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of Reform, as their representative in the ttistiing Parliament. The following, among other toasts, were then proposed • The Dignity of the Crown, the In dependence of Parliament, and the Rights of the People," by Mr. Maule.—" Memory of Charles James Fox." Drank in solemn silence.—" Mrs. Maule of Panmure," " Miss Ross of Rossie, and the Ladies of Forfarshire ;" " Mrs. Blackie ;" " Mr. Charles Grant, Member for Inverness-shire." Mr. BLACICIE left the Chair at twelve o'clock, accompanied by Mr. Ross, the lion. Maule, &c. and the party immed.',ately broke up. In the course the evening, scveral hogsheads of porter were given to the populace, which were speedily consumed, amidst loud cheers, to the health of the successful candidate. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chantbres of Monday.) \VARSAW, MAY 17.—The State Gazette gives some details, furnished by an infantry officer, of the affair of the 13th, near Jenditejow, the official report of which has not yet arrived. According to the statements of the inhabitants of Kaluszyn, and of several prisoners, nine regiments of the Russian infantry, and 30 cannon, of tht corps of General Palen, and a considerable reserve of cavalry, of cuirassiers, of hulans,and of hussars, took part in this battle. Field Marshal Diebitsch, Prince Schackoffskoi, and Generals Niedhart and Keernta, were engaged with the troops. On our side we had about 50 subalterns and soldiers killed or wounded. The Warsaw Courier says the movements ex ecuted yesterday by the two armies, announce a general battle. CIRCULAR OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. The intelligence which we have just received from Lithuania and the. Palatinate of Augustowo, and which informs us of the cruelties committed in these provinces, leaves no doubt in our minds as to the character that our enemies have resolved to im. press on the war waged ngainst us. It is no longer the insulting proclamations of Marshal Diebitsch, or even the barbarous ukase of the Emperor, which mark the line of conduct for the Russian troops. The commanders already consult only the implacable hatred which they have conceived for the Polish name, and the ferocity of their soldiers. The inha bitants of the district of Mariampol remained faith ful to the voice of their country, and prepared from the commencement of the campaign, for an obsti nate defence. A corps of partisans was formed under the command of Colonel Puszet, which con tinually disturbed the enemy, and even succeeded in obtaining important advantages. Towards the end of April the Guards reinforced the Russian troops which were destined to suppress the insurrec tion in the district of Mariampol. Colonel Puszet not being informed of this augmentation of the forces of the enemy, attacked Mariampol on the 21st of April, and a as compelled to retreat; hut Major Scion, who commanded another detachment of pa triots, suffering himself to be carried away by the ardour of his courage, fought to the very last extre mity, and after having received several wounds, fell into the hands of the enemy. The sentiments of honour—those which were due to courage, and to misfortune—should have served as a safeguard to the brave, decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honour, and the Military Cross of Poland; but our enemies in this war have abjured those sentiment., and, without having any consideration for the wounds Or the sufferings of Major Schon, they loaded him with irons, exposed him to the insults of the sol diers and of the Jews, and hanged him on the fol lowing day. Several officers and citizens who had taken part in the insurrection were shot on the spot. After this defeat, the whole district of Mariampol was ex posed to the barbarity of the Russians. The vil lages were sacked and burned, the houses of citizens were pillaged, and the proprietors of the houses were imprisoned, or still remain exposed to all the vexa tions and vengeance of a cruel enemy. PARIS, MAY 29.—The candidateship of Prince Leopold has been officially submitted to the Belgian Congress, under the form of a proposition signed by 87 members of that assembly. It was hoped that Lord Ponsonby would bring back the acceptance of the Prince, and the agreement of the Conference at London to an extension of limits. It is to be remarked that the ie-trictive conditions, and we may even say the harshness of diplomacy, towards Belgium have been much mitigated since the union with France has ceased to be probable, and particularly since the candidateship of the Prince of Saxe Coburg appears to have been seriously adopted by the influential members of the Congress. It is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Le beau, that this tacking about is to be attributed. His system consists in drawing closer the relations with England and the Powers of Germany, by almost en tirely detaching French influence. By this means he has given renewed confidence to the Cabinets inimi cal to France (les Cabinets ennemis), and has per suaded there that the advantages of territory and frontier which would be granted to the Belgians would not turn to the profit of any other State. In leaving us out of the question in which our only interest is the independence of Belgium, we cannot disapprove the policy of M. Lebeau, as it has already produced its fruits. Already, in fact, the conference of London admits the junction of Luzern burgh with the Belgian provinces for a stipulated in demnity to Holland, a point on which no concession was at first made. There is no doubt that other successive modifica tions will be granted, all of them in consideration of Prince Leopold, whose connexion, half English and half German, will procure for Belgium the relations which it desires, at the same time that the friend ship of France will always be ensured to it by the force of circumstances. These are the motives which justify the unmixed German policy of M. Lebeau, who, it will be seen, we judge with perfect impar tiality. As we ourselves have a French policy, we cannot find fault that other countries should pursue that which they consider best calculated to promote their own interests. Certainly the giving the crown to Prince Leo pold will not satisfy every opinion nor every interest in Belgium. But it is a combination which will, at the same time, content the many various feelings. There will be no lack of well-founded objections ; but it will at length be acknowledged that it is better to be contented with possibilities than to pur sue impossibilities ; and, after all, the balance of disadvantage is less on the side of the candidate than on any other. Several members of the Belgic Congress demand that preparatory to the election the conference of London and Holland should make known their defi nitive determination upon the point in discussion. It is to be imagined that their wish will be gratified, and it i s a l so pro b a bl e t h at L or d P onson b y w i ll bring back from Prince Leopold a note, upon the subject of hi s acceptance of the crown, for his po sition as a Protestant Prince is too delicate in the midst of the religious passions which prevail in a portion o f Belgium, for him to venture to reign over a count ry , y pla ce d i n such difficult circum ataces, nefore an amicable arrangement has been made of certain conditions of internal peace and general policy. ALGIERS, MAY 18.—The works of the Mole are continued with great diligence, and to eearefully executed. It would be very d esirable m assacre of the persons ship wrecked on the hindercst the of the Regency, but it will not be eifectedobay•s military occupation of the coast. According to the belief of a Mussulman, to kill a Christian is an ac tion meritorious in the sight of God, and honourable in the eyes of men. The 55 Spanish Constitutionalists, who took re fuge at Oran, are gone to Marseilles (where they have arrived). In the present state of the affairs of Algiers, the diminution of the tribute to be paid by foreign coral fisheries, is considered by the latter as a very equi table measure ; and it is agreed that we ought to maintain our exclusive:right of property in the fishery by means of the ships of our squadron on the station. As for the importation of ammunition into the province of Constantine, by Italian ships, it cannot be hindered except by a blockade, which cannot take place till measures projected by the Government of the Province of Constantine shall begin to be exe cuted, and the military arrangements of the new Bey be seconded by sea. Pants, MAY 29.—M. Gregoire, formerly Bishop tf Blois, died yesterday at four o'clock. (From the C'en3titutionnel of Sunday.) Rome, 111A'i 18.—It seems that the Pope would he willing to grant a new and complete amnesty to the revolted provinces; but that Cardinal Bernetti exerts himself to persuade his Holiness that he will stain nothing by mild measures, and would, besides, lose the protection of the Austrians. Meantime, she latter have declared that their presence is neces sary, and that they shall indefinitely continue the occupation. The works of Ancona are already much advanced, and eighty pieces of cannon have been sent thither from Venice. What proves that the Austrians in tend to fix themselves in the Legations is, that the acts of the Government are published, not in the name of the Pope, but of the United Provinces. The Austrians have made some attempts at revolu iion in Bologna, and other towns of Romagna, but with ill success : their secret agent, whom every body now knows, endeavours to make it be believed that these attempts will be made by some Italians, ho have now emigrated ; but the public has not been the dupe of this trick. So long as hostilities do not begin between Austria and France, the country, kept down as it is, will not stir. Ten chests of muskets and 300 sabres are every day expected at Leghorn, to be forwarded to Bologna, to Cardinal Oppizzoni. It is thought, however, that the Austrians will not permit the im portation of these arms ; they have already refused to Colonel Lazzarini the entrance of the Papal troops into Ancona. MILAN, MAY 21.—Notwithstanding the penury of its treasury, Austria keeps increasing its military force. Hitherto the Italian regiments in the Austrian service were composed of three battalions ; they are now to have four ; and to complete these corps, the Emperor of Austria has ordered in Lombardy and Venice a new levy of 12,000 men, who are to join their respective regiments by the 25th July. As the Italian regiments are out of Italy, the levies must be made quickly, that the recruits may reach their corps by the time fixed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAY 31. The following Judges sat in the Exchequer Chamber, and disposed of several Writs of Error : The Lord Chief Baron, Barons Bayley and Vaughan, Lord Tenterden, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; Justices Park, Gaselee, Taunton, Bosanquet, and J. Parke. Upon the Barons entering this Court, the Master read the following rule, with regard to a certain part of the practice of the Court : _ " Whereas since the statute of the 7th and Sth of George IV., chap. 71, instances have occurred, in which, upon proceedings in the Court of Exchequer by way of subpoena and attachment, defendants have been arrested upon writs of attachment notwithstanding the same have not issued for a bailable cause of action, and it is desirable that such practice should be discontinued ; it is therefore ordered, that from henceforth no arrest shall be m ide upon any such writ of attachment, unless the same shall be for a bailable cause of action, and rule be duly marked and indorsed for bail. (Signed) " LYNDHURST. J. V.AucHAN. J. BAYLEY. W. BOLLAND." W. GARROW. The LORD CHIEF BARON stared that it had been deemed right to order there should be no rule for the delivery of paper books, and that the rule for Concilium should be according to the practice of the Court of King's Bench. LIBERTY OF T HE PRESS IN DEMERARA. The Demerara Gazette has been suppressed by order of the Governor of that colony, for an article reflecting On the measures of the colonial Govern ment. There was in this case no prosecution before a tribunal,—no appeal to a jury,—no sentence of court. The Governor, Sir B. D'Urhan, felt hurt at the remarks of the editor, and, without notice or ceremony, two days after the publication, withdrew the licence to print his journal. We are quite sensible of the difference between the state of society in our colonies and in the mother country, and arc willing to allow that a freedom of the Press, which might be innocent or salutary at home, might be dangerous cr mischievous in the West or East Indies; but we cannot perceive any dat ger in the article for which this journal has been suppressed. It did not attack the system of colo nial slavery,—it did not excite the slave population to rise on their masters,—it did not even tend to bring the local Government into contempt with the colonists. We subjoin the article (published March lest our negative description of its con tents should be discredited, and cart only say, that after this we shall not place great reliance on the in dependent observations of a Demerara Paper. "The meetings of the Combined Court for this Colony, will, we understand, terminate their sittings this day, when the public will be made acquainted with what measures of economy they have, in their wisdom, thought proper to adopt, commensurate with the present unparalleled de pression of prices for all our staple commodities, and conse quent general and overwhelming distress. The example of the mother country will not, we trust, be lost upon our legislators. The necessity for a Reform of both legislative and financial abuses is certainly not less here than at home, and we hope that among those to whom the important task has been delegated of legislating for this colony, some few, at least, will be found sufficiently honest to discharge their trust with fidelity, and ►who, unawed by authority, uninfluenced by any petty vanity of time-serving servility, will stand forth the uncompromising champions of public rights, and declared enemies of abuses under every form, whether of encroachments on the legislative tights of the people, or of profligate expenditure of their means, on sinecure appointments, or salaries disproportioned to the present conaition of the colony, verging on the very brink of general bankruptcy. These are considerations which the present awful aspect of the times calls, not only upon all legislators, but all citizens, to entertain and seriously to discuss. On their conduct on this occasion may probably depend their future safety or ruin. The poli tics of Europe are at this moment highly interesting ; but to us, individually, the politics of our own little republic are infinitely more so. What consolation will it afford to us to hear of kingdoms in the old world, who, having broken the sceptre of despotism, have nobly asserted their just right to free and cheap governments, if we, in this small distant settlement, continue oppressed by legislative abuses and financial extravagance, and become, in conse quence, reduced to the worst of all slavery—the wretched lependence of beggary ? Time was in this colony when the profits on private adventures were so liberal as to ren der the extravagance of public expenditure a matter of minor importance. Bat now, when those may be deemed fortunate whose earnings suffice to meet their daily out lays, the burden of public expenditure presses hard upon the very necessaries of life. Such would be the case even were the expenditure most frugal; but what shall we say of an expenditure which bas gone on increasing with reck less and unfeeling indifference in inverse proportion to the general prosperity, which has been doubled within those few unfortunate years, which has witnessed the decay of more than half our resources. These are the subjects to which we shall shortly deem it our duty to draw the at tention of the public in detail, unless we find our labours fortunately anticipated by others better qualified for the undertaking. In the mean time, we shall content our selves with throwing out these few preliminary hints, and await the results of the last week's secret deliberations of our legislators." Sir TiioNlAs LAWRENCE, writing to a friend who was about to give a large price for a supposed original work of art, says, " As the su m p ro p ose d, or t o b e g i ven , must, from th e real merit of the work, be large, demand a full history of the picture ; you have a right to do so; and, since the value set upon it is equal to that of an estate, with the title to which you would be fully satisfied before you bought it, require that a clear account be made out to you of the original destination of the work, and the names of its possessors down to this moment," MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKW 0 OD' S MAGAZINE. The opening article on the late Edinburgh election is evidently from the pen of Professor Wilson, and, though we eschew its politics, it is impossible to deny praise to the spirit, arch ness, sarcasm, and sterling vein of eloquence that pervade it. " Dr. Parr and his Cotem poraries" is a subject now, unfortunately, so stale and trite, that not even the learning and vivacity of Dr. Quincey can redeem it. " Hy mn of the Mountain Christian," by Mrs• Herrin's, is full of solemn and stately thoughts, clothed in appropriate language. We _ regret that our limited space will not allow us to extract it. " On Parliamentary Reform" is the old story repeated and reiterated for at least the thousandth time. The very word " Reform" has now be come a decided bore. It is worse (if that be possible) than the Catholic Question. We meet with it in all directions and under all circumstances ; at home and abroad; by day and by night ; in town and country ; in the peasant's hut and the Peer's palace ; at church, at the theatre, at the Freemason's Tavern ; it is the first word that strikes us dumb in the ball-room, that drives us into downright drunkenness at the dinner-table, that sends us prematurely to our couch, ensures us the night-mare, and salutes our eyes at the breakfast-table in the leading article of the Times or Chronicle. If we fly to the country for refuge from this nuisance, we find that is is übiquitous, and pursues us like our Familiar. The coachman who drives us is sure to be a Reformer; the eight-outsides are Re formers ; the fat lady and gentleman within are Reformers ; the very ostlers on the road are Reformers ; all are advocates—landlords, waiters, chambermaids, and even the nondescript boots himself " for the Bill, the whole Bill" and would we could add—" nothing but the Bill ! "Such being the case, we regret much to see the question agitated again in Blackwoods Magazine. Surely his readers have by this time had quite enough of Reform ! It is but fair to state, however, that the article is well written, and cleverly, though sophistically argued. The remaining articles are neither better nor worse than the usual run of Magazine contributions. By the way, we should except the " Diary of the Physician," which is capital. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. " The State of Europe" is an energetic ar ticle, by a practised hand, though it is full of prejudice and narrow thinking. We protest against the writer adducing the authority of Gibbon, by way of adding weight to his ultra heresies. Gibbon was a mere interested place man, a foreigner in intellect, in habits, and in politics. His very language is more French than English, and a translation of his " De cline and Fall of the Roman Empire" into the vernacular is yet a desideratum in our current literature. In his politics—of which, by the bye, in his most fascinating posthumous Me moirs he had the good sense to acknow ledge that he knew little—Gibbon was a stiff, formal Ultra, of the very stiffest and oldest school ; he had an elegant horror of what he called the people, and both in his his tories and his correspondence, took every op portunity of sneering at and under-rating their pretensions. The political tenets of such a shy, formal, aristocratic recluse can never weigh much with any party. " Spanish High-ways and Bye-ways" is an agreeably told story; "My new Lodgings," a quaint and spirited essay ; and " Father Murphy's Sermon on the Elec tions and Prospects of Ireland" replete with hu humour and character. • NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. " The Late Elections" is a temperate and well written summary ; we quote the closing reflec tions, they are natural and appropriate : " In conclusion, we see no ground for astonishment in the defeat the Tory faction has sustained. We see no need of ingenious theories, or much expenditure of subtlety to account for it. That the boroughmongers should be con founded at a fall so sudden, so total, so remediless, is easy to be imagined. They thought the element of popular feeling was capable of infinite compressibility; and they never dreamed of an explosion. They thought the heart of England could be made to shrink into whatever dimen sions they willed ; nor even imagined that it could swell with indignation, and burst its bonds. Their astonish ment is natural ; hut that surprise should be expressed in any other quarter is unaccountable. For ourselves, we see no matter of surprise in the great events that have taken place. The people were enslaved, and they yearned after liberty; the means of deliverance was in their hands, and they used them. Our astonishment is of another kind:—that the spirit of liberty slept so long—that the dwarf so long confined the giant—that the handful of petty despots, which the people have scattered with the breath of their mouth, have had so long a career of insult, plunder, and oppression—this surprises—but that when the heart of corruption was in his fangs, the British lion tore it, and spared not—this is no matter of astonishment. We expected it from the hereditary spirit of our country men." Ruined by Economy" is a sprightly article, in Mr. Poole's happiest manner; had this really agreeable writer, a trifle more spirit in his style and the quality of his humour, he would be a hundred fold more readable than he now is. His wit, generally speaking, is tame ; his style uniformly flat as Salisbury Plain. The hint of his present lively trifle has been gathered from one of Mr. Theodore Hook's best tales, where he pourtrays at length the ruinous effects of economy on the part of a worthy country gentle man who is " penny wise and pound foolish." The hint only, we repeat, is taken ; the working out, and this is the best part, is Poole's own. " Will the Lords vote for the Bill ?" decides this momentous question in the affirmative. " Mr. Cockburn, Solicitor-General," is a re markably well-penned sketch, and we doubt not true to life, of one of the ablest pleaders at the Scottish Bar. The " Forewarning" is a tale of the average order of excellence. " Living Literary Characters—Mr. Haynes Bayly," may be an appropriate illustra tion enough for one of the minor periodicals, but is scarcely worthy the dignity of one which aspires to the highest rank. Who is Mr. H. Bayly ? As a man of fashion passable enough, we believe ; as a poet, beneath contempt. Of the quality of this verse-manufacturer's imagination, it is sufficient to state, that one of his most popu lar songs turns upon the exalted wish on the part of its author, to become a butterfly ! A poet wish to become a butterfly—a creature sprung from a grub ! How insufferably mean and prosaic ! The desire (though even this is far fetched) to become an eagle, or a condor, or a nightingale, we could have understood ; these have at least some redeeming poetic associa tions connected with them ; but to wish to become t butterfly, merely because the insect is well dressed, and sports the gaudiest colours—surely none but a drawing-room poet, who drew his in spiration from Almack's on a Court night, could have dreamed of such exaggerated common place ! With quite as much propriety might Mr. Bayly desire to become a cock-chaffer ! METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. The present number possesses three sterling recommendations—first, a poem on a worthy subject, " The Death of Lord Falkland"—one of Clarendon's favourite heroes—finished in his very best manner, by James Montgomery, the author of the " Wanderer of Switzerland ;" secondly, an elaborate prose essay, entitled a " Retrospect of Literature," by the same ac complished writer ; and thirdly, " Lines on the View from St. Leonard's," by Thomas Campbell, which remind us of his earlier poems, and rival them in elegance, if not in tenderness and chastened vigour of expression. A Magazine thus powerfully recommended, scarcely needs to have its other excellencies pointed out, though these are for the most part of a superior nature, and such as cannot fail to become popular. ° The Life of a Sailor," among the minor gems, is fortunate in its con ception, and not less so in its execution. The cursory observations on flogging are invaluable, by reason of their strong practical common sense, and will carry conviction home to the bosom of many a sceptic on the subject. " The Elections" is a smart, showy article ; but the " Memoirs of the Macaw of a Lady of Quality," by Lady Morgan, we cannot but de signate a failure. On the whole, however, the number is a first-rate one. FI?ASER' S MAGAZINE. A good number, grave and merry, light and learned, egotistical and superlatively diffident. " The Wandering Jew" is a metaphysical analy sis of the late Mr. Shelley's mind. On the principle oinne ignotutn pro magnffico, we conclude it is something surpassingly fine, Would that we could be brought to comprehend it ! " National Songs of Ireland," is an able review of what the writer calls an indifferent book, by Mr. Weekes the comedian. " Literary Characters: Wordsworth ;" is an analysis, by a man of good sense, but without an atom of fancy or feeling, of one of the profoundest and most imaginative poets modern times have seen. The critic is of the Pope school, and would have been more at home in pourtraying the good and bad qualities of Hayley, Darwin, &c. than in at tempting to grapple with the intellect of a man like Wordsworth. " Disagreeables," by Hogg, is quaint ; and the notice of " Godwin's Thoughts on Man," a first-rate piece of criticism, worthy of the Edinburgh Review in its best days. " Rumbling Murmurs of an Old Tory," is in O'Doherty's best and most rabid manner. The following is diverting in its way : " There are twe sets or societies of mankind for which I have either alatred or contempt, as they happen to be powerful or the contrary ; and these are—the rabble great, and the rabble small. The rabble small are designated by the name of mob. The rabble great are collected in clubs. By neither of these parties have I any desire to be go verned. The mob, in its usual and ordinary course, sel dom favours us with its appearance. Until the present occasion his Majesty the People has not had a grand day since the time of the Queen, and he generally chooses to make himself especially absurd when he does turn out in this fashion. Let me here digress for a moment, to dis join and segregate myself wholly, totally, and altogether from those who abuse and despise the lowest order. I say the lowest as contra•distingsished from the lower, which is in general base i❑ all points. I am, and I care not who knows it, intimately acquainted with ploughmen, hedgers, and ditchers—waggoners, butchers, draymen, smiths, miners—with that bulk of men who compose the labouring classes of the country ; and, when they are fed with bacon and beans, as they ought to he, they are a most honourable, honest, truth-speaking, and hardfisted generation. They are not educated, I believe; for in my various conversations with them in placesof public resort_ such as fights, hangings, whippings, pilloryings, fairs street-riots, elections, ducking-matches, or other tours pieniPres at which they attend, I never bothered myself to make the enquiry ; but if they are not, I am not quite so certain that they have thereby lost all claim to common sense. Let any man dine with a Bishop, say Philpotts, for example—a great orator, Sheil, for example—a won derful novelist, Bulwer, for example—and then adjourn to the Hack Diamond, by the yawning gulf which gapes at the bottom of Durham-street, expanding its murky jaws towards the Strand, and there, seated upon a bench, among the congregation of coal-heavers, retired thither to enjoy their °awn cues poteibus, let him compare the acumen, the solid sense, the justice of observation, the exactness of remark of the one company with the other, and the Black Diamond will have it. As for honour, or honesty, con sistency of principle, freedom from rancour or ostentatious display, or dull encounter of muddy wits, I shall not affront the coal-heavers by instituting a parallel." ENGLISHMAN'S MAGAZINE. A grave and somewhat formal periodical, em bellished with a portrait of Defoe in one of the most elaborate and awful wigs we ever saw. The articles, however, are good of their kind the first in particular, descriptive of some late questionable proceedings of the Royal Society of Literature ; the " Confessions—we are sick to death of the word confessions,' it is as bad as refreshing," talented,' &c.—of a Tippling Philosopher" are too elaborate in their hu mour, though they possess much energy of ex pression. "My Little Grey Landlord," will re ward perusal ; and the " Essay on Painting and Sculpture" developes considerable critical per spicuity. MONTHLY RE VIE W. We hope this grave old relic of the literature of other times still continues to run its course rejoicing. We hope this, first, for the sake of old associations, and certain never to-be-for gotten school-boy recollections of Smollett and Peregrine Pickle —poor Smollett was the founder of the Monthly Review—secondly, because the critical notices are sure to contain well digested information on matters interesting to the generality of readers. The present number is fully equal to its predecessors of the new series. Lit BELLE AS SEMBLEE-LADIES' MA- GAZINE. The portrait of Lady Gower and her infant child, engraved by Dean, from a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, is thlc of the most per fect things of the kind we ever met with. It is impossible for any engraving to exceed it in richness, delicacy of touch, and general felicity of execution. The " Lady's Magazine," in .tddition to some sensible literary contributions, contains a cleverish portrait of Agnes Sorel, the mistress of one of the early Charles's of France. ASIATIC JOURNAL -EAST INDIA 31A- GAZINE. 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Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 10,1 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars -1 Silver bars, standard 0 0 0 7 . , . 'Vino LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1831. Prince LEOPOLD accepts the Crown of Bel gium, as we stated in The Sun of Monday. Lord PONSONBY conveyed the Prince's accept ance to Brussels last week. Luxemburg is to be ceded to Belgium for a consideration in money, and Limburg, with the left bank of the Scheldt, the King of HOLLAND keeps. We wish King LEOPOLD much joy of his new dignity, and the Belgian nation that prosperity and happiness which they have so well merited. But will France and England do nothing for the brave— the noble—the chivalrous Poles ? For the ho nour of humanity and the cause of freedom we hope they will. The following are extracts:— BRUSSELS. NATIONAL CONGRESS.—SITTING oF MAY 27. M. Raiken read the report of the Central Section on the four motions submitted to its examination on the 25th, viz. Ist. That of M. Ch. Rodenbach, to fix the eection of the head of the State for the Ist of June. 2d. That of many Deputies,desiring that Prince Leopold may be elected King of Belgium. 3d. That of M. Blargnies, respecting Luxemburg, &c. 4th. That of M. Robaulx, that the executive power shall employ all possible means to regain the provinces in the hands of the enemy. The Central Section examined them in the following order No. 3, That of M. Blargnies rejected. 2. No. 4, That of M. Robaula rejected. 3. No. 1, That of M. Rcxlenbach. Those sections that did not adopt it desire an earlier day. 4. No. 2, Supported by M. Van de Weyer. Of 1 , 21). Members who were present in the Sections 96 assented; 2t reserved their votes; two only were against. The Congress consists of 200 Members, of whom 78 did not attend the summons. The Cen tral Section, consisting of 11 Members, unanimously assented. _ _ M. de liobanix—Gentlemen, as the arrival of Lord Ponsonby has been announced for some days, and was to bring news which some expect with hopes, others with fear, I wish to know, now he has arrived, if the Minister for Foreign Affairs has any communication to make to us. M. Leheau—l had a visit front Lord Ponsonby at ten o'clock yesterday evening. I had a conversation with him which continued till late at night, and which it is not fitting to report in a public assembly. I Was informed that an official note would be communicated to me to-day, which, as the Assembly does not sit till four o'clock, 1 shall not he able to communicate till to-morrow. The Assembly resolved that to-morrow, before proceed ing to the order of the day, it would discuss the question of the head of the State, and will hear the communication of the Minister, which he is invited to make at the open ing of the sitting. The communication made to the Congress by M. Le beau to-day, the 28th, in a letter from Lord Ponsonby, dated yesterday. The substance of it is, that the Con gress will use its mediation to obtain Luxemburg for Bel gium. As for Limburg, and the left batik of the Scheldt, the Congress will maintain Holland in the p ossession of them. Prince Leopold will accept the cro wn. The p roto col is considered with respect to the debt as for written 3 n l t ) 1?:!- as a proposal. BRUSSELS, M AY on i‘i A t. 1 1 1 ,1 B 2 s communicationTß ege n . 6xe vn has lowing to the Editors of the Emancipator : " I have just read in your 148th number, dated to-mor row, an article headed Parallel (between) Hereditary Monarchy (and) .Electiv! .21.E . marchy, in which you put me in comparison with his Highness the Prince of Saxe Coburg. I never could have expected this honour, and I do not believe that I merit it. " I beg you, g entlemen, to confin e yourse l ves to discuss ing the merit of t hings without mixi ng t h em up w i t h th a t of persons. It will be agreeable to me, if N o u abstain from mentioning my name on all occasions when you Teak of the head of the State. I have obtained in my cilintiy all !o which a citizen can aspire, the suffrales of my colleagues, sanctioned, I believe, by the assent of the nation. This is sufficient for my personal satisfaction. I have only one more wish to realize, it is to bring, by the aid of the Congress, the vessel of the State into a safe pirt ; to &liver up the management of it to him who s!.all be cho=en for Sovereign ; and lastly, to lay down the powers with which I am temporarily invested, and which I declare I will never accept definitively. " E. SURLET DE CHOKIER. " Bru , selQ, M t y 27, 183 1 " _ _ The Journal d'Auvers says " The Dutch squadron has not made any movement, notwithstanding the reports which make it mat.ceuvre, and which reports are conti nually spread by fear or malevolence." I.lsnoN.—The Gazettes from the 16th to the 21st of May, both inclusive, contain no political news respecting Portugtl Under the ship news are the following notices:— " MAY 6.—ln sight one French brig of war, east of the Cabo d'E•pochel, a corvette of war, and a large ship, ap parently a frigate, both without any colours hoisted, off Cabo da Roca M 18.—Two frigates, a corvette and a all without colours, off Cabo da Roca. At five o'clock all these men of war were sailing westward. May 19.—The ships of war mentioned yesterday are not in sight to-day." The accounts which we gave yesterday of a reported change in the Administration of the United States, are this morning confirmed by the arrival of New York Papers. The fol lowing are the names of the Members composing THE NEW CABINET. Edward Livingston, of Louisiana, Secretary of State. High White, of Tennessee, Secretary of War. Louis NPLane, of Delaware, Secretary of the Treasury. Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, Secretary of the Navy. It is also added that John M. C. Berrien, Attorney- General, has resigned; and that the Hon. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, will be appointed to his place. (From the National Intelligcncer of April 25.) The following is the correspondence between the Pre sident and the Secretary at War : " Washington City, April 7. " DEAR. SIK,-Four days ago I communicated to you my desire to relinquish the duties of the War Depart ment. I now take the occasion to repeat the request which was then made. lam not disposed by any sudden withdrawal to interrupt or retard the business of the office. A short time will be sufficient, I hope, to enable you to direct your attention towards some person in whose capacity, industry, and friendly disposition you may have confidence, to assist in the complicated and laborious duties of your Administration ; two or three weeks, perhaps, may be sufficient for the purpose. In coming to this conclusion, it does not arise from any dissatisfaction entertained towards you, from no misunderstanding between us on any subject, nor from any diminution on my part of that fri,ndship and confidence that has been reposed in you. I entered your Cabinet, as is well known to you, contrary to my own wishes, and having nothing to desire, either as regards myself or friends, have ever since cherished a determina tion to avail myself of the first favourable moment, after your Administration should be in successful operation, to retire ; it occurs to me that the time is now at hand when I may do so with propriety, and in proper respect to you. Looking to the present state of things, to the course of your Administration, which being fully deve loped, is before the people for approval or con demnation, I cannot consider the step I am taking ob jectionable, or that it is one, the tendency of which can be to affect or injure a course of policy by you already advantageously commenced, and which I hope will be carried on to the benefit and advancement of the people. 'rendering my sincere wishes for your prosperity and hap piness, and for your successful efforts in the cause of your country, I am, &e., " J. H. EATON." The following is an extract from the reply of President Jackson : " Your letter of yesterday was received, and I have carefully considered it. When you conversed with me the other day. on the subject of your Withdrawing from the Cabinet, I expressed to you a sincere desire that you would well consider it; for, however reluctant I am to be deprived of your services, I cannot consent to retain you contrary to your wishes and inclination. (Signed) "ANDREW JACKSON. " Washington City, April 8." Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's, at Lisbon, dated May 21 : " Two double-banked French frigates, two corvettes, and a brig, have been off here; in consequence of the boisterous weather, they have not appeared these two days. The Endyni ion French brig of war arrived the 16th, from Brest, and went away to-day, but according to general report without any satisfactory answers to the requisitions, whatever they may he. No positive information as to the demands, or the ulterior steps, can be obtained." A Morning Cotemporary, a most rabid ad vocate of the Anti-Reformers, is, we perceive, busily impressing on the Upper House the im portance—indeed the absolute necessity—of their throwing out the Reform Bill, when it comes formally before them for discussion. We can conceive no advice so prejudicial—so dan gerous—so truly destructive to the constitu tional authority of the House of Peers as this. Had it proceeded from an enemy, we should not have wondered at it ; but when we find that it comes from a journal which professes to be a staunch friend to the interest of the Upper House, we cannot but acknowledge the perfect propriety of the old adage, " save me from my friends." Not a thinking person in the community but must know, that from the very moment that the House of Lords throws out, or even cripples the Reform Bill—from that moment, its influ ence as a dominant power in the State, is at an end. Brought into direct collision with the KING, the Ministry, and the people, who or what is to save it ? Will the fact of Lords GREY, and BROUGHAM, and PLUNKETT, and a few other enlightened Statesmen belonging to the order, preserve it from utter discomfiture ? Alas, no Its doom will be sealed before they can in terfere in its behalf. It will be looked upon as a superfluous appendage ; as a sort of incubus on the Constitution ; will be eyed with re,tless, unceasing jealousy by the people ; and at the very first suitable op portunity, will in the - words of BURKE be voted " the mere lumber-room of the State." We mention this merely by way of warning ; for GoD forbid we should ever live to see o ur apprehensions realized. A House of Peers, well organized and regulated, is as essen tial a pact of the Constitution as a House o f Commons : one nerves to correct the other ; while both act as a check on any undue democratic spirit that may, from time to time, develope itself among the community; but when the House of Lords puts itself in direct collision with the House of Commons, the latter being supported by the strict moral justice of its cause, it needs no super-human sagacity to foresee which party must give way. But we cannot for an instant bring ourselves to imagine that the " hereditary Legislators" of the kingdom, ‘vill resolve on such a rash—such a frantic act, as opposition to a Bill which the KING, the Ministry, and the people, have already sanctioned by their unanimous approval. They must knoW that all history speaks trumpet-tongued against such a suicidal act ; and that no struggle eve yet took place between the nobility and the people, in which the lattter were not eventually' the conquerors. Besides, what just motive can the House of Peers have for interfering with the privileges of the other classes ? The people exact nothing that the Constitution does not bnounce invade Aristo let I ty by State selfish ruse of people ; scathed of its le saki Illteerin it of th ie and 1 Lord Por .trwards a Fair s . TI morning hAion as tc 4. Raiket Pointed to Lyme Com 1., the ele lief of tb, 4 tponed u ten for Li , Ii in the '.llll to reign trool 'on to resu 4. Rode] M. 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