The Sun. — London, England, 1831-12-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT 07 Till PUBtle JOURNALS. The Court Circular stL.tes that the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Wilma - while, and the Marquis of Chandos, had a meeting with Earl Grey at the Treasury on Saturday, and that the meeting lasted for a considerable time. Though the Court Circular is in general more conversant with the revolutions of fashion than of party, it some times puts forth a claim to the higher distinction, and acts as a sort of demi-official organ, cor roborating or contradicting the speculative ru mour of the day. In such a light we may con sider the announcement just alluded to. Then, it seems, there was some truth in the reported negotiations between the moderate Tories and the leading Members of the Government. Then there is some prospect that the measure of Re form may be happily rendered palatable to those whose opposition proved fatal to the former Bill, and that an end will be put at length to the sus pence respecting the fate of this question, under the agitation of which the country has so deeply suffered. In anticipating such a result we do not impute to Lord Grey the slightest intention of abandoning his pledge, so often and so em phatically repeated. The character of his Lord ship, the existence of his Administration, and the success of the great measure by which he has proposed to stand or fall as a public man, are all so many guarantees that he will not, cannot, break from his engagement. To compromise in that sense, and to that extent, would be to defeat the purpose of compromise itself, by disgusting the nation at once with the whole proceeding. But it is still possible that much may be done in a spirit of candour to meet the views of those who, perhaps, only differ from the Minister, now that they have had time for reflection, upon points, the surrender or modification of which may not affect the principle to which he stands pledged. We give Lord Harrowby, Lord Wharncliffe, and the Marquis of Chandos, full credit for a just appreciation of the character of Lord Grey. They are men of high honour themselves, and therefore, we must conclude, incapable of pro posing any terms, with the knowledge of his Lordship's declaration before them, which he, as a man of honour, could not accept. It is, there fore, we repeat it, possible that some arrangement may be come to which which will enable both parties to concur in the same object. This would secure the ultimate triumph of the mea sure ; though Sir Robert Peel, and Sir Charles Wetherell, together with Mr. Croker, and a few others, may retard its progress by their declama tions. It is now supposed that the House of Commons will proceed no farther than the second reading before the adjournment, and that the Opposition will confine their operations princi pally to the Committee, where they will not only have a variety of topics, but a privilege of speak ing ad libitum. The great struggle, therefore, Nvill not take place until after the holydays.— J,./orizing Herald. At the Essex county meeting on Saturday, Mr. D. W. Harvey dwelt with particular force on the abuses of the Church-,-and the odious in fluence of ecclesiastics in matters of Govern ment. After concluding his speech, lie intro duced to the notice of the meeting an address which he said he had intended to have moved to Earl Grey. This address, which took amaz ingly with the meeting, contained one very re markable clause on the ultimate effects of the Reform measure, particularly its tendency to purify religion from its alliance with the State. " Pass the Reform Bill into a law, and your Lordship will consolidate every useful institu tion—our persons and our properties will be held sacred—Religion will be :purified by its disengagement from all secular alliances— our laws will be reformed and revered—eco nomy will become a practical principle—property will be made the basis of equal taxation—the Monarchy will be perpetuated, and all essential orders in the State will participate in the bles sing of a Government lastingly secured by the affections and gratitude of an industrious, intel ligent, and loyal people." In consequence of the objections of Mr. Wellesley and some other gentlemen, the address was not moved, but the strongest expression of feeling, the shouts of ac clamation with which it was received by the assembled multitude, show how sensibly the op pressive burdens which the church and tithe system impose on the agricultural and labouring classes are felt by almost all the Reformers of that great county. The conduct of the Bishops, in addition to the tithe system, has had a pro digious effect in maturing the judgment of the people on the subject of the Church. The ap proach of the meeting appears for several days past to have excited in the timid breasts of the Tories sentiments of the deepest alarm and dismay. Conscience," says the proverb, " makes cowards of us all ;" and though we may make some al lowance for the remorse of those who could only reflect on forty years of vicious misgovernment, and who might quail under the apprehension of retributive justice, yet we can make no allow-' ante, nor indeed hardly account for the extraor dinary and ridiculous preparations made for this dread occasion by three or four Tory Magi strates, who, it appears, wrote to the Home Se cretary, advising him to have a militaryforce in readiness for a riot !! ! But this is not all ; phove two hundred additional special constables ivere sworn in ; cannons were placed near the gaol, with a suitable provision of grape-shot, and other military preparations made ! The corn- V,,e.te farce of all this arrangement of force to Aisppl an assumed riotous crowd, the whole of yho m might have been routed by a corporal's guard, at once shows how nervously alive to their own defects (we were going to say deserts) the bigotted Church party are, and to what co iinfla excesses fear will carry men. The ex pected rioters turned out to be a few apprehended viel,:pociwts, and the fabled adage—Parturiunt no w ies, e S. c .--tvas in the mouth of most of those who attended the meeting.—Morning - - - - . - It is of all things most desirable that the Tory faction, and more particularly the Tory Lords, should know in what light they are regard e d b y the English people. Those amongst the Anti- Reforming Peers who fancy that they are strong enough to resist and defeat the whole nation, cannot be too soon disabused of an error, not merely to the public, but to themselves, most dangerous. Those, on the other hand, who imagine that the cause of the aristocracy is na turally one unpopular with Engli s h men ,—th a t whatever power or influence is possessed by the middle orders will of course, be empl o y e d against the upper,—that the spir it now in acti vity is of an aggressive nature, and aims at the de struction of the Peers and of their privileges, and therefore that their Lordships have no hope of safety but in meeting the fiend of democracy on the threshold, and grappling with him while their own strength, no matter how well or ill ac quired, seems to themselves as yet to be fresh And undebilitated,— such noble Lords are afflicted by a prejudice quite. as absurd, and ahnost as pernicious as the former. 'We recom mend to both the above classes of our hereditary Legislators a short and able pamphlet, already hinted at in this Journal, under the title of "'What have the Lords done, and what will they do next ?" The following few passages, among many which might be quoted, are worthy of attention. The Lords will at once see from them what a false step they have already taken, and how easily they may repair it : " There has been a tendency in the minds of the people of late years to withdraw their accustomed respect and confidence from the Aristocracy. As the lower classes advanced in intelligence, the haughty demeanour of the higher ranks naturally became galling. They witnessed with dissatisfaction the reluctance of the rich to part with the smallest fraction of their pleasures or privileges, how ever incompatible with the rights or the morals of the poor. They saw more clearly the inequality with which the laws often deal out justice to the wealthy and the humble. They obtained a deeper insight to the practices, which had transferred a great constitutional privilege from their hands to a few favoured individuals. A grow ing spirit of jealousy has been the unavoidable consequence of this rapidly extending knowledge. With an instinctive dread of its effects, a clamour was once raised against the education of the people. But it was soon overborne by the philanthropy of the middle classes : instead of viewing it as a source of injury, they justly looked to it as a means of security to the State. But let education be fur good or for evil, to restore the golden age of ignorance is no longer practicable. To accommodate themselves to the change is the only thing left for the aristocracy. Bine ilia lachrymce ! Men naturally cling to the possession of all they have long enjoyed. But it is wisdom to relinquish as a favour what must cease to be retained as a right. The traffic in boroughs is doomed without mercy to extinction, The money-changers must be driven from the Temple. It is painful to witness the impotent and vindictive struggles of some Noble Lords on this occasion. They are writhing in all the agonies of rage and disappointment. They have reached tl , e last paroxysm of their hopeless case. But why this humiliating forgetfulness of habitual dignity? Why this gratuitous excitement of popular de rision? Do they really imagine themselves able to frus trate the measure of Reform ? They might as reasonably expect to turn the courses of the tide, as to stem the torrent of opinion now bursting its way through all the channels of society. The power of the Peers is great, and great it ought to remain. But what can they do against the might of a nation enrolled under the banner of a King, to whom all, except themselves, are enthusiastically de voted ? " The Lords have not only plunged the country into unparalleled embarrassment, but have exposed the privi leged orders to unjust odium, the innocent being equally confounded with the guilty. They have, for a season at least, violently severed the bond of union between them selves and the affections of the people. They unfortu• nately possess not the power, or they take not the pain., to ascertain the nature of the public feeling to wards them. Their whole stock of information on the subject seems to be acquired from the shouts or hisses of the mob. As long as they are moved by a sense of duty, they may, and doubtless do, feel equally indifferent to these. But what sense of duty can require them to despise the opinion of the intelligent multitude, graduating through all the intermediate stages of society from themselves to the lowest in the scale ? The voice of this multitude, it is to be apprehended, does not reach their ears. They hear not the sound of its indignant condemnation, though poured forth front countless tongues throughout the kingdom. They, perchance, read the invectives of angry speeches at the Reform meetings, published in the daily journals. But these convey no notion of the bitter scorn, the contemptuous mockery, the deep disgust, with which their name is daily coupled in the table- talk of millions. They convey no notion of the curses, not loud. but deep,' muttered in the homes of multitudes, where there is no pen to report nor press to record them. Such indications of popular feeling must be utterly unknown to their Lord ships. They cannot penetrate the halls where pomp and luxury preside—flatterers will not, and dependents dare not, reveal them. But such things are, as their Lordships !nay learn to the cost of themselves and the country, should they persist in opposing the just desires of the people. There is a natural tendency in the human mind to identify the abuses of a system with the system itself, and, how ever unjustly, to hold it responsible for the conduct of those who abuse it. To avert the possible effects of such a tendency, is fortunately within the power of their Lord ships. Let them respond favourably and reasonably to the importunate demands of the nation, and they will quickly regain all the respect they have lost. The angry passions of amen will be soothed by the peaceful consum mation of their wishes. No longer left to brood over their wrongs, the generous hearts of Britons will relent at an une quivocal, though late, concession to their feelings. To frus ' trate the measure is utterly beyond the power of the Lords ; to restore themselves to the confidence and good-will of the public, ought to be the sole object of their consideration. On their next decision everything depends !—the peace, unanimity, and happiness of the empire,—the stability of the Constitution,—the permanency of the privileged orders, and the preservation of the Church. A decision involving such momentous consequences naturally becomes a matter of the most anxious speculation. Every mind, at this moment, seems agitated and perplexed. The wishes of nine-tenths of the community are the same. But among some their fears outweigh their hopes, when it is asked— ' What will the Lords do next?' " In general, the country entertains a strong belief that their Lordships will retrace their steps, and terminate the evils occasioned by their late decision. The personal characters of many, and the circumstances attending that decision, afford every reasonable ground for such a belief. " Had the Peers succeeded in overthrowing the Mi nistry, the battle of Reform must have been renewed at the outposts, and the field have been fairly fought for again. But the victory may be said to be fairly won, by the failure of the attempt to dislodge them. " The position of the Lords differs most materially from what it was previous to the rejection of the Bill. The hope of defeating it might, ere that event, have been rea sonably entertained. Subsequent circumstances have re moved every prospect of doing so. The King remains stedfast to the Ministry and the nation. The people have triumphantly refuted the charge of being indifferent to the measure. Any further opposition on the part of the Lards then, would seem little else than a wanton and reckless per severance in wrong—an unprecedented defiance of the other estates of the kingdom—a direct contravention to the wishes of the nation and the authority ot the Crown, that might substantiate every thing, at present unwarrantably, attributed to them." We can answer for it that the above picture is not overcharged, either as to what the Lords can not do, or as to what is still within their power. The people of England are not more powerful to resist injustice, than they are generous to forgive it when repented of. Nor will there be anything of irksomeness or repugnance in the return of our " lord-loving" countrymen to their ancient habits of kindly deference towards the titled aristocracy. In the short paragraph, last but one, which we have quoted above; there is - a glance at the real cause which produced the majority for the rejection of Lord Grey's Re form. It is obvious enough that the principle of Reform was a ground of opposition to very few indeed amongst their Lordships,—viz., that small coterie of which the most conspicuous members were, Lord Eldon, who has within these four days shown a disposition to be mol lified ; and Lord Mansfield, whom we hope, for the sake of his own consistency, and perhaps, were we ill-natured, we might add, for the sake of the Bill itself, to see still in unrelenting op position. The Duke of Welllington, sharp and emphatic as had been his first declaration against every colour of Reform, drew back somewhat curiously,—and, indeed, for an old soldier, not very s kilf u ll y ,— on t h e se c o nd reading. But though hi s Grace retreated by an unlucky road, and suffered severely in the narrow de file through which he thought fit to march, between his " duty as King's Mi nister and as a Peer of the realm !" it is not the less certain that the pains which he took to escape from the jaws of his first opinion,' against " any and every Reform of Parliament," were to be considered as proof of his acquies cence in the principle, and of his hostility be ing confined to incidental circumstances attending it. So the members and adherents of the Duke's late Administration, as, likewise, it would ap pear from a frank admission of the Bishop of'l Bath and Wells just published, the greater' number of my Lords the Bishops were opposed to certain incidents of the measure,—by no means to its substance. What, then, was the " un happy accident" which moved these two classes of the Lords of Parliament to their adverse and most lamentable vote ? It was the accident of a Whig Ministry being the introductors of the Reform Bill, and the consequent extension to things of the enmity felt towards persons, inas much as the triumph of a liberal Government in so great and national a cause would have, in all human probability, sealed the exclusion of the former Ministry from all chance of a return to office. Between the two parties the reverend Bishops characteristically, if not wisely, preferred their old Tory patrons, especially when they, one and all (Bishops as well as lay Tories), took it for granted that if a majority could once be secured against the Grey Cabinet, it would have nothing to do but to resign. The aim, then, of the vote was not to crush Reform, for they professed themselves to be conscious that a Reform must pass, but to bring in a proper Tory Ministry,—that was the true and unques tionable project. What followed ? The King was firm—the Minister firm : there was no change, there need be none at present; the ma nceuvre ought not, in common prudence, to be at tempted a second time. The question to be asked by Tory Peers on this ensuing occasion is, what shall we gain but universal hatred for ourselves, when it is plain that we cannot force Lord Grey out ofoffice ; and while he and his colleagues stand forth to the people of England as stanch and strenu ous advocates of Reform, we, with King, Com mons, and people against us, being stigmatized as outcasts from the nation ?" From the ultra Tories, with the exception of such men as Lord Eldon, who has been coolly weighing arguments all his days, we shall no more hope to make pro selytes than we should expect an opium-eater to sacrifice his drug, or an antiquated beauty to wipe out the rouge from her wrinkles. Different from the ultra or fanatical party, as may be in ferred from a former observation,—very different with the office-hunting Tories,—your men of worldly tact and business-like ambition. They are aware of being distrusted by the bigots. Emancipation snapped the chain between these allies ; and your Mansfields, Kenyons, Win chilseas, &c., would be as loth to rely on the Duke of Wellington's and Sir Robert Peel's in veterate obstinacy, as on Lord Grey's and Lord Brougham's blindness to a clear necessity. The placeman Tories, therefore, who look to a pos sibility of future office, and the reasonable and half-liberal who recognize a great public good when it is made plain to them, will, we doubt not, be ready to act in favour of Reform, as they did before in support of religious toleration ; and the more so, because a unanimous people are thrown into the scale of civil liberty, which was not the case when the fetters were to be struck off religion. But the main hope of the country—of King and Ministers—is the sus tained energy of the public mind of England. Let Whig or Tory be in place, a Bill, neither less extensive nor less efficient than the former one, must pass both Houses of Parliament, or the doors of both Houses may as well be shut up. It is indeed certain that the measure will produce more satisfaction in the country, and will be received with incomparably more good will by the House of Commons, when intro duced by a Cabinet who have volunteered the duty,—who are all sincerely attached to its prin ciples, and whose political reputation and for tunes are inseparably bound up with its success, than if it were extorted from an opposite order of men, who, like the late Ministers, could not, as servants of the Crown, recommend or even approach the Reform question, without a se cond abandonment, as complete as that by which they have been already signalized,—of the most important principle by which they had, for many years, announced that their conduct as Ministers should be guided. No ; let the disinterested spectators of events, such as Lord Harrowby, contemplate the distracted state of their country, and say whether they will perpetuate her agita tions. Let the more selfish politician, the slave of office, reflect how the roots of the Whig Mi nistry are deepening, and their hold of the na tion strengthening, while and so long as they have the engine of Reform to play off against the faction of old Ministerial Tories. To the fanatics we do not address ourselves, for they are moved by fancies beyond our comprehension ; but to the Reverend Bench, who, whatever they may be, undoubtedly have not much of the fana. tical spirit among them, we submit, as (meaning no possible disrespect) we would do to any firm of sagacious bankers, merchants, or Exchange brokers,—aye, or even Jews,—" Look to your per Cents., gentlemen —your rents and patron age, my Lords the Bishops ! Look to them." —Times. We have already stated our belief; that the Bill of Reform to be introduced to-nig - ht by Lord John Russell will be more uniform in its provisions, and more liberal in its qualification, than the last. It would be needless now to state partial changes, or enter into imperfect speculations, when we could only anticipate by a few hours the publication of the most complete and accurate details. We may, however,men tion, that the household qualification, entitling to a vote, will be ascertained in a different manner from that prescribed in the former Bill. The amount of rent is not to be taken as the quali fication, though the estimated value of the house entitling the occupier to a vote must be 101. The former rate, which was an inaccurate measure of value, will be disregarded, and a new valua tion of houses made for the purposes of the Bill. Then, whatever rent the occupier pays, or at whatsoever sum his house is rated to Govern ment or parish taxes, if his tenement be of the value of 101., it entitles him to a vote. There will thus be no mention of rent in the new Bill, and the machinery intended to obviate weekly payments of rent will be got rid of. In addition to this amendment, three or four towns, which by the last Bill were in schedule B, and only to have one Member, will retain their present amount of representatives. Guildford is one of these bo roughs. The machinery of the Bill is other wise much improved.—Morning Herald. The Reform question will be re-introduced in the House of Commons this day. The battle of the Constitution, already so nobly and glori ously fought, may therefore be considered as on the eve of recommencement ; and none but the most unworthy of Britain's sons will flinch from the contest, or be satisfied with any thing short of complete triumph, in a cause which involves every thing that is dear to the truly loyal and honest heart. A brilliant array of talent, of ge nuine nobility, of the most profound learning and exemplary piety, proudly presents itself, on the momentous occasion, to an admiring coun try—to a true•hearted English p eo pl e —looking with confidence to their champions for the pre servation of those long-cherished institutions, under the protection and guidance of which ' Great Britain has so long and pre-eminently flourished. In defiance of the delegated slaves of faction, the independent portion of the House of Commons will faithfully and fearlessly do their duty ; whilst with the Lords we feel quite confident, that under any circumstances the Con stitution is safe. —Morning Post. There is a degree of low cunning and base equivocation in the policy adopted by Ministers towards the unconstitutional Associations, which at the present moment it seems highly expedient to expose. The proclamation issued some time ago was so drawn up as to admit of two inter pretations—of one which extended its denuncia tions to all Political Unions whatever, and of another which limited its threats and rebukes to such Unions as had organized themselves in a particular way. The Unions, very naturally, and, considering the contenance they had previously received from Ministers, and not very arrogantly or improperly, construed the proclamation in the sense most favourable to themselves. This con struction the Ministers have never contradicted by word or act, and accordingly the Proclamation re mains a dead letter, and the Unions go on to in crease and multiply, to debate, resolve, plot, and agitate just as before. Again, in the King's speech, Ministers addressed to the Unions ano ther mild and parental rebuke, couched in terms somewhat less ambiguous than the last, but still carefully avoiding any distinct expression of a determination to put them down, and attempting even to shield them from utter condemnation, by the false and absurd pretext that they may be necessary or useful as a means of forming and expressing the opinion of the people with regard to public affairs. Thus in the first document Ministers left it in doubt whether all these un constitutional Associations were to be put down, or none of them ; and in the second they " hint a fault and hesitate dislike," while, in the same breath, they insinuate what is utterly false, to be sure, but what, if true, would amount not merely to an apology for the Unions, but to a complete vindication, to a high eulogium, morally and politically, of those bodies. In ad dition to those facts, it must be recollected that Ministers possess the power, or believe that they possess it, of extinguishing these dangerous and unconstitutional associations whenever they may think proper to deem their continued ex istence inexpedient. This Earl Grey declared the other night in the House of Lords. We ask, then, if it be fair or just towards the Legi slature and the country that any set of Ministers should bring before Parliament a measure of such deep and lasting importance as the Reform Bill which is to be introduced to-night in the House of Commons, those Ministers holding in their hands, to be extinguished or strength ened at their pleasure, such an instrument of influence, of terror, or of coercion, as the Political Unions are or may become We indignantly ask if any other than a trai tor Administration could have contrived thus to retain in their power, pending the discus sion of a great constitutional question, upon the decision of which the fate of the country, no less than their own fate as Ministers of the Crown, depends, an engine like these Political Unions—mighty in power for evil, incapable of good—illegal as Ministers confess them to be— tolerated merely by Ministerial indulgence, and tolerated provisionally and conditionally—visited within the last fortnight by Ministers with mingled praise and censure, with alternate encouragement and threats ? The language which the Political Unions can scarcely fail to extract from the con duct of the Administration is this :—" Applaud our new Bill, and you may live: condemn it, and you shall die." The love of existence, which is universal in societies as well as individuals, will thus, it may be thought, engage these associa tions in favour of the Bill, although its character may be both pernicious and unpopular; or tend powerfully at least to blind them to the blunders and the vices which, judging from the former performances of its authors, it is sure to pre sent. The Unions are so many minor and local Parliaments, whose very existence is hostile to the independence and derogatory to the dignity of the Great Council of the Nation. But that these minor and local Legislatures, the centres and sources of political opinion and action within their several spheres, live by the suffer ance and at the mercy of the Executive Govern ment, and will be nothing when they cease to be its allies, is a circumstance which materially aggravates both the insult and the injury. Not withstanding the temptation which the instinct of self-preservation presents to the Political Unions to prolong to the utmost their alliance with his Majesty's Government, it may yet be doubted whether it be not morally impossible for them to acquiesce in any measure of Reform which is not essentially subversive of the Constitu tion and the welfare of the country. — Should the new Bill of Reform be calculated to preserve the Constitution and to promote the national welfare, it will unquestionably be the duty of the conservative party not only to embrace it, but to assist his Majesty's Govern ment in quelling the Unions, whom it will in this, we fear, very improbable case disappoint and enrage. But if, on the other hand, the Bill be such as is alone, we fear, calculated to fulfil the expectations and gratify the wishes of the illegal confederacies, then, as it seems to us, the conservative party will best discharge its duty to the nation by proposing, as an amend ment to the motion, for leave to bring it in, a resolution to the effect that Parliament requires the entire suppression of this lawless, unconsti tutional, menacing engine of Ministerial power, as a preliminary to any discussion in Parliament of so important a question—of a question which never can be settled with safety or satisfaction to the public by a degraded, insulted, and intimi- I dated Legislature.—Morning Post. BISHOP AND WILLIANIS.—Sir J. SEWELL, one of the Middlesex Magistrates, has stated that he had learned, upon information which he could not distrust, that besides the confessions published by Bishop and Williams, another confession was made by them on Sunday, which comprehended a catalogue of sixty murders, and would probably have gone on to a much greater extent but for the interference of the Ordinary. When Williams the murderer was going up the ladder to execution he turned round to Mr. BAKER, who was next to him, and said, "I thirst, I thirst—l feel the burning drought of hell in my breast, and I know it is ready for me." Nothing could be more frightful than the despair of the wretched malefactor. A BROKEN-lIEARTED PIG.—MATERNAL AFFECTION. —A few days ago, while a young pig, the property of Mr. Joini RILEY, of Brinsley, was b e i ng removed from the stye in which it was with its mother, the sow was so much affected by her young one being c a ught, and having a cord tied round its leg, that she set up a tremendous scream, and dropped down dead imme diately it was taken away ! It was found that the heart bad s wollen to double its natural size, and burst ! What a degrading contrast does the affection of this brute afford, with the conduct• of the Irish woman, who offered her living infant for sale to a surgeon, for the purpose of dis section, which actually occurred a fortnight ago, at Naas ! —Nottingham Review. SIR 'WALTER SCOTT. The following is the affecting concluding w,t. to the List novel of Sir Walter Scott :—" The gentle reader is ac quainted that these are, in all probability, the last talon which it will be the lot of the author to submit to the public. He is now on the eve of visiting foreign parts ; a ship of war is commissioned by its Royal Master to carry the author of Waverley' to climates in which he may possibly obtain such a restoration of health as may serve him to spin his thread to an end in his own country. Had he continued to prosecute his usual literary labours it seems indeed probable that, at the term of years he has already attained, the bowl, to use the pathetic language of Scrip ture, would have been broken at the fountain ; and little can one who has enjoyed, on the whole, an uncommon share of the most inestimable of worldly blessings be en titled to complain that life advancing to its period should be attended with its usual proportions of shadows and storms. They have affected him, at least, in no more , painful manner than is inseparable from the discharge of this part of the debt of humanity. Of those whose rela tion to him in the ranks of life might have insured him their sympathy under indisposition many are now no more; and those who may yet follow in his wake are entitled to expect, in bearing inevitable evils, an example of firm ness and patience, more especially on the part of one who has enjoyed no small good fortune during the course of his pilgri►uaoe. The public have claims on his gratitude, for which the author of ' Waverley' has no adequate means of expression ; but he may be permitted to hope that the powers of his mind, such as they are, may not have a different date from those of his body ; and that he may again meet his patronizing friends, if not exactly in his old fashion of literature, at least in some branch which may not call forth the remark that—' Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage.'—Abbotsford, Sept. 1831." CAPTAIN BEECHEY'S NEW VOYAGE OF DiscovEay.—ln this voyage, which occupied three years and a half, Captain BEECHEY sailed seventy-three thou sand miles, and experienced every vicissitude of climate. The expedition surveyed almost every place it touched at, and executed plans of fourteen harbours, of which two are new ! of upwards of forty islands, of which six are disco veries ; and of at least six hundred miles of coasts, one fifth of which has net been before delineated. Numerous engravings by FINDEN heighten the attractions of the work, of which a third edition in octavo has just appeared. A vessel arrived in the Thames having on board a Portuguese cadet and eleven soldiers who have contrived to escape from the prison of Almeida, on the Spanish frontier, and to reach the sea-coast. They managed to remain for three days at the port from which they embarked without attracting the notice of the liliguelite authorities, who have not generally been defi cient in that sort of duty, and have had their vigilance further quickened by the preparations making to meet the threatened invasion of Don PEnito. The brave men who have thus fortunately eluded their vigilance, are, it is said, already on their way to France to join the expedition. Though but a small reinforcement, it will be, under all the circumstances, a valuable one, as their recital of the arbitrary and cruel proceedings of MIGUEL, will inflame the more all those who have determined on risking their lives for the establishment of a better Government in Portugal.— Times. The present King of DENMARK, by letters lately received from Copenhagen, has such perfect confi dence in the love of his subjects, that he is never attended by a guard, and even sleeps with his chamber-door un fastened. A short time ago his MAJESTY was suddenly roused, about two o'clock in the morning, by a youth em ployed in the gardens, who, having got by stealth into the Palace, entered the KING'S room, and tapping him on the shoulder, presented a petition, saying, in the most familiar terms, " Father, I was determined to find an opportunity of speaking to you in private, and therefore chose this time to ask you a favour." The KING, though thus taken by surprise, was neither alarmed nor angry, but, with his usual good nature, recommended the lad to have patience, and he woull do all in his power to comply with his re quest, at the same time begged that when he again wished to speak to him, he would choose a more seasonable hour. His MAJESTY was much amused by this nocturnal adven ture.—French Paper. A remarkable phenomenon occurred at Lyme on Friday morning. The sea suddenly rose to an alarm ing height, several feet above its usual level, at the same time making a tremendous noise, although at the same time there was a complete calm several •essels in the harbour received much damage. The sailors call it a bore, or ground-swell, and they attribute it to an earthquake, or to a violent gale happening at a distance. POACHING EXTRAORDINARY.—Two men, named HonsoN and LOMAS, who had been ont during the night, were returning home just before day-break, in op posite directions, and each being occupied in imitating the call of the grouse, for the purpose of alluring them to de struction, faccied the cry of the other proceeded from a bird of that description. HODSON hid himself behind a stone wall, and Lomas crawled towards him under the heather until he came within fourteen or fifteen yards of the place of his concealment. Ile then changed his call for a chirp, and was answered in the like manner. Expecting the sup. posed bird to rise, he gently raised his head and prepared to shoot, when Iloosorr, observing the motion among the heather, let drive at a venture, and the charge of his piece lodged in the head and face of Lomas. The unfortunate fellow was taken home by HODSON, who was horror struck at the misfortune, and many of the shots, which covered his head and face, were extracted. Though his life was at first despaired of, we believe he is now likely to recover, but will be blind for the remainder of his days. flonsox is in custody, and will be detained until LOMAS is declined out oi danger.— Chester Courant. A GLASGOW TRAGEDIAN.-111 the Police Court yesterday forenoon, a tall, robust, bushy-whiskered personage, of peculiarly fierce aspect, and habited in a somewhat weather-beaten tartan dress, was placed at the bar, charged with having, upwards of two months ago, committed a violent assault on a publican in High-street. From the witnesses not being in attendance, the case was not gone into ; and the accused, who had assumed all the airs of a KEAN or a MACREADY, and entered into a de fence of his tragic conduct, was informed that he would be set at liberty on procuring bail to the amount of ten pounds. Probably aware that this was what he was unable, under present circumstances to do, our hero of the sock and buskin replied, with most inimitable self-complacency, that, as he was busy with a popular tragedy, which had occupied his undivided attention upwards of 18 months, tend which had now reached the middle of the fifth act, he trusted, that, in the lock-up into which he was about to be re-ushered, their honours would have the goodness to accommodate hint with pen, ink, and paper, to facili tate his labours—particularly, as in his correspondence with her Majesty Queen ADELAIDE, to whom the work was to be dedicated, he had promied that it would be ready for bringing out by Christmas; and he was the more anxious that his request should be complied with, as he had little doubt that the catastrophe, to which he was fast hastening, would be rendered doubly effective by the original thoughts which the novelty of his situation would doubtless give raise to. The unexpected announcement had of course an irresistible effect on the Bench ; and, after our intellectual prisoner had been informed that his re quest would be fulfilled to the Letter, he politely took leave of the Magistrate, and stalked majestically out of Court, amid the suppressed laughter of the auditors.— Glasgow Courier. DKVON.—ELOPEMENT.—A young lady just returned from a seminary, (where she had been trenched, danced, and taught to draw, and learned the use of the globes, and of late had been wondrously given to novels, loving " perhaps not wisely, but too well ?") left Pa and Ma at Creditor, on Sunday, with a " chap as used to be seen poking a long nose over a garden wall," at the good people's " daurter,"—oh ! dear, tis well to have all our children settled, for novel reading daughters are mercurial creatures. The relatives of the dear young fugitive got some scent that the party had taken the road to Exeter, and they resolved to lose no time. Accordingly they came to our city, and with the assistance of one of our officers ascertained the house at which the happy couple had or dered a supper and bed for two ! ! The supper was already invitingly spread, and the gentleman about to do the ho nours, when the door was abruptly opened, and oh ! " horrible vision," in marched the conservatives ; the scene was most moving, the young lady ran over to an easy chair and fainted three successive times in as many minute., whilst the Lotharin, with noble daring, ran to the rescue of his "sours best treasure," grasping the swooning beauty round her taper waist, and inadvertently as 'tis supposed, seizing a ham by the knuckle from the table, and placing himself in a theatrical attitude, swore that whoever "moved one step to follow him, died upon the spot," and was bending his way to the door, when the officer, desired him not to " kick up a bit of !Jobbery," parried a mischievously intended blow of his greasy weapon, handed the panting beauty to her people, and bundled the hero out the room, " neck and crop." The charming truant was secured, but " love laughs at lock smiths," for she has since, we understand, flown to the arms of the man she loved.—Exeter Gazette. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. LIBEL.—SCARTII, GENT. V. GARDINER, Mr. PLATT—This was an action brough cover Compensation in damages for a libel pi of and concerning the plaintiff by the de. The libel was sent by the defendant to the Mercury, in which newspaper it was publisl was in the shape of an account of what tot on the occasion of a conviction by the defer) Magistrate of Berkshire) of the plaintiff, on formation under the Game Laws, which cot was afterwards confirmed by the Session: account was headed, " Scarth appellant, Gart spondent. Conviction of an Attorney for ing." The libel then went on to state that pellant had been in the habit of coming to on predatory excursions among the game neighbouring manors; that he came there 1830, and shot on several manors, and, whet tioned by the gamekeeper, he refused to tell hi or show his certificate ; that for better cone he sent his horse and gig to the Catherine Inn at Henley, while himself lodged at a meat house,called the Horse Shoe, in Duck-lane, a he concealed his name at both places; that had been usually stationed at the side of tl next to the field where he happened to be ti ing, in charge of a pot-companion, and forms ceptacle for the game which he killed; tha' closely pressed he retreated with velocity gig ; that the great unknown was at length, the instrumentality of Mr. Gardiner, traced t and discovered to be Henry Scarth, attot No. 2, Lyon's-Inn, and Vestry Clerk of St. Putney ; that several informations were laid him, and that he had been convicted on one Gardiner; that he had appealed to the S where the conviction was confirmed with cost publication, at the instance of the defendat admitted, but he pleaded a justification, averri the account was true. Sir JAMES SCARLETT, for the defendant, that in October, 1830, a person unknown sir covered by the gamekeepers of several manor vicinity at Henley-upon-Thames trespass; shooting game on those manors. When qu. by the gamekeepers he refused to give his address, or to skew his certificate. The in had a gig drawn by an iron-grey horse, wir stationed on the road nearest the manor on the unknown happened to be shooting ; ani questioned he made for his gig, and off hf Attempts were made by some of the gameket follow him on horseback, in order to discover was, but without success. The circumstance person unknown was poaching on these mat cited some curiosity. The Jury might re] that, oa account of the incendiary practices ing at the:time, the Magistrates were mot usually on the alert, and the unknown was al discovered. It happened that, on one occt butcher's cart, instead of the gig, was awn the horse, and some of the gamekeepers g enough to see the name of Thomas Mayne] it. Mr. Maynard was a butcher of Henley, when questioned, stated that he had lent the person of the name of Lott, who kept a gun. Henley. Lott was next questioned, and at was discovered that the poacher was Mr. Scat torney, No. 2, Lyon's Inn, London, and vest of the parish of St. Miry, Putney. An inform shooting game on a manor belonging to Mr. near Henley, was laid against him before the ant, Capt. Gardiner, a Magistrate of BerksW on Nov. 1, 1830, he attended before that get and expressed great contrition for what he ht and promised not to trespass on the mink There were several informations against him, consequence of the contrition which he exi Captain Gardiner said that he would only him on this one, and that only in the m penalty of 101. Afterwards, however, the appealed from the conviction to the Sessit there, on the 18th of January last, the cot was confirmed, with costs the penalty at being 26/. The plaintiff, after his convicti ducted himself with insolence, and Mr. thought it advisable to send an account of viction for publication in this newspaper, to give notice to the gentlemen of the cool such a person was going about poaching, under the circumstances, was perfectly just, William Cross, a gamekeeper in a mat Henley, belonging to Admiral Freeman, on I of October, 1830, saw the plaintiff and a shooting on the manor. He asked him for and authority, but he refused to give his produce his authority. Plaintiff said to him, your young master (a grandson to Admit man) that I will bring half a dozen frien town, and have a touch at the Oaken Grove ph i ' s ants." He followed the plaintiff and his man, Henley-, and there they bolted off, and be lost tbr; Several witnesses d e p ose d to th e f ac t s as fib ° stated. Mr. CAMPBELL, for the plaintiff, contended t ' f ! some length that his client was the i n j ure d Paq and Captain GardinPr the libeller. It was 110 ( false that the plaintiff was in the habit of mal` ill '4 predatory excursions to Henley. Th e plea was lg t ' insufficient in law and false in fact. The Jury conferred together in the box for neat half an hour, and then retired. They we re aV e r , about half an hour, and on their return found ti ve ij diet for the defendant ; or, in case the plea shoo be insufficient in law, for the pl a intiff, dartlog e one shilling. Lord TENTERDEN intimated that he should c er tify, to deprive the plaintiff of his costs. The verdict was then entered for the defendalit' Siam SIAMESE DIVORCES.—When a oia— nit# man is divorced from his wife they divide the children. such a manner that the first, third, fifth, and so on, g o o i the wife, the husband taking the second, fourth, so on ; if there be only one the wife has a right thereto,' EXECUTION OF THE ASSASSIN OF CA o f D'lSTRlA•—Extract of a letter from Napoli di RO lO O dated October 31 ;—" We have been present at the t r o i and condemnation of the assassin of the late Presic l m s who took refuge in the hotel of the French Ambases w a i and have since witnessed his execution. He was seoteep. to be shot. The proceedings in the Court, and the scene were rendered most impressive by the cairn meanour and intrepid conduct of the criminal up t ° ,ls last moment. His rich and elegant costume, his 1 2 ;k and haughty attitude, the coolness with which be 0 dressed the people, protesting that he died a victim to A, love for his country, and recommending union and el li ; cord—his affecting tokens of farewell to his father, / / or a prisoner in a part of the fortress which overlooked t o place of execution, had sufficient resolution to witue o ,o last moments of his son—all th ese c i rcums t ance s ros" 6 l deep impression upon the spectators, which was rende7 still more striking by the calm and dignified condoe t o the sufferer, who opened his arms to the soldiers, gi l t o them the word to fire, after recommending them to deliberate aim. This act of justice being accom plish i l we yesterday atte n d e d t h e f unera l o b sequ i es of the,s, President, whose body had been embalmed, and was vcyed upon an open bier, with his face uncovered, o p lowed by all th e au th or iti es , t h e t roo p s o f th e garri all the foreign resident., the officers of the several nef and a long train of private individuals. An idea easily be formed of the imposing nature of this process i ol but none can ever be conceived of that which was 5 more affecting —a whole nation convulsed with grief, o t jt ing upon their departed father, the females in the win d r uttering cries of despair, and even the poor in the t ,5, most garrets presenting, as a tnaik of their venerat l 4 vases smoking with incense and perfumes, and tbros o o down flowers upon the hearse as it passed solemnly aloote Jam to jsrittpiciayollifnDgoetfcheen : • : h ifi t te)lll l t id o o 9 l S e o l : fli°C-mO:Ni111 : 11 :: ° .a 1 11 a an . o " ls. l ll . ucterl by J t. ) Laillincip a dßsppoof d a.yrrNa ß ß tElli i e c t r.N g i ,oo( i anip s nlig t is: c cicti t l l echl ß nledilvas e si a rb A attie, T lit:e(itTrttevilhoe,tit..,l :: ;hed. Just cotnpletei lok pl HE GAI IS . I at e l v "_": .°e4, in diner p rinted the M . Pos t - it the Plibli,lie4l, in 1 ) e I l l ::: lk DEMON in O' ott, i,.....1.,t,,t4.1i,• HbouinnEfi:intaplriittre.oholneHlig:ern.tii, e n nu 'of the Cone.. E 7)rn att a a ir. rn e h ti l i ne lnd i t :P e is og is ly P s ij o r t4lo,:et . II E F 0I ‘ I 111 . a E nnounce 01 ngravinf t ' tof upwari ,throat T\V( t° tit?, lne ll they Marl ti: / . 4 , ( 1 to support eby Y note so anxiou Sessio I,sis.-..1...._ Office fo NGI E t, stot i t r l t , l& x , in the ( ed wa ng rs k eand 101 l esuon y e 7 1. ;:''l''l'ar Tl'ilhigh tsa ':ll:r;'''(ll''l:;'''':6'llc)ll]ll'f':';'?4'i!'°t:e)e'l:tl''t:':-:oA;')'i-;r;'f,;'s'l;;':':Ye,lrl'ru''i?,'aEcEe(liraDl:•c'cr;li:!'':(':l!ePl'k'i3''r'' as xecutor t h g 0 51 ' eep , 4 ,, • ic e r who, my of Lancasi ce that/ iii7_ , _ r ton, 7th 1 anors e C , ( 1 ':ORRODIBI einealli, ti llE PARI: s pre'ill I,ECAYED ore thjf NEuni. at Id , ESSRS rasioo,l l'lc GEON-I l n - ca sh ' d o t P t °I): i ; : : :I : llC'N' I - -: E ll ' h1:1 A e l l eCl s neAe li a!' length, r kt d ed by the cartlb, t I4: " is pERF. try Cie' klb il . the SUCH natior allays the most hire, wal(ro' 1 41 / - i a ,„ny years i e ? o n r d tl e a elal e . : I)l :l .l„,:i t: t.w i 'D i T AA ich l E L tr liS iaci a : E . n s cs itd e i .. k Nn oi fi fr ' w rs lad doll ~, j ch i LiT s l e e " ON ions, everyl c , tvi er iimpow 1r ulcriptryotb.,,i :Ivi_i . l e C vrel it arn T ,da l ,n C -1 AST , coo/ 11 All Oi Y i 4 N. /3 M 1644 41 • One o e plat' El -art Period at !onvien,.,, -, and CO h e " I beg least tion, e) !h e ating Appac t G h a e rd; ll ;:! ,in orO? " s,,ind (Sir ~,bii 13„ The above a v. '1 OPPlieatio r :iliac, tracked inane; n anor ne ° ' ra vel 0 N .,......._ .2._ f____', to a l i the ) 3 d I . his 0 011 - i i a nr n da s i a s e ti r l yf ' e ' rl : 0 : ir r 'l tl t: i i: e it e .squjaie , ~,„ it Teti' e t . 1 years '-' t 4 ' to4t"em that' ~/ • T high he hal BIRTHS. On the Sth inst. in Belgrave-square, the Right Hon...' Cavendish, of a son and heir. On the 9th inst. at Cheapside, Mrs. Reeves, of a daught er ' MARRIED. A Fulhr 111.* V . per,al On the lath inst. at church, Marshall. of Rockford, to Eliza Harvey, niece of D. W. Harvey, M. P. DIED. On the oth inst. at the house of his son.in-law, P. Pordeltst Esq., Tavistock-place, John Finlay, Esq., of Park-cottage, , sea, in the 75th year of his age. ite: g o On the lath inst. in Grove-end.road, Regent's-park, s_.„ long and painful Hines% Fanny Dorothea, wife of John G' Esq. II Tu PAINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, IT SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND LONDON