The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-02 00:00:00

SPAIN. (From the Times.) MADRID, Nov. 18.—The Queen Regent has at length been informed, and not perhaps fruitlessly, of the univer sal discontent produced by the crooked and incomprehen sible policy pursued by this Government, which, far from seconding or giving force to the efforts of the military munmanders employed to repress the northern insurrections, appears, on the contrary, to have had for its object the nentralization of these efforts. Public opinion has found organs through which to express its complaints, and to make them he listened to. The Minister at War, General Cruz, has not been able to resist the force of that general animadversion which had made his incapacity and misma nagement from day to day more evident. He has finally fallen, although the fact has not yet been officially noti fied. His successor ad interim is Sarco del Valle, and it is mere than probable that be will forthwith be perma nently appointed to the office. TEe musts which have led to the disgrace of General Cruz may be stated shortly as follows. The retrograde movement of General Saarsfield on Burgos was at once so unwelcome and incomprehensible that a general outcry was raised against that officer. It was to him alone that the fatal inaction was ascribed which had allowed the revolt to assume so alarming an aspect. By letters, however, which have arrived from Burgos, by a despatch from Saarsfield to Quesada, the Captain-General of old Castile, and by a report of Quesada to the Minister at War, the true authors of the mischief have since been discovered, in spite of an attempt to suppress the official documents of which manuscript copies had found their way into circulation. Left destitute of troops by the Minister of Was., Quesada, in his capacity of delegated chief of the police of Iris province, addressed himself to Latre, the Superintendent General of the police of the kingdom, representing to him the dangers which were likely to arise from the carelessness of the Minister at War. As might have been expected, General Cruz com plained bitterly of this communication, and denounced it as an invasion of the peculiar attributes of the War De partment. Quesada in his turn addressed a letter to the Alinister exposing in the most energetic terms the errors of the Government, and proving that the progress of Merino's revolt was to be ascribed to the inattention of the autho rities in Madrid. Saarsfield also complained that the force at his disposal was inadequate, and that although he had ben promised at least 7,000 men, he had no more than 3,000 fit for action, the surplus being either incom plete or consisting of raw conscripts not yet fit to face the eiemy. It is known that the whole operations of General Saars field were directed in detail from Madrid, and that it was in consequence of an order transmitted to him from the capital, that his progress was arrested, and that he bad retired from Briviesca towards Burgos. The bands of Cuevillas and Villalobos, availing themselves of this inde cision, had appeared in the neighbourhood of Palencia and Valladolid, and had excited considerable alarm in both cities. On Friday last, these apprehensinos were eitended to Madrid, in consequence of the exaggerations they bad , sth.fft::"Eri in reaching the capital. It was asserted that Saarstield was in full retreat, and that the insurgents might he instantly expected at the gates of Madrid. These fears were increased by the cries of " Viva Do❑ Carlos," which had been heard in the streets during the two pre vious nights. It was insinuated, besides, that a certain portion of the garrison was not well disposed towards the Government, and some went so far as to predict a Carlist movement within the walls of the capital. In this state r,l things the Council of Regency thought it time to in terfere. After several sittings it was resolved that Am a. the most energetic of their number, should be deputed to wait on the Queen Regent, and to represent in the strongest terms to her Majesty the danger of the present state of affairs, and the necessity for providing an immediate remedy. The Regent afterwards re ceived Don Geronimo Valdtz, who had arrived here on Thursday evening, and who spoke to her Majesty in similar terms. The Count Florida Blanca pre sented also to her Majesty a fresh memoir on the present state of affairs. Thus pressed on all hands, the Regent yielded to the counsels addressed to her, and decided that General Cruz should be dismissed, but the great difficulty consisted in the appointment of his successor. A to embroil the mstter further, M. Zea proposed Amarillas, who, i❑ case of acceptance, would have quitted 'be Regency, and would have been replaced by Cruz, one of the supplementary members. In the Regency, from which he cannot be rernovid, Amarillas stands greatly in the way of M. Zea, whereas in the Cabinet he might easily have been passed over, and might even have been dismissed as soon as his dismissal should prove convenient. Amarillas saw the snare, and avoided it. Defeated in this quarter, Al. Zea proposed Lland. z fur the War Department. This was but another attempt to keep Cruz in office. Llandez, besides, is extremely useful as Captain- General of Catalonia, but no one believes here that he would make an efficient Minister of War. Arnarillas, having ob ained another audience of the Regent, proposed Geronimo Vald, z, or Sarco del Valle, and the latter, in spite of all the effete of M. Z a, has been provisionally appointed to the War Department. He is considered a man of talent, and belongs to the moderate I beral party. He was formerly Minister of War, ad 'interim, during the period of the Constitution. During these negotiation!, which M. Zea has done all in his power to make inextricable, Burgos has been constantly opposed to him. The Minister del Foment() becomes daily stronger in public opinion. It was he who but the other day protected the journals whose language, in spite of the censorship to which they are subjected, had become ex ceedingly inconvenient to the President of the Council, who had resolved to consign them all to the same fate with the Correia. The dismissal of General Cruz, although greatly tem pered by his nomination to the office of Councillor of State, has given the greatest public satisfaction. This satisfaction, however, will not be complete as long as M. 7.-a remains in power ; but a great point has been already gained, and the War Department is a position taken by open force, the possession of which by a popular Minister will make the dismissal of M. Zea a more easy operation. Since Saturday last the public mind has been greatly reassured as to the general aspect of affairs. You will see by the Madrid Gazette that considerable advantages have been gained over the insurgents in the provinces of Biscay and Old Castile. The retreat of Saar-field on Burgos had greatly discontented his troops, which, although not nume rous, were decided and unanimous for the Queen, what ever may be said to the contrary. Their murmurs having become loud, the General was compelled, from the impos_ sibility of coming to action, to send his resignation to ,Madrid; but the Government, under the irresistible in fluence of public opinion, returned for answer an order to march again on Vittoria. Saarsfield put Ids troops once snore immediately in motion, and addressed to them a short proclamation, in which he declares to them his conviction that they had never doubted his courage or his fidelity, and that if be bad left them so long in a state of inaction, it was only in obedience to the express orders of Go- vernment. it was on the 12th that he left Burgos, commanding in person the centre of his army. The right and left advanced simultaneously, in order t r take the insurgents of Alava on both sides in flank, while be with the centre attacked them in front. It is known here to-day, that he encountered their advanced guard on the 15th, in the midst of a dense fog. After firing a few musket shots, she rebels threw down their arms and fled, without even attempting to maintiin themselves in the defile of Pancorho, xvhlcli 20 determined men might have defended against the whole of Sear•{ield's force. The chief band of Merino, which bad thrown itself into Rioja, appears to have been dispersed with equal facility. These facts appear to presage the speedy suppression of the insurrection, and intelligence is hourly expected of the entry of Saarsfield into Vittoria. M. Zea pretends that victory is to be his only answer to the accusations which are daily heaped upon him. In •ether provinces every attempt at insurrection has been r eedily stifled by the Captains-General and the local authorities. In the Asturias, Alurillo bas completely re-established the tranquillity which a few battalions of Royalist Volunteers had attempted to disturb. This seditious force is now everywhere disarmed. Rodil, who had displayed so much energy and activity in his important command in Extremadura, has been rewarded by the Regent with th e rank of Lieutenant General. The Infante Don Carlos had attempted the fidelity of Rodil, w h o , although known fur his attachment to Royalist opinions, wit , a man of too nic e a sense of honour to desert the cause he had espoused. The pretender is now all but a prisoner on the Portuguese frontier, be-ween the tt sops of the Queen and those of Don Pedro. Within these few days he had almost fallen into the hands of a dozen Spanish smugglers, who carried off a part of hts i suite, and among the rest his 'Minister of Finance. De :„STived at once of his Afinister, his treasure, and his ^ Royalist Volunteers, the only chance that remains for th e le establishment of his Apostolic throne is in that p erson al C. - • turage which has bete become proverbia l . y Sam del / Yale has already established him self at the ofileitaf the ( War Department. He received there this iriorrtiVhir i officers of the garrison. krmero, the chief siicret , ildhcapable as the late Minister, has also Leett iiimieeed, He hat been replaced provisionally by Qui rtz, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1833. By the French mail of Saturday, we have accounts from Spain to the 25th of November, at which period affairs were going on favour ably for the Queen's cause. General SAARS FIELD, had not only dispersed the Carlists in the vicinity of 'Vittoria after his entry into that city, but a division of his army entered Bilboa on the 24th, without any resist ance of moment. In fact, the force of the Carlists in the North appears now to have been greatly overrated. The inactivity of General SAA RSFIELD is now asserted, and with great probability, to have been occasioned by the in trigues of ZEA BERNIUDEZ, who is underhand the secret friend of Don CARLOS. In this belief the people of Madrid were so strong that nothing would satisfy them but the dismissal of General CRuz, the Minister of War, who acted in unison with ZEA, and by their combined manceuvres they put the QUEEN'S cause in extreme jeopardy. The wonder is that from their commanding position they did not effect more mischief. But now that the rebels are put down in the provinces the friends of liberty will attain more influence in the Queen's councils, and ultimately become strong enough to dismiss M. ZEA as well as his friend CRuz. Private accounts from Paris state that the project of an expedition against Constantine in the spring had been revived. We have received Jamaica Papers to the 28th October. The Slave Bill, from England, had arrived, and had been submitted to the House of Assembly by his Excellency the Governor. It has not been finally agreed to in the House of Assembly, but from the divisions on mino r affairs there appears to be little doubt of its being forthwith assented to, as the violent party have been uniformly in a minority on all subjects connected with this important measure. German Papers of the 26th of November state that great solicitude was expressed at Vienna for news from Spain, but that the partiality of the French press was looked on with distrust. The approaching Congress at Vienna was expected to be on a grand scale. The Bel gian question was considered as already set tled. Should France interfere in Spanish affairs, it was apprehended in Germany that such inter ference would not be favourable to the Cortes Bonds. VIENNA, Nor. 21.—Six per Cent. Metalliques, 93; ; 4. per Cent. 82i ; Bank Stock 1,201. His Majesty's ship Racehorse has arrived from Barbadoes. She is stated to have sailed on the Ist ult., but no letters have as yet been received by her. By merchant vessels we have accounts to the 13th of October. The Slave Bill had been favourably received at Barbadoes and all the adjacent islands, with the exception as to the division of the twenty millions. The fact is, to the interests of the new colonies, De merara, Berbice, Trinidad, and Mauritius, are at complete variance with Jamaica and the old colonies. By the Ministerial arrangements as to the produce of the settlement taken in conjunction with the number of negroes the former will receive about 50/. sterling for each negro, the old colonies only about 201. each. We suppose that all persons competent to judge of probabilities foresee the approach of a struggle, not simply between the hardy de fenders and the prudent reformers of abuse in the Church, but between the advocates and oppo nents of the principle of establishments, and we are proportionally astonished that every day brings cases in which the Members of the Church itself furnish their antagonists with the most formidable weapons, by obtruding upon the public vices inherent in the system. Such was the display in the Court of Exchequer, Dublin, where the Rev. MARCUS MONK, rector of Rathdowny, had chosen to proceed in thirty-four actions for tithes, at an expense six times greater than was required in the local and usual tribunals ; and such is a recent case which has been submitted to us from the diocese of Norwich. The Rev. E. P. BE NEZET has been for many years vicar of Bungay, Trinity, a lucrative parish ; he has lived during the whole period in the almost avowed practice of debaucheries in famous in a clergyman, and under a notorious suspicion of other crimes repulsive to humanity. In May last he was detected with a miscreant from Norwich, under circumstances which ren dered a simple charge of mutual assault an ac t of lenity. Both were privately examined before the neighbouring magistrates ; BENEZET was bailed, driven from the magistrate's house to Yarmouth, and never seen again in the neigh bourhood ; while his companion was, in default of bail, committed to Beccles Gaol. Here he remained until a few weeks before the Quarter Sessions, when he too was bailed, avowedly at BENEZET'S expense, sent in trusty charge to Liverpool, and shipped on board an American vessel. At the Beccles July Sessions true bills were found on the indictments; their recogni zances were of course estreated, and bench warrants formally issued for their apprehension. All these circumstances transpired within fiftcen miles of the episcopal palace, were the subject of daily notoriety in the neighbourhood, and were, both in their real and judicial form, reported in the local newspapers. We might, therefore, have reasonably expected that the friends of the Church would at once bestir them selves, and although they could not prevent the crimes of the delinquent, would avert the dis grace of his continuance in .the sacred office, and show what salutary power of discipline the Church can exercise in need. Has this been done ? It is almost incredible, that to this dis grace of humanity the Bishop of NORWICH has granted A LICENSE to reside on the Continent until November, 1835 (in reality for two years and a half), and the plea of " ill health and other bodily infirmity," is alleged, when at least the officers of the diocese must have been acquainted with the facts, and known the flimsiness of the pretence. Let us be clearly understood. God forbid that we should charge upon his office or his class the crimes of the individual. We complain of a system in which the undue value of the emoluments and the irrespon sible nature of the patronage render " the high places of the sanctuary" attractive and accessible to the unqualified and the unprin cipled—in which the security of the revenues makes the body careless of public estimation— and in which the compulsory nature of the pay ments enables a dignitary to legalize offence, and by an instrument insultingly mendacious, to charge upon a parish the support of a creature whom it is degrading to think of, and infamous to name. We would recommend these circum stances to the attention of his Grace of CAN TERBURY. The Dublin Morning Register of Saturday contains some particulars of a public dinner which took place on Friday last at Dublin, at which Messrs.O'CoNNELL, SHEIL, O'DWYER, BARRETT, RUTHVEN, and ItoNAYNE, were present. Mr. O ' CONNELL was in the Chair, and took the opportunity of stating that " there was one step below Lord ANGLESEA'S unpo pularity, and he thought that Mr. LITTLETON would descend to it." This must have edified the company, to many of whom it must have been known that Mr. O'CONNELL was one of Mr. LITTLETON'S staunchest supporters when Mr. HUME proposed him for the Speaker ship in the House of Commons last session, and also that he had hailed the Right Hon. Gentleman's appointment to the Irish Se cretaryship as a good omen for Ireland. But times are now changed. Mr. BARRETT has been prosecuted, and Mr. LITTLETON is be come as bad as his predecessors. At this dinner Mr. SHELL alluded to the report got up against him, respecting the Hill affair, which he was glad to find was generally discredited in Ireland. He did not, however, directly deny it himself, though his language was such as might be taken to imply a denial. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 1.-Wind S. - W.—Arrived the Rosalind, Boyle, from Quebec. Sailed the City of Edinburgh, for Portsmouth and India. Arrived and sailed for the River the Sir D. Milne, from Seville, with the homeward-bound. Arrived from the River and remain with the outward bound the Moffit, and Sovereign, Baker, for New South Wales; Elizabeth, Walker, for Grenada ; Mary, Cro martie, for Rarbadoes; Aleck, for Trinidad; and Mar quis of Chandos, Gaylor, for Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—W►nd S.W., strong breezes. —Arrived his Majesty's ship Racehorse, from 13arbackes —sailed the Ist ult, and Bermuda the sth. Off pert the Cronstadt, Low, from B.ston. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 29 AND 30.—Wind S.W.—Ar rived the Minerva, Goss, from Sr. Andrew's, New Bruns wick ; and Lyra, Keen, from 51iramiclii. FAL - mourn, Nov. 6.—A violent gale all night and to-day from W.N.W. to N.W.—Arrived the Lord Mel ville packet, from Janiiica—sailed the 27th October. 13msrot, DEc. I.—Arrived the Surprise, Blackaller, from Newfoundland. POOLE, Nov. SO.—Arrived the Montage, Wheeler, and Hope, Hicks, from Newfoundland. NEWHAVEN, Nov. SO.—Arrived the Medusa, Wilson, from Quebec. Th e Queen Adelaide, Davies, from Liverpool to Cardiff, is on shore near Ayr. The Palau - lure, Hurst, from Biy Chaleur, is on shore at Ayr—crew saved. The Kitty and Molly, from Glasgow to Port Nessock, is totally wrecked at t yr. The Adelaide, Harrison, from Liverpool to Charleston, is on shore at West Hoyle. The Eleanor, from Liverpool to Londonderry, R bse iu June, for Carnarvon, Heart of Oak, for A►nbach, and Trefrows, for Conway, are on shore near Liverpool. The Ventrie, from Liverpool to Park Gate, is sunk at Hoy lake. The Charles, from Liverpool to Ostend, is on shore at Formaby. The Duke of Wellington, from Liverpool to Wexford, is totally lost near Liverpool. MAGAZINE DAY. NEW MONTHLY MA GAZING. " French Libels on the English" is another attack on Baron D'Haussez for his late work on England. The poor Baron has now run the gauntlet of the entire periodical press. Quar terly, monthly, weekly, and daily journals have been double-thonging him in the most vigour ous and scientific style possible, so that by this time he can scarcely have a whole bone in his body. " Words for Melodies" by Mrs. He mans are, some of them, exceedingly touching and beautiful. The " Dirge at Sea" is a pathetic little gem, worthy to vie with Collins's well known ode, " How sleep the brave who sink to rest." The stanza— " Sleep, thy billowy field is won ! Proudly may the funeral gun, Midst the hush at set of sun, Boom thy knell," conveys an impressive image in the simplest and most transparent language. " Conversations with Lord Byron," with one or two just and shrewd remarks, mixes up an immensity of maudlin egotism. Always inveighing against the cant of others, his Lordship was incessantly canting about himself. As a man and as an author, this was his only occupation. Lady Blessington paints him here coleur de rose, and we must allow for the partiality of friendship. " Notes on Periodicals" are sprightly and put forth many sound remarks; on the folly and injustice of the "cheap literature" of the day. " We bought for one penny," says the author, " the whole ei , s , nce of Cyrus Redding's book on wines, which we found concentrated by the dignified pen of Mr. Craik in the pages of Charles Knight's Magazine." If this be true, it is one of the most bare faced instances of plagiarism we ever heard or read of. Mrs. John Jones's Pic Nic" is a long, dull account of a dinner party in the ball of St. Paul's. The writer is extremely minute and tiresome, and in his sketches of character draws, not fresh from life, but second-hand from books. Young ladies now-a-days are not in the habit of singing after dinner such ballads as " The King and the Tanner of Tamworth." The air has been out of fashion these two centuries and upwards. The only ingenious conceit, in a tale which is made up of conceits, is the definition of a pic-nic, which is not unamusingly styled " the poetry of dinner parties." The story of " Hester Malpas" is from the pen of Miss Landon. It is not in her hest manner, though it will pass muster. " Simon Techy" is a well•portrayed sketch of character by Mr. Poole, and wears all the appearance of a con amore effort. the next in official rank in the same department. Vallez, who had been so much spoken of as the successor of General Cruz in the War Department, and who had been named Comm an d er -i n -Chi e f o f t h e army o f operat i ons In place of Saarsfield, who was to have been appointed Vice roy of Navarre, remains for the present without any official station. The inhabitants of Madrid have savagely avenged theo cause of the Queen on several imprudent individuals whf have attempted to disturb the public peace by cries os " Viva Don Carlos." During the last two or three nights more than one of thedisarmed Royalist VoTunteers hay ' , ten killed in the streets, in consequence of their persist ing in these seditious exclamations. PRICES OF STOCKS TIT! s Rank Stc (1( ° HI 11 I 3 pc. , Cent. Red. 8 7 34 Fe . 3 per Cent. Cons. ...... 88%14 x'B 3 , 4 per Cent. — ~ 'Vitt° Red 964 i 8 1 ' , I ev. , 3% per Cent. 9714 U 14 1 I per Cent. Ann. 1726 ... —;: 1 per Cent. 1826 ... 103 2% Ma I o.ok Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5,186 P 16% Oct. 10, 1959 164 13-16 j Jan. 5, 1860 17% Jan. 5, 1880 — April 5, 1880 — Jan. 5, 1870.-- ....... 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Vorning —.23 minutes after 6.3 Evening...:3 minutes after 6. I d r' r i r (t: *Un4 THE BRITISH MAGAZINE. This is what it announces itself to be, a monthly register of religious anti ecclesiastical information, parochial history, and documents respecting the state of the poor, progress of edu cation, &c. Somewhat intolerant Church of England doctrines appear to prevail in it, which is one reason, among others, why we do not take it up with great pleasure. It is, however, as we said before, what it professes to be. FRASER' S MAGAZINE. The gallery of Literary Characters in Fraser this month, contains a queer portrait of a queerer genius, Grant Thorburn to wit, who, we have been given to understand, is the original of Galt's Laurie Todd, and is now in England, busily engaged in drawing up an authentic memoir of his own life. A more singular figure than this gentleman presents in the portrait before us, we never yet set eyes on. Hood should have borrowed him for his Comic Annual. His face is that of a methodist parson ; the cut of his great coat is the ate plus ultra of the " wild and the wonderful ;" and his legs, particularly the lower portions of them, look just like a couple of parentheses placed back to back. We have great expectations from the autobiography of this original, who (if his portrait speak truth) must be as great a curiosity as the hitherto unri valled Simpson. " Household Servants" is a useful treatise, which should be read with at tention by all family folks. We extract an anecdote for their edification : "The following anecdote, which was told me a few days since by my own tailor, shows the animus of these men. A gentleman, in Regent's Park, taking a fancy to some pieces in a tailor's shop-window, went in and ordered a suit of clothes, although he had not dealt there before. When the garments were brought home, they were approved and paid for. As the tailor was making his exit through the hall, the butler accosted him and demanded the usual per centage, which the tradesman refused, stating that the articles were made for ready money on the lowest terms, and that his profits would not admit of any deductions. " Very well," said the butler, " I'll take care that you bring no more of your rubbishing cloth to this house." A few days subsequently to this threat, the gentleman called on the tailor to complain that the cloth was damaged, as it had given way in several places, as if the fabric of it were rotten. The tailor, on examination, found that it had all the appearance of having been pulled with great violence in several places to effect slight rents in it ; and lie succeeded in convincing the gentleman of the soundness of the cloth, and that unfair play had been resorted to—informing him, at the same time, of the butler's threat, because he would not submit to extortion." " Sartor Resartus" is an extraordinary com pound of metaphysical shrewdness and absurdity. Speaking of the cutting out of cloth, the author says—" every snip of the scissors has been re gulated and prescribed by ever-active Influences, which doubtless to Intelligences of a superior order are neither invisible nor illegible." How comforted must Nugee feel himself by this magniloquent assertion ! How delighted to think that when he next cuts out a pair of Inexplicables for Lord Ellenborough, he will not be fulfilling a mere vulgar mechanical task, but o " re gulatedn e of a and superior pre semysteriousprescribed " b Intelligence, ysuperu atur a l Influ ence ! We could have had no conception that there was so much high philosophy y necess.ar • to make a good tailor. Henceforth we shall look upon the craft with the same my s t er i ous awe a have alwaysng bills. been 4 Mephistophelest h habi t of Politicus" is a lively politic a l sat i re ." l w o i o t k h i n w g h n we theirl ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. A very agreeable publication, embellished with many delightful sylvan sketches, which the eye rests on with pleasure at this unaracious season of the year. Mr. Loudon, the editor, is a gentleman who not only understands but feels his subject, and invests it with all the freshnes of novelty. His details of Roman, Italian, and Dutch gardening are full of curious matters of intelligence, lightly and gracefully touched, with out an atom of learned pomp or prolixity. Hence he is as attractive a writer as Gilbert White, of Selborne. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. This periodical—so says the preface—is in future to be under the management of " a Society." The Editorial " We" is henceforth to have a literal as well as metaphorical meaning. We hope it may succeed under its new super intendence, and falsify the old adage, that " too many cooks spoil the broth." The present Number is in every respect a superior one. The articles are light and readable, numerous, and full of variety. " The Sanctuary" is a tragical story, skilfully handled. " A Dinner at Poplar Walk" depicts the agonies of a sensitive old bachelor who, notwithstanding his horror of dogs and children, is overpersuaded to dine with a friend who has a particular affection for both. Of course the poor gentleman is in fine nervous condition throughout the evening ; but it is impossible not to laugh at the details of his exceeding tribulation. " The Living and the Dead" is a tale of the Minerva Press school. A single gentleman (a surgeon) falls in love with a married lady. She recipro cates his affection, greatly to the disgust of her husband, who, fearing, naturally enough, that his wife's heart-ache may occasion him a head ache, and that while passion shoots up in her breast, something else may shoot up on his temples, hurries home, surprises the fond cou ple, one of whom is leaning against the other, and kills both with one shot from a double barrelled gun. Unfortunately, however, he finds, when too late, that he has been premature in his suspicions. The young gentleman was not improperly embracing the young lady, but merely attending in his professional capacity, to pull her double-tooth out ! " A Day on the Moors" is a spirited, graphic sketch, breathing the fresh air of the mountains. " Hints to Sportsmen" is from the pen of our old " Monthly" acquaint ance, Captain Cram, a most delightful romancer, who packs up his little exaggerations—oh, call them not falsehoods !—in the neatest and corn pactest form possible. The Captain is evidently a born-genius. He has a fine conception of a bounce, and luxuriates in lies, like a cow in a clover field. He would make a capital hand at a Alinisterial explanation. We subjoin a few of his sporting aphorisms : " RULE I.—Always load your gun when on the cock, by which you lose no time in bringing your piece to your shoulder, a great advantage ; and if you possess common caution, you ruu no risk of blowing your bead off while ramming down your charge. " RULE 2.—When a covey gets up, always fire bang into the middle of it.—lt is all nonsense about singling out a particular bird ; take my word, it is easier to miss one bird than to miss a dozen. " RuLe 3 —When you are very desirous of game, instead of shot, fire your ramrod.—By this plan you may spit three brace at one shot. I have known it done. " RULE 4.—When you scramble through a hedge, by all means let your gun be at the full cock.—Caution should be the characteristic of a good sportsman ; if you shoot your friend, you will be cautious for life. •. RULE s.—lf a single bird gels up on your friend's side, shoot at it by all means.—The old system is only to fire at those on your own side, which I hold to be a losing game; for if your friend brings down his bird, he bags it ; whereas, if you fire also, you have the benefit of the doubt, which is settled by tossing up. Never mind the old gag of it being unfair—the atTbur of a sportsman is a good excuse. " RULE 6.—When you meet with a hare on her form, kill it if you can.—lt is all stuff about being unsports manlike—don't attend to such rubbish. My advice is, fill your bag. " RULE 7.—Never brag of being a good shot. Hold this as a maim ; if, for example, you have leave to shoot over a gentleman's grounds, and are successful, which you are pretty sure to be, if you follow my rules, and are any thing of a shot, send your man home with the game, then call at the house and leave a brace of birds, being the whole contents of your bag—you will be condoled with, and have unlimited leave to shoot. " RULE B.—When you enter a field, Iloilo t and bawl as loud as you can. It will save you much trouble, for you will see at once whether there are any birds there. " RULE 9.—Always train your dog to chop his hird from each covey. With a good brace of dogs, so trained, !:.nd a double-barrelled gun, I would bag more game than any man in England. RULE 1 0.—Choose your doge of the highest possible courage. By this precaution you can gratify yourself by thrashing your dog whenever you miss, without fear of spoiling him. " Rums 11.—The instant a pheasant rises blaze away at him. My reason for this innovation is, that if you miss, you will have time to pitch your hat at him." THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE Maintains its high character as a well con ducted periodical of its kind. Of course we do not agree in all the sentiments expressed by the writers, but the articles on the foreign corn trade, on the excretory powers of plants and some others, are full of information. That of Mr. Hawkins on agricultural statistics is valuable for the suggestions, as well as some curious and interesting facts it contains. A few of the latter are worth quoting. He gives the folowin g table of certain statistical particulars relating to England and Wales. In 1801. In 1811. In 1821. In 1831. - -- Population 9,168,000 10,502,000 12,218,000 13,894,000 Familes chiefly em ployed in agriculture Average quarters of Wheat imported in the five years ending Ist January 652,000 i 683,00( 768,000 1,542,000 It is clear from this t the country is every yea, ,hat the population of r outgrowing its home no use to talk of the supply of corn. Lis o moors and h ogs w hi c h cou ld b e cult i vated if a sufficiently hi g h price could be obtained for the produce. The farmers could no doubt make the tops of houses produce wheat if the price were high enough, but ought the people, will the people pay a high price for all their corn, in order that a small additional quantity may be forced from our impoverished soils, when an abundant supply may be got from abroad. The above table shows, and the writer acknowledges, that nearly two millions of people are supported by corn imported from the continent. Ough! they to be compelled to give a high price for it in order to enable the landlords to place what price they please upon the consumption of the remainder ? THE EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. We have not for a long time been able to give that praise to the above Magazine, which it is our wish to do whenever an opportunity is given ua which we can fairly take advantage of vvil compromising our character. We are sate the present number contains nothing to a 0 tone of our remarks. It is deficient in d i deficient in interest, and must continue so 0 , as all the original articles are printed in 1 which, if employed in The Sun, would, fr° / size, exclude the half of our daily news. proprietors may save something in their pri g ' bill by this plan, but it must hurt them i ° long run. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. There is more than an average = die verse in Blackwood this month. Mrs. 0' contributes her best ; and " Harold," who from Templemore, Tipperary, exhibits poetic promise. We have been struck ease and sweetness of this couplet,— " On my ear her adieu, with its dukiiner-0 1/4 Like the gush of cool waters, in melody fell.' We must also quote some lines " To 3 Y of Autumn," by Mi ss E. M. H am il ton , a Y` 4 lady who—a rare achievement in these ( 1 / , puts thought and feeling into her poetry :"" " You blame me, sister, when I say, Tbat Autumn makes me sad; But quicklier still you silence me, For thinking Spring is glad ; Does it howler we blame, We all are very , much the same ? _ " There is in every breast that liver A sadnc.,... :z! own, That reason neither cures nor gives, Whose fountain is unknown ; A something that we seldom tell, But that we cannot conquer well. " Why is the joyous Spring to the A melancholy thing ? And why does Autumn unto me Such gloomy feelings bring ? Neither can answer, but we I.:Tmw We do not merely fancy .u. " It may have been some single hour, That, colour'd them to both; Some vivid moment's lightening power, That, growing wi.h our growth, Made that to one for "or sad, Which to the other seems all glad. " Perhaps the heart was beating fast, With bliss too deep to say, When on a hawthorn bough we cast Our happy eyes away ; Perhaps when tears were ill-restrain'd, That look on a dead leaf was cbain'd. " We mat k'd not then the hawthorn bough , Nor then the witheed leaf; But they are felt intensely now, In silent joy or grief; Let us compassionately see, Alan's spirit is a mystery ! t l t • " Who knoweth the spirit of man ? '—Eeclesiasteit The " Sketcher" is full, as usual, of P l `) resque imagery. The writer, whoever he /Il i be, has a quick apprehension of the beautiill nature and art. " Fragments from the fel lst° , : of John Bull" is an imitation of Arbuth ne u l admirable a ll egor i ca l sat i re . I t i s somew hat j 6 and prosy, with here and there a touch of s c ' thing like hum our . " Retribution" •is 2 dig of ously told tale. " Greek Anthology" is c ' il j e • Professor Wilson's masterly criticisms, wil y cusses the genius of the minor classic bards' es like a scholiast, b u t a p oe t. H ow tru e in jp{ sence, and beautiful i n ex p ress i on i s the foil° passage ! "Poets never die. True is the doctrine of the i t migration of souls. The Genii drop the dust, SV, o , c T or e e t T e h n o d u er g n h e t B s ,_ and th F e eelings immortal purity—the .., irniu spiritual and b sweetness of Simonid e s—of S o ph oc l es _ o f i_..o j r ie survive. Thou art not dead, my Ly c id as ,' is serious s o sublime from the soul's sense of its immortality." COURT MAGAZINE. fe o The portrait of L a dy A nstrut h er i s the g; attraction of this number. It is a most cate u ' be finished engraving. The drapery, especiallY the rich lace veil that falls in graceful folds ° l ' t he shoulders of the, fair wearer, does credit i o ro g. skill and d e li cac y o f M r . P ar k er ' s han ti ; l i a The ringlets, perh a p s , are a li tt l e too sti lj o - r e. wiry, but thi s i s th e on l y d e f ect o f the Pieldiog The literary d e p ar t men t f orms pl easan t res o f for sofa loungers, but we miss the " Honeymoons." This is a series of essaY s ve tt happily conceived a nd ex p resse d to be g 1 by up. The author must make us happy gil l° the perusal of his graceful domestic sketches' THE METROPOLITAN MAGA2Ptii There is a strange mixtur e o f e xce lhnce - 0 0 mediocrity in the present number of thi s , favourite, but we f ear th a t th e l a tt er pre u° ,; ( 4t nates. " Jacob F a ithful " ma i n t a i ns the " . 5 ) , character the precedin g c h a pt ers h av e obtained for this succession of " Peter SielP: o but " Chit Chat," a n o the r s t an d ar d ar ti c le, I s ol a long for the matter it contains. puns . 0 , playing upon w or d s we can b ear i n moderate but four and twenty p ages i s a d esperate ly str ee t dose. The " Sp an i s h B ar b er " maintain s „ io medium character. The " Physician's ViSit good, and so is the continuation of " Itnpri s° o went for D e bt," b ut th e ma j or part of t v, remaining articles are elaborate soporifics, , cellent things to be taken by a restlesq bed time. COBBETTS MAGAZIN It needed not the announcemei o'l wrapper, that the work was edited John the James Cobbett, to tell us that it was not op s mark of the Cobbett. We are by no ri o t admirers of Mr. Cobbett; but his inconsistencies and bold assertions may amusement when nothing better is to be o ses There is nothing to strike, nothing to $ 13 ' 00 0 7 nothing to instruct in th e n u m b er o f hit; 5 ri• magazine befor e u s . It i s s i mp ly comb' ° place. THE GARDENER'S MACAW-S P ;# 4 The principal original matter in the P r do P number is a con t i nua ti on o f M r . 1. 01 ; 1 1 . 0 11) 6 " Notes on G a rd ens an d C ountry Seats." 0001 g amateur of landsc a p e gar d en i ng , t h e ac c o ef" given of the seats of Lord Sefton, Earl ville, Sir George Warrender, Lord Bost u 'r'rir r Gore Ouseley, the Duke of Somerset, th e f oc o° cess Augusta, the Earl of O r k ne y' pil l ' Grenfell, Esq., the Duke of Wellingto"to be t Walter, Esq., M.P., &c. &c., cannot is i ' c to vil f exceedingly valuable. The following est ril a - 0 0 be amusing to all, the first being an ti c t c- f ole r ;', - the lavender plantations at Park-place, j° to belonging to General Conway, but now 00; Maitland, and the second a matter wili ci 'vo lj g fail to have struck every one walking t the streets— " Park lace bas tong been celeb ra ted for 5" Planta tie pi and pi rows, ?entail are to in g , c 4 ft. three betwe about each covert Lure a from and it 4CCOII 1 10, a turni t Plsnte ei , her the pi from doubt NI al .-... .Pea, 4-.....