The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-13 00:00:00

LITERARY ANECDOTES. (From a Correspondent.) F e w readers of taste can have forgotten the imnpression first produced on their minds by the exquisite rural tales and descriptions of the late Robert Bloomfield. The latter days of this worthy, unassuming man , were darkened by poverty and afflicti on . The failure of his pub lishers—SOLT:z expensive, unproductive law-suits " - i ll t oo easy andgenerous disposition --and peculiar family misfortunes—impercep tibly involved his affairs in confusion, and sunk him into a state of nerveless, hopeless, despon dency, from which lie was only relieved by death. One of his warmest and steadiest friends, a living poet, of high reputation, attempted at one time to procure his appointment to a humble situation, then vacant, in one of the subordinate offices of Government. Bloomfield was every way qualified for the office, and his friend, Mr. R., lost no time in applying to a nobleman, then high in his Majesty's Councils, to endeavour to secure the appointment. The request was in stantly granted. " Nothing," his Lordship was pleased to say, " would afford him greater plea sure than to fulfil the wishes of Mr. R. and oblige his friend, the poet, in so slight a matter." Day, however, succeeded day and no appoint ment took place—it was not entered in the bond. But as great men. have sometimes bad memories, and are troubled after many things, it was possible that the promise might beaccidentally forgotten. A second application was accord ingly made to: Lord S., and a second promise returned, with numerous apologies for his Lord ship's unintentional lapse. of memory. At ;grater delay,lowever, took place—the appli; ; 4 lo , l Was again renewed, another hollo7; pror n I, e was given, and in a few days poor.•Bkomfield learned that Lord S. had eor,; orro d the . vacant office upon another indiY.,idual 1 Johnson was right in saying that booksellers are the best patrons of genius. To mark the sort of fatality which hung over the worldly affairs of Bloomfield, after the first hurst of his popularity had subsided, we shall re ;ate another incident :—At a dinner party in the metropolis, a few years since, the altered circum stances of the.surel. , poet happened to form the topic of conversation, when one of the company remarked, that an. annuity, which, to a certain amount,, he thought there would be no difficulty in seising, would form the most effectual plan of relieving the poet, and contributing to his per:simnel-it tranquillity and welfare; " I, myself," added fhe r gentleman,- " will cheerfully give live pounds per annum." The design was applauded, but met with no support ; and though the gen tleman alluded to offered to subscribe even ten pounds, to attain the end desired, it was found necessary to abandon the scheme.. Poor Bloom field had fallen into what Jeremy Taylor calls the "portion of weeds and outworn faces." In justice to a kind and generous spirit, let us state that the benevolent individual alluded to was Mr. Southey. Our next anecdote shall be one of another poet, who, like Bloomfield, had to climb the steep of fame from the level of the sea. We al lude to the celebrated Robert Burns. It has been observed, by Sir Walter Scott,* that Burns tad none of that chivalrous sense of honour which places reason on the sword's point. He was, moreover, somewhat heretical in his opi nion& about the Frenchßevolution. But Burns was, nevertheless, a brave man and a good citi zen. When the threatened invasion of the French Republicans menaced our shores, he en rolled himself a member of a corps of volunteers, established at Dumfries, and was, during the short remainder of his life, distinguished for his zeal in the cause of rational liberty. Previous to one of the public meetings of his regiment, it was hinted to the poet that something in the shape of a song or speech would be expected from him —some effusion on the glory of Britain and the patriotic ardour of old Scotland. Burns said no thing, and as silence gives consent, it was gene rally expected that the lyre of the poet would be strung for the occasion. The day atlength arrived, and the room was crowded with the civic soldiers, and their loyal townsmen. After the cloth was withdrawn, and the customary toasts pledged in bumpers, the Poet was called upon. He stood up, the company rising simultaneously with him, and slowly lifting his glass, he said, with an arch indescribable . smile, " Gentlemen, may we never see the French, or the French see us !" It is impossible to describe the disappointment which was painted on the countenances of the expect ant volunteers. They dropt down to their seats, to use the words of our informant, like so many old wives, at a field-preaching, though they after wards confessed, thitthere was as much good sense and right feeling in the poet's toast, as could be found in the most splendid of his poems. In an article on Burns, in the first number of the Quarterly Review. TH EAT R E.—Last night Miss Stephens made flier first appearance on our boards this season in the cha racter of " Polly Peaelsurn." As usual, this admired songstress was received by every demonstration of applause. Her personal appearance, if any way changed, is certainly for the better.— Scotsman. The enchanting Vestris arrived at the New Steyne Hotel, yesterday, from Worthing, for the recover y of her health. She intends, we believe, to remain here a fortnight, and we sincerely wish the salubrious air of Brighton may tend to her speedy recovery, and also that she may appear on our boards previously to her departure. Her sister is with her._Brighton Paper. Brabant returns to town on the 15th instant, after a most successful provincial tour ; he attended the W ort eeter, Leietukr, Ner . w . ich s n , nr a i n v d ane L d ir th er l p e o n o t l s nitlt un diminished power. and at oath he displayed h A writer in the Norwich pap er states, that Braharn's " Deeper and deeper still" is the ' lee plus ultra of the most . intense passion ; and that his powers shone forth gloriously . in the Recitatives which describe the creation of the firmament. Miss Stephens, 'Madame Caradori, and Bacon, were eminently suc cessful, as were, of course, Pasta and Zuchelli. The re ceipts at Norwich were upwards of six thousand four hundred pounds. On Thursday and Friday in last week a trieket match was played at Peterhorougb, b e tween II members of the Club in that town, and the like um Stamford players, which was decided in favourc n ifth be el r of at- ter, by 153 notches to 102. —Lincoln-Mercury;. WEAVING.—TheIC has been of late a con siderable improvement in the different branches of weav ing i n this city, both in demand for, and advance in price of - the manufactured article. The pullicate department is particUlarly brisk,—so much so, that there is a deficicocy of hands to execut e the work ; and we understand the ad vance within th e last two months has been fully twenty per cent.—Glasgow Free Press. GEI'iALOGY EXCELLENTLY DEDUCED. — We have heard of a singular bet lately won by a Mr. Brown, a great genealogist. Mr. Brown undertook to prove that be had lineally descended from King Jeremiah, as thus: — King Jeremiah (said he) mi g h t b e easily corrupted into Jeremiah King ; Jeremiah King into Jerry King ; Jerry Xing into Gri King ; Gri King into Girkin ; Girkin into yi e ld e d Cucumber; Pickled Cucumber into Mango; Mango into Mungo ; and Mango into Black Man.—which Mr. Brown was ! LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 16727. Adviees from Constantinople are momentarily expected, but no later intelligence from thence, nor from Paris, had reached us when we went to press. 1. The present posture of affairs in different parts of Europe is such as to impose upon Lord GODERICH'S Administration the most arduous and difficult task. Whether we look to the affairs of the East, to the state of Spain, or to that of Portugal, with a British army in her ter ritory, we must admit that difficulties present themselves in each and every case, which require the most consummate ability and prudence to surmount ; and if we turn to our own immediate concerns, by comparing our Expenditure with our Revenue, we shall equally find that his MA JESTY'S Ministers have no bed of roses to lie upon. Its fact, their stations are far from en viable, with reference to any one of those great questions which now occupy their attention ; and man y of them, we have no doubt, are ready to declare, that if private station be not the post of honour, the emoluments and patronage of high office hut poorly compensate for the labor of body and mind which the possession of it entails. To discuss any of the questions connected with our foreign politics, is not our present pur pose. The time approaches when all specula tion respecting them will be at an end, and the course of events must show the wisdom or pro priety of the line of policy we have adopted. But the subject of Finance is that to which we must direct the public attention. We are aware that this is a subject to which few have hitherto paid attention, and to which most are averse, not alone from its complexity and dryness, but, peelkaps, from the natural dis position to " lay the flattering unction to the soul," derived from the fallacious observations of the daily papers on the subject, rather than to look difficulties fairly in the face. Unpopular, however, and uninviting as the subject of Finance may be, we feel it our duty, as impartial jour nalists, to revert to it, for the purpose of awaken ing a sense of its importance, and justifying by explanation the strong measures which his 'MA JESTY'S Ministers must resort to, either by reduc ing Expenditure or increasing the Revenue. How either of these measures is to he effected must be the subject of future consideration. It appears then by the financial statements laid before the public the day before yesterday, that the : Revenue of Great Britain for the year ended the 10th October inst. was 46,832,6811., and as we see no reason for supposing that any very material increase will take place in the present Quarter, we shall probably not be far from cor rect in assuming the amount of the Revenue for the year ending sth January next, at 47,000,0001. To this is to be added the Revenue of Ireland, which last year amounted to 3,622,5931., and as it is hoped that some improvement has taken place in the Revenue of that part of the United Kingdom, we shall assume that its amount will be 4,000,0001. These sums together, will make the actual Revenue of Great Britain and Ireland, amount to 51,000,0001.; but to this is to be added, according to the present ridiculous mode of keeping the accounts, the sum of 4,245,2001., received from the Trustees for the payment of Military and Naval Pensions(ofwhich 2,030,7401. will be received by the Trustees from the Bank of England, in further payment' of the purchase of part of the annuity, and the remainder from the Government itself, and consequently forms part of the item of '2,800,000/. on the opposite side of the account). Reckoning, however, this as income, the total Revenue will be about 55,,250,000/., which, we apprehend, is the highest estimate which can be taken of it; for the present financial year. Now let Us take a view of the other side of the Account, viz., the Expenditure, For this we must-refer to the expenditure of last year, ‘vhich was, (exclusive of the sum appro priated for the purchase of Stock in redemption of debt,) 53,885,441/. ; and to the estimate made by the late Mr. CANNING, in his financial eapese on the Ist of June last. The sum voted this year exceeded the votes of last year by 800,0001., and that lamented Minister admitted that if circumstances did not allow of the reduc tions which he contemplated during the present year, our expences might exceed those of last year by that sum. As it has not been practi cable for our Ministers, from the state of political tAtirs, to make any reduction in the Army or Navy, we might assume that the Expenditure will nearly amount to the estimated sum, but we will only assume that it will exceed the last year's by 115,000/. This will make the expenditure of the year X 54,300,000 To which is to be added the amount appro priated as Sinking Fund Total Expenditure £60,000,000 We have then a Revenue of 55,250,000/., and an Expenditure of 60,000,0001., and we ask how the 'difference of 4,750,0001. is to be met? At present the deficiency of each Quarter is made up by the sale of Exchequer Bills, that is, by an increase of unfunded debt, for the purpose of reducing the amount of the funded debt ; bat as the unfunded must again ultimately be converted into funded debt, we repeat the frequently asked question, where is the use of maintaining a nominal • k . sm mg fund of 5,700,000/., when the real surplus of Income beyond Expenditure, exclusive of it, is not one million ? Every man of the meanest capacity must see, when these facts are brought before him, that it is impossible that this state of things can be carried on, and therefore the Go vernment are fully justified, if they deem it ne cessary for the preservation of the credit of the cow ary, or for other important considerations, to maintain a' sinking fund of upwards of 5,000,000/., in determining to adopt such measures, by reduction or otherwise, as will make our Income and our Expenditure equal. If reductions, consistent with the honour and safety of the country, can be made, they must, in spite of all personal consi derations, be carried into effect ; but if, as we apprehend, it will be found that reductions cannot bra carried to any considerable extent, in any of the civil establishments, beyond itbat they have already been, and that the present' political circumstances of the world are such as to render it improbable that our Army or Navy can be materially reduced, then the Government will be justified in recommending to Parliament the adoption of such other measures, by additional taxation or modification of taxatiou, as will in crease the Revenue of the country to the amount of its unavoidable Expenditure. On that subject we shall offer some further observations at an early opportunity. The following letter from Corfu contains a copy of the communication said to have been made by the SULTAN to all his Paellas, on the Treaty of Intervention being presented by the Ministers of the Allied Powers. It is a curious document if authentic, but its style is not charac teristic, and we doubt its genuineness : CORFU, Sarr. 11.—The 7th instant, the Secretary of the Vizer Omer Vrione, Pacha of Salonichi, arrived in our Lazaretto, who reports that the note of the Treaty of the 6th of July having been presented to the Ottoman Porte, in the part of the Ministers in Constantinople, the Sultan caused all his Vizirs Pachas of three tails to be informed of to, writng to each in the following tenor : " Though from the beginning of the rebellion of the in fidels our Greek subjects, the European Powers, not only have declared their neutrality, but appeared even desirous to see the rebels and insurgents punished, it must be ton surprising to reason, that after the lapse of some space of time they begin to proceed differently; that is, in the op posite direction. • " But of all the other powers, England administered to the rebels, in various modes and circumstances, mediately and immediately, different aids fer their support in the cause of rebellion, without ever consenting to listen to the most just and reasonable complaints of my Sublime Porte, advanced solemnly at various times. " Besides this, it wished formerly to interpose its media tion iii favourof the rebels, and chiefly withi❑ a few months, in union with other powers. My Royal Majesty, by means of the Reis - Effendi, gave always, at the fit time, suitable answers; and the last and definitive one in the month of Zilebizze, just passed. " But, instead of our reasons having found their fit place, and due force and vigour, beyond all expectation, in these days, the Ministers of the powers of England, France, and Russia, abidint , in this capital, advanced, i n th e names of their respective ° Courts, another new declaration, still more absurd, as well as most unjust, in which it is mani festly expressed that they imperiously require the indepen dence and emancipation of the insurgents, our rebel sub jects ; and that they iniquitously determine that m y R oyal Majesty and our faithful Mnesulmans sha I abandon, to the infidel Greeks, the property conquered for so many centu ries by our ancestors, by arms, and by the shedding o f so much blood ; and that, in case of opposition, they will take means to carry their purpose into execution, W i t h out obtaining my consent. " My Royal Majesty, therefore, having examined the affair profoundly and maturely, observing whither their purpose tends, determines on what is to be done, and con forming itself to the doctrines of our holy religion, de cides to prefer, if it should so happen, to subject, by means of arms, its most powerful throne to general and entire ruin (which God, as all-poweful, avert), than to consent to the absurd and iniquitous propositions of those powers, as most fatal. " Hence my Royal Majesty has deigned to warn you also, my Visirs and Agents, and invite you to express sin cerely your opinion► en this important affair; ordering at the same time that you must he more cautions and atten tive than at any other time, to resist, and most prompt to meet every hostile attack that may occur on the part of these Pagan Powers ; so that with the aid of the Most High, and the grace of our Prophet, we may be able, as I trust, to defend oar ineontestible reasons • against the in justice of others. " Hereafter you shall have particular and detailed in structions on the part of my Royal Majesty. " Peace and health to all the faithful, and the opposite N the unfaithful. " Given the 2d of the month Safer—(l2th Augvs - , Old Style.) The Vizirs, of course, Will all echo the opinion. The Gulf of Lepanto is closely blockaded by the Greeks, who have taken many vessels laden with provi - ;ions: At Patras there is a great scarcity, bread being 60 pai as per oca. Ibrahim Pacha has made no movement in the Morea. By way of Guernsey, letters from Rio de Janeiro to the 19th of August have been re ceived in town. The intelligence they bring is unfavourable ; the exchange had been depressed to 29-.-!, 30, but got up to 31 ; the price - of produce continued to advance in the same proportion. General BRANDT, who commanded in the provinc e of Rio Grande, had arrived in the capital, and sailed on the 16th in the packet for this country. For What purpose it was not known ; but if with the intention of raising the wind for the service •f his Imperial Master, his expectations are likely to be most wofully disappointed ; neither will he be able to recruit his army any further by men from Ireland, who under the specious plea of emigration, are eventually intended to fbrm a reinfbreement to his army. It is now understood that officers have gone from hence to command those who have already sailed from Cork, and they are likely to experience the fate of the Germans, who were induced under a similar plea to g o to the Brazils. It was understood that the Government of Buenos Ayres were well informed of the Irish expedition of Emigration, and the purposes to which it was intended to be applied. We apprehend that his Imperial Majesty will find the war with Buenos-Ayres )nore ruinous and unfortunate than his " Constitution to Portugal. He is waging an impolitic, if not an unjust war, and deserves little sympathy. In our Paper of Wednesday, we stated that the Dividends would be paid to the Bankers on Thursday and Friday, and to the. Public this day. This implied that Bankers had a priority of two days before the Public, which occasioned a good deal of inconvenience in certain quarters. We have since been assured, from unques tionable authority, that the fact as stated was incorrect. Bankers are allowed to sign for the Dividend Warrants two days before the money is issued, in order to avoid inconvenience to individuals, which would otherwise arise from the numerous Powers of Attorney granted to Bankers. This is only common justice to Bankers, for it would be impossible for them to sign for all their correspondents, unless such facility were afforded. But Bankers do not ru ceive the money sooner than the public gene rally ; the Dividends were in course of payment to both this morning. THE FUNDS--(THIS DAY). CITY, TivELrE o' CLocz. The English Stock Market remains iu the same uninteresting state which has for some time charac terised its general appearance, the business is ex tremely limited, and the only variation that has taken place since Consols opened at 57k, both for money and the account day, has been their becoming buyers, which is the present price. India Bonds, continue at 91 6, and Exchequer Bills, 61 2 pm. The only business transacted in the Foreign Funds has been confined chiefly to Mexican Bonds, the 6 per Cent. having opened at 51 5, and been as low as 53, but are now quoted at 5.4 ; Brazilian arc 55 6; and Buenos Ayres improved to 43 5 ; Colombian have reached 26 7. The discount on Anglo Mexican is on the in ci ease, and they are now 65 60 dis.; Brazilian, 25 7 p.m.; Colombian have fallen to 5 7 per share; and Tlalpuxahua to 60 dis. Three per Cent. Consols, 87i, buyers; ditto for the Ac count, 87i, buyers; India Bonds, 94 6 pm.; Exchequel• Bills, 61 2 pm. FOlLElCiN.—Brazilian, 33 6; Buenos Ayres, 43 5; Ch;lian, 20 2 ; Colombian, 1824, 25 7 ; Danish, 61 ; Greek, 15 16 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 43 4 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 54 5 ; Peruvian, 21 2 ; Portaguese, 74i 9 ; Russian, 924 1; Spanish, 94 MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 65 60 dis. ; Brazilian, 26 7 pm. ; Bolivar 4 dis. ; Colombian, 5 7 per share ; Tlat paxelma, 60 dis. ; United Mexican, 91i 20} di,. Two o' a ecr. Consols 87i I, and 87i for next time ; the continuation is on the increase. India Bonds have touched 97 ; Exchequer Bills 64. pm. Mexican Bonds are higher, viz. 5.51 THREE 0' CL 0 GK. Consols, 87i I. Monday is Settling Day in the Foreign, and Tues day in the English Market; in the latter it is un derstood there is little to arrange. FOUR O'CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish Bonds 61i Do. for Ac. 874 a Grcek Do. 1825, 15i Brazilian Bonds 37 . Mexican Do. 182.% 533. Buenos Ayres Do. 45 Peruvian Do. 20 Chilian Do. Russian D0..924 Columbian, 1824, 27 Spanish Do. 9i We understand that the light-fingered gentry have been extremely industrious in the neighbourhood of the Bank and South Sea House this morning, during the payment of the dividends. A maiden antique, in a red mantle and black beaver bonnet, was eased of a large sum of money, which she will too cautious to trust a broker to receive for her. The Oldham troop of yeomanry cavalry, under the command of Captain John Taylor, arrived at Waterloo, Crosby, on Thursday, for permanent duty for six days.— Liverpool courier. Cider will, undoubtedly, be very cheap this season in the South Hams of Devon—probably about 18s. a hogshead at the pound's mouth. The crop is more than en average one, and in some pleas extremely abundant. — In parish only (Staverton) it is expected that 10,000 hogsheads of cider will be made.— Taunton courier. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAIL ROAD. —On Wednesday, the Sd inst., there was a meeting of the Directors of the proposed Rail Road from Newcastle to Carlisle, when it was found that four-fifths of the estimated sum were subscribed, according to the standing orders of Parliament, and it was resolved to proceed with the under taking. New surveys will be made, and it is expected that all will be ready for an application to Parliament in the course of next year. TnE BELLOWSTICTURE.—This well-known portrait, which passed for some time as a genuine likeness of Shakspeare which Talma purchased, and which Charles Lamb (so says report) in the enthusiasm of his adoration, went upon his knees to kiss, turns out to be not merely a forger y, (that we knew) but the portrait of an old woman —peradventure Mrs. Shakspeare. The thing, as told by the Literary Gazette of this morning is amusing; but what must be the feelings of the ‘‘ shrinking, sensitive, and modest Elia," at having kissed an old woman ? Tie could scarcely have been worse off had he married a Mummy. HAY MARKETS.-(A1 ST. JA -C. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 110 Upland Ditto 4lO 510 Rye-grass Hay 4lO 510 New Meadow Hay 315 410 A good supply, and a steady _ smiTht. s. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 3ro 4 0 Upland Ditto 4 :5 5 5 Rye-grass Hay 4 5 5 5 New Meadow Hay 315 4 5 Supply good, trade dull t per Lead et :id Trusses.) MESS. s. s. Clover Hay .... 4 10 to 6 10 Oat straw 1 H 1 12 Wheat Ditto ll2 116 • r trade ; prices as last quoted, :FIELD. A. Cloy. Ilay generally 4 4to 5 10 Do. extra fine 0 0 6 0 Oat Straw 1 8 1 10 Wheat Ditto 1 10 113 , and prices stationary. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Mr. Young's Zanga la►t night elicited unqualified applanse, from as full a house as we have sees► this season. He seemed the very incarnation of Revenge ; and embodied all the grandeur which the imagination of Young has thrown around this very poetic cha racter. Miss Jarman's Leonora was chaste, and well conceived : but Young was the hero of the evening. His delivery of those emphatic and well-known words—" know then, 'twas I," will not be readily forgotten I►y those who have once heard them. The house cheered them for at least two minutes, and this, in spite of the unnatural and exaggerated cha racter of Zanga, who from first to last IR "thing, either more or less than Milton's Satan without his winos. --- - A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR THE HICCOUGH. —Take about a tea-cup full of cold water at nine sips, and the involuntary sob will cease.—Leeds Inteiligerecer. A trout, which weighed five pound; was caught in the River Tone, at French Weir, Taunton, on Tuesday, by Mr. Bastabie, of that town.—Brait Lord Auckland and his sister, the Honourable M i ss Ed en , have left Mount 6hannon for Killarney.— Detblin Freeman's Journal. On Saturday, Proclamations offering 2,000/. reward for the discovery of the murderers of Mara, were posted up in the town of Tharles, but we regret to say they were all either tore down or covered with mud on the same evening.— Tipperary Free Press. EATING SALADS.---A lad who had lately gone to service having had salad served up to dinner every day for a week, ran away ; and when asked why he had left his place, he replied--" they wade me yeat grass i'th summer, and I tour afraid they'd mak me yeat hay winter; and I could no stand that, so I war off."—Anteri can Paper. The consummate epicurism and coarse manners of Quin, the actor, often rendered him a very disagreeable guest. Dining one day with the Duchess of Marlborough, her Grace, to his great surprise, helped herself to the leanest part of a haunch of venison, which stood near her. " What !" said Quin, "and does your Grace cat no fat?" "Not of venison, Sir." " Never, my lady Duchess ?" " Never, 1 assure you."' Too much affected to restrain his genuine sentiments, the epicure exclaimed, " I like to dine with such fools." A HOPEFUL , FAMlLY.—Stephen and John Withers, father and son, where this week committed to Fisherton Gaol, charged with breaki ng i n t o t h e prem i ses o f Mrs. Heathcote, of S h aw - hill - house, and stealing a variety of property. Of this family, one son has been transported ; an d a nother is now undergoing his sentence in Devices House of Correction. John (above named), has been in prison seven different tunes, and has been committed for trial at each of the last three assizes. This is the second time that the father has been committed ; and Stephen, junior, (another of his sons), was apprehended at Melkshain, on Tuesday night, charged with burglary. He also has been several times imprisoned.—Bath Hdruld. DUBLIN, OCTOBER (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The greatest exertions are making by• the atithori•. ties here for the purpose of discovering, the persons' concerned in the dreadful and cold-blooded murder o f Mara, in the county of Tipperary. The Solicicor-Oe neral, (Mr. Doherty), is at present busily engaged iu Tipperary, in collecting every information upon the sub ject; and one of our most active peace-officers was despatched within these few days, from the Head office, for the, purpose, if possible, of tracing out the! murderers. While upon this subject, I cannot help con trasting the conduct of our popular Chief-Secretary, Mr. Lambe, with that which was invariably pereued by his predecessor, Mr. Goulburn, with respect to the Government Proclamations. The Ft oclamatioos were almost without exception, made use of by the Orange and Tory Governors of Ireland, fur the purpose of bribing certain papers to the advocacy of their principles. These principles were so odious to the people at large, that the paper which was bought over by the Government was immediately, deserted by its subscribers, and the consequence was, that the Proclamations, which often contained matter' of deep importance to the people, were to be found, but in papers Thick the people would no/ read. The remains of the old system are still preset ved, and at the present moment papers are to be found, possess- tug the Government proclamations, which have'not more thap thirty, forty, or a hundred subscribers, w bile the liberal papers can, perhaps, count thou sands amongst their readers. For instance perary, there is a paper there which the late pro prietor consigned to the present, on condition of itst advocating illiberal principles, which were to g" along with tlw Government proclamations, and the proprietor is actually bound under a heavy penalty not to break through this curious engag e m en t. Non , the consequence is, that the paper cannot count UP any thing like a hundred subscribers. Had Mr. r Goulburn been our Chief Secretary, the reward for the apprehension of Mara's murderers would have been, most probably, confined to the Herald, the ' paper I have before alluded to, while the Tipperal Free Press, a paper possessing a circulation greats than all the county papers together, would have ~ been excluded. Mr. Lambe has, however, broke° through the laws of partiality:which have been pre- dominant in this country. PRICES OF S'I'OCKS THIS qz - ...nk Stock, ex div. Spey Cent. iced., ex div. 864% :3 per Cent. Cone 3 , ,< 2 per Gm-, f., ex div _...._ Ditto Red., ex div q 3 2 7 ' I per Cent. New lolc' 7, Ditto, 1826, ex div. 1614 . 1. Bank L. Ann., ex div.... 199 0 4, India Stout - Ditto Bonds (Xi A 7 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS A ustrian Bonds, 5 per cent. Brazilian Bonds Y 334% 7 Buenos Ayres Bond= Milian Bonds, 6 per ct. Bonds 2l Ditto. 1824 Danish, riper tollt.. GIN Greek Bends • Ditto, ...............-15`L Guatunala — Mexican Bonds Do. 3t5:75 55 DAY AT ONE O'C'I,OCIC. South Sea Stock Old A Mltlitl , ?s . New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 61 64pm. Ditto .500 2d. 61 64 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial -- pm. Bank for Account oiu India for Account' Cons. for Ar , t l4 TFItS ().•.V AT ONF, O'CLOCK Itienprilitan, Peruvian Bctds Portuguese Bond.; — Prussian, 5 par cent. — Ditto, New . Russian, NP , . q 214 aq Liviinbili, 15.21 oN 1523 Frrnth licnto, t sp. c 101 25c. - ---I;xchauge 25t. 30c. ---- 3 per cent. —r. - Exchange £sf. SOc. PRICES OF SHARES Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Brazilian Mining Co. .E2O 51 52 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoe 5 £213?. Real del Monte Mining Co. Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Co. 10 9 PRICES OF IRIS. Rink Stock C0n.,01:3, 3 per cent. Go , . Stock, ih per cent.— 952!. Ditto, New 913 4 per Cert. lOWA Gov. Deb. 3!..4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock .... .ION t;r.ind Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent 11.41ait 01lice Deb. et — STOCKS, OCT. 1 0. St. Patrick Insti.t. (j'r &h.) Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — flit , ernim Bank I'n:candid Ditto . 93! Royal liisli Mine — Irnpfstial Mille . Mining, Co. of Ireland Cotntnercial Butl,litipi — COUTISF, OF Escxt Amsterdam C.l'. l' Ditto, at sigh Rotterdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp ;.9 4 Hamburg!) 0 / , Li. 3 , .; 11. Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 4, U. 25 60 Bordeaux 25 CO Berlin Frankfort oil Blaine, Ex. Al. 11„, Peterstairgh, rble... 3 10 0 Vienna, etlictive 2 M.10 6 Trieste 4 , 10 6 Madrid Barcelona 34 i )4 °e ille 35 Gibraltar lti I NIA Arrived. Doe. O /kinetic - 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 O France O Gott enburgh 0 0 Guernsey& JeTheY 0 HIGH WATER. AT LONDI Morning...2l IT Titer 9. NGE ENTEE,DA Y. Legilorn Geticia .....2.i (Al Venice Malta Naples lem, per oz. 11S Lisbon Oporto Rir• JAnciro 14 Buenos Ayres -- Dublin, 21 days' sight Cod; --•- • - BULLION, PER OZ. d. s. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bar, 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 Silver. bars, stand:ird 0 5 Oi Arrived. Duc. O kiantteirgil O Holland • 0 0 Jmnaica ' 0 Leeward I slate!: O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 Mexico 0 I Waterford oN BRIDGE TO—MORROW. Everriti2....sl mimites after S. 1111, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(V-11S DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S, DEAL, OCT. 12.—Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the Huskisson, Pardon, from Jamaica ; the Washington, Springsten, from George Town. Arrived from London, the Africanus, Hodgson, for St. Michael's ; the Golden Spring, Pritchard, for Jamaica; and the Thomas King, Williamson, for Demerara. _ _ PLYMOUTH, OCT. 1 I.—Witid W.—Arrired the Unity, Le Fevre, from Gibraltar. Off port, the Integrity, King, from St. Lucia......... , - - FALMOUTH, — OCT. 1 I.—Wind W.S.W. to W.— Arrived the Hutton, Brown, from Rptterdam. Off port, the Fredericht, Brand, from Java. HARWICH, OCT. I2.—The Royal Sovereign yacht remains. • NORTE! SHIELDS, OCT. I.—Yesterday his Ma jesty's brig Clio was towed into this harbour by two steam boats, with loss of her rudder, a bower and stream, anchor and cables, having been uron Hawkesby Head. WHITBY, OCT. 11.—During the whole of yester day it blew a strong gale from N.N.W. to E.N.E. and thick with rain. In the night a light collier, said to be the Nancy, of Shields, drove on shore to the southward of Staiths, and it is feared will be wrecked; crew saved. I.4IMINGTON, Ocr. M.—The Happy Return, from Penzance, lies much in the same state as yester day. None of the cargo has been got out, as the tide does not recede sufficiently. Extract. of a letter from' Mr. John M'Clure, master of the St. George, from Jamaica to London, dated Annotto Bay, Sept. :—" I am happy to say no accident happened to the St. George during the gale; the rest, I am sorry to say, did not do so well." The Jane, Collings, from Honduras, ►s bupposed to be arrived in the Downs. The Latona, Reisck, from Marseilles to Stettin, foundered off Cape St. Vincent's; crew saved. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (London Adjourned Sittings, before the Loin CHIET JUSTICE and a Cotnmon Jury.) The Court was occupied in trying an issue from the Court of Chancery, Involving no point of the slightest interest. The trial had not concluded when our Reporter left the Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) BOW STREET. A hardy looking veteran, named Francis Mather, aged 85, :applied to Mr. nuts, for his interfe rence, in recovering his pension. lie had been 2.1, informed been rrncd as that usual itb t a o d r b ec ee receive e e support years in the Blues, and had, while himself a corporal, enlisted th e i r p resent C o l one l as a p r i vate so ldi er . le had hisstopped b pension, ytbe an e d ite m e .a rs s then i of a parish in Notti ng h ams hi re for th ort of his wife, who 43 years s i nce had placed d herself under the protection of a m an , w h o had since trans portation, leaving h er i n possession oiefds e underimg fac-similes of his own pe rson . The oltdiump sioner was persuaded, he said, that the Colonel above alluded to would do anything to serve him, and Mr. Halls advised him to seek his protection, as'he (Mr. H.) was sorry it did not come under his cognizance. The aged son of Mars thanked the worthy Magis trate, and retired, covered with glory and a blue coat. GUILDHALL. Michael Harley and James Whittle, stood charged with a violent assault on William James, a constable of the Ward of Cripplegate.—They were committed. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, but the trade was dull. Peaches were cheaper, most kinds of common Plums dearer than on this day se'nnight ; in prices of other-things no material alteration. Cucumbers are nearly out of season. . a. d. s. d Potatoes (per cwt.) 4 0 to S 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1 0 9 0 Ditto Red 3 0 5 0 Cauliflowers 2 6 5 0 Cos Lettuces (score) 0 9 1 6 Horseßadish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Celery 1 0 1 6 Brocoli Carrots (12 bunches) 4 6 9 0 Turnips 2 6 5 0 Onions Coleworts or Greens Leeks Grapes (per lb.) Peaches (purnmet) 1 0 5 0 Orleans Plums 1 0 2 0 Elderberries (bushel) 2 6 4 0 Hazlenuts 3 0 5 0 s. (1. s. d. Spinage (half-sieve) 0 6 to 1 0 Drench Beans ... 1 8 3 0 Small Onions 1 3 2 0 Apples, Common 1 6 0 0 Ditto, Choice 0 0 7 0 Damsons .......... 2 0 3 0 Common Plums 1 6 s(► Pears Nmn. Chesnuts (pecl;) 8 0 6 0 French ditto 2 6 5 0 French Walnuts 2 6 4 0 Spanish Haxleriuts Filberts (121b5.) 7 0 12 0 , Cucumbers (12) Ditto small (100) 0 6 10' Lemons 7 0 14 0 English Walnuts 1 0 11) NEW LITERARY CLUB. A prospectus for the formation of a New Literati' Club in London, on the original plait of the Athenaeum, has appeared in several of the news". papers, and has our cordial support. We believe we may state, that several young noblemen and gen' tlemen of rank, whose tastes lead them to the ma' tivation of literature, have already- signified their in; tention of becoming active members of the propose° and ny we cannot doubt but they will rout te ; diately rally round them a sufficient number 01 eligible individuals; engaged in similar pursuits, 0 complete the limited amount of subscribers. Tha t the Athenaeum has fallen short of the expectation s entertained of it, is generally allowed; and therefor e respectable e p c o t i a n b , l e e d and out excellent e a n r t e as it st inconveniences. elub m ay be 13 do not hesitate to express an opinion, that its C Oon' be t f improved und at foundation p u e p r o f e n c , t n , note thatlrci would p eit e: s i e e r t:e e : even were this that there is not only room but a demand for all ° ' ther. The candidates for ballot at the Athenaeu m and University Clubs greatly exceed what can b : admitted; and the most proper persons . come 111 " - to be excluded for years, and possibly till professiOn al labours, or the more constant business of advancing life, renders it inexpedient for them to join a body of which they might have been, in earlier times, light and ornament. To such, the New Literal Club offers a fair opportunity. We advise those who take the lead in its direction, to confine the numbers far within the thousand of the Athenaeum' and to be very select in their first measures. They may thus establish a union of the most useful arid , delightful order, rich will bring the high in ran k into contact with the high in talent, and P.ind, in 81 extraordinary degree, to the promotion oniteratur e and the fine arts. A meeting is about to be sailed';, to fix on the regulations, &c.—Literari Gazettc.• EPITAPII ON A"SMUGGLER SHOT IN AN AFFRAY WITH THE EXCISE OFFICERS. Here 1 lies Killed by the Ml's, —American Paper', An auctioneer having an estate to sell, insert-cc!, in the particulars glowing descriptions of a " hanging wood, by which a purchaser was tempted. On e - xplao r tion afterwards, it appeared that it was a wood w herein culprits had been " hanged ;" but the auctioneer had t ° pay dearly for his jest ;—the customer brought an ac tion against him, and recovered damages. PIG M ES.—The stature of the Pigmies seldom [ exceeded an inch. Their houses and cities wen built d egg-shells. Hercules was assailed by these I:ttle creatur e* while asleep, after defeating ths,,s,iant Antestis. On awal`' hag, he found one party endeimtring to secure his fe et ' while others were mounting on his body, and the Queen' with the flower of her army was attacking hie head. TO Greeks seem to hare invented the fable of the Pigmies a 5 a contrast to the Giants, in whose existence they believe d ' This, probably, suggested to Swift the notion of the Lily putians and Brobdignagians. WONDERFUL RECOVERY OF VISION.--' Mrs. Pollock, a respectable widow, who resides w ith hel; daughter and son-in-law, at Tully, in the with liberties of this city, became blind twenty-two years ago, from inflal:: 1 'nation in the eyes, induced by one of them being Mint by a stalk of flax. During this long period, the book ° ,l Nature was a complete blank to her, so completely ba dim suffusion veiled " those tender organs. Thus g'°' continued, without the remotest hope of ever discerning a ll object, when, about two weeks since, she said to het daughter, Airs. /, I think, daughter, ceire th e window—has it bars across it ?" " That wer e Stephenson, " I think, my dear, I p er mnse happy circu ms t ance i n d ee d !" re plied the daught er ; rinu a t r e„ m. and Itther wasi exclaimed ( nophati • 1 fear it i s only imag i nat i on , as the window has no b a re. The moth er was sile l nt fot- u e n my had tak tam ; a kind Piropvirdoevinieleg,w iaisisroestntuocrhin,g that t at s h be e away ; and (coin that moment, the object of his goodotl t i • i lear b ly ee dng been daily improving, the different members of the family, E ifi , walk a broad, without needing, as formerly, on e.to*lead b" by the hand. —Londonderry Journal. Au 01(1 writer, Fuller, in his " Worthies o f , Cornwall," aft er d escr ibi ng • the beautiful seat of SAO . Mount Edgecumbe, near Plymouth, says, " This c urio ,* and noble mansion so affected the Duke of Medina Sidosigf Admiral of the Spanish Armada, in 1588, (though behold" ing it at a di s tance on the sea,) as t o reserve it f or his ons o possession, in the partage of this kingdom, which in hoP e : and expectations they had alr ea dy conquered." This br io' to mind a circumstance whi c h rea ll y occulte d a t a n orl period of the French Revolution, when the leveling 1" 113 ; ciple prevailed to a considerable extent in this country. , party of m ec h an i cs, w h o h e ld t h e i r meet i ngs Iss a pubh:l house in th e ne i g hb our h oo d o f T otten h am-court - toa d, 11 1 one evening b een ma ki n g arrangemen t s as t o th e future u w ; position of the different estates of certain English noble' and gentlemen, when, unhappily, two of the fraternity bad each conceived a violent penchant for the mansion 0 , domains of the house of Russell. Each of the candidatf: had certainly an equal right to the reversion ; and so nes t s' ; nate were they in supporting their claims, that it wag length agreed that the matter should he decided by comb, and the patriotic Dares and Entellus, to use modern P i a lance, actually milled one another for three quarters of s hour, for the sake of Woburn-Abbey. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TFIE YEA-- 1727 AND 1827.—1 n the year 1727, hackal coaches were plain, awkward, clumsy things, 110 springs, and their number did not exceed er in the whole of London ; at present their nuto li i is ine.: - eased to 1,200. Fashions at that perio; did not reach any place 50 miles distant In u London, until they were n early out ; now thei travel down in coaches, diligences, &c. in a fe o , hours. Coaches w ere then two days and 0 nights going down to Dover ; they now perf or e , the same journey in nearly a quarter of. the ti rri d In 1727 meat was only 3d. per lb. ; now it is 10 ; or Is. Servants' wages then varied from . '21,• to 41. ; now 101. to 30/. In addition P. WTI llnicated Parry ' s Expect hiving before t rciied on as About the forcing her U. NV commonly at tl to the north' water, several North' end of I Bahloyes Smerenbur 2 . I one unbroken land ou every made fast, xviti harbour; a vu ward, broke ship drifted, bi place which pr Shortly after westward, anc venting the e! considerably tc the ship remaii the distance of out any clear v About the 'trove - the ice c Water off Wayp hemmed harbour; but ti ble, on account the shores in c Captain Par Islands, hoping to discover anti hut on arriving there also founc stacle. Capt•Pa among loose an min. 32 sec., be and might have northward in th ble, to find a sa. to the southwar ever, was to he locked up by an place of shelter ni lat. 70 deg. which appears t of the old Dui can a l fo r a quart placed in a seem Captain Parr the 21st June, s tructed f or t h e him. The othe tiemenant Ros Bird; and each 1 (.4 provisions ft ' table I s l and the the Weather Ava: smooth " as a mi n -After of proceed cly thr ', o°l e distance tc .4°3r it at no on ' l t' , 1 2 min. 51 °v er the i ce co theY Proceeded t o a ` lat ,l4ll deta c h et B- * , " 4 i e d, as to rel (1- t 'aul them enough for them ~'")o4tiTt brid g es ' -t ge, so as to g"etal lY With gt all. , all ow requirm, them ,L e l ee also Was t t o ha m ; s 0 . 8 , - of somewl b were quirmove two, and by their their I 3 ' Ft indirect f wa lk two of 4tocultieS of th Me the Most stre n 'or el even a . d, -ortaw' and did n c the ho of soc Which r ol l v f : C ) Sa uponapPliti vatii az ' 1 Yb latitude 3 U miles. at fiat and unbroki A s Capt. P an °etasionally met few narrow hol P a rt of hi s j our asses, only a f 4 boats to be e._•l which consumed e xhausting to t Water en the ice always wading tl Randy wet with wh 24 , , by every from chilblains, a great deal of ra ap r b Tao:vs:ha; two ; sputai o rine r lt(elit t ,.hi l op i erur_eospeve They soon for ‘alence, at first, decided a tender they sometimes I testing as they I labour. In one titans, they had, latitude of 82 d( !?34 deg. cast ( raging circumstai itC Captain Parry `very exertion tt fithint hope of at eild of then maki Porti o n e d with became b 4 too Whole object Al his resources, mach the higher k llow, and, if P°s the eighty-thud 'Nr ce i y any imp' th e i ce; intlee: 4 -ken Nv(ur ~'tcurred in lat. E fat 'ts the eve cot ' l e seen but det"c t ec ayed as to ret e ce of this ice, i et't~tre near the t< ' and although .itistant but row ) l c : 11 , it being of , Whole meat itil te full of hole. l est motion °l ti th d, i n an • -1 e lllb PrOViSiOIIS to ~,;,e v er whi c h th . 10 Way under ~5 1 4 1' ''Y escaped tit e lives ; — onc I4belt bring at ~1. 4'1,1 4 the 22(1 0 1 1 10 • 1e had u 4,. d1 l they several .eased a drift th e 11 tingling E the 14 ". oii the dry "I ,o %ure to 4z,,„ last Sol Pi