evening of the conflagration was the anniversary of the proclamation of Mar tial Law in the Colony. In addition to the above alarming intelligence, information had reached the Governor that about one hundred of the negroes of Plantation Kitty had been discovered armed with cutlasses, and it was therefore feared some plot was organising. This information had caused the Governor to dispatch a party of the 27th Regiment to that district. Business at Demerara was tolerably brisk, but the above events had excited considerable uneasiness. The business in both Houses last night was unimportant, In the Commons Colonel Trench brought in his Bill for erecting a Quay along the North Bank of the Thames, and had it read a first time. Mr. Green then moved the second reading of the Pasco Peruvian Mine Company Bill, which brou g ht down a violent phillipic from Mr. Hohhouse against the Projectors of the undertaking, and a total denial of its presenting any chances of success. He moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months; but the House, after hearing Mr. F. Buxton and Mr. T. Wilson in favour of the measure, rejected the amendment, and gave a second reading to the [MORNING HERALD.] The second reading of the Pasco Peruvian , Mining Company Bill, again brought a thronged attendance to the gallery ; and though no ',nisi , ness of public importance was on the orders, there was a considerable number, of Members present. Mr. Hobhouse opposed the Bill at great length, contending, that as it was the first !nea sure brought before the House of a, series of stock-jobbing and gambling speculations, the House ought to resist it, and thereby show an opi nion against all such pernicious schemes. He gave a history of former efforts to work the mines, and the language held forth to work up the market. To get two steam engines from the port to the mountains, 3,000 mules and 4,000 Indians had been required. However, it was said there were 360 mines possessed by the present Company, granted by au expatriated Patriot and a runaway Royalist ; whereas, according to the official re. turns, there were only 99 worked and un worked mines in Pasco and the neighbouring district. Every shaft was called a mine ; and in a pro spectus it was declared, that when the mines could be worked, there would be " torrents'' of silver pvoduced. Mr. H. said that a Bill was not necessary to enable the Company to proceed ; it could only be useful in raising the shares on the Stock Exchange. The more honest course to pursue would be, to do as Mr. J. Smith undertook toact regarding the Mexican mines—to send out agents to ascertain the accuracy of the representations. Mr. F. Buxton supported the Bill, declaring that Mr. llobhouse's statements were founded on de signed misinformation with which that Hon. Member had been furnished by interested parties ; and Mr. 13. added, that a Mr. Dubois had de clared to the Company that he was the author of the statements that had gone forth against the speculation, and that he (Mr. Dubois) had then offered to let the truth be known, if the Company would make him a present of twenty shares. Mr. Btixtitu said that the Company rejected the offer, and that within the last two days Mr. Dubois ' had offered for ten or five shares to suspend his hostility, and the Honoura ble Member undertook to prove all these facts Hbefore a Committee. lie further stated, on the 'authority of a letter from Sir Robert Wilson's son, Aide-de-Camp to Bolivar, that so plentiful is silver, that the " meanest utensils" of the pea sants are made of it ; but the %%Aker 'further 'mentioned, that the difficulty of forwarding uiy such article's' to this country would render ex changes to procure them profitless transactions. I Mr. T. Wilson also supported the Bill, as one the parties to which really meant what they pro fessed; and he declared that Mr. Hobhouse had very imperfect knowledge of the subject. Sir F. Burdett thought the House would its duty in lending its sanction to the Bill ; after which much further desultory discussion took place, as will be seen by the Report, on the question that the Bill is to be referred to a Committee. A new writ was last night ordered for Dartmouth in the room of Colonel Stanhope. Col. Trench brought in his Bill " for building a quay and terrace car riage road on the northern shore of the River Thames, from Craven -street, in the Strand, or near thereunto, to Blackfriars-bridge." It was read a first time, after Mr.Calcraft had said that it would be much better to postpone the mea sure till the next Session. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] There was little doing in Consols yesterday ; but the speculators were sanguine in their expectation of higher prices, from the evident change which has taken place in public opinion relative to shares. The Companies which lately have come forward did not bear so high a premium as the former ones. Consols for the April Account opened yesterday morning at 931, advanced to 931/, and again fell to 921, at which price they remained steady. India Stock for opening was 281. Indian Bonds were 84 to 86. In Foreign Stock there was little doing; but generally they were higher, with every prospect of a further improvement, particularly the South Ame rican. Colombian Bonds, which on Tuesday were heavy at 901, were yesterday 91i1 : Mexican, on Tuesday, 801—yester day, 80 to 8l ; Buenos Ayres, 914 ; Chilian, 901.—1 n Greek Scrip there is still much fluctuation ; the price at the opening yesterday morning was 41 to 5 discount. It was afterwards at 6, and at the close of the day was fluctuating from 5 to 21. Spanish Bonds maintained the late advance, from 241 to 25 for ' the Old, and for the NeW 20. Austrian Stock was 98, Rus sian, 95.—1 n the Share Market yesterday morning there was little doing, except in Pasco Peruvian. which is still the fa vourite Mine for speculation ; it opened at 24, declined to 21, and rose again to from 22 to 23 premium. It is said, that under the new Governments of South America all old Spaniards leaving the country immediately forfeit their property, and in consequence can give no title to mines, &c. Anglo-Mexican Mining Shares remained very steady at 110; United Mexican at 130; Anglo-Chilian at 8. The others at the prices of Tues day. The Canada Company is not affected by the proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday night It remains rather a favourite at 30 to 32 prem. In Real del Monte there are no sales lately. There were two new Schemes brought forward yesterday morn ing—a Sea Coal Company, and a Canal Gas Company. The premiums on each have fluctuated from to 1. LTIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.] By a letter received yesterday from Paris, we learn that Prince Metternich was.expected there on Monday last, but it throws no light on the purpose of his visit. The Austrian Ambassador at our Court has proceeded to join the Prince ; but to this circumstance we do not attach much importance, as it may be a mere act of courtesy. In the mean time, it is no ordinary object which can have led the all-powerful Minister of Aus tria to the French capital ; and, from his uniform hostility to the Greek cause, it is probable that this is one of the motives, though we do not think it is the sole inducement.-- If it be true that the King of Naples has soli cited the intervention of the French Monarch to procure the departure of the Austrian troops from his it) minions, this would, in a great degree, account for the journey, as the French Govern ment could not well evade the request ; whilst the Court of Vienna would feel rather aukwardly placed between its reluctance to comply with, and the want of a good excuse for rejecting, so reasonable a demand. On account of the family connection subsisting between the Sovereigns of France and Naples, the former claims a right above any other Power of interposing in the affairs of the latter kingdom, when they seem to require foreign interference. Also when the Austrian troops invaded that kingdom, the French Ultras, who were not then in power, bitterly inveighed against the Ministry for having allowed Austria to do that which they insisted France had a preferable right to perform. Their attack too was so popular that it had the effect of turning out the Ministry ; and the French Government has ever since witnessed the oc cupation of Naples by the Austrians with ill-suppressed dislike.- This feeling would have assumed a more marked and open cha racter in all probability, had not the French Cabinet got entangled in the affairs of Spain, by which its argument against Austria, and its means of enforcing it, were at once weakened. But the new reigns in France and Naples have given additional force to this question ; the pre sent Monarch of Naples urging his application with as much energy as his predecessor had treated it with apathy, whilst the French King probably thinks that circumstances are as fa vourable now, as they were formerly adverse, to his interference in behalf of a Prince of his House. If the foregoing report be correct, the Austrian Minister will evidently have not much time for agitating in a very pro minent manner the affairs of Greece. Notwith standing his hostility to the Greek cause, we think he feels a stronger, and more immediate interest in the occupation of Naples; and no doubt he will exhaust all the hacknied arguments in use to make out a strong case of danger, were the curb, now placed upon the disaffected, par ticularly in Naples, to be removed. lay such reasoning as this, he may hope to work upon the passions of the Ultras ; but, in this ex pectation, if lie really place any reliance upon it, he will probably find himself dis appointed. It appears from all accounts that the King of Naples, since his accession to the throne, has not ceased to urge the evacuation of his kingdom ; and, as it is said, that he had ad. dressed himself to every Court in whose justice or influence he sees a chance of obtaining redress, we cannot see how Austria, notwithstanding her tenacity on such occasions, can retain her grasp. It is evident that she cannot count upon the good offices of England in an affair so much at. va riance with English principles, and, we may add, English policy. It is true, the most friendly re lations subsist between the Court of St. James and that of Vienna ; but this f r iendship, as far as the former is concerned, has for general welf are o f E urope , arid riot individual State. the aggran dizement o f an ir s object the Moreover, nothing can be more consistent w ith the true objects of E ng li s h po li c y, than that the just claims o f th e Ki ng o f N a ples should receive their du e cons id erat i on. The have a pa ramount importance in the view of secondary States a British S tatesman, now t hat the first-rate Powers are leagued together for objects teat are equally hostile to British interest and British principles. The most obvious mode of counter acting so alarming a confederacy, is to remove, as far as possible, the minor States beyond the reach of its influence ; and we have reason like wise to think, that this is one of the great objects of our diplomacy at this time. It is said that the Austrian Government, seeing no good chance of evading a demand, supported by the whole weight of the French Government, besides being probably backed by the English Cabinet, and secretly, if not openly, countenanced by the other Great Powers—has met it by a counter demand, to which she insists, that Spain should have the benefit of the principle, as well as Naples. As England must concur in the pro priety of both demands, she has a singular part to play, alternately hacking and supporting the two Powers, whilst her influence is so great, and at the same time so salutary, that we have no doubt but she will bring these newly-contested points to a conclusion, that, instead of loosening, shall knit more closely together, 016 friendly ties that bind the European Powers at this time. 1 INDIA. TRADE OF SINGAPORE. ( From the Singapore Chronicle of Sept. 18, 1824.) By the statement now furnished the aggregate exports of Singapore from January to December, 1823, appear to be 5,568,560 Spanish dollars. The trade of Singapore consists of five distinct branches, viz. that with Great Britain, that with Bengal and other parts of Western India, that with China Native and European, that with Siam and Cochin China, that with the distant commer cial tribes of the Archipelago itself, and that with our imme diate neighbourhood. Upon each of these a few cursory re marks may be useful. In 1822 there cleared out for London 4 ships only—in 1823 nine. In this year the exports amounted to 1,013,382 Spanish dollars, according to the manifests sworn to before the Local Authority. In 1822 the value of British Piece GOods imported was, Spanish dollars, 265,054 ; in 1823 the imports were, Spa nish dollars, 1,064,380, and the exportations in proportion. The native trade with China in 1822 consisted of five Junks; in 1823 of eight Junks importing, and seven exporting. The value of the commodities exported in the latter year, according to the detailed statements furnished to us by the most respect able of the Chitlese merchants of the place, was 928,700 Spa nish dollars : Opium, with European piece goods and woollens, constituting 230,000 dollars worth of this sum. A similar increase has taken place in the intercourse with Siam and Cochin China. In 1822, the number of Junks im porting from and exporting to those countries amounted to 42; in 1823 it was 61. In this latter year the value of the imports has been estimated at 300,000 dollars. The Sugar in 1822 amounted to 14,500 piculs, the Sticlac to 288, and there was no Sapan wood. In 1823 the Sugar was 23,000 piculs, the Sticlac 2,431, and the Sapan wood 7,345 piculs. The exports in Opium were reckoned at 120 chests for Siam, and 40 for Cochin China; and the value of exports for both in cottons and wool lens at about 90,000 dollars. The native trade of our immediate neighbourhood has kept pace with the other branches of our commerce. The Pepper of 1822 amounted to 17,431 piculs, and the Tin to 13,526. In 1823 the first reached the extent of 35,500, and the second 18,515 piculs. SUPREME COURT, CALCUTTA, JAN. 24, 1825. After the business of the day was concluded, and Sir. F. M`NAGIITEN had retired from the Bench, Mr. NOGG, in a most admirable speech, far beyond all possibility of being ade quately conveyed on paper, presented to Mr. F . ERGUSSON the silver vase voted to him by the Bar. Mr. FEROUSSON re turned an impressive reply. The Learned Gentleman leaves town to-day for Europe. The following appointments took place, viz—Thos. Lewin, Esq. Ma s ter i n E qu ity, v i ce E. C. 111 4 Naghten, Esq.; Hunter Smoult, Esq. Clerk of the Crown and Prothonotary, vice Thomas Lewin, Esq. ; and Elliot M'Naghten, Esq. Ex aminer. COLONEL BERKELEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Journal Office, Cheltenham, March 14. Sta—Herewith I send you the particulars of an atrocious outrage committed upon the Editor of this Journal, at three o'clock this afternoon, by Colonel BERKELEY, who, in company with two persons in the garb of Gentlemen, called at the resi dence of the aforesaid Editor (Mr. JUDGE), at 13, Northfield_ place, in this town, and inquired if Mr. J. was at home ? The servant answered in the affirmative. " Then tell him we wish to speak to him—is he alone ?" " Yrs." Mr. J. desired them to walk in, when the following conversation ensued : Col. 13.—Pray, Mr. Judge, will you give up the author of those papers that have appeared in the Cheltenham Journal ? Mr. J.—As I have no knowledge of you, will you do me the favour to say whom I have the honour to address ? Col. B.—Colonel Berkeley, Sir. Mr. J.—Then, Sir, if you will wait upon me at the Office, I shall be happy to give you every satisfaction. Col. B. and his two Friends.—No, Sir ;'—Now, Sir—Now, Sir—Now, Sir ! When, without further ceremony, Colonel B. commenced the most atrocious attack upon Mr. JUDGE, by beating him over the head and face with the but-end of a hunting whip, while one of his companons secured the door of his room, and the other placed himself before the fire, as if to prevent Mr. J. from seizing any implement for his defence. In the scuffle, Mr. J. was thrust into the passage, where some heavy blows were inflicted in the presence of several witnesses, which cut Mr. J.'s eye and cheek in a dreadful manner. In the course of an hour BERKELEY ordered his carriage, and left this town for Gloucester. Mr. JUDGE continues very ill ; but I am happy to say, not dangerously. You may rely upon the correctness of this communication, and it is at your service.—l am, your obedient servant, JOHN JOSEPH RADIX'S", Joint Proprietor of the Cheltenham Journal, Monday, five o'clock, March 14, 1825. HARRIET'IT WILSON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Adelphi, Wednesday, March 16, 1825. Sin—l observed in a letter, signed an " Old Rak e ," i n Th e Morning Chronicle of Tuesday, an insinuation which it was impossible I could misunderstand. It relates t o nay having borne a part in the production of Miss Harriette Wilson's Me moirs. report to that effect has very generally hut unduly prevailed in private ; yet r did not , conceive mys e lf aut h or i ze d to trespass on the columns of a Newspaper with m y d en i a l of that imputation, until it appeared, directly or indirectly, in the same public manner. I formerly incurred considerable odium by th e c i rcu l at i on of a rumour equally untrue , which attributed to me a novel, called " Six Weeks at Long's." On the merit of such works, I do not presume to offer a remark.; yet, I trust y ou w ill d o me the favour to insert my unequivocal and solemn declara tion, that I never saw or even he a rd o f Mi ss llarriette Wilson's Memoirs, until their appearance in sn t i h a e m sh , shops, a y l o id ur th o a b t ed l i d en id t not, in the r eotestlegree, contribut e t o their contents, their servant, S. or their publicatiso.n.i.EßTlE AMBROSSE. BOW-STREET.—The young lad who was apprehended by the order Sir Richard Birnie, for selling in the streets " the Adventures of Harriette Wilson," was discharged after a few hours confinement, and advised in future to pursue his business of a shoe-maker.—The Magistrate also said, that the books should he detained at the office until the right owner appeared and claimed them. We are informed that the ports in the French Islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe have been thrown open for the admission of rum from the British Colonies. Should this intelligence prove correct, and we have received it from the most respectable source, the measure will probably be found to have reference to the removal of British prohibitory colonial commercial restrictions, which Mr. liuskissoa the other day stated would be removed in the course of the present Session.-- It will be another outlet for rum, which will find its way from the French Islands into Prance.—L(G!,:sgory Courier.) A new Gas Company has Iwen lately formed at Brighton, with a capital of 6 20,0001.,• and the whole of the shar e s are di spose d of. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. KINGSTON, WEDNESDAY, lIIARcx 16. CANFo RENRICK, ' ESQ. This was an act i on b ought by Martin M. Canfor, a butcher. living in Church-street, Stoke Newington, aga in st «'il4o , Kenrick, E sq . , a magistrate of the county of Surrey, to recover damages fbr an assault and false imprisonment. .Mr. TstEssGER opeod the pleadings. The declaration stated that the defendant hail s.ssaulted the plaintiff, and kept and detained bins in prison without any reasonable or probs• ble cause, and violently and outrageously seized, and searched, and took from his person, a letter and a fl eece belonging him. Th e defendant pleaded " Not guilty," on which pie* issue was joined. Mr. Al ARRYATT was about to state the facts to the Jury, when he was interrupted by a communication from Mr. GurneY; the defendant's Counsel, which Mr. Marryatt said he regretted had not been made sooner. A long conference then took place between the Counsel both sides, after which Mr. MARRY - ATT informed the Learned Judge and the Jury. after expressing his regret that what he was about- to mention had not taken place before the pleadings were opened, that on arrangement had been made between the parties. Mr. Kenrick. -he said, was a gentleman whom he had long known, but lie had in this instance committed a mistake, without, however , doing any material wrong • and he now proposed to p a y the plaintiff a suns of 51. together with his costs; which proposal was agreed to by the plaintiff. A verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiff, damages Si. ; the defendant un d erta ki ng to pay al l the plaintiff's costs both ordinary and extra. STAFFORD, AlAncit 15. (Before Mr. Justice LIT TLEDALE. ) Thomas Powell, a man having the appearance of a farrnerf., of about forty years of arse, was tried for the wilful m ur d e r of Anne Spencer, th e w if e of a poor old cottager. After. long trial,and the examination of many witnesses,theJury having deliberated for near a quarter of an hour, found the prisona guilty. The Judge, after a feeling address, passed sentence cf death on the prisoner, whom he ordered for execution (thif day) on Thursday morning. PHRENOLOGY AND DR. SPURZHEINL (Further Particulars.) Dr. SPURZHEIM began on Tuesday night last. a course of Lectures on his favourite science, at the Crown and Ancher Tavern. This science, since it came from the brain of Dr- Gall, and entered into a combination of metaphysics, hat changed its name. At first it was humbly denominated "era" niology," or the knowledge of craniums; and pretended to draw the indication of human talents or propensities from the, appearances of the sk u ll, as f ortune te ll ers d educe the history of . their dupes from the palms of their hands. It is now elevated to a nobler class of knowledge, and designated by an appella" don which Locke or Aristotle might have applied to th e sub ject of their studies. Dr. Spurzheim does not flinch from th e consequences implied in the change of tide, but maintains it with all the responsibility which may attach to it in his future course of prelections. He appears bound to ingraft system of metaphysics on the anatomy of the brain to point out the seat of imagination with a dissectini knife, and convince us that wit, philosophical acumen, bent; valence, and piety, d e p en d upon particular developements the cerebral mass. The doctor that night madebut little pr°' gress in the course which he intends to pursue. In his intro' ductory discourse, it was to be expected that he would demon" strate the importance of the knowledge which he mea ns t° communicate ; and he accor di ng l y gave us hints that it would be useful to the medical man, the superintendent of education , and the artist. The first could not know how to treatinsanity, for instance, without knowing the sound state ofthe organ on which thought and judgment depended. The second could not guide or instruct the young, without being acquainted with the nature of the dispositions and capacities on which lie was to work : and the third would be inaccurate in his delineations of the passions or mental operation, without being conversant with the forms by which they were invariably indicated. In s p ea ki ng o n this last topic, the d oc t or allowed the general accuracy of the ancient sta wades ; and illustrated it in the marked distinction which they placed between gladiators and philosophers —between the ex pression of intellectual power anti the signs of animal energy" —The head of Venus de Medicis, whose expression of counte nance was so enchanting, sinned against this general accuracy. —Strip it, said he with great naivete, of its hair, its skin, and its cranium, and there is not space enough for a quantity ef brain to manifest common sense. li e s h ou ld have added , - for the sake of doing justice to the ancient Greek piety wits respect to this celebrat e d go dd ess , th at t h e head of this sit" is now almost univers a lly b e li eve d to b e a modern fabilcr, tion, placed on th e an ti que b o d y . Af ter stat i ng a few tro ths which no man would he hardy enough to dispute, as ge neral neral propositions—such as, that no hotly has yet b e en 10° 0 to think without a head, and that no man's head would be .° much service to the world without brains—the doctor gave 115 to believe that the celebral substance was to be considered the seat of thought ; that where it was deficient the intellect of e the indiaidual w a s d e fi c i en t— t h at w h ere i t was di sease d, the, mind was likewise impaired—and that in cases where a part 5 1 t it was absorbed or destroyed without a consequent diminution of mental energy, the apparent anomaly was to be explained• by the fact that all the organs of the brain were double, and that the one side might be sound while the other was injured or d.e'_ cayed. The developement of his system naturally follows the statement of these facts. That system rests on two principle: , which the doctor is bound to explain and support—first, th- t ,. the mind operates throu g h th e me di um or i nstrumenta lity et separate powers or faculties ; and secondly, that these separate faculties are manifested by separate organs or portions of the brain, which may be submitted to the examination ofthesense s ' If we grant him these postulates, the doctrines of phrenology would then, indeed, be of unspeakable importance to the, world. What prudent m a n wou ld commence t h e e d ucat ion o' his children without procuring a disciple of the doctor's to ex' amine their heads, and to report on their capacities or preP en- r sities ? Who would send his son to the army destitute combativeness ? What mother would insist on her daughter spending her time at learning the musical characters, or wearing her fingers on the h ar p, if d es tit ute o f t h e f acu lty of tune ? If ideality or poetical imagination could be determine" by a measurement of the cranium, a bookseller would have an easy mode of decidin g • on th e value of a poetical production offered for sale, without seeing the manuscript. He wool?' only have to send a phrenologist to report upon the breadtr of the author's head above the ears. No cautious master of a household would hire a servant, without ascertaining OF" ther he or she possessed the bump of covetousness ; nor, iii the important affair of marriage, would a man select his com panion without examining the organs in the hack of her heed' Marco Paulo, Belzoni, Humboldt, and the Wandering Jew' had all their characteristic dispositions to change place and to visit foreign lands from a little protuberance in their cerebral substance, similar to that whi c h a p pears i n t h e same situatiot; in the head of the woodcock or crane. Indeed, the latter bird has the travelling bump in greater perfection than any unWing ed biped, and could now defeat our most celebrated di s covereri as easily as it did the pi gm i es i n t h e t i mes before Homer. 1 311 we shall not pursue the subject any farther at present CLERGY OF FitANcc.—The Report of the state of the French Clergy, of Ist Jan. 180' gives the following enumeration :—Archbishop s and bishops, 75; vicars-general, 287 ; tituier . prebendaries, 725 ; honorary prebendaries, 1,253 ; curates, 2,828 ; vicegerents, 22,225 ; vicars; 5,396 ; priests resident in parishes, or authorised to preach and confess, 1,850 ; priests being masters and professors in seminaries, 876; P I " pits, 4,044 ; monks and others, 19,271. BIRTH. Yesterday, at Clapton, the lady of Philip Cazenove, Esq., ° f. a daughter. MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 15th inst., at Leyton, Essex, John Tyler* Esq., of Ricebridge.Havering, Essex, to Mary Susannah, orai daughter of Mr. William Turner, of Leyton. DIED. On the 14th inst., in George-street, Portman-square, itt the 77th year of her age, Mrs. Sarah Eliza Ottley, relict of the list e r Richard Ottley, Esq., of St. Vincent, and eldest daughter 0 , the late Sir 'William Young, Bart., of Delaford; in the county of Bucks. On the Bth inst., at Cheltenham, in his 50th year, Capta in Robert Boon, late commander of the ship Lady Nugent. o f On. Tuesday, the 15th inst., Mr. B. Slocock, of the &PI Swaine, Slocock, and Swaine, Piccadilly. of On Saturday last, at A]phington, Devon, the infant son Abraham Tozer, Esq. On the 15th inst., at Sydenham, Kent, John Black, Esq''' aged 66. At Edinburgh, on the 6th inst., Mr. Peter Morton, mer chant, North Bridge-street, in the 63d year of his age.' - Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the OFFICE, No: 112; Strand, by J. Et. (aiisTAtas•