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(Next session.) 2.—Mr. Ward —On reading the sessional orders, to bring under the consideration of the House the question of giving publicity ...to th e li sts of the divisions. (Commencement of next session.) 4 —Mr. Ward—To call the attention of the House to the state of the Protestant Establishment in Ireland, and to the n2, , ecsslty of so remodelling it, upon the death of the present incumbents, as to afford permanent and substantial relief to the Roman Catholic 4.Population. (Very early next session.) Buckingham —Bill to consolidate and amend the laws against, drunkenness, with a view to the suppression of that chief source of the crime and pauperism of the country. (Early next 5. s ession. ) Ewart--Bill to ab o li s h ca pit a l pun i s h men t i n c ases of 6.ietter stealing, an d i n cases of sacrilege. (Next session.) "'Sir Samuel Whalley —Bill for the abolition of the hereditary 7.Peerage. (E ar l y next session.) -- Sir Samuel Whalley —Return of the first and second readings, committals, and third reading of each Bill in 1833 and 1834, and the respective divisions on every stage (except in Committees), .7 . n o d d s s t .. ati ( n x g e th xt e same particulars of their progress in the House of B—Mr. Mullins— s Com on mittee to inquire into the state, operation, and abuses of the Irish Fishery Laws, with a view to the an consoli n.dation d ame n d ment of the same. (Early next session.) Mr. Pd to abolish Grand Juries in England and ,„`Vales. (Next session. ) , —Mr. H alcomb--Bill for the better regulation and improve ment of th e B ritish Channel Fisheries. (Next session.) t c ` h Halco m b—S elect Committee on the petition of Mr. ar e sßeamish, late a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. (Next session.) (From th ces e ••••,•••10010.11•1/m•••••••••1 er eester Highness the Princess Sophia of Glou t) asse through C an t er b ury on W e d nes d ay, on h er way r., 13roap dstairs. Sh e mere l y stopped to change horses at the cynntain, and thence proceeded to view the venerable church ~ t. Marti n's, where she was attended by the Rector. She itite rwards visited the beautiful entrance gate and ruins of the nionas t erY of St. Augustine's. Her Royal Highn e s s seeme d 4toedtake a live hly intera ict in these remains, and was much grati ----Ketis Chronle. ri,Re OYAL K ENT T HEATRE, K ENSINGTON.— T h i s 4u at re opened yesterday, according to announcement. Our olPfa thef!ill not to-day enable us to give such a detailed account N anoteperforman ce as their merits claim ; but we shall take ati n onportunity s of looking in on the Kensington corps dra gue, and reporting its future proceedings. 4 11: 1 d 1 jt is rel a t e d o f S i r Walter Scott, that when in e h he d haver r e f use d to see any one, however humble, who sti l e e , "Pon id him ; and that he scarce handerev received a letter not answ er by hi s own in 1, is said that a clerk to a house this city has • Leic4 declared by a decision of the Lord Chancellor to be the tw a t law to a property of 20,000/, ayear, and a large sum in Y money —Bristol Journal. he D EPARTURE OF SHERIDAN KNOWLES, E sq.— wittnursday this em i nent d ramat i st arr i ve d h ere. O n F r id ay art e thak of a farewell dinner, a t th e M erse y C o ff ee -h ouse , o n L a few priv a t e f r i en d s, who afterwards accompanied him t a k e 7ard the C o l umbus, in which vessel every berth had been "---Liverpool Paper. ter r e , kr --RA.TION.—It appears that the spirit of emi- L e a r t :on to th e Colonies and United States has not yet subsided notw ithstanding the advan ce d p er i o d o f t h e season. breitetrediaoynginmorrig ing th e P an d ora , Power, master, a beautiful d own to Mr. Jacob Penrose, of this city, dropped Ar a the river as far as P assage , an d w ill sa il thi s d a y f or aedl l l !chi, with s evera l passengers, i nc l u di ng men, women , we e ridren. The situation of the poor people on board was, etteverei th; understand,- made as comfortabl e as it was p oss ibl e under for sejrcmstances. Some p assengers a l so sa il e d thi s wee k t „ Liver u pool, to take passage there for the e llnited States. Chronicl e . L . Lord Lo Dunsany has addressed a circular letter to the hi s peers on the fourth article of the Act of Union, by which Predship maintains that a British Peer cannot sit as a re seedaitiortoof:S sentatiee of the Irish Peerage. On the M. Nestor Roqueplan, responsible Figaro, was fined 500 f. for having omitted to tne office of the Procureur du Roi a certain number of Inhillis.,-:unal, as by law required. M. Roqueplan admitted the en 71°,ne.and urged in his defence the negligence of a person .1%,... 3 "1 under him, but his apology proved of no avail.— per."Pe lips THp G RENADIER GUARDS.—The third batta 'Aar ° I: this corps, under the command of Colonel Lambert, ceed " en yesterday morning, f rom Westminster tie Jute to Dublin, to relieve the Guards quartered in that •'• Colonels Ferrars, Loftus, Lascelles, and Harcourt ; terallaatains Clinton, Drumm on d, an d H on . A. F. F o l e y ; Lieu ere Ptt3 Viscount E ast h ope, L ord Lovaine, and Home Purves, Lne officers who accompany the battalion. le,: o k duel with pistols took place on the 2d inst., at le; i ' d n t on the French territory, near the borders of Switzer f 0 „) nuetween Sambuc arid M. Allier, who was expelled Ce r ' rell eva, where he was one of the editors of the Europe der e ' l ate ' M. Sambuc was mortally wounded, and after un inee°lng the most excruciating pain for three days, died, leav e a widow and two infant children. and ORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.—The Magistrates t he 6cmn Coun c il o f I nverness have presented a memorial to Net cnnr oissioners of No r th ern Li g h ts , suggest i ng t h e pro oast? of er ect i ng a lighthouse on the Cove-sea Skerries, lying li ves e c oast of M oray . Th ey state, that the extensive loss of l ast t ud shipping which ha s a l wa y s , an d espec i a ll y w i t hi n t h e cr ease w, Years, taken pl ace i n t h e M oray F r i t h, an d t h e in theiliVe,ln the n um b er of vessels pass i ng through it, warrant \ 'II making this application. —Aberdeen Observer. at Q °° L SALE.—The second sale of wool yesterday, Pre v • -rr away's, went off with equal spirit as attendant upon the „. I° Lta day's auction, and the prices were maintained. Liv e , eseni tu e* A IIPOOL, AUGUST 12.—The weather . has tln i eu now very sultry for some time, indeed, at times, ost te e , . usually so. The home crops, we imagine,. must in 100i/llnarter be placed beyond danger. In this country they ti ke e 'l very promising during a trip the writer had a short ibg :go, since when the season has gone on in a very flatter le_ariller• A g rea t d ea l i s a l rea d y got i n . e,, lo ne late unfavourable weather for the harvest gave lane n,;"l,tory start t o th e p r i ce o f o ld w h eats , b ot h in Mark sees hi d the country markets, but which a return of the pre cheek IghlY favourable weather will, it is imagined, as suddenly 'th e th e e, harvest is now in rapid progress throughout st a l t ll ,, n t i rY, and generally will be most a b un d an t. W e regret this ho wever, that in s ome p ar t s o f th e ne i g hb our h oo d of da rn , -I va, th e w h eat has a blackened appearance, having been th e " e d by mild ew . Thi s i s part i culai ly o b serva bl e eastwar d le aded tow n , We do not hear that the blight is widely ex ee, ',so that i t may not h ave any perceptible influence on; be y e ' rY ) ° at to th e owners o f t h e d amage d crops theinjury will •The crops serious. .61 e/d h zd _ epend en t. 4 ereq tee n ' t ack of n ew w h eat, t h e pro d uce o f t we l ve or thir of J • was destr o y e d b y fi re on S un d a y night , the farm oh Flowerdew of Wortham. It was insured in the tl ceasi 're-office, so that if the mischief was maliciously 4 ,leet uued, the incendiary, as usual, has entirely failed in his st ro , and has reduced, by just the value of the property de -10,4ec1, the means of employing himself and his fellow lieeinrers, in the country. Could no method be found of con elegtne l abouring classes of this demonstrable truth ? Pro- N VIly shns terrorem have been often put forth to no purpose. Per'ould not proclamations to instruct be issued as an ex -eat TR _ —ury Post. abIeHAR VEST.—The weather continues as favour are as the heart of man can desire for field operations, which %rei n Y where in this district in full activity. Yesterday Il aree re g e ‘,` The Port," or hiring market for shearers, was very cletseew"slY attended, but there was much chaffering in making lahi cements, the workers hanging back owing to the reported nd Z a gea in the South. There was a goodly show of High eimearers, the great majority of whom were females; there . •asl e no want of Irish, whose appearance contrasted mise °4;olN,e'telh the clean, though coarse, c - mfortahle clothing of t onie „" • country folks. As accurately as we could ascertain d ee ' 'aversity of reports the average of wages was Is. 4d. - ` l4' le w r it i ll t wo, and in some instances three, diets a-deje— ct). 9 Advertiser. ' l oh Nt. 0 11 10 1 8 . NV e were shown yesterday, by Mr. wiliolit:uiLwn:f the Grapes Inn, a rose, which was culled at the R e " ) , with leaves growing through and o'ertopping the • A curiosity of this kind is not entirely new ; but sh:srernarkable, nine roses every way similar were found anl e Parent bush.—Dumfries Courier. Cone;-tradngernents have been made near Pont de la Ltixtt e for the • purpose of disembarking the obelisk from the T ee for e pa t fth vessel is cut away. An inclined Nge t v ',.° o d, co o nstr e ucted, passes from the hold to the e is tithe:;, e , c luaY, and the necessary machinery for the pullies 1- " e ' in the middle of the wood work and near the te • P* „ sh elv e 'J ut en sh e enormous capstans, brought from Brest, are menced on Friday, the i sl' e n the lud. ob y e i isk T i l l i a e d ope ration ni ce , brol se suspended. The re a d been shi_f w te as cl about seven feet one of b,..41 of t h_ , et. _n the removal was ' ar k e Ta iisk . was continued on Saturday, but the chains our, stitihnthreeTheses which times, herculean and it became necessary to add four eh eleties e pstans were turned by 160 men from the Ist dlirtawoof f A r r o t t i n llej,.. At two (z/' ne e n which • u•vessel, t of the and was placed upon the the mighty mass was com igeani,_ 4,.._cit is to be conveyed to its destinatton.— senger. 1 • 3 A • -TEI,T, 0 (ADVERTISEMENT.) 1,1 1 triad, .°O . AF COMPANY.--An experiment has cr. „th within the last few days, before . the _Committee klsed ers connected with this Company, which has far .sur bte,s•.aily stated tikt most bold expectations. It was ascertained Ceigi e t- e, article be produced at a lower price than was t i pr e y ed y the patentee; the cleansing qualities have ease • to far exceed t !Ogle Yoi hat of common soap. It is more he an c ant nua,,,aPpearance and use, and in addition a very•im oeepounliciYaihas been discovered, which of itself renders almost invaluable, and cannot fail to command elkilt):r.ornrsesill:teeacilleusrsaeithsoaafflteee,t;:iz. , tiktartlde,rsatfiiter,r which that it can be used in salt water with to that of soft water. We beg to remind Share List will be closed on the 2lst of qe :re I(sinnlYg. terms doh no more will be allowed except upon itttaekeemn auyptwhiinthk r pr e o a p t er a . Tidi T ty l7 shares, LITERATURE. EUROPEAN COLONIES. By JOHN How.rsox. 2 Vor.s. Bvo. BENTLEY, 1834. The subjects of this work are so many, that we almost despair of conveying a sufficient idea of them within any reasonable limit. Africa, which, with its two divi- sions into west and south, occupies nearly the whole of the first volume, may not, perhaps, at first sight appear a very attractive topic ; for what is to be learnt from a land, on which not a vestige remains to wit ness that it was at any time other than what it is at present ? Still it is far from being without its own peculiar interest, while there is something even novel in the idea of a people without traditions, and a coun try without a single monument of an earlier period. Even the wilds of America, wet and dripping as they are from the flow of recent waters, arc yet said to have their ruins—the mighty fragments of forgotten civilization. West Africa differs from the southern portions of the same quarter of the globe, not less in its general physical characteristics, than in the manners and dis positions of its inhabitants. The former is a flat, alluvial soil, abundantly supplied with water, and with noble forests, containing a variety of timber unknown to European climates—the date, the tamarind, the cocoa-nut, the banana, and the bahobab, or calabash tree, the largest vegetable production in the world ; its trunk sometimes measures sixty or seventy feet in cir cumference, and throws out no branches for nearly an equal height from the ground. The land is fertile under the slightest cultivation ; so much so, that, in the neighbourhood of the rivers Senegal and Gambia, twenty days' tillage in the sowing season,- will afford ample subsistence to an individual throughout the suc ceeding year. Buffaloes, wild cows, deer, boars, and elephants abound in the fields and meadows ; and there is every reason to suppose that it is no less rich in gold than Peru and Mexico, though the mines have hitherto escaped the avarice or the entcrprize of Euro peans. For four centuries has Africa exchange:l away immense quantities of gold dust, besides what she has retained for her own use ; yet up to the present hour she has had no occasion to seek in mines for the pre cious metals, but has obtained an adequate supply by the simple expedient of washing the soil, or sifting the sands of rivers. Opposed to this seductive pic- ture, Barbary and South Africa, though situated under much happier latitudes, consist almost entirely o f sandy plains, and afford neither gold nor silver to compensate for their sterility. The want of good har bours is common to all the coast, the mouths of the rivers being blocked up by formidable sand-bars, that render them inaccessible to ships of any burden. The Negroes, the principal aborigines of Western Africa, have found a flattering painter in Mr. Howi son, who describes them as being mild, placid, and hospitable. This is far from agreeing with the ac count of other writers on the subject, nor is it very compatible with his own details of their sanguinary sacrifices. He tells us that the King of Dahomey holds an annual festival, on which, in Negro phraseo logy, he " waters the graves of his ancestors." It is not, however, " a river or fountain that affords him the requisite fluid for that purpose--but hundreds of decapitated human bodies. The victims are mostly slaves, brought from distant places ; but when these cannot be procured in sufficient number, the deficiency is supplied out of the lower orders of the country. For several days the executions go on almost without intermission, and the inclosures of the palace are gar nished with bloody human heads, while the carcasses lie scattered about in the neighbourhood." With such an account before us, it is in vain to plead, as our author does, that this barbarity affects only the cha racter of the royal perpetrator; the custom could never have continued, century after century, unless it had been in unison with the feelings of the people. The religion of the Negroes, where they have any religion,.is Mohammedanism, though at what period _ _ this;faith was introduced by the Moorish Marabouts is uncertain. It has not, however, wrought with the African as with the Turk, teaching him to resign life without reluctance ; so far from this being the case, the fear of death prevails with this people to such a degree that they dislike even to hear the word men tioned ; and we are told by Bosman that no Negro in the whole country dare to speak of death in presence of the King, or of any great man, on penalty of under going it as a punishment himself. This weakness Mr. Howison is inclined to attribute to the " disturbance of the imagination produced by the daily view of their hideous fetiches or idols," yet in the same breath he talks of the Asiatic indifference to dissolution ; surely the monsters of Elephanta are a match for any fetich. Just as little do we agree with him when he attributes the fact of the Negroes having learnt nothing from the European intercourse to a modest diffidence in their own abilities ; ignorance is never so bashful ; yet if this really be the exception to the general rule, we must express our hearty concurrence in the Negro estimate of themselves ; in spite of all the sentimental trash that has been talked and written on the subject, it is clear to all who are not like old Gobbo, " high gravel blind," that the Negroes are inferior to the whites in intellect ; when was there an instance of art or science owing any thing to a black community ? they have not even the gift of poetry, a gift denied to few other savages than themselves. The barrennuts of South Africa has been already no ticed, and the aspect of its ocean is not less desolate, though situated in the neighbourhood of the tropics. From the continued turbulence of the s2a there is little development of animal or vegetable life—no medusw, no coral insects, no flying-fish, and even the algae, the moment they are forced from the rocks, are torn to pieces by the waves, which rise full thirty feet in ridges of immeasurable extent. From out this world of waters stands forth the Cape, composed of three mountains, one of which is supposed to bear an intimate resemblance to a colossal lion. The country in its vicinity has been converted into a garden by the introduction of all sorts of foreign seeds, a fertility that is rendered yet more striking by the desolation wh:ch surrounds it, and which contrasts strangely with the beautiful climate—with the stars of such exceeding refulgence that opaque bodies cast well-defined shadows in the light of Jupiter and Venus, and with skies so bright and genial that they might well be spread over an earthly paradise. Nor is the contrast less admirable between the sterile soil and the variety, beauty, per fection, and magnitude of the quadrupeds ; and the wonder is yet farther enhanced, when we ask ourselves whence these vast troops of graminivorous animals can possibly derive subsistence ? It is said that, at one time, South Africa was oc cupied by seventeen nations. We may now limit their number to three—the Hottentots, the Bosch men, whom some, however, consider to be a variety of the same race, and the CafFres. The Hottentots are of an olive comp l ex i o n, moderate in their stature, and remarkable for the triangularity of their faces, the chief redeeming points with them being the lady-like delicacy of their hands and feet. In their general character, the abori ginals were mild, timid, and averse from war, notwith standing that animal food was their universal and ex clusive diet. What, then, becomes of the doctrine of Rousseau, who maintains that the devourers of fl es h are invariably cruel, and exemplifies his assertio n by the English ? Of dpurse, too, he considered the rice- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1844 eating Brahmin, with their Juggernauts and their Sut tees, to be a mild and amiable people, the life of a woman being of no account whatever compared to the well-being of a cow. The proper country of the Boschmen is the Grand Karroo, the wildest and most barren spot of all Africa, a choice which plainly shows them to have been a per secuted tribe, whose best safety was in the desert. These poor people lead a life of unmitigated hardship, and their numbers, in consequence, are rapidly de clining ; but a single fact will go beyond all descrip tion in teaching us to appreciate their wretchedness. " Campbell, the missionary, informs us in his Travels in South Africa, that having met with a Boschman, he was de sirous of inquiring into the state of his ideas, and he accord ingly asked him what he thought was the worst thing a man could do? To this question, which would prove a puzzling one to the greater riumber of civilized beings, the Boschman was not able to make any satisfactory reply, and his interro gator found it necessary to change his ground, and demanded of him what was the best thing a man could do ? His answer to this question was extremely affecting," observes Mr. Camp bell. " All my life,' said he, 4 I have seen only evil, and never any good, therefore I cannot tell what is best.' " Vol. I. p. 273. Of the Caffres, Mr. Howison speaks in terms that would be outrageous exaggeration, if applied to any other people on the face of the earth ; it may perhaps be true in regard to these savages. But, be it said, Mr. Howison, though a talented man himself, has a marvellous respect for ignorance in others, and gives us plainly to understand, if not in so many words, at least by inference, that the less a man knows the more virtuous he will be; like Saint Andrew and Saint Per ceval, he holds fasting to be no mean portion of reli- gion ; and speaking of our ancestors—the dear old twaddlers !—he declares, " their prejudices and super stitions had a happier effect on society than the present system of general instruction." It is, therefore, pos sible that his friends, the Caffres, may only be the most barbarous of all the Africans. Passing the chapters devoted to India, as contain ng no very novel views of a trite subject, we come at once to the Arctic regions. Strange ideas cross the fancy when in this scene of ice and desolation we find the fossil remains of elephants, and tropical plants imbedded in the coll formations of the country. How have these products of warmer climates found their way into these regions ? It is not within the limits of probability that the vegetable and animal creations have so essentially changed their nature as to be adapted to a Polar climate ; and, if they have under gone such a change, why do we not meet with them now in the living, as well as the fossil state ? Still less likely is it, as some dreamers have imagined, that the entire crust of the globe was dissolved and decom posed by sea-water at the time of the deluge, and soon after was precipitated into its former state of solidity with the admixture of shells, plants, and animal exuvix. Rejecting these fables, we are compelled to believe with our author, that the earth has undergone changes which must be referred to astronomical causes, since we know of no physical agent to have produced so tremendous a revolution. Is it not possible that our earth may have " three kinds of motions—one an nual round the sun, another diurnal upon its axis, and a third of an exceedingly slow kind—viz., a revolution at right angles to the ecliptic, the result of which must evidently be to bring every part of the surface of the earth successively under the equator, and to cause each different country to pass through and experience every variety of climate, hot or cold, that we are at present acquainted with ? Our globe may, in the lapse of countless ages, have completed this kind of revolution several times ; but it is to be inferred from the animal and vegetable remains found in the Arctic lands that it has completed it once at least." Not the least of the wonders in this icy world is the fact, that the Esquitnaux, however inferior to Europeans in the art of civilized life, yet far excel some of those races, who are placed in the finest and most favoured regions of the globe. On the Anda man Islands, in the Gulf of . Bengal, are a people that scarcely differ from the brute creation ; in the fertile interior of Brazil we find the Puri Indians, their prototypes in every thing except that they do not devour their own species ; and in the forests of Ceylon and the jungles of Mysore are communities totally. unacquainted with the rudest arts or the sim plest forms of social life. And yet we must still be doomed to hear the cuckoo song of the South being the native 11nd of genius, while the North, both soil and people, is destinecfsby nature to sterility. Some diverting customs are related of the Lap landers, and more particularly a mode of settling dis putes, which has considerable advantages over the European way of coming to the same conclusion by the help of sword or pistol. But we pass them over in the pursuit of matter yet more attractive. Our au thor asks, Will Europe ever be subjected to a second irruption of barbarians from the North ? and will her Governments and her social institutions be again, at some future period, thrown into disorder by the ravages of wandering hordes of people ? Assuredly it would be a bsurd in her to anticipate any thing of the kind from the quarter from whence her former spoliators are said to. have proceeded. The mountains of Norway, the forests of Lapland, the steppes of Siberia, and the wastes of Tart ary, would, combined together, be un able to supply- a body of men formidable enough to devastate, or even much disturb, amy one of the more civilized states of Europe, though a Tinzurlane, or a Ghengis Khan, or a Nadir Shah, were to organize and conduct the expedition. " No ; the barbarian; whom civilized Europe has to dread, and who will one day r avage her, and overturn her social in stitutions, and reprodurce over her whole extent what histo rians have called the " dark ages,' exist at home, and consti tute a large part of her enlightened population, and are reared and fostered by her a s such, though it is evident that she is unconsciously training . t hem up to become her destroyer. " In the Scandhia.viaa mythology we are informed that the gods, pleased with tile beauty and apparent harmlessness of the young wolf Fen..is. nursed and educated him amongst themselves, but that , after some time, he grew so fierce and dangerous, that they fourd it necessary, for their own safety, to bind him with ch: tints, which have up to the present time restrained the exercise .0f his rage, but which he will at length break, and, rushing fe•rth with uncontrollable fury, destroy both gods and men. "In this allegory wt have a correct representation of the progress and result of 1 he diffusion of knowledge amongst the lower orders of society in civilized countries. General edu cation i§ the Fenris wit ich we are now bringing up, charmed with its external aspect , and unobservant of its real and natu ral character, thou gh the monster has already begun to be formidable to his p rot( ctors, and though the hour is quickly approaching when he will break loose, and turn upon them selves, and make th era his first victims. " When the mass. of the lower orders of society in Great Bri tain shall have beco sufficiently enlightened and instructed to analyze their omit condition, and to contrast it with that of their superiors—wb en they shall perceive that the national wealth is daily narrow .nn the sphere of its distribution, and will at length become almost exclusively concentrated in the hands of aristocratic, mercantile, and clerical monopolists—. when they shall discos , . er that these bodies have no community of interest with themse Ives, and that they wish to be regarded as privileged, authoritative, and distinct branches of human society, then will they bring into practical use the knowledge that is now being diffased amongst them, and convert it into an engine of revolution and destruction ; and, assisted by it, break into pieces our co: nplicated social machine, and throw into irremediable disordr itsili-assorted materials. A catastrophe of this kind can be Payed or prevented only by the placing of impediments in the way of the farther diffusion of knowledge amongst the lower trasses ; since, situated as they are, and probably ever must be, they can enjoy contentment, and live innocently, and feel re. :;onciled to a state of subordination only so long as they are allowed to remain ignorant and unin. structed." Vol. 11. y . 231. The leg!.;nd of the wolf, Fenris, is a pretty fable enough ; but witat .has it to do with the march of in tellect, that per petual night-mare of the author's ima gination ? We doubt`, too, which most to admire, his candour or his: :simplicity, when he allows that the national wealth , . .is daily being absorbed into a few hands, that the ;aristocrats of all kinds have no inte rests in convnorr R 'ith the many, and y,:t deplores the spread of cclueatig n, because it is likely to break up thisriands, t alle sooner other . ;. monopolies. If this be the wolf , Fenris, grandbur bursts m hi a s ss ch o a f in in s a t n l k ie in b d: t t a e n r r l that is, better cor worse for the few, who, to use his own words, " wish to be regarded as privileged, authoritative, and distinct branches of human society." Mr. Howison is quite right in one point—the people are beginning to under ' stand their own condition ; but he is quite wrong when he fancies the threatened catastrophe is .to be delayed by' any impediments he may oppose to the further spread of knowledge. Has he ever seen a child en deavouring to check the gush of water from a water pipe, and receiving the broken stream in: his face for his pains ? Such would be the inevitable result to any one who should tamper with his impediments. The mighty fiat has gone forth ; the march cf the people has begun ; and the few must either join their ranks or be trampled under foot, for the path is too narrow to allow evasion, and their force too gigantic for opposition. It would be useless to analyse the remainder of these volumes. Enough has been said to show the nature of them, and to tempt to the perusal of a work, which, if it brings forward no new facts nor elicits any new truths from those already established, is yet both pleasing and instructive. HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE. His Majesty arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle, and held a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of St. George, or the Garter, at St. James's Palace, for the purpose of filling up the vacancy in the order occasioned by the decease of Earl Bathurst. Earl Bathurst had an audience of the King, and delivered the ribbon of the order worn by his late father. The Knights of the Order were robed in the Portrait Gallery by Me srs. Hunter and Ede in their superb purple velvet robes, with the star embroidered on the breast, and wearing also the splendid collar of the order. The officers of the order appeared in their crimson satin robes, with their chains and badges. The Knights present were their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Gloucester, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Richmond, and Earl Grey. The officers who assisted at the ceremony were—Registrar, the Dean of Windsor • Garter Principal King of Arms, Sir Ralph Bigland; Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford; Cla rencieux King of Arms. The Earl of Gosford, the Lord in Waiting, notified to the Garter King of Arms that his Majesty was ready to hold a Chapter ; and the Knights having been previously arranged, according to their seniority, were ushered into the throne room, where the King, who appeared in the robes of the Order, received them. The Knights, having made their obeisances to the Sovereign, took their seats at a table covered with purple velvet. Sir Ralph Bigland . was introduced, and took the oath of office of Garter Principal King of Arms. Sir Augustus Clifford was introduced, and had the oath admi nistered to him of Usher of the Black Rod. The Registrar (who officiated for the Chancellor) of the Order read the Statute under which the Chapter was held, and afterwards informed the Knights that it was the command of the Sovereign that a vacant stall, caused by the death of Earl Bathurst, should be filled up. The King of Arms, carrying his staff of office, retired, and on his return introduced the Duke of Norfolk to the Sovereign; his Grace kneeled upon a crimson velvet cushion ; the sword of state, borne by Mr. :Mash, the Gentleman Usher in Waiting, was then handed to his Majesty, who waved it over the head of the Noble Duke, thus conferring the honour of Knighthood. His Grace, on rising, kissed the King's hand and retired. The Knights then proceeded with the election, each of them writing the names of several Noblemen on a sheet of paper ; the Registrar collected these lists, and delivered them to the Sovereign, who, atter inspecting them, instructed the Registrar to declare the Duke of Norfolk duly elected a member of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. The Duke of Richmond and Earl Grey, the two junior Knights, with Garter Principal King of Arms, then retired, and returned accompanied by the Duke of Norfolk ; Garter King of Arms carry ing the garter, ribbon, and jewel of the Order upon a crimson vel vet cushion. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Gloucester presented his Grace to the Sovereign; his Grace kneel ing upon his right knee, his Majesty, assisted by the two Royal Dukes, was graciously pleased to place the Garter of the Order round his left knee. The Duke then rose, and the Registrar pro nounced the following admonitions.— " To the honour of God Omnipotent, and in memorial of the blessed Martyr St. George, tie about thy leg for thy renown this Noble Garter ; wear as the symbol of the most illustrious Order, never to be forgotten or laid aside ; that therefore thou mayest be admonished to be courageous, and having undertaken a just war, in which thou shalt be engaged, thou mayst stand firm, valiantly fight, and successfully conquer." The Noble Duke again knelt upon his right knee, when the So vereign was pleased to place the blue ribbon upon his left shoulder. .On rising, the Registrar pronounced the customary admonition. Each Knight then shook hands with his Grace, and congratulated him upon his election. The Chapter then broke up. The King afterwards held a Levee. In the Entree circle the Prince Frederick de Schwartzenberg, Chevalier of Malta, and Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, was presented to his Majesty by M. Hummelauer, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires. M. de Merzini, Conseiller d'Etat in the service of the Emperor of Russia, was presented by the Count de Medem, the Russian Chargé d'Affaires. His Majesty gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne, Lord Auck land, Viscount Palmerston, Sir J. Hobhouse, Sir J. Kempt, Lord Hill, and the Duke of Argyll. Mr. Spry, M.P., Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps of Gen tlemen at Arms, was introduced to an audience of the King in the Royal Closet by Lord Foley, when his Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon him. The Earl of Gosford and General Finch were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. At the Entree Levee there were present the Neapolitan, Prus sian, Belgic, Netherlands, Danish, Bavarian, Portuguese, Brazi lian, Greek, and Spanish Ministers ; the Austrian, Russian, and Swedish Charges d'Affaires ; the Privy Councillor of the Hanovo rian Legation, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Co lonial Departments; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Fo rests. the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Master- General of the Ordnance, the Cap tain of his Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentleman at Arms, the Comptroller of the Household ; Sir Wathen Waller, extra Groom in Waiting ; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Master of the Robes, the Rev. T. F. Foord Bowes, Deputy Clerk of the Closet ; Lord Radstock, Naval Aide-de-Camp in Waiting; Colonel Smelt, Aide de-Camp to his Majesty; Colonel Hill, Silver Stick in Waiting; Master Graves, Page of Honour; Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. Smith, Gentleman Usher in Waiting. At the general Levee were— Duke of Norfolk. Ea ims—Delawarr, Rosslyn, Beauchamp, Orkney. Loans—Forester, Ducie, Burghersh, Mulgrave. Bishop of Rochester. Right Hon. E. J. Littleton —Hon. Capt. G. Elliot, R.N., M.P. Sias—Wathen Waller, William Ingilby. MasstEnas-- 2 .J. Knight, Brackenbury, Edmunds, Clarke, Tubbs. AD3IIRALS—Sir T. Hardy, Sir H. Rigby, Oliver, Dundas, Sir T. Rodd. GENERALS-Sir P. Maitland, Sir A. Brooke, Cuming, Sir H. Lowe. -- - CA rrAINs (Royal Navy) —Sir W. A. 'Montagu, C. Crowdy, Buchan, W. Symonds. . CoLoNELs—Smith, Thomas, Cadell, Sir S. Blane, Graydon, Sir J. Woodford, Hon. H. Murray, Birch. COMMANDERS (Royal Navy)—Kirby, Farber Downes. LIEUTENANTS (Roy a l N avy )—W . Bi s h op, Ackerley. CArrAlNs—Deverill, Hon. W. H. Beresford, S. Burt, Macan. Lieut. Kettlewell--Ensign G. C. Clarke. The following were presented to the King : The Duke of Norfolk, E.M., on being invested with the ensigns of the Order of the Garter. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Seymour Blane, Scotch Fusileer Guards, on succeeding to the Baronetcy. Captain Hon. W. H. Beresford, on appointment to the Grenadier Guards, by Colonel Woodford. Mr. Brackenbury, his Majesty's Consul at Cad;z, on his arrival from Spain, by Viscount Palmerston. Mr. Edmunds, Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor, by the Lord Chancellor. Ensign George Calvert Clarke, on his appointment to the 89th Regiment, by Mr. Calvert Clarke. Lieut.-Colonel Cadell, on promotion, by Lord Hill: Captain Macan, by General Sir M. Brooke. Captain Seymour Bart, on his promotion and return from India, by Major-General Sir Howard Douglas. Captain Deverill, on his return from India, by Lieut.-General Sir E. Barnes. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, on his return from India, by Sir E. Barnes. Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, on his return from Ceylon, by Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson, K.C.8., and K.C.H. Captain Buchan, R.N, High Sheriff of Newfoundland, on his re turn to England, by Lord Auckland. Captain Charles Crowdy, R.N., on his promotion. Captain Sir W. A. Montagu, on his appointment to his Majesty's ship Malabar, by Lord Auckland. i i c The follo w i n rese nt e d addresses and petitions to the King : The Ar c hbi s h o f C ANTERB URY.—From the Bishop, Archdea con, Preben vies, and other Clergy of the Cathedral Church and diocese of Peterborough, expressive of their feelings of gra titude for his Majesty's determination to support the United Church of England and Ireland. The Bishop of 110CHESTEIL—From the Clergy of the diocese of Rochester, gratefully thanking his Majesty for the gracious de claration f his Majesty's determination to support and maintain the Protestant Church, as established in these kingdoms. Lord FORESTA.—From Ashby-de-la-Zouch, signed by 285 per sons ; Breedon-on-the-Hill, signed by 108 persons ; Norman ton and Swepstone, in the county of Leicester, humbly thank ing his Majesty for his gracious declaration to the Bishops, in favour of the Established Church. Earl Delaware—From certain inhabitants of the town and resi dents in the vicinity of Stratford-on-Avon,Warwickshire,ex- pressing their gratitude for his Majesty's Declaration to the Pre lates of the Established Church, and praying his Majesty not to consent to the separation of Church and State ; from the parish of St Andrew the Great, in the town of Cambridge, praying his Majesty to support the integrity of the Constitution in Church and State; from 284 persons, including Clergy, Magistrates, Gentry, and inhabitants of the town of Wisbeach, Cambridge shire, expressing their thanks to his Majesty for his Declaration to the Prelates of the Established Church, and their determina tion, as far as in them lies, to uphold the Constitution in Church and State. _ The Earl of Rosslyn—From the Noblemen, Proprietors, and Com missioners of Supply, of the county of Berwick, thanking his Majesty for his declared determination to support the Established Church. The Earl of Beauchamp—From the Minister, Churchwardens, and inhabitants of the parish of Inkberrow, Worcestershire, thanking his Majesty for his recent and most gracious Declaration that he would preserve inviolate the rights of the Established Church. Addresses were also presented from, Mayor, Bailiffs, and Com monalty of the city of Winchest*, expressing their loyalty, and attachment to his Majesty's person, and to the Church of Eng. land; highly appreciating the advantages which all his Majesty's subjects have derived from the benign influence of the Christian religion; entreating his Majesty to preserve the same to them unimpaired ; relying on his Majesty's determination to preserve the National Church in all its rights and privileges, and its union with the State, and declaring their resolution to support, by every means in their power, the efficacy of the Establishment; entreating his Majesty to protect the Church from the attempt of those desi rous to subvert it, from wilful hostility or error ; praying the Great Disposer of human events that his Majesty may be enabled to afford that firm support to the Church for which his Majesty's family have been so eminently distinguished. From the Minister, Churchwardens, and Inhabitants of Hallon in Lancashire, ex pressing gratitude to his Majesty for his late most seasonable de claration of his determination to preserve to his people the bless ings of true religion, sensible that the interests of true Christianity are extensively involved in the maintenance of the National Church, as well as the spiritual welfare of millions, the blessings of religious peace, and the security of the Throne itsslf, repre senting that they consider the conservation of the State by the maintenance of true religion is the paramount duty of a Christian King and people. Also an address from the Protestant inhabi tants of Sligo Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cumberland, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia, visited his Majesty yester day afternoon at St. James's Palace. SECOND EDITION. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships sat to-day in a Committee of Privilege: at half-past two o'clock. NETTERVILLE PEERAGE. Counsel were heard, and witnesses examined on this peer. age, and the Committee decided that James Netterville, Esq. had made out his claim to the noble title of Viscount Netter. ville, and to vote at the election of the Representative Peers o Ireland. The LORD-CHANCELLOR gave judgment in Bray and Malkin, and Newdigate and Newdigate, affirming the decision of the Court below in both cases. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented petitions from Wy combe and several other places in support of the Established Church. The Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill, the South Aus tralian Colonization Bill, the Sale of Beer Bill, the Appropri ation Bill, the Royal Burghs ( Scotland) Bill, the Registra tion of Votes ( Scaland) Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission to the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill, the Exchequer Bills (Pub lic Works) Bill, the Repeal of Duties on Spirits Bill, the Repeal of Duties on Starch Bill, the Bank Debt Bill, the Poor Laws Amendment Bill, the Insolvent Debtors (India) Bill, and the Irish Chancery Bill. The Commissioners were the Loan CHANCELLOR, the Earl of MULGRAVE, and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at a quarter to four o'clock, immediately after which the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod summoned the Speaker and the Hi•use to attend die' House of Lords, for the purpose of hearing his Majesty's assent given by commis sion to several Bills, for which see the Lords' Report. The SPEAKER and several Members accordingly left the House, and after an absence of about 15 minutes returned. For, Report of the Commissioners of Woods and F0r415, and Places of the Houses of Parliament and West minster Hall, were laid upon the table. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A Message from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed to the Consolidated Fund Bill, the Royal Burghs ( Scotland) Bill,the Registration of Votes ( Scotland) Bill, the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill, the sale of Beer Bill, and some other Bills. _ [LEFT SITTING. 1 THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock '"594 Ditto Bonds South Sc' Stock lii24i i )itto Old Annuities Ditto - \,-w Annuities E. Bills, fu i , /..„ I)itto 510/ 44 pm Ditto 1 50/. 44 pm Bank Stock for Art. .. . 2-2 t India Stock tOr Opp, 2SBN Consols fur °pg. go% Bank Stook ' , 21 3per Cent Red 9114 3 per Cent Cons 9 ,% 2 per Cent. 34i per Cent Red Xl4'. New 34 per Cent (Isk,; 1 per Cent. A , sentod n ,a, Dissented 1 tii N. Long Annuities to expire Jan 11;60 ii! , ‘, ('et 1859 I 7 IA 5-1 c Jan. 1860 7 —l6 FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent lt 1 4 • Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. 131 1 .4 Belgian, 5 per cent 9SI4 Ditto, New Ditto 84% Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres. 6 per cent :3O Ittos , an Bonds. 5 per cent. ....1 063 i Chilian, 6 per cell' 3:2 t.,i I 3itto. Metallic 10: 3 3i Columbian, 6 per cent Ditto. 1824 :3IN Ditto, 1823 Danish .. 75 I rench, 5 per cent --t. —c Greek Bonds, 18 3 '5,5 per rent. 34 1 4 Exchange -f --t. Mexican, 5 per cent , 18,25.... 3:2 French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 1825, 6 per cent 424,', Dutch. 1, percent. ....... ....... 5' 1 4 Peruvian, 6pe cent SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, Atx. 12. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13. LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, HOUSE OF LORDS, AUG. 13. Notice is hereby given, that there will be attendance at this office between the hours of eleven and four, on Thursday, the 14th inst., for the issue of tickets on the occasion of his Majesty's proroguing the Session of Parliament in person. Peeresses on announcing, within the time above specified, their intention of being present, will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords on Friday the 15th inst. No lady can be admitted into the body of the House but in full dress. The doors will not be open before twelve o'clock. CIIOLMONDELEY. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS Chevalier and Madame Monvy, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from the Continent ; Mrs. Thellusson and family, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Ward, at ditto, from Liverpool ; - Henry, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; Francis Duffield, Esq., at ditto, from Yorkshire : - Shand, Esq., and - Reid, Esq., at ditto, from Liverpool; Mr. and Mrs. William Gregory, in Brook-street, from the Continent; Lord Carberry, at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Lacton Hall, Wansford; the Rev. James, Mrs., and Miss Turner, at ditto, from Southampton ; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones, at ditto, from Liverpool; John Wilson, Esq., at ditto, from Jamaica; Lord and Lady Thomas Hay, in Eaton-place, from Rendlesham Rectory, Suffolk ; M. Cesar Moreau, at Mivart's Hotel, from Paris ; the Hon. Frederick Byng, with despatches, in Cleveland-court, from Paris ; the Earl of Roden, at the Hyde Park Hotel, from Ireland ; the Earl of Leitrim, in Cumberland-place, from Ireland ; the Earl of Stam ford and Warrington, in Hill-street, from Durham Park, Cheshire ; Lord Farnborough, in Whitehall-gardens, from Bromley Hall, Kent ; the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, in Park-crescent. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Devonshire, for his seat, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire the Duke of Richmond, for his seat, Goodwood, near Chichester ; the Marquis of Tweedale, for his seat in Scotland ; Lord and Lady Lilford, from Great Stanhope-street, for their seat, Lilford, Oundle, Northampton; Sir John and Lady Cathcart, for their seat in Scotland; Lord and Lady Dynevor, from Dover-street, for their seat, Barrington Park, Oxfordshire ; the Marquis of Hertford, for the continent ; the Countess of Darlington, for Brighton ; the Archbishop of Armagh and family, for the Palace, Armagh, Ire land ; Edmund Preston, Esq., Mrs. Preston, and family, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Yarmouth ; Robert Preston, Esq., from ditto, for Bath ; Mrs. and Miss Synge, from St James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Continent ; C. H. Stuart, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; J. Thomas, Esq., from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for India ; L. Lane, Esq., from ditto, for Portsmouth ; G. Boggs, Esq., from ditto, for Liverpool ; the Earl of Brecknock, from Arlington-street, for the Wilderness, Kent; Captain Town send, from Ball's-park, Herts, for Brighton ; Sir William and Lady Herries and family, from Clarges-street, on a tour ; Hon. William Melville, for Tunbridge-wells ; Colonel Wodehouse, for ditto ; Sir Charles and Lady Ogle; from Belgrave-square, on a tour ; Lady Grcnvill, from Bryant's Hotel, Conduit-street, for Dropmore. Bucks ; Sir Edward and Lady Dering, from the Bur lington Hotel, Cork-street, for their seat Surrenden, Kent ; Sir Roger and Lady Sophia Gresley, from Hertford-street, for Drakelow, Derbyshire; the Hon. Hungerford Clewe, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Cheshire; W. Yates Peel, Esq., M.P., from Upper Harley-street. DEATII OF SIR JOHN DOYLE. This gallant officer died a few days since, at his residence in Somerset -street, Portman-square. His military career was one of high reputation. He entered the service by the purchase of an ensigncy in the 48th Foot, in 1771. In 1775 he embarked as Lieutenant with the 40th Foot for America, where he served in all the campaigns of that period, having received a wound in action. In 1778 he obtained a company in Lord Rawdon's corps, " the Volunteers of Ireland" (after wards 105th Foot), and purchased his majority i n it i n 1781, having been twice wounded while serving with that regi ment. The regiment was reduced in 1784. Having returned to his native country, Ireland, he remained on half-p a y un til the commencement of the French revolutionary war, at which time he raised the gallant 87th Regiment, " the Royal Irish Fusiliers," in the command of which he embarked for the Continent with Earl Moira. He served under the Duke of York in the campaign of 1794, and repulsed an attack of the enemy at Alost, where he was severely wounded. In 1796 he got the Colonelcy of the 87th, and was sent in command of a secret expedition into Holland, and on his return was appointed Secretary at War in Ireland, and afterwards served as Brigadier-General in Gibraltar, Minorca, and Malta. He volunteered his services to Egypt, and accompanied General Hutchinson (the last Earl of Donoughmore) in the expedition against Grand Cairo. His services here received the thanks of Parliament, and he was in 1804 appointed Lieut.-Governor of Guernsey ; created a Baronet in 1805, with liberty to have supporters to his arms and an additional crest. In April, 1808, he was appointed Lieut.-General ; -in 1812, K.B. ; in 1815, K. G. C. of the Bath (a vacancy in which order is caused by his death), and in August, 1819, the brevet of General. It will be only necessary to enumerate the distinctions borne on the colours of Sir John's regiment to show the nature and ex tent of his service—" Barossa, Tarifa, Victoria, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Ava." By Sir John's death the Colonelcy of the regiment he so long commanded becomes vacant, as well as the Governorship of Charlemont Fort. Sir J. Doyle was in his 78th year, having been born in 1756. The Lord Chancellor has made preparations to leave town immediately after the prorogation of Parlime It, which will take place to-morrow. His Lordship expects to reach Brougham Hall on Saturday evening. PUBLIC CHARACTERS IN SPAIN. The following sketch of the characters of some of the most distinguished public men. belonging, and in opposition to, the Spanish Cabinet, is from the Cor respondent of a Morning Paper. The writer does great injustice to the abilities of most of them, and vilifies the moral character of others in such a way as to make it evident he wrote under strong prejudices, and with the most biassed judgment. Nevertheless it is so graphic, and contains so much biographical in formation, that we deem it well worth the trouble of a careful perusal : The leading members of the present Ministry, Messrs. Mar tinez de la Rosa, Moscoso, and Garely, belonged to the Spa nish juste milieu or moderate party during the revolution from 1820 to 1823. In that party were then numbered Argu elles and many other eminent p a t r i o t s . B u t a f ter t h e affairs at Verona, and the French invasion in 1823, the party was split, into two branches. One of these stuck to the last to the cause of the constitution. Those who did so went mostly into exile, or the few who remained in Spain became the objects of vio lent persecution. The other branch kept aloof during the struggle, and though they were also persecuted after the res toration of despotism, yet they met with far more lenient treat ment from the absolute government. Martinez de la Rosa, who had remained in Madrid after the French army had en. tered the town, and while most of the patriots had followed the Cortes to the southern provinces, was, indeed, ordered to travel, and not allowed to return until 1831 ; yet his punish ment went no further, while sentences of death and confisca tion, or at least of imprisonment in the presidios, became the lot of his former friends. In 1232, when Ferdinand became ill, and the Queen took the helm of Government, the last named division of the moderate party, whose leaders were in the country, aimed at, and were looked to as likely to succeed in forming the administration. The nomination of M. Zea uas an unexpected obstacle in their way; that bold man, whose energy is his sole good quality, kept himself in power for more than a twelvemonth, and after the King's death; yet the fulfilment of the expectationi of the party formerly alluded to had only been delayed, and, by the appointment of Martinez de la Rosa, they attained the object of their ambition. Martinez de la Rosa is a man of middling talents. His literary fame stands high indeed among his own countrymen, yet foreign critics have found his works (a collection of which appeared in Paris in 1828, 1829, and 1830), cold, spiritless, and full of common place. His dramas are frigid, his style elegant, but nevertheless, there is hardly one bold or novel thought in all his productions. In the Cortes he shone as an eloquent orator. He speaks, indeed, with fluency and correctness, is tolerably skilful in debate, possesses the talent of well arranging and distributing the subject matter of his speech, and when warmed, exhibits great feeling, which he has the art of making his audience partake of. These are no common qualities. Yet a shrewd and attentive hearer could easily perceive in his rhetorical effusions the want of statesmanlike knowledge and of enlarged principles. . _ His character is that of a very amiable and worthy man, yet insufferably vain, full of prejudices, and consequently of ob stinacy. He has a decided penchant for the aristocracy ; not, indeed, that he wishes to be thought one of them, for he has the good sense to feel proud of his plebeian birth, but he has been flattered by the notice taken of him by high-born fools, and still more by their ladies. Such is the Prime Minister of Spain. When he was placed at the head of the Government, he soon gave proofs that he is one of those who have learfied nothing and forgotten nothing. His fear and dislike of the Exaltados led him to look upon them as more dangerous enemies to the Govern ment than the insurgent Carlists. He is decidedly the man whom the'French call homme de coterie. He called around him the same men who had been his colleagues in 1822. Martinez de la Rosa called near him his former colleague M. Moscoso. This gentleman was placed at the head of the Home Department, the place he also filled in 1822. He is a country gentleman of shallow information, haughty, of repul sive manners—harsh, overbearing, prejudiced, and altogether, though not one of the unworthiest, yet one of the most un amiable characters that ever formed part of a Ministry. His hatred of the Constitutionalists lately returned from exile is one of his leading principles. Not long ago he is known to hate said to his colleague, Count Toreno, " I will not be sa tisfied till I have done with all the emigrants." " Then (re plied the Count) you must do with me too, for I also have been an emigrant." M. Garely, now at the head of the law department ( Minis tro de Justicia) is a worthy and well-informed gentleman. His religious feelings are warm and deep. He belongs to the Jansenist division of the Catholic Church. In his Minsterial capacity he has shown a more decided bias in faviour of the liberal cause than any of his colleagues, with the exception of Count Toreno ; yet he is likewise prejudiced against the Ex. altados. General Zarco del Valle is the most unpopular of the pre sent Ministers. He is not destitute of talents, but he is thought to have no principle at nll. lie is a pliant man—supple, clever in business, and has the credit of a being a bitter, though a polite enemy. He passes, and deservedly so, for being the the tool of the Marquis de las Amarillas. The Minister of the Naval Department is taken no notice of. He is an old man, and no Constitutionalist—a mere commis, as the French would say. I must now speak of the new Finance Ministers--the ablest, undoubtedly, and the most popular of the Ministers—Count Toreno. This gentleman is well known in England. In 1808, being still very young, and bearing the title of Viscount Matarrosa, he was the Envoy of the Junta of Asturias, and in this capacity was the first Deputy of the Spanish Insurgents at the time of the rising o f t h e nat i on aga i nst N apo l eon. Th en he formed anintimacy Kith Mr. Canning, which subsisted till the death of the latter. His principles were not, however, those of that Tory statesman. c Count Toreno ehs ' e r o o hf r a e sl n Bn o 10 :s a 1810 and dv eov man fe rlbB been 1820, he t h a e l en hasts tried; bsahunotdnaes energy.conspicuously. me the Minister m beA rsoaf In the Cortes of 1820, he partook o f th e op i n i ons of Martinez de la Rosa, and of his unpopularity with the violent party, too, perhaps to a greater extent. His eloquence is more vehement than that of hi 3 colleagues ; his literary attainments inferior, though still considerable ; his temper more violent ; his ambi tion more daring ; his knowledge of theoretical and practical politics, and of the state of Europe, far superior. He is allowed to be fitted for a statesman. While residing in a foreign land, though not condemned to death or confiscation,he was consistent in his politics. While Martinez was a constant visitor at the Spanish Embassy, Toreno was the friend and adviser of Ge neral Mina While the former was exclusively engaged in li terary pursuits, or in the gaieties of a Paris life, the latter was ever engaged in looking for means to better the situation of his native country. After Ferdinand's illness, and the change of measures brought about, Toreno re-entered Spain. After the King's death, he came to Madrid. He was talked of as one of the best possible heads of a Ministry ; but when Mar tinez de la Rosa became the Premier, he was offered a seat in the Administration, which he declined accepting. Since that time he was looked to as the probable leader of the Opposition in the future Cortes, his election being deemed sure. Yet, a few days before the election took place, very unexpectedly, he became the Finance Minister. Such an event has astounded everybody. He is supposed to be too proud to submit to form part of a Ministry to which he does not give his name. Strange to say, he is considered to be still in opposition, at least to the majority of the Cabinet. What his views are, it is not easy to guess. Some think it is his project to undermine the Admi nistration of which he is a member, and, as M. Zea was driven from his place by his colleague, M. Burgos, and M. Burgos by his colleague, Martinez de la Rosa, so they suppose Count Toreno will send his present colleagues, at least some of them, to the right about, and assume the lead. The individuals sent into durance are most of them well known characters. The first of them is Palafox, the far-famed defender of Saragoss i. He had very recently been created a Grandee of Spain, with the title of Duke of Saragossa ; for though he belongs to a family of Grandees, and one of the most ancient too, he was not a Grandee himself. Palatal( was a Constitutionalist from 1820 to 1823. He is a very weak man in all senses, whether we consider the reach of his intel lect or the energy of his mind. As he is known to yield to any suggestion whatever, people are apt to suspect that be may be betrayed into some very imprudent step ; of a crime he is incapable of. Of the persons imprisoned, Romero Alpuente is the next in importance. He has resided long in England. He is an old mail, almost in his dotage, very infirm, an eccentric charac ter, and a perfect cynic. He has ever delighted in putting forth the most violent doctrines, and courting the favours of the lowest mobs. He was a great favourite with all the un principled and the violent during the sway of the late Cortes. He was a member of those of 1820 and 1821. He possesses some talent and information, yet he is often very abusive in his argument and his doctrines. He was called " uglily ugly" (framente fee), for, in fact, he has a horrid counte na nce, lean, emaciated, and is labouring under a disease which was sup posed to be leprosy. His delivery is slow, dull, and frigid, and his manner formed a curious contrast with the matter of his speeches. Romero Alpuente had been elected a member of the pre sent Cortes, but his election has been declared null for want of an income, which is a necessary qualification. Calvo de Rozas is the third person among the supposed con spirators. He was a member of the Central Junta, and a de cided Constitutionalist in 1820. In 1823 he was named a Minister by the late King, acting then under the influence of the more violent or coniunero party. As his late Majesty was no friend to his principles, it was supposed that he meant to avail himself of his services to put down the San Miguel Mi. nistry and their supporters in the Cortes. Ido not know that Calvo de Rozas lent himself to the projects of Ferdinand in their full extent, though he has been accused of it. The truth is, however, that he remained in the country after the restora tion, and was not persecuted. He has the character of an ambitious and unprincipled man, and possesses some taletits. The notorious General Van Halen is also in prison. His extraordinary career is well known in Europe. As he is no longer a Spanish officer, but a Belgian general, and was here only as a visitor, it is to be wondered that he should eneage in a plot. His restlessness leads people to believe his guilt; yet this very circumstance may afford a reasonable motive for doubting it, for the Government may possibly have been in. fluenced by the same belief, formed upon slight grounds. Last week upwards of 100 sheaves of wheat stand ing in a field near Lymington, were completely threshed and cleared of the corn without the perpetrators of so new and ex• tensive a depredation bring discovered.