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Due. 0 America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 O Carthagena 0 I Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 I France 0 O Guernsey&Jersey 0 BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 10} New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverbars. standard 0 4 11; Arrived. Due. IHamburg ........ 0 O Holland O Jamaica 0 0 Leeward Islands I Lisbon 0: O Malta 0 O Sweden 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-11ORROW. Morning"... 3 minutes after 11.1 Evening...3o minutes after 11. On Monday next, Cheap and Complete Edition, in 5 vols., elegantly printed and embellished, neatly bound for the Librdry, so as to range with the new Edition of Scott's Novels, plies Edgeworth's Novels, Byrod's Works, &c., pric- 305., MISS JANE AUSTEN'S NOVELS, namely t- rue 13 .1r1c. Sense and Sensibility. I llorthanger Abbey. Emma. Persuasion. Richard Bentley. New Burlingt.,n-street. • . 1-- k ig: - 11 ..*,r,V k ; IA *tilt 4 roso, _ ~*•• • LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1833. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM LISBON. We have the gratification of stating that the attack of the Constitutional troops on the Mi guelites, which we were enabled, from an offi cial source, to announce as being fixed for the 10th inst., took place on that day, with the most signal advantage on the side of the Pe droites. The Pike has arrived at Plymouth, bringing Lisbon Papers with the details of this brilliant and decisive affair, which we subjoin. The importance of this success to the Constitutional cause is not confined to Portugal. It must produce a marked effect upon affairs in Spain, for whilst it will on the one hand retard the progress of Carlism, it will also convince the QUEEN REGENT that the only guarantee for the security of her daughter's throne will be found in liberal institutions. Without them she will find it impossible to carry on the Government. Despotism cannot exist in Spain whilst there is a free constitution in Portugal. The loss of the Miguelites on the 10th and 11th inst. was 1,000 ; and it was expected that the 12th would witness the complete destruction of the armp of the Usurper before Lisbon : (OFFICIAL.) LISBON, OCT. 11.—The Beija-mano could not take place on account of the military operations. For some days the enemy bad remained quiet before our lines, but there was great activity in their rear ; they brought up a quantity of planks and square timber, which indicated their intention to place heavy artillery in the strong positions in which they were posted, and as they had forgotten the lessons they had received before Oporto, every thing announced that it was their intention to keep up the dejected spirits of their soldiers by the prestige of an artillery, which they were not capable of maintaining, by redoubts which they did not dare to defend, and posi tions which they did not venture to prevent being turned. However it may be, the Duke of Braganza easily saw through the intentions of the enemy, and resolved to attack them before they bad established themselves in their lines, which, though ill defended, presented obstacles of no small importance. Having thus resolved, on the 10th inst., at nine in the morning, leaving the fortifications round Lisbon sufficiently guarded, he sallied out with the remainder of his troops divided into four columns. Th at on the right took the road of Portella, that of the right centre debouching by the Val d'Arroios was to march up Mirante de Freire the two on the left , takin g the road of Rego, were destined to march upon Tilbeiras. These two column s were composed of the three armies; that of the right, however, on account of the difficulty of the road, had no artillery. The right column of the centre, being soon embarrassed by the obstacles which impeded its march, was obliged to join that on its left, with which it pro ceeded to Portella, but meeting there with a corps of 1,500 rebels, which kept the road of &leaven], and which on our arrival retired by it, our left column of the centre was obliged to observe this corps, while the others proceeded to the eminences of Mirante da Quiwa de Freire, for which it was destined. As soon , :~ W 4 t . .0 4**otcolumn - appeared there the enemy was forced to send to Tilbeira two pieces of cannon, with which they annoyed us in the direction of Campo-Grande ; and the column which retired by the road of S3cavem, not daring to keep its artillery, ordered it to join a corps of 2,000 men, which was posted on the heights of Amexoeira. When this column had moved forward in the direction of Sacavem, ours, which observed it, advanced a little, and, without losing sight of it, went and took a position between Mirante and the said heights. Meantime the two other columns met the rebels, who appeared to the number of 7,000 men, and after having performed prodigies of valour, and their attacks in front being vigorously supported by the first two columns, which threatened and beat the enemy in flank, they drove him from all his positions. The firing continued all night : the rebels, having reached the position of Aveiro, where they had collected all their artillery under the protection of that and of the night, halted, and the two armies bivouacked in presence of each other. At one o'clock the enemy hastened their retreat, and at day break, when we were preparing to attack them, we found all the spoils which they had left us—a hoipitai with 75 sick, abandoned without attendants, and without provisions, besides many wounded left neglected in the houses; many arms, a large quantity of baggage, heavy artillery, platforms, works finished or begin, a great quantity of ammunition, and abundance of timber of all kinds. In the morning of the 11th, our advanced troops fell in with the columns of the enemy posted in a mass on the heights of Lorires, and supported by the artillery; ours was in the rear, but our troops would not suffer this circumstance to delay the defeat of the enemy ; but scarcely did o , il troops show themsel7es ready attack them, when they completely disappeared, and went cr..e. Antonio de Toil!. as we bad made it impossible for them to follow that of Sacavem. It is easy to understand why the enemy attempted, though in vain, to concentrate themselves on this last toad ; ror ac two in the afternoon the column with their heavy baggage retreated by La Povoa and Alhandra, and our gun boats, protecting the troops which his imperial Majesty had detached for that purpose to the river, followed its march. At three in the afternoon the enemy attempted, with three squadrons of cavalry, to attack our right, but our artillery and cavalry coming up they desisted, and concen trated themselves on their field of battle ; but supposing from our preceding movement that our left was ill sup ported, they attempted art attack upon it at five e'clock. The result did not answer their expectations, for we, having promptly sent our cavalry to that flank, and attack ing it with three squadrons of reserve, they were completely repulsed, and lost a great part of the ground which they occupied, and of which we took possession. So far we are informed, and it is probable that the 11th and following day will decide the fate of the factions and crown the glory of the victors. We cannot sufficiently extol the courage and order of our troops, the brilliant charges of the cavalry, and the firmness with which the enemy was repulsed at the point of the bayonet, nor the coolness with which they dislodged the rebels from the positions which the vainly attempted to defend. In these two days the enemy lost in all much more than 1,000 men. Our loss did not exceed 100 men, in cluding very few officers. The 12th will put an end to this desperate combat, and that anniversary of the birth. day of the General-in-Chief will be worthily crowned with the laurels of a victory which will immortalize his name, and seal once more with the noble blood of the, illustrious victims of Portuguese liberty, the oath taken to the Constitutional Charter, and to their young Queen.— Lisbon Chronica, Oct. 12. We have since ascertained that despatches have been received at the Portuguese Embassy from Lisbon, dated the 12th instant, at which time the armies were still fighting, and the loss on the Miguelite side was estimated tr, amount to between two and three thousand men, besides an immense number of priooe,b. The i\liguelites abandoned some of their positions with such haste, that all their sick fell into the hands of the Constitutionalists. Don MIGUEL had fled from the Palace of Lumiar, leaving all the plunder which he had obtained from the Ajuda, and even his own toilet apparatus, which he had just been using. It was expected when the accounts left, that BERNARDO DA SA would come up in the course of the day, in which case the Miguelite army would he totally destroyed. The armies were between twenty and thirty miles from Lisbon on the 12th inst. The French Papers of Monday contain no particulars of an authentic character respecting the insurrection in Spain. It was reported, but not credited, in Paris, that an insurrection had broken out in La Vendee. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIs, OCT. 21. Five per Cents., 10111 95c. SOc. 102 f. Three per Cents., 73f. SOc. 90c. 74f. Bank Actions, 1,7101. Rente de Naples, 90f. 90f. 10c. sc. Roman Five per Cents., 91 90%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 15.; 16 16. Z Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 37,:zt 38% 37%. Royal Spanish Loan, 79 78V, Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents, GO V, 60 62%. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 9354. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 25c.; money, 25f. 20c. Three months, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 25f. 15c, —fours Authentique. We have more than once had occasion to animadvert upon the law of libel, as it affected ourselves and the public at large ; but we have now to call attention to the manner in which it has been made to affect another portion of the community to whom that public is indebted for much of the pleasure it derives from news papers. The grand desideratum with newspaper readers at present is freshness of intelligence. A matter which took place yesterday has not so much interest for us as one that took place this morning, and as the point of time at which it has occurred recedes, so does the in terest in it continue to diminish. Could we be made acquainted with what takes place in India in a week, it cannot be doubted that the mass of the public would look with much greater anxiety to what takes place in that part of the Empire. The distance of space would be forgotten in the rapidity of the communi cation. Indeed, we have many proofs before our eyes that events, which nearly concern us, and which have even occurred not far from us, lose much of their interest by slowness in their communication. Let any one compare the interest now taken by the inhabitants of the capital in events passing in Scotland, Yorkshire, or Ireland, with the interest, or rather no interest, taken in anything short of a rebellion, occurring at so great a distance, twenty or thirty years ago. The change has arisen almost entirely from the communications between the extreme points of the United Kingdoms taking place nearly in as many hours as they used to take days. Thirty years ago a dozen packet boats might have been wrecked on t h e coast of Norfolk, attended with all conceivable circumstances of calamity, without exciting the interest which the loss of the Earl of IVemyss, and the circumstances attending it, have certainly created. Again, the only reason of the difference is, that thirty years since, the accounts would have reachal us two _ • NA,\ or three days old at best, whereas, now, we have them the next day. The success of the system of expresses originated by The Sun, may be cited as another proof of the public desire for the most recent intelligence that can be procured. Since, then, such is the public desire—the beneficial effects of gratifying it are too apparent to be insisted upon—the public is especially concerned in the free action of all the machinery that ministers to that desire. All who receive the metropolitan papers, whether in town or country, are indebted to the prompti tude and punctuality of their newsvenders, for much of the zest with which they read them. Let the weather be what it may, the news vender must at all seasons be up at four or five o'clock in the morning, go to the newspaper offices for his supply of papers, hasten back home with such as he can get, and then distribute them to many of his customers by seven or eight o'clock. There is plenty to do in the middle of the day, but by three o'clock he must be again in motion, in order to procure and distribute the evening supply of news as rapidly as he did that of the morning. It is clear that, to say the newsvender must read all the contents of all the papers he buys, before he begins to sell them, is to say that his trade shsli not exist, and thst the nublic shall no longer have the benefit .;.our. For any one to propose the pa_ of a law to that effect would now be impossible ; but, unfortunately, the present law of libel, if enforced, has , precisely that operation. In justice, reason, and common sense, the first publishers of a libel in a newspaper ought to be the only parties responsible in the first instance, and the law would, perhaps, do well in causing the pub lishers of newspapers to find a definite security for the payment of damages awarded against them ; but it goes further, and makes every copyist of a libel, every seller of it in any form, equally responsible with the first promulgator. It has been often suggested that it would be sufficient for copyists to be compelled to print the vindication of an attacked party, and not be made the prey of scoundrels, to whom a libel extensively copied is a kind of fortune, the law now enabling them to put two hundred news paper proprietors to a hundred pounds expense each, although a jury may award them no more than 5/. damages. As to the case of news vendeis, it is still harder than that of copyists, for they have no control whatever over the printing of a libel, and as they would sell the vindication of a party with just as much plea sure as the attack made upon him, it is difficult to see why the law of libel should have been made to affect them at all. It has so, however, and a newsvender has been fined and imprisoned for selling a newspaper which contained a libel. The newsvenders have taken the matter up with great spirit, and, as will be seen in another column, resolved at a numerous meeting last night to petition Parliament on thesubject ofthegrievances to which they are subject. We would suggest to them, in addition to their own petition, the get ting up of another, to be signed by the public at large. There cannot b e a d ou bt th at if eac h news man was to tnro ioutia a cu ej a.ppti t i on to his customers nine out of ten would sign it. The several sheets of signatu%.; sewed togeciier for presentation to the House of Commons, would make a roll that would beat even the largest of Mr. BUXTON'S anti-slavery petitions, We have heard, but can scarcely credit the report, that it is in the contemplation of Minis ters to send an illegitimate son of the Marquis WELLESLEY to Lisbon, as Consul-General. The person alluded to is a pensioner, and, it is said, will be allowed to retain his pen sion. He may, for anything that we know to the contrary, be a very respectable man in his way ; but he appears to us to be an unfit successor for a gentleman, whose recall took place at a mo ment when he was performing the duties of his situation in a manner creditable to himself, and honourable to his country, and who ought to be immediately replaced by those who recalled him. It will probably be urged that economy was the motive of Mr. HOPPNER'S recall, that gentleman having been in the receipt of a large salary as Consul-General and Political Agent, which will not be paid to a person merely acting as Consul-General. But as no offer was made to Mr. HOPPNER to continue him at Lisbon as Consul-General, on the salary fixed for that appointment, we do not see how economy can be fairly urged as the motive of his recall. He ought, at least, to have been allowed the option of remaining or retiring. Coupling the period of Mr. HOPPNER'S recall with that of the de parture of Lord WEL LESLEY for Ireland, we shall, if the appointment alluded to be made, be inclined to consider that it was part of the ar rangetnent with the Noble Marquis to provide for another member of his family. An accident of a severe nature occurred on Monday evening to Lord William Lennox, who had his shoulder dislocated and his arm severely bruised, by his horse falling with him in Oxford-street. His Lordship was instantly taken to the house of Mr. Harrison, surgeon, of 4, Great Marlborough -street, who immediately set the limb, and rendered his Lordship every attention. BRIGHTON PIER.-it is with pleasure that we record a good action, and especially the well-doing of the great and noble. A few days after the accident a meeting of the shareholders was convened to consider what could be done. It was obvious to all that the Company had no funds out of which the great damage the pier had s ustained could be repaired ; and it was generally acknow ledged that, unless the public should take an interest in reinstating the structure, the pier must remain a wreck. At this point of the affair, the venerable Earl of Egre mout, whose hospitable mansion is at Pvtworth, at no great distance from Brighton, rose and addreised the shareholders to the following effect :—" It is known to you, gentlemen, that I take a great interest in the advan tage which the country derives from there being a pier at Brighton, and I should be ready to subscribe towards the reinstatement of it, but that I hold it to be improper for any shareholder so to do. The matter is, I think with you, clearly of a public nature, and to the public I am di cidedly for committing it ; but, gentlemen, I see no reason why I s hould u d e n r u s t t becomeoati that t one goi give the e all public, the sh a a r n e i s i desire it may be n hold in the pier to the town of Brighton. And now that I stand as free as any one else, I beg to become a sub scriber towards enabling the Company to reinstate this ornamental and very useful appendage to Brighton." Every one will feel the value of this discriminating and disinterested conduct. i v g 44 12g, 27!4 THE KING OF HOLLAND'S SPEECH (From a Second Edition of the Morning Herald.) THE HAGUE, OCT. 21.—The two Chambers of the States-General having met in a joint Assembly to-day, between twelve and one, his Majesty arrived in state at a quarter past one to open the ordinary Session of this year. The King, seated on his throne, delivered the following Speech : " NOILE AND MIGHTY LORDS, " Whilst I always find myself with satisfaction in the midst of tbe Representatives of this noble people, who do not cease to support me under the cares of Govern ment by proofs of their love and fidelity, the pre sence of your Noble Mightinesses in the difficult cir cumstances in which I now, for the fourth time, open your ordinary Session, is still more especially welcome to me, as it will again afford the opportunity of conducting the most important concerns of the country with a mutual consent fonnded upon mutual confidence, and of testifying the harmony of our visa s. " With gratitude I call to recollection, on the com mencement of this session, the blessing which fell to the lot of my House, shortly after the close of the former session, by the birth of a second offspring of my beloved younger son, and the cordial interest my subjects took in this happy event. " Our present relations with the different Powers in. spire tranquillity; from some of them I have received, even very recently, proofs of real friendship. " During the course of your former Session, coercive measures against the Netherlands, such of which history does not record an example in a time of perfect peace, were temporarily substituted for the negotiations for re. gulating the consequences of the Belgian insurrection ; , the subsequent resumption of these negotiations, in which the spirit of concession and desire of termi nating on our side were met with new difficulties, has not, for the present, led to a final settlement. By the communications which I will cause to be laid before your Assembly upon this subjeCt within a few days, your Noble Mightinesses will perceive that the honour, dignity, and real interests of the nation have been ex clusively attended to in these negotiations. I continue to entertain hopes of their being brought to a rea sonable termination, and, if it were, that the expectance cf an equitable support were partly disappointed by the policy of Europe, even then Old Netherland will not lament its perseverance during these three years ; but, with the gratifying retrospect of the example given of self subsistence and attachment to legal order in the midst of the turbulent spirit of the age, confidently leave its conduct to the judgment of contemporaries and posterity. " Amidst the painful feelings which were occasioned by the measures of the English and French Governments in the preceding year, the patriotic affection found a con solation in the behaviour of the military and naval forces, that continued meritoriously to maintain, in the eyes of all Europe, the honour of the Netherland name. " I have been deeply affected by the manner in which the nation have testified their gratitude to the brave com batants, to the wounded, and to the surviving relatives of the slain. " The state of our war forces continues favourable ; they incessantly maintain the glory of their enthusiasm, discipline, and exercise; a part of the army is now re stored to their relatives and accustomed occupations by extended furloughs. " The obstruction, which the Netherland navigation and commerce have experienced, has been borne with pa tience ; on the cessation of the impediment our industri ous countrymen have shown the most praiseworthy acti vity to remedy the sufferings. " Agriculture has generally been blessed to a great extent, and in several branches of the industry of the people, a new life has been remarkable, of which 1 may anticipate the best results, likewise with regard to our Colonies. " According to the latest reports, a desirable tranquil lity reigns in the East India possessions ; the improve ment of the state of finances goes there hand in hand with the increasing extension of the culture of important productions, and the beneficial influence of both is likewise felt in the Netherlands. " The West India possessions have endured with calmness the hindrance of communication, which, how ever, has not entirely obstructed the reciprocal intercourse. " I❑ all our colonies the spirit of the inhabitants has been most favourably manifested under these circumstances, and all classes have rivalled in proofs of attachment to the mother country. " The interior concerns continue to be sedulously at tended to ; the Government experiences in this respect the most laudable support of the local and provincial Ad ministrations ; they proceed cautiously with the intro due on of appropriat2 simplifications. " All the branches of public instruction continue to a The sciences are stfli cu; tteu at,n tee nest result. " A l.hogh t!... a, is must necessarily be affected by the pressure of the times, even in this very moment several gratifying objets may be pointed out as giving the proof that our artists do not al!ow themselves to be discouraged. " The last winter has passed happily for our extended sea and river dams ; but the late storms have greatly damaged them, the repair of which Las been commenced without delay. " Our finances are in a good state ; the ample par ticipation of the inhabitants in the last loan, and the regul ir payment of the contributions, insured by ap propriate laws, enable me to provide for all the present emergencies ; and the disclosures which I shall cause to be given to your Noble Mightinesses in this respect will afford the proof, as I flatter myself, that the public credit, which has never forsaker us, rests upon solid grounds. " The bills relating to the Budget, which I will cause, ere long, to be proposed to your Assembly, will give evi dence to your Noble Mightinesses of my desire, on one side, to bring the system of our means to a proper cohe rence, and, on the other side, to promote, by conciliation, the accelerated introduction of equal charges upon all teal property. " The chapters of the code of civil law that remained unclouded, shall likewise be submitted to the deliberations of your Noble Mightinesses. I trust, moreover, that I shall be enabled to cal the attention of your Assembly upon several other (not less important) parts of the National Legislation. " Noble and Mighty Lords !—I rely again, as always, upon your zealous co-operation in the promotion of the interests of the realm dnring your present meeting. I wish that it do not pass without showing us the final term of the uncertain state in which the country continues to be since the defection of the Southern provinces. " Let us pursue in the meanwhile, cainly and steadily, the path of reason and truth, which we have hitherto fol lowed with concord under the most difficult circumstances; no we may constantly, under all eventful occurrences, with a pemeful conscience, and an unlimited confidenc e in the ALMIGHTY, await the future allotted to the Netherlands." THE ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONS:— We understand from the best authority that the Court of Examiners and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons have determined to pull down the building in which they now assemble. as it is too limited for their museum and library.—Medical and Surgical Journal. MR. Tom, ALIAS SIR W. COURTENAY.— The sentence of imprisonment on this person expired on Monday, and he is now a convict tinder sentence of trans portation fur seven yeirs. His wife, Mrs. Tom, has received an intimation from the Home office, stating that the evidence and certificates adduced of his insanity have been considered sufficient to warrant his removal to a lunatic asylum, instead of his being consigned with con victed felons to the colonies. The expense of his main•. tenance, must, however, fall on his friends. The unfor tunate perso❑ still continues under the same delusion as to his title, &c.--iltaidstone Gazette. LOCOMOTIVE MACHINE.—The locomotive vessel which has attracted so much attention among the engineers of the North, and was first submitted to Vial in the port of amtzic, about six months ago, has been so essentially improved, that the distance, which she could then barely accomplish in four hours and thirty-three minutes, she was enabled with ease to perform in one a s h sith some conjecture, e i of (lninks n hour and two minutes on the second trial of her pow e r, which took place on the 25 th ult. The mechanism by which she is impelled does not depend upon the a c ti on keeping the moving power a secret. either l o v f e r. steam Theorinventor The three Indians, from Terra del Fuego, who were brought to Englind by Commander Fitzroy, of the Beagle, and remained for some time at Plymouth, were landed on their own coast from the Beagle in June last, together with a missionary, but they were not 20 yards from the beach before the natives showed a disposition to rob them : and on the Ciptain revisiting them a few days afterwards, he found them plundered of every thing they had—their own fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers, being the first to strip them. The poor missionary, rather a young man, was in a most awkward situation, they having taken him into the woods, and tortured him, by pulling out his eye-lashes, to make him show them where his things were hid. The Captain finding him in that dreadful situation, brought him on board again. LITERATURE. HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF MODERN WINES.—LONDON, 1833. A Treatise on Wines ! Sure never was a more inspiring theme. It inflates the imagina tion like a balloon ; peoples it with a crowd of historical, poetic, legendary, and convivial associa• tions. It bids us think again of Bacchus and his return from the East, as we see the " jolly God" reeling from his chariot on Titian's breathing canvas; of Silenus, dreaming of a full flagon by the sea-shore ; of Orpheus and the Bacchantes ; of Swing Thais and her incendiary " royal feast for Persia won," at Persepolis ; of drunken Polypheme and his one eye ; of Ana creon and his Chian wine ; of Horace and his Falernian, which he never grudged to a friend who dropped in to take " pot-luck with him ;" of Hafiz and his Shiraz ; of Panurge and his Voyage to the Holy Bottle ; and—last not least—of Falstaff and his sack, Bardolph and his brandied nose, Justice Shallow and the " chimes at midnight !" The art of tippling and the associations connected with it, are among the oldest and best on record. It was the first art practised after the Deluge ; it will be the last, we doubt not, before the Millennium. It is humanity's universal religion. A thousand varying creeds, a thousand varying forms of devotion, have had their day and passed, but the worship of the jolly son of Semele is still as flourishing as ever throughout the universe. In vain Temperance Societies set their faces against such pagan idolatry. Humanity is here a Me thodist, and will not have its faith shaken. And why should it ? Without wine, life were more insipid than Lord Londonderry's best jokes. It is the spur to wisdom—the soul of wit--the wet-nurse of love—the right hand of friendship—the only physician that can " minis ter to a mind diseased." How could Blackstone ever have written his Commentaries without a bottle at his elbow ? How could we ever have read them without the same assistance ? Wine is the very salt of life. So thinks Mr. Redding, at least if we may judge from the way in which he has treated his inspiring theme. He is drily learned, it is true, at times ; occasionally diffuse, and occasionally evincing too marked a predilection for the didactic ; but when he comes to enter fully on his subject; when he talks to us about Cham pagne; initiates us into the fragrant mysteries of Burgundy ; rambles with us along the banks of the Rhine, and bids us take a peep at the im perial vineyards of Hungary ; nothing can be more exhilarating than his gossip, or more per tinent than his historiettes. Of the ancient wines he tells us, in a well-written preface, a queer anecdote. The old Greeks, it seems, were in the constant habit of adulterating them with " sea water, pitch, rosin, cypress, bitter almonds, and tar." What stomachs they must have had ! Conceive Anacreon discussing two bottles of such a villanous compost ! Drinking the health of his mistress in tar ! Hob-a-nobbing with his friend Periander over a glass of pitch—just as if he meant to hocus him Well does Mr. Redding observe, " A child will drink pure wine, but not wine and pitch—the last is an acquired taste." So we should conceive. Notwithstanding its truth, we are almost sorry at having read this anecdote. It has dispelled a world of convivial illusions. Henceforth, when we think of Chian or Massic wines, it will be i❑ connection with a dock yard. That horrid pitch and tar, to say nothing of the salt water, has fairly Lurked our enthu siasm. Such is the sacrifice men must some mes make to truth. Of modern wines Mr. Redding gives a far more attractive account. And first let us hear him on Champagne. This was long considered inferior to Burgundy, till the School of Medicine at Paris, after discussing the comparative merits of the two tipples for " a hundred and twenty years," gave a verdict in favour of the former, which, we believe, is recognized as sound, con stitutional law even to this day. '' The oldest anecdote," adds Mr. Redding, " Which the French possess relative to the ex cel'ence of this wine, dates as far back as 1397 when Vincesilaus, king of Bohemia and the Romans, on coming to France to negociate with Charles VI., arrived at Rheims, and having tasted the wine of Champagne, it is to be presumed for the first time, spun out his diplomatic errand to the longest possible moment, and then gave up all that was required of him, in order to prolong his stay, getting drunk on Champagne daily before dinner." If anything could excuse breach of duty on the part of an ambassador, this could. What monarch could have the heart to be angry with a Minister whose only " delicate infirmity" was a love of Champaign ? The temptation jus tified the delinquency. It was not in diplomatic, scarcely in human, nature to resist it. Would that Lord Palmerston or Prince Talleyrand had half as handsome an apology to make for their delay in the settlement of Belgium 1 . It is not the best Champaign, says ~Mr. Redding, that effervesces the most. This will be news to half the gentlemen about town who give dinners. On the subject of Burgundy our author is eloquent and full informed. He bids us taste its flavour— makes us smack our lips at his dessriptions. Speaking of Hermitage, he tells us— " Tradition says, that an inhabitant of the town of Condrieu determined to turn hermit, and established his cell on au unc u l t i vate d hi ll near Tain. He amused his leisure hours by breaking the stones and rocks to pieces which surrounded his d we lli ng , an d p l ant i ng among t h em some vine slips f rom C on d r i eu, t h ey succeede d to admi ration. His examp l e was cop i ed b y others, and the sterile hill was soon converted into a vineyard. The good taste of the monks in wine has hen al re idy rem irked in other places. Thus to the hypocrisy of the mortifiers of the flesh do we owe some of the choicest delicacies of the taste." This discovery does credit to the priesthood. It is the most valuable they ever made. But monks and parsons have always been orthodox authority on such matters. We accept their discovery of Champaign as an amende honora ble for their discovery of gun-powder. The Rhenish wines give rise to some of Mr. Red ding's best descriptions. Though on the whole he considers them inferior to those of France, yet he has not the heart to speak disparagingly of them. No. He assures us they are light, wholesome, and mirth-moving. Of the Hunga • riaa wines he speaks " more in sorrow than in anger," as one who would fain praise, bu t cannot, to the extent fashion may deman d ' The Imperial To kay he considers ov er• rated—as most Imperial things are apt t° be. Yet it sells in Vienna at twelve g uinea s per dozen, possibly in consequence of its name. See, what it is to b e " I mper i a l 1" T a lking I f the Cape wi nes , our aut h or expresses himself in no very measured terms of contempt. He d oe; justice, however, to Constantia, for which ' le are grateful, for it. might redeem a worse wi ne colony than even the Cape of Good Hope. 1 , 11 its luscious s wee t ness , t hi s fi ne b everage rerninus us of a lady's lips. We never taste it, but ' cc think we are drinking a kiss! Glorious as s°. ciation T. Sure a bottle of Constantia was I ll ; " holy bottle" which Panurge made such a Ver y ous voyage to purchase ! For the rest of the Cape wines, a single sentence will suffice. Tl ic ": 1 are dry, thin, an d ac id, fi t on l y f or sour °' i maids, crabbed critics, and splenetic bachelor!' No good Christian can possibly say a word io their behalf. As well might lie be enthusias tic on small beer. We have little need to recommend Mr. Re j ding's book. It will soon find its way an t ' general circulation. It is light, graceful, piritol it ' conveying info rma ti on i n a po i nte d , g oo d humoured style. The embellishments are for pily appropriate. In one we have the j° lll vintage feast; in another, the dance, or r athe r reel, of a f r oli csome l a d an d l ass, with a bo ttle (no doubt empty) at their feet ; in a third, little tipsy Bacchus, the very emblem of and good fellowship ; in a fourth, Don Quixote g adventure with the wine-bags, with a gloric )° ; Sancho grinnin g b e hi n d t h e d oor; i n a fif t h, picturesque sketch of some Atlantic islands, se e ti through the arc h o f a v i neyar d ; an d i n a sixth, ti sour, grim Indi a n B acc h us , w h o l oo k s j ust like o vinegar -cruet, and as if he never drank anythil better—God h e lp hi m !— t h an sta l e c id er . A together, the book is the best of the sort we I ' 3° ' yet seen, and c anno t b u t succee d, f or i t apP Ol5 to the universal sympathies of humanity. MARLBOROUGH -STREET.-(THIS DAY') Six young men, Polish refugees, were charged before )lit CONANT, with assaulting several f ema l es, an d creat i ng a r' o between one and two o'clock this morning. e It appeared from the e v id ence o f severa l policemen of C division, that at half-past one o'clock this morning, tw° 6 4, the defendants were seen assau lti ng a f ema l e, i n B ea r-Str Leicester-square, without any provocation, and in the ;3 wanton manner; they then passed on, and being wa te o by a policeman were seen to commit similar assaults Ur e j other females. The policeman interposed, and being 0131i !t0 to spring his rattle for assi s t ance , a num b er o f persons came the rescue of the two ass a il an t s; it was state d that t"_ eo were above 20 foreigners eng age d i n th e a ff ray; severa l p olicew ile j came up, and it was not until a severe strugg l e h a d en h , that the police succeeded in capturing the six defendant s, f d i e were immediately convey e d t o th e station-house. Tvi ° ° h ero defendants were sworn to h a v e assau lt e d th e po li ce ; tw°°oot were actively engaged in th e r i o t, an d th e ot h er two wer so active, but were drunk. The defendants, through the m e di um o f th e on ly OP e atiJ could speak English, denied th e assau l t upon t h e females' so, said that they only touched one woman, and that was by cident. bPI Mr. CONANT strongly reprobated the misconduct which been described, the more particularly as it was committecl: i ', those who were receiving th e c h ar it y o f the people a t' country. 4 e, A female stepped forw a rd, an d sa id th a t th r ee of the er i fendants lodged with h er , an d th a t th ey were person s of a C quiet and peaceable demeanour. They each received 198 ' week from the alien office. been drunkC o N sr to T b o e r c d l r s e c d h o t r h g e od t a o s w h o h o s u w p e p r o e s e o d n y it swornwou t would tie fi 9. less to inflict the usual fine of ss. upon them, and the other four to find bail. EAST INDIA SHIPPING• Arrivals at Madras.—His Majesty's ship Afagieien gef from Trincomale e , on th e 31 st o f M ay, an d sa il e d en the , o 10th of June for a cru i se; t h e H on. C ompan y's r i f Nellie Castle, from Lond on an d Pl ymout h , on the 2" b - 11 J June, and sailed on th e 6 t h f or C a l cutta ; the ° let i William Dare, from Pondi c h erry , on t h e 2d, a nd ear l , on the 15th for Masulipat am ; th e Fif es hi re, f rom fl d patam, on the 4th ; the Leda, from on the sailed on the 10th for Enmore; the Castle Huntly, the Downs on the 7th, and sailed on the 12th for rj j cotta ; the Vansittart, from the Downs on the 7th , : s e sailed on the 12th f or C a l cutta; t h e Warren Ha't:rjro; from Portsmouth on th e 7 t h, an d sa il e d on the Igtuedr, Calcutta; the Charles Stewart, from Coringa on the h i and sailed on the 17th f or P on di c h erry ; the 1)°11:•re: from Masulipatam, on the 9th; the Buckinghatrolo from the Lizard, on the 11th ; the Edward and from Callingapitam, on the 11th ; the Claudine , ` i a , Bimlipatam, on the 12th ; th e E xporter, f rom t he 3 00 ritius, on the 17th ; the Recovery, from Jaffnapeta nb g be the 17th ; the Arab, from London, on the 23d ;,,j o rf, Thalia, from the M aur iti us , on th e 25 t h ; t h e Lark from London, on the 25th. Departures from Madr as .—. T he E u d ora , f or Enna/ e 'hi; the 25th ; the Orontes, for Covelong, on the 31st' e; J Majesty's ship Hari e r, f or a cru i se , on t h e s t h o i u o; the Roselyn Castle, and Pompey, for Calcutta, on the 6 o r the Avoca, for Penang, on the 9th ; the Norfolkf o g, Coringa, on the 10th ; an d th e R o b ert , f or Chittag ° on the 12th. te Arrivals at Bombay.—The Herefordshire, and = 31(I 0 4 harson, from London, on the 11th June ; the Sare b : lo o , the 13th; and L a dy M e l v ill e , on t h e 17 t h, f rom L'" Departures from B om b a y. —Th e G entoo , f o r 13 ,., e %t f f oil the 7th of June ; th e H on . C ompany ' s s l oo p `)° ,he for a cruise, and Esperance, for Penang, on the 9t .. , 11 ;0 1 Edmonstone, for China, on th e 10 t h ; an d D on Al a " „ de Portugal, for Singapore, on the 12th. de ° l Departure from Bengal.—The Hooghly, for I A - Lo rP on the 3d June, with t h e L a d y F ran k s, an d the Amherst's passengers. frc ial Arrivals at th e C a p e .—Th e G overnor S t i r ling, ,111 London, on the 10th o f A ugust , an d sa il e d on the J o ; for Swan River; the Claudine, from Madras, on the I and the Britannia, from the Downs, on the 16th. , o te Depirtures from the Cape.—The P a t r i o t, for j ;j, i te video, on the 13th of August ; the Finlater, for o ' l ' ; OP ritius, on the 13th ; th e P e t er P roc t or , f or th e Air gr 6,b; on the 13th; the Conch, for Table Bay, on the I and the Mona, for the Mauritius, on the 7th. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. o ' The arrivals reported to-day are tolerably good, both „. f te r ill and Flour. The Wheat trade contin ues d u ll a t MondaY:oof Barley, Beans, and Pease, unvaried. Oats meet buyer and hardly support Monday's prices. Flo u r unaltered' ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. English 5,150 qrs, 3,620 qrs. 4,410 qrs. Irish 230 10,.50 ..0" . Foreign q$ l"P ova ,_ , A newspaper, under the title of The 0 0; g elist and Mi sce ll anea Si n i ca , h as re cently b ee — bet °' Wished at Canton, in China, from the first ou n olde, which, published on the Ist of May, we extract the which China had been so long disturbed :--" The h p re ing paragraph, relative to a Chief of the late rehelliiiriese newsmen have hawked about a farthing paper, W il.c he I ttte f fesses to contain the terms in which the Chief of t elfie rebel Highlanders tendered their submission. ,1 1 :• p e s 0 ; 1 speaks of his hills as a small nation, and of V . , - rj e ',ag e one. If the large one be unkind, the o° 3 " u - , sol', b , disrespectful. If the large one brings force, I""p the one will not be entirely without some schemes r o e u rte l l. enemy. If the large one conquers it will °f c he e the r gratified ; but if the small one will be disgraced. He therefore suggests that policy for both parties will be peace. Ile o vi eed i l i s e call himself servant, and the Emperor Lord ; t. annual tribute, and stay within his mountattoscioicsils memorial makes many allusions to the ancien closes 1111 and the benevolent Rulers of those day., tin two doggerel lines : boo He who can speak well, a is sharptongu'd' leave half a sentence unuttered: an4 thre e.te o may yield He who has reason on his side, pins a victor) ? t tre , 0 thV matter in dispute.' " ') / , (l ' t his rto ttart b it 'p a shat I tt , ,rth ul e f itN4"' ~~ Nte r 11040, 'I t 1 ), wh o lh ali again