The Sun. — London, England, 1830-09-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The daily accounts from Paris, and we may add from every department of France, abound with mat ter of undiminished importance. To moments of Sxultation for those brave patriots Who achieved one behalf of their country, and, 'See 'trust in Ood, of menkilid, a victory the most memorable in the re cords of any nation, there now begins to succeed, in its netund order, a season of meditation, not utp. mingled with anxiety, . how best to improve the ad. vantages already gained, and to separate those means by which society may be safely recovered from the consequences of a terrible and stunning shock, svell as those principles by which it may be pre served in the enjoyment of solid and stable hap pitiless, from such as have a tendency to pet petunte excitement, and to prolong the array of passions and of arms, after the field is won, and the hostile force extinguished. Our own attention has been more immediately turned to this second told highly critical stage in the pro gress of the great continental drama, from observine that many enlightened Frenchmen have expressed, anti continue to express, greet unea s iness with re gard to the course which French politics appear to be taking. The French law of inheritance is in its nature a republican lure,—a law not only republican, but essentially levelling, and in the broadest sense democratic. It may be wondered at that Buena parte seemed to have forgotten the incompatibility of such an institution with the spirit of a monarchical system. The solution is, that Buonapurte never misunderstood the effects of that extraordinary law, but found in it an instrument, and no weak one, for the promotion of his peculiar policy. His was nor a limited monarchy, which finds a support in the aristocratic power. It was u despotism which dreaded the creation of such a power as a check. Nor was that of Buonaparte a civil, but altoge• ther a military government. In his army there were degrees enough, and chiefs, nod eubalteres, tied no armed but equalized multitude, from the bosom of which ail candidates for promotion in life, that is, in the camp, were selected by his sole authority, us :ill honours, tenolemaits, and favours proceeded from his supreme, and sometimes capricious, will. This armed hierarchy was the. support of Napoleon's empire ; the nation was but.a depot whence recruits were taken. The aristocracy of the sword much more then neutralized the democratic principle of the infinite subdivision of land. An berolitery aristocracy would have rebelled against the law of conscription as an intolerable grievance. The latter law was facilitated, and ren dered it in some degree poplar, by a provision for the descent of property, which gradually swept away all distinctions of territorial weal di, and left the subjects of a despot each to stand on the level of his personal acquisitions end pretensions. But the levelling character of this law was no longer over powered, or in any sensible manner eounteracted; after the downfall of the military swat of Buenas parte. The Chamber of Peers under the Bourbons Ives but a band of pensioners. It had no root in the soil—no stake in the country-.-no influence over the, people,.- . -it was neither a restraint upon the Crown, nor a protection to it. Military pomp, moreover, was the only pageantry in whose favour any decided taste seems Whore survived umong the tuition. The Court of the Bourbons was sneered ut for its obsolete frivolity, and bated for its Cnot. ! moos expenee. The predominant and visible inch. tuition of the Bourbon ,Otteernment was towards an eVattoll of all such provisions of the Charter us pro tinned the rights of the people, and to extend those which favoured the Royal prerogatives. Hence a sleep and general distrust of the designs of those Prince* and their counsellors,—hence also a dispo! sition to constree the Charter largely in all its pro: mised rufeguards against the Crown. hence, and from the all-pervading influence of the demoeratizs iog law .shove referred to, there has grown up in Primer: within some years a strong, though, in many caeca, eneonsciene, passion for cutting down the, kingly authority to a point as low (if not still more so) as would be consistent with the exers vise of any effective power by the first met• tive - officer of a pure republic. We blots) said that the real import and bearing of such views were not fully understood by those who Ons tortained them ; anti that it waif under cover of an attachment to limited monarchy, and tri the vindication of the Charter against the designs of Charles, that the spirit of republicanism has been indulged by u great portion of the present nice of active Frenchmen. That such an uneotisciotisness of the filed tendency of their own feelings did tic s welly blind a large proportion of upright, honours able, and patriotic itidividuals among one neighbours, would seem to be bottle out by the fact, that few or no voices were ranted against the nominetion of lantis-Philippe as Is.'";ng of the Free eh, and that the word Presideet or " Republic" was not named even in the raw, or alluded to by the press.— There is, however, another, and not a small or weak; party, whose representetive and elder, Lafeyette, its givieg his accolade to the King, slid entitle the new French Monarchy "n Republte e --" the best of itepublics." There_ was something extramidinary in these worths of the old enthusiast for American democracy—in the old 'easier of the French mole s don 40702. Many persons were of Online when Lafayette uttered them, that be applied the suit. able and characteristic term to the mighty change by Whi c h the Ilourbolis of 1830 had been got rid or. Th e y gave eredit to the limiest veteran as to ono who tlesptinid hypocriiy, mid seemed to separate names from things, What, let us ask, has been the tendency of oeis *den, %ince the citizen King's accession, Lind si nes Lafayette used the above sincere, but somewhat ominous langtinge ? It c s not b come wo r e I, av o ur ., able to the new Governmeet. 'the alleistene several of whom are experielleed, able, and litiend statesmen; are considered and repretiented every where, to be men, who ought hot to be reckoned on for strict fidelity to the Constitutional Government, or at least , fora lull 'sympathy with the national spirit. Their eppointments to dices tire leaked sport as not sufficiently favourable to a ter.ovation of Fiance. Their sufferance of some few placetnetr, still its office, who had been tiontinated Wider the oht system, is loudly condemned as a Criminal or euspicietts indulgence to the public enemy. Their he to dissolve the ChamltirN , and to poor into one of thew a rpringgide 19f young and Yiprotts de mocracy, is made, matter of svrio,,,, reproach. The King, though of molar election, is less spoliet t until thought of every they. All etiquette is completely bettedied from his Gent and ptesetasi. The t ;tends h ave been disbanded—the flower of the French military force ; yet the people cry oat that everything is still " too royal," mid that no real change has biker) place hut itt the sublitis lotion of the tri.cisliair for the Bourbon colours. It we be asked, is there no effective aulhoritye..sne cone trolling power within this mighty lied, on whose ""'"" 1 ""0" " •s' soiri-stow Semerkitig? we anw ser ,r•lk 4. • et once, that there is; but it is pot a tistelsettlee. fity—uor the King in Council—not t heLegislature— not the inagiuttiCt;-..-not the law t it is it military irregular,' sitd•impeilectly responsible. rhe ristional Goaritil of Frtinee, With Lafayette for theta' chief, carry Franco on the points of their:bays , " , e , 04. !nos onotinotit army comities, by u reason. " 14 ("Aintree, ft orn 800,000 to 1,000,000 of men, soltsorgrotizettessientsenis ese e,.... w i t h (Wino so fre iiittint as to keep them almost eonstently ender arms; and at all events, smelt its , Witt, their degree of slits 'eiptiett and of eeprit , cr. tercet;' a w ri l s , t ic i h ede n p u e o ri t tl i e w e r t co b:: d r i a i s i f i r t ' i l i j i t i o e s ts ta t t l e ft ,fa a bod; y tl►lrtk of cuss s to ni n t t l i e tt ini tt w i i s th s :r ui rr d o t o t ry ot t t i serest* in thetountry; W4l I'M i4)Va t h, td : py , inestiel in " desetibed kilt such; and shat it chore spirited, t a w, iridependeut, and admirable twdy ot it not to be flaunt" in; civilized Kleppe. It sl oes this mitigateee-does nor greatly aggravate possible dangers of their existence, as a seiru t t e;i and sethessecened'''body ? • , is,tiot the combinee lion or immense property with abitost countlesi numbers, when both are plaeed in an unnatural and fake position, a prodigious increase of the evil ? A military monarchy is not a very enviable form of government, for those over whom its authority is exerted. But a military democracy is perhaps the most to be deprecated. We have no disposition, and no right, to question the unsullied patriotism of the virtuous and pure Lafayette. lie might, there is little doubt, if it so pleased hirn, have by a breath crowned himself instead of Louis Philippe. By a nod, he might have gained his own election as Pre sident for life of the French Republic. Ile is old, to be sure, and life, even to the young, is precarious. But the itivitutiou of the National Guard survives what earthly power Can say to it ► " You shall not he immortd Who shall change the construction of that gigantic hody, or tell the privates " You -hall no longer elect your officers," or dare to bid those officers not form " military Parliament ;" ur that council of musket•bearing legislators ant make war upon the Chambers, and seize the King ; or their President not choo s e to be Lord Protector of the realm ? These observationa, which are respect fully offered to a people whom all Englishmen have learned to admire 111111 esteem, will not, we trust, be deemed offensive or unseasonable. We have watelitql the recent progress of events in France too closely, and we take in them an interest too anxious and profound, to have the power of restraining the tx• uression of fears which thousands of honest men ill both countries at this moment participate wi►h u Since writing the above, we have received the Paris Papers of Friday, which supply us with facts, evincing at once the entire security of France in her external relations, and probably the inadequate pnwers of her 'present executive 'to control her in. wind Orden. A telegraphic despatch has announced that Austria and Prussia have acknowledged the titleof Philip 1., and renewed the powers of their Ambassadors at his Court. The King of the Netherlands has followerhhe example, in transini:. thug fresh credentials to his Ambassador at Paris, near the person of the. new Sovereign. • The King of Wurternberg has done the same j and, as soon as the recognition of - Russia arrives, the smaller powers will .be found running a race %Oms(' creden• flak shall first be deliveted, or whose homage shall be the moat fervent. 'rho Sovereigns of Spain and Naples, whose family relations with the exiled Monarch would naturally render them the most re !octant to recog,nitw the legitimacy of his successor, would foul it rho , most dangerous to dispute his title, or long to delay its acknowledgment. Thus Pounce will be alloWed to . consolidate her insult*. tutions jn the midst of friendly Powers, and will not, as formerly, be driven to internal violence by threats of rot eign aggression. But the advantages of this very desirable state of her external relations seem for the present to be c•oneterbalanced by that domestic agitation which might naturally have been expected to continue some time after the momentous crisis through which she has passed. Accordingly, we find most of the liberal journals, and all the ar dent part of the population, expressing great trui in the existing Chamber, and clamouring • loudly for a new election. Why this dissa•• tisfaction should exist, or this change be de sired, it is difficult for the Mends of order to guess, Without saying that the existing Chamber ! has shown too great nit eagerness to entertain projects of popular ionovation, it will be generally allowed thes it has net been very obStinate in maintaining old ablises ter resisting pleusible improvements. It is apprehended, therefore, that the party which claw mours for a dissolution and a new election wish to realise more completely their doctrine of the sove reignty of the people, by urging the new Deputies to abolish the Peers, arid to place further restiletions on the already feeble executive. To show that this alarm is not peculiar to persons in this country, and ie not the cant of French Royalists, we need only quote; the following passage from an elaborate ea tide in the Jourvd des .Debrils of Friday--a Paper which has applauded the late glOrious revolution us much as.any liberal journal of Purr. " The question of the di solution of the Chamber is the very question of our future fate. • Two parties are beginning to form, and to take a hostile attitude. One, sincerely rallying around the new dynasty and the Charter, is not of opinion, ! litcause there has been a revolution, that this revolution has reduced every thing to ashes, things and men, laws and legislators, and made France merely a heap of ruins. - Far from so thinking, the revolution in its object, in its true spirit, is iu the eyes of. this party regarded far more eonservative than destruc;ive„ It overthrew a dynasty, but only to preserve the laws—it expelled men, only to save things. It has done what the re. storation should have done, by estubli.hieg a ma narchy truly constitutional. What is wanted, then, is not to re.etente society, us in 1780, but to prose. cute henceforth in security the development of our institutions. Above all, it is necessary to re-esta blish and consolidate order. The other party, mis understanding the origin and the character of the re• volution of 1830, makes it an insurrection, not par r tial but general—not for the laws, but against the laws. The . men of this party wititt.a complete sub. version, an ideal regeneration. The Charter of 1830 is in their eyes only a transitory law. Nothing that km been ought to be. No more conditions of cli. 1411)44 —no more hereditary Peers;-...democracy every where, a nominal Royalty, a sove reigety disseminated to the last extreme, leaving it'to Prance to exti icate herself as she may from the c h aos . I do not say that all who compose this party wish fur all these thing► ; but 1 affirm that there are among them some who wish for more. This party now calls for. the dissolution of the Chamber. That iv necessary. to it ; and that point obtained, it will divide, end we shall see re.commeueed, under other names, and between other men, a contest which will terminate in anarchy. When laws are made and un made without end, there no longer are laws. The law of to•duy will not be held more sacred than that of te-morrow. Those who dismiss one Chamber will be ready enough to dismiss another. Some in triguers ;Ind some desperate men will seize for their own benefit the sovereignty of the people." It is - - ,not unimportant to ment i on, as connecte d w i t hthis subject, that various revolutionary Journ n als (which are now published without having given the legal securities, and which the Minister of Justice cannot irately prosecute), and some influential societies, are at present directing all their energiei 'to bring about anew appeal to the nation in Its present state of excitement. The Moniteur tells us, that on Wed. Headily the Prefect of the Police seized copies of a paper published without the author's or printer's Harm:, " calling upon the National Guards, the holds of workshops, and workmen, to unite to over.? throw the Chamber of Deputies." The presumed authors are to be prosecuted; but the provocation will probably be continued in some other shape. The dere) , of the Catholic Church, which was formerly that of the State, are threatened not oily with the loss 'of that consideretien which formerly belonged to them front their (Akira situation, but with the abo titian of the salaries which are paid out of the bud get, This menace, which is repeated in severe! jonrnals, must have a tendency to array against the ne w or d e r of thing's, all that power which the prieSt derives front this limited fund of religion which in• fidelity has left in France. The proceedings in the Chamber of Peers are of no great importance. The Bill for repealing the infamous few of sacrilege has passed that Chamber. by tt majority of 98 to 5, The other Chamber had no sitting on Thursday, The Cons/fie/unmet contains a statement r especting the negotiations on the subject of Algiers, to which we Can n ot give credit. It tells us that the French Government has declared to ours, that " the con fittest of Algiers by a French army, was the result of a war legitimately undertaken by'- France; that no late, divine or human, was opposed to the reten tion of this conquest, if the King of the French thought it for the interests of his kingdom to keep Possession of it, and that he was- reedy 'to use the Pctwi , rs intrusted to him to maintain his rights, %Iseult! they be attacked or disregarded." hi is "Ili improbable that such menaces should have bten pro voked by the conduct of the Eng Hilt Government or tlnt such thodomontade should have been in. Bulged in by the sensible Sovereign of France.— frimec It is impossible for any one to look into, a news•;, paper published in any parr of the country without perceiving that the recent events in France havd, everywhere produced the strongest impression ot► the people, and given to them a confidence to which they Were berme a.stranger. This proves that the French really fought the battle of the people of every country. The higher ranks of this country have generally manifested great reluctance to meet the people since the French, Revolution. The people, however, have not lost any thing by ibe absence of the great front the meetings which have everywhere been held to give expression to their feelings on this great event. We regret our inabi lity to give insertion to a tithe of the reports of these meetings. The higher ranks of this country would do well to profit in time by the significant warnings which are given to them by almost every speaker. At the Leicester meeting on Monday last, at which . Mr. Paget, the popular conlidate for the county presided, one of the speakers, Mr. Brewin, observed: " het our aristocracy take warning from the instructive lessons which the history of France in every page holds up to them ; it is yet in their power, by. timely concession, to pr e serve their fortunes, their homes, and their tithes; and to gain, in addition to them, the affection and esteem of their countrymen ; but, if incapable of deriving instrue.. tion from the events which arc passing before them, they' obstinately shut their eyes to these signs of the times which are thickly gathering ,around them, and persist in exer ' cising an arbitrary poiver in their own right, instead of receiving it at the hands of the people, I venture to pre . duct, that ere many years shall pass, not a vestige of No.! hilisy will be left in England..--(Cries of the sooner it is done away with. the better!')--Do not 'mistake me. am not speaking (continued Mr: Brewin) of a thing to he accomplished by .active violence, but of that which must b e the inevitable result of circumstances. Let us not quarrel, abort namea. Titles and ribhands are the toys of children ; when -separateWfrom the power to injure, such puerilities may safely be left to those who can be amused by them. Do not think that anything will be lost to the popular cause by a peaceful line of conduct. However unprofitable saris a state of inaction may appear to sonic enthusiastic minds, it is assuredly the most effective, as well as safest." Another sreaker, the Rev. Charles Berry, after an elo quent tribute to .the French, who, he said, " merited the eternal gratitude of mankind," who " now stood in the front of the civilised world," awl " who in three days hid done more fur the cause of freedom than we had achieved since the time of Cesar and the Ratline," proceeded to say, " This is undoubtedly the, greatest blow that has been given, in our tints', to King-croft and Priest-craft; these two are generally combined ; and now, mark, gentlemen, what I am about to say : if I have well weighed any put of toy address, it is this—l will use no terms that I have not selected, and I declare that of King-craft and I'd at craft, the latter is noire mischievous than the former— (Cheers.)--I do believe that the • Priests—l mean not Catholic only, but Mao Protestant Priests; I mean not only the Priests of France, hut likewise of the town and county of •Leicester. I verily believe that they are the most inveterate and implacable foes that the liberties of mankind have to contend with.—(Cheers.)—Some horiourable exceptions, no doubt, there are; but as a body, they are the sworn apostlei of bigotry and ser vility and slander. What has occurred the last few weeks amongst us, justifies tne in thus speaking, awl no reform in England will ever be worth* consider ing, that does. not :clip the wings of these gentry,, and place them more in accordance with the spirit and light of the age; that does not render them the enlightened guides of the !lock, instead of what they too generally are—mean sycophants, odious tithe.huntets, ever active to keep the people in slavery and darkness,—(Cheere.)—l will venture to warn them, that if ever a Revolution should be effected in this country, their conduct will not be forgotten, they will drink deep of the cup of just Cetii. Imam,. It is a still more painful consideration that the spirit and conduct of the Clergy will produce among the rising generation a contempt for relieL n and its ministers, and render infidelity as fatally prevalent among us, as it is reported to lie in France.—(Cheers. )--I only add, that I rejoice in these events, nut only as great in thetn , selves, but because they are pregnant,with important and beneficial consequences to tuba tuitions; and think wheat • a glorious occurrence that must be, which not only bene fits the country in which it happens, but satellite its hal ing influence to surrounding nations which moves and agitates, not to injure, but to bless mankind. Depend upon it, there is not a despot upon tliesearth that dons not turn lisle when he reads the story of the late French Revolu tion ; lie involuntarily raises his hand, roil feels whether his Crown is upon his head, and if so, whether it site firmly; WO he will look round to see if he can, even by stealth, do something that may procure him a little poptt. lathy, and lighten the fetters of his eubjects or .rather his slaves._( Laughter and cheer's.).—Thin event has already shaken Belgium ; it will overthrow the miserable tyrants of the Peninsula ; it will regenerate Italy, Prussia, and Cerniany ; and even Turkey, Russia, and China will one day reap the advantage of it. Last; but not least, it will do more than any thing tint has ever occurred to bring about a reform in this country.—(Chere.)—Thank Pod, we have en intelligent people and u liberal-snindOd Hier. parch, and if the inhabitants of England have lint a per. tion of that union, and valour, and generosity, and dew), tion to the public good, which hag been so strikingly dis played in France, it will not be long before they have aca complished such! a reform In our - representation as shall render the horrors of a general convulsion unnecessary." „ Another speaker, Mr. \Vin. Biggs, reinarked, "It is the duty of fret:mon, of the lovers of liberty in every country, to manifest their approbation, anti to ex press it openly and fearlessly, whenever any men -or set of men albeit their liberties, and repel unjust aggression; no matter whether that aggression is on the part of our own rulers, or on the part of the French rolers, fres•dom of speech is the birthright of an Englishman, and liberty is the property of the human race.---(Cheers.) It is by public opinion alone, and by its expression from time to time by public meetings, and through the medium of the public press, that we eats oppose any barrier to the wretched supineueos of our House of Commons, or the tremendous and overwhelming influence of our corrupt nod vitiated aristocracy.—(Cheers.) If public opinion were not powerfolly expressed upon particular occasions,' and if the spirited and intelligent inhabitants of large towns, and l e adi ng c iti es in the Empire, did not stand forward to re siet oppression, and give a tone to public feeling, the liberty of the subject would be extinguished for ever.” • • N • " With every advantage , from Providence and nature, and eircumatauces—with industry unparalleled- r with capital the moat overwhelminp—with enterprise unri yallod....Mith machinery the most exquinite—witle poises siuna the moat unbounded—with, in fact, every mivans , tage„ we are still, take us altogether, inhabited must wretched and impoverished people that ever yet the globe; and why, gentlemen ? To what do we owe this? How is it that in the midst of plenty we are in want? That in the midst of wealth we are in the depths Of wretched and ptiverty 9 We owe this orange and anomalous perversion to a want of reform in Parliament: we owe it to the influence of the Boroughmongers—t o the wicked and unjust interference of the Aristoerecy. In fmt, we owe it ell to a want of the representation 'of the people ; we owe it to the corrupt exorcise of the elective fran chise.—(Cheere.)—We must have a reform; we must petitien fir it from day to day, And from year to year S length of time must Out tire us—disappointmeut must not tent us; we must persevere. We nee what O'Connell has effected in Ireland by en-operation and union. He was 'enabled to bring to. bear the whole public opi ohm of Ireland, and .vet when he began he had very little apparent chance of suttee** ; be wai almost Alone when he commenced hie he heme of the Catholic Association ; ho persevered, however, through evil report, and through geod report, until be possessed a moral influence the moat extensive in the world, and was enabled to overpower the bigotry and despotism of his Government by .the united voices of seven . millions of Trishmen.—((;beers,)--"Thie ;mot be a !melon to us. Never relax in your exertions, Gentlemen, whatever igno rance or aristocratic pride may pay or do, persevere; your ultimate. triumph is certain, The progress of liberty is as certain as the progress of knewledge. The Revoltition in France will forward it, and on your own exertions and principle must mainly depend the rest. Let neither borers, nor threats, nor intimidations, bribes or promises, induce you to desert the path of duty. Upon you depend the liberties of England. Tho aristocracy are your enemies, and the richer part of the middle armee are lukewarm and indifferent. Meet often—petition often..combine..—express your opinions publicly upon public measures, and let your voice be heard throughout the country. Ina few years yen w i ll be irresistible. Improve your opportunity, and that good Oud who presides over the destinies et his creatures, On, who wills that they should be - happy, will crown your exertions with ultimate succosa."-- 7 (Immense cheering.) The Chairman, Mr. Paget, wound up the pro ceedings by the following pithy observations: " Let us then, in c-mclusion, draw a moral inference from the events of this Revolution—in the spirit of the 4th Resolution, let us receive Frenchmen as brethren— let those jealousies which were preview!) , generated, never again take poiesession of our breasts; let it never again be said to us, that the French are our enernies—they are our hest friends—the benefits of free intercourse with that country are incalculable. - Let us, then, resist these iosi dious efforts, and let us impress upon our aristocracy the necessity of yielding to a growing spirit of improvement those measures of liberal policy and refirm, which it is no longer safe-for them to withhold.,--(Long and conti nues! cheering.) ~ • ' We have dwelt the more on this languale, be cause it is new to Englishmen, and because it seems to us indicative of a consciousness of strength in the people, which it will not be Safe to disregard. The truth is, the people, propetly so called, seem at present thoroughly in earnest in the cause of re form. The proud attitude in which the French now stand hits shamed them out of theirnpa!by. There is no narrow-minded jealousy, of the French, but a generous and adMil at km —a conviction Our the reputation of the country demands that the prOud example should not he lost to us. The ►t•art:- ing ought not to be neglected. The Aristocracy and the Church are boldly denounced everywhere as the enemies of the country. This expression of deeply felt conviction is not to bc! trifled with. The time for sneering or raillery is gone by. Der ing periods of indifference men may be laughed out of their feeble resolves ; but enthusia , m and re solution never yet were turned aside by such weapons. We have always said that the strongest argument against reform was the in difference of the people. That indifference has given place to a strong determination to strain every nerve to obtain reform. Since the close of the American war, there never was in. this'country so general a wish for Reform. We observe too that every speaker at public meetings contends for the. ballot as essential. Lady Morgan, in her new pub heation on France, instances the ballot as a proof that the English are behind the Freud' in political di , cernment. We protest that at all the meetings throughout the country, and we have been a dili gent peruser of them, the speakers of the middle class, without an exception, advocate ballot. At the Leicester 'sleeting, for instance, every speaker ap proved of it. In short, there cannot be a better test of the side espoused by the speaker, than the sentiments he expresses respecting ballot. Who ever disapproves of it is an enemy to Reform, no matter what his professions are, and this is the ge-; trend belief of the people. IVe do not believe that Mr. Brom/ham has made a single convert to his views. The present are certainly critical times. If they who are at the helm of affairs do not perceive this, and take their determination accordingly, they may have cause to repent it. If the people pro ceed as they have commenced, they must be irre sistible.--- 4forning Chronicle. The Journal which is said to have the peculiar patronage of his Grace the Dike of Wtllingtoa • Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, &c., I as put forth an article in which the writer pretty plainly recornaleads the a►.iolirinn of all titles of ho. flour; and says that our permUting such " profane': terms as " my Lord" and " your Grace" to be used, is a national disgrace, for permitting. which foreigners look upon us as " the basest" people Upon earth. That foreigners ever looked upon us as a base people, on t his or on any other account is, we huller°, a somewhat novel discovery ; and the imputation • we believe to be in itself as unfounded as it is base and, at the present moment, mischievous, Abstractedly considered, mere titles may be looked upon es " vain and empty things!' though, es murk.; leg the gradations in society, they are Hot without their use, and um% productive of no possible harm. To jaundiced minds every thing is dis gusting; and to those who would sow discontent moil; the people, no topic bus been at all times more in favour thet one likrly to work upon the lowest prejudices which 10%v minds fire capable of imbibieg. Of this'ileseription the topic in question has beep tat all times a favourite one. In our country the old Puritans, with as much ,worldly pride as any men, sought to level till distinctions; and the first French revolution Was marked by a vain sothstittition,Of the term "citizen" for the se vend designations of all previous ranks and de.; ;;roes. put what, we must ask, ever was or can be gained by such foolery us this ? or what is to be gained by assimilatieg men to a state of nature who are destined to live in a state of society ? It is ad mitting too much even to compare it. with a state of nature; for, among the most primitive of all the savage hordes which have yet been 'discovered, a &position to treat their chiefs as such, and to distinguish them by titles, hes been al. ways felted to prevail. In this country there is no such' servile adulation paid to rank es this writer would have the world believe; nor is genuine nobi-. lity,' generally speaking, over-covetous of the diit; tieetides which belong to it. Half the "My Lord.; inks" ,which we meet with in society origieate mho' is the servility.of the addressers than in the vanity or the addressed. But the tnisehievous motive of those who would, just at this moment, recommend it levelling of ranks und distinctions, cannot be mis understood. If it is a part of a system to draw off the attention of the. people from the substance to the shadow, we trust that it will fail. The over throw of rank could answer no purpose here; the overthrow of abuses would do a great deal; and we trust, therefore, that the people will be on their f guard, and not starer their .minds to he directed to notions, such us those we are adverting to, the adoption of which would be thrown in their teeth by the very same persons, to obstruct the substan tial reforms they ere entitled to look for and.demand. Murning Herald. NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 11.-- His Majesty's ship Galatea, 42, Captain Napier, C. 8., arrived yes. terday, in fourteen days. from Lisbon, to which place she had been despatched with instructions for t he British Consul to , demand the restoration of four English Fhips, improperly seized off Terceira, by the Portuguese $10;1(114/11. The schooner Sr. Helena was the first given up. She left' the Tagus for England three days before the Galatea. The vessels Velocity, Margaret, anti another, were then restored, and supplied with anchors, cables, and stores from the Lisbon arsenal. The crew of the Galatea rig ged and prepared them for sea. Some excuse was however made with respect to delivering up their papers; but it was nor of such a nature as to im press the Consul with the perstutsiou he could not, unassisted by the presence of the Galatea, overcome it. He consequently sent the Galatea home. The cargoes of the vessels, we learn, were un touched. The Captain commanding the squadron which detained them, has not only been dismissed from his ship and the service, but rendered incapable of .ierving again. There are still two corvettes cruising off Terceira. When the Grimes left the Tagus, two frigates, the Diana and Pearl, and two sloops of war, were there, ready for sea. Three line-of-battle ships are lying in a state of ordinary, but in the Most Miserable condition. By a letter' , from Lisbon, we learn, that had our Consul shown a little morebate been firersesstionred withou t hisdemaridas,n_ tahpespelicsao would htlpts, f ro m this count r y, We are told al s o that Portugal is in a wrefebed state—trade is at a stand, and the greatest distress consequently prevalent. The Priests people are in favour ' the police, and the lower class of o d f ier i s ky a t r t e A a l v ig e ti rs e e l, tboultatutthhiegirrt or d ers and the so'. sendsta n pay. yast 0 1% 4 1 t t e y l o t . they sa y , )o s e a n. a . y ee t y. , p e ot a r t y .s b t s c o i c iF a u tr o s h e n e e t , c l . l 9 b e u y u n t o t h r b y e " .0 h a n t t n i e le a r n e t c ic e i i p p a t t o es f —he4faeertewltircigh, induce s driven from `it. On , T a t n e d v i olution, all the guards I t t i r j l e d police s e t r h e ed o V u r b e i n e a d r ,l sevoyul persons were arrested; no :less then twelve were sent to prison the night before the Galatea came away, on NUS'. picion of harbouring revolutionary ideas. Ilis Ma jesty's ship Briton was expected,at Lisbon. The Pallas, 42, Captain Pim.hitt/nee, arrived OH Thursday last, from Halifax, to which place she proceeded from this port, to ennvey to England Lieut,-Cotouel and Mrs. Fox, the son.•in•law and daughter of his Majesty. The Pallas was 36 days on her outward voyage, and 17 on her homew.ird. She, left at Halifax, the Winchester, 52, Capta;n C. J. Austen, with the flag of Vice , Adiniral °l oop ; and the Rose, 18. The linter arrived at Halifax on the 231 of Attpust, from the St. L - reitee, in consequence - of the death of her 'Com , mender, Capt. J. G. Dewar, whose hotly she hail on board. The circumstancea coaneeted With this melancholy occurrence are as - Capt. Dewar went on shore with his First Lito tenant, Mr. Wakefield, a little after one t.'cloek, nn the Isth of August, to take a walk on the uninha bited island of St. Charles, one of the Esquimaux, near Mogan, on the Labrador coast. They had walked several miles, and rtturning to their boa-, when shout four o'clock, a n um b e r o f w ild d uc ks nppearingl6 the creek they were then passing, they tried to send a Newfoundland dog belonging to the Captain in after them; - but us the dog.did not see the *km, Captain D. waded in to induce them to follow, r questing Mr. W. to go lower down and prevent their escape in . that direction. In a little time the First Lieutenant saw that the water was much deeper titan they had anticipated, nod called to Captain a to take care of his watch, which he apparently attended to. Soon after this the First Lieutenant saw him swimming, and directly made for a ford, at some distance below, to wee! him on the other side. Almost immediately afterwards he heard the Captain call out some thing which be c ou ld not distinctly understand, and he hastened across the ford. The 'ground here was so rugged, that it was impossible for Mr. W. to keep his eye upon the Captain all the time in crossing, and although only half a minute had passed, when he again 1°04 ,1 for him, be had disappeared. No doubt from cramp—as the wind was northerly, and the thermometer 53 deg. at Ham He then hurried immediately to the pint of the creek nearest which he had last seen the Captain swimming, but perceiving no signs of him, lie ran for the gig's crew, who were about half a mile dis tant, and returning with them, with boat-hooks and a rope, ineffectually' endeavoured by these mewls to recover the body. The. creepers were afterwards obtained front the Rose, but not until after (1;13- break had the officers and men the mournful conso lation of finding it, which they did in about nine fret, water. It appeared that the deceased. had waded about a hundred yards, and swam nearly twenty, and that he was three-fourths of the distance across. The Rose immediately proceeded to Halifax. Admiral Count Heiden, with two Russian line of-battle ships, has this week passed up Channel, un his way to St. Petersburgh. The Russian naval force now left in the Mediterranean, under Admiral Ricord, consists of two sail of the line, two large frigates, and four sloops of war, which will remain till the Greek question ,is nearer a final settlement. llis Majesty's ship Curlew, 10, Commander Trotter, which sailed from Plymouth on the Bth ult. for the Cape of ()pod Hope, touched at Ma deira on the 10th—all well. The Wolf, 18, Commander liamley, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday, from this port, to be paid advanced wages, prior to' her departure for tin. East Indies. The Coltimbine, 18, Commander Gabriel, sailed on Tuesday for Halifax. . . • The Dryad, 42, Commodore J. Hayes, C.B.was paid in whence yesterday, and will proceed to the coast of Africa on Tuesday morning. She dropped down to St. Helens to-day. The Onyx, 10, Lieut. Dawson, has been' unauc ceasful in her endeavours to find what we have bo: fore stated was represented to have been seen and named tkinh's Rock. The Supposed danger, it is evident; has no existence. The Onyx will return to Spithead in about a fortnight. At Bpithead—Pallaa, Galatea. In the harbour, —Bt. Vincent, Royal G e o r ge, Well es ley, Ga nges , Rainbow, "Etna. The Wellesley, 74, will be paid off on Tuesdsy, and recommissioned, Passed by on Monday, the Sir Francis Burdett, Reid, from Rio, bound to Antwerp; arrived the Tuscan, Stayers,. for the South Seas; the Rumbler, Knight, for Cape of Good Hope; the Daedalus, Bennie, for Buy of Fundy, and tiailed the next day; and Donor, Dawkins, for Leghorn, and sailed on Wednesday. Sailed on Tuesday, the Fergusson, Young, for Madeira and Madras. Sailed on Thurs day, the Canning, Law, for St. Petersburgh.— Posed by the Sceptre, Mitchenson, and Paul Pry, Kettle, from St. Petersburgh, for Waterford. Passed by, on Saturday, the. Claudine, Heathorn, from Markus, sailed the 15th April, and Sr. Helena 19th July ; the Atalunte, 'late, in 68 days from Sierra Leone; the William and Alfred, Drystlall, in 57 days from Antigua, for London ; the his, Thorn, in 37 days from Tobago, for London; and the At tention, Harslop, from Malaga, for Hamburg.— Put back, the Anacreon, Smith, for Sierra Leone. The following Midshipmen passed their examination at the Royal' Naval College, for Lieutenants, last week :—Messrs. It. Aldrick, R. M. Robertson, T. C. Ross, J. B. Kinsmor ' A. Kennedy, T.R. IL Pearse, F.. H. Thompson, J. G. Moore, and the Hon, 8..0 Carey. The intention which his Majesty entertained of honouring this port with a ink, en the arrival of the Pallas, we are sorry to say,' has been relin gnished. His Majesty does not, we believe, now contemplate visiting Portsmouth at any earlyperiod. We give publicity to the following circular with much pleasure, though we would rather have pro molgeted a plan by which the extinction of slavery in our West Jodie Islands could be effected with jus tice to our planters, and without the chance of bloodshed : " TO THE MINDS 0? TUE ANTI-SLAVIMY CAUSE THROUGHOUT TUX UNITID KINGDOM. , g The meeting of Parliament is fixed for the 26th di), of October neir..lt is hoped, and most earnestly, that those who intend to unite in imploring the early and inter extinction of colonial s!avery, will transmit their petitions to both Houses of P.*rlianient by that day, or as soon after an possible._No needless delay should be allowed to prevent the fulfilment of this sacred duty.—By order of the Committee. "THOS. PRINGLE, See. “18, Alderman b ry, Sept. 3."—Humps. Telegraph DEVONPORT, SEPT. 11.--By a letter received here from : an ()nicer on board the Melville we learn that all was w e ll on board that s hi p , off M alta,i on the 26th of July last. It appears that site had lately been at Syracuse, and that while there some of the gentlemen of th e s hi p pa i d a visit by land to Catania, a fine city at the foot of Mount Etna, which they ascended, and were highly grat;fied by the sublime and beautiful scenery visible from its summit. The Melville was expected to sail in a few days for Corfu, in company with the Admiral, and the Revenge, it was believed, would follaw the Wellesley to England very shortly. His Majesty sloop Racehorse, 18, is ordered to be commissioned at this port. Mr. John Walters, of Plymton, is appointed Purser to the Wellesley, 74, re-commissioned at Portsmouth. The Dreadnought; 104, recently removed from Milford to be an hospital for destitute seamen in the River Thames, will, in addition, have masts and yards for the purpose of exercising boys, and train ing them up for the naval department. Ills Majesty's ship Madagitscir arrived at Genoa, from Malta, 14th August. Champion arrived at Newfoundland, from Halifax, 4th August. The steamer Echo arrived at flelvoit, from Sheerness, 31st August. The Blanche arrived ut Barbadoes, from Plymouth, 18th July. The Admiralty having ordered a yacht to be built on the plan of Captain Hayes, at Portsmouth, the one lately in use has been transferred as Com- Missioners' Yacht to this dock yard, The Inspecting Commanders of the Coast Guard Service in Ireland and Scotland, which services coil tinue under the Treasury, have received official na• lice, that all who' have served three years will be superseded on the sth April, IE I 3I, tlittl that the servire will, asi in Eng!mid, be triennial to the suc ceeding inspectors after that date. Lieutenant Sherer, late of the Nimble wheelie, in this West Indies, is promoted to the rank' of Comminaer. His 11ajesty's ketch Vigilant, 12, Lieutenant 11. Loney, arrived on Thursday last from is cruise. 'lire Cei es, Sryler to the 're litvern, 74, sailed on Tioustray, ltt%t for the Downs. In H:tmoaz.;—C..ledo , Li, Kent, Atindue, Wensle, Bramh!e, Anti.l,llke tender, liertoes stearmr, and le. thuvry naval transpott. Island---pritoteart and Vigilant. Sound— ‘Volf.--Devonport Telegraph, _ .4 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . 2 MANSION-MO . I'SI A young man was brought up charged with "" plekvd a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief, The prisoner ilid not deny that he haul .toles the handkerchief, but he submitted to the LORD MAYO* OW the zw.tletrian ought to have put his inollirr• chief properly into his packer, and not to hare left it avtti the loUg 'comer sticking out, to tempt poor devils who had niohire; to cat. The Lofty NTAyoR said, there certainly wag rea son in what the unfortunate prisoner sal& 'n o steeling of silk handkerchiefs alone sup Parted herds of p;ckpockets. The pri,ioner—Please your Lordship, I was wa n ' sai,lt° fleeing About without, any thin;; to eat, and I myself when I seed the liiindkeichiel; " there's a summit that'll lody,ing," The LORD MAYOR—Very well, olid I" were right ;it gut you a lodging,—(A laugh.) The prisoner—Why, m y -Lord, I was careless whether I • went to the wutchug " or t I Wei the handkrirehicf. The LORD MAVOR—I am afraid that 'you are sit ohl hand, tool Ido n 't - know what to do with You except send you for trial. The 'prisoner—Why, Ms , L'ard, you can do as you get you a (Mina or like; 1 won'rmake no rah premises. he LORD MAYOR—And I won't letyou break 5111 ' The inisona was then committed. The case of .SArt i r Alexander and whom hli e has supported some time, has wok, much interest: It was announced by Sir R. Bru Nil.: ill the ollice on Saturday, that a Nobleman, Ishofe name he was not at liberty to state, had sent Itrol pounds to ti ,, ist the poor girl. A ropecotbt tratiestnati had suit a letter, its which he 1' 441 b : would take the g irl i n t o hi s serv i ce as solo s h e- was at liln.rty to enter it. She appeared fit r ile on Saturday, and thanked Sir Richard for his kilulaess towards her. i I Leo fellows, named ennaleg awl 0111001'cl, in . the first sty:e of fashion, were charged with ass': t mg two respectable (clunks The v01)1.3011 " (whose names we from delica . c d tile° 6'14 y.. towel s ~00, her brother, bear from mentioning), on Friday evening, 4 ', ep i e bt i yui g rfoi l ti i t illigeg o h i dt c lec l: gf t ,er c i:s l i r mid , i ta: l ,lo s ki • it e :,:rn r , e i I.i i vi t itl r lil o elot3 c :i e ,,r‘ e .ter‘ d .rh i ce t e t e g lssi rin: t h o one s kt it y ' l idamr‘gtt‘ll. e s ii.; ii t eig l g i uo s it l vi4i t ie b rt ;;; otli dicgusting language, they assaulted them in No i". 6,,. cent manner, upon which they culled out for asi k li et t i ance, and the moment they did. so wer e 1 ' 9(4 10 down by the defendants. An officer, hearing be screams of the complainants, came tap and . to 4. ' I defendatits into custody. ~ i he c t fo h rti e l o ti:i t :l l t ' e o h l i i f ir e e e 'o r e i t i -th tit 'fri i i i t oc fi l t l a fCi e dr i se n ehi t se * O m. i w e 'le t i ; r 'i e t 'l l 'e f e in) ly: t° ; :‘ n :te' s t4 i hi l t i le' e te : gr:l6l4l:(ls:4lll;ll°6‘ the who p reyed assault. and r t e il c eo l gh l il e eed e : t ell' i ll ll fe l e : lni t :(l l l;l'n :: : " hs i l lit iAt t i I:l l l l ll ll l°lte d ityil: o : 4 l ' ti. c ael ; l r Y : i d k - 7 . tedlnl :::e:(:1gLiril l r:i l. 't:1;91 :: 16:1':ti l ie l l: : : L i lit NlE h e l I is really i tj fitto t t: O l e ' il a il ; i t ilii i: c i : s e. r i f .i , ii rl i i ir l i s t j ; o l . -: Wo s S ro l i r e r . u n i c.. , : i nti a t us &k the streets withou noyed and insulted by such things as the he ni , , y ought to e 'laity of 61, , ss itl On bearing this declaration the twn Kr. ° that the' would make arty apology to the Wile.' Mr. - list.r.s said, that; us they t'd aVsehl;l7 : llg e end g e r oa n cr il ' e t. l l :e i :a coAtnntdrelcht:dhleheluuplodektlent: i far ll , ll :iy a i :s t, e v r n e il c i' om an m d ir t t l e le d a f fil or m s l ix " tr:•9etekbseitlTtrlit'ertliguirireitselll jr‘ii trFe:iotti and 111 r. Dodd, the g.ioler, politely tslu il ". ir hem to a little oil) adjoiliiii the office, where olt smOking is not arlowiKl." g rs e B N r a r t u i t r ie l riy. t d. c . R h ic i 4, : i ob oet t i : ii s et ie , ,n i e r l ti r e o : t, e .p o ae c li t t : in e : e rc d i i'rt v i S G i r 0 1 i t a l ta a .l b s ' e t h° l e - i : Pil I : s i ll )1 11 e ) cte ; e n , a i l i s i eo iri i f'l l ee 4' l ' l , 1 1 , g 1 , 6 : i'll t i ttl ic t ll 'ti l ." 1 "4 )0 111 L: yil L ytinur A g(l : ,i t li ttilehia rr liev,o it ifiiiio . n s trit T l: lecincir.F:vn.r:Ti Great oft 0 William Shee n , who about 4 . 0 years 13,,.°1,, Cl'! • ifp:it t .i.inr,hh l_ oe.:.l l .ggi e ir:trvi 2 cti%(goivinei GI tftheromol I care irrneleop.:oisrf;il :is: : 1 ‘teylsbTa)sseei , iiii,rpe‘mttitve.o: l ,ert r ii,bria e ivere e ,:ei)srfulaie)t t et l ayrl o lo:lo: : ,:tainiim e i s tetoeo a dzfel i tsiu d ioakr,fir.t t ile : ii) ; eitiii o gt:it o tw: h, a oiteie n tiiirm. l : l o : l „ .e l ,:ll:o ; :: : :, u reee l :,: t en e ?leene 4 1 ,0 , 1 1 : :: : ~ liret. , he absconded with them, and has riot s'''',, wilir e 14 ". the robbery, in Waterloo Now I° l l4 l ere , ditnoetil Titieel Sh e en, oedvs:. 01 till uyladlllr,.b Friday. aeCatll°: procured, I e S t: her ' t g e (' u vt ih:c . r n :°: r ns(P r ibii , ettr r vil ItehYd;:ohvBe said a sa t e t lr:l.Piett::: P ima r: k‘erel'YeeLl'illit' i ;:l o lBil l i:l b li b; lodgings in F belonging t+► hi p ti Cullen' °r' sHI lower -court, ean-street, where longing to Sheen, to Stewart resitio"a' beet some boards were found which appeared to ha ° e vi. was e'wet. . lo l other t , part of the boxes. As it roeured, the Prisoners s' ol° r I 11 ANECDOTE OF fietTES.- - 0 0 0•— A s t lice and Ilaßxls, had 41. gourd vent at Co 011ov:el:wing to I v t v t i i it u itel le r i ßr n t g Ate'rj : 4 lu vn t ' it iaki tt l e it akott'ultit;i ng by. of the trltC°hetle37l:;:i4 Ifatc.ll! I'd a good mind t o double lu r k''' ' in my pocket. "- 4, Then," Mooredo ! bad Li c o !, '— u more in your pocket than your head, g B renard's Retrospection: of the Stage' B a Sir //r. IRTH S. On the 11th inst. in Park-at:scant, thejitif -f S" H. Richardson, of a daughter.' On the I 1 th inst. at Denmark-hill, 0 3, of a son. 01 10- ' f HeOr t a fi ntehilrOet.bt:he lady of t alley Pustm► s4l' a dau;liter. iv ti .i i a(l e ,lo ° t, l n l it _ y e ot r t h h c . xec e f l iel j o i h ,l l l anti:hit:.o:,itpail. 0;11.. k the ceremo n y , , char . r „, ~ttsrct's by the Hey. Dr, Beljaconi), Schwa'. o,olr, G L i ti o . r of Havre, to Francei Carolioe, only tlattet i r , r om ey, . 14 ge neyoell, of Chaucery4aoe, ' and °f the county of &Org. 11. Lister, I'.q. of SrarboYrPon'ttagnjhb47l.'4"intjll:gYl'l:rf I:" the 1 : 111 : 1 : tr o eue ° 11:1 On the 10th inst , at flohney, Jul y, ruing,' I,;iOt the late J. Calrow, IF.sq. d St. Ahoy-o,lllu' :,.sh: rldest daughter of the Ilte D. liaghiy, Sol . °' - On the I I th inst. at 111.:irpoDrtiltIace i I ,' 4g/r 111.6111:.1 ,: h Mr. it. cl,nie, in his 74th year. - „ 01 , of t' On the II th in.t.,Wiliisra A r thur. the ttlf`in' '. O. Whitmore, P.m. of Peckhainirovr. ,entygri‘o On the II th inst. at Oanahurgh-atrert, art,r, I. f Mr. G. Bruce, late of the Madras staidishoooo,oo, , On th e 10th inst. Itlr. W. 11. Wtats et I ' '. th Crutehed-friars. On the oth of June, at Ilia tie- hee;r°'.,:iirTino'll'l3'4ll:l;'. son of Mr. Harvey, of the gunporritrr.mili., heath, aged 36. a: Il i 1 1 1 ralatt.i je'icloitaelit:Aer,,S.:Ant.AittoeljtEil eint:;:si. t., c:',ohhot:o,te, ~,i,,,.. 0 0 a (e? MOO V.° PAISTID AND PUsliiiti) 111 V: 14 , 0 v0F . TUX Sus up Orricx, 112, Sis Ass,