The Sun. — London, England, 1830-09-10 00:00:00

to have no further dealings-with Chenti until it shall have given token of political existence.. " It is stated that the,fiag of Brabant was to be hoisted yesterday afternoon at Waterloo, by the in habi tents of Ch nee roy, and the surto un di n g!, ces . " A great number of English, French, Spaniards, Italians, and other foreigners, having offered their services, the Chiefs of Divisions have been invited to embody them, for the purpose of forming a separate corps. " The Ist Regiment of Infantry, which is in garrison at Anvers, is principally composed of Brits selivmen. The soldiers are desirous of hastening , to oar defence. They are shut up in the citadel ; the officers are kept apart. All have sworn never to fight against us. " The camp of Vilvorde presents a most miser able appearance. The utmost dejection prevails among the soldiers, who would march with ardour against the enemy, but not against their brethren. Sickness begins to show itself in the camp. " Desertions appear to be on the increase among the troops. The constant rains have rendered their situation deplorable. Two days ago some veteran light dragoons declared to the peasants of the can ton of Grirnbergben that they would prefer a cam paign like that of Austerlitz or Friedland to five days of their present service. " At Anvers also, according to the news received this morning, a number of soldiers are disposed to desert. Several oaken, are placed with them, and numerous guards watch carefully at the gates of the town, particularly on. the Brussels side.' FRANCE. (From the Corropondent of the Morning Herald,) PARIS, SEPT. 7. Every man might have predicted the attempt of the Belgians to attain independence—every man might have equally anticipated that which will hap pen in Piedmont and elsewhere. The march of ad ditional Austrian troops to Italy must have been foreseer), and ought not, therefore, td create new un '-eitidriess. Their presence, on the contrary, ought to remove expectations of an immediate insurrection, although there does not exist a man who believes that the Italians (the Piedmonteee and Savoyards in particular) will long submit to the Governments that have been imposed upon them. The remonstrance of the Spanish Ambassador— ' if a document of that nature has really been pre. seined to the French Government—is calculated to excite little uneasiness. Mina is said to have left town for the south, and Quiroga is said to be on the point of following him with views which the newspapers are very industrious in giving names to, but of which no official knowledge has yet reached the French Government. Hence the Spanish emi grants have not been refused permission to travel where they please in France—nor is their residence in Paris prohibited, no more than is that of persona whotrrrumour represents as the spies of the late Go vernment. One or two of the latter have, it is true, rem crossed . the Channel, but all hove not removed.* The Spaniards now in France will continue to en joy liberty in common with all outer foreigners—an indulgence which can suggest no possible ground of complaint to his Majesty Ferdinand VII. The address of the Minister of War (Marshal Gerard) to the army, preves the serious extent to which Insubordination had proceeded, but furnishes no details per instances. 'lite nature of the " mu tiny," as it is culled by some, was not, however, of a character to cause the slightest uneasiness respect lug the fidelity of the army to the new Government, hut rather to show with what enthusiasm the troops hailed the new order of things. Every where the insubordination manifested itself in measures taken by the soldiers to expel from among ; them, or to produce the' remover eifwers,,kpoStin, or supposed to be, the creatures or edherents of the late Govern ment. Of alloW i tutio ,State_ati example. You aro aware thakthe Purge, toyale, has been, by Royal ordinance, disbanded. Permission , was, however, given to the .soldiers t by the same ordi ninert, to enter into the line, preserviug their ranks and seniority. Severe! of the regimente.which con stituted the late Geard did not come into fire during the dove days; 'but all the six (French) regiments of Wintry, with the exception of the ith, were en vagedi These haVe censeqUently become so oh stextous, that the soldiers of every regiment in which they offered to take service have declared they will not serve. with them. The-condition of those men is.emisequeptly deplorable, So : far the army may be said to be in a state of mutiny, but disafreetion never existed.. The only instance, of any Min - , under - the . rank . o Lieutenant, refusing to hoist the tricaleared 'cockade, occurre d in a foreign reginient (that of 1-19henlobe),, where a serjeent &elated he'would not wear it. The only punish- Mem for this act of insubordination Was his instan taneous expulsion, at the unatiircous demand of the wbole regiment, officers and soldiers, who have since, to a man, been naturalised, The proceedings of the (metiers in the depart ments are not less lamerrable than were those of the same (dosses 'in Paris. At Amiens, Orleans, and other places, in departments contiguous to the me trePolts, there have been movements among the people; good order is, however, on the point of her Brig re.established, for everywhere—imitating Paris in everything—the National Guard of the departs meats have evinced a determination to maintain " order." Paris is, to-day, tranquil, notwitlistands ing some efforts of the evil-minded to provoke new revolts. One of these will convey in idea of the character of those efforts;" it consisted in the diffus slots of an iddresi to a numerous class—the shop- boys of Paris—to " revolt" against their employers, and to demand that the shops should not be opened before a certain hour in the morning, nor remain open after a prescribed hour at night, The scheme failed, however, as did similar attempts upon most others of the industrious classes of Paris. The printers did, it is trite, to a certain extent, suffer themselves to be seduced, but a good understanding has happily been erected between them and their employers. A party of the Garde Nationale still remain on duty at the printlnvoffice of the anstiintionne/. lam pretty sure, nevertheless, that the real printers of Paris re quire no force to compel them to respect the laws. Thiry wilt , never sully that reputation for patriotism which, at the priers of their blood, they purchased daring the three dayst. (FROM ANOTllltit c4olitr.spoNnENT.) PAlns, sill% 7. I was yesterday at the Castle .of Vineennes. It it u very interesting edifice, as respects its arebitee. titre, and much more mo as respects the moral twso• ciations with v Melt it is &muttered. I visited the fosse, or ditch, In which the unfortunate I hien was shot, and from it I saw Poliguee paradin g the parapets oldie gloomy and lofty tower in whitli lie is eontined. At the height at which I saw him, lie appeared as small in stature as he has proved himself to be little itt mind. Ile walked with his fsreas folded upon his breast, and with hie head re clining somewhat forward, precisely its the iteele In "nOr tie the prints exhibit Napoleon at St. .! ,6 101-nts. I know not whether he intends to mimic mitt great num, but I am told that he uniformly was in the way I have deicribed. lie is allowed • T Oitint rettleetitty urged to tefer to thiv subjcct of to Oats, non what f deein to be g (1 b Noitibly be incorrect that ' hut bur g * a O t wkstatd tibnnuttetat to incorrect, I ;in , h C l i n" umri; rlt law gut resmows it P reach Avern • „ aria who had any con nection wish the London Liner ' si tatty; tail liatt, uming tioni t ri: .. t 4 o a* enemies of the roue emour„,, that o hool o 4,4 7 ) li - dentist! ago .spulision front Planes ai r shit ' o4krul inct ,i 1"'IlY ' "1 the' - worthy built/41041 in question Tl:6r4ittnated t h e true or faltei may meets; ; hilt 4 il f ` c,,.... '"u a ti Z b i ,„ e t t . he , rt eithas at the tail of it pliclartnes . ' low#o, a. tscr slur, One certain,. that miler* Wit I:1 4 i u-4 , 4 1 d trt vent the eirctilutton of English neivaliaiwts 4.47 t I hive bad ' areeira pis (not yet e,emptk,tist 4 :07t5 .- 1; of the citizens killed and wootohot during " trees tia;:•o4 Paris," from which it appeals that the closes who soffettfl moat hirers the priliterd, rtrutiatri, smiths, Witt hachney_ enai - ii anti cabriolet fit ivers. to take the air for an hour each day, and he is usually brought out about two o'clock in the after noon. After he has taken his allowanee , of air and exercise, another of the Ex-Ministers is brought from his dungeon, and after him the other two, but separately. They are. confined in separate apart ments, and are allowed no intercourse with each other. There seems to be a vast deal of unnecessary fuss and mystery in their treatment. The French Newspapers have stated that I'olignac and Peyron net bear their misfortunes with a great (feel of forti tude, but that the other two are greatly depressed, and betray a want of dignity and courage. Thii is not true. They all conduct themselves in t!ie most (liquified manner. The Castle is guarded by the National Guards. When I was at Vincennes there was a mob of people about the palace, but the pri soners appeared to excite little curiosity. With regard to French politics, I decidedly think that there will be a change of Ministers, and that the King will be obliged to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies. Both are very unpopular. They do not represent the feelings or opinions of the people, and they are not the men to consolidate the Go vernment. No one here was at all alarmed at " the turn out" of the printers. The Parisians looked upon it as the Londoners do upon a Spitaldfields' row. It should be recollected, however, that the printers of Paris are a more intelligent and a more wealthy body of men than the weavers of Spitalfields, and in numbers they are by no means contemptible— they muster 8,000 strong. The National Guards, are, however, able and willing to maintain the peace of Paris. It is astonishing how little this most ex cellent institution is understood in England, though it is, in fact, borrowed from your ancient municipal regulations. It is a curious circumstance that while the English are establishing that bane of freedom, a paid gendarmerie, the French are getting rid of them, and entrusting the peace of their cities to those who have the greatest interest in preserving it—the citi. MR themselves. At this time there is not u single policeman in Paris, and yet there are no more rob. beries committed now than there were when these mercenaries were in full operation. Indeed, I question whether there are so many. It is true that the duty falls very heavily upon the housekeepers and the other respectable inhabitants of whom the National Guards are composed; but in France the people prefer to protect their property at the ex pence of a little trouble, to entrusting it to others at the expence of their liberty. This may appear strange to your fat and lazy citizens, but it is not more strange than true. . _ I have just learned a very curious fact, namely, that two of the Aides-de-Camp of General Fayette were imprudent enough to attend' the meet ings of the printers, and that they actually subscribed to the fund for enabling them to resist the using of the mechanic press (FROM' A THIRD CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SIMI'. 7. The Chamber of Deputies, possessing still the confidence of the nation, and exaggerating the danger of its situation, pronounced the forfeiture of the old dynasty in the space of five hours, and called a new one to the throne, discussed and ap proved a Constitution, all which was accomplished in one sitting, without keeping even these gentle men beyond their usual dinner hour. I have now to point out to you the real dangers of a conduct so unworthy and so incautious. The same objects might have been secured with the like success, if the Chamber had displayed more dignity, and acted upon higher views in so critical a period. You did not fall in with my ideas then ; you thought me exalted, and one of your writers has even gone so far as to suppose me to be a republican ut heart. ];,vents, however, have justified me. Both the Chamber of Deputies, and the Ministry, who are an emanation from them, have now fallen from their eminence, for, being abandoned by public opinion, they are now incapable of checking that distress, rind those convulsions, which we see making such dreadful progress. The last few days have shown that the capacity of Ministers is not equal to existing circumstances. Both at' Paris and in the departments, they are far toe timid to place themselves in a position to master turbulent minds by captivating confidence, and their experiments will not do. ruin not deny but that theirs is a very difficult situation, and one of impe rious necessity. On the one hand they are obliged to satisfy and to restrain a population still intoxicated with their triumph, infatuated with liberty, and tired of the restraint which it was formerly subject to. Having been governed for fifteen years by an oppressive minority, which usurped all public fune sloes, this population is now very imperious, and determined to free itself of the Wiens, who, in every town and village of France, monopolised all the plates of administration, of justice, and of municipal offices. From this circumstance arises the clamour for change of the majority of functionaries. The Ministers are principally found fault with for their deference, which went even to weakness, in giving way to influences which, however respectable in themselves, prove now fatal to the public interests. Guizot compounds two much with the ideas of men of the old regime ; the conversations of drawing-'' rooms have too much influence over him. By these means he ruins himself in public opinion. Modems tion consists now in firmness, and in the execution of wise and practical measures. The management of public affairs has been transferred from the " Salon" to the squares and public streets. In order to overawe, tribunes are now wanted instead of di plomatists with embroidered Court dresses on their bscks. During these political tempests statesmen must take the helm, and guide it with the steadi ness of a seaman; when calm is restored, every one may resume his post. Apropos of M. Guizot : Ma dame Guizot has lately added much to her celebrity. Hearing that a certain number of tickets to the theatre were always at the disposal of the Minister, she ordered them to be brought to her, and distri buted them, with the addition of her feminine sig nature, to such of her friends whom she wished to oblige. This has given rise to much clacking on the part of our wits, at the expellee of Madame and Monseigneur..., M. Dupin tie Muse acquits himself creditably. Count Gerard, though an excellent General, makes hut un indifferent Minister of War. In his departs meta it is easy to shut the doors against re-appoint ments, by selecting persons known for their former services, as nothing has been settled yet. How ever, ! roost of the corps of the army complain that they have old Ultras at the head, who mislead the minds of the non-commissioned officers, which corn promises the regiments. In most of the regiments a spirit of insubordination shows itself, which origi nates entirely in the distrust inspired by the com manders. At. Arras and at Lille the officers demand loudly the dismissal of the Colonels of several corps. These symptoms of disorganisation have, however, nothing alarming in them, With a few exceptionS, our Ministry is composed of men of the Cot 6 Gauche, To ren d er thi s situa tion natural, the Cott; Oftneheought to represent the victorious majority. is tide the case ? If the °Minuet:es of July last had never appeared, and if Charles X. had not deviated from the Constitu tines! line, but, tneetieg the consequences of a Res presentative Government, had yielded to the in fluence of the Chambers, and changed the Polionac Ministry, the Centre Gauche would probably have got into power. A Ministry of the Left Centre was therefore the natural consequence of the Parlia mentary triumph under the old dynasty. Does the present situation render the same Ministry capable of governing? 'Certainly the men of the Left Centre are estimable patriots, end eomprivi first rate talent's amongst them. Hut the luestion does not turn upon merit. Have they the strength to eeforee their doctrines? Do they -inspire sufficient coofideneir to -prevent public opinion thwarting them in their system of Government ? It is pot suffirdent S T Ise good, b u t I t requ i res e n ergy to eott ot ta nd °Om. exereise a dominion over public opinion, !'.",,;l4l*quite men lotheiently 'popular to pass fcir'" "1" 46 % 164 a - Abe 'Wlibe - * of the it-lotat exalted, and at the same time sufficiently firm and wise not to commit the future fate of the country. There are in the Cabinet two Ministers, without portfeuilles, Messrs. Casimir Perier and Jaquei La flue, both men of capacity and great citizens. If the health of the former would allow him to take a more active share in the labours of Administration, they and their colleagues, Dupin de l'Eure and M. Molts, would constitute an efficient and complete Ministry. M. Guizot, an excellent Professor, but a very indifferent Minister, ought to be quickly super seded before the changes of the Prefectahips are spoiled in his hands. The local Authorities enjoy public confidence more than ever; they are there fore perfectly capable to check the disorder that might be occasioned by the ferment of the public mind. A clever Administration would derive from this circumstance that strength, which the relaxation of the ties of obedience, inseparably connected with our present situation, might deprive it of. At ell events liberty is not endangered, the country being too enlightened, and freedom being too much inter woven with its manners and habits. Still some con flicts and shocks must be naturally expected, You will hardly conceive that, in the relations which our revolution has established with the Spa nish Constitutionalists, the French Journals should scarce have adverted to the affairs of the Peninsula. Three causes produced this effect. The most simple consists in our internal affairs absorbing the interest of the public; besides, want of space, and the still backward state of the Press amongst us. However great and indisputable the merit of our writers may be as editors, it is, nevertheless, true that our Jour nals are badly contrived, as far as the editing pad is concerned; they are behind the English Press in handling questions of general politics. As the af fairs of the Peninsula excite much interest with you, I can tell you that the number pf Spanish refugees on the frontiers -becomes daily more formi..- [fable, and that we probably shall soon hear of dis turbances having broken out on the borders and in the interior. Mina, attended by several officers, has set out for the frontiers. Still this matter will require great developement, which I shall transmit in my next communication. - - - - - - LITERATURE. (ALT'S LIFE OF 13YR0N...-LONDON, 1880. We have just finished the perusal of this work, which forms the first volume of a new monthly miscellany to be entitled the " National Library." In point of interest arising from the variety of its incidents, and the exceeding good sense and vigour of many of the reflections which are scattered throughout it, Mr. Galt's volume possesses strong claims on public atten tion, though we cannot but think that he ha: drawn rather too unfavourable a likeness of the Noble poet. It was the misfortune of Lord Byron during life to have enthusiastic friends and equally enthusiastic enemies. There seems to have been no medium in the feelings of either towards him. The one party were as unbounded in their admiration as the other in their rancour, From the moment of his death up the present period the same prejudices, with slight modifi cations, have existed, and evince themselves abundantly in Moore's Life, and in the one be fore us. If Mr. Moore has leaned too much to the favourable side, which we doubt, in his notices of Lord Byron, Mr. Galt has adopted the opposite one, with equal readiness. Ile has treated his subject in a cold, caustic, and re pulsive spirit, and will inevitably lead his readers to infer that the author of " Childe Harold" was, as a man, a creature of mere whim and caprice, a shuttlecock, to be bandied about by any one who chose to contest a point with him ; vacillating in his religion, vacillating in his politics ; a demagogue to-day, an aristocrat to morrow, and an evident Quixote in his attempt to regenerate Greece. But if Mr. Galt has undervalued Lord Byron as a man, as a poet he has done him splendid justice. Nothing can be truer than many of his passing criticisms on his works—that in particular on Manfred, though in one or two points it is pushed to extreme, is finely discriminative : " The delineation of that Pranethean fortitude which defied conscience, as lie ham shown it in Manfred, is his greatest achievement. The terrific fables of Marlowe, and of Goi;the, M their respective versions of the legend of Faustus,' had disclosed the utmost writhings which remorse, in the fiercest of its torments, can express ; but what are those Laocoon agonies to the sublime serenity of Manfred. In the power, the originality, and the genius co►nbined, of that unexampled performance, Lord Byron has placed himself on an equality with Milton. The Satan of Paradise Lost' it animated by motives, and dignified by an eternal enterprise. Ile bath purposes of infinite prospect to perform, and an immeasurable ambi tion to satisfy. Manfred bath neither purpose, nor am bition, nor any desire that seeks gratification.... Ile bath done a deed which severs him from hope, as everlastingly as the apostacy with the angels has done Satan. Ile ac knowledges no contrition to bespeak commiseration, he complains of no wrong to justify revenge, for lie feels none ; he despises sympathy, and almost glories in his perdition. The creation of such a character is in the sublimest degree of originality ; to give it appropriate thoughts and feelings required powers worthy of the con ception ; and to make it susceptible - uf being contemplated within the scope and range of human sympathy, places Byron above all his contemporaries and antecedents.-- Milton has described in Satan the greatest of human pas sion, supernatural attributes, directed to immortal intents, and stung with inextinguishable revenge ; but Satan is only a dilatation of man. Manfred is loftier, and worse than Satan; he has conquered punishment, having within himself a greater than hell can inflict. There is a fearful mystery in this conception ; it is only by solemnly ques tioning the spirits that lurk witlri►t the dark metaphors in which Manfred expresses himself, that the hideous eterets of the character can be conjectured." As a work full of interest, which never flags, and spiced with terse and epigrammatic and occasionally satirical reflections—especially where women are tint subjects of remark —we know of few biographies superior to this—an excellence which only makes us regret more deeply that it had not leaned less pertinaciously, tl►ouglt in sidiously, to the unflattering side of the pies tint]. The portraits that accompany the work, of Lord Byron and the Countess Guiceloli, are excellent, first, as engravings ; secondly (80 we are informed by a gentleman who has seen both parties) as likenesses. . _ Extract of a letter from a gentleman near D un b ar : _tg On Saturday, the 2ritli ultjtnu, during the violent gale on that part of the coast, a sloop was driven on the sands, about two miles west of the port of Dunbar. Captain MA ner'4 life apparatus, in charge, of the pre ventive coast guard, was proMptly brought to the spot, hut from the great distanc e , th e vessel ' laying 200 yards from the shore, It was nutd i stil seven unstiecessfill though well-directed shot, not being able to reach the yew!, that m and. the crew, cons i s ti ng o f e t ° hren i t i l l e l ! e n ftt and a as4d hay,t e v e e t t e .e ' brought to the land in a most exhausted state. Never perhaps has the utility of the plan been so strongly confirmed, as every ether attempt to pre vent the inevitable loss of the crew had failed. 10. 9 persons have now to date their preservation to it." Galignani's Meoenger states that Mr. SWAN, the American citizen, Who has been confined in t h e „.i„„ of St Pelagic since the year 1807, will n O w o b ta i n his m ew , as ibe inexorable creditor, who, under the in.. famous French law,. which etiAble w a er ,di tor to keep a foreign debtor in prison for life, 44 enr a me a mt. Swett for 23 years in one. of the worst prisons of the world, is deaf!. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Sarr. 9.—His Majesty's ship Ariadne, 28, Capt. G. Rennie, arrived late on Friday night from St. Helena, having escorted seven East India ships, which were, placed under her charge at that island, as far as the Downs. She came into harbour on Tuesday to refit. Tlte, Industry, naval transport, arrived on Saturday from Woolwich. The Comet steam-vessel arrived on Sunday from Pem broke, and sailed again for Deptford. The Messenger steamer, Lieut. Aplin, sailed on Tuesday for Fahnouth, to take the next Mediterranean mail. The Pallas frigate, Captain Fitzelarenee, from Halifax, was seen off Portland on Tuesday. In Hawoaze—.Caledonia, Kent, Ariadne, Weazle, Bramble, Industry transport, Antelope tender, Hermes steamer. At the Island—Britomart. In the Sound—Wolf. The Rose, revenue cruiser, Lieut. Franklin, in con junction with the coast-guard boat of Branksea station, captured off Poole, on Friday se'nnight, at daylight, a small vessel called the Swan, having on board three men and sixty-eight tubs of foreign spirits. The appointment of M. TALLEYRAND to be Ambassador to this country seems to have taken the Parisian politicians by surprise, and to have excited no slight sensation. Most of the journals have made this appoint- Ment the subject of comments, several of which we have selected. Upon the whole, though the Ultra-Liberal party vent their displeasure pretty loudly, the Royalists and moderate Liberals appear to regard the appointment with satisfaction. ,They all .admit the talents of this veteran diplomatist, and his services to the State. If be has contrived to serve his own interests by adhering in turns to all parties, he is not even by his opponents charged with having neglected the interests of France.— Times. THE KING'S VISIT TO LADY NELSON.- Extract of a letter from Brighton, dated Tuesday : —" This place seems as gay' as ever ; and yesterday afternoon I was extremely gratified by a sight of his MAJESTY, while I was at SCANNELL'S Sea House Hotel. His MAJESTY came into that house about four o'clock to see Lady NELSON, who has been a resident under its roof nearly a month. The KING arrived in a private chariot, and was ushered into the coffee-room, where her Ladyship was in readiness to receive him, and he remained with her full three-quarters of an hour. I thought the coffee-room an odd place; but it was, of course, most convenient fir his MAJESTY'S ac commodation, being 'nearest the entrance, and avoided going up stairs. The whole was so private, that even many of the inmates of the house were not aware of it. It was a high honour to Lady NELSON, and conferred great honour on the landlord and the house, being the only private house the Kum has been into,, I understand, at Brighton, since he has ascended the Throne. Lady Nan son looked venerable and well—she appeared delighted with the KING'S visit.”—[Of course Mr. SCANNELL'S hotel will, in future, be called " Scautirt,L's Royal Sea House Hotel !“] • TAXES IN THE NETIIERLANDS.—ItI Bel gium everything is taxed--bread, meat, servants (even female servants about 121. a-year each), windows, gardens, fire-places, houses, spirits (to more than the first cost in the case of On), ground, dogs, and in short everything that the eye or heart of man can fix upon, has a duty laid upon it, and that not trifling. By way of example, about 21. 10s. is paid on every head of cattle exposed in the butchery of Bruges: this is a municipal tax : for the fact is, that if an article is not reached by a Government im position, a municipal tax lays immediate hold of it. As in the case of the mouture--.a tax which has made so great a sensation (it is one on flour, besides the bread tax).... when the mouture was abolished by the States, it was re tained in Brussels as a municipal tax, and is only this mo ment done away with, At Bruges it has been suspended in consequence of public tumults.—Spectutor. Some doubts having arisen whether persons licensed pursuant to the New Beer Bill would, after the 10th of October next, be required to take out a brewer's license in addition to their license to retail beer, &c., on reference to the 6th George IV., c. 81, it will be found that every brewer of beer for sale is required to take out an excise license. And by the Ist William IV., c. 51 (the Act for repealing the duties on beer and cider), it is en acted that after the 10th of October next, the duty pay able by brewers on such licensee shall be chargetfin pro portion to the quantity of malt which they shall use in brewing, and that nothing in that Act, or in the lit William IV., c. 64 (the New Beer Bill), should in any manner interfere with the licenses required by law to be taken out and renewed by brewers of, and dealers in beer, keeping inns, alehouses, &c. Yesterday, while some workmen were hoisting the statue of Gxonum III„ for the purpose of placing it in the niche appropriated for its reception at the Royal Exchange, one of the ropes by which it was chiefly sup ported, broke, and the statue fell down on the pavement, from a height of about ten feet. It providentially hap pened that neither any of the workmen, standing almost immediately under the statue when suspended in the air, nor any of the numerous persons attracted to the spot by the process of replacing it, were seriously hurt. The statue itself has been severely injured, one of the legs being corn. pletely shattered, and a part of the pedestal broken. It is proposed to repair it after it is placed in its proper situation. The statue is full eight feet high, and weighs, probably, a toit and a half. I,OIID 13Y4ON.—As increased interest at taches to every fresh memorial of our greatest modern poet, an eager perumal will doubtless be given to the singular paper in the present number of the New Monthly aya• zinc, from the pen of Mr. Suitt,nuaxx. It furnishes a minutely particular account of that peculiarity which ap pear. to have affected so deeply the tone of his Lordship's mind, and which has engaged and mystified the conjec tures of all his biographers—namely, the mel-formation of his foot. Independently of this subject, the writer fur nishes some entertaining memoranda, the result of his va rious interviews with the Noble poet, and some anecdotes apropos of his connection with Drury-laud Theatre, Died on the 2d of September, of consump. tion, aged bB, at his son's house, in St. James's -street, after long and patiently endured suffering, Mr. N. T. Cattittwornx, author of " Dartmoor," " The Banks of Tamar," "My Native Village," and other poems. Those only who were acquainted with the amiable and endearing qualities of the deceased, can judge of the extent of anguish Which is felt by his family at the heavy loss they have sustained..--Bath Herald. The Dutch steam-boat has brought letters from Amsterdam, and the Ostend steam-boat letters from Antwerp and Brussels, all of the date of Tuesday evening. Much agitation still prevailed among the commercial anti monied interests, and the funds had scarcely at all reco vered from their recent depression, though from the prices having remained nearly stationary, there was a disposition to hope that they would recover. In the commercial let ters front Antwerp it is stated., that the KtNa's proclsma. Lion had given very general satisfaction there, and that the majority of the inhabitants both of Antwerp and of Ghent ACC opposed to the separation of the:two countrier. It was reported at Antwerp, but the rumour liar not been as yet confirmed by the accounts from other parts of Belgium, that Count IYHooovoarr, one of the leading members of the commission at Brussels, had retired to his country seat, after expressing his di;content at the proceedings. there, and declaring that he came forward for the protec tion of property, and not for revolutionary purposes. A similar rumour was afloat at Antwerp with regard to IYOuvraxasetn, who commanded the Burgher Guard at Liege ; but as the Antwerp people openly express their discontent with the meat - urea taken at Brussels, these re ports are to he , • received with some qualification. The objections on the part of Antwerp to the separation from Holland, are the probability that it would mar the loss of its exclusive privileges is trade to the East and Weat Indies ; Ghent, and some other of the manufacturing towns, look to the possible privation of their hot market—that for home consumption. Several gun-boats and frigates had been eta timed before Antwerp, for the protection of trade and pro. p et ty. It is said that orders have been sent to the troops to quit the vicinity of Brussels, and repair to their former garrisons, and that Sir C. Ebite ß iLe a n it t r inl rr as , nni e ffi u mu r etti A ld .t n , n th ot a i s ili s at a in t a l yl o i r no a if t n thetflat-e Hague, had sent a recommendation to the English sub jects to remain in Brussels. Among the Dutch eubjects the g x l e ar re g , e of oir l e iZt o e f rd ant , had heti tirs;:atfei h merchants rac i t l; s f f a v t i n i l .4 l l 4 l: 4 y i N h i g in a r i os money, anti in vidually tendered a loan to the amount of a million of florins, about 100,0001., together with two large vessels employed by him in the trade to India. A few other r, and of expectation :t o t a r t- a had l e o e l ti eHtotite(i)tri e seerbeing s ption f e ll a ' l t :'a th t l ie t j t w , t a lo s d n t fr e l g di t e j e t a t' r e e r e f s t a ri u tt i i t:l h s o en e tt v l h o h e i s e f d t e ti Kg t i t e l i l l i:N y tn e ta u w er t a . ar n o. a-1 countriee will he lost in the States-General. The p o proaching was looked brward to with a degree of interest truly " tense.' Some of the Belgic deputies are said to have eixn preesed their determinstion not to attend.... Times, PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. REP OR T FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BILL TO PREVILNT THE SPREADING OF CANINE MADNESS. EXTRACTS PROM THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. Veneris, 18mo die Junii, 1830. Mr. Alderman WOOD in the chair. (CONTINUED FROM OUR PAPER OF YESTERDAY). Dr. Anthony Todd Thompson examined—Do you understand the complaint called hydrophobia?— I have seen instances of it. Have you visited patients under that complaint ? I have. State whether it has arisen from the bite of a dog ?—ln all the instances that I have seen, the disease has arisen from the bite of a dog or of 'a cat; but in some instances of which I have read, it has also originated from the bite of the wolf and the fox, as well as of the dog and the cat. I have never seen any instances of the disease produced by the bite of the wolf and the fox; those instances which I have seen have o r i g i nate d from the bite of a dog or a cat. I have seen only one instance from the bite of a cat. Did that patient die 2—Yes, in every case of hy drophobia that I have seen the patient has died. Are you aware that in those instances any opera tion took place after the bite ?—ln two cases the operation of excision was performed, but neverthe less the patients died. Was the excision performed very shortly after the bite ?—Yes, almost immediately. In the one case I should say, that it is probable the excision Was not effectually performed; it was not deep enough. I refer particularly to the case originating from the bite of the cat. The operation was performed im mediately after the bite was inflicted. What time after the bite did those cases take place ?—ln the case of the cat about six weeks ; in the other cases that I had occasion to see, from five days till two months. Have you ever attended patients who have been bitten by dogs in a rabid state, and where excision has taken place within a short period, where the patient has recovered ?—ln many instances the disease has not occurred. In two instances, the disease occurred after the excision. Have you in any of those cases where the disease has not occurred, ascertained the dog w*s really mad ?—ln some instances, but not in all. Did you ever ascertain that when the patient had died, the dog was not mad ?—Ne ; the dog was always rabid. State your opinion as to when and bow the disease is generated in the dog ?—I scarcely feel myself authorised to give an opinion in reply to that question; but I should say, as far as my knowledge extends, that the disease in the dog has always ori ginated from the bite of another rabid dog. In those cases you mentioned where death oc curred, do you mean the dog was mad at the time of the bite, or became mad afterwards ?—At the time of the bite. Have the number of cases of hydrophobia to which you have been called in, been more numerous than usual within the last four or five months ?—I have not seen one case within that period. I have heard of many, but not seen one. Now as to the effect of the virus of a dog in a rabid state, do you think it could be safely taken into the stomach, provided the coats of the stomach were in a sound state ?—Undoubtedly. Do you think that the virus might be safely rub bed into any part of the person, provided there was no puncture or cut in the skin ?—I think all expe rience tends to make me believe so. (I have had no experience of my own to form an opinion one way or the other in that respect.) From the nature of the animal economy, however, and the action of the other animal passions, I should say that rubbing the virus on a sound skin could not communicate the disease. I think with respect to the two cases, that of the kissing and that of untying the rope with the teeth, that if the cases be well authenticated in the first instance, there must have been a chap, or some small abrasion, or some sore or ulcer on the lips of the child, and the same must have existed in the second case also; but I doubt the authenticity of both cases. You state very confidently your opinion, that the disease can only be communicated by the virus being taken into the system by means of inoculation ? Yes, the disease can originate from no other source in man. Is there any complaint so like it, that you may mistake it for hydrophobia ?—The symptoms are peculiar to itself, so that , the disease cannot be mis taken by an observing physician. Is there any complaint which ignorant people would be likely to take for that disease ?—I think all cases in which hydrophobic symptoms occur, I mean in which there is a dread of water, might be mistaken for hydrophobia. It is a vulgar error that patients in hydrophobia are mad; they are not mad; there is no such thing as madness connected with the disease ; it is a disease of the respiratory nerves; its chief seat is in the cervical, dorsal, and lumbar portions of the spinal column. Do you think that when people, having no medi cal knowledge, tell you that a man has died of hy drophobia, it is very probable the complaint is mis taken for some other?—Very probable; but with well informed men such a mistake cannot take place. How long have you been in practice ?—Thirty years. In your opinion, is the disorder of hydrophobia increased much of late years ?—I cannot answer that question from my personal knowledge ; but I should say, that from the accounts in the newspapers, it has very much increased. The first twenty years that I was in practice I never saw a case of hydrophobia, and scarcely ever heard of any. Within the last ten years I have seen three,cases, and heard of many from medical authority. Do you consider that hydrophobia never arises except from the bite of some rabid animal ?—Never, in man. Do you consider hydrophobia, if taken in its earlier stages is a disorder perfectly incurable ?—I can hardly comprehend that question. Do you mean by its early stages, after the symptoms of the disease have shown themselves I would rather ask, after the bite of a mad dog ? —Many persons have been bitten by rabid dogs who have never taken the di se as e . F r o m p ersona l know ledgebut the gen era l I : l )lere 2 xoib Ci aldab t ii ivnheiaed(ttin,hasairi in I cannot say what a verage of those wh o h ave fsi b )eoi e eti e ntl ig( b ite i ia, t gnk t r e ce n t eht ,be b be e py c r oothmfeese disease.spi l oe i y rni d oi r Tds o ,s p b ii l ti at i b wss et i s c ivoinie ; :rbieyi e e n f t o h r e e s x a a m m e pl d e o , g i , f ten men w ere bi tten i n s w u e c r c e es b a i i t o t i e i n bY if the first two took the disease, none of the others would take it, because the virus was wiped 'off from in b s bi e t l i n n t g b e t s h r t e b u s g n h w c b l o ex t i h b e e s i t s h b e t t t e e e n t l i i n a a r t e l a n k l e s t o i the teeth befo re t h e bi tes were inflicted on those eight persons. A man is m uc h sa f er who is bitten et part. e r At l o tul Ant! ? Dbno tosyoeaus consider o ?..... nsi o der f thatth mitigating e i s there is , medicinebnt not of r remedy which has the er power of miti ga ti ng or cur i ng riot remedy curing. I conceive the great error in medical men, speaking with submission, has been th e searching for specifics • the eager desire of obtaining a remedy to cure a disease which cannot be cured by any specific, whilst the symptoms of the disease have been very much neglected ; I conceive that the diffi culty of curing hydrophobia has arisen chiefly from that error in the profession,—frotn professional men not studying the symptoms of the disease, but look ing after specifics. In the earlier stages of hydro phobia the disease cannot be easily detected; it re sembles some fevers ; but after the syinptoms of hydrophobia, that is, the dread of water and the extreme sensibility of the surface present themselves, the disease is then easily recognized to be hydro phobia, and is the** incurable. I ask you whether, if a person was brought to you who had been, bitten by a mad dog, after the usual operation of excision or caustic, you would think it advisable to prescribe any medicine ?•! , '"Yel; if a patient was brought to me to whom -caustic alone had been applied, I should think it'netSsusrl to give him medicines, and to apply blisters 'overdo spine ; if excision had been performed by A skilful and -careful operator, I should scarcely think„ it necessary to give him medicine. There is attest difference of opinion among the profession. witk4v gard to the effect of the virus being introduced into the system. My opinion is, that the excision of the part any time between the infliction of thebite and the first symptom of the disease would be, gquajlY efficacious as when the bitten part is taken out l.is• mediately after the bite; but I ought 40 isy• that my opinion upon the disease is perhaps peculia r. ' consider that it is very doubtful whether IshiloPli° B ever takes place. My reason is this, that itiellattr" bid poisons, of whatsoever kind they may be, 00 whether small-pox. cow-pox, syphilitic virus , or any other morbid poison, when introduced toto the system, produce their effects almost alwayswithin a limited time; hydrophObia does 00t • I De period varies from a few hours to a coasiails Is time ; the proper inference to be drawn (rod tkat fact is, that the hydrophobic virus is not: let by the usual laws of morbid poisons. Oil . count I am inclined to believe, that it r emaiusirq ll 4 part that is so bitten, and the individual Joisri L it. the habit gets into a peculiar state, which *OOP be y adopted u in medical language predisposing; so that 4 tie part os may be advantageously excised in the intetteni4 Can ti g ge s for t the a ny me. legisl ative disease of canine madn es s ?-4 •0 lota feasible measure i s th a t w hi c h mast liceaktl e, e ,i,i p person --I Mean the confinement of dogs after first appearance of hyd ro phobia 04Y district. purposeofmdeocrstato could Whih re should say also that much good would result from diminishing very considerably t h e number of the Our belonging to the poor, by taxation or some Meow' (To be continued.) TILE NEW COURT. ,-We state that a Second Edition of the Comet Journal, No. :, for September 4, is now ready. for delivery, elltat itin g are re ( l ll q•S te d , complete picture of the Court of St. Jammed ; eonnirisist 1. A List of all the Presentations which have t4eaP il f i o during the New Reign-2. A List of all the pow fu n have been presentat At.stacc's during the Preme t si t °lls6 , —3. A List of all the Military and Naval ProMeti n"1:' „f the New Reign. Those who wish to secure eOP l i interesting dociiments should therefore give wk. early to their respective Newsmen to prevent , , , of Mr. HUME, jurneying, tnrOfin ifs is received every where with open twine, ▪ e he was dubbed a burgess by the senior Bat', Provost was very differently employed. ~„_'!A f thousands went forth to meet - the un fl incitgliL"'.7 - 441 economy and retrenchment, entertained • ref • civic feast, and even illuminated the his arrival. Similar honour, await • la where he is to be entertained publicly oa the... 1,10 rent. The list of stewards is highly dudes men of all parties.—Dumfeiis .CpPrl4 4 0 " It is not generally known that the KINIPP; • r apo pressed a strong wish to save the life of the late Moto ; but that Sir ROBER T Net., feeling 0 4 nate man was a fit object for example, pereis4 1" determination (in the absence of any recommentlatevettie the part of Lord TENTERDIN*, who tried Moto) ,IIL law take its course.—Brighton Gazelle.-.abl r at graph seems meant to disparage Sir,Roetax Pnitifot least it is quoted by two papers with that the anecdote reflects credit both on the Kieoigk t e ulster : on the Kirin fur his humanity, en Minister, for his firm diecharge of his most pain( Villt t° REPRESENTATION OF THE 'H — opi 'I F LI. SMITHY/A RI:. —While the friend' 'of Lord and Mr. CALVERT are disputing as to the Coiirse, 4 l o ,iiiii take at the approaching election, a'new inufdidi wa te ;diet declared who is. likely to concentrate the' OP,lM t eetie electors, and secure an almost unanitnous'retli.„_rn - * r- f tigh understand miiiitsvttGeirs wateeiVlSlT b h ioei e apis h r to EDWARD Lrrrow EuLwxla, Esq., a gentrew llli r ko ° ` • We literary attainments, and of decidedly MOO in' fluential and worthy men- inibe borough, by wiTTA - ol tids n a T m s H e th d E e ia g te ( l7 l fo lii rm s4 ed el io ni . ' i ln a ni ke e t °ll:-l e tB : : ; . o tiiio n:&° behalf, aided by his own persona} 1' *setion.'"' 10 • Chronicle. tit OS °. accepted ri U tl iC ie E inTi r tat ' iOn EL t L o i diav N7 : t i oar 4ll".. cheater on Monday next, September 13, and will P A , pie co SA m LI I S I I K I R U arrive in Liverpool on the following day. Ani° lll " -- Eibe sone of distinction who are expected to be present -0 ,„„ opening of the railway, on the lath, are the follOWlel j : l u i v ; a t , e Earls c.ar His Grace the Duke of WeLustorosi, the Ais r ,to, v o:C i a N s u s it t s r. r ia L :LatroALig WILSON, and Lavnxitnauc ; Viscounts Ria e— jo el MELDOuaNri SANDON Count POTOCKI ; the Bishop of Llcwr r and COVENTRY; Lords CoLvtu.g, DAC ago 0 01: F. L. Gowice, GRANVILLE, HILL, 111014SO/4o c L ' A g o ild SKELMEESDALE, and WII A RNCLIFFE ; the Rigot.,.,,gir C. ARBUTIINOT, J. CALCRAFT, and W. ILBSEISISOP;o0, JAMES GRAHAM, Sir 1108KRT PEEL, Sir _toot. Scot; and Sir JEFFERY WYATVILLX i 00 1 4 7111;0 COY NE ; Admiral %Dye ; W. W. Wortains'"nto M.P. ; WILSON PATTEN, El., M.P.; tilts Pya l ossi reeves of Manchester and Salford, &e. Mr , Rj',gitioe; has been invited, as have severa l o ther eerie°. '. OW° tion, but it is not certain whether he will be & bk .. "' or got. —Liverpool Time:. .• 410 1 • A French Journal, noticing the p alate' making English g in ger b e e r , s a y s rr eP r c i i ea are more delicate than those of their ntigbb! ° „ill ol ! , other side of the wate r , p er h a p s it will be 14'7 , out the ginger!" 44. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—YeS. , er--j° 1001° twelve and one o'clock, as Mr. JAMES DUEISA r u e 004 place, Ilampstead-road, was proceeding alot bTla path of the Regent's Canal, near to Afsidemlen so or he observed a f as hi ona bl y dressed female, ab out 18 Y age, walking t o an d f ro , apparen tly in state of 'Mud. She shed tears shit:l(l4 lo °Y' overwhelmed with anguish. Mr. Duestit l ' voiced of her intention to commit suicide, rin l ge d her, which she no sooner perceived than she plea opt° the water. Mr. DI.IPMAN junied in after hell. to sa waist, and catching hold of her dress just. as sl i ti o eltP. the surface the first time, succeeded, after son e ~t er of a in bringing her to shore. She is the eldest daeP oro , 10 01 highly respectabl e gen tl eman , who, for roll 1d 1' been been principal cashier to one of eke smut 1.014 to houses in the City. An ill-fated attachment have induced her to take " the lover's leap ." • I " PROVISIONS OF- CREATURES 7 YOUNO.It is very pleasing to observe the ?re z :` - ; - fl yr ▪ oa : .-- are made by creatures for the security. 111 ,otot u ly comfort of their y oung : w e se e the land-bir ds ,; 0 0 riety of materials, and where requisite, nt pO'Pc r stances, to shelter their broods. Others re f r o i s i re dwi r to e provision. The water-binds provide o re,, dies to line their nests : vegetable matters e, •t'4oll°" trpe‘ come damp, but this plumage contracts ig ti oieeS! of and hence the eggs are kept dry in humid S stop, or nest of a rabbit is a very conspicol o ly maternal care ; the mother, plucking og °pi to it hair and fur from her stomach, and . 1 . 0 71,00 ; , short dry grass, forms a mass of materials of her young ones, securing than in it telt n itwit c 7, t . and visiting them with the utmost vigils:ol4m A el. The insect weaves up the hair of its skin la tro t etinr,A Mg, a web of cotton or of silk impervious to jo ist en • to the N v .l gencies of the weather—all tending e ,„„„ oue well-being of its young ; manifesting nu`,r, ro tor , !I d bi S be P cr. affection for its offspring impressed 11;e parent, in whatever grade or state it m a y r e _by e "for even the sea monsters draw out ''" a of Journal of a Naturalist. 'ROM a if • le : 1044 ALLEGED OUTRAUrIt,--\ 10 . Is b ..;04 the parties. )—Dundalk, Sept. S. . i., , ote d P p ; " Captain Dustnas, riding w ith t. after lop e*t o rsr on the highwsy, .. to eoe . three young ladies few yard, he turned his horse .nterv _ ewe igr lion with them. Three other i 0_ the the d.f/te, and at the last ou t ! , to leave her father's house wi t h the suf'l a `' • r lip teas entirely ignorant of be to r . I "_,!( t i te ipar outline of the undisguisel facts of thiiswitnbies'eth...o„o4 matrimony was never allud.ed :04,10.rid these meeting*. Tile lady si l l y ar r :10,101 ot her I h 0 a younge r s i t ter, rhohis .°O4, Lord boacliegrat,. pts l a dy passed the night there _I ag e. ii: not a is a bachelor, twenty-four year t of Ba i r h-eXaggera ted 0 3 Y edi state t.a 'nue to be rigoroo the rue, s but it ou g ht rirnes.