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she r. th er el ß d i,7 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. barefaced was the attempt, that the millioniaire it become the rule that length of purse alone raise of Ferdinand.Forthe consequences,however, ptrofithaeesepdouaefaovfoDuroanblce Carlos, especially when con atrasted with that of her expiring rival. One cannot look COUNTRY CORN MARKETS was placed under a banner, inscribed " Baring should determine elections, professional skill of that struggle we must not take counsel from our .4s.DURING LAST WEEK. ___________........ without perceiving that she Dean& There are certain injudicious parasites of and Protection to Agriculture ;" though every and reputation would have no chance in any com-Wheat. i Barley. Oats. ____,..... now but covets a hopes. Were there no parties in question crown, while in the countenance of the Queen Government, who, from a foolish conceit of man i n t h e n a tion, out of North Essex, who petition. Two or three purse-proud tradesmen, Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s' j ..... the two aspirants to the Spanish crown, and their we read indifference to it. " Upon frequent other occasions, while in Madrid, 1 Carlisle 53 - 27 - 20 _ 40 their own ingenuity to persuade the public that knows anything of public men, knows that blind to all other merit than of possessing well- followers, the solution might not be so difficult ; Pe n Winchester tl th w - 54 - '26 - 19 -- 42 Hexham.. 49 53 25 29 19 22 , .1 had . roofsp of the anxiety of Don Carlos to recommend Niorpeth ---.... 49 53 24 26 18 21 3,, o s the Ex-Member for Callington, while re- lined bags, would soon play into the hands of himself to the people. The most marked of these was . s - 2..i 8n 27 . 6 --.. d. . 2 . (1 1 . :: : : d. 1.0 44 0 but the war of the Spanish succession in the " black is white," do no small disservice to their presenting . his . breeches pocket, had shown each other, and monopolize every office for their 19th century will differ in many grave particulars u pon the evening when the Queen gave birth to a princess; s 5O- .d. 5 55 .1 2 patrons, by reviving the recollection of acts which himself the bitterest foe of the .. landed_ in- . connections. No man - who has - honourable in- 22 24 4v 4 , from that at the commencement of the 18th In not an hour after this was known, the Infante drove it would be better for the purity of their fame terest in the unreformed House of Commons ! tendons ought to support a rule which can hare were buried in oblivion. Such flatterers would the latter case, it was a war of interests merely through the streets and along the Prado in an open car- g n a vi rv i rj g h e en....- g 2 ( 7 ; s s 2 ( 9 ) 1 b 4 1 8 ( 5 ) g 6g The clergy, who constituted three-fourths of the been introduced with no other object than that liage along with his three sons, who, by the repeal of the Newcastle (Staff.) 8089,46 4 0:3 0 . 3 0 5 0 5 0 0 do well to recollect the wholesome advice which between two foreign families and their respective Don Quixotte gave to Sancho Panza, touching company, exclusive of the clod-hop era and of o enir a door to corru t 'obbing There • P , , P g P 3 n . salic law, were that day cut out of their inheritance."- . .mes. Norttiallerton -.... 7 0 93 1 3 6 4 6 3 3 4 0 5 ,6, 6 5t0ne...........-.......... 8 0 8 6 4 0 4 8 3 0 3 4 6 ',', 06 haw-bacons took, as was to be expected, the is a great deal too much of this in most of the Swansea ...................... 6 8 7 0 3 6 3 9 1 9 2 2 0 . 6 0 the consequences of stirring certain matters cagainst the House of Bourbon-while the war _____ Warwick 9 0 11 0, 3 0 4 6 2 0 3 3 5 6 ' furtheringthe humbug. - most prominent part in . which no stirring could improve. One of thesenow anticipated, though directly between two NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 1 8 a Dr. Walton, Rector of Birdbrook, began by other large towns • for we are sorry to say the - Barnardcastle.-.... ,I 2 0 16 6, 8 0 8 6 5 0 60 10 80 _______......_ parasites, in an evening Treasury Paper, has just ~ members of the same Spanish family, will in its ingreat simplicity, that disposition to influence alone to expressing his sorrow, . . give PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 5.-Intelligence is received Richmondmoney, ...... , i 1 1 1 1 ( . !i 1 1 t 5 , 3) t e i 1, 0 5 0 6 4 0 9 6 0 5 0 5 4 7 ...„--- his order was unpopular, in spite of ail the but too characteristic of the middle classes of this by the Sesostris of a very dashing and successful least defensible of Earl Grey's appointments, passions, affecting every Government and people WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Oet. 4. , He was followed The late medical efforts that it made to please. , country. officers do not object 0 attack in the Straits of Malacca, by the boats of his Wheat, Red, to n rfo a l i k o ai c l a d in Suffolk...-s. 4fis. to 545. fine ';;--. and which excited equal astonishment and dis-in Christendom. An evening paper connects -s. 465. to 525. fine , 44 , by Mr. Cox, Rector of Oten Belchamp, and to any which tends toprevent their Majesty's ship Harrier, Commander Spencer Vas- -- Yorkshire -s. 445. to 535. fine satisfaction (we might use a stronger term) when , regulation the retreat of Bourinont and his French Miguel brother-in-law of the Bishop of London. This influence in the election of their successors. The sail, on a strong nest of Malay pirateg, which has White -s. lied -s. .50s. to 675. fine 6 ', it was first announced. The ISeasury writer ices from Portugal with the immediate prospect -s. -s. co-a. fine , ' .1. Reverend Divine took the bull by the horns at ruleproposed b • the Committee against can- been completely routed, their settlement and village says, " Much unreasonable obloquy has been , . , 3 0 of Ferdinand's decease ; but that is a minor Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk once, and, i'n a most Christian spirit, declared vassing before a recency is declared, is not onl • destroyed, with all their pirate vessels. Commander 295. to 325. fineK heaped on Lord Grey for having recommended b - to in rl c ( o s l h nshi old that he did not wish to associate with those who unobjectionable but useful The onl law b Spencer Vassal, on his return his brother to be appointed to the vacant stall at J • • Y Ferdinand, and the account of parties in the urn to Singapore, re- _ Foreign did not subscribe to the creed of Conservatism . which the late medical officers as a body object ceived an extremely handsome letter from the Go- Beans, 0 , 1) ,T T ,,, 37s to 395. fine. , , , ' Westminster." Well, how does he undertake Spanish Court, from recent travels in Spain, by 'ss. to 38s. fine 4 ' B y a The Rev. Lewis Way, Rector of Great Yeld- to, is that which allows of votes being made vernment there, specifying the great benefit that Oats, Potato l9s. to 225. enema to remove the "unreasonable obloquy ?" Mr. Inglis, entitled " Spain in 1830:"- , - Poland -s. 18s. to 21s. „ 4 ham, expressed a hope that all (1 . . q y difference of subse nand to the declaration of a vacanc must accrue, for some time ,_ 'me at least from hiss i i defence consisting of a fiction, three vicious pre- Y , " Ferdinand VII., King of Spain, is like a lusty ,p r teu _ Friezland and Small -s. 17s to 9.05. fine , ''' b and gallant conduct. - bleating od. to 114 d. per Stoll: with the Conservatives might soon be and which consequently makes the medical opinion cedents, and an appeal to public compassion. o '3s. to 265. Od. per Lo 3 d , done away with, and the interests of agriculture offices The fiction is contained in the following sari- 1 : t' f • ' 'lsis, advanced. Mr. Baring at last removed alto y - rule ever man of correct fee.ing ought to arra • , extent u_ corpulency; his countenance is fat and heav, ship dated Ascension, August 18,1833. The Rapeseed fence :-" The fact is, that the bishopric of - b ' but good natured, hauteur, still less of flag of Rear-Admiral Warren washoisted on with nothing of • l - thin veil that had been artfully spread himself. It can have but one effect. What gether the .SCOTCH MARKETS. Hereford is a poor one, and has many and heavy l • • b ferocity, in it ;it betrays, in fact, a total want of character the Badger, and that ship, with the Charybdis, .A over the motives of the meeting, and declared surprises us is, that such a law should e pro- o f to o expenses attached to it. The bishopric of any kind. The Queen is a remarkably pleasing, and, were the only men-of-war left at the Cape. The not descending to particulars) posed in the face of the public. The medical indeed, a remarkably pretty woman, and the charm of Hereford used to be estimated at some 7,000/. (verY wiselYlatter was to sail for England on the arrival of the Aberdeen 48 54 .3 .5 16 .0 24 to "that the general line, and course, and temper men justly think that no exigency could render affability which is universally granted to her by those Pelorus from Ceylon, and she was expected to be 24 26 / or 8,0001. a ear;y but supposing it onlyo ße lc i l v s l t e r k eam - g 4 37 . 1 1 7 8 ri 13 1: 5 1 g of the of the day were founded in the sale of medical offices excusable ; but . there r.ite =a . oot!: like twenty- at the Cape in a fortnight. The Pelorus would then a upar ................ 48 56 26 31 IS 22 '.2 6 2 -:-.• "/ 5,000/., it curely is quite as much as any Bishop cons icuously in her cou she I it is not now even the excuse ofpoverty with the • 13 error. It is a lamentable fact, that whether receive Cole the Admiral's flag. Major-General Sir Duodee--..... 50 60 30 33 20 25 30 31 --' / ought to have, and, perhaps, more thaneight years of age, but I believe she is some years younger. . Elgin ........-..... 40 50 24 26 16 20 23 30 .... / is Carlism, Absolutism, Miguelism, or Con- Committee, for the Institution never was so The King took litee notice of the people who stood by, Lowry was coming .35 home in the Belle Alb- Inverness_... 5. v, .. , 6 19 20 M 27 46 , he would be fairly entitled to, if the wealth ofKelso flourishing from its foundation, as it was at the and who acknowledged the Royalpresence, but the Queen servatism, the clergy are always found acting in . ance, merchantman, then lying at the Cape when Kirkaldy 48 37 61 .3 20 13 If l i 1 9 5 .V.; i... 3. ' 4 the Church were so distributed as to pay anthe Isis left. Lieut. R. Warren, the Flag Lieute- Perth ...........- 50 56 23 26 20 22 22 2,5 - ado closely connectedgangs to support it The er ' time when this objectionable law was re- bestowed upon them her usual smiles and couretsies. She ir? The size of the measure varies throughout the este% quate remuneration to the working clergy. • ) was then an object of much interest with the public, for nant, was appointed by the Admiral to the command arsons in Essex, like the priests in Portugal, are established. In fact, we understand that last We may gather from this fiction what notion P she was expected shortly to give birth to an heir to the of the Trinculo until Commander Booth had re- We largehaid:DalNßUßGH Cil f 2l . l % t he MAß n llk: c l o • -Oct.-2. nd the making a last struggle to support abuses ; but year more than one-fourth of the income Spanish supply the Whigs have of Church reform as long as nish throne; and to this event most thinking persons joined her, and Lieut. Puget was acting flag during sales were heavy; ade; and B 1: were at sho t r ° t - , th ar Y id triSl‘' happily it will be impotent as it is un rin- was invested to increase the funded pro- l ooked forward, as one that mustproduceimportant - the absence of Lieut. Warren. The Isis was very sale. they can keep the Church patronage in their own as P Wheat. 1 Barley. I Oats. Pease. 1 Bel cipled and despicable.-Morning Chronicle. perty of the Institution, and that after defraying fluence upon the future condition of Spain. His Majesty I healthy. First 64s Od 35s 6d 23s 4d -s Od •-•., M 11 on tic Ne-,w frar the vrecedents. Here they Second sBs Od 32s Od 20s Oil sOd -- 5 A i . ' ii 11 stepped into the carriage first, leaving the Queen to the nor MEN OF WAR FON OREIGN STATIONS. '1 , 1,;., Art. NI 00. na 13 , 1 a nit :2. ill -Iv' There are certain injudicious parasites of Government, who, from a foolish conceit of their own ingenuity to persuade the public that " black is white," do no small disservice to their patrons, by reviving the recollection of acts which it would be better for the purity of their fame were buried in oblivion. Such flatterers would do well to recollect the wholesome advice which Don Quixotte gave to Sancho Panza, touching the consequences of stirring certain matters which no stirring could improve. One of these parasites, in an evening Treasury Paper, has just now revived the unpleasant subject of one of the least defensible of Earl Grey's appointments, and which excited equal astonishment and dis satisfaction (we might use a stronger term) when it was first announced. The Treasury writer says, " Much unreasonable obloquy has been heaped on Lord Grey for having recommended his brother to be appointed to the vacant stall at Westminster." Well, how does he undertake to remove the "unreasonable obloquy ?" By a defence consisting of a fiction, three vicious pre cedents, and an appeal to public compassion. The fiction is contained in the following sen tence :—" The fact is, that the bishopric of Hereford is a poor one, and has many and heavy expenses attached to it." The bishopric of Hereford used to be estimated at some 7,0001. or 8,0001. a year ; but supposing it only 5,0001., it surely is quite as much as any Bishop ought to have, and, perhaps, more than he would be fairly entitled to, if the wealth of the Church were so distributed as to pay an adequate remuneration to the working clergy. We may gather from this fiction what notion the Whigs have of Church reform as long as they can keep the Church patronage in their own hands. Now for the precedents. Here they are :—" The late Bishop of Hereford, Dr. Huntingford, a man of frugal and u nostentatious habits, used to say that he could not live at Hereford without the wardenship of Winchester, or at Winchester without the bishopric of Hereford ; his predecessor, Dr. Luxmore, as Bishop of Hereford, held the rectory of St. An drew's, Holborn, in comnzendam with his bishop ric, and his predecessor again, Dr. Cornwall, was Bishop of Hereford, and Canon of Wind sor." We suspect many more precedents of the same sort might be adduced, but what do they prove ? The long continuance of abuses which the Whigs had undertaken to reform, and which they now plead in justificatirm of fresh abuses of Church patronage by themselves. If a prelate, from a love of hoarding other treasures than those which are laid up in Heaven, or from luxury and extravagance of living, cannot be content with the revenues of the see of Here ford, he is surely no very faithful follower of the example of our Saviour and his disciples. One of the crying sins of the Church system is that of pluralities. A great outcry was raised, and most justly raised, in which the Whigs vehe mently joined against that arrangement by which the Duke of Wellington was about to give a considerable rectory to Bishop Phillpotts, in commendam with the see of Exeter. Now, the Whig party draw into precedent the bad example of Dr. Luxmore, holding the benefice of St. Andrew's, Holborn, in com mendanz with the see of Hereford ! No one can accuse Bishop Burnet of a want of steady attachment to the interests of the church. The author of his life tells us that—" In his charges to the clergy, he exclaimed against pluralities as a sacrilegious robbery of the revenues of the church. In his first visitation at Salisbury, he urged the authority of St. Bernard, who, being consulted by one of his followers whether he might not accept two benefices, replied, And how will you be able to serve them both ?' I intend,' answered the priest, to officiate in one of them by deputy.' Will your deputy be damned for you too (cried the saint) ? Be lieve me, you may serve your cure by proxy, but you must be damned in person.' The system which St. Bernard thus strongly and somewhat humourously reprobated, is the sys tem from which the parasite of the Treasury draws his precedents to justify the dispensation of church patronage by Lord Grey. If the stall in Westminster have duties attached to it, the case of Dr. Grey is as bad as that of Dr. Luxmore. If it be a sinecure, the reform Premier ought to haie abolished it, or trans ferred its income to sonic really poor living, or, at least, given it to some clergyman of dis tinguished ability or virtue, who had no other preferment in the church. As to the last point —the appeal to public compassion or charity — let us see how it bears on the question : " It may be added that the present Bishop, Dr. Grey, has a family of twelve children." We wonder the Maltliusian who wrote this did not feel the hair of his head stand on end at the idea of a man incurring the guilty" paternity of twelve children without the means of sup porting them. In the labourer it is accounted a crime, by the disciples of Malthus, that he should have one child more than he can sup port without an appeal to public charity. He is told it is a dishonest thing of him to burden the parish with children for whose maintenance he cannot fully provide. Readers of the ex tracts of the Poor Law Commission and of Miss Martineau's Maithusian romances, are ye not astonished at hearing a disciple of the great hater of little children appeal to the compas sionate feelings of the public on behalf of the numerous progeny of a Bishop, which the ample domains of Hereford cannot maintain without the additional support and nurture of one of the rich stalls of Westminster ? There is no doubt that the grasping spirit of nepotism which Earl Grey has displayed ever since he came into office has great influence in breaking down the moral authority of his Government. He has just given a fresh instance of it in appointing another near relative to the sinecure office of Comptroller of the Household, or head butler, or something of that sort, under the Marquis Wellesley in Ireland, with a salary of 2,000/. a year. Such things may also be defended by precedents, but snch precedents cannot be quoted with either honesty or grace by a purity of principle Administration.—Mornin a Herald. Mr. Alexander Baring, who, after losing his rotten boroughs, miraculously found a seat in North Essex (the only district in the kingdom where his pretensions would not have been in dignantly scouted), is endeavouring, b y t h e a id of the c l er gy, to identify agriculture and n . ) conser- He ded last k a meetin conser vatism. signaled " Theatten fruckfordwee Agricultural g, and pro ceedings began Conservative Club." very innocently with The s ; hut the bestowing matches bestowing rewards on farmers servant real and serious business of th e day took lace p after dinner, when it was found q uite impossible (in vino veritas) to disguise the objects of the parties to this most impudent imposition on the understandings of the rustic constituency. So The Lord Chancellor's declaration at the meeting at York will, we trust produce a salu tary impression throughout the country : " He should say that he wished for no marble— that he wished for no brass—that he wanted no inscription ; but that they would best testify their affection for his name and exalt his memory who amongst them did the most to imitate his acts, and who effected the most good for their fellow-crea tures in proportion to the means allowed. * * Now, if he (Lord Brougham) were asked what sort of an institution he should recommend, he would only say there were numerous classes of persons to whom some foundation would be a blessing.. There had been for many years at Liverpool an institution for persons who from their birth had been afflicted with blindness, which had been extensively useful in its results, though wholly insufficient for the wants of so po pulous a district. In Yorkshire there had never been such an institution, though in no county was it more wanted. But he confessed that his own views went beyond such a limited institution, and he was not without sanguine hopes that a fund might be collected in Yorkshire, where had begun, and been carried on, and brought to a successful issue, the abolition of the African slave trade, and where also had originated that spirit which had at length forced on measures for the extirpation of negro slavery,—not assuredly until the eleventh hour, and when it could no longer be delayed even for a mo ment,—a fund which would enable Yorkshire also to effect the good work, not of extirpating slavery, —for, thank God, we knew it not in this country, —but of extirpating ignorance, which unhappily we did know to a horrible extent, and the bitter fruits of which we were tasting, and should continue to taste.—(Applause.) And then he trusted, when ig norance was conquered, the execrable but legitimate offspring of ignorance would also be triumphed over, —he meant discord, intolerance, and vice. —(Loud cheers.) If we were told that Parliament had the power to attain this noble end, he must say that his hopes in such a quarter were not very strong—(and he averred he spoke with all reverence and affection for that body)—when he found 't he supplies for educating the people were voted at so late a period, and to so limited an extent—late, because 15 years had elapsed since the publication of the report which recommended a grant—and limited, since that grant was bestowed, to the amount only of 20,0001., at a time when 20,000,0001. were given—justly he did not deny—fitly he would sly nothing about— with his full concurrence, certainly—his full approbation —as a compensation for the abolition of negro slavery. He thought that the efforts of the people were still wanting for the purpose of promoting edu cation, and that Parliament would render no sub stantial assistance until they themselves took the matter into hand with energy and spirit, and the determination to do something." The Lord Chancellor has the merit of having set on foot an inquiry which had for object to rescue the immense sums bequeathed for pur poses of education to its legitimate purpose. There are in England enormous funds appli cable to purposes of education ; and we trust that the day is not distant when this most im portant subject will be taken up in a suitable manner. It has been too much and too long the fashion in England to consider the lower orders merely in the light of instruments of pro duction. The Legislature have thought of them only in connection with restrictions and penal laws ; never with a view to their improvement, or the means of enlarging their circle of enjoyment. The Committee of last session on the subject of public walks, with a view to the healthful amusement of the people, is quite a new feature in our Legislature. Let us hope that the strictures of the Lord Chancellor will shame the higher classes out of their culpable indifference to the moral improvement of the people. The greatest of all tyrants is ignorance. England is the only coun try calling itself Protestant in which the educa• Lion of the people has been utterly neglected. In fact, the schoolmaster is of far more impor tance with reference to the moral and religious condition of the people than the clergyman, because the conduct of the man must always be greatly dependent on the pains taken on his culture in youth. If the schoolmaster has done his part, the part of the clergyman is easy ; but if the schoolmaster have not done his part, the clergyman's labour is thrown away. In fact, we have been assured by clergymen resident in dark districts of England, that the ignorance of the people rendered it impossible to convey any religious notions whatever to them. But the clergy have been objects of the attention of the Legislature, because good livings are desirable ; while the gentry could derive no benefit from appointments to schools.—Morning Chronicle. We alluded some time ago to the dispute between the medical officers and the committee of the Aldersgate Dispensary, which appeared to us to offer another disgusting instance of the disposition to job, which prevails so extensively with our parish juntas. This disposition ought to be animadverted on with severity, by all who have any influence on public opinion. From the flourishing state of the finances of the Dis pensary, it is impossible to assign any other e s u a ü b s s e c r l i o b r e rs alteringto vote the law at el so ee ti o n a s s , t t h o a n allow i r s e h c e t n o t open a door to corruption. We trust that, at all events, no medical men of any themselves respectability a will so far forget what is due to to make themselves accessory to a scheme, which would would effectually degrade their body. Were i year more than one-fourth of the income was invested to increase the funded pro perty of the Institution, and that after defraying all unnecessary as well as necessary expense. We trust that the interposition of the public will not have been without its effect. Light is the best corrective of attempts to job. A public charitable institution must be managed in ac cordance with public opinion. We are sure that there is too much good feeling in the public to sanction an attempt to consecrate a principle which tends avowedly to generate cor rupt practices. The Committee would do well to repeal the objectionable law, and to recall their late medical officers, who could have no other object in view than to preserve the respec tability of the institution. The poor must not he considered as at the disposal of whoever is able to purchase the power of mangling them. We trust that not only will this objectionable rule be rescinded, but that the stand which has been made by the medical officers will act beneficially on other institutions.—Morning Chronicle. The long-predicted death of Ferdinand VII„ King of Spain, has been at length announced by the telegraph from Bayonne as having taken place on Sunday the 29th ult. From the demise of this Prince it has long been feared that a civil war would become inevitable between the " Ferdinand VII., King of Spain, is like a lusty country gentleman, not the meagre figure be appears in Madame Tassaud's exhibition ; he is large, almost to the extent of corpulency; his countenance is fat and heavy, but good natured, with nothing of hauteur, still less of ferocity, i❑ it ; it betrays, in fact, a total want of character of any kind. The Queen is a remarkably pleasing, and, indeed, a remarkably pretty woman, and the charm of affability which is universally granted to her by those who have had the honour to approach her person, shines conspicuously in her countenance ; she looks like twenty eight years of age, but I believe she is some years younger. The King took litee notice of the people who stood by, and who acknowledged the Royal presence, but the Queen bestowed upon them her usual smiles and couretsies. She was then a❑ object of much interest with the public, for she was expected shortly to give birth to an heir to the Spanish throne ; and to this event most thinking persons looked forward, as one that must produce an important in fluence upon the future condition of Spain. His Majesty stepped into the carriage first, leaving the Queen to the gallantry of an old General, who was their only attendant —perhaps this is Spanish court etiquette ; but that I may not be the means of fixing upon his Majesty the character of an ungallant Monarch, I must relate a circumstance that will certainly make amends for this seemingly ungra cious act. two parties into which the Spanish nation is supposed to be divided. During the greater portion of Ferdinand's reign the absolutist, or, what is synonymous with it, the church faction, was engaged in frequent attempts to harden and exasperate the spirit of the existing administra tion against the friends of lawful and constitu tional government, and to crush by dint of uni versal terror every principle and material of future resistance to the real supremacy of the priest hood, to be exercised through the forms of a temporal monarchy. Ferdinand had no scruple of conscience or honour about making the people slaves, but he dreaded the failure of a system so violent and revolting as that to which the monkish faction would have urged him ; and even from its success he shrunk with dismay, lest the lion's share of the despotism, when accomplished, might fall to his ecclesiastical allies. Cowardice and cunning, both in the extreme, were the keys to his entire adminis tration. His reign was a shuffle from begin ning to end. As compared with the church and with his brother Carlos, its superstitious and sanguinary, but unflinching champion, Fer dinand affected a sort of milieu policy, with a little more tendency to the tyrannical or the forbearing as the influence of the arbitrary Courts of Europe or of Great Britain might preponderate. The war in Portugal , had it been merely a contest, however unnatural, between two brothers for a neighbouring crown, might have been looked upon by Ferdinand, not only with indifference, but with complacency, because it would help to distract and enfeeble a king dom over which the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon has at no time ceased to indulge the ambition of reigning. But the Portuguese war embraced more extensive and alarming objects. Its results were to be constitutional or arbitrary government in Por tugal, and its sympathies, which pervaded the whole of Europe, acted upon Spain with a more immediate and trying pressure. From the outset of that struggle the dearest object of the Spanish Court, and at one moment there is reason to believe its actual determination, was to interfere by force of arms and establish Miguel and the reign of murder in Portugal : but England threatened force for force, and, as usual, Ferdi nand and his ignoble Ministers yielded, con fining their unlawful support of Miguel to money and other fraudulent appliances. In the mean time, one strong measure resorted to by Ferdi nand drew a more definite and lasting line of separation between the Spanish partisans of Carlos and the church and their opponents. By a formal act of state, that is, by the repeal of the Salie law, he opened the succession to his daugh ter, and excluded Carlos not only from the throne, but from all share in the Regency. This has been, in fact, a declaration of war against the principle of despotism throughout the Peninsula, inasmuch as it seems obvious that after the death of Ferdinand there is no power capable of resist ing the Carlist faction but a close and hearty union of Spaniards of all other denominations. Ofthese the ablest minds are to be found among the advocates of a free and representative Go vernment, and into their arms we apprehend the Regent must throw herself, if she entertains any rational hope of insuring her daughter's succession. The army are said to be friends to constitutional freedom—if so, an important, though not infallible, auxiliary is added to the young Queen's cause ; but, on the other hand, the accessible wealth of Spain is for the most part at the disposal of the clergy. We are aware of the danger of pronouncing upon the advent of political contingencies, and there e xists, perhaps, no more uncertain element of calcula tion than the national character of Spain, a s an index to the part which that wayward and ec centric people might be inclined to take under emergencieswhich would ena bl e us t o p re dicate securely the conduct of other nations. So far as appearances go, a civil war, a t no dist a nt date, may be looked for as the natural result of the de " I happened to be walking one day in the Calle de Al cala, when the royal carriage drove up to the door of the Cabinet of Natural History, and being close by, I stopped to see the King and Queen. The King stepped from the carriage first, he then lifted from the carriage a very large poodle dog, and then the Queen followed, whom, contrary no doubt to royal etiquette, his Majesty did not hand, but lifted and placed on the pavement, and then turning to the crowd who surrounded the carriage, he said to them 'Pesa memos el matriomoni,' which means matrimony is a lighter burden than the dog,—a very tole rable jeu d'esprit to have come how Ferdinand VII. "It is a general belief in England that the King of Spain seldom trusts himself out of his palace, at all events not without a formidable guard; but this idea is quite erroneous,—no Monarch in Europe is oftener seen without guards than the King of Spain. I could give numerous instances of this which have fallen under my own obser vation, but I shall content myself with one :—A few days before leaving Madrid, while walking in the Reim about six in the evening, in one of the most private walks I observed a lusty gentleman in blue coat and drab trousers, with one companion, about 20 paces in advance, and as my pace was quicker than theirs I caught a side look of the lusty gentleman's face—it was the King, accompanied by a new valet, who had just succeeded Meris, who di, d a week or two before of apoplexy. I had frequently seen the King without guards, but never before at so great a distance from attendants, or in so retired a place; and that I might be quite certain that this was indeed the re doubtable Ferdinand, I followed in place of passing. He walked the whole length of the Retiro, parts of which are more tha❑ a mile from any guard or gate ; the garden is open to everybody ; some of the walks are extremely se cluded ; so that he was the whole of the time entirely in the power of any individual who might have harboured a design against him ; and all this struck me the more for cibly, since upon that very day it had been announced for the first time in the Gaceta de Madrid, that the refugees bad passed the frontier; and in the same paper the ordi nance had appeared for closing the universities. The King walked like a man who had nothing to fear, and never once looked behind him, though his companion occa sionally did. Before walking the circuit of the Retiro, he reached the frequented walks, which were then crowded, and where he was of course recognised, and received as usual. This exposure of himself seemed to me extraordinary, and scarcely to be accounted for; the best of Kings have occasionally suffered by their temerity, and surely Ferdinand can have no right to suppose himself without an enemy ; his conduct showed either a very good or a very hardened conscience. " But, in truth, the King has not many enemies ; many despise him, but few would injure him. I have heard men of all parties—the warmest Carlists, the most decided Liberals—speak of him without reserve; and all speak of loim as a man whose greatest fault is a want of character—as a man not naturally bad—good tempered, and who might do better were he better advised. An honest adviser, a lover of his Monarch, and a lover of his country, Ferdinand has never had the good fortune to pos sess; but counselled always by men who desire only to en rich themselves and to maintain their power, be is con stantly led to commit acts both of injustice and despotism, which have earned for him the character of tyrant. A despicable King might often make a respectable private gentleman. That capital failing in the character of au absolute King, which may be called want of character— leading him to listen to every tale that is told—is the fruitful source of injustice in every department of the Spanish Government. And the same fault that in a King leads to the advancement of knaves and the neglect of de serving men—to the robbery of the nation and the ill serving of the state, would in a private sphere only lead to the dismissal of a footman or the change of a fruiterer. I am acquainted with a Colonel in the Spanish service, who, after serving his country 15 years, and receiving I'7 wounds, was rewarded with the government of an important fortress ; two months after being appointed to this employment he lost it, and a distant connexion of the mistress of one of the ministers was put in his place. The colonel demanded and obtained an audience of the King ; showed his wounds, and asked what crime he had committed ; the King said he must inquire of Salmon, who had told something to his disadvantage, and this was all the satisfaction he ever ob tained. This man, a brave officer, and a loyal subject, was converted into a disaffected person ; and yet even he, although the❑ leagued with the Carlists, spoke of the King as a man who would act better if he were better advised : ' Leave him,' said he, the name of King ; let him per ceive no difference in the externals of royalty; leave him his secretaries and valets ; give him his segar, and let him have his wife's apartments at hand, and he would consent to any change that might be proposed to him by an honest and able minister.' A bad education has produced its worst effects upon a naturally irresolute and rather weak mind. Ferdinand was badly brought up by his mother ; at an early age he was shamefully kidnapped by Napoleon, and long kept a prisoner, where he could learn nothing of the art of good government. He afterwards fell into the hands of a bigot, his late wife, and constantly assured by those around him of the precariousness of his throne, with the Liberals on one side, and the Apostolicals on the other, he has felt the impossibility of acting for himself, and has confided all to those who have undertaken to keep the state vessel afloat." PORTSMOUTH, OCT. s.—lntelligence is received by the Sesostris of a very dashing and successful attack in the Straits of Malacca, by the boats of his Majesty's ship Harrier, Commander Spencer Vas sail, on a strong nest of Malay pirates, which has been completely routed, their settlement and village destroyed, with all their pirate vessels. Commander Spencer Vassal, on his return to Singapore, re ceived an extremely handsome letter from the Go vernment there, specifying the great benefit that must accrue, for some time at least, from his spirited and gallant conduct. Letters have been received from his Majesty's ship Isis, dated Ascension, August 18,1833. The flag of Rear-Admiral Warren was hoisted on board the Badger, and that ship, with the Charybdis, were the only men-of-war left at the Cape. The latter was to sail for England on the arrival of the Pelorus from Ceylon, and she was expected to be at the Cape in a fortnight. The Pelorus would then receive the Admiral's flag. Major-General Sir Lowry Cole was coming home in the Belle Alli ance, merchantman, then lying at the Cape when the Isis left. Lieut. R. Warren, the Flag Lieute nant, was appointed by the Admiral to the command of the Trinculo until Commander Booth had re joined her, and Lieut. Puget was acting flag during the absence of Lieut. Warren. The Isis was very healthy. BRITISH MEN OF WAR ON FOREIGN STATIONS. —The Algerine, 10, Corn. De Roos, arrived at Rio on the 23d of August, from Bahia; the Snake, 16, Corn. Robertson, on the 26th, from Plymouth; and the Satellite, 18, Com. Smart, from Ports mouth, on the 31st ; the latter had touched at Bahia. The Pylades, 18, Com. Blanekley, left Rio on the 17th July, for Valparaiso. The Thais packet arrived at Vera Cruz on the 29th July, from Fal mouth, and was expected to sail o►► her return on the 12th August. The Salamander steamer arrived at Lisbon on the 22d September, from Portsmouth. The Hermes steamer left Gibraltar on the 13th September, for Malta. The Vestal, 36, Capt. Jones, and Rapid, 10, Lieut. Patten, arrived here on Tuesday, from the westward. They parted company with the Endy mion on Thursday, off Milford, and that frigate sailed direct for Cork. The Vestal will sail on Tuesday for the West Indies. The Challenger, 28, Capt. Michael Seymour, will go out of harbour to Spithead on Thursday, and will sail on Saturday for South America. The Illustrious, 74, and Marlborough, 74, in this dock-yard, are intended to be fitted for the prac tice of naval gunnery. They are to be always in readiness to proceed to sea, should they be required. The !Etna, 8, surveying vessel, fitting out in this harbour, is expected to be ready for sea by the Ist of nexth month. She is to proceed to the west coast of Africa, and Corn. Skyring is to proceed to com plete the survey commenced by Capt. Becher. On Friday the 20th, sailed from Spithead that splendid ship, the Baretto Junior, for Bengal. Captain Saunders, who commanded her, arrived in this country but a few weeks since, in the com mand of the Layton, East Indiaman, with a full share of passengers, who were anxious on their ar rival to return some token of their regard and thanks to the Captain, for the attention and com fort they had experienced under his management on their voyage. A few days before he again left his native country, he received a handsome silver salver with the following inscription :—" Presented to Captain R. Saunders, of the ship Layton, in ac knowledgment of his kind attentions and liberality to his passengers, during the voyage from Bengal to England, 1833." Captain Lord James Townshend has removed himself from the Dublin to the Tyne, 28, exchang ing with Captain Charles Hope; this will bring his Lordship earlier to England. The next ship ex pected from the Pacific with treasure is the Rattle snake, 28, Captain Graham. Captain Richard Dickinson, of the Talbot, is ordered from the Cape of Good Hope to England, to be tried by a court martial, for having opened Admiral Warren's public and private despatches, when lying in Port Louis, at the Mauritius, the Admiral being absent at the Cape of Good Hope. He brings home Captain Polkinghorne, of the Isis, and Commander Booth, of the Trinculo, the bearer of the despatches in question, as his witnesses. The Hon. John Rodney, who has recently been restored to the retired list of Captains in the navy, is the father of Lady George Lennox. He has been latterly and for some years Accountant-General in the island of Ceylon, and was dismissed the service so far back as when Lord Sandwich was at the Admiralty, for having taken leave of absence, against the orders of that Board, in order to visit his dying wife. The Duchess of Kent has become the Patroness of the Royal Naval Philanthropic Society, the ob ject of which is to form a fund for the payment of a sum of money at the death of its members, with a view to soften the affliction of the wife, child, or relative, by contributing towards the expense in curred on such occasions. Mr. Maitland, Master-rigger of this dock-yard, with the principal officers of the department, has presented her Royal Highness the Princess Vic toria with the model of a corvette of 22 guns, which her Royal Highness has been most graciously pleased to accept. On the Duchess of Kent and the Princess landing at the King's Stairs yesterday, at their Royal Highnesses' request, Mr. Maitland had the honour of being introduced by the Admiral Superintendent, when the Duchess and Princess warmly expressed their thanks (which had been previously conveyed by letter) for the present, and their great admiration of it; a consideration which was acknowledged by Mr. Maitland in a manner perfectly characteristic of the loyalty of this much esteemed and excellent old sailor. The model, which is a very beautiful one, is on a half-inch scale, rigged on the new establishment, with all her guns, anchors, cables, boats, running-rigging complete. Her length is four feet seven inches; extreme breadth, one foot three inches and a quarter. The Emerald yacht was sent for it on Wednesday, and conveyed it to Norris Castle. A woman of the name of Curtis, who for many years had kept a fruitstall in the market of this town, died on Saturday morning last, from the effect of an attack made upon her, on the Tuesday preceding, by one of her feline favourites, a species of animal of which she was very fond. From certain circumstances, however, it appears, she was desirous of destroying the cat in question, which she had but lately purchased on account of its superior beauty, and to effect this, she tied a weight round its neck and immersed it in a bucket of water. The cat, it appears, in struggling, contrived to extricate itself, on which it flew at its mistress in the most desperate and ferocious manner, and scratched her so much that mortifi cation ensued, of which she finally expired.—Plymouth Journal. DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. Is.to s. s. to s. s. to s. Carlisle 53 20 4 H e xi's m 49 53 25 29 19 22 - 7, 52 hlorpeth 149 53 24 26 18 21 50 1$ Penrith I 54 26 19 42 Sheffield 52 27 21 44 Winchester 50 55 22 26 22 24 42 I. 4, Per Bushel. s.d. c. d. s. d. s.d. c. d. s.d. s. d. 0 0 Carmarthen........... 60 66 26 29 1 4 18 0 0 60 Cowbridge— 66 70 29 40 26 30 5 6 53 I Newcastle (Staff.) 80 89, 4 6 50 30 34 5 60 Northallerton—.... 7 0 93 1 3 6 46 33 40 5 6 6 1 80 8 6 4 0 4 8 3 0 34 6 0 06 Swansea „ 6B 70 36 39 1 9 22 0 0 60 Warwick 9 0 11 0, 3 0 4 6 2 0 3 3 5 Per 8011. 6 a Barnardcastle.—.. ,12 0 166, 80 86 50 60 10 q 0 Durham 1150 14 01 7 0 8 0 4 0 5 6 7 70 Richmond 110 16 6 86 90 50 64 0 96 Stockton 6 12 G ' 9 6 10 0 5 0 5 4 7 " I was witness another time to a strange scene of ri valry between the King and Don Carlos. When the and carriage hisw d i r f re up and. fa t tn o i t l y h e tv g e a r t e e o s e f a t t e h d e Court,iti the area, Don CK a n ai dnn King's s carriage was in waiting. Upon this occasion the King arrived in state ; a party of dragoons attended him, and his coachmen were in Court dresses. The carriage of Don Carlos was in strange contrast with that of the King ; it was drawn by six mules harnessed with ropes ; in place of postillions in Court dresses, his servants were in the dress of Spanish peasants in their helyday clothes—one on the coach box, the other employed as a runner by the head of the mules. Don Carlos affects all this appearance of simplicity and Spanish usage to please the people ; and for the same reasoa his wife generally appears in a manti lla. The moment the King's carriage appeared Don Carlos left the Court with his wife, and continued to walk in the most crowded part of thegarden, while, the King and Queen remained, dividing the attention which their Majesties would otherwise have received, and indeed engrossing the larger share of it. I could not avoid remarking the greater popularity of Don Carlos among the lower orders ; while they only took off their hats 89 the King pahsed, they bowed almost to the ground at the presence of the Infante, The appearance of the Quell, however, always EDINBURGH We had a large suppl: sales were heavy ; Barh sale. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Bea m First 64s Od 35s 6d 23s 4d —s (Al ,71 Second sBs Od 32s Od 20s Od —s Od --s Third 46s Od 22s Od 18s Od —3 Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Dy Beef, per lb. ... Os. 31d.t0 Os.6d. Fresh Butter, lb. I.lod. to le g Nltitton--.. 021 0 6 Salt Ditto...—. 0 8 0 0 Veal O - 0 8 Ditto, per cv,t.'7o 0 11 0 Pork, 0 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 9 11 0 Lamb, per qr. 1 0 3 0 OatStraw(kpl.) 6 0 6 fallow, cwt.... 35 0 37 6 Wheat Ditto.. 6 0 v, Quartern Loaf 0 71 0 0 Barley Ditto ... 4 6 Potatoes, l7llb. 0 4 0 0 Hay, per st..,—. 0 7 1' MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.A young gen tleman named Ford, who had lately arrived from India, where his parents are now residing, met his death a day or two since as follows :—The deceased and a gentleman, named Holborn, were returning down the river and on arriving at Vauxhall, the fm stepping over the thwart to take his seat, be overbalanced oin R one e o r u t pulled ofle lg s e ea , r o l u e f sbioisat hsa, t and coat to row, when, in himself and was precipitated into the river. All attempts to save him proved fruitless, and the body has not been found, EDINBURGH MEA There was a very small supply and the sales were heavy, at a top price. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 9 0 Barleymeal 1 5 0 Peas cm eal 1 4 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12s L MA RKET. —Oct. I. yet , of Oatmeal at this day's nu" oe quetion of Is. per sack. on Per Stone 01 141 b IMP 1 0 First Oatmeal 0 6 Second ditto Barleyineal ........ Peasemeal —2(l, 148.-3 d. 16s.—Pea GLASGOW CO R 2. We have better arrivals of G MARKET. rain, and a fair A business 4°'oP with little alteration in prices. 11 , O. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 2641 b. s. d. l o British, old 26 oto2B 6 Irish l4 6to 1 :d new 23 0 26 0 British l5 0 Canada, free 2B 0 30 0 Beans, per 2601 b. 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English — 0 C Pease, Scottish .., 15 0 15 Scottish... Irish ..... ...... CORNWALL. MARKETS. Tnuno—Wheat (average) 213 Od.—Barley, N. 6d.—Oa ST. AusTELL—Wheat, —s. to 21s.—Barley, Os. to 10 7s. to Bs. 9d. PENZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to 22s.—Barley, 9s. to lOs Os. to 7s. Od.—Beef and Mutton, Od. to 51d—Pork, Od. Butter, 10:d. per lb. LauNcEsTox—Wheat (average) 19s.6.1.—Barley, N.Od - 5s 3d.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, 6d. Lisneann—Wheat, —s. to 225. Od.—Barley, 9s. W.... 4)10 to 7s. Od. BoomlN—Wheat (average) 21s.—Barley, 10s. Od.—Oata, IS. HELSTON—Wheat, 21s. Od.—Barley, 103 Od. ST. COLUMB—Wheat, 203. to 21s.—Barley, 9s. to 10i , " and Mutton, 51d. to 6d.—Veal, od.—Lamb, Od. • 1 0, ; ' to k3' Quantity of Co 64 p Average Produce pp l‘ er fl o N r l e N go lli d l a N tß l et 'E h L u L th lG las E t N T C hu ß rcuy 2,71. '''i! _ 189_, 0 Quantity of fine l b ; is. Amount of 5a1e,15,6591. Ss. 6d.—Average Standard. 1231. n e. The importations into Bristol last week 31° 09 from Ireland, were 2,143 live pigs and 16 ealveN. t ; is independent of an immense quantity of wheat and od' corn and flour, eggs, butter, pork, and porter. arriOvend a t :t he the 26 A t i h me u ß lt o . uffl a e i r i s g , h a te t r ß , a l y a o d n e n n e, w att it d h , i‘tvobeo:ol near midnight, the men who had charge of her fastell her to the mooring-post, shut themselves in the cal' l n , and went to sleep. Having unfortunately left the r!r o too short, when tide rose, the water got above the g u , e, wale, sunk the lighter, and drowned the men before P. were aware of their danger. FIRE.—On Saturday morning, about 0 3 ,1 111 o'clock, a fire broke out in the Royal Artillery 0°P:01 at Woolwich. The garrison beat to arms, and pr o o j l , assistance being rendered, it was very soon subdued, t l i out doing any ma.erial damage. n iOt ti FIRE ON THE RIVER.—On Saturday - „4 ing, about two o'clock, the crews of the shipping F ‘ , 11 0 . 4 river were thrown into a state of great consternefrod an alarm of fire on board the Hiram, of Dote ; Captain Brown, lying at Horslydown New StairV appeared that come grease and other combustibles tg, caboose ignited, and communicating to other materir'L #f) flames burst forth with great violence. The Cap tsl y crew immediately exerted themselves to subdue th y / in which they were assisted by Mr. Little, a surg e l). Thames police, and Marston, a river constable, vi l i," L passing in a boat, and by their united exertions the , fl iK were confined to the caboose, which was totally dest::, P; The whole tier in which the Hiram was lying ' fi o re' some time in great danger, and had the flame' 9 ,"d' much farther, several vessels would have been de' te°; f;' L$ .1.1 . I. A COUNTRY SCHOOLMASTER'S -- , 0 , r i —The following is a literal copy of an epistle rece°'ir I dressed to a gentleman of considerable influe nce d parish in the county of Limerick, on the border , 0 county of Kerry:—" Most honoured and 13° °° / po t Sir,—As I feel the most vehement compunction ° sf. science at allowing any longer the rising generatio°,, J 1 adulterated in their principles of polite education h) Pf' of young pedagogues who, like locusts, infest th e, 4 Rev. Father O'Halloran's parish, deteriorating °l o t 4 centuation, and causing an abominable frustration ; benevolent cogitations of nature in their favour,. your honour will didactically present to the cogita . learned speculations of the pious dignitary and P„,i preserver of youthful morality the grievous reer'" if ig4; which he will owe to Omnipotence, and which i' ' 11 weighty to gravitate him down beyond the antic does not instantly expinige from the records of hi ° , age the coxcomicals and futile prferaniums of the., ising instructors who contaminate the genius of th A ", generation, and prey like cormorants on a burden': rd 0 # But, in order to fulfil most efficaciously the ends 01 e et ry I propose, with your honourable co-operation, ti'.i f ) oi these nuisances, aided in our pious endeavou r ' o o f t ,l l tioners' piety and erudition, the rev. coadjut or o worthy parochial dignitary. For this purpose, li ° , o c,ol l Sir, I presumptuously deliberate on forming an.," t : ~t in the village of Raben e i g h, w h ere subordicatho;, ' flourish as long as an example of fligellation e%" i ll o . t . so that the dullest ignoramus would be transmur - 0 00 luminary, and science supersede the darkness of it )01',, " Hoping your Honour's consideration , B el t 0(,, " I am your Honour's most obsequin u , l ft " JOHN Ill'e"_., 11 l PRINTED AND PUBLIADED syNURDO yoV SUN OVFICA, 112, STaair, • Th t, BY e ~yaeG"tangy ßich r ! ke This d r t RA R' l Thea Ult is oi h anec A 1,11c)'no, Ti k t , Of a l L'n. Ain Ins to t prod ,iitated t nuch k n i Profounde ~....,. Th G I Seal ...:::!!, co Triti---6-: J kJ LI, 11P 1. 6 7 ,0 ,5/ to , BIRTHS. ------ r j, On the sth inst., at the Rectory.house, Lit t,,, i. 4' lady of the Rev. 'l'. Lane Bayliff, of a son. t , O f I .'" On the 4th inst., in Albany.street, Regent's 1 " 3 µI P . Neville, of a son. , of s On the sth inst., in Lambeth-road, Mrs. Thw ait" 04' 9 or H N. MARRIED. ‘ r Cli 3tte. Ai (P On the 4th inst., at Newtown, ants, M. n or 1* of, to Anne, daughter of the late Right Rev. Ale%3" d e‘ . 4 not, Lord Bishop of Killaloe. pcl', Skl t) et` On the 527th ult., at Belfast, Wm. Simpson, . I jot s Guildford-street, Russell-square, to Helen, you n g ° the late John M`Cammon, Esq., of Belfast. 4 fl I,` DIED. 4P 4 1; #11 :„ his ~,* A I On the 15th ult., at Vienna, very suddenly. _,,,'' ' r ~, I' Arthur Henry, sou of Henry Hallam, Esq., of v",,ietr o :pe n On the sth inst., at his son's residence, at 13et v. " %a . 11 4 pital, Mr. William Nicholls, late of the General ''' ~ Broad street. h ImSalk On the sth inst., in Harpur.street, Wi n. R° '" :1 0 his 56th year. nualf e '-e. On the 30th ult., at Battel, Sussex, Mr. Jo• ''' .flity",Pr On the 3d inst., in Southampton.row, Russell Y" if , 73d year, John Hair, Esq., late of the West ladla A" - dr Billiter.square. t, ,e k On the 22d ult., on her way t o Paris, Marfiar - ; , • James Banfield, Oxford.street. ' ~Pf