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Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Berger, Holywell-street ; Parkings, Compton-street; and *0 be bad, by order, of all Booksellers in the United K;ngdom. *AM LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1834. The treatment to which the Irish Catholic clergy have been long subj ected is a great stain on the character of the Tories. They even treated them as a race of outcasts—as a people who had no claims on their justice or Their mercy, and seemed to think that by continued insult and persecution they might break their spirit, and drive them and their flocks into the bosom of the protestant church. Had the failure of such a vain attempt been the only consequence, the result would not have been of such paramount importance. They have not only failed, however, but excited a feeling of hostility against England, in the minds both of priests and people, to which may be attributed most of the insurrections and the endless resistance to almost every legislative act of a Protestant Government. What other result could be expected ? What inducement had they to inculcate obedience to a government that treated them with the most barefaced injustice and the most relentless se verity, that not only robbed them of what they considered their just rights, but at one time forbade the use of their religious cere monies, and commanded their agents to subject them to every species of persecution, nay, to hunt them like wild beasts, and treat them with more savage cruelty than the Covenanters were treated under the reign of the dissolute and unprincipled CHARLES H. ? These cruelties are not yet forgotten in the west of Scotland— they have been religiously handed down from father to son, and even now impress the minds of the people with an abhorrence of episcopacy, and a detestation of the party that inflicted them ? And is it to be wondered at that in Ireland, where these wrongs of the people are still fresh, and many of their grievances still unredressed, discontent and misrule should still prevail ? It is only astonishing that the priests have behaved with such forbearance. We be lieve that their condition is quite anomalous in the history of the Church, and that there is not another instance, where there is an established religion, of a people amounting to so many millions, being compelled to maintain their clergy, while all the ecclesiastical funds have gone to support the religion of not a tithe of the population. The Romans, in the true spirit of toleration, respected the altars and gods of those they conquered, knowing well that no force can subdue religious prejudices, but the Government s of this country, with all the history of the Chris tian church before them—with the example of an intelligent and high-minded people, and the most powerful known in the history of the world, have, till lately pursued a different course, and, in place, of producing uniformity in religion, or creating proselytes, have only excited hos tility, and caused more suffering and more bloodshed than the Romans inflicted on any people at the first conquest of the country.' Though that wicked and absurd spirit is now much abated, enough still remains to thwart every measure intended as a boon to the Irish people. Let any one of the high church party try for a moment to act as an impartial specta tor, or place himself in the condition of one of the Catholic priesthood, and we fear not the decision to which he would come. Here are a body of men, amounting to some 3,000 or 4,000, who have been deprived of the incomes which once belonged to their class—who see these incomes handed over to a clergy, that, with a ; few exceptions, do absolutely nothing—who have to attend to the religious instruction of nearly the whole population, and while there 'Are foricts out of provisiou might be 'made for thein, they are forced 'to raise a sub sistence out of ihe miserable earnings even of the tgy poorest of their flocks. However strong the influence of religion may be, human nature cannot submit patiently to such glaring injustice. These men never have beeit reconciled to this country, and never will be till they are placed on a more just and more equal footing. Their poverty and their very dependence endear them only the more to the people, and render them the most dangerous instruments on every critical occasion. They may well exclaim, " What is this govern ment that we should serve them, and what profit should we have if we obey them ?" A brighter prospect, however, now begins to open—both the government and the leaders of the catholics seem aware of the hardships to which they are sub jected, and we confidently trust that when sufficient provision shall be made out of the Irish tithes for the protestant church, the Catholic priests shall have that remuneration to which they are justly entitled. One main ground upon which the Corn Laws are rested by their advocates is the heavy taxes paid in Great Britain. But here we ask, how does this apply to Ireland, which is the most lightly taxed country in Europe ? Next we ask, what taxes are there in grain-growing countries that do not fall entirely upon the land ? In Prussia, for example, from whence we derive our chief supply of corn, how few are the taxes that are not borne by the land ; and will she not find out, as we ought to have been long ago aware, how much relief may be af forded to the landed interest from duties of Customs, which the new and wise commercial policy of that country is calculated to increase ? Lastly, we ask, what taxes are paid by the growers of corn or receivers of rent in Great Britain qua growers or receivers ? Excepting the land tax, we are not aware of any tax which they pay excepting as consumers, and to raise the price of corn, or to increase the amount of rent, on this account, would be to make othe r consumers pay double the tax paid by them as consumers to the extent of the duty so imposed. The imposition of such a duty is in truth in the nature of an immunity from taxes, conferred upon a favoured class, which has beggared Spain and Portugal, and was a leading cause of the first revolution in France. Tithe, though a practical hindrance to the improvement of the soil, is not .a tax. It ope rates in the way of rent, and when commuted, as it is about to be, will clearly so appear. Moreover, there is hardly a grain-growing country from whence we obtain a supply of corn, where tithe does not exist. The poor rate, in so far as it regards able-bodied labour ers, is a bad way of paying labour, and in so far as it regards the helpless poor, there is no country which has not helpless poor to support. County rate is a local charge for local purposes, and there is no country without such local charges. There remains only the land tax, which does not fall upon the grower of corn, but upon the receiver of rent, which is progres sively increased (at least ought to be, and would be, but for the operation of the present law) by the increasing demand of our increasing population, more particularly our manufactur ing population, for food. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the increasing demand of such increasing population, the home growth of grain is diminishing, and rents are falling. Rents as well as wages, and every thing else, must no doubt come down with this continuing rise in the exchangeable value of money. But the increasing demand of an in creasing population for food ought to increase the price of corn more than the rise in the ex changeable value of money brings it down, and would do so, but for the operation of the present corn laws. Considerations of very serious importance are thus presented to the agricultural interest. It is in evidence before the Agricultural Com mittee of 1833 (who indeed state in their re port), that the heavy clay lands on which wheat has been grown in England beyond the memory of man, are going out of cultivation, and that farmers, having lost their capital, are enabled to hold these lands only by scourging and ex hausting the soil. Must not these lands then ere long return upon the hands of the owner incapable of yielding rent ? And what is rent ? It is the surplus produce which remains after defraying the cost of production. If then we continue to go on as we have done for the last eighteen years, increasing cost of production and diminishing produce, there will in process of time be no surplus produce at all ; in other words, there will be no rent, and the owners of the soil must either become cultivators them selves or their land will remain uncultivated. Thus the present Corn Laws, after bringing infliction upon the consumers and growers of corn, are about to fall most heavily upon the owners of the soil, who will, therefore, do well to look to themselves before such consequences come upon them. The Dissenting Deputies held a meeting this morning, at the London Tavern, at which, we understand, a number of delegates from the country were present. The meeting having been announced as a private one, we are unable to furnish a report of the discussion and its re sults. It would seem that it is not a meeting of the Congregationalists alone, for some gentle men from the Secession Church of Scotland, and Mr. HOWITT, the Quaker from Notting ham, are amongst the delegates. We cannot understand the motive of those who have con vened the meeting for announcing it as a pri vate one, because the people of England, and the Dissenters in particular, have always manifested great dislike of what has been commonly called hole and corner meetings ; and since the grave and important matter of the severance of church and state is to be made the great subject of discussion, it is by no means creditable to the parties to carry on such deliberations with closed doors. It must have the effect of lessening the respect which would otherwise be felt for the decision to which the meeting May come. There was an tipen meeting of dissenters last night in Finsbury Chapel, at which many very energetic speeches were made by Mr. HAD FIELD, Mr. HOWITT, Dr. BROWN, and others, against the measures of the govern ' ment, and in favour of a severance of the church and the state. None of the speakers, however, condescended to show how the dissolution is to be brought about ; what it is intended to do with the church property ; and who is to be the Prime Minister by whom the contemplated measures are to be proposed to the KING, and catried through parliament. The parties seemed to be exceedingly angry with the present government, and to be firmly resolved upon separating church and state ; but by what means, or when, it was impossible to gather from their speeches. One gentleman, a Mr. STOVELL, was exces sively zealous and determined, and if loud talking and violent stamping could influence the KING, the Lords, or the Commons, this reverend' gentleman might accomplish the work without any aid. We are curious to know how, if the State has no right to interfere with the affairs of the Church, Parliament ca n legislate at all on this subject. Is the property now deemed national to be left in the possession of the clergy, and to be eventually given to whom they will, and subject to no control, by the patrons ? How is the right of presentation to livings to be taken away from the Crown ? Perhaps these matters will be explained by the dissenters at their meeting to day, but the public needs infonnation which they cannot have so long as the meetings are held in private. The Registration Bills, introduced by Mr. W. BROUGHAM and Mr. CAYLEY, were both thrown out of the House of Commons last night by considerable majorities. We are sorry for it. The lawyers and such of the landowners as have encumbered their estates have combined to defeat this improvement. It was in the year 1814 that Lord JOHN RUSSELL obtained a committee to inquire into the abuses of the poor laws by the farmers, who were tolerated bv the country magistrates in paying their labourers, directly or indirectly, out of the poor's rates. The report of the committee stated, as one of the greatest evils of the practice, the degradation of the labourers in the following words : " There are but two motives by which men are induced to work : the one, the hope of improving the condition of themselves and their families ; the other, the fear of punishment. The one is the principle of free labour, the other the principle of slave labour. The one produces industry, frugality, sobriety, family affection, and puts the labouring class in a friendly re lation with the rest of the community ; the other causes, as certainly, idleness, imprudence, vice, dis sension, and places the master and the labourer in a perpetual state of jealousy and mistrust. Unfortu nately, it is the tendency of the system of which we speak, to supersede the former of these principles, and introduce the latter. Subsistence is secured to all ; to the idle as well as the industrious ; to the profligate as well as the sober ; and, as far as human interests are concerned, all inducement to obtain a good character is taken away. The effects have corresponded with the cause. Able-bodied men are found slovenly at their work, and dissolute in their hours of relaxation ; a father is negligent of his chil dren ; the children do not think it necessary to con tribute to the support of their parents; the employers and the employed are engaged in perpetual quarrels, and the pauper, always relieved, is always discon tented ; crime advances with increasing boldness, and the parts of the country where this system prevails are, in spite of our gaols and our laws, filled with poachers and thieves.", The whole report, and the evidence, are well worthy of attentive perusal. Why did not those who now object to an alteration of the law take advantage of the recommendations of the committee ? Why have they allowed the system to go on, until it has altogether changed the character of the peasantry, and rendered the interference of the government, in some way or other, absolutely necessary to the preservation of property, no less than to a restoration of comfort to the poor ? Surely ten years' warning was enough. The overseer was not ignorant of his duty. The vestries were constantly reminded of it, and the magistrates have been in the yearly habit of giving the overseers, on their appointment, a printed paper, describing their duties. None can plead ignorance. They knew the law, and have acted in defiance of it. Will they now obey the law ? Will the in habitants of every parish meet instantly, and provide work for the poor in their own parishes, as the statute of ELIZABETH directs and en joins? If so, perhaps the best plan will be to repeal all the laws that have been passed since the 43d ELIZABETH. But what security is there that they will do so, unless a power be lodged somewhere to enforce it ? The recom mendations of the Legislature have been disre garded by vestries in large towns, as well as in the country. They have been as blind to their interest as to their duty. Will they now amend their ways ? We wish we could recommend the Government to trust them another year, on the assurance that they would instantly correct for themselves the evils which their negligence has introduced, and seemed likely to perpetuate, until the Commission was appointed. Let any man read the, report and the evidence, and say if something ought not to be done ; and if the Government plan is not the right one, what shall be substituted for it ? Are the lean kine to eat up the fat and well-fed ? Are we to have not pensioners by the dozen but by tens of thousands ; not to the amount of thousands but millions—daily, aye, hourly increasing ? The Brussels and German papers are with out any intelligence of moment. The following are extracts : The Tournay Journal says that it is intended to fix the Catholic University in that city, and that the site is already chosen. Lists of subscription for this esta blishment are in circulation in the town. The Count de Montfort, with his son and suite, ar rived at Ostend on the 3d of May. On the same day M. Cabet embarked for London. While at Ostend he received numerous marks of esteem from several distinguished inhabitants of the town. A letter from Ghent, of the sth May, says, that several eminent advocates have just signed a con saltation to prove that the law of Vendemiaire wa more applicable _ to strangers settled. in Belgium. In the Chsrfil)el• of Itepresentativei yesterday the iaw relative to foundling and abandoned children was passed by a majority of 36 to 21. According to the tables laid before the Chamber, and published in the Moniteur, the number of found lings and of forsaken children in all Belgium in 1833 was 9,305. The total of the expenses for all Bel gium was 580,526 francs. The Senate has passed the law relative tO the Counsel of State by a majority of 15 to 10. The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting of to-day, the 6th of May, commenced the discussion of the pro ject of law on the provisional organisation. BRUSSELS, MAY 6.—Actual Debt, 24 per Cent., 51; Rothschild Loan, 5 per Cent. , 98-.} ; Loan of the city, 1832, 94.—Brussels Papers, May 7. NASSAU, APRIL 15.—At Dellenburg, and probably in the neighbourhood, a placard to his Highness the Duke of Nassau, is in circulation, referring to, a pre vious one addressed to the ministry, and discussing the concession of the Duchy to the Prussian commercial union. It, however, attacks some manufacturers who are accused of selfishness, and whose objections are therefore declared to be undeserving of attention. Allgemeine Zeitung, May 2. The following are extracts from Dutch papers of the 7th inst., received this afternoon : THE HAGUE, MAY 4. —His Majesty has sanctioned the law by which it is enacted that the unredeemed bonds at 6 per cent. interest, of the year 1831, to the amount of 5,900,000, shall be paid off with the surplus of the loan of 1833. The Prince of Orange and his eldest son arrived here this morning early from his head-quarters. His excellency Baron Verstolk Von Soelen, is ex pected to return to this place towards the end of this month; as the ministerial congress will, it is said, have concluded its labours by the 15th May. The gentlemen who have the direction of the mea sures for the iron rail-road from Amsterdam to Co logne are very actively engaged in drawing up the statutes of the company, which is to be called by the name of " The Netherlands Rail Ro4d Company." AMSTERDAM, MAY 6.—We have Java journals of a later date by a week than those we received a few days ago, but they contain no news except a few nominations by the Governor General. AMSTERDAM, MAY 6.—According to intelligence from Frankfort, dated May 3, which we have received to day, some disturbances took place there on the night of the 2d. Some students, confined in the guard. house, broke out ; the soldiers fired on them, and, the report having caused a great multitude to collect, many citizens fell victims to the fury of the soldiers. Ten innocent persons, it is said, were killed in this manner. Three students lost their lives, and two escaped. We cannot give the particulars.till to morrow. All was quiet on the 3d, in the morning, and no effect was produced by this event on the funds. —Dutch Papers, May 7. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, MAY 7. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Amort Syndic, 4% per cent. 89% to 90 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 72% to 73 Loan of 1831, 6 per cent Ditto, 1832 and 1833, 5 per Cent c64 to 97% Exchange on London Ditto, two months l2 07 ;4 —Dutch Papers, May 7. PRUSSIAN FUNDS-BERLIN, MAY 2. St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent 99 : 95% Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent.... 103% -- Ditto ..... ... 1'42.2, 5 per cent.... -- Ditto Bonds lB3O, 4 per,cont.... 94 93% Exchange on London 3 m ._ ... 6 25% —Prussian State Gazette. May 3. The French papers of the sth contain little information. It appears that if the Poles who were engaged in the expedition against Savoy, are not ex pelled, an extraordinary meeting of the Diet will be called. It is reported in Paris that the new Spanish Loan has been taken, but there does not ap pear to be any positive information from Spain that such is the fact. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAats, MAY 6. Five per Cents., 105 f. 20c. 30c. 20c. Four per Cents., 93f. Three per Cents., 79f. sc. 20c. Isc. National Loan, 105 f. lOc. Bank Actions, 1,793 f. Bente de Naples, 95f. 90c. 9'7f. Roman Five per Cents., 955. a. Bente Five per Cent., 31 O. Itcnte d'Espagne, Three per cents., 411 i%. Royal Spanish Loan, 80 ; %. Rcnte l'erpet. d'Espague, rive per Cents., 7334%. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 98% Haytiau Loan, '27of. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. (Hie month, paper, —c. ; money, 251. 35c. Three months, paper, —f. —c• ; • money, 25f. 25e. —t 'okrs Authentique. THE POLITICAL FLIRTATION. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN LORD A LTHORP AND SIR R. PEEL. " No chicks ever seemed more anxious to get under the hen's wing, than Ministers were to get under the wing of Sir Robert Peel; constantly were they on the watch to catch the leer of his doubtful eye; to enlist his support in their cause; nor was their anxiety often disappointed, for the Right Hon. Baronet had too great a sympathy in all their views to withhold his support."— Vide Mr. D. W. Harvey's speech on the Pension List. Lord ALTHORP, beckoning Sir B. Peel from the Opposi tion Benches : Come, and sit by my side, for I'm sure that the air From yon Benches is far too malign, Too bleak in its essence, too subtle and rare For a delicate frame such as thine. Sir R. PEEL, with stern majesty : What, sit side by side, with my bitterest foe ? What, become a base reptile Whig rat ? What, give up the dear Duke and the Tories ? Oh, no ! God forbid I should ever do that ! Lord ALTHORP, looking languishingly at the right hon. Baronet : Oh purest of senators ! wisest of men ! With a Burke-like acuteness of vision ! Change is now all the rage, all the fashion—oh then Think again ere you make your decision. Sir R. PEEL, looking reserved and coquettish:— But consider my virtue, consider my name, Consider the claims of the nation ; Can you think I would basely surrender my fame To those who've deprived me of station ? Lord ALTIIORP, in a pathetic and beseeching tone of voice : Oh, be not too hasty ; forget and forgive, As all honest Christians should do ; We've sweets without end in our Treasury hive, And reserve them expressly for you. We love your frank spirit, look up to your mind, We'll give you place, pension, or pelf, Then, pray, do for once be complying and kind, In a word, be—Sir Robert—yourself ! Sir. R. PEEL, blushing, and placing his hands before his eyes :- Oh hush, thou sweet Syren, for pity's sake stay That seductive, mellifluous tongue, For I feel my poor virtue fast oozing away, And I blush to have listened so long. Lord ALTHoar, ogling the right hon. Baronet with un common slyness . Come, I see there's some hope you'll take heed to my say-- Sir ROBERT PEEL, in an under tone of voice. There is, for, although to my sorrow, I must turn a deaf ear to your wishes to-day, I may hear perhaps better to-morrow. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS took petitions to-day, but nothing of any public interest came before the Court. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This being the last day of Term, his Honour the VICE CHANCELLOR took motions to-day. In the course of the morning, his Honour intimated that he should sit at Lin coln's Inn to-morrow, and take motions. The Archbishop of Dublin is in London for a few days. His Grace returns to Ireland immediately. We hear that the Government plan of education is making rapid progress. TRADES' UNIONS.—The tailors, as well as the journeymen of other trades, are becoming dissatis fied with the Unions. Six, who lodged in one house, returned to their work yesterday morning, after having lost by their strike two pounds fifteen shillings each man. UTERATURt. NAPIER'S HISTORY OF Tli.c PENIN SULAR WAR. Vol. IV. London, 1844. The fourth volume of this most interesting history has just made its appearance. In point of completeness, succinctness, and fullness of details, we know of no military work equal to it. In every page we trace the shrewd, scientific perspicuity of a master iii did art df strategy. It cannot be expected that critics, unlearned as we are in military tactics, should be able to canvass the accuracy, or otherwise, of Colonel Napier's scientific calculations and reasonings ; our acquaintance with the book necessarily lies on the snrface ; we must confine ourselves, there fore, to pointing out to our readers' attention the vigor and condensation of its descriptions ; the exceeding aptness and beauty of the occasional cursory reflections interspersed throughout them, after the manner of Gibbon ; the impartial cha racter and continuous interest of the nar rative ; and the extraordinary pains that have evidently been taken to compare conflicting authorities, reconcile discrepancies, and insure the utmost accuracy. Colonel Napier wields the pen as well as he wields the sword. He combines the soldier's energy with the scholar's tact. The result of this rare union has been a skilful, judicious, ela borate history, that will hand down its author's name with credit to future generations. " Colonel Napier's Peninsular War" will, we doubt not, be come a text-book on the subject, in the same way, and to the same extent, that " Caesar's Commenta ries" are the text-book on that great con queror's Gallic and Helvetian victories. There is nothing in Caesar (not even his account of the memorable siege of Alesia) superior to Col. Napier's account of the siege of Badajoz. It wears all the appearance of consummate accuracy ; yet glows with all the fire and animation of Scott The Gallant Colonel writes as if the sound of the Iritish trumpet were in his ear—as if the cheers of victory were ringing round him. He hur ries us on from trench to trench, from rampart to rampart, with all the terrible energy of his own brave regiment ; not a man of whom, we under stand, but was severely wounded in one of the most hotly contested Peninsular battles. We would ati. vise all young soldiers—all who aspire to fame in their profession, to peruse this history with atten tion. • They will find in it invaluable materials for study and reflection. LARDNER'S CYCLOPEDIA.—No. 54. London, 1834. The present volume is exclusively practical in character, being a treatise (or rather the continua tion of a treatise) on the progressive improvement and present state of the manufactures in metal. The subject is an important one, and the author has brought to it all the research and novelty of which it is susceptible. We give a curious description of the mode of moulding and casting statues : " The oven in which Mr. Chantry dries his moulds is about fourteen feet long, twelve feet high, and twelve feet broad. When it is raised to its highest temperature, with the doors closed, the thermometer stands at 350 deg., and the iron floor is red hot. According to Sir D. Brewster, the workmen often enter it at a temperature of 340 deg., walking over the iron floor, with wooden clogs, which are, of course, charred on the surface. The same authority tells us that, on one occasion, Mr. Chantrey, accompanied by five or six of his friends, entered this furnace, and, after remaining a few minutes, they brought out a thermometer which stood at 320 deg. The mould being thoroughly dried, is, whether entire or composed of several pieces, hoisted, by means of a crane, into the casting pit, and having been put together and properly . placed, it is care fully surrounded with sand; if the subject be too big to allow of the mould being thus lifted, then all the preceding operations would have to be carried on in the pit. The mould being thus placed, and gutters made from the fur nace to communicate with the different conduits leading to various parts of the statue, the metal is suffered at once to flow into and fill the mould, which it does almost instantly. As it is difficult to obtain very large statues perfectly sound, especially towards the feet or the part lowest in the pit, they are sometimes cast in several pieces, which are after wards united by pouring metal, in a state of fusioh, along the joints. The work, whether cast at once or in sections, is finished by cutting off superfluous portions, and chisel ing the different parts, as may be necessary for correctness and effect ; after which the surface is sometimes rendered of uniform appearance by the aid of some composition, according to the taste of the artist." FAMILY LIBRARY. London, 1834. We know of no publication of the day that is of such general interest—that appeals to so extensive a class of readers, as the " Family Library." It administers equally to the taste of lovers of light reading, and those who are addicted to more solid food. Many of the volumes, such as the lives of Bonaparte and Nelson, the History of the Jews, the Sketch-book, and the Voyages of Columbus, are of first-rate excellence ; nor must we omit to mention " Lander's Travels in Africa," which, now that their enterprising author is dead, will be perused with deep interest. The present number of the " Family Library" forms the second volume of Lord Woodhouselee's Universal History—a work of such well-known merit, that it would be impertinent to venture on any critical notice of it. CRABBE'S POEMS.—VoI. 4. London, 1834. If the new volume of Crabbe's posthumous poems, that we are promised by way of wind-up to this edition, contain many such gems as the " World of Dreams," here published for the first time, the work will indeed be a valuable addition to our lite rary stores. This indeed gives us a higher idea of Crabbe's imagination than any thing we have yet perused of his. It is not so cold, so harsh, so lite ral as the majority of his village sketches, which are in the Dutch school of painting. Our readers, we are sure, will thank us for making them acquainted with the following energetic stanzas. They will not lose, by comparison, even with the sublime dream of Sardanapalus, whom Byron represents as seated at a festal board with the ghastly spectres of Nimrod and Semiramis. The striking contrast, too, between the two last stanzas, is very artfully introduced Awake, there is no living man Who may my fixed spirit shake ; But, sleeping, there is one who can, And oft does he the trial make : Against his might resolves I take, And him oppose with high disdain ; But quickly all my powers forsake My mind, and I resume my chain. " I know not how, but I am brought Into a large and Gothic hall, Seated with those I never sought — Kings, Caliphs, Kaisers,—silent all ; Pale as the dead ; enrobed and tall, Majestic, frozen, solemn, still ; They wake my fears, my wits appal, And with both scorn and terror fill. " Now are they seated at a board In that cold grandeur—l am there. But what can mummied kings afford? This is their meagre ghostly fare, And proves what fleshless things they stare ! Yes ! I am seated with the dead : How great, and yet how mean they are! Yes ! I can scorn them while I dread ! " They're gone !—and in their room I see A fairy being, form and dress Brilliant as light ; nor can there be On earth that heavenly loveliness; Nor words can that sweet look express, Or tell what living gems adorn That wondrous beauty : who can guess Where such celestial charms were born ?" In addition to the " World of Dreams," the volume contains the close of the " Borough," with the terrific iso le of Peter trinie, and the remark able description of marshy, monotonous sea coast; which he who Las ever rend never forgets, it being Faded cif its kind ; and also the first half of the " Tales," originally published. in 1812. ar..,moZinommasineMWS , Rime . ,,,, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-TMS DAY. L (FROM I.LoYirs ) PoETSIToT:::, rens, Durocher, from Sydney. New South Wales—sailed, Dec: ld ; Winne Mere; Campion , from Demerara Arrived Sar DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Child, OW, ffkirri IsTeiV York ; Britannia, from Africa. Arrived from the River, and rtrottin, the Hibernia, Gillies, Ps . Calcutta. ft York ; Waterlil, the Philadelphia, Morgan, from - I --. Nev. . Hart and Brightman, • _;: ghtman, Jameson, from Jamaica. 4 c .. 1' r Y3lOll7fH, MAY 6. —Witid S.. W-. - -- gu. v - '- ' 'MAY 7.—Wind W.—Arrived off io ,. ~, —.- P ° ' .._ ~ . a p ri i • t i e v i e l d am off , t t li e e gh L i 14ein, Mrade , , 11 7 a el' from, • _ rola; StANdAl‘k CRi.IEICi MAY 7.-Arrived the Lev er HASTINGS, MAY 7.—Arrived tJff OA the F at James, from Mount Serrat. COWES, MAY 6.—Arrived the Diana, Braithwaite, fro; Batavia ; and Belvidere, Wyer, from Baltimore. COWES, MAY 7.—Arrived the How a rd, Sparks , 11 Rio Janeiro ; and Spencer, Spencer, from Bahia. I Nei. DARTMOUTH, MAY 6.—Arrived off port the Lor d son, Trist, from Lisbon. LIVERPOOL MAY 6.—Arrived the Edinburgh , and Tamandra, Dixon, from Jamaica • Cn- ri nthia M‘Donald, from Demerara • Liverpool, Neverson, f r° , ll ; vp\i‘ S svia t tin.e . rei rnalnsh N teaht a r seh i , n ;nß; c l: e elaf n ::m. t iaoe ' eumn s orrnt, ; :dße E ,Aelova l rrf i ii z r:nlo a ei ne.s K u : 11 i c Waugh, from St. D John Walter . Ki3ftip; from Sierra., Leone ; Ilerc 1i IZhhi : a t ; n G ke d a sw t ;S do Scipio, je o p e f a , rr sn eo t Grindley, ; r l , . f ng, n Macon ,:Poil Lisbon ; F: ; t it t. . ; 1 : 3: ni ;: i Durtlt: GREENOCK, MAY s.—Arrived the Hamilia, leDr,emfreormaras;arAaorneathhu;sa, andß o p y o d ig f o r o o t m h, Trinidad from ; fr Fo o w m 'Chare nt r a LEITH, s. —Arrived the Violet, Fairbury' , fr° Oporto. el. Hum., MAv 6. —Arrived the Anne, Wright, ft"' Mem ihtTotllijan7Roberts,hang struck Liverpool ko o t A r t k o i o L rf i s p b ; n u t , L t i The Ann Jameson, Alexander, was blown up an" a p t to the water's edge at Sydney, New South Wales, th e the' November—cargo partly discharged, and several 01 crew missing. caS The Ann, Waller, from Liverpool to St. Thomas s, totally lost at Barbuda the 11th of March, the The Wanderer, Gunton, from Odessa, is lost 11,0 h en er t T r i tn e,o ce ef the ov ß li o orils—crewquSaVed,ll ee to The mA,JreelehexkhaneeddeEartm,Teehnees, do Gabriel from , f r l em rsi C on stantinop le Odessa, is lost near Varna. ads The Angola, from Marseilles to New York, w-- in ith on cut away, and two feet water in the hold, having be shore on Squam Beach, • THE FUNDS.-(THISEOAt) • CITY, T WELVE 0' CL C I(. 1 ,•. By the arrival of the London line of packet -ship, 1,1 e:, ladelphia, Captain Morgan, New York papers have - s e i received at the North and South American Coffee-I)l3th to the 17th of April ; also papers from Sydney to the of December, and Singapore papers to the 10th of Ja n ' (From the New York Paper of the 15th ult. ) " THE AWFUL EXPLOSION. " We have seen the most appalling informa tion Alexandria and Georgetown. They s t a t e , that beslu; the failure of the two banks, men-Hotted in yesterslol i i to discount. othergoG a ,t z uE e p t ax t t e tc , whA t o : ln s e - p o lgceea nr o tacdhetle.nirfatso..;?a and d g o t n h e a , t o t n h e e at other Georgetown bankare end t fra id of interest ; they state t The Sydney papers are ono r Country, per ce nt. premium ; Bank Shares headed ete ‘‘We , h A av u e c ( t b i F e o f n r o o r o m e f of which, the lava, from Cork, with 202 male prisoners. the Singapore Papers) handu fo rdsoalwen—taoll u s s l a a n ve e s x ; tr t a h c e t fpruobmliethateioJnatol T.:caret:al logue of individuals --many whole families being ( Fro mi na n:l t e h it e Dutch." arri " NEw SOUTH WALES INTELLIGENCE. —By t..e f val of the Mary we have Sydney journals to the n 17th ° I , October. From them we find every thing is oing ° steady in the sister countiy. " EXTRAORDINARY NE WS FROM VAN Da---- N s LAND.— ,, The Legislative Council, by a majority o f one, the Lieutenant-Governor being that one, has passed an Act, by which the duty . of ten per cent. ad valorem on goods and merchandise imported into Van Diemen'!" I,,Rnet has been changed to a duty of 10 per cent., not ad valoreil h that is to say, not on the invoice or cost price. The greatest agitation prevails among the merchants and it" habitants of Hobart Town. enlightenedtHo Hobart b h a i l m t an T o i twy Town Papers.) sahpi the name must u a m s t e : 0 ; ri let:oe " BA,HURST, OCT. 7.—The alarming drought whic h has prevailed for many months still continues, exciting th a most dreadful apprehensions." ,cloek vessel,thil l or ss n i n : THE FuNns. The express from Paris does not bring any foreign in:, formationclu expresslEnglishv eei ta lifssi.oooofraf party,l .learn a o i‘fra n ali nia s v d e do t q ruh u it rdah e a: n eb consequence , aete abouth, ni merchant b rd u t % vit. some reports from respecting the tenders for the Spanish Loan offered on ti ° t 30th ult. There has been a great competition for it ; " ° 1 less than seven Paris bankers have offered terms, also " 1 , transpired which have ; got but u b p y t ( h a e b i u . considered to have the least chance to obtain it. Since the above information has been received, we hear of a nother The particulars of the information it brings havehnbounV, improvement ;T r Wellington, has arrived from Lisbon in five ua3s ' has also tended to enhance the Portuguese stock to 78 ; ' l° particulars have as yet transpired. •ester - Consols continue firm at the leaving off price a 3 day, 921 for the account. 1;1 The the he French Sydney Papersco mufe the higher , 4th p it. u l u i ii b c e . r t i , h w e S iv i P s ie a DN 'il ts . : c t (*n° :e f • h 3°' burning of the brig Anne, Jameson, of 233 tons. Portuguese Stock, We have several reports by the Duke of Weill , g ore HALF-PAST Til to, five days from Lisbon, that Coimbra and Figneir a o ut been taken by the Pedroites, and that Don Carlos ho himself under the protection of the British. t i .. 0 C/C . ecnetuto.f)thtue 36Ss HALF-PAST ONE 0' cc, in the Loan of 1822, w h ic h are expecte d 0 We understand that the Russian Minister °Vnirholders, compliance with the desire of the Russian -°„,, s for have agreed to issue in London fresh sheets a delivered by Mr. Rothschild in the ensuin k five ays a t currently reported to be, that Coimbra has The vessel which arrived g frOl e Lisbon in d E'S 15 Dartmouth, is the Lord Nelson. The news declaredbrin fur Donna Maria ; also an armistice ; and that the s' .ll° - ~,,e d ro the road from Oporto to Lisbon is now open to the ' ~,,cli ites. This information caused Portuguese Stock to "'j o g 78% %; Spanish is also up; done at 36 1 ,4 to 3 7 9 °W to a report that Rothschild had the Spanish Loan. ~,,„ot. Consols may be quoted at 92% buyers for the Ac'" - THREE 0 , CIO Cir• Consols for the Account, 92%. ---...... be delivere ie of ease;ni‘: Rieral and 'lle 14.37. On the ' 6th inst., at Twi k , h Thomas Todd, Esq., of ß a l s ß on T . On the 4th inst., at Woode s t l of a :m;, ham -park , lady of J. T. Berkley, Esq., of a da ght,e,roio On the sth inst., at Eastinoton adg the lady of Peter Leversage, uce ster 9 MARRIED. altar e f t h° Hon. Edward t E h d e ,4 s ar th d in c st e . c , i a l t C S a t. rz G on e , org se e e 's o , ad lla' ° 7 oh r it -i t h o e Eni g i l y l . l : Robert Curzon and of the Baroness de la Lo u -- e ' i‘ si l x . t p h . da , o u f g t h h t e er fo o r : J ne a r m:s ia D ce :niell, Esq seo o oa n d th so e n 6 o th f E in d s w t. a , r a d t K6S:tp.n:PlinEragtsup.lo'3sn.,,Disp_qt.forocift I,l");l:clßFraiirrelgrreeer-: street, o to Lucy, e:d ra e y st daughter of James JamesW i I m i Wilmington-square, h t o o n m - On the 4th inst., at Edinburgh, in I • 00th ea r % ,of us - 1 lioto' ° the Bengal Light Ca I Na ry. oloas, the In Whit h 11 e a -place, aged 10 years, Richard Th sixth son I of I‘ r. Sergeant Merewether. Ma ria ' On the 3d • inst., at Bath-place, Kensingtoo, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Captain Murray. c n of On the sth inst., the wife of William Hoiden , " 5. '" Thomson, : n u a r e e l d , e a s f t t after n a short o c r t o ljaoannrceflapriaeli tnarfNur‘y; ailicni n e s s ' s . : 1 0 3 ; Knightsbridge. On the 4th inst., at the house of her goa rdgll ' Vaughan, Alpha-road, Miss Fanny Fitz,er.ald. On the 4th inst., Ann, the wife orWilliara Esq., of Calthorpe-street. On the 28th ult CI h ielten ain, of he Be t '..„' t wigof ow the late James Stewart, Esq. , t 1 1 * - medical establishment, and eldest daughter Lieu,taevairy, Colonel Charles Fraser, formerly of the 13eoga l 6 aged 39. Grit On the 4th inst., at Dolgelly, Merionethshire, Jones, Esq., of that town, banker, aged 58. lir. On the 4th inst., at Cottage-grove, Walwortli,4B. Thomas Hall, of Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, aged brothe r At Brighton, aged 59, Robert Wigney, E s q' to William Wigney, Esq., banker, of that town. Charlotte lianSl PontifeP London: Printed and Published by 111URDO you at the Sun Of fi ce, No. 112, Strand.