The Sun. — London, England, 1833-08-26 00:00:00

PORTUGAL, We hare seen letters which prove that the sooner Don Petro is induced to quit Portugal, the more rapidly will the young Queen's cause succeed. From what we can gather, there is no doubt but that Saldanha, who com mands at Oporto, has wofully neglected to seek for infor illation from the enemy's lines. It appears that about the 30th ult. Marshal Bourmont silently despatched 8,000 of his best troops, and a quantity of heavy at tillery, from the attack of Oporto, under General Clouet, keeping still up all the appearance of a vigorous siege ; and on the iih instant himself followed with 4,000 men. Nothing was known of this movement at Oporto or Lisbon, until eight days after,when their occupation of Coimbra was announced, together with the still more important fact, that the Duke des Cadaval bad also reached the same position, with at least 6,000 troops, in tolerable fair condition. Saldanha, instead of being quiet in this interval, ought to have made determined sorties upon the remainder of the besieging army; and, if he knew the fact of its reduction iu num- ' hers, it bespeaks that he is either lukewarm in the cause, or that the Pedroite force in Oporto is far from being an effective one. We fear the latter must be the case, as the besieged party, six days after they were apprised of the of the Miguelite lines, had not made the least ,demonstration to advance beyond the mere taking up the position evacuated by Bourmont ; nor was it even known there that Bourmont lied despatched a force to the south ward; the true reason, we hope, why Saldanha had not been more active. According to appearances, Napier's fleet will yet have to save Portugal for the young Queen, and it is well for her cause that she has so able a partizan ; on him will fall all the exertions to transport Sildanha's force to the quarter where it will be most useful. To strengthen the Duke of Terceira's left flank, Napier had despatched his small craft to blockade the rivers and harbours between the Tagus and the Douro. A bad fseture, however evinces itself in the Algarves and the i_lenvejos ; Lagos and St. Übes, so lately rejoicing for the cause of Donna Maria, have neither of them defended themselves against the attacks of small guerilla parties. who have devastated these two places in the name of Don Miguel. The fact is, Miguel is preferred to Pedro, and the young Queen, with Palmella for her Minister to either. The Spanish Prince Don Carlos, was with Miguel at Coimbra, and they had been joined there by the Spanish Ambassador in disguise, though he ostensibly affected to leave Lisbon in a Spanish frigate for Spain.—Hampshir e Telegraph. Extract of a letter from Lisbon, dated August 13:— " Yesterday the Duke of Palmeila went on board the British Admiral Parker's ship, and was some time with the Admiral. To-day it is reported the Marines of the British squadron are to be landed to occupy the fortresses. They have been removed in numbers from the transport depot ship to the line-of-battle ships, and there are preparing to move to different stations, evidently in con templation of such an event. It is supposed I)on Miguel's forces are threatening the city, but they cannot be very near at band yet. In the meantime I am sorry to say Don Pedro has been doing all he could to exasperate those of the opposite party, instead of following up the concili atory measures of Pahnella and Villa Flor. lie has been confiscating the property of all those in Don Miguel's ser vice, turning respectable families of women and children into the street bezears, and making no allowance for the well known fact that most of those who serve Miguel bad the choice between his service and a prison ; and, since Don Pedro' s arrival, have not dared to quit their ranks, for fear of being shot ; and this is visited upon their estates—upon their helpless families. This tyranny is worse than the other, as it is under the specious promises o f freedom and the laws. If this system is persisted in, Portugal will be worse off under the new than under the late Government, for the misery will be doubled. It is contrary to all the promises of amnesty—contrary to justice, and of course to sound policy. I trust the voice of every Englishman, which has been so loud in favour of Donna Maria's rights, will be equally exerted to cry down this ruinous injustice."—lbid. (From the Lisbon Chronic:a C'onstilueionel of the sth and 10th of August.) The following places have sent in their acts Gf accla mation of her Most Faithful Majesty Donna Maria 11. by their respective municipalities, which were graciously received by his Imperial Majesty Don Pedro, Duke of Braganca, Regent in the name of the Queen : Sobral de Monte Agraco, Panois, Dnrique, Santarem, Peniche, Garrao, Torroe, Villa de Alhandra, Cartaxo, Oeiras, Collares, Cintra, Bellas, Torres Vedras, Matra, Cezinabra, Aletnquer, Palmella, Villa Franca da Restau rsgao,.Calha, Alcacer do Sol. DUTCH PAPERS. ti L HAGUE, Aun. 20.—" We learn that the Confe rence at London bat not met lately, so that some persons are inclined to infer that there is a temporary suspension of the negotiations. It is said that the Members of the Conference continue to urge our Government to apply to the Diet respecting Luxemburg. Go the part of Belgium every concession is opposed that may be a departure from the treaty of I.stb November, 1831, and the plenipoten tiaries who drew up the treaty seem but little disposed to oblige the Belgian Government to do so. " LUXEMBURG, AuG. 14.—(From a private letter in the Cologne Journal.)—" Enemies of the country have spread a report of the division of the Grand Duchy into two portions. The question of Luxemburg is important nut only on account of the interests which bind his 31a jesty the Grand Duke to the German Confederation, but also from the necessity which obliges the Confederation and the northern Powers to oppose to France a strong bulwark, in order to secure the provinces on the Rhine and 'Moselle against every attack. To this are added the family interests, and the country, which, by the treaty of 1815, forms a distinct principality, hereditary in the house of Nassau : tbi s country , w h ose S overe i gn partici pates in the Resolutions of the German Diet, whose maintenance in that right the Diet has greatly at heart, and looks on it as an honour;—this country, in short, which before the Belgian Revolution was part of Germany,. is far from beirg on th e eve o f f a lli ng into the hands of the propaganda of Brussels. We repeat it, not an inch breadth of the Grand Duchy will be ceded. Fhe whole Gland Duchy will remain entirely a German province, and the Diet will not sacrifice to the propaganda a country in which the most important fortress of the Confederation is situate. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTLRDA3I, Aut., '2.3. Actual Debt, ‘2! s per cent 49% to .A) Amon Syndic, 4 per cent ...... . ..... Ditto, ditto, 3!-!, per cent. Voluntary ..oan, 1831, 6 per cent.. lO2 to 102 1 4 ._.. . „. , Ditto, 1832, s . per Cent. .... 90% to 94 Ditto, 1833, syer Cent. Exchange on London Two months HAMBURG, AUG. 19.—Count Ortoff arrived at St. Petersbureh on the 7th instar.t, from Constantinople. AUG. 19.—The Swedish Government has determined, that after September they will discontinue the forwarding letters to England over Gottenburgb. It seems the rapid communication with England over Hamburg by the steam boats has turned the regular correspondence entirely into that channel; and that by discontinuing the regular mail to England the Swedish Government will effect an annual paving of 9,000 dollars banco. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, AL'G. 20.-13 10%; two months, 13 P. _RERUN, AUG. 17.—Three months, 6 25!4. Immo, Aca. 12.—Two months, 6 161 i. Srocisuotm, Ava 13.—Ninety days, 13 20. CIIRIBTIANA. AUG. 7.—Three months, 6 S. ST. PETERsBURGH, AUG. 9.—Three months, 10 `23-3.:. Papers, Aug. 20. B OWEN-HALLE, AUG. 20, HALF-PAST Two P.M.— The stock market has been very dull for some days, owing to lower quotations from Vienna. Discount 2 3 i per Cent. money. An glo-Danish L oan, three per cent Anglo.ltu ss i Russian fns an *********************** End of Augtht. 717; 101 !layl 4- ,fi Ditto, ditto, 1631 6 per cent., P: O 2 , 1 92 3 i, Ditto, ditto, 1832_ ~ Polish Boltds . ********** 924 .. Prw3i . an Bonds 0 8 1;: ***************** ''''''''''''''''''''' 120 - ..... ....... ...... 103 Austrian Bank Shares ... ********************* 1239 Ditto Metalliques... ............... ***************************** , s,' Ditto 4 per Cent. ********************************************** 1.)--- ! Spanish 3 per Cen t s :, ******* * * * * * * ***** * 7 ****************** 87 1; Ditto 4 per Cent. Cents.';'; ...* **** * ** ** * * * *************** ******* 30 41 i: Dutch 21, 2 per *********** *********************** sw; Ditto 5 per Cents. ............. .. ....... ************ " ***** -" *.. ................. 9414 (.Hamburg Reporter. On the 14th instant th e K ing of Prussi a went from Tuplitz to Tb e r esens t a dt, t o v i s i t the Empe ror of Austri The King of P russ i a was expected to return to Berlin oa.n the 24th, the Emperor of Austria to Pragu e on the 16th. The King of Saxony left D res d en f or P rague on the 15th. A Norwegian paper mentions that Lord Howard de Walden, the English Ambassador to the Swedish Court, has been travelling with his family fr o m St oc k holm over Janiteland to Drontheim, from whence he intended proceed. log to Christiana. RIO DE JANEIRO. (From the Diario do Governo,) (o}Ficza L.) The following message was delivered by order of the Regency, in the name of the Emperor, to the Chamber of Deputies by the Minister for Foreign Affairs:— " August and worthy representatives of the nation,— The Regency, in the name ()ibis Majesty Don Pedro 11., orders me to make to you the following communication, the importance of which merits your most serious atten tion " The Imperial Government, proceeding with the Nakao, which ie due to the Brazilian nation, conceive' it to be its imperative duty to lay before you the conluiu• oications which it baa received from its diplomatic agents in Europe, from which it appears that projects are on foot for the restoration of his Majesty the Duke of Bra ganza to the throne of this empire. " ' In your list session my predecessor laid before you dispatches from some of our diplomatic agents, which showed the plan s t h en i n agitation for paving the way to restoration; but at that time little attention was paid to them, for nobody could imagine that, after the Duke of Braganza Lad voluntarily abdicated the clown in favour of his son, Don Pedro IL, and after all the Powers of Europe and America bad recognized the young Monarch and sent their diplomatic agents to the Regency, nobody could suppose that there could be persons who would think of undertaking an enterprise the snore rash, as it could not expect support from those Powers. " Unhappily, the events that have taken place in i Brazil,—th e i nsurrect i ons i n some provinces,—the nao• lence of a party in this very capital, which openly preaches revolution, and in journals which advocate their system, tries to discredit the Regency and the Monarchy, by affirm ing that they want to change the constitution of the empire, —all this, combined with the despatches of our ambassadors, gives reason to believe that the restoration is really contemplated. " How can we avoid believing it when we know that one of the conditions imposed on these who enlist in the army of the Duke of Braganza is that:they shall serve for three years, and may be employed out of Portugal, if that kingdom should be liberated before the time expected, and that it is promised to the English to send them hack again to their own country, and that it is very observable that among the recruits from France there is not one Pole, because they and their officers demanded that they should not in any case he employed out of Portugal ? Why should we not believe it, when we know that alterations have been made in this engagement, which was, however, made in the name of what was called a Colonial and Coin tuercial Society, which pretended to receive active and intelligent men as colonists in Brasil, or any other part, preferring unemployed officers in the army, the nary, and the militia, requiring that they should be employed wherever their services might be needed, the engagements being for 12, 18, and 24 months ? How not believe it when we know that the persons who left this empire, and who greatly contributed to make the Duke of Braganza gain the popularity and the sincere affection of the Brazilians, still govern the mind of that Prince, and who, wandering about Europe, covered with the contenipt which they merit, and destitute of pecuniary resources, turn their eyes to Brasil, where they hope to fill the high posts which in mockery of us they once held ? " Lastly, how refuse to believe it, when those indvi duals, already reckoning on great rewards for their ser vices, proclaim that in this capital, and in all Brazil, there is a strong party in favour of a restoration, and that in Rio de Janiero there are requisitions with numerous signa tures, as they learn from trick correspondents, for the im mediate return of the Duke of Braganza, and even foolishly declaring that Brazil will never be tranquil till Legisla tive Chambers solicit the return of the Prince to this empire. " "I'he Imperial Government, fully convinced that the prosperity and greatness of the empire depend on preserv ing the present constitutional monarchy, with his Majesty Don Pedro 11., frankly declares that if a restoration should be effected in any part of Braz:l, it would he the signal for a civil war, which would involve the ruin of the constitu tional monarchy, and lead to other evils not to be calculated. It is to avoid such events that the Government, relying on the co-operation of all Brazilians who value that name, and will certainly not consent to have their nationality, their valour, and patriotism disgraced, comes to the repre sentatives of the nation to provide beforehand the extra ordinary means which will be necessary to defend our rights if they should be attacked. The other Ministers will submit to you the proposals necessary for this pur pose. As Minister for Foreign Affairs, it is my duty to make this plain statement, that I may not at any time be accused of a criminal silence in matters so deeply affecting the welfare of our dear country. :" BENITO DA SILVA LISBOA. " Palace of Rio de Janeiro, June 7.' " A circular from the Minister of the Interior to the Governors of all the provinces informs them of the plan in favour of the Dude of Braganca, and enjoins them to take all necessary measures to resist any attempt, and particularly to organize the National Guards. " JUNE 12.—A decree of the Regency dismisses the Minister of Justice, and gives that department ad interim to the Minister of the Interior."—Diari o de Governo to the flith of June inclusive. BOGOTA P. PERS. 9th Junr.—" The Senate and Chamber of Representatives of New Granada in Cong, e•s assembled, " Desirous of liquidating and adjusting the foreign and floating debt, and putting it in a state for payment in order thereby to fulfil those sacred duties which have always been and are recognized, and to avoid the charge thereon, which is daily increasing to the prejudice of the state; and considering that nothing can be done by New Granada without the concurrence of the other two states which formerly composed with it the republic of Colu►u bia, the debt being contracted in common by that republic : " Considering that the delay tends greatly to injure the credit of the State, the more so as it has not the power of accelerating the necessary adjustments ; and consider ing, in fine, that it is proper to urge the meeting of the Commi , sioners, Representatives, or Plenipotentiaries of the Three States, for the purpose of liquidating the debt contracted in common, and of distributing it in just pro portion, in such manner that each separate State may settle with the creditors of Columbia :—.. " Decree— " Art. 1. The President of the State will reiterate his invitation to the Governments of Venezuela and the Ecua dor to accelerate the appointment of their Commissioners, Representatives, or Plenipotentiaries, and their meeting with those of New Granada, for the purpose of effecting, as soon as possible, the adjustment of the debts contracted in common, and of the commercial relations which they must maintain with each other. " 2. For this purpose he will point out to them the serious injury which every day's delay causes to the in terests and the credit of the States ; and the friendly dis- PD siton of New G rana d a to conclude those adjustments in • a fraternal manner, satisfactory to ail. 3. The President will proceed forthwith to appoint the persons who are to represent New Granada in this business, and to meet for the lame object those nominated by the other States." "REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA. "Department fur Foreign Affairs, Caraccas, April 17. " I have the honour to forward you a copy of the decree passed by the Congress on the 6th of the present month, and confnmed by the Executive on the 10th of the same, respecting the treaties which have to be con. eluded between this Republic and the Ecuador. " In three or four months' time there will be in your capital a Minister Plenipotentiary appointed by my Go. vernment to conclude the treati es w hi c h may be *found necessary for the parties concerned, to liquidate the amount of the foreign and domestic debt contracted by the old Republic of Columbia, and to determine the properthnial share which each ought to pay. " I furnish yuu with this information beforehand for your convenience, and I remain, &c. " SANTOS MICIJELENA. "To the Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Government of New Granada." The Swedish Government have determined that, after September, they will discontinue the forward ing of letters to England via Gothenburg. It seems the rapid communication with England via Hamburg, by the steam boats, has turned the regular correspondence en tirely into that channel, and that by discontinuing the regular mail to England, the Swedish Government will effect an annual saving of 0,000 dollars banco. HEAVY FINE.—A poor woman named Mar garet Callaghan, was on Friday fined at Queen square t Os. under the Grosvenor Act, for placing a basket of fruit on the footway pavement, in Queen's-row, Pimlico ; in default of payment she was committed for a month to prison. The Frankfort Journal says :—" We learn by a letter f rom C e l t h a i n, i n S axony, t h at on t h e 2 d i nst. a flo c k o f b etween 600 and 800 storks alighted near that town, and aft erwar d s resumed the i r flight towards t h e ".' ,l :. As the migration of these birds uniformly takes place in the autumn, this early passage must be considered as arising from some unusual natural cause." , SWANSEA.--- Last wee k was caught in a Weir, on the eastern sid e of the pier head, rented of the Duke of Beaufo rt g , by Rob ert and David Sparks, a fish, supp ose d to he a dolphin, traordinary size and dimensions: Weight, 7 2168- ; of the following ex length, 3 feet ; girth, 3 feet; front the a ut to thegill, l.t inches; and the width of the tail, appearance of a fish of the above description being I n :inches. The a no. velty at Swansea, excited great curiosity Wale viewaninongf the inhabitants. It was exhibited to in the new market-place, at threepence eacb, the d a at o Z wards cut up and sold to different gentlemen of the town, at lixpence per pound... Hereford Journal. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1833. On Saturday we laid before our readers the first report of the Select Committee appointed to enquire into the conduct of the business at the Stationary-office, and Sir JOHN KEY'S affair. To-day we give its second report with some ex tracts from the evidence. It will be seen that the Committee entirely exonerate the office, and those at the head of it, from the charge of corrupt practices, thus fulfilling the prediction we ven tured from the beginning to make upon this subject. Sir JOHN KEY comes off rather more lamely ; but has the consolation of thinking that in consequence of his patriotic self-devotion, re gulations will be framed for every department of the public service, which will prevent the future necessity of similar sacrifices for the public service. We understand that the inquiries in stituted by the Treasury have shown that although the want of general regulations to ' ensure the efficiency of those who have brad the good fortune to be introduced into Govern ment offices, has not upon the whole been attended with such ill effects as might have been expected, yet that there are cases which could not have occurred under a proper system of chec- Tithes Stay of Suits' Bill passe,,, House of Commons on Saturday, and was immediately taken up to the Lords and read a first time. It is to be read there a second time this evening, that is, unless their Lordships in their wisdom should think fit to reject it. We would urge upon the recollection of their Lori } ships, that the clause in Lord TENTERDEN S Act, which has given room to the present vex atious proceedings of the clergy, was introduced against that Noble Lord's wish, and that a more sincere friend of the church was not to be found than he was. The following extract from the speech of the SOLICITOR-GINERAL, on Saturday, may give them the means of judging how far it will be wise to permit the clergy to have their own way. The Learned Gent. said " Front the information communicated to him by his Hon. Friend the Member for East Cum berland he was authorised in saying that 9,000 suits had been instituted for tithes in cases where there had been a modus. What was the consequence of that, in the way of expense alone ? Taking these suits to cost 200/. each, there would be an expenditure approaching TO TWO MILLIONS OF :NZONES'. But, in-1 dependently of the expense, what vexa tion was thus inflicted upon the occupier of land, who had bought the property, or taken it on lease, subject to a modus ?" Our co temporary, the Morning Post, who has usually something droll to say even on the most serious occasions, speaking on the subject says, " Time majority of mankind arc not reasonable. They require proofs that a system of gross exaggera tion has been practised upon the occasion of this measure. They require proofs that the clergy have not manifested a grasping or litigious disposition." The first position of the Morning Post we do not think it necessary to discuss. Its lucubrations arc addressed to a select few, and having always advocated the absolute power of those few over the lives and fortunes of " the majority of mankind," it is of course a fundamental article of the Morning Post creed, that the majority of mankind are without reason. But passing this by, we think that the proofs our Contemporary gives of his assertion are some what singular. The described requisitions of the " majority of mankind" imply, we humbly submit, a very fair amount of rationality, a large r amount, we hear, than the Lords will be able to satisfy, whatever they may do with the Tithes Stay of Suits' Bill. 'e learn from Brussels that the bill of indict ment which M. GENDEBIEN brought forward in the Chamber against M. LEBEAU, Minister of Justice, for having given up (in violation of the liberty of the subject) a French refugee of the name of LAVERGE, judicially charged with the crime of fraudulent bankruptcy, on the application of M. LATOUR MAUBOURG, the French ambassador, was rejected on Friday by the Chamber, so that the Minister of Justice is acquitted. The Paris papers of Friday and Saturday are full of rumours respectin g the illness of the King of SPAIN. The , - general belief 'vas, that he could not long continue to exist, u: der the new character which his malady had assumed. The preparations for the departure of Queen Donna MARIA were at length completed, but no d a y w as as yet fixed ; as her Majesty's departure would depend on the arrival on the French coast of Admiral NAPIER, under whose escort the young Queen was to embark. Louis PI ILLIP was to leave town for Cherbourg on Tuesday. Some uneasiness was reported to be felt at the Tuilleries in consequence of the ap proaching majority of the young Duke of Bort- DEAux, au event which was considered likely . to create another sti r among th e C ar lists, two of whose agents, the Dukes of GRAMMONT and DE GUICHE, were expected in France. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARis, Ace. t 4. Five per Cents., 104 f. B:.c.Four and a H a lf per Cents, 100 f. Ssc. Four per Cents., 94f. 15c. Three per Cents., 761: 6Cc. Bank Actions, 1,7101. Bente de Naples, 92f. 20c. Roman Five per Cents., 914\1. Bente d'Espagnc, Five per Cents., 17. Itente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 427 i. Royal Spanish Loan, 85. Jtente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 681.8. Belgic Loan, 1831, 963 , i %. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 23f. 50c.; money, 25f. 45c. Three months, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money, 23f. 35c. —Cours Authentigne. The Brazil Papers contain a message delivered by order of the Regency, in the name of the EMPEROR, to the Chamber of Deputies, by which it seems that the Brazilian Regency are apprehensive that intrigues for the restoration of Don PEDRO, have been carried on to a formida ble extent in the country. The message is a singular one, though it wears much the aspect of an exaggeration. We extract the following passage from the illadrid correspondence (dated the 15th inst.) of a morning cutemporary :—" Letters from the , frontiers, received yesterday, announce that the siege of Oporto has been raised, and that the whole of the army sent by MIGUEL against Lisbon has been disbanded. It is every moment expected that both he and Don CAItLOS will seek refuge in Spain. MOItILLO, the Captain- General of Galicia, has received orders to re pair to Tuy, to meet them there, as it is to wards that city that the two princes seem to have directed their steps." The German Papers have been received, but their contents are not of public interest. The Nuremburg Correspondent of the 18th corn plains of the protracted debates of the Hungary Diet, in terms which would lead one to suppose that the Hungarian Diet is ambitious of rivalling the oratorical superfluities of our English House of Commons. The Allgemeine Zeitung men tions that the Portuguese affairs cause much uneasiness to the Cabinet at Berlin, who are apprehensive of the spread of republican princi ples. This same Journal contains some vague speculations on the subject of Switzerland, and the late disturbances at Basle. `VIENNA, Aug, 15.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 94, Bank Sharei, I,22o.—Allgeitneine Zeituny, Aug. 20. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT will give great satisfaction to the country by her education of the Princess VICTORIA, the Heir Presumptive to the Throne, and by the early initiation of the youthful Princess into the senti ments, habits, and occupations of the people. The prudent and sensible conduct of the Duchess of KENT is fully appreciated by the public ; and her daughter is more likely to be a popular and patriotic Queen by introduction to the people, than through a premature intimacy with the vanity and seductions of a Court. The - history and recent changes of the Con tinental dynasties, and the memorable passages in the British Constitution the last three years, have furnished to all reflecting minds eventful and signal lessons of the mutability and fragile character of monarchical power. The develope went of the Representative principle, displayed in the determined and triumphant contest in this country to reform the constitution of the House of Commons, has, in flict, established a practical Republic. As the constituencies be come inure enlightened and pure, the popular power will be omnipotent, and the Aristocracy will cease to tyrannise over the people, or to coerce the Crown. The interest of the people and the Sovereign will annually become more closely allied, and by the recent answer of the Duchess of K ENT to an Address of the InL bitants of Torquay, her Royal Highness is sen sibly impressed with the spirit of the British Constitution, and the " temper of the times" in which she lives. Such a wise and patriotic illumination is the more creditable in a member of a Foreign Royal family, ?nd proves that the Duchess of KENT is eminently qualified to educate the future Sovereign of this country, and to govern her minority. The Princess VICTORIA will probably succeed to her future throne at a critical period, and when political sagacity and patriotism can alone secure it t o her, or transmit it to her successors. Th e Duchess of KENT replies to the Torquay ad dress, —" The Princess, communicating as she does with all classes of society, is deeply con scious of the sacred importance of the trust which may be eventually committed to her charge, and fully impressed with the conviction that, to be a constitutional sovereign of a free people, is the _soo.st exalted object of human ambition." This is the principle on which alone bee daughter can wield the British sceptre ; and it is deeply gra tifying to see that its probable possessor is thus instructed in her own true interest and that of her future subjects. We never have doubted, if the hereditary principle of the Peerage is hereafter modified, and the Reformed Par liament works out its ends, that the form of the British Constitution, and the monarchy may long survive with advantage to the people, and -is preferable to more extreme changes, for which the country is not duly pre pared. If the future policy of the Princess VICTORIA is consistent with the interest of the nation, she will ec li pse th e g l ory o f anc i ent British queens ; if, unfortunately, by a deft c tivc education, and any sinister influence, it should be opposed to the power and will of the people, it does not require the gift of prophecy to fortell that she will he the last British sove reign in this part of E urope . Th e i n di cat i ons o f h er political culture are, howe7er, highly honourable to the Dutchess of KENT. We refer our readers to the Morning Chic nick, in our extr ac t s f rom the Contemporary on the extr aor di nary conduct of the Earl 0f wicx, wh o h as just re-appeared in Parliament V ft i s a 'A ment and at Court, but has not yet con descended to answer the letter addressed to him by the Ministers of the Crown, requiring expla nation of his personal transactions in the recent profligate and disgraceful election in the borough o f Warwick. The Noble Earl may be assured PRICES OF STOCKS THIs DAY AT ONP , O'CLOCK. Bank Wu( nl3 124 New 5 per Cent .. ...... ~... Sl*" Cent. Red...... ......... 8814 X India Stock 3 per Cen r .C ons. BBl/4,74 Ditto Bonds 31 pin. S 4 per Cent 964 South Sea Stock .... 99 lsitto Red 96 1 4 VS, ' Old Annuities 8634 Nevi 334 per Gent. 934 5% New Ditto ............ ........ 87 3 Per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... i 1674 4 Per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire IDitto ..... .......500 Jan. 5, 1860 '7 5-16 I Ditto Small — 43 pm. 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Prussian Bonds _ I Ditto Bonds, 1822 Russian Bonds, 18 . 2 2 lO5 , Ditto Account 1014.:, New Loan lOO Spanish Bonds, 1821 —... . 1 Ditto Accouilt ......... 2 l l, 1 Ditto Bond 6, !S‘Zi !FrenDitto Account 2 0 4 20 ch Rentes, 5 p. c. 1011 50c. Exchange 21160c. --:1 per cent. 7Ol 50c. , - Exchange 251 70c. Dutch, 21 p. c 454 li • Ditto Account ...50 484 1 ,; 4. Ditto, 5 p. c 04!4 314, Ditto Account 94 3 4 3% French Scrip 4!..; pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT coNr o'cLocr• Pd Share. • Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pin.)Xlrai . Per 0 144; Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 120 Brazilian Mining Company .CS I '3ii Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. prn.) £2O 62 1 /. Ditto National 2l) 23% Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 I t l 4 Cata Branca Mining Company l!u 6 British Iron Mining Company £so 23 Columbir.n Mining Co. (iss. at 31. pin.) 51!4 13!, English Miming Company 1241 13 General Mining Association Hibernian Mining Co. Mexican Mining Co. .£45 12'4 Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — 64 ;)iti 1. , nited Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 134 i Ditto New Scrip 3 l7' 16 1 ,i Alliance Fire insurance Comp lO 10% Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co Canada Company l7 :15 General Steam Navigation Co. National Provincial Bank of England 5 Rio Doce ‘2, Provincial Bank of I reland 25 2N pm. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...l9 minutes after ILI Evening-59 minutes alter 11. irfir 'tit. < that a reformed' .House- Commona iltNthe country will not be deluded by the shifts (1;1 his personal responsibility on the already over-bur thened shoulders of his agents and political tools. The aukward apologist, in the G/obc of Saturday, only aggravates culpability, by turn ing round on the election partisans of Lord WAR WICK and Sir CHARLES GREVILLE, and en deavouring to conceal the principal behind the backs of the agents. It was notoriously and palpably for the " interest" of the " Patron," Lord WARWICK, that the bribery and debau chery of the electors was perpetrated. Na one would suspect that the Noble Earl personally bribed the voters, or handed round the tankards of beer, or mixed the spirits and water which overcame their political integrity, or that his Lordship in person falsely rated his tenantry to create fictitious votes. Lord 'WARWICK had, doubtless, sagacity and sense enough to abstain from such an open and barefaced interference of a Peer and Lord-Lieutenant. But no one doubts that the scandalous acts of Sir CHARLES GREVILLE'S Committee, of his lawyers, and Lord WARWICK'S Steward, BROWN (the ab sentee witness), were accomplished with the money and property of Lord WARWICK, and that, to a certain extent, his Lordship must have been cognismit of the appropriation of the means thus supplied to the tools of election corruption. vo use a strong, but appropriate simile, the " borough pa trons" are receivers of stolen goods. It is avowedly for their " interest" that these abo minable practises are resorted to, and to secure their " family seats !" These Tory noblemen really believe that the local representation of the Commons is an heir-loom of their castles, and belongs to them as part and parcel of their here ditary possessions. Lord WARWICK, when Lord BROOK, was the quiet nominee of his father, and by the evidence, it appears, desired to retain " one seat" for his own nominee, Sir CHARLES GREVILLE. The Boroughmongers heretofore considered it a robbery to contest the the returns under their local influence ; and their public trusts of lord-lieutenancies and re corderships, aided by subservient and close cor porations, have been notoriously used to perpe tuate and increase their local and political power. Their eyes are still untouched, even by the painful operation of the Reform Acts ; and we do not doubt that Lord WARWICK, the Duke of NEWCASTLE, the Marquises of SALISBURY and EXETER Consider themselves much abused and persecuted individuals. A little time and their cataracts will be removed ; and before the conclusion of the proceedings pending in Par liament, in relation to the b oroug h s of Warwick and Hertford, their Lordships and Graces will be better instructed. In like manner the vendors of the corrupt freemen of Liverpool and other boroughs and cities esteem political cor ruption as venial and lawful. But praise be to the people and the independent electors, who have so probed and exposed these foul sores in the Constitution, that the freedom and purity of election will be now better secured. The ar raignment of Lord WARwlcx, in the special report of the Committee, will be followed up by the Reformed Parliament. The Globe correspondent and apologist of the Noble Baron fully admits the venality and guilt of the Warwick corruptionists. We wish it would " turn out that the illegal and scandalous interference of the Noble Earl's agents in the election for Warwick, of which the Parliament and the country so justly com plain, has been made without his authority, and that he may be able to prove this to the satisfaction of his friends." But such a hope would be a vain shadow. The report of' the Special Committee, expressly appointed to com plete the investigation of this shameless election, is a judgment recorded which leaves Lotd WARWICK no alternative but submission to his certain sentence of dismissal from his Lord- Lieutenancy by an address to the Crown from a reformed House of Commons ; and the Noble Earl would best consult his own character and interest by a discreet and immediate resignation. He will thus save his SOVEREIGN the painful task of a formal dismissal, and avoid much commentary on his personal conduct and that of his borough partizans next session. The bungling apologist of his Lordship admits the fact " (21 the Noble Earl's agents in the election for Warwick !" This is the political crime of Lord WARWICK—the " head and front" of his offence—the unconstitutional vio lation of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons which the Committee indignantly and honestly denounced. A curious vindication— verily, the admission that his Lordship had " agents ;" and it is their acts for which he is equally responsible as principal, having been the individual who provided the means with which these " agents" corrupted the electors ! This specimen of the defence set up for Lord WAR t WICK is a sample of the folly which h as singu larly colour e d allthe has proceedings be private o f character of partisans. And what of the Noble Earl or the military reputation of Sir CHARLES GREVILLE to do with the issue now before the country ? Lord WARWICK may be privately an inoffensive and re spectable man, and we do not question the fact ; Sir CHARLES GREVILLE has gallantly served his country as a soldier, and may have attained his rank, independent of political fa mily influence, though the Army List will show that more veteran officers have not been so fortunate ; but, we repeat, what relation have these irrelevant circumstances to the culpability of the two individuals in the transactions of the Warwick elections? Sir CHARLES GREVILLE is a gallant officer—hui is he, therefore, a good Legislator ? He had been a dumb voter in every Tory division for successive Parliaments but he was a never-failing opponent of _the Re- form Bill in 1831, and t►ee intlepend public-spirited electors of Warwick zsted him E . ,t the memorable dissolution the House of Commons i❑ that year. Are his services in the Peninsula qualifications for a Representative in the Reformed Parliament, or any . . valid excuse for his return by bribery and corruption ? The respectability of Lord WA it wrcic's private character, so far from extenuating, in our view, aggravates his illegal interference with the political rights of his neighbours. His Lordship will not serve himself by the aid of such miserable apologists, and he had better be guided by the old Engli s h proverb, which prudently advises men not to stir a dirty puddle. In the meanwhile, we are glad to see, by the Commons' Notices, th at M r . PETER will, early next session , bring forward his motions respecting the conduct of L or d WARWICK, the Town-Clerk, and t h e Corpo rators reported by the Committee. When th e next twe acts of Lord WA R wicx and his steward and agents, as his Lord ship does not seem to comprehend his amenabi lity to public opinion. A GO OD AB el" DOMESTIC -- C R TURE. PAT _I.—LONDON, 1 8 ." -o • Archr It is only of late years that Domestic' t he t ec a t r i a i r e e t e 1 1.1 of a science etc e in England. a s b s egui l i to s suine Ainm t liig d, ll l. ‘ oc e id et d eh, even now it m a y b e sa id to b e i n its jaw' hat the grotesque masses of brick and ru° litse disfigure every quarter of our rneoc suburbs, and r e j o i ce i n th e fl a tt e ring tl i tor " Villa," " Lodge," " Place," " Ber e t : 0 0 " Colage" abundantly t est ify. Out °, of $ thousand such s t ruc t ures , we scar ce k n od dogenexcept perhaps in th e Regent's r $ Blackheath—that do not militate aga i n st 0, 0 principle of a r c hit ectura l propr i ety . is obvious. They have been built not , / admired, but t o b e so ld ; not by a r anxious to e s t a bli s h a c h aracter f or t a ste, i' v o mere mechanical builders, whose sole an' if has been t o fill their pockets. Log,i), instance, at Herne Hill. There structur es d out number, gr o t esque as t h e f ace o f List° confounding all the distinctions of scienc e ' been run up i n a sty l e t h at wou ld disgrace builder of an Indian wig-warn. Look, too, 3t il berwell, Camd en -t own , or t h e K ent - ro ad :, you shall see whole rows of" Wellington or" Waterloo" Lodges, with Corinthian j o (or apol og i es f or suc h) propp i ng uP f arches, an d stuc k r i g h t i n the centr e ° dens—emb e lli s h e d i n t h e rear w i t h that cI, i vegetable, th e D utc h ca bb age ; an d in with a red-faced, open-mouthed, s tone NeP t looking just like John Reeve in Cupi d ' ejecting the contents of the green, squar e beneath him, as if by the action of the st ° ' pump ; while at the corner jutting of stands a summer house, built up of and oyster shells, and so happily I respects door and window, as to enji poly of all the dust on his Majesty' Turning towards the eastern suburbs, find the picturesque and the classical flagrantly burlesqued. To say noth. hundreds of Dutch cherubs that grin ear above Grecian porticoes; of the walks bordered by arching trees that shady meanders to a wash-house ; cut into peacocks, or tea-cups, that tinels before grottoes, by no mean , Pope's at Twickenham ; of the bom half and stuck upright to do duty as houses ;—to say nothing of all say you to looking out from window or Italian colonnade up , hung with shirts and table-linen, T. Smith, 6, or .1. Smith, 3, and ing a view of the nearest tea-gardens, Sundays (the days when such villas visited fur their rurality) men may smoking without their coats, with t. sleeves tucked up to their elbows, anm porter ranged on red deal benches befi by way of affording a graceful relief to cadian beauty of the landscape ? , $ 0 " Villas" lik e th ese , p l ace d i n suc h site-' 0 ,4 embellished with such classic appendage s ' c h be found in all parts of the suburbs. Su oi rli book, therefor e , as th e one b e f ore us, V ia % 0 145' needed—a book which should show that' 'le quite as cheap to build an elegant, as t ° i dd a vulgar resid ence ; an d b ell) to re fi n e ont o 1 0 of grace and b eauty , b y plac i ng b e f o r e most finished samples (with the es tiniate o P oo ,l , flexed) of Domestic A rc hi tecture . Mr. t g oo win is au arc hit ec t, not on l y o f j u d g n'enfocr experience, but of' considerable poetic ia3 V He understands (a rare faculty) how t° the must of nature—how to turn even ber h f vnt prices to a ccoun t. H e reads a landscap e o e , " learned eye," an d never f orgets w h a t is d ep i c t the genius loci. He will nut front the tea-gardens with a Venetian villa, or bid 3 p leg turret look down on an Italian colonade. S t ' II' will he affect the picturesque in the v a l is s o4l road, or the c l ass i ca l at Limehouse. 14%5 Dot taste for rive r G o d s , or g l aze d brick grn tt- t jilir leaves all such brick-and-mortar se ntirne ri ee l to the Smith s o f Kentish-town orliewcinfettlic' butts. His f avour i te sty l e i s the AHail'i but purified from modern innovations. is 0 71 dart samples o f thi s sty l e occur in 11 io g fume, and ar c a l wa y s in tasteful k eel3 o' regards site. " A residence in the pia' school of architecture," observes Mr. 6° B i, "should have its site in the immediat e " 5 bourbood of old timber, as tall, state l l o associate with the times which a building 0 1 P oc old English s tyl e a ff ec ts." True to this ata 110 N i ' l a o r b io le lls fo G re Ct st thi t c re V e l s, has teaching to counterfeit a b g h r y e o cpia,erdlkigs his various harmonize well with the sombre and inf io character of the buildi ng . W e observe 9' e his distant snatches of l an d scape are ° f tti oti 0 rea appropriate c as t e . Hi s G rec i a n NAli , r aC contrary are erected on tri m lawn=', wit h g shrubberies in ront, which a fountain keefo eiS 11$ fresh and with the -,racemil• P lay r ,O b Aid ill , waters, while : u di s t ance we catch a 0 0 1 11 c a blue lake, with a range o f l o w, 50 0 ,ig1i! 4 1l beyond it, the whole happily of L a ccording p i ree ° ! light, cheerful, picturesque character te pee o t architecture. It is this moral and in ~., 111 Ayes Or fitness—if We may so express ours 14' we admire in Mr. Good vin's sann i ur rin v builds up a host of associations in ° L His Gothic structures bring vividly i b li e o fo iv re o s: ti lt' glowing narratives of Scott, a nd t 61 00 ,1 on the days of old baronial hosP ita ta i o s, o eo his Grecian villas, with their fin- lu i , the sc e ig itl lawns, and shrubberies, remind us ° cac io we meet with i n time tales which Bet c ie t y to the delighted dames of Florence• i p roP le a We have a ll u d e d t o the graceful s arl o r that charact er i zes a ll Mr. Goodw l r This is nowhere more visible tha n / for aie g y Th e b soilage House and R ec tory. t • s •i simple, rustic, almost h o mely, in a r esl jel st ieo a modest curate would select I br us , ie while the latter is portly, cap aci s c r ki tc hen 1)$ f evidently on vast ranges of • the #0 butteries and cellars, with a tr a o ttle n ; be t ,;r,,P ol ground, which, to be in keeping, j o rg, Mammon. 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