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t lII'S 41'17,1 by the . 10 Distil- 'i -ftP i g h * only in ' bpi, ids ere .01 ir con- pitalist nuine- ellor of chilling ;s.: in the ,ition is m ption orals--. epj Exche— in his ceeps in inished all the The - nsed to in that Spirits, derich, !ntitleti narket, rrview, d, who 1825, LITERATURE. It only equity g, that ect, be Itectiod P shevir :TS IN ,302,143, ,C 81,85 6. , 237,267 . ,750,(1.)1 ,700,700 58 ' WA Od. 31s. Od. "; s ss. Pd. he only Ile two at such litional hile he C 0111..• terms, Right map Trade conse ; alone red al depen- -10 had in this ieeiref, had ont.—• ling of I, from etween cularly Jutiess with r wero f a re- at the lymenti mer of of it find a largely irkets, iluable on and trrying these I sub leprive lortant )e the nts to Lvolveg iD IN•• GIVZN ra ago, re. per is now a. per king a spirits slature at the , it is a red in d, the r, the ()posed veithe I Will of the can be of the )perial raised ain is r rate es the, ; n malt .n sent 3 malt I. per gallua , that, British aimed of the ed, by sirable )meat, Lon-. at the nother that, lantity . ie dim led to lion• th the whose ❑jured se tha rum. when of the if it a cer slimy, tarried e four e con -0,000 t from Ithiarlo uty ,of reasel' in the consumption at the rate of 55 per cent. But Go vernment, it appears,, do not consider this to be sufficient, and, to pee gall on ; therefore, propose to increase the duty on British spirits the effect of which increase of duty will be to prohibit the use of grain spirits in England, and to grant to the West India Planters the immense pri vilege.of exclusively sup plying that market with spirits Made from the refuse oft ugat7,.--an article, from the pro duction of which this country eerives no benefit. If this ditty is sought to be laid on British spirits Ity C;Overninent on the score of drAnkeeness and immorality, 'ill not these, we may ask, be clually promoted by the %creased and increasing cileapneiss of rum, to the total destru c ti on o f t h e home distiller, and ths . ough him to the great injury of the egricuLturist? And th t ,' great import ance of the distilleries to the prosperity k)f agriculture form s a most essential part of the questior,•• The con sumption of corn b y t h e di st ill ers i n th e United King dom new amounts (by computation) to 1,40(. 1 , 000 quar ters annually. The distillery consequently affo. rds a ready and acne mark e t f or a large portion of th a crop of barley, and pa r ti cu l ar ly f o r all descriptions , of in ferior or damaged barley, which being 1 infit for nalt mg, would otherwise in a great met %sure be lost to the growers. In the course of Ihe pre sent and preceding seasons, barley of this description, amounting to many hundred thousand quarters, h as found a market through this channel, which in other circum stances would have been left useless in the hands s of the growers. Scotch distillers do therefore most at tlemnly entreat an earnest consideration of the situatl on in Which they and the growers of grain will be placed by the proposed increase of duty on British a pirits, unless a corresponding increase shall be also nit de on the duty on rum, so that both parties may be on a footing of equality. _ CLOUDESLEY, 3 VoLs.—LONDON, 1830. A new tale, from the pen of Mr. God win, cannot fail to excite attention and command' re spect. The author of those magnificent ficti( ms, " Caleb Williams" and " Saint Leon"—we say no thingof his" Fleetwood"or " Mandeville," for tl ley are elaborate failures—cannot put pen to pal )Cr without producing something that shall inaprcive and benefit mankind. In delineating the woi k ings of crime—in developing the secrets and t he hidden springs of passion—in pointing out t he various ways, all tending to the same salutary end, in which remorse operates upon differeut individuals, on the high-born, refined, sensitiv,e patrician, the creature of art, or on the strong - minded, plain-spoken plebeian, the child o f nature, the champion of truth—in dragging forth from their inmost depth of conceahnen t these mysteries of the human heart, Mr. Goa, win is unequalled among English novelist.s. Sir W. Scott, unrivalled as he is in various and benevolent knowledge of character, cantiot com pete with him here. The author of " Waverley" is for the most part content with glancing . over the surface of passion ; the author of " Caleb Williams" probes it to the quick. The c'ne pourtrays character, with the slight, easy, indul gent good humoured indifference of the prac tised man of the world ; the other anatomizes and lays it hare, with the curious and some- What austere and uncompromising minuteness of the metaphysican. The nearest approach Sir Walter Scott has yet made to fervent and sustained Passion is in his matchless " Bride of Lammer tiloor ;" but even this, powerful as it confessedly is, Rill not vie in intensity with the deep workings of the heart as pourtrayed in " Caleb Williams." 13 y the side of Faulkiand, the Master of Ravenswood must hide his diminished head. The highest point at which Sir Walter has yet aimed has been to amuse- He has developed 110 great moral truth, like that which forms the ground-work of " Saint Leon"—he has thrown no new light upon the dark and complicated ma chinery of passion—he has tracedno one leading impulse or feeling through its endless windings round the heart, now in sunshine, now in gloom, up to the fountain head—his whole ob ject has been to amuse, and in this he has suc ceeded to a degree unprecedented in ancient or modern literature. If, however, in the novel We are to look for something beyond mere amusement ; if the cautious and accurate de velopement of some striking truth, whether in morals or in intellect, is to be considered a re quisite ; if, in short, we are to expect instruction as well as entertainment ; if the reason as well as the fancy is to be enchained and led captive by the novelist, then Sir W. Scott must be con tent to take a lower rank than Mr. Godwin. The dexterous juggler who, by extraordinary sleight of hand and power of invention, amuses, delights, astonishes mankind, must not be put in compe tition, though he will naturally be the most po pular, with the sagacious deep-thinking philo sopher, who tasks all his faculties less to entertain than to instruct his species. Inasmuch as we prefer thought to fancy, and the display of in tense unquestionable passion, to that which merely lies on the surface of the heart, we prefer tbe novel s of Mr. Godwin to those of Sir W. Scott. 'they have less of the attributes of genius abo ut them ; less variety, l e ss g r a ceful pl a y o f h umour, less showy knowledge of mankind, and Incomparably less invention ; but they are uni fnunly of a higher moral and intellectual character, and leave a far deeper impression on the mind. The object of Mr. Godwin's present novel is to paint the workings of remorse, and the strong power of love as the chief influential agent of the moral universe. There is little attempt at in cident or description ; the tale depends for effect on L the masterly way in which the two characters, ord Danvers and Cloudesley, his valet, are de lineated. The Earl is a man naturally of high and refined feeling, but ambitious and fond of a title, which weakness induces him to su pplant his nephew (the rightful heir to the Earldom) and usurp his family honours, For eighteen years he retains these possessions, during b w hichperiod h e k nows no t one little in terval of t find s hi s repose. H e marr i es, b ecomes a f a th er , into the child ren d rop , one after another, grave, and himself a solitary in his old age- Borne down at last by such accumu lated. visitations ; shuddering at the past, and doubtful of the future, his mind relents—he coufesses hi mse lf a villain ; restores his estates to ma n thus the rightf u l owner, and dies. The young restored, has been brought up from infaticy u nder the care of Cloudesley, Earl Dan vers s .valet, w h 0 was accessary to the usurpa tion, but. w h o, Won by the caresses and affectio nateness of the boy's disposition, eventually resolves to b e f r i end him and secure him his le gitimate possessions., The moral to be drawn from this tale is obvious, it is of a h i g h a nd philosophical cast, and cannot but make a salu- Lary impression on the reader's mind. Our limits prevent us, as we could have desired, from going further into detail. WISMAR ; A TRAGEDY.-LONDON, Iq3o. We congratulate the author of " Wismar" on his having produced the most absurd affair in the shape of a tragedy, that we have read for some y ears. When, however, we say absurd, we do not mean to say that the thing is conse quently unamusing, for the tragic scenes are richly farcical, and the serious soliloquies divert ing to a degree beyond expression. The plot of this very droll performance is as unique as its characters. An old peasant who answers to the baptismal appellation of Wimund, goes one day to his landlord—a fat Danish Count, hight Wismar, living on the shores of the Baltic—to ask him to rebuild his cottage and lower his rent. The fat Count very sensibly, as we conceive, replies that he will neither do one nor the other, and winds up his refusal by calling Wimund an old dotard. This naturally puts Wimund in a passion, and he at once tells the story of his affront to his daughter Edith, who happens to be soliloquizing on the shores of the Baltic, in such terms as the following : " Aiy father's sternness makes the sea seem kind." On hearing his little anecdote Edith exclaims— " 011, father, may be the Baron meant it not." To which very sagacious remark Wirnund replies, " Could be then call me old dotard by mistake— n have revenge." The way in which this wicked man " has re venge" is strikingly felicitous, not to say ori ginal, The Count, it seems, has two nephews, Edric and Athulf, one legitimate, the other gitimate; one a sweet: young man, slim, virtuous, and pale-faced ; the other a horrible fellow, ugly, " guilt-enfiended" (as the author quaintly as sures us) in his countenance, and wholly de livered over to the abominations of iniquity. Now, what do you think, astounded reader, this wicked Wimund does to these two young men ? Why he actually stirs up strife between them, compels one to kill the other in order that the Baron I,Vismar's tender sail may be shocked by the news of his assassination, and is only pre vented from sticking the survivor by the season able discovery that he has been stuck already. The upshot is awfully impressive. Just as Wimund is going to Burke his victim, and has found him dead, a youth named Florian comes by and at once takes him up for the murder, and bawls him off to the fat Count Wismar, who exclaims on seeing him— " Wimund, the situation you were found in Near my poor nephew, with the bloody steer —LA butcher's steel, we presume].— " And your known wicked heart, are proofs enough : I cannot doubt you ars the murderer." h'is execution follows as a matter of course, and with an epigrammatic finish that cannot be too hi g h.ly commended. Wismar. " Lay his head on the block. There ! Off with it. do so.) Strike•"—( They Such is the plot of this very peculiar tragedy, which abounds also in scenes, characters, and conversations worthy of Bombastes Furioso. The following is sprightly and vivacious in an eminent degree. It is impossible to read it without an admiring simper : Edrie presentilng Florian. Brother this is toy friend. Athulf, 1 wish him joy. Florio n. I feel it, seeing Edric's kind rt:ccption From his fair cousin and his nr)ble sunk. His brothers,— Athul f. I'm his brot her. Florian , . So he says— Else I should scarce have guen it. Athol f. Hera? Indeed? (Aside.) I don't much like th is fellow. (Aloud.) You are a wit, sir. Florio Oh, no. Edric Indeed you do preteni l to be one. Brother, you're - right. He seta up for a wit. I hope you'll find him an amu ;ing animal. Athu lf. Ne doubt, when I've the hone ur of his acquaintance, I shall. But now, good morning. (Exit.) Wisrn •sr. WI Al, you see Your brother is not alter'd, Ei lrie. kfdri c. ) my Lord. lies much the same. Wism ar. At id is Aurelia alter'd P Edri c. Yes, the is chang'd, I think. Aurel ia, 1 , . Ethic ! You. How, bq ? You riddle ? I gliess'd it. Wism ar. Edric. :In a manner scarcely possible I Wisir2 ir. Uric. She looks lovelier them ever. Wismar. Aurelia. Oh, for shame. The touch of bashfulness in the last line is truly Hibernian ! It is with regret we tear our selves away from the consideration of this highly comic tragedy ; but best friends Must part, and our chicf consolation is ► that in the course of a few months we may be presented by the au thor with another tragedy, as jocose and face tious as the present. By the bye, Wismar would make a capital pantomime ; Grimaldi would enact the fat Count to the life. SYDENHAM, 3 VoLx.—LoNnoN, 1830. " Sydenham, or Memoirs of a Man of the World" is a well-told tale, not over-abundant in incident, but what there is, is made the most of, and wrought up in a highly popular and attrac tive manner. Throughout the tale occasional passing reflections on men and manners are in troduced with considerable effect, insomuch as they are stamped by truth and pointed with sa tire and great worldly acuteness. The characters ponrtrayed are, for the most part, those which abound in modern society, and which, after having run their brief career and created their little sensation, fade—drop off, and become ex tinct. LIBRARY OF ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE. LONDON, 1830. The account of the New Zealanders, their history, manners, religion, state of society, civilization, &c., which form the fifth volume of the first part of the " Library of Entertaining Knowledge," are full, distinct, and satisfactory, an" form the most delightful reading possible. The narrative of those two eminent voyagers, Tasman and Cooke, are replete with interest. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. EDINBURGH, 1830. By the prospectus of this popular and com prehensive miscellany, which is now being repub islitd, and which contains a larger body of useful information than any former Encyclopedia—we learn that it is intended to publish a parr monthly, six parts and entire work is to be brought within the compass of twenty quarto volumes. Wino Nve consider the amazing lcig,th to which works of this va rious nature have hitherto been T un out, that one Encyclopedia is in sixty, another in seventy, and another in thirty or forty volumes, the utility of so condensed a miscelkny as the present will be evident. With regard to its literary merits, wo have no need to say more than that amonp, its contributors are to be found the names of some of the brightest intellects in Europe. Scott, Mackintosh, Mayfair, Stewart, Hazlitt, Jeffrey, and many others of nearly equal note, arc among its chief supporters. THE REPROOF OF BRUTUS.—LoNpox, 1830. So far as smoothness of versification, correct ness of imagery, soundness of thought, and general energy of manner, can make a poem popular, we think we may confidently promise the author of this volume no slight modicum of popularity. He is a fluent and accomplished veraifyer. SOUTHEY'S LIFE OF NELSON.—LosnoN, 1830. Mr. Murray has acted with his usual judg ment in reprinting Southey's admirable " Life of Nelson ;" one of the most popular and capti vating pieces of biography in this or any lan guage—for the benefit of the subscribers to his agreeable miscellany, " The Family Library." Few books have had greater circulation than these authentic memoirs, and few have ever better deserved it. Their chances of circulation are now, if possible, increased, inasmuch as the price is considerably diminished, and the book itself, apparently without being in any way abridged or curtailed, has been brought within the commodious compass of one volume. CARIVELL, OR CRIME AND SORROW. LONDON, 1830. A well-written tale, possessing much natural pathos and force of description. From the std le of the sentiments, and the general turn of the incidents, we should conceive that. " Carvell" was the production of a lady. We have heard it, indeed, attributed to a near relative of the late celebrated Sheridan. If so, it does her great credit, and will meet with numerous ad mirers. XENOPHON'S ANABASIS, WITH EXPLANA TORY NOTES.—LoNnox, 1830. This is an extremely useful school-book, full of valuable observations in the shape of notes, which clear up, and render familiar to the young student's mind, all that, from local or other causes, may appear confused and unintelligible in the text. The Editor is Mr. F. C. Belfour, who has done himself much credit by his task. ELEMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY.-LONDON, 1830. This is an intelligent little elementary treatise, designed chiefly for the benefit of young students i❑ geography. Mr. Murray has conferred a benefit on the rising generation by its publication. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. EDINBURGH, 1830. There is much condensed and pertinent know ledge in this periodical, which, as its title im ports, is wholly devoted to practical subjects. It is under the patronage of the Highland Society of Scotland---a fact which forms of itself th e best possible voucher for its merits. To farmers and agriculturists in general we strongly recom mend it, as a work from which they will derive an abundance, not of visionary or theoretical, but of sound practical information. 'WEBSTER'S ENGLISH DICTIONARY. LONDON, 1830. So far as this work has as yet proceeded, we have every reason to be satisfied with it. In its arrangement it is a very manifest improvement on Todd's Johnson, and in its matter contains many thousands of words more than any Dic tionary that has been hitherto published. It is impossible to refer to any one page of it without discovering that Dr. Webster is a capital ety mologist. His derivations are exceedingly just, and his terms of explanation arc full, without being redundant. The work will appear i n twelve parts, each consisting of twenty sheets, at intervals of two months. When completed, it will form two handsome quarto volumes. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of CLArtzxci came to town yesterday morning from her residence in Bushy Park. Her Royal Highness attended divine service yesterday, being Good Friday, in the Royal German Chapel, St. James's, where a sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. KUPER. C onn _ tees MUNSTLR, visited the Royal Duchess at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. Her Royal Highness left town in the afternoon, on her return to Busby. The Princess AUGUSTA attended divine service yester day in St. Philip's Chapel, Regent-street. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER. and the Princess SoritrA partook of a dcjenne with the Princess AUGUSTA, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke of WELLINGTON inspected part of his MA. JESTY'S new Palace, in St. James's Park, yesterday after- noon. Mr. Seeret.try Pim left town yesterday afternoon, for . Brighton, to join Mrs. PEEL. THE KING'S OWN.—The forthcoming tale of the sea, under the above commanding appellation, is attributed to the pen of Captain MARRYAT. The story is understood to be founded on events arising out of the Mu- tiny of the Nore. WEYMOUTH, APRIL 7.—ln consequence of the election of a representative for the town of Dorchester being fixed, on Saturday that distinguished regiment the 6th Carbineers was removed therefrom to this place. This fine body of men arrived here this morning, commanded by Major STEPHENS, and preceded by their delightful band. Our numerous fashionable belles and beaux con template many a high treat from the performances of this elite and well-appointed corps de musicians during their short stay with us. The Crown Hotel is honoured by the officers with head-quarters.—Dorset In contemplation of the vacancy about to be caused in the representation of Derry by the appointment of Sir G. HILL to the Governorship of St. Vincent, three candidates have taken the field—Sir H. FERGussox and Captain HART; the third is as yet unknown, being an nounced as a near relative of Sir G. HlLL.—Dublin Evening Post. ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon the house, 448, Strand, fell down with a dreadful crash. The house was one of those required to be pulled down for im proving that part of the Strand, and several men were employed upon it removing the materials at the time the accident occurred. They were, however, extricated in a short time, and the whole of them escaped with trifling in juries, except one man who was severely b ru i se d a ll over hie body, but the injuries are not of that nature to affect his life. COLOMBIA. OF BOLIVAR TO TIIE CO- LOMBIANS. Colombians! To-day I cease to rule over you. I have already st , rved you both as a soldier• end a Magistrate twenty years. During this long period . :ve have re-conquered the country, liberate d three republics, stifled' many civil wars, and four times have I returned to the people their omnipotence by re-assembling, spontaneously, four constituent con gresses. To your virtues, valour, and patriotism these services were due ; to me the glory of having directed them. The constituent congress which has been to day installed is charged by Providence to give to the nation the institutions she desires, fol lowin the course of circumstances and the nature of things. Fearing that lam considered an obstacle to the seating of the republic upon the true base of its happiness I, of my own accord, precipitate myself from its chief magistracy to which your goodness has raised me. Colombians ! I have been the victim of ignomi nious suspicions, the purity of my principles not being even sufficient to defend rne. '1 hose who aspire to the chief command themselves have plotted to tear me from your hearts, attributing to me their own sentiments ; making me appear the author of projects which they alone have conceived; repre senting, me, in short, as aspiring to a crown, which they have offered me more than once, and which I have rejected with the indignation of :the most stern republican. Never, never, I swear to you, has the ambition of a kingdom once strained my thoughts although my enemies have artfully forged such pre tensions, to destroy me in your opinion. Undeceive yourselves, Colombians ! My only anxiety has been to contribute to your liberty, and to the preservation of your repose. If for this I have been to blame I merit more than any other your in dignation. Listen not, I beseech you, to vile ca lumny and foul intrigue, which create discord in all parts. You allow yourselves to be deceived by the imposition of my detractors. Be not blinded, Co lombians! Assemble round the constituent con gress—it is the national wisdom, the legitimate hope of the people, and the last point of reunion of the patriots. Our lives, the happiness of the republic, and the Colombian glory, depend on its sovereign decrees. If by any fatality you should be induced to abandon it there is no other safety for the country, and you will plunge yourselves into an ocean of anarchy, leaving crime, blood, and death, as an in heritance to your children. Fellow citizens ! Hearken to my last voice upon terminating my political career. In the name of Colombia I request, I beg of you, to remain united —that you become not the assassins of the country, and your own executioners. Bogota, Jan. 20, 1830. BOLIVAR. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS' Fellow citizens!—Permit me to congratulate you on the meeting of congress, which in the name of the nation is about to discharge the sublime duties of legislation. Arduous and grand is the work of constituting a people which escapes from oppression hy means of anarchy and civil war, without being previously prepared to receive the salutary reform to which it aspired. But the examples of history, both in the old and new world—the experience of twenty years of revolutions, have to serve you as so many beacons placed in the midst of the obscurity of the future ; and I flatter myself that your wisdom will be sufficient to overcome, with fortitude, the passions of some, and the ignorance of the multi tude—consulting, as far as possible, the enlightened reason of men of sense, whose respectable opinions are a precious auxiliary in the solution of questions of a high political character. Besides, you will also find important counsels to follow in the very nature of onr own country, that comprehends the elevated regions of the Andes, and the scorching banks of the Oronoko. Examine it in all its ex tent, and you will learn from it what the congress has to adopt for its happiness and welfare. Our his. tory will tell you much, and much our necessities; but the cry of our griefs for want of repose and secure li berty will be yet more persuasive. Happy will be the congress if it secures to Colombia the enjoyments of those supreme blessings, for which it will merit the most pure benedictions. The congress being convoked to compose the fundamental code which shall govern the republic, and to name the high functionaries who shall administer it, it is the duty of the Government to lay before you the information possessed by the re spective Ministers of the present situation of the state, that you may be able to legislate in a way analogous to the nature of things. It belongs to the President of the Council of State, and Ministers, to lay before you its labours during the last eighteen months. If they had not corresponded to the hopes we had formed, they have at least overcome the ob stacles which turbulent circumstances of exterior war, and intestine convulsion, opposed to the march of the Administration, evils which, thanks to Divine Providence, have ceased by the application of cle mency and peace. Lend your sovereign attention to the origin and progress of those broils. The dis turbances which unfortunately occurred in 1826 obliged me to come from Peru, notwithstanding I was resolved not to accept the first Constitutional Magistracy, for which I have been reelected during my absence. Called upon with anxiety to re-esta blish concord, and to avoid civil war, I could not re fuse my services to the country from which I had received that new honour and unequivocal proofs of confidence. The National Representation began to consider the cause of discord that agitated men's minds, and convinced that they existed, and tliat radical measures ought to be a4opted, they sub mitted to the necessity of anticipating the meeting of the Grand Con7ention. That body was installed when party spirit was at its height, and dissolved itself without the members Nv h o composed it being able to agree upon the reform they meditated. Seeing the republic menaced by a complete disso ciation I was obliged in such a crisis to sustain it anew; and had it not been that the national opinion had united promptly to deliberate on its own con servation the republic would have been torn to pieces by the hands of its own citizens. The national opinion honoured me with its confidence—a confi dence that I ought to respect as the most sacred law. When the country was about to perish could I hesitate ? The lairs which had been violated by force of arms, and by the dissensions of the people, wanted vigour; the legislative body had already decreed, knowing the necessity, that that assembly should meet, which could reform the Constitution; and the Convention had already declared unani mously that reform was most urgent. So solemn a declaration, united to the preceding ones, gave a mortal blow to the political compact of Colombia. The Constitution in the year eleven ceased to exist —horrible was the situation of the country, and more horrible was mine, because it threw me at the mercy of opinions and suspicions. Yet the tarnish ing of a reputation acquired in a long series of ser vice, in which similar sacrifices have been necessary and frequent, did not impede me. The organic de cree I issued on the 27th August, 1828, ought to convince all that my most ardent wish was to re lieve myself from the insupportable weight of un limited authority, and that the republic should re turn to constitute itself through the medium of the representatives. But scarcely had I begun to exercise the functions of supreme chief when oppos ing elements burst forth with the violence of the passions and the ferocity of crime. My lif e was attempted ; civil war kindled by this example, and through other means they encouraged the government of P eru t o i nva d e our d epartments of the South, with views of co n q ues t an d usurpa tion. My assertions, f e ll ow c i t i zens , are not f oun d e d on simple it areconjecture the facts and documents th a t ; authentic. War became inevitable. The army of G enera l L amar i s route d i n T argue, in a way most spl en did an d g l or i ous f or our arms, and its relics are s ave d b y th e generos i ty o f t h e vic tors. Notwith s t an di ng t h e magnan i m i ty o f t h e Colombians, Gener a l L amar (b rea ki ng t h e treat i es ) a ccredit renewed the war and commenced hostilities; whilst liotswered him by inviting, him once more to peace, hilt b e calumniated us, and outrageously affronts, The department of Guayaquil becomes th, ,i,iim of his extr:tvagant pretensions. We, bein ; _ :cptived of a force, ;toe:copied by the inun. A L ci ons 6f the winter, a , td by other obstacles, bat , to awali the favourable Sea .(111 to r:.-occt;py the place. During tie atonal a national sentence, to cording to the very expression of the suprem; chief of Peru, vindicated cur conduct, and free , ' our enemie s of Genera! Lcinar. Tie political a. pest of that republic bein , .; thus changed, opentd the way for negotiation, and' by an armistice we re occupied Guayaquil. In fine, the 22(1 Soptende-r the treaty of peace was concluded which put an end to a in whirl Colombia defended her rights with dignity. I con gratulate the congress and the nation on tae satis factory results of the affairs in the south, as much for the conclusion of the war as for the unequivoca! proofs of benevolence that we have received from. the Peruvian Government, nobly confessing that w( were. insidiously provoked to war. No Governmen has acted more satisfactorily to another than Pcrt: has to us; for which magnanimity she is deservine of the most perfect esteem on our part. Ft llow citizens, if peace has been concluded with that mo ' deration that was to be hoped for between sister countries ought they not to lay down their arms, consecrated to liberty, and their m u tual conse! vation. We have also extended our hands towards the un fortunate people of the south, who allowed them selves to be dragged into civil Nvar, or who were se duced by the enemy. It is gratifying to me to inform you, that to ter minate these domestic dissensions cot a drop of blood has satisfied the vengeance of the law; and, although a gallant General (Cordova) and his fol lowers have fallen, their punishment comes from the hand of the Almighty, when from ours they would have enjoyed the clemency which we have shown • those who have survived; all enjoy liberty notwith standing their errors. The country has suffered too much from these shocks, which we shall always re ' member with grief, and if anything can mitigate our affliction it is the consolation we have that no [ma of its origin can be attributed to us, and of our having been as generous to our adver saries as lay in our power. We have to latnent the sacrifice of some delinquents at the altar of justice, and although patricides merit no indul gence, many of them, and perhaps the most guilty of them, have received it at my hands. Let this picture of horror which it has been my misfortune to lay beforeyou serve as an example—let it serve us for the future as one of those formidable visitations which Providence awards us in the course of life for our correction. It belongs to congress to gather sweet fruits from this bitter tree, or at least to keep at a distance from its venomous shade. If the honour able task had not fallen upon me of calling on you to represent the rights of the people, that you may, according to the wishes of your constituents, create r or ameliorate our institutions, this would be the place to call your attention to the result of twenty r years devoted to the service of the country. Be i sides, I ought not even to hint to you that which all citizens have a right to ask ; all can and are obliged to submit their opinions, their fears, and wishes, to those whom we have constituted for the ameliora• tion of society, disordered as it is by trouble and misery. I alone am deprived of exercising this civil • privilege, because, having convoked you, and as signed your attributes, I am not permitted in any ' way to influence your counsels. Besides, it would be unfortunate to repeat to the elected of the people that which Colombia has published with characters of blood. My only duty is to submit my ' self without restrictions to the code and Ma gistrate that you gave us; and all I aspire to is, that the will of the people be proclaimed, respected, and fulfilled by its delegates. With this view I took the necessary steps that the people should express their opinion with full liberty and security, without any other limits but those which arc prescribed by order and moderation. This has been done, and you will perceive in the petitions which are submitted to • your consideration the ingenuous expression of the popular wish. All the provinces await your resolu lions; in all parts the meetings which have been held with this view have been presided with regu larity and respect to the authority of Government and the constituent Congress. We have alone to lament the excesses of the meeting at &caeca', of which your prudence and wisdom ought also to • judge. I fear, with some foundation, that my sin cerity, in speaking to you of the Magistrate who is to preside over the Republic, is doubted. But the Congress ought to persuade itself that its own • honour is opposed to its thinking of me for that station, and mine most decidedly to accept it. You will, perhaps cause this precious attribute to flow back upon him, who has pointed it out to you. ' Dare you, without disgracing your own reputation, concede me your suffrages ? Would not that be actually appointing myself ? Far be from you and me an act so ignoble—obliged as you are to consti tute the Government of the Republic, within and without your own circle, you will find illustrious men who will discharge the Presidency of the State with glory and advantage—all, all, my fellow citizens enjoy the inestimable fortune to appear innocent in the eyes of the suspicious, I alone am taunted with aspiring to tyranny. Free me, 1 beseech you, from the censure that I may expect if I continue filling a station that never can clear itself of the accusations of ambition. Believe me a new Magistrate is already indispen sable for the Republic. The people wish to know if I will at any time cease to govern them. The States of America view me with a certain inquie tude that may bring down some day upon Colombia evils similar to those of Peru. In Europe itself there are not wanting those who fear that I discre dit with my conduct the fair course of liberty. Ab, how many conspiracies and wars have we not suf fered to attack my authority and person. These attacks have ruined the people, whose sacrifices might have been avoided if from the commence ment the legislators of Colombia had not forced me to support a load which has borne me down more than war with all Its afilictions. Show yourselves, fellow-citizens, worthy of representing a free people by repelling every idea of my being necessary to the republic. If one man be necessary to sustain the state, that state ought not and, in the end, will not. exist. The magistrate you may select will no doubt be the rallying point of domestic concord, the link of fraternity, and the consolation of the dejected. All Colombians will rally round this fortunate being; he will unite them inn the embrace of friendship; he will form of them a family of citizens. I.will obey this legitimate magistrate with the most cordial re spect; I will follow such an angel of peace; I will sustain him with my sword and with my utmost powers. I will use energy, respect, and sub mission, in aiding the projects of the magistrates you may elect. I swear it, Legislators! I pro mise it in the name of the people and the Co lombian army. Happy will be the Republic, if, upon admitting my resignation, you appoint Presi dent a citizen beloved by the nation. The re public will be lost if you persist in re-electing me. Hear my prayers; serve the Republic, save my glory, which is that of Colombia ; dispose of the presidency which I respectfully abdicate. From to day I ant no more than a citizen armed to defend the country, and obey the Government. My public functions cease for ever. I make a formal and solemn delivery of the supreme authority which the national suffrages have conferred on me. You belong to all the provinces ; you are the most select citizens; you have served in all the offices of state ; you know its local and its general interests; you want nothing further to regenerate this Republic, t p r e a r t i i s o h n i g Letas i a.fi t ininal i Ty s ny. (vspih a tel l ii l mla h itetpl e bdoeds b s se r at a ebots n tts r ere l neN i s‘ e tc, his infiniteo of its ieast: adminis tration. ilette t ju n oegl i sa) n a,ro i tnl s o: - , the protection of the sacred religion we profess, a ce p he ch fountain overflowing with the blessings of Heaven. r g il i n g r l e h ni r et i t s e s n . o as f tyi i : C,f l i e l a o m e l lombia, reclaims of you its most sacred the national gratitude, requires complete organiza- Coo. Justice requires codes ra;rabLe of e,cnliug ;he rights and innocence of freemen: • lt is neces'sary ;o cicato every thing, and you ought to lay the ioundAtion of prosperity in establishinx the general 'tasis of our political organization. blush to sat• it, independence is the only good ve have acquired, at the expense of every o•her. lint it opens the door for the recovery of all good :nice your sovereign auspices, and that, too, ,vith ili the• splendour of glory and liberty. Bogota, J in. 20, I S:3O. SIMON BOLIVAR. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DUKE OF GRAF TON'S STUD. Few breeders of race horses have been so fortunate in their specu'ations as the above highly respected Nobleman, who, for a period of nineteen years, has been one of the oust zealous and liberal supporters of the Turf. Previous to tie death of his father, the Dubin had ntn manifested any inclination for racing; his resolution, thstattfore, to continue the stud was a very agreeable surprise to the Sporting World. His Grace's career wag brilliant in the ,xtreme, and his brood mares were of the most appro'sel blood. Robson was his trainer, and 13mckle his jockey. For many yeas nothing could stand against suolt a phi: , !anx, and all the great stakes went into the pocket of the Noble Duke, to whom breeders are indebted for the hest stock horses now on the Turf—Whalebone, Whisker, Woful, Partisan, Waterloo, Pte. His Grace also bred the fmnous mare Web, the dam of Middleton and Glenartney. Since the retirement of Mr. Robson (of whose integrity and skill there cannot be a stronger proof adduced, than the presentation to him of a splendid god rap, as a mark of esteem and regard from the many Noblemen and Gen tlemen who had employed him), there Las been a slight ,liatittution of his success, particularly in the List eighteen lionths, during which time Lord ii,xeter's stable has eclipsed every thing at Newmarket ; this, however, is only for the moment—for, with an ardent love of the sport, and an unflinching determination to support it, ire are jus tified in anticipating that his Graoe's star, will, ere long, resume its ascendancy. To give a correct ides of the Noble Duke's good fortune, we sulstnin an abstract of hie winners and winnings from his sornmenooment in 1811 to the present year :- 16t t —Nimrod won titOgs, Pope Mg., Web 1100 gs, Whalebone 350gs—Total 1,6321. 1812—Nimrod 50/, Joe Miller 28.Sgs Pops Joan IsSOgs, Whale.. bone 260 gs and CAI, Woful slogs— ; Total 1,9111. ss. ISl3—Br. 1. by Selirn SOgs, Jest 100 gs, Joe Miller SOngs, Music 1,175g5, Wilful 200 gs, Worul Efoge, Anthonie Rlgs—Total , .. , 2887/. 10s. _ _ _ _ 1814—Partisan 950 gs, Minuet 7hOgs, Ramrod 100 gs, Wire 200 gs and 501, Woful 450gs—Total 2,6tx/. 10s. 1815—Discord 05(tgs and .50/, Partisan tte.Ogs, Jeweller 100 gs, Mi. nuet 1,890g5, Whisker 2,100g5, Wire I,Soolo—Total 7,9891.105. 1816—Alien 1,160g5, Merry Andrew jigs, Serapall ZlSgs*, Discord 'Wigs, Partisan 350 gs, Milton I,42sgs, 3rliaiset 4siOgs,Wllisker 870ks:-Total 2,1244' - 1917-Fugitive 23gs, Alien 501, Coquette 100 gs, Trictras '7oogs, b. c. by Eaton 50gs, Pickaxe 225g5, Waterloo 1,025g5, Sir 'Thomas 353g5, Loo, 79.7g5, Milton ICOgs, Minuet 100gs-Total 3,6931. 10s. 1818-Trictrac 250 gs, Classic 50gs, Carrots 65065, Sir Thomas 109 gs, Miracle 300 gs, Lon 200gs-Total 141271. lOC. 1819-. Miracle 600 gs, b. f. by Waxy 140 s, Jingle 200 gs and 1101, Catgut 1,400gz-Total 2,627/. 1820-Luck 350 gs, Rowena 1,475g5, Pindarrie 4,550g5, Trance 120 gs, Miracle 400 gs, b. f by Waxy 51gs-Total 7,1971 105. 1821-Tipsey 110 gs, Reginald I,ooogs and '7Ol, Zeal 1,500g5, Lowrance 1,050g5, Titian 1,340g5, C a rb o naro I,4Sogsz-Tolal 6,884/. 10s. 1922-Reginald 370 gs, Posthuma 2,850g5, Gabrielle 140 gs, Maria 290 gs, Zeal 150 gs, Hampden 875 gs, Lawrence 501, Pastille 2.4Ags, and 611 ss, Varnish 501, Whisgig 3,405ga, Logic llOgs -Total, 11,501/. ss. 18 . 23-Posthuma 1001, Hampdrn I,lBq, Pastille 3751, Veil 1051, Whizgig 501, Logic 130/, Talisman 105/, Midstlminer 5251, Cinder 8771 10s, Zinc 1,9991 Si-Total, 5,3,4/. ISt. 1824-Cramer 50/, Gavotte 2001, Pucelle 1251, Posthuma 20(V, Skiff 6501, Banquo 71/, Hampden 1001, Pastille 2501, Veil 733/, Rebecca 4,6721 10s, Zinc 2231 6. Bd-Total, 7,3761. 16s. tRd. 1825-Rufus 4,7751, Lilian 501, Cramer 1,3001, Figmy 801, Tontine 975/, Waltz .150/, Goshawk 120/, Pucelle 433/ 66 Bd, Poet - mina SO 1, Bolero 1,7901, Paul Jones 1,5701, Armida 3151.-Total, 12,66 9 /. 16e. Bd. 1826-Norman 3751, Lilian 501, Belivar 6751, Cramer 501, Pigmy 150/, Rufus 3731 6s Sd, Dervise 1,1001, Goshawk 1,(21/ 10s, Parapluic 5901, Problem 800!, Pueelle 501, Notice 501, Saracen 501, b. c. by Woful 1.50!, Mantua 2301-Total, '75541. 161. Bd. chi or i, 3301, Cremona 50/, Paul Jones 1601. 1827-Demon 50/, Dervise 6001, Lancastrian SOOT, Latimer AOOl, Problem 4001, Paul Jones Sc!, Roderick 5501, Turecrinan 1,7001, Arab 9971 108, Monody 46'4, Zoffani 304-Total, 6,312/. Ins. 1928-Lancastrian 1001, Omen 4501, Turquoise 2,6211, Charm 3001-Total, 3,5701. 1829-Caradori 4191, Ronald 100/, F.naerald DV, Paradox 501, Burman 3001, Turquoise 321/ 13s 4d.-Total, 1,4111. 1!s. 4d. Grand Total 99,1111. 38. 44.1 WALTER COLITON.—This new productioa of Mr. HouAcE SMITH'S affords one of the happiest ex , atnples of his power in vivifying historic details, and confirming their impression on the reader's mind, by means of a due admixture of individual portraiture, and a piquant revelation of the private habits rnanire it of the period. Of the more important characters in the story, those of King Jamas and his supplanting rival, the Prince of ORANGE, bear pirtieularly the marks of graphic skill and precision--and indeed the entire work appears to have been constructed with that careful attention ► o finish, as well as troth, that clistingaisiald "Bramblitya House," the author's first effort is this popular style of writing. We hope the CIFANCJILLOII of the Ex-' curczoas will, before the Beer Bill bermes a law, intro-" duce such a modification of it as will relieve the brewers; as well as the publicans, from ita scrim's eostsequances. 1 its present form it will bring certain rain on a retry useful and industrious class of society.—Berhskirs Chroeicle. The Earl of llAntwooD has giYen 1001. towards the relief of the distressed weavers of fancy goods in the West Riding of Yorkshire. his Lordship trans mitted the donation to the Rev. C. B. Duxrr, Chairman of the Denbydale Cnnruitien. The Reverend Gentle man has also received an allitional grant of 1501. front the London Committee for the relief of distressed manu facturers. The Prince of ORANGE insists rigorously oft frugality and hardiness in the education and bringing up of his sons. When the writer of this was at Brussels two years ago, the only food the Prince allowed them was cold beef and vegetables. They slept on a hand mattress on the floor, with no other covering than the blest and courte-poivte, even in winter. They were not allowed the luxury of gloves in the most inclement season, until one dty of extraordinary cold, when the youngest of them had his fingers frozen, and serious apprehensions were entertained as to the consequences —Court Journal. Prince SWARTZENBEIIG has been settled at Paris during the winter ; a leading person in the fashion able circles of that gay metropolis. Miss Many, on the contrary, has been residing in the strictest seclusion in a frontier town.—Court Journal. THE ENGLISH AILMY IN IRA NCE.-A work is announced for immediate publication under the title of " Personal Narrative of an Office, in the English Army of Occupation in France." It is written, we understand, by one of the ablest medical practitioners who attended our gallant troops on the Continent, during the late war. It relates, particularly to the period of Battle of the Waterloo, a subject still singularly fertile in materials of the highest interest ; for though many valuable narratives connected with that event have already ap peared, yet, it must be admitted, they principally exhibit rather a collective picture of the grand military °peon lions, than a detail of individual heroism and adventure. The narrative, it is said, abounds in personal anecdote and traits of character, frequently of the most humorous de scription. The following letter has been received from a gentleman who recently resided in the neighbourhood of Devizes :—" Patras, March 4, 1.330. The accounts I had received of the total destruction ef this piste had left me unprepared for the utter desolation which I beheld. The fiercest denunciations of the Prophets of old have been fully put in execution. Fire and sword, have wooed the whole district ! Net a stone is left standing ! The fig, the pomegranate, the vine, and the orange, that co vered the hills and the beautifnl plain, are literally destroyed, root and branch. During the eight years that the Turks were beleagured in the castle, they sallied out and tore up eve❑ the currant bashes for firing for their ovens. No part of Greece has been se eompletely wasted ; but the inhabitants are returning, and the po pulation now amounts to about six thnusaad, and houses are springing up formed of wooden frame work, filled in with unburnt brick, such so the children of Israel were forced to make for the Phsroshs. There is no capital in the country, either in the shape of money, public buildings, or private edifices, roads, &e. everything is to be created, and money, the mainspring, is wanting. Land of excellent qualities lies uncultivated for avant of means to farm it. I have had tha offer of the fee-simple of some, about four miles from the town, at about 31. per acre, which, before the revolution, produced an annual rent of nearly as much. People must sell part to live and be able to cultivate the rest. The President has had a difficult task to fulfil, bat his talent sterna rather to lie in the mans - sums of diplomacy, than in governing, for which he wants energy and decision. But there is little doubt that he has been acting all 'along with a view rather to secure the influence of Russia than to establish the independence of his country. We music-stand that he is soon to be succeeded by a King. I have seen some of the Chiefs of the popular part, and they are well satisfied to receive from the Allies a Sovereign of lief!. selection."